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Difficult,<00:16:25.039><c> might</c><00:16:25.220><c> be?</c>

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Difficult,<00:16:27.059><c> but</c><00:16:27.179><c> they're</c><00:16:27.360><c> only</c><00:16:27.639><c> temporal.</c>

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but<00:16:34.659><c> on</c><00:16:34.879><c> the</c><00:16:35.120><c> basis</c><00:16:35.419><c> of</c><00:16:35.620><c> what</c><00:16:35.840><c> God</c><00:16:36.080><c> has</c><00:16:36.360><c> promised</c>

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and<00:16:37.240><c> how</c><00:16:37.519><c> he</c><00:16:37.679><c> has</c><00:16:38.019><c> worked</c><00:16:38.240><c> in</c><00:16:38.480><c> the</c><00:16:38.659><c> past,</c>

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we<00:16:39.299><c> can</c><00:16:39.559><c> say</c><00:16:39.720><c> with</c><00:16:40.039><c> confidence</c><00:16:40.620><c> it</c><00:16:41.000><c> is</c><00:16:41.299><c> going</c><00:16:41.440><c> to</c><00:16:41.720><c> happen.</c>

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And<00:16:45.679><c> in</c><00:16:46.019><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:46.320><c> chapter</c><00:16:46.659><c> 3,</c>

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that<00:16:48.080><c> was</c><00:16:48.279><c> the</c><00:16:48.440><c> problem</c><00:16:48.759><c> with</c><00:16:48.960><c> Israel,</c><00:16:49.440><c> verse</c><00:16:49.700><c> 10.</c>

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God<00:16:53.460><c> was</c><00:16:53.899><c> grieved</c><00:16:54.159><c> with</c><00:16:54.379><c> that</c><00:16:54.639><c> generation</c>

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because<00:16:56.179><c> they</c><00:16:56.500><c> do</c><00:16:56.820><c> always</c><00:16:57.580><c> err</c><00:16:57.960><c> in</c><00:16:58.320><c> their</c><00:16:58.799><c> heart.</c>

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So<00:17:00.580><c> despite</c><00:17:01.500><c> what</c><00:17:01.980><c> externals</c><00:17:03.620><c> presented</c><00:17:04.299><c> to</c><00:17:04.740><c> one</c><00:17:04.980><c> another</c>

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within<00:17:05.619><c> the</c><00:17:05.859><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:17:06.980><c> in</c><00:17:07.160><c> their</c><00:17:07.579><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:17:08.839><c> we'll</c><00:17:09.039><c> see</c><00:17:09.259><c> this</c><00:17:09.420><c> in</c><00:17:09.579><c> a</c><00:17:09.680><c> moment,</c>

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in<00:17:10.640><c> their</c><00:17:10.940><c> heart</c><00:17:11.200><c> they</c><00:17:11.359><c> were</c><00:17:11.660><c> far</c><00:17:11.960><c> removed</c><00:17:12.259><c> from</c><00:17:12.519><c> God.</c>

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In<00:17:13.240><c> fact,</c><00:17:13.480><c> he</c><00:17:13.660><c> says,</c><00:17:14.359><c> they</c><00:17:14.480><c> have</c><00:17:14.859><c> not</c><00:17:15.319><c> known</c><00:17:15.839><c> my</c><00:17:16.220><c> ways.</c>

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Now,<00:17:16.980><c> do</c><00:17:17.119><c> you</c><00:17:17.140><c> just</c><00:17:17.359><c> think</c><00:17:17.559><c> about</c><00:17:17.859><c> that?</c>

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For<00:17:19.079><c> two</c><00:17:19.359><c> years</c><00:17:19.640><c> they'd</c><00:17:19.880><c> gone</c><00:17:20.119><c> through</c><00:17:20.359><c> the</c><00:17:20.559><c> wilderness.</c>

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They'd<00:17:22.220><c> experienced</c><00:17:22.660><c> the</c><00:17:22.859><c> hand</c><00:17:23.000><c> of</c><00:17:23.160><c> God</c>

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providing<00:17:23.940><c> them</c><00:17:24.200><c> with</c><00:17:24.539><c> manna.</c>

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When<00:17:25.259><c> they</c><00:17:25.400><c> needed</c><00:17:25.720><c> water,</c><00:17:26.099><c> it</c><00:17:26.220><c> was</c><00:17:26.519><c> there.</c>

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When<00:17:27.420><c> the</c><00:17:27.579><c> Amalekites</c><00:17:28.200><c> assaulted</c><00:17:28.700><c> them,</c><00:17:29.019><c> God</c><00:17:29.259><c> was</c><00:17:29.539><c> there.</c>

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Every<00:17:31.759><c> turn</c><00:17:32.259><c> of</c><00:17:32.460><c> the</c><00:17:32.660><c> corner,</c><00:17:33.240><c> God</c><00:17:33.440><c> was</c><00:17:33.720><c> with</c><00:17:33.940><c> them.</c>

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And<00:17:35.400><c> yet</c><00:17:35.640><c> God</c><00:17:35.980><c> says,</c><00:17:36.839><c> they</c><00:17:36.940><c> have</c><00:17:37.339><c> not</c><00:17:37.819><c> known</c><00:17:38.160><c> my</c><00:17:38.579><c> ways.</c>

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They<00:17:39.400><c> didn't</c><00:17:39.680><c> appreciate</c><00:17:40.319><c> it.</c>

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They<00:17:40.779><c> didn't</c><00:17:41.079><c> understand</c><00:17:41.619><c> what</c><00:17:41.880><c> God</c><00:17:42.079><c> was</c><00:17:42.359><c> trying</c><00:17:42.599><c> to</c><00:17:42.839><c> do</c><00:17:42.980><c> in</c>

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their<00:17:43.420><c> lives.</c>

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All<00:17:44.960><c> they</c><00:17:45.279><c> thought</c><00:17:45.579><c> about</c><00:17:46.000><c> was</c><00:17:46.339><c> the</c><00:17:46.539><c> hardship</c><00:17:46.940><c> that</c><00:17:47.319><c> was</c>

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being<00:17:47.819><c> created.</c>

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Contrast<00:17:51.240><c> Abraham,</c><00:17:52.559><c> according</c><00:17:52.839><c> to</c><00:17:53.119><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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in<00:17:54.819><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:55.519><c> chapter</c><00:17:55.839><c> 9</c><00:17:56.920><c> and</c><00:17:57.400><c> verse</c><00:17:57.660><c> 7.</c>

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Look<00:18:02.720><c> what</c><00:18:02.900><c> he</c><00:18:03.099><c> says</c><00:18:03.359><c> about</c><00:18:03.720><c> Abraham,</c><00:18:05.180><c> verse</c><00:18:05.519><c> 7.</c>

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The<00:18:07.279><c> Lord</c><00:18:07.680><c> the</c><00:18:08.599><c> God</c><00:18:08.779><c> who</c><00:18:08.940><c> did</c><00:18:09.119><c> choose</c><00:18:09.759><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:18:10.660><c> broughtest</c><00:18:11.079><c> him</c><00:18:11.299><c> forth</c><00:18:11.559><c> out</c><00:18:11.839><c> of</c><00:18:12.059><c> the</c><00:18:12.220><c> ear</c><00:18:12.220><c> of</c><00:18:12.380><c> the</c><00:18:12.539><c> Chaldeans</c>

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and<00:18:13.500><c> gaveest</c><00:18:14.000><c> him</c><00:18:14.180><c> the</c><00:18:14.420><c> name</c><00:18:14.779><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:18:16.339><c> foundest</c><00:18:17.220><c> his</c><00:18:17.680><c> heart</c><00:18:18.519><c> faithful</c><00:18:19.339><c> before</c><00:18:20.119><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:18:21.859><c> so</c><00:18:22.079><c> Abraham</c><00:18:22.480><c> was</c><00:18:22.960><c> moved</c><00:18:23.579><c> to</c><00:18:24.299><c> do</c><00:18:24.519><c> what</c><00:18:24.740><c> he</c><00:18:25.039><c> did</c>

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because<00:18:25.980><c> his</c><00:18:26.299><c> heart</c><00:18:26.539><c> was</c><00:18:26.859><c> converted.</c>

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His<00:18:28.539><c> heart</c><00:18:28.819><c> was</c><00:18:29.160><c> changed.</c>

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And<00:18:32.079><c> the</c><00:18:32.319><c> proverb</c><00:18:32.599><c> says,</c>

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as<00:18:33.180><c> a</c><00:18:33.440><c> man</c><00:18:33.720><c> thinketh</c><00:18:34.420><c> in</c><00:18:35.000><c> his</c><00:18:35.339><c> heart,</c><00:18:36.160><c> so</c><00:18:36.480><c> is</c><00:18:36.740><c> he.</c>

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Now,<00:18:41.019><c> why</c><00:18:41.259><c> is</c><00:18:41.579><c> faith</c><00:18:41.839><c> so</c><00:18:42.119><c> important?</c>

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Well,<00:18:43.940><c> the</c><00:18:44.099><c> first</c><00:18:44.319><c> thing</c><00:18:44.539><c> that</c><00:18:44.740><c> Paul</c><00:18:44.940><c> tells</c><00:18:45.259><c> us</c><00:18:45.460><c> in</c><00:18:45.619><c> Hebrews</c>

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chapter<00:18:46.940><c> 11</c><00:18:47.440><c> and</c><00:18:47.759><c> verse</c><00:18:48.019><c> 6.</c>

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He<00:18:49.900><c> says,</c><00:18:50.460><c> without</c><00:18:50.619><c> faith,</c><00:18:51.619><c> it</c><00:18:51.779><c> is</c><00:18:52.039><c> impossible</c><00:18:52.700><c> to</c><00:18:53.240><c> please</c><00:18:53.500><c> God.</c>

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If<00:18:54.680><c> we</c><00:18:54.799><c> don't</c><00:18:55.039><c> have</c><00:18:55.359><c> faith,</c><00:18:55.680><c> we</c><00:18:55.819><c> will</c><00:18:56.160><c> never</c><00:18:56.660><c> please</c><00:18:57.220><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:18:57.940><c> what</c><00:18:58.099><c> does</c><00:18:58.200><c> he</c><00:18:58.420><c> define</c><00:18:58.779><c> it</c><00:18:59.039><c> as?</c>

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For<00:19:00.180><c> he</c><00:19:00.440><c> that</c><00:19:00.680><c> cometh</c><00:19:00.920><c> to</c><00:19:01.180><c> God,</c><00:19:01.359><c> and</c><00:19:01.519><c> there's</c><00:19:01.640><c> two</c><00:19:01.920><c> points</c><00:19:02.180><c> that</c><00:19:02.400><c> come</c><00:19:02.539><c> out</c>

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of<00:19:02.880><c> verse</c><00:19:03.059><c> 6.</c>

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He<00:19:04.140><c> that</c><00:19:04.380><c> cometh</c><00:19:04.619><c> to</c><00:19:04.880><c> God</c><00:19:05.019><c> must</c><00:19:05.319><c> believe</c><00:19:05.920><c> that</c><00:19:06.160><c> he</c><00:19:06.440><c> is</c>

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and<00:19:08.559><c> that</c><00:19:08.759><c> he</c><00:19:08.900><c> is</c><00:19:09.099><c> a</c><00:19:09.380><c> rewarder</c><00:19:09.839><c> of</c><00:19:09.940><c> them</c><00:19:10.160><c> that</c><00:19:10.460><c> diligently</c>

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seek<00:19:11.220><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:13.259><c> so</c><00:19:13.339><c> you've</c><00:19:13.559><c> got</c><00:19:13.660><c> to</c><00:19:13.940><c> believe</c><00:19:14.339><c> first</c><00:19:14.740><c> that</c><00:19:15.000><c> God</c><00:19:15.339><c> is.</c>

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In<00:19:16.440><c> other</c><00:19:16.680><c> words,</c><00:19:17.000><c> God</c><00:19:17.420><c> has</c><00:19:17.759><c> got</c><00:19:17.920><c> to</c><00:19:18.180><c> be</c><00:19:18.400><c> a</c><00:19:18.720><c> reality</c><00:19:19.240><c> in</c><00:19:19.859><c> our</c><00:19:20.119><c> lives.</c>

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The<00:19:22.579><c> faith</c><00:19:22.880><c> that</c><00:19:23.180><c> we</c><00:19:24.740><c> believe</c><00:19:25.440><c> or</c><00:19:26.319><c> have</c>

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must<00:19:27.480><c> be</c><00:19:27.880><c> exhibited</c><00:19:28.579><c> by</c><00:19:29.619><c> the</c><00:19:29.819><c> way</c><00:19:30.000><c> in</c><00:19:30.140><c> which</c><00:19:30.299><c> we</c><00:19:30.599><c> live.</c>

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Now,<00:19:31.500><c> just</c><00:19:31.759><c> a</c><00:19:31.940><c> very</c><00:19:32.359><c> brief</c><00:19:32.599><c> comment</c><00:19:33.000><c> about</c><00:19:33.299><c> that</c><00:19:33.660><c> in</c><00:19:34.460><c> James</c><00:19:34.839><c> chapter</c><00:19:35.259><c> 2.</c>

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James<00:19:37.559><c> chapter</c><00:19:37.940><c> 2</c><00:19:38.859><c> and</c><00:19:39.440><c> verse</c><00:19:40.140><c> 18.</c>

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He<00:19:41.779><c> says,</c><00:19:42.279><c> A</c><00:19:42.279><c> man</c><00:19:42.539><c> may</c><00:19:42.960><c> say,</c><00:19:43.619><c> Thou</c><00:19:43.700><c> hast</c><00:19:44.019><c> faith,</c><00:19:45.299><c> and</c><00:19:45.480><c> I</c><00:19:45.700><c> have</c><00:19:45.980><c> works.</c>

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Show<00:19:46.980><c> me</c><00:19:47.180><c> thy</c><00:19:47.380><c> faith</c><00:19:47.859><c> without</c><00:19:48.420><c> thy</c><00:19:48.779><c> works,</c>

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and<00:19:49.180><c> I</c><00:19:49.279><c> will</c><00:19:49.480><c> show</c><00:19:49.779><c> thee</c><00:19:49.980><c> my</c><00:19:50.319><c> faith</c><00:19:50.880><c> by</c><00:19:51.519><c> my</c><00:19:52.240><c> works.</c>

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Now,<00:19:54.519><c> we</c><00:19:54.819><c> then</c><00:19:55.220><c> lead</c><00:19:55.619><c> to</c><00:19:55.859><c> the</c><00:19:56.039><c> next</c><00:19:56.319><c> question.</c>

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Well,<00:19:57.079><c> what</c><00:19:57.279><c> do</c><00:19:57.440><c> works</c><00:19:57.759><c> consist</c><00:19:58.339><c> of?</c>

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Now,<00:19:59.640><c> he</c><00:19:59.779><c> gives</c><00:19:59.980><c> us</c><00:20:00.160><c> two</c><00:20:00.380><c> examples.</c>

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He<00:20:02.259><c> says,</c><00:20:02.640><c> verse</c><00:20:02.720><c> 21,</c><00:20:03.240><c> Was</c><00:20:03.559><c> not</c><00:20:03.980><c> Abraham</c><00:20:04.559><c> our</c><00:20:04.859><c> father</c><00:20:05.460><c> justified</c><00:20:06.400><c> by</c><00:20:06.859><c> works?</c>

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And<00:20:08.660><c> then</c><00:20:08.880><c> he</c><00:20:08.960><c> says,</c><00:20:09.359><c> verse</c><00:20:09.480><c> 25,</c><00:20:10.180><c> Likewise</c><00:20:10.660><c> also,</c>

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Was<00:20:11.740><c> not</c><00:20:12.200><c> Rahab</c><00:20:12.740><c> the</c><00:20:13.019><c> harlot</c><00:20:13.480><c> justified</c><00:20:14.619><c> by</c><00:20:15.319><c> works?</c>

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Now,<00:20:16.279><c> when</c><00:20:16.460><c> you</c><00:20:16.700><c> consider</c><00:20:17.220><c> the</c><00:20:17.519><c> works</c><00:20:17.799><c> that</c><00:20:18.019><c> these</c><00:20:18.380><c> two</c><00:20:18.619><c> people</c><00:20:19.240><c> exhibited</c><00:20:20.059><c> before</c><00:20:20.559><c> God,</c>

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and<00:20:21.960><c> that's</c><00:20:22.140><c> what</c><00:20:22.299><c> they</c><00:20:22.539><c> were</c><00:20:22.799><c> exhibited,</c>

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Abraham's<00:20:24.900><c> works,</c><00:20:25.539><c> there</c><00:20:25.720><c> was</c><00:20:26.019><c> nobody</c><00:20:26.380><c> else</c><00:20:26.720><c> around</c>

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when<00:20:28.200><c> he</c><00:20:28.359><c> offered</c><00:20:28.619><c> up</c><00:20:28.960><c> Isaac</c><00:20:29.400><c> apart</c><00:20:30.079><c> from</c><00:20:30.299><c> Isaac</c><00:20:30.579><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:20:32.319><c> left</c><00:20:32.539><c> his</c><00:20:32.799><c> family</c><00:20:33.160><c> back</c><00:20:33.519><c> in</c><00:20:33.740><c> Hebron.</c>

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He<00:20:35.220><c> then</c><00:20:35.519><c> walked</c><00:20:35.799><c> towards</c><00:20:36.220><c> the</c><00:20:36.440><c> mountains</c><00:20:36.819><c> of</c><00:20:37.059><c> Moriah.</c>

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He<00:20:37.759><c> left</c><00:20:37.980><c> his</c><00:20:38.319><c> servants</c><00:20:38.619><c> at</c><00:20:38.859><c> the</c><00:20:38.920><c> bottom</c><00:20:39.180><c> of</c><00:20:39.400><c> the</c><00:20:39.519><c> hill.</c>

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He<00:20:39.980><c> went</c><00:20:40.220><c> up</c><00:20:40.420><c> the</c><00:20:40.539><c> hill</c><00:20:40.759><c> with</c><00:20:41.420><c> Isaac</c><00:20:41.900><c> his</c><00:20:42.099><c> son.</c>

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There<00:20:42.680><c> was</c><00:20:42.900><c> only</c><00:20:43.220><c> Abraham</c><00:20:43.680><c> there</c><00:20:44.200><c> and</c><00:20:44.559><c> God,</c>

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so<00:20:45.440><c> his</c><00:20:45.720><c> works</c><00:20:46.000><c> were</c><00:20:46.279><c> before</c><00:20:46.859><c> God.</c>

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And<00:20:48.900><c> what</c><00:20:49.059><c> did</c><00:20:49.240><c> he</c><00:20:49.359><c> do?</c>

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Well,<00:20:50.319><c> it's</c><00:20:50.539><c> the</c><00:20:50.680><c> kind</c><00:20:50.880><c> of</c><00:20:51.059><c> works</c><00:20:51.259><c> this</c><00:20:51.960><c> world</c><00:20:52.359><c> would</c><00:20:52.759><c> spur</c><00:20:53.099><c> in.</c>

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He<00:20:54.400><c> offered</c><00:20:54.720><c> his</c><00:20:55.079><c> only</c><00:20:55.619><c> son.</c>

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It<00:20:56.819><c> was</c><00:20:57.019><c> a</c><00:20:57.160><c> human</c><00:20:57.400><c> sacrifice</c><00:20:58.000><c> he</c><00:20:58.160><c> was</c><00:20:58.420><c> prepared</c><00:20:58.740><c> to</c><00:20:59.019><c> offer.</c>

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The<00:21:01.119><c> same</c><00:21:01.299><c> with</c><00:21:01.559><c> Rahab,</c><00:21:02.279><c> the</c><00:21:02.440><c> kind</c><00:21:02.740><c> of</c><00:21:02.940><c> works</c><00:21:03.099><c> that</c><00:21:03.440><c> she</c><00:21:03.720><c> exhibited</c>

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weren't<00:21:04.920><c> the</c><00:21:05.160><c> kind</c><00:21:05.380><c> of</c><00:21:05.539><c> works</c><00:21:05.740><c> which</c><00:21:06.000><c> the</c><00:21:06.220><c> world</c><00:21:06.420><c> would</c><00:21:06.640><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:21:07.140><c> what</c><00:21:07.400><c> a</c><00:21:07.700><c> great</c><00:21:07.880><c> man</c><00:21:08.119><c> that</c><00:21:08.380><c> is.</c>

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She<00:21:10.119><c> betrayed</c><00:21:10.640><c> her</c><00:21:11.000><c> own</c><00:21:11.359><c> countrymen.</c>

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But<00:21:14.680><c> those</c><00:21:15.000><c> are</c><00:21:15.200><c> the</c><00:21:15.319><c> kind</c><00:21:15.619><c> of</c><00:21:15.880><c> works</c><00:21:16.119><c> that</c><00:21:16.359><c> God</c><00:21:16.579><c> is</c><00:21:17.059><c> asking</c><00:21:17.519><c> you</c><00:21:17.819><c> and</c><00:21:18.019><c> I</c>

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to<00:21:18.400><c> perform,</c>

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works<00:21:20.279><c> of</c><00:21:20.680><c> faith,</c>

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works<00:21:22.099><c> which</c><00:21:22.660><c> demonstrate</c>

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that<00:21:24.559><c> we</c><00:21:24.799><c> are</c><00:21:25.220><c> prepared</c><00:21:25.759><c> to</c><00:21:26.119><c> make</c><00:21:26.680><c> personal</c><00:21:27.819><c> sacrifice</c>

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for<00:21:29.759><c> the</c><00:21:30.039><c> truth</c><00:21:30.259><c> which</c><00:21:30.519><c> has</c><00:21:30.720><c> been</c><00:21:31.099><c> provided</c><00:21:31.539><c> us.</c>

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And<00:21:32.799><c> Abraham</c><00:21:33.019><c> was</c><00:21:33.339><c> prepared</c><00:21:33.779><c> to</c><00:21:34.420><c> give</c><00:21:34.640><c> up</c><00:21:34.859><c> his</c><00:21:35.140><c> son.</c>

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And<00:21:36.660><c> Rahab</c><00:21:36.980><c> was</c><00:21:37.400><c> prepared</c><00:21:37.839><c> to</c><00:21:39.019><c> give</c><00:21:39.319><c> up</c><00:21:39.539><c> her</c><00:21:39.799><c> countrymen.</c>

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Personal<00:21:42.220><c> sacrifice</c><00:21:43.160><c> in</c><00:21:44.019><c> order</c><00:21:44.359><c> to</c><00:21:45.220><c> demonstrate</c>

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that<00:21:46.480><c> they</c><00:21:46.819><c> believed</c><00:21:47.339><c> in</c><00:21:47.579><c> God's</c><00:21:48.019><c> Word.</c>

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And<00:21:49.299><c> of</c><00:21:49.500><c> course,</c><00:21:49.960><c> of</c><00:21:49.960><c> Abraham</c><00:21:50.259><c> it</c><00:21:50.460><c> says,</c>

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he<00:21:51.400><c> staggered</c><00:21:52.180><c> not</c><00:21:52.920><c> at</c><00:21:53.440><c> the</c><00:21:54.019><c> promises</c><00:21:54.480><c> through</c><00:21:55.319><c> unbelief.</c>

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And<00:21:56.839><c> so</c><00:21:57.140><c> faith,</c><00:21:58.000><c> first</c><00:21:58.339><c> of</c><00:21:58.519><c> all,</c><00:21:58.660><c> must</c><00:21:58.859><c> be</c><00:21:59.119><c> a</c><00:21:59.299><c> reality</c><00:21:59.740><c> in</c><00:22:00.059><c> our</c><00:22:00.220><c> life</c>

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which<00:22:00.819><c> is</c><00:22:01.220><c> demonstrated</c><00:22:01.880><c> by</c><00:22:02.319><c> works</c>

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which<00:22:03.119><c> are</c><00:22:03.420><c> not</c><00:22:03.579><c> the</c><00:22:03.779><c> works</c><00:22:03.960><c> of</c><00:22:04.160><c> this</c><00:22:04.440><c> world,</c><00:22:04.720><c> the</c><00:22:04.839><c> works</c><00:22:05.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:05.440><c> flesh,</c>

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but<00:22:06.579><c> works</c><00:22:06.940><c> of</c><00:22:07.259><c> faith</c><00:22:07.619><c> which</c><00:22:08.500><c> demonstrate</c><00:22:09.279><c> personal</c><00:22:09.980><c> sacrifice</c><00:22:10.759><c> in</c><00:22:11.460><c> our</c><00:22:11.680><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:22:13.240><c> then</c><00:22:13.359><c> it</c><00:22:13.500><c> says</c><00:22:13.740><c> in</c><00:22:13.900><c> Hebrews</c><00:22:14.279><c> 11</c>

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that<00:22:17.420><c> we</c><00:22:17.640><c> must</c><00:22:17.940><c> believe</c><00:22:18.440><c> that</c><00:22:18.640><c> God</c><00:22:18.819><c> is</c><00:22:19.099><c> a</c><00:22:19.380><c> rewarder</c>

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of<00:22:20.720><c> those</c><00:22:21.119><c> that</c><00:22:21.960><c> diligently</c><00:22:22.500><c> serve</c><00:22:23.480><c> Him.</c>

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And<00:22:25.099><c> there</c><00:22:25.279><c> is</c><00:22:25.619><c> nothing,</c><00:22:26.039><c> brethren</c><00:22:26.380><c> and</c><00:22:26.680><c> sisters,</c>

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uncertain<00:22:27.680><c> about</c><00:22:28.420><c> the</c><00:22:28.759><c> Word</c><00:22:28.980><c> of</c><00:22:29.160><c> God.</c>

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Remember<00:22:30.819><c> what</c><00:22:31.039><c> the</c><00:22:31.200><c> Lord</c><00:22:31.420><c> Jesus</c><00:22:31.859><c> Christ</c><00:22:32.140><c> said</c><00:22:32.440><c> in</c><00:22:33.019><c> Luke</c><00:22:33.319><c> chapter</c><00:22:33.700><c> 12</c>

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and<00:22:34.799><c> verse</c><00:22:35.519><c> 32.</c>

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He<00:22:38.319><c> says,</c>

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Now,<00:22:46.299><c> do</c><00:22:46.299><c> we</c><00:22:46.539><c> believe</c><00:22:46.980><c> that?</c>

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Do<00:22:49.700><c> our</c><00:22:50.140><c> lives</c><00:22:50.759><c> reflect</c>

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that<00:22:53.319><c> the</c><00:22:53.599><c> kingdom</c><00:22:54.059><c> is</c><00:22:54.539><c> right</c><00:22:54.859><c> on</c><00:22:55.059><c> our</c><00:22:55.339><c> doorstep</c>

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and<00:22:57.039><c> we're</c><00:22:57.279><c> ready</c><00:22:57.559><c> to</c><00:22:57.819><c> march</c><00:22:58.099><c> over</c><00:22:58.460><c> Jordan?</c>

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Do<00:23:00.759><c> we</c><00:23:01.039><c> believe</c><00:23:01.500><c> that</c><00:23:01.819><c> God</c><00:23:02.200><c> is</c><00:23:02.599><c> going</c><00:23:02.779><c> to</c><00:23:03.079><c> give</c><00:23:03.200><c> us</c><00:23:03.460><c> the</c><00:23:03.660><c> kingdom?</c>

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We<00:23:04.799><c> look</c><00:23:05.019><c> at</c><00:23:05.200><c> ourselves</c><00:23:05.640><c> and</c><00:23:05.839><c> we</c><00:23:06.019><c> think,</c><00:23:06.299><c> as</c><00:23:06.640><c> Paul</c><00:23:06.940><c> did,</c>

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Oh<00:23:08.099><c> wretched</c><00:23:08.559><c> man</c><00:23:09.019><c> that</c><00:23:09.259><c> I</c><00:23:09.519><c> am!</c>

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Who<00:23:10.099><c> can</c><00:23:10.400><c> deliver</c><00:23:10.740><c> me</c><00:23:11.039><c> from</c><00:23:11.220><c> this</c><00:23:11.500><c> body</c><00:23:11.799><c> of</c><00:23:12.059><c> death?</c>

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But<00:23:12.819><c> Paul</c><00:23:13.079><c> remembered,</c>

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it<00:23:14.140><c> is</c><00:23:14.380><c> your</c><00:23:14.680><c> Father's</c><00:23:15.140><c> good</c><00:23:15.299><c> pleasure</c><00:23:15.619><c> to</c><00:23:15.839><c> give</c><00:23:16.000><c> you</c><00:23:16.200><c> the</c><00:23:16.380><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:23:17.039><c> so</c><00:23:17.200><c> he</c><00:23:17.299><c> could</c><00:23:17.519><c> rejoin</c><00:23:18.099><c> by</c><00:23:18.420><c> saying,</c>

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I<00:23:19.079><c> thank</c><00:23:19.480><c> God</c><00:23:20.039><c> through</c><00:23:20.579><c> Jesus</c><00:23:21.019><c> Christ</c><00:23:21.380><c> our</c><00:23:21.619><c> Lord.</c>

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That<00:23:22.279><c> was</c><00:23:22.539><c> faith.</c>

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Recognizing<00:23:24.599><c> his</c><00:23:24.839><c> own</c><00:23:25.160><c> wretchedness,</c>

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his<00:23:26.299><c> own</c><00:23:26.680><c> inability</c><00:23:27.220><c> to</c><00:23:27.579><c> move</c><00:23:27.859><c> on,</c><00:23:28.799><c> independent</c><00:23:29.539><c> of</c><00:23:29.819><c> God,</c>

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but<00:23:31.299><c> recognizing</c><00:23:31.900><c> that</c><00:23:32.279><c> with</c><00:23:32.700><c> God</c><00:23:32.940><c> at</c><00:23:33.140><c> his</c><00:23:33.480><c> side,</c>

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he<00:23:34.619><c> was</c><00:23:34.859><c> capable</c><00:23:35.420><c> of</c><00:23:35.940><c> conquering</c><00:23:36.400><c> nations.</c>

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And<00:23:38.759><c> God</c><00:23:39.059><c> has</c><00:23:39.339><c> said</c><00:23:39.460><c> in</c><00:23:39.680><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:40.039><c> 55</c>

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that<00:23:41.960><c> the</c><00:23:42.240><c> Word</c><00:23:42.619><c> of</c><00:23:42.880><c> God</c><00:23:43.359><c> is</c><00:23:43.880><c> sure.</c>

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And<00:23:45.420><c> we've</c><00:23:45.700><c> got</c><00:23:45.819><c> to</c><00:23:46.039><c> believe</c><00:23:46.339><c> that,</c><00:23:46.839><c> brethren</c><00:23:46.880><c> and</c><00:23:47.119><c> sisters.</c>

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Isaiah<00:23:48.180><c> 55</c><00:23:48.980><c> and</c><00:23:49.200><c> verse</c><00:23:49.460><c> 3,</c>

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Incline<00:23:51.500><c> your</c><00:23:51.819><c> ear,</c>

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Come<00:23:52.960><c> unto</c><00:23:53.200><c> me,</c><00:23:53.680><c> hear</c><00:23:53.819><c> and</c><00:23:53.960><c> your</c><00:23:54.259><c> soul</c><00:23:54.579><c> shall</c><00:23:54.859><c> live,</c>

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and<00:23:55.420><c> I</c><00:23:55.539><c> will</c><00:23:55.720><c> make</c><00:23:55.920><c> an</c><00:23:56.140><c> everlasting</c><00:23:56.619><c> covenant</c><00:23:57.099><c> with</c><00:23:57.299><c> you,</c>

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even<00:23:57.980><c> the</c><00:23:58.400><c> sure</c><00:23:58.940><c> mercies</c><00:23:59.680><c> of</c><00:23:59.839><c> David.</c>

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And<00:24:01.460><c> he</c><00:24:01.599><c> says</c><00:24:01.839><c> at</c><00:24:02.000><c> verse</c><00:24:02.319><c> 11,</c>

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Or<00:24:04.019><c> verse</c><00:24:04.380><c> 10,</c>

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As<00:24:05.180><c> the</c><00:24:05.500><c> rain</c><00:24:05.819><c> cometh</c><00:24:06.140><c> down</c><00:24:06.599><c> from</c><00:24:07.480><c> above,</c>

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and<00:24:07.940><c> the</c><00:24:08.099><c> snow</c><00:24:08.359><c> from</c><00:24:08.599><c> heaven,</c>

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and<00:24:09.220><c> returneth</c><00:24:09.579><c> not</c><00:24:09.900><c> dither,</c>

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but<00:24:10.359><c> watereth</c><00:24:10.920><c> the</c><00:24:11.079><c> earth.</c>

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Verse<00:24:11.559><c> 11,</c>

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So<00:24:12.539><c> shall</c><00:24:12.880><c> my</c><00:24:13.279><c> word</c><00:24:13.539><c> be,</c>

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that<00:24:14.400><c> goeth</c><00:24:14.700><c> from</c><00:24:14.980><c> my</c><00:24:15.299><c> mouth.</c>

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What<00:24:16.000><c> God</c><00:24:16.299><c> has</c><00:24:16.640><c> said,</c>

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He<00:24:17.799><c> will</c><00:24:18.220><c> and</c><00:24:18.420><c> is</c><00:24:18.660><c> able</c><00:24:18.960><c> to</c><00:24:19.200><c> perform.</c>

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The<00:24:21.980><c> kingdom,</c><00:24:22.519><c> brethren</c><00:24:22.819><c> and</c><00:24:23.019><c> sisters,</c>

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must<00:24:24.279><c> be</c><00:24:24.740><c> an</c><00:24:25.039><c> anchor</c><00:24:25.500><c> to</c><00:24:26.240><c> our</c><00:24:26.559><c> souls.</c>

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Throughout<00:24:28.960><c> the</c><00:24:29.319><c> life,</c><00:24:29.740><c> the</c><00:24:29.799><c> uncertainty</c><00:24:30.299><c> of</c><00:24:30.720><c> life,</c>

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we<00:24:32.640><c> must</c><00:24:32.880><c> keep</c><00:24:33.240><c> going</c><00:24:33.720><c> and</c><00:24:34.619><c> anchoring</c><00:24:35.079><c> ourselves</c>

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to<00:24:35.880><c> the</c><00:24:36.160><c> hope</c><00:24:36.400><c> and</c><00:24:36.720><c> promises</c><00:24:37.039><c> of</c><00:24:37.299><c> God.</c>

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:40.900
You<00:24:37.859><c> know,</c><00:24:38.279><c> most</c><00:24:38.539><c> people</c><00:24:38.920><c> in</c><00:24:39.059><c> life</c><00:24:39.299><c> do</c><00:24:39.579><c> that,</c><00:24:39.859><c> don't</c><00:24:40.059><c> they?</c>

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Jesus<00:24:41.640><c> on</c><00:24:41.880><c> one</c><00:24:42.079><c> occasion</c><00:24:42.500><c> said,</c>

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:45.700
The<00:24:42.960><c> children</c><00:24:43.299><c> of</c><00:24:43.480><c> this</c><00:24:43.779><c> world</c><00:24:44.019><c> are</c><00:24:44.400><c> wiser</c><00:24:44.720><c> in</c><00:24:44.859><c> their</c><00:24:45.140><c> generation</c>

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than<00:24:45.880><c> the</c><00:24:46.039><c> children</c><00:24:46.339><c> of</c><00:24:46.619><c> light.</c>

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:48.180
And<00:24:47.259><c> you</c><00:24:47.380><c> look</c><00:24:47.539><c> at</c><00:24:47.700><c> this</c><00:24:47.940><c> world,</c>

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:50.779
they<00:24:48.980><c> set</c><00:24:49.240><c> themselves</c><00:24:49.720><c> a</c><00:24:49.960><c> goal.</c>

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:52.359
Some<00:24:51.099><c> people</c><00:24:51.480><c> do</c><00:24:51.720><c> it.</c>

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:56.400
They've<00:24:52.759><c> got</c><00:24:52.940><c> a</c><00:24:53.420><c> retirement</c><00:24:53.980><c> goal</c><00:24:54.359><c> of</c><00:24:54.599><c> 50</c><00:24:54.940><c> or</c><00:24:55.160><c> 55.</c>

00:24:57.160 --> 00:25:00.839
And<00:24:57.720><c> everything,</c><00:24:59.039><c> all</c><00:24:59.319><c> their</c><00:24:59.579><c> energy</c><00:25:00.000><c> is</c><00:25:00.319><c> challenged,</c>

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:03.619
channeled<00:25:01.400><c> towards</c><00:25:02.000><c> that</c><00:25:02.599><c> goal.</c>

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In<00:25:05.619><c> difficult</c><00:25:06.059><c> moments,</c>

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when<00:25:06.880><c> children</c><00:25:07.359><c> have</c><00:25:07.559><c> gone</c><00:25:07.720><c> away,</c>

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parents,<00:25:09.339><c> they</c><00:25:10.000><c> latch</c><00:25:10.279><c> on</c><00:25:10.519><c> to</c><00:25:10.680><c> the</c><00:25:10.819><c> fact,</c>

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.480
well,<00:25:11.099><c> next</c><00:25:11.359><c> year</c><00:25:11.500><c> they're</c><00:25:11.759><c> coming</c><00:25:12.079><c> home,</c>

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and<00:25:12.619><c> everything</c><00:25:13.140><c> works</c><00:25:13.740><c> towards</c><00:25:14.319><c> that.</c>

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:17.180
They<00:25:15.240><c> have</c><00:25:15.440><c> an</c><00:25:15.660><c> anchor</c><00:25:15.859><c> in</c><00:25:16.079><c> their</c><00:25:16.299><c> life.</c>

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:20.759
You<00:25:17.740><c> see,</c><00:25:18.180><c> we've</c><00:25:18.559><c> got</c><00:25:18.700><c> to</c><00:25:18.880><c> have</c><00:25:19.019><c> the</c><00:25:19.319><c> same</c><00:25:19.740><c> anchor.</c>

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:22.559
And<00:25:21.039><c> the</c><00:25:21.200><c> Apostle</c><00:25:21.599><c> tells</c><00:25:21.960><c> us</c>

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:26.119
where<00:25:22.900><c> that</c><00:25:23.180><c> anchor</c><00:25:23.539><c> lies</c><00:25:24.140><c> in</c><00:25:24.519><c> Hebrews</c><00:25:24.880><c> chapter</c><00:25:25.200><c> 6.</c>

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:28.940
And<00:25:26.460><c> at</c><00:25:26.640><c> verse</c><00:25:26.880><c> 17</c><00:25:27.480><c> he</c><00:25:27.700><c> says,</c>

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:32.740
Where<00:25:30.099><c> in</c><00:25:30.380><c> God,</c><00:25:31.160><c> willing</c><00:25:31.619><c> more</c><00:25:32.059><c> abundantly</c>

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:35.579
to<00:25:32.900><c> show</c><00:25:33.259><c> unto</c><00:25:33.539><c> the</c><00:25:33.799><c> heirs</c><00:25:34.019><c> of</c><00:25:34.279><c> the</c><00:25:34.519><c> promises,</c>

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:37.980
the<00:25:35.859><c> immutability</c><00:25:36.980><c> of</c><00:25:37.160><c> His</c><00:25:37.400><c> counsel,</c>

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confirmed<00:25:38.980><c> it</c><00:25:39.240><c> by</c><00:25:39.500><c> an</c><00:25:39.680><c> oath,</c>

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that<00:25:40.880><c> by</c><00:25:41.180><c> two</c><00:25:41.599><c> immutable</c><00:25:42.259><c> things</c>

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:45.619
in<00:25:43.339><c> which</c><00:25:43.599><c> it</c><00:25:43.740><c> was</c><00:25:43.940><c> impossible</c><00:25:44.579><c> for</c><00:25:44.859><c> God</c><00:25:45.039><c> to</c><00:25:45.319><c> lie,</c>

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:48.680
we<00:25:46.180><c> might</c><00:25:46.460><c> have</c><00:25:46.880><c> strong</c><00:25:47.359><c> consolation,</c>

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:50.500
who<00:25:49.319><c> have</c><00:25:49.579><c> fled</c><00:25:49.819><c> for</c><00:25:50.099><c> refuge</c>

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:53.539
to<00:25:50.859><c> lay</c><00:25:51.099><c> hold</c><00:25:51.339><c> upon</c><00:25:51.799><c> the</c><00:25:52.220><c> hope</c><00:25:52.480><c> set</c><00:25:52.720><c> before</c><00:25:53.099><c> us,</c>

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:58.180
which<00:25:54.339><c> hope</c><00:25:54.640><c> we</c><00:25:55.059><c> have</c><00:25:55.259><c> as</c><00:25:55.579><c> an</c><00:25:55.940><c> anchor</c><00:25:56.380><c> to</c><00:25:57.079><c> the</c><00:25:57.380><c> soul.</c>

00:25:58.380 --> 00:26:00.500
And<00:25:58.680><c> where</c><00:25:58.940><c> was</c><00:25:59.160><c> Israel's</c><00:25:59.819><c> anchor?</c>

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It<00:26:02.839><c> was</c><00:26:03.019><c> the</c><00:26:03.299><c> world.</c>

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That<00:26:05.599><c> was</c><00:26:05.839><c> their</c><00:26:06.119><c> anchor.</c>

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:09.359
It<00:26:07.799><c> was</c><00:26:08.000><c> the</c><00:26:08.259><c> world.</c>

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:14.319
And<00:26:10.839><c> the</c><00:26:11.059><c> climax</c><00:26:11.599><c> of</c><00:26:12.539><c> Israel's</c><00:26:13.240><c> faithfulness</c>

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:17.859
was<00:26:14.859><c> at</c><00:26:15.099><c> Kadesh</c><00:26:15.819><c> Barnea.</c>

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:22.019
Numbers<00:26:20.240><c> chapter</c><00:26:20.660><c> 13.</c>

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The<00:26:53.279><c> first</c><00:26:53.559><c> thing</c><00:26:53.740><c> we</c><00:26:53.920><c> read</c><00:26:54.140><c> of</c>

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:57.980
is<00:26:55.400><c> the</c><00:26:55.720><c> question</c><00:26:56.259><c> God's</c><00:26:56.920><c> promise.</c>

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.920
Look<00:26:58.440><c> at</c><00:26:58.559><c> Numbers</c><00:26:58.880><c> 13</c><00:26:59.339><c> verse</c><00:26:59.640><c> 1.</c>

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:02.559
And<00:27:00.039><c> the</c><00:27:00.099><c> Lord</c><00:27:00.460><c> spake</c><00:27:00.799><c> unto</c><00:27:00.980><c> Moses,</c><00:27:02.059><c> saying,</c>

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:05.339
Send<00:27:03.059><c> thou</c><00:27:03.420><c> men</c><00:27:04.059><c> that</c><00:27:04.539><c> they</c><00:27:04.779><c> may</c><00:27:04.960><c> search</c>

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:06.519
the<00:27:05.559><c> land</c><00:27:05.859><c> of</c><00:27:06.140><c> Canaan,</c>

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which<00:27:07.140><c> I</c><00:27:07.400><c> give</c><00:27:07.539><c> unto</c><00:27:07.700><c> the</c><00:27:07.900><c> children</c><00:27:08.200><c> of</c><00:27:08.440><c> Israel.</c>

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:10.160
Of<00:27:08.859><c> every</c><00:27:09.160><c> tribe</c><00:27:09.420><c> of</c><00:27:09.619><c> their</c><00:27:09.839><c> fathers</c>

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.299
ye<00:27:10.460><c> shall</c><00:27:10.599><c> send</c><00:27:10.960><c> a</c><00:27:11.140><c> man,</c>

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:13.059
every<00:27:11.700><c> one</c><00:27:11.880><c> a</c><00:27:12.039><c> ruler</c><00:27:12.299><c> among</c><00:27:12.700><c> them.</c>

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:15.160
Now,<00:27:14.220><c> when</c><00:27:14.400><c> we</c><00:27:14.640><c> read</c><00:27:14.799><c> that,</c>

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:17.279
it<00:27:15.599><c> reads</c><00:27:15.880><c> as</c><00:27:16.079><c> though</c><00:27:16.220><c> God</c><00:27:16.519><c> initiated</c>

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:20.559
the<00:27:18.059><c> search,</c><00:27:18.619><c> doesn't</c><00:27:18.779><c> it?</c>

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:24.339
But<00:27:21.039><c> we've</c><00:27:21.319><c> got</c><00:27:21.420><c> to</c><00:27:22.079><c> read</c><00:27:22.339><c> the</c><00:27:22.440><c> whole</c><00:27:22.799><c> counsel</c><00:27:23.180><c> of</c><00:27:23.380><c> God.</c>

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:26.420
And<00:27:24.740><c> what</c><00:27:24.859><c> we</c><00:27:25.099><c> find,</c><00:27:25.480><c> if</c><00:27:25.500><c> we</c><00:27:25.680><c> go</c><00:27:25.859><c> now</c><00:27:26.099><c> to,</c>

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:28.779
just<00:27:26.640><c> keep</c><00:27:26.940><c> a</c><00:27:27.180><c> marker</c><00:27:27.380><c> there,</c><00:27:27.720><c> Numbers</c><00:27:28.180><c> 13,</c>

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:32.539
if<00:27:29.339><c> we</c><00:27:29.460><c> go</c><00:27:29.619><c> to</c><00:27:30.059><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:30.619><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.980><c> 1,</c>

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:35.140
we're<00:27:33.480><c> given</c><00:27:33.640><c> a</c><00:27:33.839><c> little</c><00:27:34.019><c> detail.</c>

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:37.619
Deuteronomy<00:27:36.339><c> is</c><00:27:36.640><c> a</c><00:27:36.839><c> remarkable</c><00:27:37.319><c> book</c>

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:40.019
in<00:27:37.799><c> filling</c><00:27:38.099><c> in</c><00:27:38.380><c> the</c><00:27:38.519><c> details,</c><00:27:39.319><c> the</c><00:27:39.559><c> gaps,</c>

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:42.279
of<00:27:40.619><c> the</c><00:27:40.819><c> Exodus</c><00:27:41.140><c> journey.</c>

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:46.680
Deuteronomy<00:27:43.359><c> chapter</c><00:27:43.759><c> 1</c><00:27:44.380><c> and</c><00:27:44.680><c> verse</c><00:27:44.940><c> 22.</c>

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:49.059
And<00:27:48.240><c> look</c><00:27:48.420><c> what</c><00:27:48.599><c> it</c><00:27:48.740><c> says,</c>

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.940
God<00:27:49.400><c> says,</c>

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Ye<00:27:50.220><c> came</c><00:27:50.759><c> near</c><00:27:51.140><c> unto</c><00:27:51.519><c> me,</c>

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.920
every<00:27:53.059><c> one</c><00:27:53.259><c> of</c><00:27:53.400><c> you,</c><00:27:53.660><c> and</c><00:27:53.700><c> said,</c>

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:56.240
We<00:27:54.119><c> will</c><00:27:54.440><c> send</c><00:27:54.920><c> men</c><00:27:55.259><c> before</c><00:27:55.740><c> us,</c>

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:58.539
and<00:27:56.759><c> they</c><00:27:57.039><c> shall</c><00:27:57.279><c> search</c><00:27:57.660><c> out</c><00:27:57.940><c> the</c><00:27:58.180><c> land,</c>

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.940
and<00:27:58.799><c> bring</c><00:27:59.000><c> us</c><00:27:59.279><c> word</c><00:27:59.420><c> again,</c>

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:02.220
by<00:28:00.579><c> what</c><00:28:00.960><c> way</c><00:28:01.259><c> we</c><00:28:01.440><c> must</c><00:28:01.720><c> go,</c>

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:06.279
and<00:28:02.720><c> into</c><00:28:02.980><c> what</c><00:28:03.259><c> cities</c><00:28:03.720><c> we</c><00:28:04.579><c> shall</c><00:28:05.160><c> come.</c>

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:10.240
You<00:28:07.819><c> see,</c><00:28:08.579><c> what's</c><00:28:09.039><c> he</c><00:28:09.519><c> telling</c><00:28:09.759><c> us?</c>

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:14.299
Israel<00:28:11.619><c> wanted</c><00:28:12.160><c> tangible</c><00:28:12.980><c> evidence</c>

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:17.099
before<00:28:15.400><c> they</c><00:28:15.700><c> moved</c><00:28:15.980><c> forward.</c>

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:20.420
They<00:28:17.700><c> weren't</c><00:28:18.019><c> looking</c><00:28:18.599><c> at</c><00:28:19.140><c> the</c><00:28:19.380><c> invisible.</c>

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:25.079
They<00:28:21.680><c> wanted</c><00:28:22.319><c> to</c><00:28:22.680><c> see</c><00:28:23.059><c> the</c><00:28:23.359><c> tangible</c><00:28:23.920><c> evidence</c>

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:27.480
that<00:28:25.460><c> God</c><00:28:25.700><c> was</c><00:28:25.960><c> telling</c><00:28:26.259><c> the</c><00:28:26.599><c> truth.</c>

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:29.839
They<00:28:28.019><c> wanted</c><00:28:28.259><c> to</c><00:28:28.680><c> spy</c><00:28:28.900><c> out</c><00:28:29.240><c> the</c><00:28:29.460><c> land.</c>

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:31.599
And<00:28:30.480><c> I</c><00:28:30.599><c> don't</c><00:28:30.720><c> know</c><00:28:30.799><c> whether</c><00:28:30.920><c> you</c><00:28:31.140><c> noticed</c>

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:35.000
in<00:28:31.839><c> that</c><00:28:32.079><c> record</c><00:28:32.500><c> in</c><00:28:33.079><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:33.980><c> chapter</c><00:28:34.319><c> 20,</c>

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:37.539
God<00:28:35.660><c> had</c><00:28:35.900><c> already</c><00:28:36.259><c> done</c><00:28:36.519><c> that.</c>

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:42.000
Just<00:28:38.240><c> a</c><00:28:38.579><c> quick</c><00:28:38.799><c> reference</c><00:28:39.380><c> to</c><00:28:39.599><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:40.099><c> chapter</c><00:28:40.420><c> 20</c>

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:44.539
and<00:28:42.519><c> verse</c><00:28:42.779><c> 6.</c>

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.880
Verse<00:28:51.519><c> 6.</c>

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In<00:28:53.759><c> the</c><00:28:54.000><c> day</c><00:28:54.240><c> I</c><00:28:54.480><c> lifted</c><00:28:54.759><c> up</c><00:28:55.059><c> mine</c><00:28:55.220><c> hand</c><00:28:55.519><c> unto</c><00:28:55.779><c> them</c>

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:59.079
to<00:28:56.259><c> bring</c><00:28:56.500><c> them</c><00:28:56.779><c> forth</c><00:28:57.059><c> out</c><00:28:57.299><c> of</c><00:28:57.440><c> the</c><00:28:57.539><c> land</c><00:28:57.779><c> of</c><00:28:58.599><c> Egypt</c>

00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:04.440
into<00:28:59.599><c> a</c><00:28:59.859><c> land</c><00:29:00.019><c> that</c><00:29:00.359><c> I</c><00:29:01.000><c> had</c><00:29:01.500><c> spied</c><00:29:02.240><c> for</c><00:29:02.640><c> them.</c>

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:07.759
God<00:29:05.380><c> had</c><00:29:05.599><c> already</c><00:29:06.059><c> spied</c><00:29:06.400><c> out</c><00:29:06.680><c> the</c><00:29:06.839><c> land.</c>

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:11.960
You<00:29:08.700><c> remember</c><00:29:09.019><c> in</c><00:29:10.000><c> Exodus</c><00:29:10.559><c> chapter</c><00:29:10.960><c> 2</c><00:29:11.259><c> and</c><00:29:11.380><c> 3,</c>

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:13.700
chapter<00:29:12.319><c> 3</c><00:29:12.599><c> particularly,</c><00:29:13.319><c> he</c><00:29:13.400><c> says,</c>

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:16.940
I'm<00:29:14.240><c> going</c><00:29:14.359><c> to</c><00:29:14.619><c> bring</c><00:29:14.779><c> you</c><00:29:15.039><c> out</c><00:29:15.319><c> of</c><00:29:15.559><c> the</c><00:29:16.039><c> land</c><00:29:16.279><c> of</c><00:29:16.559><c> Egypt,</c>

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:19.200
and<00:29:17.519><c> I'm</c><00:29:17.660><c> going</c><00:29:17.799><c> to</c><00:29:18.019><c> bring</c><00:29:18.160><c> you</c><00:29:18.400><c> into</c><00:29:18.660><c> a</c><00:29:18.880><c> land</c>

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:20.740
flowing<00:29:19.660><c> with</c><00:29:19.980><c> milk</c><00:29:20.240><c> and</c><00:29:20.440><c> honey.</c>

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:23.920
God<00:29:21.259><c> already</c><00:29:21.740><c> knew</c><00:29:21.960><c> what</c><00:29:22.180><c> the</c><00:29:22.380><c> land</c><00:29:22.559><c> was</c><00:29:22.799><c> like,</c>

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:28.559
but<00:29:26.099><c> they</c><00:29:26.319><c> wanted</c><00:29:26.660><c> verification</c><00:29:27.440><c> of</c><00:29:27.720><c> it.</c>

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:30.819
Let's<00:29:29.539><c> see</c><00:29:29.819><c> the</c><00:29:30.039><c> color</c><00:29:30.240><c> of</c><00:29:30.460><c> the</c><00:29:30.599><c> money</c>

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:32.160
before<00:29:31.180><c> I</c><00:29:31.400><c> give</c><00:29:31.500><c> you</c><00:29:31.759><c> the</c><00:29:31.880><c> goods.</c>

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:35.740
That's<00:29:33.160><c> the</c><00:29:33.359><c> way</c><00:29:33.579><c> of</c><00:29:33.779><c> the</c><00:29:33.940><c> world,</c><00:29:34.160><c> isn't</c><00:29:34.440><c> it?</c>

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:40.319
They<00:29:38.119><c> wanted</c><00:29:38.440><c> tangible</c><00:29:39.000><c> evidence.</c>

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:43.559
And<00:29:42.259><c> what</c><00:29:42.380><c> they</c><00:29:42.599><c> did,</c><00:29:42.839><c> they</c><00:29:43.180><c> ignored</c>

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:45.339
the<00:29:43.799><c> voice</c><00:29:44.000><c> of</c><00:29:44.200><c> the</c><00:29:44.359><c> past.</c>

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:49.059
You<00:29:46.500><c> see,</c><00:29:47.660><c> you</c><00:29:47.819><c> remember</c><00:29:47.980><c> what</c><00:29:48.299><c> Joseph</c><00:29:48.680><c> had</c><00:29:48.940><c> said</c>

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:52.660
in<00:29:49.380><c> Genesis</c><00:29:50.099><c> chapter</c><00:29:50.539><c> 50.</c>

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:59.079
Genesis<00:29:56.940><c> 50</c><00:29:57.460><c> verse</c><00:29:57.759><c> 24.</c>

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:01.799
Joseph<00:30:00.180><c> said</c><00:30:00.420><c> unto</c><00:30:00.640><c> the</c><00:30:00.819><c> children</c><00:30:01.180><c> of</c><00:30:01.359><c> Israel,</c>

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:04.779
or<00:30:02.339><c> said</c><00:30:02.539><c> unto</c><00:30:02.779><c> his</c><00:30:02.980><c> brethren,</c><00:30:03.579><c> I</c><00:30:03.579><c> die,</c>

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.880
and<00:30:06.460><c> God</c><00:30:06.700><c> will</c><00:30:06.980><c> surely</c><00:30:07.279><c> visit</c><00:30:07.640><c> you</c>

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:09.559
and<00:30:08.019><c> bring</c><00:30:08.200><c> you</c><00:30:08.440><c> up</c><00:30:08.619><c> out</c><00:30:08.740><c> of</c><00:30:08.859><c> the</c><00:30:09.059><c> land</c>

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:11.839
unto<00:30:09.900><c> the</c><00:30:10.059><c> land</c><00:30:10.220><c> which</c><00:30:10.420><c> he</c><00:30:10.759><c> sware</c><00:30:11.019><c> to</c><00:30:11.380><c> Abraham,</c>

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:13.019
to<00:30:12.099><c> Isaac,</c><00:30:12.380><c> and</c><00:30:12.539><c> to</c><00:30:12.759><c> Jacob.</c>

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:15.859
He<00:30:13.400><c> will</c><00:30:13.799><c> surely</c><00:30:14.440><c> do</c><00:30:14.799><c> it.</c>

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:18.640
And<00:30:16.259><c> Joseph</c><00:30:16.559><c> took</c><00:30:16.799><c> an</c><00:30:17.000><c> oath</c><00:30:17.099><c> of</c><00:30:17.259><c> the</c><00:30:17.420><c> children</c><00:30:17.740><c> of</c><00:30:17.859><c> Israel</c><00:30:18.220><c> saying,</c>

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:20.380
God<00:30:19.160><c> will</c><00:30:19.460><c> surely</c><00:30:19.740><c> visit</c><00:30:20.119><c> you,</c>

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:23.920
and<00:30:20.799><c> ye</c><00:30:21.059><c> shall</c><00:30:21.279><c> carry</c><00:30:21.680><c> up</c><00:30:21.920><c> my</c><00:30:22.259><c> bones</c><00:30:22.680><c> from</c><00:30:23.039><c> hence.</c>

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:27.099
So<00:30:24.720><c> Joseph</c><00:30:25.140><c> died</c><00:30:25.500><c> being</c><00:30:25.839><c> 110</c><00:30:26.480><c> years</c><00:30:26.940><c> old,</c>

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:28.380
and<00:30:27.200><c> they</c><00:30:27.440><c> embalmed</c><00:30:27.980><c> him,</c>

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:30.539
and<00:30:28.599><c> he</c><00:30:28.720><c> was</c><00:30:28.960><c> put</c><00:30:29.160><c> in</c><00:30:29.319><c> a</c><00:30:29.460><c> coffin</c><00:30:29.759><c> in</c><00:30:30.099><c> Egypt.</c>

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:32.180
And<00:30:30.700><c> the</c><00:30:30.880><c> day</c><00:30:31.099><c> that</c><00:30:31.240><c> they</c><00:30:31.400><c> left</c><00:30:31.640><c> Egypt,</c>

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:34.019
in<00:30:32.680><c> Exodus</c><00:30:33.099><c> chapter</c><00:30:33.480><c> 12,</c>

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:36.880
it<00:30:34.420><c> says</c><00:30:34.799><c> that</c><00:30:35.019><c> they</c><00:30:35.420><c> carried</c><00:30:35.920><c> the</c><00:30:36.299><c> bones</c>

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:39.619
of<00:30:37.720><c> Joseph</c><00:30:38.140><c> with</c><00:30:38.400><c> them.</c>

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:41.720
And<00:30:39.920><c> they</c><00:30:40.279><c> ignored</c><00:30:40.660><c> the</c><00:30:40.920><c> voice</c><00:30:41.119><c> of</c><00:30:41.339><c> the</c><00:30:41.500><c> dead.</c>

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:45.039
For<00:30:42.400><c> two</c><00:30:42.940><c> years</c><00:30:43.279><c> they'd</c><00:30:43.599><c> been</c><00:30:43.880><c> carrying</c>

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:47.740
Joseph<00:30:45.519><c> with</c><00:30:45.819><c> them</c><00:30:46.039><c> to</c><00:30:46.240><c> the</c><00:30:46.500><c> promised</c><00:30:46.759><c> land.</c>

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:50.500
Who<00:30:48.859><c> was</c><00:30:49.259><c> buried</c><00:30:49.539><c> in</c><00:30:49.720><c> the</c><00:30:49.980><c> promised</c><00:30:50.200><c> land,</c>

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.819
brethren<00:30:50.819><c> and</c><00:30:51.079><c> sisters?</c>

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:53.720
Joseph<00:30:52.579><c> was.</c>

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:56.000
Who<00:30:54.859><c> perished</c><00:30:55.220><c> in</c><00:30:55.440><c> the</c><00:30:55.599><c> wilderness?</c>

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:58.240
The<00:30:56.759><c> whole</c><00:30:56.940><c> generation.</c>

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.720
They<00:30:58.779><c> lost</c><00:30:59.079><c> sight.</c>

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:02.660
Whereas<00:31:00.500><c> Joseph</c><00:31:01.119><c> could</c><00:31:01.819><c> see</c><00:31:02.119><c> beyond.</c>

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:05.619
He<00:31:03.119><c> looked</c><00:31:03.380><c> not</c><00:31:03.640><c> at</c><00:31:03.819><c> the</c><00:31:04.000><c> things</c><00:31:04.180><c> which</c><00:31:04.380><c> were</c><00:31:04.640><c> visible,</c>

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:07.920
but<00:31:05.920><c> he</c><00:31:06.119><c> looked</c><00:31:06.579><c> beyond.</c>

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:14.579
And<00:31:12.000><c> then</c><00:31:12.140><c> we</c><00:31:12.319><c> come</c><00:31:12.440><c> to</c><00:31:12.660><c> the</c><00:31:12.900><c> sure</c><00:31:13.140><c> word</c><00:31:13.380><c> of</c><00:31:13.720><c> prophecy.</c>

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:17.220
What<00:31:15.599><c> did</c><00:31:15.799><c> they</c><00:31:16.059><c> find,</c><00:31:16.680><c> brethren</c><00:31:16.859><c> and</c><00:31:17.079><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:21.039
when<00:31:17.500><c> they</c><00:31:17.859><c> eventually</c><00:31:18.680><c> went</c><00:31:19.259><c> into</c><00:31:19.579><c> the</c><00:31:19.859><c> promised</c><00:31:20.119><c> land</c>

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:22.720
and<00:31:21.599><c> searched</c><00:31:22.000><c> it</c><00:31:22.299><c> out?</c>

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:26.940
Numbers<00:31:23.200><c> chapter</c><00:31:23.599><c> 13,</c><00:31:25.079><c> verse</c><00:31:25.339><c> 26.</c>

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:30.319
And<00:31:28.180><c> they</c><00:31:28.380><c> went</c><00:31:28.640><c> and</c><00:31:28.880><c> came</c><00:31:29.099><c> to</c><00:31:29.279><c> Moses,</c>

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:34.559
and<00:31:31.019><c> to</c><00:31:31.259><c> Aaron</c><00:31:31.519><c> and</c><00:31:31.660><c> to</c><00:31:31.880><c> all</c><00:31:32.099><c> the</c><00:31:32.359><c> children</c><00:31:32.960><c> of</c><00:31:33.740><c> Israel,</c>

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:36.920
and<00:31:34.880><c> to</c><00:31:35.019><c> the</c><00:31:35.200><c> wilderness</c><00:31:35.720><c> of</c><00:31:36.160><c> Peran</c><00:31:36.559><c> and</c><00:31:36.660><c> Kadesh,</c>

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.799
and<00:31:37.059><c> they</c><00:31:37.319><c> brought</c><00:31:37.619><c> back</c><00:31:38.000><c> word</c><00:31:38.220><c> unto</c><00:31:38.480><c> them</c>

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:40.619
and<00:31:39.319><c> unto</c><00:31:39.579><c> all</c><00:31:39.880><c> the</c><00:31:40.079><c> congregation,</c>

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:43.640
and<00:31:41.000><c> they</c><00:31:41.359><c> showed</c><00:31:41.720><c> them</c><00:31:42.059><c> the</c><00:31:42.400><c> fruit</c><00:31:42.759><c> of</c><00:31:43.200><c> the</c><00:31:43.400><c> land.</c>

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:45.019
And<00:31:43.759><c> they</c><00:31:44.160><c> told</c><00:31:44.559><c> him</c><00:31:44.740><c> and</c><00:31:44.839><c> said,</c>

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:47.880
We<00:31:45.480><c> came</c><00:31:45.839><c> into</c><00:31:46.099><c> the</c><00:31:46.279><c> land</c><00:31:46.460><c> with</c><00:31:46.680><c> which</c><00:31:46.819><c> thou</c><00:31:47.019><c> sentest</c><00:31:47.599><c> us,</c>

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:50.880
and<00:31:48.400><c> surely</c><00:31:48.980><c> it</c><00:31:49.559><c> floweth</c><00:31:49.900><c> with</c><00:31:50.160><c> milk</c><00:31:50.460><c> and</c><00:31:50.619><c> honey.</c>

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:52.759
Well,<00:31:51.180><c> what</c><00:31:51.420><c> a</c><00:31:51.579><c> surprise.</c>

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:55.099
It's<00:31:54.160><c> as</c><00:31:54.240><c> though</c><00:31:54.400><c> they</c><00:31:54.559><c> were</c><00:31:54.779><c> amazed.</c>

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:57.119
God's<00:31:55.460><c> been</c><00:31:55.640><c> telling</c><00:31:55.880><c> the</c><00:31:56.180><c> truth.</c>

00:31:57.220 --> 00:32:00.279
And<00:31:57.680><c> that's</c><00:31:58.079><c> the</c><00:31:58.339><c> way</c><00:31:58.559><c> we</c><00:31:58.859><c> react</c><00:31:59.279><c> at</c><00:31:59.500><c> times,</c><00:31:59.920><c> brethren</c><00:32:00.039><c> and</c><00:32:00.259><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:02.119
We<00:32:00.599><c> read</c><00:32:00.900><c> what</c><00:32:01.140><c> God</c><00:32:01.339><c> has</c><00:32:01.559><c> promised,</c>

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:05.000
and<00:32:02.720><c> then</c><00:32:02.859><c> we're</c><00:32:03.119><c> amazed</c><00:32:03.579><c> at</c><00:32:04.240><c> the</c><00:32:04.440><c> response.</c>

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:08.259
We've<00:32:05.359><c> read</c><00:32:05.460><c> it</c><00:32:05.680><c> recently</c><00:32:06.039><c> in</c><00:32:06.259><c> our</c><00:32:06.480><c> daily</c><00:32:06.759><c> readings,</c><00:32:07.259><c> haven't</c><00:32:07.400><c> we?</c>

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:11.039
In<00:32:08.819><c> Acts</c><00:32:09.240><c> chapter</c><00:32:09.640><c> 12,</c>

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.759
where<00:32:11.640><c> Peter's</c><00:32:12.119><c> in</c><00:32:12.339><c> prison,</c>

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:16.480
and<00:32:13.119><c> it</c><00:32:13.339><c> tells</c><00:32:13.559><c> us</c><00:32:13.779><c> that</c><00:32:13.940><c> they're</c><00:32:14.180><c> all</c><00:32:14.440><c> in</c><00:32:14.619><c> Mark's</c><00:32:15.000><c> house</c><00:32:15.740><c> praying.</c>

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:18.440
And<00:32:17.640><c> all</c><00:32:17.859><c> of</c><00:32:18.019><c> a</c><00:32:18.019><c> sudden,</c>

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:22.000
Peter's<00:32:19.220><c> miraculously</c><00:32:20.759><c> saved</c><00:32:21.480><c> from</c><00:32:21.720><c> prison.</c>

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:24.420
He<00:32:22.119><c> knocks</c><00:32:22.420><c> at</c><00:32:22.599><c> the</c><00:32:22.779><c> door,</c><00:32:23.359><c> and</c><00:32:23.420><c> nobody</c><00:32:23.759><c> believes</c><00:32:24.259><c> it.</c>

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:26.720
What<00:32:24.579><c> were</c><00:32:24.700><c> they</c><00:32:24.900><c> praying</c><00:32:25.200><c> for</c><00:32:25.519><c> then?</c>

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:30.299
And<00:32:28.420><c> that's</c><00:32:28.859><c> the</c><00:32:29.000><c> way</c><00:32:29.200><c> we</c><00:32:29.480><c> are.</c>

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:35.339
They<00:32:30.599><c> were</c><00:32:30.839><c> amazed</c><00:32:31.579><c> that</c><00:32:32.279><c> God</c><00:32:32.559><c> had</c><00:32:32.799><c> been</c><00:32:33.180><c> telling</c><00:32:33.539><c> the</c><00:32:33.859><c> truth.</c>

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:38.299
But<00:32:36.059><c> contrasts</c><00:32:37.339><c> Joseph.</c>

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:41.559
He<00:32:39.480><c> was</c><00:32:39.819><c> buried</c><00:32:40.119><c> in</c><00:32:40.319><c> the</c><00:32:40.500><c> land,</c>

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:44.740
and<00:32:42.819><c> the</c><00:32:42.980><c> people</c><00:32:43.240><c> of</c><00:32:43.400><c> Israel,</c><00:32:43.819><c> their</c><00:32:44.079><c> carcasses,</c>

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:47.539
fell<00:32:45.779><c> in</c><00:32:46.339><c> the</c><00:32:46.519><c> wilderness.</c>

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:53.700
But<00:32:49.579><c> there</c><00:32:49.700><c> were</c><00:32:49.859><c> two</c><00:32:50.180><c> more</c><00:32:51.119><c> evidences</c><00:32:51.779><c> of</c><00:32:52.079><c> things</c><00:32:52.380><c> not</c><00:32:52.759><c> seen</c>

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:56.619
when<00:32:54.900><c> they</c><00:32:55.119><c> went</c><00:32:55.319><c> into</c><00:32:55.599><c> the</c><00:32:55.819><c> land,</c>

00:32:57.079 --> 00:33:00.339
which<00:32:57.299><c> maybe</c><00:32:57.660><c> we</c><00:32:57.900><c> don't</c><00:32:58.200><c> always</c><00:32:58.759><c> recognize.</c>

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:05.339
Verse<00:33:01.740><c> 13</c><00:33:02.259><c> of</c><00:33:02.440><c> Numbers</c><00:33:03.099><c> 13.</c>

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:20.200
I<00:33:16.380><c> think</c><00:33:16.579><c> it</c><00:33:16.680><c> should</c><00:33:16.859><c> be</c><00:33:17.059><c> 23.</c><00:33:18.799><c> Verse</c><00:33:18.940><c> 23.</c>

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:22.339
Verse<00:33:21.119><c> 22</c><00:33:21.660><c> for</c><00:33:21.940><c> connection.</c>

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:25.680
They<00:33:22.700><c> ascended</c><00:33:23.200><c> by</c><00:33:23.500><c> the</c><00:33:23.779><c> south</c><00:33:24.000><c> and</c><00:33:24.200><c> came</c><00:33:24.500><c> unto</c><00:33:24.779><c> Hebron,</c>

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:29.059
where<00:33:26.480><c> Haman,</c><00:33:27.339><c> Shisha,</c><00:33:27.720><c> and</c><00:33:27.900><c> Talmiah,</c><00:33:28.460><c> the</c><00:33:28.559><c> children</c><00:33:28.819><c> of</c>

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.599
Anak,<00:33:29.400><c> were.</c>

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:34.579
Now,<00:33:30.680><c> Hebron</c><00:33:30.799><c> was</c><00:33:31.079><c> built</c><00:33:31.519><c> seven</c><00:33:32.059><c> years</c><00:33:32.339><c> before</c><00:33:32.740><c> Zohan</c><00:33:33.240><c> in</c><00:33:33.500><c> Egypt.</c>

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:37.339
And<00:33:34.740><c> they</c><00:33:34.920><c> came</c><00:33:35.160><c> unto</c><00:33:35.460><c> the</c><00:33:35.660><c> brook</c><00:33:35.960><c> of</c><00:33:36.299><c> Eshkol,</c>

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:40.880
and<00:33:37.799><c> cut</c><00:33:37.940><c> down</c><00:33:38.279><c> from</c><00:33:38.519><c> thence</c><00:33:38.819><c> a</c><00:33:38.960><c> branch</c><00:33:39.200><c> with</c><00:33:39.420><c> one</c><00:33:39.680><c> cluster</c><00:33:40.019><c> of</c><00:33:40.700><c> grapes,</c>

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:43.559
and<00:33:41.240><c> they</c><00:33:41.539><c> buried</c><00:33:41.759><c> between</c><00:33:42.240><c> two</c><00:33:42.720><c> upon</c><00:33:43.039><c> a</c><00:33:43.339><c> staff.</c>

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:49.359
Now,<00:33:44.519><c> why</c><00:33:44.759><c> does</c><00:33:44.960><c> the</c><00:33:45.220><c> record</c><00:33:45.920><c> highlight</c><00:33:46.819><c> for</c><00:33:47.119><c> us</c><00:33:47.299><c> these</c><00:33:47.720><c> two</c><00:33:48.140><c> locations?</c>

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:55.920
Well,<00:33:51.839><c> Hebron</c><00:33:52.599><c> was</c><00:33:53.000><c> the</c><00:33:53.299><c> burial</c><00:33:53.680><c> place</c><00:33:54.279><c> of</c><00:33:54.599><c> Abraham,</c><00:33:55.519><c> Isaac,</c>

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.559
and<00:33:56.480><c> Jacob.</c>

00:33:57.960 --> 00:34:00.180
And<00:33:58.240><c> here,</c><00:33:58.519><c> for</c><00:33:58.599><c> the</c><00:33:58.859><c> first</c><00:33:59.140><c> time,</c><00:33:59.460><c> brethren</c><00:33:59.700><c> and</c><00:33:59.839><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:04.720
the<00:34:00.720><c> nation</c><00:34:01.599><c> encounters</c><00:34:02.519><c> their</c><00:34:03.000><c> forefathers'</c><00:34:04.140><c> graves.</c>

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:09.400
And<00:34:06.200><c> the</c><00:34:06.380><c> reminder</c><00:34:06.960><c> that</c><00:34:07.279><c> these</c><00:34:07.660><c> all</c><00:34:08.039><c> died</c><00:34:08.420><c> in</c><00:34:08.940><c> faith,</c>

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:12.059
not<00:34:10.199><c> having</c><00:34:10.619><c> received</c><00:34:11.260><c> the</c><00:34:11.500><c> promises.</c>

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:16.340
What<00:34:12.800><c> a</c><00:34:13.019><c> tremendous</c><00:34:13.460><c> exhortation</c><00:34:14.300><c> that</c><00:34:14.719><c> in</c><00:34:14.940><c> itself</c><00:34:15.360><c> would</c><00:34:15.699><c> be</c>

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:18.900
to<00:34:16.559><c> go</c><00:34:16.739><c> and</c><00:34:17.059><c> stand</c><00:34:17.260><c> at</c><00:34:17.480><c> the</c><00:34:17.699><c> grave</c><00:34:18.139><c> of</c><00:34:18.440><c> Abraham</c>

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:22.320
and<00:34:19.619><c> reflect</c><00:34:20.099><c> upon</c><00:34:20.360><c> the</c><00:34:20.659><c> faith</c><00:34:20.900><c> of</c><00:34:21.159><c> that</c><00:34:21.360><c> man.</c>

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:28.159
These<00:34:23.079><c> all</c><00:34:23.480><c> died</c><00:34:23.800><c> in</c><00:34:24.159><c> faith,</c><00:34:25.139><c> not</c><00:34:25.480><c> having</c><00:34:25.900><c> received</c><00:34:26.800><c> the</c><00:34:27.119><c> promises.</c>

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:31.599
And<00:34:29.219><c> Hebron</c><00:34:29.480><c> was</c><00:34:29.699><c> the</c><00:34:29.940><c> place</c><00:34:30.219><c> where</c><00:34:30.500><c> Abraham</c><00:34:30.880><c> went</c><00:34:31.260><c> to</c>

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:37.880
after<00:34:32.739><c> Lot</c><00:34:33.199><c> had</c><00:34:34.000><c> separated</c><00:34:34.500><c> himself</c><00:34:35.059><c> and</c><00:34:35.360><c> chosen</c><00:34:36.260><c> the</c><00:34:37.500><c> plains</c>

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.579
of<00:34:38.179><c> Jordan,</c>

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:41.460
which<00:34:38.860><c> was</c><00:34:39.159><c> like</c><00:34:39.599><c> the</c><00:34:39.920><c> land</c><00:34:40.179><c> of</c><00:34:40.480><c> Egypt.</c>

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:45.079
See,<00:34:42.460><c> Lot</c><00:34:42.719><c> had</c><00:34:42.940><c> already</c><00:34:43.300><c> tasted</c><00:34:43.739><c> what</c><00:34:44.019><c> Egypt</c><00:34:44.280><c> was</c><00:34:44.599><c> like.</c>

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:50.159
And<00:34:45.800><c> when</c><00:34:45.920><c> he</c><00:34:46.139><c> saw</c><00:34:46.480><c> the</c><00:34:46.699><c> land</c><00:34:46.980><c> which</c><00:34:47.219><c> was</c><00:34:47.519><c> similar,</c><00:34:48.480><c> that's</c><00:34:48.800><c> what</c><00:34:48.960><c> he</c><00:34:49.159><c> chose.</c>

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:54.239
And<00:34:51.239><c> in</c><00:34:51.480><c> effect,</c><00:34:51.860><c> you</c><00:34:51.920><c> have</c><00:34:52.139><c> a</c><00:34:52.360><c> nation</c><00:34:52.739><c> now</c><00:34:53.099><c> having</c><00:34:53.380><c> left</c><00:34:53.760><c> Egypt,</c>

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:58.719
and<00:34:54.719><c> they're</c><00:34:55.280><c> on</c><00:34:55.579><c> the</c><00:34:56.780><c> edge</c><00:34:57.059><c> making</c><00:34:57.519><c> the</c><00:34:57.800><c> decision.</c>

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:05.340
It<00:35:00.400><c> was</c><00:35:00.679><c> a</c><00:35:00.860><c> memorial</c><00:35:01.360><c> to</c><00:35:01.659><c> faith,</c><00:35:02.940><c> and</c><00:35:03.440><c> they</c><00:35:03.679><c> missed</c><00:35:03.920><c> the</c><00:35:04.139><c> whole</c><00:35:04.400><c> point.</c>

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:08.039
And<00:35:06.420><c> then</c><00:35:06.559><c> there's</c><00:35:07.019><c> Eshkol.</c>

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:11.559
Where<00:35:09.260><c> have</c><00:35:09.420><c> we</c><00:35:09.579><c> heard</c><00:35:09.900><c> Eshkol</c><00:35:10.519><c> before?</c>

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:16.780
Well,<00:35:12.699><c> he</c><00:35:12.880><c> was</c><00:35:13.119><c> the</c><00:35:13.320><c> individual</c><00:35:13.980><c> that</c><00:35:14.800><c> was</c><00:35:15.119><c> confederate</c><00:35:15.900><c> with</c><00:35:16.199><c> Abraham</c>

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:22.340
back<00:35:17.820><c> in</c><00:35:18.000><c> Genesis</c><00:35:18.420><c> chapter</c><00:35:18.780><c> 14</c><00:35:19.320><c> in</c><00:35:19.500><c> the</c><00:35:19.699><c> incident</c><00:35:20.199><c> of</c><00:35:20.619><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:28.940
A<00:35:22.920><c> very</c><00:35:23.300><c> interesting</c><00:35:23.880><c> situation</c><00:35:24.699><c> exists</c><00:35:26.219><c> in</c><00:35:27.059><c> Genesis</c><00:35:27.519><c> 14.</c>

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:34.559
But<00:35:30.500><c> you'll</c><00:35:30.719><c> notice</c><00:35:31.059><c> particularly</c><00:35:31.860><c> it</c><00:35:32.619><c> says</c><00:35:32.880><c> at</c><00:35:33.139><c> verse</c><00:35:33.519><c> 7</c>

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:40.219
that<00:35:35.380><c> after</c><00:35:35.860><c> the</c><00:35:36.139><c> battle,</c><00:35:37.300><c> they</c><00:35:37.480><c> returned,</c><00:35:38.039><c> verse</c><00:35:38.300><c> 7</c><00:35:38.679><c> of</c><00:35:39.119><c> Genesis</c><00:35:39.539><c> 14,</c>

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:43.920
and<00:35:40.739><c> they</c><00:35:41.000><c> came</c><00:35:41.219><c> to</c><00:35:41.539><c> En</c><00:35:41.820><c> Mishpat,</c><00:35:42.679><c> which</c><00:35:42.880><c> is</c><00:35:43.320><c> Kadesh,</c>

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:47.159
and<00:35:44.559><c> smote</c><00:35:44.960><c> all</c><00:35:45.659><c> the</c><00:35:45.860><c> country</c><00:35:46.199><c> of</c><00:35:46.380><c> the</c><00:35:46.500><c> Amalekites</c>

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:51.659
and<00:35:47.559><c> also</c><00:35:47.960><c> the</c><00:35:48.340><c> Amorites</c><00:35:48.860><c> that</c><00:35:49.219><c> dwelt</c><00:35:49.519><c> in</c><00:35:50.420><c> Hesion</c><00:35:50.980><c> Tamar.</c>

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:56.659
Now<00:35:52.260><c> Hesion</c><00:35:52.659><c> Tamar,</c><00:35:53.800><c> and</c><00:35:54.340><c> I</c><00:35:54.440><c> don't</c><00:35:54.599><c> have</c><00:35:54.820><c> a</c><00:35:54.980><c> map</c><00:35:55.099><c> to</c><00:35:55.360><c> show</c><00:35:55.500><c> it,</c>

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:59.219
was<00:35:56.840><c> on</c><00:35:57.039><c> the</c><00:35:57.260><c> shores</c><00:35:57.719><c> of</c><00:35:58.079><c> the</c><00:35:58.219><c> Dead</c><00:35:58.519><c> Sea.</c>

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:03.360
Before<00:36:00.019><c> it</c><00:36:00.460><c> became</c><00:36:00.800><c> the</c><00:36:01.000><c> Dead</c><00:36:01.239><c> Sea,</c><00:36:01.400><c> this</c><00:36:01.559><c> was</c><00:36:01.800><c> the</c><00:36:01.940><c> valley</c><00:36:02.159><c> of</c><00:36:02.440><c> Sidim.</c>

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:05.500
And<00:36:03.679><c> it</c><00:36:03.800><c> is</c><00:36:04.000><c> now</c><00:36:04.300><c> modern</c><00:36:04.519><c> day</c><00:36:04.760><c> Ngedi.</c>

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:10.159
So<00:36:06.260><c> the</c><00:36:07.000><c> Amorites</c><00:36:07.579><c> dwelt</c><00:36:08.119><c> in</c><00:36:08.380><c> what</c><00:36:08.519><c> is</c><00:36:08.739><c> now</c><00:36:08.960><c> known</c><00:36:09.199><c> as</c><00:36:09.380><c> Ngedi</c>

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:11.360
in<00:36:10.679><c> the</c><00:36:10.980><c> valley</c>

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:15.099
on<00:36:11.920><c> what</c><00:36:12.039><c> is</c><00:36:12.239><c> now</c><00:36:12.400><c> the</c><00:36:12.619><c> shores</c><00:36:12.840><c> of</c><00:36:13.760><c> the</c><00:36:14.000><c> salt</c><00:36:14.280><c> sea.</c>

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:20.900
But<00:36:16.000><c> when</c><00:36:16.159><c> we</c><00:36:16.340><c> come</c><00:36:16.599><c> to,</c><00:36:18.559><c> a</c><00:36:18.739><c> little</c><00:36:18.860><c> later</c><00:36:19.280><c> down,</c><00:36:19.840><c> verse</c><00:36:20.099><c> 13,</c>

00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:24.500
there<00:36:21.340><c> came</c><00:36:21.619><c> one</c><00:36:21.880><c> that</c><00:36:22.039><c> had</c><00:36:22.260><c> escaped</c><00:36:22.719><c> and</c><00:36:22.880><c> told</c><00:36:23.280><c> Abraham</c><00:36:23.800><c> the</c><00:36:24.039><c> Hebrew,</c>

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:29.000
for<00:36:25.019><c> he</c><00:36:25.340><c> dwelt</c><00:36:25.599><c> in</c><00:36:25.780><c> the</c><00:36:26.059><c> plain</c><00:36:26.239><c> of</c><00:36:26.619><c> Mamre,</c><00:36:27.840><c> the</c><00:36:28.139><c> Amorite,</c>

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:31.000
brother<00:36:29.440><c> of</c><00:36:29.679><c> Eshkol</c><00:36:30.059><c> and</c><00:36:30.260><c> brother</c><00:36:30.539><c> of</c><00:36:30.820><c> Anar.</c>

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:32.960
And<00:36:31.400><c> these</c><00:36:31.599><c> were</c><00:36:31.840><c> confederate</c><00:36:32.360><c> with</c><00:36:32.559><c> Abraham.</c>

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:37.179
So<00:36:33.480><c> Eshkol</c><00:36:33.960><c> and</c><00:36:34.179><c> Mamre,</c><00:36:35.400><c> they</c><00:36:35.679><c> had</c><00:36:36.119><c> separated</c><00:36:36.639><c> themselves</c>

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:38.780
from<00:36:37.460><c> their</c><00:36:37.800><c> Amorite</c><00:36:38.320><c> brethren</c>

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:44.219
and<00:36:39.300><c> they'd</c><00:36:39.579><c> gone</c><00:36:39.780><c> about</c><00:36:40.139><c> 20</c><00:36:40.559><c> miles</c><00:36:41.380><c> northwest,</c><00:36:43.159><c> or</c><00:36:43.519><c> west,</c>

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:46.800
and<00:36:45.280><c> they'd</c><00:36:45.719><c> settled</c><00:36:45.940><c> down</c><00:36:46.219><c> with</c><00:36:46.519><c> Abraham.</c>

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.159
They<00:36:47.219><c> were</c><00:36:47.460><c> confederate.</c>

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:51.559
That<00:36:48.719><c> means</c><00:36:49.000><c> they</c><00:36:49.179><c> were</c><00:36:49.400><c> the</c><00:36:49.719><c> brethren</c><00:36:50.039><c> of</c><00:36:50.400><c> the</c><00:36:50.659><c> covenant.</c>

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:54.800
They'd<00:36:52.579><c> made</c><00:36:52.719><c> a</c><00:36:53.000><c> covenant</c><00:36:53.340><c> with</c><00:36:53.659><c> Abraham.</c>

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:58.980
And<00:36:55.920><c> so</c><00:36:56.039><c> the</c><00:36:56.239><c> children</c><00:36:56.539><c> of</c><00:36:56.860><c> Israel,</c><00:36:57.199><c> they</c><00:36:57.920><c> come</c><00:36:58.119><c> to</c><00:36:58.440><c> Eshkol,</c>

00:36:58.980 --> 00:37:01.940
where<00:36:59.260><c> this</c><00:36:59.880><c> cluster</c><00:37:00.300><c> of</c><00:37:00.619><c> grapes</c><00:37:00.860><c> is.</c>

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:08.500
And<00:37:04.679><c> they</c><00:37:05.219><c> are</c><00:37:05.539><c> reminded</c><00:37:06.260><c> of</c><00:37:07.219><c> their</c><00:37:07.559><c> past,</c>

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:12.880
of<00:37:09.119><c> the</c><00:37:09.460><c> faith</c><00:37:09.980><c> of</c><00:37:11.039><c> these</c><00:37:11.400><c> fearless</c><00:37:11.840><c> men</c>

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:17.239
who<00:37:13.360><c> sided</c><00:37:14.000><c> with</c><00:37:14.340><c> Abraham</c><00:37:14.820><c> and</c><00:37:15.599><c> challenged</c><00:37:16.000><c> the</c><00:37:16.320><c> enemy.</c>

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:23.360
And<00:37:20.639><c> the</c><00:37:20.900><c> Psalmist</c><00:37:21.260><c> says</c><00:37:21.599><c> in</c><00:37:21.880><c> Psalm</c><00:37:22.139><c> 106,</c>

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:27.559
They<00:37:24.739><c> believe</c><00:37:25.340><c> not</c><00:37:25.860><c> his</c><00:37:26.280><c> word.</c>

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.760
Why?

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:32.920
Because,<00:37:31.760><c> brethren</c><00:37:31.920><c> and</c><00:37:32.159><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:38.659
they<00:37:33.980><c> walked</c><00:37:34.340><c> by</c><00:37:34.739><c> faith,</c><00:37:35.199><c> by</c><00:37:35.539><c> sight,</c><00:37:37.000><c> and</c><00:37:37.119><c> not</c><00:37:37.280><c> by</c><00:37:37.619><c> faith.</c>

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:43.400
Israel's<00:37:39.920><c> decision</c><00:37:40.599><c> not</c><00:37:41.980><c> to</c><00:37:42.159><c> go</c><00:37:42.360><c> into</c><00:37:42.559><c> the</c><00:37:42.820><c> promised</c><00:37:43.099><c> land</c>

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:45.980
was<00:37:43.739><c> governed</c><00:37:44.280><c> by</c><00:37:44.940><c> what</c><00:37:45.179><c> they</c><00:37:45.559><c> saw.</c>

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:53.739
Verse<00:37:46.699><c> 28</c><00:37:47.880><c> of</c><00:37:48.599><c> Numbers</c><00:37:51.679><c> Chapter</c><00:37:52.059><c> 13.</c>

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:58.280
Notice<00:37:54.280><c> the</c><00:37:54.480><c> way</c><00:37:54.679><c> in</c><00:37:54.800><c> which</c><00:37:54.980><c> the</c><00:37:55.159><c> word</c><00:37:55.460><c> saw</c><00:37:56.260><c> jumps</c><00:37:57.219><c> out</c><00:37:57.519><c> of</c><00:37:57.679><c> the</c><00:37:57.880><c> text.</c>

00:37:58.639 --> 00:38:01.199
Nevertheless,<00:37:59.380><c> the</c><00:37:59.380><c> people</c><00:37:59.679><c> be</c><00:37:59.940><c> strong</c><00:38:00.239><c> that</c><00:38:00.460><c> dwell</c><00:38:00.619><c> in</c><00:38:00.760><c> the</c><00:38:00.920><c> land.</c>

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:04.619
The<00:38:01.619><c> cities</c><00:38:01.920><c> are</c><00:38:02.679><c> walled</c><00:38:03.139><c> and</c><00:38:03.900><c> very</c><00:38:04.260><c> great.</c>

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:08.639
Moreover,<00:38:05.280><c> we</c><00:38:05.559><c> saw</c><00:38:06.159><c> the</c><00:38:06.599><c> children</c><00:38:07.139><c> of</c><00:38:07.780><c> Anak.</c>

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.780
Verse<00:38:09.219><c> 32.</c>

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:12.239
They<00:38:10.360><c> brought</c><00:38:10.739><c> up</c><00:38:10.920><c> an</c><00:38:11.119><c> evil</c><00:38:11.320><c> report</c><00:38:11.760><c> of</c><00:38:11.920><c> the</c><00:38:12.079><c> land</c>

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:14.280
which<00:38:12.440><c> they</c><00:38:12.679><c> had</c><00:38:12.940><c> searched</c><00:38:13.199><c> unto</c><00:38:13.440><c> the</c><00:38:13.579><c> children</c><00:38:13.840><c> of</c><00:38:14.099><c> Israel,</c>

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:17.159
saying<00:38:14.619><c> the</c><00:38:14.679><c> land</c><00:38:15.059><c> through</c><00:38:15.639><c> which</c><00:38:15.820><c> we</c><00:38:16.019><c> have</c><00:38:16.280><c> gone</c><00:38:16.579><c> to</c><00:38:16.940><c> search,</c>

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:19.679
it<00:38:17.340><c> is</c><00:38:17.599><c> a</c><00:38:17.760><c> land</c><00:38:17.920><c> that</c><00:38:18.139><c> eateth</c><00:38:18.360><c> up</c><00:38:18.559><c> the</c><00:38:18.760><c> inhabitants</c><00:38:19.119><c> thereof,</c>

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:23.780
and<00:38:20.199><c> all</c><00:38:20.360><c> the</c><00:38:20.519><c> people</c><00:38:20.760><c> that</c><00:38:21.000><c> we</c><00:38:21.420><c> saw</c><00:38:21.679><c> in</c><00:38:21.900><c> it</c><00:38:22.199><c> are</c><00:38:22.559><c> men</c><00:38:22.739><c> of</c><00:38:23.019><c> great</c><00:38:23.280><c> stature.</c>

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:28.179
There<00:38:24.219><c> we</c><00:38:24.539><c> saw</c><00:38:24.940><c> the</c><00:38:25.239><c> giants,</c><00:38:26.000><c> the</c><00:38:26.239><c> sons</c><00:38:26.699><c> of</c><00:38:27.340><c> Anak.</c>

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:33.179
They<00:38:29.139><c> made</c><00:38:29.460><c> the</c><00:38:29.780><c> decision</c><00:38:30.559><c> based</c><00:38:31.179><c> upon</c><00:38:31.559><c> what</c><00:38:31.800><c> they</c><00:38:32.179><c> saw.</c>

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:37.579
They<00:38:34.059><c> lived</c><00:38:34.280><c> by</c><00:38:34.719><c> sight</c><00:38:35.159><c> and</c><00:38:35.940><c> not</c><00:38:36.099><c> by</c><00:38:36.460><c> faith.</c>

00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:42.960
And<00:38:39.480><c> Israel</c><00:38:40.099><c> placed</c><00:38:40.780><c> emphasis</c><00:38:41.500><c> on</c><00:38:41.880><c> human</c><00:38:42.199><c> resources.</c>

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:45.099
Verse<00:38:43.679><c> 31.</c>

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:49.119
We<00:38:45.360><c> be</c><00:38:45.739><c> not</c><00:38:46.000><c> able</c><00:38:46.340><c> to</c><00:38:46.639><c> go</c><00:38:47.099><c> against</c><00:38:47.739><c> this</c><00:38:48.000><c> people.</c>

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:55.820
Remember<00:38:50.280><c> what</c><00:38:50.539><c> Jonathan</c><00:38:51.000><c> said</c><00:38:51.619><c> with</c><00:38:54.059><c> his</c><00:38:54.360><c> armor</c><00:38:54.659><c>-bearer</c>

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:59.199
as<00:38:56.639><c> he</c><00:38:56.860><c> went</c><00:38:57.019><c> to</c><00:38:57.380><c> challenge</c><00:38:57.679><c> the</c><00:38:57.960><c> garrison</c><00:38:58.360><c> of</c><00:38:58.599><c> the</c><00:38:58.780><c> Philistines.</c>

00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:01.940
There<00:38:59.440><c> have</c><00:38:59.539><c> been</c><00:38:59.639><c> more</c><00:38:59.940><c> with</c><00:39:00.159><c> us</c><00:39:00.300><c> than</c><00:39:00.440><c> there</c><00:39:00.659><c> are</c><00:39:00.780><c> with</c><00:39:01.059><c> them.</c>

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:06.719
And<00:39:02.400><c> when</c><00:39:02.599><c> Elisha</c><00:39:03.099><c> was</c><00:39:04.079><c> hemmed</c><00:39:04.280><c> up</c><00:39:04.519><c> in</c><00:39:04.780><c> the</c><00:39:05.139><c> city</c><00:39:05.480><c> of</c><00:39:05.800><c> Dolphin,</c>

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:08.099
and<00:39:06.900><c> he</c><00:39:07.000><c> says</c><00:39:07.199><c> to</c><00:39:07.360><c> his</c><00:39:07.579><c> young</c><00:39:07.820><c> servant,</c>

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:09.579
don't<00:39:08.400><c> worry,</c><00:39:08.739><c> and</c><00:39:08.860><c> he</c><00:39:08.940><c> says,</c><00:39:09.179><c> well,</c><00:39:09.340><c> why?</c>

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.880
You<00:39:09.619><c> know,</c><00:39:09.900><c> look</c><00:39:10.019><c> at</c><00:39:10.099><c> all</c><00:39:10.300><c> those</c><00:39:10.539><c> armies.</c>

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:13.159
He<00:39:11.019><c> said,</c><00:39:11.860><c> look</c><00:39:12.039><c> beyond.</c>

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:16.800
And<00:39:13.559><c> with</c><00:39:13.699><c> the</c><00:39:13.900><c> eye</c><00:39:14.079><c> of</c><00:39:14.460><c> faith</c><00:39:14.860><c> he</c><00:39:15.179><c> saw</c><00:39:15.380><c> the</c><00:39:15.679><c> chariots</c><00:39:16.039><c> of</c><00:39:16.300><c> fire</c>

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:19.099
surrounding<00:39:17.539><c> the</c><00:39:17.840><c> armies</c><00:39:18.179><c> of</c><00:39:18.639><c> the</c><00:39:18.840><c> enemy.</c>

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:22.019
And<00:39:19.400><c> that's</c><00:39:19.579><c> what</c><00:39:19.760><c> we've</c><00:39:20.059><c> got</c><00:39:20.199><c> to</c><00:39:20.400><c> see,</c><00:39:20.880><c> brethren</c><00:39:20.960><c> and</c><00:39:21.199><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:24.460
I<00:39:22.460><c> remember</c><00:39:22.820><c> Brother</c><00:39:23.079><c> Harry</c><00:39:23.360><c> Tennant,</c><00:39:23.780><c> I</c><00:39:23.780><c> think</c><00:39:23.960><c> it</c><00:39:24.199><c> was,</c>

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:26.800
many<00:39:24.960><c> years</c><00:39:25.280><c> ago</c><00:39:25.559><c> recounting</c><00:39:26.219><c> an</c><00:39:26.460><c> incident</c>

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:29.519
where<00:39:27.039><c> he</c><00:39:27.179><c> went</c><00:39:27.420><c> through</c><00:39:27.940><c> the</c><00:39:28.300><c> bush</c><00:39:28.500><c> in</c><00:39:28.980><c> Africa.</c>

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:32.719
He<00:39:30.059><c> came</c><00:39:30.179><c> across</c><00:39:30.539><c> a</c><00:39:31.019><c> truck</c><00:39:31.340><c> which</c><00:39:31.760><c> had</c><00:39:31.900><c> been</c><00:39:32.159><c> upturned</c>

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:35.739
and<00:39:32.840><c> it</c><00:39:32.920><c> was</c><00:39:33.420><c> written</c><00:39:33.780><c> across</c><00:39:34.239><c> the</c><00:39:34.780><c> canvas</c><00:39:35.079><c> of</c><00:39:35.340><c> the</c><00:39:35.539><c> truck,</c>

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:38.199
One<00:39:36.300><c> with</c><00:39:36.679><c> God</c><00:39:37.079><c> is</c><00:39:37.559><c> a</c><00:39:37.739><c> majority.</c>

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:41.239
And<00:39:39.019><c> that's</c><00:39:39.219><c> what</c><00:39:39.380><c> it</c><00:39:39.579><c> is,</c><00:39:39.880><c> isn't</c><00:39:39.880><c> it,</c><00:39:40.099><c> brethren</c><00:39:40.300><c> and</c><00:39:40.539><c> sisters?</c>

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:43.599
One<00:39:41.719><c> with</c><00:39:42.000><c> God</c><00:39:42.239><c> is</c><00:39:42.480><c> a</c><00:39:42.639><c> majority.</c>

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:46.579
We<00:39:43.940><c> can</c><00:39:44.119><c> do</c><00:39:44.320><c> all</c><00:39:44.659><c> things</c><00:39:44.960><c> through</c><00:39:45.280><c> Christ</c><00:39:45.619><c> that</c><00:39:45.880><c> strengthen</c><00:39:46.280><c> us.</c>

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:48.760
And<00:39:47.119><c> Israel</c><00:39:47.539><c> failed</c><00:39:47.980><c> to</c><00:39:48.219><c> see</c><00:39:48.380><c> it.</c>

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:51.400
They<00:39:49.260><c> walked</c><00:39:49.579><c> by</c><00:39:50.039><c> sight</c><00:39:50.340><c> and</c><00:39:50.559><c> not</c><00:39:50.739><c> by</c><00:39:51.139><c> faith.</c>

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:55.119
And<00:39:51.800><c> what</c><00:39:51.960><c> they</c><00:39:52.199><c> did</c><00:39:52.460><c> was</c><00:39:52.699><c> they</c><00:39:53.039><c> limited</c><00:39:53.539><c> God's</c><00:39:54.079><c> ability</c><00:39:54.500><c> to</c><00:39:54.840><c> save.</c>

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:57.500
Look<00:39:55.579><c> at</c><00:39:55.719><c> Psalm</c><00:39:56.039><c> 78.</c>

00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:01.579
Psalm<00:39:59.099><c> 78</c><00:39:59.719><c> and</c><00:39:59.900><c> verse</c><00:40:00.199><c> 41.</c>

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:14.900
Ye<00:40:10.280><c> they</c><00:40:11.039><c> turned</c><00:40:11.599><c> back</c><00:40:12.440><c> and</c><00:40:13.860><c> tempted</c><00:40:14.300><c> God</c>

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:18.900
and<00:40:16.079><c> limited</c><00:40:16.599><c> the</c><00:40:17.019><c> Holy</c><00:40:17.360><c> One</c><00:40:17.539><c> of</c><00:40:17.739><c> Israel.</c>

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:22.139
They<00:40:19.659><c> remembered</c><00:40:20.239><c> not</c><00:40:20.880><c> His</c><00:40:21.260><c> hand.</c>

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:25.179
What<00:40:23.119><c> a</c><00:40:23.360><c> tragedy,</c><00:40:23.960><c> brethren</c><00:40:24.079><c> and</c><00:40:24.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:31.559
that<00:40:26.079><c> Israel</c><00:40:26.519><c> could</c><00:40:26.840><c> go</c><00:40:27.300><c> so</c><00:40:27.860><c> far</c><00:40:28.760><c> and</c><00:40:29.559><c> yet</c><00:40:29.760><c> not</c><00:40:30.039><c> go</c><00:40:30.320><c> far</c><00:40:30.679><c> enough.</c>

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:35.380
They<00:40:32.179><c> stood</c><00:40:32.400><c> at</c><00:40:32.579><c> the</c><00:40:32.699><c> very</c><00:40:33.059><c> threshold</c><00:40:33.639><c> of</c><00:40:34.239><c> the</c><00:40:34.480><c> kingdom</c><00:40:34.719><c> of</c><00:40:35.019><c> God</c>

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:38.880
and<00:40:36.460><c> they</c><00:40:36.579><c> were</c><00:40:36.840><c> hesitant</c><00:40:37.380><c> to</c><00:40:37.679><c> move</c><00:40:37.920><c> in.</c>

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:43.360
They<00:40:39.880><c> failed</c><00:40:40.139><c> to</c><00:40:40.460><c> recognize</c><00:40:41.079><c> the</c><00:40:41.739><c> hand</c><00:40:41.980><c> of</c><00:40:42.239><c> God</c><00:40:42.400><c> in</c><00:40:42.579><c> their</c><00:40:42.880><c> life.</c>

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:45.860
They<00:40:44.059><c> remembered</c><00:40:44.599><c> not</c><00:40:44.940><c> His</c><00:40:45.219><c> hand,</c>

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:49.900
nor<00:40:46.539><c> the</c><00:40:46.860><c> day</c><00:40:47.099><c> when</c><00:40:47.340><c> He</c><00:40:47.619><c> delivered</c><00:40:48.039><c> them</c><00:40:48.340><c> from</c><00:40:48.619><c> their</c><00:40:49.000><c> enemy.</c>

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:52.000
And<00:40:50.400><c> you</c><00:40:50.480><c> know,</c><00:40:50.780><c> brethren</c><00:40:50.940><c> and</c><00:40:51.179><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:55.980
one<00:40:52.300><c> of</c><00:40:52.500><c> the</c><00:40:52.820><c> strongest</c><00:40:53.760><c> excitations</c><00:40:54.780><c> that</c><00:40:54.980><c> we</c><00:40:55.179><c> can</c><00:40:55.500><c> learn</c><00:40:55.739><c> in</c>

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.639
our<00:40:56.179><c> lives</c>

00:40:56.639 --> 00:41:00.679
is<00:40:57.500><c> reflecting</c><00:40:58.099><c> constantly</c><00:40:59.099><c> upon</c><00:41:00.059><c> the</c><00:41:00.400><c> day</c>

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:02.800
that<00:41:00.920><c> God</c><00:41:01.199><c> delivered</c><00:41:01.659><c> us</c><00:41:01.900><c> from</c><00:41:02.119><c> our</c><00:41:02.440><c> enemy.</c>

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:08.159
When<00:41:03.960><c> God</c><00:41:04.380><c> gave</c><00:41:04.780><c> His</c><00:41:05.199><c> Son</c><00:41:05.780><c> the</c><00:41:06.159><c> Lord</c><00:41:06.440><c> Jesus</c><00:41:06.920><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:12.079
the<00:41:08.679><c> power</c><00:41:09.079><c> of</c><00:41:09.320><c> the</c><00:41:09.599><c> sacrifice</c><00:41:10.300><c> of</c><00:41:10.820><c> the</c><00:41:10.960><c> Lord</c><00:41:11.159><c> Jesus</c><00:41:11.659><c> Christ</c>

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:13.039
in<00:41:12.420><c> our</c><00:41:12.699><c> life</c>

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:16.480
should<00:41:13.480><c> be</c><00:41:13.699><c> very</c><00:41:14.059><c> real</c><00:41:14.260><c> to</c><00:41:14.500><c> the</c><00:41:14.739><c> point</c><00:41:15.099><c> that</c><00:41:15.599><c> we</c><00:41:15.840><c> can</c><00:41:16.119><c> say,</c>

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:18.760
as<00:41:16.820><c> did</c><00:41:17.099><c> the</c><00:41:17.340><c> Apostle</c><00:41:17.780><c> Paul,</c>

00:41:19.219 --> 00:41:22.480
the<00:41:19.400><c> love</c><00:41:19.659><c> of</c><00:41:19.900><c> Christ</c><00:41:20.360><c> constraineth</c><00:41:21.440><c> me.</c>

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:24.519
Does<00:41:22.960><c> it,</c><00:41:23.320><c> brethren</c><00:41:23.500><c> and</c><00:41:23.760><c> sisters?</c>

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:29.440
Are<00:41:25.440><c> we</c><00:41:25.699><c> so</c><00:41:26.719><c> filled</c><00:41:27.500><c> with</c><00:41:27.880><c> emotion</c><00:41:28.340><c> about</c><00:41:28.719><c> the</c><00:41:28.900><c> way</c><00:41:29.059><c> in</c><00:41:29.179><c> which</c>

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:31.579
God<00:41:29.719><c> has</c><00:41:30.139><c> worked</c><00:41:30.659><c> on</c><00:41:30.880><c> our</c><00:41:31.119><c> behalf</c>

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:34.159
and<00:41:31.900><c> has</c><00:41:32.079><c> done</c><00:41:32.300><c> everything</c><00:41:32.900><c> that</c><00:41:33.139><c> is</c><00:41:33.440><c> necessary</c>

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:37.760
for<00:41:35.260><c> the</c><00:41:35.559><c> redemption</c><00:41:36.039><c> of</c><00:41:36.360><c> our</c><00:41:36.699><c> self,</c>

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:41.320
that<00:41:38.400><c> it</c><00:41:38.659><c> constrains</c><00:41:39.179><c> us</c><00:41:39.440><c> to</c><00:41:39.599><c> live</c><00:41:39.840><c> our</c><00:41:40.139><c> lives</c><00:41:40.440><c> in</c><00:41:40.679><c> conformity</c>

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:41.860
with<00:41:41.579><c> will</c>

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:45.860
and<00:41:42.199><c> to</c><00:41:42.440><c> keep</c><00:41:42.659><c> moving</c><00:41:43.099><c> forward</c><00:41:43.599><c> with</c><00:41:43.820><c> the</c><00:41:43.980><c> eye</c><00:41:44.119><c> of</c><00:41:44.360><c> faith?</c>

00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:55.960
Walking<00:41:51.800><c> by</c><00:41:52.199><c> faith,</c><00:41:53.780><c> we</c><00:41:53.860><c> have</c><00:41:54.059><c> many</c><00:41:54.440><c> examples.</c>

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:05.960
Abraham<00:42:00.760><c> staggered</c><00:42:01.400><c> not</c><00:42:02.059><c> at</c><00:42:02.559><c> the</c><00:42:02.679><c> promise</c><00:42:03.000><c> of</c><00:42:03.280><c> God</c><00:42:03.940><c> through</c><00:42:04.900><c> unbelief.</c>

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:12.260
Moses<00:42:07.940><c> endured</c><00:42:08.719><c> as</c><00:42:09.940><c> seeing</c><00:42:10.179><c> Him</c><00:42:10.699><c> who</c><00:42:10.920><c> is</c><00:42:11.239><c> invisible.</c>

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:14.239
David<00:42:13.659><c> could</c><00:42:14.000><c> say,</c>

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:17.579
Yahweh<00:42:14.760><c> that</c><00:42:15.079><c> delivered</c><00:42:15.340><c> me</c><00:42:15.639><c> from</c><00:42:15.900><c> the</c><00:42:16.440><c> paw</c><00:42:16.659><c> of</c><00:42:17.079><c> the</c><00:42:17.360><c> lion</c>

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:18.719
and<00:42:17.780><c> the</c><00:42:17.920><c> hand</c><00:42:18.099><c> of</c><00:42:18.300><c> the</c><00:42:18.500><c> bear,</c>

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:22.639
He<00:42:19.280><c> will</c><00:42:19.659><c> deliver</c><00:42:19.960><c> me</c><00:42:20.239><c> from</c><00:42:20.440><c> this</c><00:42:20.860><c> uncircumcised</c><00:42:21.960><c> Philistine.</c>

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:28.360
And<00:42:23.860><c> Daniel</c><00:42:24.360><c> as</c><00:42:24.599><c> he</c><00:42:25.579><c> sat</c><00:42:25.840><c> there</c><00:42:26.119><c> in</c><00:42:26.260><c> the</c><00:42:26.440><c> lion's</c><00:42:26.940><c> den</c><00:42:27.159><c> could</c><00:42:27.400><c> say,</c>

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:31.860
My<00:42:28.800><c> God</c><00:42:29.639><c> hath</c><00:42:30.159><c> sent</c><00:42:30.460><c> His</c><00:42:30.699><c> angel.</c>

00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:36.440
And<00:42:32.820><c> the</c><00:42:32.980><c> Lord</c><00:42:33.239><c> Jesus</c><00:42:33.719><c> Christ</c><00:42:34.420><c> in</c><00:42:35.039><c> the</c><00:42:35.320><c> loneliness</c>

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:43.019
and<00:42:37.519><c> anguish</c><00:42:37.940><c> of</c><00:42:38.159><c> the</c><00:42:38.420><c> cross</c><00:42:38.960><c> could</c><00:42:41.119><c> reflect</c><00:42:41.679><c> and</c><00:42:42.039><c> say,</c>

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:46.199
For<00:42:43.360><c> the</c><00:42:43.679><c> joy</c><00:42:43.920><c> that</c><00:42:44.099><c> was</c><00:42:44.340><c> set</c><00:42:44.559><c> before</c><00:42:44.960><c> Him,</c>

00:42:46.219 --> 00:42:50.820
He<00:42:46.539><c> endured</c><00:42:46.960><c> the</c><00:42:47.239><c> cross</c><00:42:47.800><c> and</c><00:42:48.760><c> He</c><00:42:49.159><c> despised</c><00:42:49.559><c> the</c><00:42:49.820><c> shame.</c>

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:53.800
And<00:42:52.239><c> the</c><00:42:52.420><c> joy</c><00:42:52.659><c> that</c><00:42:52.800><c> was</c><00:42:53.079><c> set</c><00:42:53.260><c> before</c><00:42:53.639><c> Him,</c>

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:55.260
brethren<00:42:54.139><c> and</c><00:42:54.420><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:59.300
was<00:42:55.800><c> the</c><00:42:56.079><c> prospects</c><00:42:56.579><c> of</c><00:42:56.820><c> bringing</c><00:42:57.199><c> many</c><00:42:57.599><c> sons</c><00:42:57.960><c> unto</c><00:42:58.219><c> glory,</c>

00:42:59.659 --> 00:43:04.940
people<00:43:00.019><c> like</c><00:43:00.360><c> you</c><00:43:00.559><c> and</c><00:43:00.820><c> me</c><00:43:01.460><c> who</c><00:43:01.980><c> are</c><00:43:02.320><c> totally</c><00:43:03.380><c> undeserving.</c>

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:09.579
And<00:43:05.860><c> here</c><00:43:06.059><c> we</c><00:43:06.320><c> stand</c><00:43:06.719><c> at</c><00:43:06.960><c> the</c><00:43:07.239><c> threshold</c><00:43:07.619><c> of</c><00:43:07.840><c> the</c><00:43:07.980><c> kingdom</c><00:43:08.239><c> of</c><00:43:08.500><c> God.</c>

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:12.800
Jesus<00:43:11.019><c> Christ</c><00:43:11.420><c> is</c><00:43:11.800><c> near.</c>

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:16.699
Are<00:43:13.940><c> we</c><00:43:14.199><c> prepared</c><00:43:14.719><c> to</c><00:43:15.039><c> move</c><00:43:15.300><c> on?</c>

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:25.880
What<00:43:23.539><c> made</c><00:43:23.840><c> a</c><00:43:24.039><c> difference,</c><00:43:24.559><c> brethren</c><00:43:24.739><c> and</c><00:43:24.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:29.860
with<00:43:27.239><c> Caleb</c><00:43:27.860><c> and</c><00:43:28.699><c> Joshua?</c>

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:38.539
They<00:43:35.760><c> developed</c><00:43:36.380><c> a</c><00:43:37.400><c> positive</c><00:43:37.900><c> attitude</c>

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:41.619
towards<00:43:39.940><c> the</c><00:43:40.199><c> things</c><00:43:40.400><c> of</c><00:43:40.659><c> God.</c>

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:44.400
It<00:43:42.619><c> says</c><00:43:42.860><c> in</c><00:43:43.000><c> Numbers</c><00:43:43.320><c> Chapter</c><00:43:43.679><c> 14</c>

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:47.019
that<00:43:45.500><c> they</c><00:43:45.760><c> had</c><00:43:46.039><c> another</c><00:43:46.420><c> spirit.</c>

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:50.340
It's<00:43:47.780><c> an</c><00:43:47.980><c> interesting</c><00:43:48.739><c> little</c><00:43:49.599><c> phrase,</c><00:43:50.099><c> isn't</c><00:43:50.239><c> it?</c>

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:52.820
They<00:43:50.500><c> had</c><00:43:50.780><c> another</c><00:43:51.360><c> spirit.</c>

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:58.579
Numbers<00:43:53.539><c> 14,</c><00:43:56.340><c> verse</c><00:43:56.559><c> 24,</c>

00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:01.760
My<00:44:00.139><c> servant</c><00:44:00.760><c> Caleb,</c>

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:04.780
because<00:44:02.800><c> he</c><00:44:03.000><c> had</c><00:44:03.260><c> another</c><00:44:03.659><c> spirit</c><00:44:04.019><c> with</c><00:44:04.239><c> him</c>

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:07.639
and<00:44:05.199><c> he</c><00:44:05.539><c> followed</c><00:44:05.780><c> me</c><00:44:06.519><c> fully,</c>

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:09.760
Numbers<00:44:08.260><c> 14,</c><00:44:08.800><c> 24,</c>

00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:13.679
him<00:44:10.420><c> will</c><00:44:10.639><c> I</c><00:44:10.900><c> bring</c><00:44:11.159><c> into</c><00:44:11.480><c> the</c><00:44:11.679><c> land</c><00:44:11.980><c> where</c><00:44:12.340><c> into</c><00:44:13.019><c> he</c><00:44:13.239><c> went.</c>

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:18.719
You<00:44:14.460><c> know,</c><00:44:15.619><c> one</c><00:44:15.739><c> of</c><00:44:15.840><c> the</c><00:44:16.039><c> main</c><00:44:16.300><c> concerns</c><00:44:17.019><c> that</c><00:44:17.760><c> Israel</c><00:44:18.179><c> had</c>

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:22.280
at<00:44:19.639><c> not</c><00:44:19.940><c> going</c><00:44:20.300><c> over</c><00:44:20.639><c> into</c><00:44:20.860><c> the</c><00:44:21.139><c> promised</c><00:44:21.400><c> land,</c>

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:28.300
and<00:44:23.719><c> this</c><00:44:24.320><c> is</c><00:44:24.539><c> the</c><00:44:24.860><c> subtlety</c><00:44:25.559><c> and</c><00:44:25.920><c> the</c><00:44:26.179><c> deceitfulness</c><00:44:27.599><c> of</c>

00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:29.579
human<00:44:28.599><c> nature.</c>

00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:33.880
It<00:44:29.900><c> says</c><00:44:30.179><c> there,</c><00:44:32.380><c> verse</c><00:44:32.619><c> 3,</c>

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:37.079
Wherefore<00:44:35.159><c> hath</c><00:44:35.599><c> the</c><00:44:35.800><c> Lord</c><00:44:35.940><c> brought</c><00:44:36.260><c> us</c><00:44:36.440><c> into</c><00:44:36.679><c> this</c><00:44:36.940><c> land</c>

00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:38.239
to<00:44:37.260><c> fall</c><00:44:37.480><c> by</c><00:44:37.739><c> the</c><00:44:38.000><c> sword,</c>

00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:41.480
that<00:44:38.719><c> our</c><00:44:39.079><c> wives</c><00:44:39.500><c> and</c><00:44:39.760><c> our</c><00:44:40.099><c> children</c><00:44:40.500><c> should</c><00:44:40.739><c> be</c><00:44:41.019><c> a</c><00:44:41.159><c> prey?</c>

00:44:41.480 --> 00:44:45.559
You<00:44:42.300><c> see,</c><00:44:43.699><c> we</c><00:44:44.179><c> pass</c><00:44:44.599><c> on</c><00:44:44.860><c> our</c><00:44:45.179><c> fears</c>

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:48.280
and<00:44:45.760><c> we</c><00:44:46.039><c> use</c><00:44:46.360><c> others</c><00:44:46.739><c> as</c><00:44:46.980><c> an</c><00:44:47.179><c> excuse.</c>

00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:50.079
That's<00:44:48.800><c> what</c><00:44:48.960><c> we</c><00:44:49.199><c> do.</c>

00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:52.380
We<00:44:50.860><c> can't</c><00:44:51.260><c> go</c><00:44:51.579><c> there</c><00:44:51.880><c> because</c>

00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:55.360
look<00:44:53.059><c> at</c><00:44:53.139><c> what</c><00:44:53.280><c> it</c><00:44:53.440><c> will</c><00:44:53.599><c> do</c><00:44:53.780><c> to</c><00:44:53.980><c> our</c><00:44:54.239><c> little</c><00:44:54.500><c> ones.</c>

00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:57.440
You've<00:44:55.780><c> got</c><00:44:55.780><c> to</c><00:44:55.940><c> consider</c><00:44:56.280><c> the</c><00:44:56.559><c> children.</c>

00:44:58.579 --> 00:45:01.480
And<00:44:58.699><c> you</c><00:44:58.800><c> see,</c><00:44:59.800><c> God</c><00:45:00.079><c> tells</c><00:45:00.440><c> them</c><00:45:00.639><c> that</c>

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:04.500
He<00:45:01.800><c> looks</c><00:45:02.039><c> after</c><00:45:02.380><c> the</c><00:45:02.659><c> children,</c><00:45:03.019><c> verse</c><00:45:03.320><c> 31,</c>

00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:08.599
Your<00:45:05.519><c> little</c><00:45:05.940><c> ones</c><00:45:06.239><c> which</c><00:45:06.539><c> you</c><00:45:06.900><c> said</c><00:45:07.119><c> would</c><00:45:07.380><c> be</c><00:45:07.699><c> a</c><00:45:07.860><c> prey</c><00:45:08.059><c> to</c><00:45:08.280><c> them</c>

00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:09.960
whom<00:45:08.599><c> will</c><00:45:08.739><c> I</c><00:45:09.000><c> bring</c><00:45:09.340><c> in?</c>

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:12.940
And<00:45:10.340><c> they</c><00:45:10.559><c> shall</c><00:45:10.780><c> know</c><00:45:11.119><c> the</c><00:45:11.320><c> land</c><00:45:11.539><c> which</c><00:45:11.780><c> he</c><00:45:11.960><c> hath</c><00:45:12.199><c> despised.</c>

00:45:12.940 --> 00:45:17.300
We<00:45:13.260><c> don't</c><00:45:13.480><c> have</c><00:45:13.719><c> to</c><00:45:13.980><c> worry</c><00:45:14.280><c> about</c><00:45:15.320><c> those</c><00:45:16.239><c> who</c><00:45:16.440><c> we</c><00:45:16.719><c> care</c><00:45:16.940><c> about.</c>

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:20.239
God<00:45:17.699><c> will</c><00:45:17.960><c> take</c><00:45:18.280><c> care</c><00:45:18.480><c> of</c><00:45:18.639><c> them</c><00:45:18.800><c> for</c><00:45:19.079><c> us.</c>

00:45:20.739 --> 00:45:23.719
But<00:45:21.019><c> we've</c><00:45:21.360><c> got</c><00:45:21.579><c> to</c><00:45:21.840><c> move</c><00:45:22.079><c> forward</c><00:45:22.519><c> together.</c>

00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:28.900
And<00:45:25.900><c> Joshua</c><00:45:26.239><c> and</c><00:45:26.480><c> Caleb</c><00:45:26.800><c> developed</c><00:45:27.320><c> another</c><00:45:27.760><c> attitude.</c>

00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:31.860
They<00:45:30.059><c> stayed</c><00:45:30.320><c> close</c><00:45:30.820><c> to</c><00:45:31.059><c> the</c><00:45:31.239><c> things</c><00:45:31.460><c> of</c><00:45:31.719><c> God.</c>

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:33.980
You<00:45:32.119><c> remember</c><00:45:32.400><c> in</c><00:45:32.980><c> the</c><00:45:33.159><c> golden</c><00:45:33.579><c> calf,</c>

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:38.820
who<00:45:35.039><c> was</c><00:45:35.280><c> on</c><00:45:35.500><c> the</c><00:45:35.760><c> mountain</c><00:45:36.360><c> when</c><00:45:37.579><c> Moses</c><00:45:38.019><c> was</c><00:45:38.320><c> up</c><00:45:38.539><c> there</c>

00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:40.539
waiting<00:45:39.260><c> for</c><00:45:39.639><c> him?</c>

00:45:40.780 --> 00:45:45.619
It<00:45:40.780><c> was</c><00:45:41.039><c> Joshua,</c><00:45:42.340><c> Exodus</c><00:45:42.639><c> 32,</c><00:45:43.380><c> verse</c><00:45:43.559><c> 17.</c>

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:49.599
They<00:45:46.440><c> were</c><00:45:46.679><c> determined</c><00:45:47.400><c> to</c><00:45:47.780><c> conquer</c><00:45:48.239><c> the</c><00:45:48.719><c> flesh.</c>

00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:52.960
Look<00:45:49.960><c> at</c><00:45:50.079><c> verse</c><00:45:50.320><c> 30</c><00:45:50.679><c> of</c><00:45:50.880><c> chapter</c><00:45:51.199><c> 13</c><00:45:51.920><c> of</c><00:45:52.539><c> Numbers.</c>

00:45:53.179 --> 00:45:55.420
Caleb<00:45:53.440><c> stilled</c><00:45:54.000><c> the</c><00:45:54.119><c> people</c><00:45:54.360><c> before</c><00:45:54.679><c> Moses</c><00:45:55.059><c> and</c><00:45:55.239><c> said,</c>

00:45:55.500 --> 00:45:57.760
Let<00:45:55.619><c> us</c><00:45:55.860><c> go</c><00:45:56.159><c> up</c><00:45:56.300><c> at</c><00:45:56.480><c> once</c><00:45:56.719><c> and</c><00:45:56.940><c> possess</c><00:45:57.239><c> it,</c>

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for<00:45:58.019><c> we</c><00:45:58.260><c> are</c><00:45:58.599><c> well</c><00:45:59.079><c> able</c><00:45:59.519><c> to</c><00:45:59.900><c> overcome</c><00:46:00.260><c> it.</c>

00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:04.099
They<00:46:02.539><c> were</c><00:46:02.760><c> determined</c><00:46:03.360><c> to</c><00:46:03.599><c> do</c><00:46:03.760><c> it.</c>

00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:07.099
And<00:46:04.480><c> their</c><00:46:04.840><c> enthusiasm</c><00:46:05.639><c> never</c><00:46:06.500><c> waned.</c>

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:10.559
Forty<00:46:07.619><c> years</c><00:46:07.920><c> later,</c><00:46:09.099><c> there</c><00:46:09.199><c> was</c><00:46:09.539><c> Caleb,</c>

00:46:10.980 --> 00:46:13.079
85<00:46:11.480><c> years</c><00:46:11.980><c> old,</c><00:46:12.260><c> saying,</c>

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Give<00:46:13.300><c> me</c><00:46:13.480><c> a</c><00:46:13.719><c> sword,</c><00:46:14.019><c> let</c><00:46:14.219><c> me</c><00:46:14.440><c> at</c><00:46:14.619><c> him.</c>

00:46:15.300 --> 00:46:18.719
You<00:46:15.460><c> see,</c><00:46:16.300><c> his</c><00:46:16.519><c> enthusiasm</c><00:46:17.340><c> never</c><00:46:17.760><c> stopped.</c>

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:21.239
There<00:46:19.139><c> was</c><00:46:19.360><c> Daniel</c><00:46:19.780><c> in</c><00:46:19.960><c> our</c><00:46:20.219><c> readings,</c>

00:46:21.619 --> 00:46:23.019
thrown<00:46:21.880><c> into</c><00:46:22.159><c> the</c><00:46:22.380><c> lion's</c><00:46:22.840><c> den.</c>

00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:25.300
He<00:46:23.400><c> was</c><00:46:23.639><c> 80</c><00:46:23.960><c> years</c><00:46:24.400><c> old.</c>

00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:29.840
He'd<00:46:25.900><c> entered</c><00:46:26.079><c> the</c><00:46:26.659><c> land</c><00:46:26.920><c> of</c><00:46:27.260><c> Babylon</c><00:46:27.599><c> when</c><00:46:27.860><c> he</c><00:46:27.980><c> was</c><00:46:28.219><c> 16</c><00:46:28.860><c> or</c><00:46:29.199><c> thereabouts.</c>

00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:33.500
There<00:46:30.099><c> was</c><00:46:30.800><c> a</c><00:46:30.940><c> 70</c><00:46:31.340><c>-year</c><00:46:31.699><c> period</c><00:46:32.059><c> of</c><00:46:32.320><c> captivity.</c>

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:35.760
And<00:46:33.960><c> the</c><00:46:34.440><c> consistency</c><00:46:35.059><c> of</c><00:46:35.320><c> that</c><00:46:35.579><c> man,</c>

00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:38.219
where<00:46:35.960><c> we</c><00:46:36.159><c> read</c><00:46:36.440><c> at</c><00:46:36.780><c> the</c><00:46:36.940><c> age,</c><00:46:37.380><c> as</c><00:46:37.559><c> a</c><00:46:37.780><c> teenager,</c>

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:43.340
he<00:46:38.599><c> purposed</c><00:46:39.260><c> in</c><00:46:39.579><c> his</c><00:46:40.000><c> heart</c><00:46:40.380><c> not</c><00:46:41.579><c> to</c><00:46:41.900><c> defile</c><00:46:42.199><c> himself.</c>

00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:46.519
And<00:46:44.380><c> that</c><00:46:44.659><c> enthusiasm</c><00:46:45.320><c> never</c><00:46:45.900><c> waned.</c>

00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:49.260
And<00:46:46.820><c> it</c><00:46:46.920><c> was</c><00:46:47.119><c> the</c><00:46:47.320><c> same</c><00:46:47.500><c> with</c><00:46:47.760><c> Caleb</c><00:46:48.079><c> and</c><00:46:48.300><c> Joshua.</c>

00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:55.519
We,<00:46:52.239><c> brethren</c><00:46:52.460><c> and</c><00:46:52.659><c> sisters,</c><00:46:54.179><c> unfortunately,</c>

00:46:57.920 --> 00:47:01.940
find<00:46:58.400><c> ourselves</c><00:46:58.840><c> so</c><00:46:59.099><c> many</c><00:46:59.320><c> times</c><00:46:59.599><c> in</c><00:46:59.820><c> the</c><00:46:59.960><c> same</c><00:47:00.199><c> category</c><00:47:00.699><c> as</c><00:47:00.940><c> Israel.</c>

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:05.679
And<00:47:02.940><c> God</c><00:47:03.280><c> gave</c><00:47:03.679><c> them</c><00:47:04.039><c> what</c><00:47:04.360><c> they</c><00:47:04.760><c> desired.</c>

00:47:06.579 --> 00:47:09.739
All<00:47:06.820><c> the</c><00:47:07.000><c> children</c><00:47:07.280><c> of</c><00:47:07.400><c> Israel,</c><00:47:07.780><c> verse</c><00:47:08.099><c> 2,</c><00:47:08.699><c> murmured.</c>

00:47:09.940 --> 00:47:11.679
The<00:47:10.059><c> whole</c><00:47:10.340><c> congregation</c><00:47:11.059><c> said</c><00:47:11.400><c> unto</c><00:47:11.559><c> him,</c>

00:47:11.780 --> 00:47:13.840
Would<00:47:12.000><c> God</c><00:47:12.219><c> that</c><00:47:12.340><c> we</c><00:47:12.579><c> had</c><00:47:12.739><c> died</c><00:47:12.900><c> in</c><00:47:13.079><c> the</c><00:47:13.199><c> land</c><00:47:13.380><c> of</c><00:47:13.579><c> Egypt,</c>

00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:16.800
or<00:47:14.219><c> would</c><00:47:14.440><c> God</c><00:47:14.719><c> that</c><00:47:14.880><c> we</c><00:47:15.059><c> had</c><00:47:15.280><c> died</c><00:47:15.420><c> in</c><00:47:15.599><c> this</c><00:47:15.840><c> wilderness?</c>

00:47:17.619 --> 00:47:19.400
And<00:47:17.940><c> God</c><00:47:18.139><c> gave</c><00:47:18.480><c> them,</c><00:47:18.780><c> brethren</c><00:47:18.940><c> and</c><00:47:19.159><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:23.519
exactly<00:47:20.260><c> what</c><00:47:21.500><c> they</c><00:47:22.500><c> requested.</c>

00:47:24.119 --> 00:47:26.960
And<00:47:24.719><c> Paul</c><00:47:24.960><c> says</c><00:47:25.260><c> to</c><00:47:25.500><c> us,</c>

00:47:27.260 --> 00:47:31.599
Whatsoever<00:47:27.579><c> a</c><00:47:27.820><c> man</c><00:47:28.019><c> soweth,</c><00:47:29.639><c> that</c><00:47:29.860><c> shall</c><00:47:30.119><c> he</c><00:47:30.300><c> also</c><00:47:30.679><c> reap.</c>

00:47:32.179 --> 00:47:34.480
And<00:47:32.579><c> it's</c><00:47:32.739><c> a</c><00:47:32.840><c> very</c><00:47:33.139><c> powerful</c><00:47:33.480><c> exhortation</c>

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:39.099
as<00:47:35.099><c> we</c><00:47:35.360><c> stand</c><00:47:35.960><c> braced</c><00:47:36.719><c> to</c><00:47:37.099><c> enter</c><00:47:37.400><c> into</c><00:47:37.639><c> the</c><00:47:37.760><c> kingdom</c><00:47:38.000><c> of</c><00:47:38.219><c> God.</c>

00:47:40.219 --> 00:47:42.139
What<00:47:40.500><c> is</c><00:47:40.699><c> our</c><00:47:40.900><c> faith</c><00:47:41.139><c> like?</c>

00:47:42.900 --> 00:47:45.860
Do<00:47:43.119><c> we</c><00:47:43.300><c> get</c><00:47:43.539><c> bogged</c><00:47:43.800><c> down</c><00:47:44.039><c> with</c><00:47:44.260><c> the</c><00:47:44.559><c> circumstances</c><00:47:45.099><c> of</c><00:47:45.500><c> this</c>

00:47:45.860 --> 00:47:47.219
present<00:47:46.159><c> world?</c>

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Or<00:47:47.860><c> do</c><00:47:48.000><c> we</c><00:47:48.219><c> have</c><00:47:48.380><c> the</c><00:47:48.659><c> confidence</c><00:47:49.139><c> in</c><00:47:49.460><c> God</c>

00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:53.539
that<00:47:50.599><c> Moses</c><00:47:51.480><c> and</c><00:47:52.000><c> Joshua</c><00:47:52.239><c> and</c><00:47:52.519><c> Caleb</c><00:47:52.739><c> have?</c>

00:47:53.579 --> 00:47:57.800
If<00:47:54.139><c> we</c><00:47:54.360><c> do,</c><00:47:55.480><c> then</c><00:47:55.619><c> we</c><00:47:55.860><c> with</c><00:47:56.059><c> Abraham</c><00:47:56.440><c> will</c><00:47:56.719><c> enter</c><00:47:57.039><c> into</c><00:47:57.320><c> God's</c>

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promised<00:47:58.039><c> land</c>

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and<00:47:59.239><c> enjoy</c><00:47:59.760><c> the</c><00:48:00.460><c> pleasures</c><00:48:00.800><c> that</c><00:48:01.099><c> God</c><00:48:01.260><c> has</c>

00:48:02.099 --> 00:48:04.380
laying<00:48:02.539><c> out</c><00:48:02.880><c> before</c><00:48:03.179><c> us</c><00:48:03.340><c> in</c><00:48:03.539><c> His</c><00:48:03.719><c> holy</c><00:48:04.059><c> Word.</c>

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Thank<00:48:04.780><c> you.</c>