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chapter</c><00:10:55.500><c> two,</c><00:10:56.179><c> we</c><00:10:56.360><c> don't</c><00:10:56.639><c> just</c><00:10:57.139><c> have</c> 00:10:57.700 --> 00:10:59.720 a<00:10:58.139><c> repetition</c><00:10:58.600><c> of</c><00:10:58.860><c> history.</c> 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:04.860 We<00:11:00.139><c> have,</c><00:11:00.620><c> in</c><00:11:00.899><c> fact,</c><00:11:01.860><c> some</c><00:11:02.200><c> very</c><00:11:02.820><c> salient</c><00:11:03.399><c> points</c><00:11:03.960><c> that</c><00:11:04.539><c> the</c> 00:11:04.860 --> 00:11:08.639 former<00:11:05.159><c> generation</c><00:11:06.019><c> did</c><00:11:07.139><c> not</c><00:11:07.559><c> appreciate.</c> 00:11:09.299 --> 00:11:12.039 We<00:11:09.460><c> read</c><00:11:09.659><c> verse</c><00:11:09.919><c> 18</c><00:11:10.379><c> of</c><00:11:10.580><c> chapter</c><00:11:10.940><c> two.</c> 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:21.860 How<00:11:19.279><c> come</c><00:11:19.559><c> us</c><00:11:19.860><c> nigh</c><00:11:20.240><c> over</c><00:11:20.559><c> against</c><00:11:20.860><c> the</c><00:11:21.100><c> children</c><00:11:21.360><c> of</c><00:11:21.700><c> Ammon</c> 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:25.379 distress<00:11:22.419><c> them</c><00:11:22.860><c> not,</c><00:11:23.460><c> nor</c><00:11:24.039><c> meddle</c><00:11:24.360><c> with</c><00:11:24.580><c> them?</c> 00:11:25.500 --> 00:11:28.940 For<00:11:25.720><c> I</c><00:11:25.980><c> will</c><00:11:26.299><c> not</c><00:11:26.620><c> give</c><00:11:26.980><c> thee</c><00:11:27.480><c> of</c><00:11:27.860><c> the</c><00:11:28.100><c> land</c><00:11:28.340><c> of</c><00:11:28.500><c> the</c><00:11:28.679><c> children</c> 00:11:28.940 --> 00:11:30.379 of<00:11:29.240><c> Ammon</c><00:11:29.460><c> any</c><00:11:29.840><c> possession,</c> 00:11:30.860 --> 00:11:34.820 because<00:11:31.519><c> I</c><00:11:32.360><c> have</c><00:11:32.679><c> given</c><00:11:32.899><c> it</c><00:11:33.259><c> unto</c><00:11:33.480><c> the</c><00:11:33.779><c> children</c><00:11:34.100><c> of</c><00:11:34.419><c> Lot</c><00:11:34.539><c> for</c> 00:11:34.820 --> 00:11:35.919 a<00:11:35.059><c> possession.</c> 00:11:36.740 --> 00:11:43.000 That<00:11:37.220><c> also</c><00:11:37.879><c> was</c><00:11:38.200><c> accounted,</c><00:11:39.340><c> past</c><00:11:39.600><c> tense,</c><00:11:40.840><c> that</c><00:11:41.080><c> also</c><00:11:41.659><c> was</c><00:11:42.139><c> accounted</c><00:11:42.659><c> a</c> 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:44.059 land<00:11:43.240><c> of</c><00:11:43.559><c> giants.</c> 00:11:44.059 --> 00:11:48.240 Giants<00:11:45.100><c> dwelt</c><00:11:45.500><c> therein</c><00:11:45.980><c> in</c><00:11:46.159><c> old</c><00:11:46.480><c> time,</c><00:11:47.419><c> and</c><00:11:47.580><c> the</c><00:11:47.799><c> Ammonites</c> 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:51.500 call<00:11:48.519><c> them</c><00:11:49.279><c> Zam</c><00:11:49.919><c>-Zumumans,</c> 00:11:51.899 --> 00:11:55.620 a<00:11:52.139><c> people</c><00:11:52.559><c> 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whose</c><00:12:13.820><c> forefathers</c><00:12:15.080><c> had</c><00:12:15.679><c> quivered</c> 00:12:16.740 --> 00:12:17.980 before<00:12:17.139><c> the</c><00:12:17.399><c> reality</c> 00:12:17.980 --> 00:12:21.940 of<00:12:18.399><c> having</c><00:12:18.659><c> to</c><00:12:19.019><c> deal</c><00:12:19.320><c> with</c><00:12:19.840><c> the</c><00:12:20.419><c> giants</c><00:12:20.840><c> in</c><00:12:21.080><c> the</c><00:12:21.299><c> land</c><00:12:21.519><c> and</c><00:12:21.679><c> the</c> 00:12:21.940 --> 00:12:23.279 tall<00:12:22.220><c> walls,</c> 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:29.320 he<00:12:23.820><c> is</c><00:12:24.159><c> telling</c><00:12:24.600><c> this</c><00:12:25.100><c> new</c><00:12:25.440><c> generation</c><00:12:26.340><c> that</c><00:12:27.399><c> people</c><00:12:28.059><c> in</c><00:12:29.000><c> the</c> 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:30.519 land<00:12:29.580><c> of</c><00:12:30.080><c> Ammon</c> 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:36.899 had<00:12:31.919><c> received</c><00:12:32.879><c> that</c><00:12:33.399><c> land</c><00:12:33.779><c> as</c><00:12:34.399><c> Ammonites</c><00:12:35.120><c> and</c><00:12:36.220><c> had</c><00:12:36.440><c> managed</c> 00:12:36.899 --> 00:12:39.620 to<00:12:37.299><c> oust</c><00:12:37.639><c> the</c><00:12:38.000><c> giants</c><00:12:38.379><c> before</c><00:12:38.840><c> themselves</c> 00:12:39.620 --> 00:12:43.860 because<00:12:41.120><c> God</c><00:12:41.440><c> intended</c><00:12:42.059><c> the</c><00:12:42.460><c> Ammonites</c><00:12:42.899><c> to</c><00:12:43.139><c> have</c><00:12:43.299><c> that</c><00:12:43.659><c> tract</c> 00:12:43.860 --> 00:12:44.600 of<00:12:44.059><c> land.</c> 00:12:45.059 --> 00:12:50.860 And<00:12:45.740><c> God</c><00:12:46.059><c> had</c><00:12:46.340><c> in</c><00:12:46.600><c> fact</c><00:12:47.059><c> providentially</c><00:12:48.279><c> worked</c><00:12:49.080><c> with</c><00:12:49.399><c> the</c><00:12:49.879><c> Ammonites</c><00:12:50.600><c> to</c> 00:12:50.860 --> 00:12:53.480 destroy<00:12:51.259><c> the</c><00:12:51.580><c> giants</c><00:12:51.919><c> before</c><00:12:52.320><c> them.</c> 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:56.940 Therefore,<00:12:55.360><c> what's</c><00:12:55.700><c> the</c><00:12:55.879><c> force</c><00:12:56.120><c> of</c><00:12:56.320><c> the</c><00:12:56.519><c> logic?</c> 00:12:56.940 --> 00:13:01.820 Do<00:12:58.100><c> you</c><00:12:58.419><c> question</c><00:12:59.100><c> the</c><00:12:59.659><c> people</c><00:12:59.940><c> of</c><00:13:00.159><c> God</c><00:13:00.559><c> whether</c><00:13:01.080><c> or</c><00:13:01.279><c> not</c><00:13:01.500><c> you</c> 00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:03.799 can<00:13:02.159><c> oust</c><00:13:02.460><c> the</c><00:13:02.759><c> giants?</c> 00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:09.379 Ammon<00:13:05.860><c> has</c><00:13:06.460><c> that</c><00:13:06.899><c> land</c><00:13:07.179><c> because</c><00:13:07.559><c> I</c><00:13:08.059><c> intended</c><00:13:08.399><c> them</c><00:13:08.620><c> to</c><00:13:08.899><c> 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call</c><00:14:39.519><c> retrospective,</c> 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:43.980 it's<00:14:41.799><c> not</c><00:14:42.139><c> brothers</c><00:14:42.440><c> and</c><00:14:42.720><c> sisters</c><00:14:43.039><c> and</c><00:14:43.220><c> young</c><00:14:43.399><c> people,</c><00:14:43.740><c> just</c> 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.980 a<00:14:44.159><c> review</c><00:14:44.360><c> of</c><00:14:44.559><c> history.</c> 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:51.899 It<00:14:46.059><c> is</c><00:14:46.460><c> annotated</c><00:14:47.059><c> history.</c><00:14:48.259><c> It</c><00:14:48.419><c> is</c><00:14:48.799><c> expositional</c><00:14:49.720><c> chronology.</c> 00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:57.360 Moses,<00:14:53.820><c> under</c><00:14:54.200><c> inspiration,</c><00:14:55.240><c> is</c><00:14:55.500><c> highlighting</c><00:14:56.080><c> points</c><00:14:56.720><c> of</c> 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:59.279 events<00:14:57.879><c> in</c><00:14:58.440><c> their</c><00:14:58.759><c> past</c> 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:05.759 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one</c><00:15:17.779><c> of</c><00:15:17.960><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:15:18.460><c> has</c><00:15:18.700><c> another</c><00:15:19.019><c> reminder.</c> 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:23.879 What<00:15:20.580><c> do</c><00:15:20.720><c> these</c><00:15:21.039><c> people</c><00:15:21.320><c> need</c><00:15:21.620><c> to</c><00:15:21.940><c> know</c><00:15:22.200><c> in</c><00:15:22.480><c> order</c><00:15:22.740><c> to</c><00:15:23.100><c> successfully</c><00:15:23.580><c> come</c> 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:25.159 into<00:15:24.059><c> the</c><00:15:24.320><c> land?</c> 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:27.879 What<00:15:26.220><c> else</c><00:15:26.399><c> do</c><00:15:26.519><c> they</c><00:15:26.679><c> need</c><00:15:26.840><c> to</c><00:15:27.100><c> know?</c> 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:33.200 Deuteronomy<00:15:29.620><c> chapter</c><00:15:30.039><c> one,</c><00:15:31.399><c> they</c><00:15:31.600><c> need</c><00:15:31.799><c> to</c><00:15:32.000><c> know</c><00:15:32.100><c> this.</c> 00:15:33.200 --> 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of</c><00:16:12.879><c> the</c><00:16:13.100><c> Amorites</c><00:16:13.559><c> to</c><00:16:13.759><c> destroy</c><00:16:14.159><c> us.</c> 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:17.440 Whither<00:16:15.860><c> shall</c><00:16:16.120><c> we</c><00:16:16.320><c> go</c><00:16:16.559><c> up?</c> 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:22.559 Our<00:16:18.460><c> brethren</c><00:16:19.059><c> have</c><00:16:19.879><c> discouraged</c><00:16:20.820><c> our</c><00:16:21.399><c> heart,</c><00:16:22.220><c> saying,</c> 00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:24.879 the<00:16:22.919><c> people</c><00:16:23.220><c> is</c><00:16:23.500><c> greater</c><00:16:23.820><c> and</c><00:16:24.100><c> taller</c><00:16:24.340><c> than</c><00:16:24.559><c> we.</c> 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:27.399 The<00:16:25.419><c> cities</c><00:16:25.639><c> are</c><00:16:25.940><c> great</c><00:16:26.159><c> and</c><00:16:26.460><c> walled</c><00:16:26.659><c> up</c><00:16:26.820><c> to</c><00:16:27.019><c> heaven.</c> 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:32.779 And<00:16:28.019><c> moreover,</c><00:16:29.080><c> we</c><00:16:29.500><c> have</c><00:16:29.820><c> seen</c><00:16:30.139><c> the</c><00:16:30.440><c> sons</c><00:16:30.759><c> of</c><00:16:30.960><c> the</c><00:16:31.159><c> Anakims</c><00:16:31.559><c> there.</c> 00:16:34.460 --> 00:16:37.360 How<00:16:34.700><c> important</c><00:16:35.259><c> it</c><00:16:35.460><c> was</c><00:16:35.679><c> for</c><00:16:35.820><c> them</c><00:16:36.100><c> to</c><00:16:36.340><c> remember</c> 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:40.860 that<00:16:37.460><c> their</c><00:16:37.759><c> behavior</c><00:16:38.460><c> affected</c><00:16:39.019><c> the</c><00:16:39.299><c> behavior</c><00:16:39.740><c> of</c><00:16:40.000><c> others.</c> 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:45.240 That<00:16:41.799><c> in</c><00:16:42.080><c> a</c><00:16:42.399><c> spirit</c><00:16:42.759><c> of</c><00:16:43.919><c> faithlessness,</c> 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:49.360 they<00:16:46.100><c> could</c><00:16:46.360><c> discourage</c><00:16:47.120><c> their</c><00:16:47.419><c> fellow</c><00:16:47.740><c> brothers</c><00:16:48.100><c> and</c><00:16:48.419><c> sisters.</c> 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:53.440 They<00:16:49.659><c> were</c><00:16:50.039><c> a</c><00:16:50.480><c> living</c><00:16:50.700><c> body,</c><00:16:51.500><c> as</c><00:16:51.740><c> we</c><00:16:52.000><c> are,</c><00:16:52.620><c> a</c><00:16:52.879><c> community.</c> 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:58.220 And<00:16:54.200><c> the</c><00:16:54.480><c> spirit</c><00:16:54.960><c> of</c><00:16:55.320><c> one</c><00:16:55.600><c> affected</c><00:16:56.220><c> the</c><00:16:56.580><c> spirit</c><00:16:56.879><c> of</c><00:16:57.200><c> all.</c> 00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:01.720 Just<00:16:58.600><c> as</c><00:16:58.840><c> Paul</c><00:16:59.059><c> says</c><00:16:59.419><c> in</c><00:16:59.659><c> 1</c><00:16:59.840><c> Corinthians</c><00:17:00.399><c> chapter</c><00:17:00.980><c> 12</c> 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:07.819 that<00:17:02.620><c> when</c><00:17:03.259><c> 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it</c><00:17:17.900><c> is</c><00:17:18.039><c> in</c><00:17:18.220><c> our</c><00:17:18.400><c> ecclesias,</c><00:17:19.119><c> on</c><00:17:19.279><c> our</c><00:17:19.480><c> arranging</c><00:17:19.920><c> boards,</c> 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:24.619 in<00:17:20.819><c> our</c><00:17:21.200><c> CYC</c><00:17:22.180><c> activities,</c><00:17:23.420><c> or</c><00:17:23.559><c> at</c><00:17:23.740><c> a</c><00:17:23.880><c> Bible</c><00:17:24.180><c> school,</c> 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:28.619 or<00:17:25.079><c> at</c><00:17:25.279><c> a</c><00:17:25.420><c> gathering,</c><00:17:26.420><c> or</c><00:17:26.700><c> in</c><00:17:26.980><c> our</c><00:17:27.160><c> own</c><00:17:27.519><c> families,</c> 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:34.079 that<00:17:29.640><c> we</c><00:17:29.799><c> remember</c><00:17:30.420><c> we</c><00:17:31.099><c> have</c><00:17:31.619><c> the</c><00:17:32.000><c> capacity</c><00:17:32.619><c> of</c><00:17:32.940><c> being</c><00:17:33.279><c> infectious</c> 00:17:34.079 --> 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the</c><00:17:53.200><c> body</c><00:17:53.619><c> ever</c><00:17:54.220><c> so</c><00:17:54.480><c> quickly.</c> 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:59.339 In<00:17:55.819><c> fact,</c><00:17:56.700><c> negative</c><00:17:56.819><c> effects</c><00:17:57.259><c> usually</c><00:17:57.680><c> spread</c><00:17:58.019><c> even</c><00:17:58.380><c> faster.</c> 00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:05.279 We<00:18:00.359><c> need</c><00:18:00.559><c> to</c><00:18:00.880><c> remind</c><00:18:01.200><c> ourselves</c><00:18:01.740><c> in</c><00:18:02.000><c> all</c><00:18:02.420><c> of</c><00:18:02.539><c> our</c><00:18:02.819><c> various</c><00:18:03.279><c> experiences</c><00:18:04.660><c> of</c><00:18:04.980><c> life,</c> 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:10.059 in<00:18:05.700><c> the</c><00:18:05.960><c> truth,</c><00:18:07.519><c> that</c><00:18:07.640><c> our</c><00:18:08.039><c> attitude</c><00:18:08.500><c> is</c><00:18:08.980><c> infectious</c><00:18:09.420><c> for</c><00:18:09.720><c> good</c><00:18:09.920><c> or</c> 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Isn't<00:18:29.259><c> that</c><00:18:29.500><c> incredible?</c> 00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:35.559 Or,<00:18:30.819><c> as</c><00:18:31.000><c> Paul</c><00:18:31.220><c> says,</c><00:18:32.019><c> a</c><00:18:32.160><c> little</c><00:18:32.519><c> leaven</c><00:18:33.400><c> leaveneth</c><00:18:34.079><c> the</c><00:18:34.359><c> whole</c><00:18:34.680><c> lump.</c> 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:41.779 We<00:18:37.140><c> need</c><00:18:37.680><c> to</c><00:18:38.440><c> adopt</c><00:18:38.880><c> a</c><00:18:39.420><c> positive,</c><00:18:40.599><c> faithful</c><00:18:41.019><c> attitude.</c> 00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:46.700 We<00:18:42.500><c> need</c><00:18:42.779><c> to</c><00:18:43.160><c> muzzle</c><00:18:43.539><c> ourselves</c><00:18:44.339><c> at</c><00:18:44.640><c> times</c><00:18:44.980><c> when</c><00:18:45.160><c> we're</c><00:18:45.460><c> tempted</c><00:18:45.759><c> to</c><00:18:46.200><c> complain</c> 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:50.779 and<00:18:47.519><c> tempted</c><00:18:47.819><c> to</c><00:18:48.019><c> be</c><00:18:48.259><c> critical</c><00:18:48.720><c> and</c><00:18:49.299><c> negative</c><00:18:49.839><c> and</c><00:18:50.240><c> tear</c><00:18:50.539><c> one</c> 00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:52.279 another<00:18:51.099><c> down.</c> 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:55.339 Complaining<00:18:53.279><c> about</c><00:18:53.559><c> the</c><00:18:53.819><c> weather,</c><00:18:54.460><c> that's</c><00:18:55.019><c> small,</c> 00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:59.460 but<00:18:55.819><c> complaining</c><00:18:56.480><c> about</c><00:18:57.279><c> Brother</c><00:18:57.700><c> X</c><00:18:58.180><c> or</c><00:18:58.579><c> Sister</c><00:18:59.019><c> Y,</c> 00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:02.519 or<00:19:00.319><c> complaining</c><00:19:00.619><c> about</c><00:19:00.960><c> the</c><00:19:01.220><c> ranging</c><00:19:01.599><c> brethren,</c> 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:04.240 complaining<00:19:03.000><c> about</c><00:19:03.259><c> the</c><00:19:03.460><c> recording</c><00:19:03.980><c> brother,</c> 00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:05.940 complaining<00:19:04.680><c> about</c><00:19:04.980><c> the</c><00:19:05.319><c> treasurer,</c> 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:08.500 complaining<00:19:06.599><c> about</c><00:19:06.900><c> the</c><00:19:07.180><c> CYC</c><00:19:07.980><c> president,</c> 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:13.619 complaining<00:19:09.619><c> about</c><00:19:10.099><c> innumerable</c><00:19:10.759><c> things</c><00:19:11.420><c> has</c><00:19:12.059><c> that</c><00:19:12.380><c> ripple</c><00:19:12.619><c> effect.</c> 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:17.500 So<00:19:14.819><c> what's</c><00:19:15.180><c> the</c><00:19:15.380><c> exhortation</c><00:19:15.960><c> to</c><00:19:16.119><c> the</c><00:19:16.259><c> new</c><00:19:16.420><c> generation?</c> 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:22.619 Remember<00:19:18.859><c> the</c><00:19:19.500><c> infectious</c><00:19:20.099><c> capabilities</c><00:19:20.839><c> you</c><00:19:21.500><c> have</c><00:19:21.880><c> as</c><00:19:22.440><c> you</c> 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:24.539 go<00:19:22.839><c> across</c><00:19:23.299><c> with</c><00:19:23.599><c> Joshua.</c> 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:27.720 It's<00:19:25.279><c> an</c><00:19:25.480><c> exhortation</c><00:19:26.160><c> to</c><00:19:26.339><c> be</c><00:19:26.559><c> positive</c><00:19:27.039><c> and</c><00:19:27.359><c> faithful,</c> 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:31.079 and<00:19:28.180><c> to</c><00:19:28.480><c> remember</c><00:19:28.759><c> that</c><00:19:28.940><c> we're</c><00:19:29.180><c> all</c><00:19:29.500><c> members</c><00:19:29.819><c> that</c><00:19:30.019><c> can</c><00:19:30.240><c> affect</c><00:19:30.500><c> one</c><00:19:30.740><c> another</c> 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:34.180 as<00:19:31.819><c> part</c><00:19:32.180><c> of</c><00:19:32.720><c> a</c><00:19:32.900><c> living</c><00:19:33.119><c> body.</c> 00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:36.920 What<00:19:35.559><c> else</c><00:19:35.799><c> did</c><00:19:35.920><c> they</c><00:19:36.140><c> need</c><00:19:36.299><c> to</c><00:19:36.640><c> remember?</c> 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:39.099 What<00:19:37.259><c> else</c><00:19:37.519><c> did</c><00:19:37.660><c> they</c><00:19:37.819><c> need</c><00:19:38.019><c> to</c><00:19:38.319><c> know?</c> 00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:43.019 Well,<00:19:40.259><c> as</c><00:19:40.559><c> we</c><00:19:40.779><c> begin</c><00:19:41.119><c> in</c><00:19:41.400><c> chapter</c><00:19:41.799><c> 12</c><00:19:42.200><c> of</c><00:19:42.400><c> Deuteronomy,</c> 00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:46.119 in<00:19:43.640><c> the</c><00:19:43.839><c> more</c><00:19:44.420><c> forward</c><00:19:45.019><c> section,</c> 00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:51.019 there<00:19:48.119><c> were</c><00:19:48.319><c> some</c><00:19:48.680><c> transitions,</c><00:19:49.460><c> as</c><00:19:49.640><c> we</c><00:19:49.980><c> referred</c><00:19:50.259><c> to</c><00:19:50.460><c> yesterday,</c> 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:56.319 changes<00:19:52.039><c> that</c><00:19:52.779><c> would</c><00:19:53.019><c> now</c><00:19:53.319><c> take</c><00:19:53.599><c> place</c><00:19:54.000><c> as</c><00:19:54.259><c> they</c><00:19:54.519><c> entered</c><00:19:54.700><c> into</c><00:19:55.000><c> the</c><00:19:55.240><c> land.</c> 00:19:57.460 --> 00:20:02.839 Chapter<00:19:58.140><c> 12</c><00:19:58.819><c> of</c><00:20:00.400><c> Deuteronomy</c> 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:06.880 begins<00:20:04.720><c> to</c><00:20:05.079><c> touch</c><00:20:05.259><c> on</c><00:20:05.559><c> some</c><00:20:05.759><c> of</c><00:20:05.880><c> these</c><00:20:06.160><c> transitions,</c> 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:09.759 and<00:20:07.099><c> of</c><00:20:07.299><c> course,</c><00:20:08.039><c> in</c><00:20:08.079><c> terms</c><00:20:08.339><c> of</c><00:20:08.500><c> our</c><00:20:08.799><c> structure,</c> 00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:12.779 we're<00:20:09.900><c> roughly</c><00:20:10.440><c> in</c><00:20:11.200><c> this</c><00:20:11.460><c> section</c><00:20:11.779><c> here,</c> 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:17.440 chapter<00:20:13.440><c> 12</c><00:20:13.920><c> verse</c><00:20:14.319><c> 1,</c><00:20:14.920><c> this</c><00:20:15.180><c> part</c><00:20:15.400><c> that</c><00:20:15.680><c> begins</c><00:20:15.980><c> to</c><00:20:16.200><c> look</c><00:20:16.440><c> forward.</c> 00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:21.180 Let's<00:20:18.099><c> just</c><00:20:18.400><c> notice</c><00:20:18.880><c> the</c><00:20:19.500><c> exhortation</c><00:20:20.240><c> that's</c><00:20:20.640><c> implied</c><00:20:20.940><c> in</c> 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.819 these<00:20:21.400><c> words,</c> 00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:24.279 Deuteronomy<00:20:22.859><c> chapter</c><00:20:23.299><c> 12.</c> 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:28.299 Looking<00:20:25.559><c> at</c><00:20:25.759><c> verse</c><00:20:26.140><c> 2,</c> 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:34.819 Ye<00:20:29.700><c> shall</c><00:20:30.200><c> utterly</c><00:20:30.779><c> destroy</c><00:20:31.680><c> all</c><00:20:32.180><c> the</c><00:20:32.420><c> places</c><00:20:32.940><c> wherein</c><00:20:33.319><c> the</c><00:20:33.640><c> nations,</c> 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:38.240 which<00:20:35.380><c> ye</c><00:20:35.700><c> shall</c><00:20:35.940><c> possess,</c><00:20:36.660><c> serve</c><00:20:36.759><c> their</c><00:20:37.059><c> gods,</c> 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:42.039 upon<00:20:39.339><c> the</c><00:20:39.559><c> high</c><00:20:39.779><c> mountains,</c><00:20:40.839><c> and</c><00:20:41.099><c> upon</c><00:20:41.339><c> the</c><00:20:41.599><c> hills,</c> 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:45.440 and<00:20:42.519><c> upon</c><00:20:42.859><c> every</c><00:20:43.660><c> green</c><00:20:44.160><c> tree.</c> 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:48.279 And<00:20:45.799><c> ye</c><00:20:45.940><c> shall</c><00:20:46.119><c> overthrow</c><00:20:46.559><c> their</c><00:20:46.920><c> altars,</c><00:20:47.400><c> and</c><00:20:47.559><c> break</c><00:20:47.740><c> their</c><00:20:47.960><c> pillars,</c> 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:50.339 and<00:20:48.779><c> burn</c><00:20:48.960><c> their</c><00:20:49.240><c> groves</c><00:20:49.539><c> with</c><00:20:49.799><c> fire.</c> 00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:53.640 And<00:20:50.920><c> ye</c><00:20:51.099><c> shall</c><00:20:51.319><c> hew</c><00:20:51.599><c> down</c><00:20:51.900><c> the</c><00:20:52.180><c> graven</c><00:20:52.460><c> images</c><00:20:52.819><c> of</c><00:20:53.019><c> their</c><00:20:53.299><c> gods,</c> 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:57.440 and<00:20:54.079><c> destroy</c><00:20:54.460><c> the</c><00:20:54.680><c> names</c><00:20:55.039><c> of</c><00:20:55.259><c> them</c><00:20:55.720><c> out</c><00:20:56.059><c> of</c><00:20:56.180><c> that</c><00:20:56.440><c> place.</c> 00:20:57.740 --> 00:21:01.660 Now,<00:20:58.079><c> look</c><00:20:58.279><c> at</c><00:20:58.359><c> this</c><00:20:58.519><c> peculiar</c><00:20:59.039><c> verse,</c><00:20:59.819><c> verse</c><00:21:00.099><c> 4.</c> 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:06.220 Ye<00:21:02.559><c> shall</c><00:21:03.079><c> not</c><00:21:03.700><c> do</c><00:21:04.079><c> so</c><00:21:04.460><c> unto</c><00:21:04.700><c> the</c><00:21:04.940><c> Lord</c><00:21:05.119><c> your</c><00:21:05.319><c> God.</c> 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.539 Not<00:21:06.539><c> do</c><00:21:06.779><c> what?</c> 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:10.519 Well,<00:21:09.000><c> verse</c><00:21:09.220><c> 2</c><00:21:09.420><c> has</c><00:21:09.579><c> said,</c><00:21:09.740><c> what</c><00:21:09.779><c> you</c><00:21:10.019><c> shall</c><00:21:10.259><c> do,</c> 00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:14.319 you<00:21:10.700><c> will</c><00:21:10.960><c> destroy</c><00:21:11.660><c> all</c><00:21:12.559><c> of</c><00:21:12.779><c> these</c><00:21:13.279><c> places.</c> 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:17.500 What<00:21:15.000><c> does</c><00:21:15.160><c> he</c><00:21:15.400><c> mean</c><00:21:15.559><c> by</c><00:21:15.819><c> coming</c><00:21:16.079><c> back</c><00:21:16.440><c> in</c><00:21:16.579><c> verse</c><00:21:16.920><c> 4,</c> 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:20.440 to<00:21:17.920><c> say,</c><00:21:18.480><c> ye</c><00:21:18.480><c> shall</c><00:21:18.720><c> not</c><00:21:19.019><c> do</c><00:21:19.259><c> so</c><00:21:19.480><c> unto</c><00:21:19.619><c> the</c><00:21:19.819><c> Lord</c><00:21:19.980><c> your</c><00:21:20.140><c> God?</c> 00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.759 Not<00:21:20.759><c> do</c><00:21:20.960><c> what?</c> 00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:28.319 What<00:21:24.400><c> you</c><00:21:24.579><c> will</c><00:21:24.900><c> not</c><00:21:25.220><c> do</c><00:21:25.720><c> is</c><00:21:26.539><c> worship</c><00:21:27.019><c> God</c><00:21:27.380><c> like</c><00:21:27.660><c> the</c><00:21:27.900><c> nations</c> 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:30.539 in<00:21:28.759><c> every</c><00:21:29.440><c> place.</c> 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:32.940 That's<00:21:31.059><c> what</c><00:21:31.220><c> you</c><00:21:31.440><c> shall</c><00:21:31.660><c> not</c><00:21:31.940><c> do.</c> 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:38.880 What<00:21:33.779><c> is</c><00:21:34.059><c> now</c><00:21:34.279><c> being</c><00:21:34.599><c> prepared</c><00:21:35.160><c> for</c><00:21:35.519><c> here</c><00:21:36.019><c> is</c><00:21:37.039><c> a</c><00:21:37.440><c> direction</c><00:21:38.180><c> to</c> 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.559 the<00:21:39.099><c> nation</c> 00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:43.759 that<00:21:39.740><c> there</c><00:21:40.000><c> will</c><00:21:40.299><c> be</c><00:21:41.119><c> some</c><00:21:41.660><c> centralization</c><00:21:42.779><c> to</c><00:21:43.059><c> their</c><00:21:43.279><c> worship.</c> 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:47.440 We're<00:21:44.539><c> not</c><00:21:44.740><c> talking</c><00:21:45.019><c> now</c><00:21:45.279><c> about</c><00:21:45.539><c> private</c><00:21:45.940><c> worship</c><00:21:46.259><c> in</c><00:21:46.440><c> the</c><00:21:46.640><c> home,</c> 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:50.599 but<00:21:47.640><c> we're</c><00:21:47.819><c> talking</c><00:21:48.140><c> about</c><00:21:48.599><c> a</c><00:21:49.079><c> national</c><00:21:49.539><c> focus.</c> 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:52.940 There<00:21:50.799><c> will</c><00:21:50.980><c> be</c><00:21:51.140><c> a</c><00:21:51.500><c> central</c><00:21:51.960><c> place</c><00:21:52.319><c> of</c><00:21:52.599><c> worship.</c> 00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:57.400 You<00:21:53.460><c> will</c><00:21:53.839><c> not</c><00:21:54.119><c> be</c><00:21:54.460><c> like</c><00:21:54.839><c> the</c><00:21:55.180><c> other</c><00:21:55.380><c> nations</c><00:21:56.000><c> who</c><00:21:56.640><c> capriciously,</c> 00:21:57.579 --> 00:22:00.579 and<00:21:57.799><c> according</c><00:21:58.160><c> to</c><00:21:58.519><c> self</c><00:21:58.779><c>-will,</c><00:21:59.500><c> said,</c><00:21:59.779><c> oh,</c><00:21:59.960><c> there's</c><00:22:00.240><c> a</c><00:22:00.380><c> place</c> 00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.759 where<00:22:00.680><c> I'll</c><00:22:00.960><c> worship.</c> 00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:04.779 And<00:22:02.220><c> then</c><00:22:02.380><c> later,</c><00:22:02.619><c> oh,</c><00:22:02.759><c> there's</c><00:22:03.039><c> a</c><00:22:03.119><c> tree</c><00:22:03.339><c> that</c><00:22:03.500><c> I'll</c><00:22:03.759><c> worship</c><00:22:03.980><c> from.</c> 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:07.380 There's<00:22:05.359><c> a</c><00:22:05.480><c> nice</c><00:22:05.720><c> hill</c><00:22:05.900><c> that</c><00:22:06.079><c> I'll</c><00:22:06.339><c> worship</c><00:22:06.559><c> from.</c> 00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:09.160 Oh,<00:22:07.880><c> I</c><00:22:08.039><c> like</c><00:22:08.180><c> that</c><00:22:08.460><c> tree</c><00:22:08.640><c> over</c><00:22:08.900><c> there.</c> 00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:11.819 Today<00:22:09.559><c> I'll</c><00:22:09.839><c> worship</c><00:22:10.059><c> from</c><00:22:10.279><c> there,</c><00:22:10.900><c> and</c><00:22:11.279><c> so</c><00:22:11.500><c> on.</c> 00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:14.980 Self<00:22:12.740><c>-willed</c><00:22:13.599><c> worship,</c> 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:18.960 worshiping<00:22:15.759><c> where</c><00:22:16.019><c> you</c><00:22:16.259><c> want,</c><00:22:16.740><c> the</c><00:22:16.900><c> way</c><00:22:17.079><c> you</c><00:22:17.319><c> want,</c><00:22:17.799><c> and</c><00:22:17.980><c> so</c><00:22:18.200><c> on.</c> 00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:22.400 In<00:22:19.660><c> other</c><00:22:19.880><c> words,</c><00:22:20.519><c> the</c><00:22:20.680><c> principle</c><00:22:21.059><c> being</c><00:22:21.440><c> spelled</c><00:22:21.740><c> out</c><00:22:22.059><c> here</c> 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:26.380 is<00:22:22.799><c> like</c><00:22:23.039><c> that</c><00:22:23.200><c> of</c><00:22:23.359><c> John</c><00:22:23.660><c> chapter</c><00:22:24.160><c> 4</c><00:22:24.680><c> in</c><00:22:24.940><c> verse</c><00:22:25.259><c> 4,</c> 00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:30.619 where<00:22:27.119><c> God</c><00:22:27.579><c> was</c><00:22:27.880><c> to</c><00:22:28.240><c> tell</c><00:22:28.559><c> the</c><00:22:28.960><c> Samaritan</c><00:22:29.599><c> woman,</c> 00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:33.180 and<00:22:30.880><c> the</c><00:22:31.119><c> Samaritans</c><00:22:31.539><c> needed</c><00:22:31.799><c> to</c><00:22:32.059><c> know</c><00:22:32.240><c> this</c><00:22:32.539><c> because</c><00:22:32.900><c> in</c> 00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.880 Jesus'<00:22:33.819><c> day,</c> 00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:37.279 the<00:22:34.440><c> Samaritans</c><00:22:35.319><c> worshiped</c><00:22:35.980><c> up</c><00:22:36.119><c> by</c><00:22:36.400><c> Shechem,</c> 00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:41.319 and<00:22:37.980><c> they</c><00:22:38.140><c> did</c><00:22:38.359><c> not</c><00:22:38.579><c> feel</c><00:22:38.720><c> the</c><00:22:38.940><c> obligation</c><00:22:39.460><c> to</c><00:22:39.599><c> go</c><00:22:39.759><c> down</c><00:22:39.960><c> to</c><00:22:40.119><c> the</c><00:22:40.279><c> temple</c><00:22:40.539><c> in</c><00:22:40.720><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:44.380 nor<00:22:42.059><c> did</c><00:22:42.339><c> the</c><00:22:42.519><c> Samaritans</c><00:22:43.019><c> recognize</c><00:22:43.740><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:47.900 as<00:22:44.920><c> the</c><00:22:45.180><c> central,</c><00:22:46.000><c> national</c><00:22:46.519><c> place</c><00:22:46.819><c> of</c><00:22:47.059><c> worship.</c> 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:51.559 So<00:22:48.420><c> he</c><00:22:48.619><c> told</c><00:22:48.880><c> the</c><00:22:49.140><c> Samaritan</c><00:22:49.539><c> woman</c><00:22:50.119><c> something</c><00:22:50.700><c> the</c><00:22:51.259><c> same</c> 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:53.640 as<00:22:51.759><c> what's</c><00:22:51.980><c> being</c><00:22:52.259><c> said</c><00:22:52.559><c> here,</c> 00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:57.420 that<00:22:55.440><c> they</c><00:22:56.119><c> that</c><00:22:56.400><c> worship</c><00:22:56.740><c> him</c> 00:22:57.420 --> 00:23:00.740 must<00:22:57.980><c> worship</c><00:22:58.380><c> him</c><00:22:58.619><c> in</c><00:22:58.960><c> spirit</c><00:22:59.259><c> and</c><00:22:59.599><c> in</c><00:22:59.920><c> truth.</c> 00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:03.500 Jesus<00:23:01.660><c> told</c><00:23:02.039><c> the</c><00:23:02.299><c> Samaritan</c><00:23:02.920><c> woman</c> 00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:05.880 that<00:23:04.539><c> worship</c><00:23:05.039><c> of</c><00:23:05.259><c> the</c><00:23:05.500><c> Father</c> 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:09.519 is<00:23:06.799><c> not</c><00:23:07.140><c> something</c><00:23:07.480><c> that's</c><00:23:08.000><c> self</c><00:23:08.200><c>-willed</c><00:23:08.539><c> and</c><00:23:08.799><c> capricious.</c> 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:12.339 You<00:23:10.680><c> will</c><00:23:11.079><c> not</c><00:23:11.420><c> do</c><00:23:11.779><c> so,</c> 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:16.299 as<00:23:12.819><c> the</c><00:23:13.079><c> nations</c><00:23:13.400><c> have</c><00:23:13.640><c> done</c><00:23:13.880><c> according</c><00:23:14.339><c> to</c><00:23:14.539><c> their</c><00:23:14.779><c> own</c><00:23:15.079><c> inclinations.</c> 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:19.180 There<00:23:16.640><c> is</c><00:23:16.900><c> a</c><00:23:17.059><c> way</c><00:23:17.359><c> to</c><00:23:17.640><c> walk</c><00:23:17.900><c> before</c><00:23:18.339><c> him.</c> 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:21.500 Beliefs<00:23:20.440><c> matter.</c> 00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:23.819 Teachings<00:23:22.380><c> are</c><00:23:22.640><c> important.</c> 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:26.859 What<00:23:24.240><c> we</c><00:23:24.599><c> believe</c><00:23:24.940><c> affects</c><00:23:25.519><c> our</c><00:23:25.819><c> behavior.</c> 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:30.920 How<00:23:27.539><c> we</c><00:23:27.839><c> worship</c><00:23:28.140><c> is</c><00:23:28.539><c> in</c><00:23:28.599><c> fact</c><00:23:28.900><c> prescribed</c><00:23:29.599><c> by</c><00:23:29.880><c> the</c><00:23:30.119><c> Father.</c> 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:34.160 There<00:23:31.119><c> are</c><00:23:31.500><c> acceptable</c><00:23:31.880><c> ways</c><00:23:32.279><c> and</c><00:23:32.839><c> not</c><00:23:33.160><c> acceptable</c><00:23:33.660><c> ways.</c> 00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:37.519 It<00:23:35.000><c> is</c><00:23:35.279><c> not</c><00:23:35.559><c> according</c><00:23:35.940><c> to</c><00:23:36.200><c> our</c><00:23:36.380><c> own</c><00:23:36.619><c> instincts.</c> 00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:39.740 So<00:23:38.460><c> that</c><00:23:38.960><c> exhortation,</c> 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:43.240 as<00:23:39.980><c> they</c><00:23:40.160><c> are</c><00:23:40.359><c> about</c><00:23:40.619><c> to</c><00:23:40.900><c> cross</c><00:23:41.180><c> the</c><00:23:41.460><c> threshold</c><00:23:41.940><c> into</c><00:23:42.680><c> the</c><00:23:42.980><c> land,</c> 00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:45.079 is<00:23:43.940><c> forward</c><00:23:44.440><c>-looking,</c> 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:47.839 anticipating<00:23:46.019><c> that</c><00:23:46.420><c> finally,</c><00:23:46.859><c> once</c><00:23:47.079><c> they</c><00:23:47.220><c> get</c><00:23:47.539><c> settled,</c> 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:52.299 there<00:23:48.460><c> will</c><00:23:48.839><c> be</c><00:23:49.220><c> a</c><00:23:49.539><c> central</c><00:23:50.000><c> place</c><00:23:50.440><c> of</c><00:23:50.700><c> worship</c><00:23:51.039><c> established.</c> 00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:55.279 And<00:23:52.859><c> you</c><00:23:53.039><c> know,</c><00:23:53.759><c> that</c><00:23:53.940><c> was</c><00:23:54.160><c> something</c><00:23:54.400><c> very</c><00:23:54.839><c> difficult</c> 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:57.940 for<00:23:55.500><c> some</c><00:23:55.700><c> of</c><00:23:55.900><c> the</c><00:23:56.039><c> tribes</c><00:23:56.299><c> to</c><00:23:56.619><c> finally</c><00:23:56.859><c> accept.</c> 00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:01.160 It<00:23:58.240><c> wasn't</c><00:23:58.559><c> long</c><00:23:58.940><c> into</c><00:23:59.180><c> that</c><00:23:59.559><c> land</c><00:23:59.799><c> when</c><00:23:59.980><c> there</c><00:24:00.160><c> were</c><00:24:00.460><c> contentions</c> 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:03.180 and<00:24:01.599><c> jealousies</c><00:24:02.180><c> that</c><00:24:02.299><c> were</c><00:24:02.559><c> set</c><00:24:02.779><c> up</c> 00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:06.059 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were</c><00:24:16.779><c> relapsing</c> 00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:20.500 and<00:24:18.079><c> doing</c><00:24:18.319><c> exactly</c><00:24:18.779><c> what</c><00:24:18.940><c> the</c><00:24:19.140><c> nations</c><00:24:19.420><c> had</c><00:24:19.660><c> done.</c> 00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:23.440 A<00:24:21.339><c> very</c><00:24:21.819><c> important</c><00:24:22.660><c> reminder</c> 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:26.519 of<00:24:24.039><c> what</c><00:24:24.259><c> they</c><00:24:24.519><c> needed</c><00:24:24.680><c> to</c><00:24:24.980><c> know</c><00:24:25.359><c> before</c><00:24:25.940><c> they</c><00:24:26.200><c> went</c><00:24:26.299><c> into</c> 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.779 that<00:24:26.839><c> land.</c> 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:33.299 As<00:24:30.720><c> we</c><00:24:30.940><c> look</c><00:24:31.380><c> at</c><00:24:31.900><c> the</c><00:24:32.079><c> book</c><00:24:32.240><c> of</c><00:24:32.420><c> Deuteronomy</c> 00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:35.640 a<00:24:34.140><c> little</c><00:24:34.319><c> more</c><00:24:34.680><c> closely</c><00:24:35.079><c> now,</c> 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:37.799 it's<00:24:36.339><c> possible</c><00:24:36.960><c> to</c><00:24:37.240><c> observe</c> 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:39.660 that<00:24:38.279><c> in</c><00:24:38.460><c> the</c><00:24:38.579><c> book</c><00:24:38.720><c> of</c><00:24:38.900><c> Deuteronomy</c> 00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:43.359 there<00:24:40.380><c> is</c><00:24:41.400><c> a</c><00:24:42.059><c> stress</c><00:24:42.500><c> on</c><00:24:42.960><c> covenant,</c> 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:45.200 as<00:24:43.720><c> we</c><00:24:43.960><c> said</c><00:24:44.119><c> before.</c> 00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:49.099 But<00:24:45.940><c> there's</c><00:24:46.180><c> also</c><00:24:46.539><c> a</c><00:24:46.900><c> stress</c><00:24:47.400><c> by</c><00:24:47.920><c> way</c><00:24:48.240><c> of</c> 00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:52.140 comparison<00:24:50.140><c> the</c><00:24:50.859><c> Abrahamic</c><00:24:51.779><c> covenant</c> 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carefully</c><00:29:01.220><c> what</c><00:29:01.380><c> he</c><00:29:01.480><c> goes</c><00:29:01.680><c> on</c><00:29:01.900><c> to</c><00:29:02.119><c> say.</c> 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:05.279 Neither<00:29:03.519><c> with</c><00:29:03.839><c> you</c><00:29:04.099><c> only</c><00:29:04.559><c> do</c><00:29:04.799><c> I</c><00:29:05.000><c> make</c> 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:07.779 this<00:29:05.740><c> covenant</c><00:29:06.200><c> and</c><00:29:06.640><c> this</c><00:29:06.940><c> oath,</c> 00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:11.460 but<00:29:08.420><c> with</c><00:29:08.700><c> him</c><00:29:09.000><c> that</c><00:29:09.460><c> standeth</c><00:29:09.819><c> here</c><00:29:10.140><c> with</c><00:29:10.380><c> us</c><00:29:10.720><c> this</c><00:29:10.980><c> day</c> 00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:13.000 before<00:29:11.839><c> the</c><00:29:12.079><c> Lord</c><00:29:12.299><c> our</c><00:29:12.579><c> God,</c> 00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:16.420 and<00:29:13.880><c> also</c><00:29:14.500><c> with</c><00:29:14.779><c> him</c><00:29:14.980><c> that</c><00:29:15.160><c> is</c><00:29:15.480><c> not</c><00:29:15.819><c> here</c> 00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:18.140 with<00:29:16.700><c> us</c><00:29:16.980><c> this</c><00:29:17.299><c> day.</c> 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:22.380 It's<00:29:18.960><c> an</c><00:29:19.160><c> all</c><00:29:19.559><c>-pervading,</c><00:29:20.900><c> timeless</c><00:29:21.279><c> covenant,</c> 00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:25.160 and<00:29:22.960><c> it</c><00:29:23.279><c> centers</c><00:29:23.700><c> on</c><00:29:24.339><c> the</c><00:29:24.799><c> promises</c> 00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:27.279 made<00:29:25.640><c> to</c><00:29:25.900><c> the</c><00:29:26.160><c> fathers.</c> 00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.980 Now<00:29:29.000><c> brothers</c><00:29:29.279><c> and</c><00:29:29.559><c> sisters,</c> 00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:32.619 this<00:29:30.680><c> is</c><00:29:31.000><c> the</c><00:29:31.180><c> beginning</c><00:29:31.539><c> of</c><00:29:31.819><c> the</c><00:29:32.059><c> reason</c> 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:36.019 why<00:29:33.220><c> under</c><00:29:33.579><c> inspiration</c><00:29:34.359><c> the</c><00:29:34.640><c> New</c><00:29:34.859><c> Testament</c><00:29:35.319><c> writers</c> 00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:38.480 went<00:29:36.740><c> into</c><00:29:37.180><c> the</c><00:29:37.339><c> book</c><00:29:37.500><c> of</c><00:29:37.700><c> Deuteronomy</c> 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:41.700 to<00:29:39.160><c> search</c><00:29:39.440><c> out</c><00:29:39.720><c> and</c><00:29:40.099><c> find</c><00:29:40.920><c> clues</c> 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:45.359 as<00:29:42.240><c> to</c><00:29:42.480><c> the</c><00:29:42.740><c> temporary</c><00:29:43.160><c> nature</c><00:29:43.680><c> of</c><00:29:43.880><c> the</c><00:29:44.079><c> law</c><00:29:44.339><c> given</c><00:29:44.640><c> to</c><00:29:44.920><c> Moses,</c> 00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:49.059 and<00:29:46.140><c> of</c><00:29:46.319><c> the</c><00:29:46.660><c> promise</c><00:29:47.019><c> embedded</c><00:29:47.559><c> in</c><00:29:47.799><c> the</c><00:29:48.019><c> law,</c> 00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.920 embedded<00:29:50.019><c> in</c><00:29:50.299><c> the</c><00:29:50.519><c> law,</c> 00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:53.059 the<00:29:51.420><c> promise</c><00:29:51.980><c> of</c><00:29:52.339><c> something</c><00:29:52.660><c> better,</c> 00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:56.920 of<00:29:53.680><c> something</c><00:29:54.059><c> more</c><00:29:54.400><c> enduring,</c><00:29:55.319><c> namely</c><00:29:55.559><c> the</c><00:29:55.720><c> New</c><00:29:55.940><c> Covenant,</c> 00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:59.720 the<00:29:57.160><c> Gospel</c><00:29:57.680><c> preached</c><00:29:58.140><c> to</c><00:29:58.599><c> Abraham.</c> 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.180 With<00:30:01.440><c> those</c><00:30:01.819><c> clues,</c> 00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:05.660 let's<00:30:02.579><c> just</c><00:30:02.900><c> step</c><00:30:03.119><c> back</c><00:30:03.500><c> now</c><00:30:04.200><c> to</c> 00:30:05.660 --> 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promise</c> 00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:27.799 and<00:30:24.779><c> the</c><00:30:25.000><c> covenant</c><00:30:25.339><c> made</c><00:30:25.940><c> at</c><00:30:26.579><c> Sinai.</c> 00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:30.500 Just<00:30:28.079><c> notice</c><00:30:28.539><c> this</c><00:30:28.960><c> buildup.</c> 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:33.799 Chapter<00:30:31.180><c> 4</c><00:30:32.180><c> of</c><00:30:33.200><c> Deuteronomy,</c> 00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:36.400 verse<00:30:34.480><c> 23.</c> 00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:42.880 First<00:30:41.160><c> there</c><00:30:41.440><c> is</c><00:30:42.160><c> the</c><00:30:42.460><c> reminder</c> 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:46.819 in<00:30:43.220><c> this</c><00:30:43.740><c> retrospective</c><00:30:44.759><c> section</c><00:30:45.200><c> of</c><00:30:45.579><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:30:46.200><c> 4</c> 00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:49.480 that<00:30:47.319><c> in</c><00:30:47.859><c> the</c><00:30:48.160><c> past</c><00:30:48.519><c> they</c><00:30:48.740><c> had</c><00:30:49.079><c> broken</c> 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:52.240 the<00:30:50.119><c> covenant</c><00:30:50.519><c> at</c><00:30:50.920><c> Sinai.</c> 00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:54.099 Verse<00:30:52.599><c> 23.</c> 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:04.559 Now,<00:31:02.299><c> what</c><00:31:02.400><c> covenant</c><00:31:02.779><c> is</c><00:31:03.000><c> he</c><00:31:03.240><c> referring</c><00:31:03.640><c> to?</c> 00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:07.059 Well,<00:31:05.299><c> when</c><00:31:05.460><c> we</c><00:31:05.619><c> come</c><00:31:05.839><c> down</c><00:31:06.000><c> a</c><00:31:06.099><c> little</c><00:31:06.299><c> further</c><00:31:06.640><c> here,</c> 00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:10.339 there<00:31:07.480><c> is</c><00:31:07.859><c> this</c><00:31:08.160><c> reminder</c><00:31:08.640><c> to</c><00:31:08.839><c> the</c><00:31:08.940><c> new</c><00:31:09.160><c> generation.</c> 00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:14.319 We<00:31:11.339><c> come</c><00:31:11.519><c> down</c><00:31:12.059><c> to</c><00:31:12.480><c> 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margin,</c><00:38:00.380><c> it</c><00:38:01.079><c> should</c><00:38:01.300><c> show</c><00:38:01.579><c> you</c> 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:05.699 that<00:38:02.219><c> that's</c><00:38:02.619><c> actually</c><00:38:03.139><c> quoted</c><00:38:03.500><c> in</c><00:38:03.800><c> Micah</c><00:38:04.099><c> 6,</c><00:38:04.619><c> verse</c><00:38:04.840><c> 8.</c> 00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:09.420 In<00:38:06.679><c> Micah,</c><00:38:07.579><c> the</c><00:38:07.639><c> prophet</c><00:38:08.099><c> says,</c> 00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:11.219 For<00:38:10.039><c> he</c><00:38:10.860><c> hath</c> 00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:13.340 shewed<00:38:12.300><c> thee.</c> 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:17.059 Yes,<00:38:14.820><c> Micah</c><00:38:16.280><c> knows</c><00:38:16.699><c> exactly</c> 00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:19.340 that<00:38:18.019><c> this</c><00:38:18.300><c> is</c><00:38:18.519><c> in</c><00:38:18.659><c> Deuteronomy,</c> 00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:24.079 the<00:38:19.820><c> only</c><00:38:20.000><c> other</c><00:38:20.280><c> place.</c><00:38:21.760><c> Micah</c><00:38:22.119><c> tells</c><00:38:22.500><c> his</c><00:38:23.159><c> readers,</c> 00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:26.039 He<00:38:24.420><c> hath</c><00:38:24.860><c> shewed</c><00:38:25.219><c> thee,</c><00:38:25.519><c> O</c><00:38:25.699><c> man,</c> 00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:28.920 what<00:38:26.480><c> is</c><00:38:26.739><c> good.</c><00:38:27.800><c> And</c><00:38:28.079><c> what</c><00:38:28.340><c> doth</c><00:38:28.440><c> the</c><00:38:28.679><c> Lord</c> 00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:31.539 require<00:38:29.420><c> of</c><00:38:29.719><c> thee,</c><00:38:30.360><c> but</c><00:38:30.480><c> to</c><00:38:30.719><c> do</c><00:38:31.000><c> justly,</c> 00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:35.059 to<00:38:31.840><c> love</c><00:38:32.099><c> mercy,</c><00:38:32.800><c> to</c><00:38:32.920><c> walk</c><00:38:33.179><c> humbly</c><00:38:33.599><c> with</c><00:38:33.840><c> thy</c><00:38:34.039><c> God?</c> 00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:37.739 Micah<00:38:36.179><c> goes</c><00:38:36.440><c> back</c><00:38:36.780><c> to</c><00:38:36.960><c> Deuteronomy</c> 00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:41.079 under<00:38:38.320><c> inspiration,</c><00:38:40.159><c> and</c><00:38:40.260><c> reminds</c><00:38:40.800><c> them</c> 00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:43.780 that<00:38:41.300><c> in</c><00:38:41.519><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:38:42.440><c> there</c><00:38:42.820><c> was</c><00:38:43.099><c> a</c><00:38:43.460><c> statement</c> 00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:47.579 in<00:38:44.039><c> chapter</c><00:38:44.480><c> 10</c><00:38:45.360><c> that</c><00:38:45.639><c> was</c><00:38:45.920><c> a</c><00:38:46.179><c> distillation.</c> 00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:49.719 It<00:38:48.019><c> was</c><00:38:48.559><c> a</c><00:38:49.099><c> summary</c> 00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:52.820 statement<00:38:50.500><c> of</c><00:38:50.860><c> the</c><00:38:51.199><c> real</c><00:38:51.619><c> meaning</c><00:38:52.000><c> and</c><00:38:52.460><c> intent</c> 00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:56.219 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10</c><00:39:12.039><c> and</c><00:39:12.320><c> verse</c><00:39:12.619><c> 12</c><00:39:13.019><c> that</c><00:39:13.179><c> we</c><00:39:13.320><c> just</c><00:39:13.579><c> looked</c><00:39:13.840><c> at</c> 00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:17.179 that<00:39:14.679><c> Micah</c><00:39:15.139><c> quotes</c><00:39:15.619><c> is</c><00:39:16.519><c> the</c><00:39:16.840><c> greatest</c> 00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:19.179 commandment<00:39:17.760><c> that's</c><00:39:18.099><c> referred</c><00:39:18.400><c> to,</c><00:39:18.619><c> of</c><00:39:18.800><c> course,</c> 00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:21.599 by<00:39:19.659><c> the</c><00:39:19.820><c> Master</c><00:39:20.159><c> in</c><00:39:20.320><c> the</c><00:39:20.380><c> New</c><00:39:20.579><c> Testament.</c> 00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:24.599 When<00:39:22.460><c> you</c><00:39:22.659><c> come</c><00:39:22.920><c> to</c><00:39:23.079><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:39:23.639><c> 10</c> 00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:27.440 and<00:39:25.900><c> verse</c><00:39:26.239><c> 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elsewhere</c><00:42:58.820><c> in</c><00:42:59.000><c> the</c><00:42:59.099><c> Bible.</c> 00:43:00.260 --> 00:43:01.880 Especially<00:43:00.260><c> the</c><00:43:00.460><c> New</c><00:43:00.679><c> Testament.</c> 00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:06.360 Acts<00:43:02.619><c> chapter</c><00:43:03.019><c> 10</c><00:43:03.480><c> quotes</c><00:43:03.820><c> this</c><00:43:04.159><c> in</c><00:43:04.360><c> regards</c><00:43:04.679><c> to</c><00:43:04.900><c> Cornelius.</c> 00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:08.739 That<00:43:06.460><c> he</c><00:43:06.599><c> is</c><00:43:06.739><c> no</c><00:43:07.000><c> respecter</c><00:43:07.639><c> of</c><00:43:07.800><c> persons.</c> 00:43:09.260 --> 00:43:11.940 The<00:43:09.440><c> margin</c><00:43:09.760><c> shows</c><00:43:10.480><c> Romans</c><00:43:10.980><c> chapter</c><00:43:11.500><c> 2</c> 00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:13.980 and<00:43:12.119><c> verse</c><00:43:12.340><c> 11</c><00:43:12.699><c> quotes</c><00:43:13.039><c> it.</c> 00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:16.639 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book</c><00:43:51.940><c> Deuteronomy.</c> 00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:55.579 It's<00:43:54.079><c> from</c><00:43:54.400><c> this</c><00:43:54.760><c> chapter</c><00:43:55.260><c> 10</c> 00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:58.019 that<00:43:56.599><c> all</c><00:43:56.960><c> through</c><00:43:57.159><c> the</c><00:43:57.280><c> New</c><00:43:57.500><c> Testament</c> 00:43:58.019 --> 00:44:02.159 the<00:43:58.639><c> statement</c><00:43:59.079><c> that</c><00:43:59.300><c> God</c><00:43:59.579><c> is</c><00:43:59.920><c> not</c><00:44:00.139><c> a</c><00:44:00.440><c> respecter</c><00:44:00.900><c> of</c><00:44:01.059><c> persons.</c> 00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:05.719 That<00:44:02.579><c> he</c><00:44:02.800><c> cares</c><00:44:03.039><c> for</c><00:44:03.239><c> the</c><00:44:03.420><c> Gentile</c><00:44:04.079><c> as</c><00:44:04.380><c> well</c><00:44:04.559><c> as</c><00:44:04.719><c> the</c><00:44:04.920><c> Jew.</c> 00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:07.800 Is<00:44:06.260><c> drawn</c><00:44:06.679><c> 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good</c><00:44:52.380><c> news</c><00:44:53.159><c> contained</c><00:44:54.079><c> in</c><00:44:54.659><c> Deuteronomy.</c>