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quite</c><00:10:41.200><c> put</c><00:10:41.360><c> in</c><00:10:41.539><c> enough</c><00:10:41.799><c> greats,</c> 00:10:43.100 --> 00:10:48.120 but<00:10:43.659><c> she</c><00:10:43.860><c> is</c><00:10:44.179><c> the</c><00:10:44.440><c> great</c><00:10:44.720><c>-great</c><00:10:45.019><c>-grandmother</c><00:10:46.019><c> of</c><00:10:47.039><c> David.</c> 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:50.840 Just<00:10:49.340><c> two</c><00:10:49.559><c> greats.</c> 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:53.399 How<00:10:51.460><c> different</c><00:10:52.039><c> God's</c><00:10:52.460><c> ways</c><00:10:52.600><c> are</c><00:10:52.799><c> than</c><00:10:53.000><c> ours.</c> 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:57.139 We<00:10:54.240><c> just</c><00:10:54.519><c> wouldn't</c><00:10:54.679><c> have</c><00:10:54.899><c> had</c><00:10:55.039><c> the</c><00:10:55.220><c> likes</c><00:10:55.419><c> of</c><00:10:55.639><c> a</c><00:10:55.759><c> Gentile</c><00:10:56.159><c> prostitute</c> 00:10:57.139 --> 00:11:01.139 being<00:10:58.019><c> one</c><00:10:58.620><c> of</c><00:10:58.740><c> the</c><00:10:58.899><c> grandmothers</c><00:10:59.299><c> of</c><00:10:59.559><c> the</c><00:10:59.700><c> Savior</c><00:10:59.960><c> of</c><00:11:00.179><c> the</c><00:11:00.240><c> world.</c> 00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:04.720 The<00:11:01.639><c> royal</c><00:11:02.019><c> family</c><00:11:02.580><c> in</c><00:11:02.840><c> England,</c><00:11:03.299><c> they</c><00:11:03.740><c> try</c><00:11:04.019><c> very</c><00:11:04.340><c> hard</c><00:11:04.480><c> to</c> 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:06.720 keep<00:11:04.860><c> the</c><00:11:05.179><c> blood</c><00:11:05.399><c> blue.</c> 00:11:09.500 --> 00:11:11.779 But<00:11:10.019><c> they're</c><00:11:10.340><c> having</c><00:11:10.480><c> a</c><00:11:10.559><c> lot</c><00:11:10.740><c> of</c><00:11:10.960><c> problems</c><00:11:11.220><c> over</c><00:11:11.500><c> there</c><00:11:11.639><c> with</c> 00:11:11.779 --> 00:11:13.539 that<00:11:11.980><c> family,</c><00:11:12.340><c> aren't</c><00:11:12.659><c> they?</c> 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:17.600 Now,<00:11:15.120><c> if</c><00:11:15.259><c> I</c><00:11:15.419><c> were</c><00:11:15.539><c> to</c><00:11:15.720><c> ask</c><00:11:15.940><c> you</c><00:11:16.120><c> to</c><00:11:16.360><c> please</c><00:11:16.600><c> tell</c><00:11:16.799><c> me</c><00:11:17.039><c> the</c><00:11:17.220><c> name</c> 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:19.500 of<00:11:17.980><c> Ruth's</c><00:11:18.840><c> mother</c><00:11:19.039><c>-in</c><00:11:19.279><c>-law,</c> 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:24.980 you<00:11:19.759><c> would</c><00:11:20.080><c> say</c><00:11:20.960><c> Naomi,</c><00:11:22.120><c> and</c><00:11:22.940><c> you</c><00:11:23.159><c> would</c><00:11:23.419><c> be</c><00:11:24.019><c> right.</c> 00:11:26.539 --> 00:11:32.179 But<00:11:26.799><c> Ruth</c><00:11:27.240><c> had</c><00:11:27.720><c> two</c><00:11:28.279><c> mother</c><00:11:28.679><c>-in</c><00:11:29.000><c>-laws,</c><00:11:30.120><c> and</c><00:11:31.419><c> the</c><00:11:31.639><c> other</c><00:11:31.919><c> one</c> 00:11:32.179 --> 00:11:33.840 was<00:11:32.639><c> Rehab.</c> 00:11:34.779 --> 00:11:42.399 Because<00:11:35.659><c> Boaz</c><00:11:36.539><c> was</c><00:11:37.240><c> Rehab's</c><00:11:37.940><c> little</c><00:11:38.279><c> boy,</c><00:11:40.179><c> and</c><00:11:40.419><c> Boaz</c><00:11:40.960><c> married</c><00:11:41.399><c> Ruth.</c> 00:11:42.940 --> 00:11:48.000 And<00:11:43.139><c> since</c><00:11:43.379><c> Ruth</c><00:11:43.799><c> had</c><00:11:44.399><c> two</c><00:11:45.179><c> husbands,</c><00:11:46.440><c> she</c><00:11:46.720><c> had</c><00:11:47.100><c> two</c><00:11:47.659><c> mother</c> 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:52.120 -in<00:11:48.240><c>-laws,</c><00:11:49.159><c> and</c><00:11:49.460><c> the</c><00:11:49.700><c> second</c><00:11:49.960><c> one</c><00:11:50.639><c> was</c><00:11:51.440><c> Rehab.</c> 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:57.559 So<00:11:52.879><c> we</c><00:11:53.000><c> know</c><00:11:53.580><c> how</c><00:11:53.960><c> important</c><00:11:54.419><c> she</c><00:11:54.620><c> is</c><00:11:55.519><c> in</c><00:11:56.320><c> our</c><00:11:56.860><c> studies</c><00:11:57.240><c> of</c><00:11:57.480><c> the</c> 00:11:57.559 --> 00:11:58.860 book<00:11:57.720><c> of</c><00:11:57.919><c> Joshua.</c> 00:11:59.259 --> 00:12:07.360 Now,<00:12:01.299><c> we</c><00:12:02.019><c> can</c><00:12:02.779><c> learn</c><00:12:03.000><c> a</c><00:12:03.220><c> lesson</c><00:12:03.480><c> from</c><00:12:03.899><c> Rehab,</c><00:12:06.320><c> because</c><00:12:06.720><c> she</c> 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:08.779 knew<00:12:07.600><c> something,</c> 00:12:09.500 --> 00:12:12.419 and<00:12:09.720><c> she</c><00:12:10.000><c> acted</c><00:12:10.299><c> upon</c><00:12:10.720><c> what</c><00:12:11.179><c> she</c><00:12:11.480><c> knew.</c> 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:20.399 You<00:12:13.960><c> know</c><00:12:14.240><c> something,</c><00:12:16.200><c> are</c><00:12:16.620><c> you</c><00:12:16.879><c> acting</c><00:12:17.200><c> upon</c><00:12:17.620><c> what</c><00:12:18.500><c> you</c><00:12:19.580><c> know?</c> 00:12:20.580 --> 00:12:23.720 Now,<00:12:20.919><c> this</c><00:12:21.679><c> is</c><00:12:22.019><c> the</c><00:12:22.360><c> challenge</c><00:12:22.960><c> to</c><00:12:23.259><c> us.</c> 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:30.080 For<00:12:24.379><c> example,</c><00:12:25.940><c> we</c><00:12:26.139><c> know,</c><00:12:27.220><c> we</c><00:12:28.019><c> know,</c><00:12:29.179><c> there</c><00:12:29.379><c> is</c><00:12:29.600><c> not</c><00:12:29.779><c> a</c><00:12:29.940><c> doubt,</c> 00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:33.100 there's<00:12:30.419><c> not</c><00:12:30.620><c> a</c><00:12:30.799><c> shred</c><00:12:30.940><c> of</c><00:12:31.200><c> a</c><00:12:31.379><c> doubt</c><00:12:31.620><c> that</c><00:12:32.059><c> Jesus</c><00:12:32.559><c> Christ</c><00:12:32.899><c> is</c> 00:12:33.100 --> 00:12:34.659 going<00:12:33.220><c> to</c><00:12:33.379><c> return</c><00:12:33.559><c> to</c><00:12:33.759><c> this</c><00:12:33.919><c> earth.</c> 00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:36.139 Do<00:12:34.960><c> any</c><00:12:35.259><c> of</c><00:12:35.360><c> you</c><00:12:35.440><c> doubt</c><00:12:35.740><c> that?</c> 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:38.639 On<00:12:36.759><c> the</c><00:12:36.960><c> bumper</c><00:12:37.120><c> sticker</c><00:12:37.320><c> of</c><00:12:37.500><c> my</c><00:12:37.700><c> car,</c><00:12:37.980><c> I</c><00:12:37.980><c> have</c><00:12:38.220><c> an</c><00:12:38.360><c> upstairs</c> 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:38.879 that<00:12:38.779><c> says,</c> 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:40.740 Christ<00:12:39.179><c> is</c><00:12:39.460><c> coming</c><00:12:39.639><c> and</c><00:12:39.799><c> will</c><00:12:39.980><c> reign</c><00:12:40.159><c> on</c><00:12:40.419><c> earth.</c> 00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:44.059 And<00:12:41.460><c> on</c><00:12:41.620><c> our</c><00:12:41.860><c> television</c><00:12:42.320><c> programs,</c><00:12:42.700><c> we</c><00:12:42.899><c> have</c><00:12:43.279><c> that</c><00:12:43.620><c> same</c><00:12:43.840><c> slogan,</c> 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:47.620 Christ<00:12:44.500><c> is</c><00:12:44.740><c> coming</c><00:12:44.960><c> and</c><00:12:45.240><c> will</c><00:12:45.500><c> reign</c><00:12:45.639><c> on</c><00:12:45.860><c> earth,</c><00:12:46.340><c> are</c><00:12:46.539><c> you</c><00:12:46.759><c> ready?</c> 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:51.279 And<00:12:47.980><c> Bible</c><00:12:48.299><c> schools</c><00:12:48.659><c> are</c><00:12:49.000><c> one</c><00:12:49.139><c> of</c><00:12:49.379><c> the</c><00:12:49.399><c> ways</c><00:12:49.639><c> to</c><00:12:49.899><c> help</c><00:12:50.019><c> get</c><00:12:50.299><c> ready</c><00:12:50.860><c> for</c> 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:51.940 the<00:12:51.440><c> coming</c><00:12:51.620><c> of</c><00:12:51.820><c> Christ.</c> 00:12:51.940 --> 00:12:54.080 Now,<00:12:52.279><c> you</c><00:12:52.700><c> know</c><00:12:53.039><c> that.</c> 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:57.120 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find</c><00:13:06.919><c> a</c><00:13:07.100><c> lesson</c><00:13:07.299><c> here.</c> 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:19.080 Because<00:13:09.159><c> if</c><00:13:10.019><c> you</c><00:13:10.100><c> open</c><00:13:10.340><c> your</c><00:13:10.559><c> Bibles</c><00:13:11.320><c> to</c><00:13:12.100><c> Joshua,</c><00:13:15.500><c> Chapter</c><00:13:16.019><c> 2,</c> 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:29.960 we<00:13:21.799><c> find</c><00:13:22.639><c> Joshua</c><00:13:26.100><c> sending</c><00:13:27.659><c> two</c><00:13:27.980><c> spies</c><00:13:28.500><c> into</c><00:13:28.860><c> Jericho.</c> 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:34.159 We<00:13:30.679><c> find</c><00:13:30.940><c> God</c><00:13:31.259><c> sending</c><00:13:31.620><c> two</c><00:13:32.000><c> men</c><00:13:32.340><c> in</c><00:13:32.720><c> to</c><00:13:32.860><c> find</c><00:13:33.080><c> a</c><00:13:33.240><c> woman.</c> 00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:38.019 And<00:13:35.440><c> she's</c><00:13:35.940><c> hiding</c><00:13:36.240><c> these</c><00:13:36.679><c> two</c><00:13:36.940><c> spies.</c> 00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:40.299 She<00:13:38.559><c> did</c><00:13:38.720><c> this</c><00:13:38.899><c> at</c><00:13:39.080><c> the</c><00:13:39.279><c> peril</c><00:13:39.419><c> of</c><00:13:39.600><c> her</c><00:13:39.779><c> life,</c> 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:44.480 because<00:13:41.019><c> if</c><00:13:41.320><c> the</c><00:13:41.759><c> king</c><00:13:42.080><c> or</c><00:13:42.419><c> any</c><00:13:42.720><c> of</c><00:13:42.899><c> his</c><00:13:43.519><c> subjects</c><00:13:44.000><c> had</c><00:13:44.279><c> known</c> 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:45.779 what<00:13:44.759><c> Rehab</c><00:13:45.000><c> was</c><00:13:45.240><c> up</c><00:13:45.460><c> to,</c> 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:47.659 they<00:13:46.159><c> would</c><00:13:46.320><c> have</c><00:13:46.500><c> killed</c><00:13:46.679><c> Rehab,</c><00:13:47.139><c> they</c><00:13:47.259><c> would</c><00:13:47.460><c> have</c><00:13:47.559><c> called</c> 00:13:47.659 --> 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sometimes</c><00:14:02.799><c> that</c><00:14:03.039><c> has</c><00:14:03.299><c> happened.</c> 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:08.440 But<00:14:05.000><c> she's</c><00:14:05.879><c> hid</c><00:14:05.960><c> these</c><00:14:06.159><c> two</c><00:14:06.440><c> spies,</c><00:14:06.919><c> and</c><00:14:06.980><c> they're</c><00:14:07.080><c> up</c><00:14:07.240><c> on</c><00:14:07.399><c> the</c><00:14:07.600><c> roof.</c> 00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:12.980 And<00:14:11.539><c> we</c><00:14:12.059><c> come</c><00:14:12.220><c> into</c><00:14:12.399><c> verse</c><00:14:12.700><c> 8.</c> 00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:15.639 Before<00:14:13.399><c> these</c><00:14:13.700><c> two</c><00:14:13.940><c> spies</c><00:14:14.220><c> were</c><00:14:14.980><c> laid</c><00:14:15.299><c> down,</c> 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:18.399 she<00:14:15.820><c> came</c><00:14:16.059><c> up</c><00:14:16.779><c> under</c><00:14:16.940><c> them,</c><00:14:17.159><c> under</c><00:14:17.340><c> the</c><00:14:17.519><c> roof,</c><00:14:17.820><c> and</c><00:14:17.879><c> she</c><00:14:18.139><c> said</c> 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:19.700 unto<00:14:18.620><c> the</c><00:14:18.820><c> man,</c> 00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:22.279 I<00:14:21.259><c> know.</c> 00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:26.399 It's<00:14:22.980><c> not</c><00:14:23.220><c> I</c><00:14:23.639><c> think,</c><00:14:24.799><c> or</c><00:14:25.139><c> perhaps.</c> 00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:29.379 I<00:14:27.179><c> know</c><00:14:27.700><c> that</c><00:14:27.980><c> the</c><00:14:28.159><c> Lord</c><00:14:28.320><c> hath</c><00:14:28.480><c> given</c><00:14:28.720><c> you</c><00:14:28.899><c> the</c><00:14:29.120><c> land,</c> 00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:33.379 and<00:14:30.019><c> that</c><00:14:30.220><c> your</c><00:14:30.580><c> terror</c><00:14:31.419><c> is</c><00:14:32.360><c> fallen</c><00:14:32.620><c> upon</c><00:14:33.059><c> us,</c> 00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:37.539 and<00:14:33.559><c> that</c><00:14:33.779><c> all</c><00:14:33.980><c> 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of</c><00:15:01.419><c> Jordan,</c> 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:04.240 Sihon<00:15:02.639><c> and</c><00:15:02.799><c> Og,</c><00:15:03.080><c> whom</c><00:15:03.159><c> he</c><00:15:03.440><c> utterly</c><00:15:03.720><c> destroyed.</c> 00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:08.279 And<00:15:04.700><c> as</c><00:15:04.879><c> soon</c><00:15:05.059><c> as</c><00:15:05.259><c> we</c><00:15:05.440><c> had</c><00:15:05.659><c> heard</c><00:15:06.019><c> these</c><00:15:06.519><c> things,</c><00:15:07.100><c> our</c><00:15:07.799><c> hearts</c> 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:10.220 did<00:15:09.039><c> melt.</c> 00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:18.220 Neither<00:15:12.059><c> did</c><00:15:12.419><c> there</c><00:15:15.120><c> remain</c><00:15:15.639><c> in</c><00:15:16.480><c> any</c><00:15:16.899><c> more</c><00:15:17.179><c> courage</c><00:15:17.559><c> in</c><00:15:17.980><c> any</c> 00:15:18.220 --> 00:15:19.940 man<00:15:18.659><c> because</c><00:15:19.600><c> of</c><00:15:19.799><c> you.</c> 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:23.279 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was</c><00:24:40.920><c> in</c><00:24:41.099><c> time</c><00:24:41.240><c> of</c><00:24:41.579><c> flood.</c> 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:51.420 You<00:24:43.920><c> got</c><00:24:44.140><c> a</c><00:24:44.279><c> problem</c><00:24:45.140><c> walking</c><00:24:46.059><c> across</c><00:24:46.539><c> a</c><00:24:46.740><c> river</c><00:24:47.119><c> when</c><00:24:48.460><c> it's</c><00:24:48.980><c> rapidly</c><00:24:49.720><c> descending</c><00:24:50.579><c> as</c> 00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:53.980 was<00:24:52.019><c> the</c><00:24:52.619><c> Jordan</c><00:24:52.920><c> River.</c> 00:24:55.220 --> 00:25:00.559 And<00:24:55.259><c> so</c><00:24:55.900><c> God,</c><00:24:57.460><c> speaking</c><00:24:57.619><c> through</c><00:24:57.839><c> Moses</c><00:24:58.380><c> to</c><00:24:59.700><c> the</c><00:24:59.920><c> Levites</c><00:25:00.319><c> who</c> 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:03.019 had<00:25:00.740><c> the</c><00:25:01.019><c> ark</c><00:25:01.240><c> on</c><00:25:01.579><c> their</c><00:25:01.980><c> shoulders,</c> 00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:06.599 to<00:25:03.640><c> walk</c><00:25:04.140><c> into</c><00:25:04.920><c> that</c><00:25:05.240><c> raging</c><00:25:05.599><c> river.</c> 00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:09.039 Now<00:25:06.960><c> in</c><00:25:07.119><c> the</c><00:25:07.359><c> swimming</c><00:25:07.579><c> pool,</c><00:25:07.920><c> I</c><00:25:08.079><c> haven't</c><00:25:08.319><c> been</c><00:25:08.500><c> to</c><00:25:08.599><c> the</c><00:25:08.740><c> pool</c><00:25:08.859><c> here,</c> 00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:12.339 but<00:25:09.319><c> you</c><00:25:09.660><c> often</c><00:25:09.940><c> times</c><00:25:10.240><c> see</c><00:25:11.039><c> young</c><00:25:11.400><c> people</c><00:25:11.720><c> playing</c><00:25:11.980><c> and</c><00:25:12.160><c> one</c> 00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:14.059 person<00:25:12.640><c> sits</c><00:25:12.859><c> on</c><00:25:13.019><c> another</c><00:25:13.240><c> person's</c><00:25:13.759><c> shoulders</c> 00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:18.500 and<00:25:14.480><c> they</c><00:25:14.759><c> walk</c><00:25:15.119><c> into</c><00:25:15.900><c> the</c><00:25:16.140><c> deep</c><00:25:16.380><c> end</c><00:25:16.619><c> and</c><00:25:16.680><c> pretty</c><00:25:17.059><c> soon</c><00:25:17.700><c> the</c> 00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:20.500 person<00:25:18.700><c> on</c><00:25:18.880><c> the</c><00:25:19.099><c> bottom</c><00:25:19.279><c> is...</c> 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:23.359 because<00:25:21.019><c> the</c><00:25:21.339><c> person</c><00:25:21.519><c> on</c><00:25:21.740><c> top</c><00:25:21.880><c> is</c><00:25:22.059><c> pretty</c><00:25:22.259><c> well</c><00:25:22.380><c> holding</c><00:25:22.640><c> them</c><00:25:22.900><c> down.</c> 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:27.339 And<00:25:23.740><c> yet</c><00:25:24.240><c> flesh</c><00:25:24.940><c> has</c><00:25:25.819><c> a</c><00:25:26.039><c> certain</c><00:25:26.180><c> amount</c><00:25:26.460><c> of</c><00:25:26.599><c> buoyancy</c><00:25:27.039><c> to</c><00:25:27.240><c> it.</c> 00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:30.240 This<00:25:27.640><c> ark</c><00:25:27.920><c> had</c><00:25:28.299><c> zero</c><00:25:28.980><c> buoyancy.</c> 00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:34.299 Can<00:25:30.559><c> you</c><00:25:30.740><c> imagine</c><00:25:31.180><c> walking</c><00:25:31.839><c> into</c><00:25:32.500><c> a</c><00:25:32.900><c> raging</c><00:25:33.259><c> river</c><00:25:33.779><c> carrying</c> 00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:36.799 a<00:25:34.619><c> heavy</c><00:25:34.859><c> object</c><00:25:35.299><c> on</c><00:25:35.759><c> your</c><00:25:36.259><c> shoulders?</c> 00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:40.880 It<00:25:37.579><c> took</c><00:25:37.980><c> faith</c><00:25:38.759><c> to</c><00:25:39.559><c> do</c><00:25:39.859><c> so.</c> 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:49.819 It<00:25:41.579><c> takes</c><00:25:42.099><c> faith</c><00:25:42.900><c> for</c><00:25:44.000><c> us</c><00:25:44.819><c> to</c><00:25:45.500><c> follow</c><00:25:46.099><c> our</c><00:25:47.220><c> ark,</c><00:25:48.599><c> our</c><00:25:48.920><c> Lord.</c> 00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:54.279 It<00:25:51.440><c> seems</c><00:25:51.700><c> like</c><00:25:52.019><c> sometimes</c><00:25:52.599><c> we</c><00:25:52.859><c> will</c><00:25:53.279><c> sink.</c> 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:58.859 But<00:25:55.559><c> if</c><00:25:55.759><c> God</c><00:25:56.000><c> be</c><00:25:56.319><c> for</c><00:25:56.440><c> you,</c><00:25:57.519><c> who</c><00:25:57.759><c> can</c><00:25:57.920><c> be</c><00:25:58.119><c> against</c><00:25:58.400><c> you?</c> 00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:03.140 Verse<00:25:59.339><c> 15</c><00:25:59.779><c> says</c><00:26:00.240><c> that</c><00:26:00.759><c> the</c><00:26:01.180><c> Jordan</c><00:26:01.460><c> overflowed</c><00:26:02.059><c> all</c><00:26:02.299><c> his</c><00:26:02.579><c> banks</c><00:26:02.799><c> all</c> 00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:04.160 the<00:26:03.319><c> time</c><00:26:03.440><c> of</c><00:26:03.660><c> harvest.</c> 00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:14.160 And<00:26:05.980><c> when</c><00:26:07.900><c> the</c><00:26:09.200><c> feet</c><00:26:09.799><c> of</c><00:26:11.200><c> those</c><00:26:11.559><c> priests</c><00:26:12.059><c> got</c><00:26:12.700><c> wet,</c> 00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:23.140 something<00:26:15.859><c> happened</c><00:26:16.880><c> that</c><00:26:17.779><c> has</c><00:26:18.319><c> never</c><00:26:18.660><c> happened</c><00:26:19.660><c> before</c><00:26:20.720><c> or</c><00:26:22.079><c> since.</c> 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:28.579 The<00:26:24.119><c> River</c><00:26:24.400><c> Jordan</c><00:26:24.940><c> turned</c><00:26:25.519><c> around</c><00:26:26.220><c> and</c><00:26:27.240><c> flowed</c><00:26:27.599><c> uphill.</c> 00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:34.000 Back.<00:26:31.539><c> Did</c><00:26:31.680><c> you</c><00:26:31.799><c> see</c><00:26:32.000><c> where</c><00:26:32.140><c> it</c><00:26:32.299><c> went</c><00:26:32.299><c> back</c><00:26:32.579><c> to?</c> 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:38.200 Verse<00:26:35.079><c> 16,</c><00:26:35.819><c> that</c><00:26:36.099><c> the</c><00:26:36.319><c> waters</c><00:26:36.579><c> which</c><00:26:36.819><c> came</c><00:26:37.119><c> down</c><00:26:37.480><c> from</c><00:26:37.779><c> above</c> 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.579 stood<00:26:38.559><c> up,</c> 00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:44.119 stood<00:26:40.099><c> and</c><00:26:40.279><c> rose</c><00:26:40.519><c> up</c><00:26:41.180><c> upon</c><00:26:41.500><c> a</c><00:26:41.720><c> heap</c><00:26:41.880><c> very</c><00:26:42.440><c> far</c><00:26:42.819><c> from</c><00:26:43.059><c> the</c><00:26:43.220><c> city.</c> 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.420 Adam!<00:26:46.319><c> Adam!</c> 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:50.359 Oh,<00:26:48.720><c> this</c><00:26:49.000><c> is</c><00:26:49.319><c> beautiful.</c> 00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:52.500 Do<00:26:50.740><c> you</c><00:26:50.859><c> see</c><00:26:51.000><c> what</c><00:26:51.119><c> we're</c><00:26:51.299><c> coming</c><00:26:51.519><c> to</c><00:26:51.700><c> here?</c> 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:57.819 The<00:26:53.299><c> water</c><00:26:53.859><c> is</c><00:26:54.799><c> flowing</c><00:26:55.019><c> down</c><00:26:55.480><c> from</c><00:26:55.799><c> the</c><00:26:56.180><c> Sea</c><00:26:56.339><c> of</c><00:26:56.619><c> Galilee,</c> 00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.660 down,<00:26:58.859><c> winding</c><00:26:59.079><c> its</c><00:26:59.400><c> way.</c> 00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:03.259 The<00:27:00.019><c> Sea</c><00:27:00.180><c> of</c><00:27:00.400><c> Galilee</c><00:27:00.660><c> is</c><00:27:00.920><c> 600</c><00:27:01.359><c> feet</c><00:27:01.700><c> below</c><00:27:02.000><c> sea</c><00:27:02.279><c> level,</c> 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:08.220 and<00:27:03.640><c> the</c><00:27:04.019><c> Dead</c><00:27:04.339><c> Sea</c><00:27:04.559><c> is</c><00:27:04.920><c> 1</c><00:27:05.140><c>,290</c><00:27:06.519><c> feet</c><00:27:06.779><c> below</c><00:27:07.019><c> sea</c><00:27:07.299><c> level.</c> 00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:12.640 It<00:27:08.480><c> travels</c><00:27:08.759><c> 63</c><00:27:09.299><c> miles</c><00:27:09.720><c> and</c><00:27:09.900><c> it</c><00:27:10.039><c> takes</c><00:27:10.799><c> 200</c><00:27:11.160><c> miles</c><00:27:11.480><c> to</c><00:27:11.680><c> do</c><00:27:11.799><c> it.</c> 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:16.460 I<00:27:13.599><c> mean,</c><00:27:14.299><c> it's</c><00:27:14.460><c> a</c><00:27:14.660><c> straight</c><00:27:14.660><c> line.</c><00:27:15.259><c> As</c><00:27:15.480><c> a</c><00:27:15.599><c> crow</c><00:27:15.720><c> flies,</c><00:27:16.259><c> it's</c> 00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.279 not<00:27:16.640><c> very</c><00:27:16.920><c> far.</c> 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:20.180 But<00:27:17.799><c> the</c><00:27:17.960><c> way</c><00:27:18.079><c> that</c><00:27:18.319><c> river</c><00:27:18.619><c> winds,</c><00:27:19.079><c> it's</c><00:27:19.400><c> a</c><00:27:19.400><c> very</c><00:27:19.779><c> long</c><00:27:20.019><c> way,</c> 00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:22.900 because<00:27:20.400><c> the</c><00:27:20.640><c> White</c><00:27:20.819><c> River</c><00:27:21.200><c> meanders</c><00:27:21.740><c> a</c><00:27:22.019><c> lot.</c> 00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:28.099 But<00:27:24.940><c> the</c><00:27:25.279><c> water</c><00:27:25.740><c> that</c><00:27:25.980><c> was</c><00:27:26.259><c> leaving</c><00:27:26.640><c> the</c><00:27:26.880><c> Sea</c><00:27:27.079><c> of</c><00:27:27.339><c> Galilee</c> 00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:34.200 on<00:27:29.240><c> its</c><00:27:29.539><c> way</c><00:27:30.299><c> to</c><00:27:30.700><c> the</c><00:27:30.880><c> Dead</c><00:27:31.259><c> Sea,</c><00:27:32.599><c> where</c><00:27:32.859><c> it</c><00:27:32.940><c> would</c><00:27:33.220><c> die.</c> 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:38.779 Everything<00:27:34.920><c> that</c><00:27:35.359><c> goes</c><00:27:35.980><c> in</c><00:27:36.180><c> the</c><00:27:36.339><c> Dead</c><00:27:36.700><c> Sea</c><00:27:37.519><c> dies.</c> 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:43.019 But<00:27:39.319><c> the</c><00:27:39.599><c> water</c><00:27:40.380><c> turned</c><00:27:40.819><c> around</c><00:27:41.400><c> and</c><00:27:41.859><c> flowed</c><00:27:42.420><c> backwards,</c> 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:48.619 away<00:27:43.839><c> from</c><00:27:44.160><c> the</c><00:27:44.359><c> Dead</c><00:27:44.720><c> Sea,</c><00:27:45.740><c> back</c><00:27:46.039><c> to</c><00:27:46.500><c> the</c><00:27:46.680><c> Living</c><00:27:46.960><c> Sea,</c><00:27:48.140><c> back</c> 00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:50.099 to<00:27:49.099><c> Galilee.</c> 00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:56.220 Now,<00:27:52.940><c> the</c><00:27:53.079><c> two</c><00:27:53.339><c> seas</c><00:27:53.660><c> in</c><00:27:53.980><c> Israel</c><00:27:54.319><c> are</c><00:27:54.599><c> called</c><00:27:55.059><c> the</c><00:27:55.240><c> Sea</c><00:27:55.480><c> of</c><00:27:55.660><c> Galilee</c><00:27:56.079><c> and</c> 00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.980 the<00:27:56.359><c> Dead</c><00:27:56.660><c> Sea.</c> 00:27:57.319 --> 00:28:00.740 And<00:27:57.420><c> the</c><00:27:57.500><c> Sea</c><00:27:57.640><c> of</c><00:27:57.740><c> Galilee</c><00:27:58.000><c> is</c><00:27:58.380><c> a</c><00:27:58.519><c> little</c><00:27:58.859><c> sea,</c><00:28:00.220><c> but</c><00:28:00.339><c> it's</c><00:28:00.500><c> full</c> 00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.940 of<00:28:01.019><c> fish.</c> 00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:05.460 It's<00:28:02.339><c> vibrant.</c><00:28:03.140><c> There's</c><00:28:03.319><c> vegetation</c><00:28:03.839><c> all</c><00:28:04.140><c> around</c><00:28:04.380><c> it.</c> 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:09.099 Whenever<00:28:06.240><c> you</c><00:28:06.400><c> go</c><00:28:06.559><c> to</c><00:28:06.720><c> the</c><00:28:06.740><c> Sea</c><00:28:06.920><c> of</c><00:28:07.059><c> Galilee,</c><00:28:07.359><c> you</c><00:28:07.359><c> see</c><00:28:07.900><c> fishermen</c><00:28:08.400><c> out</c><00:28:08.779><c> fishing.</c> 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:11.519 You<00:28:09.740><c> can</c><00:28:09.940><c> eat</c><00:28:10.079><c> what</c><00:28:10.220><c> they</c><00:28:10.420><c> call</c><00:28:10.559><c> St.</c><00:28:10.880><c> Peter's</c><00:28:11.339><c> fish,</c> 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:13.960 which<00:28:11.660><c> is</c><00:28:11.940><c> the</c><00:28:12.119><c> fish</c><00:28:12.279><c> that</c><00:28:12.539><c> they</c><00:28:13.059><c> fish</c><00:28:13.220><c> right</c><00:28:13.460><c> out</c><00:28:13.599><c> of</c><00:28:13.740><c> the</c><00:28:13.839><c> Sea</c> 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.319 of<00:28:14.200><c> Galilee.</c> 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:16.579 It's<00:28:14.559><c> full</c><00:28:14.759><c> of</c><00:28:14.900><c> fish</c><00:28:15.019><c> all</c><00:28:15.259><c> the</c><00:28:15.440><c> time.</c><00:28:15.940><c> They've</c><00:28:16.099><c> never</c><00:28:16.359><c> fished</c> 00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:16.779 it<00:28:16.700><c> out.</c> 00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:18.640 I<00:28:17.119><c> don't</c><00:28:17.259><c> know</c><00:28:17.319><c> whether</c><00:28:17.420><c> they</c><00:28:17.640><c> stock</c><00:28:17.799><c> it</c><00:28:17.980><c> or</c><00:28:18.059><c> not,</c><00:28:18.299><c> but</c><00:28:18.500><c> it's</c> 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:20.200 always<00:28:18.920><c> full</c><00:28:19.119><c> of</c><00:28:19.339><c> fish.</c> 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:22.619 It's<00:28:20.660><c> a</c><00:28:20.859><c> beautiful</c><00:28:21.180><c> place.</c><00:28:21.539><c> It's</c><00:28:21.759><c> alive</c><00:28:22.019><c> and</c><00:28:22.319><c> vibrant.</c> 00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:25.900 And<00:28:23.059><c> now</c><00:28:23.259><c> that</c><00:28:23.500><c> water</c><00:28:23.920><c> leaves</c><00:28:24.440><c> the</c><00:28:24.880><c> Sea</c><00:28:25.000><c> of</c><00:28:25.220><c> Galilee</c><00:28:25.500><c> and</c><00:28:25.660><c> it</c> 00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:28.720 flows<00:28:26.160><c> down</c><00:28:26.920><c> to</c><00:28:27.400><c> the</c><00:28:27.559><c> Dead</c><00:28:27.880><c> Sea.</c> 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:34.420 Now,<00:28:29.420><c> the</c><00:28:29.539><c> Sea</c><00:28:29.680><c> of</c><00:28:29.880><c> Galilee</c><00:28:30.039><c> is</c><00:28:30.200><c> not</c><00:28:30.339><c> too</c><00:28:30.619><c> big,</c><00:28:31.420><c> but</c><00:28:33.339><c> every</c><00:28:33.900><c> drop</c><00:28:34.160><c> of</c> 00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.920 water<00:28:34.740><c> it</c><00:28:35.059><c> gets,</c> 00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:40.299 it<00:28:36.779><c> gives</c><00:28:37.140><c> away,</c><00:28:38.519><c> and</c><00:28:38.880><c> it's</c><00:28:39.160><c> alive.</c> 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:44.019 And<00:28:41.519><c> the</c><00:28:41.759><c> Dead</c><00:28:42.039><c> Sea</c><00:28:42.259><c> is</c><00:28:42.680><c> very</c><00:28:43.099><c> big.</c> 00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:46.240 Can<00:28:44.859><c> you</c><00:28:45.019><c> see</c><00:28:45.160><c> the</c><00:28:45.380><c> comparison?</c> 00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:49.039 The<00:28:46.859><c> saints</c><00:28:47.039><c> are</c><00:28:47.240><c> always</c><00:28:47.460><c> going</c><00:28:47.579><c> to</c><00:28:47.660><c> be</c><00:28:47.819><c> smaller</c><00:28:48.099><c> than</c><00:28:48.799><c> the</c> 00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.559 dead<00:28:49.240><c> people,</c> 00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:51.740 because<00:28:49.940><c> they</c><00:28:50.140><c> ask</c><00:28:50.279><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:50.680><c> are</c><00:28:50.720><c> many</c><00:28:50.940><c> people</c><00:28:51.140><c> going</c><00:28:51.299><c> to</c><00:28:51.400><c> be</c><00:28:51.559><c> saved?</c> 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:54.039 He<00:28:51.839><c> says,</c><00:28:51.980><c> oh,</c><00:28:52.160><c> only</c><00:28:52.440><c> a</c><00:28:52.700><c> few.</c> 00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:59.380 Broad<00:28:55.059><c> is</c><00:28:55.279><c> the</c><00:28:55.400><c> way</c><00:28:55.680><c> that</c><00:28:56.619><c> leads</c><00:28:56.940><c> to</c><00:28:57.160><c> destruction,</c><00:28:57.700><c> but</c><00:28:57.839><c> narrow</c><00:28:58.079><c> is</c><00:28:58.200><c> the</c><00:28:58.299><c> way</c><00:28:58.420><c> that</c><00:28:58.539><c> leads</c><00:28:58.759><c> to</c><00:28:59.000><c> life.</c> 00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:04.160 There's<00:29:00.259><c> not</c><00:29:00.519><c> going</c><00:29:00.700><c> to</c><00:29:00.799><c> be</c><00:29:01.019><c> very</c><00:29:01.400><c> many</c><00:29:01.680><c> people</c><00:29:02.059><c> who</c><00:29:02.480><c> want</c><00:29:02.859><c> to</c> 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:06.380 follow<00:29:04.759><c> their</c><00:29:05.359><c> ark,</c> 00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:09.259 their<00:29:07.059><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:08.079><c> into</c><00:29:08.220><c> the</c><00:29:08.380><c> Promised</c><00:29:08.599><c> Land.</c> 00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:13.160 Most<00:29:09.940><c> people</c><00:29:10.140><c> say,</c><00:29:11.400><c> it's</c><00:29:11.480><c> my</c><00:29:11.759><c> life</c><00:29:12.119><c> and</c><00:29:12.299><c> I'm</c><00:29:12.519><c> going</c><00:29:12.759><c> to</c><00:29:12.980><c> live</c> 00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:16.380 it,<00:29:14.359><c> and</c><00:29:14.539><c> you're</c><00:29:14.740><c> going</c><00:29:14.880><c> to</c><00:29:14.980><c> end</c><00:29:15.180><c> up</c><00:29:15.500><c> dead.</c> 00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.740 That's<00:29:16.700><c> the</c><00:29:16.859><c> problem.</c> 00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:21.980 So<00:29:18.160><c> just</c><00:29:19.440><c> think</c><00:29:19.799><c> of</c><00:29:19.980><c> being</c><00:29:20.140><c> the</c><00:29:20.880><c> Sea</c><00:29:21.099><c> of</c><00:29:21.220><c> Galilee</c><00:29:21.599><c> and</c><00:29:21.799><c> all</c> 00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.599 this<00:29:22.180><c> water.</c> 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.400 It's<00:29:23.039><c> very</c><00:29:23.359><c> generous.</c> 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:26.900 What<00:29:25.000><c> we're</c><00:29:25.079><c> doing</c><00:29:25.259><c> with</c><00:29:25.420><c> the</c><00:29:25.519><c> young</c><00:29:25.660><c> people,</c><00:29:26.539><c> what</c><00:29:26.859><c> we're</c> 00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.339 working<00:29:27.039><c> with</c><00:29:27.200><c> us,</c> 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:29.859 let's<00:29:27.819><c> be</c><00:29:27.980><c> generous</c><00:29:28.359><c> and</c><00:29:28.779><c> kind,</c><00:29:29.240><c> and</c><00:29:29.339><c> whatever</c><00:29:29.480><c> you</c><00:29:29.720><c> have,</c> 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.980 give<00:29:30.079><c> away.</c> 00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:32.980 Nothing<00:29:31.380><c> Jesus</c><00:29:31.720><c> had</c><00:29:31.980><c> that</c><00:29:32.099><c> he</c><00:29:32.299><c> used</c><00:29:32.460><c> for</c><00:29:32.640><c> himself.</c> 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:35.859 He<00:29:33.539><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:33.759><c> make</c><00:29:34.039><c> stones</c><00:29:34.279><c> into</c><00:29:34.500><c> bread</c><00:29:34.740><c> to</c><00:29:35.299><c> feed</c><00:29:35.559><c> himself,</c> 00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:37.619 but<00:29:36.019><c> he</c><00:29:36.359><c> would</c><00:29:36.460><c> do</c><00:29:36.619><c> miracles</c><00:29:36.880><c> to</c><00:29:37.059><c> feed</c><00:29:37.160><c> other</c><00:29:37.380><c> people.</c> 00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:40.019 He<00:29:38.019><c> always</c><00:29:38.359><c> was</c><00:29:38.539><c> thinking</c><00:29:38.700><c> of</c><00:29:38.819><c> somebody</c><00:29:39.180><c> else,</c><00:29:39.380><c> not</c><00:29:39.539><c> himself.</c> 00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:42.920 So<00:29:40.599><c> the</c><00:29:40.759><c> Sea</c><00:29:40.900><c> of</c><00:29:41.039><c> Galilee</c><00:29:41.299><c> says,</c><00:29:41.599><c> every</c><00:29:41.759><c> drop</c><00:29:41.980><c> of</c><00:29:42.119><c> water</c><00:29:42.359><c> I</c><00:29:42.619><c> get,</c><00:29:42.819><c> I'm</c> 00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.400 going<00:29:43.079><c> to</c><00:29:43.240><c> give</c><00:29:43.319><c> it</c><00:29:43.480><c> away.</c> 00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:46.859 It's<00:29:44.940><c> alive</c><00:29:45.240><c> and</c><00:29:45.539><c> vibrant.</c> 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:49.119 Things<00:29:47.880><c> can</c><00:29:48.099><c> live</c><00:29:48.259><c> there.</c> 00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:54.380 And<00:29:49.319><c> the</c><00:29:49.480><c> Dead</c><00:29:49.740><c> Sea</c><00:29:49.980><c> says,</c><00:29:50.559><c> boy,</c><00:29:50.960><c> I'm</c><00:29:51.279><c> big,</c><00:29:53.039><c> and</c><00:29:53.420><c> I'm</c><00:29:53.740><c> selfish,</c> 00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:58.559 and<00:29:55.619><c> I</c><00:29:55.779><c> ain't</c><00:29:56.119><c> giving</c><00:29:56.279><c> away</c><00:29:56.859><c> nothing</c><00:29:57.319><c> I</c><00:29:57.740><c> get.</c> 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:02.819 And<00:29:59.880><c> every</c><00:30:00.119><c> drop</c><00:30:00.400><c> of</c><00:30:00.680><c> water</c><00:30:01.000><c> that</c><00:30:01.259><c> goes</c><00:30:01.460><c> into</c><00:30:01.740><c> the</c><00:30:01.920><c> Dead</c><00:30:02.259><c> Sea</c> 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:04.680 becomes<00:30:03.539><c> dead.</c> 00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:08.500 It's<00:30:05.740><c> the</c><00:30:05.900><c> thickest</c><00:30:06.359><c> water</c><00:30:06.720><c> in</c><00:30:06.960><c> the</c><00:30:07.240><c> world.</c> 00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:12.359 Nothing<00:30:09.500><c> can</c><00:30:10.039><c> live</c><00:30:10.519><c> in</c><00:30:10.759><c> the</c><00:30:10.940><c> Dead</c><00:30:11.319><c> Sea.</c> 00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:17.880 And<00:30:14.319><c> so</c><00:30:14.619><c> you,</c><00:30:16.079><c> it</c><00:30:16.359><c> wasn't</c><00:30:16.660><c> your</c><00:30:17.000><c> fault,</c><00:30:17.299><c> it</c><00:30:17.400><c> was</c><00:30:17.519><c> just</c><00:30:17.759><c> your</c> 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:19.559 misfortune<00:30:18.500><c> maybe,</c> 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:21.759 you<00:30:19.920><c> were</c><00:30:20.140><c> born</c><00:30:20.440><c> into</c><00:30:20.759><c> Adam.</c> 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:27.339 You<00:30:22.559><c> were</c><00:30:22.940><c> born</c><00:30:23.420><c> to</c><00:30:24.160><c> descend</c><00:30:24.880><c> from</c><00:30:26.339><c> birth,</c> 00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:33.940 winding<00:30:28.200><c> your</c><00:30:28.440><c> way</c><00:30:28.680><c> down</c><00:30:29.859><c> the</c><00:30:30.420><c> river</c><00:30:30.799><c> of</c><00:30:31.059><c> life</c><00:30:31.900><c> to</c><00:30:32.859><c> death.</c> 00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:38.920 And<00:30:35.599><c> nobody</c><00:30:36.059><c> has</c><00:30:36.299><c> ever</c><00:30:36.579><c> gotten</c><00:30:36.799><c> out</c><00:30:37.079><c> of</c><00:30:37.140><c> this</c><00:30:37.420><c> life</c><00:30:37.680><c> alive.</c> 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:46.339 And<00:30:39.980><c> you</c><00:30:40.200><c> won't</c><00:30:40.460><c> either,</c><00:30:42.000><c> unless,</c><00:30:44.859><c> unless</c><00:30:45.440><c> you're</c><00:30:45.920><c> touched</c> 00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.920 by<00:30:46.720><c> Jesus,</c> 00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:50.920 unless<00:30:48.700><c> the</c><00:30:49.220><c> ark</c><00:30:49.480><c> affects</c><00:30:50.339><c> you.</c> 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:53.700 And<00:30:51.380><c> then</c><00:30:51.559><c> the</c><00:30:51.759><c> water</c><00:30:52.000><c> turns</c><00:30:52.339><c> around</c><00:30:52.539><c> and</c><00:30:52.660><c> goes</c><00:30:52.819><c> back</c><00:30:53.240><c> to</c><00:30:53.500><c> Adam.</c> 00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:57.859 You<00:30:54.119><c> go</c><00:30:54.420><c> back</c><00:30:54.660><c> from</c><00:30:54.900><c> death</c><00:30:55.160><c> to</c><00:30:55.460><c> life,</c><00:30:56.200><c> to</c><00:30:56.480><c> eternal</c><00:30:56.900><c> life.</c> 00:30:57.880 --> 00:31:04.980 If<00:30:58.039><c> you</c><00:30:58.480><c> are</c><00:30:58.740><c> allowed</c><00:30:59.299><c> the</c><00:30:59.819><c> ark,</c><00:31:00.779><c> the</c><00:31:01.039><c> water</c><00:31:01.339><c> of</c><00:31:01.599><c> life,</c><00:31:02.980><c> baptism</c><00:31:03.680><c> to</c> 00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:06.200 touch<00:31:05.420><c> you.</c> 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:11.200 And<00:31:07.019><c> so</c><00:31:07.240><c> we</c><00:31:07.619><c> have</c><00:31:07.900><c> a</c><00:31:08.140><c> choice</c><00:31:08.400><c> to</c><00:31:08.640><c> make,</c><00:31:09.500><c> just</c><00:31:09.680><c> like</c><00:31:10.119><c> Rahab</c><00:31:11.039><c> had</c> 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.180 a<00:31:11.380><c> choice.</c> 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:16.440 We<00:31:12.740><c> can</c><00:31:13.480><c> be</c><00:31:13.779><c> alive</c><00:31:14.200><c> and</c><00:31:14.500><c> vibrant,</c><00:31:15.460><c> we</c><00:31:15.539><c> can</c><00:31:15.720><c> do</c><00:31:15.859><c> something</c><00:31:16.039><c> about</c><00:31:16.240><c> what</c> 00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.059 we<00:31:16.660><c> know,</c> 00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:21.839 or<00:31:17.380><c> we</c><00:31:18.599><c> can</c><00:31:18.839><c> just</c><00:31:19.259><c> shake</c><00:31:19.500><c> in</c><00:31:19.660><c> our</c><00:31:19.859><c> boots</c><00:31:20.359><c> and</c><00:31:21.599><c> perish.</c> 00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:25.039 You<00:31:22.640><c> can</c><00:31:22.900><c> get</c><00:31:23.140><c> on</c><00:31:23.319><c> an</c><00:31:23.519><c> inner</c><00:31:23.759><c> tube</c><00:31:24.000><c> and</c><00:31:24.259><c> float</c><00:31:24.480><c> down</c><00:31:24.799><c> rivers.</c> 00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:27.599 We've<00:31:25.339><c> done</c><00:31:25.500><c> it</c><00:31:25.640><c> in</c><00:31:25.799><c> California,</c><00:31:26.359><c> it's</c><00:31:26.519><c> kind</c><00:31:26.740><c> of</c><00:31:26.839><c> fun.</c> 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:31.099 We<00:31:28.220><c> took</c><00:31:28.640><c> a</c><00:31:28.940><c> rafting</c><00:31:29.259><c> trip</c><00:31:29.500><c> once</c><00:31:29.799><c> down</c><00:31:30.079><c> the</c><00:31:30.319><c> Colorado</c><00:31:30.700><c> River,</c> 00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:32.059 took<00:31:31.359><c> several</c><00:31:31.680><c> days.</c> 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:35.200 You<00:31:32.720><c> can</c><00:31:32.859><c> just</c><00:31:33.059><c> float</c><00:31:33.279><c> downhill,</c><00:31:34.000><c> it</c><00:31:34.079><c> doesn't</c><00:31:34.220><c> take</c><00:31:34.480><c> any</c><00:31:34.720><c> effort</c><00:31:34.980><c> at</c><00:31:35.140><c> all.</c> 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:37.500 You<00:31:35.299><c> don't</c><00:31:35.420><c> have</c><00:31:35.500><c> to</c><00:31:35.579><c> be</c><00:31:35.680><c> very</c><00:31:35.940><c> smart,</c><00:31:36.599><c> just</c><00:31:36.880><c> get</c><00:31:37.039><c> in</c><00:31:37.220><c> a</c><00:31:37.380><c> boat</c> 00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.799 and<00:31:37.680><c> you</c><00:31:37.880><c> go.</c> 00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:42.599 To<00:31:39.420><c> go</c><00:31:39.680><c> uphill</c><00:31:40.220><c> is</c><00:31:41.339><c> hard.</c> 00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:49.180 Because<00:31:43.759><c> Jesus</c><00:31:44.279><c> touched</c><00:31:45.119><c> our</c><00:31:45.539><c> lives,</c><00:31:47.140><c> we</c><00:31:47.339><c> can</c><00:31:47.519><c> go</c><00:31:48.059><c> uphill.</c> 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:54.279 Water<00:31:50.359><c> flows</c><00:31:51.000><c> uphill,</c><00:31:52.619><c> touched</c><00:31:52.819><c> by</c><00:31:53.119><c> Jesus.</c> 00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:56.480 Those<00:31:55.019><c> who</c><00:31:55.299><c> entered</c><00:31:55.500><c> the</c><00:31:55.740><c> waters</c><00:31:55.940><c> of</c><00:31:56.160><c> baptism.</c> 00:31:56.559 --> 00:32:00.140 Now<00:31:56.740><c> you</c><00:31:56.799><c> see,</c><00:31:57.380><c> Paul</c><00:31:57.700><c> tells</c><00:31:57.960><c> us</c><00:31:58.160><c> in</c><00:31:58.279><c> 1</c><00:31:58.480><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:58.980><c> 10,</c> 00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:02.779 you<00:32:00.339><c> might</c><00:32:00.539><c> go</c><00:32:00.700><c> to</c><00:32:00.819><c> 1</c><00:32:00.980><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:01.339><c> 10,</c><00:32:01.740><c> he</c><00:32:01.920><c> tells</c><00:32:02.140><c> us</c><00:32:02.519><c> that</c> 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:05.380 those<00:32:03.440><c> who</c><00:32:03.640><c> went</c><00:32:03.759><c> through</c><00:32:04.079><c> the</c><00:32:04.599><c> Red</c><00:32:04.960><c> Sea,</c> 00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:08.640 the<00:32:05.980><c> one</c><00:32:06.160><c> that</c><00:32:06.859><c> Rahab</c><00:32:07.220><c> had</c><00:32:07.420><c> heard</c><00:32:07.579><c> all</c><00:32:07.839><c> about,</c><00:32:08.259><c> although</c><00:32:08.460><c> she</c> 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:10.500 had<00:32:08.720><c> never</c><00:32:08.980><c> seen</c><00:32:09.240><c> it,</c> 00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:14.079 she<00:32:12.319><c> didn't</c><00:32:12.579><c> doubt</c><00:32:12.839><c> it</c><00:32:13.019><c> was</c><00:32:13.220><c> true.</c> 00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:19.380 I've<00:32:14.980><c> had</c><00:32:15.059><c> some</c><00:32:15.279><c> people</c><00:32:15.420><c> say,</c><00:32:15.960><c> well,</c><00:32:15.980><c> how</c><00:32:16.680><c> do</c><00:32:16.859><c> I</c><00:32:17.240><c> know</c><00:32:18.279><c> the</c><00:32:18.900><c> Bible</c><00:32:19.160><c> is</c><00:32:19.319><c> true?</c> 00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.700 How<00:32:19.579><c> do</c><00:32:19.740><c> I</c><00:32:19.839><c> know</c><00:32:19.980><c> there's</c><00:32:20.240><c> a</c><00:32:20.400><c> God?</c> 00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:23.920 And<00:32:21.240><c> I</c><00:32:21.359><c> always</c><00:32:21.619><c> pick</c><00:32:21.799><c> a</c><00:32:22.000><c> city</c><00:32:22.099><c> I</c><00:32:22.220><c> think</c><00:32:22.380><c> they've</c><00:32:22.500><c> never</c><00:32:22.740><c> been</c><00:32:23.000><c> to.</c> 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:26.099 You<00:32:24.079><c> ever</c><00:32:24.200><c> been</c><00:32:24.359><c> to</c><00:32:24.539><c> Moscow?</c><00:32:25.019><c> I've</c><00:32:25.200><c> never</c><00:32:25.339><c> been</c><00:32:25.480><c> to</c><00:32:25.660><c> Moscow.</c> 00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:30.700 I<00:32:26.619><c> have</c><00:32:26.799><c> no</c><00:32:27.039><c> doubt</c><00:32:27.220><c> that</c><00:32:27.440><c> Moscow</c><00:32:27.740><c> exists,</c><00:32:28.279><c> but</c><00:32:28.740><c> it's</c><00:32:29.119><c> based</c><00:32:29.380><c> on</c> 00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:33.359 evidence<00:32:31.400><c> that</c><00:32:31.960><c> I</c><00:32:32.420><c> accept</c><00:32:32.759><c> this</c><00:32:33.059><c> truth,</c> 00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:35.079 though<00:32:33.579><c> I've</c><00:32:33.839><c> never</c><00:32:34.119><c> seen</c><00:32:34.339><c> it.</c> 00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:38.579 It's<00:32:35.680><c> very</c><00:32:36.019><c> foolish</c><00:32:36.339><c> if</c><00:32:36.539><c> we</c><00:32:36.740><c> only</c><00:32:37.079><c> believe</c><00:32:37.519><c> what</c><00:32:37.680><c> we</c><00:32:37.859><c> can</c><00:32:38.180><c> see.</c> 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.000 In<00:32:39.059><c> fact,</c><00:32:39.259><c> if</c><00:32:39.400><c> you</c><00:32:39.500><c> do</c><00:32:39.700><c> that,</c><00:32:39.960><c> you'll</c><00:32:40.160><c> be</c><00:32:40.380><c> deceived</c><00:32:40.680><c> totally</c> 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.839 by<00:32:41.240><c> magicians,</c> 00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:44.180 whose<00:32:42.160><c> hand</c><00:32:42.559><c> is</c><00:32:42.759><c> quicker</c><00:32:42.940><c> than</c><00:32:43.140><c> the</c><00:32:43.380><c> eye.</c> 00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:47.519 So<00:32:44.640><c> we</c><00:32:45.220><c> believe,</c><00:32:46.000><c> though</c><00:32:46.359><c> we</c><00:32:46.660><c> have</c><00:32:46.900><c> not</c><00:32:47.220><c> seen.</c> 00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:53.259 We<00:32:47.819><c> have</c><00:32:48.779><c> faith</c><00:32:49.240><c> that</c><00:32:49.660><c> does</c><00:32:49.940><c> not</c><00:32:50.880><c> have</c><00:32:51.559><c> any</c><00:32:51.859><c> doubt</c><00:32:52.059><c> in</c><00:32:52.259><c> our</c><00:32:52.460><c> mind.</c> 00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:56.460 So<00:32:54.059><c> verse</c><00:32:54.539><c> 1,</c><00:32:55.680><c> 1</c><00:32:55.880><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:56.119><c> 10,</c> 00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:59.119 Moreover,<00:32:56.799><c> brethren,</c><00:32:57.220><c> I</c><00:32:57.440><c> would</c><00:32:57.680><c> not</c><00:32:57.839><c> that</c><00:32:57.960><c> ye</c><00:32:58.140><c> should</c><00:32:58.279><c> all</c><00:32:58.539><c> be</c><00:32:58.799><c> ignorant,</c> 00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:02.500 how<00:32:59.740><c> that</c><00:33:00.240><c> all</c><00:33:00.500><c> our</c><00:33:00.819><c> fathers</c><00:33:01.220><c> were</c><00:33:01.779><c> under</c><00:33:02.039><c> the</c><00:33:02.279><c> cloud,</c> 00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:04.380 and<00:33:02.960><c> all</c><00:33:03.339><c> passed</c><00:33:03.720><c> through</c><00:33:03.940><c> the</c><00:33:04.160><c> sea,</c> 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:07.960 and<00:33:04.720><c> all</c><00:33:05.019><c> were</c><00:33:05.299><c> baptized</c><00:33:05.819><c> into</c><00:33:06.079><c> Moses</c><00:33:06.500><c> in</c><00:33:07.099><c> the</c><00:33:07.299><c> cloud</c><00:33:07.500><c> and</c><00:33:07.640><c> the</c><00:33:07.779><c> sea,</c> 00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:10.180 and<00:33:08.319><c> all</c><00:33:08.700><c> did</c><00:33:08.900><c> eat</c><00:33:09.019><c> the</c><00:33:09.240><c> same</c><00:33:09.519><c> spiritual</c><00:33:09.920><c> beat,</c> 00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:13.220 and<00:33:10.599><c> did</c><00:33:10.880><c> all</c><00:33:11.299><c> drink</c><00:33:11.539><c> the</c><00:33:11.740><c> same</c><00:33:11.960><c> spiritual</c><00:33:12.380><c> drink.</c> 00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:16.220 I<00:33:14.000><c> emphasize</c><00:33:14.559><c> the</c><00:33:14.779><c> all's</c><00:33:15.059><c> own</c><00:33:15.200><c> purpose.</c> 00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:20.619 They<00:33:18.980><c> were</c><00:33:19.180><c> all</c><00:33:19.359><c> baptized.</c> 00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:25.000 They<00:33:22.579><c> all</c><00:33:23.140><c> wandered</c><00:33:23.420><c> through</c><00:33:23.680><c> the</c><00:33:23.779><c> wilderness.</c> 00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:30.579 But<00:33:26.279><c> with</c><00:33:26.619><c> many,</c><00:33:27.119><c> verse</c><00:33:27.519><c> 5,</c><00:33:28.660><c> God</c><00:33:28.900><c> was</c><00:33:29.180><c> not</c><00:33:29.400><c> well</c><00:33:29.740><c> pleased.</c> 00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:33.480 You<00:33:31.819><c> have</c><00:33:32.019><c> to</c><00:33:32.160><c> decide</c><00:33:32.460><c> whether</c><00:33:32.599><c> you</c><00:33:32.700><c> want</c><00:33:32.799><c> to</c><00:33:32.920><c> be</c><00:33:33.000><c> part</c><00:33:33.200><c> of</c><00:33:33.299><c> the</c> 00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.059 all<00:33:33.660><c> or</c><00:33:33.799><c> the</c><00:33:33.960><c> many.</c> 00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:37.759 But<00:33:34.259><c> the</c><00:33:34.440><c> point</c><00:33:34.880><c> according</c><00:33:35.160><c> to</c><00:33:35.299><c> that</c><00:33:35.500><c> verse</c><00:33:35.700><c> was</c><00:33:35.920><c> that</c><00:33:36.420><c> this</c><00:33:36.859><c> was</c><00:33:37.480><c> a</c> 00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:39.759 symbolic<00:33:38.559><c> baptism.</c> 00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:48.160 And<00:33:41.700><c> then</c><00:33:41.940><c> verse</c><00:33:42.259><c> 22</c><00:33:43.440><c> of</c><00:33:47.059><c> chapter</c><00:33:47.400><c> 15,</c> 00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:54.000 Paul<00:33:50.480><c> tells</c><00:33:50.900><c> us,</c><00:33:51.640><c> the</c><00:33:51.839><c> resurrection</c><00:33:52.380><c> chapter,</c> 00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:02.859 For<00:33:59.220><c> as</c><00:33:59.420><c> an</c><00:33:59.619><c> Adam</c><00:33:59.839><c> all</c><00:34:00.079><c> die,</c><00:34:01.240><c> even</c><00:34:01.480><c> so</c><00:34:01.660><c> in</c><00:34:01.880><c> Christ</c><00:34:02.279><c> shall</c><00:34:02.640><c> all</c> 00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.519 be<00:34:03.000><c> made</c><00:34:03.220><c> alive.</c> 00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:07.119 All<00:34:03.980><c> those</c><00:34:04.160><c> in</c><00:34:04.420><c> Christ,</c><00:34:05.059><c> not</c><00:34:05.380><c> everybody,</c> 00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:10.539 because<00:34:08.199><c> a</c><00:34:08.460><c> lot</c><00:34:08.559><c> of</c><00:34:08.659><c> people</c><00:34:08.820><c> don't</c><00:34:09.119><c> choose</c><00:34:09.480><c> to</c><00:34:09.760><c> follow</c><00:34:10.099><c> that</c> 00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.940 heart<00:34:10.739><c> into</c><00:34:11.039><c> the</c><00:34:11.239><c> water.</c> 00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:16.420 So<00:34:12.539><c> now</c><00:34:13.000><c> the</c><00:34:13.179><c> whole</c><00:34:13.400><c> children</c><00:34:13.619><c> of</c><00:34:13.739><c> Israel</c><00:34:13.940><c> are</c><00:34:14.519><c> being</c><00:34:14.900><c> baptized</c><00:34:15.619><c> all</c> 00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.280 over<00:34:16.659><c> again.</c> 00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:21.820 They're<00:34:17.840><c> being</c><00:34:18.079><c> baptized</c><00:34:18.679><c> now</c><00:34:19.500><c> by</c><00:34:20.260><c> going</c><00:34:20.500><c> into</c><00:34:20.760><c> the</c><00:34:21.019><c> Jordan.</c> 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:31.079 So<00:34:23.039><c> are</c><00:34:24.820><c> you</c><00:34:25.119><c> willing</c><00:34:25.480><c> to</c><00:34:27.679><c> follow</c><00:34:28.239><c> behind</c><00:34:29.619><c> the</c><00:34:29.900><c> ark,</c><00:34:30.119><c> about</c><00:34:30.440><c> 2</c> 00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:32.659 ,000<00:34:31.460><c> cubits,</c> 00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:39.460 are<00:34:33.019><c> you</c><00:34:33.260><c> willing</c><00:34:33.460><c> to</c><00:34:34.340><c> follow</c><00:34:34.820><c> the</c><00:34:35.920><c> ark,</c><00:34:37.739><c> your</c><00:34:37.860><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:39.280><c> into</c> 00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:41.039 the<00:34:39.739><c> promised</c><00:34:39.980><c> land?</c> 00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:46.880 Not<00:34:44.579><c> everybody</c><00:34:45.019><c> says</c><00:34:45.460><c> yes.</c> 00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:49.079 And<00:34:47.880><c> that's</c><00:34:48.280><c> sad.</c> 00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:52.159 There<00:34:50.360><c> were</c><00:34:50.519><c> some</c><00:34:50.699><c> 2</c><00:34:50.860><c> or</c><00:34:50.860><c> 3</c><00:34:51.079><c> million</c><00:34:51.300><c> people</c><00:34:51.679><c> across.</c> 00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:54.360 We<00:34:52.699><c> don't</c><00:34:52.860><c> know</c><00:34:53.019><c> exactly</c><00:34:53.300><c> how</c><00:34:53.480><c> many,</c><00:34:53.679><c> but</c><00:34:53.760><c> there</c><00:34:53.860><c> were</c><00:34:54.059><c> 600</c> 00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:57.900 ,000<00:34:54.800><c> men</c><00:34:55.519><c> who</c><00:34:56.400><c> were</c><00:34:56.559><c> fighting</c><00:34:56.880><c> age.</c> 00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:59.760 And<00:34:58.300><c> you</c><00:34:58.420><c> always</c><00:34:58.659><c> had</c><00:34:58.840><c> a</c><00:34:58.960><c> woman</c><00:34:59.139><c> for</c><00:34:59.340><c> every</c><00:34:59.519><c> man.</c> 00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:01.199 I<00:34:59.920><c> mean,</c><00:35:00.039><c> there's</c><00:35:00.159><c> usually</c><00:35:00.340><c> more</c><00:35:00.539><c> women</c><00:35:00.739><c> than</c><00:35:00.960><c> men.</c> 00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:03.619 So<00:35:02.059><c> you</c><00:35:02.179><c> got</c><00:35:02.300><c> another</c><00:35:02.519><c> 600</c><00:35:02.860><c>,000</c><00:35:03.280><c> women.</c> 00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.739 That's<00:35:03.980><c> a</c><00:35:04.079><c> million</c><00:35:04.360><c> two.</c> 00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:08.300 And<00:35:05.380><c> if</c><00:35:05.519><c> they</c><00:35:05.699><c> had</c><00:35:05.820><c> an</c><00:35:06.019><c> average</c><00:35:06.159><c> of</c><00:35:06.340><c> two</c><00:35:06.519><c> children</c><00:35:06.840><c> each,</c><00:35:07.340><c> that's</c><00:35:08.039><c> 2</c> 00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:08.699 ,004<00:35:08.699><c>,000.</c> 00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:10.880 And<00:35:09.559><c> they</c><00:35:09.639><c> probably</c><00:35:09.860><c> had</c><00:35:10.000><c> bigger</c><00:35:10.219><c> families</c><00:35:10.559><c> than</c><00:35:10.780><c> that.</c> 00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:12.559 So<00:35:11.079><c> you</c><00:35:11.260><c> got</c><00:35:11.639><c> a</c><00:35:11.800><c> big</c><00:35:12.000><c> crowd</c><00:35:12.280><c> here.</c> 00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:15.119 And<00:35:13.380><c> the</c><00:35:13.639><c> ark</c><00:35:13.940><c> stayed</c><00:35:14.699><c> in</c><00:35:14.900><c> the</c><00:35:14.980><c> middle.</c> 00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:17.280 And<00:35:15.340><c> all</c><00:35:15.480><c> the</c><00:35:15.599><c> people</c><00:35:15.719><c> then</c><00:35:15.940><c> went</c><00:35:16.079><c> around</c><00:35:16.460><c> it</c><00:35:16.639><c> and</c><00:35:16.739><c> came</c><00:35:16.980><c> up</c><00:35:17.159><c> on</c> 00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.579 the<00:35:17.360><c> other</c><00:35:17.500><c> side.</c> 00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:24.119 Not<00:35:17.900><c> until</c><00:35:18.079><c> after</c><00:35:18.360><c> the</c><00:35:18.539><c> last</c><00:35:18.760><c> person</c><00:35:19.000><c> had</c><00:35:19.280><c> crossed</c><00:35:19.860><c> did</c><00:35:20.860><c> the</c> 00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.780 ark<00:35:24.280><c> come</c><00:35:24.500><c> out.</c> 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:29.440 And<00:35:25.280><c> after</c><00:35:26.079><c> the</c><00:35:26.800><c> last</c><00:35:27.059><c> person</c><00:35:27.380><c> was</c><00:35:27.619><c> safely</c><00:35:28.059><c> on</c><00:35:28.239><c> the</c><00:35:28.260><c> other</c><00:35:28.559><c> side,</c> 00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:36.719 then<00:35:31.900><c> the</c><00:35:32.340><c> ark</c><00:35:32.480><c> came</c><00:35:32.739><c> out</c><00:35:33.019><c> and</c><00:35:33.159><c> the</c><00:35:33.340><c> waters</c><00:35:33.559><c> returned</c><00:35:34.139><c> just</c><00:35:34.619><c> like</c><00:35:34.840><c> they</c><00:35:34.940><c> were</c><00:35:35.079><c> before,</c><00:35:36.019><c> like</c><00:35:36.260><c> a</c><00:35:36.519><c> flood.</c> 00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:43.880 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news</c><00:35:57.820><c> was</c><00:35:58.940><c> affecting</c><00:35:59.659><c> the</c><00:36:00.440><c> people.</c> 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:02.119 They<00:36:01.159><c> must</c><00:36:01.440><c> have</c><00:36:01.579><c> had</c><00:36:01.659><c> their</c><00:36:01.880><c> spies.</c> 00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:06.420 I<00:36:02.300><c> don't</c><00:36:02.880><c> know</c><00:36:03.179><c> how</c><00:36:03.960><c> the</c><00:36:04.260><c> people</c><00:36:04.579><c> in</c><00:36:04.960><c> Canaan</c><00:36:05.440><c> knew</c><00:36:05.880><c> about</c><00:36:06.239><c> the</c> 00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:08.000 crossing<00:36:06.639><c> of</c><00:36:06.820><c> the</c><00:36:06.860><c> Red</c><00:36:07.159><c> Sea.</c> 00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:09.039 The<00:36:08.300><c> Egyptians</c><00:36:08.599><c> were</c><00:36:08.840><c> there.</c> 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:10.820 We<00:36:09.219><c> know</c><00:36:09.420><c> it</c><00:36:09.539><c> because</c><00:36:09.599><c> they</c><00:36:09.880><c> drowned.</c> 00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:13.880 But<00:36:11.079><c> this</c><00:36:11.420><c> word</c><00:36:11.659><c> had</c><00:36:11.900><c> gone</c><00:36:12.239><c> well</c><00:36:12.639><c> ahead</c><00:36:12.860><c> of</c><00:36:13.059><c> these</c><00:36:13.460><c> Israelites.</c> 00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:16.059 Forty<00:36:14.440><c> years</c><00:36:14.900><c> happened</c><00:36:15.619><c> before.</c> 00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:19.219 It's<00:36:16.719><c> gone</c><00:36:16.920><c> through</c><00:36:17.119><c> the</c><00:36:17.300><c> whole</c><00:36:17.519><c> land</c><00:36:17.699><c> and</c><00:36:18.019><c> everybody</c><00:36:18.340><c> knows</c> 00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:21.039 what<00:36:20.019><c> happened.</c> 00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:30.699 So<00:36:23.280><c> God</c><00:36:23.880><c> tells</c><00:36:24.719><c> Moses</c><00:36:25.519><c> to</c><00:36:26.760><c> put</c><00:36:27.360><c> 12</c><00:36:27.900><c> stones,</c><00:36:29.739><c> to</c><00:36:29.960><c> take</c><00:36:30.099><c> 12</c><00:36:30.380><c> stones</c><00:36:30.539><c> out</c> 00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.159 of<00:36:30.800><c> the</c><00:36:30.960><c> bottom.</c> 00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:32.679 They<00:36:31.260><c> would</c><00:36:31.420><c> be</c><00:36:31.719><c> smooth</c><00:36:32.019><c> stones,</c><00:36:32.480><c> wouldn't</c><00:36:32.519><c> they?</c> 00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:35.920 You<00:36:33.139><c> look</c><00:36:33.360><c> at</c><00:36:33.500><c> a</c><00:36:33.639><c> stone</c><00:36:33.780><c> and</c><00:36:33.940><c> a</c><00:36:34.059><c> brook</c><00:36:34.579><c> and</c><00:36:34.820><c> it's</c><00:36:35.380><c> always</c><00:36:35.639><c> nice</c> 00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.699 and<00:36:36.239><c> smooth</c> 00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:40.599 because<00:36:37.480><c> the</c><00:36:37.739><c> water,</c><00:36:38.199><c> being</c><00:36:38.519><c> washed</c><00:36:38.880><c> by</c><00:36:39.079><c> the</c><00:36:39.280><c> water</c><00:36:39.460><c> of</c><00:36:39.639><c> the</c><00:36:39.800><c> word,</c> 00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:45.940 water<00:36:40.980><c> is</c><00:36:41.219><c> a</c><00:36:41.500><c> powerful</c><00:36:41.920><c> force</c><00:36:42.599><c> and</c><00:36:43.699><c> water,</c><00:36:44.880><c> the</c><00:36:45.139><c> water</c><00:36:45.340><c> of</c><00:36:45.559><c> baptism,</c> 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:50.360 is<00:36:46.579><c> an</c><00:36:46.699><c> absolute</c><00:36:47.039><c> essential</c><00:36:47.599><c> to</c><00:36:48.760><c> our</c><00:36:49.260><c> salvation.</c> 00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:52.519 So<00:36:50.940><c> they</c><00:36:51.079><c> were</c><00:36:51.179><c> to</c><00:36:51.340><c> take</c><00:36:51.460><c> these</c><00:36:51.699><c> stones</c><00:36:52.059><c> and</c><00:36:52.239><c> there</c><00:36:52.300><c> were</c><00:36:52.420><c> to</c> 00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.260 be<00:36:52.679><c> 12</c><00:36:52.960><c> of</c><00:36:53.079><c> them,</c> 00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:54.900 if<00:36:53.400><c> you</c><00:36:53.519><c> notice,</c><00:36:53.860><c> first</c><00:36:54.139><c> aid.</c> 00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:57.679 And<00:36:55.519><c> the</c><00:36:55.639><c> children</c><00:36:55.780><c> of</c><00:36:55.920><c> Israel</c><00:36:56.079><c> did</c><00:36:56.280><c> as</c><00:36:56.739><c> Joshua</c><00:36:57.260><c> commanded</c> 00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:59.940 and<00:36:57.820><c> took</c><00:36:57.920><c> up</c><00:36:58.159><c> 12</c><00:36:58.519><c> stones</c><00:36:58.800><c> out</c><00:36:58.960><c> of</c><00:36:59.079><c> the</c><00:36:59.159><c> midst</c><00:36:59.320><c> of</c><00:36:59.559><c> Jordan.</c> 00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:05.780 And<00:37:00.719><c> then</c><00:37:01.780><c> children</c><00:37:03.699><c> do</c><00:37:04.019><c> ask</c><00:37:04.280><c> questions,</c><00:37:04.760><c> don't</c><00:37:05.000><c> they?</c> 00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:09.099 And<00:37:06.519><c> he</c><00:37:06.679><c> says</c><00:37:06.940><c> in</c><00:37:07.079><c> verse</c><00:37:07.300><c> 21,</c><00:37:07.800><c> he's</c><00:37:08.119><c> speaking</c><00:37:08.320><c> of</c><00:37:08.500><c> the</c><00:37:08.659><c> children</c><00:37:08.900><c> of</c> 00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.500 Israel,<00:37:09.420><c> saying,</c> 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:13.000 When<00:37:09.719><c> your</c><00:37:09.960><c> children</c><00:37:10.320><c> shall</c><00:37:10.639><c> ask</c><00:37:11.059><c> you,</c><00:37:12.360><c> ask</c><00:37:12.480><c> their</c><00:37:12.699><c> fathers</c> 00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.559 in<00:37:13.239><c> time</c><00:37:13.380><c> to</c><00:37:13.480><c> come,</c> 00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:16.159 what<00:37:14.019><c> mean</c><00:37:14.519><c> these</c><00:37:15.059><c> stones?</c> 00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:18.739 Then<00:37:16.960><c> you</c><00:37:17.179><c> shall</c><00:37:17.340><c> let</c><00:37:17.559><c> your</c><00:37:17.840><c> children</c><00:37:18.119><c> know,</c><00:37:18.579><c> saying,</c> 00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:21.800 Israel<00:37:19.119><c> came</c><00:37:19.400><c> over</c><00:37:19.659><c> this</c><00:37:19.860><c> Jordan</c><00:37:20.119><c> on</c><00:37:20.519><c> dry</c><00:37:20.820><c> land.</c> 00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:27.159 And<00:37:23.079><c> so</c><00:37:23.440><c> what</c><00:37:23.659><c> a</c><00:37:23.940><c> wonderful</c><00:37:24.320><c> thing</c><00:37:24.920><c> these</c><00:37:25.699><c> stones</c><00:37:26.019><c> were</c><00:37:26.300><c> for</c><00:37:26.639><c> a</c><00:37:26.739><c> witness.</c> 00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:31.539 Children<00:37:28.159><c> ask</c><00:37:29.019><c> their</c><00:37:29.400><c> parents</c><00:37:29.860><c> questions.</c> 00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:35.380 Do<00:37:32.019><c> you</c><00:37:32.500><c> do</c><00:37:32.820><c> the</c><00:37:33.079><c> readings</c><00:37:33.420><c> with</c><00:37:34.079><c> your</c><00:37:34.420><c> children?</c> 00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:39.099 Do<00:37:36.079><c> you</c><00:37:37.119><c> ask</c><00:37:37.760><c> them</c><00:37:38.280><c> questions?</c> 00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:41.980 Do<00:37:39.539><c> they</c><00:37:39.880><c> ask</c><00:37:40.400><c> you</c><00:37:40.699><c> questions</c><00:37:41.239><c> as</c><00:37:41.460><c> you</c><00:37:41.559><c> do</c><00:37:41.719><c> the</c><00:37:41.840><c> reading?</c> 00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:45.519 Very<00:37:42.519><c> important,</c><00:37:43.099><c> one</c><00:37:43.239><c> of</c><00:37:43.340><c> the</c><00:37:43.420><c> most</c><00:37:43.619><c> precious</c><00:37:44.019><c> times</c><00:37:44.500><c> of</c><00:37:44.900><c> the</c><00:37:45.099><c> day</c> 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:48.139 is<00:37:46.019><c> for</c><00:37:46.239><c> families</c><00:37:46.639><c> to</c><00:37:46.920><c> do</c><00:37:47.019><c> their</c><00:37:47.159><c> Bible</c><00:37:47.440><c> readings</c><00:37:47.719><c> together,</c> 00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:49.239 I<00:37:48.400><c> believe.</c> 00:37:49.510 --> 00:37:55.820 So<00:37:49.940><c> an</c><00:37:51.280><c> interesting</c><00:37:51.719><c> thing</c><00:37:52.139><c> happens</c><00:37:52.860><c> in</c><00:37:53.940><c> chapter</c><00:37:54.360><c> 5.</c> 00:37:58.300 --> 00:38:02.579 In<00:37:58.440><c> fact,</c><00:37:58.900><c> it's</c><00:37:59.599><c> such</c><00:37:59.780><c> an</c><00:38:00.019><c> amazing</c><00:38:00.539><c> thing</c><00:38:00.900><c> that</c><00:38:01.440><c> you</c><00:38:02.360><c> wonder</c> 00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:05.079 why<00:38:03.000><c> God</c><00:38:03.360><c> would</c><00:38:03.599><c> do</c><00:38:03.840><c> it.</c> 00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:11.019 It<00:38:06.559><c> was,</c><00:38:07.340><c> from</c><00:38:07.460><c> a</c><00:38:07.800><c> human</c><00:38:08.039><c> viewpoint,</c><00:38:09.159><c> the</c><00:38:09.300><c> most</c><00:38:09.840><c> stupid</c><00:38:10.360><c> thing</c> 00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:12.800 that<00:38:11.300><c> you</c><00:38:11.400><c> could</c><00:38:11.719><c> possibly</c><00:38:12.260><c> do.</c> 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:17.960 Because<00:38:13.400><c> we</c><00:38:13.619><c> find</c><00:38:13.920><c> that</c><00:38:14.659><c> the</c><00:38:16.119><c> children</c><00:38:16.679><c> of</c><00:38:17.079><c> Israel</c><00:38:17.300><c> have</c><00:38:17.639><c> made</c> 00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:19.480 everyone<00:38:18.420><c> afraid</c><00:38:18.860><c> of</c><00:38:19.079><c> them.</c> 00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:23.639 Instead<00:38:19.920><c> of</c><00:38:20.139><c> striking</c><00:38:20.559><c> while</c><00:38:20.840><c> the</c><00:38:21.239><c> iron</c><00:38:21.440><c> was</c><00:38:21.760><c> hot,</c><00:38:22.820><c> God</c><00:38:23.139><c> says</c> 00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.179 to<00:38:23.820><c> them,</c> 00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:26.980 at<00:38:24.460><c> that</c><00:38:24.739><c> time,</c><00:38:25.000><c> verse</c><00:38:25.179><c> 2</c><00:38:25.400><c> of</c><00:38:25.519><c> chapter</c><00:38:25.820><c> 5,</c><00:38:26.539><c> the</c><00:38:26.599><c> Lord</c><00:38:26.800><c> said</c> 00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.539 unto<00:38:27.139><c> Moses,</c> 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:32.139 Make<00:38:27.920><c> thee</c><00:38:28.199><c> sharp</c><00:38:28.579><c> knives,</c><00:38:30.219><c> and</c><00:38:30.440><c> circumcise</c><00:38:31.159><c> again</c><00:38:31.659><c> the</c><00:38:31.800><c> children</c><00:38:32.039><c> of</c> 00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:33.219 Israel<00:38:32.380><c> the</c><00:38:32.579><c> second</c><00:38:32.880><c> time.</c> 00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:35.420 Now<00:38:33.699><c> that</c><00:38:33.719><c> needs</c><00:38:33.920><c> a</c><00:38:33.980><c> little</c><00:38:34.199><c> bit</c><00:38:34.300><c> of</c><00:38:34.579><c> explanation</c><00:38:35.039><c> because,</c> 00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:36.079 as<00:38:35.639><c> you</c><00:38:35.800><c> know,</c> 00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:39.199 medically<00:38:36.440><c> you</c><00:38:36.619><c> cannot</c><00:38:36.920><c> circumcise</c><00:38:37.599><c> a</c><00:38:37.719><c> man</c><00:38:37.860><c> but</c><00:38:38.179><c> once.</c> 00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:42.559 Joshua<00:38:40.079><c> made</c><00:38:40.340><c> him</c><00:38:40.619><c> sharp</c><00:38:40.940><c> knives</c><00:38:41.239><c> and</c><00:38:41.519><c> circumcised</c><00:38:41.920><c> the</c><00:38:42.099><c> shoulder</c><00:38:42.260><c> of</c><00:38:42.440><c> Israel</c> 00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:45.179 at<00:38:42.780><c> the</c><00:38:42.920><c> hill</c><00:38:43.579><c> of</c><00:38:43.800><c> the</c><00:38:44.000><c> four</c><00:38:44.179><c> skins.</c> 00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:55.659 Now,<00:38:48.400><c> when</c><00:38:48.639><c> a</c><00:38:48.880><c> man,</c><00:38:50.599><c> a</c><00:38:50.800><c> grown</c><00:38:51.099><c> man,</c><00:38:53.019><c> is</c><00:38:53.300><c> circumcised,</c><00:38:55.320><c> he's</c> 00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:57.820 totally<00:38:56.199><c> incapacitated.</c> 00:38:58.699 --> 00:39:04.000 He<00:38:59.360><c> cannot</c><00:38:59.900><c> move.</c><00:39:02.059><c> He</c><00:39:02.719><c> cannot</c><00:39:03.059><c> defend</c><00:39:03.460><c> himself.</c> 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:09.360 In<00:39:04.300><c> fact,</c><00:39:05.400><c> you</c><00:39:05.480><c> know</c><00:39:06.500><c> Simeon</c><00:39:07.199><c> and</c><00:39:07.440><c> Levi</c><00:39:07.920><c> chose</c><00:39:08.559><c> this</c><00:39:08.920><c> method</c> 00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:11.579 to<00:39:09.900><c> destroy</c><00:39:10.219><c> the</c><00:39:10.400><c> men</c><00:39:10.519><c> of</c><00:39:10.760><c> Shechem.</c> 00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:13.780 They<00:39:11.860><c> deceived</c><00:39:12.340><c> them.</c><00:39:12.679><c> They</c><00:39:12.760><c> said,</c><00:39:13.019><c> well,</c><00:39:13.039><c> if</c><00:39:13.139><c> you</c><00:39:13.380><c> all</c><00:39:13.519><c> get</c> 00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:15.059 circumcised<00:39:14.239><c> like</c><00:39:14.460><c> we</c><00:39:14.800><c> are,</c> 00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:17.820 then<00:39:15.460><c> we'll</c><00:39:15.699><c> marry</c><00:39:15.940><c> your</c><00:39:16.239><c> daughters</c><00:39:16.519><c> and</c><00:39:16.659><c> you</c><00:39:16.780><c> can</c><00:39:16.940><c> marry</c><00:39:17.159><c> our</c><00:39:17.420><c> daughters.</c> 00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:20.519 So<00:39:18.420><c> they</c><00:39:18.539><c> said,</c><00:39:18.800><c> sure,</c><00:39:19.099><c> we'll</c><00:39:19.280><c> do</c><00:39:19.500><c> it.</c> 00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:25.800 Then,<00:39:21.239><c> on</c><00:39:21.460><c> the</c><00:39:21.599><c> third</c><00:39:21.840><c> day,</c><00:39:23.079><c> two</c><00:39:23.380><c> men</c><00:39:24.079><c> went</c><00:39:24.340><c> into</c><00:39:24.579><c> a</c><00:39:24.820><c> city</c><00:39:25.260><c> and</c> 00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:28.159 slew<00:39:26.079><c> every</c><00:39:27.099><c> man</c><00:39:27.539><c> in</c><00:39:27.760><c> the</c><00:39:27.960><c> city.</c> 00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:31.420 Can<00:39:28.619><c> you</c><00:39:28.800><c> picture</c><00:39:29.239><c> two</c><00:39:29.780><c> people</c><00:39:30.380><c> killing</c><00:39:30.860><c> everybody?</c> 00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:34.880 You'd<00:39:31.920><c> think</c><00:39:32.000><c> that</c><00:39:32.300><c> as</c><00:39:33.320><c> they</c><00:39:33.559><c> went</c><00:39:33.739><c> through</c><00:39:34.019><c> killing,</c><00:39:34.380><c> someone</c><00:39:34.599><c> would</c> 00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.539 gang<00:39:35.000><c> up</c><00:39:35.219><c> on</c><00:39:35.380><c> them</c> 00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:38.139 and<00:39:35.659><c> get</c><00:39:35.760><c> them</c><00:39:35.900><c> from</c><00:39:36.019><c> there.</c><00:39:36.380><c> They</c><00:39:36.619><c> were</c><00:39:36.940><c> so</c><00:39:37.260><c> laid</c><00:39:37.500><c> out,</c><00:39:37.860><c> they</c> 00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:40.500 couldn't<00:39:39.099><c> function.</c> 00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:50.920 And<00:39:42.679><c> God</c><00:39:43.360><c> incapacitates</c><00:39:44.760><c> an</c><00:39:46.099><c> entire</c><00:39:46.559><c> army</c><00:39:47.139><c> of</c><00:39:47.639><c> 600</c><00:39:48.519><c>,000</c><00:39:49.639><c> fighting</c><00:39:50.179><c> men</c> 00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:55.300 and<00:39:51.519><c> he</c><00:39:51.719><c> does</c><00:39:51.940><c> it</c><00:39:52.199><c> right</c><00:39:52.519><c> under</c><00:39:52.920><c> the</c><00:39:53.239><c> nose</c><00:39:53.760><c> of</c><00:39:54.159><c> their</c><00:39:54.360><c> enemy.</c> 00:39:56.380 --> 00:40:00.780 Now,<00:39:57.139><c> if</c><00:39:57.460><c> the</c><00:39:57.780><c> men</c><00:39:57.980><c> of</c><00:39:58.280><c> Jericho</c><00:39:58.920><c> and</c><00:39:59.699><c> Ai</c><00:40:00.099><c> and</c><00:40:00.280><c> all</c><00:40:00.519><c> the</c><00:40:00.639><c> others</c> 00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:03.059 had<00:40:01.280><c> just</c><00:40:01.599><c> been</c><00:40:02.000><c> smart,</c> 00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:06.880 they<00:40:03.860><c> could</c><00:40:04.039><c> have</c><00:40:04.179><c> come</c><00:40:04.380><c> down</c><00:40:04.639><c> there</c><00:40:04.820><c> and</c><00:40:05.019><c> wiped</c><00:40:05.199><c> out</c><00:40:05.420><c> the</c> 00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:07.420 whole<00:40:06.960><c> tribe,</c> 00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:12.780 the<00:40:08.119><c> whole</c><00:40:08.480><c> nation</c><00:40:09.300><c> of</c><00:40:09.539><c> Israel</c><00:40:09.719><c> in</c><00:40:09.960><c> one</c><00:40:10.219><c> fell</c><00:40:10.420><c> swoop.</c> 00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:19.139 God<00:40:13.860><c> did</c><00:40:15.800><c> that</c><00:40:16.739><c> on</c><00:40:18.000><c> purpose.</c> 00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:24.920 God<00:40:20.840><c> wants</c><00:40:21.360><c> you</c><00:40:21.679><c> to</c><00:40:22.000><c> realize</c><00:40:22.679><c> that</c><00:40:23.019><c> you</c><00:40:23.199><c> can't</c><00:40:23.639><c> do</c><00:40:23.860><c> it</c><00:40:24.099><c> on</c><00:40:24.320><c> your</c><00:40:24.599><c> own.</c> 00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:27.679 It's<00:40:25.420><c> not</c><00:40:25.659><c> your</c><00:40:25.960><c> cleverness.</c><00:40:26.739><c> It's</c><00:40:26.860><c> not</c><00:40:27.079><c> your</c><00:40:27.300><c> ability.</c> 00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:31.340 It's<00:40:28.099><c> God</c><00:40:28.460><c> working</c><00:40:28.820><c> through</c><00:40:29.219><c> us</c><00:40:29.579><c> that</c><00:40:29.920><c> allows</c><00:40:30.159><c> us</c><00:40:30.400><c> to</c><00:40:30.539><c> do</c><00:40:30.659><c> whatever</c><00:40:31.039><c> it</c> 00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:33.480 is<00:40:31.460><c> that</c><00:40:31.659><c> we</c><00:40:31.820><c> do</c><00:40:32.119><c> for</c><00:40:32.400><c> him.</c> 00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:37.460 And<00:40:34.460><c> so</c><00:40:35.280><c> Solomon,</c><00:40:36.139><c> his</c><00:40:36.239><c> son,</c><00:40:36.900><c> David</c><00:40:37.260><c> says,</c> 00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:42.519 trust<00:40:38.039><c> in</c><00:40:38.920><c> the</c><00:40:39.000><c> Lord</c><00:40:39.119><c> with</c><00:40:39.420><c> all</c><00:40:39.860><c> thine</c><00:40:40.139><c> heart</c><00:40:41.000><c> and</c><00:40:42.099><c> lean</c><00:40:42.340><c> not</c> 00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:44.710 unto<00:40:42.800><c> thine</c><00:40:43.019><c> own</c><00:40:44.420><c> understanding</c> 00:40:44.710 --> 00:40:49.530 and<00:40:45.690><c> all</c><00:40:45.989><c> thy</c><00:40:46.309><c> ways</c><00:40:46.510><c> acknowledge</c><00:40:47.070><c> him</c><00:40:47.690><c> and</c><00:40:48.710><c> he</c><00:40:48.969><c> will</c><00:40:49.210><c> direct</c> 00:40:49.530 --> 00:40:51.369 your<00:40:49.849><c> paths.</c> 00:40:54.130 --> 00:41:02.829 We<00:40:54.730><c> need</c><00:40:55.750><c> to</c><00:40:57.889><c> put</c><00:40:58.170><c> complete</c><00:40:58.889><c> faith</c><00:40:59.710><c> and</c><00:41:01.010><c> trust</c><00:41:01.469><c> in</c><00:41:01.789><c> God.</c> 00:41:03.250 --> 00:41:10.949 And<00:41:03.510><c> here's</c><00:41:03.750><c> an</c><00:41:03.989><c> army</c><00:41:04.329><c> unable</c><00:41:04.929><c> to</c><00:41:06.349><c> move,</c><00:41:08.650><c> helpless</c><00:41:09.090><c> at</c><00:41:10.050><c> the</c><00:41:10.369><c> foot</c><00:41:10.710><c> of</c> 00:41:10.949 --> 00:41:12.030 their<00:41:11.130><c> enemies.</c> 00:41:12.070 --> 00:41:15.789 But<00:41:12.590><c> God</c><00:41:13.090><c> wanted</c><00:41:13.710><c> them</c><00:41:13.989><c> to</c><00:41:14.250><c> know</c><00:41:14.570><c> that</c><00:41:14.829><c> the</c><00:41:15.110><c> battle</c><00:41:15.329><c> was</c><00:41:15.570><c> going</c> 00:41:15.789 --> 00:41:17.909 to<00:41:15.929><c> be</c><00:41:16.170><c> his</c><00:41:16.550><c> and</c><00:41:16.849><c> not</c><00:41:17.010><c> by</c><00:41:17.210><c> their</c><00:41:17.449><c> cleverness.</c> 00:41:18.210 --> 00:41:19.329 They<00:41:18.250><c> didn't</c><00:41:18.469><c> learn</c><00:41:18.650><c> it</c><00:41:18.809><c> very</c><00:41:19.110><c> well.</c> 00:41:19.349 --> 00:41:22.130 We'll<00:41:19.570><c> see</c><00:41:19.710><c> as</c><00:41:19.889><c> we</c><00:41:19.989><c> go</c><00:41:20.130><c> through</c><00:41:20.349><c> the</c><00:41:20.429><c> book</c><00:41:20.630><c> of</c><00:41:21.190><c> Joshua</c><00:41:21.590><c> that</c> 00:41:22.130 --> 00:41:23.230 they<00:41:22.530><c> got</c><00:41:22.789><c> the</c><00:41:22.969><c> big</c><00:41:23.130><c> head</c> 00:41:23.230 --> 00:41:25.389 after<00:41:23.469><c> they</c><00:41:23.730><c> won</c><00:41:24.070><c> the</c><00:41:24.570><c> battle</c><00:41:24.829><c> of</c><00:41:25.030><c> Jericho.</c> 00:41:25.869 --> 00:41:30.030 But<00:41:26.110><c> at</c><00:41:26.329><c> this</c><00:41:26.510><c> point</c><00:41:26.730><c> in</c><00:41:26.969><c> time,</c><00:41:27.929><c> they</c><00:41:28.269><c> were</c><00:41:28.570><c> all</c><00:41:28.969><c> incapacitated</c> 00:41:31.889 --> 00:41:37.769 because<00:41:32.409><c> God</c><00:41:32.929><c> commanded</c><00:41:33.489><c> them</c><00:41:34.690><c> to</c><00:41:36.110><c> cut</c><00:41:36.250><c> off</c><00:41:36.510><c> the</c><00:41:36.809><c> flesh.</c> 00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:46.389 No<00:41:38.429><c> man</c><00:41:39.170><c> has</c><00:41:40.590><c> ever</c><00:41:40.849><c> been</c><00:41:41.110><c> guilty</c><00:41:42.030><c> of</c><00:41:42.929><c> rape</c><00:41:43.590><c> right</c><00:41:44.489><c> after</c><00:41:44.809><c> circumcision.</c> 00:41:49.369 --> 00:41:53.289 God<00:41:49.610><c> used</c><00:41:50.269><c> circumcision</c><00:41:51.090><c> as</c><00:41:51.489><c> a</c><00:41:51.650><c> sign</c><00:41:51.929><c> to</c><00:41:52.210><c> show</c><00:41:52.389><c> that</c><00:41:52.650><c> we</c><00:41:53.010><c> have</c> 00:41:53.289 --> 00:41:57.150 to<00:41:53.489><c> control</c><00:41:54.449><c> our</c><00:41:55.929><c> emotions.</c> 00:41:57.429 --> 00:42:00.570 Animals<00:41:57.750><c> don't</c><00:41:58.090><c> have</c><00:41:58.630><c> that</c><00:41:59.010><c> control.</c><00:41:59.489><c> They</c><00:41:59.690><c> just</c><00:42:00.010><c> do</c><00:42:00.230><c> what</c> 00:42:00.570 --> 00:42:02.170 feels<00:42:00.989><c> good.</c> 00:42:02.869 --> 00:42:06.539 And<00:42:03.090><c> God</c><00:42:03.250><c> gave</c><00:42:03.510><c> us</c><00:42:03.789><c> the</c><00:42:03.969><c> ability</c><00:42:04.530><c> to</c><00:42:05.829><c> be</c><00:42:05.989><c> in</c><00:42:06.190><c> control.</c> 00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:11.059 And<00:42:07.000><c> if</c><00:42:07.139><c> we're</c><00:42:07.340><c> not</c><00:42:07.519><c> in</c><00:42:07.739><c> control</c><00:42:08.079><c> of</c><00:42:08.280><c> our</c><00:42:08.440><c> emotions,</c><00:42:09.139><c> we're</c><00:42:09.320><c> nothing</c><00:42:09.599><c> but</c><00:42:09.840><c> an</c><00:42:10.139><c> animal.</c> 00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:15.900 And<00:42:12.400><c> so</c><00:42:12.559><c> God</c><00:42:12.940><c> had</c><00:42:13.239><c> them</c><00:42:13.480><c> cut</c><00:42:13.659><c> off</c><00:42:13.920><c> the</c><00:42:14.199><c> flesh</c><00:42:14.619><c> once</c><00:42:15.219><c> again</c> 00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:19.440 because<00:42:16.679><c> all</c><00:42:16.960><c> the</c><00:42:17.159><c> children</c><00:42:17.460><c> born</c><00:42:17.960><c> during</c><00:42:18.460><c> the</c><00:42:18.900><c> time</c><00:42:19.079><c> of</c><00:42:19.260><c> the</c> 00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:21.400 wilderness<00:42:19.860><c> wanderings</c><00:42:20.360><c> were</c><00:42:20.579><c> not</c><00:42:20.860><c> circumcised.</c> 00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:29.000 So<00:42:21.579><c> we</c><00:42:21.639><c> had</c><00:42:21.820><c> a</c><00:42:22.280><c> whole</c><00:42:22.760><c> nation</c><00:42:23.460><c> uncircumcised</c><00:42:24.940><c> except</c><00:42:25.539><c> two</c><00:42:27.440><c> men.</c> 00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:32.280 Joshua<00:42:29.679><c> and</c><00:42:29.960><c> Caleb</c><00:42:30.260><c> didn't</c><00:42:30.539><c> have</c><00:42:30.820><c> to</c><00:42:30.960><c> do</c><00:42:31.139><c> it</c><00:42:31.300><c> again.</c> 00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:34.579 And<00:42:33.039><c> perhaps</c><00:42:33.639><c> some</c><00:42:34.099><c> Levites.</c> 00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:39.820 That's<00:42:35.480><c> not</c><00:42:36.019><c> plain,</c><00:42:37.119><c> whether</c><00:42:37.400><c> or</c><00:42:37.800><c> not</c><00:42:37.800><c> there</c><00:42:37.880><c> were</c><00:42:38.059><c> some</c><00:42:38.260><c> Levites</c><00:42:38.619><c> that</c><00:42:38.840><c> survived.</c> 00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:53.699 But<00:42:40.239><c> basically</c><00:42:40.880><c> two</c><00:42:41.099><c> people</c><00:42:41.679><c> out</c><00:42:42.559><c> of</c><00:42:44.380><c> two</c><00:42:46.480><c> million</c><00:42:47.300><c> of</c><00:42:53.480><c> the</c> 00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.920 promised<00:42:53.920><c> land.</c> 00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:57.360 And<00:42:55.239><c> they</c><00:42:55.519><c> encamped</c><00:42:55.920><c> at</c><00:42:56.280><c> Gilgal.</c> 00:42:57.559 --> 00:43:01.760 And<00:42:58.139><c> they</c><00:42:58.360><c> stayed</c><00:42:58.679><c> there,</c><00:42:59.199><c> verse</c><00:42:59.500><c> 8</c><00:42:59.699><c> says,</c><00:43:00.019><c> until</c><00:43:00.199><c> they</c><00:43:00.340><c> were</c><00:43:00.699><c> whole.</c> 00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:09.000 And<00:43:04.440><c> God</c><00:43:05.179><c> says,</c><00:43:05.559><c> I</c><00:43:05.559><c> rolled</c><00:43:06.039><c> away</c><00:43:06.639><c> the</c><00:43:06.920><c> reproach</c><00:43:08.260><c> of</c><00:43:08.619><c> Egypt</c> 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:09.960 from<00:43:09.340><c> you,</c> 00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:13.139 wherefore<00:43:10.500><c> the</c><00:43:10.659><c> name</c><00:43:10.840><c> of</c><00:43:11.019><c> the</c><00:43:11.139><c> place</c><00:43:11.400><c> is</c><00:43:11.679><c> called</c><00:43:12.019><c> Gilgal</c><00:43:12.699><c> unto</c> 00:43:13.139 --> 00:43:14.420 this<00:43:13.539><c> day.</c> 00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:17.780 And<00:43:14.780><c> the</c><00:43:14.920><c> children</c><00:43:15.079><c> of</c><00:43:15.260><c> Israel</c><00:43:15.440><c> encamped</c><00:43:15.900><c> in</c><00:43:16.079><c> Gilgal</c><00:43:16.539><c> and</c><00:43:16.880><c> kept</c><00:43:17.059><c> the</c><00:43:17.380><c> Passover</c> 00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:23.199 on<00:43:18.539><c> the</c><00:43:18.820><c> fourteenth</c><00:43:20.079><c> day</c><00:43:21.159><c> of</c><00:43:21.340><c> the</c><00:43:21.519><c> month</c><00:43:21.820><c> at</c><00:43:22.239><c> Even</c><00:43:22.460><c> in</c><00:43:22.719><c> the</c><00:43:22.980><c> plains.</c> 00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:26.940 This<00:43:23.400><c> was</c><00:43:23.719><c> the</c><00:43:24.099><c> third</c><00:43:24.780><c> time.</c> 00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:32.460 How<00:43:28.780><c> often</c><00:43:29.099><c> did</c><00:43:29.420><c> the</c><00:43:29.539><c> Jews</c><00:43:29.699><c> keep</c><00:43:29.920><c> the</c><00:43:30.139><c> Passover?</c><00:43:30.860><c> Once</c><00:43:31.179><c> a</c><00:43:31.480><c> year?</c> 00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:36.219 In<00:43:32.980><c> 40</c><00:43:33.340><c> years,</c><00:43:33.840><c> this</c><00:43:34.039><c> was</c><00:43:34.380><c> the</c><00:43:34.599><c> third</c><00:43:35.179><c> time.</c> 00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:43.179 First<00:43:37.079><c> in</c><00:43:37.300><c> Egypt,</c><00:43:38.739><c> second</c><00:43:39.099><c> at</c><00:43:39.420><c> Sinai,</c><00:43:40.780><c> and</c><00:43:40.960><c> now</c><00:43:41.460><c> here</c><00:43:42.320><c> in</c><00:43:42.980><c> the</c> 00:43:43.179 --> 00:43:44.719 land<00:43:43.460><c> of</c><00:43:43.780><c> promise.</c> 00:43:45.219 --> 00:43:46.460 It<00:43:45.219><c> was</c><00:43:45.440><c> a</c><00:43:45.519><c> new</c><00:43:45.800><c> phase.</c> 00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:48.719 The<00:43:47.340><c> manna</c><00:43:47.800><c> stops.</c> 00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:53.760 The<00:43:48.880><c> children</c><00:43:49.099><c> of</c><00:43:49.380><c> Israel</c><00:43:49.539><c> now</c><00:43:50.179><c> are</c><00:43:50.780><c> in</c><00:43:51.059><c> their</c><00:43:51.320><c> own</c><00:43:51.579><c> land,</c><00:43:52.880><c> but</c> 00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:56.940 their<00:43:54.079><c> work</c><00:43:54.380><c> has</c><00:43:54.800><c> not</c><00:43:55.260><c> yet</c><00:43:55.760><c> begun.</c> 00:43:58.360 --> 00:44:03.119 And<00:43:58.519><c> if</c><00:43:58.739><c> we</c><00:43:58.980><c> will</c><00:43:59.280><c> follow</c><00:43:59.900><c> the</c><00:44:00.400><c> Lord</c><00:44:00.619><c> Jesus</c><00:44:01.360><c> into</c><00:44:02.679><c> the</c><00:44:02.900><c> waters</c> 00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:04.440 of<00:44:03.400><c> baptism</c> 00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:08.440 and<00:44:05.059><c> turn</c><00:44:05.380><c> the</c><00:44:05.599><c> waters</c><00:44:05.860><c> around</c><00:44:06.199><c> so</c><00:44:06.380><c> they</c><00:44:06.639><c> flow</c><00:44:06.880><c> back</c><00:44:07.260><c> uphill,</c> 00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:13.699 we<00:44:10.079><c> have</c><00:44:10.440><c> begun</c><00:44:11.039><c> a</c><00:44:12.440><c> good</c><00:44:12.679><c> work.</c> 00:44:14.070 --> 00:44:16.940 And<00:44:14.420><c> we're</c><00:44:14.719><c> going</c><00:44:14.860><c> to</c><00:44:15.099><c> follow</c><00:44:15.320><c> the</c><00:44:15.539><c> children</c><00:44:15.780><c> of</c><00:44:16.039><c> Israel</c> 00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:21.860 as<00:44:17.760><c> they</c><00:44:18.079><c> now</c><00:44:18.500><c> conquer</c><00:44:18.860><c> the</c><00:44:19.179><c> land,</c><00:44:20.280><c> beginning</c><00:44:21.019><c> at</c><00:44:21.360><c> Jericho</c> 00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:25.119 and<00:44:22.820><c> going</c><00:44:23.039><c> through</c><00:44:23.280><c> it</c><00:44:23.500><c> city</c><00:44:23.659><c> by</c><00:44:23.940><c> city.</c> 00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:29.320 And<00:44:25.539><c> we</c><00:44:26.019><c> are</c><00:44:26.440><c> in</c><00:44:26.780><c> our</c><00:44:27.219><c> probationary</c><00:44:28.199><c> period</c><00:44:28.619><c> now,</c><00:44:29.139><c> brethren</c> 00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:30.420 and<00:44:29.599><c> sisters,</c> 00:44:31.659 --> 00:44:34.139 conquering<00:44:32.360><c> our</c><00:44:33.059><c> flesh.</c> 00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:40.699 We<00:44:35.000><c> do</c><00:44:35.300><c> it</c><00:44:35.519><c> first</c><00:44:35.780><c> by</c><00:44:36.059><c> cutting</c><00:44:36.420><c> off</c><00:44:38.159><c> anything</c><00:44:38.960><c> and</c><00:44:39.940><c> everything</c> 00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:45.760 that<00:44:41.739><c> would</c><00:44:42.000><c> come</c><00:44:42.179><c> between</c><00:44:42.619><c> us</c><00:44:44.079><c> and</c><00:44:44.539><c> our</c><00:44:44.840><c> Lord.</c> 00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:53.639 No<00:44:46.539><c> matter</c><00:44:47.059><c> how</c><00:44:47.440><c> much</c><00:44:47.780><c> it</c><00:44:48.260><c> hurts,</c><00:44:50.239><c> it's</c><00:44:50.559><c> right</c><00:44:51.000><c> to</c><00:44:52.380><c> cut</c><00:44:52.679><c> off</c> 00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:58.500 the<00:44:54.460><c> things</c><00:44:54.760><c> that</c><00:44:54.980><c> come</c><00:44:55.199><c> between</c><00:44:55.579><c> us</c><00:44:56.880><c> and</c><00:44:57.300><c> our</c><00:44:57.599><c> Lord.</c> 00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:07.659 What<00:44:59.599><c> is</c><00:44:59.940><c> it</c><00:45:00.679><c> in</c><00:45:01.860><c> your</c><00:45:02.239><c> life</c><00:45:02.860><c> that</c><00:45:04.400><c> you</c><00:45:04.639><c> should</c><00:45:05.300><c> do</c><00:45:05.860><c> surgery</c><00:45:06.360><c> on?</c> 00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:12.460 Don't<00:45:08.860><c> say</c><00:45:09.079><c> the</c><00:45:09.360><c> nothing,</c><00:45:11.480><c> because</c><00:45:11.500><c> there</c><00:45:11.780><c> isn't</c><00:45:12.000><c> a</c><00:45:12.119><c> person</c> 00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:13.179 in<00:45:12.619><c> this</c><00:45:12.860><c> room</c> 00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:17.760 that<00:45:13.460><c> doesn't</c><00:45:13.920><c> need</c><00:45:14.719><c> to</c><00:45:15.940><c> have</c><00:45:16.320><c> an</c><00:45:16.619><c> operation,</c> 00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:23.219 a<00:45:18.900><c> spiritual</c><00:45:19.440><c> operation</c><00:45:20.400><c> of</c><00:45:21.599><c> cutting</c><00:45:21.920><c> off</c><00:45:22.360><c> something</c><00:45:22.940><c> in</c> 00:45:23.219 --> 00:45:24.119 their<00:45:23.559><c> life,</c> 00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:26.039 in<00:45:24.440><c> your</c><00:45:24.699><c> life,</c><00:45:25.039><c> my</c><00:45:25.380><c> life.</c> 00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:29.039 Some<00:45:27.039><c> people,</c><00:45:27.300><c> it</c><00:45:27.380><c> could</c><00:45:27.579><c> be</c><00:45:27.699><c> as</c><00:45:27.840><c> simple</c><00:45:27.980><c> as</c><00:45:28.159><c> a</c><00:45:28.340><c> television</c><00:45:28.760><c> set.</c> 00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:33.139 It's<00:45:29.420><c> not</c><00:45:29.619><c> a</c><00:45:29.780><c> sin</c><00:45:29.920><c> to</c><00:45:30.139><c> have</c><00:45:30.320><c> one,</c><00:45:31.159><c> but</c><00:45:31.440><c> if</c><00:45:31.699><c> it</c><00:45:31.900><c> owns</c><00:45:32.099><c> you,</c><00:45:32.460><c> it</c><00:45:32.679><c> can</c><00:45:32.880><c> be</c> 00:45:33.139 --> 00:45:33.340 a<00:45:33.219><c> sin.</c> 00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:37.179 Some<00:45:34.039><c> things,</c><00:45:34.840><c> it's</c><00:45:35.219><c> okay</c><00:45:35.440><c> to</c><00:45:35.760><c> own,</c><00:45:36.059><c> but</c><00:45:36.179><c> don't</c><00:45:36.360><c> let</c><00:45:36.440><c> them</c><00:45:36.699><c> own</c><00:45:36.840><c> you.</c> 00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:39.000 The<00:45:37.619><c> same</c><00:45:37.760><c> is</c><00:45:38.000><c> true</c><00:45:38.099><c> of</c><00:45:38.280><c> many</c><00:45:38.519><c> sports.</c> 00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:42.360 They're<00:45:39.639><c> nice</c><00:45:39.900><c> hobbies,</c><00:45:40.280><c> but</c><00:45:40.460><c> they</c><00:45:40.659><c> mustn't</c><00:45:40.980><c> own</c><00:45:41.239><c> us.</c> 00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:44.500 Our<00:45:42.880><c> job</c><00:45:43.420><c> must</c><00:45:43.800><c> not</c><00:45:44.039><c> own</c><00:45:44.179><c> us.</c> 00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:48.539 Even<00:45:45.320><c> our</c><00:45:45.800><c> family,</c><00:45:46.280><c> what</c><00:45:46.500><c> we</c><00:45:46.679><c> must</c><00:45:46.900><c> bring</c><00:45:47.099><c> our</c><00:45:47.380><c> family</c><00:45:47.780><c> into</c> 00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:52.659 as<00:45:49.280><c> this</c><00:45:49.460><c> whole</c><00:45:49.739><c> family</c><00:45:50.159><c> crossed</c><00:45:50.800><c> the</c><00:45:51.639><c> Jordan</c><00:45:51.940><c> together.</c> 00:45:52.659 --> 00:46:03.079 Just<00:45:54.300><c> remember</c><00:45:54.920><c> that</c><00:45:56.739><c> everybody</c><00:45:57.860><c> was</c><00:45:59.760><c> scared</c><00:46:00.579><c> in</c><00:46:01.780><c> Jericho,</c> 00:46:04.179 --> 00:46:08.460 but<00:46:04.219><c> only</c><00:46:04.619><c> one</c><00:46:04.880><c> woman</c><00:46:06.179><c> acted</c><00:46:06.860><c> on</c><00:46:07.119><c> her</c><00:46:07.460><c> faith.</c> 00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:16.340 The<00:46:11.400><c> Lord</c><00:46:11.699><c> Jesus</c><00:46:12.079><c> is</c><00:46:12.400><c> coming,</c><00:46:14.440><c> and</c><00:46:14.639><c> you</c><00:46:14.940><c> know</c><00:46:15.219><c> it.</c> 00:46:16.840 --> 00:46:26.239 Act<00:46:17.739><c> on</c><00:46:19.239><c> what</c><00:46:19.519><c> you</c><00:46:19.739><c> know,</c><00:46:21.820><c> and</c><00:46:22.079><c> do</c><00:46:22.699><c> what</c><00:46:23.719><c> you</c><00:46:23.960><c> ought</c><00:46:24.199><c> to</c><00:46:24.400><c> do,</c> 00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:33.400 and<00:46:27.099><c> trust</c><00:46:27.800><c> in</c><00:46:29.119><c> the</c><00:46:29.280><c> Lord</c><00:46:29.820><c> with</c><00:46:31.179><c> all</c><00:46:31.900><c> your</c><00:46:32.219><c> heart,</c> 00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:36.139 and<00:46:33.639><c> lean</c><00:46:33.860><c> not</c><00:46:34.119><c> unto</c><00:46:34.380><c> your</c><00:46:34.619><c> own</c><00:46:34.980><c> understanding.</c> 00:46:59.059 --> 00:47:00.960 Amen.