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me</c><00:09:42.110><c> too,</c><00:09:43.149><c> and</c><00:09:43.409><c> brother</c> 00:09:43.669 --> 00:09:46.350 x Jack<00:09:43.889><c> talked</c><00:09:44.230><c> about</c><00:09:44.470><c> the</c><00:09:44.649><c> Red</c><00:09:44.850><c> Sox</c><00:09:45.049><c> this</c><00:09:45.269><c> morning.</c><00:09:45.710><c> You</c><00:09:45.870><c> remember</c><00:09:46.070><c> back</c> 00:09:46.350 --> 00:09:48.710 x to<00:09:46.549><c> 2004,</c><00:09:48.409><c> you</c><00:09:48.409><c> know,</c><00:09:48.590><c> the</c> 00:09:48.710 --> 00:09:52.190 x Yankees<00:09:49.070><c> were</c><00:09:49.289><c> ahead</c><00:09:49.470><c> three</c><00:09:49.769><c> games</c><00:09:50.090><c> to</c><00:09:50.330><c> none.</c><00:09:51.750><c> You</c><00:09:51.889><c> know,</c><00:09:52.009><c> I'm</c> 00:09:52.190 --> 00:09:53.509 x a<00:09:52.330><c> die</c><00:09:52.529><c>-hard</c><00:09:52.610><c> Red</c><00:09:52.909><c> Sox</c><00:09:53.110><c> fan</c><00:09:53.309><c> and</c> 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big</c><00:10:04.389><c> billboard.</c><00:10:04.929><c> It</c><00:10:05.049><c> said</c><00:10:05.190><c> keep</c><00:10:05.509><c> the</c><00:10:05.769><c> faith.</c> 00:10:06.549 --> 00:10:08.409 x What<00:10:06.730><c> a</c><00:10:06.929><c> joke.</c><00:10:07.710><c> Keep</c><00:10:07.950><c> the</c><00:10:08.250><c> faith.</c> 00:10:08.409 --> 00:10:12.730 x Yeah,<00:10:08.769><c> you're</c><00:10:09.070><c> going</c><00:10:09.289><c> down</c><00:10:09.590><c> again.</c><00:10:11.509><c> Well,</c><00:10:11.649><c> what</c><00:10:11.830><c> happened?</c> 00:10:12.929 --> 00:10:13.990 x They<00:10:13.110><c> came</c><00:10:13.350><c> back</c><00:10:13.610><c> and</c><00:10:13.750><c> they</c><00:10:13.870><c> won</c> 00:10:13.990 --> 00:10:17.490 x four<00:10:14.269><c> in</c><00:10:14.389><c> a</c><00:10:14.470><c> row</c><00:10:14.590><c> and</c><00:10:14.690><c> they</c><00:10:14.830><c> won</c><00:10:14.909><c> the</c><00:10:15.110><c> World</c><00:10:15.309><c> Series.</c><00:10:17.169><c> They</c><00:10:17.370><c> won</c> 00:10:17.490 --> 00:10:20.789 x the<00:10:17.690><c> World</c><00:10:17.950><c> Series.</c><00:10:20.450><c> I</c><00:10:20.590><c> got</c> 00:10:20.789 --> 00:10:23.990 x news<00:10:21.049><c> for</c><00:10:21.230><c> you,</c><00:10:21.409><c> and</c><00:10:21.570><c> you</c><00:10:21.710><c> all</c><00:10:21.870><c> know</c><00:10:22.070><c> this,</c><00:10:23.230><c> and</c><00:10:23.289><c> maybe</c><00:10:23.509><c> we</c><00:10:23.669><c> need</c><00:10:23.830><c> to</c> 00:10:23.990 --> 00:10:24.870 x be<00:10:24.169><c> reminded,</c><00:10:24.509><c> but</c><00:10:24.669><c> there</c> 00:10:24.870 --> 00:10:29.190 x is<00:10:25.090><c> no</c><00:10:25.269><c> small</c><00:10:25.590><c> print</c><00:10:25.769><c> with</c><00:10:25.950><c> God.</c><00:10:27.629><c> God</c><00:10:27.929><c> lays</c><00:10:28.230><c> it</c><00:10:28.429><c> right</c><00:10:28.669><c> out,</c> 00:10:29.429 --> 00:10:30.269 x 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the</c><00:11:02.350><c> next,</c><00:11:03.230><c> actually</c><00:11:03.610><c> we've</c><00:11:04.009><c> started,</c><00:11:04.330><c> but</c><00:11:04.429><c> as</c><00:11:04.570><c> we</c><00:11:04.850><c> continue</c><00:11:05.110><c> our</c><00:11:05.389><c> readings,</c><00:11:05.730><c> keep</c><00:11:05.929><c> in</c><00:11:06.169><c> mind</c> 00:11:06.450 --> 00:11:12.169 x that<00:11:07.250><c> you're</c><00:11:07.610><c> reading</c><00:11:07.929><c> more</c><00:11:08.309><c> than</c><00:11:08.450><c> a</c><00:11:08.710><c> history</c><00:11:08.909><c> book</c><00:11:09.110><c> here.</c><00:11:11.230><c> You're</c><00:11:11.529><c> reading</c><00:11:11.870><c> of</c> 00:11:12.169 --> 00:11:13.029 x successes<00:11:12.690><c> and</c> 00:11:13.029 --> 00:11:16.110 x failures<00:11:13.610><c> of</c><00:11:14.169><c> the</c><00:11:14.389><c> children</c><00:11:14.629><c> of</c><00:11:14.830><c> Israel,</c><00:11:15.110><c> but</c><00:11:15.269><c> it's</c><00:11:15.529><c> also</c><00:11:15.870><c> a</c> 00:11:16.110 --> 00:11:19.529 x look<00:11:16.570><c> into</c><00:11:17.549><c> what</c><00:11:17.809><c> God</c><00:11:18.549><c> will</c><00:11:19.330><c> do</c> 00:11:19.529 --> 00:11:24.450 x for<00:11:19.690><c> us</c><00:11:20.110><c> as</c><00:11:21.029><c> well</c><00:11:21.490><c> and</c><00:11:21.809><c> for</c><00:11:22.009><c> those</c><00:11:22.409><c> that</c><00:11:22.809><c> have</c><00:11:23.049><c> faith</c><00:11:23.509><c> and</c><00:11:24.230><c> that</c> 00:11:24.450 --> 00:11:25.710 x trust<00:11:24.649><c> in</c><00:11:24.830><c> him</c><00:11:24.929><c> to</c><00:11:25.169><c> keep</c><00:11:25.409><c> his</c> 00:11:25.710 --> 00:11:33.129 x word.<00:11:28.009><c> The</c><00:11:28.110><c> book</c><00:11:28.350><c> of</c><00:11:28.590><c> Joshua</c><00:11:29.009><c> is</c><00:11:29.629><c> about</c><00:11:30.009><c> victory,</c><00:11:30.929><c> the</c><00:11:31.090><c> victory</c><00:11:31.370><c> of</c><00:11:31.649><c> 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through</c><00:12:27.470><c> the</c><00:12:27.950><c> course</c><00:12:28.169><c> of</c><00:12:28.490><c> our</c><00:12:29.149><c> talk</c><00:12:29.450><c> here</c> 00:12:29.669 --> 00:12:35.309 x this<00:12:29.889><c> morning.</c><00:12:32.470><c> Now</c><00:12:32.690><c> unfortunately,</c><00:12:33.450><c> as</c><00:12:34.169><c> we've</c><00:12:34.830><c> read</c><00:12:34.929><c> many</c> 00:12:35.309 --> 00:12:39.409 x times,<00:12:35.830><c> too</c><00:12:36.029><c> many</c><00:12:37.289><c> of</c><00:12:37.649><c> God's</c><00:12:38.110><c> people</c> 00:12:39.409 --> 00:12:43.330 x had<00:12:39.830><c> this</c><00:12:40.269><c> mistaken</c><00:12:40.730><c> idea</c><00:12:41.230><c> that</c><00:12:41.470><c> being</c><00:12:41.710><c> brought</c><00:12:41.990><c> out</c><00:12:42.210><c> of</c><00:12:42.370><c> Egypt</c><00:12:42.710><c> or</c> 00:12:43.330 --> 00:12:48.149 x being<00:12:45.429><c> saved</c><00:12:46.210><c> was</c><00:12:47.210><c> all</c><00:12:47.549><c> that</c><00:12:47.850><c> is</c> 00:12:48.149 --> 00:12:52.529 x involved,<00:12:49.049><c> all</c><00:12:49.570><c> that</c><00:12:49.789><c> was</c><00:12:50.029><c> involved.</c><00:12:51.070><c> And</c><00:12:51.230><c> people</c><00:12:51.470><c> now</c><00:12:52.129><c> have</c> 00:12:52.529 --> 00:12:54.289 x the<00:12:52.750><c> same</c><00:12:52.950><c> feeling,</c><00:12:53.529><c> I</c><00:12:53.710><c> think.</c><00:12:54.029><c> A</c><00:12:54.149><c> lot</c> 00:12:54.289 --> 00:12:58.029 x of<00:12:54.470><c> people</c><00:12:54.649><c> probably</c><00:12:55.009><c> do.</c><00:12:56.250><c> That</c><00:12:56.350><c> they've</c><00:12:56.970><c> been</c><00:12:57.190><c> saved,</c><00:12:57.549><c> they've</c><00:12:57.830><c> been</c> 00:12:58.029 --> 00:13:00.289 x called,<00:12:58.669><c> they've</c><00:12:59.870><c> seen</c><00:13:00.110><c> the</c> 00:13:00.289 --> 00:13:04.230 x their<00:13:00.629><c> ways</c><00:13:01.049><c> and</c><00:13:01.289><c> they've</c><00:13:01.889><c> put</c><00:13:02.009><c> on</c><00:13:02.289><c> Christ</c><00:13:02.710><c> and</c><00:13:03.669><c> that's</c><00:13:04.029><c> all</c> 00:13:04.230 --> 00:13:09.509 x there<00:13:04.470><c> is</c><00:13:04.990><c> to</c><00:13:05.210><c> do.</c><00:13:06.409><c> Well</c><00:13:06.549><c> now</c><00:13:06.629><c> we</c><00:13:06.830><c> wait.</c><00:13:09.350><c> Well</c> 00:13:09.509 --> 00:13:12.750 x that's<00:13:09.710><c> only</c><00:13:09.929><c> the</c><00:13:10.149><c> beginning.</c><00:13:11.750><c> Our</c><00:13:11.889><c> readings</c><00:13:12.129><c> later</c><00:13:12.429><c> on</c><00:13:12.570><c> in</c> 00:13:12.750 --> 00:13:15.950 x Joshua<00:13:13.049><c> will</c><00:13:13.289><c> take</c><00:13:13.429><c> us</c><00:13:13.629><c> to</c><00:13:13.809><c> Joshua</c><00:13:14.169><c> 13,</c><00:13:15.610><c> chapter</c> 00:13:15.950 --> 00:13:20.549 x 1.<00:13:16.809><c> And</c><00:13:16.950><c> God</c><00:13:17.149><c> tells</c><00:13:17.509><c> Joshua</c><00:13:17.990><c> that</c><00:13:18.549><c> you've</c><00:13:19.210><c> entered</c><00:13:19.350><c> the</c><00:13:19.649><c> land,</c> 00:13:20.789 --> 00:13:23.289 x but<00:13:21.009><c> there's</c><00:13:21.250><c> very</c><00:13:21.970><c> much</c><00:13:22.549><c> land</c><00:13:22.850><c> yet</c><00:13:23.090><c> to</c> 00:13:23.289 --> 00:13:29.529 x be<00:13:23.610><c> possessed.</c><00:13:26.330><c> The</c><00:13:26.470><c> theme</c><00:13:26.830><c> of</c><00:13:27.110><c> Joshua</c><00:13:27.490><c> is</c><00:13:27.850><c> the</c><00:13:28.070><c> same</c><00:13:28.590><c> as</c><00:13:29.389><c> the</c> 00:13:29.529 --> 00:13:34.610 x theme<00:13:29.649><c> of</c><00:13:29.889><c> Hebrews.</c><00:13:31.409><c> Let</c><00:13:31.629><c> us</c><00:13:31.809><c> go</c><00:13:32.070><c> on.</c><00:13:34.429><c> Yes,</c> 00:13:34.610 --> 00:13:37.750 x we've<00:13:34.870><c> been</c><00:13:35.029><c> baptized,</c><00:13:35.549><c> we've</c><00:13:35.809><c> been</c><00:13:35.950><c> called</c><00:13:36.210><c> out</c><00:13:36.929><c> so</c><00:13:37.529><c> that</c><00:13:37.649><c> we</c> 00:13:37.750 --> 00:13:39.090 x could<00:13:37.889><c> be</c><00:13:38.110><c> brought</c><00:13:38.330><c> in,</c><00:13:38.509><c> but</c><00:13:38.629><c> that</c><00:13:38.889><c> doesn't</c> 00:13:39.090 --> 00:13:43.370 x mean<00:13:39.710><c> that</c><00:13:40.350><c> we</c><00:13:40.470><c> can</c><00:13:40.629><c> be</c><00:13:40.929><c> stale.</c><00:13:42.110><c> We</c><00:13:42.250><c> need</c><00:13:42.409><c> to</c><00:13:42.590><c> go</c><00:13:42.789><c> on</c><00:13:43.070><c> and</c><00:13:43.210><c> the</c> 00:13:43.370 --> 00:13:47.190 x only<00:13:43.590><c> way</c><00:13:43.830><c> for</c><00:13:44.149><c> us</c><00:13:44.330><c> to</c><00:13:44.470><c> go</c><00:13:44.690><c> on</c><00:13:45.389><c> is</c><00:13:45.950><c> by</c><00:13:46.250><c> faith.</c> 00:13:48.750 --> 00:13:54.490 x 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was</c><00:14:01.230><c> food.</c><00:14:03.570><c> But</c><00:14:03.830><c> faith</c><00:14:04.029><c> is</c><00:14:04.289><c> different.</c><00:14:05.230><c> Faith</c><00:14:05.509><c> tells</c><00:14:05.750><c> us</c> 00:14:05.929 --> 00:14:07.190 x to<00:14:06.029><c> go</c><00:14:06.269><c> forward,</c> 00:14:07.710 --> 00:14:12.690 x to<00:14:07.909><c> go</c><00:14:08.129><c> where</c><00:14:08.330><c> God</c><00:14:08.629><c> is,</c><00:14:08.870><c> to</c><00:14:09.029><c> go</c><00:14:09.230><c> where</c><00:14:09.409><c> God</c><00:14:09.629><c> is</c><00:14:09.889><c> working.</c><00:14:12.509><c> We</c> 00:14:12.690 --> 00:14:16.490 x know<00:14:13.350><c> how</c><00:14:13.830><c> Joshua</c><00:14:14.210><c> and</c><00:14:14.429><c> Caleb</c><00:14:14.710><c> assured</c><00:14:15.049><c> the</c><00:14:15.309><c> people</c> 00:14:17.370 --> 00:14:22.570 x as<00:14:17.850><c> 10</c><00:14:18.210><c> of</c><00:14:18.350><c> the</c><00:14:18.570><c> 12</c><00:14:18.809><c> came</c><00:14:19.090><c> back</c><00:14:19.429><c> and</c><00:14:19.669><c> said,</c><00:14:19.929><c> we</c><00:14:19.990><c> can't</c><00:14:20.250><c> go</c><00:14:20.490><c> there.</c><00:14:21.490><c> Giants</c><00:14:21.909><c> in</c><00:14:22.090><c> the</c><00:14:22.250><c> land,</c><00:14:22.409><c> we</c> 00:14:22.570 --> 00:14:23.190 x can't<00:14:22.889><c> overcome</c> 00:14:23.190 --> 00:14:28.009 x them,<00:14:24.370><c> but</c><00:14:24.730><c> Joshua</c><00:14:25.090><c> and</c><00:14:25.330><c> Caleb</c><00:14:25.610><c> had</c><00:14:25.870><c> faith,</c><00:14:26.289><c> didn't</c><00:14:26.470><c> they?</c><00:14:27.409><c> And</c><00:14:27.629><c> they</c><00:14:27.769><c> said,</c><00:14:27.870><c> we</c> 00:14:28.009 --> 00:14:28.990 x can<00:14:28.169><c> do</c><00:14:28.409><c> anything</c><00:14:28.730><c> as</c> 00:14:28.990 --> 00:14:34.269 x long<00:14:29.169><c> as</c><00:14:29.309><c> God</c><00:14:29.529><c> is</c><00:14:29.769><c> by</c><00:14:29.929><c> our</c><00:14:30.190><c> side.</c><00:14:31.889><c> We</c><00:14:32.370><c> can</c><00:14:32.610><c> overcome</c><00:14:32.990><c> it.</c><00:14:33.610><c> We</c><00:14:33.850><c> can</c><00:14:33.990><c> go</c> 00:14:34.269 --> 00:14:36.769 x forward.<00:14:35.129><c> We</c><00:14:35.370><c> can</c><00:14:35.570><c> possess</c><00:14:35.889><c> it.</c> 00:14:37.389 --> 00:14:39.950 x And<00:14:37.570><c> as</c><00:14:37.690><c> we</c><00:14:37.850><c> remember</c><00:14:38.190><c> in</c><00:14:38.429><c> Numbers,</c><00:14:38.870><c> the</c><00:14:39.049><c> people</c><00:14:39.409><c> were</c><00:14:39.710><c> just</c> 00:14:39.950 --> 00:14:42.149 x opposite,<00:14:40.509><c> weren't</c><00:14:40.590><c> they?</c><00:14:41.629><c> They</c><00:14:41.889><c> wanted</c> 00:14:42.149 --> 00:14:47.110 x to<00:14:42.450><c> believe</c><00:14:42.610><c> the</c><00:14:42.850><c> 10.</c><00:14:43.950><c> We</c><00:14:44.230><c> can't</c><00:14:44.490><c> do</c><00:14:44.710><c> this.</c><00:14:46.289><c> We</c><00:14:46.529><c> knew</c><00:14:46.710><c> it's</c><00:14:46.929><c> too</c> 00:14:47.110 --> 00:14:49.389 x good<00:14:47.190><c> to</c><00:14:47.350><c> be</c><00:14:47.549><c> true.</c><00:14:47.710><c> We</c><00:14:47.889><c> need</c><00:14:48.090><c> to</c><00:14:48.190><c> go</c><00:14:48.389><c> back.</c> 00:14:51.289 --> 00:14:54.730 x That's<00:14:51.729><c> unbelief.</c><00:14:53.149><c> And</c><00:14:53.289><c> it</c><00:14:53.429><c> cost</c><00:14:53.710><c> the</c><00:14:53.850><c> nation,</c><00:14:54.190><c> didn't</c><00:14:54.370><c> it,</c> 00:14:54.889 --> 00:14:58.330 x the<00:14:55.110><c> 40</c><00:14:55.309><c> years</c><00:14:55.549><c> in</c><00:14:55.710><c> the</c><00:14:55.809><c> wilderness?</c><00:14:57.850><c> If</c><00:14:58.149><c> we</c> 00:14:58.330 --> 00:15:03.370 x think<00:14:58.509><c> back</c><00:14:58.769><c> to</c><00:14:58.950><c> that</c><00:14:59.169><c> wilderness</c><00:14:59.590><c> experience</c><00:15:00.330><c> of</c><00:15:00.750><c> the</c><00:15:00.950><c> children</c><00:15:01.169><c> of</c><00:15:01.370><c> Israel,</c><00:15:03.169><c> it</c> 00:15:03.370 --> 00:15:05.129 x depicts<00:15:04.190><c> those,</c> 00:15:05.129 --> 00:15:10.190 x doesn't<00:15:05.330><c> it,</c><00:15:05.870><c> that</c><00:15:06.230><c> are</c><00:15:07.070><c> disobedient</c><00:15:08.230><c> and</c><00:15:08.669><c> have</c><00:15:08.830><c> unbelief.</c> 00:15:11.070 --> 00:15:14.009 x They<00:15:11.490><c> are</c><00:15:11.690><c> presented</c><00:15:12.129><c> with</c><00:15:13.330><c> this</c><00:15:13.610><c> promise,</c> 00:15:14.049 --> 00:15:17.830 x these<00:15:14.269><c> great</c><00:15:14.590><c> promises</c><00:15:15.009><c> of</c><00:15:15.309><c> rest</c><00:15:15.590><c> and</c><00:15:15.769><c> an</c><00:15:15.950><c> inheritance.</c><00:15:17.669><c> And</c> 00:15:17.830 --> 00:15:20.649 x either<00:15:18.070><c> because</c><00:15:18.529><c> they</c><00:15:19.289><c> don't</c><00:15:19.529><c> know</c><00:15:19.789><c> about</c><00:15:20.049><c> it</c> 00:15:20.649 --> 00:15:24.629 x or<00:15:21.070><c> they're</c><00:15:21.350><c> cynical</c><00:15:21.649><c> and</c><00:15:21.909><c> they</c><00:15:22.289><c> don't</c><00:15:22.570><c> believe</c><00:15:22.929><c> it</c><00:15:23.970><c> or</c><00:15:24.389><c> they</c> 00:15:24.629 --> 00:15:27.490 x think<00:15:24.750><c> it's</c><00:15:24.970><c> too</c><00:15:25.250><c> good</c><00:15:25.370><c> for</c><00:15:25.570><c> them,</c><00:15:27.129><c> they</c> 00:15:27.490 --> 00:15:34.129 x desire<00:15:27.929><c> to</c><00:15:28.250><c> go</c><00:15:28.509><c> back</c><00:15:28.710><c> to</c><00:15:28.870><c> their</c><00:15:29.009><c> old</c><00:15:29.230><c> life.</c><00:15:32.009><c> Well,</c><00:15:32.230><c> we</c><00:15:32.529><c> unfortunately</c><00:15:33.250><c> know</c><00:15:33.649><c> of</c> 00:15:34.129 --> 00:15:35.610 x 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And</c><00:15:48.090><c> what</c><00:15:48.769><c> is</c> 00:15:50.150 --> 00:15:56.070 x these<00:15:50.670><c> promises</c><00:15:51.190><c> that</c><00:15:52.009><c> maybe</c><00:15:52.750><c> it's</c><00:15:53.289><c> too</c><00:15:53.549><c> good</c><00:15:53.690><c> for</c><00:15:53.909><c> me.</c><00:15:54.289><c> I</c><00:15:54.450><c> don't</c><00:15:54.669><c> deserve</c><00:15:55.009><c> it.</c> 00:15:56.169 --> 00:15:57.370 x So<00:15:56.450><c> they</c><00:15:56.690><c> decide</c><00:15:57.049><c> to</c> 00:15:57.370 --> 00:16:02.870 x go<00:15:57.649><c> back</c><00:15:58.409><c> and</c><00:15:59.509><c> to</c><00:16:00.669><c> continue</c><00:16:01.070><c> their</c><00:16:01.330><c> lives</c><00:16:01.549><c> in</c><00:16:01.710><c> the</c><00:16:01.870><c> world</c><00:16:02.190><c> and</c> 00:16:02.870 --> 00:16:04.389 x forget<00:16:03.230><c> about</c><00:16:03.509><c> God</c><00:16:03.750><c> and</c><00:16:03.909><c> his</c><00:16:04.049><c> promises.</c> 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