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scene.</c><00:11:34.700><c> Joshua</c><00:11:35.159><c> is</c><00:11:35.379><c> now</c><00:11:35.519><c> in</c><00:11:35.740><c> control.</c> 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:38.840 They<00:11:36.500><c> are</c><00:11:36.720><c> about</c><00:11:36.940><c> to</c><00:11:37.120><c> go</c><00:11:37.259><c> into</c><00:11:37.460><c> the</c><00:11:37.679><c> land.</c><00:11:37.899><c> They</c><00:11:38.000><c> are</c><00:11:38.340><c> about</c><00:11:38.580><c> to</c> 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:39.940 take<00:11:38.960><c> the</c><00:11:39.139><c> land</c><00:11:39.320><c> for</c><00:11:39.500><c> themselves.</c> 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:42.840 Chapter<00:11:40.480><c> 6</c><00:11:40.820><c> has</c><00:11:41.000><c> the</c><00:11:41.240><c> great</c><00:11:41.440><c> encounter</c><00:11:41.879><c> at</c><00:11:42.179><c> Jericho</c><00:11:42.500><c> where</c> 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:44.860 Joshua<00:11:43.240><c> leads</c><00:11:43.539><c> the</c><00:11:43.799><c> people</c><00:11:44.059><c> in.</c> 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appreciating</c><00:14:17.279><c> that</c><00:14:17.480><c> the</c><00:14:17.659><c> one</c><00:14:17.879><c> who</c> 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:22.139 comes<00:14:18.820><c> is</c><00:14:19.620><c> going</c><00:14:19.720><c> to</c><00:14:19.899><c> be</c><00:14:20.159><c> greater</c><00:14:20.600><c> and</c><00:14:20.840><c> he's</c><00:14:21.080><c> going</c><00:14:21.179><c> to</c><00:14:21.340><c> be</c><00:14:21.580><c> mightier</c> 00:14:22.139 --> 00:14:26.179 and<00:14:22.259><c> he's</c><00:14:22.539><c> going</c><00:14:22.659><c> to</c><00:14:23.799><c> work</c><00:14:24.100><c> mighty</c><00:14:24.480><c> things</c><00:14:24.879><c> for</c><00:14:25.299><c> God</c><00:14:25.620><c> far</c><00:14:25.919><c> more</c> 00:14:26.179 --> 00:14:27.500 than<00:14:26.320><c> me,</c><00:14:26.600><c> says</c><00:14:26.700><c> John</c><00:14:26.960><c> the</c><00:14:27.100><c> Baptist.</c> 00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:32.600 We<00:14:28.360><c> think</c><00:14:29.059><c> that</c><00:14:29.220><c> that</c><00:14:29.399><c> phrase,</c><00:14:29.759><c> I'm</c><00:14:30.259><c> not</c><00:14:30.500><c> worthy</c><00:14:30.820><c> to</c><00:14:32.100><c> untie</c> 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:34.159 his<00:14:33.019><c> shoes.</c> 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:37.519 We<00:14:35.100><c> think</c><00:14:35.220><c> that's</c><00:14:35.419><c> just</c><00:14:35.620><c> a</c><00:14:36.179><c> phrase,</c><00:14:36.480><c> but</c><00:14:36.620><c> it's</c><00:14:36.860><c> not,</c><00:14:37.139><c> of</c><00:14:37.340><c> course.</c> 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:40.179 It's<00:14:37.799><c> linked</c><00:14:38.019><c> into</c><00:14:38.259><c> this</c><00:14:38.639><c> salvation</c><00:14:39.240><c> thing.</c> 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:44.720 The<00:14:40.580><c> Lord</c><00:14:40.799><c> Jesus</c><00:14:41.200><c> Christ</c><00:14:41.759><c> is</c><00:14:42.500><c> the</c><00:14:42.759><c> one</c><00:14:43.080><c> who</c><00:14:43.279><c> is</c><00:14:43.480><c> going</c><00:14:43.639><c> to</c><00:14:43.940><c> redeem</c><00:14:44.220><c> the</c><00:14:44.559><c> seed.</c> 00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:47.480 He<00:14:45.059><c> is</c><00:14:45.460><c> the</c><00:14:45.659><c> one</c><00:14:45.820><c> who's</c><00:14:46.080><c> going</c><00:14:46.179><c> to</c><00:14:46.399><c> bring</c><00:14:46.539><c> salvation</c><00:14:47.159><c> to</c><00:14:47.360><c> the</c> 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:48.120 house<00:14:47.659><c> of</c><00:14:47.860><c> Israel.</c> 00:14:48.419 --> 00:14:50.779 So<00:14:48.659><c> his</c><00:14:48.899><c> shoe</c><00:14:49.019><c> is</c><00:14:49.360><c> staying</c><00:14:49.559><c> on.</c> 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:52.559 It<00:14:51.620><c> wasn't</c><00:14:51.679><c> going</c><00:14:51.820><c> to</c><00:14:51.879><c> be</c><00:14:52.019><c> through</c><00:14:52.139><c> Moses.</c> 00:14:52.700 --> 00:14:54.179 It<00:14:52.860><c> wasn't</c><00:14:53.100><c> going</c><00:14:53.240><c> to</c><00:14:53.360><c> be</c><00:14:53.460><c> through</c><00:14:53.679><c> Joshua.</c> 00:14:54.179 --> 00:14:57.379 The<00:14:54.539><c> Lord</c><00:14:54.799><c> would</c><00:14:55.039><c> work</c><00:14:55.320><c> with</c><00:14:55.539><c> them,</c><00:14:56.440><c> but</c><00:14:56.559><c> it</c><00:14:56.679><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:56.860><c> be</c><00:14:57.000><c> them</c><00:14:57.159><c> who</c> 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.019 bring<00:14:57.539><c> salvation.</c> 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:03.080 Well,<00:14:58.240><c> now</c><00:14:58.480><c> here</c><00:14:58.720><c> is</c><00:14:58.919><c> the</c><00:14:59.120><c> one</c><00:14:59.480><c> who</c><00:15:00.080><c> will</c><00:15:00.580><c> not</c><00:15:00.960><c> have</c><00:15:01.220><c> his</c><00:15:01.779><c> shoe</c><00:15:02.240><c> loosed,</c> 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:07.460 because<00:15:03.659><c> he</c><00:15:03.899><c> is</c><00:15:04.200><c> the</c><00:15:04.419><c> one</c><00:15:04.740><c> who</c><00:15:05.240><c> will</c><00:15:05.759><c> redeem</c><00:15:06.299><c> the</c><00:15:06.720><c> seed.</c> 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:11.460 So<00:15:09.059><c> these</c><00:15:09.299><c> are</c><00:15:09.820><c> powerful</c><00:15:10.179><c> things,</c><00:15:10.539><c> and</c><00:15:10.659><c> we</c><00:15:10.779><c> need</c><00:15:10.899><c> to</c><00:15:11.019><c> go</c><00:15:11.200><c> back</c> 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:15.100 to<00:15:12.019><c> Exodus</c><00:15:12.440><c> chapter</c><00:15:12.940><c> 3,</c><00:15:14.059><c> please,</c> 00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:21.740 to<00:15:16.279><c> understand</c><00:15:17.259><c> more</c><00:15:17.720><c> of</c><00:15:18.019><c> this</c><00:15:18.360><c> salvation</c><00:15:19.179><c> that</c><00:15:20.039><c> God</c><00:15:20.440><c> is</c><00:15:20.940><c> bringing</c><00:15:21.340><c> to</c> 00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:22.480 his<00:15:21.980><c> people.</c> 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:29.980 Not<00:15:23.440><c> by</c><00:15:24.799><c> Moses,</c><00:15:26.500><c> but</c><00:15:26.659><c> Moses</c><00:15:27.059><c> will</c><00:15:27.399><c> have</c><00:15:27.600><c> his</c><00:15:28.039><c> parts</c><00:15:28.419><c> to</c><00:15:28.840><c> play.</c> 00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:36.799 Read<00:15:33.899><c> again</c><00:15:34.360><c> Exodus</c><00:15:34.820><c> chapter</c><00:15:35.220><c> 3</c><00:15:35.539><c> and</c><00:15:35.740><c> Exodus</c><00:15:36.080><c> chapter</c><00:15:36.399><c> 4,</c> 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:41.220 because<00:15:37.220><c> they're</c><00:15:39.159><c> quite</c><00:15:39.440><c> a</c><00:15:39.759><c> telling</c><00:15:39.980><c> conversation,</c><00:15:40.960><c> aren't</c> 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:43.940 they,<00:15:41.419><c> between</c><00:15:41.720><c> Moses</c><00:15:42.279><c> and</c><00:15:42.720><c> the</c><00:15:43.039><c> angel.</c> 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:47.779 The<00:15:44.299><c> angel</c><00:15:44.559><c> had</c><00:15:44.820><c> many</c><00:15:45.159><c> things</c><00:15:46.019><c> that</c><00:15:46.679><c> he</c><00:15:46.820><c> was</c><00:15:47.059><c> working</c><00:15:47.419><c> through</c> 00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.659 with<00:15:48.059><c> Moses,</c> 00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:54.679 and<00:15:49.419><c> all</c><00:15:49.779><c> the</c><00:15:50.059><c> time</c><00:15:50.259><c> Moses</c><00:15:50.659><c> is</c><00:15:51.059><c> hesitant,</c><00:15:51.960><c> reticent,</c><00:15:53.519><c> resisting,</c> 00:15:54.700 --> 00:15:58.200 even<00:15:55.000><c> to</c><00:15:55.159><c> the</c><00:15:55.299><c> point</c><00:15:55.460><c> where</c><00:15:55.659><c> he</c><00:15:55.879><c> makes</c><00:15:56.179><c> God</c><00:15:56.539><c> angry</c><00:15:57.440><c> because</c><00:15:58.000><c> of</c> 00:15:58.200 --> 00:15:59.700 his<00:15:58.419><c> resistance.</c> 00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:05.360 Exodus<00:16:01.500><c> chapter</c><00:16:01.919><c> 3,</c><00:16:03.059><c> this</c><00:16:03.279><c> is</c><00:16:03.500><c> where</c><00:16:03.679><c> the</c><00:16:03.940><c> Lord</c><00:16:04.240><c> 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in</c><00:17:36.339><c> Egypt.</c> 00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.720 He<00:17:36.680><c> knew</c><00:17:36.880><c> all</c><00:17:37.059><c> the</c><00:17:37.240><c> protocols.</c> 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.559 He<00:17:38.619><c> knew</c><00:17:38.880><c> how</c><00:17:39.059><c> it</c><00:17:39.339><c> worked.</c> 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.779 He<00:17:39.700><c> knew</c><00:17:39.859><c> the</c><00:17:40.160><c> etiquette.</c> 00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.980 He<00:17:41.099><c> could</c><00:17:41.279><c> speak</c><00:17:41.480><c> the</c><00:17:41.680><c> language.</c> 00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:43.819 He<00:17:42.180><c> was</c><00:17:42.359><c> the</c><00:17:42.500><c> one</c><00:17:42.660><c> who</c><00:17:42.839><c> should</c><00:17:43.019><c> be</c><00:17:43.220><c> there</c><00:17:43.420><c> doing</c><00:17:43.599><c> this.</c> 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:45.859 And<00:17:43.960><c> all</c><00:17:44.119><c> the</c><00:17:44.299><c> time,</c><00:17:44.759><c> now</c><00:17:44.900><c> he's</c><00:17:45.160><c> 80,</c><00:17:45.440><c> he's</c><00:17:45.599><c> saying,</c> 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:47.240 not<00:17:46.119><c> me,</c><00:17:46.420><c> Lord,</c><00:17:46.539><c> find</c><00:17:46.799><c> someone</c><00:17:47.079><c> else.</c> 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:48.680 I'm<00:17:47.400><c> sure</c><00:17:47.559><c> someone</c><00:17:47.819><c> could</c><00:17:47.960><c> do</c><00:17:48.059><c> it</c><00:17:48.200><c> better</c><00:17:48.400><c> than</c><00:17:48.559><c> me.</c> 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:50.200 I<00:17:48.819><c> can't</c><00:17:49.039><c> do</c><00:17:49.160><c> this,</c><00:17:49.319><c> I</c><00:17:49.440><c> can't</c><00:17:49.680><c> do</c><00:17:49.940><c> that.</c> 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:53.740 And<00:17:50.940><c> it's</c><00:17:51.460><c> a</c><00:17:51.619><c> rather</c><00:17:52.180><c> odd</c><00:17:52.819><c> thing,</c><00:17:53.380><c> isn't</c><00:17:53.519><c> it?</c> 00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:55.960 Verse<00:17:54.319><c> 20</c><00:17:54.779><c> of</c><00:17:54.980><c> chapter</c><00:17:55.380><c> 3.</c> 00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:59.519 God<00:17:56.259><c> says,</c><00:17:56.799><c> I</c><00:17:56.799><c> will</c><00:17:57.039><c> stretch</c><00:17:57.339><c> out</c><00:17:57.619><c> my</c><00:17:57.920><c> hand</c><00:17:58.240><c> and</c><00:17:58.759><c> smite</c><00:17:59.240><c> Egypt</c> 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:02.700 with<00:18:00.019><c> all</c><00:18:00.700><c> my</c><00:18:01.539><c> wonders,</c> 00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:05.000 which<00:18:03.599><c> I</c><00:18:03.779><c> will</c><00:18:03.940><c> do</c><00:18:04.039><c> in</c><00:18:04.259><c> the</c><00:18:04.319><c> midst</c><00:18:04.539><c> thereof.</c> 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:07.500 And<00:18:05.099><c> that</c><00:18:05.319><c> word</c><00:18:05.619><c> wonders</c><00:18:06.099><c> is</c><00:18:06.400><c> the</c><00:18:06.660><c> same</c><00:18:06.839><c> word</c><00:18:07.059><c> that</c><00:18:07.200><c> we</c><00:18:07.359><c> saw</c> 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will</c><00:18:20.500><c> know</c><00:18:20.960><c> that</c><00:18:21.420><c> this</c><00:18:21.700><c> is</c> 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:23.019 the<00:18:22.240><c> God</c> 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:28.319 and<00:18:23.960><c> they</c><00:18:24.519><c> should</c><00:18:24.819><c> fear</c><00:18:25.180><c> him</c><00:18:25.619><c> and</c><00:18:26.000><c> let</c><00:18:26.140><c> the</c><00:18:26.359><c> people</c><00:18:26.559><c> of</c><00:18:26.779><c> Israel</c><00:18:27.299><c> go.</c> 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:33.839 And<00:18:29.220><c> Moses,</c><00:18:29.700><c> of</c><00:18:29.720><c> course,</c><00:18:30.779><c> who</c><00:18:30.980><c> is</c><00:18:32.279><c> becoming</c><00:18:32.619><c> more</c><00:18:33.119><c> awkward</c><00:18:33.539><c> in</c> 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:34.819 this<00:18:34.059><c> conversation,</c> 00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:38.299 in<00:18:34.900><c> verse</c><00:18:35.119><c> 1</c><00:18:35.359><c> of</c><00:18:35.539><c> chapter</c><00:18:35.920><c> 4,</c><00:18:37.519><c> Moses</c><00:18:37.579><c> answered</c><00:18:37.880><c> and</c><00:18:38.079><c> said,</c> 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:44.140 but<00:18:38.539><c> behold,</c><00:18:40.640><c> they</c><00:18:40.779><c> will</c><00:18:41.079><c> not</c><00:18:41.339><c> believe</c><00:18:41.700><c> me</c><00:18:42.579><c> nor</c><00:18:43.539><c> hearken</c><00:18:43.900><c> unto</c> 00:18:44.140 --> 00:18:45.599 my<00:18:44.519><c> voice,</c> 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:50.299 for<00:18:46.039><c> they</c><00:18:47.279><c> will</c><00:18:48.359><c> say,</c><00:18:48.759><c> the</c><00:18:48.880><c> Lord</c><00:18:49.140><c> hath</c><00:18:49.319><c> not</c><00:18:49.640><c> appeared</c><00:18:49.900><c> unto</c><00:18:50.140><c> me.</c> 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:55.220 They<00:18:51.079><c> will</c><00:18:51.599><c> say,</c><00:18:52.539><c> that's</c><00:18:53.500><c> the</c><00:18:54.299><c> people</c><00:18:54.619><c> of</c><00:18:54.819><c> Israel.</c> 00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:57.480 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this</c><00:19:21.119><c> man,</c><00:19:21.380><c> Moses,</c> 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:25.519 with<00:19:22.380><c> particular</c><00:19:22.940><c> signs</c><00:19:23.579><c> that</c><00:19:23.779><c> he's</c><00:19:24.160><c> able</c><00:19:24.420><c> to</c><00:19:24.680><c> do.</c> 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:31.500 He's<00:19:26.200><c> able</c><00:19:26.359><c> to</c><00:19:26.619><c> cast</c><00:19:26.859><c> a</c><00:19:27.480><c> staff</c><00:19:27.759><c> on</c><00:19:28.180><c> the</c><00:19:28.480><c> floor</c><00:19:28.779><c> and</c><00:19:29.380><c> the</c><00:19:29.660><c> rod</c><00:19:29.859><c> becomes</c><00:19:30.420><c> a</c><00:19:31.000><c> serpent.</c> 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:34.460 And<00:19:31.920><c> by</c><00:19:32.099><c> grabbing</c><00:19:32.460><c> its</c><00:19:32.779><c> tail,</c><00:19:33.039><c> it's</c><00:19:33.319><c> able</c><00:19:33.480><c> to</c><00:19:33.759><c> turn</c><00:19:33.920><c> back</c><00:19:34.140><c> into</c> 00:19:34.460 --> 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and</c><00:19:45.900><c> turn</c><00:19:46.220><c> it</c><00:19:46.680><c> unto</c><00:19:47.299><c> blood.</c> 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:50.759 And<00:19:48.200><c> God</c><00:19:48.339><c> says,</c><00:19:48.619><c> I've</c><00:19:48.740><c> given</c><00:19:48.819><c> you</c><00:19:49.019><c> those</c><00:19:49.240><c> signs,</c><00:19:50.200><c> you</c><00:19:50.420><c> can</c><00:19:50.619><c> do</c> 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.559 those<00:19:51.019><c> signs,</c> 00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:55.140 and<00:19:52.539><c> the</c><00:19:52.980><c> people</c><00:19:53.359><c> will</c><00:19:53.940><c> believe.</c> 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:58.819 And<00:19:56.259><c> we</c><00:19:56.420><c> sometimes</c><00:19:56.799><c> overlook</c><00:19:57.319><c> the</c><00:19:57.579><c> fact,</c><00:19:58.079><c> brothers</c><00:19:58.200><c> and</c><00:19:58.460><c> sisters,</c> 00:19:58.819 --> 00:20:03.079 that<00:19:59.259><c> Moses</c><00:20:00.660><c> went</c><00:20:01.160><c> and</c><00:20:01.460><c> he</c><00:20:01.839><c> did</c><00:20:02.119><c> those</c><00:20:02.579><c> signs,</c> 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:07.339 and<00:20:03.440><c> they</c><00:20:03.599><c> were</c><00:20:03.940><c> signs</c><00:20:04.539><c> for</c><00:20:04.920><c> the</c><00:20:05.079><c> people</c><00:20:05.559><c> of</c><00:20:06.119><c> Israel.</c> 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:12.599 And<00:20:08.420><c> when</c><00:20:08.579><c> those</c><00:20:08.819><c> signs</c><00:20:09.099><c> were</c><00:20:09.339><c> done</c><00:20:09.759><c> before</c><00:20:10.640><c> Israel,</c><00:20:12.420><c> they</c> 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.880 did<00:20:12.799><c> believe.</c> 00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:16.539 They<00:20:14.200><c> did</c><00:20:14.539><c> accept</c><00:20:15.039><c> that</c><00:20:15.240><c> this</c><00:20:15.480><c> man</c><00:20:15.660><c> was</c><00:20:15.940><c> sent</c><00:20:16.079><c> from</c><00:20:16.299><c> God.</c> 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:19.160 They<00:20:16.920><c> did</c><00:20:17.319><c> accept</c><00:20:17.859><c> that</c><00:20:18.019><c> it</c><00:20:18.180><c> was</c><00:20:18.359><c> God</c><00:20:18.619><c> at</c><00:20:18.980><c> work.</c> 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:25.119 If<00:20:19.539><c> you</c><00:20:19.559><c> look</c><00:20:19.700><c> towards</c><00:20:20.019><c> the</c><00:20:20.119><c> end</c><00:20:20.299><c> of</c><00:20:20.500><c> chapter</c><00:20:20.839><c> 4,</c><00:20:23.140><c> verse</c><00:20:23.559><c> 29,</c> 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:29.500 Moses<00:20:26.819><c> and</c><00:20:27.099><c> Aaron</c><00:20:27.200><c> went</c><00:20:27.480><c> and</c><00:20:27.720><c> gathered</c><00:20:27.980><c> together</c><00:20:28.400><c> all</c><00:20:28.819><c> the</c><00:20:29.019><c> elders</c><00:20:29.240><c> of</c> 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.599 the<00:20:29.660><c> children</c><00:20:29.900><c> of</c><00:20:30.099><c> Israel,</c> 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:34.500 and<00:20:30.900><c> Aaron</c><00:20:31.279><c> spake</c><00:20:31.980><c> the</c><00:20:32.299><c> words</c><00:20:32.960><c> which</c><00:20:33.640><c> the</c><00:20:33.839><c> Lord</c><00:20:33.980><c> had</c><00:20:34.200><c> spoken</c> 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.279 unto<00:20:34.740><c> Moses,</c> 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:40.799 and<00:20:35.839><c> did</c><00:20:36.200><c> the</c><00:20:36.500><c> signs</c><00:20:37.299><c> in</c><00:20:38.339><c> the</c><00:20:38.500><c> sight</c><00:20:38.619><c> of</c><00:20:38.819><c> the</c><00:20:38.960><c> people,</c><00:20:40.480><c> and</c><00:20:40.640><c> the</c> 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:42.180 people<00:20:41.019><c> believed.</c> 00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:45.559 We<00:20:43.460><c> sometimes</c><00:20:43.880><c> forget</c><00:20:44.359><c> those</c><00:20:44.700><c> verses,</c><00:20:45.119><c> don't</c><00:20:45.400><c> we?</c> 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:49.519 But<00:20:46.319><c> here</c><00:20:46.819><c> is</c><00:20:46.980><c> an</c><00:20:47.259><c> interesting</c><00:20:47.619><c> principle</c><00:20:48.099><c> that's</c><00:20:48.519><c> established</c><00:20:48.900><c> for</c><00:20:49.319><c> us.</c> 00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:51.720 When<00:20:50.079><c> it</c><00:20:50.259><c> comes</c><00:20:50.519><c> to</c><00:20:50.720><c> the</c><00:20:50.859><c> Lord's</c><00:20:51.259><c> salvation,</c> 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:54.660 when<00:20:51.839><c> it</c><00:20:51.940><c> comes</c><00:20:52.279><c> to</c><00:20:52.539><c> the</c><00:20:52.599><c> Lord</c><00:20:52.839><c> bringing</c><00:20:53.180><c> salvation</c><00:20:53.779><c> to</c><00:20:54.019><c> his</c><00:20:54.220><c> people,</c> 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:57.900 he<00:20:55.220><c> is</c><00:20:55.599><c> giving</c><00:20:55.900><c> evidence</c><00:20:56.400><c> and</c><00:20:56.660><c> he</c><00:20:56.839><c> is</c><00:20:57.019><c> giving</c><00:20:57.319><c> signs.</c> 00:20:58.299 --> 00:21:01.640 And<00:20:58.539><c> people</c><00:20:58.700><c> who</c><00:20:58.880><c> are</c><00:20:59.099><c> reading</c><00:20:59.480><c> about</c><00:20:59.920><c> the</c><00:21:00.200><c> Lord</c><00:21:00.440><c> at</c><00:21:00.759><c> work</c> 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:06.359 and<00:21:02.279><c> Aaron</c><00:21:02.759><c> spake</c><00:21:03.259><c> all</c><00:21:03.500><c> the</c><00:21:03.819><c> words,</c><00:21:05.279><c> it</c><00:21:05.460><c> says</c><00:21:05.640><c> first</c><00:21:06.039><c> of</c><00:21:06.220><c> all,</c> 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.500 doesn't<00:21:06.599><c> it,</c> 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:11.480 and<00:21:07.980><c> they</c><00:21:08.200><c> did</c><00:21:08.319><c> the</c><00:21:08.640><c> signs,</c><00:21:08.960><c> well,</c><00:21:09.160><c> the</c><00:21:09.400><c> signs</c><00:21:09.680><c> confirmed</c><00:21:10.180><c> the</c><00:21:10.460><c> words.</c> 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:14.420 And<00:21:11.859><c> the</c><00:21:12.059><c> people</c><00:21:12.279><c> who</c><00:21:12.619><c> heard</c><00:21:12.859><c> the</c><00:21:13.160><c> words</c><00:21:13.480><c> and</c><00:21:13.740><c> knew</c><00:21:13.940><c> about</c><00:21:14.200><c> the</c> 00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.099 word<00:21:14.599><c> of</c><00:21:14.839><c> God</c> 00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:19.420 and<00:21:15.720><c> then</c><00:21:15.980><c> saw</c><00:21:16.220><c> the</c><00:21:16.519><c> signs,</c><00:21:17.599><c> that</c><00:21:17.940><c> helped</c><00:21:18.119><c> them</c><00:21:18.400><c> believe.</c> 00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:23.200 And<00:21:20.380><c> there's</c><00:21:20.640><c> a</c><00:21:20.920><c> principle</c><00:21:21.279><c> established</c><00:21:21.819><c> here</c><00:21:22.099><c> that</c><00:21:22.519><c> signs</c> 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:25.779 will<00:21:24.480><c> convince</c> 00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:31.180 those<00:21:26.740><c> who</c><00:21:27.019><c> have</c><00:21:27.220><c> some</c><00:21:27.519><c> faith</c><00:21:27.880><c> already,</c><00:21:28.440><c> those</c><00:21:28.779><c> who</c><00:21:29.200><c> believe</c><00:21:29.819><c> already.</c> 00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:37.880 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unbelievers</c><00:22:05.019><c> do</c><00:22:05.839><c> not</c><00:22:06.299><c> believe.</c> 00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:12.299 So<00:22:07.640><c> if</c><00:22:07.859><c> you</c><00:22:07.880><c> turn</c><00:22:08.019><c> over</c><00:22:08.220><c> to</c><00:22:08.480><c> chapter</c><00:22:08.660><c> 7,</c><00:22:10.880><c> verse</c><00:22:11.059><c> 11,</c> 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:16.880 here<00:22:13.759><c> is</c><00:22:13.940><c> now</c><00:22:14.140><c> Moses</c><00:22:14.480><c> and</c><00:22:14.859><c> Aaron</c><00:22:15.220><c> appearing</c><00:22:16.079><c> before</c><00:22:16.539><c> Pharaoh,</c> 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:20.480 and<00:22:17.200><c> they're</c><00:22:17.420><c> going</c><00:22:17.539><c> to</c><00:22:17.680><c> do</c><00:22:17.759><c> the</c><00:22:17.940><c> same</c><00:22:18.240><c> signs,</c><00:22:19.839><c> and</c><00:22:20.119><c> we</c><00:22:20.319><c> see</c> 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.140 the<00:22:20.740><c> results.</c> 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:24.740 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00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:36.579 to<00:22:35.380><c> impress</c><00:22:35.839><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:22:36.359><c> isn't</c><00:22:36.480><c> it?</c> 00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:38.480 Well,<00:22:36.700><c> verse</c><00:22:36.940><c> 11,</c><00:22:37.220><c> we</c><00:22:37.380><c> see</c><00:22:37.519><c> it</c><00:22:37.720><c> doesn't.</c> 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:42.140 Because<00:22:38.759><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:39.200><c> also</c><00:22:39.779><c> called</c><00:22:40.079><c> the</c><00:22:40.339><c> wise</c><00:22:40.599><c> men</c><00:22:40.819><c> and</c><00:22:40.980><c> the</c><00:22:41.220><c> sorcerers</c><00:22:41.720><c> and</c> 00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:43.119 the<00:22:42.319><c> magicians</c><00:22:42.640><c> of</c><00:22:42.859><c> Egypt,</c> 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:46.319 they<00:22:43.700><c> also</c><00:22:44.339><c> did</c><00:22:44.539><c> in</c><00:22:44.740><c> like</c><00:22:44.900><c> manner</c><00:22:45.119><c> with</c><00:22:45.359><c> their</c><00:22:45.740><c> enchantments,</c> 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:51.059 for<00:22:46.700><c> they</c><00:22:46.960><c> cast</c><00:22:47.200><c> down</c><00:22:47.460><c> every</c><00:22:47.720><c> man</c><00:22:47.900><c> his</c><00:22:48.180><c> rod,</c><00:22:48.759><c> and</c><00:22:49.000><c> they</c><00:22:49.259><c> became</c><00:22:49.579><c> serpents.</c> 00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:55.500 So<00:22:52.099><c> all</c><00:22:52.400><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:52.720><c> does,</c><00:22:53.160><c> who</c><00:22:53.259><c> is</c><00:22:54.000><c> not</c><00:22:54.319><c> a</c><00:22:54.579><c> believer,</c><00:22:55.059><c> he</c><00:22:55.259><c> does</c> 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:57.980 not<00:22:55.660><c> know</c><00:22:55.900><c> anything</c><00:22:56.240><c> about</c><00:22:56.559><c> the</c><00:22:56.759><c> word</c><00:22:56.900><c> of</c><00:22:57.180><c> God.</c> 00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:01.559 All<00:22:59.039><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:59.339><c> says</c><00:22:59.700><c> is,</c><00:23:00.240><c> well,</c><00:23:00.339><c> I'm</c><00:23:00.539><c> sure</c><00:23:00.680><c> my</c><00:23:00.940><c> magicians</c><00:23:01.359><c> can</c> 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.119 do<00:23:01.720><c> that</c><00:23:01.920><c> trick.</c> 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:04.380 And<00:23:02.299><c> he</c><00:23:02.299><c> calls</c><00:23:02.579><c> them</c><00:23:02.779><c> in,</c><00:23:03.240><c> and</c><00:23:03.240><c> somehow</c><00:23:03.539><c> they</c><00:23:03.799><c> were</c><00:23:03.980><c> to</c><00:23:04.160><c> do</c> 00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:06.160 something<00:23:04.819><c> which</c><00:23:05.160><c> looked</c><00:23:05.420><c> like</c> 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:09.700 this<00:23:06.640><c> miracle</c><00:23:07.160><c> that</c><00:23:07.400><c> Moses</c><00:23:07.740><c> and</c><00:23:08.019><c> Aaron</c><00:23:08.119><c> did,</c><00:23:08.680><c> and</c><00:23:08.880><c> they</c><00:23:09.160><c> performed</c><00:23:09.500><c> the</c> 00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.779 same<00:23:09.839><c> trick.</c> 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:14.599 And<00:23:12.759><c> Pharaoh</c><00:23:12.920><c> said,</c><00:23:13.519><c> why</c><00:23:13.759><c> should</c><00:23:13.920><c> I</c><00:23:14.099><c> believe</c><00:23:14.400><c> you?</c> 00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:22.779 Pharaoh<00:23:15.200><c> was</c><00:23:15.960><c> convinced</c><00:23:17.059><c> in</c><00:23:18.099><c> his</c><00:23:18.619><c> unbelief,</c><00:23:20.039><c> not</c><00:23:20.339><c> in</c><00:23:21.059><c> his</c><00:23:21.700><c> belief.</c> 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:27.140 And<00:23:24.400><c> similarly,</c><00:23:24.960><c> the</c><00:23:25.220><c> episode</c><00:23:25.579><c> goes</c><00:23:25.880><c> on,</c><00:23:26.140><c> and</c><00:23:26.339><c> we</c><00:23:26.440><c> get</c><00:23:26.720><c> water</c> 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:28.960 turned<00:23:27.500><c> into</c><00:23:27.839><c> blood,</c> 00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:32.599 and<00:23:30.140><c> Pharaoh</c><00:23:30.619><c> was</c><00:23:30.859><c> able</c><00:23:31.099><c> to</c><00:23:31.279><c> call</c><00:23:31.500><c> the</c><00:23:31.700><c> magicians,</c><00:23:32.420><c> and</c><00:23:32.440><c> they</c> 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.500 did<00:23:32.819><c> a</c><00:23:32.960><c> similar</c><00:23:33.220><c> thing.</c> 00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:38.140 That's<00:23:33.859><c> down</c><00:23:34.019><c> in</c><00:23:34.180><c> verse</c><00:23:34.420><c> 20</c><00:23:34.880><c> and</c><00:23:35.079><c> 21</c><00:23:35.839><c> of</c><00:23:36.720><c> this</c><00:23:37.119><c> chapter.</c> 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:40.700 The<00:23:38.359><c> magicians</c><00:23:38.960><c> did</c><00:23:39.200><c> the</c><00:23:39.619><c> same.</c> 00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:45.740 Notice<00:23:41.400><c> they</c><00:23:41.640><c> couldn't</c><00:23:42.079><c> turn</c><00:23:42.779><c> Moses'</c><00:23:44.799><c> water</c><00:23:45.119><c> that</c><00:23:45.299><c> had</c><00:23:45.579><c> gone</c> 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.099 into<00:23:45.960><c> blood,</c> 00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:48.619 they<00:23:46.299><c> couldn't</c><00:23:46.700><c> convert</c><00:23:47.019><c> that</c><00:23:47.400><c> blood</c><00:23:47.640><c> back</c><00:23:47.920><c> into</c><00:23:48.220><c> water,</c> 00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:51.539 but<00:23:48.880><c> they</c><00:23:49.039><c> were</c><00:23:49.279><c> able</c><00:23:49.460><c> to</c><00:23:49.619><c> do</c><00:23:49.720><c> a</c><00:23:49.980><c> water</c><00:23:50.299><c> into</c><00:23:50.619><c> blood</c><00:23:51.059><c> trick,</c> 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:53.319 which<00:23:51.880><c> convinced</c><00:23:52.319><c> Pharaoh.</c> 00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:56.380 And<00:23:54.220><c> as</c><00:23:54.400><c> the</c><00:23:54.599><c> plagues</c><00:23:54.819><c> go</c><00:23:55.099><c> on,</c><00:23:55.420><c> eventually,</c><00:23:55.839><c> of</c><00:23:56.019><c> course,</c><00:23:56.240><c> the</c> 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:57.359 magicians<00:23:56.640><c> get</c><00:23:56.839><c> to</c><00:23:56.980><c> a</c><00:23:57.180><c> stage</c> 00:23:57.359 --> 00:24:00.619 where<00:23:57.539><c> they</c><00:23:57.779><c> could</c><00:23:58.039><c> not</c><00:23:58.359><c> do</c><00:23:58.599><c> it,</c><00:23:59.579><c> and</c><00:23:59.759><c> they</c><00:24:00.000><c> declared</c><00:24:00.400><c> as</c> 00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.079 much,<00:24:00.779><c> didn't</c><00:24:00.940><c> they,</c> 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:06.000 in<00:24:01.240><c> chapter</c><00:24:01.539><c> eight,</c><00:24:01.839><c> when</c><00:24:01.960><c> they</c><00:24:02.119><c> were</c><00:24:02.339><c> faced</c><00:24:02.599><c> with</c><00:24:02.940><c> the</c><00:24:03.579><c> plague</c><00:24:03.900><c> of</c><00:24:04.299><c> lice.</c> 00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:11.200 Verse<00:24:07.700><c> 18,</c><00:24:08.519><c> the</c><00:24:08.660><c> magicians</c><00:24:09.099><c> did</c><00:24:09.319><c> so</c><00:24:09.539><c> with</c><00:24:09.740><c> their</c><00:24:10.119><c> enchantments</c><00:24:10.680><c> to</c><00:24:10.920><c> bring</c> 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.039 forth<00:24:11.619><c> lice,</c> 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:13.920 but<00:24:12.220><c> they</c><00:24:12.579><c> could</c><00:24:12.799><c> not.</c> 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:16.519 Verse<00:24:14.240><c> 19,</c><00:24:14.720><c> then</c><00:24:14.839><c> the</c><00:24:15.039><c> magician</c><00:24:15.359><c> said</c><00:24:15.599><c> to</c><00:24:15.900><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:24:16.119><c> this</c><00:24:16.279><c> is</c> 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.759 the<00:24:16.619><c> finger</c><00:24:16.799><c> of</c><00:24:17.000><c> God.</c> 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:21.859 Here<00:24:18.599><c> are</c><00:24:18.779><c> his</c><00:24:18.920><c> own</c><00:24:19.359><c> magicians</c><00:24:20.000><c> here</c><00:24:20.660><c> speaking</c><00:24:21.200><c> to</c><00:24:21.460><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:24:21.619><c> saying,</c> 00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:25.559 this<00:24:22.099><c> is</c><00:24:22.319><c> the</c><00:24:22.500><c> finger</c><00:24:22.759><c> of</c><00:24:23.000><c> God,</c><00:24:23.640><c> and</c><00:24:23.880><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:24:24.400><c> heart</c><00:24:24.700><c> was</c><00:24:25.160><c> hardened,</c> 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:27.599 and<00:24:25.779><c> he</c><00:24:25.920><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:26.279><c> listen</c><00:24:26.619><c> unto</c><00:24:26.839><c> them.</c> 00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:32.019 So<00:24:29.319><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:24:29.940><c> seeing</c><00:24:30.319><c> all</c><00:24:30.680><c> these</c><00:24:30.920><c> signs,</c><00:24:31.400><c> was</c><00:24:31.539><c> just</c><00:24:31.740><c> becoming</c> 00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:34.019 more<00:24:32.460><c> and</c><00:24:32.599><c> more</c><00:24:32.900><c> convinced</c> 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:37.680 that<00:24:34.839><c> he</c><00:24:35.039><c> was</c><00:24:35.279><c> right</c><00:24:35.519><c> and</c><00:24:35.660><c> that</c><00:24:35.799><c> he</c><00:24:35.960><c> shouldn't</c><00:24:36.220><c> listen</c><00:24:36.480><c> to</c><00:24:36.700><c> Moses,</c> 00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:40.539 even<00:24:38.240><c> when</c><00:24:38.539><c> magicians</c><00:24:39.039><c> were</c><00:24:39.259><c> saying,</c><00:24:39.500><c> we</c><00:24:39.720><c> can't</c><00:24:40.059><c> do</c><00:24:40.299><c> this.</c> 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:43.220 This<00:24:41.000><c> is</c><00:24:41.240><c> a</c><00:24:41.380><c> greater</c><00:24:41.599><c> power</c><00:24:42.319><c> than</c><00:24:43.019><c> us.</c> 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:47.220 So<00:24:43.559><c> there's</c><00:24:43.740><c> a</c><00:24:43.920><c> powerful</c><00:24:44.299><c> principle</c><00:24:44.880><c> here</c><00:24:45.660><c> regarding</c><00:24:46.460><c> salvation,</c> 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:52.220 that<00:24:47.500><c> signs</c><00:24:48.319><c> will</c><00:24:49.740><c> convince</c><00:24:50.200><c> those</c><00:24:50.539><c> who</c><00:24:50.759><c> believe</c><00:24:51.000><c> already,</c> 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:56.339 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privileged</c><00:25:07.480><c> position</c> 00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:11.900 to<00:25:08.539><c> open</c><00:25:08.880><c> our</c><00:25:09.220><c> scriptures,</c><00:25:10.339><c> to</c><00:25:10.559><c> read</c><00:25:10.779><c> about</c><00:25:11.079><c> God's</c><00:25:11.559><c> plan,</c> 00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:15.259 to<00:25:12.480><c> read</c><00:25:12.700><c> about</c><00:25:13.019><c> events</c><00:25:13.359><c> that</c><00:25:13.680><c> are</c><00:25:13.940><c> coming</c><00:25:14.160><c> to</c><00:25:14.420><c> pass</c><00:25:14.599><c> on</c><00:25:14.859><c> the</c><00:25:15.059><c> earth,</c> 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:19.500 and<00:25:15.460><c> we</c><00:25:15.579><c> can</c><00:25:16.019><c> see</c><00:25:16.440><c> wondrous</c><00:25:17.180><c> things</c><00:25:17.599><c> happening</c><00:25:18.279><c> because</c><00:25:19.059><c> our</c> 00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:21.059 God<00:25:19.700><c> is</c><00:25:19.900><c> at</c><00:25:20.140><c> work.</c> 00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:26.400 And<00:25:21.380><c> lots</c><00:25:22.019><c> of</c><00:25:22.220><c> other</c><00:25:22.420><c> people</c><00:25:22.859><c> see</c><00:25:23.160><c> these</c><00:25:23.559><c> things</c><00:25:23.900><c> and</c><00:25:24.279><c> are</c> 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.460 explaining<00:25:26.900><c> them</c><00:25:27.220><c> away</c> 00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:31.519 as<00:25:27.799><c> political</c><00:25:28.319><c> decisions,</c><00:25:29.599><c> government's</c><00:25:30.480><c> decisions,</c> 00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.140 natural<00:25:32.599><c> events,</c> 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:36.200 whatever<00:25:33.599><c> it</c><00:25:33.839><c> might</c><00:25:33.980><c> be,</c><00:25:34.259><c> and</c><00:25:34.460><c> we're</c><00:25:34.740><c> privileged</c><00:25:35.220><c> to</c><00:25:35.480><c> see</c><00:25:35.640><c> that</c><00:25:35.960><c> our</c> 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:38.279 God<00:25:36.519><c> is</c><00:25:37.160><c> at</c><00:25:37.440><c> work.</c> 00:25:38.920 --> 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will.</c> 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:57.619 And<00:25:53.059><c> the</c><00:25:53.220><c> Lord</c><00:25:53.420><c> is</c><00:25:53.640><c> at</c><00:25:53.880><c> work,</c><00:25:54.519><c> and</c><00:25:54.680><c> his</c><00:25:54.940><c> people</c><00:25:56.079><c> believed.</c> 00:25:57.839 --> 00:26:00.200 His<00:25:58.200><c> people</c><00:25:58.900><c> believed.</c> 00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:04.099 Turn<00:26:01.359><c> over</c><00:26:01.519><c> with</c><00:26:01.599><c> me</c><00:26:01.759><c> to</c><00:26:01.819><c> Numbers</c><00:26:02.079><c> chapter</c><00:26:02.440><c> 6,</c><00:26:02.859><c> please,</c><00:26:03.240><c> now.</c> 00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:10.160 We<00:26:04.500><c> read</c><00:26:04.640><c> this</c><00:26:04.880><c> recently,</c><00:26:05.480><c> didn't</c><00:26:05.480><c> we,</c><00:26:06.740><c> with</c><00:26:07.140><c> the</c><00:26:07.339><c> vow</c><00:26:07.700><c> of</c><00:26:08.359><c> the</c><00:26:08.640><c> Nazarite.</c> 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:19.240 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Numbers</c><00:26:30.119><c> chapter</c><00:26:30.640><c> 6,</c><00:26:31.819><c> verse</c><00:26:32.099><c> 1.</c> 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:37.220 The<00:26:33.859><c> Lord</c><00:26:34.079><c> spake</c><00:26:34.319><c> unto</c><00:26:34.519><c> Moses,</c><00:26:35.140><c> saying,</c><00:26:35.559><c> Speak</c><00:26:35.720><c> unto</c><00:26:36.019><c> the</c><00:26:36.279><c> children</c><00:26:36.619><c> of</c><00:26:36.839><c> Israel,</c> 00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:41.079 and<00:26:37.220><c> say</c><00:26:37.539><c> unto</c><00:26:37.799><c> them,</c><00:26:38.700><c> When</c><00:26:38.859><c> either</c><00:26:39.279><c> a</c><00:26:39.579><c> man</c><00:26:39.839><c> or</c><00:26:40.119><c> woman</c><00:26:40.519><c> shall</c> 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.700 separate<00:26:41.740><c> themselves</c> 00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:45.980 to<00:26:43.160><c> vow</c><00:26:43.500><c> a</c><00:26:43.740><c> vow</c><00:26:43.960><c> of</c><00:26:44.180><c> a</c><00:26:44.339><c> Nazarite,</c><00:26:44.980><c> to</c><00:26:45.119><c> separate</c><00:26:45.500><c> themselves</c> 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.839 unto<00:26:46.240><c> the</c><00:26:46.519><c> Lord,</c> 00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:51.400 he<00:26:47.460><c> shall</c><00:26:47.700><c> separate</c><00:26:48.180><c> himself</c><00:26:48.680><c> from</c><00:26:49.319><c> wine</c><00:26:49.799><c> and</c><00:26:50.539><c> strong</c><00:26:50.900><c> drink,</c> 00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:53.299 et<00:26:52.220><c> cetera.</c> 00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:57.440 And<00:26:54.940><c> it's</c><00:26:55.180><c> that</c><00:26:55.380><c> first</c><00:26:55.779><c> word,</c><00:26:57.079><c> separate.</c> 00:26:57.539 --> 00:27:02.240 When<00:26:57.740><c> either</c><00:26:58.059><c> a</c><00:26:58.220><c> man</c><00:26:58.339><c> or</c><00:26:58.579><c> woman</c><00:26:58.880><c> shall</c><00:26:59.420><c> separate</c><00:27:00.700><c> themselves,</c> 00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:08.420 that's<00:27:03.980><c> the</c><00:27:04.299><c> word</c><00:27:04.799><c> hard</c><00:27:06.039><c> thing</c><00:27:06.579><c> that</c><00:27:06.940><c> we</c><00:27:07.099><c> read</c><00:27:07.299><c> of</c><00:27:07.480><c> in</c><00:27:08.059><c> Genesis</c> 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.980 chapter<00:27:08.799><c> 18.</c> 00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:14.980 The<00:27:10.960><c> wonderful</c><00:27:11.819><c> thing</c><00:27:12.599><c> which</c><00:27:13.019><c> God</c><00:27:13.279><c> is</c><00:27:13.539><c> going</c><00:27:13.680><c> to</c><00:27:13.960><c> do</c><00:27:14.279><c> in</c><00:27:14.759><c> the</c> 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.400 provision<00:27:15.299><c> of</c><00:27:15.519><c> the</c><00:27:15.759><c> promised</c><00:27:16.000><c> seed,</c> 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:20.000 the<00:27:17.099><c> wonders</c><00:27:17.579><c> that</c><00:27:17.819><c> he's</c><00:27:18.059><c> going</c><00:27:18.279><c> to</c><00:27:18.480><c> do</c><00:27:18.559><c> with</c><00:27:18.759><c> his</c><00:27:18.980><c> people,</c><00:27:19.599><c> Israel,</c> 00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:23.500 so<00:27:20.259><c> that</c><00:27:20.359><c> they</c><00:27:20.500><c> are</c><00:27:20.819><c> saved</c><00:27:21.119><c> out</c><00:27:21.460><c> of</c><00:27:21.599><c> Egypt,</c><00:27:21.819><c> this</c><00:27:22.140><c> wonderful</c><00:27:22.680><c> thing.</c> 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:30.099 God<00:27:24.160><c> is</c><00:27:24.440><c> saying</c><00:27:24.720><c> to</c><00:27:25.839><c> men</c><00:27:26.319><c> and</c><00:27:27.059><c> women,</c><00:27:28.079><c> ordinary</c><00:27:28.640><c> men</c><00:27:28.940><c> and</c><00:27:29.140><c> women,</c> 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:33.599 you<00:27:31.200><c> can</c><00:27:31.380><c> be</c><00:27:31.559><c> part</c><00:27:31.799><c> of</c><00:27:31.920><c> this</c><00:27:32.119><c> wonderful</c><00:27:32.579><c> thing.</c> 00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:39.039 This<00:27:34.900><c> vow</c><00:27:35.319><c> of</c><00:27:35.599><c> the</c><00:27:35.839><c> Nazarite</c><00:27:36.819><c> is</c><00:27:38.180><c> for</c><00:27:38.440><c> everybody.</c> 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:42.299 It's<00:27:39.500><c> not</c><00:27:39.640><c> just</c><00:27:39.960><c> for</c><00:27:40.279><c> priests,</c><00:27:40.859><c> it's</c><00:27:40.940><c> not</c><00:27:41.160><c> just</c><00:27:41.359><c> for</c><00:27:41.579><c> people</c><00:27:41.880><c> of</c><00:27:42.059><c> a</c> 00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.039 particular<00:27:42.720><c> tribe,</c> 00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:45.339 it's<00:27:43.259><c> not</c><00:27:43.460><c> just</c><00:27:43.599><c> for</c><00:27:43.799><c> people</c><00:27:44.099><c> of</c><00:27:44.319><c> a</c><00:27:44.539><c> particular</c><00:27:44.940><c> age.</c> 00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:49.819 This<00:27:46.000><c> is</c><00:27:46.299><c> for</c><00:27:46.539><c> a</c><00:27:46.680><c> man</c><00:27:46.799><c> or</c><00:27:47.000><c> a</c><00:27:47.140><c> woman</c><00:27:47.519><c> who</c><00:27:48.160><c> wants</c><00:27:48.440><c> to</c><00:27:48.680><c> do</c><00:27:48.859><c> this.</c> 00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:55.240 And<00:27:50.779><c> the</c><00:27:51.299><c> nice</c><00:27:51.559><c> thing</c><00:27:51.779><c> about</c><00:27:52.119><c> the</c><00:27:52.859><c> law</c><00:27:53.180><c> of</c><00:27:53.559><c> the</c><00:27:53.819><c> Nazarite</c> 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:59.779 is<00:27:55.980><c> that</c><00:27:56.339><c> it's</c><00:27:56.819><c> not</c><00:27:57.039><c> a</c><00:27:57.299><c> particular</c><00:27:57.900><c> challenging</c><00:27:58.519><c> law,</c><00:27:59.200><c> is</c><00:27:59.339><c> it?</c> 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:02.019 When<00:28:00.279><c> you</c><00:28:00.500><c> think</c><00:28:00.700><c> about</c><00:28:00.980><c> the</c><00:28:01.160><c> things</c><00:28:01.319><c> they</c><00:28:01.539><c> had</c><00:28:01.720><c> to</c><00:28:01.920><c> do,</c> 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:06.039 they<00:28:02.799><c> couldn't</c><00:28:03.059><c> bring</c><00:28:03.299><c> a</c><00:28:03.500><c> razor</c><00:28:03.799><c> to</c><00:28:04.160><c> their</c><00:28:04.400><c> head,</c><00:28:05.059><c> they</c><00:28:05.440><c> couldn't</c><00:28:05.799><c> touch</c> 00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.859 a<00:28:06.200><c> dead</c><00:28:06.380><c> body,</c> 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:10.299 and<00:28:07.539><c> they</c><00:28:07.700><c> had</c><00:28:07.880><c> to</c><00:28:08.039><c> keep</c><00:28:08.240><c> away</c><00:28:08.500><c> from</c><00:28:08.920><c> strong</c><00:28:09.279><c> drink.</c> 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:15.039 So<00:28:12.240><c> anybody,</c><00:28:12.980><c> anybody</c><00:28:13.519><c> would</c><00:28:13.759><c> be</c><00:28:13.940><c> able</c><00:28:14.099><c> to</c><00:28:14.319><c> do</c><00:28:14.500><c> those</c><00:28:14.759><c> things,</c> 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.500 wouldn't<00:28:15.299><c> they?</c> 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:17.920 And<00:28:15.720><c> it</c><00:28:16.000><c> didn't</c><00:28:16.220><c> have</c><00:28:16.420><c> to</c><00:28:16.539><c> be</c><00:28:16.740><c> forever,</c><00:28:17.160><c> it</c><00:28:17.259><c> could</c><00:28:17.420><c> be</c><00:28:17.539><c> for</c><00:28:17.740><c> a</c> 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:19.740 defined<00:28:18.619><c> period,</c> 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:22.380 that<00:28:20.019><c> criteria</c><00:28:20.640><c> could</c><00:28:20.920><c> be</c><00:28:21.160><c> observed.</c> 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:26.619 So<00:28:22.859><c> all</c><00:28:23.119><c> of</c><00:28:23.319><c> a</c><00:28:23.440><c> sudden,</c><00:28:24.779><c> tucked</c><00:28:24.880><c> away</c><00:28:25.279><c> in</c><00:28:25.440><c> the</c><00:28:25.599><c> Mosaic</c><00:28:26.119><c> law,</c> 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:29.480 is<00:28:27.099><c> a</c><00:28:27.279><c> little</c><00:28:27.460><c> offer</c><00:28:27.700><c> from</c><00:28:28.000><c> God</c><00:28:28.240><c> saying,</c><00:28:28.559><c> I'm</c><00:28:28.980><c> doing</c><00:28:29.180><c> this</c> 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.279 wonderful<00:28:30.000><c> thing,</c> 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:33.539 I'm<00:28:30.619><c> doing</c><00:28:30.740><c> this</c><00:28:31.039><c> hard</c><00:28:31.400><c> thing</c><00:28:31.740><c> to</c><00:28:31.940><c> bring</c><00:28:32.119><c> salvation</c><00:28:32.740><c> to</c><00:28:32.960><c> my</c><00:28:33.160><c> people.</c> 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:39.359 And<00:28:34.019><c> if</c><00:28:34.619><c> any</c><00:28:34.960><c> man</c><00:28:35.119><c> or</c><00:28:35.299><c> woman</c><00:28:36.279><c> wants</c><00:28:36.819><c> to</c><00:28:37.039><c> be</c><00:28:37.299><c> involved,</c><00:28:39.319><c> well,</c> 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.500 then<00:28:39.500><c> they</c><00:28:39.720><c> can.</c> 00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:45.339 And<00:28:41.440><c> I'm</c><00:28:42.059><c> not</c><00:28:42.220><c> going</c><00:28:42.339><c> to</c><00:28:42.579><c> set</c><00:28:42.819><c> onerous</c><00:28:43.539><c> criteria</c><00:28:44.240><c> here.</c> 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:49.000 These<00:28:45.940><c> are</c><00:28:46.259><c> the</c><00:28:46.500><c> things</c><00:28:46.940><c> that</c><00:28:47.460><c> can</c><00:28:47.799><c> be</c><00:28:48.140><c> done,</c> 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:53.859 that<00:28:49.480><c> should</c><00:28:49.740><c> be</c><00:28:50.000><c> done</c><00:28:50.160><c> if</c><00:28:50.440><c> you</c><00:28:50.700><c> want</c><00:28:50.880><c> to</c><00:28:51.160><c> be</c><00:28:51.680><c> part</c><00:28:52.200><c> of</c><00:28:53.079><c> that.</c> 00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:57.400 We<00:28:55.240><c> need</c><00:28:55.460><c> to</c><00:28:55.599><c> go</c><00:28:55.720><c> to</c><00:28:55.900><c> Samson,</c><00:28:56.480><c> don't</c><00:28:56.539><c> we?</c> 00:28:57.640 --> 00:29:00.380 Can<00:28:57.819><c> we</c><00:28:57.920><c> move</c><00:28:58.039><c> into</c><00:28:58.160><c> Judges</c><00:28:58.539><c> Chapter</c><00:28:58.859><c> 13,</c><00:28:59.579><c> please?</c> 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:06.799 Perhaps<00:29:02.380><c> the</c><00:29:02.519><c> most</c><00:29:02.819><c> famous</c><00:29:03.200><c> Nazarite</c><00:29:03.799><c> of</c><00:29:05.059><c> the</c><00:29:05.259><c> Old</c><00:29:05.579><c> Testament,</c> 00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:13.359 and<00:29:08.000><c> we</c><00:29:08.279><c> see</c><00:29:08.880><c> him</c><00:29:09.240><c> here,</c><00:29:11.339><c> God</c><00:29:11.480><c> at</c><00:29:11.700><c> work</c><00:29:11.980><c> doing</c><00:29:12.299><c> wonderful</c><00:29:12.940><c> things,</c> 00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:19.240 and<00:29:13.759><c> Samson,</c><00:29:14.299><c> if</c><00:29:14.660><c> he</c><00:29:15.039><c> wanted,</c><00:29:16.319><c> could</c><00:29:16.680><c> be</c><00:29:17.000><c> part</c><00:29:17.339><c> of</c><00:29:17.559><c> this</c><00:29:17.920><c> wonderful</c><00:29:18.519><c> thing</c> 00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:22.140 that<00:29:20.079><c> was</c><00:29:20.680><c> going</c><00:29:21.019><c> on.</c> 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:34.140 It<00:29:28.240><c> begins,</c><00:29:28.799><c> doesn't</c><00:29:29.119><c> it,</c><00:29:29.460><c> with</c><00:29:30.559><c> an</c><00:29:31.099><c> angel</c><00:29:31.700><c> doing</c><00:29:32.839><c> wondrously</c> 00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:37.579 the<00:29:34.759><c> hard</c><00:29:35.180><c> thing,</c><00:29:35.619><c> the</c><00:29:35.839><c> impossible</c><00:29:36.400><c> thing,</c><00:29:36.900><c> the</c><00:29:37.019><c> same</c><00:29:37.299><c> word</c> 00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.160 coming<00:29:37.880><c> up.</c> 00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:42.099 Judges<00:29:38.579><c> 13,</c><00:29:39.420><c> verse</c><00:29:40.400><c> 19.</c> 00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:46.819 So<00:29:43.599><c> Manoah</c><00:29:44.079><c> took</c><00:29:44.359><c> a</c><00:29:44.700><c> kid</c><00:29:44.980><c> with</c><00:29:45.539><c> a</c><00:29:45.779><c> meat</c><00:29:46.019><c> offering</c><00:29:46.359><c> and</c><00:29:46.660><c> offered</c> 00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:48.259 it<00:29:47.019><c> upon</c><00:29:47.200><c> a</c><00:29:47.420><c> rock</c><00:29:47.619><c> unto</c><00:29:47.819><c> the</c><00:29:48.079><c> Lord,</c> 00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:51.279 and<00:29:48.440><c> the</c><00:29:48.740><c> angel</c><00:29:49.279><c> did</c><00:29:49.900><c> wondrously.</c> 00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:54.819 Here<00:29:51.880><c> is</c><00:29:52.099><c> the</c><00:29:52.359><c> wonderful</c><00:29:52.880><c> thing</c><00:29:53.240><c> again,</c><00:29:53.619><c> the</c><00:29:53.839><c> impossible</c><00:29:54.380><c> thing,</c> 00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:59.440 and<00:29:55.740><c> Manoah</c><00:29:56.140><c> and</c><00:29:56.440><c> his</c><00:29:56.799><c> wife</c><00:29:57.339><c> looked</c><00:29:58.200><c> on.</c> 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:04.720 And<00:30:00.299><c> of</c><00:30:00.500><c> course</c><00:30:00.740><c> the</c><00:30:01.660><c> wonderful</c><00:30:02.119><c> thing</c><00:30:02.740><c> in</c><00:30:03.460><c> this</c><00:30:03.640><c> particular</c><00:30:04.200><c> occasion</c> 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:08.160 was<00:30:05.079><c> the</c><00:30:05.680><c> meal</c><00:30:05.940><c> being</c><00:30:06.279><c> burned</c><00:30:06.640><c> and</c><00:30:06.880><c> the</c><00:30:07.059><c> flame</c><00:30:07.279><c> coming,</c> 00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:11.740 and<00:30:09.819><c> burning</c><00:30:10.079><c> up</c><00:30:10.339><c> everything</c><00:30:10.700><c> that</c><00:30:11.220><c> was</c><00:30:11.440><c> there</c> 00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:14.480 and<00:30:12.099><c> revealing</c><00:30:12.579><c> to</c><00:30:12.839><c> the</c><00:30:13.019><c> people</c><00:30:13.279><c> that</c><00:30:13.460><c> it</c><00:30:13.579><c> was</c><00:30:13.759><c> an</c><00:30:13.980><c> angel</c><00:30:14.279><c> that</c> 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:16.539 they<00:30:14.700><c> were</c><00:30:14.940><c> talking</c><00:30:15.460><c> with,</c> 00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:19.500 but<00:30:17.400><c> it's</c><00:30:17.619><c> still</c><00:30:17.740><c> going</c><00:30:17.859><c> to</c><00:30:17.960><c> have</c><00:30:18.079><c> the</c><00:30:18.279><c> same</c><00:30:18.480><c> results,</c> 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:23.559 the<00:30:20.279><c> provision</c><00:30:20.740><c> of</c><00:30:21.500><c> the</c><00:30:21.880><c> promised</c><00:30:22.380><c> seed.</c> 00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:31.200 This<00:30:24.440><c> woman,</c><00:30:24.960><c> verse</c><00:30:25.359><c> 24,</c><00:30:26.640><c> bare</c><00:30:27.079><c> a</c><00:30:27.400><c> son</c><00:30:27.680><c> and</c><00:30:29.019><c> called</c><00:30:29.259><c> his</c><00:30:29.519><c> name</c><00:30:29.880><c> Samson.</c> 00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:36.380 Here<00:30:31.680><c> is</c><00:30:32.819><c> a</c><00:30:32.880><c> couple</c><00:30:33.240><c> who</c><00:30:33.500><c> have</c><00:30:33.680><c> been</c><00:30:34.160><c> waiting</c><00:30:34.900><c> for</c><00:30:35.880><c> a</c><00:30:36.200><c> son.</c> 00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:40.119 They<00:30:36.660><c> were</c><00:30:36.920><c> getting</c><00:30:37.279><c> old,</c><00:30:37.799><c> they</c><00:30:37.960><c> were</c><00:30:38.640><c> becoming</c><00:30:39.079><c> aged</c><00:30:39.440><c> people,</c> 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.880 and<00:30:40.420><c> a</c><00:30:40.700><c> son</c><00:30:40.859><c> had</c><00:30:41.140><c> not</c><00:30:41.460><c> arrived,</c> 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:44.240 and<00:30:42.079><c> all</c><00:30:42.200><c> of</c><00:30:42.380><c> a</c><00:30:42.420><c> sudden</c><00:30:42.539><c> an</c><00:30:42.799><c> angel</c><00:30:43.000><c> is</c><00:30:43.200><c> talking</c><00:30:43.480><c> with</c><00:30:43.720><c> them</c><00:30:43.940><c> saying,</c> 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:47.980 you<00:30:44.839><c> will</c><00:30:45.240><c> bear</c><00:30:45.599><c> and</c><00:30:46.059><c> this</c><00:30:46.380><c> son</c><00:30:46.559><c> will</c><00:30:46.779><c> be</c><00:30:47.059><c> special.</c> 00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:51.599 And<00:30:48.900><c> you</c><00:30:49.380><c> will</c><00:30:49.619><c> know</c><00:30:49.779><c> that</c><00:30:49.980><c> we</c><00:30:50.059><c> can</c><00:30:50.740><c> look</c><00:30:50.960><c> at</c><00:30:51.099><c> that</c><00:30:51.339><c> phrase</c> 00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:54.819 about<00:30:51.880><c> the</c><00:30:52.099><c> child</c><00:30:52.539><c> growing</c><00:30:52.980><c> and</c><00:30:53.220><c> the</c><00:30:53.420><c> Lord</c><00:30:53.779><c> blessing</c><00:30:54.380><c> him,</c> 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:58.660 in<00:30:55.359><c> verse</c><00:30:55.559><c> 25,</c><00:30:56.180><c> which</c><00:30:56.319><c> is</c><00:30:56.440><c> going</c><00:30:56.579><c> to</c><00:30:56.700><c> put</c><00:30:57.519><c> Samson</c><00:30:58.039><c> in</c><00:30:58.380><c> quite</c> 00:30:58.660 --> 00:31:00.400 exalted<00:30:59.420><c> company,</c><00:31:00.039><c> isn't</c><00:31:00.259><c> it?</c> 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:03.660 There<00:31:00.599><c> aren't</c><00:31:00.720><c> many</c><00:31:01.019><c> individuals</c><00:31:01.660><c> who</c><00:31:02.400><c> get</c><00:31:02.539><c> that</c><00:31:02.839><c> kind</c><00:31:03.019><c> of</c><00:31:03.259><c> description</c> 00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:05.559 and<00:31:04.180><c> you</c><00:31:04.440><c> will</c><00:31:04.680><c> know</c><00:31:04.819><c> who</c><00:31:05.059><c> they</c><00:31:05.259><c> are.</c> 00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:07.759 And<00:31:06.180><c> Samson</c><00:31:06.420><c> is</c><00:31:06.599><c> one</c><00:31:06.759><c> of</c><00:31:06.940><c> them.</c> 00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:11.319 And<00:31:08.920><c> here</c><00:31:09.079><c> is</c><00:31:10.119><c> a</c><00:31:10.420><c> Nazarite.</c> 00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:13.460 He's<00:31:11.900><c> going</c><00:31:12.000><c> to</c><00:31:12.200><c> be</c><00:31:12.339><c> a</c><00:31:12.500><c> Nazarite.</c> 00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:16.599 He's<00:31:14.019><c> going</c><00:31:14.200><c> to</c><00:31:14.359><c> be</c><00:31:14.579><c> part</c><00:31:14.940><c> of</c><00:31:15.200><c> the</c><00:31:15.539><c> special</c><00:31:16.039><c> work</c> 00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:21.380 as<00:31:17.059><c> God</c><00:31:17.380><c> brings</c><00:31:17.880><c> about</c><00:31:18.420><c> salvation</c><00:31:19.160><c> to</c><00:31:19.660><c> his</c><00:31:20.019><c> people.</c> 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:27.220 The<00:31:23.140><c> odd</c><00:31:23.619><c> thing</c><00:31:24.059><c> about</c><00:31:24.460><c> all</c><00:31:24.859><c> this</c><00:31:25.240><c> is</c><00:31:26.380><c> that</c><00:31:26.660><c> Samson</c><00:31:26.960><c> didn't</c> 00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:29.299 really<00:31:27.559><c> want</c><00:31:27.799><c> it.</c> 00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:32.119 It<00:31:30.200><c> was</c><00:31:30.400><c> kind</c><00:31:30.579><c> of</c><00:31:30.839><c> imposed</c><00:31:31.319><c> on</c><00:31:31.539><c> him,</c><00:31:31.839><c> wasn't</c><00:31:32.000><c> it?</c> 00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:34.599 His<00:31:32.480><c> parents</c><00:31:32.880><c> had</c><00:31:33.180><c> made</c><00:31:33.380><c> the</c><00:31:33.640><c> vow</c> 00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:38.619 and<00:31:35.720><c> God</c><00:31:36.079><c> was</c><00:31:36.299><c> going</c><00:31:36.460><c> to</c><00:31:36.779><c> work</c><00:31:37.059><c> with</c><00:31:37.400><c> Samson,</c> 00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:41.420 but<00:31:39.200><c> Samson</c><00:31:39.619><c> didn't</c><00:31:39.960><c> want</c><00:31:40.240><c> it.</c> 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:45.640 And<00:31:42.839><c> the</c><00:31:43.019><c> spirit</c><00:31:43.299><c> of</c><00:31:43.519><c> the</c><00:31:43.619><c> Lord</c><00:31:43.799><c> came</c><00:31:44.059><c> upon</c><00:31:44.440><c> Samson.</c> 00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:49.559 It's<00:31:46.099><c> there</c><00:31:46.420><c> in</c><00:31:47.380><c> the</c><00:31:47.519><c> end</c><00:31:47.700><c> of</c><00:31:47.880><c> chapter</c><00:31:48.099><c> 13,</c><00:31:48.720><c> isn't</c><00:31:48.980><c> it?</c> 00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:52.019 The<00:31:50.200><c> spirit</c><00:31:50.400><c> of</c><00:31:50.579><c> the</c><00:31:50.700><c> Lord</c><00:31:50.839><c> came</c><00:31:51.119><c> upon</c><00:31:51.420><c> Samson</c> 00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:55.140 and<00:31:52.480><c> he</c><00:31:52.740><c> was</c><00:31:53.000><c> able</c><00:31:53.220><c> to</c><00:31:53.460><c> do</c><00:31:53.720><c> mighty</c><00:31:54.140><c> things.</c> 00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:57.940 Nothing<00:31:56.000><c> to</c><00:31:56.319><c> do</c><00:31:56.480><c> with</c><00:31:56.819><c> long</c><00:31:57.099><c> hair,</c><00:31:57.740><c> this.</c> 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.740 Of<00:31:58.180><c> course</c><00:31:58.319><c> it</c><00:31:58.519><c> isn't.</c> 00:31:58.839 --> 00:32:01.720 His<00:31:59.140><c> physical</c><00:31:59.680><c> strength</c><00:32:00.180><c> did</c><00:32:00.460><c> not</c><00:32:00.759><c> come</c><00:32:00.940><c> from</c><00:32:01.160><c> the</c><00:32:01.380><c> fact</c><00:32:01.539><c> he</c> 00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:03.339 didn't<00:32:01.980><c> cut</c><00:32:02.220><c> his</c><00:32:02.500><c> hair.</c> 00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:05.299 But<00:32:03.900><c> the</c><00:32:04.200><c> spirit</c><00:32:04.359><c> of</c><00:32:04.519><c> the</c><00:32:04.579><c> Lord</c><00:32:04.660><c> came</c><00:32:04.880><c> upon</c><00:32:05.160><c> him</c> 00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:08.359 and<00:32:05.400><c> he's</c><00:32:05.599><c> able</c><00:32:05.799><c> to</c><00:32:06.839><c> kill</c><00:32:07.000><c> a</c><00:32:07.200><c> lion</c><00:32:07.420><c> with</c><00:32:07.599><c> his</c><00:32:07.839><c> bare</c><00:32:08.059><c> hands</c> 00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:11.640 and<00:32:08.559><c> rip</c><00:32:08.799><c> it</c><00:32:08.940><c> as</c><00:32:09.059><c> if</c><00:32:09.180><c> it</c><00:32:09.279><c> was</c><00:32:09.440><c> just</c><00:32:10.059><c> a</c><00:32:10.420><c> kid</c><00:32:10.599><c> goat.</c> 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:14.599 Or<00:32:13.160><c> the</c><00:32:13.339><c> spirit</c><00:32:13.519><c> of</c><00:32:13.660><c> the</c><00:32:13.799><c> Lord</c><00:32:13.920><c> came</c><00:32:14.180><c> upon</c><00:32:14.460><c> him</c> 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:19.599 and<00:32:14.680><c> he's</c><00:32:14.880><c> able</c><00:32:15.160><c> to</c><00:32:16.339><c> kill</c><00:32:16.920><c> 30</c><00:32:17.460><c> Philistines,</c><00:32:18.180><c> as</c><00:32:18.380><c> easy</c><00:32:18.680><c> as</c><00:32:19.000><c> that,</c> 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:23.099 and<00:32:20.299><c> take</c><00:32:20.519><c> their</c><00:32:20.779><c> garments</c><00:32:21.220><c> and</c><00:32:21.680><c> pay</c><00:32:21.980><c> the</c><00:32:22.200><c> debt.</c> 00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:25.660 Or<00:32:24.200><c> the</c><00:32:24.400><c> spirit</c><00:32:24.559><c> of</c><00:32:24.720><c> the</c><00:32:24.839><c> Lord</c><00:32:25.000><c> comes</c><00:32:25.259><c> upon</c><00:32:25.559><c> him</c> 00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:28.140 and<00:32:25.759><c> he's</c><00:32:25.940><c> able</c><00:32:26.059><c> to</c><00:32:26.259><c> take</c><00:32:26.400><c> just</c><00:32:26.720><c> a</c><00:32:26.940><c> jawbone</c><00:32:27.380><c> of</c><00:32:27.599><c> an</c><00:32:27.720><c> ass</c><00:32:27.819><c> as</c><00:32:27.960><c> his</c> 00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.759 only<00:32:28.460><c> weapon</c> 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:30.480 and<00:32:28.940><c> kill</c><00:32:29.220><c> a</c><00:32:29.339><c> thousand.</c> 00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:35.319 Such<00:32:31.119><c> was</c><00:32:31.420><c> the</c><00:32:31.579><c> work</c><00:32:31.759><c> of</c><00:32:33.619><c> God</c><00:32:33.660><c> through</c><00:32:34.259><c> Samson.</c> 00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:40.079 But<00:32:37.319><c> Samson</c><00:32:37.640><c> wasn't</c><00:32:37.900><c> interested</c><00:32:38.420><c> in</c><00:32:38.599><c> being</c><00:32:38.839><c> part</c><00:32:39.319><c> of</c><00:32:39.559><c> God's</c> 00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:41.460 wonder<00:32:40.640><c> here.</c> 00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:46.519 Samson<00:32:42.319><c> wasn't</c><00:32:42.819><c> interested</c><00:32:43.880><c> in</c><00:32:44.960><c> the</c><00:32:45.339><c> Nazarite</c><00:32:46.059><c> vow</c> 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:51.339 and<00:32:46.920><c> the</c><00:32:47.640><c> opportunity</c><00:32:48.700><c> to</c><00:32:49.000><c> be</c><00:32:49.220><c> part</c><00:32:49.599><c> of</c><00:32:49.859><c> the</c><00:32:50.119><c> work</c><00:32:50.599><c> that</c><00:32:51.079><c> God</c> 00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:52.779 wanted<00:32:51.759><c> to</c><00:32:52.079><c> do.</c> 00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:54.619 And<00:32:53.200><c> we</c><00:32:53.380><c> know</c><00:32:53.640><c> that,</c><00:32:54.000><c> brothers</c><00:32:54.099><c> and</c><00:32:54.380><c> sisters,</c> 00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:59.140 because<00:32:54.980><c> of</c><00:32:55.279><c> the</c><00:32:55.420><c> way</c><00:32:55.640><c> he</c><00:32:56.099><c> treats</c><00:32:56.559><c> the</c><00:32:57.240><c> Nazarite</c><00:32:58.119><c> vow.</c> 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:02.299 If<00:33:00.700><c> you</c><00:33:00.799><c> just</c><00:33:00.940><c> have</c><00:33:01.059><c> a</c><00:33:01.160><c> look</c><00:33:01.240><c> in</c><00:33:01.380><c> chapter</c><00:33:01.680><c> 14,</c> 00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:06.099 we<00:33:02.680><c> might</c><00:33:02.980><c> hope</c><00:33:03.400><c> that</c><00:33:03.740><c> Samson</c><00:33:04.059><c> would</c><00:33:04.279><c> be</c><00:33:04.460><c> a</c><00:33:04.619><c> different</c><00:33:05.000><c> character.</c> 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:11.440 But<00:33:08.160><c> we</c><00:33:08.640><c> read</c><00:33:08.980><c> that</c><00:33:09.220><c> in</c><00:33:09.460><c> verse</c><00:33:09.900><c> 5,</c> 00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:14.579 Samson<00:33:12.180><c> went</c><00:33:12.460><c> down</c><00:33:12.960><c> and</c><00:33:13.079><c> his</c><00:33:13.319><c> father</c><00:33:13.599><c> and</c><00:33:13.700><c> his</c><00:33:13.880><c> mother</c><00:33:14.019><c> to</c><00:33:14.279><c> Timnath</c> 00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:17.119 and<00:33:14.819><c> came</c><00:33:15.019><c> to</c><00:33:15.259><c> the</c><00:33:15.599><c> vineyards</c><00:33:16.220><c> of</c><00:33:16.519><c> Timnath.</c> 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:20.579 This<00:33:17.799><c> is</c><00:33:18.019><c> the</c><00:33:18.079><c> first</c><00:33:18.279><c> time</c><00:33:18.400><c> we've</c><00:33:18.619><c> met</c><00:33:18.799><c> him</c><00:33:19.000><c> and</c><00:33:19.099><c> he's</c><00:33:19.200><c> in</c><00:33:19.299><c> a</c><00:33:19.440><c> vineyard.</c> 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:22.279 Well,<00:33:21.079><c> number</c><00:33:21.240><c> six</c><00:33:21.559><c> says</c><00:33:21.759><c> very</c><00:33:22.099><c> clearly</c> 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:24.640 you<00:33:22.359><c> don't</c><00:33:22.519><c> have</c><00:33:22.660><c> anything</c><00:33:22.839><c> to</c><00:33:23.039><c> do</c><00:33:23.160><c> with</c><00:33:23.440><c> vineyards</c><00:33:24.000><c> and</c><00:33:24.299><c> wine</c> 00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.339 and<00:33:24.980><c> grapes</c> 00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:27.019 and<00:33:25.640><c> things</c><00:33:25.880><c> that</c><00:33:26.140><c> grow</c><00:33:26.339><c> of</c><00:33:26.559><c> the</c><00:33:26.759><c> vine.</c> 00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:32.759 And<00:33:27.740><c> it's</c><00:33:28.759><c> right</c><00:33:28.960><c> in</c><00:33:29.160><c> the</c><00:33:29.299><c> vineyards</c><00:33:29.799><c> of</c><00:33:30.539><c> Timnath</c><00:33:31.039><c> we</c><00:33:31.319><c> find</c><00:33:31.640><c> him.</c> 00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:34.440 And<00:33:33.039><c> he's</c><00:33:33.180><c> killing</c><00:33:33.400><c> a</c><00:33:33.680><c> lion.</c> 00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:38.519 And<00:33:35.160><c> on</c><00:33:35.279><c> his</c><00:33:35.500><c> journey</c><00:33:35.799><c> home,</c><00:33:36.799><c> it</c><00:33:36.859><c> tells</c><00:33:37.079><c> us</c><00:33:37.240><c> very</c><00:33:37.700><c> specifically,</c><00:33:38.299><c> doesn't</c><00:33:38.420><c> it?</c> 00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:41.960 And<00:33:38.700><c> these</c><00:33:38.920><c> words</c><00:33:39.339><c> are</c><00:33:40.160><c> important</c><00:33:40.700><c> in</c><00:33:40.920><c> scripture,</c><00:33:41.279><c> verse</c><00:33:41.579><c> 8.</c> 00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:44.279 After<00:33:42.480><c> a</c><00:33:42.779><c> time,</c><00:33:43.079><c> when</c><00:33:43.220><c> he</c><00:33:43.480><c> returned</c><00:33:43.779><c> to</c><00:33:44.039><c> Taika,</c> 00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:48.920 he<00:33:45.140><c> turned</c><00:33:45.799><c> aside</c><00:33:46.740><c> to</c><00:33:47.380><c> see</c><00:33:47.619><c> the</c><00:33:47.900><c> carcass</c><00:33:48.240><c> of</c><00:33:48.420><c> the</c><00:33:48.619><c> lion.</c> 00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:53.400 So<00:33:49.759><c> he's</c><00:33:50.759><c> turning</c><00:33:51.039><c> aside</c><00:33:51.660><c> from</c><00:33:52.039><c> the</c><00:33:52.359><c> straight</c><00:33:52.559><c> and</c><00:33:52.759><c> narrow</c><00:33:53.019><c> way</c> 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:55.420 into<00:33:54.019><c> the</c><00:33:54.259><c> vineyards</c><00:33:54.680><c> of</c><00:33:54.900><c> Timnath</c> 00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:58.900 in<00:33:55.819><c> order</c><00:33:56.079><c> that</c><00:33:56.240><c> he</c><00:33:56.339><c> can</c><00:33:56.500><c> look</c><00:33:56.720><c> at</c><00:33:56.880><c> a</c><00:33:57.000><c> dead</c><00:33:57.200><c> body</c><00:33:57.539><c> and</c><00:33:58.200><c> see</c><00:33:58.759><c> a</c> 00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.519 dead<00:33:59.140><c> body.</c> 00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:03.339 This<00:34:00.140><c> is</c><00:34:00.319><c> what</c><00:34:00.500><c> his</c><00:34:00.819><c> vow</c><00:34:01.119><c> meant</c><00:34:01.440><c> to</c><00:34:01.680><c> him.</c><00:34:02.079><c> It</c><00:34:02.079><c> meant</c><00:34:02.259><c> nothing.</c> 00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:06.740 And<00:34:04.019><c> the</c><00:34:04.160><c> Nazarite</c><00:34:04.640><c> vow</c><00:34:05.000><c> that</c><00:34:05.660><c> would</c><00:34:05.960><c> have</c><00:34:06.140><c> enabled</c><00:34:06.519><c> him</c> 00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:10.400 to<00:34:06.900><c> be</c><00:34:07.099><c> part</c><00:34:07.380><c> of</c><00:34:07.579><c> the</c><00:34:07.819><c> wonder</c><00:34:08.320><c> of</c><00:34:08.860><c> God's</c><00:34:09.519><c> saving</c><00:34:09.639><c> of</c><00:34:09.900><c> his</c><00:34:10.119><c> people.</c> 00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.920 He's<00:34:10.639><c> not</c><00:34:10.800><c> interested.</c> 00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:15.159 And<00:34:13.260><c> that's</c><00:34:13.480><c> how</c><00:34:13.719><c> the</c><00:34:13.880><c> story</c><00:34:14.179><c> progresses,</c><00:34:14.900><c> isn't</c><00:34:15.079><c> it?</c> 00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:17.559 He<00:34:15.480><c> breaks</c><00:34:15.900><c> the</c><00:34:16.239><c> vow.</c><00:34:16.519><c> He</c><00:34:16.679><c> breaks</c><00:34:17.079><c> the</c><00:34:17.360><c> vow.</c> 00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:21.860 And<00:34:17.760><c> then</c><00:34:18.039><c> finally,</c><00:34:19.460><c> we</c><00:34:19.579><c> find</c><00:34:20.019><c> him</c><00:34:20.380><c> in</c><00:34:20.760><c> Delilah's</c><00:34:21.500><c> bedroom</c> 00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:24.940 and<00:34:22.099><c> that</c><00:34:22.400><c> very</c><00:34:22.699><c> peculiar</c><00:34:23.340><c> bedroom</c><00:34:23.960><c> game</c><00:34:24.320><c> going</c><00:34:24.639><c> on</c> 00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:27.159 where<00:34:25.320><c> she's</c><00:34:25.940><c> forever</c><00:34:26.380><c> tying</c><00:34:26.699><c> him</c> 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:30.280 and<00:34:27.500><c> calling</c><00:34:27.719><c> that</c><00:34:27.980><c> the</c><00:34:28.159><c> Philistines</c><00:34:28.719><c> are</c><00:34:29.000><c> upon</c><00:34:29.260><c> you,</c><00:34:29.619><c> Samson.</c> 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:32.559 Make<00:34:30.900><c> ready.</c><00:34:31.260><c> And</c><00:34:31.340><c> he's</c><00:34:31.500><c> always</c><00:34:31.699><c> able</c><00:34:31.920><c> to</c><00:34:32.159><c> leap</c><00:34:32.320><c> up</c> 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:37.320 and<00:34:32.780><c> free</c><00:34:32.940><c> himself</c><00:34:33.360><c> from</c><00:34:33.639><c> whatever</c><00:34:34.500><c> way</c><00:34:35.219><c> he's</c><00:34:35.519><c> being</c><00:34:36.099><c> tied.</c> 00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:40.340 And<00:34:38.460><c> she</c><00:34:38.659><c> keeps</c><00:34:38.840><c> going</c><00:34:39.099><c> and</c><00:34:39.300><c> keeps</c><00:34:39.460><c> going</c><00:34:39.739><c> and</c><00:34:39.880><c> keeps</c><00:34:40.099><c> going.</c> 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:42.840 And<00:34:40.599><c> eventually</c><00:34:41.039><c> he</c><00:34:41.280><c> says,</c><00:34:41.420><c> well,</c><00:34:41.619><c> the</c><00:34:41.840><c> strength</c><00:34:42.019><c> is</c><00:34:42.219><c> in</c><00:34:42.400><c> my</c><00:34:42.599><c> hair.</c> 00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:45.059 It<00:34:43.420><c> wasn't</c><00:34:43.699><c> in</c><00:34:43.900><c> his</c><00:34:44.159><c> hair.</c> 00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:46.960 But<00:34:45.340><c> as</c><00:34:45.659><c> soon</c><00:34:45.840><c> as</c><00:34:46.019><c> his</c><00:34:46.260><c> hair</c><00:34:46.440><c> is</c><00:34:46.780><c> cut,</c> 00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:51.119 that's<00:34:47.519><c> the</c><00:34:47.960><c> last</c><00:34:48.480><c> vestiges</c><00:34:49.039><c> of</c><00:34:49.239><c> the</c><00:34:49.400><c> Nazarite</c><00:34:49.880><c> vow</c><00:34:50.159><c> gone.</c> 00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:55.139 He's<00:34:52.039><c> broken</c><00:34:52.340><c> all</c><00:34:52.719><c> aspects</c><00:34:53.199><c> of</c><00:34:53.400><c> his</c><00:34:53.639><c> vow</c><00:34:53.940><c> as</c><00:34:54.639><c> if</c><00:34:54.820><c> to</c><00:34:54.980><c> say,</c> 00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:57.199 I'm<00:34:55.360><c> not</c><00:34:55.579><c> interested</c><00:34:55.940><c> in</c><00:34:56.139><c> the</c><00:34:56.320><c> things</c><00:34:56.500><c> of</c><00:34:56.659><c> God</c><00:34:56.820><c> at</c><00:34:57.099><c> all.</c> 00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:59.079 He's<00:34:57.599><c> working</c><00:34:57.880><c> wondrous</c><00:34:58.300><c> things.</c><00:34:58.519><c> Well,</c><00:34:58.719><c> maybe.</c> 00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:01.900 But<00:34:59.480><c> I</c><00:34:59.739><c> don't</c><00:34:59.940><c> want</c><00:35:00.119><c> to</c><00:35:00.260><c> be</c><00:35:00.420><c> part</c><00:35:00.679><c> of</c><00:35:00.980><c> that.</c> 00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:04.280 Which<00:35:02.960><c> is</c><00:35:03.119><c> a</c><00:35:03.260><c> terrible</c><00:35:03.480><c> thing,</c><00:35:03.900><c> isn't</c><00:35:04.079><c> it?</c> 00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:08.900 So<00:35:04.500><c> the</c><00:35:04.679><c> hair</c><00:35:04.840><c> is</c><00:35:05.139><c> cut</c><00:35:05.480><c> and</c><00:35:06.179><c> that's</c><00:35:06.480><c> the</c><00:35:06.679><c> end</c><00:35:07.019><c> of</c><00:35:07.199><c> his</c><00:35:07.340><c> Nazarite</c><00:35:07.940><c> vow.</c> 00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:13.139 And<00:35:10.780><c> it</c><00:35:11.219><c> should</c><00:35:11.340><c> be</c><00:35:11.519><c> the</c><00:35:11.599><c> end</c><00:35:11.699><c> of</c><00:35:11.900><c> Samson.</c> 00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:18.739 But<00:35:14.860><c> God</c><00:35:15.000><c> is</c><00:35:15.400><c> interested</c><00:35:16.019><c> in</c><00:35:16.460><c> the</c><00:35:16.679><c> salvation</c><00:35:17.159><c> of</c><00:35:17.519><c> individuals.</c> 00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:23.480 God<00:35:19.940><c> is</c><00:35:20.099><c> always</c><00:35:20.679><c> interested</c><00:35:21.400><c> that</c><00:35:21.960><c> people</c><00:35:22.440><c> should</c><00:35:22.760><c> be</c><00:35:23.099><c> saved.</c> 00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:27.400 And<00:35:24.199><c> if</c><00:35:24.360><c> God</c><00:35:24.559><c> had</c><00:35:24.860><c> really</c><00:35:25.119><c> wanted</c><00:35:25.420><c> to</c><00:35:26.000><c> finish</c><00:35:26.239><c> with</c><00:35:26.559><c> Samson</c><00:35:26.940><c> here,</c> 00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:29.679 he<00:35:27.800><c> could</c><00:35:27.980><c> have</c><00:35:28.659><c> cast</c><00:35:29.099><c> him</c><00:35:29.340><c> off</c> 00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:32.500 and<00:35:30.000><c> let</c><00:35:30.139><c> the</c><00:35:30.420><c> Philistines</c><00:35:30.860><c> kill</c><00:35:31.199><c> him</c><00:35:31.400><c> in</c><00:35:31.559><c> Delilah's</c><00:35:32.159><c> bedroom</c> 00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.820 and<00:35:32.860><c> that</c><00:35:33.039><c> would</c><00:35:33.199><c> have</c><00:35:33.360><c> been</c><00:35:33.500><c> the</c><00:35:33.659><c> end.</c> 00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:36.079 But<00:35:34.000><c> he</c><00:35:34.179><c> doesn't.</c> 00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:41.460 Samson<00:35:36.420><c> is</c><00:35:36.639><c> taken</c><00:35:36.860><c> away</c><00:35:37.619><c> and</c><00:35:38.719><c> kept</c><00:35:38.960><c> in</c><00:35:39.159><c> a</c><00:35:39.360><c> Philistine</c><00:35:39.920><c> prison</c><00:35:40.420><c> cell.</c> 00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:43.519 And<00:35:42.420><c> we</c><00:35:42.659><c> know</c><00:35:42.780><c> it</c><00:35:42.980><c> wasn't</c><00:35:43.219><c> nice.</c> 00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:47.800 His<00:35:43.780><c> eyes</c><00:35:44.159><c> were</c><00:35:44.460><c> put</c><00:35:44.780><c> out</c><00:35:45.219><c> so</c><00:35:45.480><c> that</c><00:35:45.659><c> he</c><00:35:45.800><c> can</c><00:35:46.019><c> no</c><00:35:46.260><c> longer</c><00:35:46.639><c> see.</c> 00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:51.199 But<00:35:48.619><c> you</c><00:35:48.840><c> remember</c><00:35:49.079><c> Abraham</c><00:35:49.599><c> standing</c><00:35:50.199><c> on</c><00:35:50.440><c> a</c><00:35:50.539><c> hilltop,</c> 00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:54.219 not<00:35:51.760><c> looking</c><00:35:52.079><c> with</c><00:35:52.320><c> the</c><00:35:52.500><c> eyes</c><00:35:52.860><c> of</c><00:35:53.500><c> a</c><00:35:53.960><c> man,</c> 00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:56.099 but<00:35:54.420><c> looking</c><00:35:54.659><c> with</c><00:35:54.920><c> the</c><00:35:55.159><c> eyes</c><00:35:55.440><c> of</c><00:35:55.880><c> faith.</c> 00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:58.139 Well,<00:35:56.260><c> this</c><00:35:56.420><c> is</c><00:35:56.579><c> what</c><00:35:56.739><c> Samson</c><00:35:57.159><c> starts</c><00:35:57.599><c> to</c><00:35:57.820><c> do.</c> 00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:00.300 He<00:35:58.659><c> might</c><00:35:58.900><c> be</c><00:35:59.239><c> blinded,</c> 00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:03.099 but<00:36:00.900><c> he</c><00:36:01.380><c> never</c><00:36:01.639><c> sees</c><00:36:01.920><c> things</c><00:36:02.159><c> more</c><00:36:02.480><c> clearly</c><00:36:02.719><c> than</c><00:36:02.860><c> he</c><00:36:03.000><c> does</c> 00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:06.219 when<00:36:03.260><c> he's</c><00:36:03.460><c> in</c><00:36:03.539><c> this</c><00:36:03.920><c> Philistine</c><00:36:04.780><c> prison</c><00:36:05.260><c> cell.</c> 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:09.360 And<00:36:07.820><c> eventually,</c><00:36:08.139><c> of</c><00:36:08.340><c> course,</c><00:36:08.579><c> he</c><00:36:08.719><c> gets</c><00:36:08.960><c> out</c> 00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:15.420 and<00:36:09.500><c> he</c><00:36:09.679><c> has</c><00:36:09.960><c> opportunity</c><00:36:10.800><c> to</c><00:36:12.539><c> reacquaint</c><00:36:13.519><c> himself</c><00:36:14.099><c> with</c><00:36:14.460><c> his</c><00:36:14.960><c> vow.</c> 00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:18.860 His<00:36:15.880><c> hair</c><00:36:16.280><c> is</c><00:36:16.619><c> growing,</c><00:36:17.039><c> no</c><00:36:17.320><c> razor</c><00:36:17.599><c> coming</c><00:36:17.920><c> up</c><00:36:18.079><c> on</c><00:36:18.260><c> his</c><00:36:18.539><c> head,</c> 00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:21.800 and<00:36:19.260><c> he's</c><00:36:19.500><c> able</c><00:36:19.679><c> to</c><00:36:20.079><c> remake</c><00:36:20.599><c> his</c><00:36:21.059><c> vow</c><00:36:21.260><c> to</c><00:36:21.480><c> God</c> 00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:25.440 and<00:36:22.219><c> be</c><00:36:22.480><c> part</c><00:36:22.800><c> of</c><00:36:23.500><c> the</c><00:36:23.780><c> wonderful</c><00:36:24.320><c> work</c><00:36:24.579><c> of</c><00:36:24.820><c> salvation</c> 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:28.619 which<00:36:25.940><c> God</c><00:36:26.159><c> is</c><00:36:26.460><c> bringing</c><00:36:26.840><c> on</c><00:36:27.320><c> his</c><00:36:27.699><c> people.</c> 00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:30.099 Now,<00:36:28.900><c> I</c><00:36:28.960><c> don't</c><00:36:29.119><c> know</c><00:36:29.239><c> about</c><00:36:29.340><c> you,</c><00:36:29.679><c> brothers</c><00:36:29.800><c> and</c><00:36:29.960><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:36.179 but<00:36:30.460><c> if</c><00:36:30.659><c> you</c><00:36:30.800><c> look</c><00:36:31.000><c> at</c><00:36:31.340><c> chapter</c><00:36:31.659><c> 16,</c><00:36:34.380><c> verse</c><00:36:34.840><c> 30,</c> 00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:39.019 I<00:36:37.019><c> puzzled</c><00:36:37.539><c> over</c><00:36:37.820><c> this</c><00:36:38.019><c> for</c><00:36:38.260><c> a</c><00:36:38.420><c> long</c><00:36:38.679><c> time.</c> 00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:40.960 I<00:36:39.480><c> really</c><00:36:39.980><c> puzzled</c><00:36:40.420><c> over</c><00:36:40.719><c> this.</c> 00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:44.539 Judges<00:36:41.460><c> 16,</c><00:36:42.059><c> verse</c><00:36:42.460><c> 30,</c><00:36:43.199><c> you</c><00:36:43.320><c> know</c><00:36:43.519><c> the</c><00:36:43.780><c> situation.</c> 00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:47.820 Samson<00:36:45.260><c> now</c><00:36:45.639><c> in</c><00:36:46.300><c> this</c><00:36:46.699><c> temple</c><00:36:47.000><c> of</c><00:36:47.179><c> the</c><00:36:47.340><c> Philistines,</c> 00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:51.059 3<00:36:48.260><c>,000</c><00:36:48.639><c> there,</c><00:36:49.199><c> he's</c><00:36:49.480><c> between</c><00:36:49.739><c> the</c><00:36:49.940><c> two</c><00:36:50.159><c> pillars,</c> 00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.360 and<00:36:51.659><c> verse</c><00:36:51.860><c> 30</c><00:36:52.119><c> it</c><00:36:52.119><c> says,</c> 00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:54.360 Samson<00:36:52.780><c> said,</c><00:36:53.139><c> let</c><00:36:53.219><c> me</c><00:36:53.360><c> die</c><00:36:53.559><c> with</c><00:36:53.739><c> the</c><00:36:53.940><c> Philistines,</c> 00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:57.619 and<00:36:54.519><c> he</c><00:36:54.760><c> bowed</c><00:36:54.980><c> himself</c><00:36:55.440><c> with</c><00:36:55.940><c> all</c><00:36:56.300><c> his</c><00:36:56.639><c> might,</c> 00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.360 and<00:36:58.159><c> the</c><00:36:58.300><c> house</c><00:36:58.480><c> fell</c><00:36:58.659><c> upon</c><00:36:58.900><c> the</c><00:36:59.139><c> lords</c> 00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:01.039 and<00:36:59.579><c> upon</c><00:36:59.719><c> all</c><00:36:59.920><c> the</c><00:37:00.079><c> people</c><00:37:00.280><c> that</c><00:37:00.460><c> were</c><00:37:00.659><c> therein.</c> 00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:04.099 Why<00:37:01.760><c> does</c><00:37:02.039><c> it</c><00:37:02.420><c> say</c><00:37:02.900><c> with</c><00:37:03.440><c> all</c><00:37:03.699><c> his</c><00:37:03.960><c> might?</c> 00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:09.239 Wouldn't<00:37:04.420><c> we</c><00:37:04.920><c> love</c><00:37:05.119><c> it</c><00:37:05.340><c> if</c><00:37:05.579><c> Scripture</c><00:37:07.019><c> recorded</c> 00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:11.380 that<00:37:09.500><c> the</c><00:37:09.739><c> Spirit</c><00:37:09.980><c> of</c><00:37:10.139><c> the</c><00:37:10.280><c> Lord</c><00:37:10.420><c> came</c><00:37:10.639><c> upon</c><00:37:10.880><c> him</c><00:37:10.960><c> for</c><00:37:11.179><c> one</c> 00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.920 last<00:37:11.679><c> time?</c> 00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:13.900 There's<00:37:12.239><c> one</c><00:37:12.519><c> last</c><00:37:12.780><c> thing</c><00:37:12.960><c> you</c><00:37:13.099><c> need</c><00:37:13.260><c> to</c><00:37:13.420><c> do,</c><00:37:13.820><c> Samson,</c> 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:16.260 and<00:37:14.079><c> I'm</c><00:37:14.219><c> 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like</c><00:37:39.659><c> to</c><00:37:39.900><c> suggest</c><00:37:40.219><c> to</c><00:37:40.500><c> you</c><00:37:40.619><c> that</c><00:37:40.820><c> the</c><00:37:41.320><c> change,</c> 00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:44.599 you<00:37:42.739><c> can</c><00:37:42.940><c> see</c><00:37:43.039><c> it</c><00:37:43.179><c> on</c><00:37:43.300><c> the</c><00:37:43.539><c> screen</c><00:37:43.719><c> there</c><00:37:44.000><c> in</c><00:37:44.179><c> front</c><00:37:44.320><c> of</c><00:37:44.480><c> us,</c> 00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:49.179 the<00:37:45.000><c> change</c><00:37:45.940><c> is</c><00:37:47.420><c> all</c><00:37:47.539><c> to</c><00:37:47.679><c> do</c><00:37:47.820><c> with</c><00:37:48.079><c> prayer,</c> 00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:54.519 which<00:37:49.760><c> reveals</c><00:37:50.800><c> that</c><00:37:51.679><c> this</c><00:37:52.079><c> man</c><00:37:52.300><c> has</c><00:37:52.679><c> changed</c><00:37:53.159><c> his</c><00:37:53.639><c> ways.</c> 00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:56.699 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unto</c><00:38:14.219><c> the</c><00:38:14.500><c> Lord,</c> 00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:17.840 and<00:38:15.760><c> he's</c><00:38:16.179><c> never</c><00:38:16.460><c> done</c><00:38:16.699><c> that.</c> 00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:22.239 Not<00:38:18.980><c> once</c><00:38:19.480><c> has</c><00:38:19.760><c> he</c><00:38:20.079><c> approached</c><00:38:20.539><c> his</c><00:38:20.940><c> God</c><00:38:21.239><c> in</c><00:38:21.820><c> prayer.</c> 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:24.440 Not<00:38:23.179><c> once.</c> 00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:27.820 And<00:38:25.639><c> here's</c><00:38:25.760><c> the</c><00:38:25.960><c> difference</c><00:38:26.199><c> now.</c><00:38:26.840><c> Here's</c><00:38:27.199><c> the</c><00:38:27.380><c> difference.</c> 00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:30.340 When<00:38:28.360><c> he</c><00:38:28.739><c> stands</c><00:38:28.960><c> in</c><00:38:29.159><c> that</c><00:38:29.360><c> Philistine</c><00:38:29.840><c> temple</c> 00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:32.659 about<00:38:30.960><c> 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of</c><00:38:42.159><c> prayer.</c> 00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:45.920 And<00:38:43.199><c> this</c><00:38:43.719><c> then</c><00:38:43.920><c> is</c><00:38:44.139><c> encouraging</c><00:38:44.539><c> and</c><00:38:44.860><c> powerful</c><00:38:45.219><c> for</c><00:38:45.500><c> all</c><00:38:45.699><c> of</c><00:38:45.820><c> us.</c> 00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:49.280 We<00:38:46.099><c> can</c><00:38:46.360><c> make</c><00:38:46.559><c> our</c><00:38:46.860><c> vows,</c><00:38:47.579><c> we</c><00:38:47.800><c> commit</c><00:38:48.139><c> ourselves,</c> 00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:52.860 we<00:38:49.659><c> can</c><00:38:49.920><c> be</c><00:38:50.199><c> part</c><00:38:50.519><c> of</c><00:38:50.780><c> God's</c><00:38:51.219><c> wondrous</c><00:38:51.639><c> plan</c><00:38:51.940><c> of</c><00:38:52.239><c> salvation,</c> 00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:56.179 open<00:38:53.579><c> to</c><00:38:53.940><c> all,</c><00:38:54.679><c> simple</c><00:38:54.980><c> instructions</c><00:38:55.619><c> 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00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:27.760 as<00:39:25.360><c> we</c><00:39:26.699><c> conclude</c><00:39:27.059><c> this</c><00:39:27.420><c> session,</c> 00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:29.760 and<00:39:27.920><c> it's</c><00:39:28.239><c> regarding</c><00:39:28.659><c> David,</c><00:39:29.380><c> please.</c> 00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:36.260 Turn<00:39:30.019><c> over</c><00:39:30.159><c> with</c><00:39:30.320><c> me</c><00:39:30.460><c> to</c><00:39:30.619><c> 1</c><00:39:30.800><c> Chronicles</c><00:39:31.780><c> 13,</c><00:39:34.920><c> please,</c><00:39:35.099><c> if</c><00:39:35.300><c> you</c><00:39:35.500><c> would.</c> 00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:40.719 I<00:39:37.380><c> just</c><00:39:37.440><c> want</c><00:39:37.519><c> to</c><00:39:37.679><c> look</c><00:39:37.960><c> at</c><00:39:39.699><c> King</c><00:39:40.179><c> David</c> 00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:44.119 because<00:39:41.599><c> wondrous</c><00:39:42.440><c> works</c><00:39:42.820><c> are</c><00:39:43.119><c> being</c><00:39:43.480><c> done</c><00:39:43.760><c> here</c> 00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:46.500 in<00:39:44.320><c> the</c><00:39:44.579><c> saving</c><00:39:44.900><c> of</c><00:39:45.199><c> the</c><00:39:45.380><c> people.</c> 00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:52.739 And<00:39:49.699><c> you</c><00:39:50.239><c> will</c><00:39:50.440><c> remember</c><00:39:50.820><c> that</c><00:39:51.139><c> the</c><00:39:51.480><c> Ark</c><00:39:51.739><c> of</c><00:39:51.980><c> the</c><00:39:52.239><c> Covenant</c> 00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:56.440 had<00:39:53.679><c> been</c><00:39:53.940><c> used</c><00:39:54.219><c> in</c><00:39:54.539><c> battle</c><00:39:54.780><c> at</c><00:39:54.980><c> the</c><00:39:55.139><c> beginning</c><00:39:55.380><c> of</c><00:39:56.199><c> the</c><00:39:56.280><c> book</c> 00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.119 of<00:39:56.679><c> Samuel.</c> 00:39:57.119 --> 00:40:00.079 It<00:39:58.000><c> had</c><00:39:58.179><c> been</c><00:39:58.340><c> taken</c><00:39:58.719><c> captive</c><00:39:59.059><c> by</c><00:39:59.360><c> the</c><00:39:59.579><c> Philistines.</c> 00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:02.980 All<00:40:00.380><c> sorts</c><00:40:00.639><c> of</c><00:40:00.940><c> discomfort</c><00:40:01.320><c> had</c><00:40:01.480><c> been</c><00:40:01.679><c> brought</c><00:40:01.940><c> upon</c><00:40:02.159><c> the</c><00:40:02.420><c> Philistines</c> 00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:07.239 as<00:40:03.219><c> a</c><00:40:03.420><c> consequence,</c><00:40:04.619><c> and</c><00:40:04.920><c> eventually</c><00:40:05.300><c> they</c><00:40:06.340><c> sent</c><00:40:06.639><c> it</c><00:40:06.940><c> back,</c> 00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:11.380 didn't<00:40:07.480><c> they,</c><00:40:08.119><c> on</c><00:40:08.360><c> the</c><00:40:08.440><c> back</c><00:40:08.639><c> of</c><00:40:09.619><c> an</c><00:40:09.800><c> ox</c><00:40:10.119><c>-drawn</c><00:40:10.760><c> cart,</c> 00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:13.440 and<00:40:11.559><c> it</c><00:40:11.760><c> finds</c><00:40:11.980><c> its</c><00:40:12.260><c> way</c><00:40:12.420><c> to</c><00:40:12.679><c> Beth</c><00:40:12.920><c> Shemesh</c> 00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:17.079 and<00:40:13.679><c> then</c><00:40:13.940><c> eventually</c><00:40:14.440><c> into</c><00:40:15.239><c> the</c><00:40:15.460><c> house</c><00:40:15.679><c> of</c><00:40:15.900><c> Abinadab.</c> 00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:20.960 And<00:40:17.699><c> Samuel</c><00:40:17.920><c> tells</c><00:40:18.340><c> us</c><00:40:19.000><c> that</c><00:40:19.400><c> it</c><00:40:19.500><c> was</c><00:40:19.679><c> in</c><00:40:19.800><c> the</c><00:40:19.900><c> house</c><00:40:20.159><c> of</c><00:40:20.340><c> Abinadab</c> 00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:23.039 for<00:40:21.360><c> 20</c><00:40:21.860><c> years.</c> 00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:25.420 Actually,<00:40:24.059><c> it</c><00:40:24.059><c> was</c><00:40:24.199><c> longer</c><00:40:24.460><c> than</c><00:40:24.739><c> that,</c><00:40:25.019><c> wasn't</c><00:40:25.260><c> it,</c> 00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:27.820 because<00:40:25.719><c> it</c><00:40:25.900><c> went</c><00:40:26.159><c> into</c><00:40:26.480><c> Abinadab's</c><00:40:27.059><c> house</c> 00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:31.699 way<00:40:28.320><c> before</c><00:40:28.840><c> Saul</c><00:40:29.579><c> became</c><00:40:31.139><c> king.</c> 00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:34.579 And<00:40:32.219><c> we</c><00:40:32.239><c> know</c><00:40:32.400><c> that</c><00:40:32.659><c> Saul</c><00:40:32.940><c> reigned</c><00:40:33.219><c> for</c><00:40:33.500><c> 40</c><00:40:33.820><c> years</c><00:40:34.179><c> and</c><00:40:34.340><c> now</c> 00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:36.119 David's<00:40:35.139><c> king.</c> 00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:39.920 And<00:40:36.940><c> David</c><00:40:37.079><c> is</c><00:40:37.280><c> going</c><00:40:37.360><c> to</c><00:40:37.599><c> bring</c><00:40:37.699><c> it</c><00:40:37.900><c> out</c><00:40:38.059><c> of</c><00:40:38.219><c> the</c><00:40:38.380><c> house</c><00:40:38.639><c> of</c><00:40:39.059><c> Abinadab</c> 00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:42.440 in<00:40:40.460><c> order</c><00:40:40.699><c> that</c><00:40:40.900><c> the</c><00:40:41.119><c> Ark</c><00:40:41.280><c> can</c><00:40:41.480><c> get</c><00:40:41.659><c> back</c><00:40:41.800><c> to</c><00:40:41.940><c> the</c><00:40:42.019><c> right</c><00:40:42.199><c> place.</c> 00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:45.559 He<00:40:42.579><c> wants</c><00:40:42.800><c> to</c><00:40:43.099><c> return</c><00:40:43.960><c> it</c><00:40:44.179><c> to</c><00:40:44.360><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:53.440 Chapter<00:40:47.159><c> 13,</c><00:40:49.559><c> verse</c><00:40:50.000><c> 3,</c><00:40:52.719><c> 1</c><00:40:52.940><c> Chronicles,</c> 00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:56.760 let<00:40:53.619><c> us</c><00:40:53.840><c> bring</c><00:40:54.099><c> again</c><00:40:54.340><c> the</c><00:40:54.599><c> Ark</c><00:40:54.840><c> of</c><00:40:55.119><c> our</c><00:40:55.440><c> God</c><00:40:55.800><c> to</c><00:40:56.400><c> us,</c> 00:40:56.820 --> 00:41:01.380 for<00:40:57.059><c> we</c><00:40:57.360><c> inquired</c><00:40:57.739><c> not</c><00:40:58.039><c> at</c><00:40:58.320><c> it</c><00:40:58.500><c> at</c><00:40:58.739><c> the</c><00:40:59.019><c> days</c><00:40:59.420><c> of</c><00:41:00.340><c> Saul.</c> 00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:05.579 And<00:41:02.679><c> they</c><00:41:02.880><c> make</c><00:41:03.099><c> inquiry,</c><00:41:04.099><c> and</c><00:41:04.460><c> they</c><00:41:05.139><c> work</c><00:41:05.380><c> out</c> 00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:07.760 how<00:41:05.760><c> they're</c><00:41:05.980><c> going</c><00:41:06.179><c> to</c><00:41:06.440><c> do</c><00:41:06.619><c> this,</c><00:41:07.039><c> verse</c><00:41:07.280><c> 7.</c> 00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:10.840 They<00:41:08.280><c> carried</c><00:41:08.599><c> the</c><00:41:08.860><c> Ark</c><00:41:09.039><c> of</c><00:41:09.300><c> God</c><00:41:09.619><c> in</c><00:41:10.000><c> a</c><00:41:10.219><c> new</c><00:41:10.440><c> cart</c> 00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:13.219 out<00:41:11.539><c> of</c><00:41:11.679><c> the</c><00:41:11.920><c> house</c><00:41:12.159><c> of</c><00:41:12.480><c> Abinadab,</c> 00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:18.219 and<00:41:13.920><c> Uzzah</c><00:41:14.300><c> and</c><00:41:14.739><c> Ohio</c><00:41:15.460><c> drove</c><00:41:16.440><c> the</c><00:41:17.239><c> cart.</c> 00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:27.940 And<00:41:22.920><c> as</c><00:41:23.460><c> the</c><00:41:24.380><c> Ark</c><00:41:24.699><c> comes</c><00:41:25.179><c> out</c><00:41:25.880><c> on</c><00:41:26.239><c> the</c><00:41:26.360><c> back</c><00:41:26.559><c> of</c><00:41:26.760><c> a</c><00:41:27.019><c> cart,</c> 00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:31.219 you<00:41:28.760><c> and</c><00:41:28.980><c> I</c><00:41:29.139><c> are</c><00:41:29.460><c> standing</c><00:41:29.820><c> on</c><00:41:30.119><c> the</c><00:41:30.440><c> sidelines,</c> 00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:35.159 and<00:41:31.579><c> we're</c><00:41:31.960><c> saying,</c><00:41:33.559><c> that's</c><00:41:33.780><c> not</c><00:41:34.019><c> right,</c><00:41:34.539><c> David.</c> 00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:41.059 And<00:41:36.400><c> we</c><00:41:36.639><c> know</c><00:41:37.320><c> that</c><00:41:38.159><c> David</c><00:41:38.739><c> is</c><00:41:39.679><c> doing</c><00:41:39.980><c> little</c><00:41:40.500><c> more</c> 00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:42.539 than<00:41:41.300><c> the</c><00:41:41.699><c> Philistines</c><00:41:42.280><c> did.</c> 00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:45.900 They<00:41:42.860><c> put</c><00:41:42.960><c> it</c><00:41:43.079><c> on</c><00:41:43.159><c> the</c><00:41:43.280><c> back</c><00:41:43.420><c> of</c><00:41:43.599><c> a</c><00:41:43.760><c> cart</c><00:41:43.940><c> and</c><00:41:44.179><c> sent</c><00:41:44.340><c> it</c><00:41:44.519><c> back</c><00:41:44.699><c> to</c><00:41:44.900><c> Israel.</c> 00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:49.360 David<00:41:46.659><c> here</c><00:41:47.079><c> is</c><00:41:47.440><c> putting</c><00:41:47.739><c> the</c><00:41:48.099><c> Ark</c><00:41:48.219><c> on</c><00:41:48.440><c> the</c><00:41:48.539><c> back</c><00:41:48.679><c> of</c><00:41:48.920><c> a</c><00:41:49.099><c> cart</c> 00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:51.320 and<00:41:49.800><c> transporting</c><00:41:50.320><c> it</c><00:41:50.539><c> up</c><00:41:50.679><c> to</c><00:41:50.900><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:55.900 And<00:41:51.840><c> we</c><00:41:52.099><c> know,</c><00:41:52.920><c> and</c><00:41:53.119><c> we</c><00:41:53.420><c> feel</c><00:41:53.659><c> ourselves</c><00:41:54.059><c> as</c><00:41:54.300><c> the</c><00:41:54.719><c> story</c><00:41:55.019><c> unfolds,</c> 00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:58.619 standing<00:41:56.320><c> there</c><00:41:56.719><c> saying,</c><00:41:57.639><c> no</c><00:41:57.880><c> good's</c><00:41:58.159><c> going</c><00:41:58.239><c> to</c><00:41:58.380><c> come</c><00:41:58.480><c> of</c> 00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:59.219 this,<00:41:59.139><c> David.</c> 00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:01.239 This<00:41:59.500><c> isn't</c><00:41:59.719><c> going</c><00:41:59.880><c> to</c><00:42:00.059><c> be</c><00:42:00.260><c> right.</c> 00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:05.900 And<00:42:02.420><c> of</c><00:42:02.539><c> course</c><00:42:02.659><c> the</c><00:42:02.840><c> ox</c><00:42:03.019><c> stumble,</c><00:42:04.460><c> the</c><00:42:04.639><c> Ark</c><00:42:04.840><c> wobbles,</c> 00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:10.920 Uzzah<00:42:07.300><c> puts</c><00:42:07.679><c> forward</c><00:42:08.500><c> his</c><00:42:08.699><c> hand</c><00:42:09.219><c> to</c><00:42:09.900><c> steady</c><00:42:10.280><c> things,</c> 00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:13.980 and<00:42:11.800><c> verse</c><00:42:12.159><c> 10</c><00:42:12.500><c> tells</c><00:42:12.760><c> us</c><00:42:12.960><c> the</c><00:42:13.079><c> anger</c><00:42:13.440><c> of</c><00:42:13.639><c> the</c><00:42:13.800><c> Lord</c> 00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:18.019 was<00:42:14.460><c> kindled</c><00:42:15.360><c> against</c><00:42:15.900><c> Uzzah,</c><00:42:16.599><c> and</c><00:42:17.019><c> he</c><00:42:17.519><c> smoked</c><00:42:17.780><c> him</c> 00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:20.860 because<00:42:18.320><c> he</c><00:42:18.619><c> put</c><00:42:18.880><c> forth</c><00:42:19.039><c> his</c><00:42:19.199><c> hand</c><00:42:19.460><c> to</c><00:42:19.699><c> the</c><00:42:19.980><c> Ark.</c> 00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:25.539 And<00:42:23.179><c> we</c><00:42:23.780><c> don't</c><00:42:24.000><c> quite</c><00:42:24.260><c> know</c><00:42:24.460><c> what</c><00:42:24.659><c> to</c><00:42:24.900><c> make</c><00:42:25.099><c> of</c><00:42:25.260><c> this,</c> 00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:27.920 brothers<00:42:25.820><c> and</c><00:42:26.119><c> sisters,</c><00:42:26.639><c> do</c><00:42:26.860><c> we?</c> 00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:32.260 Because<00:42:28.900><c> it</c><00:42:29.139><c> seems</c><00:42:29.500><c> like</c><00:42:29.860><c> God</c><00:42:30.099><c> has</c><00:42:30.400><c> just</c><00:42:31.239><c> smoked</c><00:42:31.579><c> down</c> 00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:34.780 an<00:42:32.679><c> innocent</c><00:42:33.159><c> man</c><00:42:33.519><c> like</c><00:42:33.940><c> that.</c> 00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:40.280 Verse<00:42:36.219><c> 11</c><00:42:36.619><c> tells</c><00:42:36.960><c> us</c><00:42:37.260><c> that</c><00:42:37.679><c> David</c><00:42:38.019><c> was</c><00:42:38.480><c> displeased</c><00:42:39.340><c> by</c><00:42:39.739><c> this,</c> 00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:42.059 and<00:42:40.800><c> we've</c><00:42:40.940><c> been</c><00:42:41.159><c> watching</c><00:42:41.440><c> the</c><00:42:41.719><c> event,</c> 00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:44.579 and<00:42:42.280><c> we</c><00:42:42.400><c> knew</c><00:42:42.579><c> that</c><00:42:42.780><c> nothing</c><00:42:43.039><c> good</c><00:42:43.219><c> was</c><00:42:43.440><c> going</c><00:42:43.599><c> to</c><00:42:43.739><c> come</c><00:42:43.860><c> of</c><00:42:44.059><c> it,</c> 00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:49.619 and<00:42:44.940><c> we</c><00:42:45.159><c> find</c><00:42:45.480><c> ourselves</c><00:42:46.719><c> lining</c><00:42:47.960><c> up</c><00:42:48.179><c> with</c><00:42:48.480><c> David</c> 00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:53.599 and<00:42:50.300><c> saying,</c><00:42:51.639><c> that's</c><00:42:52.039><c> a</c><00:42:52.179><c> bit</c><00:42:52.340><c> harsh,</c><00:42:52.960><c> Lord.</c> 00:42:53.820 --> 00:42:56.119 Did<00:42:54.119><c> you</c><00:42:54.380><c> really</c><00:42:54.719><c> need</c><00:42:54.940><c> to</c><00:42:55.179><c> do</c><00:42:55.360><c> that</c><00:42:55.659><c> to</c><00:42:55.900><c> Uzzah?</c> 00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:58.340 He<00:42:56.440><c> was</c><00:42:56.559><c> only</c><00:42:56.780><c> trying</c><00:42:56.940><c> to</c><00:42:57.159><c> stop</c><00:42:57.300><c> the</c><00:42:57.500><c> thing</c><00:42:57.659><c> falling</c><00:42:58.099><c> off.</c> 00:42:58.420 --> 00:43:00.039 Is<00:42:58.500><c> that</c><00:42:58.780><c> what</c><00:42:58.940><c> you</c><00:42:59.159><c> really</c><00:42:59.400><c> needed</c><00:42:59.599><c> to</c><00:42:59.880><c> do?</c> 00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:01.440 Is<00:43:00.239><c> that</c><00:43:00.400><c> what</c><00:43:00.480><c> you</c><00:43:00.659><c> wanted</c><00:43:00.860><c> to</c><00:43:01.099><c> do?</c> 00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:03.519 And<00:43:01.840><c> you've</c><00:43:02.059><c> killed</c><00:43:02.260><c> him.</c> 00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:08.340 And<00:43:05.099><c> we're</c><00:43:05.539><c> puzzled</c><00:43:06.480><c> by</c><00:43:06.900><c> it,</c><00:43:07.119><c> aren't</c><00:43:07.360><c> we?</c> 00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:11.920 Of<00:43:09.739><c> course,</c><00:43:09.920><c> the</c><00:43:10.099><c> background</c><00:43:10.900><c> to</c><00:43:11.320><c> all</c><00:43:11.579><c> this</c> 00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:17.340 is<00:43:12.300><c> that</c><00:43:12.760><c> Uzzah</c><00:43:13.139><c> and</c><00:43:13.519><c> Ohio,</c><00:43:14.619><c> who</c><00:43:14.860><c> are</c><00:43:15.119><c> the</c><00:43:15.480><c> drivers</c><00:43:15.980><c> of</c><00:43:16.480><c> the</c><00:43:16.900><c> cart,</c> 00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:19.780 are<00:43:17.840><c> the</c><00:43:18.179><c> sons</c><00:43:18.880><c> of</c><00:43:19.320><c> Abinadab.</c> 00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:21.340 It<00:43:19.980><c> doesn't</c><00:43:20.159><c> tell</c><00:43:20.380><c> us</c><00:43:20.559><c> here</c><00:43:20.739><c> in</c><00:43:20.960><c> Chronicles,</c> 00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:22.960 but<00:43:21.519><c> it</c><00:43:21.579><c> does</c><00:43:21.780><c> in</c><00:43:22.019><c> Samuel.</c> 00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:27.820 It<00:43:23.179><c> says</c><00:43:23.340><c> that</c><00:43:23.519><c> it</c><00:43:23.559><c> was</c><00:43:23.739><c> his</c><00:43:24.099><c> two</c><00:43:24.519><c> sons</c><00:43:25.139><c> who</c><00:43:25.860><c> drove</c><00:43:26.440><c> the</c><00:43:26.960><c> cart.</c> 00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:34.420 And<00:43:29.739><c> frankly,</c><00:43:30.320><c> you</c><00:43:30.320><c> know,</c><00:43:32.119><c> Abinadab</c><00:43:32.780><c> should</c><00:43:33.000><c> have</c><00:43:33.159><c> known</c><00:43:33.440><c> better.</c> 00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:37.800 When<00:43:35.480><c> David</c><00:43:36.000><c> sends</c><00:43:36.300><c> a</c><00:43:36.360><c> message</c><00:43:36.719><c> and</c><00:43:36.960><c> says,</c> 00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:41.420 we're<00:43:38.159><c> going</c><00:43:38.239><c> to</c><00:43:38.380><c> bring</c><00:43:38.500><c> the</c><00:43:38.800><c> ark</c><00:43:39.139><c> up</c><00:43:39.440><c> from</c><00:43:39.679><c> your</c><00:43:41.119><c> house</c> 00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:43.739 in<00:43:41.639><c> Keir</c><00:43:41.840><c> Jathuram</c><00:43:42.300><c> to</c><00:43:42.480><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:45.760 he's<00:43:44.219><c> saying,</c><00:43:44.539><c> well,</c><00:43:44.739><c> let's</c><00:43:44.960><c> put</c><00:43:45.079><c> it</c><00:43:45.219><c> on</c><00:43:45.340><c> a</c><00:43:45.519><c> cart.</c> 00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:47.619 Let's<00:43:46.019><c> do</c><00:43:46.219><c> that.</c><00:43:46.360><c> I'll</c><00:43:46.480><c> get</c><00:43:46.539><c> my</c><00:43:46.840><c> sons</c><00:43:47.000><c> to</c><00:43:47.320><c> drive</c><00:43:47.500><c> it.</c> 00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:50.619 That'll<00:43:47.860><c> be</c><00:43:47.980><c> an</c><00:43:48.099><c> easy</c><00:43:48.239><c> way</c><00:43:48.380><c> to</c><00:43:48.639><c> transport</c><00:43:49.179><c> it.</c> 00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:53.539 And<00:43:51.539><c> disaster</c><00:43:52.199><c> followed.</c> 00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:55.800 Abinadab,<00:43:54.639><c> when</c><00:43:54.800><c> you</c><00:43:55.000><c> think</c><00:43:55.219><c> about</c><00:43:55.539><c> it,</c> 00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:59.039 if<00:43:56.320><c> anyone</c><00:43:56.780><c> in</c><00:43:57.219><c> Israel</c><00:43:57.780><c> should</c><00:43:58.159><c> have</c><00:43:58.340><c> known</c><00:43:58.659><c> better,</c> 00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:00.579 it<00:43:59.460><c> should</c><00:43:59.679><c> have</c><00:43:59.940><c> been</c><00:44:00.139><c> him.</c> 00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:01.440 Why? 00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:04.139 Because<00:44:02.059><c> he's</c><00:44:02.480><c> had</c><00:44:02.639><c> the</c><00:44:03.099><c> ark</c><00:44:03.360><c> of</c><00:44:03.599><c> the</c><00:44:03.820><c> covenant.</c> 00:44:04.139 --> 00:44:08.500 He's<00:44:04.480><c> had</c><00:44:04.659><c> the</c><00:44:05.019><c> law</c><00:44:05.260><c> of</c><00:44:05.579><c> the</c><00:44:05.820><c> Lord</c><00:44:06.139><c> under</c><00:44:06.739><c> his</c><00:44:07.500><c> roof</c> 00:44:08.699 --> 00:44:11.539 for<00:44:09.179><c> over</c><00:44:09.599><c> 40</c><00:44:10.000><c> years.</c> 00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:13.360 And<00:44:12.420><c> what's</c><00:44:12.679><c> he</c><00:44:12.780><c> done</c><00:44:12.860><c> with</c><00:44:13.079><c> it?</c> 00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:15.559 What's<00:44:13.900><c> he</c><00:44:14.099><c> done</c><00:44:14.239><c> with</c><00:44:14.480><c> this</c><00:44:14.780><c> word</c><00:44:15.019><c> of</c><00:44:15.219><c> the</c><00:44:15.380><c> Lord</c> 00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:17.940 that's<00:44:15.800><c> been</c><00:44:15.960><c> under</c><00:44:16.239><c> his</c><00:44:16.619><c> house</c><00:44:16.860><c> for</c><00:44:17.139><c> 40</c><00:44:17.559><c> years?</c> 00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:20.260 This<00:44:18.599><c> man</c><00:44:18.739><c> has</c><00:44:18.940><c> made</c><00:44:19.179><c> no</c><00:44:19.679><c> progress.</c> 00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:23.159 He's<00:44:20.539><c> had</c><00:44:20.599><c> it</c><00:44:20.760><c> for</c><00:44:21.019><c> 40</c><00:44:21.340><c> years,</c><00:44:21.639><c> and</c><00:44:21.739><c> he's</c><00:44:21.960><c> made</c><00:44:22.179><c> no</c><00:44:22.739><c> progress</c> 00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:23.599 at<00:44:23.460><c> all.</c> 00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:26.079 He<00:44:23.960><c> should</c><00:44:24.139><c> have</c><00:44:24.280><c> known</c><00:44:24.519><c> that</c><00:44:24.679><c> it</c><00:44:24.900><c> belongs</c><00:44:25.119><c> with</c><00:44:25.480><c> Levites.</c> 00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:28.059 He<00:44:26.460><c> should</c><00:44:26.659><c> have</c><00:44:26.860><c> known</c><00:44:27.059><c> the</c><00:44:27.519><c> priests</c> 00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:29.539 who<00:44:28.260><c> were</c><00:44:28.519><c> appointed</c><00:44:28.960><c> to</c><00:44:29.219><c> carry</c><00:44:29.380><c> this.</c> 00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:31.559 He<00:44:29.739><c> should</c><00:44:29.880><c> have</c><00:44:30.079><c> known</c><00:44:30.360><c> what</c><00:44:30.559><c> ought</c><00:44:30.880><c> to</c><00:44:30.980><c> have</c><00:44:31.159><c> been</c><00:44:31.280><c> done.</c> 00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:36.639 And<00:44:31.900><c> as</c><00:44:32.099><c> a</c><00:44:32.260><c> result</c><00:44:32.539><c> of</c><00:44:32.880><c> him</c><00:44:33.539><c> not</c><00:44:34.179><c> knowing,</c><00:44:35.159><c> his</c><00:44:35.380><c> son</c><00:44:35.599><c> dies.</c> 00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:39.079 I'd<00:44:37.659><c> like</c><00:44:37.739><c> to</c><00:44:37.960><c> suggest,</c><00:44:38.559><c> brothers</c><00:44:38.659><c> and</c><00:44:38.880><c> sisters,</c> 00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:41.420 that<00:44:39.380><c> this</c><00:44:39.559><c> is</c><00:44:39.820><c> as</c><00:44:39.940><c> much</c><00:44:40.119><c> a</c><00:44:40.280><c> punishment</c><00:44:40.579><c> on</c><00:44:40.820><c> Abinadab</c> 00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:43.340 who<00:44:41.960><c> watched</c><00:44:42.320><c> his</c><00:44:42.659><c> son</c><00:44:42.900><c> die</c> 00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:47.559 as<00:44:43.739><c> it</c><00:44:43.980><c> was</c><00:44:44.139><c> on</c><00:44:44.679><c> Uzzah</c><00:44:45.079><c> who</c><00:44:45.619><c> died</c><00:44:45.960><c> in</c><00:44:46.300><c> that</c><00:44:46.500><c> instant.</c> 00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:51.039 And<00:44:49.619><c> he</c><00:44:49.659><c> should</c><00:44:49.800><c> have</c><00:44:49.960><c> known</c><00:44:50.119><c> better.</c> 00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:58.440 And<00:44:52.480><c> I</c><00:44:52.980><c> think</c><00:44:53.219><c> then</c><00:44:54.019><c> we</c><00:44:54.360><c> ought</c><00:44:54.559><c> to</c><00:44:54.780><c> be</c><00:44:56.820><c> challenged</c><00:44:57.659><c> by</c><00:44:58.000><c> that</c><00:44:58.280><c> a</c> 00:44:58.440 --> 00:44:58.900 little<00:44:58.699><c> bit</c> 00:44:58.900 --> 00:45:02.179 because<00:44:59.440><c> plenty</c><00:45:00.139><c> of</c><00:45:00.400><c> us</c><00:45:00.679><c> have</c><00:45:00.980><c> had</c><00:45:01.199><c> the</c><00:45:01.480><c> word</c><00:45:01.719><c> of</c><00:45:01.960><c> God</c> 00:45:02.179 --> 00:45:06.079 under<00:45:02.719><c> our</c><00:45:03.139><c> roofs</c><00:45:03.460><c> for</c><00:45:04.320><c> five</c><00:45:04.800><c> years,</c><00:45:05.320><c> 10</c><00:45:05.619><c> years,</c> 00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:09.659 20<00:45:06.820><c> years,</c><00:45:07.340><c> 40</c><00:45:07.780><c> years,</c><00:45:08.559><c> more.</c> 00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:12.500 What<00:45:11.199><c> impact</c><00:45:11.599><c> is</c><00:45:11.719><c> it</c><00:45:11.900><c> making</c><00:45:12.099><c> on</c><00:45:12.360><c> us?</c> 00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:15.099 What<00:45:12.920><c> difference</c><00:45:13.360><c> is</c><00:45:13.500><c> it</c><00:45:13.719><c> making</c><00:45:14.000><c> to</c><00:45:14.360><c> us?</c> 00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:19.760 Are<00:45:15.539><c> we</c><00:45:16.000><c> developing</c><00:45:16.539><c> because</c><00:45:17.119><c> of</c><00:45:17.340><c> it,</c><00:45:17.539><c> or</c><00:45:18.079><c> is</c><00:45:18.519><c> it</c><00:45:18.679><c> just</c><00:45:19.159><c> there?</c> 00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:22.280 And<00:45:20.139><c> we</c><00:45:20.260><c> know</c><00:45:20.420><c> it's</c><00:45:20.739><c> there,</c><00:45:21.139><c> and</c><00:45:21.340><c> maybe</c><00:45:21.579><c> like</c><00:45:21.860><c> Abinadab,</c> 00:45:22.300 --> 00:45:24.880 we<00:45:22.539><c> polished</c><00:45:22.820><c> it</c><00:45:23.059><c> every</c><00:45:23.219><c> so</c><00:45:23.460><c> often</c><00:45:23.619><c> and</c><00:45:23.840><c> dusted</c><00:45:24.039><c> it</c><00:45:24.280><c> every</c><00:45:24.440><c> so</c><00:45:24.659><c> often</c> 00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:26.860 because<00:45:25.019><c> we</c><00:45:25.199><c> were</c><00:45:25.340><c> going</c><00:45:25.440><c> to</c><00:45:25.579><c> try</c><00:45:25.699><c> and</c><00:45:25.840><c> keep</c><00:45:25.960><c> it</c><00:45:26.139><c> looking</c><00:45:26.360><c> nice.</c> 00:45:26.860 --> 00:45:28.940 Is<00:45:27.480><c> that</c><00:45:27.719><c> it?</c><00:45:27.960><c> Is</c><00:45:28.059><c> that</c><00:45:28.219><c> the</c><00:45:28.400><c> extent</c><00:45:28.679><c> of</c><00:45:28.840><c> it?</c> 00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:31.940 Well,<00:45:30.219><c> he</c><00:45:30.400><c> should</c><00:45:30.559><c> have</c><00:45:30.679><c> known</c><00:45:30.880><c> better.</c> 00:45:32.340 --> 00:45:34.599 And<00:45:32.480><c> the</c><00:45:32.639><c> word</c><00:45:32.820><c> of</c><00:45:33.059><c> God</c><00:45:33.260><c> cannot</c><00:45:33.579><c> be</c><00:45:33.820><c> under</c><00:45:34.099><c> our</c><00:45:34.420><c> roof</c> 00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:37.800 if<00:45:34.719><c> it's</c><00:45:34.940><c> not</c><00:45:35.139><c> going</c><00:45:35.280><c> to</c><00:45:35.440><c> make</c><00:45:35.639><c> a</c><00:45:35.860><c> difference</c><00:45:36.500><c> to</c><00:45:36.840><c> us.</c> 00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:40.900 So<00:45:39.639><c> Abinadab</c><00:45:40.079><c> loses</c><00:45:40.599><c> out.</c> 00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:43.480 It's<00:45:41.599><c> interesting</c><00:45:42.019><c> to</c><00:45:42.300><c> note,</c><00:45:42.559><c> isn't</c><00:45:42.760><c> it,</c> 00:45:44.579 --> 00:45:48.139 that<00:45:45.019><c> the</c><00:45:45.320><c> whole</c><00:45:46.059><c> exercise</c><00:45:47.000><c> is</c><00:45:47.300><c> abandoned,</c><00:45:47.820><c> isn't</c><00:45:48.000><c> it?</c> 00:45:48.219 --> 00:45:52.360 Verse<00:45:48.500><c> 13,</c><00:45:49.500><c> David</c><00:45:49.800><c> brought</c><00:45:50.179><c> not</c><00:45:50.780><c> the</c><00:45:51.239><c> ark</c><00:45:51.440><c> home</c><00:45:51.659><c> to</c><00:45:51.860><c> himself,</c> 00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:53.280 to<00:45:52.599><c> the</c><00:45:52.719><c> city</c><00:45:52.880><c> of</c><00:45:53.079><c> David,</c> 00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:56.780 but<00:45:53.420><c> carried</c><00:45:53.800><c> it</c><00:45:54.079><c> aside</c><00:45:54.300><c> into</c><00:45:54.519><c> the</c><00:45:54.579><c> house</c><00:45:54.880><c> of</c><00:45:55.139><c> Obed</c><00:45:55.440><c>-Edom</c><00:45:55.619><c> the</c><00:45:55.840><c> Gittite.</c> 00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:59.760 Verse<00:45:57.280><c> 14,</c><00:45:57.800><c> the</c><00:45:57.920><c> ark</c><00:45:58.219><c> of</c><00:45:58.400><c> God</c><00:45:58.599><c> remained</c><00:45:59.019><c> with</c><00:45:59.199><c> the</c><00:45:59.340><c> family</c><00:45:59.579><c> of</c> 00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:00.400 Obed<00:46:00.219><c>-Edom</c> 00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:02.440 in<00:46:00.619><c> his</c><00:46:00.860><c> house</c><00:46:01.119><c> three</c><00:46:01.440><c> months,</c> 00:46:02.800 --> 00:46:05.559 and<00:46:02.980><c> the</c><00:46:03.139><c> Lord</c><00:46:03.300><c> blessed</c><00:46:03.719><c> the</c><00:46:03.880><c> house</c><00:46:04.099><c> of</c><00:46:04.300><c> Obed</c><00:46:04.639><c>-Edom</c><00:46:04.980><c> and</c><00:46:05.380><c> all</c> 00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:06.079 that<00:46:05.739><c> he</c><00:46:05.940><c> had.</c> 00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:08.320 Obed<00:46:06.900><c>-Edom</c><00:46:07.099><c> obviously</c><00:46:07.420><c> did</c><00:46:07.599><c> something</c><00:46:07.840><c> differently.</c> 00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:10.920 Abinadab's<00:46:08.840><c> had</c><00:46:08.960><c> it</c><00:46:09.179><c> 40</c><00:46:09.500><c> years</c><00:46:09.940><c> and</c><00:46:10.139><c> has</c><00:46:10.340><c> learnt</c><00:46:10.539><c> nothing.</c> 00:46:11.219 --> 00:46:15.579 Obed<00:46:11.539><c>-Edom</c><00:46:11.699><c> has</c><00:46:11.840><c> it</c><00:46:12.099><c> three</c><00:46:12.400><c> months,</c><00:46:14.099><c> and</c><00:46:14.340><c> God</c><00:46:14.559><c> blesses</c><00:46:15.000><c> his</c><00:46:15.219><c> house.</c> 00:46:15.659 --> 00:46:19.000 The<00:46:15.920><c> word</c><00:46:16.159><c> of</c><00:46:16.420><c> God</c><00:46:16.739><c> somehow</c><00:46:17.320><c> made</c><00:46:17.619><c> a</c><00:46:17.920><c> difference</c><00:46:18.280><c> to</c><00:46:18.480><c> him,</c> 00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:22.199 and<00:46:19.460><c> he</c><00:46:19.659><c> was</c><00:46:20.039><c> blessed</c><00:46:20.780><c> accordingly.</c> 00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:24.960 And<00:46:23.099><c> David's</c><00:46:23.480><c> going</c><00:46:23.579><c> to</c><00:46:23.760><c> try</c><00:46:23.920><c> again.</c> 00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:29.329 And<00:46:25.480><c> as</c><00:46:25.579><c> we</c><00:46:25.699><c> get</c><00:46:25.820><c> into</c><00:46:26.039><c> chapter</c><00:46:26.699><c> 15,</c><00:46:28.039><c> we</c><00:46:28.199><c> read</c><00:46:28.599><c> now,</c> 00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:32.059 it's<00:46:30.300><c> one</c><00:46:30.480><c> of</c><00:46:30.579><c> those</c><00:46:30.960><c> chronicles</c><00:46:31.639><c> verses,</c> 00:46:32.219 --> 00:46:34.320 one<00:46:32.400><c> of</c><00:46:32.480><c> those</c><00:46:32.739><c> chronicles</c><00:46:33.400><c> chapters,</c><00:46:34.000><c> isn't</c><00:46:34.179><c> it,</c> 00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:39.099 where<00:46:34.480><c> you</c><00:46:34.659><c> get</c><00:46:35.500><c> name</c><00:46:35.920><c> after</c><00:46:36.300><c> name</c><00:46:36.900><c> and</c><00:46:37.519><c> detail</c><00:46:37.980><c> after</c><00:46:38.420><c> detail,</c> 00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:40.909 and<00:46:39.460><c> 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do</c><00:47:10.340><c> it</c><00:47:10.579><c> properly</c><00:47:10.800><c> this</c><00:47:11.139><c> time.</c> 00:47:11.719 --> 00:47:13.699 We're<00:47:12.019><c> going</c><00:47:12.039><c> to</c><00:47:12.260><c> get</c><00:47:12.500><c> these</c><00:47:12.940><c> people</c><00:47:13.300><c> together.</c> 00:47:13.780 --> 00:47:15.579 We're<00:47:13.940><c> going</c><00:47:14.079><c> to</c><00:47:14.280><c> get</c><00:47:14.440><c> these</c><00:47:14.860><c> people</c><00:47:15.239><c> together.</c> 00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:17.679 We're<00:47:15.860><c> going</c><00:47:15.940><c> to</c><00:47:16.239><c> carry</c><00:47:16.380><c> it</c><00:47:16.599><c> in</c><00:47:16.860><c> this</c><00:47:17.139><c> way,</c><00:47:17.320><c> and</c><00:47:17.440><c> we're</c><00:47:17.579><c> going</c> 00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:18.760 to<00:47:17.820><c> do</c><00:47:17.900><c> it</c><00:47:18.119><c> in</c><00:47:18.400><c> this</c><00:47:18.639><c> way.</c> 00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:21.480 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as</c><00:48:26.679><c> it</c><00:48:26.880><c> should</c><00:48:27.000><c> be</c><00:48:27.179><c> on</c><00:48:27.320><c> their</c><00:48:27.519><c> shoulders,</c> 00:48:28.619 --> 00:48:30.059 six<00:48:28.960><c> paces</c><00:48:29.400><c> being</c><00:48:29.719><c> taken,</c> 00:48:30.099 --> 00:48:33.980 as<00:48:30.239><c> if</c><00:48:30.420><c> David's</c><00:48:30.920><c> taking</c><00:48:31.059><c> the</c><00:48:31.320><c> paces</c><00:48:31.619><c> and</c><00:48:31.840><c> then</c><00:48:32.960><c> waiting</c><00:48:33.340><c> to</c><00:48:33.679><c> see</c><00:48:33.820><c> if</c> 00:48:33.980 --> 00:48:34.940 God's<00:48:34.400><c> pleased</c><00:48:34.599><c> with</c><00:48:34.820><c> it.</c> 00:48:34.980 --> 00:48:36.199 Is<00:48:35.260><c> something</c><00:48:35.539><c> going</c><00:48:35.719><c> to</c><00:48:35.960><c> happen?</c> 00:48:36.199 --> 00:48:37.579 Is<00:48:36.360><c> someone</c><00:48:36.639><c> going</c><00:48:36.800><c> to</c><00:48:36.900><c> be</c><00:48:37.099><c> struck</c><00:48:37.280><c> down?</c> 00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:39.500 Are<00:48:37.679><c> we</c><00:48:37.780><c> going</c><00:48:37.860><c> to</c><00:48:37.940><c> get</c><00:48:38.099><c> disaster</c><00:48:38.420><c> this</c><00:48:38.719><c> time?</c> 00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:42.019 And<00:48:39.840><c> six</c><00:48:40.079><c> paces</c><00:48:40.360><c> were</c><00:48:40.619><c> just</c><00:48:40.900><c> enough</c><00:48:41.159><c> to</c><00:48:41.420><c> prove</c><00:48:41.539><c> to</c><00:48:41.800><c> David</c> 00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:44.260 that<00:48:42.219><c> it</c><00:48:42.460><c> wasn't</c><00:48:42.659><c> going</c><00:48:42.820><c> to</c><00:48:42.980><c> be</c><00:48:43.199><c> disastrous.</c> 00:48:45.380 --> 00:48:47.079 And<00:48:45.739><c> boy</c><00:48:45.940><c> is</c><00:48:46.179><c> there</c><00:48:46.340><c> a</c><00:48:46.539><c> celebration.</c> 00:48:47.280 --> 00:48:49.159 God<00:48:47.480><c> is</c><00:48:47.699><c> now</c><00:48:47.940><c> pleased</c><00:48:48.179><c> with</c><00:48:48.440><c> this,</c> 00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:52.380 and<00:48:50.039><c> offerings</c><00:48:50.380><c> were</c><00:48:50.679><c> made</c><00:48:50.940><c> and</c><00:48:51.139><c> sacrifices</c><00:48:51.820><c> were</c><00:48:52.079><c> made,</c> 00:48:52.420 --> 00:48:55.460 and<00:48:52.719><c> there</c><00:48:53.019><c> was</c><00:48:53.579><c> great</c><00:48:54.400><c> joy.</c> 00:48:55.619 --> 00:48:59.219 But<00:48:55.800><c> in</c><00:48:56.059><c> verse</c><00:48:56.340><c> 26,</c><00:48:57.099><c> it</c><00:48:57.239><c> says</c><00:48:57.460><c> specifically,</c> 00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:01.940 God<00:49:00.920><c> helped.</c> 00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:03.900 He<00:49:02.820><c> wasn't</c><00:49:03.119><c> hindering.</c> 00:49:03.900 --> 00:49:06.900 He<00:49:04.340><c> wasn't</c><00:49:05.079><c> looking</c><00:49:05.440><c> on</c><00:49:05.739><c> from</c><00:49:05.980><c> afar</c><00:49:06.440><c> and</c><00:49:06.679><c> thinking,</c> 00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:07.679 this<00:49:07.119><c> is</c><00:49:07.340><c> no</c><00:49:07.559><c> good.</c> 00:49:07.739 --> 00:49:09.760 He's<00:49:08.139><c> right</c><00:49:08.500><c> in</c><00:49:08.679><c> there</c><00:49:08.920><c> and</c><00:49:09.099><c> he's</c><00:49:09.480><c> helping.</c> 00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:12.320 And<00:49:10.320><c> there's</c><00:49:10.519><c> a</c><00:49:10.679><c> thing</c><00:49:10.800><c> for</c><00:49:11.099><c> us,</c><00:49:11.320><c> isn't</c><00:49:11.480><c> it?</c> 00:49:12.519 --> 00:49:15.219 Here<00:49:12.760><c> is</c><00:49:12.960><c> a</c><00:49:13.099><c> man</c><00:49:13.199><c> who</c><00:49:13.519><c> wanted</c><00:49:13.780><c> to</c><00:49:14.000><c> be</c><00:49:14.199><c> part</c><00:49:14.400><c> of</c><00:49:14.619><c> God's</c><00:49:15.059><c> work</c> 00:49:15.219 --> 00:49:17.099 and<00:49:15.380><c> wanted</c><00:49:15.599><c> to</c><00:49:15.860><c> be</c><00:49:16.079><c> part</c><00:49:16.420><c> of</c><00:49:16.599><c> God's</c><00:49:16.920><c> plan,</c> 00:49:17.360 --> 00:49:20.760 and<00:49:17.599><c> he</c><00:49:17.880><c> needed</c><00:49:18.019><c> to</c><00:49:18.280><c> get</c><00:49:18.500><c> the</c><00:49:19.179><c> words</c><00:49:19.539><c> of</c><00:49:19.719><c> God</c><00:49:19.960><c> lined</c><00:49:20.260><c> up</c><00:49:20.539><c> first.</c> 00:49:20.800 --> 00:49:22.900 He<00:49:20.900><c> needed</c><00:49:21.159><c> to</c><00:49:21.360><c> be</c><00:49:21.539><c> putting</c><00:49:21.679><c> them</c><00:49:21.840><c> into</c><00:49:22.079><c> practice</c><00:49:22.440><c> in</c><00:49:22.579><c> his</c><00:49:22.760><c> life,</c> 00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:25.500 and<00:49:23.119><c> as</c><00:49:23.340><c> soon</c><00:49:23.519><c> as</c><00:49:23.659><c> he</c><00:49:23.840><c> does</c><00:49:24.079><c> that,</c><00:49:24.320><c> then</c><00:49:24.460><c> there's</c><00:49:24.840><c> great</c><00:49:25.119><c> joy,</c> 00:49:25.699 --> 00:49:29.940 and<00:49:25.920><c> the</c><00:49:26.099><c> Lord</c><00:49:26.320><c> is</c><00:49:26.579><c> there</c><00:49:26.920><c> and</c><00:49:27.340><c> he</c><00:49:28.039><c> is</c><00:49:28.920><c> helping.</c> 00:49:30.699 --> 00:49:32.719 It's<00:49:31.079><c> no</c><00:49:31.219><c> different</c><00:49:31.440><c> for</c><00:49:31.619><c> us</c><00:49:31.800><c> today.</c> 00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:35.900 The<00:49:33.460><c> man</c><00:49:33.800><c> who</c><00:49:34.500><c> takes</c><00:49:34.920><c> hold</c><00:49:35.159><c> of</c><00:49:35.340><c> God's</c><00:49:35.719><c> word</c> 00:49:35.900 --> 00:49:39.760 and<00:49:36.059><c> let</c><00:49:36.139><c> it</c><00:49:36.300><c> make</c><00:49:36.480><c> a</c><00:49:36.719><c> difference</c><00:49:37.980><c> in</c><00:49:38.119><c> his</c><00:49:38.380><c> daily</c><00:49:38.840><c> living,</c> 00:49:40.059 --> 00:49:41.400 well,<00:49:40.239><c> the</c><00:49:40.440><c> Lord</c><00:49:40.619><c> is</c><00:49:40.900><c> delighted,</c> 00:49:41.440 --> 00:49:43.260 and<00:49:41.619><c> the</c><00:49:41.800><c> man</c><00:49:41.980><c> is</c><00:49:42.179><c> filled</c><00:49:42.360><c> with</c><00:49:42.659><c> great</c><00:49:42.960><c> joy,</c> 00:49:43.320 --> 00:49:44.940 and<00:49:43.440><c> God</c><00:49:43.619><c> is</c><00:49:43.940><c> there</c><00:49:44.239><c> helping</c> 00:49:44.940 --> 00:49:47.420 in<00:49:45.659><c> order</c><00:49:45.880><c> that</c><00:49:46.159><c> great</c><00:49:46.360><c> things</c><00:49:46.639><c> can</c><00:49:46.880><c> be</c><00:49:47.119><c> achieved.</c> 00:49:47.659 --> 00:49:51.440 And<00:49:47.820><c> then</c><00:49:47.900><c> we</c><00:49:48.039><c> have</c><00:49:48.159><c> this</c><00:49:48.559><c> lovely</c><00:49:49.739><c> celebratory</c><00:49:50.820><c> psalm</c> 00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:53.019 which<00:49:51.719><c> comes</c><00:49:52.079><c> in</c><00:49:52.300><c> chapter</c><00:49:52.619><c> 16,</c> 00:49:53.059 --> 00:49:54.860 and<00:49:53.500><c> we</c><00:49:53.739><c> had</c><00:49:53.900><c> it</c><00:49:54.059><c> read,</c><00:49:54.320><c> brothers</c><00:49:54.480><c> and</c><00:49:54.639><c> sisters,</c> 00:49:54.860 --> 00:49:59.239 because<00:49:55.440><c> this</c><00:49:55.860><c> is</c><00:49:56.320><c> all</c><00:49:56.860><c> about</c><00:49:57.539><c> the</c><00:49:58.280><c> mighty</c><00:49:58.800><c> work</c> 00:49:59.239 --> 00:50:00.340 which<00:49:59.500><c> God</c><00:49:59.699><c> is</c><00:50:00.000><c> doing.</c> 00:50:00.340 --> 00:50:02.460 It's<00:50:00.920><c> all</c><00:50:01.159><c> about</c><00:50:01.599><c> salvation,</c> 00:50:02.719 --> 00:50:07.760 and<00:50:02.800><c> it</c><00:50:02.960><c> comes</c><00:50:03.219><c> in</c><00:50:04.280><c> verse</c><00:50:04.579><c> 9</c><00:50:05.099><c> when</c><00:50:05.239><c> he</c><00:50:05.420><c> talks</c><00:50:05.739><c> about</c><00:50:06.340><c> wondrous</c><00:50:07.260><c> works.</c> 00:50:08.199 --> 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in</c><00:50:22.840><c> verse</c><00:50:23.059><c> 24</c><00:50:23.760><c> again</c> 00:50:24.079 --> 00:50:26.639 when<00:50:24.239><c> we</c><00:50:24.460><c> read</c><00:50:24.639><c> of</c><00:50:24.860><c> his</c><00:50:25.420><c> marvelous</c><00:50:26.320><c> works,</c> 00:50:26.639 --> 00:50:31.360 and<00:50:27.519><c> there's</c><00:50:28.159><c> great</c><00:50:28.780><c> celebration</c><00:50:29.519><c> just</c><00:50:30.340><c> bursting</c><00:50:30.800><c> forth</c> 00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:32.380 from<00:50:31.619><c> this</c><00:50:32.000><c> king</c> 00:50:32.380 --> 00:50:38.039 as<00:50:33.260><c> he</c><00:50:33.840><c> appreciates</c><00:50:34.820><c> the</c><00:50:35.239><c> wonderful</c><00:50:35.880><c> work</c><00:50:36.340><c> that</c><00:50:36.559><c> God</c><00:50:36.780><c> is</c><00:50:37.099><c> doing.</c> 00:50:38.860 --> 00:50:40.860 Without<00:50:39.159><c> complying</c><00:50:39.639><c> with</c><00:50:39.820><c> the</c><00:50:40.039><c> 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himself</c><00:50:51.420><c> and</c><00:50:51.659><c> lives</c><00:50:51.940><c> his</c><00:50:52.280><c> life,</c> 00:50:53.619 --> 00:50:56.300 then<00:50:53.920><c> God</c><00:50:54.199><c> is</c><00:50:54.400><c> at</c><00:50:54.599><c> work</c><00:50:54.800><c> in</c><00:50:54.980><c> a</c><00:50:55.320><c> wonderful</c><00:50:55.820><c> way</c> 00:50:56.300 --> 00:50:59.460 and<00:50:56.460><c> a</c><00:50:56.679><c> wondrous</c><00:50:57.179><c> way</c><00:50:57.659><c> to</c><00:50:58.199><c> bring</c><00:50:58.639><c> salvation.</c> 00:50:59.539 --> 00:51:02.019 And<00:50:59.699><c> this</c><00:50:59.800><c> is</c><00:51:00.019><c> great</c><00:51:00.199><c> celebration,</c><00:51:00.980><c> isn't</c><00:51:01.139><c> it?</c> 00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:07.079 And<00:51:02.940><c> you</c><00:51:03.579><c> will</c><00:51:04.000><c> probably</c><00:51:04.360><c> already</c><00:51:04.780><c> know</c><00:51:05.019><c> that</c><00:51:05.239><c> this</c><00:51:05.639><c> 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out</c><00:51:27.300><c> in</c><00:51:28.480><c> 2</c><00:51:28.760><c> Chronicles</c><00:51:29.340><c> 16,</c> 00:51:29.860 --> 00:51:33.340 and<00:51:30.039><c> it's</c><00:51:30.280><c> about</c><00:51:30.519><c> the</c><00:51:30.820><c> Lord</c><00:51:31.119><c> being</c><00:51:31.400><c> a</c><00:51:31.760><c> righteous</c><00:51:32.280><c> judge.</c> 00:51:34.199 --> 00:51:37.619 And<00:51:34.400><c> it's</c><00:51:34.639><c> as</c><00:51:34.880><c> if</c><00:51:36.079><c> David</c><00:51:36.440><c> has</c><00:51:36.659><c> written</c><00:51:36.840><c> this</c><00:51:37.179><c> psalm</c><00:51:37.400><c> here</c> 00:51:37.619 --> 00:51:39.059 at<00:51:37.780><c> a</c><00:51:37.920><c> time</c><00:51:38.079><c> of</c><00:51:38.300><c> great</c><00:51:38.500><c> celebration,</c> 00:51:39.119 --> 00:51:41.559 but<00:51:39.219><c> when</c><00:51:39.400><c> he</c><00:51:39.460><c> comes</c><00:51:39.639><c> to</c><00:51:40.000><c> record</c><00:51:40.300><c> it</c><00:51:40.480><c> in</c><00:51:40.619><c> the</c><00:51:40.760><c> Book</c><00:51:40.940><c> of</c><00:51:41.219><c> Psalms,</c> 00:51:41.639 --> 00:51:46.019 he<00:51:42.340><c> inserts</c><00:51:43.059><c> the</c><00:51:43.420><c> verse</c><00:51:43.699><c> about</c><00:51:44.059><c> the</c><00:51:44.420><c> Lord</c><00:51:44.760><c> being</c><00:51:45.079><c> a</c><00:51:45.420><c> righteous</c><00:51:45.820><c> judge</c> 00:51:46.019 --> 00:51:49.480 because<00:51:46.219><c> he</c><00:51:46.380><c> can</c><00:51:46.659><c> see</c><00:51:47.400><c> the</c><00:51:48.059><c> episode</c><00:51:48.460><c> with</c><00:51:48.860><c> Uzzah</c> 00:51:49.480 --> 00:51:52.059 and<00:51:50.000><c> that</c><00:51:50.239><c> the</c><00:51:50.440><c> Lord</c><00:51:50.639><c> was</c><00:51:50.960><c> righteous</c><00:51:51.440><c> there,</c> 00:51:52.059 --> 00:51:56.480 and<00:51:52.619><c> now</c><00:51:52.840><c> he</c><00:51:53.219><c> recognizes</c><00:51:53.920><c> that</c><00:51:54.579><c> the</c><00:51:54.800><c> Lord</c><00:51:55.059><c> is</c><00:51:55.340><c> righteous.</c> 00:51:57.920 --> 00:52:00.059 So<00:51:57.920><c> piecing</c><00:51:58.840><c> all</c><00:51:59.039><c> this</c><00:51:59.179><c> together,</c><00:51:59.579><c> brothers</c><00:51:59.719><c> and</c><00:51:59.880><c> sisters,</c> 00:52:00.460 --> 00:52:02.719 I've<00:52:00.639><c> finished</c><00:52:00.900><c> now,</c><00:52:01.079><c> piecing</c><00:52:01.380><c> this</c><00:52:01.559><c> all</c><00:52:01.780><c> together,</c> 00:52:03.079 --> 00:52:06.820 we've<00:52:03.679><c> had</c><00:52:03.780><c> men</c><00:52:04.019><c> and</c><00:52:04.179><c> women</c><00:52:04.380><c> of</c><00:52:04.820><c> faith</c><00:52:05.320><c> like</c><00:52:05.739><c> Abraham</c><00:52:06.099><c> and</c><00:52:06.420><c> Sarah</c> 00:52:06.820 --> 00:52:09.579 who<00:52:07.179><c> were</c><00:52:07.599><c> ready</c><00:52:07.860><c> to</c><00:52:08.079><c> put</c><00:52:08.659><c> faith</c><00:52:08.960><c> 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can</c><00:52:23.219><c> all</c><00:52:23.400><c> make</c><00:52:23.579><c> the</c><00:52:23.800><c> vow,</c><00:52:24.059><c> we</c><00:52:24.099><c> can</c><00:52:24.260><c> all</c><00:52:24.460><c> keep</c><00:52:24.719><c> the</c><00:52:24.900><c> vow,</c> 00:52:25.139 --> 00:52:27.159 we<00:52:25.159><c> can</c><00:52:25.340><c> all</c><00:52:25.480><c> be</c><00:52:25.579><c> men</c><00:52:25.780><c> and</c><00:52:25.960><c> women</c><00:52:26.280><c> of</c><00:52:26.500><c> prayer</c> 00:52:27.159 --> 00:52:31.380 to<00:52:27.940><c> be</c><00:52:28.280><c> involved</c><00:52:28.659><c> with</c><00:52:28.920><c> the</c><00:52:29.119><c> wondrous</c><00:52:29.619><c> thing</c><00:52:30.079><c> which</c><00:52:30.559><c> is</c><00:52:30.760><c> being</c><00:52:31.059><c> done.</c> 00:52:31.639 --> 00:52:33.199 And<00:52:31.940><c> we</c><00:52:32.039><c> can</c><00:52:32.159><c> be</c><00:52:32.340><c> like</c><00:52:32.619><c> David,</c> 00:52:33.340 --> 00:52:36.780 and<00:52:33.599><c> we</c><00:52:33.760><c> can</c><00:52:34.179><c> make</c><00:52:34.480><c> sure</c><00:52:34.800><c> that</c><00:52:35.079><c> the</c><00:52:35.460><c> commandments</c><00:52:35.980><c> of</c><00:52:36.260><c> the</c><00:52:36.500><c> Lord</c> 00:52:36.780 --> 00:52:39.599 are<00:52:36.980><c> being</c><00:52:37.760><c> adopted</c><00:52:38.820><c> in</c><00:52:39.139><c> our</c><00:52:39.380><c> lives,</c> 00:52:39.639 --> 00:52:41.340 and<00:52:39.800><c> the</c><00:52:39.980><c> Word</c><00:52:40.179><c> of</c><00:52:40.340><c> God</c><00:52:40.480><c> is</c><00:52:40.800><c> changing</c><00:52:41.119><c> us</c> 00:52:41.340 --> 00:52:43.699 and<00:52:41.539><c> making</c><00:52:41.699><c> us</c><00:52:42.039><c> different</c><00:52:42.480><c> people</c> 00:52:43.820 --> 00:52:46.440 so<00:52:44.300><c> that</c><00:52:44.679><c> wonderful</c><00:52:45.300><c> things</c><00:52:45.699><c> can</c><00:52:45.980><c> be</c><00:52:46.239><c> done.</c> 00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:51.760 And<00:52:46.739><c> the</c><00:52:46.900><c> wonderful</c><00:52:47.420><c> thing</c><00:52:48.300><c> that</c><00:52:49.579><c> lies</c><00:52:50.000><c> ahead</c><00:52:50.559><c> for</c><00:52:51.179><c> all</c><00:52:51.500><c> of</c><00:52:51.619><c> us,</c> 00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:54.139 God<00:52:52.000><c> willing,</c><00:52:52.820><c> is</c><00:52:53.019><c> this</c><00:52:53.199><c> impossible</c><00:52:53.820><c> thing,</c> 00:52:54.619 --> 00:52:56.179 salvation<00:52:55.239><c> of</c><00:52:55.639><c> each</c><00:52:55.880><c> of</c><00:52:56.039><c> us.</c> 00:52:56.280 --> 00:52:59.280 And<00:52:56.480><c> we'll</c><00:52:56.659><c> look</c><00:52:56.780><c> at</c><00:52:56.920><c> that</c><00:52:57.340><c> in</c><00:52:57.639><c> the</c><00:52:57.780><c> work</c><00:52:57.940><c> of</c><00:52:58.099><c> the</c><00:52:58.219><c> Lord</c><00:52:58.360><c> Jesus</c><00:52:58.780><c> Christ</c> 00:52:59.280 --> 00:53:01.119 after<00:52:59.800><c> our</c><00:52:59.980><c> next</c><00:53:00.260><c> break.</c>