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tasting<00:10:58.519><c> honey</c><00:10:59.440><c> in</c><00:11:00.080><c> that</c><00:11:00.360><c> land.</c>

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honey<00:11:04.860><c> and</c><00:11:05.580><c> the</c><00:11:05.679><c> beautiful</c><00:11:06.059><c> honey</c><00:11:06.519><c> that</c><00:11:07.100><c> he</c><00:11:07.320><c> finds.</c>

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titled<00:11:15.679><c> Samson's</c><00:11:17.460><c> Marriage.</c>

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So<00:12:19.860><c> Samson</c><00:12:20.120><c> is</c><00:12:20.519><c> in</c><00:12:20.779><c> Timna</c><00:12:21.159><c> and</c><00:12:21.919><c> he</c><00:12:22.220><c> sees</c><00:12:22.539><c> the</c><00:12:22.700><c> most</c><00:12:23.200><c> beautiful</c>

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woman<00:12:24.139><c> he</c><00:12:24.639><c> has</c><00:12:25.000><c> ever</c><00:12:25.419><c> set</c><00:12:25.559><c> eyes</c><00:12:25.820><c> upon.</c>

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And<00:12:27.200><c> as</c><00:12:27.539><c> you</c><00:12:27.740><c> read</c><00:12:27.960><c> through</c><00:12:28.220><c> it,</c><00:12:28.340><c> if</c><00:12:28.360><c> you're</c><00:12:28.559><c> like</c><00:12:28.659><c> me,</c><00:12:28.840><c> it</c><00:12:29.000><c> kind</c><00:12:29.120><c> of</c>

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almost<00:12:29.700><c> makes</c><00:12:29.980><c> you</c><00:12:31.460><c> laugh</c><00:12:32.059><c> a</c><00:12:32.159><c> little</c><00:12:32.399><c> bit.</c>

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I<00:12:32.659><c> don't</c><00:12:32.840><c> know</c><00:12:32.919><c> if</c><00:12:33.039><c> it</c><00:12:33.080><c> makes</c><00:12:33.200><c> you</c><00:12:33.379><c> laugh</c><00:12:33.519><c> a</c><00:12:33.639><c> bit,</c><00:12:34.139><c> but</c><00:12:34.159><c> he</c><00:12:34.500><c> sort</c>

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of,<00:12:35.000><c> you</c><00:12:35.220><c> know,</c>

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I've<00:12:35.559><c> seen</c><00:12:35.679><c> this</c><00:12:35.899><c> woman,</c><00:12:36.340><c> mom</c><00:12:36.440><c> and</c><00:12:36.580><c> dad,</c><00:12:37.120><c> can</c><00:12:37.279><c> you</c><00:12:37.419><c> get</c><00:12:37.519><c> her</c>

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for<00:12:37.840><c> me?</c>

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It's<00:12:38.259><c> almost</c><00:12:38.480><c> like</c><00:12:39.399><c> quite</c><00:12:39.940><c> immature</c><00:12:40.440><c> in</c><00:12:40.639><c> a</c><00:12:40.740><c> way,</c><00:12:41.159><c> like</c><00:12:41.340><c> from</c>

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when<00:12:41.759><c> we</c><00:12:41.960><c> look</c><00:12:42.100><c> at</c><00:12:42.200><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:12:42.419><c> almost</c><00:12:42.559><c> like</c><00:12:43.860><c> he</c><00:12:44.419><c> just</c><00:12:44.700><c> sees</c><00:12:44.860><c> something</c><00:12:45.220><c> he</c><00:12:45.480><c> wants</c><00:12:45.759><c> and</c>

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he's<00:12:46.460><c> asking</c><00:12:46.639><c> mom</c><00:12:46.799><c> and</c><00:12:46.940><c> dad</c><00:12:47.059><c> to</c><00:12:47.240><c> get</c><00:12:47.320><c> it.</c>

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It<00:12:47.759><c> reminds</c><00:12:47.919><c> me</c><00:12:48.139><c> of</c><00:12:48.279><c> me</c><00:12:48.399><c> when</c><00:12:48.519><c> I</c><00:12:48.659><c> was</c><00:12:48.820><c> in</c><00:12:48.940><c> a</c><00:12:49.080><c> toy</c><00:12:49.279><c> shop,</c><00:12:49.759><c> you</c><00:12:50.100><c> know,</c><00:12:50.299><c> as</c>

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a<00:12:50.679><c> boy.</c>

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Oh,<00:12:51.480><c> I've</c><00:12:51.679><c> seen</c><00:12:51.940><c> this</c><00:12:52.279><c> thing</c><00:12:52.460><c> and</c><00:12:52.559><c> I</c><00:12:52.700><c> really</c><00:12:52.919><c> want</c><00:12:53.080><c> it.</c><00:12:53.259><c> Can</c><00:12:53.379><c> you</c><00:12:53.539><c> get</c><00:12:53.639><c> it</c>

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for<00:12:53.919><c> me?</c>

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And<00:12:56.039><c> it's</c><00:12:56.440><c> really</c><00:12:56.700><c> trying</c><00:12:56.879><c> to</c><00:12:57.000><c> get</c><00:12:57.080><c> us</c><00:12:57.279><c> into</c><00:12:57.500><c> this</c><00:12:58.200><c> understanding</c><00:12:58.799><c> what's</c><00:12:59.220><c> going</c><00:12:59.379><c> on</c><00:12:59.620><c> here.</c>

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And<00:13:01.120><c> what</c><00:13:01.299><c> I'm</c><00:13:01.460><c> suggesting</c><00:13:01.980><c> is</c><00:13:02.360><c> that</c><00:13:02.840><c> what</c><00:13:03.220><c> we're</c><00:13:03.639><c> seeing</c><00:13:03.879><c> here</c><00:13:04.200><c> is</c>

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very<00:13:05.080><c> clearly</c><00:13:05.480><c> desire.</c>

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There's<00:13:09.399><c> been</c><00:13:09.600><c> different</c><00:13:09.960><c> perspectives</c><00:13:10.700><c> from</c><00:13:12.460><c> different</c><00:13:12.860><c> people</c><00:13:13.159><c> about</c><00:13:13.440><c> what's</c><00:13:13.799><c> going</c><00:13:13.980><c> on</c><00:13:14.159><c> here,</c>

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but<00:13:14.620><c> I</c><00:13:14.820><c> think</c><00:13:14.960><c> it's</c><00:13:15.200><c> very</c><00:13:15.480><c> clear</c><00:13:15.919><c> that</c><00:13:16.539><c> we're</c><00:13:16.799><c> being</c><00:13:17.299><c> told</c><00:13:17.899><c> that</c><00:13:18.259><c> it's</c><00:13:18.580><c> what's</c><00:13:18.879><c> right</c><00:13:19.019><c> in</c>

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Samson's<00:13:19.980><c> eyes.</c>

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He<00:13:21.240><c> says</c><00:13:21.440><c> that</c><00:13:21.600><c> it's</c><00:13:21.779><c> right</c><00:13:22.000><c> for</c><00:13:22.200><c> him.</c>

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And<00:13:23.740><c> we</c><00:13:23.860><c> know</c><00:13:24.080><c> that</c><00:13:24.340><c> the</c><00:13:24.539><c> book</c><00:13:24.720><c> has</c><00:13:24.980><c> this</c><00:13:25.320><c> phrase</c><00:13:25.559><c> that</c><00:13:25.799><c> people</c>

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are<00:13:26.240><c> doing</c><00:13:26.360><c> what's</c><00:13:26.759><c> right</c><00:13:27.100><c> in</c><00:13:28.019><c> their</c><00:13:28.440><c> own</c><00:13:28.639><c> eyes.</c>

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So<00:13:31.460><c> Samson's</c><00:13:31.980><c> desire</c><00:13:32.419><c> is</c><00:13:32.899><c> there</c><00:13:33.299><c> for</c><00:13:33.480><c> us</c><00:13:33.659><c> to</c><00:13:33.840><c> see.</c>

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And<00:13:34.139><c> we</c><00:13:34.240><c> read</c><00:13:34.399><c> of</c><00:13:34.539><c> that</c><00:13:34.840><c> in</c><00:13:35.059><c> verses</c><00:13:35.460><c> one</c><00:13:35.679><c> and</c><00:13:35.899><c> two</c><00:13:36.720><c> of</c><00:13:37.320><c> chapter</c><00:13:37.779><c> 14.</c>

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Samson<00:13:38.919><c> went</c><00:13:39.139><c> down</c><00:13:39.440><c> to</c><00:13:39.679><c> Timna</c><00:13:40.039><c> and</c><00:13:40.480><c> at</c><00:13:40.759><c> Timna</c><00:13:41.019><c> he</c><00:13:41.320><c> saw</c><00:13:42.019><c> one</c><00:13:42.659><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:42.919><c> daughters</c><00:13:43.259><c> of</c><00:13:43.440><c> the</c><00:13:43.620><c> Philistines.</c>

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Then<00:13:44.440><c> he</c><00:13:44.659><c> came</c><00:13:44.919><c> up</c><00:13:45.159><c> and</c><00:13:45.320><c> told</c><00:13:45.539><c> his</c><00:13:45.740><c> father</c><00:13:46.000><c> and</c><00:13:46.159><c> mother,</c>

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I<00:13:46.960><c> saw</c><00:13:47.259><c> one</c><00:13:47.440><c> of</c><00:13:47.539><c> the</c><00:13:47.659><c> daughters</c><00:13:47.879><c> of</c><00:13:48.039><c> the</c><00:13:48.220><c> Philistines</c><00:13:48.659><c> at</c><00:13:48.840><c> Timna.</c>

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Now<00:13:49.779><c> get</c><00:13:50.059><c> her</c><00:13:50.379><c> for</c><00:13:50.639><c> me</c><00:13:51.200><c> as</c><00:13:51.639><c> my</c><00:13:51.940><c> wife.</c>

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It's<00:13:56.159><c> interesting,</c><00:13:56.580><c> isn't</c><00:13:56.679><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:13:57.100><c> when</c><00:13:57.240><c> we</c><00:13:57.460><c> actually</c><00:13:57.799><c> try</c><00:13:58.100><c> and</c><00:13:58.519><c> draw</c><00:13:58.679><c> out</c><00:13:58.860><c> the</c><00:13:59.139><c> principles</c><00:13:59.460><c> here</c><00:13:59.879><c> for</c><00:14:00.000><c> us</c>

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to<00:14:00.480><c> learn,</c>

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we<00:14:01.679><c> notice</c><00:14:02.200><c> that</c><00:14:02.740><c> in</c><00:14:03.460><c> our</c><00:14:03.820><c> lives</c><00:14:04.379><c> we</c><00:14:05.240><c> have</c><00:14:05.759><c> a</c><00:14:06.240><c> very</c><00:14:06.519><c> similar</c><00:14:06.840><c> pattern</c><00:14:07.299><c> in</c>

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terms<00:14:07.759><c> of</c><00:14:07.960><c> temptation.</c>

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And<00:14:09.779><c> that</c><00:14:10.159><c> seeing</c><00:14:10.559><c> and</c><00:14:11.179><c> our</c><00:14:11.480><c> senses</c><00:14:12.139><c> are</c><00:14:12.840><c> so</c><00:14:13.220><c> very</c><00:14:13.659><c> integral</c>

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to<00:14:15.080><c> those</c><00:14:15.639><c> things</c><00:14:16.039><c> that</c><00:14:16.379><c> tempt</c><00:14:16.600><c> us</c>

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and<00:14:17.379><c> those</c><00:14:18.100><c> things</c><00:14:18.399><c> that</c><00:14:18.960><c> provide</c><00:14:19.779><c> these</c><00:14:21.159><c> urges</c><00:14:22.340><c> and</c><00:14:22.639><c> desires</c>

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that<00:14:23.320><c> we</c><00:14:23.480><c> can</c><00:14:23.740><c> face</c><00:14:24.179><c> in</c><00:14:24.759><c> our</c><00:14:25.000><c> lives.</c>

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So<00:14:26.480><c> I'd</c><00:14:26.779><c> like</c><00:14:26.919><c> to</c><00:14:28.320><c> sort</c><00:14:28.539><c> of</c><00:14:28.980><c> phrase</c><00:14:29.200><c> it</c><00:14:29.460><c> as</c><00:14:29.639><c> this</c><00:14:30.200><c> see</c><00:14:30.519><c> take.</c>

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And<00:14:32.039><c> it's</c><00:14:32.360><c> a</c><00:14:32.580><c> very</c><00:14:32.899><c> strong</c><00:14:33.460><c> scriptural</c><00:14:34.980><c> pattern.</c>

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You<00:14:37.379><c> might</c><00:14:37.600><c> be</c><00:14:37.840><c> familiar</c><00:14:38.120><c> with</c><00:14:38.299><c> the</c><00:14:38.500><c> first</c><00:14:38.759><c> time</c><00:14:39.139><c> the</c><00:14:39.700><c> see</c><00:14:39.940><c> and</c>

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take<00:14:40.559><c> occurs</c><00:14:41.259><c> in</c><00:14:41.419><c> the</c><00:14:41.580><c> Bible.</c>

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Where<00:14:41.940><c> do</c><00:14:42.080><c> you</c><00:14:42.100><c> think</c><00:14:42.259><c> that</c><00:14:42.480><c> would</c><00:14:42.639><c> be?</c>

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See<00:14:44.059><c> and</c><00:14:44.419><c> take.</c><00:14:46.200><c> Genesis,</c><00:14:46.580><c> yes.</c>

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So<00:14:47.200><c> Eve</c><00:14:47.500><c> sees</c><00:14:48.080><c> the</c><00:14:48.379><c> fruit.</c>

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It's<00:14:50.240><c> appealing,</c><00:14:51.799><c> visually</c><00:14:52.139><c> appealing.</c>

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She<00:14:53.059><c> sees</c><00:14:53.399><c> it</c><00:14:54.019><c> and</c><00:14:54.360><c> she</c><00:14:54.659><c> takes.</c>

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And<00:14:55.299><c> obviously</c><00:14:55.519><c> there's</c><00:14:55.720><c> other</c><00:14:56.000><c> reasons</c><00:14:56.379><c> why</c><00:14:56.620><c> it</c><00:14:56.700><c> was</c><00:14:56.899><c> appealing,</c>

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but<00:14:57.320><c> we're</c><00:14:57.580><c> thinking</c><00:14:57.840><c> particularly</c><00:14:58.320><c> about</c><00:14:58.799><c> that</c><00:14:59.279><c> sensual</c><00:14:59.860><c> side,</c>

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the<00:15:00.399><c> senses</c><00:15:00.860><c> and</c><00:15:01.059><c> how</c><00:15:01.600><c> they</c><00:15:02.200><c> can</c><00:15:03.059><c> draw</c><00:15:03.480><c> us</c><00:15:03.720><c> into</c><00:15:04.100><c> situations.</c>

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So<00:15:06.259><c> sometimes</c><00:15:06.879><c> in</c><00:15:07.159><c> life</c><00:15:07.379><c> we</c><00:15:07.779><c> see</c><00:15:08.139><c> and</c><00:15:08.559><c> take.</c>

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For<00:15:09.700><c> me,</c><00:15:10.620><c> that</c><00:15:10.779><c> is</c><00:15:10.960><c> the</c><00:15:11.100><c> problem</c><00:15:11.259><c> with</c><00:15:11.440><c> the</c><00:15:11.639><c> donuts.</c>

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Yes?<00:15:14.779><c> We</c><00:15:15.039><c> see</c><00:15:15.240><c> and</c><00:15:15.379><c> we</c><00:15:15.639><c> take.</c>

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And<00:15:16.240><c> there's</c><00:15:16.440><c> very</c><00:15:16.840><c> little</c><00:15:17.179><c> thinking</c><00:15:17.620><c> going</c><00:15:18.000><c> on</c><00:15:18.539><c> in</c><00:15:19.460><c> between</c>

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the<00:15:20.200><c> see</c><00:15:20.320><c> and</c><00:15:20.440><c> the</c><00:15:20.659><c> take.</c>

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Yes?

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And<00:15:23.659><c> this</c><00:15:23.879><c> is</c><00:15:24.360><c> the</c><00:15:24.480><c> challenge</c><00:15:25.019><c> that</c><00:15:25.419><c> we</c><00:15:25.759><c> have</c><00:15:26.279><c> in</c><00:15:27.240><c> our</c><00:15:27.440><c> human</c><00:15:27.799><c> frame</c>

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that<00:15:29.059><c> we're</c><00:15:29.960><c> very</c><00:15:30.340><c> driven</c><00:15:30.740><c> by</c><00:15:31.279><c> what</c><00:15:31.679><c> we</c><00:15:32.000><c> see,</c>

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but<00:15:32.419><c> also</c><00:15:33.200><c> our</c><00:15:33.740><c> other</c><00:15:33.940><c> senses,</c><00:15:35.139><c> touch</c><00:15:35.539><c> and</c><00:15:35.799><c> taste</c><00:15:36.179><c> and</c><00:15:36.580><c> what</c>

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we<00:15:37.120><c> hear,</c>

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and<00:15:37.899><c> how</c><00:15:38.159><c> that</c><00:15:38.440><c> feeds</c><00:15:38.740><c> into</c><00:15:39.100><c> our</c><00:15:39.360><c> minds.</c>

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So<00:15:41.480><c> certainly</c><00:15:42.080><c> it's</c><00:15:42.299><c> there</c><00:15:42.559><c> with</c><00:15:43.039><c> Adam</c><00:15:43.320><c> and</c><00:15:43.580><c> Eve.</c>

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It's<00:15:44.860><c> also</c><00:15:45.159><c> there,</c><00:15:46.220><c> and</c><00:15:46.440><c> we</c><00:15:46.580><c> won't</c><00:15:46.720><c> go</c><00:15:46.919><c> into</c><00:15:46.980><c> all</c><00:15:47.159><c> these,</c>

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but<00:15:47.559><c> you</c><00:15:48.179><c> can</c><00:15:48.360><c> follow</c><00:15:48.620><c> them</c><00:15:48.820><c> up</c><00:15:49.080><c> to</c><00:15:49.299><c> see</c><00:15:49.480><c> the</c><00:15:49.860><c> use</c><00:15:50.019><c> of</c><00:15:50.240><c> these</c><00:15:50.419><c> words,</c>

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literally<00:15:51.159><c> the</c><00:15:51.360><c> words</c><00:15:51.600><c> to</c><00:15:51.860><c> see</c><00:15:52.259><c> and</c><00:15:52.740><c> take,</c><00:15:53.019><c> or</c><00:15:53.120><c> they</c><00:15:53.360><c> saw</c><00:15:53.659><c> and</c>

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they<00:15:54.100><c> took.</c>

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When<00:15:55.559><c> the</c><00:15:56.080><c> sons</c><00:15:56.340><c> of</c><00:15:56.639><c> God</c><00:15:57.279><c> see</c><00:15:58.039><c> the</c><00:15:58.320><c> daughters</c><00:15:58.580><c> of</c><00:15:58.779><c> men</c><00:15:59.220><c> before</c>

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the<00:15:59.919><c> flood,</c>

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they<00:16:00.500><c> see</c><00:16:00.980><c> and</c><00:16:01.759><c> take.</c>

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Maybe<00:16:05.000><c> one</c><00:16:05.559><c> a</c><00:16:06.059><c> little</c><00:16:06.240><c> bit</c><00:16:06.519><c> different</c><00:16:07.080><c> is</c><00:16:07.700><c> David</c><00:16:08.080><c> and</c><00:16:08.320><c> Bathsheba.</c>

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We're<00:16:09.259><c> actually</c><00:16:09.399><c> going</c><00:16:09.519><c> to</c><00:16:09.600><c> think</c><00:16:09.779><c> a</c><00:16:09.879><c> little</c><00:16:10.039><c> bit</c><00:16:10.179><c> about</c><00:16:10.379><c> that</c>

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this<00:16:11.519><c> morning.</c>

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He<00:16:12.419><c> saw</c><00:16:12.779><c> her,</c><00:16:13.919><c> but</c><00:16:14.480><c> it</c><00:16:14.620><c> wasn't</c><00:16:14.840><c> instant,</c><00:16:15.320><c> was</c><00:16:15.440><c> it?</c>

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He<00:16:15.840><c> wasn't</c><00:16:16.419><c> able</c><00:16:16.720><c> to</c><00:16:17.000><c> take</c><00:16:17.220><c> straight</c><00:16:17.519><c> away.</c>

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And<00:16:18.559><c> so</c><00:16:18.779><c> sometimes</c><00:16:19.379><c> there's</c><00:16:20.460><c> a</c><00:16:20.539><c> little</c><00:16:20.659><c> bit</c><00:16:20.799><c> of</c><00:16:20.919><c> a</c><00:16:21.080><c> gap</c><00:16:21.659><c> where</c>

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we<00:16:23.399><c> see,</c>

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and<00:16:25.440><c> it's</c><00:16:25.820><c> a</c><00:16:25.960><c> while</c><00:16:26.120><c> before</c><00:16:26.399><c> we</c><00:16:26.679><c> take.</c>

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And<00:16:27.799><c> in</c><00:16:28.460><c> these</c><00:16:28.720><c> situations,</c><00:16:29.840><c> there's</c><00:16:29.899><c> obviously</c><00:16:30.299><c> opportunity</c><00:16:31.019><c> for</c><00:16:31.320><c> us</c>

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to<00:16:32.679><c> try</c><00:16:33.019><c> and</c><00:16:33.419><c> sever</c><00:16:33.779><c> that</c><00:16:34.539><c> pathway</c><00:16:35.080><c> in</c><00:16:36.299><c> our</c><00:16:36.580><c> lives.</c>

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But<00:16:39.039><c> this</c><00:16:39.399><c> is</c><00:16:39.539><c> what</c><00:16:39.720><c> happened</c><00:16:39.960><c> with</c><00:16:40.419><c> David</c><00:16:40.740><c> and</c><00:16:40.960><c> Bathsheba.</c>

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He<00:16:41.639><c> saw</c><00:16:42.100><c> and</c><00:16:42.820><c> he</c><00:16:43.080><c> took.</c>

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And<00:16:45.519><c> so</c><00:16:45.840><c> when</c><00:16:45.980><c> we</c><00:16:46.220><c> come</c><00:16:46.399><c> to</c><00:16:46.600><c> think</c><00:16:46.820><c> of</c><00:16:47.039><c> our</c><00:16:47.200><c> Lord</c><00:16:47.340><c> Jesus</c><00:16:47.840><c> Christ,</c>

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we<00:16:49.000><c> have</c><00:16:49.279><c> a</c><00:16:49.360><c> beautiful,</c><00:16:49.899><c> beautiful</c><00:16:52.039><c> sort</c><00:16:52.740><c> of</c><00:16:53.519><c> encouragement</c>

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from<00:16:54.600><c> the</c><00:16:54.840><c> Lord</c>

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to<00:16:55.740><c> try</c><00:16:55.919><c> and</c><00:16:56.100><c> help</c><00:16:56.220><c> us</c><00:16:56.580><c> overcome</c><00:16:57.059><c> this</c><00:16:57.460><c> cycle</c><00:16:57.879><c> and</c><00:16:58.059><c> this</c><00:16:58.340><c> pattern</c><00:16:58.720><c> in</c>

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our<00:16:59.659><c> lives,</c>

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because<00:17:00.340><c> we</c><00:17:00.539><c> know</c><00:17:00.679><c> that</c><00:17:00.860><c> Jesus</c><00:17:01.159><c> was</c><00:17:01.480><c> like</c><00:17:01.820><c> us</c><00:17:01.960><c> and</c><00:17:02.039><c> he</c><00:17:02.159><c> was</c><00:17:02.379><c> tempted</c><00:17:02.720><c> like</c><00:17:03.080><c> us,</c>

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but<00:17:04.259><c> he</c><00:17:04.420><c> was</c><00:17:04.599><c> able</c><00:17:04.779><c> not</c><00:17:05.039><c> to</c><00:17:05.920><c> take</c><00:17:06.859><c> of</c><00:17:07.640><c> those</c><00:17:07.960><c> things</c><00:17:08.299><c> that</c><00:17:08.480><c> he</c><00:17:08.700><c> saw.</c>

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So<00:17:09.960><c> he</c><00:17:10.079><c> was</c><00:17:10.279><c> able</c><00:17:10.500><c> to</c><00:17:11.220><c> still</c><00:17:12.539><c> live</c><00:17:12.880><c> like</c><00:17:13.160><c> we</c><00:17:13.420><c> do,</c><00:17:14.119><c> but</c><00:17:15.039><c> he</c><00:17:15.200><c> didn't</c><00:17:15.480><c> take.</c>

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So<00:17:17.160><c> what</c><00:17:17.359><c> I'm</c><00:17:17.539><c> suggesting</c><00:17:17.980><c> is</c><00:17:18.240><c> that</c><00:17:18.559><c> he</c><00:17:18.839><c> was</c><00:17:19.039><c> able</c><00:17:19.220><c> to</c><00:17:20.079><c> train</c>

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his<00:17:20.740><c> mind.</c>

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He<00:17:21.599><c> grew</c><00:17:22.359><c> up</c><00:17:22.660><c> in</c><00:17:22.759><c> a</c><00:17:23.039><c> way</c><00:17:23.279><c> that</c><00:17:23.779><c> he</c><00:17:23.940><c> was</c><00:17:24.220><c> able</c><00:17:24.599><c> to</c><00:17:25.880><c> break</c><00:17:26.680><c> this</c>

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very<00:17:28.460><c> strong</c><00:17:29.680><c> thing</c>

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that<00:17:31.400><c> we</c><00:17:31.539><c> all</c><00:17:31.980><c> experience.</c>

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He<00:17:34.000><c> saw,</c><00:17:34.960><c> but</c><00:17:35.220><c> he</c><00:17:35.400><c> didn't</c><00:17:35.700><c> take.</c>

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And<00:17:37.559><c> I</c><00:17:37.700><c> think</c><00:17:37.940><c> how</c><00:17:38.140><c> he</c><00:17:38.299><c> did</c><00:17:38.440><c> that</c><00:17:38.720><c> is</c><00:17:39.039><c> described</c><00:17:39.700><c> quite</c><00:17:40.579><c> clearly</c><00:17:41.000><c> for</c><00:17:41.279><c> us</c>

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by<00:17:41.700><c> Paul</c><00:17:42.000><c> in</c><00:17:42.160><c> his</c><00:17:42.380><c> second</c><00:17:43.099><c> letter</c><00:17:43.359><c> to</c><00:17:43.579><c> the</c><00:17:43.759><c> Corinthians</c>

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that<00:17:44.880><c> Jesus</c><00:17:45.460><c> walked</c><00:17:45.880><c> by</c><00:17:46.539><c> faith</c><00:17:47.099><c> and</c><00:17:47.880><c> not</c><00:17:48.099><c> by</c><00:17:48.460><c> sight.</c>

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And<00:17:48.839><c> it's</c><00:17:50.279><c> interesting,</c><00:17:50.759><c> isn't</c><00:17:50.799><c> it?</c>

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When<00:17:50.940><c> we</c><00:17:51.079><c> go</c><00:17:51.200><c> to</c><00:17:51.319><c> the</c><00:17:51.460><c> Gospels</c><00:17:51.839><c> and</c><00:17:51.980><c> we</c><00:17:52.119><c> see</c><00:17:52.259><c> Jesus</c><00:17:52.619><c> walking</c><00:17:53.019><c> around</c>

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and<00:17:54.859><c> he's</c><00:17:55.019><c> just</c><00:17:55.319><c> looking</c><00:17:55.619><c> around</c><00:17:56.019><c> and</c><00:17:56.140><c> he's</c><00:17:56.440><c> seeing</c><00:17:56.599><c> trees</c>

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and<00:17:57.420><c> he's</c><00:17:57.660><c> seeing</c><00:17:57.880><c> birds</c><00:17:58.579><c> and</c><00:17:59.079><c> he's</c><00:17:59.420><c> seeing</c><00:17:59.599><c> children,</c>

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what's<00:18:00.740><c> he</c><00:18:00.920><c> doing</c><00:18:01.119><c> all</c><00:18:01.359><c> the</c><00:18:01.559><c> time</c><00:18:01.940><c> with</c><00:18:02.140><c> the</c><00:18:02.299><c> things</c><00:18:02.480><c> that</c><00:18:02.660><c> he</c><00:18:02.779><c> sees?</c>

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He's<00:18:07.140><c> seeing</c><00:18:07.660><c> a</c><00:18:08.039><c> spiritual</c><00:18:08.720><c> realm,</c><00:18:09.220><c> isn't</c><00:18:09.359><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:18:10.039><c> seeing</c><00:18:10.619><c> a</c><00:18:11.660><c> higher</c><00:18:12.039><c> plane,</c><00:18:12.680><c> not</c><00:18:13.019><c> the</c><00:18:13.220><c> physical</c><00:18:13.680><c> realm.</c>

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He's<00:18:14.880><c> actually</c><00:18:15.599><c> trained</c><00:18:16.779><c> to</c><00:18:17.839><c> look</c><00:18:18.259><c> at</c><00:18:18.420><c> the</c><00:18:18.640><c> world</c>

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through<00:18:19.599><c> what</c><00:18:19.779><c> I</c><00:18:19.980><c> call</c><00:18:20.059><c> the</c><00:18:20.279><c> filter</c><00:18:20.599><c> of</c><00:18:20.960><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:18:22.880><c> we're</c><00:18:23.220><c> encouraged</c><00:18:23.579><c> to</c><00:18:24.059><c> take</c><00:18:24.400><c> on</c><00:18:24.720><c> that</c><00:18:26.119><c> vision</c>

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and<00:18:28.579><c> be</c><00:18:28.779><c> like</c><00:18:28.940><c> the</c><00:18:29.140><c> Lord</c><00:18:29.299><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:18:30.339><c> Samson,</c><00:18:30.859><c> like</c><00:18:30.920><c> us,</c><00:18:31.819><c> struggled</c><00:18:32.000><c> with</c><00:18:32.279><c> this</c><00:18:32.859><c> element</c><00:18:33.380><c> in</c><00:18:34.359><c> life.</c>

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And<00:18:35.160><c> so</c><00:18:35.599><c> he</c><00:18:35.980><c> is</c><00:18:36.319><c> destined</c><00:18:36.859><c> to</c><00:18:39.519><c> head</c><00:18:39.839><c> down</c><00:18:40.019><c> this</c><00:18:40.259><c> pathway.</c>

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And<00:18:40.960><c> it</c><00:18:41.099><c> seems</c><00:18:41.359><c> very</c><00:18:42.420><c> like</c><00:18:43.279><c> he's</c><00:18:43.579><c> unstoppable.</c>

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His<00:18:45.819><c> parents,</c><00:18:46.980><c> like</c><00:18:47.960><c> any</c><00:18:48.400><c> parents</c><00:18:48.779><c> in</c><00:18:48.980><c> this</c><00:18:49.079><c> situation,</c>

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and<00:18:49.839><c> from</c><00:18:50.160><c> hopefully</c><00:18:50.440><c> what</c><00:18:51.140><c> we've</c><00:18:51.599><c> looked</c><00:18:51.859><c> at</c><00:18:52.059><c> together,</c>

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they're<00:18:54.440><c> obviously</c><00:18:54.740><c> not</c><00:18:55.400><c> comfortable</c><00:18:55.900><c> with</c><00:18:56.200><c> his</c><00:18:57.000><c> choice</c><00:18:57.579><c> of</c><00:18:58.339><c> wife.</c>

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Let's<00:18:59.819><c> read</c><00:19:00.079><c> their</c><00:19:00.380><c> response</c><00:19:01.119><c> in</c><00:19:01.559><c> Judges</c><00:19:01.859><c> 14,</c><00:19:02.519><c> verses</c><00:19:02.799><c> 3</c><00:19:03.079><c> and</c><00:19:03.220><c> 4.</c>

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But<00:19:04.980><c> his</c><00:19:05.220><c> father</c><00:19:05.519><c> and</c><00:19:05.720><c> mother</c><00:19:05.900><c> said</c><00:19:06.200><c> to</c><00:19:06.339><c> him,</c>

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Is<00:19:06.700><c> there</c><00:19:06.819><c> not</c><00:19:07.039><c> a</c><00:19:07.200><c> woman</c><00:19:07.400><c> among</c><00:19:07.700><c> the</c><00:19:07.920><c> daughters</c><00:19:08.240><c> of</c><00:19:08.420><c> your</c><00:19:08.680><c> relatives</c>

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or<00:19:09.779><c> among</c><00:19:10.059><c> all</c><00:19:10.420><c> our</c><00:19:10.640><c> people</c><00:19:11.000><c> that</c><00:19:11.200><c> you</c><00:19:11.380><c> must</c><00:19:11.579><c> go</c><00:19:11.779><c> to</c><00:19:11.960><c> take</c><00:19:12.140><c> a</c><00:19:12.319><c> wife</c>

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from<00:19:13.079><c> the</c><00:19:13.440><c> uncircumcised</c><00:19:14.259><c> Philistines?</c>

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But<00:19:15.799><c> Samson</c><00:19:16.059><c> said</c><00:19:16.319><c> to</c><00:19:16.519><c> his</c><00:19:16.660><c> father,</c>

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Get<00:19:17.559><c> her</c><00:19:17.740><c> for</c><00:19:17.940><c> me,</c><00:19:18.180><c> for</c><00:19:18.319><c> she</c><00:19:18.559><c> is</c><00:19:18.779><c> right</c><00:19:19.160><c> in</c><00:19:19.660><c> my</c><00:19:19.960><c> eyes.</c>

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His<00:19:21.319><c> father</c><00:19:22.440><c> and</c><00:19:22.640><c> mother</c><00:19:22.839><c> did</c><00:19:23.059><c> not</c><00:19:23.299><c> know</c><00:19:23.640><c> that</c><00:19:24.019><c> it</c><00:19:24.160><c> was</c><00:19:24.380><c> from</c>

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the<00:19:24.880><c> Lord,</c>

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for<00:19:26.099><c> he</c><00:19:26.240><c> was</c><00:19:26.440><c> seeking</c><00:19:26.740><c> an</c><00:19:26.900><c> opportunity</c><00:19:27.519><c> against</c><00:19:28.299><c> the</c><00:19:28.539><c> Philistines.</c>

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At<00:19:29.200><c> that</c><00:19:29.519><c> time</c><00:19:29.980><c> the</c><00:19:30.480><c> Philistines</c><00:19:31.420><c> ruled</c><00:19:32.240><c> over</c><00:19:33.099><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:19:34.900><c> so</c><00:19:35.579><c> Manoah</c><00:19:36.000><c> and</c><00:19:36.460><c> his</c><00:19:37.140><c> wife</c><00:19:37.559><c> are</c><00:19:38.279><c> really</c><00:19:38.700><c> pleading</c><00:19:39.200><c> with</c><00:19:39.519><c> Samson.</c>

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And<00:19:40.680><c> they're</c><00:19:40.900><c> saying</c><00:19:41.140><c> to</c><00:19:41.240><c> him,</c>

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Can't<00:19:41.940><c> you</c><00:19:42.099><c> find</c><00:19:42.319><c> a</c><00:19:42.519><c> wife</c><00:19:42.920><c> amongst</c><00:19:44.000><c> your</c><00:19:44.380><c> relatives,</c>

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amongst<00:19:45.319><c> those</c><00:19:45.660><c> of</c><00:19:46.019><c> the</c><00:19:46.200><c> tribe</c><00:19:46.380><c> of</c><00:19:46.640><c> Dan?</c>

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And<00:19:47.819><c> if</c><00:19:48.000><c> you're</c><00:19:48.279><c> struggling</c><00:19:48.539><c> in</c><00:19:48.740><c> the</c><00:19:48.960><c> tribe</c><00:19:49.119><c> of</c><00:19:49.299><c> Dan</c><00:19:49.519><c> or</c><00:19:49.720><c> your</c><00:19:50.099><c> relatives,</c>

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could<00:19:51.880><c> you</c><00:19:52.000><c> not</c><00:19:52.140><c> maybe</c><00:19:52.339><c> look</c><00:19:52.559><c> at</c><00:19:52.660><c> one</c><00:19:52.799><c> of</c><00:19:52.920><c> the</c><00:19:53.019><c> other</c><00:19:53.240><c> tribes?</c>

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They're<00:19:55.440><c> really</c><00:19:55.819><c> trying</c><00:19:56.160><c> to</c><00:19:57.220><c> give</c><00:19:57.740><c> him</c><00:19:57.940><c> this</c><00:19:58.220><c> guidance</c><00:19:58.799><c> to</c><00:19:59.299><c> say,</c>

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Can<00:20:00.200><c> we</c><00:20:00.619><c> keep</c><00:20:00.900><c> things</c><00:20:01.539><c> in</c><00:20:02.380><c> the</c><00:20:02.579><c> house</c><00:20:02.779><c> of</c><00:20:02.940><c> Israel?</c>

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But<00:20:04.720><c> we</c><00:20:04.960><c> know</c><00:20:05.279><c> that</c><00:20:05.740><c> that</c><00:20:06.180><c> wasn't</c><00:20:06.559><c> Samson's</c><00:20:07.220><c> path.</c>

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And<00:20:08.660><c> then</c><00:20:08.779><c> we</c><00:20:09.000><c> have</c><00:20:09.440><c> this</c><00:20:09.920><c> expression</c><00:20:10.579><c> in</c><00:20:10.900><c> verse</c><00:20:11.420><c> 4,</c>

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which<00:20:12.259><c> I</c><00:20:12.359><c> think</c><00:20:12.519><c> is</c><00:20:12.640><c> one</c><00:20:12.779><c> of</c><00:20:12.900><c> the</c><00:20:13.019><c> most,</c><00:20:13.819><c> for</c><00:20:14.920><c> me,</c>

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can<00:20:15.740><c> be</c><00:20:15.839><c> one</c><00:20:16.000><c> of</c><00:20:16.079><c> the</c><00:20:16.200><c> most</c><00:20:16.480><c> puzzling</c><00:20:16.940><c> things</c><00:20:17.339><c> about</c><00:20:18.119><c> Samson's</c><00:20:18.859><c> story.</c>

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And<00:20:19.380><c> really</c><00:20:19.960><c> it's</c><00:20:20.339><c> quite</c><00:20:20.519><c> a</c><00:20:20.819><c> key</c><00:20:21.000><c> phrase,</c>

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because<00:20:23.660><c> it</c><00:20:23.920><c> says</c><00:20:24.380><c> that</c><00:20:25.240><c> what</c><00:20:25.440><c> was</c><00:20:25.720><c> happening</c><00:20:26.000><c> was</c><00:20:26.380><c> from</c><00:20:27.180><c> the</c><00:20:27.680><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:20:30.140><c> so</c><00:20:30.259><c> we're</c><00:20:30.380><c> left</c><00:20:30.640><c> with,</c><00:20:31.779><c> again,</c><00:20:32.059><c> a</c><00:20:32.160><c> bit</c><00:20:32.299><c> of</c><00:20:32.480><c> a</c><00:20:32.640><c> puzzle,</c>

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a<00:20:33.039><c> bit</c><00:20:33.180><c> of</c><00:20:34.380><c> a</c><00:20:34.500><c> conundrum,</c>

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because<00:20:35.579><c> we're</c><00:20:36.019><c> seeing</c><00:20:36.279><c> what</c><00:20:36.500><c> looks</c><00:20:36.799><c> like</c><00:20:37.180><c> someone</c><00:20:37.680><c> who's</c>

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doing<00:20:38.500><c> the</c><00:20:38.779><c> wrong</c><00:20:39.079><c> thing,</c>

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but<00:20:40.259><c> we're</c><00:20:40.420><c> being</c><00:20:40.759><c> told</c><00:20:41.099><c> that</c><00:20:41.680><c> the</c><00:20:41.940><c> situation</c><00:20:42.720><c> was</c><00:20:43.559><c> from</c><00:20:44.339><c> the</c><00:20:44.759><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:20:46.079><c> it</c><00:20:46.259><c> says</c><00:20:46.539><c> that</c><00:20:47.000><c> he</c><00:20:47.220><c> was</c><00:20:47.480><c> seeking</c><00:20:47.740><c> an</c><00:20:47.900><c> opportunity</c><00:20:48.519><c> to</c><00:20:50.279><c> attack</c><00:20:52.140><c> the</c><00:20:52.579><c> Philistines.</c>

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And<00:20:54.299><c> I</c><00:20:54.359><c> suppose</c><00:20:54.500><c> people</c><00:20:54.779><c> have</c><00:20:55.099><c> interpreted</c><00:20:55.519><c> these</c><00:20:55.920><c> verses</c><00:20:56.240><c> in</c>

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different<00:20:56.920><c> ways</c><00:20:57.240><c> at</c><00:20:57.480><c> different</c><00:20:57.720><c> times.</c>

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You<00:20:59.180><c> may</c><00:20:59.380><c> have</c><00:20:59.579><c> heard</c><00:20:59.759><c> different</c><00:21:00.880><c> suggestions</c><00:21:01.700><c> of</c><00:21:02.140><c> what</c><00:21:02.380><c> this</c><00:21:02.720><c> means.</c>

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What<00:21:05.279><c> I</c><00:21:05.700><c> would</c><00:21:05.880><c> like</c><00:21:06.079><c> to</c><00:21:06.720><c> suggest</c><00:21:07.359><c> from</c><00:21:08.579><c> the</c><00:21:09.440><c> reading</c><00:21:09.700><c> that</c><00:21:09.880><c> we</c><00:21:10.140><c> have,</c>

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looking<00:21:11.740><c> at</c><00:21:11.940><c> it</c><00:21:12.380><c> in</c><00:21:12.500><c> the</c><00:21:12.859><c> context</c><00:21:13.400><c> of</c><00:21:13.579><c> the</c><00:21:13.720><c> book</c><00:21:13.900><c> of</c><00:21:14.140><c> Judges,</c>

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in<00:21:15.059><c> the</c><00:21:15.279><c> context</c><00:21:15.839><c> of</c><00:21:16.460><c> this</c><00:21:17.480><c> theme</c><00:21:17.740><c> of</c><00:21:17.980><c> made</c><00:21:18.559><c> strong</c><00:21:19.019><c> out</c><00:21:19.220><c> of</c><00:21:19.480><c> weakness,</c>

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is<00:21:21.019><c> that</c><00:21:21.160><c> we</c><00:21:22.599><c> actually</c><00:21:23.059><c> have</c><00:21:23.559><c> a</c><00:21:23.859><c> sinful</c><00:21:24.160><c> situation</c>

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that<00:21:26.079><c> God</c><00:21:26.539><c> is</c><00:21:27.460><c> not</c><00:21:27.859><c> walking</c><00:21:28.220><c> away</c><00:21:28.599><c> from</c><00:21:28.859><c> and</c><00:21:29.099><c> abandoning,</c>

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but<00:21:29.900><c> God</c><00:21:30.099><c> is</c><00:21:30.319><c> still</c><00:21:30.579><c> there</c><00:21:31.339><c> working</c><00:21:32.039><c> amongst</c><00:21:32.599><c> the</c><00:21:32.819><c> weakness.</c>

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Remember,<00:21:33.619><c> we</c><00:21:33.859><c> saw</c><00:21:34.099><c> this</c><00:21:34.720><c> cycle</c><00:21:35.240><c> in</c><00:21:35.519><c> Judges</c>

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and<00:21:35.940><c> how</c><00:21:36.059><c> things</c><00:21:36.220><c> were</c><00:21:36.400><c> getting</c><00:21:36.619><c> worse</c><00:21:37.000><c> and</c><00:21:37.279><c> worse</c><00:21:37.539><c> every</c><00:21:37.920><c> time.</c>

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And<00:21:38.759><c> here</c><00:21:38.900><c> we</c><00:21:39.039><c> have</c><00:21:39.240><c> Samson,</c><00:21:39.720><c> the</c><00:21:39.900><c> last</c><00:21:40.259><c> Judge,</c>

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and<00:21:41.660><c> things</c><00:21:42.160><c> are</c><00:21:42.380><c> at</c><00:21:42.559><c> an</c><00:21:42.660><c> all</c><00:21:42.920><c>-time</c><00:21:43.160><c> low</c><00:21:43.559><c> in</c><00:21:43.799><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:21:45.160><c> it's</c><00:21:45.460><c> almost</c><00:21:45.660><c> as</c><00:21:45.880><c> if</c><00:21:46.039><c> God</c><00:21:46.240><c> is</c><00:21:46.440><c> working</c><00:21:46.819><c> with</c><00:21:47.000><c> what</c><00:21:47.180><c> he's</c><00:21:47.420><c> got.</c>

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He's<00:21:48.859><c> working</c><00:21:49.220><c> with</c><00:21:49.420><c> a</c><00:21:49.599><c> family</c><00:21:50.019><c> who</c><00:21:51.279><c> don't</c><00:21:52.019><c> quite</c><00:21:52.279><c> know</c><00:21:52.480><c> what</c>

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to<00:21:52.920><c> do</c><00:21:53.079><c> with</c><00:21:53.299><c> this</c><00:21:53.519><c> son</c>

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and<00:21:54.079><c> need</c><00:21:54.259><c> to</c><00:21:54.400><c> be</c><00:21:54.619><c> told</c><00:21:54.799><c> about</c><00:21:55.059><c> the</c><00:21:55.259><c> Nazarite</c><00:21:55.759><c> vow,</c>

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and<00:21:57.140><c> we're</c><00:21:57.640><c> dealing</c><00:21:57.900><c> with</c><00:21:58.180><c> this</c><00:21:58.700><c> young</c><00:21:59.039><c> man</c><00:21:59.599><c> who</c><00:22:00.019><c> has</c><00:22:00.240><c> these</c>

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strong<00:22:00.960><c> passions</c><00:22:01.500><c> and</c><00:22:01.759><c> urges,</c>

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and<00:22:02.839><c> God</c><00:22:03.059><c> is</c><00:22:03.339><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:22:09.359><c> interesting,</c><00:22:09.839><c> isn't</c><00:22:10.000><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:22:10.779><c> we</c><00:22:11.079><c> know</c><00:22:11.359><c> that</c><00:22:11.819><c> God</c><00:22:12.220><c> had</c><00:22:12.839><c> given</c><00:22:13.059><c> them</c><00:22:13.339><c> very</c><00:22:13.680><c> strict</c><00:22:14.160><c> commands</c>

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not<00:22:15.599><c> to</c><00:22:16.019><c> marry</c><00:22:16.579><c> of</c><00:22:17.240><c> the</c><00:22:17.420><c> nations</c><00:22:17.799><c> around</c><00:22:18.279><c> them.</c>

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So<00:22:19.480><c> I</c><00:22:20.000><c> feel</c><00:22:20.319><c> that</c><00:22:20.740><c> when</c><00:22:21.079><c> it</c><00:22:21.319><c> says</c><00:22:21.440><c> that</c><00:22:21.619><c> it</c><00:22:21.680><c> was</c><00:22:21.839><c> from</c><00:22:22.079><c> the</c><00:22:22.319><c> Lord,</c>

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that<00:22:23.099><c> this</c><00:22:23.500><c> certainly</c><00:22:23.819><c> wasn't</c><00:22:24.240><c> planned</c><00:22:24.619><c> by</c><00:22:24.900><c> God.</c>

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God<00:22:25.579><c> didn't</c><00:22:25.980><c> want</c><00:22:26.299><c> Samson</c><00:22:26.819><c> to</c><00:22:28.000><c> marry</c><00:22:28.440><c> this</c><00:22:28.759><c> girl.</c>

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God<00:22:29.900><c> didn't</c><00:22:30.180><c> direct</c><00:22:30.660><c> him</c><00:22:30.859><c> to</c><00:22:31.039><c> do</c><00:22:31.200><c> it.</c>

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God<00:22:31.900><c> didn't</c><00:22:32.460><c> instruct</c><00:22:33.099><c> him</c><00:22:33.299><c> to</c><00:22:33.480><c> do</c><00:22:33.619><c> it.</c>

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Joshua<00:22:35.859><c> chapter</c><00:22:36.359><c> 23</c><00:22:37.019><c> says,</c>

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Be<00:22:37.680><c> very</c><00:22:38.160><c> careful</c><00:22:38.640><c> therefore</c><00:22:39.160><c> to</c><00:22:39.700><c> love</c><00:22:39.980><c> the</c><00:22:40.220><c> Lord</c><00:22:40.460><c> your</c><00:22:40.680><c> God,</c>

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for<00:22:41.500><c> if</c><00:22:41.640><c> you</c><00:22:41.819><c> turn</c><00:22:42.019><c> back</c><00:22:42.380><c> and</c><00:22:42.619><c> cling</c><00:22:42.819><c> to</c><00:22:43.039><c> the</c><00:22:43.220><c> remnant</c><00:22:43.460><c> of</c>

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these<00:22:43.880><c> nations</c>

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remaining<00:22:44.880><c> among</c><00:22:45.240><c> you</c><00:22:45.619><c> and</c><00:22:46.059><c> make</c><00:22:46.279><c> marriages</c><00:22:46.759><c> with</c><00:22:47.059><c> them</c>

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so<00:22:47.640><c> that</c><00:22:47.779><c> you</c><00:22:48.079><c> associate</c><00:22:48.559><c> with</c><00:22:48.839><c> them</c><00:22:49.279><c> and</c><00:22:49.559><c> they</c><00:22:49.740><c> with</c><00:22:49.960><c> you,</c>

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know<00:22:50.519><c> for</c><00:22:50.880><c> certain</c><00:22:51.220><c> that</c><00:22:51.420><c> the</c><00:22:51.619><c> Lord</c><00:22:51.819><c> your</c><00:22:52.000><c> God</c>

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will<00:22:52.759><c> no</c><00:22:53.099><c> longer</c><00:22:53.380><c> drive</c><00:22:53.720><c> out</c><00:22:53.880><c> these</c><00:22:54.119><c> nations</c><00:22:54.519><c> before</c><00:22:54.960><c> you.</c>

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So<00:22:55.819><c> God</c><00:22:55.940><c> was</c><00:22:56.200><c> very,</c><00:22:56.579><c> very</c><00:22:56.960><c> clear</c><00:22:57.240><c> about</c><00:22:57.480><c> what</c><00:22:57.680><c> he</c><00:22:57.880><c> wanted</c>

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in<00:22:58.299><c> terms</c><00:22:58.559><c> of</c><00:22:58.779><c> their</c><00:22:59.000><c> relationships</c><00:22:59.720><c> with</c><00:23:00.359><c> the</c><00:23:00.579><c> Philistines</c>

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and<00:23:01.279><c> the</c><00:23:01.380><c> other</c><00:23:01.599><c> tribes.</c>

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So<00:23:02.099><c> I</c><00:23:02.200><c> just</c><00:23:02.480><c> can't</c><00:23:02.819><c> see</c><00:23:03.140><c> how</c><00:23:04.279><c> this</c><00:23:05.140><c> marriage</c><00:23:05.720><c> was</c><00:23:06.119><c> from</c><00:23:06.420><c> the</c><00:23:06.700><c> Lord</c>

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from<00:23:07.440><c> a</c><00:23:07.740><c> perspective</c><00:23:08.119><c> of</c><00:23:08.319><c> being</c><00:23:08.500><c> directed</c><00:23:09.200><c> by</c><00:23:10.279><c> God</c><00:23:10.559><c> and</c><00:23:10.759><c> being</c><00:23:10.920><c> ordained</c>

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or<00:23:13.140><c> Samson</c><00:23:13.619><c> being</c><00:23:14.680><c> spirit</c><00:23:15.299><c>-led</c><00:23:15.599><c> into</c><00:23:16.359><c> this</c><00:23:16.700><c> relationship.</c>

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And<00:23:19.140><c> so</c><00:23:19.539><c> it</c><00:23:20.339><c> leaves</c><00:23:20.579><c> us</c><00:23:20.859><c> with</c><00:23:21.460><c> maybe</c><00:23:21.859><c> a</c><00:23:22.039><c> little</c><00:23:22.240><c> bit</c><00:23:22.440><c> of</c><00:23:23.099><c> a,</c>

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sometimes<00:23:24.420><c> an</c><00:23:24.740><c> uncomfortable</c><00:23:25.299><c> feeling</c>

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when<00:23:26.440><c> we</c><00:23:26.720><c> realize</c><00:23:27.140><c> that</c><00:23:27.420><c> God,</c>

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initially<00:23:29.900><c> uncomfortable</c><00:23:30.519><c> but</c><00:23:30.819><c> ultimately</c><00:23:31.319><c> very</c><00:23:31.720><c> comforting</c>

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:36.279
realization<00:23:34.099><c> that</c><00:23:34.380><c> God</c><00:23:34.579><c> is</c><00:23:34.759><c> at</c><00:23:34.980><c> work</c>

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:40.779
in<00:23:36.759><c> amongst</c><00:23:37.380><c> our</c><00:23:37.960><c> weaknesses</c><00:23:38.500><c> and</c><00:23:39.279><c> our</c><00:23:39.559><c> sin.</c>

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:48.200
God<00:23:44.460><c> is</c><00:23:44.779><c> working</c><00:23:45.500><c> despite</c><00:23:46.680><c> our</c><00:23:47.160><c> weaknesses.</c>

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:52.960
I<00:23:50.880><c> feel</c><00:23:51.079><c> that</c><00:23:51.359><c> in</c><00:23:51.559><c> this</c><00:23:51.759><c> situation</c><00:23:52.240><c> with</c><00:23:52.480><c> Samson,</c>

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:56.519
God<00:23:53.240><c> was</c><00:23:53.539><c> using</c><00:23:53.940><c> a</c><00:23:54.539><c> selfish,</c><00:23:55.019><c> a</c><00:23:55.440><c> sinful</c><00:23:55.640><c> situation</c>

00:23:56.519 --> 00:24:00.420
to<00:23:57.099><c> accomplish</c><00:23:57.740><c> something</c><00:23:58.619><c> much</c><00:23:59.099><c> greater.</c>

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:04.220
God<00:24:01.299><c> is</c><00:24:01.680><c> using</c><00:24:02.140><c> the</c><00:24:02.500><c> events</c><00:24:02.799><c> in</c><00:24:03.079><c> Samson's</c><00:24:03.720><c> life</c>

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:08.740
to<00:24:04.839><c> begin</c><00:24:05.279><c> to</c><00:24:05.680><c> deliver</c><00:24:05.960><c> the</c><00:24:06.220><c> nation</c><00:24:06.519><c> of</c><00:24:06.660><c> Israel</c><00:24:07.259><c> from</c><00:24:07.859><c> the</c><00:24:08.119><c> Philistines.</c>

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:12.819
And<00:24:08.960><c> I</c><00:24:09.099><c> suppose</c><00:24:09.500><c> the</c><00:24:10.640><c> best</c><00:24:11.200><c> example</c><00:24:11.799><c> of</c><00:24:12.140><c> this,</c>

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:15.200
this<00:24:13.339><c> way</c><00:24:13.579><c> in</c><00:24:13.660><c> which</c><00:24:13.779><c> God</c><00:24:14.000><c> works</c><00:24:14.380><c> with</c><00:24:14.700><c> sin</c>

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:18.000
and<00:24:16.220><c> sinful</c><00:24:16.599><c> situations</c>

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:21.299
has<00:24:18.859><c> got</c><00:24:19.019><c> to</c><00:24:19.160><c> be</c><00:24:19.279><c> the</c><00:24:19.480><c> crucifixion</c><00:24:20.019><c> of</c><00:24:20.160><c> Jesus.</c>

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Doesn't<00:24:22.259><c> it?</c>

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The<00:24:24.799><c> crucifixion</c><00:24:25.440><c> of</c><00:24:25.579><c> Jesus</c><00:24:26.059><c> shows</c><00:24:26.380><c> us</c><00:24:26.619><c> more</c><00:24:26.859><c> than</c><00:24:27.059><c> anything</c><00:24:27.339><c> else</c>

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:29.539
that<00:24:27.920><c> God</c><00:24:28.240><c> can</c><00:24:28.640><c> save</c>

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:35.000
whilst<00:24:30.259><c> using</c><00:24:30.859><c> the</c><00:24:31.200><c> sinful</c><00:24:31.960><c> behaviors</c><00:24:33.039><c> of</c><00:24:33.819><c> humanity.</c>

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:39.660
And<00:24:37.259><c> I</c><00:24:37.380><c> think</c><00:24:37.640><c> that</c><00:24:37.940><c> this</c><00:24:38.160><c> is,</c><00:24:39.319><c> again,</c>

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:42.640
we're<00:24:40.920><c> having</c><00:24:41.160><c> a</c><00:24:41.380><c> picture</c><00:24:41.640><c> painted</c><00:24:42.079><c> for</c><00:24:42.400><c> us,</c>

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:46.579
a<00:24:43.079><c> sad</c><00:24:43.420><c> reflection</c><00:24:43.980><c> of</c><00:24:44.240><c> the</c><00:24:44.500><c> state</c><00:24:44.839><c> of</c><00:24:45.380><c> the</c><00:24:45.579><c> nation.</c>

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:49.799
Where<00:24:46.940><c> was</c><00:24:47.099><c> the</c><00:24:47.299><c> mighty</c><00:24:47.619><c> man</c><00:24:47.859><c> of</c><00:24:48.099><c> valor</c><00:24:48.539><c> like</c><00:24:49.319><c> Gideon?</c>

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:52.839
Where<00:24:50.359><c> was</c><00:24:50.579><c> the</c><00:24:50.859><c> wise</c><00:24:51.319><c> one</c><00:24:52.079><c> like</c><00:24:52.460><c> Deborah</c>

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:55.000
sitting<00:24:53.160><c> under</c><00:24:53.440><c> the</c><00:24:53.720><c> palm</c><00:24:53.940><c> tree?</c>

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:56.900
God<00:24:55.559><c> was</c><00:24:55.859><c> seeking</c><00:24:56.240><c> an</c><00:24:56.519><c> occasion,</c>

00:24:56.920 --> 00:25:01.559
He<00:24:57.019><c> was</c><00:24:57.279><c> looking</c><00:24:57.799><c> for</c><00:24:58.299><c> a</c><00:24:58.579><c> way</c><00:24:59.019><c> to</c><00:24:59.900><c> overcome</c><00:25:00.539><c> the</c><00:25:00.900><c> Philistines.</c>

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:06.299
And<00:25:01.859><c> this</c><00:25:02.480><c> was</c><00:25:03.160><c> the</c><00:25:03.400><c> way</c><00:25:03.680><c> that</c><00:25:04.000><c> He</c><00:25:04.180><c> found</c><00:25:04.660><c> to</c><00:25:05.160><c> do</c><00:25:05.380><c> it.</c>

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:10.680
And<00:25:07.380><c> so</c><00:25:07.500><c> God</c><00:25:07.680><c> is</c><00:25:07.859><c> working</c><00:25:08.240><c> in</c><00:25:08.500><c> your</c><00:25:08.799><c> life</c><00:25:09.119><c> through</c><00:25:09.740><c> your</c><00:25:10.200><c> weaknesses</c>

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:14.559
and<00:25:10.980><c> He's</c><00:25:11.160><c> working</c><00:25:11.660><c> in</c><00:25:12.259><c> my</c><00:25:12.599><c> life</c><00:25:12.980><c> in</c><00:25:13.279><c> the</c><00:25:13.420><c> same</c><00:25:13.619><c> way.</c>

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It<00:25:14.940><c> doesn't</c><00:25:15.240><c> mean</c><00:25:15.559><c> that</c><00:25:15.759><c> we</c><00:25:16.039><c> can</c><00:25:17.039><c> condone</c><00:25:17.720><c> or</c><00:25:18.220><c> ignore</c>

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:22.619
or<00:25:19.000><c> be</c><00:25:19.319><c> happy</c><00:25:19.660><c> and</c><00:25:19.940><c> comfortable</c><00:25:20.480><c> with</c><00:25:21.480><c> being</c><00:25:22.119><c> sinful</c>

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:25.440
and<00:25:23.279><c> doing</c><00:25:23.700><c> the</c><00:25:24.180><c> wrong</c><00:25:24.440><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:25:25.839><c> this</c><00:25:25.940><c> is</c><00:25:26.160><c> a</c><00:25:26.279><c> challenge.</c>

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.940
I<00:25:26.579><c> think</c><00:25:26.759><c> Paul</c><00:25:27.119><c> had</c><00:25:27.299><c> this</c><00:25:27.559><c> challenge</c>

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:31.220
when<00:25:28.099><c> he</c><00:25:28.319><c> talked</c><00:25:28.500><c> about</c><00:25:29.200><c> the</c><00:25:29.759><c> grace</c><00:25:30.059><c> of</c><00:25:30.279><c> God.</c>

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We're<00:25:31.700><c> told,</c><00:25:31.980><c> aren't</c><00:25:32.119><c> we,</c><00:25:32.400><c> in</c><00:25:32.640><c> Romans</c><00:25:33.079><c> chapter</c><00:25:33.539><c> 3,</c>

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:39.440
that<00:25:35.480><c> some</c><00:25:36.039><c> were</c><00:25:36.660><c> suggesting</c><00:25:37.279><c> that</c><00:25:38.259><c> his</c><00:25:38.900><c> preaching</c>

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was<00:25:40.420><c> encouraging</c><00:25:40.859><c> this</c><00:25:41.140><c> attitude.</c>

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Why<00:25:41.759><c> not</c><00:25:42.039><c> do</c><00:25:42.259><c> evil</c><00:25:42.599><c> that</c><00:25:42.779><c> good</c><00:25:42.940><c> may</c><00:25:43.220><c> come?</c>

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Some<00:25:44.359><c> people</c><00:25:44.599><c> might</c><00:25:44.839><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:25:45.240><c> if</c><00:25:45.380><c> God</c><00:25:45.579><c> works</c><00:25:45.940><c> with</c><00:25:46.200><c> our</c><00:25:46.500><c> sin</c>

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:49.299
and<00:25:46.920><c> God</c><00:25:47.140><c> is</c><00:25:47.819><c> happy</c><00:25:48.039><c> to</c><00:25:48.259><c> continue</c><00:25:48.640><c> to</c><00:25:48.839><c> be</c><00:25:48.940><c> with</c><00:25:49.099><c> us</c>

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:51.539
and<00:25:49.480><c> work</c><00:25:49.779><c> through</c><00:25:50.200><c> our</c><00:25:50.460><c> sinful</c><00:25:50.700><c> situations,</c>

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:54.299
why<00:25:52.119><c> don't</c><00:25:52.240><c> we</c><00:25:52.420><c> just</c><00:25:52.640><c> keep</c><00:25:52.819><c> on</c><00:25:53.000><c> going</c><00:25:53.160><c> with</c><00:25:53.380><c> our</c><00:25:53.619><c> sin?</c>

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:57.480
Well,<00:25:54.619><c> Paul</c><00:25:55.019><c> faced</c><00:25:55.859><c> this</c><00:25:56.140><c> argument</c><00:25:56.559><c> and</c><00:25:56.819><c> he</c><00:25:57.039><c> said,</c>

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to<00:25:58.279><c> these</c><00:25:58.579><c> people</c><00:25:58.880><c> who</c><00:25:59.099><c> say,</c>

00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:01.079
why<00:25:59.460><c> not</c><00:25:59.720><c> do</c><00:25:59.859><c> evil</c><00:26:00.079><c> that</c><00:26:00.240><c> good</c><00:26:00.420><c> may</c><00:26:00.700><c> come,</c>

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:04.000
that<00:26:01.740><c> some</c><00:26:02.000><c> people</c><00:26:02.299><c> had</c><00:26:02.579><c> slanderously</c><00:26:03.279><c> charged</c><00:26:03.720><c> them</c>

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with<00:26:04.240><c> that</c><00:26:04.559><c> saying.</c>

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And<00:26:05.579><c> we</c><00:26:05.640><c> know,</c><00:26:05.900><c> don't</c><00:26:06.000><c> we,</c><00:26:07.000><c> that</c>

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:10.299
shall<00:26:07.480><c> we</c><00:26:07.680><c> continue</c><00:26:08.140><c> in</c><00:26:08.460><c> sin</c><00:26:08.559><c> that</c><00:26:08.759><c> grace</c><00:26:09.059><c> may</c><00:26:09.299><c> abound?</c>

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:12.740
Not<00:26:11.180><c> at</c><00:26:11.380><c> all,</c><00:26:11.640><c> by</c><00:26:11.960><c> no</c><00:26:12.279><c> means.</c>

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:16.799
So<00:26:14.079><c> we're</c><00:26:14.259><c> not</c><00:26:14.420><c> talking</c><00:26:14.940><c> about</c><00:26:16.039><c> giving</c><00:26:16.339><c> ourselves</c>

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:18.660
an<00:26:17.039><c> excuse</c><00:26:17.440><c> to</c><00:26:17.720><c> sin.</c>

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:24.240
We're<00:26:19.440><c> talking</c><00:26:19.839><c> from</c><00:26:20.420><c> a</c><00:26:20.720><c> very</c><00:26:21.299><c> place</c><00:26:22.000><c> of</c><00:26:22.720><c> deep</c><00:26:23.180><c> thankfulness</c>

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:29.400
of<00:26:25.059><c> God's</c><00:26:25.660><c> love</c><00:26:25.940><c> for</c><00:26:26.200><c> us</c><00:26:27.039><c> that</c><00:26:27.420><c> even</c><00:26:27.680><c> in</c><00:26:27.940><c> the</c><00:26:28.019><c> midst</c><00:26:28.279><c> of</c><00:26:28.619><c> our</c><00:26:28.960><c> sin</c>

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:31.900
he<00:26:30.400><c> has</c><00:26:30.660><c> not</c><00:26:30.859><c> abandoned</c><00:26:31.279><c> us</c>

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:35.440
and<00:26:32.539><c> that</c><00:26:32.680><c> he's</c><00:26:32.880><c> still</c><00:26:33.180><c> working</c><00:26:33.779><c> with</c><00:26:34.579><c> us</c>

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:37.740
and<00:26:36.140><c> ready</c><00:26:36.420><c> to</c><00:26:36.720><c> forgive.</c>

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:41.640
I'd<00:26:39.200><c> like</c><00:26:39.220><c> to</c><00:26:39.420><c> give</c><00:26:39.519><c> you</c><00:26:39.700><c> two</c><00:26:40.000><c> very</c><00:26:40.299><c> brief</c><00:26:40.539><c> examples</c><00:26:41.099><c> of</c><00:26:41.380><c> this</c>

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:44.400
because<00:26:41.839><c> I</c><00:26:41.900><c> think</c><00:26:42.019><c> it's</c><00:26:42.240><c> a</c><00:26:42.380><c> very</c><00:26:42.700><c> powerful</c><00:26:43.079><c> and</c><00:26:43.359><c> important</c><00:26:43.900><c> thing</c>

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:47.740
that<00:26:44.900><c> we</c><00:26:45.180><c> maybe</c><00:26:45.359><c> don't</c><00:26:45.640><c> always</c><00:26:46.099><c> think</c><00:26:46.680><c> about.</c>

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:51.740
And<00:26:48.200><c> just</c><00:26:48.700><c> to</c><00:26:48.819><c> go</c><00:26:48.980><c> back</c><00:26:49.160><c> to</c><00:26:49.380><c> David</c><00:26:49.920><c> and</c><00:26:50.579><c> Bathsheba,</c>

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:54.819
he<00:26:52.240><c> saw</c><00:26:52.539><c> her,</c><00:26:53.740><c> he</c><00:26:54.019><c> wanted</c><00:26:54.400><c> her,</c>

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:56.559
and<00:26:55.079><c> eventually</c><00:26:55.519><c> he</c><00:26:55.779><c> took</c><00:26:56.079><c> her.</c>

00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:00.799
But<00:26:56.839><c> we</c><00:26:57.059><c> know</c><00:26:57.299><c> the</c><00:26:57.480><c> pathway</c><00:26:57.940><c> that</c><00:26:58.200><c> he</c><00:26:59.119><c> had</c><00:26:59.519><c> to</c><00:26:59.700><c> go</c><00:26:59.880><c> to</c><00:27:00.160><c> do</c><00:27:00.380><c> that.</c>

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:05.599
He<00:27:01.279><c> did</c><00:27:01.619><c> everything</c><00:27:02.220><c> in</c><00:27:02.539><c> his</c><00:27:02.880><c> power</c><00:27:03.619><c> to</c><00:27:04.680><c> have</c><00:27:04.940><c> her,</c>

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:10.079
even<00:27:06.619><c> at</c><00:27:06.799><c> the</c><00:27:07.059><c> cost</c><00:27:07.400><c> of</c><00:27:07.599><c> her</c><00:27:08.180><c> husband's</c><00:27:09.000><c> life.</c>

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:17.240
It's<00:27:12.500><c> a</c><00:27:12.819><c> story</c><00:27:13.400><c> awash</c><00:27:14.720><c> with</c><00:27:15.220><c> sin,</c><00:27:15.759><c> isn't</c><00:27:16.980><c> it?</c>

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:20.960
With<00:27:17.559><c> weakness,</c><00:27:18.319><c> with</c><00:27:18.539><c> destruction</c><00:27:19.160><c> and</c><00:27:19.460><c> death.</c>

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Yet<00:27:22.700><c> we</c><00:27:22.980><c> know</c><00:27:23.259><c> that</c><00:27:23.579><c> from</c><00:27:24.200><c> this</c><00:27:24.559><c> event,</c>

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:30.079
from<00:27:27.240><c> the</c><00:27:27.519><c> way</c><00:27:27.819><c> that</c><00:27:28.000><c> it</c><00:27:28.259><c> impacted</c><00:27:28.740><c> on</c><00:27:29.160><c> David's</c><00:27:29.779><c> life</c>

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:32.059
and<00:27:30.279><c> his</c><00:27:30.619><c> inner</c><00:27:30.859><c> man,</c>

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:36.240
that<00:27:33.200><c> he</c><00:27:33.500><c> wrote</c><00:27:33.819><c> some</c><00:27:34.079><c> of</c><00:27:34.180><c> the</c><00:27:34.259><c> most</c><00:27:34.740><c> encouraging</c><00:27:35.480><c> words</c>

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:43.460
about<00:27:37.200><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:37.960><c> that</c><00:27:40.420><c> came</c><00:27:40.660><c> from</c><00:27:41.299><c> him,</c><00:27:41.799><c> didn't</c><00:27:41.900><c> they?</c>

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:47.579
And<00:27:44.799><c> in</c><00:27:45.059><c> David's</c><00:27:45.480><c> life,</c><00:27:45.940><c> these</c><00:27:46.180><c> events,</c><00:27:46.819><c> these</c><00:27:47.160><c> struggles</c>

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.559
with<00:27:48.019><c> sin</c>

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:54.039
actually<00:27:49.660><c> ended</c><00:27:49.920><c> up</c><00:27:50.240><c> producing</c><00:27:50.900><c> these</c><00:27:51.680><c> powerfully</c><00:27:52.619><c> transformative</c>

00:27:54.039 --> 00:28:00.079
Psalms<00:27:55.299><c> and</c><00:27:55.720><c> prayers</c><00:27:56.400><c> that</c><00:27:57.779><c> we</c><00:27:58.140><c> can</c><00:27:58.380><c> read</c><00:27:58.660><c> today.</c>

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:06.539
And<00:28:01.700><c> I</c><00:28:01.880><c> dare</c><00:28:02.099><c> say</c><00:28:02.380><c> that</c><00:28:02.579><c> some</c><00:28:02.779><c> of</c><00:28:02.960><c> these</c><00:28:03.940><c> Psalms</c><00:28:04.920><c> themselves,</c>

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:11.180
with<00:28:07.559><c> their</c><00:28:07.839><c> messages</c><00:28:08.279><c> of</c><00:28:08.700><c> hope</c><00:28:09.000><c> and</c><00:28:09.240><c> God's</c><00:28:09.740><c> forgiving</c><00:28:09.980><c> grace,</c>

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:17.000
have<00:28:11.400><c> saved</c><00:28:11.740><c> the</c><00:28:11.980><c> lives</c><00:28:12.700><c> of</c><00:28:13.240><c> many</c><00:28:14.140><c> in</c><00:28:15.740><c> despair.</c>

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:22.740
Yet<00:28:18.559><c> they</c><00:28:18.700><c> were</c><00:28:18.920><c> born</c><00:28:19.160><c> out</c><00:28:19.440><c> of</c><00:28:19.579><c> this</c><00:28:20.119><c> sinful</c><00:28:20.500><c> situation</c><00:28:21.220><c> of</c><00:28:21.640><c> David.</c>

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:25.779
Joseph's<00:28:24.140><c> another</c><00:28:24.559><c> good</c><00:28:25.039><c> example,</c><00:28:25.559><c> isn't</c><00:28:25.640><c> it?</c>

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:27.200
Just<00:28:26.180><c> throwing</c><00:28:26.359><c> that</c><00:28:26.579><c> one</c><00:28:26.680><c> in</c><00:28:26.900><c> there.</c>

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:29.039
Don't<00:28:27.480><c> want</c><00:28:27.660><c> to</c><00:28:27.839><c> look</c><00:28:28.099><c> too</c><00:28:28.440><c> much</c><00:28:28.700><c> at</c><00:28:28.900><c> it,</c>

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:32.380
but<00:28:29.359><c> a</c><00:28:30.140><c> lot</c><00:28:30.380><c> of</c><00:28:30.619><c> sin</c><00:28:30.779><c> going</c><00:28:31.039><c> on</c><00:28:31.299><c> in</c><00:28:31.660><c> Joseph's</c><00:28:32.240><c> life,</c>

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:34.960
the<00:28:32.519><c> way</c><00:28:32.720><c> he</c><00:28:32.900><c> was</c><00:28:33.119><c> treated</c><00:28:33.480><c> and</c><00:28:33.700><c> what</c><00:28:34.019><c> happened</c><00:28:34.299><c> to</c><00:28:34.460><c> him</c>

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:37.059
by<00:28:35.240><c> his</c><00:28:35.480><c> brothers</c><00:28:35.880><c> and</c><00:28:36.160><c> part</c><00:28:36.279><c> of</c><00:28:36.400><c> his</c><00:28:36.599><c> wife,</c>

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.759
and<00:28:37.640><c> right</c><00:28:37.839><c> through</c><00:28:38.119><c> in</c><00:28:38.440><c> prison.</c>

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.940
And<00:28:39.519><c> yet</c><00:28:39.640><c> when</c><00:28:40.039><c> at</c><00:28:40.299><c> the</c><00:28:40.380><c> end</c><00:28:40.500><c> of</c><00:28:40.599><c> his</c><00:28:40.759><c> life,</c>

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:42.859
his<00:28:41.180><c> brothers</c><00:28:41.380><c> come</c><00:28:41.680><c> to</c><00:28:41.859><c> him,</c><00:28:42.000><c> he</c><00:28:42.200><c> says,</c>

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:45.759
effectively,<00:28:44.079><c> it</c><00:28:44.220><c> was</c><00:28:44.460><c> from</c><00:28:44.700><c> the</c><00:28:44.920><c> Lord.</c>

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:49.920
God<00:28:46.480><c> was</c><00:28:46.819><c> still</c><00:28:47.119><c> there</c><00:28:47.460><c> working</c><00:28:47.859><c> through</c><00:28:48.579><c> our</c><00:28:48.880><c> sins.</c>

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:55.400
And<00:28:51.160><c> a</c><00:28:51.339><c> beautiful</c><00:28:51.619><c> one</c><00:28:51.859><c> that</c><00:28:52.380><c> really</c><00:28:53.619><c> strikes</c><00:28:54.539><c> me</c><00:28:54.819><c> really</c><00:28:55.220><c> hard</c>

00:28:55.400 --> 00:29:01.680
is<00:28:55.880><c> from</c><00:28:56.099><c> the</c><00:28:56.240><c> New</c><00:28:56.420><c> Testament</c><00:28:56.880><c> and</c><00:28:58.180><c> the</c><00:28:59.039><c> letter</c><00:28:59.480><c> of</c><00:29:00.759><c> Philemon</c>

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:03.220
with<00:29:02.180><c> Anesimus.</c>

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:05.359
You'll<00:29:03.740><c> be</c><00:29:03.900><c> familiar</c><00:29:04.400><c> with</c><00:29:04.700><c> that</c><00:29:05.000><c> story.</c>

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:09.000
Anesimus<00:29:05.920><c> was</c><00:29:06.140><c> the</c><00:29:06.420><c> slave</c><00:29:06.880><c> who</c><00:29:07.319><c> in</c><00:29:07.559><c> some</c><00:29:07.819><c> way</c><00:29:08.019><c> had</c><00:29:08.480><c> wronged</c>

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.799
his<00:29:09.220><c> master,</c>

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.119
and<00:29:10.420><c> he</c><00:29:10.619><c> left.</c>

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:14.619
And<00:29:11.359><c> so</c><00:29:11.480><c> we're</c><00:29:12.380><c> guessing</c><00:29:12.799><c> a</c><00:29:13.500><c> sinful</c><00:29:13.859><c> situation,</c>

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:20.259
a<00:29:15.039><c> trespass</c><00:29:15.720><c> of</c><00:29:15.920><c> some</c><00:29:16.279><c> kind</c><00:29:16.700><c> where</c><00:29:17.720><c> he</c><00:29:18.599><c> does</c><00:29:18.880><c> wrong</c><00:29:19.420><c> and</c><00:29:19.940><c> he</c>

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.640
runs<00:29:20.539><c> away.</c>

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:24.440
But<00:29:22.180><c> who</c><00:29:22.380><c> does</c><00:29:22.539><c> he</c><00:29:22.660><c> come</c><00:29:22.839><c> across</c><00:29:23.180><c> in</c><00:29:23.359><c> his</c><00:29:23.539><c> travels?</c>

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.920
He<00:29:25.259><c> comes</c><00:29:25.500><c> across</c><00:29:25.859><c> Paul.</c>

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:31.000
And<00:29:28.220><c> after</c><00:29:29.279><c> his</c><00:29:29.599><c> wrongdoing</c><00:29:30.079><c> and</c><00:29:30.279><c> his</c><00:29:30.460><c> runaway,</c>

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:35.740
we<00:29:31.519><c> know</c><00:29:31.779><c> that</c><00:29:31.980><c> he</c><00:29:32.099><c> was</c><00:29:32.339><c> converted</c><00:29:32.960><c> and</c><00:29:33.460><c> he</c><00:29:33.720><c> became</c><00:29:34.420><c> a</c><00:29:35.380><c> comforter</c>

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:40.279
that<00:29:36.759><c> Paul</c><00:29:37.119><c> described</c><00:29:37.839><c> as</c><00:29:38.599><c> my</c><00:29:38.880><c> very</c><00:29:39.319><c> heart.</c>

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:42.380
What<00:29:41.039><c> a</c><00:29:41.220><c> beautiful</c><00:29:41.500><c> way</c><00:29:41.779><c> to</c><00:29:42.059><c> describe.</c>

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:44.440
And<00:29:42.480><c> so</c><00:29:42.640><c> this</c><00:29:42.940><c> person</c><00:29:43.319><c> who</c><00:29:43.559><c> had</c><00:29:43.579><c> done</c><00:29:43.720><c> the</c><00:29:43.900><c> wrong</c><00:29:44.079><c> thing</c><00:29:44.319><c> and</c>

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.200
ran<00:29:44.660><c> away,</c>

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:50.160
this<00:29:45.940><c> sinful</c><00:29:46.279><c> situation</c><00:29:47.240><c> ends</c><00:29:47.799><c> up</c><00:29:48.480><c> being</c><00:29:49.400><c> recovered</c>

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:56.279
and<00:29:51.279><c> being</c><00:29:51.920><c> such</c><00:29:52.299><c> a</c><00:29:53.440><c> wonderful</c><00:29:53.920><c> help</c><00:29:54.319><c> to</c><00:29:54.700><c> the</c><00:29:54.880><c> Apostle</c><00:29:55.319><c> Paul.</c>

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:58.500
And<00:29:56.579><c> there's</c><00:29:56.700><c> this</c><00:29:57.019><c> beautiful</c><00:29:57.539><c> phrase</c><00:29:57.980><c> here.</c>

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.759
We<00:29:59.140><c> actually</c><00:29:59.440><c> touched</c><00:29:59.759><c> on</c><00:29:59.940><c> this</c><00:30:00.160><c> principle.</c>

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:04.099
It<00:30:01.759><c> was</c><00:30:01.960><c> in</c><00:30:02.059><c> one</c><00:30:02.180><c> of</c><00:30:02.299><c> the</c><00:30:02.440><c> verses</c><00:30:02.740><c> from</c><00:30:03.000><c> Micah</c><00:30:03.339><c> last</c><00:30:03.740><c> night.</c>

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:08.500
There's<00:30:04.680><c> a</c><00:30:04.859><c> verse</c><00:30:05.259><c> in</c><00:30:05.539><c> Micah</c><00:30:05.940><c> that</c><00:30:06.160><c> says</c><00:30:06.359><c> that</c><00:30:07.579><c> the</c><00:30:08.099><c> children</c>

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.000
of<00:30:08.680><c> Israel</c>

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:13.779
were<00:30:09.400><c> taken</c><00:30:10.000><c> to</c><00:30:10.279><c> Babylon</c><00:30:10.700><c> to</c><00:30:12.259><c> be</c><00:30:12.839><c> redeemed.</c>

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:16.640
It's<00:30:14.180><c> sort</c><00:30:14.279><c> of</c><00:30:14.460><c> almost</c><00:30:14.599><c> like</c><00:30:14.839><c> they</c><00:30:15.059><c> went</c><00:30:15.299><c> there</c><00:30:15.859><c> to</c><00:30:16.400><c> be</c><00:30:16.539><c> able</c>

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:18.980
to<00:30:16.759><c> be</c><00:30:16.940><c> brought</c><00:30:17.059><c> back</c><00:30:17.400><c> from</c><00:30:17.660><c> there.</c>

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:21.539
And<00:30:20.119><c> in</c><00:30:20.319><c> Philemon</c><00:30:20.680><c> 15</c><00:30:21.140><c> it</c><00:30:21.319><c> says,</c>

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:24.900
For<00:30:21.700><c> this</c><00:30:21.960><c> perhaps</c><00:30:22.380><c> is</c><00:30:22.599><c> why</c><00:30:22.819><c> he</c><00:30:23.019><c> was</c><00:30:23.299><c> parted</c><00:30:23.619><c> from</c><00:30:23.779><c> you</c><00:30:24.000><c> for</c><00:30:24.259><c> a</c><00:30:24.460><c> while,</c>

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:28.220
that<00:30:25.380><c> you</c><00:30:25.539><c> might</c><00:30:25.759><c> have</c><00:30:26.039><c> him</c><00:30:26.299><c> back</c><00:30:26.920><c> forever.</c>

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:33.039
I<00:30:30.559><c> think</c><00:30:30.619><c> it's</c><00:30:30.720><c> a</c><00:30:30.799><c> beautiful</c><00:30:31.240><c> spiritual</c><00:30:32.000><c> concept,</c><00:30:32.779><c> isn't</c><00:30:32.920><c> it?</c>

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:35.299
And<00:30:33.240><c> you</c><00:30:33.339><c> might</c><00:30:33.460><c> have</c><00:30:33.599><c> people</c><00:30:33.900><c> in</c><00:30:34.059><c> your</c><00:30:34.400><c> life.</c>

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:41.019
There<00:30:36.539><c> might</c><00:30:36.799><c> be</c><00:30:37.640><c> family</c><00:30:38.200><c> or</c><00:30:38.640><c> friends</c><00:30:39.200><c> who</c><00:30:39.539><c> have</c><00:30:39.759><c> drifted</c><00:30:40.180><c> away</c>

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:48.299
from<00:30:44.779><c> their</c><00:30:45.460><c> relationship</c><00:30:46.160><c> with</c><00:30:46.400><c> God</c><00:30:46.680><c> and</c><00:30:46.900><c> Jesus.</c>

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:52.140
And<00:30:49.799><c> there's</c><00:30:50.380><c> people</c><00:30:50.599><c> like</c><00:30:50.839><c> that</c><00:30:50.980><c> in</c><00:30:51.039><c> my</c><00:30:51.319><c> life.</c>

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:54.460
And<00:30:52.680><c> sometimes</c><00:30:53.039><c> we</c><00:30:53.180><c> can</c><00:30:53.420><c> sort</c><00:30:53.579><c> of</c><00:30:53.819><c> lose</c><00:30:54.019><c> hope</c>

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:59.319
and<00:30:54.700><c> we</c><00:30:54.920><c> can</c><00:30:55.819><c> think,</c><00:30:56.900><c> well,</c><00:30:57.200><c> it's</c><00:30:57.559><c> too</c><00:30:57.900><c> late</c><00:30:58.099><c> and</c><00:30:58.700><c> they've</c><00:30:59.039><c> gone</c>

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:02.380
and<00:30:59.579><c> this</c><00:31:00.059><c> situation</c><00:31:00.740><c> can't</c><00:31:01.140><c> be</c><00:31:01.380><c> remedied.</c>

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:07.619
And<00:31:03.039><c> I</c><00:31:03.220><c> think</c><00:31:03.819><c> this</c><00:31:04.440><c> principle</c><00:31:04.940><c> that</c><00:31:05.240><c> sometimes</c><00:31:05.880><c> people</c><00:31:06.160><c> go</c><00:31:06.460><c> away</c><00:31:06.740><c> for</c><00:31:07.000><c> a</c><00:31:07.200><c> while</c>

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:11.119
that<00:31:08.099><c> they</c><00:31:08.240><c> might</c><00:31:08.500><c> come</c><00:31:08.759><c> back</c><00:31:09.099><c> forever</c><00:31:09.660><c> is</c><00:31:10.819><c> true.</c>

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:13.519
And<00:31:11.420><c> sometimes</c><00:31:11.799><c> that</c><00:31:12.000><c> is</c><00:31:12.240><c> the</c><00:31:12.380><c> case.</c>

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:16.299
You<00:31:13.859><c> might</c><00:31:14.079><c> have</c><00:31:14.319><c> had</c><00:31:14.500><c> an</c><00:31:14.720><c> experience</c><00:31:15.339><c> in</c><00:31:15.579><c> your</c><00:31:15.880><c> life</c>

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:21.279
where<00:31:16.980><c> you</c><00:31:17.420><c> were</c><00:31:17.519><c> withdrawn</c><00:31:18.119><c> and</c><00:31:18.700><c> left</c><00:31:19.160><c> in</c><00:31:19.859><c> some</c><00:31:20.200><c> way</c><00:31:20.599><c> emotionally</c>

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.920
or<00:31:21.660><c> even</c><00:31:21.980><c> physically</c><00:31:22.440><c> from</c><00:31:22.819><c> God.</c>

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:27.400
But<00:31:25.019><c> when</c><00:31:25.220><c> you</c><00:31:25.440><c> came</c><00:31:25.660><c> through</c><00:31:26.039><c> it,</c><00:31:26.319><c> you</c><00:31:26.480><c> realized</c><00:31:26.940><c> that</c><00:31:27.119><c> it's</c>

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:29.759
drawn<00:31:27.680><c> you</c><00:31:28.039><c> closer</c><00:31:28.400><c> to</c><00:31:28.619><c> God.</c>

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:34.740
Sometimes<00:31:32.019><c> we</c><00:31:32.700><c> are</c><00:31:32.880><c> parted</c><00:31:33.220><c> for</c><00:31:33.480><c> a</c><00:31:33.680><c> while,</c>

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:39.519
but<00:31:36.079><c> that</c><00:31:36.400><c> we</c><00:31:36.500><c> might</c><00:31:36.799><c> be</c><00:31:37.140><c> back</c><00:31:38.019><c> forever.</c>

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:46.640
And<00:31:41.859><c> so</c><00:31:41.940><c> let's</c><00:31:42.579><c> move</c><00:31:43.259><c> on</c><00:31:43.940><c> to</c><00:31:44.660><c> Samson</c><00:31:45.259><c> and</c><00:31:46.119><c> the</c><00:31:46.359><c> lion.</c>

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:51.480
If<00:31:47.119><c> you</c><00:31:47.299><c> go</c><00:31:47.460><c> looking</c><00:31:47.819><c> for</c><00:31:48.140><c> pictures</c><00:31:48.519><c> of</c><00:31:48.819><c> Samson,</c><00:31:50.579><c> his</c><00:31:50.859><c> encounter</c><00:31:51.299><c> with</c>

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.839
the<00:31:51.680><c> lion,</c>

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:56.359
usually<00:31:52.359><c> what</c><00:31:52.539><c> you</c><00:31:52.819><c> find</c><00:31:53.180><c> in</c><00:31:53.460><c> paintings</c><00:31:54.059><c> are</c><00:31:55.180><c> a</c><00:31:55.420><c> lion</c><00:31:55.779><c> on</c><00:31:56.180><c> the</c>

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.160
ground<00:31:56.579><c> here</c>

00:31:57.160 --> 00:32:01.660
and<00:31:57.740><c> Samson</c><00:31:58.279><c> sort</c><00:31:58.559><c> of</c><00:31:59.079><c> with</c><00:31:59.299><c> one</c><00:31:59.559><c> leg</c><00:31:59.779><c> either</c><00:32:00.000><c> side</c><00:32:00.420><c> of</c><00:32:00.559><c> it</c><00:32:00.980><c> holding</c><00:32:01.359><c> its</c>

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.380
head<00:32:01.839><c> like</c><00:32:02.160><c> this.</c>

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:05.200
Pretty<00:32:02.680><c> much</c><00:32:02.980><c> every</c><00:32:03.359><c> painting</c><00:32:03.839><c> or</c><00:32:04.160><c> drawing,</c><00:32:04.720><c> that's</c><00:32:05.079><c> what</c>

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:06.380
you<00:32:05.460><c> find.</c>

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:10.019
I<00:32:06.759><c> came</c><00:32:06.980><c> across</c><00:32:07.339><c> this</c><00:32:07.720><c> one,</c><00:32:08.279><c> which</c><00:32:08.460><c> I</c><00:32:08.819><c> find</c><00:32:09.079><c> the</c><00:32:09.220><c> most</c><00:32:09.579><c> striking</c>

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:13.180
and<00:32:10.799><c> interesting</c><00:32:11.599><c> depiction</c><00:32:12.200><c> of</c><00:32:12.680><c> what</c><00:32:12.900><c> happened.</c>

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:18.920
This<00:32:13.420><c> is</c><00:32:13.680><c> by</c><00:32:14.339><c> an</c><00:32:15.019><c> English</c><00:32:15.700><c> artist</c><00:32:16.579><c> called</c><00:32:16.920><c> Frederick</c><00:32:17.400><c> Layton,</c>

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:21.599
who<00:32:19.259><c> was</c><00:32:19.420><c> around</c><00:32:19.680><c> in</c><00:32:19.859><c> the</c><00:32:19.960><c> 19th</c><00:32:20.500><c> century.</c>

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:26.619
And<00:32:23.000><c> it's</c><00:32:23.700><c> interesting</c><00:32:24.079><c> to</c><00:32:24.259><c> me</c><00:32:24.400><c> because</c><00:32:24.660><c> I</c><00:32:25.220><c> think</c><00:32:25.440><c> actually</c>

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:30.960
we're<00:32:27.079><c> going</c><00:32:27.160><c> to</c><00:32:27.259><c> go</c><00:32:27.359><c> on</c><00:32:27.519><c> to</c><00:32:27.700><c> just</c><00:32:27.880><c> consider,</c><00:32:28.859><c> reflects</c><00:32:29.420><c> some</c>

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.779
of<00:32:31.140><c> the</c><00:32:31.339><c> ideas</c>

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:37.940
or<00:32:32.019><c> maybe</c><00:32:32.240><c> the</c><00:32:32.519><c> symbology</c><00:32:33.220><c> of</c><00:32:33.839><c> Samson's</c><00:32:35.099><c> encounter</c><00:32:35.759><c> with</c><00:32:36.759><c> the</c><00:32:37.019><c> lion.</c>

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:42.220
So<00:32:38.539><c> he's</c><00:32:38.680><c> on</c><00:32:38.839><c> his</c><00:32:39.039><c> way</c><00:32:39.319><c> to</c><00:32:39.599><c> Timna</c><00:32:40.079><c> with</c><00:32:41.019><c> his</c><00:32:41.339><c> parents</c><00:32:41.839><c> so</c><00:32:42.059><c> they</c>

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.920
can<00:32:42.400><c> meet</c><00:32:42.720><c> his</c><00:32:43.019><c> bride</c><00:32:43.279><c>-to</c><00:32:43.559><c>-be.</c>

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:46.599
And<00:32:44.319><c> he's</c><00:32:44.579><c> sort</c><00:32:44.680><c> of</c><00:32:45.059><c> separated</c><00:32:45.500><c> from</c><00:32:45.940><c> them</c><00:32:46.079><c> on</c><00:32:46.259><c> the</c><00:32:46.420><c> journey.</c>

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:48.079
I<00:32:46.779><c> suppose</c><00:32:46.920><c> that</c><00:32:47.200><c> happens.</c>

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:49.839
You<00:32:48.240><c> know,</c><00:32:48.359><c> I'll</c><00:32:48.519><c> go</c><00:32:48.700><c> off</c><00:32:48.940><c> down</c><00:32:49.140><c> this</c><00:32:49.319><c> little</c><00:32:49.519><c> path.</c>

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:53.720
I'll<00:32:50.099><c> take</c><00:32:50.200><c> the</c><00:32:50.400><c> high</c><00:32:50.619><c> road</c><00:32:50.779><c> and</c><00:32:50.940><c> you</c><00:32:51.099><c> take</c><00:32:51.220><c> the</c><00:32:51.420><c> low</c><00:32:51.579><c> road,</c><00:32:52.579><c> that</c><00:32:52.960><c> kind</c><00:32:53.160><c> of</c><00:32:53.319><c> thing.</c>

00:32:53.720 --> 00:33:05.759
And<00:32:54.940><c> on</c><00:32:55.339><c> his</c><00:32:55.599><c> way,</c><00:32:56.500><c> he</c><00:33:00.660><c> comes</c><00:33:00.980><c> across</c><00:33:01.779><c> this</c><00:33:02.660><c> lion</c><00:33:03.299><c> and</c><00:33:04.339><c> it's</c><00:33:04.700><c> roaring.</c>

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:11.440
And<00:33:06.819><c> they're</c><00:33:08.160><c> pretty</c><00:33:08.519><c> amazing</c><00:33:09.380><c> creatures,</c><00:33:10.019><c> aren't</c><00:33:10.059><c> they,</c><00:33:10.940><c> lions?</c>

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:17.819
I<00:33:15.779><c> have</c><00:33:16.220><c> studied</c><00:33:16.500><c> a</c><00:33:16.500><c> bit</c><00:33:16.799><c> of</c><00:33:16.980><c> zoology,</c>

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:22.720
but<00:33:18.440><c> it's</c><00:33:18.599><c> been</c><00:33:18.799><c> a</c><00:33:18.980><c> while</c><00:33:19.279><c> in</c><00:33:20.599><c> my</c><00:33:20.940><c> second</c><00:33:21.240><c> year</c><00:33:21.400><c> at</c><00:33:21.660><c> university.</c>

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:26.160
We<00:33:23.359><c> didn't</c><00:33:23.619><c> look</c><00:33:23.940><c> at</c><00:33:25.180><c> lions</c><00:33:25.480><c> a</c><00:33:25.720><c> great</c><00:33:25.920><c> deal,</c>

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:29.839
but<00:33:26.539><c> I've</c><00:33:26.940><c> read</c><00:33:27.079><c> a</c><00:33:27.220><c> little</c><00:33:27.400><c> bit</c><00:33:27.559><c> about</c><00:33:27.779><c> them</c><00:33:28.039><c> to</c><00:33:28.279><c> try</c><00:33:28.420><c> and</c><00:33:28.640><c> understand</c>

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:33.480
what<00:33:30.819><c> we're</c><00:33:31.299><c> coming</c><00:33:31.519><c> across</c><00:33:31.940><c> with</c><00:33:32.240><c> Samson.</c>

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:37.859
And<00:33:34.759><c> it's</c><00:33:35.299><c> interesting</c><00:33:35.720><c> when</c><00:33:35.900><c> you</c><00:33:36.019><c> look</c><00:33:36.220><c> at</c><00:33:36.380><c> how</c><00:33:36.680><c> lions</c><00:33:37.140><c> behave.</c>

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:41.940
We're<00:33:38.319><c> not</c><00:33:38.559><c> told</c><00:33:38.700><c> if</c><00:33:38.839><c> it</c><00:33:38.940><c> was</c><00:33:39.140><c> a</c><00:33:39.299><c> male</c><00:33:39.519><c> lion</c><00:33:39.900><c> or</c><00:33:40.400><c> a</c><00:33:40.660><c> female</c><00:33:40.920><c> lion.</c>

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:44.740
I<00:33:42.440><c> think</c><00:33:42.640><c> it's</c><00:33:42.880><c> just</c><00:33:43.240><c> called</c><00:33:43.420><c> a</c><00:33:43.599><c> young</c><00:33:43.759><c> lion.</c>

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:47.400
So<00:33:45.720><c> we're</c><00:33:45.859><c> not</c><00:33:46.099><c> told</c><00:33:46.279><c> if</c><00:33:46.420><c> it's</c><00:33:46.660><c> a</c><00:33:46.779><c> male</c><00:33:46.920><c> or</c><00:33:47.059><c> a</c><00:33:47.240><c> female,</c>

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:51.519
but<00:33:47.819><c> we</c><00:33:48.599><c> can</c><00:33:48.819><c> assume</c><00:33:49.079><c> maybe</c><00:33:49.380><c> that</c><00:33:49.519><c> it's</c><00:33:50.160><c> a</c><00:33:50.420><c> male</c><00:33:50.619><c> lion.</c>

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:59.680
And<00:33:55.039><c> if</c><00:33:55.640><c> we</c><00:33:55.839><c> do</c><00:33:56.019><c> that,</c><00:33:56.400><c> it's</c><00:33:56.799><c> interesting</c><00:33:57.200><c> because</c><00:33:57.660><c> the</c><00:33:57.880><c> behavior</c><00:33:58.279><c> of</c>

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.759
male<00:34:00.279><c> lions</c>

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:04.920
is<00:34:01.319><c> interestingly</c><00:34:01.859><c> sort</c><00:34:02.099><c> of</c><00:34:02.700><c> similar</c><00:34:03.000><c> to</c><00:34:03.200><c> some</c><00:34:03.400><c> of</c><00:34:03.640><c> Samson's</c><00:34:04.059><c> behavior.</c>

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:08.159
First<00:34:05.359><c> of</c><00:34:05.500><c> all,</c><00:34:05.579><c> they</c><00:34:05.740><c> have</c><00:34:05.880><c> a</c><00:34:06.099><c> mane</c><00:34:06.279><c> of</c><00:34:06.579><c> hair</c><00:34:06.980><c> that</c><00:34:07.920><c> makes</c>

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.820
them<00:34:08.360><c> look</c><00:34:08.579><c> bigger</c>

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:10.659
than<00:34:08.980><c> they</c><00:34:09.219><c> actually</c><00:34:09.619><c> are.</c>

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:17.380
And<00:34:12.039><c> we're</c><00:34:12.260><c> going</c><00:34:12.340><c> to</c><00:34:12.460><c> find</c><00:34:12.699><c> that</c><00:34:13.019><c> Samson's</c><00:34:13.780><c> hair</c><00:34:14.280><c> becomes</c><00:34:15.460><c> mane</c><00:34:15.840><c>-like</c><00:34:16.139><c> to</c><00:34:16.380><c> him.</c>

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:22.960
And<00:34:18.139><c> puffs</c><00:34:18.619><c> him</c><00:34:18.860><c> up</c><00:34:19.500><c> and</c><00:34:20.420><c> is</c><00:34:21.579><c> actually</c><00:34:21.940><c> part</c><00:34:22.159><c> of</c><00:34:22.280><c> his</c><00:34:22.500><c> downfall</c>

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:24.599
later<00:34:23.360><c> on.</c>

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:28.679
His<00:34:24.840><c> hair</c><00:34:25.239><c> becomes</c><00:34:25.800><c> the</c><00:34:26.300><c> thing</c><00:34:26.519><c> that</c><00:34:26.760><c> makes</c><00:34:26.940><c> him</c><00:34:27.179><c> big.</c>

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:36.820
The<00:34:32.920><c> other</c><00:34:33.400><c> interesting</c><00:34:33.719><c> thing</c><00:34:33.960><c> is</c><00:34:34.159><c> that</c><00:34:34.360><c> this</c><00:34:34.599><c> lion</c><00:34:34.760><c> obviously</c><00:34:35.119><c> isn't</c><00:34:35.360><c> part</c><00:34:35.639><c> of</c><00:34:35.820><c> a</c><00:34:36.059><c> pack.</c>

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:38.280
Do<00:34:37.019><c> they</c><00:34:37.099><c> call</c><00:34:37.239><c> them</c><00:34:37.420><c> packs?</c>

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.860
Prides.<00:34:39.880><c> Oh,</c><00:34:40.059><c> there</c><00:34:40.199><c> you</c><00:34:40.320><c> go,</c><00:34:40.539><c> pride.</c>

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:42.400
There<00:34:41.179><c> you</c><00:34:41.300><c> go,</c><00:34:41.400><c> I</c><00:34:41.480><c> didn't</c><00:34:41.619><c> even</c><00:34:41.920><c> get</c><00:34:42.039><c> that</c><00:34:42.239><c> one.</c>

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:46.619
There's<00:34:42.400><c> another</c><00:34:43.380><c> good</c><00:34:44.900><c> link</c><00:34:45.119><c> with</c><00:34:45.360><c> Samson.</c>

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:53.960
If<00:34:50.780><c> there's</c><00:34:51.300><c> a</c><00:34:51.579><c> young</c><00:34:51.800><c> lion,</c><00:34:52.199><c> if</c><00:34:52.300><c> it's</c><00:34:52.519><c> a</c><00:34:52.599><c> young</c><00:34:52.780><c> male</c><00:34:53.039><c> lion</c><00:34:53.420><c> not</c><00:34:53.780><c> in</c>

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:55.119
the<00:34:54.219><c> pride,</c>

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:58.460
does<00:34:55.320><c> anyone</c><00:34:55.599><c> know</c><00:34:56.000><c> why</c><00:34:56.940><c> that</c><00:34:57.179><c> normally</c><00:34:57.460><c> happens?</c>

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.800
They're<00:35:00.219><c> driven</c><00:35:00.380><c> out.</c>

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.619
Yeah,<00:35:01.480><c> they're</c><00:35:02.039><c> driven</c><00:35:02.300><c> out.</c>

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:04.699
So<00:35:02.840><c> if</c><00:35:02.900><c> there's</c><00:35:03.119><c> a</c><00:35:03.219><c> young</c><00:35:03.400><c> lion</c><00:35:03.619><c> on</c><00:35:03.820><c> its</c><00:35:04.059><c> own</c><00:35:04.199><c> that's</c><00:35:04.420><c> not</c><00:35:04.599><c> in</c>

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.079
the<00:35:04.920><c> pride,</c>

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:09.159
it's<00:35:05.340><c> usually</c><00:35:05.559><c> because</c><00:35:06.099><c> it's</c><00:35:06.880><c> actually</c><00:35:07.280><c> been</c><00:35:07.880><c> sort</c><00:35:08.099><c> of</c><00:35:08.460><c> pushed</c><00:35:08.719><c> out</c>

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:10.559
of<00:35:09.940><c> the</c><00:35:10.219><c> group.</c>

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:14.219
And<00:35:11.239><c> we're</c><00:35:11.420><c> going</c><00:35:11.500><c> to</c><00:35:11.659><c> find</c><00:35:11.840><c> with</c><00:35:12.099><c> Samson</c><00:35:12.639><c> that</c><00:35:12.840><c> that</c><00:35:13.179><c> happens.</c>

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:19.059
He<00:35:14.679><c> actually</c><00:35:15.139><c> gets</c><00:35:15.699><c> just</c><00:35:16.199><c> disowned</c><00:35:17.159><c> by</c><00:35:18.260><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:27.519
And<00:35:25.079><c> one</c><00:35:25.639><c> of</c><00:35:25.739><c> the</c><00:35:25.960><c> sad</c><00:35:26.119><c> things</c><00:35:26.440><c> about</c><00:35:26.639><c> these</c><00:35:26.940><c> young</c><00:35:27.239><c> lions</c>

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:29.940
or<00:35:27.780><c> these</c><00:35:28.079><c> lions</c><00:35:28.300><c> that</c><00:35:28.579><c> get</c><00:35:28.780><c> pushed</c><00:35:29.099><c> out</c><00:35:29.400><c> of</c><00:35:29.619><c> the</c><00:35:29.840><c> tribe,</c>

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:33.159
they<00:35:30.099><c> don't</c><00:35:30.320><c> usually</c><00:35:30.719><c> tend</c><00:35:31.019><c> to</c><00:35:31.280><c> last</c><00:35:31.619><c> very</c><00:35:32.059><c> long.</c>

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:36.440
Often<00:35:33.780><c> they've</c><00:35:34.079><c> got</c><00:35:34.280><c> injuries</c><00:35:34.800><c> from</c><00:35:35.300><c> that</c><00:35:35.639><c> process,</c>

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:40.900
but<00:35:37.199><c> just</c><00:35:37.599><c> being</c><00:35:37.820><c> a</c><00:35:38.079><c> solitary,</c><00:35:39.380><c> not</c><00:35:39.800><c> having</c><00:35:40.079><c> the</c><00:35:40.360><c> pride</c><00:35:40.619><c> to</c>

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.619
protect<00:35:41.340><c> them,</c>

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:43.400
they<00:35:42.000><c> die</c><00:35:42.300><c> young.</c>

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:48.900
And<00:35:44.300><c> Samson</c><00:35:44.619><c> certainly</c><00:35:45.059><c> did</c><00:35:45.480><c> also</c><00:35:46.679><c> have</c><00:35:47.480><c> a</c><00:35:47.699><c> premature</c><00:35:48.119><c> death</c>

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:51.340
at<00:35:49.820><c> the</c><00:35:50.079><c> hands,</c>

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:56.739
really<00:35:52.619><c> the</c><00:35:52.980><c> result</c><00:35:53.360><c> of</c><00:35:54.099><c> his</c><00:35:54.960><c> battle</c><00:35:55.420><c> with</c><00:35:55.760><c> Delilah.</c>

00:35:58.380 --> 00:36:00.619
So<00:35:58.719><c> why</c><00:35:58.920><c> does</c><00:35:59.039><c> he</c><00:35:59.219><c> have</c><00:35:59.300><c> this</c><00:35:59.579><c> confrontation</c><00:36:00.119><c> with</c><00:36:00.360><c> a</c><00:36:00.480><c> lion?</c>

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:02.880
I<00:36:00.840><c> suppose</c><00:36:00.940><c> I'm</c><00:36:01.059><c> trying</c><00:36:01.199><c> to</c><00:36:01.639><c> look</c><00:36:01.820><c> a</c><00:36:01.940><c> little</c><00:36:02.119><c> bit</c><00:36:02.360><c> deeper</c><00:36:02.559><c> at</c><00:36:02.699><c> this</c>

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:04.219
and<00:36:03.059><c> try</c><00:36:03.199><c> and</c><00:36:03.380><c> understand</c><00:36:03.739><c> the</c><00:36:03.940><c> meanings.</c>

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:07.559
And<00:36:04.360><c> there's</c><00:36:04.519><c> been</c><00:36:04.780><c> different</c><00:36:05.599><c> interpretations</c><00:36:06.340><c> and</c><00:36:06.599><c> ideas.</c>

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:14.679
And<00:36:07.840><c> what</c><00:36:08.119><c> I'd</c><00:36:08.320><c> like</c><00:36:08.420><c> to</c><00:36:08.679><c> suggest</c><00:36:09.039><c> is</c><00:36:09.260><c> that</c><00:36:09.579><c> it's</c><00:36:10.000><c> actually</c><00:36:10.260><c> again</c><00:36:10.699><c> this</c><00:36:11.079><c> picture</c><00:36:11.539><c> of</c><00:36:13.340><c> temptation.</c>

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:18.880
It's<00:36:15.780><c> a</c><00:36:15.920><c> symbolic,</c><00:36:17.760><c> it's</c><00:36:18.119><c> a</c><00:36:18.239><c> real</c><00:36:18.460><c> struggle,</c>

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:22.440
but<00:36:19.260><c> in</c><00:36:19.519><c> terms</c><00:36:19.719><c> of</c><00:36:20.000><c> our</c><00:36:20.280><c> spiritual</c><00:36:20.780><c> view</c><00:36:21.119><c> of</c><00:36:21.320><c> it,</c>

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:25.440
it's<00:36:23.199><c> again</c><00:36:23.619><c> back</c><00:36:24.039><c> thinking</c><00:36:24.320><c> about</c><00:36:24.519><c> this</c><00:36:24.840><c> see</c><00:36:25.000><c> and</c><00:36:25.219><c> take.</c>

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:27.760
It's<00:36:25.780><c> this</c><00:36:26.699><c> temptation.</c>

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:34.300
It's<00:36:28.699><c> this</c><00:36:28.860><c> internal</c><00:36:30.260><c> wrestle</c><00:36:31.519><c> that</c><00:36:32.099><c> we</c><00:36:32.960><c> have.</c>

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:38.199
Can<00:36:35.519><c> you</c><00:36:35.679><c> see</c><00:36:35.780><c> what's</c><00:36:36.079><c> creeping</c><00:36:36.300><c> over</c><00:36:36.639><c> the</c><00:36:36.840><c> wall</c><00:36:37.019><c> in</c><00:36:37.219><c> the</c><00:36:37.340><c> picture?</c>

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:43.340
Maybe<00:36:40.340><c> you</c><00:36:40.400><c> could</c><00:36:40.559><c> read</c><00:36:40.980><c> the</c><00:36:41.360><c> verses</c><00:36:41.659><c> to</c><00:36:41.900><c> see</c><00:36:42.019><c> where</c><00:36:42.219><c> he</c><00:36:42.340><c> was.</c>

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:45.159
He<00:36:44.239><c> was</c><00:36:44.380><c> in</c><00:36:44.539><c> a</c><00:36:44.659><c> vineyard.</c>

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:47.880
Is<00:36:45.519><c> that</c><00:36:45.679><c> a</c><00:36:45.760><c> good</c><00:36:45.900><c> place</c><00:36:46.159><c> for</c><00:36:46.380><c> a</c><00:36:46.519><c> Nazarite</c><00:36:46.900><c> to</c><00:36:47.119><c> be?</c>

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:49.699
No.

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.539
It's<00:36:50.860><c> not,</c><00:36:51.199><c> is</c><00:36:51.280><c> it?</c>

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:53.920
If<00:36:51.920><c> you're</c><00:36:52.099><c> on</c><00:36:52.199><c> a</c><00:36:52.300><c> long</c><00:36:52.460><c> journey</c><00:36:52.820><c> and</c><00:36:53.099><c> you're</c><00:36:53.420><c> thirsty</c>

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:58.760
and<00:36:54.300><c> maybe</c><00:36:55.780><c> that's</c><00:36:56.139><c> why</c><00:36:56.480><c> he</c><00:36:56.840><c> had</c><00:36:57.360><c> gone</c><00:36:57.699><c> off</c><00:36:58.019><c> away</c><00:36:58.320><c> from</c><00:36:58.539><c> his</c>

00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:00.059
mum<00:36:58.900><c> and</c><00:36:59.039><c> dad.</c>

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:04.340
Maybe<00:37:00.679><c> I'll</c><00:37:01.079><c> just</c><00:37:01.360><c> sneak</c><00:37:01.539><c> down</c><00:37:01.840><c> here</c><00:37:02.119><c> and</c><00:37:02.460><c> have</c><00:37:02.820><c> a</c><00:37:02.980><c> few</c><00:37:03.179><c> grapes.</c>

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:08.300
Then<00:37:06.039><c> I'll</c><00:37:06.179><c> meet</c><00:37:06.340><c> them</c><00:37:06.559><c> back</c><00:37:06.800><c> on</c><00:37:07.000><c> the</c><00:37:07.119><c> other</c><00:37:07.400><c> side.</c>

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:11.440
I<00:37:08.900><c> don't</c><00:37:09.139><c> know,</c><00:37:09.500><c> I'm</c><00:37:09.760><c> just</c><00:37:10.139><c> giving</c><00:37:10.599><c> you</c><00:37:10.800><c> some</c><00:37:11.079><c> thoughts.</c>

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:14.000
But<00:37:11.880><c> it's</c><00:37:12.420><c> an</c><00:37:12.639><c> arena</c><00:37:12.940><c> of</c><00:37:13.159><c> temptation,</c><00:37:13.780><c> isn't</c><00:37:13.940><c> it,</c>

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:17.119
for<00:37:14.260><c> a</c><00:37:14.400><c> Nazarite</c><00:37:14.880><c> to</c><00:37:15.099><c> find</c><00:37:15.300><c> themselves</c><00:37:15.739><c> in</c><00:37:15.940><c> a</c><00:37:16.059><c> vineyard.</c>

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:19.400
And<00:37:17.420><c> so</c><00:37:17.519><c> we've</c><00:37:17.619><c> got</c><00:37:17.699><c> this</c><00:37:17.860><c> young</c><00:37:18.039><c> man</c><00:37:18.260><c> who's</c><00:37:18.659><c> seeing</c><00:37:18.840><c> and</c><00:37:19.159><c> taking,</c>

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:21.000
and<00:37:19.639><c> there</c><00:37:19.820><c> he</c><00:37:19.960><c> is</c><00:37:20.139><c> fighting</c><00:37:20.420><c> this</c><00:37:20.780><c> lion.</c>

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:24.000
We<00:37:21.619><c> course</c><00:37:22.000><c> our</c><00:37:22.320><c> minds</c><00:37:22.539><c> back</c><00:37:22.980><c> through</c><00:37:23.239><c> the</c><00:37:23.360><c> Old</c><00:37:23.579><c> Testament</c>

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:25.019
and<00:37:24.219><c> even</c><00:37:24.400><c> into</c><00:37:24.719><c> the</c><00:37:24.900><c> new</c>

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:28.380
and<00:37:25.159><c> we</c><00:37:25.340><c> see</c><00:37:25.500><c> that</c><00:37:25.719><c> this</c><00:37:25.920><c> idea</c><00:37:26.380><c> of</c><00:37:26.760><c> fighting</c><00:37:27.219><c> wild</c><00:37:27.800><c> animals</c>

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:33.139
is<00:37:29.000><c> a</c><00:37:29.219><c> very</c><00:37:29.519><c> powerful</c><00:37:29.960><c> symbol</c><00:37:30.539><c> of</c><00:37:31.139><c> our</c><00:37:31.440><c> battle</c><00:37:31.719><c> with</c><00:37:31.960><c> temptation.</c>

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:37.699
What<00:37:33.380><c> did</c><00:37:33.639><c> God</c><00:37:33.920><c> say</c><00:37:34.280><c> to</c><00:37:34.559><c> Cain</c><00:37:35.260><c> when</c><00:37:35.559><c> he</c><00:37:35.960><c> described</c><00:37:36.539><c> sin?</c>

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:42.019
He<00:37:38.059><c> said</c><00:37:38.159><c> it</c><00:37:38.239><c> was</c><00:37:38.539><c> crouching</c><00:37:38.960><c> at</c><00:37:39.139><c> the</c><00:37:39.340><c> door,</c><00:37:40.219><c> ready</c><00:37:40.699><c> to</c><00:37:41.000><c> pounce.</c>

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:45.079
He<00:37:42.480><c> described</c><00:37:42.840><c> sin</c><00:37:43.300><c> like</c><00:37:43.579><c> an</c><00:37:43.780><c> animal</c><00:37:43.980><c> right</c><00:37:44.340><c> then,</c><00:37:44.639><c> back</c><00:37:44.940><c> at</c>

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:46.159
the<00:37:45.239><c> beginning.</c>

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:51.019
And<00:37:47.639><c> then</c><00:37:47.780><c> we</c><00:37:47.840><c> have</c><00:37:47.980><c> all</c><00:37:48.119><c> these</c><00:37:48.280><c> fantastic</c><00:37:49.079><c> sort</c><00:37:49.340><c> of</c><00:37:50.639><c> stories</c>

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:53.360
and<00:37:51.360><c> recollections</c><00:37:51.920><c> of</c><00:37:52.119><c> people</c><00:37:52.340><c> fighting</c><00:37:52.679><c> wild</c><00:37:52.980><c> animals</c>

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:55.539
that<00:37:53.579><c> make</c><00:37:54.000><c> great</c><00:37:54.420><c> Sunday</c><00:37:54.780><c> school</c><00:37:55.079><c> stories.</c>

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:57.900
But<00:37:55.860><c> what's</c><00:37:56.280><c> going</c><00:37:56.480><c> on</c><00:37:56.719><c> with</c><00:37:56.860><c> all</c><00:37:57.039><c> these</c><00:37:57.219><c> people</c><00:37:57.480><c> fighting</c>

00:37:57.900 --> 00:38:00.000
lions<00:37:58.719><c> and</c><00:37:59.019><c> bears?</c>

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:04.400
And<00:38:02.360><c> then</c><00:38:02.480><c> we</c><00:38:02.739><c> come</c><00:38:02.880><c> to</c><00:38:03.079><c> the</c><00:38:03.199><c> Lord</c><00:38:03.360><c> Jesus</c><00:38:03.739><c> Christ</c>

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:08.579
when<00:38:05.059><c> he's</c><00:38:05.260><c> in</c><00:38:05.440><c> the</c><00:38:05.619><c> wilderness</c><00:38:06.280><c> being</c><00:38:07.900><c> tempted.</c>

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:14.400
And<00:38:09.579><c> Mark</c><00:38:09.920><c> chapter</c><00:38:10.420><c> 1</c><00:38:11.039><c> and</c><00:38:11.400><c> verse</c><00:38:11.780><c> 13</c><00:38:12.280><c> has</c><00:38:12.539><c> these</c><00:38:12.900><c> seven</c><00:38:13.280><c> simple</c><00:38:14.039><c> yet</c>

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:16.039
profound<00:38:14.860><c> words.</c>

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:19.800
And<00:38:16.260><c> he</c><00:38:16.380><c> was</c><00:38:16.619><c> with</c><00:38:17.380><c> the</c><00:38:18.179><c> wild</c><00:38:18.500><c> animals.</c>

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:25.320
It<00:38:21.679><c> says</c><00:38:21.820><c> of</c><00:38:22.000><c> Jesus</c><00:38:22.480><c> when</c><00:38:22.739><c> he</c><00:38:22.900><c> was</c><00:38:23.099><c> in</c><00:38:24.059><c> the</c><00:38:24.380><c> wilderness.</c>

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:29.800
And<00:38:25.920><c> again,</c><00:38:26.239><c> I</c><00:38:26.280><c> think</c><00:38:26.500><c> Mark's</c><00:38:27.960><c> drawing</c><00:38:28.219><c> out</c><00:38:28.639><c> this</c><00:38:29.119><c> idea</c>

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:32.820
and<00:38:30.599><c> this</c><00:38:30.860><c> time</c><00:38:31.059><c> of</c><00:38:31.280><c> temptation</c><00:38:31.840><c> for</c><00:38:32.099><c> our</c><00:38:32.340><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:38.099
This<00:38:34.239><c> wild</c><00:38:34.900><c> animal</c><00:38:35.360><c> aspect</c><00:38:36.000><c> of</c><00:38:37.320><c> our</c><00:38:37.559><c> life</c>

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:42.599
is<00:38:38.760><c> trying</c><00:38:38.980><c> to</c><00:38:39.239><c> teach</c><00:38:39.619><c> us</c><00:38:39.840><c> and</c><00:38:40.039><c> tell</c><00:38:40.179><c> us</c><00:38:40.860><c> about</c><00:38:41.219><c> temptation.</c>

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:47.780
Now,<00:38:45.000><c> I'm</c><00:38:45.400><c> led</c><00:38:45.500><c> to</c><00:38:45.679><c> believe</c><00:38:46.039><c> that</c><00:38:46.199><c> there's</c><00:38:46.440><c> sort</c><00:38:46.719><c> of</c><00:38:46.719><c> three</c><00:38:46.920><c> courses</c><00:38:47.280><c> of</c><00:38:47.519><c> action</c>

00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:49.760
when<00:38:48.000><c> you're</c><00:38:48.400><c> being</c><00:38:48.699><c> attacked.</c>

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:51.739
There's<00:38:50.739><c> freeze.</c>

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:54.940
There's,<00:38:53.199><c> what's</c><00:38:53.760><c> the</c><00:38:53.900><c> next</c><00:38:54.099><c> one?</c>

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:57.360
Flight<00:38:55.500><c> or</c><00:38:56.380><c> fight.</c>

00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:02.099
And<00:38:59.139><c> I've</c><00:38:59.880><c> never</c><00:39:00.119><c> been</c><00:39:00.380><c> attacked</c><00:39:00.699><c> by</c><00:39:01.000><c> a</c><00:39:01.159><c> lion,</c><00:39:01.460><c> thankfully.</c>

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:04.300
I'm<00:39:02.719><c> very</c><00:39:03.099><c> glad</c><00:39:03.340><c> about</c><00:39:03.659><c> that.</c>

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:08.639
And<00:39:04.559><c> the</c><00:39:04.760><c> closest</c><00:39:05.000><c> I've</c><00:39:05.360><c> come</c><00:39:05.579><c> to</c><00:39:06.139><c> being</c><00:39:06.920><c> attacked</c><00:39:07.500><c> by</c><00:39:07.800><c> a</c><00:39:07.940><c> wild</c><00:39:08.099><c> animal,</c>

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:13.860
not<00:39:09.219><c> a</c><00:39:09.440><c> haggis,</c><00:39:09.820><c> no,</c><00:39:10.019><c> not</c><00:39:10.179><c> a</c><00:39:10.340><c> haggis,</c><00:39:12.139><c> was</c><00:39:12.420><c> in</c><00:39:12.940><c> Nepal.</c>

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:16.119
So<00:39:14.159><c> sandwiched</c><00:39:14.500><c> between</c><00:39:14.739><c> China</c><00:39:15.059><c> and</c><00:39:15.239><c> India.</c>

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:17.280
I've<00:39:16.300><c> been</c><00:39:16.460><c> there</c><00:39:16.659><c> a</c><00:39:16.679><c> number</c><00:39:16.900><c> of</c><00:39:17.119><c> times.</c>

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:19.380
The<00:39:17.500><c> first</c><00:39:17.639><c> time</c><00:39:17.820><c> I</c><00:39:17.940><c> went</c><00:39:18.079><c> I</c><00:39:18.179><c> was</c><00:39:18.380><c> 12.</c>

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:22.380
And<00:39:19.900><c> I</c><00:39:20.059><c> saw</c><00:39:20.139><c> this</c><00:39:20.380><c> delightful</c><00:39:20.860><c> little</c><00:39:21.199><c> baby</c><00:39:21.420><c> monkey.</c>

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:24.480
And<00:39:23.079><c> I</c><00:39:23.239><c> just</c><00:39:23.380><c> thought</c><00:39:23.440><c> it</c><00:39:23.519><c> was</c><00:39:23.679><c> the</c><00:39:23.800><c> cutest</c><00:39:23.980><c> thing</c><00:39:24.219><c> in</c><00:39:24.340><c> the</c>

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.960
world<00:39:24.659><c> ever.</c>

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:31.239
So<00:39:25.400><c> I</c><00:39:25.519><c> stopped</c><00:39:25.980><c> to</c><00:39:28.019><c> sort</c><00:39:28.300><c> of,</c><00:39:28.619><c> you</c><00:39:28.639><c> know,</c><00:39:29.739><c> wave</c><00:39:29.880><c> my</c><00:39:30.179><c> hand</c><00:39:30.340><c> at</c><00:39:30.539><c> it</c>

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:33.099
and<00:39:31.760><c> thought</c><00:39:32.159><c> that</c><00:39:32.360><c> that</c><00:39:32.480><c> would</c><00:39:32.619><c> be</c><00:39:32.719><c> a</c><00:39:32.800><c> good</c><00:39:32.900><c> idea.</c>

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:34.960
And<00:39:33.239><c> I</c><00:39:33.260><c> didn't</c><00:39:33.400><c> realize</c><00:39:33.719><c> that</c><00:39:33.880><c> the</c><00:39:34.019><c> mother</c><00:39:34.139><c> was</c><00:39:34.380><c> behind</c><00:39:34.679><c> me</c><00:39:34.840><c> on</c>

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:36.039
a<00:39:35.239><c> tree</c>

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:39.840
and<00:39:36.599><c> actually</c><00:39:36.920><c> jumped</c><00:39:37.300><c> down</c><00:39:37.599><c> out</c><00:39:37.780><c> of</c><00:39:37.880><c> the</c><00:39:38.099><c> tree</c><00:39:38.239><c> onto</c><00:39:38.500><c> my</c><00:39:38.840><c> back.</c>

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:45.320
And<00:39:40.380><c> my</c><00:39:40.559><c> mother</c><00:39:40.860><c> and</c><00:39:41.219><c> father</c><00:39:41.780><c> were</c><00:39:43.039><c> kind</c><00:39:44.039><c> of</c><00:39:44.139><c> a</c><00:39:44.239><c> bit</c><00:39:44.360><c> worried.</c>

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:49.360
And<00:39:46.679><c> I</c><00:39:47.079><c> sort</c><00:39:47.260><c> of</c><00:39:47.380><c> did</c><00:39:47.539><c> some</c><00:39:47.780><c> way</c><00:39:47.900><c> in</c><00:39:48.079><c> between</c><00:39:48.300><c> freezing.</c>

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:51.260
I<00:39:49.760><c> certainly</c><00:39:50.119><c> didn't</c><00:39:50.320><c> run.</c>

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:54.380
But<00:39:51.500><c> for</c><00:39:52.219><c> a</c><00:39:52.420><c> little</c><00:39:52.539><c> while</c><00:39:52.739><c> I</c><00:39:52.760><c> had</c><00:39:52.920><c> a</c><00:39:53.059><c> monkey</c><00:39:53.300><c> backpack</c>

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:56.019
that<00:39:55.079><c> I</c><00:39:55.179><c> was</c><00:39:55.340><c> trying</c><00:39:55.480><c> to</c><00:39:55.619><c> get</c><00:39:55.719><c> rid</c><00:39:55.860><c> of.</c>

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:59.840
But,<00:39:56.719><c> you</c><00:39:56.980><c> know,</c><00:39:57.159><c> that</c><00:39:57.199><c> was</c><00:39:57.760><c> a</c><00:39:57.960><c> fairly,</c><00:39:58.679><c> I</c><00:39:59.000><c> was</c><00:39:59.280><c> fairly</c><00:39:59.519><c> shaken</c>

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.480
up<00:40:00.039><c> by</c><00:40:00.219><c> that.</c>

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:04.719
Thankfully<00:40:00.900><c> it</c><00:40:01.059><c> didn't</c><00:40:01.619><c> bite</c><00:40:02.119><c> me</c><00:40:02.400><c> or</c><00:40:03.119><c> scratch</c><00:40:03.599><c> me</c><00:40:03.860><c> or</c><00:40:03.960><c> anything</c><00:40:04.239><c> like</c><00:40:04.519><c> that.</c>

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:08.659
But<00:40:05.179><c> certainly</c><00:40:05.719><c> when</c><00:40:05.900><c> you</c><00:40:06.039><c> do</c><00:40:06.219><c> have</c><00:40:06.480><c> a</c><00:40:06.760><c> wild</c><00:40:06.920><c> animal</c><00:40:07.639><c> attack</c>

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:10.980
you<00:40:08.980><c> or</c><00:40:09.440><c> jump</c><00:40:09.840><c> on</c><00:40:10.099><c> you,</c>

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:12.920
those<00:40:11.480><c> are</c><00:40:11.659><c> the</c><00:40:11.780><c> three</c><00:40:11.940><c> options.</c>

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:16.780
You<00:40:13.199><c> either</c><00:40:13.519><c> try</c><00:40:14.159><c> and</c><00:40:14.340><c> run</c><00:40:14.420><c> away,</c><00:40:15.000><c> you</c><00:40:15.119><c> either</c><00:40:15.320><c> try</c><00:40:15.559><c> and</c><00:40:15.780><c> fight</c><00:40:16.079><c> it,</c>

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:19.940
or<00:40:17.139><c> you</c><00:40:17.239><c> just</c><00:40:17.500><c> freeze</c><00:40:17.860><c> because</c><00:40:18.360><c> you</c><00:40:18.760><c> don't</c><00:40:19.320><c> really</c><00:40:19.659><c> know</c><00:40:19.800><c> what</c>

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.860
to<00:40:20.099><c> do.</c>

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:23.199
The<00:40:21.619><c> reason</c><00:40:21.760><c> I'm</c><00:40:21.980><c> talking</c><00:40:22.260><c> about</c><00:40:22.400><c> this</c><00:40:22.599><c> is</c><00:40:22.719><c> because</c><00:40:22.820><c> I</c><00:40:23.000><c> think</c>

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:24.159
that<00:40:23.420><c> when</c><00:40:23.539><c> we</c><00:40:23.780><c> come</c>

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:26.079
and<00:40:24.639><c> face</c><00:40:24.840><c> to</c><00:40:24.980><c> face</c><00:40:25.099><c> with</c><00:40:25.320><c> temptation,</c>

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:29.699
like<00:40:26.619><c> these</c><00:40:26.920><c> wild</c><00:40:27.239><c> beasts</c><00:40:27.619><c> that</c><00:40:27.900><c> are</c><00:40:28.179><c> inside</c><00:40:28.659><c> of</c><00:40:28.860><c> us,</c>

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:33.320
that<00:40:30.539><c> impulsive</c><00:40:31.099><c> see</c><00:40:31.440><c> and</c><00:40:31.719><c> take,</c><00:40:32.099><c> it's</c><00:40:32.340><c> like</c><00:40:32.599><c> a</c><00:40:32.820><c> wild</c><00:40:33.000><c> animal.</c>

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:36.639
It's<00:40:33.719><c> just</c><00:40:34.079><c> coming</c><00:40:34.239><c> out</c><00:40:34.460><c> of</c><00:40:34.619><c> nowhere</c><00:40:34.860><c> and</c><00:40:34.980><c> it's</c><00:40:35.179><c> just</c><00:40:35.340><c> so</c><00:40:35.500><c> very</c><00:40:36.119><c> powerful.</c>

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:38.840
We've<00:40:36.960><c> got</c><00:40:37.079><c> the</c><00:40:37.280><c> same</c><00:40:37.519><c> three</c><00:40:37.760><c> options.</c>

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:43.820
You<00:40:39.800><c> can</c><00:40:39.980><c> either</c><00:40:40.139><c> just</c><00:40:40.559><c> freeze</c><00:40:41.059><c> and</c><00:40:41.719><c> just</c><00:40:42.059><c> let</c><00:40:42.219><c> it</c><00:40:42.539><c> devour</c><00:40:42.820><c> you,</c>

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:46.340
or<00:40:44.619><c> you</c><00:40:44.739><c> might</c><00:40:44.940><c> choose</c><00:40:45.159><c> to</c><00:40:45.420><c> run.</c>

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:51.239
The<00:40:47.460><c> problem</c><00:40:47.840><c> with</c><00:40:48.139><c> running</c><00:40:48.639><c> is</c><00:40:49.340><c> that</c><00:40:50.079><c> it's</c><00:40:50.900><c> probably</c><00:40:51.099><c> going</c>

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:53.340
to<00:40:51.380><c> outpace</c><00:40:51.780><c> you.</c>

00:40:54.500 --> 00:41:00.019
The<00:40:54.980><c> stamina</c><00:40:55.460><c> of</c><00:40:56.039><c> temptation</c><00:40:56.820><c> is</c><00:40:57.760><c> such</c><00:40:58.099><c> that</c><00:40:58.539><c> we</c><00:40:59.139><c> might</c><00:40:59.539><c> get</c><00:40:59.860><c> a</c>

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.940
head<00:41:00.440><c> start,</c>

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:04.400
we<00:41:01.199><c> might</c><00:41:01.659><c> get</c><00:41:02.780><c> ahead</c><00:41:03.000><c> for</c><00:41:03.199><c> a</c><00:41:03.300><c> little</c><00:41:03.500><c> while,</c>

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:06.920
but<00:41:04.800><c> the</c><00:41:05.340><c> chances</c><00:41:05.659><c> are</c><00:41:05.900><c> it's</c><00:41:06.059><c> going</c><00:41:06.199><c> to</c><00:41:06.380><c> catch</c><00:41:06.579><c> up</c><00:41:06.719><c> with</c><00:41:06.860><c> you.</c>

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:10.059
So<00:41:07.099><c> the</c><00:41:07.219><c> only</c><00:41:07.440><c> real</c><00:41:07.679><c> option</c><00:41:08.079><c> that</c><00:41:08.300><c> you</c><00:41:08.539><c> have</c><00:41:09.039><c> when</c><00:41:09.519><c> faced</c><00:41:09.820><c> with</c>

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:13.719
temptation<00:41:10.619><c> is</c><00:41:11.039><c> to</c><00:41:12.159><c> fight</c><00:41:12.719><c> it.</c>

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:17.860
And<00:41:15.380><c> of</c><00:41:15.599><c> course</c><00:41:15.820><c> we</c><00:41:15.940><c> see</c><00:41:16.179><c> again</c><00:41:16.480><c> the</c><00:41:16.800><c> Spirit</c><00:41:17.059><c> of</c><00:41:17.300><c> God</c>

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:20.760
intervening<00:41:18.679><c> for</c><00:41:18.860><c> the</c><00:41:19.099><c> second</c><00:41:19.260><c> time</c><00:41:19.539><c> in</c><00:41:19.760><c> Samson's</c><00:41:20.280><c> life</c><00:41:20.519><c> in</c>

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:21.559
just<00:41:21.000><c> the</c><00:41:21.119><c> way</c><00:41:21.199><c> he</c><00:41:21.360><c> needs.</c>

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:26.760
It<00:41:22.099><c> stirred</c><00:41:22.340><c> him</c><00:41:22.699><c> up</c><00:41:22.920><c> and</c><00:41:23.159><c> agitated</c><00:41:23.699><c> him</c><00:41:24.099><c> when</c><00:41:24.420><c> he</c><00:41:24.559><c> was</c><00:41:24.780><c> in</c><00:41:24.940><c> that</c><00:41:25.440><c> camp</c><00:41:25.920><c> of</c><00:41:26.500><c> Dan.</c>

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:29.940
And<00:41:27.000><c> this</c><00:41:27.239><c> time</c><00:41:27.739><c> the</c><00:41:28.219><c> Spirit</c><00:41:28.559><c> rushes</c><00:41:29.380><c> upon</c><00:41:29.639><c> him,</c>

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:34.019
just<00:41:30.260><c> like</c><00:41:30.519><c> that</c><00:41:30.800><c> lion</c><00:41:31.219><c> who</c><00:41:31.639><c> was</c><00:41:31.900><c> roaring</c><00:41:32.260><c> and</c><00:41:32.619><c> rushing</c><00:41:32.960><c> towards</c><00:41:33.440><c> him.</c>

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:36.079
And<00:41:34.659><c> what</c><00:41:34.800><c> does</c><00:41:34.980><c> he</c><00:41:35.059><c> do?</c>

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:40.539
He<00:41:39.000><c> tears</c><00:41:39.179><c> it</c><00:41:39.420><c> in</c><00:41:39.559><c> half.</c>

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:45.840
Now<00:41:43.079><c> he</c><00:41:43.099><c> tears</c><00:41:43.340><c> it</c><00:41:43.559><c> in</c><00:41:43.699><c> half</c><00:41:44.059><c> like</c><00:41:44.440><c> you</c><00:41:44.659><c> would</c><00:41:44.960><c> tear</c><00:41:45.340><c> a</c><00:41:45.659><c> young</c>

00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:46.420
goat<00:41:45.980><c> in</c><00:41:46.219><c> half.</c>

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:48.800
How<00:41:46.860><c> many</c><00:41:47.079><c> people</c><00:41:47.380><c> have</c><00:41:47.619><c> teared</c><00:41:47.699><c> a</c><00:41:47.840><c> young</c><00:41:48.019><c> goat?</c>

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:50.320
You<00:41:49.440><c> know</c><00:41:49.539><c> what</c><00:41:49.539><c> that's</c><00:41:49.780><c> talking</c><00:41:50.039><c> about?</c>

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:54.440
It's<00:41:50.480><c> talking</c><00:41:50.599><c> about</c><00:41:50.800><c> a</c><00:41:50.960><c> lamb</c><00:41:51.179><c> shank,</c><00:41:52.119><c> slow</c><00:41:52.300><c> roasted</c><00:41:52.780><c> lamb</c><00:41:53.139><c> shank</c><00:41:53.559><c> or</c><00:41:54.119><c> goat.</c>

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:56.800
That's<00:41:55.079><c> what</c><00:41:55.260><c> it</c><00:41:55.440><c> means</c><00:41:55.639><c> in</c><00:41:55.800><c> the</c><00:41:55.940><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:59.880
You<00:41:57.159><c> know</c><00:41:57.239><c> when</c><00:41:57.420><c> you</c><00:41:58.519><c> just</c><00:41:58.719><c> pick</c><00:41:58.840><c> up</c><00:41:59.079><c> the</c><00:41:59.219><c> meat</c><00:41:59.340><c> and</c><00:41:59.500><c> it</c><00:41:59.599><c> comes</c>

00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:00.559
off<00:42:00.159><c> the</c><00:42:00.320><c> bone?</c>

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:02.159
It<00:42:01.119><c> just</c><00:42:01.400><c> falls</c><00:42:01.659><c> apart.</c>

00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:05.559
So<00:42:02.820><c> when</c><00:42:03.039><c> Samson</c><00:42:03.460><c> tore</c><00:42:03.739><c> the</c><00:42:04.039><c> lion</c><00:42:04.239><c> in</c><00:42:04.559><c> half,</c>

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:10.840
it<00:42:05.860><c> wasn't</c><00:42:06.260><c> like</c><00:42:06.599><c> a</c><00:42:06.840><c> wrestle</c><00:42:07.159><c> and</c><00:42:08.219><c> a</c><00:42:09.980><c> bit</c><00:42:10.099><c> of</c><00:42:10.320><c> a</c><00:42:10.440><c> tussle.</c>

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:13.039
I<00:42:11.719><c> don't</c><00:42:11.980><c> think</c><00:42:12.099><c> it</c><00:42:12.199><c> was</c><00:42:12.340><c> even</c><00:42:12.539><c> like</c><00:42:12.820><c> this.</c>

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:15.820
I<00:42:13.579><c> think</c><00:42:13.760><c> he</c><00:42:13.880><c> just</c><00:42:14.079><c> went...</c>

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:19.000
He<00:42:17.300><c> just</c><00:42:17.780><c> easily</c><00:42:18.199><c> came</c><00:42:18.519><c> apart.</c>

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:22.199
Because<00:42:19.539><c> the</c><00:42:19.780><c> Spirit</c><00:42:19.960><c> of</c><00:42:20.119><c> the</c><00:42:20.300><c> Lord,</c><00:42:20.980><c> it</c><00:42:21.159><c> wasn't</c><00:42:21.460><c> Samson,</c><00:42:21.900><c> was</c><00:42:22.079><c> it?</c>

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:26.500
It<00:42:22.360><c> was</c><00:42:22.739><c> the</c><00:42:23.039><c> Spirit</c><00:42:23.400><c> of</c><00:42:23.679><c> the</c><00:42:23.920><c> Lord</c><00:42:24.360><c> who</c><00:42:25.599><c> just</c><00:42:25.880><c> worked</c><00:42:26.119><c> through</c><00:42:26.360><c> him</c>

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:29.260
and<00:42:26.599><c> he</c><00:42:26.719><c> just</c><00:42:27.139><c> tore</c><00:42:27.679><c> the</c><00:42:28.159><c> lion</c><00:42:28.460><c> in</c><00:42:28.860><c> half.</c>

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:31.920
And<00:42:29.820><c> so</c><00:42:29.920><c> when</c><00:42:30.019><c> we</c><00:42:30.300><c> come</c><00:42:30.539><c> to</c><00:42:30.840><c> sin</c><00:42:31.059><c> in</c><00:42:31.260><c> our</c><00:42:31.539><c> lives,</c>

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:39.460
it's<00:42:32.659><c> not</c><00:42:35.159><c> our</c><00:42:36.099><c> strength</c><00:42:36.500><c> that's</c><00:42:36.840><c> going</c><00:42:36.940><c> to</c><00:42:37.099><c> help</c><00:42:37.239><c> us</c><00:42:37.480><c> to</c><00:42:37.739><c> overcome</c><00:42:38.280><c> our</c><00:42:38.699><c> temptations.</c>

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:41.480
It's<00:42:40.019><c> not</c><00:42:40.179><c> going</c><00:42:40.300><c> to</c><00:42:40.400><c> be</c><00:42:40.559><c> through</c><00:42:40.739><c> our</c><00:42:41.139><c> strength,</c>

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:44.639
it's<00:42:41.739><c> going</c><00:42:41.840><c> to</c><00:42:41.980><c> be</c><00:42:42.179><c> through</c><00:42:43.079><c> the</c><00:42:43.719><c> strength</c><00:42:43.960><c> that's</c><00:42:44.320><c> afforded</c>

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.320
to<00:42:44.860><c> us.</c>

00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:48.840
We<00:42:46.159><c> have</c><00:42:46.420><c> the</c><00:42:46.599><c> victory</c><00:42:47.280><c> only.</c>

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:53.179
We<00:42:49.559><c> have</c><00:42:49.739><c> the</c><00:42:49.920><c> victory</c><00:42:50.300><c> only</c><00:42:50.920><c> through</c><00:42:51.219><c> Jesus</c><00:42:51.579><c> Christ</c><00:42:51.980><c> our</c><00:42:52.179><c> Lord.</c>

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:56.119
Never<00:42:54.039><c> on</c><00:42:54.800><c> our</c><00:42:55.000><c> own</c><00:42:55.260><c> strength.</c>

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:59.900
So<00:42:56.960><c> we're</c><00:42:57.539><c> going</c><00:42:57.679><c> to</c><00:42:57.800><c> just</c><00:42:57.980><c> try</c><00:42:58.159><c> and</c><00:42:58.539><c> wrap</c><00:42:58.840><c> up</c><00:42:59.260><c> very</c><00:42:59.599><c> quickly</c>

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:01.219
with<00:43:00.099><c> this</c><00:43:00.260><c> chapter.</c>

00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:06.260
He<00:43:02.760><c> comes</c><00:43:03.059><c> back</c><00:43:03.699><c> this</c><00:43:04.199><c> way</c><00:43:04.460><c> and</c><00:43:04.739><c> finds,</c><00:43:05.099><c> of</c><00:43:05.199><c> course,</c>

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:09.400
the<00:43:07.239><c> symbology</c><00:43:07.860><c> again</c><00:43:08.179><c> is</c><00:43:08.480><c> very</c><00:43:08.760><c> beautiful,</c><00:43:09.239><c> isn't</c><00:43:09.340><c> it?</c>

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:14.940
He<00:43:09.460><c> comes</c><00:43:09.820><c> back</c><00:43:10.599><c> and</c><00:43:10.820><c> finds</c><00:43:11.800><c> this</c><00:43:12.880><c> swarm</c><00:43:13.219><c> of</c><00:43:13.840><c> bees</c><00:43:14.159><c> and</c><00:43:14.320><c> this</c><00:43:14.619><c> honey</c>

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:17.480
and<00:43:15.840><c> he's</c><00:43:16.079><c> just</c><00:43:16.539><c> feasting.</c>

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:20.659
He's<00:43:17.780><c> just</c><00:43:18.079><c> feasting</c><00:43:18.539><c> on</c><00:43:19.119><c> the</c><00:43:19.699><c> sweetness.</c>

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:25.320
You<00:43:21.619><c> can</c><00:43:21.880><c> just</c><00:43:22.039><c> imagine</c><00:43:22.760><c> just</c><00:43:23.320><c> a</c><00:43:24.079><c> happy</c><00:43:24.440><c> young</c><00:43:24.659><c> man</c><00:43:25.000><c> finding</c>

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:27.539
this<00:43:26.679><c> honey.</c>

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:31.119
And<00:43:29.219><c> it's</c><00:43:29.860><c> just</c><00:43:30.059><c> a</c><00:43:30.219><c> beautiful</c><00:43:30.539><c> image,</c><00:43:30.840><c> isn't</c><00:43:31.000><c> it?</c>

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:35.280
That<00:43:31.440><c> when</c><00:43:31.619><c> we</c><00:43:32.000><c> conquer</c><00:43:32.400><c> sin</c><00:43:32.840><c> through</c><00:43:33.480><c> the</c><00:43:33.719><c> strength</c><00:43:34.019><c> of</c><00:43:34.280><c> God,</c>

00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:38.000
there<00:43:35.860><c> is</c><00:43:36.099><c> that</c><00:43:36.460><c> sweetness,</c><00:43:36.840><c> there</c><00:43:36.960><c> is</c><00:43:37.199><c> that</c><00:43:37.400><c> reward.</c>

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:41.630
And<00:43:38.940><c> honey</c><00:43:39.159><c> is</c><00:43:39.260><c> one</c><00:43:39.420><c> of</c><00:43:39.500><c> those</c><00:43:39.739><c> beautiful,</c><00:43:40.800><c> again,</c>

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:46.579
symbolic<00:43:42.099><c> of</c><00:43:42.860><c> honey</c><00:43:43.300><c> doesn't</c><00:43:43.559><c> really</c><00:43:43.880><c> deteriorate</c><00:43:44.739><c> or</c><00:43:45.440><c> easily</c><00:43:46.159><c> rot.</c>

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:51.239
It's<00:43:47.559><c> known,</c><00:43:47.840><c> isn't</c><00:43:48.019><c> it,</c><00:43:48.159><c> for</c><00:43:48.340><c> being</c><00:43:48.880><c> just</c><00:43:49.320><c> the</c><00:43:49.539><c> quality</c><00:43:49.980><c> of</c><00:43:50.179><c> honey.</c>

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:55.559
It<00:43:51.920><c> doesn't</c><00:43:52.239><c> rot</c><00:43:52.480><c> like</c><00:43:53.320><c> any</c><00:43:53.760><c> other</c><00:43:54.099><c> fruit</c><00:43:54.340><c> and</c><00:43:54.519><c> vegetable</c><00:43:54.980><c> and</c>

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.920
other<00:43:55.960><c> produces</c><00:43:56.400><c> we</c><00:43:56.780><c> have.</c>

00:43:56.960 --> 00:44:01.780
It's<00:43:57.199><c> got</c><00:43:57.400><c> a</c><00:43:57.500><c> sort</c><00:43:57.639><c> of</c><00:43:57.840><c> eternal</c><00:43:58.780><c> healing</c><00:43:59.840><c> quality</c><00:44:00.739><c> to</c><00:44:01.019><c> it.</c>

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:07.360
And<00:44:02.119><c> so</c><00:44:02.320><c> he</c><00:44:02.480><c> finds</c><00:44:02.840><c> this</c><00:44:03.599><c> honey</c><00:44:03.960><c> and</c><00:44:04.440><c> he</c><00:44:04.619><c> doesn't</c><00:44:05.079><c> have</c><00:44:05.360><c> any</c><00:44:05.760><c> stings</c><00:44:06.699><c> at</c>

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:09.519
all<00:44:07.860><c> that</c><00:44:08.239><c> we</c><00:44:08.380><c> know</c><00:44:08.559><c> of.</c>

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:13.679
And<00:44:09.719><c> again,</c><00:44:09.940><c> we</c><00:44:10.139><c> think</c><00:44:10.380><c> of</c><00:44:11.940><c> verses</c><00:44:12.360><c> like</c><00:44:12.719><c> in</c><00:44:12.940><c> 1</c><00:44:13.179><c> Corinthians</c>

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:14.960
15<00:44:14.139><c> or</c><00:44:14.400><c> death.</c>

00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:17.539
Where<00:44:15.500><c> is</c><00:44:16.159><c> your</c><00:44:16.659><c> sting?</c>

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:23.059
And<00:44:18.619><c> so</c><00:44:18.699><c> he</c><00:44:18.820><c> comes</c><00:44:19.059><c> to</c><00:44:19.280><c> his</c><00:44:19.460><c> wedding</c><00:44:19.659><c> and</c><00:44:20.099><c> he</c><00:44:20.780><c> has</c><00:44:21.079><c> this</c><00:44:21.980><c> really</c>

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:24.380
unusual<00:44:23.559><c> wedding.</c>

00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:27.619
I<00:44:24.800><c> mean,</c><00:44:25.219><c> when</c><00:44:25.559><c> I</c><00:44:25.960><c> think</c><00:44:26.199><c> culturally,</c><00:44:26.639><c> it's</c><00:44:26.920><c> very</c><00:44:27.219><c> hard.</c>

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:31.280
I<00:44:28.159><c> don't</c><00:44:28.400><c> know</c><00:44:28.579><c> enough</c><00:44:28.960><c> about</c><00:44:29.940><c> weddings</c><00:44:30.480><c> at</c><00:44:30.679><c> this</c><00:44:30.920><c> time.</c>

00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:34.380
I<00:44:31.400><c> don't</c><00:44:31.539><c> know</c><00:44:31.719><c> enough</c><00:44:31.900><c> about</c><00:44:32.639><c> the</c><00:44:33.340><c> Israelites</c><00:44:33.679><c> weddings</c><00:44:34.119><c> and</c>

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:35.340
the<00:44:34.579><c> Philistines</c><00:44:35.019><c> weddings</c>

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:36.980
to<00:44:35.579><c> work</c><00:44:35.820><c> out</c><00:44:35.940><c> what's</c><00:44:36.320><c> going</c><00:44:36.500><c> on</c><00:44:36.760><c> here.</c>

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:40.900
Is<00:44:37.059><c> he</c><00:44:37.719><c> putting</c><00:44:37.920><c> on</c><00:44:38.119><c> a</c><00:44:38.300><c> Philistine</c><00:44:38.780><c> wedding</c><00:44:39.199><c> or</c><00:44:39.840><c> does</c><00:44:40.519><c> he</c><00:44:40.699><c> know</c>

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.800
their<00:44:41.179><c> culture</c><00:44:41.599><c> well?</c>

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:43.940
Do<00:44:42.400><c> they</c><00:44:42.539><c> have</c><00:44:42.739><c> similar</c><00:44:43.039><c> types</c><00:44:43.440><c> of</c><00:44:43.659><c> weddings?</c>

00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:45.500
I<00:44:44.920><c> don't</c><00:44:45.219><c> know.</c>

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:50.619
But<00:44:45.679><c> we</c><00:44:45.940><c> certainly</c><00:44:46.260><c> find</c><00:44:47.260><c> that</c><00:44:47.960><c> he</c><00:44:48.139><c> goes</c><00:44:48.820><c> as</c><00:44:49.800><c> is</c><00:44:49.960><c> the</c><00:44:50.139><c> custom</c>

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:53.760
and<00:44:51.420><c> prepares</c><00:44:51.840><c> this</c><00:44:52.480><c> wedding</c><00:44:52.780><c> feast.</c>

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:57.739
He<00:44:54.079><c> doesn't</c><00:44:54.340><c> take</c><00:44:54.679><c> a</c><00:44:54.960><c> best</c><00:44:55.320><c> man</c><00:44:55.619><c> with</c><00:44:55.940><c> him</c><00:44:56.719><c> like</c><00:44:57.059><c> we</c><00:44:57.320><c> might</c><00:44:57.559><c> do</c>

00:44:57.739 --> 00:44:58.360
to<00:44:58.019><c> our</c><00:44:58.159><c> wedding.</c>

00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:03.340
In<00:44:58.559><c> fact,</c><00:44:58.780><c> he's</c><00:44:59.079><c> given</c><00:44:59.480><c> 30</c><00:45:00.159><c> best</c><00:45:00.519><c> men</c><00:45:01.079><c> and</c><00:45:02.280><c> he</c><00:45:02.800><c> tells</c><00:45:03.000><c> them,</c><00:45:03.199><c> of</c>

00:45:03.340 --> 00:45:04.400
course,<00:45:03.559><c> this</c><00:45:03.780><c> riddle.</c>

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:06.679
Out<00:45:04.780><c> of</c><00:45:04.900><c> the</c><00:45:05.059><c> eater</c><00:45:05.320><c> came</c><00:45:05.639><c> something</c><00:45:06.059><c> to</c><00:45:06.320><c> eat.</c>

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:09.699
Out<00:45:07.260><c> of</c><00:45:07.400><c> the</c><00:45:07.739><c> strong</c><00:45:07.960><c> came</c><00:45:08.280><c> something</c><00:45:08.780><c> sweet.</c>

00:45:10.179 --> 00:45:12.380
And<00:45:10.300><c> so</c><00:45:10.440><c> again,</c><00:45:10.599><c> we</c><00:45:10.800><c> see</c><00:45:10.940><c> that</c><00:45:11.099><c> this</c><00:45:11.300><c> encounter</c><00:45:11.679><c> with</c><00:45:11.880><c> a</c><00:45:12.099><c> lion</c>

00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:15.699
really<00:45:13.099><c> is</c><00:45:14.280><c> the</c><00:45:14.800><c> source</c><00:45:15.059><c> of</c><00:45:15.239><c> the</c><00:45:15.420><c> riddle.</c>

00:45:15.739 --> 00:45:20.300
And<00:45:15.900><c> the</c><00:45:16.039><c> riddle</c><00:45:16.280><c> is</c><00:45:16.460><c> the</c><00:45:16.719><c> source</c><00:45:17.139><c> of</c><00:45:17.679><c> the</c><00:45:17.920><c> antagonism</c><00:45:19.079><c> with</c>

00:45:20.300 --> 00:45:21.900
the<00:45:20.659><c> Philistines.</c>

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:26.300
And<00:45:22.460><c> when</c><00:45:22.619><c> they</c><00:45:22.940><c> solve</c><00:45:23.260><c> it,</c><00:45:23.780><c> it</c><00:45:23.980><c> causes</c><00:45:24.519><c> Samson</c><00:45:25.139><c> to</c><00:45:25.719><c> attack</c><00:45:26.079><c> them.</c>

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:28.860
So<00:45:26.659><c> it's</c><00:45:27.099><c> a</c><00:45:27.199><c> very</c><00:45:27.519><c> intricate</c><00:45:27.980><c> pathway,</c><00:45:28.539><c> isn't</c><00:45:28.739><c> it?</c>

00:45:28.860 --> 00:45:33.659
And<00:45:29.000><c> it</c><00:45:29.099><c> all</c><00:45:29.219><c> comes</c><00:45:29.480><c> back</c><00:45:29.780><c> to</c><00:45:29.960><c> this</c><00:45:30.199><c> lion</c><00:45:30.960><c> attacking</c><00:45:32.340><c> him.</c>

00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:37.099
And<00:45:34.340><c> it's</c><00:45:34.539><c> just</c><00:45:34.760><c> all</c><00:45:35.199><c> incredible</c><00:45:35.639><c> how</c><00:45:35.780><c> it's</c><00:45:35.980><c> all</c><00:45:36.280><c> interwoven.</c>

00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:39.199
At<00:45:37.500><c> times</c><00:45:37.760><c> we</c><00:45:37.960><c> see</c><00:45:38.300><c> God</c><00:45:38.579><c> intervening.</c>

00:45:39.260 --> 00:45:43.300
At<00:45:39.340><c> times</c><00:45:39.659><c> we</c><00:45:39.860><c> see</c><00:45:40.059><c> Samson</c><00:45:41.099><c> doing</c><00:45:41.900><c> the</c><00:45:42.119><c> right</c><00:45:42.360><c> thing,</c><00:45:42.659><c> sometimes</c><00:45:43.079><c> doing</c>

00:45:43.300 --> 00:45:44.159
the<00:45:43.500><c> wrong</c><00:45:43.760><c> thing.</c>

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:48.340
But<00:45:44.780><c> God's</c><00:45:45.179><c> there</c><00:45:45.500><c> throughout</c><00:45:46.179><c> the</c><00:45:47.099><c> situation.</c>

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:51.000
And<00:45:49.219><c> so</c><00:45:49.400><c> Samson's</c><00:45:49.820><c> at</c><00:45:49.920><c> this</c><00:45:50.099><c> wedding</c><00:45:50.440><c> feast.</c>

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:54.639
And<00:45:51.920><c> again,</c><00:45:53.000><c> I</c><00:45:53.119><c> think</c><00:45:53.260><c> this</c><00:45:53.420><c> is</c><00:45:53.539><c> one</c><00:45:53.679><c> of</c><00:45:53.800><c> the</c><00:45:53.920><c> scenarios</c><00:45:54.320><c> where</c>

00:45:54.639 --> 00:45:56.659
we<00:45:55.019><c> assume</c><00:45:55.260><c> that</c><00:45:55.579><c> Samson</c><00:45:55.960><c> got</c><00:45:56.239><c> drunk</c>

00:45:56.659 --> 00:45:59.820
and<00:45:57.199><c> that</c><00:45:57.420><c> he</c><00:45:57.659><c> drank</c><00:45:58.059><c> the</c><00:45:58.820><c> wine</c><00:45:59.019><c> and</c><00:45:59.199><c> a</c><00:45:59.400><c> strong</c><00:45:59.579><c> drink.</c>

00:45:59.840 --> 00:46:01.440
But<00:46:00.019><c> it</c><00:46:00.239><c> doesn't</c><00:46:00.500><c> say.</c>

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:02.599
It<00:46:01.920><c> really</c><00:46:02.099><c> doesn't</c><00:46:02.340><c> say.</c>

00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:04.400
I'm<00:46:03.000><c> not</c><00:46:03.179><c> saying</c><00:46:03.280><c> he</c><00:46:03.500><c> didn't.</c>

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:07.460
But<00:46:04.900><c> all</c><00:46:05.199><c> I'm</c><00:46:05.480><c> saying</c><00:46:05.639><c> is</c><00:46:05.780><c> I've</c><00:46:05.920><c> got</c><00:46:06.000><c> to</c><00:46:06.219><c> point</c><00:46:06.539><c> out</c><00:46:06.760><c> that</c><00:46:07.119><c> the</c>

00:46:07.460 --> 00:46:08.699
writer's<00:46:07.840><c> not</c><00:46:08.059><c> telling</c><00:46:08.320><c> us.</c>

00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:13.320
He's<00:46:09.260><c> not</c><00:46:09.539><c> focusing</c><00:46:09.980><c> on</c><00:46:10.500><c> the</c><00:46:10.780><c> fact</c><00:46:10.980><c> that</c><00:46:11.239><c> Samson</c><00:46:11.960><c> is</c><00:46:12.900><c> breaking</c>

00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:14.980
his<00:46:13.639><c> Nazarite</c><00:46:14.139><c> vow.</c>

00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:19.480
In<00:46:15.699><c> fact,</c><00:46:16.079><c> the</c><00:46:16.199><c> same</c><00:46:16.460><c> word</c><00:46:16.719><c> for</c><00:46:16.960><c> feast</c><00:46:17.260><c> here</c><00:46:17.659><c> in</c><00:46:18.460><c> Judges</c><00:46:18.820><c> 14</c>

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:24.579
is<00:46:20.059><c> used</c><00:46:20.559><c> of</c><00:46:21.199><c> banquets</c><00:46:21.659><c> held</c><00:46:21.860><c> by</c><00:46:22.179><c> David,</c><00:46:23.099><c> of</c><00:46:23.360><c> Abraham.</c>

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:27.679
Interestingly,<00:46:25.300><c> Isaac</c><00:46:25.800><c> held</c><00:46:26.139><c> a</c><00:46:26.719><c> feast</c><00:46:26.920><c> for</c><00:46:27.139><c> the</c><00:46:27.280><c> king</c><00:46:27.400><c> of</c><00:46:27.599><c> the</c>

00:46:27.679 --> 00:46:29.960
Philistines<00:46:28.679><c> back</c><00:46:29.059><c> in</c><00:46:29.239><c> Genesis</c><00:46:29.519><c> 26.</c>

00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:35.519
And<00:46:30.360><c> Lot</c><00:46:30.900><c> held</c><00:46:31.340><c> this</c><00:46:31.760><c> type</c><00:46:31.980><c> of</c><00:46:32.280><c> feast</c><00:46:32.619><c> for</c><00:46:33.760><c> the</c><00:46:34.179><c> angels</c><00:46:34.579><c> that</c>

00:46:35.519 --> 00:46:36.159
saved<00:46:35.780><c> him.</c>

00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:40.400
So<00:46:36.780><c> we</c><00:46:36.920><c> can't</c><00:46:37.159><c> be</c><00:46:37.340><c> too</c><00:46:37.619><c> presumptuous</c><00:46:38.119><c> about</c><00:46:38.460><c> what</c><00:46:38.800><c> type</c><00:46:39.019><c> of</c><00:46:39.619><c> feast</c><00:46:39.880><c> it</c><00:46:40.139><c> was</c>

00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:47.380
and<00:46:40.699><c> what</c><00:46:41.880><c> was</c><00:46:42.199><c> going</c><00:46:42.500><c> on</c><00:46:42.719><c> there</c><00:46:43.579><c> purely</c><00:46:44.239><c> from</c><00:46:44.500><c> the</c><00:46:44.719><c> scriptural</c><00:46:45.219><c> source</c><00:46:45.599><c> here.</c>

00:46:49.760 --> 00:46:56.719
So<00:46:50.000><c> we</c><00:46:50.199><c> have</c><00:46:50.599><c> in</c><00:46:52.539><c> this</c><00:46:52.900><c> wedding</c><00:46:53.179><c> a</c><00:46:54.219><c> pretty</c><00:46:54.500><c> unusual</c><00:46:55.179><c> scenario.</c>

00:46:58.139 --> 00:46:59.260
Samson<00:46:58.320><c> tells</c><00:46:58.679><c> this</c><00:46:59.000><c> riddle.</c>

00:46:59.500 --> 00:47:03.219
And<00:46:59.500><c> if</c><00:46:59.659><c> you</c><00:46:59.880><c> like,</c><00:47:01.519><c> nowadays</c><00:47:02.000><c> you</c><00:47:02.280><c> can</c><00:47:02.440><c> have</c><00:47:02.579><c> a</c><00:47:02.840><c> wedding</c>

00:47:03.219 --> 00:47:06.019
registry<00:47:03.800><c> guest</c><00:47:04.340><c> present</c><00:47:05.000><c> list.</c>

00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:07.639
Here's<00:47:07.019><c> a</c><00:47:07.159><c> web</c><00:47:07.320><c> address.</c>

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:10.719
Go<00:47:07.880><c> online</c><00:47:08.320><c> and</c><00:47:08.539><c> you</c><00:47:08.579><c> can</c><00:47:08.820><c> see</c><00:47:09.019><c> what</c><00:47:09.159><c> we</c><00:47:09.320><c> want</c><00:47:09.500><c> for</c><00:47:09.760><c> our</c><00:47:09.940><c> wedding.</c>

00:47:10.780 --> 00:47:14.360
You<00:47:10.900><c> can</c><00:47:11.139><c> pick</c><00:47:11.440><c> some</c><00:47:12.360><c> cutlery</c><00:47:13.119><c> or</c><00:47:13.860><c> tea</c><00:47:14.159><c> towels.</c>

00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:16.940
We<00:47:14.460><c> got</c><00:47:14.619><c> a</c><00:47:14.659><c> lot</c><00:47:14.860><c> of</c><00:47:15.079><c> tea</c><00:47:15.199><c> towels</c><00:47:15.699><c> when</c><00:47:15.920><c> we</c><00:47:16.039><c> got</c><00:47:16.280><c> married.</c>

00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:18.219
Wonderful.

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:21.079
At<00:47:18.960><c> the</c><00:47:19.340><c> time</c><00:47:19.519><c> I</c><00:47:19.599><c> thought,</c><00:47:19.860><c> it</c><00:47:20.019><c> seems</c><00:47:20.260><c> like</c><00:47:20.440><c> an</c><00:47:20.559><c> awful</c><00:47:20.719><c> lot</c><00:47:20.900><c> of</c>

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.940
tea<00:47:21.219><c> towels.</c>

00:47:22.340 --> 00:47:24.579
But<00:47:22.539><c> they've</c><00:47:22.780><c> come</c><00:47:22.920><c> in</c><00:47:23.079><c> very</c><00:47:23.340><c> good</c><00:47:23.619><c> use.</c>

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:29.380
I'm<00:47:26.960><c> a</c><00:47:26.960><c> part</c><00:47:27.260><c>-time</c><00:47:27.500><c> dishwasher,</c><00:47:28.039><c> so</c><00:47:28.440><c> very</c><00:47:29.119><c> useful.</c>

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:33.019
But<00:47:30.000><c> they</c><00:47:30.099><c> didn't</c><00:47:30.380><c> have</c><00:47:30.699><c> the</c><00:47:31.260><c> online</c><00:47:31.920><c> gift</c><00:47:32.340><c> registry</c><00:47:32.780><c> in</c><00:47:33.019><c> the</c>

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:34.539
time<00:47:33.239><c> of</c><00:47:33.500><c> Samson.</c>

00:47:35.739 --> 00:47:38.800
So<00:47:36.260><c> he</c><00:47:36.780><c> came</c><00:47:37.860><c> up</c><00:47:38.119><c> with</c><00:47:38.360><c> the</c><00:47:38.539><c> gift.</c>

00:47:39.099 --> 00:47:40.119
So,<00:47:39.320><c> okay,</c><00:47:39.500><c> we're</c><00:47:39.619><c> getting</c><00:47:39.760><c> married.</c>

00:47:40.139 --> 00:47:46.219
I<00:47:40.300><c> would</c><00:47:40.559><c> like</c><00:47:41.440><c> 30</c><00:47:42.179><c> garments,</c><00:47:44.059><c> 30</c><00:47:44.739><c> changes</c><00:47:45.480><c> of</c><00:47:45.820><c> clothes.</c>

00:47:46.699 --> 00:47:49.739
And<00:47:46.820><c> he</c><00:47:47.000><c> comes</c><00:47:47.239><c> up</c><00:47:47.440><c> with</c><00:47:47.559><c> this</c><00:47:47.840><c> riddle</c><00:47:48.059><c> that</c><00:47:48.239><c> he</c><00:47:48.440><c> thinks</c><00:47:48.679><c> is</c><00:47:48.980><c> unsolvable.</c>

00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:53.840
And<00:47:50.119><c> they're</c><00:47:50.400><c> going</c><00:47:50.460><c> to</c><00:47:50.599><c> have</c><00:47:50.820><c> to</c><00:47:51.579><c> give</c><00:47:51.800><c> him</c><00:47:52.320><c> the</c><00:47:53.480><c> clothes.</c>

00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:57.219
Now,<00:47:54.340><c> I'm</c><00:47:54.599><c> going</c><00:47:54.619><c> to</c><00:47:54.719><c> be</c><00:47:54.980><c> compassionate</c><00:47:55.440><c> to</c><00:47:55.719><c> you</c><00:47:56.500><c> and</c><00:47:56.820><c> not</c><00:47:57.039><c> ask</c>

00:47:57.219 --> 00:47:58.980
you<00:47:57.360><c> to</c><00:47:57.559><c> take</c><00:47:57.699><c> off</c><00:47:57.860><c> your</c><00:47:58.099><c> coats.</c>

00:47:59.440 --> 00:48:01.360
Because<00:47:59.960><c> of</c><00:48:00.960><c> the</c><00:48:01.059><c> weather.</c>

00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:09.440
But<00:48:01.860><c> if</c><00:48:02.139><c> we</c><00:48:02.400><c> did</c><00:48:02.599><c> that</c><00:48:03.079><c> and</c><00:48:03.380><c> piled</c><00:48:03.519><c> them</c><00:48:03.699><c> up</c><00:48:03.960><c> here,</c><00:48:04.519><c> 30</c><00:48:04.739><c> garments</c><00:48:05.239><c> is</c><00:48:06.139><c> quite</c><00:48:06.460><c> a</c><00:48:06.719><c> big</c><00:48:07.380><c> amount</c><00:48:07.840><c> of</c><00:48:08.480><c> clothing.</c>

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:12.599
And<00:48:10.639><c> for</c><00:48:10.800><c> us</c><00:48:11.000><c> today,</c><00:48:11.500><c> clothes</c><00:48:11.800><c> are</c><00:48:12.039><c> ubiquitous.</c>

00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:14.059
They're<00:48:12.900><c> just</c><00:48:13.179><c> easy</c><00:48:13.440><c> to</c><00:48:13.619><c> get,</c><00:48:13.800><c> aren't</c><00:48:13.920><c> they?</c>

00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:18.860
They're<00:48:14.219><c> just</c><00:48:14.820><c> in</c><00:48:15.000><c> the</c><00:48:15.219><c> shops</c><00:48:15.460><c> and</c><00:48:15.579><c> they're</c><00:48:15.800><c> so</c><00:48:15.920><c> very</c><00:48:16.300><c> cheap</c><00:48:17.260><c> comparatively.</c>

00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:25.460
But<00:48:19.139><c> in</c><00:48:19.380><c> the</c><00:48:19.500><c> times</c><00:48:19.760><c> of</c><00:48:19.980><c> the</c><00:48:20.179><c> Bible,</c><00:48:20.639><c> clothes</c><00:48:21.139><c> were</c><00:48:22.000><c> very,</c><00:48:22.619><c> very</c><00:48:23.019><c> costly</c><00:48:23.780><c> to</c><00:48:25.000><c> make.</c>

00:48:25.460 --> 00:48:30.400
And<00:48:25.840><c> to</c><00:48:26.519><c> actually</c><00:48:27.300><c> harvest</c><00:48:28.000><c> the</c><00:48:28.699><c> materials</c><00:48:29.219><c> for.</c>

00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:35.820
Just<00:48:31.320><c> to</c><00:48:31.539><c> give</c><00:48:31.699><c> you</c><00:48:32.340><c> an</c><00:48:32.760><c> idea</c><00:48:33.380><c> about</c><00:48:34.400><c> that.</c>

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:41.840
When<00:48:38.139><c> Joseph</c><00:48:39.019><c> gave,</c><00:48:40.019><c> do</c><00:48:40.179><c> you</c><00:48:40.199><c> remember</c><00:48:40.300><c> when</c><00:48:40.460><c> Joseph</c><00:48:40.820><c> gave</c><00:48:41.119><c> changes</c><00:48:41.519><c> of</c>

00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:44.099
clothes<00:48:42.179><c> to</c><00:48:43.000><c> his</c><00:48:43.280><c> brothers?</c>

00:48:44.739 --> 00:48:47.239
How<00:48:44.940><c> many</c><00:48:45.139><c> changes</c><00:48:45.420><c> of</c><00:48:45.679><c> clothes</c><00:48:45.840><c> did</c><00:48:46.019><c> he</c><00:48:46.119><c> give</c><00:48:46.260><c> them?</c>

00:48:48.239 --> 00:48:49.639
Just<00:48:48.679><c> one.</c>

00:48:49.900 --> 00:48:50.920
You<00:48:50.179><c> know,</c><00:48:50.179><c> for</c><00:48:50.340><c> their</c><00:48:50.539><c> journey.</c>

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:53.199
And<00:48:51.480><c> he</c><00:48:51.599><c> was</c><00:48:51.860><c> second</c><00:48:52.119><c> in</c><00:48:52.400><c> line</c><00:48:52.659><c> to</c><00:48:52.940><c> Pharaoh.</c>

00:48:53.199 --> 00:48:55.500
And<00:48:54.019><c> he</c><00:48:54.159><c> just</c><00:48:54.400><c> gave</c><00:48:54.500><c> them</c><00:48:54.679><c> one</c><00:48:54.920><c> change</c><00:48:55.119><c> of</c><00:48:55.360><c> clothes.</c>

00:48:55.599 --> 00:49:01.159
He<00:48:55.599><c> gave</c><00:48:55.719><c> five</c><00:48:56.000><c> to</c><00:48:56.119><c> Benjamin,</c><00:48:56.940><c> because</c><00:48:57.019><c> that</c><00:48:57.179><c> was</c><00:48:57.360><c> his</c><00:48:59.039><c> brother.</c>

00:49:02.219 --> 00:49:07.159
Naaman,<00:49:03.460><c> the</c><00:49:04.039><c> Assyrian</c><00:49:05.000><c> military</c><00:49:05.800><c> leader.</c>

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:16.619
When<00:49:10.139><c> he</c><00:49:10.300><c> was</c><00:49:10.800><c> looking</c><00:49:11.159><c> for</c><00:49:11.860><c> the</c><00:49:12.079><c> healing,</c><00:49:13.280><c> he</c><00:49:13.920><c> sent</c><00:49:14.519><c> 10</c><00:49:15.300><c> changes</c><00:49:15.860><c> of</c><00:49:16.179><c> clothes</c><00:49:16.420><c> to</c>

00:49:16.619 --> 00:49:18.159
the<00:49:16.739><c> king</c><00:49:16.900><c> of</c><00:49:17.099><c> Israel.</c>

00:49:18.739 --> 00:49:25.719
So<00:49:19.380><c> when</c><00:49:19.699><c> he</c><00:49:19.840><c> was</c><00:49:20.059><c> looking</c><00:49:20.340><c> to</c><00:49:20.800><c> be</c><00:49:21.139><c> nice</c><00:49:21.579><c> and</c><00:49:21.900><c> kind,</c><00:49:23.599><c> 10</c><00:49:24.280><c> changes</c><00:49:24.739><c> of</c><00:49:25.059><c> clothes,</c><00:49:25.360><c> 10</c>

00:49:25.719 --> 00:49:28.079
garments<00:49:26.119><c> was</c><00:49:26.559><c> a</c><00:49:27.460><c> big</c><00:49:27.820><c> thing.</c>

00:49:28.179 --> 00:49:32.780
So<00:49:28.320><c> when</c><00:49:28.539><c> Samson's</c><00:49:28.980><c> asking</c><00:49:29.239><c> for</c><00:49:29.539><c> 30,</c><00:49:30.880><c> let's</c><00:49:31.420><c> not</c><00:49:31.820><c> get</c><00:49:32.179><c> confused</c><00:49:32.579><c> here</c>

00:49:32.780 --> 00:49:34.699
and<00:49:32.900><c> think</c><00:49:33.000><c> it's</c><00:49:33.219><c> just</c><00:49:33.440><c> easy</c><00:49:33.840><c> for</c><00:49:34.579><c> them.</c>

00:49:34.699 --> 00:49:36.579
This<00:49:34.900><c> is</c><00:49:35.139><c> a</c><00:49:35.300><c> big</c><00:49:35.539><c> ass.</c>

00:49:37.380 --> 00:49:40.219
And<00:49:37.599><c> so</c><00:49:37.760><c> they're</c><00:49:37.980><c> very</c><00:49:38.440><c> keen</c><00:49:38.760><c> to</c><00:49:39.420><c> crack</c><00:49:39.719><c> the</c><00:49:39.940><c> puzzle.</c>

00:49:40.280 --> 00:49:45.519
And<00:49:40.400><c> they</c><00:49:40.599><c> do</c><00:49:40.780><c> that</c><00:49:41.340><c> by</c><00:49:41.699><c> working</c><00:49:42.360><c> through</c><00:49:43.420><c> his</c><00:49:44.019><c> wife</c><00:49:44.260><c>-to</c><00:49:44.539><c>-be.</c>

00:49:45.519 --> 00:49:49.599
And<00:49:46.400><c> it's</c><00:49:47.519><c> interesting</c><00:49:48.079><c> that</c><00:49:48.420><c> if</c><00:49:48.800><c> anyone...</c>

00:49:49.599 --> 00:49:51.559
I<00:49:49.760><c> don't</c><00:49:49.920><c> know</c><00:49:50.019><c> if</c><00:49:50.139><c> anyone</c><00:49:50.460><c> would</c><00:49:50.639><c> be</c><00:49:50.780><c> happy</c><00:49:51.000><c> to</c><00:49:51.179><c> hear</c><00:49:51.340><c> this</c>

00:49:51.559 --> 00:49:53.940
during<00:49:51.800><c> their</c><00:49:52.000><c> wedding</c><00:49:52.300><c> from</c><00:49:52.699><c> their</c><00:49:52.920><c> wife.</c>

00:49:54.920 --> 00:49:57.559
You<00:49:55.000><c> know,</c><00:49:55.280><c> you</c><00:49:55.519><c> only</c><00:49:55.860><c> hate</c><00:49:56.059><c> me,</c><00:49:56.260><c> you</c><00:49:56.420><c> do</c><00:49:56.559><c> not</c><00:49:56.659><c> love</c><00:49:56.860><c> me.</c>

00:49:59.300 --> 00:50:01.800
It's<00:49:59.920><c> doomed</c><00:50:00.539><c> for</c><00:50:00.800><c> failure,</c><00:50:01.199><c> isn't</c><00:50:01.360><c> it?</c>

00:50:02.179 --> 00:50:06.659
If<00:50:02.460><c> at</c><00:50:02.800><c> the</c><00:50:03.059><c> wedding</c><00:50:03.480><c> you're</c><00:50:03.840><c> receiving</c><00:50:04.360><c> this</c><00:50:04.679><c> sort</c><00:50:04.900><c> of</c><00:50:05.320><c> feedback</c><00:50:05.900><c> from</c>

00:50:06.659 --> 00:50:07.780
your<00:50:07.420><c> beloved.</c>

00:50:08.139 --> 00:50:11.739
But<00:50:08.460><c> this</c><00:50:08.940><c> is</c><00:50:09.119><c> the</c><00:50:09.300><c> scenario</c><00:50:09.900><c> that</c><00:50:10.519><c> Samson</c><00:50:10.880><c> has.</c>

00:50:11.739 --> 00:50:17.780
And<00:50:13.039><c> it's</c><00:50:16.900><c> actually...</c>

00:50:17.780 --> 00:50:20.179
We're<00:50:18.239><c> going</c><00:50:18.360><c> to</c><00:50:18.480><c> see</c><00:50:18.659><c> again</c><00:50:18.960><c> Delilah.</c>

00:50:20.219 --> 00:50:25.760
It's<00:50:20.619><c> actually</c><00:50:21.159><c> an</c><00:50:21.679><c> emotional</c><00:50:22.380><c> level</c><00:50:23.079><c> that</c><00:50:23.960><c> Samson</c><00:50:24.360><c> seems</c><00:50:24.699><c> to</c><00:50:24.940><c> crack.</c>

00:50:26.860 --> 00:50:32.599
And<00:50:26.980><c> sometimes</c><00:50:27.320><c> we</c><00:50:27.619><c> talk</c><00:50:27.860><c> and</c><00:50:28.179><c> these</c><00:50:29.000><c> passages</c><00:50:29.460><c> are</c><00:50:29.760><c> sometimes</c><00:50:30.119><c> translated</c><00:50:30.639><c> as</c><00:50:31.739><c> in</c><00:50:32.400><c> a</c>

00:50:32.599 --> 00:50:33.539
sexual<00:50:32.940><c> nature.</c>

00:50:33.539 --> 00:50:40.920
But<00:50:34.800><c> very</c><00:50:36.400><c> often</c><00:50:37.079><c> you'll</c><00:50:38.179><c> find</c><00:50:38.599><c> that</c><00:50:39.320><c> the</c><00:50:39.659><c> woman</c><00:50:39.960><c> in</c><00:50:40.159><c> his</c><00:50:40.440><c> life</c>

00:50:40.920 --> 00:50:43.800
are<00:50:41.719><c> saying</c><00:50:41.980><c> things</c><00:50:42.300><c> like</c><00:50:42.619><c> this</c><00:50:42.860><c> to</c><00:50:43.039><c> him.</c>

00:50:44.119 --> 00:50:47.480
Emotional<00:50:44.880><c> things</c><00:50:45.500><c> about</c><00:50:45.860><c> their</c><00:50:46.159><c> relationship.</c>

00:50:48.659 --> 00:50:54.960
And<00:50:49.039><c> it's</c><00:50:49.480><c> when</c><00:50:50.659><c> his</c><00:50:51.260><c> wife</c><00:50:51.739><c> is</c><00:50:52.360><c> repeatedly</c><00:50:53.019><c> giving</c><00:50:53.760><c> this</c><00:50:54.059><c> message</c><00:50:54.500><c> of,</c>

00:50:55.340 --> 00:50:57.800
you<00:50:55.340><c> know,</c><00:50:55.340><c> you</c><00:50:55.440><c> don't</c><00:50:55.699><c> love</c><00:50:55.960><c> me,</c><00:50:56.599><c> you</c><00:50:56.940><c> hate</c><00:50:57.219><c> me.</c>

00:50:57.820 --> 00:51:01.260
But<00:50:57.980><c> he</c><00:50:58.239><c> actually</c><00:50:58.639><c> cracks</c><00:50:59.039><c> and</c><00:50:59.420><c> gives</c><00:50:59.739><c> her</c><00:51:00.400><c> the</c><00:51:00.760><c> answer</c><00:51:01.019><c> to</c>

00:51:01.260 --> 00:51:01.659
the<00:51:01.400><c> riddle.</c>

00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:05.619
And<00:51:01.880><c> of</c><00:51:02.119><c> course</c><00:51:02.420><c> she</c><00:51:03.380><c> passes</c><00:51:03.860><c> it</c><00:51:04.159><c> on.</c>

00:51:08.599 --> 00:51:10.280
And<00:51:08.860><c> the</c><00:51:09.019><c> riddle</c><00:51:09.300><c> is</c><00:51:09.900><c> solved.</c>

00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:15.760
And<00:51:10.559><c> so</c><00:51:11.139><c> Samson</c><00:51:11.539><c> again</c><00:51:12.239><c> is</c><00:51:14.519><c> stirred</c><00:51:14.840><c> up.</c>

00:51:15.800 --> 00:51:20.260
And<00:51:15.900><c> we'll</c><00:51:16.619><c> just</c><00:51:16.800><c> finish</c><00:51:17.019><c> by</c><00:51:17.320><c> reading</c><00:51:18.059><c> those</c><00:51:19.500><c> verses</c><00:51:19.940><c> about</c>

00:51:20.260 --> 00:51:21.039
what<00:51:20.559><c> happens.</c>

00:51:21.480 --> 00:51:24.460
And<00:51:21.679><c> we'll</c><00:51:21.980><c> conclude</c><00:51:22.539><c> our</c><00:51:23.400><c> study</c><00:51:23.780><c> for</c><00:51:24.059><c> today.</c>

00:51:24.460 --> 00:51:28.820
So<00:51:25.340><c> Judges</c><00:51:25.639><c> chapter</c><00:51:25.940><c> 14</c><00:51:26.659><c> and</c><00:51:27.260><c> verse</c><00:51:27.579><c> 19.</c>

00:51:45.559 --> 00:51:53.900
And<00:51:46.159><c> so</c><00:51:46.760><c> again</c><00:51:51.699><c> we</c><00:51:51.940><c> see</c><00:51:52.179><c> God</c><00:51:52.440><c> working</c><00:51:52.920><c> in</c><00:51:53.079><c> his</c><00:51:53.360><c> life.</c>

00:51:53.900 --> 00:51:58.099
And<00:51:54.440><c> we've</c><00:51:54.780><c> got</c><00:51:54.920><c> this</c><00:51:55.639><c> intermingling</c><00:51:56.480><c> of</c><00:51:56.820><c> Samson's</c><00:51:57.480><c> emotions.</c>

00:51:58.239 --> 00:52:01.679
We're<00:51:58.519><c> told</c><00:51:58.659><c> that</c><00:51:58.880><c> he</c><00:51:58.960><c> has</c><00:51:59.280><c> this</c><00:52:00.019><c> just</c><00:52:00.559><c> furious</c><00:52:01.059><c> anger.</c>

00:52:02.000 --> 00:52:06.780
But<00:52:02.199><c> at</c><00:52:02.360><c> the</c><00:52:02.440><c> same</c><00:52:02.659><c> time</c><00:52:02.860><c> God</c><00:52:03.079><c> is</c><00:52:03.260><c> also,</c><00:52:04.179><c> the</c><00:52:04.500><c> spirit</c><00:52:04.960><c> is</c><00:52:05.599><c> working</c><00:52:06.079><c> in</c>

00:52:06.780 --> 00:52:07.320
his<00:52:07.059><c> life.</c>

00:52:07.719 --> 00:52:09.659
And<00:52:07.820><c> I</c><00:52:07.960><c> think</c><00:52:08.059><c> this</c><00:52:08.199><c> is</c><00:52:08.280><c> one</c><00:52:08.420><c> of</c><00:52:08.519><c> the</c><00:52:08.719><c> challenges</c><00:52:09.119><c> of</c><00:52:09.400><c> studying</c>

00:52:09.659 --> 00:52:12.900
Samson<00:52:10.159><c> is</c><00:52:10.260><c> trying</c><00:52:10.480><c> to</c><00:52:10.760><c> decipher</c><00:52:11.179><c> what</c><00:52:11.960><c> is</c><00:52:12.219><c> going</c><00:52:12.420><c> on</c><00:52:12.699><c> here.</c>

00:52:12.920 --> 00:52:15.599
What<00:52:13.079><c> is</c><00:52:13.360><c> God</c><00:52:13.679><c> working</c><00:52:14.199><c> through</c><00:52:14.719><c> him?</c>

00:52:15.800 --> 00:52:18.519
Where<00:52:16.360><c> does</c><00:52:16.599><c> Samson's</c><00:52:17.480><c> feelings</c><00:52:17.699><c> come</c><00:52:17.980><c> into</c><00:52:18.280><c> it?</c>

00:52:18.800 --> 00:52:20.300
And<00:52:19.099><c> what</c><00:52:19.239><c> are</c><00:52:19.440><c> his</c><00:52:19.679><c> motives?</c>

00:52:20.300 --> 00:52:26.480
And<00:52:21.260><c> certainly</c><00:52:22.079><c> I'd</c><00:52:23.400><c> suggest</c><00:52:23.800><c> here</c><00:52:24.119><c> it's</c><00:52:24.980><c> very</c><00:52:25.380><c> much</c><00:52:25.820><c> he's</c>

00:52:26.480 --> 00:52:28.239
just<00:52:26.719><c> retaliating.</c>

00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:32.800
He's<00:52:29.719><c> trying</c><00:52:30.059><c> to</c><00:52:30.760><c> get</c><00:52:31.079><c> his</c><00:52:31.400><c> side</c><00:52:31.559><c> of</c><00:52:31.699><c> the</c><00:52:31.880><c> bargain.</c>

00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:36.780
But<00:52:33.300><c> again</c><00:52:33.539><c> God</c><00:52:33.719><c> is</c><00:52:33.940><c> working</c><00:52:34.340><c> through</c><00:52:34.679><c> that</c><00:52:35.579><c> and</c><00:52:36.139><c> through</c><00:52:36.360><c> him.</c>

00:52:37.119 --> 00:52:40.199
God<00:52:37.360><c> does</c><00:52:37.860><c> this</c><00:52:38.079><c> in</c><00:52:38.159><c> a</c><00:52:38.360><c> similar</c><00:52:38.559><c> way</c><00:52:38.860><c> to</c><00:52:39.159><c> Saul.</c>

00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:41.579
1<00:52:40.519><c> Samuel</c><00:52:40.920><c> 11</c><00:52:41.239><c> it</c><00:52:41.460><c> says,</c>

00:52:41.739 --> 00:52:44.739
The<00:52:41.739><c> spirit</c><00:52:42.019><c> of</c><00:52:42.159><c> God</c><00:52:42.400><c> rushed</c><00:52:42.639><c> upon</c><00:52:42.980><c> Saul</c><00:52:43.280><c> when</c><00:52:43.420><c> he</c><00:52:43.599><c> heard</c><00:52:43.760><c> these</c><00:52:44.000><c> words</c><00:52:44.400><c> and</c>

00:52:44.739 --> 00:52:46.460
his<00:52:44.960><c> anger</c><00:52:45.300><c> was</c><00:52:45.679><c> greatly</c><00:52:46.059><c> kindled.</c>

00:52:46.460 --> 00:52:50.559
So<00:52:46.619><c> just</c><00:52:46.860><c> another</c><00:52:47.659><c> example</c><00:52:48.159><c> there</c><00:52:48.400><c> of</c><00:52:48.539><c> God</c><00:52:48.800><c> working</c><00:52:49.500><c> with</c><00:52:50.260><c> his</c>

00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:55.940
spirit<00:52:50.940><c> through</c><00:52:51.340><c> someone's</c><00:52:51.880><c> anger</c><00:52:52.380><c> to</c><00:52:52.940><c> accomplish</c><00:52:53.719><c> his</c><00:52:54.920><c> goal.</c>

00:52:56.920 --> 00:53:01.800
And<00:52:57.099><c> so</c><00:52:57.340><c> we</c><00:52:57.659><c> find</c><00:52:58.039><c> Samson</c><00:52:58.460><c> at</c><00:52:58.659><c> the</c><00:52:58.840><c> end</c><00:52:59.039><c> of</c><00:52:59.280><c> this</c><00:52:59.519><c> chapter,</c><00:53:00.780><c> someone</c><00:53:01.579><c> who</c>

00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:04.039
did<00:53:02.059><c> not</c><00:53:02.300><c> honor</c><00:53:02.860><c> his</c><00:53:03.260><c> father</c><00:53:03.579><c> and</c><00:53:03.820><c> mother.</c>

00:53:04.460 --> 00:53:05.360
That's<00:53:04.880><c> clear</c><00:53:05.059><c> isn't</c><00:53:05.219><c> it?</c>

00:53:05.400 --> 00:53:07.420
They<00:53:05.739><c> told</c><00:53:06.059><c> him</c><00:53:06.480><c> what</c><00:53:06.780><c> they</c><00:53:07.099><c> thought.</c>

00:53:07.539 --> 00:53:10.519
They<00:53:07.739><c> told</c><00:53:08.039><c> him</c><00:53:08.380><c> what</c><00:53:08.619><c> their</c><00:53:08.900><c> perspective</c><00:53:09.400><c> was</c><00:53:09.760><c> from</c><00:53:09.960><c> Israel</c>

00:53:10.519 --> 00:53:12.639
and<00:53:11.099><c> what</c><00:53:11.300><c> God</c><00:53:11.519><c> had</c><00:53:11.739><c> commanded</c><00:53:12.099><c> them</c><00:53:12.360><c> to</c><00:53:12.539><c> do.</c>

00:53:12.780 --> 00:53:15.659
And<00:53:12.900><c> Samson</c><00:53:13.219><c> didn't</c><00:53:13.559><c> honor</c><00:53:13.800><c> his</c><00:53:14.119><c> father</c><00:53:14.440><c> and</c><00:53:15.360><c> mother.</c>

00:53:15.659 --> 00:53:18.880
And<00:53:16.099><c> we</c><00:53:16.320><c> know</c><00:53:16.480><c> from</c><00:53:16.639><c> the</c><00:53:16.860><c> Ten</c><00:53:17.079><c> Commandments</c><00:53:17.679><c> that</c><00:53:18.300><c> for</c><00:53:18.559><c> those</c>

00:53:18.880 --> 00:53:22.480
who<00:53:19.139><c> break</c><00:53:19.920><c> the</c><00:53:20.760><c> commands</c><00:53:21.139><c> that</c><00:53:21.260><c> they</c><00:53:21.420><c> would</c><00:53:21.659><c> not</c><00:53:21.840><c> live</c><00:53:22.059><c> long</c>

00:53:22.480 --> 00:53:23.719
in<00:53:23.059><c> the</c><00:53:23.300><c> land.</c>

00:53:24.219 --> 00:53:27.980
And<00:53:24.320><c> that</c><00:53:25.159><c> of</c><00:53:25.420><c> course</c><00:53:26.059><c> applies</c><00:53:26.960><c> to</c><00:53:27.239><c> Samson.</c>

00:53:28.260 --> 00:53:30.500
Deuteronomy<00:53:28.760><c> 28</c><00:53:29.440><c> verse</c><00:53:29.820><c> 30,</c>

00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:34.619
You<00:53:31.000><c> shall</c><00:53:31.219><c> betray</c><00:53:31.619><c> the</c><00:53:31.860><c> wife,</c><00:53:32.380><c> but</c><00:53:32.480><c> another</c><00:53:32.780><c> man</c><00:53:33.559><c> shall</c><00:53:34.000><c> ravish</c><00:53:34.440><c> her.</c>

00:53:34.719 --> 00:53:39.139
And<00:53:34.840><c> so</c><00:53:34.940><c> we're</c><00:53:35.179><c> seeing</c><00:53:35.420><c> that</c><00:53:36.260><c> in</c><00:53:36.519><c> Samson's</c><00:53:37.079><c> actions</c><00:53:37.579><c> God</c><00:53:37.980><c> has</c>

00:53:39.139 --> 00:53:42.639
declared<00:53:39.840><c> what</c><00:53:40.099><c> would</c><00:53:40.320><c> happen</c><00:53:40.800><c> for</c><00:53:41.260><c> those</c><00:53:41.599><c> who</c><00:53:41.840><c> go</c><00:53:42.019><c> astray</c>

00:53:42.639 --> 00:53:44.880
from<00:53:43.039><c> God's</c><00:53:43.940><c> command.</c>

00:53:45.139 --> 00:53:47.800
But<00:53:45.820><c> I</c><00:53:45.940><c> think</c><00:53:46.119><c> one</c><00:53:46.320><c> of</c><00:53:46.400><c> the</c><00:53:46.460><c> beautiful</c><00:53:46.800><c> things</c><00:53:47.239><c> and</c><00:53:47.480><c> lessons</c>

00:53:47.800 --> 00:53:53.179
I'd<00:53:48.079><c> like</c><00:53:48.260><c> you</c><00:53:48.519><c> to</c><00:53:49.039><c> leave</c><00:53:49.400><c> you</c><00:53:49.639><c> with</c><00:53:49.840><c> today</c><00:53:50.500><c> again</c><00:53:51.340><c> is</c><00:53:51.579><c> that</c><00:53:51.820><c> sometimes</c><00:53:52.360><c> in</c>

00:53:53.179 --> 00:53:56.840
life<00:53:53.960><c> things</c><00:53:54.960><c> get</c><00:53:55.420><c> very</c><00:53:55.900><c> messy.</c>

00:53:58.139 --> 00:54:02.960
And<00:53:58.480><c> sometimes</c><00:53:59.000><c> we</c><00:53:59.179><c> can</c><00:53:59.340><c> be</c><00:53:59.599><c> very</c><00:53:59.960><c> angry,</c><00:54:01.380><c> very,</c><00:54:02.059><c> very</c><00:54:02.440><c> angry</c>

00:54:02.960 --> 00:54:05.619
with<00:54:03.659><c> the</c><00:54:03.900><c> things</c><00:54:04.099><c> that</c><00:54:04.400><c> happen</c><00:54:04.659><c> in</c><00:54:04.860><c> our</c><00:54:05.079><c> life.</c>

00:54:05.619 --> 00:54:09.500
But<00:54:06.420><c> it's</c><00:54:06.639><c> beautiful</c><00:54:07.059><c> isn't</c><00:54:07.300><c> it</c><00:54:07.480><c> that</c><00:54:07.960><c> the</c><00:54:08.239><c> place</c><00:54:08.539><c> that</c><00:54:08.820><c> Samson</c><00:54:09.179><c> ends</c>

00:54:09.500 --> 00:54:15.639
up<00:54:10.239><c> after</c><00:54:10.800><c> this</c><00:54:11.380><c> very</c><00:54:11.860><c> difficult</c><00:54:12.300><c> time</c><00:54:12.860><c> is</c><00:54:13.460><c> back</c><00:54:14.000><c> with</c><00:54:14.460><c> his</c><00:54:14.699><c> father.</c>

00:54:15.900 --> 00:54:18.119
It's<00:54:16.099><c> almost</c><00:54:16.340><c> like</c><00:54:16.619><c> that</c><00:54:16.840><c> story</c><00:54:17.119><c> of</c><00:54:17.360><c> Philemon</c><00:54:17.699><c> isn't</c><00:54:17.940><c> it?</c>

00:54:18.119 --> 00:54:21.260
That<00:54:18.579><c> he</c><00:54:18.739><c> was</c><00:54:19.039><c> parted</c><00:54:19.639><c> for</c><00:54:19.900><c> a</c><00:54:20.079><c> while</c><00:54:20.320><c> that</c><00:54:20.460><c> he</c><00:54:20.619><c> might</c><00:54:20.840><c> have</c><00:54:21.059><c> him</c>

00:54:21.260 --> 00:54:22.119
back<00:54:21.480><c> forever.</c>

00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:24.179
Similar<00:54:23.079><c> principle.</c>

00:54:24.280 --> 00:54:27.019
And<00:54:24.380><c> I</c><00:54:24.539><c> suppose</c><00:54:24.940><c> what</c><00:54:25.139><c> I'd</c><00:54:25.340><c> like</c><00:54:25.460><c> to</c><00:54:25.639><c> say</c><00:54:25.800><c> to</c><00:54:26.000><c> you</c><00:54:26.219><c> is</c><00:54:26.320><c> that</c><00:54:26.699><c> if</c>

00:54:27.019 --> 00:54:30.380
you're<00:54:27.219><c> going</c><00:54:27.440><c> through</c><00:54:27.699><c> a</c><00:54:27.920><c> time</c><00:54:28.059><c> like</c><00:54:28.420><c> that,</c><00:54:29.139><c> take</c><00:54:29.860><c> courage</c>

00:54:30.380 --> 00:54:32.940
that<00:54:30.980><c> God</c><00:54:31.260><c> is</c><00:54:31.480><c> still</c><00:54:31.699><c> working</c><00:54:32.079><c> in</c><00:54:32.260><c> your</c><00:54:32.500><c> life.</c>

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And<00:54:33.679><c> that</c><00:54:34.119><c> with</c><00:54:34.619><c> all</c><00:54:34.840><c> of</c><00:54:34.980><c> us</c><00:54:35.199><c> we</c><00:54:35.480><c> pray</c><00:54:35.880><c> we</c><00:54:37.019><c> might</c><00:54:37.519><c> be</c><00:54:37.920><c> brought</c>

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back<00:54:38.579><c> to</c><00:54:39.559><c> our</c><00:54:39.800><c> father's</c><00:54:40.280><c> house.</c>