Welcome back to
3ABN Fall Camp Meeting...
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Camp Meeting right here
at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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And we've got a
good crowd here tonight.
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You all happy in the
Lord? Amen! All right.
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It really is. I want
to tell you something:
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I travel to
churches but you never see
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so many friendly happy faces
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as we do here at
3ABN Camp Meeting.
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That's cause you all
travel long distances...
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says you want to be here, right?
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Sometimes in church you can
see the husband going to sleep
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and the wife
poking him a little bit.
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And it's like: "I
think he'd rather be home
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but he knows he'd
be miserable later on
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if he doesn't go to
church with her, you know. "
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Things like that...
that goes through my mind.
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I know it shouldn't all the
time. When I'm up front speaking
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I'm like: "Oh, I think this
person would rather be home. "
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But anyway, not here
at 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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You all are
happy... you have happy faces
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and you're happy in the Lord.
We ought to be the happiest
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most excited
people on planet earth.
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Can you imagine that when
Jesus was hanging on the cross
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you and I were on His mind?
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We were on His mind.
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And He could look down that
stream of time and see a people
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that would be willing to
give their lives unto death
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if necessary for
the cause of God.
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It's an honor to be
living in the closing moments
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of earth's history and
be a part of a movement -
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the church, but a movement -
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that has present truth to
give to a lost and dying world.
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Be living right in the time that
Jesus is about to come back!
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I'm excited tonight
about the Lord, but I'm excited
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about 3ABN Camp
Meeting. I'm excited about
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salvation that's a free
gift that's offered to us.
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And I'm so thankful tonight
that we have Bro. John Bradshaw.
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He's speaker/director
for It Is Written.
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I've known John
for many, many years.
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What you see is what you get.
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And he's not a
person that worries about
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political
correctness. Somebody say amen?
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Amen! So remember that if
he steps on your toes tonight.
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Right? 'Cause you said you
didn't mind him not worrying
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about political
correctness. He really doesn't
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but he's led by the Holy Spirit.
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A great anointing on him.
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But before he comes
to speak to us tonight
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it's my privilege to
have my daughter Melody -
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Melody Dawn - and I'm
going to ask her to come out
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and sing. She took
the husband and kids
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a few years ago and deserted
me and went to Nashville.
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And so now I know at
least at Camp Meetings
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I get to see them. So the
airport's a little farther
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to Nashville for us to drive,
maybe 30-45 minutes longer,
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but I go there instead
of St. Louis when I can
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'cause guess what? I get
to see my grandbabies, right?
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And you of course, too, Melody.
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I love you and I'm
so glad you're here.
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What are you going
to sing for us tonight?
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Let It Fall. But I tell
you, I'm a little concerned
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because Mollie told me
she was going to heckle me
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the whole time I was singing.
She was going to heckle you?
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Mollie wouldn't do that.
So I'm not going to be able
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to look over there.
OK... don't look over there.
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Mollie Sue! If I forget the
words, you all will know why!
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You'll do great.
Melody - when she was born -
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we named her Melody in
faith God would give her musical
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abilities. And we
dedicated her to the Lord
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and we said: "Lord, if You give
this child... we're asking You
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to give this child
a gift of music... "
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Why we named her Melody
Dawn: the dawn of new music
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in the family. And we
said: "We'll raise her
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in an atmosphere free
of other type of music. "
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And we did that,
and God has blessed.
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And so I love to hear you sing.
I'm sure I'm not prejudiced.
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But I love you
and love your heart
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and love the whole family,
so glad you're here tonight.
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I love you.
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Facing situations
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like I've never seen
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leaves my heart uncertain
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of what tomorrow may bring
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it seems I could lose
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all that I've gained.
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If everything falls
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Lord I just pray:
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Let it fall
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into place...
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Place it all
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in Your grace.
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According to Your purpose
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for the rest of my days
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let it fall...
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let it fall
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into place.
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The more things slip away
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the more I try to hold on.
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My grip is getting weak...
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Lord, my hands
aren't that strong.
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But I know I can trust
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Your will and Your way
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so if everything falls
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Lord, I just pray:
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Let it fall
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into place...
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Place it all
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in Your grace.
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According to Your purpose
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for the rest of my days
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let it fall...
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let it fall
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into place.
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Your Word formed the universe;
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Your breath gave me life;
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Your thoughts are on my future
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so many perfect
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times.
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Let it fall
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into place...
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Place it all
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in Your grace.
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According to Your purpose
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for the rest of my days
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let it fall...
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let it fall...
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let it fall...
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let it fall
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into place.
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Beautiful! Good
evening everyone!
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Good evening! So
good to see you tonight.
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I'm glad you are here.
Are you glad you're here?
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Amen! Yeah you should be.
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You're in the
right place this weekend!
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Wherever you're joining us from
thanks for being part of this
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Camp Meeting experience.
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To be here on site is to
be blessed...what do you say?
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Amen! Is to be really blessed.
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And we've still got a whole
24 hour plus period left to go.
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So I'm just really glad.
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I'm going to let you know
something that we're bringing
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to you on 3ABN
from It Is Written
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at the end of October. You know
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that the 31st of
October marks 500 years
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since the
Reformation was kicked off.
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Not that you can
really tie it to a day
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but if there was a day
that was as good as another
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that would be the day
Luther - Martin Luther - nailed
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the 95 Theses to the door of
the castle church in Wittenberg,
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Germany. And so It Is
Written went to several
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Reformation sites and
came home with 9 programs
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that'll be aired on 3ABN
the last 9 nights of October.
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You're going to be blessed by
these. These are in depth look
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at the Reformation, what
brought about the Reformation,
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what happened, why it matters,
and how it applies to us today.
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And so we look for the
reasons for the Reformation.
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We examine this
church that had become
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what it should not have become.
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Gives us the opportunity
to speak rather plainly
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about some very important
teachings of the Bible.
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We examine the lives of
people like Martin Luther.
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The lives of people
like Ignatius of Loyola.
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You know, he's the man
who went to the Pope and said
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"Let us begin an order
dedicated to countering
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the Reformation. " So we
have a whole hour dealing with
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Ignatius of Loyola who found...
What was the order that he
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founded? Can you
tell me? Jesuits!
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That's it. We call it the
Jesuits, the Society of Jesus.
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Tell you some
interesting things. I wish...
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Oh boy, I shouldn't start
this 'cause I'll never stop.
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So across the weekend I'll give
you... I'll take the opportunity
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to tell you about some fas-
cinating statues we looked at
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and some interesting things
we saw that send a very clear
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message to Protestants
living in earth's last days.
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And when we talk about
Protestants you and I both know
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that Protestants are
increasingly hard to find.
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Because as Luther
protested 500 years ago
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today most people
have stopped protesting.
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In fact, most people
who would be Protestants
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or protestants haven't a clue
what the protest was even about.
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So these nine programs
the last 9 nights of October
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on 3ABN will be programs
that you'll be blessed by.
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The series is called 500
brought to you by It Is Written
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and you'll be
really blessed. Amen!
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Well now, I must
put an end to that.
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Perhaps tomorrow in the after-
noon I'll tell you a little more
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about some of what we saw and
experienced and why it matters
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so much. Camp
Meeting theme this year
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is Sacrifice: His and Ours.
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His and Ours. We began
talking about that last night.
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Let's pray now
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and anticipate
the blessing of God.
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Let's pray. Our Father, we
come to You in the name of Jesus
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and it's now the
Sabbath where we are
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and we are
thankful... we just are...
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because in Your mercy You did
more than just give us an hour.
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More than give us a morning.
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You carved a day
out of the rock of time
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and said: "Every moment
that you spend in this day
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I want you to be cognizant
of where you came from.
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I want you to
remember your roots.
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I want you to remember
that if you go all the way up
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your family tree
you're going to get to Adam
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who was made by Me. "
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We are thankful
that we are Your children
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and that this day is a
memorial not only of creation
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but of re-creation. Amen!
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And so bless us in these
hours. Now as we open Your Word
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we ask You, Father,
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to speak, that we would be
blessed according to Your will.
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We thank you and we
love You and we pray
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gratefully, in Jesus'
name... please stay with me...
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Amen and amen.
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It was June the
22nd; it was 1746.
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An expedition of
11,000 men on board 64 ships
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left France for a
place called Annapolis Royal.
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And if you were looking
for Annapolis Royal on a map
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and let's say you found it
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you would see that it
is almost directly across
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the Bay of Fundy. Do
you know where we are?
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Anybody?
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All right. No... somebody
said New Zealand. God bless you!
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God bless you. It
was not New Zealand
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but that's... I mean, that's
better than the right answer.
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Sure.
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Annapolis Royal is pretty much
directly across the Bay of Fundy
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from St. Johns, New Brunswick.
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Have I helped?
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That's where? In
Canada! All right.
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I know about nine of
you know it's Canada.
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It's just across the Bay
of Fundy from New Brunswick
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in Canada. Back
then Annapolis Royal was
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known as Port Royal.
It was established in 1605
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by the French in
what was then Acadia
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but today is
known as Nova Scotia.
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And this is why the
French fleet was on its way
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to Annapolis Royal. It
had been attacked repeatedly
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by the British and by
New England colonists.
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Eventually it fell to
the British. The French said:
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'Unh-umm... we want it back
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so we are going to
take it back by force. "
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Think now: this wasn't
force. Eleven thousand men,
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sixty-four ships. They believed
the land was rightfully theirs.
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And they were going to
come up against the very best
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that a small
settlement could do.
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It was not going
to be pretty at all...
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except that
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sometimes
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the plans of human beings don't
track with the plans of God.
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And so this is what happened.
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The French fleet got away late.
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A storm broke out.
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Bad winds slowed them down.
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They became
becalmed off the Azores.
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Disease broke out...
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not only scurvy
but typhoid as well...
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back then before antibiotics.
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Another storm arose during which
lightning struck the ships.
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One of those lightning
flashes causes an explosion
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that killed 30 men.
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This was tough sailing.
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There was more bad
weather. More ships were damaged
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and so the French
fleet turned around.
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They sailed back to
France. One of them got a little
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too close to Ireland
for the liking of some.
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That ship was
captured by the British
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70 miles off the Irish coast.
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So by the time this expedition
made it back to Nova Scotia
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hundreds of men had died
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and hundreds more
were dreadfully ill.
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The leader of the expedition
died six days after arriving.
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His replacement as leader
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attempted suicide
shortly after that.
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The whole leader
ended in abject failure.
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Now what's less
known is that in 1746
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the people of New England began
preparing for this invasion
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as the French fleet were
planning to, on their way
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to Nova Scotia, sack Boston.
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That's what they
were going to do.
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And one historian wrote
this, so let me read these words
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to you: "The governor - that's
the governor of Massachusetts,
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William Shirley -
had proclaimed... "
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Listen to what the governor
did. Can you imagine a governor
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doing this today? "The
governor had proclaimed
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a fast day to pray for deliver-
ance from this present peril.
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Everywhere men observed it
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thronging to the churches.
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In Boston the
Reverend Thomas Prince
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from the high pulpit of
the Old South Meeting House
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prayed before hundreds.
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The morning was clear and calm.
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People had walked to
church through sunshine.
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'Deliver us from our
enemy" the minister implored.
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'Send Thy tempest, Lord,
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upon the waters to the eastward.
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Raise Thy right hand. Scatter
the ships of our tormentors
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and drive them hence.
Sink their proud frigates
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beneath the
power of Thy winds. ' "
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He was just finished praying
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when the sun suddenly was
gone and the morning darkened.
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A shadow came
over the entire church.
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A wind shrieked around
the walls of the building.
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It was sudden; it was violent...
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like a hammer
hammering at those dark shadows
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with a giant hand.
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There was nobody
up in the steeple.
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Later on people swore
there was nobody there.
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In spite of that, the
great church bell struck twice.
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It was described as
being a wild, uneven sound.
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Thomas Prince paused in
his prayer, both arms raised.
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'We hear Thy voice,
O Lord, ' he called.
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'We hear it! ' he
thundered triumphantly.
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'Thy breath is upon the
waters to the eastward...
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even upon the
deep. Thy bell tolls
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for the death of
Your enemies! ' "
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You see, here's what
we learn from this story.
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We learn that when
there are challenges
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and when our plans don't
look like they're working out,
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when your intentions
meet with frustration, delay,
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even defeat, God's plans
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know no defeat. Amen!
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God triumphs always! I
wonder if you would turn with me
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in your Bible to
Matthew chapter 26.
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We will go to that afternoon.
That afternoon: Matthew 26.
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As a matter of fact,
it's not the afternoon...
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now it's the evening.
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The evening
before the afternoon.
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We'll get to the afternoon
sooner enough... soon enough.
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But first it's evening
time... it's Thursday evening
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before Friday afternoon
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and Jesus knew what was coming.
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He had already
said: "One of you here
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is going to betray
Me. " "Oh, not I! "
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"Oh, not I! "
"It couldn't be me. "
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"What could He possibly mean?
" Isn't it fascinating that the
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disciples often were told
the plainest things by Jesus
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and didn't
understand what He meant.
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"I'm going down to Jerusalem;
they're going to kill Me. "
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And the disciples turned to each
other and stroked their chins
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and they said: "Well what do
you think He could possibly mean
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by that? " How is that?
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After that the
fact... and it is a fact...
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that the prophecies
that they read made clear
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that Messiah would die.
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I tell you what it
does: it didn't make me doubt
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but it causes me to be a
little humble about the things
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that I believe
inasmuch as I wonder sometimes
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what I could be missing. Huh?
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Eyes wide
open... reading my Bible.
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Studying the Word of God: gotta
wonder what you're missing.
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The disciples were missing
certain things even though
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Jesus spoke them
plainly in their hearing.
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And so Jesus had
read the scriptures.
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He'd read Isaiah chapter 53.
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We looked at a
little bit of it last night.
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He knew what was coming.
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Jesus had read the 22nd Psalm
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which begins with the
words: "My God, My God...
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why hast Thou
forsaken Me? " He'd read that.
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And He read that and
looked at those words
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and knew: "That's Me
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David was writing
about! " Imagine that.
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He read in Psalm 22:
"They pierced My hands
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and my feet. " He read
that... He knew what was coming.
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Jesus had read where
the prophet had written
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"They cast lots
for My garments. "
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He had read Isaiah chapter 53
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knowing that He would be
numbered with the transgressors
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to be nailed between two thieves
and not taken by surprise.
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And so looking forward
to a dark ending of His life
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Jesus went out to pray.
This is Matthew chapter 26 now
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and we must begin reading
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in verse 37.
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"And He took with Him Peter
and the two sons of Zebedee
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and began to be
sorrowful and very heavy.
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Then He said to them: 'My
soul is exceedingly sorrowful
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even unto death. Tarry
ye here and watch with Me. '
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And He went a little further
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and fell on His
face and He prayed. "
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Now... now... just stop here.
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Jesus knew what was coming.
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He knew what Friday
afternoon would bring.
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He'd read it in the
prophecies; He knew that.
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He knew that He would
die on an old rugged cross.
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He knew that.
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What could He have
done to prepare Himself
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for Friday afternoon?
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He could have called
every angel in heaven down.
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He could have done that.
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He could have raised up an army.
00:23:23.13\00:23:24.93
He could have
armed His followers
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and fought off His captors.
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I don't know that His
little band of disciples
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could have defeated
the Roman authorities.
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But it wasn't really the Roman
authorities that were giving Him
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grief. I don't know if He could
have fought off all of the Jews
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but He could have held
them off long enough to escape!
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They could have run!
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What could Jesus
have done Friday afternoon
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when trouble came?
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What could Jesus have done when
they placed a cross on His back
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and told Him to
carry it to Golgotha?
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What could Jesus have done?
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He could have called angels.
00:24:04.04\00:24:05.94
Could have raised up an army...
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but instead Thursday night
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Jesus got ready
for Friday afternoon.
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Verse 39: "He went a little
further and fell on His face
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and He prayed saying:
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'O My Father, if it is possible
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let this cup pass from me. ' "
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And then He said:
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"Nevertheless, not as I will
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but as You will. "
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This is what Jesus did to
prepare for Friday afternoon.
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He surrendered His
future to His Father.
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He placed His life into
the hands of Almighty God.
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His life was on the line.
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His very existence
hung in the balance.
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He knew what was going to
happen. He wouldn't fight back.
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What He did was He
surrendered Himself to God
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and He said: "God...
You fight this battle;
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You do what You will. "
He didn't pray for darkness.
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God sent darkness.
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He didn't pray for Simon of
Cyrene to carry His cross...
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at least not as far as we know.
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God sent Simon.
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He said: "I will
fight this on Your terms.
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You decide. "
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"Not My will but
Your will be done. "
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He came to His
disciples... they were asleep.
00:25:27.39\00:25:28.89
He said to Peter: "What?
Couldn't you wait with Me
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for an hour? Watch and pray
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that you don't
enter into temptation.
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The spirit indeed is willing
but the... " What? Tell me.
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"flesh is weak. " All
right! He went away; He prayed
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the second time.
He said: "O My Father,
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if this cup may not pass away
from me except I drink it... "
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And then what did He say?
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"Thy will be done. "
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The test of His life literally
00:25:51.21\00:25:54.48
and Jesus met it by
saying: "Your will be done. "
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He went to the
cross Friday afternoon
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strengthened because
He had given His life,
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He had given His future,
He had committed His destiny
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to His heavenly Father.
00:26:09.73\00:26:11.10
"Spirit of God, You take over! "
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"Not My will... Your will. "
00:26:14.50\00:26:16.34
"Let's do what You want
here. " This wasn't all.
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He came again and found them
sleeping. Their eyes were heavy.
00:26:19.01\00:26:21.68
"He left them... " verse
44... "and went away again
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and prayed the third
time saying the same words. "
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"Not what I will but
what... " Tell me now:
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"Thy will. " You know why
this is so important for us?
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The test that we go through
isn't going to be the same
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as the test Jesus went through.
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I didn't even want to
put it into that category.
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Jesus bore the sins of the
world... altogether different.
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Altogether
different but very similar
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inasmuch as
before Jesus comes back
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those faithful ones who
are alive and still tread this
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mortal coil will be in...
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will encounter the
test of their lives.
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The Bible says that we
are coming face to face
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one day soon with a time
of trouble such as never was
00:27:09.82\00:27:12.09
since there was a nation.
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Significant time.
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And you can't prepare for
this by working out in a gym.
00:27:15.43\00:27:17.60
You can't prepare for
this by any type of training.
00:27:17.80\00:27:21.70
This isn't a fitness thing.
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You prepare for this
by praying as Jesus prayed
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"Not my will but Thy
will be done. " Amen!
00:27:27.81\00:27:30.65
"Not Thy will
then... but Thy will now. "
00:27:30.85\00:27:34.32
"Now and later and in
the morning and at lunch time
00:27:34.52\00:27:37.69
tomorrow and
through the afternoon
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and tomorrow
night and forever! "
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If you want to be prepared for
your Friday afternoon experience
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it's a matter of "Not
my will but Thy will. "
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This is what prepared Jesus.
00:27:48.70\00:27:50.83
Of course I'm not minimizing
the fact that Jesus was
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inseparably close to His Father
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and that He spent nights in
prayer and He lived His life
00:27:57.47\00:27:59.54
as One serving others. I'm
not forgetting all of that.
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But when push came to
shove Jesus was ready for what
00:28:02.64\00:28:05.68
Friday afternoon brought Him
because He prayed to His Father
00:28:05.88\00:28:08.75
and He said: "Not My
will but Your will be done. "
00:28:08.95\00:28:14.42
You know, friends, I wonder
if we're having that experience
00:28:15.52\00:28:17.69
now. We talk about: "Oh,
when the time of trouble comes
00:28:17.89\00:28:20.63
I'll just let God... But
why are you sitting in my seat?
00:28:20.83\00:28:23.57
Get out of my seat. " When
the time of trouble comes...
00:28:23.77\00:28:26.03
When the time of trouble comes
00:28:26.23\00:28:29.17
I will be... Baah! Baah!
Idiot! Get off the road! "
00:28:29.37\00:28:33.07
"When the time of
trouble comes... "
00:28:33.27\00:28:35.08
Are you missing something?
00:28:38.81\00:28:40.62
The time of trouble came
when that driver slowed down
00:28:41.35\00:28:44.92
in front of you. I mean,
not calling it a time of trouble
00:28:45.12\00:28:48.36
but... You know why God allows
these trials to come into your
00:28:48.56\00:28:51.79
life? So you can see
what's in your heart.
00:28:51.99\00:28:54.20
That's why.
00:28:54.36\00:28:55.90
And so when a driver
slows down in front of you
00:28:56.10\00:28:57.77
or somebody at
work is snippy at you
00:28:57.97\00:28:59.53
or your spouse gives
you the cold shoulder
00:28:59.73\00:29:01.64
or whatever it might be
just wait and see how you react
00:29:01.84\00:29:05.04
and that's God saying to you:
"See what's in your heart. "
00:29:05.24\00:29:07.44
Because God wants you to
be ready for Friday afternoon.
00:29:08.08\00:29:11.11
And this is why we
are to say: "Not my will
00:29:11.58\00:29:14.35
but Thy will be done. "
00:29:14.55\00:29:16.62
You invest in the stock market
and things take a turn for the
00:29:17.12\00:29:19.65
worse and you lose your shirt.
00:29:19.85\00:29:21.19
Well, what are you going to do?
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.22
Lose your
Christian experience as well?
00:29:23.46\00:29:25.66
Or can you say: "Not my
will but Thy will be done? "
00:29:25.86\00:29:28.50
God is still God
even when things go bad.
00:29:29.10\00:29:31.67
God is still God even when
the bottom drops out of your
00:29:32.07\00:29:34.24
world. Listen: Friday
afternoon is coming for us.
00:29:34.40\00:29:37.51
Not in the form of a real cross
00:29:37.71\00:29:40.28
but maybe in the form
of that figurative cross
00:29:40.68\00:29:42.34
that Jesus said we
ought to take up and carry and
00:29:42.54\00:29:44.78
follow Him, if we are
truly to be His disciples.
00:29:44.98\00:29:48.08
Jesus prayed in preparation
for the greatest test of His
00:29:48.82\00:29:51.65
existence: "Not My
will but Thy will be done. "
00:29:51.85\00:29:55.46
What's your prayer?
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You see, Jesus could have walked
in there and wiped them out.
00:30:00.30\00:30:03.73
Struck them down.
But He knew this battle -
00:30:03.93\00:30:06.80
this encounter with the
cross - was not a battle
00:30:07.00\00:30:09.97
that He would fight
except as He continued to
00:30:10.17\00:30:14.41
yield His heart to God
00:30:14.61\00:30:16.85
and allow God to
lead and guide and provide
00:30:17.05\00:30:19.98
and strengthen.
He was on a mission.
00:30:20.18\00:30:23.15
Jesus' mission He said was
"To do the will of His Father. "
00:30:23.35\00:30:27.89
That's all it was.
00:30:28.29\00:30:29.62
If it was the Father's
will for Him to go to the cross
00:30:29.76\00:30:32.33
He would go to the
cross and say: "Not My will...
00:30:32.53\00:30:34.30
Your will be done. "
00:30:34.50\00:30:35.83
His life was not the
outworking of His own will.
00:30:36.03\00:30:38.93
His life was the outworking
of the will of Almighty God.
00:30:39.33\00:30:43.10
And so He knew that if
His Father was leading Him
00:30:43.64\00:30:47.78
to have a nail
driven through His wrists
00:30:47.98\00:30:51.15
all He needed to do if
that was the will of God
00:30:51.35\00:30:54.65
in that moment was
say: "Not My will...
00:30:54.85\00:30:57.05
Your will be done.
And if this is Your will
00:30:57.25\00:30:59.35
bring it on. "
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When they came at Him with
a hammer and a great big nail
00:31:01.79\00:31:04.69
to drive it through His
feet... Nobody wants that!
00:31:04.89\00:31:07.30
But Jesus said: "Not My
will... Your will be done. "
00:31:07.73\00:31:11.60
Where was Christ's
strength in that moment?
00:31:11.80\00:31:14.87
Strength was in His Father.
00:31:15.07\00:31:16.67
Strength was in the
power of His Holy Spirit.
00:31:17.07\00:31:19.17
He hung on by faith
to the providence of God
00:31:19.37\00:31:22.94
knowing that His
Father loved Him.
00:31:23.14\00:31:25.08
Knowing that His trial did
not represent the rejection
00:31:25.28\00:31:29.18
or the neglect of Almighty God.
00:31:29.38\00:31:30.95
He hung on to His Father
00:31:31.29\00:31:33.32
knowing that if the cross
was God's will for Him then
00:31:33.52\00:31:37.39
then the will and the grace
of God would strengthen Him
00:31:37.59\00:31:40.93
to be able to
endure that experience.
00:31:41.10\00:31:43.06
It says in Exodus
chapter 14 and verse 14
00:31:43.50\00:31:46.80
"The Lord shall fight for
you and you shall... " Do what?
00:31:47.00\00:31:51.84
"hold your peace. "
00:31:52.04\00:31:54.28
GOD will fight for you.
00:31:54.48\00:31:56.24
God will strengthen you.
00:31:56.44\00:31:58.01
If it is God's will
that has led you to a place,
00:31:58.21\00:32:02.32
if God's providence has
allowed a certain circumstance,
00:32:02.52\00:32:06.02
then you can know
that God is with you.
00:32:06.22\00:32:08.26
He will strengthen you
and according to His will
00:32:08.46\00:32:10.93
He will deliver you.
00:32:11.06\00:32:12.39
It is God's business
what happens to us. Amen!
00:32:12.43\00:32:15.86
Ours is to pray that surrendered
prayer that says: "Not my will
00:32:16.06\00:32:19.87
but Your will be done. "
00:32:20.10\00:32:21.44
Gideon was called by
God to lead God's people
00:32:21.97\00:32:24.71
to victory and
success. He called up an army.
00:32:24.91\00:32:27.34
Thousands! God
said: "Too many. "
00:32:27.54\00:32:29.51
"Oh? Really? Too many? "
00:32:29.71\00:32:31.35
"Still too many. "
"You can't be serious! "
00:32:31.55\00:32:34.22
And he ended up with
how many? Three hundred.
00:32:35.12\00:32:37.95
Humanly speaking: not possible.
00:32:38.15\00:32:40.02
Humanly speaking: not sensible.
00:32:40.62\00:32:43.16
Nobody with 300 men goes
to fight an overwhelming army.
00:32:43.39\00:32:46.46
That's folly.
Except Gideon didn't argue.
00:32:46.66\00:32:50.97
Gideon didn't say: "Hold on!
Not Your will my will be done. "
00:32:51.37\00:32:54.30
Gideon did not say: "I
don't see how this can happen! "
00:32:54.50\00:32:59.04
Gideon simply said: "All
right, if that's what You want
00:32:59.91\00:33:03.75
let's go! " And
Gideon and three hundred
00:33:03.95\00:33:07.75
wrought deliverance for Israel.
00:33:07.95\00:33:10.09
You know the people that I think
were people of great faith?
00:33:10.62\00:33:12.95
We read about the
battle of Jericho, you know.
00:33:14.06\00:33:18.03
And so there they are
walking around Jericho.
00:33:18.93\00:33:22.26
I don't know; I wasn't there
but the leaders were leading.
00:33:22.46\00:33:25.73
The people I think
were people of real faith
00:33:26.13\00:33:28.80
were the everyday soldiers.
00:33:29.00\00:33:31.07
"Why are we
doing this? " "Well...
00:33:31.87\00:33:35.54
because Joshua
said it's a good idea. "
00:33:35.74\00:33:37.65
"And what's going to happen? "
"Well, evidently God is going to
00:33:39.65\00:33:42.58
bring
deliverance... deliverance. "
00:33:42.78\00:33:46.39
"And how's this deliverance
going to come about? "
00:33:47.02\00:33:49.42
"Well... we just
walk... all right? "
00:33:49.62\00:33:54.66
"How long do we walk for? "
00:33:55.93\00:33:57.43
"Evidently we have to do
this every day for seven days. "
00:33:57.63\00:33:59.63
"OK... a lot of walking that
will bring us deliverance. "
00:34:01.07\00:34:04.67
"Weapons? " "No, no one
said anything about weapons...
00:34:06.51\00:34:08.51
not initially. " "All right...
we're just going to walk? "
00:34:08.71\00:34:11.51
"Yes. "
Anything else? " "Yeah! "
00:34:11.71\00:34:13.72
"What? " "You're
not going to believe me;
00:34:13.92\00:34:15.25
I'm not going to
tell you. " "Tell me! "
00:34:15.28\00:34:16.72
"No, no... you
sound like a skeptic.
00:34:17.02\00:34:20.36
I'm not telling you. "
00:34:20.56\00:34:21.89
"Evidently you know
something I need to know. "
00:34:22.09\00:34:23.76
"What is it? "
"Well, we're going to walk
00:34:23.96\00:34:25.79
and then ultimately
we're going to shout. "
00:34:25.99\00:34:29.13
"We're going to shout? "
00:34:31.57\00:34:32.90
"What? We're going to shout
'FIRE' and then they'll blast
00:34:33.10\00:34:35.54
the place with cannons? "
00:34:35.74\00:34:37.07
"No, no... We're just
going to shout and then
00:34:37.31\00:34:39.54
the walls are
going to come down. "
00:34:39.74\00:34:41.34
You know what I imagine? I
imagine this long column of
00:34:42.84\00:34:45.21
people walking and these
two guys having a conversation
00:34:45.41\00:34:48.62
and the second one stopping
00:34:48.82\00:34:50.15
and they all just kind of walk
in and bump into each other.
00:34:50.25\00:34:52.32
Like bump...
Just what I imagine.
00:34:52.52\00:34:55.32
Hope you don't
mind me imagining that
00:34:56.36\00:34:57.96
but that's what I imagine.
00:34:58.16\00:34:59.49
"Hold on! "
"We're going to shout
00:34:59.76\00:35:02.26
and you said... you said what?
" "No, no, really. The walls
00:35:02.46\00:35:05.67
are going to fall down. "
"You know, I'll be honest:
00:35:05.87\00:35:08.40
I have wondered about Joshua. "
00:35:08.60\00:35:10.71
"I reckon he's
lost his marbles! "
00:35:11.81\00:35:13.88
And the first guy
says: "No... just trust him.
00:35:14.38\00:35:17.05
Has he ever led us astray yet? "
00:35:17.25\00:35:18.68
"No. " "And Moses reckons
he's the man. " "All right. "
00:35:18.88\00:35:21.85
"Blessing of God
seems to be upon him. "
00:35:22.25\00:35:24.29
I think those poor fellows
walking around Jericho were
00:35:24.79\00:35:27.09
the people of great faith.
Joshua got it straight from God.
00:35:27.29\00:35:29.69
He was convinced.
They had to believe HIM.
00:35:29.89\00:35:32.63
And somehow they were convinced
that if they walked and if they
00:35:34.93\00:35:37.67
shouted the great
walls of a great city
00:35:37.87\00:35:40.30
would just go...
come falling on down
00:35:40.50\00:35:42.54
and then
deliverance would be theirs.
00:35:42.74\00:35:44.27
How could that happen?
00:35:44.47\00:35:45.81
Because the battle was not
theirs but it was God's! Amen!
00:35:45.84\00:35:50.31
Come on now... I've
got a question for you:
00:35:50.51\00:35:51.85
who's fighting your battles?
00:35:52.18\00:35:54.08
Who? Who's
fighting your battles?
00:35:54.28\00:35:57.19
God fought the battle
of Jericho! It was GOD!
00:35:57.92\00:36:01.62
The next story: "Here's
what I'd like you to do:
00:36:01.82\00:36:04.09
dig ditches. " "Phew!
You want us to do what? "
00:36:04.29\00:36:07.93
"No, really...
trust Me, " God says.
00:36:08.10\00:36:10.07
"Dig ditches. " So they
dug ditches, and when the folks
00:36:10.27\00:36:14.57
came over the hill
they saw those things.
00:36:14.77\00:36:16.10
"Oh, blood! Oh my goodness!
" How does that happen?
00:36:16.14\00:36:19.04
How about this other time
when there's a famine in Samaria
00:36:19.24\00:36:23.55
II Kings 6...
bleeds into chapter 7.
00:36:23.95\00:36:26.41
There's a famine. The Syrian
army has got them surrounded.
00:36:27.15\00:36:30.79
Remember that? So much so
00:36:31.19\00:36:34.66
that they were
spending a king's ransom on food
00:36:34.86\00:36:37.96
that wasn't even food.
00:36:38.16\00:36:39.56
They would buy a donkey's head.
A donkey is an unclean animal.
00:36:40.00\00:36:43.20
They were buying that
for like 80 pieces of silver.
00:36:43.43\00:36:45.47
They would buy the fourth
part of a cab of dove's dung.
00:36:46.40\00:36:49.34
I don't even know how
much that is. Not much!
00:36:49.54\00:36:51.94
They were buying bird manure.
00:36:52.14\00:36:53.54
What for? Not to put
on their garden, man!
00:36:53.74\00:36:56.04
This was food!
00:36:56.44\00:36:57.95
These people were
desperate... desperate!
00:36:58.65\00:37:01.78
The lepers outside
came to their senses
00:37:01.98\00:37:04.12
and they said: "What are
we doing waiting out here?
00:37:04.32\00:37:05.82
There's no food in there
for them to give us anyhow! "
00:37:06.22\00:37:08.22
"Let's go out to the Syrians.
They'll probably kill us
00:37:08.96\00:37:11.69
but we're going to die anyway!
00:37:12.09\00:37:13.73
Let's give it a shot. "
00:37:13.93\00:37:15.56
Off they went. Do
you know what God did?
00:37:15.76\00:37:18.50
Do you know? God sent a noise!
00:37:18.70\00:37:23.74
The Syrians heard the
noise and said: "Oh my goodness!
00:37:23.94\00:37:28.21
Mercenaries...
let's go! " And they ran!
00:37:28.41\00:37:31.65
They left the food;
they left their valuables;
00:37:31.85\00:37:34.35
they left their gold and silver.
00:37:34.55\00:37:35.98
They left clothing;
they left their tents.
00:37:36.18\00:37:38.62
They just
"high-tailed it" out of there!
00:37:38.82\00:37:41.06
Another time: heathen were
coming against God's people.
00:37:41.26\00:37:45.53
It was over.
"What do we do now? "
00:37:45.73\00:37:47.76
That king got word from
another part of his kingdom:
00:37:47.96\00:37:50.37
"There's trouble...
we've got to get out of here. "
00:37:50.57\00:37:52.23
And suddenly
they were delivered.
00:37:52.43\00:37:53.94
Time and time and
time and time again
00:37:54.40\00:37:56.34
God's people were delivered
without even firing a shot -
00:37:56.54\00:37:59.14
Amen - because GOD
fought their battles.
00:37:59.34\00:38:03.31
He was taking care of them.
00:38:03.51\00:38:04.85
I'm not suggesting we live
in some kind of a fantasy world
00:38:05.05\00:38:07.25
where hardships don't come
and we don't have real battles
00:38:07.45\00:38:10.05
to fight... but
when we fight them
00:38:10.25\00:38:11.92
who's fighting your battles?
00:38:12.12\00:38:14.52
If you are fighting your
battles you're going to lose.
00:38:15.36\00:38:17.66
If God is fighting your
battles, you cannot lose...
00:38:17.79\00:38:21.40
even if it looks like defeat.
00:38:21.60\00:38:23.23
Jesus said to
some fellows in a boat:
00:38:23.97\00:38:25.70
"Let's go to the
other side of the lake. "
00:38:25.90\00:38:27.24
Halfway across, you
know, the wind is blowing,
00:38:27.90\00:38:29.77
the rain is coming down, there's
water getting in the boat.
00:38:30.01\00:38:32.61
They're bailing out to
save their lives, and Jesus is
00:38:32.81\00:38:35.64
sleeping in the
back of the boat.
00:38:35.84\00:38:37.18
They wake Him up. "Don't You
care that we're about to die? "
00:38:37.25\00:38:39.85
One gospel writer said
that they were "in jeopardy. "
00:38:40.62\00:38:42.88
I just love the language.
00:38:43.08\00:38:44.42
Sure... they were
in jeopardy, all right.
00:38:44.45\00:38:46.35
"Jesus! We're in jeopardy...
what're You going to do? "
00:38:46.86\00:38:49.29
He said: "Oh ye
of... " Little faith!
00:38:49.49\00:38:52.79
Doesn't that seem a
little strange to you?
00:38:55.86\00:38:58.03
"Ye of little faith. "
00:39:00.37\00:39:01.84
"Jesus, You'd be drowning
right now if it wasn't for us. "
00:39:02.04\00:39:04.84
"Oh ye of little faith. "
00:39:09.94\00:39:11.45
"Where does He get off
calling us ye of little faith? "
00:39:11.95\00:39:14.78
"You've been sleeping;
00:39:16.55\00:39:18.59
we've been toiling. "
00:39:19.85\00:39:21.72
But they were forgetting
the battle was not theirs,
00:39:22.32\00:39:24.06
it was the Lord's.
00:39:24.26\00:39:25.59
Jesus had said:
"Let us go to the... "
00:39:25.69\00:39:28.56
other side. It wouldn't
have mattered if Hurricane Irma
00:39:28.76\00:39:33.57
had been bearing down on them
00:39:33.77\00:39:35.14
they were going to make it
to the other side of the lake
00:39:35.54\00:39:37.71
because Jesus had said:
"We are going to the other side
00:39:38.24\00:39:41.51
of the lake. "
Amen! Plain and simple.
00:39:41.71\00:39:43.68
And you are half-way to the
other side of the... You know,
00:39:44.08\00:39:46.15
you know, come on,
now... come on, now.
00:39:46.35\00:39:47.68
Some of you... some of us, some
people look around the church
00:39:47.75\00:39:50.52
and say: "Oh, I'm so
discouraged by what I see. "
00:39:50.72\00:39:52.62
"I'm so discouraged
because not everybody is as holy
00:39:53.19\00:39:55.66
as I am. "
00:39:55.86\00:39:57.63
"I'm so discouraged because
I see some churches doing stuff
00:40:02.70\00:40:05.23
that I don't like. I see
some church members doing things
00:40:05.43\00:40:08.24
that I don't like. " I'm
not suggesting to you that...
00:40:08.44\00:40:10.67
that everything is
well. I'm not suggesting that.
00:40:10.87\00:40:13.48
But I remember
reading in the Bible
00:40:13.68\00:40:17.21
where it says: "This
gospel of the kingdom
00:40:17.41\00:40:18.91
shall be preached in
all the world for a witness
00:40:19.11\00:40:21.88
unto all nations. "
And if I'm reading that
00:40:22.08\00:40:24.59
I remember reading that
God would have a remnant
00:40:24.79\00:40:27.06
down in the last
days of earth's history.
00:40:27.26\00:40:28.92
So while you may weep and cry or
sigh and cry for the abomination
00:40:29.56\00:40:34.13
that you see done... all right.
00:40:34.30\00:40:36.43
But what are you forgetting?
00:40:36.63\00:40:38.00
You're forgetting that
the battle is not yours'
00:40:38.20\00:40:39.90
it's God's. It's
HIS CHURCH not yours'.
00:40:40.10\00:40:44.44
Never will be yours'; it's His!
00:40:44.64\00:40:46.41
He can take care of it. Amen!
00:40:46.61\00:40:49.18
He can use it.
00:40:49.38\00:40:50.95
He can purify it.
00:40:51.35\00:40:52.75
He can work with it.
00:40:52.95\00:40:54.45
Don't spit your pacifier
out like a child in a stroller!
00:40:54.65\00:41:00.36
Get pouty because
you don't like stuff.
00:41:00.76\00:41:04.03
Not your church!
00:41:04.86\00:41:06.73
GOD'S CHURCH! AMEN!
00:41:08.06\00:41:09.66
It's still the
apple of His eye! Amen!
00:41:10.73\00:41:14.40
He says "weak and
enfeebled though it is
00:41:14.94\00:41:17.61
and in need of reproof
and correction it is still
00:41:17.81\00:41:21.84
the one object upon this earth
00:41:22.04\00:41:23.85
upon which Christ
bestows in a special sense
00:41:24.05\00:41:27.28
His supreme regard. " Hallelujah
it's HIS church! Amen!
00:41:27.48\00:41:32.55
He'll fight the battles!
00:41:32.75\00:41:34.12
He'll win the battles.
00:41:35.36\00:41:36.89
You don't have to be
able to figure it out.
00:41:37.09\00:41:38.86
You don't have to
be able to see why.
00:41:39.26\00:41:41.03
You say: "Wow! It's
uncomfortable in here. "
00:41:41.23\00:41:43.16
"There's too much
water in the boat! "
00:41:43.40\00:41:45.10
He has said: "The
church is going through! "
00:41:45.30\00:41:48.77
Hallelujah! It's
going through. Amen!
00:41:48.97\00:41:50.91
Seems like a roller coaster for
some of God's saints sometimes.
00:41:51.84\00:41:54.41
You know the people that
get hurt on roller coasters?
00:41:54.61\00:41:57.91
You know who they are?
00:41:58.11\00:41:59.45
Folks who jump off...
they're the ones who get hurt.
00:41:59.48\00:42:01.55
Don't jump... don't jump!
00:42:03.59\00:42:07.46
Man, I don't like
those rides... I hate 'em.
00:42:08.42\00:42:11.53
You know what? I was
at a... I was so blessed.
00:42:12.53\00:42:15.50
A friend took me for a
flight in a private plane
00:42:15.70\00:42:18.57
not long ago in Alaska.
00:42:18.87\00:42:21.04
It was beautiful! And
so it took off on a runway.
00:42:21.24\00:42:24.71
And it was like where
folks were camping, you know,
00:42:24.91\00:42:28.04
and so there was a bunch
of people watching and waving.
00:42:28.24\00:42:29.91
And he took off...
and I should have known.
00:42:30.78\00:42:35.38
I didn't anticipate
this. He turned to me and said:
00:42:35.58\00:42:37.75
"Do you get airsick? "
00:42:37.95\00:42:40.06
Why is he asking me this?
00:42:44.56\00:42:45.89
But that was very considerate.
00:42:46.09\00:42:48.50
I said: "No... I
don't get airsick. "
00:42:48.70\00:42:51.97
You can't hear
people on board planes...
00:42:52.37\00:42:55.17
I told him: "No,
I don't get airsick.
00:42:55.37\00:42:57.04
I don't have a problem
with that. " He said: "Good! "
00:42:57.24\00:42:59.47
He turned the plane around,
came back along the runway
00:43:06.08\00:43:09.62
about I don't know
50' off the ground.
00:43:09.82\00:43:11.49
Vroom... Did this
little fly past for the boys.
00:43:11.69\00:43:14.36
I thought: "That's nice. "
And then you know what he did?
00:43:14.56\00:43:16.32
Boom! Straight up!
00:43:16.52\00:43:19.03
"Aah... " my
heart was in my mouth!
00:43:19.43\00:43:22.93
I closed my eyes; I tensed up.
00:43:24.60\00:43:27.40
I hoped... I hoped
he wasn't looking at me.
00:43:27.60\00:43:30.31
What option did I have then?
00:43:34.31\00:43:36.21
I could jump out!
00:43:36.81\00:43:38.45
Or I could hang on
00:43:39.55\00:43:41.02
and trust that the
pilot knew what he was doing!
00:43:41.22\00:43:43.85
Let me tell you
what I did... I hung on!
00:43:44.25\00:43:46.76
And the good news was:
pilot knew what he was doing.
00:43:46.96\00:43:50.29
Hallelujah! Made it safely down.
00:43:50.69\00:43:53.46
Amen. Who's
fighting your battles? God!
00:43:54.36\00:43:57.97
Come on, I want to look at a
passage of scripture with you.
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In fact, I want to look at
two, so I need to speed up here.
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II Chronicles
chapter 20... let's go there.
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This is a fantastic chapter.
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II Chronicles chapter
20. I'll start in verse 1.
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It came to pass after this.
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II Chronicles 20:1. If you're
not there you'll catch up.
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It's OK. Verse 1: "It
came to pass after this also
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that the children of
Moab and the children of Ammon
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and with them other
beside the Ammonites
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came against Jehoshaphat
in a battle. " It was not good
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for Jehoshaphat.
"Someone came and told them...
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they said: 'They come with
a great multitude against you
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from beyond the sea on
this side Syria. And behold
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they be on Hazazon
Tamar, which is En Gedi. '
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Jehoshaphat feared. "
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And here's what he did.
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"He set himself to seek the
Lord and he proclaimed a fast
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throughout all Judah.
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And Judah gathered
themselves together. "
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They came together. "Jehoshaphat
stood in the congregation. "
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Verse 6... here's what
he said. Now you watch:
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Jehoshaphat's going down.
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There's no way he can win
this so watch what he prays.
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He says: "O Lord
God of our fathers,
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art not Thou God in heaven? "
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Do you like that?
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"Aren't You God? "
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That would just about be enough.
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The inference is: "If
You're God we're going to be OK.
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If You're not, then we're not. "
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"Aren't You God? "
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"Don't You rule over all
the kingdoms of the heathen? "
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"In Your hand is
there not power and might
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so that none is
able to withstand Thee? "
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That's what he says.
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Verse 7... listen to this:
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"Art not Thou our God who
didst drive out the inhabitants
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of this land
before Thy people Israel
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and you gave it to the seed
of Abraham, Your friend forever?
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And they dwelt there and they
built a sanctuary. " And so on.
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"Aren't You God? "
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"Aren't we Your people? "
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You know what he's
doing? He's upping the ante
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in this prayer with God.
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He's leveraging certain truths
and he's bringing them to God.
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He's sharing with God
what certain realities were.
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In a certain sense he's
painting God into a corner.
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Now I know you can't do
that but you know what I mean.
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He's putting this all on God.
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"Aren't You God?
Aren't we Your people? "
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"Didn't You drive
these people out? "
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Now look in verse 10.
You've gotta love this.
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"And now behold the
children of Ammon and Moab
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and Mount Seir who You
would not let Israel invade
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when they came out
of the land of Egypt
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but they turned from them
and destroyed them not... "
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Now did you get what he said?
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"These are the rascals
that we were going to kill
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except You told us not to
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and now they've
come to kill us. "
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In other words:
"This is Your fault! "
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"If only we'd
killed them like we wanted
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we wouldn't be
having this problem now. "
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"See what You've done? "
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We keep reading:
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"O our God, will
You not judge them
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for we have no might
against this great company
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that comes against us...
neither do we know what to do. "
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Listen: "But our
eyes are upon Thee! "
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Amen! Who's
fighting your battles?
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Friday afternoon is coming.
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Who's fighting your battles?
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Jehoshaphat knew
who would fight theirs.
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They got together: the
mighty men, the children,
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the wives...
they all got together.
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And then the prophet said:
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"Don't be afraid nor dismayed by
reason of this great multitude"
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Verse 15: "for the battle
is not yours but God's! " Amen!
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Who is fighting
your battle, Jehoshaphat?
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And you know what happened here?
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You know what happened here?
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In fact, we need to read
it... it's just magnificent.
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In verse 22 it says: "And when
they began to sing and praise"
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So here's what
I'm wanting to see:
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I want to see God's
people get disagreed with
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and then sing and pray or
sing and praise in response.
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When someone insults you,
go ahead: sing and praise.
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These aren't Bible stories, man.
These are prescriptions! Amen!
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When the board meeting
vote looks like it's going south
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and you're about to
lose your experience,
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sing and praise.
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Their existence was on the line.
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And when they
began to sing and praise
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THEN "the Lord sent ambushments
against the children of Ammon,
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Moab, and Mount Seir
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which were come against Judah
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and they were
smitten. " You know why?
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I'm not trying to re-write the
Bible here, but I'm imagining
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with you that if they
did not sing and praise
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this may not have happened.
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Because God said: "Get the sing-
ers out; get the praisers out.
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Come on now...
sing and praise. "
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"The children of Ammon and Moab
stood up against the inhabitants
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of Mount Seir utterly
to slay and destroy them.
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And when they made an
end of the inhabits of Seir
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everyone helped
to destroy another. "
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Hallelujah! I mean, I'm
not rejoicing in the bloodshed.
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I'm rejoicing
in the deliverance.
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Amen! They turned on themselves.
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What? How does that happen?
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God moved. Who was
fighting their battle?
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God was fighting their battle.
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Who's fighting
your battles? God!
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Thursday night: Jesus on
His knees crying out to God
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"Not My will...
Your will be done. "
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Sins of the world are
starting to press down upon Him.
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Starts to sweat blood.
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Diapedesis they call it.
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I don't want that. Jesus
said: "I already told You
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if it's possible
let it pass from Me.
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But if this is the
road I ought to walk
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I'm going to walk it...
You will give Me strength. "
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Who's fighting...
who's fighting your battles?
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There's another passage.
I'm going to leave II Chronicles
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and go to
another passage with you.
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This is Martin Luther's book:
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Romans, and Romans
chapter 7. Let's look at this.
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Who's fighting your battles?
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We can talk in generalities
and we can talk about
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the big picture, but
let's "zero" it down now
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and see if we can get
ourselves in the frame.
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Each of us. Romans chapter 7.
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And I want to start reading
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in verse 14.
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"For we know that
the law is spiritual
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but I am
carnal... sold under sin. "
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Paul say: "I am
carnal... sold under sin.
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For that which I do I allow not;
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what I would, that I do not.
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What I hate, that I do. "
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He says: "If I do that I
would not, I consent to the law
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that it's good.
It's no more I that do it
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but sin that dwells in me. "
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"I know that in me in my
flesh dwells no good thing;
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to will is present with me
but how to perform that which is
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good I find not. "
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"For the good that I would
I do not, but the evil which I
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would not that I do. " You know
the funniest thing about this
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is there are some people
instead of learning from it
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they want to argue about whether
this is the converted Paul
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or the unconverted Paul.
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There are some ninnies around.
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You know, Paul said "I. "
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He didn't say: "Let's pass this;
put it in reverse and back up
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twenty years. "
But you say, you say
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"Well it has to be
the unconverted Paul
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because the converted
Paul wouldn't say this. "
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OK, I'm going to ask you a
question: Are you converted?
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Your answer is "yes...
" Your answer is "yes. "
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Are you converted?
Your answer is "yes. "
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So: are you converted?
"Yes! " All right... yes.
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Have you ever had
a battle like this?
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Yes. OK... so you were
unconverted all of a sudden?
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Are we saying that only
unconverted people struggle?
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Paul is talking. It doesn't
matter converted or unconverted.
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He's talking about anybody
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who is letting
their grip on God loosen
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and is ceasing to
find the strength in Christ
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that He makes available
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and is starting to shift their
focus off where it ought to be.
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Because suddenly when
you let your grip of Jesus go
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you start to drift and
you don't have the power to do
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what you know you should
or not do that which you know
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you should not do.
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So let's "zero in" on this here.
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"Now if I do that
which I would not... "
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verse 20... "it's no more I that
do it but sin that dwells in me.
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I find a law then that when
I would do good evil is present
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with me. " How
frustrating is this?
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You want to do the right
thing but maybe your prayer life
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has slackened the
last couple of days
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or your blood sugar is low
or there's some real difficult
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situations at work or at home
or the children are giving you
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grief or your parents...
somebody is giving you grief.
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And then you're not
thinking straight and your faith
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slips a little bit. "I
delight in the law of God
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after the inward man but I
see another law in my members
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warring against
the law of my mind
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and bringing me into
captivity to the law of sin
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which is in my members.
" I go to church; I tithe;
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I pray; I think I eat well.
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I exercise... OK, I
lie, too, evidently.
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I do all these things that
good Christians are meant to do
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but right now I'm struggling.
There's this temptation
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and I want to go right
but I can hardly go right.
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I don't want to go that way
but I'm getting drawn that way.
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It's really against my
will but ultimately it's not
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because it's all a
matter of the will.
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What do I do? Have you
ever had that experience?
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Yes... oh yes you have.
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Oh yes you have.
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You cry out to God. You
say: "God, I've been in church
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forty years...
I'm still selfish. "
00:53:51.13\00:53:55.00
"I've still got a dirty mind. "
00:53:56.30\00:53:58.30
"Raised in a
Christian home... I still lie. "
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Or whatever it might
be. You are capable of
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writing in that gap.
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And then you cry
out like Paul cries out
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in verse 24: "O
wretched man that I am! "
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"O wretched woman that
I am! Who shall deliver me
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from the body of this death? "
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There's a question.
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Paul said: "I
mean, I can't do it. "
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"I'm in a battle;
it's a war I cannot win. "
00:54:28.30\00:54:30.47
"She says these
things. Ah, I just strike back.
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You know I shouldn't...
I know I shouldn't. "
00:54:35.57\00:54:36.97
"I'm surfing and I
see a link to a website.
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I know, I know I
shouldn't. Aah! "
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"Who's gonna deliver me
from the body of this death? "
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And then Paul writes...
he doesn't leave us hanging:
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he gives us the answer
right here in verse 25.
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"I thank God through
Jesus Christ our Lord!
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With the mind I serve the law
of God; with the flesh the law
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of sin. " But he's thankful now.
He says it's a body of death.
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"I'm drawn this
way. In and of myself
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I cannot win the battle. "
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Who's fighting your battle?
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Paul said: "When
I fight my battles
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I cannot win. But when
God is fighting my battles
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victory! " And then the
next verse is one of the most
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profound phrases in
the history of literature.
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Romans 8 verse 1:
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"There is
therefore now no condemnation
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to them which
are in Christ Jesus
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who walk not after the flesh
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but after the Spirit. "
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How do you walk after the
Spirit? By praying the prayer
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that says:
"Nevertheless not My will
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but Thy will be done. "
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Amen! "Lead me in
the way everlasting. "
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"Not what I want...
it's what You want. "
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That's how you
walk in the Spirit.
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By saying: "I'd
rather not go to the cross. "
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And you know God calls us
to go to the cross every day.
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Every day!
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Paul said: "I die daily. "
00:56:05.89\00:56:07.30
Jesus said: "Take up your
cross daily and follow Me. "
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We don't want to be
crucified! Who wants that?
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But we pray the
prayer Jesus prayed:
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"Nevertheless not My
will but Your will be done. "
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How do you feel about that?
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"There is therefore
now no condemnation. "
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God could have condemned
you 10,000 times already.
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But when you
yield your life to Jesus
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there's no
condemnation. No condemnation!
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Help me find
better news. You can't!
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There's no condemnation.
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Who's fighting
your battles? Who?
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Let God fight your
battle... let God fight your...
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What's your battle
now? What's your battle?
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Think of what your
battle is and give it to God
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and say: "God fight this
battle; God fight this battle. "
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Come on, let's pray
now. Father in heaven,
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our hearts are Yours. They are.
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We act a lot of the
time as though they're not
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but they are...
our hearts are Yours.
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So keep them. If the
battle is not ours but Yours,
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then fight our battle.
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Fight that
battle. Don't let us lose.
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We lean on You; we
trust in You; we love You.
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You MUST do this for us
'cause we can't do it ourselves.
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We thank you tonight
and we pray gratefully
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in Jesus' name. Come
on, let's say together:
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Amen and amen.
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