>> THIS PRESENTATION IS
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF
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THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>> IF YOU CAN SEE JESUS IN
JONAH, IN SAMSON, IN DAVID, AND
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SOME OF THESE OTHER INTERESTING
CHARACTERS IN THE BIBLE, THE
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WORLD CAN SEE JESUS IN YOU, TOO.
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CAN YOU REPRESENT
JESUS IN SPITE OF YOUR FLAWS?
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>> FOR OVER 40
YEARS, AMAZING FACTS
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT
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"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
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>> AS YOU READ
THROUGH THE BIBLE,
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YOU ARE SEEING DIFFERENT
SECTIONS OF THE SON OF GOD THAT
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REALLY ARE ALL
ASSEMBLED IN CHRIST.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU READ IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT, IT HIGHLIGHTS THE
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HEROES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT,
AND GIDEON IS ONE OF THEM.
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THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS
WHERE HE'S A TYPE OF CHRIST.
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ALL OF THEIR NAMES ALSO
TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
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GIDEON MEANS A CUTTER-DOWN
OR A FELLER OF BIG TREES.
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ONE OF THE THINGS GIDEON
DOES IS AFTER HE'S CALLED BY THE
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ANGEL--YOU CAN READ THIS
IN JUDGES CHAPTER 6, VERSE 11,
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"THE ANGEL OF THE
LORD CAME AND SAT UNDER
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THE TEREBINTH TREE WHICH
WAS IN OPHRAH, WHICH BELONGED TO
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JOASH THE ABIEZRITE, WHILE
HIS SON GIDEON THRESHED WHEAT
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IN A WINEPRESS."
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WHEAT AND GRAPES.
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ONE OF THE LAST THINGS JESUS DID
IS HE PRESENTED WHEAT AND GRAPE
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JUICE TO THE PEOPLE,
THRESHING WHEAT IN A WINEPRESS.
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WHAT WAS IT MELCHISEDECH DID?
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ANOTHER TYPE OF CHRIST, HE
BROUGHT FORTH BREAD AND WINE.
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THAT'S A SYMBOL OF THE
WORD OF GOD AND THE BLOOD OF
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THE COVENANT.
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AND SO HERE HE IS, EVERYONE
ELSE IS AFRAID, BUT HE'S DOING
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IT TO HIDE IT FROM THE
MIDIANITES, AND HE ENDS UP
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CONQUERING AN ARMY THAT WAS
ALMOST NUMBERLESS WITH A VERY
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SMALL FORCE THAT IS
FILLED WITH GOD'S POWER.
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THAT'S WHAT GIDEON DOES.
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ISN'T THAT WHAT JESUS DID?
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HE HAD THESE HANDFUL OF
DISCIPLES AND APOSTLES AND THEY
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BASICALLY TURNED
THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN.
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SMALL GROUP, MOST
FORSOOK JESUS, DIDN'T THEY?
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BUT A FEW REMAINED BEHIND.
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WITH GIDEON, DID A LOT
OF HIS ARMY FORSAKE HIM?
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WHEN HE SAID, "IF YOU'RE AFRAID,
YOU NEED TO TURN AWAY," THEY
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WENT HOME, AND THEN THOSE
WHO DIDN'T DRINK THE WATER
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CAREFULLY, LOOKING
AROUND, THEY WERE DISMISSED.
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SO HE ENDS UP WITH NOT QUANTITY,
BUT HE'S GOT QUALITY, AND THAT
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QUALITY WAS ABLE TO
CONQUER A MASSIVE FORCE.
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JESUS SPENT 3 AND A HALF YEARS
DISCIPLING PEOPLE FOR QUALITY.
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THEY TURNED THE
WORLD UPSIDE DOWN.
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IT ALSO TELLS US ABOUT
GIDEON THAT HE IS A MEEK MAN.
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HE WAS THE YOUNGEST
IN HIS FATHER'S FAMILY.
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BY THE WAY, YOU NOTICE HOW
OFTEN GOD CHOSE THE WEAKEST
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AND THE YOUNGEST?
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JOSEPH, AMONG THE YOUNGEST,
DAVID, THE YOUNGEST, MOSES, THE
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YOUNGEST, GIDEON, THE YOUNGEST.
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GOD'S TRYING TO TELL US THAT
HE TAKES THOSE THINGS THAT ARE
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OFTEN OVERLOOKED AND DESPISED
AND HE DOES GREAT THINGS THROUGH
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THEM.
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AND IT SAYS HERE IN JUDGES 6:15,
HE SAID, "O MY LORD, HOW CAN I
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SAVE ISRAEL?
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INDEED MY CLAN IS THE WEAKEST IN
MANASSEH, AND I AM LEAST IN MY
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FATHER'S HOUSE."
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YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR
COUNTRY WAS FIRST FOUNDED AND
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GEORGE WASHINGTON FINALLY
WAS VICTORIOUS OVER THE BRITISH,
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THEY WANTED TO MAKE HIM A KING.
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I MEAN, A LOT OF THEM
HAD COME OUT OF ENGLAND.
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THEY STILL THOUGHT LIKE THAT,
AND THEY SAID, "I KNOW WE'RE
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GONNA BE A FREE COUNTRY AND
WE'LL DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, BUT
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WE NEED A KING."
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AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE
WASHINGTON KING, AND HE SAID NO.
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HE RETIRED.
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THEY WANTED TO KEEP MAKING HIM
PRESIDENT, BUT HE KNEW THAT THEY
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NEEDED TO ELECT A PRESIDENT, IT
NEEDED TO BE A NATION CHOSEN BY
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THE PEOPLE, AND BECAUSE OF HIS
HUMILITY IN THAT AREA, IT SET
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THE PRECEDENT FOR ALL
OTHER PRESIDENTS TO SAY,
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"I HAVE A LIMITED TERM.
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WE DON'T HAVE A KING.
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WE DON'T HAVE A MONARCHY."
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THAT'S WHY HE SAID,
"NOT ONLY WILL I NOT REIGN,
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MY SON WILL NOT REIGN."
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A FEW YEARS LATER, THEY SAID,
"GIVE US A KING LIKE THE OTHER
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NATIONS," AND THINGS
STARTED GOING DOWNHILL.
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SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU FIND IN
THE STORY OF GIDEON, HIS FUTURE
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IS GUIDED BY THE
WAY GOD USES A FLEECE.
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YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION,
"THROW A FLEECE BEFORE
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THE LORD"?
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WHAT IS A FLEECE?
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IT'S A SHEEPSKIN.
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AND WHAT DOES THE LAMB
REPRESENT IN THE BIBLE?
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WHAT DID GOD USE TO COVER
THE NAKEDNESS OF ADAM AND EVE?
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FLEECE, SHEEPSKIN.
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IT REPRESENTS THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST,
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AND THAT WAS THE GUIDE
FOR HOW HE WAS TO PROCEED.
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ANOTHER WAY IN WHICH
GIDEON IS A TYPE OF CHRIST.
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SOMETHING ELSE YOU SEE IS YOU
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SYMBOLS.
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IF YOU GO, FOR INSTANCE, TO THE
STORY OF GIDEON, IT TELLS ABOUT
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THERE'S A DREAM ABOUT A
LOAF OF BREAD THAT KNOCKS OVER
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THE ENEMY.
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ONE LITTLE LOAF HITS THE
TENTS OF THE MIDIANITES AND IT
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DESTROYS THEM.
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WELL, WHAT DOES BREAD REPRESENT?
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"MAN DOESN'T LIVE BY
BREAD BUT BY EVERY WORD OF GOD.
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CHRIST IS THE WORD MADE FLESH,"
AND SO IT WAS THE BREAD OF GOD,
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THE WORD OF GOD THAT DESTROYED
THE ENEMY, JESUS, WORD,
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CONQUERS THEM.
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AND ALL THROUGH THE SYMBOLS
OF GIDEON, IT SAYS IT WAS
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A TRUMPET, A
SWORD, LAMPS, AND BREAD.
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"LIFT UP YOUR VOICE LIKE A
TRUMPET," A SYMBOL FOR THE WORD
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OF GOD.
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"THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK AND
POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY
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TWO-EDGED SWORD,"
SWORD, THE WORD OF GOD.
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EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6, "THE SWORD
OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS THE WORD
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OF GOD."
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AND THEN IT TELLS US THAT
THERE'S A LAMP, "THY WORD IS
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A LAMP UNTO MY FEET."
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AND WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT
THE BREAD, THE WORD OF GOD.
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SO WHAT IS IT THAT GIDEON
USES TO OVERCOME THE ENEMY?
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ALL THESE THINGS
ARE SYMBOL OF THE WORD.
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HOW DID CHRIST
CONQUER SATAN'S DOMAIN?
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IT WAS THE POWER OF THE WORD
THAT DID IT, AND THEN HE ALSO
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WAS AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS.
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YOU CAN READ WHEN HE LED
THEM INTO BATTLE, JUDGES 7:17.
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KEEP IN MIND, FRIENDS, WE'RE
DOING A QUICK FLY-OVER IN THESE
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STORIES.
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IT'S SEVERAL CHAPTERS IN
THE BOOK OF JUDGES YOU'LL
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NEED TO READ.
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JUDGES CHAPTER 7:17, HE
SAID, "LOOK AT ME AND DO
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LIKEWISE; WATCH, AND WHEN I
COME TO THE EDGE OF THE CAMP YOU
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SHALL DO AS I DO."
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ISN'T THIS WHAT CHRIST SAID?
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"I'VE COME TO
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE."
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WE'RE TO FOLLOW HIM.
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EVEN PAUL SAID, "BE FOLLOWERS
OF ME AS I AM OF CHRIST."
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ULTIMATELY, WE
ARE TO FOLLOW CHRIST.
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AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIFE
OF GIDEON, HE REALLY WAS A GREAT
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EXAMPLE OF CHRIST IN MANY WAYS.
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I DID A TWO OR THREE PART
SERIES ON GIDEON AND I CAN'T
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CONDENSE THAT ALL
INTO THIS SHORT SEGMENT.
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JONAH, YOU REMEMBER IN THE
SCRIPTURE READING, JESUS SAID,
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"THE PEOPLE OF NINEVEH WILL
STAND UP IN JUDGMENT WITH THIS
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GENERATION BECAUSE THEY REPENTED
AT THE PREACHING OF JONAH AND
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A GREATER THAN JONAH IS HERE."
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IS JONAH A TYPE OF CHRIST?
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JESUS SEEMS TO TELL US HE
IS, BUT HOW CAN THESE CHARACTERS
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WITH ALL THEIR FLAWS
AND WARTS BE TYPES OF JESUS?
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DAVID, LOOK WHAT HE DID.
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SAMSON, LOOK WHAT HE DID.
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JONAH, HE TURNED AND HE RAN.
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HOW CAN HE BE A TYPE OF CHRIST?
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WELL, THEY'RE ALL IMPERFECT
TYPES OF CHRIST, BUT THERE'S
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THINGS IN THEIR LIVES THAT
ARE GIVING US GLIMMERS THAT YOU
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CAN'T MISS, AND THAT
OUGHT TO GIVE YOU COURAGE.
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CAN YOU REPRESENT
JESUS IN SPITE OF YOUR FLAWS?
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IF YOU CAN SEE JESUS IN JONAH,
IN SAMSON, IN DAVID, AND SOME OF
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THESE OTHER INTERESTING
CHARACTERS IN THE BIBLE, THE
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WORLD CAN SEE JESUS IN YOU, TOO.
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JONAH, WRONG-WAY JONAH, HE ENDED
UP GOING THE RIGHT WAY, BUT IT
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WAS WITH SOME RESISTANCE,
AND SOMETIMES GOD HAS TO SEND
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A STORM TO TURN US
AROUND, TOO, DOESN'T HE?
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BUT HOW IS JONAH LIKE JESUS?
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WELL, YOU CAN'T MISS THE POINT
THAT HERE YOU'VE GOT A PROPHET
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OF GOD WHO IS SLEEPING IN THE
BOTTOM OF A BOAT DURING A STORM.
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THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN
IN THE BIBLE, AND HE HAS TO BE
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WOKE UP, BEING TOLD
THEY'RE ABOUT TO PERISH.
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READ THIS, JONAH 1, VERSE 6.
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IT SAYS, "ARISE," THE CAPTAIN
SAID TO JONAH, "AND CALL ON GOD,
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IF SO BE THAT GOD WILL THINK
ON US, THAT WE PERISH NOT."
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DURING THE STORM
ON THE SEA OF GALILEE,
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THE DISCIPLES CAME TO
JESUS AND THEY SAID IN
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MARK 4:38, "HE
WAS IN THE STERN,"
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THAT'S THE BOTTOM, JUST
LIKE JONAH, "ASLEEP ON A PILLOW.
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AND THEY WOKE HIM UP AND THEY
SAID, TEACHER, DO YOU NOT CARE
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THAT WE ARE PERISHING?"
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WHAT A THING TO ASK JESUS,
"DO YOU NOT CARE THAT WE'RE
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PERISHING."
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DOES HE CARE?
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HE CAME SO THAT
WE WOULD NOT PERISH.
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SOMETHING ELSE YOU FIND ABOUT
JONAH IS THAT HE'S NOT ONLY
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ASLEEP IN A BOAT DURING A STORM,
BUT THEY HAD TO SACRIFICE JONAH
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IN ORDER TO GET PEACE.
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THEY KIND OF FIGURE OUT, "WHY
HAS THIS STORM COME UPON US?"
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JONAH SAID, "WELL,
IT'S BECAUSE OF ME."
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YOU KNOW WHY THERE'S SO MUCH
TROUBLE IN THIS WORLD TODAY?
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IT'S JESUS' FAULT.
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IT'S BECAUSE
THE DEVIL HATES HIM.
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I WANTED TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.
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IT'S BECAUSE THE DEVIL HATES
JESUS, HE TAKES IT OUT ON YOU.
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IT'S BECAUSE THE DEVIL WANTS
JESUS' POSITION THAT YOU'VE GOT
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THIS GREAT CONTROVERSY GOING ON.
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SO THEY CAST LOTS.
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THE LOT FELL ON JONAH.
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BY THE WAY, WHAT
DOES JONAH'S NAME MEAN?
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DOVE.
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DID CHRIST SEND THE HOLY
SPIRIT AS A TYPE OF A DOVE?
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SO HE SAYS, "IF YOU WANT PEACE,
YOU'VE GOTTA CAST ME INTO THE
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SEA," AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT
TO MYSELF, "IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA
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HAVE PEACE UNLESS HE'S IN
THE WATER, WHY DIDN'T HE JUST
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JUMP OVERBOARD?"
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BUT HE SAID, "NO, YOU'VE
GOT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
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THROWING ME IN."
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THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
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THEY TRIED TO SAVE THEMSELVES.
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HE SAID, "THE ONLY WAY IS
YOU'VE GOT TO SACRIFICE ME."
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THEY TRIED TO ROW, BUT
THE SEA GOT MORE TEMPESTUOUS.
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FINALLY, THEY SAID,
"LORD, DO NOT LAY INNOCENT BLOOD
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TO OUR CHARGE."
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YOU KNOW, WHEN CHRIST
WAS BETRAYED, THEY CALLED IT
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INNOCENT BLOOD.
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JUDAS SAID, "I AM
GUILTY OF INNOCENT BLOOD."
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SO THEY TOOK UP JONAH, SAID,
"ONE, TWO, THREE," AND THEY
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HEAVED HIM OVERBOARD,
AND THEY HAD INSTANT PEACE.
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WHEN CHRIST SPOKE, WAS
THERE PEACE DURING THE STORM?
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A SUPERNATURAL PEACE COMES INTO
OUR LIVES WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS
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AS OUR SACRIFICE.
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AND SO WE'RE NOT DONE.
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THEN IT SAYS HE WAS
ASSIGNED TO THE NINEVITES.
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NINEVEH WAS AN EXCEEDING GREAT
CITY OF 3 DAYS' JOURNEY, AND IT
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SAYS HE MADE THIS TRIP.
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WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE
FISH BURPED HIM OUT, BUT IT WAS
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SOMEWHERE PROBABLY FURTHER
NORTH, BECAUSE THEY WERE ON
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THEIR WAY TO TARSHISH AND
THE STORM BLEW THEM NORTH.
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AND FROM WHEREVER THE SHORE HE
WAS, HE WENT 3 DAYS TO NINEVEH,
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THEN HE ENTERS THE CITY A DAY'S
JOURNEY, WHICH MEANS 12 HOURS,
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AND HE BEGINS TO PREACH.
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AFTER THREE-AND-A-HALF
DAY JOURNEY, HE THEN
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PREACHES--BY THE WAY,
HE CAME FROM THE WATER,
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THREE AND A HALF
DAYS LATER HE'S PREACHING,
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AND 40 DAYS IT'LL BE DESTROYED.
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JESUS COMES FROM BAPTISM,
HE PREACHES 3 AND A HALF YEARS,
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AND SAYS IN A GENERATION THAT
JERUSALEM WOULD BE DESTROYED,
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40 YEARS.
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THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, "JONAH IS
A SIGN TO YOU," SPEAKING TO THE
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JEWS, THIS GENERATION, "EXCEPT
THEY REPENTED THE PREACHING OF
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JONAH AND A GREATER
THAN JONAH IS HERE."
00:11:49.73\00:11:52.20
YOUR MESSIAH IS HERE,
AND YOU'RE NOT REPENTING.
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NINEVEH WAS NOT DESTROYED AFTER
40 DAYS 'CAUSE THEY REPENTED.
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JERUSALEM WAS DESTROYED AFTER
40 YEARS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT
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REPENT.
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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:12:01.90\00:12:03.60
IT WAS A SIGN.
00:12:03.60\00:12:05.30
AND SO JONAH,
THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT SIGN.
00:12:05.30\00:12:08.36
WHAT WAS THE FIRST MESSAGE
THAT JESUS GAVE AFTER HE BEGAN
00:12:08.36\00:12:10.36
PREACHING?
00:12:10.36\00:12:11.66
REPENT.
00:12:11.66\00:12:13.36
WHAT DID JONAH SAY AS HE MARCHED
UP AND DOWN THE STREETS OF
00:12:13.36\00:12:15.46
NINEVEH?
00:12:15.46\00:12:17.10
IT WAS A MESSAGE
OF REPENTANCE ALSO.
00:12:17.10\00:12:19.73
GO WITH ME TO
THE STORY OF ESTHER.
00:12:19.73\00:12:23.63
IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER, AND
AGAIN, I THINK I'VE GOT A THREE-
00:12:23.63\00:12:26.96
OR FOUR-PART SERIES ON ESTHER.
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I DON'T HAVE TIME TO COVER IT
ALL, BUT THERE'S SO MANY TYPES
00:12:28.73\00:12:30.93
OF NOT ONLY JESUS IN HERE, BUT
THE CHURCH, BECAUSE ESTHER IS
00:12:30.93\00:12:36.46
NOT REALLY A TYPE OF CHRIST.
00:12:36.46\00:12:38.06
ESTHER IS A TYPE OF THE CHURCH,
BUT MORDECAI IS A TYPE OF JESUS.
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FOR INSTANCE, THEY'RE SEPARATED.
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MORDECAI SAID, "LOOK, I CAN'T
GET INSIDE THAT PAGAN COMPOUND
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CALLED THE PALACE,
BUT ESTHER, YOU CAN.
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YOU WILL BE THE REPRESENTATIVE
OF YOUR PEOPLE IN THERE.
00:12:56.93\00:12:59.26
YOU WILL SHOW YOUR
BEAUTY THERE IN THAT PALACE."
00:12:59.26\00:13:02.80
CHRIST'S CHURCH, JESUS
IS NOT IN THE WORLD NOW.
00:13:02.80\00:13:06.30
HE SAID, "I SENT
YOU INTO THE WORLD."
00:13:06.30\00:13:08.23
WE ARE TO REPRESENT JESUS
IN THIS PAGAN WORLD, AREN'T WE?
00:13:08.23\00:13:10.70
IN THIS LOST WORLD.
00:13:10.70\00:13:12.73
AND SO THERE'S A LAW MADE,
BECAUSE MORDECAI WILL NOT BOW
00:13:12.73\00:13:18.73
DOWN, OR HE WILL NOT
BREAK THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.
00:13:18.73\00:13:21.96
HE WILL NOT BOW DOWN TO HAMAN,
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HAMAN WANTS
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TO EXTERMINATE ALL OF
MORDECAI'S PEOPLE, THE JEWS.
00:13:26.76\00:13:31.96
DIDN'T THE DEVIL WANT
JESUS TO BOW DOWN TO HIM?
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AND BECAUSE JESUS WOULDN'T BOW
DOWN TO HIM, DOES THE DEVIL TAKE
00:13:35.36\00:13:37.83
OUT HIS WRATH ON THE
CHURCH, ON ALL OF GOD'S PEOPLE?
00:13:37.83\00:13:41.16
WILL ALL OF GOD'S PEOPLE
BE MIRACULOUSLY DELIVERED
00:13:41.16\00:13:43.83
IN THE END?
00:13:43.83\00:13:45.00
IN THE LAST DAYS, IS THERE
GOING TO BE A DEATH DECREE TO
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ANNIHILATE GOD'S PEOPLE BECAUSE
WE DON'T BREAK HIS COMMANDMENTS,
00:13:47.40\00:13:51.23
BECAUSE WE WON'T COMPROMISE?
00:13:51.23\00:13:52.73
AND BY THE WAY, WHAT
WAS IT THAT HAMAN DID?
00:13:52.73\00:13:55.93
WHAT WERE HIS
PLANS FOR MORDECAI?
00:13:55.93\00:13:58.00
HE BUILT A BIG GALLOWS BECAUSE
HE WAS GOING TO HANG HIM BETWEEN
00:13:58.00\00:14:00.86
HEAVEN AND EARTH.
00:14:00.86\00:14:01.86
WHAT WAS THE
DEVIL'S PLAN FOR JESUS?
00:14:01.86\00:14:04.53
WASN'T IT TO HANG HIM
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH?
00:14:04.53\00:14:06.83
ALL THROUGH THIS, YOU
SEE THE STORY OF THE GOSPEL,
00:14:06.83\00:14:09.80
AND JESUS IS REVEALED.
00:14:09.80\00:14:11.76
BUT BACK MORE
SPECIFICALLY TO MORDECAI.
00:14:11.76\00:14:14.23
AT ONE POINT, YOU SEE HIM WITH
HIS CLOTHES TORN, AND HE'S IN
00:14:14.23\00:14:18.13
THE GATE, AND HE'S PRAYING.
00:14:18.13\00:14:20.03
THERE IS A PERIOD OF PRAYING
AND FASTING FOR THREE DAYS HERE.
00:14:20.03\00:14:24.36
YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING WHEN
YOU READ THE BOOK OF ESTHER?
00:14:24.36\00:14:27.53
YOU DO NOT HEAR THE WORD
"PRAY" IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
00:14:27.53\00:14:31.53
YOU DO NOT HEAR THE WORD "GOD."
00:14:31.53\00:14:33.76
IT TALKS ABOUT THEM FASTING,
BUT IT DOESN'T MENTION PRAYER.
00:14:33.76\00:14:37.76
IT TALKS ALL ABOUT
THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD, THE
00:14:37.76\00:14:39.83
DELIVERANCE OF GOD, BUT
YOU DO NOT FIND THE NAME OF GOD
00:14:39.83\00:14:42.60
IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
00:14:42.60\00:14:44.00
DO YOU KNOW WHY?
00:14:44.00\00:14:44.93
IT WAS WRITTEN WHILE THEY
WERE SLAVES AND CAPTIVES IN THE
00:14:44.93\00:14:47.23
PERSIAN LAND, AND IF THEY
HAD INCLUDED THE NAME OF GOD OR
00:14:47.23\00:14:50.63
PRAYING TO THEIR GOD IN
THIS BOOK--REMEMBER DARIUS?
00:14:50.63\00:14:53.43
NOBODY PRAYED TO
ANYONE BUT THE KING.
00:14:53.43\00:14:56.73
THE BOOK MIGHT HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED, SO THE BOOK IS VERY
00:14:56.73\00:14:58.93
CAREFULLY WRITTEN TO SHOW THE
PROVIDENCE OF GOD AND HOW GOD
00:14:58.93\00:15:02.83
ANSWERS PRAYER.
00:15:02.83\00:15:04.00
THEY TALK ABOUT FASTING.
00:15:04.00\00:15:05.46
THEY DON'T USE THE WORD "PRAY."
00:15:05.46\00:15:06.76
TALK ABOUT THE PROVIDENCE OF
GOD, THE DELIVERANCE OF GOD, BUT
00:15:06.76\00:15:09.00
THEY DON'T SAY GOD'S NAME.
00:15:09.00\00:15:10.90
IT'S A VERY INTERESTING BOOK.
00:15:10.90\00:15:12.50
ONLY BOOK THAT WAS NOT FOUND
AMONG THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS IN
00:15:12.50\00:15:15.10
PART OR WHOLE WAS THE BOOK
OF ESTHER, AND SOME BELIEVE IT'S
00:15:15.10\00:15:19.33
BECAUSE THE EARLIEST-SEEN JEWS,
THOSE VERY DEVOUT RABBIS, THEY
00:15:19.33\00:15:26.86
SAID, "THE NAME OF GOD DOESN'T
APPEAR IN HERE, SO CAN WE STORE
00:15:26.86\00:15:29.73
IT WITH THE OTHER BOOKS?"
00:15:29.73\00:15:31.90
AND SO, BUT I'M SURE
GLAD IT'S IN THE BIBLE.
00:15:31.90\00:15:34.00
I BELIEVE IT'S AN INSPIRED BOOK.
00:15:34.00\00:15:35.40
ANYWAY, THEN YOU READ HOW
THERE'S A GREAT REVERSAL OF
00:15:35.40\00:15:38.16
FORTUNE.
00:15:38.16\00:15:39.16
HAMAN ENDS UP GETTING DESTROYED
ON THE GALLOWS HE BUILT FOR
00:15:39.16\00:15:41.43
MORDECAI.
00:15:41.43\00:15:43.43
HAMAN WHO WANTED TO BE KING,
HE HAS TO MARCH MORDECAI THROUGH
00:15:43.43\00:15:48.00
THE STREETS.
00:15:48.00\00:15:49.46
THIS IS A GREAT STORY.
00:15:49.46\00:15:51.03
YOU REMEMBER THAT?
00:15:51.03\00:15:51.86
HE GOES TO THE KING AND HE
SAYS--HE'S COMING TO GET THE
00:15:51.86\00:15:54.00
EXECUTION OF MORDECAI, AND THE
KING, MEANWHILE, HE CAN'T SLEEP,
00:15:54.00\00:15:59.83
AND HE'S UP AT NIGHT.
00:15:59.83\00:16:01.50
AND HE SAYS, "YOU KNOW, IT'S
REALLY BORING WHEN THEY READ
00:16:01.50\00:16:03.56
THE CHRONICLES TO ME."
00:16:03.56\00:16:04.46
HE SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU READ THE
CHRONICLES TO ME AND MAYBE IT'LL
00:16:04.46\00:16:06.90
PUT ME TO SLEEP?"
00:16:06.90\00:16:07.70
SO THEY'RE READING THE
CHRONICLES AND IT SAID, "THERE
00:16:07.70\00:16:09.33
WAS AN ASSASSINATION PLOT,"
AND THE KING OPENED ONE EYE, "TO
00:16:09.33\00:16:11.86
KILL KING AHASUERUS AND MORDECAI
REVEALED THE PLOT AND SAVED
00:16:11.86\00:16:16.83
THE KING."
00:16:16.83\00:16:17.70
AND HE GOES, "WOW,
THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL.
00:16:17.70\00:16:19.80
DID WE EVER DO
ANYTHING FOR THAT GUY MORDECAI?"
00:16:19.80\00:16:22.40
"LET'S CHECK THE FOOTNOTES HERE.
00:16:22.40\00:16:23.80
NO, KING, NEVER, NO REWARD,
NO THANK YOU, NO NOTHING."
00:16:23.80\00:16:27.60
"WOW, THAT'S NOT VERY KINGLY."
00:16:27.60\00:16:30.36
HE SAID, "I GOTTA DO SOMETHING.
00:16:30.36\00:16:31.76
I DON'T KNOW, WHAT
SHALL I DO FOR HIM?"
00:16:31.76\00:16:33.83
WHILE HE'S THINKING, "WHAT DO
I DO FOR MORDECAI," WHO REVEALED
00:16:33.83\00:16:36.36
THESE EUNUCHS THAT WERE GOING TO
KILL THE KING, ASSASSINATION, IN
00:16:36.36\00:16:40.96
WALKS HAMAN TO ASK FOR THE
DEATH DECREE FOR NONE OTHER THAN
00:16:40.96\00:16:45.06
MORDECAI.
00:16:45.06\00:16:47.16
AND SO THE KING SAYS, "HEY,
I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE, HAMAN.
00:16:47.16\00:16:51.03
I NEED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
00:16:51.03\00:16:52.86
WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR
THE ONE I WANT TO HONOR?"
00:16:52.86\00:16:55.70
AND HAMAN IS SO SELF-CENTERED,
HE THINKS, "WELL, WHO WOULD THE
00:16:55.70\00:17:00.33
KING WANT TO HONOR
MORE THAN ME, ME, ME?"
00:17:00.33\00:17:04.30
AND HE SAYS, "WELL, GET THE
KING'S HORSE, THAT BEAUTIFUL
00:17:04.30\00:17:09.10
WHITE HORSE, THAT
MAJESTIC STALLION.
00:17:09.10\00:17:11.73
PUT THE KING'S SADDLE ON IT AND
THEN PUT THE KING'S ROBE ON HIM.
00:17:11.73\00:17:14.63
PUT THE KING'S
CROWN ON HIS HEAD.
00:17:14.63\00:17:16.50
GET THE KING'S EXALTED SERVANTS
TO WALK IN FRONT OF HIM AND SAY,
00:17:16.50\00:17:19.10
THUS SHALL IT BE DONE FOR
THE ONE WHOM THE KING WANTS TO
00:17:19.10\00:17:21.16
HONOR, AND PARADE HIM UP AND
DOWN THE STREET SHOUTING WITH
00:17:21.16\00:17:23.40
FANFARE LIKE THE KING."
00:17:23.40\00:17:26.73
WHAT DID HAMAN WANT?
00:17:26.73\00:17:29.23
OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF
THE MOUTH, THE HEART SPEAKS.
00:17:29.23\00:17:31.73
HE WANTED TO BE KING.
00:17:31.73\00:17:33.20
TIME, IF HE HAD GONE ON MUCH
LONGER, HE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY
00:17:33.20\00:17:36.50
TRIED TO ASSASSINATE THE KING.
00:17:36.50\00:17:38.10
WHAT DOES THE DEVIL WANT?
00:17:38.10\00:17:39.33
"I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH,"
AND SO CAN YOU IMAGINE THE LOOK?
00:17:39.33\00:17:42.96
I WISH I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF
HAMAN'S FACE WHEN THE KING SAYS
00:17:42.96\00:17:47.90
TO HIM, "THAT
SOUNDS GOOD ENOUGH TO ME.
00:17:47.90\00:17:50.30
TELL YOU WHAT, I WANT YOU TO
DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID
00:17:50.30\00:17:53.36
THERE," AND HE'S
PROBABLY SMILING, "YES, YES?"
00:17:53.36\00:17:55.90
"TO MORDECAI."
00:17:55.90\00:17:58.90
TALK ABOUT THE REVERSAL.
00:17:58.90\00:18:01.90
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS,
"HE WHO EXALTS HIMSELF WILL BE
00:18:01.90\00:18:04.16
HUMBLED, AND HE WHO HUMBLES
HIMSELF WILL BE EXALTED."
00:18:04.16\00:18:06.93
JESUS HUMBLED HIMSELF.
00:18:06.93\00:18:07.80
HE'LL BE EXALTED.
00:18:07.80\00:18:08.56
THE DEVIL WHO EXALTED
HIMSELF WILL BE HUMBLED.
00:18:08.56\00:18:10.70
AND THEN IN THE END, YOU
CAN SEE THIS GREAT EXALTATION OF
00:18:10.70\00:18:14.73
MORDECAI, ALL THE
ENEMIES OF GOD ARE KILLED.
00:18:14.73\00:18:18.23
THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE DELIVERED,
JUST LIKE WHEN JESUS COMES AT
00:18:18.23\00:18:20.60
THE LAST DAY, WHEN THERE'S TO BE
AN ANNIHILATION OF THE CHURCH,
00:18:20.60\00:18:23.33
AND YOU READ HERE IN ESTHER 8,
VERSE 15, "SO MORDECAI WENT OUT
00:18:23.33\00:18:28.80
FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE KING IN
ROYAL APPAREL IN BLUE AND WHITE,
00:18:28.80\00:18:33.50
WITH A GREAT CROWN OF GOLD
AND A GARMENT OF FINE LINEN AND
00:18:33.50\00:18:36.36
PURPLE; AND THE CITY OF
SHUSHAN REJOICED AND WAS GLAD."
00:18:36.36\00:18:40.10
WHEN CHRIST IS
GLORIFIED, THERE'LL BE GLADNESS.
00:18:40.10\00:18:43.06
ESTHER 9, VERSE 4, "FOR MORDECAI
WAS GREAT IN THE KING'S PALACE
00:18:43.06\00:18:47.66
AND HIS FAME SPREAD THROUGHOUT
ALL PROVINCES; FOR THIS MAN
00:18:47.66\00:18:50.63
MORDECAI BECAME
INCREASINGLY PROMINENT."
00:18:50.63\00:18:53.53
NONE WAS GREATER IN THE PALACE
BESIDES THE KING THAN MORDECAI.
00:18:53.53\00:18:57.03
YOU NOTICE ALL THESE TYPES
OF CHRIST IN THE BIBLE BECOME,
00:18:57.03\00:18:59.13
LIKE, SECOND TO THE KING?
00:18:59.13\00:19:00.53
CHRIST IS SECOND ONLY IN
THE AUTHORITY TO THE FATHER.
00:19:00.53\00:19:03.66
JOSEPH, SECOND TO THE KING.
00:19:03.66\00:19:05.00
DANIEL, SECOND TO THE KING.
00:19:05.00\00:19:06.13
AND THEY OFTEN GO FROM
THE PRISON TO THE PALACE.
00:19:06.13\00:19:08.93
MORDECAI, HE'S IN RAGS AT
THE KING'S GATES, AND THEN
00:19:08.93\00:19:11.66
HE'S IN ROBES IN THE PALACE.
00:19:11.66\00:19:14.16
IT'S CHRIST, WENT FROM THE RAGS
OF THIS WORLD TO THE RIGHT HAND
00:19:14.16\00:19:17.23
OF THE FATHER, DIDN'T HE?
00:19:17.23\00:19:18.96
IT'S ALL TELLING US ABOUT JESUS.
00:19:18.96\00:19:21.96
I'M GONNA JUMP FOR THE FIRST
TIME, NOT RIGHT HERE, I'M GOING
00:19:21.96\00:19:27.50
TO JUMP TO THE NEW TESTAMENT,
AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU EVEN
00:19:27.50\00:19:30.56
IN NEW TESTAMENT STORIES, YOU
FIND A LOT OF TYPES FOR JESUS.
00:19:30.56\00:19:35.20
ONE OF SEVERAL I COULD POINT
TO--I MEAN, I COULD TALK TO YOU
00:19:35.20\00:19:38.70
ABOUT PHILEMON AND HOW HE'S
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A MERCIFUL
00:19:38.70\00:19:43.20
MASTER.
00:19:43.20\00:19:44.40
YOU COULD TALK ABOUT TITUS
AND YOU COULD TALK ABOUT ROMANS.
00:19:44.40\00:19:48.33
THERE'S SO MANY PLACES IN
THE BIBLE YOU CAN FIND TYPES OF
00:19:48.33\00:19:50.60
CHRIST, BUT I
WANT TO GO TO STEPHEN.
00:19:50.60\00:19:53.33
HE WAS ALWAYS ONE OF OUR HEROES
IN THE BIBLE, SPIRIT-FILLED MAN.
00:19:53.33\00:19:58.03
IT'S ONE REASON WE PICKED THAT
NAME FOR SON NUMBER THREE IS
00:19:58.03\00:20:03.50
BECAUSE WE WERE INSPIRED BY
THE EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE OF THIS
00:20:03.50\00:20:06.20
SPIRIT-FILLED DEACON WHO WAS OUT
PREACHING AND HE WAS WILLING TO
00:20:06.20\00:20:08.60
LAY DOWN HIS LIFE.
00:20:08.60\00:20:10.53
AND YOU LOOK, AFTER
THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS
00:20:10.53\00:20:13.30
OF MINISTRY, JESUS IS
BROUGHT BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN,
00:20:13.30\00:20:17.70
WHERE HE TELLS THEM WHO HE IS.
00:20:17.70\00:20:21.26
THEY HAVE A MOCKERY OF A TRIAL.
00:20:21.26\00:20:23.23
THEY CONDEMN HIM.
00:20:23.23\00:20:25.40
THEY TAKE HIM OUTSIDE THE CITY.
00:20:25.40\00:20:28.43
THEY EXECUTE JESUS WHILE HE
PRAYS FOR THEIR FORGIVENESS.
00:20:28.43\00:20:33.43
STEPHEN PREACHES.
00:20:33.43\00:20:36.73
THE CHURCH GROWS.
00:20:36.73\00:20:38.46
HIS ENEMIES ARE THREATENED.
00:20:38.46\00:20:40.16
THEY BRING HIM TO THE
SANHEDRIN THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS
00:20:40.16\00:20:43.73
AFTER CHRIST.
00:20:43.73\00:20:45.56
OH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T
KNOW EVEN KNOW IF I TOLD YOU.
00:20:45.56\00:20:47.50
DO YOU MIND IF WE PAUSE
AND WE BACKTRACK JUST A LITTLE?
00:20:47.50\00:20:49.63
IN THE STORY OF ESTHER, THERE'S
ANOTHER THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS.
00:20:49.63\00:20:52.30
IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THE REIGN
OF AHASUERUS, HE HAS A FEAST
00:20:52.30\00:20:55.86
LASTING 180 DAYS, AND THAT'S HOW
THE BOOK OF ESTHER BEGINS, AFTER
00:20:55.86\00:20:59.66
A THREE-AND-A-HALF YEAR PERIOD.
00:20:59.66\00:21:02.36
AFTER THREE-AND-A-HALF
YEARS, STEPHEN, HE'S PREACHING.
00:21:02.36\00:21:06.80
BECAUSE OF HIS
PREACHING, HE'S ARRESTED.
00:21:06.80\00:21:12.26
HE'S BROUGHT TO THE SANHEDRIN,
THE SAME ONES WHO HAD ACCUSED
00:21:12.26\00:21:14.73
JESUS.
00:21:14.73\00:21:16.03
HE TELLS WHO JESUS IS IN
ONE OF MOST INCREDIBLE SERMONS
00:21:16.03\00:21:19.83
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:21:19.83\00:21:21.20
GOING THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE
JEWISH NATION, HE PROVES THAT
00:21:21.20\00:21:23.80
JESUS IS THE CHRIST, LOOKING AT
A LOT OF THE SAME STORIES THAT I
00:21:23.80\00:21:27.40
HAVE BEEN TALKING TO YOU
ABOUT, AND THE SAME CHARACTERS,
00:21:27.40\00:21:30.10
TOO, SHOWING THEY
ALL REPRESENT JESUS.
00:21:30.10\00:21:32.36
AND THEY ARE SO OUTRAGED,
REALIZING THAT THEY HAVE
00:21:32.36\00:21:36.10
CRUCIFIED THEIR MESSIAH.
00:21:36.10\00:21:38.83
I'VE THOUGHT ALONG THE WAY, THIS
SERIES ON JESUS WOULD BE GOOD
00:21:38.83\00:21:42.90
FOR JEWS.
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I HOPE THEY WON'T
BE OFFENDED BY IT.
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I'M HALF JEWISH, BECAUSE I DON'T
KNOW HOW ANYONE COULD READ ABOUT
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ALL THESE CHARACTERS IN THE
BIBLE, ALL THESE JEWISH HEROES
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THAT ARE TYPES OF
CHRIST AND THEY'RE LOOKING IN
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
AND SAY, "NO, THAT HAS
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NOTHING TO DO WITH JESUS."
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I DON'T KNOW HOW
THEY CAN GET PAST THAT.
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AND SO WHEN THE RELIGIOUS
LEADERS HEARD STEPHEN'S
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TESTIMONY, THEY
GRIT THEIR TEETH.
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THEY PLUG THEIR EARS.
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THEY TAKE HIM OUT OF THE CITY.
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HE'S FALSELY CONDEMNED.
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THEY DON'T EVEN WAIT FOR
THE ROMANS TO GET INVOLVED.
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THEY STONE HIM TO DEATH.
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THEY LAY DOWN THEIR GARMENTS.
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THERE WERE GARMENTS
AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS.
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THERE WERE GARMENTS
AT THE FEET OF SAUL.
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THEY LAY DOWN THEIR GARMENTS
AT THE FEET OF SAUL, WHO LATER
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BECOMES PAUL.
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BOY, WASN'T THAT INTERESTING.
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AND HE ASKS FOR THE FORGIVENESS
OF THE ONES WHO WERE EXECUTING
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HIM, JUST LIKE JESUS.
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THEN HE'S CARRIED OFF
BY FRIENDS AND BURIED.
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YOU CAN SEE TYPES OF CHRIST NOT
ONLY BEFORE CHRIST, YOU CAN SEE
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TYPES OF CHRIST AFTER CHRIST,
WHICH IS WHY I DID THIS SERIES.
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YOU CAN SEE TYPES OF CHRIST EVEN
A.D., AFTER CHRIST, WHICH WOULD
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MEAN YOU CAN
REFLECT THE LIFE OF JESUS.
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ALL OF THESE
CHARACTERS IN THE BIBLE,
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ONCE THEY SURRENDERED
THEMSELVES TO CHRIST, THEIR
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LIVES BEGAN TO REFLECT DIFFERENT
ASPECTS OF CHRIST'S CHARACTER.
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THE PURPOSE FOR THE PLAN OF
SALVATION IS THAT WE MIGHT BE
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RESTORED TO THE IMAGE OF
GOD, THAT JESUS MIGHT REPRODUCE
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HIS IMAGE IN US.
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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN
MINERS AROUND SACRAMENTO, GOLD
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RUSH--WE'RE SITTING RIGHT HERE
IN THE HEART OF THE GOLD RUSH
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STORY AREN'T WE?
00:23:22.00\00:23:23.86
RIGHT HERE BETWEEN SUTTER'S FORT
AND PLACERVILLE AND HERE'S WHAT
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IT ALL HAPPENED.
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AND YOU KNOW HOW THEY'D FIND THE
GOLD, THE REAL GOLD, IS THEY'D
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BE PANNING AROUND IN A RIVER,
AND FIRST THEY'D FIND SOME
00:23:33.50\00:23:36.23
LITTLE SPECKS OF COLOR.
00:23:36.23\00:23:38.06
AND THEY KNEW WHERE IF THEY
FOUND COLOR, THEY DIDN'T GET
00:23:38.06\00:23:41.63
EXCITED AND WALK AWAY, THEY KEPT
PANNING, BECAUSE WHAT ARE THEY
00:23:41.63\00:23:43.96
LOOKING FOR?
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THEY'RE THEN
LOOKING FOR THE DUST.
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AND THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE
DUST, THEN YOU MIGHT FIND SOME
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NUGGETS THAT HAVE ROLLED
DOWN THE HILL THAT HAVEN'T BEEN
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POUNDED INTO DUST OR COLOR
YET, BECAUSE THEY ROLL DOWN FROM
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A VEIN THAT LEADS
TO THE MOTHER LODE.
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ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:24:00.70\00:24:01.70
ISN'T THAT HOW
IT WORKS WITH GOLD?
00:24:01.70\00:24:03.53
WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE
THE DUST OR THE MOTHER LODE?
00:24:03.53\00:24:06.86
ALL THROUGH THESE CHARACTERS IN
THE BIBLE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT
00:24:06.86\00:24:09.80
THE NUGGETS AND THE DUST AND THE
COLOR, AND IT IS ALL POINTING US
00:24:09.80\00:24:12.66
TO JESUS, WHO
IS THE MOTHER LODE.
00:24:12.66\00:24:16.40
HE IS THE TREASURE, AND I HOPE
THAT HE'S THAT PEARL OF GREAT
00:24:16.40\00:24:20.46
PRICE FOR YOU.
00:24:20.46\00:24:21.63
THAT HE'S THE TREASURE,
AND YOU'RE WILLING TO LAY DOWN
00:24:21.63\00:24:24.13
EVERYTHING.
00:24:24.13\00:24:25.40
I HOPE YOUR PRAYER WILL BE,
"LORD, ALL THAT I HAVE, ALL THAT
00:24:25.40\00:24:28.23
I AM, IT'S YOURS.
00:24:28.23\00:24:29.80
I WANT TO BE LIKE JESUS."
00:24:29.80\00:24:31.33
DON'T YOU, FRIENDS?
00:24:31.33\00:24:32.70
THAT'S MY DESIRE.
00:24:32.70\00:24:34.10
I REALLY DO, FRIENDS.
00:24:34.10\00:24:35.10
I WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN.
00:24:35.10\00:24:36.50
I'M NOT JUST PLAYING
AROUND BEING A PASTOR.
00:24:36.50\00:24:38.60
I DO THIS BECAUSE IT MAKES ME
STUDY MY BIBLE, BECAUSE I GOTTA
00:24:38.60\00:24:41.83
STUDY TO PREACH TO YOU, BUT I
WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN JUST LIKE
00:24:41.83\00:24:44.56
YOU.
00:24:44.56\00:24:45.93
BUT WE HAVE GOT
TO BE LIKE JESUS.
00:24:45.93\00:24:47.53
THE WORLD IS STILL LOOKING FOR
JESUS, AND IF ALL THOSE HEROES
00:24:47.53\00:24:50.13
IN THE BIBLE CAN BE LIKE CHRIST,
THEN WE CAN BE LIKE CHRIST.
00:24:50.13\00:24:52.93
THE BIBLE IS A BOOK THAT'S
ALL TELLING US ABOUT JESUS.
00:24:52.93\00:24:56.16
>> DEEP WITHIN THE PAGES OF THE
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HEROES OF GREAT DEEDS,
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00:25:02.60\00:25:10.33
BUT BEHIND THEM IS ANOTHER
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00:25:10.33\00:25:15.80
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00:25:15.80\00:25:18.66
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