>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>WE NEED MEN, IN THIS DAY AND
AGE, WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S
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NO MORAL VALUES ANYMORE, THAT'LL
SAY, 'THIS IS THE WORD OF GOD.
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I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SAY, 'I
BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD IN A
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VERY SECULAR CULTURE AND I PLAN
ON FOLLOWING THE WORD OF GOD.
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YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU
WANT, BUT I'M TAKING A STAND.'
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS .
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>>YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, AS A
SPRINGBOARD TO OUR DISCUSSION
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ABOUT STANDING WITH COURAGE, I
WANT TO TAKE YOU IN YOUR BIBLES
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BACK TO A BOOK IN
THE BEGINNING: JOSHUA.
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AND JOSHUA WAS THE ATTENDANT WHO
WAS WITH MOSES ALL THE WAY FROM
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EGYPT THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.
AND HE HAD SPENT SO MUCH TIME
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STUDYING FROM THE GREAT LEADER,
MOSES, THAT, WHEN THE TIME CAME
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FOR MOSES TO GO TO SLEEP AND TO
DIE, THAT HE WAS INSTRUCTED BY
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THE LORD THAT JOSHUA
WAS TO BE YOUR REPLACEMENT.
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IN THE FIRST CHAPTER OF JOSHUA,
VERSE 5, THIS CHALLENGE IS GIVEN
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BY GOD TO JOSHUA. AND
HE MAKES A PROMISE TO HIM.
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YOU'RE GETTING READY, NOW,
TO LEAD THE PEOPLE INTO THE
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PROMISED LAND.
JOSHUA WAS ON THE BORDERS
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OF THE PROMISED LAND. I
DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IT
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KIND OF FEELS, TO ME, LIKE
WE'RE ON THE BORDERS OF THE
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PROMISED LAND AGAIN. >>AMEN.
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>>AND WE NEED MORE MEN WHO
HAVE THAT COURAGE OF JOSHUA.
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AND THE CHALLENGE THAT GOD GIVES
JOSHUA IS NOT JUST MEANT FOR
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THAT LEADER, BUT I BELIEVE
IT'S A CHALLENGE THAT APPLIES TO
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EVERY MAN. HE SAYS,
FIRST OF ALL, "NO MAN
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SHALL BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE
YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE;"
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- THAT MEANT THAT YOU ARE GOING
TO BE VICTORIOUS IN YOUR BATTLE
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- WITH ALL OF THE CANAANITES
THEY NEEDED TO FIGHT WITH TO
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TAKE POSSESSION OF THE
PROMISED LAND, THEY WOULD NOT
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BE ABLE TO STAND. IN A
BATTLE, IT'S LIKE A BOXING
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MATCH - SOMEONE'S LEFT STANDING
AND IT'S USUALLY THE WINNER.
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AND, IN THE BATTLE WITH
THE DEVIL, YOU WANT TO BE LEFT
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STANDING. IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE LEARN
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HOW TO TAKE A STAND
AND REMAIN STANDING.
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THERE ARE BATTLES IN LIFE.
GOD PROMISED NO MAN WILL BE ABLE
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TO STAND BEFORE YOU
ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE.
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"AS I WAS WITH MOSES,
SO I WILL BE WITH YOU.
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BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE."
- NOW I'VE GOT TO STOP HERE
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AND JUST DRAW ATTENTION TO A
LITTLE TWO-LETTER WORD IN THERE
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- IT'S 'BE'.
WHENEVER GOD TELLS US TO BE
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SOMETHING, THERE IS
CREATIVE POWER IN THAT WORD.
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WHEN GOD BROUGHT THE WORLD INTO
EXISTENCE, HE SAID, 'LET THERE
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BE LIGHT.' A LEPER CAME TO JESUS
ONE DAY AND SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU
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WANT TO, YOU CAN CLEANSE
ME.' AND JESUS SAID, 'I WANT TO.
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BE CLEAN.' AND HE WAS
CLEANSED FROM HIS LEPROSY.
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AND SO, WHEN GOD SAYS 'BE
STRONG', IN THE WORD OF GOD IS
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EMPOWERMENT TO BE
WHAT HE'S ASKING YOU TO BE.
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SO GOD WILL NEVER ASK YOU
TO BE SOMETHING YOU CAN'T BE.
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>>AMEN. >>ISN'T
THAT ENCOURAGING?
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>>YES. >>AND IN
THE BATTLES OF LIFE,
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ESPECIALLY TODAY, IF YOU'RE
GOING TO STAND AND IF YOU'RE
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GOING TO STAND WITH COURAGE, YOU
NEED TO BE STRONG. BECAUSE THE
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DEVIL HAS BEEN SHARPENING
HIS SKILLS FOR 6,000 YEARS.
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"BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE,"
- HE SAYS - "FOR TO THIS PEOPLE
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YOU SHALL DIVIDE AS AN
INHERITANCE THE LAND WHICH I
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SWORE TO THEIR
FATHERS TO GIVE THEM.
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ONLY BE STRONG AND VERY
COURAGEOUS," - NOW, WHEN GOD
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EMPHASIZES SOMETHING
TWICE, THAT MUST BE IMPORTANT.
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HE'S SAYING, 'IF YOU WANT TO
TAKE THE PROMISED LAND, IF YOU
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WANT TO BE VICTORIOUS,
YOU'VE GOT TO BE STRONG.
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YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY STRONG,
VERY COURAGEOUS.' WHEN GOD SAYS
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'VERY' THAT MEANS 'VERY' -
"...BE VERY COURAGEOUS, THAT YOU
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MAY OBSERVE TO DO ACCORDING
TO ALL THE LAW WHICH MOSES MY
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SERVANT COMMANDED YOU; DO NOT
TURN FROM IT TO THE RIGHT HAND
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OR TO THE LEFT, THAT YOU
MAY PROSPER WHEREVER YOU GO."
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NOW, PROSPER
MEANS 'BE SUCCESSFUL'.
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HOW MANY MEN
WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL?
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DO YOU NOTICE THE
CONNECTION HE'S MAKING HERE?
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STANDING, COURAGE,
STRONG, SUCCESSFUL, LAW.
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THE KEY TO SUCCESS
AND COURAGE IS OBEDIENCE.
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HE GIVES YOU COURAGE TO OBEY.
I MEAN, HOW OFTEN DID GOD TELL
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HIS SOLDIERS TO GO OFF INTO
BATTLES THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY
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WERE HOPELESS, BUT HE SAID, 'I'M
WITH YOU SO BE COURAGEOUS' AND
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THEY WERE VICTORIOUS BECAUSE
THEY WENT INTO BATTLE WITH GOD?
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NOW, YOU REALIZE, AS WE TALK
ABOUT COURAGE AND WE TALK ABOUT
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BATTLES TONIGHT, AND WE TALK
ABOUT BEING MEN, WE'RE USING THE
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METAPHORS OF WAR IN THE BIBLE.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY LOVE THE WAY
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THAT OUR PRODUCERS SURROUNDED
THE STAGE HERE. THAT'S A VERY
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INTERESTING PIECE BACK THERE
- THE ARMOR OF GOD - AND THAT
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SWORD HERE - IF ANYONE TRIES
TO RUSH THE STAGE, THAT'S - I'M
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READY - THIS IS REAL. (LAUGHTER)
AND SO, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW,
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SOME OF THE SYMBOLS WE THINK OF
WAR AND IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS A
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WAR. THERE ARE
BATTLES IN LIFE. >>RIGHT.
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>>AND WE NEED TO KNOW
HOW TO WIN THOSE BATTLES.
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>>AMEN. >>BE STRONG.
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THERE'S A COMMAND
HERE TO BE STRONG.
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THIS IS - NOW, YOU NOTICE THIS?
BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE.
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SO THERE YOU'VE
GOT IT THREE TIMES.
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'BE STRONG OF GOOD COURAGE.' 'BE
STRONG AND VERY COURAGEOUS.' 'BE
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STRONG OF GOOD COURAGE AND YOU
WILL HAVE GREAT SUCCESS.' YOU
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KNOW, GOD IS PROMISING THAT TO
YOU AND I AND, BECAUSE THE VERY
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FACT HE'S SAYING 'BE
THAT' MEANS YOU CAN BE THAT.
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NOW, THAT OUGHT TO ENCOURAGE
YOU, AMEN? SO WHAT IS COURAGE?
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GOD'S TELLING US TO
BE SOMETHING; WHAT IS IT?
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COURAGE IS 'THE STATE OR QUALITY
OF MIND OR SPIRIT THAT ENABLES
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ONE TO FACE DANGER,
FEAR, OR VICISSITUDES WITH
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SELF-POSSESSION, CONFIDENCE, AND
RESOLUTION; BRAVERY.' YOU NEED
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ALL THAT, NOT ONLY TO FIGHT
BATTLES ON A BATTLEFIELD, YOU
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NEED ALL OF THAT TO FIGHT
SPIRITUAL BATTLES WITH THE
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ENEMY. WE NEED COURAGE.
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NOW, THIS SERIES IS TITLED
MIGHTY MEN OF GOD AND THAT, OF
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COURSE, COMES FROM A TITLE - A
PHRASE - THAT WAS GIVEN TO THIS
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INTERESTING GROUP OF SPECIAL
FORCES THAT BELONGED TO KING
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DAVID. DAVID AND HIS MIGHTY MEN.
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MATTER OF FACT, THE PHRASE
MIGHTY MEN IS FOUND 71 TIMES IN
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THE BIBLE AND
DAVID HAD 37 MIGHTY MEN.
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YOU CAN READ THE LIST OF THEM
IN SAMUEL - 2 SAMUEL - AND IN
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CHRONICLES. YOU'LL
FIND IT IN 2 SAMUEL AND 1
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CHRONICLES 11, AND YOU LOOK
AT THE EXPLOITS AND YOU THINK,
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'THIS CAN'T BE TRUE. THIS
IS LIKE SUPER HEROES - THE
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THINGS THAT THESE GUYS DID.'
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IT TALKED
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ABOUT ONE OR ANOTHER OF DAVID'S
MIGHTY MEN THAT IT SAYS 'KILLED
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300 ENEMY IN A
BATTLE.' HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
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I MEAN, THAT'S LIKE SAMSON WHO
SAYS, 'WITH A THOUSAND - WITH A
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JAWBONE OF A DONKEY HE SLEW A
THOUSAND MEN.' AND I CHALLENGE
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YOU TO FIND ONE TIME - DO
YOU KNOW, THE NAME DAVID IS
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MENTIONED OVER A THOUSAND TIMES
IN THE BIBLE - MORE THAN THE
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NAME JESUS. YOU
CAN'T FIND ONE TIME WHEN
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DAVID'S SOLDIERS LOST A BATTLE.
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO BE PART
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OF THAT GROUP OF
MIGHTY MEN? >>AMEN.
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>>NOW, ONE OF THEM, IN
PARTICULAR, IS KIND OF A REAL
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INTERESTING SUBJECT FOR
ME. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ
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THROUGH ALL 37 OF
DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN.
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I WILL JUST TELL YOU THAT
ONE OF THEM WAS NAMED URIAH THE
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HITTITE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT HIM
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IN A LATER MEETING.
BUT THERE'S THIS OTHER
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CHARACTER, AND YOU CAN FIND
THE STORY OF THIS ONE PARTICULAR
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BATTLE THAT REALLY
WENT DOWN IN HEBREW HISTORY.
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2 SAMUEL 23:9 - YOU'LL
ALSO FIND IT IN 1 CHRONICLES 11.
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I'M GOING TO READ, FIRST, 2
SAMUEL 23:9, "AND AFTER HIM WAS
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ELEAZAR THE SON OF DODO, THE
AHOHITE, ONE OF THE THREE MIGHTY
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MEN WITH DAVID" - AND NOT ONLY
DID DAVID HAVE 37 MIGHTY MEN, HE
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HAD LIKE THE TOP THREE AMONG
THE 37 AND ELEAZAR WAS IN THAT
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GROUP. AND IT
SAYS, "WHEN THEY DEFIED
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THE PHILISTINES WHO WERE
GATHERED THERE FOR BATTLE,
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THE MEN OF
ISRAEL HAD RETREATED."
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- THERE, ON THE BATTLEFIELD,
SOME OF THEM GOT DISCOURAGED.
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THEY WERE OUTNUMBERED, YOU KNOW,
THERE WAS ONLY FOUR HUNDRED OF
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THEM, AND MAYBE THERE WERE
THOUSANDS OF PHILISTINES AND
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THEY ALL BEGAN TO
FALL BACK AND RETREAT.
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BUT IT SAYS, "HE AROSE" -
ELEAZER - "AND ATTACKED THE
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PHILISTINES UNTIL HIS HAND WAS
WEARY, AND HIS HAND STUCK TO THE
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SWORD." THAT MEANS
HE HELD THE SWORD -
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I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WITH THIS
- THIS IS A REAL SWORD HERE,
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BUT I THINK THERE'S
DUCT TAPE HOLDING IT UP.
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IF YOU'RE A MAN, YOU CAN DO
ANYTHING WITH DUCT TAPE, RIGHT?
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>>AMEN. >>A -
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>>MEN! (LAUGHTER)
>>HE HELD ONTO IT SO
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LONG IN FIGHTING THAT,
WHEN THE BATTLE WAS OVER, HE
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COULDN'T UNDO HIS HAND.
NOW, THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
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HAVE YOU EVER RIDDEN - I SEE
WAYNE HERE - YOU EVER RIDDEN A
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MOTORCYCLE ON A COLD DAY, FOR SO
LONG, THAT WHEN YOU GET TO YOUR
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DESTINATION YOU
CAN'T OPEN YOUR HAND?
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(LAUGHTER) I SEE YOU'RE ALL
NODDING, RECOGNIZING - HE GOT IN
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THIS BATTLE AND HE WAS CUTTING
AND SLASHING AND FIGHTING - LET
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ME READ IT TO YOU HERE
IN CHRONICLES - 1 CHRONICLES
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11:12-14, "AFTER HIM WAS ELEAZAR
THE SON OF DODO, THE AHOHITE,
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WHO WAS ONE OF
THE THREE MIGHTY MEN.
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HE WAS WITH DAVID" - AND THIS
HAD SOMETHING ELSE - THEY ALL
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RETREATED EXCEPT HE AND WHO?
HE AND DAVID - ELEAZAR AND DAVID
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STAYED WHEN EVERYONE ELSE RAN -
"HE WAS WITH DAVID AT PASDAMMIM.
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NOW THERE THE PHILISTINES WERE
GATHERED FOR BATTLE, AND THERE
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WAS A PIECE OF GROUND FULL
OF BARLEY. SO THE PEOPLE FLED" -
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THE ISRAELITES FLED -
"FROM THE PHILISTINES.
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BUT THEY" - DAVID AND ELEAZAR -
STATIONED THEMSELVES - YOU KNOW
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WHAT THAT MEANS?
THEY TOOK A STAND.
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EVERYONE ELSE WAS RUNNING,
THEY SAID, 'WE'RE NOT RUNNING.
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WE'RE STAYING
RIGHT WHERE WE'RE AT.
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IT KIND OF REMEMBERS - REMINDS
ME OF THAT TIME IN AMERICAN
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HISTORY WHEN THE ENGLISH WERE
ATTACKING THE AMERICAN NAVY AND
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I THINK THE NAVY CONSISTED OF
ONE BOAT BACK THEN - THEY CALLED
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IT OUR NAVY - AND WHAT
WAS HIS NAME? JOHN PAUL JONES?
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AND THEY SAID - I THINK
THEY WERE ON A SHIP CALLED THE
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BONHOMME RICHARD AND THEY
SAID THE SHIP WAS ON FIRE AND IT
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LOOKED LIKE IT WAS - HAD
BEEN SHOT UP BY CANNON AND THE
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BRITISH OFFICER SAID TO
CAPTAIN JONES, HE SAID, 'DO YOU
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SURRENDER?' YOU KNOW WHAT HE
SAID? 'SURRENDER?! WE HAVEN'T
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EVEN BEGUN TO FIGHT!'
(LAUGHTER) AND, AT THAT POINT,
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ONE OF HIS MEN THREW A GRENADE
IN A PORTHOLE OF THE BRITISH
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SHIP AND IT BLEW UP AND THEY
ENDED UP WINNING THE BATTLE.
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AND, YOU KNOW,
DAVID SAID, 'RETREAT?!
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I'M NOT RETREATING!' HIS
WHOLE ARMY LEFT HIM BUT HE
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STAYED AND HE AND ELEAZAR FOUGHT
BACK TO BACK AND THEY WERE GOING
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AROUND - THEY MUST HAVE BEEN
LIKE IN A BIG SWORD - JUST GOING
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AROUND LIKE A WEEDEATER THROUGH
THE PHILISTINES (LAUGHTER) AND
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JUST MOWING THEM DOWN WITH THEIR
SWORDS - THEY TOOK THEIR STAND.
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YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE
MEN TO TAKE A STAND TODAY.
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>>AMEN! >>WE'RE
NOT DEFENDING BARLEY
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FIELDS. WHAT DOES GRAIN
REPRESENT IN BIBLE SYMBOLS?
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MAN DOESN'T LIVE BY
BREAD ALONE, BUT EVERY WORD.
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>>AMEN. >>THEY TOOK A STAND
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IN THE FIELD OF GRAIN. >>AMEN.
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>>AND THEY WERE GOING TO
LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR IT.
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AND WE NEED MEN, IN THIS DAY AND
AGE, WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S
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NO MORAL VALUES ANYMORE THAT'LL
SAY, 'THIS IS THE WORD OF GOD.
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I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SAY, 'I
BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD, IN A
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VERY SECULAR CULTURE, AND I PLAN
ON FOLLOWING THE WORD OF GOD.
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YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU
WANT, BUT I'M TAKING A STAND.''
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>>THAT'S RIGHT. >>AMEN.
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>>THAT'S HOW YOU
BECOME A MIGHTY MAN OF GOD.
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AND, YOU KNOW WHAT GOD
SAYS? 'YOU DO THAT AND YOU
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WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU.
00:13:02.38\00:13:05.05
I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU.'
AND THERE THEY WERE - DAVID AND
00:13:05.05\00:13:08.72
ELEAZAR, BACK TO BACK, FIGHTING.
AND, YOU KNOW, JESUS IS
00:13:08.72\00:13:12.22
CALLED THE SON OF DAVID.
AND IF YOU GO INTO BATTLE
00:13:12.22\00:13:15.56
WITH CHRIST, YOU
DON'T LOSE. >>AMEN.
00:13:15.56\00:13:19.96
>>AND JESUS HAS SAID, 'I WILL
NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU.
00:13:19.96\00:13:23.43
AMEN? >>THAT'S RIGHT.
00:13:23.43\00:13:25.40
>>AMEN. >>HE IS
THE SON OF DAVID.
00:13:25.40\00:13:28.87
AND IT SAYS, "SO THE LORD" -
THEY DEFENDED AND THEY KILLED
00:13:28.87\00:13:32.31
THE PHILISTINES, AND SO THE LORD
"BROUGHT ABOUT A GREAT VICTORY."
00:13:32.31\00:13:36.28
- AN EXTRAORDINARY VICTORY THAT
DAY BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T RUN.
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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S - IT'S
HELPFUL WHEN YOU TAKE A STAND.
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SOMETIMES YOU
NEED TO DO IT ALONE.
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IT'S REALLY HELPFUL IF YOU'VE
GOT FRIENDS THAT WILL HELP YOU
00:13:45.92\00:13:49.92
TAKE A STAND FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.
00:13:49.92\00:13:51.33
YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO BE A
SUCCESSFUL CHRISTIAN MIGHTY MAN
00:13:51.33\00:13:54.73
IN THIS DAY AND AGE, IT'S REALLY
VALUABLE FOR YOU TO HAVE SOME
00:13:54.73\00:13:59.47
MEN FRIENDS THAT YOU CAN BE OPEN
WITH, THAT YOU CAN TRUST, THAT
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YOU CAN BE HONEST WITH, THAT YOU
KNOW THAT WHAT YOU TALK TO THEM
00:14:05.07\00:14:08.58
ABOUT AND WHEN YOU PRAY WITH
THEM, IT STAYS BETWEEN YOU - AND
00:14:08.58\00:14:12.51
YOU CAN HOLD EACH
OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
00:14:12.51\00:14:15.18
WHEN JESUS SENT OUT THE
APOSTLES, YOU NOTICE HE DIDN'T
00:14:15.18\00:14:16.82
SEND THEM ONE BY ONE. HE
SENT THEM OUT TWO BY TWO.
00:14:16.82\00:14:20.82
AND THE BIBLE SAYS, 'AND A
THREE-BRAIDED ROPE IS NOT EASILY
00:14:20.82\00:14:24.43
BROKEN.' IF YOU'VE GOT TWO
OR THREE, YOU'RE EVEN STRONGER.
00:14:24.43\00:14:28.23
WHEN THE MISSIONARIES WENT OUT,
IT WAS PAUL AND BARNABAS AND
00:14:28.23\00:14:30.67
MARK OR PAUL AND SILAS, OR
AQUILA AND PRISCILLA AND PAUL.
00:14:30.67\00:14:35.07
AND THEN THEY WOULD STRENGTHEN
EACH OTHER AS THEY WENT OUT.
00:14:35.07\00:14:38.04
DO YOU HAVE SOME FRIENDS?
00:14:38.04\00:14:39.84
A LOT OF MEN ARE EASILY OVERCOME
AND THEY GET DISCOURAGED BECAUSE
00:14:39.84\00:14:44.28
THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A
CHRISTIAN FRIEND THEY CAN
00:14:44.28\00:14:46.88
DISCIPLE WITH AND
THEY CAN BE OPEN TO.
00:14:46.88\00:14:49.32
AND IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR THOSE
WHO, MAYBE, ARE A LITTLE MORE
00:14:49.32\00:14:52.12
MATURE IN THEIR WALK TO MAYBE
TAKE A SLIGHTLY YOUNGER MAN AND
00:14:52.12\00:14:55.22
MENTOR THEM AND BE LIKE A BIG
BROTHER AND ENCOURAGE THEM IN
00:14:55.22\00:14:59.36
THE LORD. THIS WAS A PLAN THAT
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THEY HAD IN THE BIBLE.
YOU KNOW, PETER WAS A LITTLE
00:15:01.23\00:15:03.33
OLDER THAN JOHN,
BUT THEY WERE A TEAM.
00:15:03.33\00:15:06.17
YOU NOTICE, THEY ALWAYS WENT
OUT TWO BY TWO DOING THINGS.
00:15:06.17\00:15:09.90
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THREE
FRIENDS THAT HAD BECOME SO CLOSE
00:15:09.90\00:15:14.41
THAT THEY WERE READY TO DIE
TOGETHER. YOU GO TO THE BOOK OF
00:15:14.41\00:15:17.38
DANIEL CHAPTER 3 AND YOU'VE
GOT - YOU KNOW THEIR NAMES:
00:15:17.38\00:15:21.58
SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO.
SOUNDS LIKE THE NAMES YOU'D FIND
00:15:21.58\00:15:26.45
ON SOME LAW FIRM OR SOMETHING.
(LAUGHTER) NOW THEY HAD OTHER
00:15:26.45\00:15:30.76
NAMES: HANANIAH, MISHAEL, AND
AZARIAH, BUT SHADRACH, MESHACH,
00:15:30.76\00:15:34.10
AND ABEDNEGO IS MORE FUN TO
SAY, DON'T YOU THINK? (LAUGHTER)
00:15:34.10\00:15:37.80
THOSE ARE THEIR
BABYLONIAN NAMES.
00:15:37.80\00:15:39.70
BUT THE KING OF BABYLON,
NEBUCHADNEZZAR, HE MAKES A LAW,
00:15:39.70\00:15:43.41
AND THE LAW BASICALLY SAYS THAT
EVERYBODY, WHEN THEY HEAR THE
00:15:43.41\00:15:47.21
SIGNAL MUSIC, THE ORCHESTRA
PLAYS, THEY'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO
00:15:47.21\00:15:50.15
BOW DOWN - GET DOWN ON THEIR
KNEES, WORSHIP THIS MAN-MADE
00:15:50.15\00:15:54.95
IMAGE. I MEAN, NEBUCHADNEZZAR
00:15:54.95\00:15:56.05
SAID, 'I MADE A GOD. I
WANT YOU TO WORSHIP IT.'
00:15:56.05\00:15:58.35
BUT SHADRACH, MESHACH,
AND ABEDNEGO HAD A PROBLEM.
00:15:58.35\00:16:02.12
GOD'S WORD - THE LAW THAT GOD
TALKED TO JOSHUA ABOUT, IT SAID,
00:16:02.12\00:16:06.46
'YOU WILL NOT MAKE GRAVEN IMAGES
AND BOW DOWN AND PRAY TO THEM.'
00:16:06.46\00:16:10.30
THEY HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.
00:16:10.30\00:16:13.07
THEY WERE BROUGHT TO THIS EVENT
- MAYBE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
00:16:13.07\00:16:14.84
WAS GOING ON AT FIRST AND
THERE'S THOUSANDS GATHERED ON
00:16:14.84\00:16:17.07
THE PLAIN OF DURA AND IT WAS
PROBABLY IMPRESSIVE, YOU KNOW?
00:16:17.07\00:16:20.58
THEY HAD SOME SPECIAL GUESTS
THAT WERE THERE AND THEY HAD ALL
00:16:20.58\00:16:25.11
THE LEADERS FROM AROUND THE
REALM AND PEOPLE ARE WEARING
00:16:25.11\00:16:27.45
THEIR UNIFORMS AND THEIR ROYAL
ROBES AND SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND
00:16:27.45\00:16:31.19
ABEDNEGO ARE THINKING, 'BOY,
JUST A LITTLE WHILE BACK WE WERE
00:16:31.19\00:16:33.32
SLAVES COMING FROM JUDEA AND
HERE WE ARE WITH THE WHO'S WHO
00:16:33.32\00:16:38.89
OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S KINGDOM AND
IT'S KIND OF NICE TO BE IN THIS
00:16:38.89\00:16:41.70
CROWD.' AND THEN THEY HEAR
WHAT THE PARTY'S ALL ABOUT.
00:16:41.70\00:16:45.23
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO
BOW AND WORSHIP AN IMAGE.
00:16:45.23\00:16:47.87
AND THEY READ THE PROGRAM AND
THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND
00:16:47.87\00:16:50.81
THEY SAID, 'WE CAN'T DO THAT.'
BUT IT SAYS HERE, 'IF YOU DON'T'
00:16:50.81\00:16:56.75
- FINE PRINT - 'BY THE WAY,
THOSE THAT DON'T, YOU'RE GOING
00:16:56.75\00:16:59.78
TO BE THROWN IN A FURNACE NOT
FAR AWAY' - WHERE THEY SMELTED
00:16:59.78\00:17:02.65
THE GOLD. AND
I'LL BET THEY HAD SOME
00:17:02.65\00:17:06.72
DISCUSSION AMONG THEMSELVES AND
SAID, 'BROTHER, YOU KNOW, GOD'S
00:17:06.72\00:17:09.96
TAKEN CARE OF US THIS
FAR. HE BROUGHT US TO THESE
00:17:09.96\00:17:11.96
POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE.
PERHAPS THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO
00:17:11.96\00:17:15.00
USE OUR INFLUENCE TO DIE FOR HIS
NAME. PERHAPS HE'LL DELIVER US.
00:17:15.00\00:17:19.17
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOT
PLANNED, BUT ALL WE DO KNOW IS
00:17:19.17\00:17:21.34
GOD SAID, 'DO NOT
BOW DOWN TO IMAGES.
00:17:21.34\00:17:24.41
WE CAN'T DO IT.' >>YES.
00:17:24.41\00:17:26.51
>>SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND
ABEDNEGO SAW EVERYONE ELSE
00:17:26.51\00:17:29.54
BOWING DOWN; THEY LOOKED AT EACH
OTHER AND THEY FOLDED THEIR ARMS
00:17:29.54\00:17:32.98
AND THEY STOOD. THEY
HAD THE COURAGE TO STAND
00:17:32.98\00:17:37.92
WHEN EVERYONE ELSE BOWED DOWN.
IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER WHEN
00:17:37.92\00:17:40.59
YOU'RE STANDING
WITH SOMEONE ELSE, RIGHT?
00:17:40.59\00:17:43.19
AND YOU KNOW THE STORY: FINALLY,
WHEN WORD REACHED THE KING, HE
00:17:43.19\00:17:47.86
SAID, 'LOOK, I LIKE YOU GUYS,
YOU KNOW? AND YOU'VE BEEN GOOD
00:17:47.86\00:17:52.20
IN THE COURT AND I'VE BEEN
IMPRESSED AND I TESTED YOU ONCE
00:17:52.20\00:17:54.80
AND YOU WERE TEN TIMES
WISER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
00:17:54.80\00:17:56.87
I'D RATHER NOT KILL YOU, BUT
MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HEAR CLEARLY
00:17:56.87\00:18:00.41
BECAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW,
ORIGINALLY COME FROM ANOTHER
00:18:00.41\00:18:01.98
LANGUAGE AND BABYLONIAN/CHALDEAN
IS YOUR SECOND TONGUE' AND 'LET
00:18:01.98\00:18:06.01
ME MAKE THIS CLEAR: I'LL
GIVE YOU ONE MORE CHANCE.
00:18:06.01\00:18:08.95
THE DEVIL WOULD MUCH
RATHER HAVE YOU COMPROMISE.
00:18:08.95\00:18:11.95
YOU HEAR THE MUSIC - AND THEY
COULD HAVE SAID, 'WELL, MAYBE WE
00:18:11.95\00:18:15.06
SHOULD THINK THIS
THROUGH, YOU KNOW?'
00:18:15.06\00:18:16.96
'KING, IS IT OKAY IF, WHEN YOU
PLAY THE MUSIC, WE JUST TIE OUR
00:18:16.96\00:18:20.20
SANDALS? WE WON'T
BOW TO THE IMAGE, WE'LL
00:18:20.20\00:18:22.56
JUST TIE OUR SANDALS SO WE'LL
LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING ALONG.
00:18:22.56\00:18:26.43
WE DON'T WANT TO RUIN YOUR
PARTY.' AND COULDN'T THEY HAVE
00:18:26.43\00:18:28.90
DONE THAT? THEY
WOULDN'T EVEN COMPROMISE.
00:18:28.90\00:18:33.11
THEY SAID, 'NO,
WE'RE GOING TO STAND.
00:18:33.11\00:18:34.74
WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO LOOK
LIKE WE'RE DOING WHAT EVERYONE
00:18:34.74\00:18:37.31
ELSE IS DOING.' >>AMEN.
00:18:37.31\00:18:38.91
>>AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE MOCKED
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE RIDICULED
00:18:38.91\00:18:41.75
AND YOUR JOB MIGHT BE THREATENED
AND YOUR STATUS MIGHT BE
00:18:41.75\00:18:45.49
THREATENED AND PROMOTIONS MIGHT
BE THREATENED - FOR THEM, THEIR
00:18:45.49\00:18:48.16
LIVES WERE GOING TO BE
THREATENED, BUT THEY DECIDED TO
00:18:48.16\00:18:51.56
STAND. AND THE
KING SAID, 'WE'RE GOING
00:18:51.56\00:18:56.23
TO THROW YOU IN THE FURNACE.'
AND ONE OF THEM SAID, 'WE DON'T
00:18:56.23\00:18:59.77
WANT TO BE CAREFUL IN
ANSWERING YOU ON THIS MATTER.
00:18:59.77\00:19:02.47
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
PLAY THE MUSIC AGAIN.
00:19:02.47\00:19:04.67
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BOW
DOWN. AND, IF OUR GOD WANTS TO,
00:19:04.67\00:19:08.28
HE'S ABLE TO DELIVER US.'
IF HE WANTS TO - DO YOU KNOW
00:19:08.28\00:19:09.98
WHAT THAT MEANS? IF
HE DOESN'T, HE DOESN'T.
00:19:09.98\00:19:13.68
I REMEMBER VISITING WITH A VERY
DEDICATED CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN
00:19:13.68\00:19:17.99
WHO HAD SERIOUS ADVANCED CANCER
AND HE SAID, 'DOUG, I HAVE
00:19:17.99\00:19:24.09
PEACE.' HE SAYS, 'I KNOW GOD CAN
HEAL ME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
00:19:24.09\00:19:26.83
PRAYERS, BUT IF HE DOESN'T, LIKE
SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO,
00:19:26.83\00:19:30.43
IF HE DOES,
GREAT, I KNOW HE CAN.
00:19:30.43\00:19:33.13
IF HE DOESN'T, I ACCEPT THAT
TOO.' MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO
00:19:33.13\00:19:38.24
OBEY GOD. MY RESPONSIBILITY
IS TO BE FAITHFUL.
00:19:38.24\00:19:41.78
YOU KNOW, ALL OF US, IF YOU'RE
FAITHFUL TO GOD, YOU ARE GOING
00:19:41.78\00:19:45.51
TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND.
00:19:45.51\00:19:48.52
IT MIGHT BE WHEN PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE
00:19:48.52\00:19:51.89
UNSAVORY AROUND A CUBICLE IN
AN OFFICE AND YOU DON'T LAUGH AT
00:19:51.89\00:19:55.42
THE JOKE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
THIS ISN'T WHAT THE LORD WANTS.
00:19:55.42\00:20:00.46
BUT WHEN YOU STAND, OTHERS,
THEY'LL LOOK AT YOU - AND SOME
00:20:00.46\00:20:03.57
MIGHT JEER AND SOME MIGHT SCOFF,
BUT FOR GOD'S MIGHTY MEN, IT'S
00:20:03.57\00:20:08.47
MORE IMPORTANT WHAT GOD THINKS
OF YOU THAN WHAT THE WORLD
00:20:08.47\00:20:10.64
THINKS OF YOU. >>AMEN.
00:20:10.64\00:20:12.71
>>YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO
I WAS PASTORING A LITTLE CHURCH
00:20:12.71\00:20:16.88
AND ONE OF MY DEACONS
ELBOWED ME AND HE SAID,
00:20:16.88\00:20:21.38
'YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?' AND
I SAID, 'NO.' AND HE POINTED
00:20:21.38\00:20:24.79
TO AN OLD COUPLE THAT WAS
MAKING THEIR WAY UP TO THE
00:20:24.79\00:20:26.39
FRONT OF THE CHURCH. HE
SAID, 'THAT'S DESMOND DOSS.'
00:20:26.39\00:20:30.69
YOU KNOW, THE WAR
HERO? GOT THE CONGRESSIONAL
00:20:30.69\00:20:34.20
MEDAL OF HONOR. AND I
WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE
00:20:34.20\00:20:37.30
OUR FAMILY HAD JUST
READ THE BOOK TOGETHER.
00:20:37.30\00:20:39.77
IT ENDED UP HIS WIFE, FRANCES,
HAD FAMILY THAT WERE MEMBERS OF
00:20:39.77\00:20:46.41
OUR CHURCH AND SO WE
GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
00:20:46.41\00:20:48.48
AND HE'D COME TO SACRAMENTO - I
SAW HIM DIFFERENT PLACES WHEN I
00:20:48.48\00:20:51.85
PREACHED BACK IN TENNESSEE
- JUST AN INCREDIBLE MAN.
00:20:51.85\00:20:55.35
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE
HEARD THE STORY, BUT A DEDICATED
00:20:55.35\00:20:58.99
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN
WHO ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED DURING
00:20:58.99\00:21:03.76
WORLD WAR II IN 1942 AS
A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR.
00:21:03.76\00:21:07.10
HE SAID, 'I WANT TO
HELP. I WANT TO DO MY PART.
00:21:07.10\00:21:09.10
I'M THANKFUL FOR OUR FREEDOMS,
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE UP A
00:21:09.10\00:21:12.10
GUN AND HURT ANYBODY, I'LL
BE A MEDIC.' AND, YOU KNOW, THE
00:21:12.10\00:21:15.64
RECRUITERS, THEY'LL
SAY, 'SURE, SURE, NO PROBLEM.
00:21:15.64\00:21:17.17
WHATEVER YOU WANT.' I DON'T KNOW
IF ANY OF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE
00:21:17.17\00:21:18.91
SERVICE, BUT RECRUITERS
WILL PROMISE YOU THE MOON.
00:21:18.91\00:21:21.28
AND YOU SAY, 'YOU KNOW,
YEAH, I WANT TO FLY A' -
00:21:21.28\00:21:23.04
'SURE, NO PROBLEM!' (LAUGHTER)
00:21:23.04\00:21:25.38
AND YOU END UP
CLEANING THE LATRINE.
00:21:25.38\00:21:27.02
(LAUGHTER) AND THEY SAY, 'YEAH,
NO GUN, YEAH, NO PROBLEM.' SO HE
00:21:27.02\00:21:31.59
SIGNED UP AND FINALLY, WHEN HIS
OFFICERS - EVEN THE MEDICS HAD
00:21:31.59\00:21:36.49
TO CARRY A WEAPON - AND WHEN
THEY FOUND OUT THAT, FIRST OF
00:21:36.49\00:21:39.69
ALL HE SAID, 'I WON'T DO ANY
UNNECESSARY WORK ON SABBATH.'
00:21:39.69\00:21:43.10
AND THE RECRUITER SAID,
'UH, YEAH, NO PROBLEM.' AND THEY
00:21:43.10\00:21:46.47
SAID, 'YEAH, THAT IS A
PROBLEM' WHEN HE FINALLY JOINED.
00:21:46.47\00:21:48.80
HE SAYS, 'WELL, I CAN'T DO IT.'
AND THEY THREATENED HIM AND THEY
00:21:48.80\00:21:51.17
PUT HIM IN THE BRIG AND THEY
MADE HIM PEEL POTATOES AND CLEAN
00:21:51.17\00:21:54.54
THE LATRINE AND THEY - AND HE
SAID, 'I'M NOT GOING TO CARRY A
00:21:54.54\00:21:56.95
GUN.' CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
AND THE OTHER SOLDIERS SAID,
00:21:56.95\00:22:01.42
'YOU MEAN YOU WON'T DEFEND
ME WHEN I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD?
00:22:01.42\00:22:03.79
I CAN'T COUNT ON YOU BECAUSE
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
00:22:03.79\00:22:07.16
DEFEND ME.' AND HE WAS
OSTRACIZED AND HE WAS RIDICULED
00:22:07.16\00:22:11.66
AND THEY GAVE HIM A VERY
HARD TIME, BUT HE STOOD FOR HIS
00:22:11.66\00:22:15.90
CONVICTIONS. YOU
KNOW, TO BE A CHRISTIAN MAN
00:22:15.90\00:22:18.77
DOESN'T MEAN
YOU'VE GOT BIG MUSCLES.
00:22:18.77\00:22:21.40
TO BE A MIGHTY MAN OF GOD -
IT NEVER SAYS THE GUYS WHO WERE
00:22:21.40\00:22:24.71
DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN
WERE MUSCULAR, BUT THEY HAD
00:22:24.71\00:22:28.11
CONVICTION AND
THEY HAD FOLLOWED DAVID.
00:22:28.11\00:22:30.91
THE BIBLE SAYS
DAVID WAS HANDSOME.
00:22:30.91\00:22:33.62
IT NEVER SAID HE WAS
BUFF. DID YOU KNOW THAT?
00:22:33.62\00:22:39.29
SO DOSS STOOD
FOR HIS CONVICTIONS.
00:22:39.29\00:22:41.32
FINALLY THEY GOT ON THE
BATTLEFIELD AND THEY FOUND OUT
00:22:41.32\00:22:43.02
WHAT HE WAS REALLY MADE
OF. HE HAD AN INNER STRENGTH.
00:22:43.02\00:22:47.93
AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE
BIG MOUTHS ON THE BATTLEFIELD
00:22:47.93\00:22:50.37
RAN WHEN THE BULLETS
STARTED TO FLY, BUT NOT DOSS.
00:22:50.37\00:22:53.94
AND I WANT TO JUST READ YOU THE
CITATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM.
00:22:53.94\00:22:58.14
AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY - THIS WAS
ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT BACK
00:22:58.14\00:23:00.71
WHEN HE RECEIVED HIS MEDAL.
IT SAYS HE WAS IN A COMPANY -
00:23:00.71\00:23:04.91
"HE WAS A COMPANY AID MAN"
- A MEDIC - "WHEN THE FIRST
00:23:04.91\00:23:07.48
BATTALION ASSAULTED A JAGGED
ESCARPMENT" - THEY JUST MADE A
00:23:07.48\00:23:10.72
MOVIE ABOUT THIS CALLED
HACKSAW RIDGE - "400 FEET HIGH.
00:23:10.72\00:23:15.59
AS TROOPS GAINED THE
SUMMIT, A HEAVY CONCENTRATION OF
00:23:15.59\00:23:18.66
ARTILLERY, MORTAR, AND
MACHINE-GUN FIRE CRASHED IN
00:23:18.66\00:23:22.13
AFFLICTING APPROXIMATELY 75
CASUALTIES AND DRIVING OTHERS
00:23:22.13\00:23:25.80
BACK. PFC" - PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
- "DOSS" - THEY WOULD NEVER
00:23:25.80\00:23:29.74
PROMOTE HIM - "REFUSED TO SEEK
COVER AND REMAINED IN A FIRE
00:23:29.74\00:23:34.61
SWEPT AREA" - THAT MEANS SWEPT
BY ENEMY FIRE - A BLIZZARD OF
00:23:34.61\00:23:38.08
BULLETS - AND HE REFUSED TO
SEEK COVER "WITH THE STRICKEN,
00:23:38.08\00:23:43.75
CARRYING ALL SEVENTY-FIVE
CASUALTIES, ONE BY ONE, TO THE
00:23:43.75\00:23:47.86
EDGE OF THE ESCARPMENT
AND LOWERING THEM, ON A ROPE-
00:23:47.86\00:23:50.69
SUPPORTED LITTER, DOWN THE FACE
OF A CLIFF TO FRIENDLY HANDS.
00:23:50.69\00:23:54.03
ON MAY 2, HE EXPOSED HIMSELF TO
HEAVY RIFLE AND MORTAR FIRE IN
00:23:54.03\00:23:57.43
RESCUING THE WOUNDED MEN 200
YARDS FORWARD OF THE ENEMY LINE.
00:23:57.43\00:24:03.07
ON THE SAME ESCARPMENT TWO DAYS
LATER, HE TREATED FOUR MEN WHO
00:24:03.07\00:24:06.01
HAD BEEN CUT DOWN WHILE
ASSAULTING A STRONGLY-DEFENDED
00:24:06.01\00:24:09.18
CAVE, ADVANCING THROUGH A SHOWER
OF GRENADES TO WITHIN EIGHT
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YARDS OF ENEMY FORCES IN A
CAVE'S MOUTH, WHERE HE DRESSED
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HIS COMRADES WOUNDS BEFORE
MAKING FOUR SEPARATE TRIPS,
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UNDER CONSTANT FIRE, TO
EVACUATE THEM TO SAFETY.
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ON MAY 5," - THOSE WHO REPORTED
LATER, WHEN HE GOT HIS MEDAL
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SAID THIS WAS SUPERNATURAL.
HE HAD SOMETHING TAKING CARE OF
00:24:29.46\00:24:34.27
HIM BECAUSE
THERE WAS A WITHERING
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BLIZZARD OF BULLETS GOING ALL
AROUND HIM AND THEY DIDN'T HIT
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HIM. YOU STAND UP FOR GOD AND
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HE'LL STAND UP FOR YOU. >>AMEN.
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>>"ON MAY 5, HE UNHESITATINGLY
BRAVED ENEMY SHELLING AND SMALL
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ARMS TO ASSIST AN ARTILLERY
OFFICER. HE APPLIED BANDAGES AND
00:24:47.88\00:24:51.95
MOVED HIS PATIENT TO A SPOT THAT
OFFERED PROTECTION FROM SMALL
00:24:51.95\00:24:55.06
ARMS FIRE, WHILE ARTILLERY
AND MORTAR SHELLS FELL CLOSE BY,
00:24:55.06\00:24:58.69
PAINSTAKINGLY ADMINISTERING
PLASMA. LATER THAT DAY, WHEN AN
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AMERICAN WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED
BY FIRE FROM A CAVE, PFC DOSS
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CRAWLED TO HIM WHERE HE HAD
FALLEN - 25 FEET FROM THE ENEMY
00:25:07.17\00:25:10.41
POSITION, RENDERED HIM AID,
CARRIED HIM A HUNDRED YARDS" -
00:25:10.41\00:25:13.41
THAT'S A FOOTBALL FIELD -
"TO SAFETY" - HE WAS MY SIZE -
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"WHILE CONSTANTLY EXPOSED
TO ENEMY FIRE. ON MAY 21, IN A
00:25:17.81\00:25:23.28
NIGHT ATTACK ON HIGH GROUND NEAR
SURREY, HE REMAINED IN EXPOSED
00:25:23.28\00:25:27.42
TERRITORY WHILE THE REST OF THE
COMPANY TOOK COVER, FEARLESSLY
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RISKING THE CHANCE THAT HE
WOULD BE MISTAKEN FOR AN ENEMY."
00:25:30.66\00:25:35.13
INCREDIBLE COURAGE.
NOW, DO YOU THINK ANY OF THE
00:25:35.13\00:25:38.00
OTHER SOLDIERS
TEASED HIM AFTER THAT?
00:25:38.00\00:25:40.90
THEY GAVE HIM THE HIGHEST MEDAL
THAT CAN BE AWARDED AN AMERICAN
00:25:40.90\00:25:43.97
FOR BRAVERY BECAUSE HE
STOOD FOR HIS CONVICTIONS.
00:25:43.97\00:25:48.31
IN OUR TIME TOGETHER THIS
WEEKEND, WHEN WE'RE TALKING
00:25:48.31\00:25:51.01
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO STAND
WITH COURAGE, WE'RE NOT TALKING
00:25:51.01\00:25:53.55
ABOUT MILITARY BATTLES, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT STANDING IN A
00:25:53.55\00:25:56.58
CULTURE WHERE
CHRISTIANS ARE UNDER ATTACK.
00:25:56.58\00:25:59.09
AND I JUST WONDER, AS WE CLOSE,
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO SAY, 'BY
00:25:59.09\00:26:02.26
GOD'S GRACE, I WANT TO BE ONE OF
HIS MIGHTY MEN THAT WILL STAND
00:26:02.26\00:26:05.66
FOR THE RIGHT,
THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL.
00:26:05.66\00:26:08.40
>>HELLO FRIENDS, I WANT TO
TELL YOU ABOUT AN EXTRAORDINARY
00:26:08.40\00:26:10.73
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
TO SHARE YOUR FAITH.
00:26:10.73\00:26:13.30
I EXPECT THAT YOU'VE HEARD,
BY NOW, THAT HOLLYWOOD HAS JUST
00:26:13.30\00:26:15.57
RELEASED A BLOCKBUSTER
MOVIE CALLED HACKSAW RIDGE .
00:26:15.57\00:26:19.11
IT'S ABOUT A WORLD WAR II HERO
NAMED DESMOND DOSS WHO WAS A
00:26:19.11\00:26:22.64
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN.
HE WAS TERRIBLY PERSECUTED
00:26:22.64\00:26:26.38
BECAUSE HE
REFUSED TO CARRY A GUN.
00:26:26.38\00:26:28.72
HE SAID, 'I'M ENTERING THE WAR
TO SAVE LIFE.' AND EVEN THOUGH
00:26:28.72\00:26:32.35
THEY ACCUSED HIM OF BEING A
COWARD, DURING THE BATTLE OF
00:26:32.35\00:26:35.12
OKINAWA, HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY
RESCUED 75 MEN THAT WERE TRAPPED
00:26:35.12\00:26:40.06
UP ON THIS BLUFF
CALLED HACKSAW RIDGE.
00:26:40.06\00:26:43.53
HE WAS GIVEN THE HIGHEST HONOR
THAT AMERICA CAN OFFER: THE
00:26:43.53\00:26:46.40
MEDAL OF HONOR. AND
THE VERY FACT THAT WORLD
00:26:46.40\00:26:48.67
IS GOING TO BE FOCUSING
THEIR ATTENTION ON A SEVENTH-DAY
00:26:48.67\00:26:52.01
ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN AND HIS
CONVICTIONS, IS A TREMENDOUS
00:26:52.01\00:26:55.48
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
WITNESS ABOUT OUR FAITH.
00:26:55.48\00:26:58.68
BECAUSE OF THAT, AMAZING FACTS,
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH REMNANT
00:26:58.68\00:27:01.75
PUBLICATIONS, HAS JUST PRODUCED
A NEW BOOK CALLED THE HERO OF
00:27:01.75\00:27:05.95
HACKSAW RIDGE . IT IS
THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
00:27:05.95\00:27:08.96
OF DESMOND DOSS, EXCEPT
THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL.
00:27:08.96\00:27:11.83
IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK WE
HAVE A SECTION WRITTEN ABOUT THE
00:27:11.83\00:27:14.73
FAITH OF THE MAN. WHAT
DID DESMOND DOSS BELIEVE?
00:27:14.73\00:27:18.37
SO FRIENDS, NOW, WHILE THE MOVIE
IS IN THE HEADLINES AND PEOPLE
00:27:18.37\00:27:21.30
ARE TALKING ABOUT WHO
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS ARE,
00:27:21.30\00:27:24.01
PLEASE ORDER THESE BOOKS
RIGHT AWAY, SHARE THEM WITH YOUR
00:27:24.01\00:27:26.71
FRIENDS, AND YOU CAN
CHANGE LIVES FOR ETERNITY.
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EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING
YOU READ IN THE BIBLE.
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WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS
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