>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>YOU'RE THE
PHILISTINES. YOU'RE RUNNING UPON
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SAMSON TO ARREST HIM.
HE'S BOUND UP WITH THESE ROPES
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AND, AS YOU'RE RUNNING TOWARDS
HIM, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
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COMES ON HIM AND HE
GOES, 'POP!' AND, I THINK, THEY
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SLOWED DOWN RIGHT
THERE. AND THEN HE THOUGHT,
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'NOW WHAT WILL I DO?'
AND HE'S LOOKING AROUND;
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AND THE LORD PROVIDED.
>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
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FACTS HAS BEEN
DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD
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THROUGH MEDIA. THIS
PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
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FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT
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BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION
OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A
SERIES, RIGHT NOW, DEALING WITH
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SOME LESSONS FROM
THE LIFE OF SAMSON.
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LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT - PART
1 - SAMSON: HONEY FROM A LION .
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THIS WEEK WE'RE IN PART 2 -
THERE WILL PROBABLY BE THREE
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PARTS - THIS WEEK WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE JAWBONE OF A DONKEY .
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IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO
GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT
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WAS GOING ON IN THE NATION
OF ISRAEL DURING THE TIMES OF
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SAMSON. SAMSON,
WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER,
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HE LIVED DURING THE TIME OF ELI,
WHEN ELI WAS PRIEST - IF YOU
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KNOW, YOU READ 1 SAMUEL -
THERE WAS A LOT OF COMPROMISE -
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A LOT OF UNFAITHFULNESS.
THE SONS OF ELI WERE
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REAL SCOUNDRELS. THERE
IS QUITE A BIT OF SCANDAL
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AMONG MINISTRY DURING THAT TIME,
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
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DURING THIS TIME - YOU READ, FOR
INSTANCE, IN 1 SAMUEL CHAPTER
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40, "SO THE PHILISTINES
FOUGHT, AND ISRAEL WAS DEFEATED,
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AND EVERY MAN FLED TO HIS TENT.
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THERE WAS A VERY GREAT
SLAUGHTER, AND THERE FELL OF
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ISRAEL THIRTY
THOUSAND FOOT SOLDIERS."
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IN A BATTLE JUST A FEW DAYS
EARLIER, FOUR THOUSAND HAD DIED.
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"ALSO THE ARK OF
GOD WAS CAPTURED;..."
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THIS IS HAPPENING - THIS IS THE
WORLD THAT SAMSON WAS BORN INTO.
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THE PHILISTINES HAD
SUBJUGATED THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
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NOW THE PHILISTINES
DID NOT HAVE A KING.
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THE PHILISTINES WERE DIVIDED
INTO A CONFEDERACY OF FIVE
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KINGDOMS AND THEY CALLED THEM
THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES.
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THE PHILISTINES ALSO HAD
MASTERED THE MAKING OF IRON
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WEAPONS. THE ISRAELITES DID NOT.
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YOU READ IN THE STORY OF DAVID
THAT, IN ONE BATTLE BETWEEN SAUL
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AND JONATHAN AGAINST THE
PHILISTINES, IT SAYS THE ONLY
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PEOPLE IN THE KINGDOM THAT HAD
IRON SWORDS WERE SAUL AND HIS
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SON. THE PHILISTINES WERE VERY
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CAREFUL THAT IF THE ISRAELITES
WANTED TO SHARPEN THEIR WEAPONS,
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THEY SAID, 'YOU COME
TO US AND SHARPEN THEM.
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YOU - IF YOU NEED TO SHARPEN
A FARM TOOL, YOU COME TO US.
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AND - BUT WE'RE NOT LETTING YOU
HAVE ANY WEAPONS.' THEY ACTUALLY
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DISARMED THEM. 'IF YOU
HAVE ANY WEAPONS YOU'RE
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IN BIG TROUBLE.' AND THEY
WERE ABLE TO SUBJUGATE THEM
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AND IT WAS A TIME OF
GREAT DISCOURAGEMENT.
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NOW, PEOPLE CAN'T FIGHT
WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE COURAGE.
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YOU KNOW WHAT GOD TOLD JOSHUA
WHEN THEY ENTERED THE PROMISED
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LAND? THEY WERE
GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT
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AGAINST SOME VERY
WELL ARMED ENEMIES.
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SOME OF THEM WERE GIANTS.
AND GOD SAID - YOU GO TO JOSHUA
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CHAPTER 1, VERSE 6
- IT'S A GREAT VERSE.
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"BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE,
FOR TO THIS PEOPLE YOU SHALL
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DIVIDE AS AN INHERITANCE
THE LAND WHICH I SWORE TO THEIR
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FATHERS TO GIVE THEM." -
VERSE 7 - "ONLY BE STRONG AND
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VERY COURAGEOUS, THAT YOU MAY
OBSERVE TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL
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THE LAW WHICH MOSES MY SERVANT
COMMANDED YOU;" - JUMP OVER TO
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VERSE 9 - "HAVE I
NOT COMMANDED YOU?
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BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE;
DO NOT BE AFRAID, NOR BE
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DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD
IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO."
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NOW, IF I'VE GOT THAT PART - IF
I KNOW THAT GOD IS WITH ME, THEN
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I DON'T HAVE TO BE
AFRAID, DO I? >>AMEN.
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>>AND YOU CAN BE, NOT ONLY DOES
HE SAY 'COURAGEOUS, COURAGEOUS,'
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HE SAYS, 'YOU CAN BE VERY
COURAGEOUS.' BY THE WAY, MOSES
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REPEATS THESE WORDS
TO JOSHUA BEFORE HE DIES.
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GOD THEN TELLS
JOSHUA, IN PERSON.
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JOSHUA WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
GREAT EXPLOITS BECAUSE HE
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BELIEVED GOD WAS
WITH HIM. >>AMEN.
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>>AND DO WE HAVE SOMEONE
THAT'S PROMISED TO BE WITH US?
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DID JESUS SAY, 'I AM WITH YOU
ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF THE
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WORLD'? THEN
SHOULD CHRISTIANS BE
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COURAGEOUS EVEN THOUGH
WE'RE LIVING IN ENEMY COUNTRY?
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>>AMEN. >>SO, THE
STORY OF SAMSON IS
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REALLY VERY
RELEVANT FOR US, EVEN TODAY.
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SO, YOU GO TO JUDGES CHAPTER 15,
IT SAYS, "NOW THE PHILISTINES
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WENT UP, ENCAMPED IN JUDAH,
AND DEPLOYED THEMSELVES AGAINST
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LEHI." - NOW, THE WORD 'LEHI'
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MEANS 'JAWBONE'. LEHI
GOT ITS NAME FROM WHAT'S
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ABOUT TO HAPPEN, BUT THE BIBLE
WRITERS - USING THE NAME THAT
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EVERYONE KNEW IT BY NOW -
BUT THIS IS HOW IT GOT ITS NAME.
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SO THEY ENCAMP IN THIS VALLEY
THAT'S KNOWN AS LEHI AND - AND
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THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH - THE
LEADERS COME OUT AND THEY SEND,
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YOU KNOW, SOME EMISSARIES TO
- THIS BIG ARMY OF THOUSANDS OF
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PHILISTINES HAVE COME AND
ENCAMPED AGAINST THEM - THEY
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SAY, 'WAIT, WAIT,
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
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YOU'VE ALREADY CONQUERED
US. WE'RE PAYING OUR TAXES.
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WHAT'S GOING ON?' YOU
KNOW, THEY MARCHED UP, A
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BUNCH OF THEM, TREMBLING WITH A
WHITE FLAG, AND THE PHILISTINES
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TELL THEM, "WE'VE COME TO
ARREST SAMSON, TO DO UNTO HIM
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AS HE HAS DONE UNTO US."
AND SO, INSTEAD OF THE MEN
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OF JUDAH GOING TO SAMSON
AND SAYING, 'LOOK, YOU GOT US
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INTO THIS, YOU GET US OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT BEHIND YOU.
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WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK.' THEY GO TO
SAMSON AND THEY BASICALLY SAY,
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'DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THE
PHILISTINES ARE OUR MASTERS?'
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THEY HAD RESIGNED
THEMSELVES TO BE SLAVES.
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HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD A
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HARD TIME IN THE WILDERNESS THEY
WOULD FREQUENTLY SAY, 'WASN'T IT
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BETTER BACK IN EGYPT JUST BEING
SLAVES? WHY DON'T WE GET ANOTHER
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LEADER AND LET'S ALL GO
BACK AND SERVE THE EGYPTIANS?
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AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE
MORE ONIONS THERE.' THEY WERE
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COMPLAINING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
THEY JUST HAD MANNA EVERY DAY.
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THEY SAID, 'WE MISS
THE FISH AND THE ONIONS.
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LET'S GO BACK AND BE SLAVES.'
ISN'T IT AMAZING HOW, NO MATTER
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HOW BAD TIMES MIGHT BE, IN
LOOKING BACK, THEY SEEM TO BE
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THE GOOD OLD
DAYS? AND SO, THEY'RE
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READY TO SURRENDER. SO
THESE THREE THOUSAND MEN
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OF JUDAH, THEY COME AND THEY
APPROACH SAMSON UP ON THE ROCK.
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THEY SAID, "WE HAVE COME DOWN TO
ARREST YOU, THAT WE MAY DELIVER
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YOU INTO THE HAND
OF THE PHILISTINES."
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- HIS OWN PEOPLE - "THEN SAMSON
SAID TO THEM, 'SWEAR TO ME THAT
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YOU WILL NOT KILL ME
YOURSELVES.' SO THEY SPOKE TO
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HIM, SAYING, 'NO, BUT WE WILL
TIE YOU SECURELY AND DELIVER YOU
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INTO THEIR HAND; BUT WE
WILL SURELY NOT KILL YOU.'" NOW,
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ISN'T THAT SAD THAT GOD'S PEOPLE
WOULD BE THE VEHICLE OF TURNING
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OVER THEIR CHAMPION?
INSTEAD OF - I MEAN, LOOK AT
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WHAT SAMSON DID
ALONE; WHAT IF HE HAD THREE
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THOUSAND BEHIND HIM? WHAT
IF THE WHOLE - HE HAD BLOWN
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THE TRUMPET AND THE WHOLE ARMY
- THIS IS JUST THREE THOUSAND
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LEADERS OF ONE TRIBE - WHAT IF
HE HAD BLOWN THE TRUMPET AND ALL
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OF ISRAEL HAD
RALLIED BEHIND HIM?
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HOW MUCH THEY COULD HAVE DONE
- HOW MUCH MORE GOD WANTED TO DO
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FOR THEM THAT NEVER HAPPENED
BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID.
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THEY WERE USED
TO BEING OVERCOME.
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NOW, YOU REALIZE THAT AS WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT SAMSON AND THE
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PHILISTINES, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT JESUS AND SIN.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT - YOU'RE
BEING ATTACKED BY A CANAANITE
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NATION, BUT YOU'RE
BEING ATTACKED BY THE DEVIL.
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ARE YOU CONTENT AND DO YOU
CONSENT TO JUST LETTING THE
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DEVIL RULE OVER YOU? MY
BIBLE SAYS 'GREATER IS HE WHO
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IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS IN THE
WORLD.' AND JESUS SAID, 'I WILL
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NEVER LEAVE YOU.' YOU KNOW, THE
MIRACLES IN THE BIBLE - WE'RE
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GETTING READY TO READ A COUPLE
OF THEM - SEEM TO COME IN WAVES.
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THERE ARE CLUSTERS OF MIRACLES
AND THEN THERE ARE LONG PERIODS
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WHERE NOTHING AMAZING
HAPPENS. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT
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LEVELS OF MIRACLES.
YOU SEE A GREAT CLUSTER OF
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MIRACLES HAPPENING DURING THE
TIME OF MOSES, WHEN THEY CAME
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OUT OF EGYPT THROUGH
THE WILDERNESS AND WHEN
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THEY ENTERED EGYPT.
YOU SEE A GREAT CLUSTER OF
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MIRACLES DURING THE
TIME OF ELIJAH AND ELISHA.
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YOU SEE A GREAT CLUSTER OF
MIRACLES HAPPENING DURING THE
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TIME OF JESUS AND THE APOSTLES.
AND SAMSON SORT OF STANDS OUT
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AS A HIGH POINT OF
JUST MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE.
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NOT ALL THE JUDGES HAD MIRACLES.
I MEAN, THEY HAD SOME AMAZING
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VICTORIES, BUT YOU COULDN'T
ALWAYS CALL THEM MIRACLES.
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SAMSON'S POWER WAS A
SUPERNATURAL POWER THAT WAS NOT
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ATTRIBUTED TO SPENDING
A LOT OF TIME IN THE GYM.
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IT SAID THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
CAME OVER HIM - NOT THAT YOU
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SHOULD QUIT YOUR GYM MEMBERSHIP.
AND SO THEY TIE HIM UP
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AND THEY HAND HIM OVER.
DIDN'T THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS,
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WHO WERE CALLED JEWS, AND,
YOU KNOW, JEWS ARE NOT HEBREWS.
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YOU COULD BE AN ARAB AND BE
A HEBREW, TECHNICALLY, BECAUSE
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HEBREWS DESCENDED FROM ABRAHAM.
PEOPLE DON'T USE IT THAT WAY.
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NOT ALL ISRAELITES WERE JEWS.
JEWS WERE LARGELY THE ONES WHO
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CAME BACK FROM THE BABYLONIAN
CAPTIVITY THAT WERE LARGELY FROM
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THE TRIBE OF JUDAH - WITH
SOME FROM LEVI AND BENJAMIN.
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BUT THE OTHER TEN TRIBES WERE
CONQUERED - THE NORTHERN KINGDOM
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- SO JEWS SORT OF BECAME A
SHORTENED WAY OF SAYING THE
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TRIBE OF JUDAH. SO HERE, JESUS
IS HANDED OVER, TIED UP, BY THE
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JEWS, TO THE ROMANS - TO THE
PAGANS - AND SO, YOU'RE SEEING
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SOMETHING SIMILAR - HIS OWN
PEOPLE. AND YEAH, ULTIMATELY,
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THE NAILS WERE DRIVEN BY
THE ROMANS AND THEIR SLAVES.
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SO THEY SAID, 'NO, NO,
NO, WE'LL JUST TIE YOU UP.
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WE'LL HAND YOU OVER TO
THEM. WE WON'T KILL YOU.
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WE DON'T WANT YOUR BLOOD ON
OUR HANDS.' AND SO, HE CONSENTS.
00:11:07.40\00:11:11.83
HE WILLINGLY - COULD THOSE THREE
THOUSAND HAVE ARRESTED HIM WHEN
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HE'S UP IN THIS
FORTIFIED ROCKY RAVINE?
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YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE
THREE HUNDRED SPARTANS THAT HELD
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OFF OVER A MILLION PERSIANS
BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE
00:11:23.71\00:11:27.55
BATTLE? IF YOU'RE
A GOOD GENERAL YOU
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WANT TO PICK YOUR
GROUND VERY CAREFULLY.
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AND, BECAUSE SAMSON HAD THE HIGH
GROUND, IF HE DIDN'T WANT THE
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PEOPLE OF JUDAH TO ARREST HIM,
THEY COULDN'T HAVE ARRESTED HIM.
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THEY COME TO HIM TIMIDLY
AND SAY, 'PLEASE, PUT YOUR HANDS
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BEHIND YOUR BACK. YOU
KNOW, WORK WITH US HERE.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO HURT
YOU, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TIE YOU
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UP.' AND SO HE CONSENTS.
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HE'S A WILLING
SACRIFICE TO THEM.
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HE OFFERS HIMSELF,
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
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SO THEY - THESE THREE THOUSAND
MEN WITH THEIR KNEES SMITING
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TOGETHER - THEY COME OUT OF THE
ROCKY RAVINE AND IT GOES INTO
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THE VALLEY OF LEHI AND THEY
SEE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
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PHILISTINES - THEY'VE GOT THEIR
WHOLE ARMY PITCHED - AND THE
00:12:07.02\00:12:09.92
PHILISTINES SEE THEM COMING DOWN
AND THERE, BEFORE THEM, THEY'RE
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PRODDING SAMSON ON. AND
IT SAYS, "WHEN HE CAME TO
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LEHI, THE PHILISTINES
CAME SHOUTING AGAINST HIM."
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WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED
TO THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH THAT HAD
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BROUGHT HIM DOWN?
THEY DROPPED AND RAN.
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THEY WENT AS FAST AS THEY COULD
- THEY JUST LEFT SAMSON OUT
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THERE IN THE FIELD BY
HIMSELF. BUT SAMSON DID NOT RUN.
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AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY
CAME SHOUTING AGAINST HIM.
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THEY WERE SO
EXCITED - 'OUR ENEMY!
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WE'VE GOT HIM! WE'VE
GOT WHAT WE CAME FOR.
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SURELY THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD
DO, WE'VE GOT THE WHOLE ARMY.
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I MEAN, HE SNUCK UP ON US WHEN
HE CAME THROUGH OUR TOWN AND
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SMOTE US HIP AND
THIGH. BUT NOW WE'RE
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READY FOR A BATTLE.
THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO."
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AND THEY ALL CAME RUNNING UP TO
HIM TO ARREST HIM AND THIS HAD
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BEEN - SOMETHING MARVELOUS
HAPPENED - IT SAID, "THEN THE
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SPIRIT OF THE LORD
CAME MIGHTILY UPON HIM."
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>>DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS,
IN JUST A MOMENT WE'LL RETURN
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TO CONTINUE
TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
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YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'THE
SPIRIT IS WILLING, BUT THE FLESH
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IS WEAK.' THE BIBLE DESCRIBES AN
ONGOING WAR THAT EVERY BELIEVER
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EXPERIENCES BETWEEN
THESE TWO INTERNAL FORCES.
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BUT SOME SINCERE CHRISTIANS
HAVE SURRENDERED THE BATTLE,
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CLAIMING, 'WELL, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
TO OVERCOME THE CARNAL NATURE IN
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THIS SINFUL WORLD.'
IS THAT REALLY TRUE?
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IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO
EXPERIENCE AN ONGOING VICTORY IN
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THE BATTLE WITH TEMPTATION?
WELL, WE HAVE A FREE GIFT FOR
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YOU THAT WILL CLEARLY
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FROM
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THE WORD OF
GOD. IT'S TITLED: THE
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FLESH AND THE SPIRIT .
DISCOVER THE ANSWERS THAT WILL
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EMPOWER YOU TO
EXPERIENCE A VICTORIOUS LIFE
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WALKING WITH JESUS. TO
GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE
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WELL, LET'S GET BACK TO TODAY'S
PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE
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AMAZING FACTS
FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
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>>NOW, I WANT A VOLUNTEER - I
THINK JAMIE SAID HE'S GOING TO
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COME UP HERE AND
HELP ME REAL QUICK.
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I WANT TO DEMONSTRATE THIS.
THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS THREE
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TIMES IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES
SO I THOUGHT I JUST WANT TO SHOW
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YOU WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. IN
ONE OF MY POCKETS, HERE, I'VE
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GOT SOME BIBLE ROPE - BETTER
KNOWN AS DENTAL FLOSS - PUT YOUR
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HANDS APART JUST
LIKE THAT. THAT'LL WORK.
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YEAH, JUST LIKE THAT. I'M
GOING TO PUT THAT - THAT ONE
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AROUND HERE - KEEP THEM
ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE APART.
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EVERY TIME I GO TO THE DENTIST
HE GIVES ME SOME OF THIS AND
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I'VE GOT BOXES OF IT AT HOME NOW
AND I THOUGHT, 'I'M LOOKING FOR
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A GOOD WAY TO GET RID OF
IT.' GIVE IT A LITTLE TUG APART.
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THAT'S PRETTY STRONG, ISN'T IT?
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I'M PULLING IT - I
CAN'T BREAK IT. OKAY.
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AND SO - TURN HERE, LIKE -
SO FOLKS CAN SEE YOU OVER HERE.
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THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE PRETTY
HARD. NOW, IMAGINE TWO NEW ROPES
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- MINTY FRESH ROPES - AND
THEY'VE GOT HIM TIED - THESE
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THICK - YOU KNOW, JUST
THINK - LIKE ANCHOR ROPES.
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YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THESE BIG
ROPES - THEY DIDN'T WANT TO RISK
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IT WITH ONE ROPE -
THEY GOT TWO ROPES.
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THEY GOT HIM ALL TIED UP - JUST
BIG OLD PILE OF KNOTS - AND THE
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BIBLE SAYS THAT THE SPIRIT
OF THE LORD CAME UPON HIM AND HE
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BROKE THOSE ROPES AS THOUGH
IT WAS FLAX PUT TO THE FLAME.
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YOU GOT A LITTLE TENSION
ON THERE? JUST WENT LIKE THAT.
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SO YOU'RE THE PHILISTINES,
YOU'RE RUNNING UPON SAMSON TO
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ARREST HIM, HE'S BOUND UP
WITH THESE ROPES AND, AS YOU'RE
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RUNNING TOWARDS HIM, THE SPIRIT
OF THE LORD COMES ON HIM AND HE
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GOES, 'POP!' NOW,
WOULD YOU SLOW DOWN?
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THEY SAW THAT, THEY
THOUGHT, 'HE'S BOUND!'
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BUT HE BROKE THE
BONDS THAT HELD HIM.
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AND, I THINK, THEY
SLOWED DOWN RIGHT THERE.
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AND THEN HE THOUGHT,
'NOW WHAT WILL I DO?'
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AND HE'S LOOKING AROUND AND THE
LORD PROVIDED: "...AND THE ROPES
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THAT WERE ON HIS ARMS BECAME
LIKE FLAX THAT IS BURNED WITH
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FIRE, AND HIS BONDS
BROKE LOOSE FROM HIS HANDS."
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HE FOUND A FRESH JAWBONE - AND
THAT'S 'LEHI' - "OF A DONKEY,
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REACHED OUT HIS
HAND AND TOOK IT."
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ISN'T IT AMAZING HOW GOD
SUDDENLY PROVIDES WHAT YOU NEED
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JUST AT THE RIGHT MOMENT?
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST INTERESTING
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TO ME THAT, WHEN SOMETHING -
DAVID NEEDS FIVE SMOOTH STONES,
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THERE THEY ARE WHEN HE NEEDS
THEM. THERE'S THOUSANDS THAT
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NEED FOOD AND GOD - THEY
SAY, 'WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?'
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'WELL, THERE'S A BOY WITH FIVE
LOAVES AND TWO FISH.' AND IT
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SEEMS LIKE JUST, WHENEVER THE
MOMENT'S NEEDED - IT MAY NOT BE
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WHAT YOU EXPECT - IT COULD
BE VERY HUMBLE MEANS, BUT GOD
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PROVIDES WHAT YOU NEED
AT THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME.
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HAVE YOU READ 1 CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 10, VERSE 13?
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"NO TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU
EXCEPT SUCH AS IS COMMON TO MAN;
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BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL, WHO
WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO BE TEMPTED
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BEYOND WHAT YOU ARE ABLE, BUT
WITH THE TEMPTATION WILL ALSO
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MAKE THE WAY" - AND THAT'S
PROVIDE A WAY - "OF ESCAPE,
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THAT YOU MAY BE
ABLE TO BEAR IT."
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SO, WHEN SAMSON'S THERE AND
HE'S ALL TIED UP AND THERE'S A
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THOUSAND PHILISTINES - OR
SEVERAL THOUSAND PHILISTINES -
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HE ONLY KILLED A THOUSAND -
THERE WAS A WHOLE ARMY - THAT
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WERE GOING TO ATTACK HIM, HE
COULD HAVE SAID, 'I'M DONE FOR.'
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HE COULD HAVE LOST COURAGE, BUT
GOD SAID, 'LOOK, I AM GOING TO
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USE YOU TO DEFEAT THE ENEMY.
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I WILL PROVIDE A WAY OF ESCAPE.'
HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOU'VE
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BEEN OVERWHELMED WITH A TSUNAMI
OF TEMPTATION AND YOU THINK, 'I
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DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN ESCAPE;
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.'?
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DO YOU KNOW, IF YOU PRAY,
YOU WILL FIND A DONKEY BONE?
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THE LORD IS GOING TO GIVE YOU
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN USE TO
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FIGHT THE TEMPTATION.
DON'T EVER SAY THERE'S NO WAY.
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IF YOU PRAY, THE SPIRIT OF THE
LORD WILL COME UPON YOU AND GOD
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WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO FIGHT
THAT TEMPTATION BECAUSE HE WILL
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EMPTY HEAVEN OF EVERY
ANGEL RATHER THAN LET YOU BE
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NEEDLESSLY OVERCOME
IF YOU TRUST IN HIM.
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>>AMEN. >>DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
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>>YES. >>I DO. SO HE PROVIDED.
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AND IT MAY NOT BE - HE
MAY NOT GIVE YOU A BAZOOKA.
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HE MAY NOT GIVE YOU, YOU
KNOW, THE SWORD OF GOLIATH.
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HE MAY ONLY GIVE YOU A DONKEY
BONE, BUT DON'T UNDERESTIMATE
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WHAT GOD CAN DO
WITH SIMPLE MEANS.
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SO, YOU KNOW WHAT
THIS IS? >>JAWBONE.
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>>THIS IS NOT JUST A JAWBONE.
THIS IS THE JAWBONE OF A DONKEY.
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SO IT WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND
AND HE BREAKS HIS BONDS AND THE
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ARMY IS STANDING THERE AND
HE GOES, 'OH, PRAISE THE LORD.
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I NEED SOMETHING.' NOW, YOU
WOULD BE THINKING, YOU KNOW,
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'CAN I HAVE A
SPEAR? I'D LIKE A HELMET.
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MAYBE A SWORD WOULD BE GOOD -
A MACHINE GUN - SOMETHING.' AND
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YOU'VE GOT THE PHILISTINE ARMY
IS SURROUNDING YOU, BUT WHAT
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DOES GOD GIVE HIM?
JAWBONE - OF A WHAT?
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>>A DONKEY. >>NOW,
HAS GOD USED DONKEYS
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BEFORE TO DO GREAT THINGS?
DID THE LORD MIRACULOUSLY
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PROVIDE A DONKEY FOR
JESUS TO BE PROCLAIMED KING?
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A FOAL OF A DONKEY. DID
THE LORD MIRACULOUSLY ENABLE
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A DONKEY TO
REBUKE A WAYWARD PROPHET?
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THE DONKEY
REPRESENTS A HUMBLE MEANS.
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AND SO, GOD OFTEN USES VERY
HUMBLE MEANS TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT
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THINGS. SO HE
REACHES OUT AND HE TAKES
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THIS AND I DON'T THINK
THAT THEY CAME TO ATTACK HIM.
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I THINK, WHEN THE SPIRIT OF
THE LORD CAME UPON HIM - WHAT
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HAPPENED WHEN THE SPIRIT
OF THE LORD CAME UPON DAVID?
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IT SAYS HE RAN
OUT TO MEET GOLIATH.
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WOULD YOU RUN TO FIGHT A GIANT?
I THINK, WHEN THE SPIRIT OF THE
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LORD CAME ON SAMSON - YOU'D
THINK, 'WELL, LOOK, THERE'S FIVE
00:20:17.08\00:20:19.75
THOUSAND OF THEM;
THERE'S ONLY ONE OF ME.
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YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST FIND A ROCK
FOR THE BACK, YOU KNOW, PROTECT
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MYSELF AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO.'
I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE FIRED
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ARROWS AND THROWN SPEARS AT
HIM AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A
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DIFFERENT KIND OF BATTLE. I
THINK HE PICKED IT UP AND HE
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RAN IN AMONGST THEM WHERE
THEY COULDN'T THROW SPEARS
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WITHOUT HITTING EACH OTHER.
I THINK HIS MIND WAS GOING
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LIKE HIGH-SPEED FILM.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN, YOU KNOW,
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LIKE WHEN THEY TAKE THESE NATURE
PICTURES AND IT SHOWS THE SEED
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SLOWLY BREAK AND IT COMES
UP OUT OF THE GROUND, AND THEY
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SOMETIMES USE
SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHY?
00:20:49.18\00:20:51.25
YOU EVER SEE WHEN THEY USE
HIGH-SPEED FILM AND THEY SLOW
00:20:51.28\00:20:53.35
DOWN A BULLET WHEN
IT STRIKES SOMETHING?
00:20:53.38\00:20:57.12
I THINK SAMSON SUDDENLY BEGAN
TO LIVE IN A HIGH-SPEED REALM -
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DIMENSION - AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
ALL OF THE PHILISTINES - HE
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LOOKED OUT THERE AND THEY
WERE GOING, 'OOOH NOOO, IT'S
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SAAAMSOOON. WHAAAT'S
HEEE GONNA DOOO WITH THAAAT?'
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BUT HIS MIND - I KNOW, THAT'S
AN EXAGGERATION, BUT REALLY, I
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THINK THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THAT WAS HAPPENING.
00:21:17.77\00:21:19.71
BUT HIS MIND WAS GOING SO FAST
THAT HE JUST RAN IN AMONG THEM
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BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN FIGURE
OUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO.
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AND, NOT ONLY DID THEY SAY
IT WAS A JAWBONE - THIS IS A DRY
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ONE - YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, THIS
IS ONLY HALF OF ONE; THERE'S
00:21:29.42\00:21:31.95
ANOTHER JAW PIECE THAT COMES
UP HERE THAT MAKES A REALLY GOOD
00:21:31.99\00:21:34.92
HANDLE - BUT IT WAS A FRESH
JAWBONE, WHICH MEANT THAT IT WAS
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VERY HARD. SO HE WENT AMONG
THEM AND IT SAYS - HAVE YOU READ
00:21:38.19\00:21:43.00
THAT? IT SAYS HE SLAYS A THOU
- I'M GOING TO PUT THAT THERE
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WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT -
HE SLAYS A THOUSAND MEN.
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HE SAID, "WITH THE JAWBONE
OF A DONKEY, HEAPS UPON HEAPS.
00:21:51.27\00:21:55.21
AND SO IT WAS, WHEN HE HAD
FINISHED SPEAKING, THAT HE THREW
00:21:55.24\00:21:59.38
THE JAWBONE FROM HIS HAND, AND
CALLED THAT PLACE RAMATH LEHI."
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NOW, ONE THING I WANT YOU TO
REMEMBER: WHAT DOES SAMSON LOOK
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LIKE? WHAT
STANDS OUT ABOUT SAMSON?
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>>HIS HAIR. >>HIS MUSCLES?
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>>HIS HAIR. >>DOES
IT SAY - SHOW ME THE
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VERSE THAT
SAMSON HAD BIG BICEPS.
00:22:17.27\00:22:20.37
IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.
HE DID HAVE LONG HAIR.
00:22:20.40\00:22:24.21
WHY? HE'S A NAZARITE.
00:22:24.24\00:22:26.71
WE TALKED ABOUT NAZARITES
AND THERE'S TWO OR THREE THINGS
00:22:26.74\00:22:29.38
THEY'RE KNOWN FOR. ONE
IS NOTHING FROM THE GRAPE.
00:22:29.41\00:22:34.72
WELL, IT SAYS THAT SAMSON HAD
ALREADY GONE TO BANQUETS WITH
00:22:34.75\00:22:37.52
GRAPES AND HE ENDS UP HANGING
OUT IN A VALLEY OF GRAPES.
00:22:37.55\00:22:43.43
HE KILLED A LION IN A
VINEYARD. HE'S NOT SUPPOSED
00:22:43.46\00:22:45.73
TO BE NEAR RAISINS.
HE'S NOT FOLLOWING IT.
00:22:45.76\00:22:49.03
THE OTHER THING IS YOU'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO TOUCH A DEAD BODY.
00:22:49.06\00:22:52.03
NOT ONLY HAD HE KILLED A LOT OF
PEOPLE, HE WENT AND TOOK HONEY
00:22:52.07\00:22:55.67
OUT OF THE CARCASS OF A LION
AND, NOW, HE'S HANGING ONTO AN
00:22:55.70\00:22:59.84
UNCLEAN JAWBONE. SO
WHEN HE THROWS THAT FROM HIS
00:22:59.87\00:23:04.38
HAND, IT'S LIKE HE WENT, 'HERE
I GO AGAIN.' BUT IN SPITE OF HIS
00:23:04.41\00:23:09.95
WEAKNESS, GOD
WAS ABLE TO USE HIM.
00:23:09.98\00:23:12.75
NOW THAT, I THINK, IS
A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
00:23:12.79\00:23:15.42
HOW MANY OF YOU SOMETIMES THINK,
'I'D LIKE TO WORK FOR THE LORD
00:23:15.46\00:23:17.53
BUT I'M JUST NOT WORTHY.' 'I'D
LIKE TO GIVE BIBLE STUDIES BUT
00:23:17.56\00:23:21.56
THERE'S SO MUCH I DON'T KNOW.'
'I'D LIKE TO REACH OTHERS BUT,
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YOU KNOW, I DOUBT HOW THOROUGHLY
CONVERTED I AM.' HAVE YOU EVER
00:23:24.53\00:23:28.17
THOUGHT THAT BEFORE? I'M
A PASTOR, I'VE THOUGHT IT.
00:23:28.20\00:23:31.71
AND THEN I'M ENCOURAGED WHEN I
READ WHERE JESUS SENT THE TWELVE
00:23:31.74\00:23:35.81
APOSTLES OUT PREACHING AND THEY
CAME BACK FROM PREACHING AND
00:23:35.84\00:23:39.81
THEY SAID, 'LORD, EVEN THE
DEVILS WERE SUBJECT UNTO US AND
00:23:39.85\00:23:42.68
WE SAW GREAT MIRACLES HAPPENING.
00:23:42.72\00:23:45.72
AND THE, YOU KNOW, SICK WERE
HEALED AND THE DEAD WERE RAISED
00:23:45.75\00:23:49.46
AND' - IT TELLS ABOUT ALL KINDS
OF THINGS THE APOSTLES DID.
00:23:49.49\00:23:52.83
AND THEN JESUS SAYS, TO
PEOPLE LIKE PETER, "...SATAN HAS
00:23:52.86\00:23:57.57
DESIRED TO HAVE YOU, THAT HE MAY
SIFT YOU AS WHEAT: BUT I HAVE
00:23:57.60\00:24:00.40
PRAYED FOR THEE, THAT THY FAITH
FAIL NOT: AND WHEN THOU ART
00:24:00.44\00:24:02.94
CONVERTED,
STRENGTHEN THY BRETHREN."
00:24:02.97\00:24:05.64
WHEN YOU'RE CONVERTED?
YOU MEAN GOD IS ABLE TO USE
00:24:05.67\00:24:09.81
SOMEBODY THAT MAY NOT BE
A HUNDRED PERCENT CONVERTED?
00:24:09.84\00:24:13.65
HUH? WERE THE
DISCIPLES ARGUING AMONG
00:24:13.68\00:24:16.72
THEMSELVES WHICH OF THEM WAS THE
GREATEST? CAN I SUBMIT TO YOU
00:24:16.75\00:24:21.02
THAT FIGHTING IN GOD'S BATTLES
WITH THE TOOLS THAT YOU HAVE MAY
00:24:21.06\00:24:25.83
BE PART OF YOUR CONVERSION
PROCESS? DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU
00:24:25.86\00:24:29.90
FEEL LIKE YOU'RE PERFECTLY CLEAN
AND YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING RIGHT
00:24:29.93\00:24:33.77
OR YOU MAY NEVER DO ANYTHING.
WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS GOD'S
00:24:33.80\00:24:37.11
WILL, YOU STEP OUT IN FAITH
AND YOU DO WHAT YOU DO KNOW.
00:24:37.14\00:24:40.94
THE DEVIL WILL ALWAYS TELL
YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT WORTHY.
00:24:40.98\00:24:46.68
SO, HE THROWS
THE JAWBONE FROM HIM.
00:24:46.72\00:24:50.35
FINALLY, AFTER HE WINS THIS
BATTLE - SAMUEL IS STILL YOUNG -
00:24:50.39\00:24:54.62
HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS AND ELI
HAD DIED, BUT SAMUEL WAS STILL
00:24:54.66\00:24:58.93
PRETTY YOUNG WHEN THAT HAPPENED,
SO THEY SORT OF LOOKED TO SAMSON
00:24:58.96\00:25:02.80
TO BE THEIR GENERAL. HE
HELD OFF - FOR TWENTY YEARS
00:25:02.83\00:25:06.47
HE WAS ABLE TO STAVE OFF
THE ATTACKS OF THE PHILISTINES.
00:25:06.50\00:25:09.50
THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY
TAXES DURING THAT TIME, THEY HAD
00:25:09.54\00:25:12.41
SOME FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE,
BUT AFTER TWENTY YEARS WENT BY,
00:25:12.44\00:25:16.01
THEY BEGAN TO, SORT OF, TRADE
AGAIN WITH THE PHILISTINES AND
00:25:16.04\00:25:19.31
THEY STARTED TO GET
INVOLVED WITH THEM AGAIN.
00:25:19.35\00:25:21.88
YOU KNOW, I EXPECT TO
SEE SAMSON IN THE KINGDOM.
00:25:21.92\00:25:25.52
HAVE YOU READ, IN HEBREWS
CHAPTER 11, IN SPITE OF HIS
00:25:25.55\00:25:28.02
WEAKNESS, "AND
WHAT MORE SHALL I SAY?"
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- HEBREWS 11:32 - "FOR THE TIME
WOULD FAIL ME TO TELL OF GIDEON
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AND BARAK AND SAMSON AND
JEPHTHAH, ALSO OF DAVID AND
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SAMUEL AND THE PROPHETS: WHO
THROUGH FAITH SUBDUED KINGDOMS,
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WORKED RIGHTEOUSNESS, OBTAINED
PROMISES, STOPPED THE MOUTHS OF
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LIONS," - NOT ONLY DID DANIEL
AND DAVID DO THAT, SAMSON DID IT
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TOO - "QUENCHED THE VIOLENCE
OF FIRE," - LIKE SHADRACH,
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MESCHACH, AND ABEDNEGO - "OUT
OF WEAKNESS WERE MADE STRONG,
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BECAME VALIANT IN BATTLE, TURNED
TO FLIGHT THE ARMIES OF THE
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ALIENS." YOU KNOW,
THE BIBLE SAYS MOSES
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SAID, 'HOW CAN ONE OF
YOU CHASE A THOUSAND?'
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IT'S INTERESTING HE USED THE
NUMBER ONE AGAINST A THOUSAND.
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DID SAMSON CHASE A THOUSAND?
WHY? BECAUSE GOD'S SPIRIT CAME
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UPON HIM. THE
BIBLE SAYS, IN THE LAST
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DAYS, MANY PLAGUES ARE GOING
TO BE AROUND, BUT IT SAYS, 'NO
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PLAGUE WILL COME
NIGH UNTO YOUR DWELLING.
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A THOUSAND MAY FALL AT YOUR SIDE
AND TEN THOUSAND AT YOUR RIGHT
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HAND, BUT IT WILL
NOT COME NIGH UNTO THEE.
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ONLY WITH YOUR EYES WILL YOU SEE
AND BEHOLD THE DESTRUCTION OF
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THE WICKED.' I WANT TO HAVE THE
SPIRIT OF THE LORD, DON'T YOU?
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>>YES. >>I WANT TO
LEARN FROM THE STORY
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OF SAMSON AND NOT MAKE THE SAME
MISTAKES. GOD WANTED SO MUCH TO
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GIVE HIS PEOPLE VICTORY - THEY
WERE JUST FIGHTING AGAINST HIM
00:26:53.11\00:26:55.74
ALL ALONG THE WAY. HE
WANTS YOU TO HAVE THOSE
00:26:55.78\00:26:57.88
VICTORIES, FRIENDS - AND
BY TRUSTING IN HIM - AND JESUS
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CARRIED HIS CROSS UP THE HILL SO
THAT HE COULD DESTROY THE GATES
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THAT KEEP US IN
SO WE COULD BE FREE.
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(SOUND OF RAIN) (PIANO MUSIC)
(SIRENS) >>(PASTOR DOUG) THE
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HEAVENS WERE PARTED FOR
HIM. THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN.
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THIS IS WHAT GOD
WANTS YOU TO EXPERIENCE.
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YOU COME TO CHRIST,
YOUR SINS ARE WASHED AWAY.
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YOU BECOME A NEW CREATURE.
IT'S A LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN
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AND HOW MANY OF YOU WISH
YOU COULD GET A NEW START?
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>>(NARRATOR) FOR I WAS HUNGRY
AND YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO
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EAT. INASMUCH AS
YOU DO IT TO ONE OF
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THE LEAST OF THESE, MY
BRETHREN, YOU DID IT TO ME.
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