Welcome to Anchors Of Truth,
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live from the
3ABN Worship Center.
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Hello friends, and welcome
to the 3ABN Worship Center.
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I can say to
you, "Happy Sabbath."
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For those of us who
are here, we'd like to
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welcome you with a hearty amen.
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Can we all say
amen to that, church?
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We are here at the
3ABN Worship Center
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where we know the Lord is going
to bless our hearts once again.
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This is the fourth
message in a series of messages
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by Pastor Taj Pacleb.
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A young man that my wife and
I had the privilege of meeting
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when we were in
Australia ministering there.
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And he is a young man
who is on fire for the Lord.
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I've often said we can
be on fire for the Lord
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or eventually by the Lord.
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So I know he's
made the wise choice.
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The Lord is revealed and
reflected through his life.
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And this young man
is going to be ignited
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to share the
message entitled today,
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The Smitten Rock.
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The Smitten Rock.
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I have some idea of what
that's about, but I'm going to
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let the preacher
make it even clearer.
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Taj Pacleb, he was born in
Hawaii, but he is Filipino,
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Mexican, and German.
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Somebody say hallelujah.
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His wife's name is Wati.
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She's here with us today.
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And she's Fijian and Tongan.
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So in these two
individuals, there are
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five nations represented.
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But they are not so much
focused on where they are from,
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they are focused on
where they are heading.
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Amen to that?
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We also have a wonderful
minister of music today,
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Jackie Jewel, who is going
to bless us in just a moment.
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But we want to
thank you for your prayers
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and your financial
support of this network
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as we continue going
and growing, preparing for
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the coming of the Lord.
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Now normally I would
begin with prayer, but
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the preacher
wants to pray today.
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And I'm going to
leave that to him.
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But right now our
hearts are going to be warmed
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as we are ministered
by song, an original song
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written by
Jackie Jewel, entitled,
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Jesus, No Other Name.
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After the song, the
next voice that you will hear
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will be that of
Pastor Taj Pacleb.
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There is a name I love to hear,
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a name so sweet
it's music to my ears,
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a melody that sounded true;
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Jesus, no other name will do.
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I'm sure He
loves me, this I know;
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His Word, the
Bible, tells me so.
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His love revealed beyond degree;
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Jesus, no other name for me.
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We love because
He first loved us,
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He came to seek and
save that which was lost.
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He gave His life to set us free;
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Jesus, no other name for me.
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He's calling each of us today
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to show His love
and seek His face.
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He's coming back
to bring us home;
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Jesus will come
and claim His own.
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I'm sure He
loves me, this I know;
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His Word, the
Bible, tells me so.
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His love revealed beyond degree;
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Jesus, no other name for me.
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Jesus, no other name for me.
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Amen. Good morning, family.
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Aloha and happy
Sabbath to you all.
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I welcome you to the
house of God this morning.
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Thank you so much, sister
Jackie, for that beautiful
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special message in song.
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This morning we have a
very important Bible study
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that will help us in our
journey through this wilderness
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of this world as we're
heading to the Promised Land.
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And friends, I truly believe
with all my heart that we are
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just on the borders
of the heavenly Canaan.
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And God wants to bring
us home very soon, amen?
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This morning's
topic is entitled,
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The Smitten Rock.
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And I hope you
brought your Bibles,
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I hope you
brought your notebooks.
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I hope you brought
a spiritual appetite,
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because we're
going to feast upon the
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bread of life this morning.
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I invite you to
bow your heads with me
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as we begin with
a word of prayer.
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Father in heaven,
we thank You so much
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for gathering us
together as Your children
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to study Your holy Word on
this Your holy Sabbath day.
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We ask that the power
of the Holy Spirit would
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fill this room and each
living room of those who are
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watching at home.
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We ask, Lord, that You
would please touch our hearts,
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speak to our minds.
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May we see You more
clearly than ever before
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as we receive a fresh
revelation of Jesus today.
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Bless us now as we study.
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In Christ's name
we pray. Amen, amen.
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I invite you to take
your Bible and open with me
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to the book of Exodus.
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We're going to
begin in the third chapter
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as we study our message
this morning entitled...
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We're going to Exodus chapter 3.
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And as you're turning
there, this morning's message
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takes us back to a time when
God's people were in the bitter
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bondage of Egypt.
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The kingdom that once offered
an asylum for God's people
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during the famine would become
a prison house of forced labor.
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Israel became slaves
to another one's will.
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Pharaoh would use them to
build up massive monuments
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to his pagan deities.
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And during this time of
bondage, freedom was a stranger
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that they did not know.
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And only the taskmaster's whip
was their constant companion.
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Oh how they
longed for liberation!
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With inexpressible
yearning, God's people desired
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a free nation with
liberty and justice for all.
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But the record tells us
that generation after generation
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passed off the scene, and
their prayers for deliverance
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was not answered.
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The light of hope burning
in their hearts was nearly
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extinguished by
the taskmaster's whip.
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And under the yoke of
Egypt, they were waiting
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and waiting for the
coming of a deliverer.
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Many people wondered, "Why
is God indifferent to our pain?
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Why does He not care about us?
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Has God forgotten us?"
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"When will we ever be
free," was the question that was
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on the minds and
hearts of God's people.
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And friends, let me tell
you, though heaven was silent,
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heaven surely was not deaf.
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God, in answer to their
prayer, came down to bring
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His people up.
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Notice what the Lord
said to Moses in Exodus 3:7.
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If you're there and you're
ready to study the Bible today,
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would you let me
know by saying amen?
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Exodus 3:7, the Bible says...
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Here we find, friends,
this passage highlights five
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powerful verbs that reveal God's
actions towards His people.
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Number one, the Bible says
that the Lord truly has seen
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the affliction of His people.
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I'm here to tell you,
friends, that the same God that
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saw the affliction of
Israel sees your affliction
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this morning as well.
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For we serve a God
whose eyes are ever open
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to the sufferings of humanity.
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God has seen what has taken
place to us in the darkness.
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All things are naked and
exposed to the eyes of God.
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And if God's eye
is on the sparrow,
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surely it's upon you
and me this morning as well.
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We serve a God that
sees our pain, friends.
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But not only does
He see our sorrow,
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He also hears our cry.
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That's the second verb.
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God hears us.
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I want you to know,
friends, even though you might
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have been praying and it
seems like heaven is silent,
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heaven surely is not deaf.
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Heaven's ears are
always open to the cry,
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even the faintest cry of
the weakest of God's children.
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And when our lips
don't know what to say,
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God hears the cry of our hearts.
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Because our needs speak
more eloquently than our words.
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We serve a God that sees
our pain, He hears our cry.
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Then the third verb, the Bible
says God knows the experiences
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that His people
are going through.
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He knows their sorrow.
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You see, that word,
"know," in English is somewhat
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a very shallow word.
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But in biblical terms, the
word, "know," has a very deep
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and profound meaning.
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You see, friends, the
word, "know," simply means...
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It's not simply to
know in an intellectual way,
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but to know in
an experiential way.
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And I'll never
forget, earlier this year
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my wife and I, as well as sister
Jackie and a whole team of us,
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got the chance to go to
the beautiful country of the
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Philippines and
the island of Palawan.
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And we were on a medical
evangelism missionary trip.
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A team of doctors and medical
volunteers were there with us
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and we provided free
service to hundreds of locals.
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We had a free dental clinic, an
eye clinic, health screenings,
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and even minor surgeries by day.
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And then in the evening
we had evangelistic meetings
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and we preached
Jesus to them at night.
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And so we combined, by God's
grace, the healing ministry
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and the preaching
ministry of Jesus together,
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because these two
things should go hand in hand.
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And I'll never forget, a part
of the medical health clinic
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there was a
section where little boys
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were getting free circumcisions.
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Now in that country, the
boys don't get circumcised
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until they're about
9, 10, 11, 12 years old.
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And so there was a line of young
boys getting circumcised there.
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And I made sure to
stay away from that section.
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Because for me, you
know, I can't deal with blood
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and flesh, and what not.
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It's not something
that I care to see.
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And so I made sure I
stayed away from that section
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where the boys were
getting circumcised.
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But towards the end of that
day, I mustered up some courage
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to finally go and check it out.
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And I saw that there
was a boy on the table,
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and the surgeon was about
to make the initial incision.
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And so I asked the
surgeon how the procedure works.
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And while the surgeon was
speaking, I couldn't help but
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notice that the boy on the
table was covering his face.
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He was groaning and moaning and
he was biting a piece of cloth
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as if he was in
excruciating pain.
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And when I saw the look on
his face, I asked the surgeon,
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"At what point do
you anesthetize them?"
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"At what point do
you anesthetize them?"
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You know what she told me?
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"Oh, we don't do that.
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Oh no, no, no. We don't do that.
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It doesn't make a difference.
Well we don't do that."
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And she continued to
speak, but at that point,
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I could not hear anything
else she said after that point.
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All I could hear was the grunts
and the moans of this little boy
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as he buried his face in his
hands on the operating table.
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I saw his face.
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I heard his cry.
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And strangely, I actually began
to enter into his experience.
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I actually began to know
what he was going through.
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And friends, when that happened,
my heart started hurting.
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My breathing became
heavy, my legs got weak,
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and my head got light,
and my face turned pale.
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I went into a cold sweat.
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I didn't know what was
happening so I told the pastor,
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"Pastor, you need to
take me back to the hotel.
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I can't handle this.
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I'm struggling."
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I was feeling sick.
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And so the pastor was about
to take me back to the hotel.
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I took a few steps, I
staggered, nearly fainted.
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And they laid me down
on one of the benches.
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The pastor called the
nurses to come together.
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And they said that, "The pastor,
the preacher, needs some help."
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And so all the nurses left
their patients to attend to me.
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They laid me down on the table.
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They began to fan me,
they lifted up my feet,
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and they examined my vitals.
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And after raising up my feet,
giving me some juice to drink,
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the blood came back to my head
and I started feeling better.
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And then I told them
what I saw and what I heard
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on the operating table.
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And they told me that what I was
experiencing was what is called,
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vagal response.
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How many of you have heard
or know what vagal response is?
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Well most of you don't.
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I didn't know
until I experienced it.
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Well vagal response is basically
a malfunction in parts of the
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nervous system of
the body that regulate
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heart, rate, and blood pressure.
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And so when the
heart rate slows down,
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the blood pressure drops.
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And the result of the
lack of blood in the brain
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causes fainting and confusion.
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Those were the
symptoms that I was feeling.
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And there are several things
that cause vagal response.
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One of them being empathizing
with the pain of others.
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And that's what I experienced
for the first time in my life.
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I actually entered
into the experience.
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Now there's a big difference
between empathy and sympathy.
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You see, to
sympathize with someone,
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it means that you...
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But to empathize is a
whole lot more profound.
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To empathize is...
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You see, to sympathize
is like an outward spectator
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looking in and
saying, I can only imagine
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what you're going through.
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But to empathize is
like an inward participant
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looking out saying, "I
know exactly how you feel."
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You see, the surgeon
sympathized with the boy
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that she was circumcising.
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She had sympathy.
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But I had empathy
for that little boy.
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When I saw his
face and heard his cry,
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I began to feel physiologically
like I was the one laying
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on the operating table and like
I was the one being circumcised
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without being anesthetize.
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And I could not handle it.
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And by the way,
friends, that wasn't true.
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They do anesthetize
the little boys before they
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make the initial incision.
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When the surgeon told me
that they did not numb them,
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she failed to tell me
that she was just joking.
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And I only found that
out after I nearly fainted.
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It was a very bad
joke, but it makes for a good
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sermon illustration. Amen?
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Because you see,
friends, what I was experiencing
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as I looked upon that boy's
pain is but a faint glimpse
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of how God feels
when He sees your pain.
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God not only sympathizes
with us as a passive spectator,
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but our God empathizes
with us as an active participant
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in our pain.
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God hears our cry,
He sees our sorrow.
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And He knows our pain, for
He feels it in His own flesh.
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The Bible says that
He's a man of sorrows
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and acquainted with grief.
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You remember the
story when Jesus went to the
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tomb of Lazarus.
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Lazarus was there sleeping in
the grave, and Jesus knew that.
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Jesus knew that
Lazarus was sleeping.
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Jesus knew that
death was not the end.
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And Jesus knew that He
was just about to resurrect
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Lazarus from the grave.
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And though Jesus
knew all those things,
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we find the
shortest verse in the Bible,
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John 11:35, the
response of Jesus.
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The Bible says, "Jesus wept."
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Why is He weeping?
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He knows that
Lazarus is just sleeping.
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He knows that
He's about to resurrect
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Lazarus from the grave.
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And so why this strange
response if Jesus knows this?
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Why is He weeping?
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Friends, Jesus is
not weeping for the dead.
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He's weeping for the living.
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Because He sees the
pain upon the countenance
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of the loved ones
who have lost Lazarus.
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He hears the grievous
mourning and their bitter cries.
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And when He saw the
pain and heard the cry,
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Jesus knew what they felt.
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He actually entered
into their experience.
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Because our pain is His pain.
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The pain that He saw upon
humanity pierced His heart
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with unbearable sorrow
that caused His eyes to open up,
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and a fountain of
tears began to flow.
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Friends, you need
to know this morning
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that when we hurt, He hurts.
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When we weep, He weeps.
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When you are in pain, God
feels it in His own flesh.
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No one else may understand
what you're going through,
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but God knows.
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And He's the great God
that can turn our sorrows
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into sweet joy.
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Weeping may
endure for the night,
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but joy comes in the morning.
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The Bible says in Isaiah 63:9...
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The Bible says
in Zechariah 2:8...
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When Saul the persecutor was
persecuting the early church,
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Jesus showed up to Saul,
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knocked him off
of the high horse.
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And as Saul looked
into that bright light,
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the Lord Jesus
spoke to him and said,
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"Saul, why are
you persecuting Me?"
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He didn't ask, "Why are
you persecuting My church?"
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"Why are you persecuting Me?"
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Because in the
persecution of the church,
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it was Jesus Himself
that was being persecuted.
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Jesus takes your
pain personal, friends.
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And so, my brothers and sisters,
if you've lost a loved one
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and your heart is
broken, to cancer,
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and you're
incomplete without them,
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Jesus knows.
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If your children have
died in a terrible accident
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and you're wondering why,
or maybe you're a single parent
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trying to raise your kids and
you're plagued with loneliness,
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maybe your spouse has left you,
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your fiancé has
walked out on you,
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your children disrespecting
you, your parents abusing you,
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and your friends
are talking about you,
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and you feel all alone;
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I want you to rest in
the reality that God sees
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your sorrow, He hears your
cry, and He knows your pain.
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Weeping may
endure for the night,
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but joy comes in the morning.
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So hang on, we're almost home.
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In this verse, Exodus 3:7,
we find the first three verbs.
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God see, He hears, and He knows.
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But then we go to the next
verse, verse 8, and we find the
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the last two verbs.
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The verbs that tell
us what God actually does
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concerning our pain.
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Notice what it says in
verse 8. The Bible says...
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So here we find,
friends, God sees...
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And then He actually
does something about it.
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The Bible says He comes down.
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Why? So that He can bring us up.
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You see, our God
always takes the initiative.
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Jesus came down to earth
to bring us up to heaven.
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Love came down to bring us up.
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And so, my friends, if you
feel yourself down and out,
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let Jesus lift you
up and bring you in.
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Because, you see, what God is
about to do for literal Israel
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in a literal way, He
wants to do for spiritual Israel
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in a spiritual way.
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I want you to notice, friends,
when you study the Bible
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carefully, you notice
that Egypt represents sin.
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Egypt is a type of sin.
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We are all slaves to sin.
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We're under the
dominion and the power of sin.
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And we, like the Israelites,
don't have it within us
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to make
ourselves free from Egypt.
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We can't do it.
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We need something
outside of ourselves.
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We can't free ourselves
from the bondage of sin.
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And so we need the Lord.
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And that which finally broke the
hold of Pharaoh upon the Jews
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is the same thing
that breaks the yoke of sin
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upon us all.
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It was the death
of the first born son.
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You see, that tenth plague
is the plague that finally
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broke the hold of
Pharaoh upon the Jews
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and made him willing to
let God's people go free.
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The death of the first
born is a symbol of the cross.
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Jesus, friends, who is
the true first born Son,
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died for you and me
so that we might go free.
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The innocent died to free
us from the penalty of sin,
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from the power of sin,
and even the presence of sin.
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And what happens
is this, friends:
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Once we accept by faith
the death of the first born,
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Jesus Christ, and we're
under the blood of the Lamb,
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we place that blood upon
the doorpost of our hearts,
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it is then that we pass
over from death into life,
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from slavery into salvation.
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It's all in the blood.
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But then after
that, you know the story,
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the Israelites
came out of Egypt.
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And now God led
them through the waters
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of the Red Sea.
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And in the waters of
the Red Sea is where the
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enemies of God's
people were swallowed up.
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And we've been told
that the Red Sea crossing
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was a symbol of baptism
in 1 Corinthians chapter 10.
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You see, when we've accepted
the death of the first born
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in our hearts, the next logical
step is the outward expression
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of an inward experience.
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And it comes from going
through the waters of baptism.
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That's where all our
enemies are swallowed up.
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That is, the outward
enemy is taken care of.
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But friends, notice that after
Israel went through the Red Sea,
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they were not in heaven yet.
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They did not arrive. Why?
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Because baptism
is not a graduation.
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It's a new
beginning. Can you say amen?
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They still had to
wander in the wilderness.
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And that wilderness
represents the world.
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This world is not our home,
we're just passing through.
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We're on our way
to the Promised Land.
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Now baptism, the
lesson is simple.
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At the Red Sea, God
dealt with the outward enemy,
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but afterward in the wilderness
there was still a warfare
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against self
that had to be fought.
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The lesson is simple.
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Baptism doesn't guarantee that
all our struggles are finished.
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After baptism there's
still a warfare against self
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that must be fought in
the wilderness of the world.
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And as we walk with the Lord
by faith through the wilderness,
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He gives us
victory unto victory.
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You see, Israel was
justified at the Red Sea.
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But God wanted to
sanctify them in the wilderness
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to prepare them
for the Promised Land,
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to make them righteous
by faith before they entered
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into the land of Canaan.
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And this is the
struggle of the Christian.
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To be in the wilderness but
not have the wilderness in us.
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The Lord said we're in the
world but not of the world.
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Just like a boat
should be in the water,
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but when the water gets in
the boat, you've got trouble.
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Isn't that right?
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We're in the world,
but not of the world.
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We're wandering
through the wilderness.
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We're heading to
the Promised Land.
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The glorious
future is ahead of us.
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The best is yet to come.
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And friends, we're almost home.
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Now while in the wilderness
their faith was tested.
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Notice what happens as we
jump to Exodus chapter 17.
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I want us to notice this
very potent story in the Bible.
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In Exodus the 17th chapter,
the faith of God's people
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was severely tested.
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Notice what
happens in Exodus 17:1.
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The Bible says...
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You see, the wilderness
was a dry and thirsty land
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with only bitter waters.
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Which shows that the
wilderness of this world
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has nothing to satisfy
the quench of our souls.
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Only bitterness,
only disappointment.
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Now these, God's people,
they were on the right path.
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They exited Egypt,
they were heading to Canaan.
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They were on the right path.
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And God was leading
them through the wilderness.
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And friends, listen, if
God is truly leading us,
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then He also obligates
Himself to provide for us.
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But it seemed
like God wasn't there.
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No water for
the people to drink.
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Now friends, was
there really no water?
00:27:50.93\00:27:52.83
It only seemed that way.
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And the reason is
because God was seeking
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to stretch their faith.
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You see, before this,
God had given the Israelites
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plenty of evidence that He had
power to control the elements.
00:28:02.44\00:28:06.98
He's the one that turned the
water of the Nile into blood.
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He's the one that
opened the Red Sea and
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closed it on their enemies.
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He's the one that turned the
bitter waters of Marah sweet.
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He rained down
bread from heaven.
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And if God can rain
down bread from heaven,
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surely He can rain
down water as well.
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You see, the Israelites
had sufficient evidence
00:28:25.20\00:28:27.74
that the God
that was leading them
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had the power to
control all the elements.
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And Israel, though
they had this evidence
00:28:34.01\00:28:37.68
that God was more than
able to provide for them,
00:28:38.35\00:28:41.05
with this
sufficient evidence to believe
00:28:41.45\00:28:44.25
they had no reason to doubt.
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But unfortunately, their faith
rested not upon the evidence
00:28:46.99\00:28:51.03
of God's past leading
or His present promises,
00:28:51.06\00:28:55.26
but rather they began to
focus on the difficulties
00:28:55.30\00:28:58.77
of their present circumstances.
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And as a result, you can read
the rest of the story later on,
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but they began to murmur
and complain and doubt God.
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How many of us are so
prone to do the same thing?
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Our minds are so quick to doubt.
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Our hearts are so prone
to wander away from God.
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Oh my friends, don't tell
God how big your mountains are.
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Tell your mountains
how big your God is.
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There's no mountain too
big that God can't move it.
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But in forgetting the
blessings of the past,
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they began to complain of the
circumstances of the present.
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They began to grumble
and murmur against God
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and the man of God.
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They threw out all evidence
of God's watch-care for them.
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Now they're
doubting God's promises.
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They're actually
judging God of having evil
00:29:42.28\00:29:44.91
intentions against them.
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They're blaming God for
their present suffering.
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And their murmuring
would lead to murder.
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They're ready to stone Moses.
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Here we find God's
people in a selfish, sinful,
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and scary position.
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They're blaming and fighting
and going against the very one
00:29:59.39\00:30:03.03
that was leading them, the
only one that could save them.
00:30:03.47\00:30:07.47
Now how would God
respond to this rebellious
00:30:07.80\00:30:10.97
ungrateful people?
00:30:11.01\00:30:12.34
Not by giving them
what they deserved,
00:30:13.54\00:30:16.88
but by giving
them what they needed.
00:30:17.38\00:30:20.15
They needed water to drink.
00:30:20.52\00:30:22.28
I'm so thankful, friends,
that God is a merciful and
00:30:22.62\00:30:25.15
gracious God.
00:30:25.19\00:30:26.52
Slow to anger and abundant
in goodness and truth and mercy.
00:30:26.55\00:30:30.23
God, instead of giving
these sinful rebellious people
00:30:30.26\00:30:33.03
what they deserve,
which is death, He gives them
00:30:33.06\00:30:35.36
what they need, which is life.
00:30:35.40\00:30:37.73
Notice what He told
Moses to do in verse 5.
00:30:37.77\00:30:40.74
Exodus 17:5
00:30:40.77\00:30:42.57
So what does God do, friends?
00:31:09.00\00:31:10.40
God tells Moses to
take the rod and to smite
00:31:10.70\00:31:15.17
or to hit the rock.
00:31:15.20\00:31:16.54
Friends, this is an active
parable, an object lesson,
00:31:16.57\00:31:19.74
a visual aid about the
great plan of salvation.
00:31:19.77\00:31:23.14
The rock is smitten
and Israel is saved.
00:31:23.18\00:31:26.38
And friends, we know
that rock is none other
00:31:26.41\00:31:29.38
than Jesus Christ.
00:31:29.82\00:31:31.35
In 1 Corinthians 10:4, the
Bible says that, "All did drink
00:31:31.69\00:31:36.93
of that same spiritual drink..."
00:31:36.96\00:31:38.86
The rock provided water
for the people to drink.
00:31:44.37\00:31:47.00
Jesus provides water to save
us from spiritual dehydration.
00:31:47.04\00:31:50.91
And friends, when you
drink water, water has many
00:31:50.94\00:31:53.68
blessed benefits.
00:31:53.98\00:31:55.98
When you drink
water, water cleanses us.
00:31:56.08\00:31:59.18
Not only
inwardly, but outwardly.
00:32:00.62\00:32:02.35
You take a bath in water.
00:32:02.55\00:32:04.02
You drink water
and it cleanses you.
00:32:04.05\00:32:05.55
Which shows us that the
only way we can be clean
00:32:05.59\00:32:07.92
is by the cleansing
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:32:07.96\00:32:11.26
Can you say amen?
00:32:11.29\00:32:12.63
We can't make
ourselves clean, friends.
00:32:12.66\00:32:14.90
We are filthy with sin, but
Jesus the Rock makes us clean.
00:32:15.16\00:32:18.53
Not only that, but the water
strengthened the Israelites
00:32:18.80\00:32:20.94
in their journey
to the Promised Land.
00:32:20.97\00:32:22.67
We don't have power or
strength in or of ourselves.
00:32:22.90\00:32:25.31
It's only as we
drink of Christ, the Rock,
00:32:25.51\00:32:27.88
that we have power
to make it through.
00:32:28.04\00:32:29.91
Water not only
cleanses us and strengthens us,
00:32:29.94\00:32:32.41
it also satisfies us.
00:32:32.45\00:32:34.25
And Jesus is the
only one that can quench
00:32:34.52\00:32:37.39
the thirst of our souls.
00:32:37.42\00:32:39.05
And water saves
us from dehydration.
00:32:39.39\00:32:41.69
Jesus is the only one that can
save us from spiritual drought.
00:32:41.92\00:32:45.06
Water came from the rock.
00:32:45.26\00:32:46.59
But what does
this water represent?
00:32:46.63\00:32:49.00
Well we don't have to guess,
because the Bible tells us.
00:32:49.16\00:32:51.30
I want you to
notice in Isaiah 44:3...
00:32:51.43\00:32:54.10
Please write it down.
00:32:54.14\00:32:55.50
Isaiah 44:3, the Bible says...
00:32:55.60\00:32:57.91
So the water
represents the Spirit,
00:33:11.12\00:33:14.32
the blessings of the Holy
Spirit that comes from the Rock,
00:33:14.62\00:33:18.36
Jesus Christ.
00:33:18.39\00:33:19.73
And so the Lord promised to us
that He will provide His Spirit,
00:33:19.76\00:33:23.97
His blessings, so that we
can endure the weariness of the
00:33:24.17\00:33:27.57
wilderness and so that we can
make it to the Promised Land.
00:33:27.60\00:33:30.74
But what needed to
happen in order for water
00:33:30.97\00:33:34.74
to come out of the rock?
00:33:34.78\00:33:36.75
Moses had to take
the rod, and with the rod
00:33:37.25\00:33:41.08
he had to hit the rock.
00:33:41.12\00:33:43.55
Well what does
this rod represent?
00:33:43.79\00:33:45.69
Notice what it
says in Psalm 89:30-32.
00:33:45.95\00:33:50.33
The rod is a
symbol of God's judgment.
00:33:50.73\00:33:52.89
Notice what it
says, Psalm 89:30-32.
00:33:53.06\00:33:55.60
You see, friends,
the rod was used for
00:34:15.12\00:34:17.72
punishment and judgment.
00:34:17.75\00:34:19.25
Every time Moses
lifted up the rod over Egypt,
00:34:19.42\00:34:23.02
a plague fell from heaven.
00:34:23.06\00:34:25.73
And so the rod
represents the judgments of God.
00:34:25.83\00:34:28.23
You also us a rod,
maybe not one like this,
00:34:28.26\00:34:30.73
but a rod to bring correction
to an erring disobedient child.
00:34:30.77\00:34:34.44
That's why the Bible
says, "Don't spare the rod."
00:34:34.47\00:34:38.14
And friends, when
Moses hit the rock
00:34:39.61\00:34:41.91
with the rod of God's judgment,
it was a symbol of the cross.
00:34:42.11\00:34:46.72
In the wilderness of the world,
Israel murmured, rebelled,
00:34:47.02\00:34:50.42
and blamed God, and even
sought to kill the man of God.
00:34:50.45\00:34:54.06
You see, the rod should
have fallen upon Israel.
00:34:54.16\00:34:57.39
The judgments of God should have
fallen upon the people of God.
00:34:57.43\00:35:01.03
But instead of falling upon
Israel, it fell upon the Rock.
00:35:01.06\00:35:04.97
The Rock took their place.
00:35:05.30\00:35:08.24
The Rock was smitten so
that Israel could be saved.
00:35:08.90\00:35:13.88
And friends, Jesus
took our punishment
00:35:14.61\00:35:17.78
So that we could have His peace.
00:35:18.28\00:35:19.85
He took our beating so
that we could have His blessing.
00:35:20.72\00:35:24.25
The innocent One is condemned
so that the guilty ones
00:35:24.72\00:35:28.76
can go free.
00:35:28.96\00:35:30.29
Well how many of you
are thankful for Jesus?
00:35:30.39\00:35:32.26
It's a very
simple story, friends,
00:35:32.56\00:35:34.36
but illustrating a
profound gospel truth.
00:35:34.80\00:35:38.53
I should have died.
00:35:38.80\00:35:40.14
The rod should
have fallen upon me.
00:35:40.34\00:35:42.57
But it fell upon
the Rock instead.
00:35:43.07\00:35:44.97
Remember when Jesus was arrested
in the garden of Gethsemane?
00:35:45.41\00:35:48.18
The angry mob
came with the soldiers,
00:35:48.48\00:35:50.85
with torches, and weapons,
looking for their victim.
00:35:50.88\00:35:53.98
And when Jesus
revealed His glory to them,
00:35:54.02\00:35:56.22
they all fell back, and
then they tried to arrest Him.
00:35:56.25\00:35:58.75
And Jesus said in
John 18:8, "If you seek Me,
00:35:58.79\00:36:02.82
let these go their way.
00:36:02.86\00:36:06.83
If you're coming for
Me, let these, My disciples,
00:36:07.60\00:36:11.03
let them go."
00:36:11.07\00:36:12.40
You see, just as
God said to Pharaoh,
00:36:12.43\00:36:15.07
Jesus said to the
angry mob, "Let them go.
00:36:15.27\00:36:19.74
Take Me instead."
00:36:20.51\00:36:22.04
The rod should
have fallen upon us,
00:36:22.98\00:36:25.28
but it fell upon
the Rock instead.
00:36:25.85\00:36:27.72
The first born Son.
00:36:28.72\00:36:30.12
He was smitten so
that we could be saved.
00:36:30.79\00:36:33.89
And that's why it
says in Isaiah 53:4-5,
00:36:34.19\00:36:37.26
notice what the Bible says...
00:36:37.63\00:36:39.03
I love what it says in
the book, Desire of Ages.
00:37:02.35\00:37:04.45
It says on page 25,
"Christ was treated..."
00:37:05.39\00:37:08.62
You see, friends, because
of His sacrifice, we have water
00:37:31.88\00:37:34.98
to cleanse us, to
satisfy us, to strengthen us,
00:37:35.02\00:37:37.95
and to save us in our
journey to the Promised Land.
00:37:37.99\00:37:40.62
And that's what happened for
God's people here in Exodus 17.
00:37:40.66\00:37:43.73
And so the story tells us
that for the next 40 years,
00:37:43.76\00:37:46.90
water continued to flow to
satisfy the thirst of our souls.
00:37:46.93\00:37:52.97
The Rock is
smitten; Israel is saved.
00:37:53.47\00:37:56.87
But I want us to notice now as
we fast forward 40 years later.
00:37:57.61\00:38:02.11
Israel is now on
the borders of Canaan.
00:38:02.48\00:38:05.88
They're just about to
enter into the Promised Land.
00:38:06.05\00:38:09.02
They are almost home.
00:38:09.05\00:38:11.05
So close.
00:38:11.49\00:38:13.12
And if you go to
Numbers chapter 20...
00:38:13.72\00:38:16.02
You can write it down at least.
00:38:16.12\00:38:17.63
Read the whole chapter later on.
00:38:17.66\00:38:19.63
But in Numbers the 20th
chapter, they're right there
00:38:19.66\00:38:22.10
on the borders of Canaan.
00:38:22.30\00:38:23.70
They're almost home.
00:38:23.77\00:38:25.10
And just before they
enter into the land of Canaan,
00:38:25.13\00:38:28.07
they experience a
great time of trouble.
00:38:28.10\00:38:30.87
Numbers 20:2 tells us
that there was no water
00:38:31.37\00:38:36.11
for the people to drink.
00:38:36.14\00:38:37.88
Now the question is this:
00:38:38.58\00:38:40.82
Why did the water stop flowing
when they were on the borders
00:38:40.98\00:38:45.89
of the land of Canaan.
00:38:45.92\00:38:47.69
Well friends, here's the reason.
00:38:48.56\00:38:49.89
Just before they're
about to enter into Canaan,
00:38:50.43\00:38:52.86
days before, in fact,
God instructed the Israelites
00:38:53.16\00:38:57.03
to go and
purchase water in Edom.
00:38:57.07\00:39:00.10
And from where they were
when God told them to do that,
00:39:00.67\00:39:03.74
the direct route
to the land of Canaan
00:39:04.31\00:39:06.54
was actually
directly through Edom.
00:39:06.57\00:39:09.14
Thus, the drying up of
the waters was an evidence
00:39:10.01\00:39:14.35
that they were almost home.
00:39:14.42\00:39:16.05
That's why they had
to buy water from Edom.
00:39:17.35\00:39:19.35
They're on the
borders of Canaan.
00:39:20.32\00:39:21.66
God is about to bring
them to the land flowing with
00:39:21.69\00:39:23.39
milk and honey.
00:39:23.43\00:39:24.76
Therefore, they don't need
the water from the rock anymore.
00:39:24.79\00:39:26.80
They're almost home.
00:39:26.83\00:39:28.16
God buy water from Edom.
00:39:28.20\00:39:29.53
That's the
direct route to Canaan.
00:39:29.56\00:39:31.40
In other words, before you
enter into the Promised Land,
00:39:31.43\00:39:34.10
your faith is
going to be tested.
00:39:34.50\00:39:35.97
And that's why, notice
in Deuteronomy 2:3-4, 6-7,
00:39:36.44\00:39:41.04
here's what it says.
00:39:41.08\00:39:42.41
"I have provided
for all your needs.
00:40:18.81\00:40:21.02
I have taken care of
you in the wilderness.
00:40:21.05\00:40:23.39
But now I want you to go all the
way through the Promised Land.
00:40:23.65\00:40:26.62
And so I'm instructing
you to go and buy water
00:40:26.65\00:40:28.99
from your brethren,
the children of Esau."
00:40:29.02\00:40:31.49
Friends, notice
the powerful parallel.
00:40:31.53\00:40:33.29
Just like Jacob had
to meet his brother Esau
00:40:33.40\00:40:37.30
before he could
inherit the promise,
00:40:37.33\00:40:39.70
now the children of Jacob,
Israel, must face the children
00:40:40.34\00:40:44.61
of Esau before they
inherit the Promised Land.
00:40:44.64\00:40:49.58
And that which has
been is that which shall be.
00:40:50.48\00:40:53.95
For, friends, we are
on the borders of Canaan.
00:40:54.78\00:40:57.99
We are almost home.
00:40:58.35\00:40:59.82
And in these last days we
will experience a similar test
00:40:59.85\00:41:03.69
where the waters stop flowing.
00:41:03.73\00:41:05.89
And in that time of trial,
we're going to have to keep
00:41:06.09\00:41:09.00
moving forward, knowing
and trusting that our bread
00:41:09.03\00:41:12.63
and our water will be sure.
00:41:12.67\00:41:14.94
It's the final
trouble before the Lord comes.
00:41:15.07\00:41:17.97
It's the cross
that precedes the crown.
00:41:18.01\00:41:20.08
It's the crucifixion that
comes before the resurrection.
00:41:20.11\00:41:22.64
It's the rain that
precedes the rainbow.
00:41:22.68\00:41:25.01
It's the pit and the
prison that comes before
00:41:25.05\00:41:27.68
the heavenly palace.
00:41:27.72\00:41:29.05
It's a time that will try
men's souls to the utmost.
00:41:29.08\00:41:31.95
A time that we
will be forsaken by man
00:41:31.99\00:41:34.46
and seemingly forgotten by God.
00:41:34.49\00:41:36.96
The Bible calls it, the
time of Jacob's trouble.
00:41:36.99\00:41:40.56
And friends, during that
time, we need not be afraid.
00:41:42.46\00:41:46.53
Our bread and our
water will be sure. Amen?
00:41:47.00\00:41:50.87
Remember, when that
time comes, friends,
00:41:51.31\00:41:53.21
it's not a cause for complaint.
00:41:53.44\00:41:55.01
It simply means
that we are almost home.
00:41:55.04\00:41:57.75
And the question
comes to us this morning:
00:41:57.78\00:41:59.88
Has the water
stopped flowing for you?
00:41:59.91\00:42:02.12
Maybe you're at that
time in your own personal life
00:42:02.95\00:42:05.19
right now where things are
getting too hard to handle.
00:42:05.22\00:42:08.52
The enemy is
breathing down your neck
00:42:08.56\00:42:10.93
and the wilderness of your
experience is getting too hot.
00:42:10.96\00:42:13.96
Well I want to
encourage you, friends, hold on.
00:42:14.00\00:42:16.40
We're almost home.
00:42:17.10\00:42:18.43
Hold on, we're almost home.
00:42:19.00\00:42:21.87
You see, Israel
should have rejoiced
00:42:22.60\00:42:25.24
that the waters stopped flowing.
00:42:25.91\00:42:28.51
That which should have
been a cause of rejoicing
00:42:29.44\00:42:32.91
instead was a cause of a bitter
devastating disappointment.
00:42:33.11\00:42:37.12
And now Israel falls
back into the same sins
00:42:37.29\00:42:41.32
they committed 40 years before.
00:42:41.36\00:42:43.02
They forgot God's
leading in the past.
00:42:43.16\00:42:45.03
You see, these individuals,
they saw the glory of God.
00:42:45.06\00:42:48.36
They experienced His
mighty arm bringing them
00:42:48.40\00:42:50.90
through their trouble.
00:42:50.93\00:42:52.27
They ate of the heavenly bread
and drank of the water from
00:42:52.30\00:42:55.27
the rock for the past 40
years, and they knew better
00:42:55.30\00:42:57.81
than to doubt God's care.
00:42:57.84\00:42:59.17
They knew.
00:42:59.21\00:43:00.54
But even after knowing
the truth, they still doubted
00:43:00.58\00:43:02.94
and complained.
00:43:02.98\00:43:04.31
And so what does God do now?
00:43:04.35\00:43:06.51
How will He respond?
00:43:07.38\00:43:08.72
Well God instructs Moses,
you can read it in Numbers 20,
00:43:09.32\00:43:12.45
to do something similar
that he did 40 years before.
00:43:13.22\00:43:16.59
Similar but different.
00:43:16.99\00:43:18.33
God tells Moses, "Take
the rod and gather the people,
00:43:18.36\00:43:23.20
and don't hit the
rock; simply..." What?
00:43:23.53\00:43:26.20
"...speak to the rock.
00:43:26.33\00:43:27.84
And the water will
flow out abundantly."
00:43:28.37\00:43:31.47
The same source; the rock.
00:43:31.64\00:43:34.34
But a different
method this time.
00:43:34.58\00:43:36.11
Don't hit the rock,
just speak to the rock.
00:43:36.28\00:43:38.41
And the lesson is very simple.
00:43:38.45\00:43:39.81
Jesus does not
have to die twice.
00:43:39.85\00:43:42.05
He only had to die once.
00:43:42.08\00:43:43.65
And because of His death,
in order for us to have the
00:43:43.69\00:43:45.75
water of salvation all we
have to do is speak to the Rock.
00:43:45.79\00:43:48.89
To pray, and God will
give us the water of life.
00:43:48.92\00:43:52.39
You see, in this moment God
is seeking to give His people
00:43:52.63\00:43:55.36
an object lesson, a
visual aid, of His love.
00:43:55.40\00:43:58.70
But you know the story.
00:43:58.87\00:44:00.20
Moses now does
something that will expel him
00:44:00.74\00:44:05.41
from the Promised Land.
00:44:05.74\00:44:07.08
Moses responds to the
fussing and fighting and
00:44:07.38\00:44:10.38
grumbling and whining
and complaining Israelites,
00:44:10.41\00:44:12.61
he responded with
frustration and irritation.
00:44:12.65\00:44:15.88
And he says in Numbers 20:10,
"Must we fetch water for you
00:44:15.92\00:44:20.89
out of this rock?"
00:44:20.92\00:44:22.29
Here Moses, the man
of God, lost his cool.
00:44:23.12\00:44:25.59
He took matters
into his own hands.
00:44:25.83\00:44:28.53
And now he's assuming authority
that belongs to God alone.
00:44:28.66\00:44:32.20
And in a fit of
anger and in a fit of rage,
00:44:32.23\00:44:34.97
instead of speaking to the
rock, he hit the rock twice,
00:44:35.00\00:44:39.04
the Bible says.
00:44:39.07\00:44:40.41
He hit it when he
only needed to speak to it.
00:44:41.28\00:44:44.55
And as a result of taking
his frustration out on the rock,
00:44:45.11\00:44:50.65
this singular sin
prevented Moses from entering
00:44:51.25\00:44:56.89
the Promised Land.
00:44:56.96\00:44:58.29
Now, why is it such a big deal?
00:44:58.99\00:45:00.93
I mean, the punishment of not
entering into the Promised Land
00:45:02.30\00:45:06.80
doesn't seem to fit the crime.
00:45:07.37\00:45:08.97
I mean, he just hit a rock.
00:45:09.00\00:45:10.61
What's wrong with that?
00:45:11.14\00:45:12.64
Well, friends,
here's the reason.
00:45:13.78\00:45:15.11
God could not deal
with the sin of the leader
00:45:15.91\00:45:19.35
the same way that He dealt
with the sins of the follower.
00:45:20.22\00:45:22.88
Because Moses
had much more light.
00:45:23.32\00:45:26.25
In fact, notice
what it says in the book,
00:45:26.69\00:45:28.46
Patriarchs and
Prophets, on page 420.
00:45:28.49\00:45:30.73
It says this...
00:45:30.93\00:45:32.26
Jesus said, "To whom much
is given, much is required."
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And so even though Moses did
something that seems so small,
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I mean he just hit
the rock, because of that
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he was bitterly barred
from the Promised Land,
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because his sin
was more grievous.
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Because he knew God.
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It was done after knowing truth.
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And though the force
of the object lesson was
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seemingly destroyed
by Moses hitting the rock
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the second time,
there is another lesson
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that is still to be learned.
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And this lesson is
spoken of in Hebrews chapter 6.
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I want you to
notice in Hebrews 6:4,
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though Moses hit the
rock the second time and
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seemingly destroyed
the visual object lesson,
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here's the other
lesson that we learn.
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Hebrews 6:4, the
Bible says this...
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Friends, have
you been enlightened?
00:47:32.51\00:47:34.02
Have you
received the truth of God?
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Have you heard
the message of Jesus?
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Have you been
walking with the Lord?
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Experiencing His power?
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Oh friends, when we
come into that realization,
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when we come into that personal
encounter with the Lord,
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and yet after that we
openly rebel against Him,
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it's like we're
crucifying Jesus afresh.
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Because sin, friends, is
all the more painful to God
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when we, like Moses,
have received much light.
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You see, it's not the open
sinner that hurts God the most,
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but rather it is the
inconsistent Christian
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that brings pain
to His heart the most.
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You see, if an enemy
stole something from me,
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that wouldn't hurt as
much as if a family member
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stole something from me.
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And so too when we come to know
the Lord, and yet after that...
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I'm not talking about the
things that we struggle with.
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But I'm talking about the
things that we know are wrong
00:48:30.21\00:48:32.37
and yet we still want to do it,
we're crucifying Jesus afresh.
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Just like Moses, we're hitting
the rock the second time.
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When we doubt and
complain after God has given us
00:48:40.35\00:48:42.88
all the evidences in
the world of His love,
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we too are smiting
the rock the second time.
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We're shaming our
Lord before the universe
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and we're giving the devil
an opportunity to bring reproach
00:48:51.83\00:48:55.50
to Christ.
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Oh my friends, have you
fallen after knowing truth?
00:48:58.03\00:49:01.40
Perhaps you're a pastor, or
an elder, or a Bible teacher,
00:49:01.44\00:49:04.74
a canvasser, or
some spiritual leader,
00:49:04.77\00:49:06.71
and you got tired of
wandering in the wilderness.
00:49:06.74\00:49:09.34
Your faith has grown dim
and your love has grown cold.
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You've lost your first
love, and the wilderness of the
00:49:12.35\00:49:14.78
world has worn you down, and the
waters stopped flowing for you.
00:49:14.82\00:49:18.42
And you, instead of
just speaking to the rock,
00:49:18.45\00:49:20.59
communing with
Christ, you have hit the rock.
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From standing on
the mountain of victory
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you have fallen into
the valley of immorality.
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And now you feel like,
"Man, I've shamed my family."
00:49:28.23\00:49:31.50
You've
misrepresented your church,
00:49:31.53\00:49:33.13
you've
disappointed your friends,
00:49:33.17\00:49:34.67
you've disgraced your
calling, you've hurt your Lord,
00:49:34.70\00:49:37.21
and you've made a
big fool out of yourself.
00:49:37.24\00:49:39.14
And now you feel
like you've gone too far,
00:49:39.17\00:49:41.18
your mistakes are too
big, your sin is too great,
00:49:41.21\00:49:44.01
and you have no way to get up.
00:49:44.05\00:49:45.58
And you feel like all
hope of recovery is lost,
00:49:45.61\00:49:48.18
and you feel like
you are forever barred
00:49:48.22\00:49:50.09
from the Promised Land.
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Oh friends, I've
got good news for you.
00:49:51.49\00:49:53.09
Though Moses hit the
rock the second time,
00:49:53.12\00:49:55.62
water still came out.
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Water still came out.
00:49:59.76\00:50:03.87
God still had
mercy upon His people.
00:50:04.60\00:50:08.40
And He still had mercy on Moses.
00:50:09.57\00:50:11.87
Because even though Moses was
barred from the earthly Canaan,
00:50:11.97\00:50:15.78
because of his
repentance and confession,
00:50:15.81\00:50:18.58
coming to the Lord, God brought
him to the heavenly Canaan.
00:50:18.61\00:50:23.22
And even though we
fall short, God sees, hears,
00:50:24.25\00:50:30.89
and knows our sins.
00:50:31.69\00:50:33.56
But He is come
down to bring us up.
00:50:34.26\00:50:37.90
And so I want to encourage
you, friend, if you're out there
00:50:38.83\00:50:41.74
wandering in the
wilderness of the world
00:50:41.77\00:50:43.71
and you have sinned
and rebelled against God
00:50:44.64\00:50:46.88
even after knowing the truth;
00:50:46.91\00:50:48.48
pastor, elder,
some spiritual leader,
00:50:48.51\00:50:50.65
and you have fallen and
you feel like all hope is lost,
00:50:50.68\00:50:54.12
you're hitting the rock
the second time like Moses did.
00:50:55.15\00:50:57.49
Come home,
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and drink the water that
still flows from the rock.
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Amen?
00:51:03.86\00:51:05.19
Our sins put Jesus, the
Son of God, on the cross.
00:51:05.59\00:51:11.13
But Jesus paid it all.
00:51:11.90\00:51:13.44
He paid our debt in full.
00:51:15.10\00:51:16.91
And the door of
mercy is still wide open.
00:51:18.01\00:51:21.04
And God is still giving
people time to get ready
00:51:21.84\00:51:25.65
for the Promised Land.
00:51:25.68\00:51:27.08
Oh my brothers and my sisters,
the devil knows your name,
00:51:27.62\00:51:32.62
but he calls you by your sin.
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But you know, that
God knows your sin,
00:51:37.06\00:51:40.73
but He calls you by your name.
00:51:41.60\00:51:43.20
He's a God that's
abundant in mercy.
00:51:44.20\00:51:47.64
My friends, when you
look at the cross, Jesus died,
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He said, "It is finished."
00:51:53.48\00:51:56.51
And even after He
died, it was done.
00:51:57.18\00:52:00.32
The Rock was smitten, and
now the water flows freely
00:52:00.35\00:52:03.82
so that all could be
saved if they choose.
00:52:03.85\00:52:07.12
But then you know the
story of how the soldier came
00:52:09.19\00:52:11.83
and speared Jesus in the side.
00:52:12.39\00:52:14.80
Why would he do that?
00:52:15.33\00:52:16.83
He was already dead.
00:52:17.37\00:52:18.70
Why hit the Rock the second time
00:52:19.10\00:52:21.07
when He was
already smitten the first?
00:52:21.10\00:52:23.27
Oh friends, you understand
why they did that, right?
00:52:23.51\00:52:25.57
They wanted to make
sure that He was dead.
00:52:26.04\00:52:28.81
So when the soldier
speared Jesus in the side,
00:52:29.84\00:52:33.68
they really speared Him
under the ribcage to the heart,
00:52:34.45\00:52:37.75
to make sure that that
Man on the cross was dead.
00:52:37.92\00:52:41.66
And from the heart of Christ,
the Rock, water and blood
00:52:42.49\00:52:50.57
began to flow.
00:52:50.97\00:52:52.30
But why blood and water
from the heart of Christ?
00:52:53.10\00:52:57.54
Because science has shown
that when a person experiences
00:52:58.57\00:53:02.44
an extreme case of
mental, psychological,
00:53:02.48\00:53:07.02
and emotional
agony, stress, and pain,
00:53:07.32\00:53:11.49
their heart can actually break.
00:53:12.19\00:53:15.19
And when that happens, the
red blood cells and the plasma,
00:53:15.96\00:53:19.59
the clear liquid, separates.
00:53:19.63\00:53:22.76
And so, friends, when
you see blood and water
00:53:23.37\00:53:27.27
flowing from the
heart of Christ, it tells us
00:53:27.30\00:53:30.21
the cause of His death.
00:53:30.24\00:53:31.81
That Jesus did not die
from the physical pain,
00:53:31.84\00:53:35.68
but rather He died
from the mental, emotional,
00:53:35.98\00:53:39.41
and psychological agony of being
rejected by us, His children,
00:53:39.45\00:53:44.09
and even seemingly
forsaken of His Father.
00:53:44.12\00:53:47.32
We broke the heart of God.
00:53:48.19\00:53:51.46
But water still came out.
00:53:53.09\00:53:56.26
His heart was broken for you...
00:53:57.57\00:53:59.23
...so that He could
heal your broken heart.
00:54:00.77\00:54:04.14
Is your heart
broken this morning?
00:54:05.01\00:54:06.68
Give to Jesus all the
broken pieces of your heart,
00:54:08.24\00:54:13.35
and He will make it whole.
00:54:13.92\00:54:16.58
Perhaps the mistakes
and sins of your past
00:54:17.22\00:54:19.99
have soiled the
garment of your life.
00:54:20.29\00:54:22.19
Maybe you, like
Moses, have struck the Rock
00:54:22.22\00:54:24.39
over and over
again with your sins.
00:54:24.43\00:54:26.23
Remember, friends,
the Rock took your place.
00:54:26.26\00:54:29.56
He was smitten so
that you could be saved.
00:54:29.96\00:54:32.03
So this morning, my
appeal to each one of us
00:54:32.43\00:54:35.37
is that we need
to come to the Rock.
00:54:35.40\00:54:37.01
We need to lay down our rods.
00:54:37.04\00:54:39.31
Lay down that which
you're using to hurt God.
00:54:40.14\00:54:43.04
Lay down your pride,
your sin, your selfishness,
00:54:43.08\00:54:46.25
your alcohol, your
drugs, your bitterness,
00:54:46.28\00:54:48.72
your unforgiving
spirit, your doubt.
00:54:48.75\00:54:50.45
Friends, God wants
us to lay down our rods
00:54:50.49\00:54:52.92
and come and speak to the Rock,
00:54:52.95\00:54:55.82
and drink the
cleansing water of life.
00:54:56.66\00:55:01.66
What are you hurting God with?
00:55:03.00\00:55:04.73
What sin in your life are
you still clinging to despite
00:55:05.67\00:55:09.37
all that God has done for you?
00:55:09.54\00:55:11.44
Friends, I know for me, I
have caused God so much pain.
00:55:12.91\00:55:17.65
I don't want to cause Him pain.
00:55:19.01\00:55:20.52
I want to bring Him joy.
00:55:21.38\00:55:22.75
Friends, we're almost home.
00:55:23.18\00:55:24.59
We're on the borders of Canaan.
00:55:25.15\00:55:26.72
Let's lay down our rod.
00:55:27.36\00:55:29.32
Let's speak and
commune with the Rock,
00:55:29.99\00:55:32.29
drink of the
water, and let's go home.
00:55:32.83\00:55:35.73
This morning as
your heads are bowed,
00:55:36.50\00:55:40.00
as your eyes are
closed, as your heart is open.
00:55:40.67\00:55:44.14
We should have been crucified,
but Jesus took our place.
00:55:45.24\00:55:49.78
Would you please
lay down your rod
00:55:50.55\00:55:53.58
and come to the
Rock this morning?
00:55:54.42\00:55:56.25
Surrender your life to Christ,
00:55:57.05\00:55:58.89
as you listen to
the words of this song.
00:55:59.15\00:56:01.16
Listen carefully.
00:56:01.62\00:56:02.96
I was guilty
with nothing to say,
00:56:04.69\00:56:14.50
and they were
coming to take me away.
00:56:15.30\00:56:25.28
But then a voice from heaven
00:56:26.38\00:56:32.39
was heard that
said, "Let her go.
00:56:32.49\00:56:40.20
Take Me instead."
00:56:40.93\00:56:49.10
See, I should
have been crucified.
00:56:49.37\00:56:59.31
I should have suffered and died.
00:57:00.78\00:57:08.92
I should have hung on
the cross in disgrace,
00:57:11.16\00:57:20.94
but Jesus, God's
Son, took my place.
00:57:21.10\00:57:30.15