Hello and welcome once again
to 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting
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2019 Living Above The Crowd.
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Isn't it wonderful?
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Are you having a good time here?
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If you are, say Hallelujah!
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HALLELUJAH! Whoo!
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We wish that you at
home could have joined us
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but we're glad that
you're watching on television
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or listening by the Internet.
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It is my pleasure to
introduce our featured speaker
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Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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He is the
president of Amazing Facts.
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Senior Pastor for the Granite
Bay SDA Church in California.
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But I'm going to tell you
something y'all don't know.
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Doug... When I first
joined the SDA church
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we lived in Coleman, Texas.
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We joined the church that
had a membership of 10 people.
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Doug used to pastor that church.
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I think he said
there were maybe 8 people.
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I'll let him straighten me out,
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but we both
started in Coleman, Texas.
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How amazing!
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Well he has brought us
some wonderful messages!
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It has just been...
Climbing The Tree of Life.
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Persisting Into His Presence.
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And it won't disappoint today
because he is going to talk
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about Resisting
Grasshopper Thinking.
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And that's
important. But before he does
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Ladye Love Smith, who is just
a precious sister in the Lord
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and probably one of
my favorite fe... not...
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Yes! Not probably, IS one of
my favorite female vocalists...
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is going to sing a
song. Ladye Love, come on out.
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She is going to sing God Knows.
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Thank you.
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You think
there's no one out there
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who understands or cares.
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And you feel
God would not listen
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if you even had a prayer.
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Your faith has been so shaken
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you can't get
down on your knees.
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And
disappointment is keeping you
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from saying "Father, please. "
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God knows.
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God knows.
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He feels the pain
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you bear.
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God knows.
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God knows.
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God knows
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and God cares.
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He's calling in the silence
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you do not hear a sound.
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He whispers to your spirit
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when answers can't be found
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saying: "Fear not, I am with you
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right where I've always been.
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So cast your cares upon Me;
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I am your dearest Friend. "
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God knows.
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God knows.
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He feels the pain
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you bear.
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God knows.
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God knows.
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God knows
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and God cares.
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God knows.
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God knows.
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He feels the pain
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you bear.
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God knows.
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God knows.
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God knows
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and God cares.
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God knows
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and God
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cares.
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He does! He says: "I'll never
leave you or forsake you. "
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God knows every
situation in your life
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and He cares.
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God
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cares.
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Amen!
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Amen! Thank you
so much, Ladye Love.
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Happy Sabbath! Amen!
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Boy, I tell you it's
been a wonderful day.
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It's been exciting.
I've done a little crying,
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a little laughing.
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Did a lot of laughing.
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But it's been a
joy to be with you.
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It's wonderful to
just come around and visit
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and hear the
exciting testimonies
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and get to know brothers
and sisters in the Lord.
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It's always good to
be back here at 3ABN.
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I think it's been
twenty-five years or so...
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Well, it's longer than
that. It's before... yeah.
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Uh-huh, yeah.
I'm looking at Karen
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while I'm doing some
math in my head right now.
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And I'm not very good at that.
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But, yeah, it must
be twenty-seven years.
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'Cause 3ABN started airing
a tape we taped at Carmichael
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it's been over
twenty-seven years ago.
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And so yeah, it's been fun just
watching the way the Lord has
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blessed the
ministry and seeing it grow.
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I remember when I first
started coming everything was
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all in one building over there.
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And I'd come in late
at night from Sacramento
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and Mitch was here.
He just prayed with me.
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He was there waiting.
He'd be up all night long
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at master control
watching the dials.
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I'd bang on the door
and they'd let me go in.
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They had this attic
bedroom guest room we'd stay in.
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And it's just been fun
to see how God has blessed
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and blossomed.
You know, as long as
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you keep the main
thing the main thing
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God is going to
bless. I'll tell you why.
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Why did Jesus
come into the world?
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To seek and to save the lost.
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What are the last
words that Jesus said as He
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ascended to heaven? "Go
and teach all nations. "
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Jesus wants to see people saved.
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The most important thing to the
Lord is that people get saved.
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If you say
"Lord, will You send me?
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Use me in reaching
others. " He will bless you.
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Even if you don't do everything
right, He'd rather you do
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something and
maybe make a mistake
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than to do nothing very well.
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And so I think if we
make an effort the Lord...
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I might not be perfect
but I want You to use me
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in reaching others
He will bless you. Amen!
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Didn't the Lord use the apostles
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to go out
teaching and preaching?
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And they still had a few
things to learn along the way,
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didn't they? So don't wait until
you feel like you're perfect
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before God uses you.
If you start with a dream
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and a vision to reach
others, God will bless you
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and He'll teach you in the
process. Take my word for it.
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So it has just been a joy
to see how God has blessed
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over the years.
We're going to be talking
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in keeping with our
theme: Living Above The Crowd
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today the message is To
Avoid Grasshopper Thinking.
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And I'd like to begin
with just a little story.
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An amazing fact if
you will. I love history.
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I'm reading another book
right now about Magellan's
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journey around the world,
and I'm fascinated by history.
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I keep stopping Karen and
telling her: "This is what's
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happening and this is what's
happening. It's so incredible! "
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One of the other great adven-
tures that I enjoy reading about
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was the Lewis
and Clark expedition.
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In fact, I don't know
if you've ever fantasized
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that you could go back in
time when you would want to go.
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I know there's a lot of places
I wouldn't want to go back
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in time. But one place I thought
would really be something
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is to be part of that expedition
and go across the U.S.
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when it was so pure
and it was so grand.
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They waited for a day and a half
for one buffalo herd to cross
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a creek. I mean, they
saw birds darken the sky
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for six hours flocks of them so
big that they just blocked out
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the sun. The wildlife and
the natural wonders they saw!
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And for them to see it for the
first time! It was so amazing.
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And the reason it all
happened is because Napoleon
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ran out of money.
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Napoleon ran out of
money and he sent a message
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which went very slowly - they
didn't have Internet back then -
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to Jefferson that
he was willing to sell
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what we know now as
the Louisiana Purchase
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which is a great big swath.
It's about one-third of the US.
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And it's like a million dollars.
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I don't know... it
wasn't a lot of money.
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No, I think we bought Alaska
from the Russians for a million.
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How much did we
pay for Greenland?
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I forgot. Oh, that
hasn't happened yet.
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I'm sorry... that's another one.
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Anyway, so it may have
been a few million dollars
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but it was nothing and
he's buying... he's buying
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1/3 of the United
States from the French.
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And Jefferson... he had to work
on Congress. And they bought it.
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So he gets this
expedition together.
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He says: "We bought it
but we don't know what it is
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so we've gotta look at
it. " So he gets these 43 men
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from 1804 to 1806
and he sends them.
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They start by foot in Pittsburgh
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but the mission
really begins in St. Louis.
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And they end up going all
the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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They're looking for...
First of all they wanted to
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make sure they claimed it before
the British and the Spanish did.
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Secondly, they
wanted to find out...
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Jefferson... he was a
scientist and a farmer.
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He said: "Get the animals and
the plants and find out what's
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going on with the country.
What kind of wildlife there is
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and make some notes. "
And then to establish trade
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with the native
tribes along the way.
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They took off on this journey.
It was just such an epic
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adventure. And to live with
them and see the wonders that
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they saw and the courage...
never knowing what was around
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the next bend. Some of the
Indians told them, they said:
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"As you go West you're
going to see some big bears. "
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They said: "Ah... " You know,
they were used to all the black
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bears in Kentucky. You
know, little teddy bears.
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And the Indians said:
"No, these are BIG bears. "
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And they were very curious.
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Lewis writes: "Very curious
to find out what these big bears
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were. " Said: "We've got
Kentucky rifles. We're not
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afraid of any big bears. "
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And Merriweather Lewis and
one of the hunters were out
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looking for game and they
ran into their first grizzly.
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And along the way they
had to shoot 2 or 3 grizzlies.
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They got chased by them
and they had to unload like
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half of their
rifles into one bear.
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And Lewis records: "The
curiosity of the men has
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been fully satisfied. "
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So it was a wonderful...
it was a wonderful story
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of how they barely...
Only one man died: appendicitis
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of all things. It was
an incredible journey.
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Eight thousand miles, and
they were hoping they'd find
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a waterway across
the Northwest Passage
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but they didn't.
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But one of the reasons
that Jefferson did that:
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he was thinking
about a story in the Bible.
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You know, Jefferson didn't
believe all the miracles in the
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Bible but he did believe
the Bible was a historical book.
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And he read where the children
of Israel were going to take
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possession of a land
that God had given them
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but they had not
looked at it in generations
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and nobody including
Moses had ever been there.
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And he said: "We've gotta
send an expedition to find out
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what it is. " We're going to
go to that story in the Bible.
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So if you have your
Bibles you might want to turn
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to the book of
Numbers chapter 13
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and I'll start with verse 1.
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"And the Lord
spoke to Moses saying:
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'Send men to spy
out the land of Canaan
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that I am giving to
the children of Israel.
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From each man of the
fathers you'll send a man,
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every one a leader among them. '
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So Moses sent them
from the wilderness of Paran
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according to the
command of the Lord
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all of them who were heads
of the children of Israel. "
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They simply sent one leader -
maybe Democraticically chosen -
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from each tribe. And
I'm not going to even read
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all the names of the
characters that were chosen
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because they sort of
evaporated into insignificance
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in history with the
exception of two names.
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You had one by the name of
Caleb from the tribe of Judah
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and you had Joshua
from the tribe of Ephraim.
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And so then you
can pick it up here
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in Numbers chapter 13 verse 17.
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"So Moses sent them to
spy out the land of Canaan.
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And he said to them: 'Go
up this way into the South.
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Go into the mountains;
see what the land is like.
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Whether the people who
dwell in it are strong or weak,
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few or many. Whether
the land they live in
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is good or bad.
Whether the cities they inhabit
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are like camps,
villages, or stronghold cities.
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Whether the
land is rich or poor.
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Whether there
are forests or not.
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Be of good courage. ' "
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Don't be afraid.
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"And bring some of the
fruit. " Bring samples back.
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"Now the time was the
season of first-ripe grapes.
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So in obedience with
their commission they went up
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and they spied out the
land from the wilderness of Zin
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as far as Rehob near
the entrance of Hamath.
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And they went up through the
South and they came to Hebron.
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Ahiman, Sheshai, and
Talmai, the descendants of Anak
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were there. " Now Anak is a king
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who has a bed
that's 13 feet long.
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Goliath is only 9-1/2 feet.
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So when they talk later about
the Anakum, just be thinking
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a race of giants.
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"Now the Anakim were there.
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Then they came to
the Valley of Eshcol... "
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I'm in verse 23...
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"and there they
cut down a branch
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with one cluster of grapes... "
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The word Eshcol means cluster.
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"that was so big they carried it
between two of them on a pole. "
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Can you imagine that?
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You invite
somebody over for breakfast,
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say: "You want a grape? "
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Not a grapefruit... a grape!
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These were huge!
That's why they called it
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"a land flowing
with milk and honey. "
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It literally was a land...
It's not just a figure of speech
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or a metaphor. You
can read in the Bible
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that when Jonathan was
going through the woods
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during a war it says:
"Honey dripped from the trees
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and puddled on the ground.
" And he stuck his pole in it.
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You remember that?
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And there was so much
vegetation greenery and flowers
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that the goats and
the cows when they ate
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their udders would
squirt milk as they walked.
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It doesn't say that but
I'm imagining that because...
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I used to have goats.
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And if you
didn't milk them on time
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they'd start without me.
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It's true!
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So... land "flowing
with milk and honey. "
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And so it says they cut
down a big cluster of grapes
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and they brought some of
the pomegranates and the figs
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and the place was called the
Valley of Eshcol because of the
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grapes that they cut down there.
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"And they returned from spying
the land after forty days.
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And they departed and
came back to Moses and Aaron
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and all the
congregation of Israel
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in the wilderness of
Paran at Kadesh Barnea.
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They brought back
word to them. " Now,
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I've gotta just pause here and
tell you that there was a big
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difference between 2
of them and 10 of them.
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Two of the spies, as they
crossed over the Jordan River
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and they saw the
land around Jericho,
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they said: "Will you look
at those springs of water! "
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"Look at the date
trees and the palms! "
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"What a beautiful
place... it's an oasis! "
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Ten of them said:
"Look at the people!
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Look at their fortifications!
Look at the walls!
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How could we ever conquer
a city with walls that big? "
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And it was that way
the whole trip for 40 days.
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You had two people
that had a lot of good news
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and ten people that
had a lot of bad news.
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Two of them were very
positive and believed;
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ten of them only saw the
obstacles and the problems.
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They came up to the area of
Hebron where the Anakim lived
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and the people...
ten of the spies said:
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"Oh, look at this!
This is a race of giants! "
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"We're like grasshoppers.
How can we conquer people
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like this? They're HUGE! "
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"We've never fought anyone
like this. There's no one like
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this in Egypt. "
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And Caleb said: "Wow!
Look at the rich soil!
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Look at the springs of water! "
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And the go up into the
land of the North: Carmel
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not too far from Eschol
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and they see the
Amalekites and the Jebusites
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and the
Hittites and the termites
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and they see all
these different nations
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and they say: "How could we
conquer all of these nations? "
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And that's where they cut
down the cluster of grapes.
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And it says two
of them carried it.
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Which two do you
think are doing it?
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Joshua and Caleb said:
"Oh, we've gotta take these back
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to the camp. We've gotta do it
before it turns into raisins. "
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So right after they
cut the cluster they said:
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"Let's head back now. "
Their pockets are bulging.
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Joshua and Caleb. You know,
they've got figs and they've got
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pomegranates and
pomelos and dates
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and there's probably a cloud
of fruit flies following them
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as they head back down
towards the children of Israel.
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And they're so excited.
Now they're also... they're
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smart and they know: "Look,
these guys are just bad news.
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All they see is the problems. "
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And they said: "We'd better
get there and set the tone
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before they start talking or
they're going to bring everybody
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down. They're just... Every-
thing they see is a problem,
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problem, obstacle, problem. "
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And Joshua and Caleb said:
"Look, this is the Promised
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Land. It's called the Promised
Land because God promised
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to give it to us!
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Why would God
promise to give it to us
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if He couldn't give it to us? "
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Now most people agree
that Jesus... believers...
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came and died for
the sins of the world.
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But even among Christians
there are still a lot of people
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that doubt that He's
big enough to save them.
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They say: "I hope to be saved. "
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"It might be nice
but I'm such a sinner. "
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They have more faith in their
sin than God's power to save.
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They think the devil
is good at tempting them
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and they know how easy it
is to fall into temptation
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but they lack faith that
Jesus is able to keep them.
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So in reality their devil
is bigger than their Savior.
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So Joshua and Caleb outrun
the other ten negative spies.
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They're supposed to be bringing
a report of how wonderful
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the Promised Land is, and
they're going to tell them
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how inaccessible
the Promised Land is.
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God have mercy if
any pastors ever do that.
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We're supposed to be
messengers that tell people
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"You can make it. "
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So notice what happens.
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"They came back to the children
of Israel, to the congregation.
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They showed them the fruit
of the land. " I'm in verse 27.
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Numbers 13:27.
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"And they told him and
they said: 'We went to the land
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you sent us and truly it
flows with milk and honey
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and this is the fruit. ' "
And I just can picture that:
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Caleb and Joshua
plucking off grapes and saying:
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"Dodge! Heads up! Here
comes another one! Heads up! "
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And they're throwing grapes
and dates and pomelos and figs
00:21:03.63\00:21:06.43
and things. And
everybody's having a food fight!
00:21:06.63\00:21:08.43
And everyone's going:
"Oh, oh! Look at all the fruit!
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This is wonderful!
" They're rejoicing.
00:21:10.93\00:21:12.40
And then the other
ten came dragging in.
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You notice instantly
the conversation changes.
00:21:16.37\00:21:19.97
They butt in and say: "Wait,
Wait! Don't get too excited. "
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Verse 28: "Nevertheless
people who dwell in the land
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are strong and the cities
are fortified and very large. "
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They started talking about the
walls of Jericho and they said:
00:21:31.39\00:21:33.59
"We'll never be able to
knock down those walls. "
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They had no idea that
God's got a thousand ways
00:21:36.93\00:21:39.83
to deal with our
problems when we can't see one.
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And by the way, God is
not always going to give you
00:21:44.20\00:21:48.14
the answer to your
problem before you need it.
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You can't move forward
with the Lord and say: "I'm not
00:21:52.04\00:21:54.38
going to take a step until
I know how it's all going to
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work out. " God very often
does not supply what you need
00:21:56.44\00:22:00.68
until the very
moment you need it.
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People sometimes ask me:
"Pastor Doug, do you think
00:22:02.78\00:22:04.69
you have enough faith to
die, be tortured for Christ? "
00:22:04.89\00:22:07.92
I said: "Not now I don't.
00:22:08.12\00:22:09.46
But I'm hoping if,
heaven forbid, that ever happens
00:22:10.33\00:22:12.23
I trust that He will then
give it to me when I need it. "
00:22:12.43\00:22:15.76
But I'm not going to
worry about having it now
00:22:16.16\00:22:18.20
because I'd spend my
whole life worried about it.
00:22:18.40\00:22:20.00
Instead I want to believe
that God's going to give me
00:22:20.50\00:22:23.20
what I need when I need it.
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Amen! And how
many times in your life
00:22:24.97\00:22:27.68
at the last minute God moves the
mountain, He parts the water.
00:22:27.88\00:22:31.91
And then you say: "Oh Lord,
why did I not believe sooner
00:22:32.88\00:22:35.75
that You could provide
for me when the time comes? "
00:22:36.52\00:22:40.86
I remember
hearing about a story.
00:22:41.62\00:22:43.06
My father was a
pilot in World War II.
00:22:43.26\00:22:45.59
He flew during D-Day in Europe,
00:22:45.79\00:22:48.16
but this is a
story from the Pacific.
00:22:48.36\00:22:50.30
And some soldiers
ran out of fuel flying -
00:22:50.80\00:22:56.17
some pilots and a crew -
00:22:56.37\00:22:57.94
in Japanese-held
territory. And the only place
00:22:59.01\00:23:01.48
they could put down the
plane they just sputtered in
00:23:01.68\00:23:03.75
running out of fuel. And
they sputtered in, they landed
00:23:03.95\00:23:06.72
on an abandoned
field but it was an island.
00:23:06.92\00:23:08.65
The other end of the
island was held by the Japanese.
00:23:08.85\00:23:10.82
They know that
Japanese spies saw them come in
00:23:11.02\00:23:13.46
and they knew it'd only
be matter of a day or so
00:23:13.66\00:23:15.82
before they got from one
end of the island to the other
00:23:16.02\00:23:17.89
to arrest them.
They had no lifeboats
00:23:18.09\00:23:20.90
or anything to get away
and they nearly despaired.
00:23:21.10\00:23:23.77
They were just
waiting to either be killed
00:23:24.50\00:23:26.74
or be captured and
spend the rest of the war
00:23:26.94\00:23:29.50
in a prisoner of war camp.
00:23:29.70\00:23:31.37
But there was a
chaplain in the group.
00:23:31.57\00:23:33.14
Said: "Men, we
shouldn't lose hope. "
00:23:33.54\00:23:35.21
They're all saying:
"Where're we going to go?
00:23:35.41\00:23:36.75
We're out of fuel...
there's nothing we can do. "
00:23:36.95\00:23:38.28
"So let's pray. " And he encou-
raged them all to come together
00:23:38.35\00:23:41.82
and they had a prayer meeting.
00:23:42.02\00:23:43.35
And so they prayed and even-
tually some of them drifted off
00:23:44.12\00:23:47.02
to sleep. And then the next
morning one of the sailors just
00:23:47.22\00:23:49.29
felt impressed to go up
and walk along the beach.
00:23:49.49\00:23:51.59
And he went up from the
dirt field where they landed.
00:23:52.56\00:23:56.26
Went down to the
beach... started walking along.
00:23:56.46\00:23:57.93
And he saw something
bobbing in the water.
00:23:58.13\00:24:00.90
And it was a large
canister of aviation fuel.
00:24:01.84\00:24:06.54
And he went and
hooted... woke up his friends.
00:24:08.44\00:24:10.41
They came and
they wrestled this can
00:24:10.61\00:24:12.18
up the shore and
up onto the field.
00:24:12.38\00:24:14.28
They somehow
pumped it into the wings
00:24:14.48\00:24:16.58
and they had enough
runway to take off... barely
00:24:16.79\00:24:19.05
clipping the palm trees,
00:24:19.25\00:24:20.69
and they escaped
to friendly territory.
00:24:20.99\00:24:24.23
Before they took off, one of
them took a note of the serial
00:24:24.83\00:24:28.46
number and wrote
it down of the can.
00:24:28.66\00:24:30.43
And it turns out the can had
been jettisoned by another ship
00:24:31.33\00:24:34.90
when they realized they were
under... They were carrying fuel
00:24:35.10\00:24:37.21
and a whole bunch of tanks
had been jettisoned by another
00:24:37.41\00:24:40.38
American ship when it
was under a torpedo attack
00:24:40.58\00:24:43.51
from the Japanese a
thousand miles away.
00:24:43.71\00:24:46.18
And none of the other cans
was ever recovered, and this can
00:24:47.85\00:24:50.42
somehow drifted 1,000 miles.
00:24:50.62\00:24:52.32
It went by 25 other islands
00:24:52.52\00:24:55.32
and it washed up on the shore
00:24:55.62\00:24:58.09
of the pilots that needed it
the morning after they prayed.
00:24:58.29\00:25:03.40
God always gives you what
you need at the very minute
00:25:05.83\00:25:08.47
you need it. Amen!
00:25:08.67\00:25:10.27
All things are
possible with God.
00:25:10.97\00:25:12.67
"Oh, " they said, 10 of
the spies, "we can't do it. "
00:25:12.87\00:25:15.98
"We saw the descendants
of Anak there. " Verse 29.
00:25:17.08\00:25:20.52
"Amalekites dwell in
the land of the South.
00:25:20.72\00:25:22.65
The Hittites and
the Jebusites... "
00:25:22.85\00:25:24.65
How little did they know
that one of the most famous
00:25:25.15\00:25:27.29
Israeli soldiers was
going to be Uriah the Hittite.
00:25:27.49\00:25:30.33
They thought they were
enemies. They even converted
00:25:31.26\00:25:32.63
some of them. "The
Jebusites and the Amorites
00:25:32.83\00:25:35.93
dwell in the mountains and
the Canaanites dwell by the sea
00:25:36.13\00:25:38.37
along the banks of Jordan.
" And they were so depressed
00:25:38.57\00:25:43.20
and so discouraged and
spent so much time focusing
00:25:43.41\00:25:45.74
on the problems. And all
the people are passing along
00:25:45.94\00:25:47.94
the bad news. Pretty soon
this cloud of discouragement
00:25:48.14\00:25:50.75
and unbelief swept
over the whole congregation.
00:25:50.95\00:25:53.42
Now keep in mind
these are the people
00:25:54.18\00:25:56.08
who had just escaped from the
mightiest empire in the world.
00:25:56.28\00:25:59.89
Through the power of God
they had seen ten plagues
00:26:00.96\00:26:03.96
unlike anything you've
ever seen fall on their enemies.
00:26:04.16\00:26:06.49
God had taken them by
the hand with a mighty hand.
00:26:06.90\00:26:09.36
With an outstretched
arm He brought down plagues
00:26:09.56\00:26:12.87
on their enemies and
through the seven last plagues,
00:26:13.07\00:26:15.17
you know there were 10
plagues to fall on Egypt,
00:26:15.37\00:26:16.91
the Israelis experienced
the first 3 of the 10
00:26:17.41\00:26:20.74
but He protected them
from the last seven plagues.
00:26:20.94\00:26:24.25
How many plagues does
Revelation talk about?
00:26:24.65\00:26:26.75
Seven. Are you worried
about that tribulation?
00:26:26.95\00:26:29.48
Did God protect them
through that tribulation?
00:26:29.88\00:26:32.52
Will He save us
through that tribulation? Yes!
00:26:32.92\00:26:36.09
And they said:
"We'll never make it! "
00:26:36.86\00:26:38.39
And all the people of
Israel began to get discouraged.
00:26:38.79\00:26:42.96
They began to lift
up their voices and cry.
00:26:43.16\00:26:44.87
And you read in verse
30: "Caleb quieted the people
00:26:45.07\00:26:48.50
before Moses. " Now
why'd he have to quiet them?
00:26:48.90\00:26:50.81
They're all moaning
and saying: "Oy vey! "
00:26:51.61\00:26:54.04
"We're never going to make
it! Why did God bring us? "
00:26:54.24\00:26:56.14
They forgot all the
miracles. They forgot the bread
00:26:56.54\00:26:58.58
from heaven they
saw every morning.
00:26:58.78\00:27:00.32
They forgot the glory
of God was within sight.
00:27:00.52\00:27:03.28
You know if you listen
to the devil for 5 minutes
00:27:06.05\00:27:07.96
you can forget a
whole lifetime of victory.
00:27:08.16\00:27:10.13
It's amazing how quickly we
can forget all our blessings
00:27:11.49\00:27:15.26
and focus on one
little dot of discouragement.
00:27:15.46\00:27:17.93
And he had to quiet the people
00:27:19.53\00:27:21.40
because he could see they
were moaning and losing faith.
00:27:21.60\00:27:23.71
And he said: "Let us go
up! " Not only let us go up:
00:27:23.91\00:27:25.71
"Let us go up at
once and take it. "
00:27:25.91\00:27:27.24
He'd just come back. You'd think
he'd want to spend the night.
00:27:27.28\00:27:29.01
He'd just come back
from a 40-day expedition.
00:27:29.64\00:27:31.71
He said: "Let us go up
at once and take possession
00:27:32.11\00:27:34.55
for we are well
able to overcome it. "
00:27:34.75\00:27:37.39
One of the first evangelistic
meetings I ever went to was
00:27:38.42\00:27:41.36
in the little town of Covelo.
An evangelist named Monty Jones.
00:27:41.56\00:27:44.79
And that's where I first
heard the song He's Able.
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And for some of you who grew
up in the church you've heard it
00:27:48.50\00:27:51.10
for years. I'd never heard
it before. It's a great song!
00:27:51.33\00:27:53.50
He's able; He's
able... I KNOW He's able!
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So I started doing it at
all our evangelistic meetings.
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If you ever watch Net New
York and some of the others
00:27:58.77\00:28:00.78
we always sang He's Able.
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We've gotta remember He IS ABLE.
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"But the men who had
gone up with him said:
00:28:05.55\00:28:08.45
'We are not able. ' "
00:28:08.65\00:28:10.02
So you've gotta
make up your mind.
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Who are you gonna believe?
00:28:13.99\00:28:15.46
The majority? Or
the faithful minority?
00:28:15.86\00:28:20.10
What's our message
about? Living Above The Crowd.
00:28:21.13\00:28:23.93
Now wait a second. How many of
those spies were church members?
00:28:25.00\00:28:28.00
All!
00:28:28.20\00:28:29.60
No, Pastor...
tell me it ain't so.
00:28:30.24\00:28:32.67
That... that they were leaders!
00:28:33.78\00:28:37.08
It says: "They picked
every one a leader among them. "
00:28:37.48\00:28:39.91
And they started telling the
people: "No you can't do it. "
00:28:40.68\00:28:43.39
"The enemy's too big. "
00:28:44.15\00:28:45.75
And they said: "You know
let's just get comfortable
00:28:46.15\00:28:47.66
right here in
the desert forever. "
00:28:47.86\00:28:49.36
Or: "Let's go back to
Egypt and be slaves! "
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That's what their options were.
00:28:52.69\00:28:54.33
And you know I'm shocked as
I go around and I hear people
00:28:56.03\00:28:58.83
say: "Well I know Jesus
claims to forgive our sins
00:28:59.03\00:29:01.20
but He doesn't really expect
us to like stop sinning. "
00:29:01.40\00:29:04.41
"I mean does He expect us
to have like victory over sin?
00:29:06.31\00:29:09.41
Let's not get carried away!
00:29:09.61\00:29:10.95
I mean He's not
able to do that! "
00:29:10.98\00:29:12.31
Can the devil tempt us to sin?
00:29:12.48\00:29:13.82
Yeah, of course, the devil: he's
really good at what he does.
00:29:13.85\00:29:15.75
But can God save us
from sin? "Oh, no... "
00:29:16.25\00:29:18.95
"The Amalekites are too big. "
00:29:19.89\00:29:21.96
"And the Jebusites and
the Hittites and all of them:
00:29:22.82\00:29:25.99
they're too big! The
Himites and the Herites
00:29:26.19\00:29:29.23
and all of them are too big
00:29:29.43\00:29:30.93
and we can't overcome. "
00:29:31.33\00:29:33.80
So Joshua said:
"We are well able. "
00:29:34.97\00:29:37.51
Caleb said: "We are well able. "
00:29:37.67\00:29:39.94
The others said:
"We are not able. "
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You and I are faced with
who you want to believe today.
00:29:43.11\00:29:45.68
The Bible tells me
angel comes to Zechariah.
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He comes to Mary. They said:
"How can these things be? "
00:29:52.25\00:29:55.42
Zechariah says:
"We're too old. "
00:29:56.16\00:29:58.06
Angel said: "You should have
believed. Now you're not going
00:29:58.26\00:29:59.83
to get to say
anything until John is born. "
00:30:00.03\00:30:02.06
Mary says: "But
I'm not married yet. "
00:30:04.20\00:30:06.50
And the angel says: "With God
all things are possible. " Amen!
00:30:06.70\00:30:09.80
All things are possible to God.
00:30:11.47\00:30:13.11
"I can do all
things through Christ. "
00:30:13.31\00:30:15.41
You know, I get so
exasperated because
00:30:15.81\00:30:17.91
when I came to the
Lord you know I was drinking
00:30:18.11\00:30:21.22
and smoking and
stealing and cursing.
00:30:21.42\00:30:23.62
And I was just you
know... I was a big zero.
00:30:23.82\00:30:27.66
I think it was
Martin Luther that said:
00:30:30.26\00:30:32.09
"God creates from nothing
so until you become nothing
00:30:32.76\00:30:35.43
He can do nothing with you. "
00:30:35.63\00:30:36.97
And once you realize
you've reached the bottom
00:30:37.93\00:30:39.73
and you surrender and
you are crucified with Christ
00:30:41.24\00:30:43.57
He can re-create you then
and make you a new creature.
00:30:43.77\00:30:47.18
But you must be broken.
00:30:47.88\00:30:49.21
"He that falls on the
rock and is broken... "
00:30:49.28\00:30:51.21
There's hope for him.
00:30:51.41\00:30:53.25
And God helped me
quit smoking and drinking
00:30:54.32\00:30:58.19
and cursing. And it's not
because I don't have the freedom
00:30:58.39\00:31:01.26
to do those things. And
you know what? I know what all
00:31:01.46\00:31:02.96
the curse words are.
I still remember them.
00:31:03.16\00:31:04.79
I don't say them... I
don't think about them
00:31:06.06\00:31:08.33
because I'm a new person now.
00:31:09.06\00:31:11.63
And so when people start telling
me and making all these excuses
00:31:11.83\00:31:14.87
for sin I just think: "I
don't want to hear that. "
00:31:15.07\00:31:17.61
Don't tell me you
can't with Christ.
00:31:18.47\00:31:21.68
That's right.
Because... I'll tell you what
00:31:21.88\00:31:25.01
the rest of the story is.
00:31:25.21\00:31:26.98
If you don't believe
you can, then you can't.
00:31:27.85\00:31:32.25
Amen! Jesus
said: "Be it unto you
00:31:32.45\00:31:35.22
according to your faith. "
00:31:35.42\00:31:37.03
"All things are
possible to him that believes. "
00:31:37.43\00:31:40.73
"But the men who had gone
up said: 'We are not able.
00:31:42.66\00:31:45.20
The people are
stronger than we. ' "
00:31:45.40\00:31:46.74
Well, he was right
but that doesn't matter.
00:31:46.80\00:31:48.30
Yeah, they did not have
as much military experience.
00:31:49.10\00:31:52.11
They were outnumbered.
00:31:52.31\00:31:53.64
They were under fortified.
00:31:54.34\00:31:56.24
But none of that
matters because you and God
00:31:56.98\00:31:59.38
are always a majority.
00:31:59.58\00:32:01.18
The Bible promise is that "one
of you will chase a thousand. "
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So the numbers never matter.
00:32:06.09\00:32:07.49
Jonathan and his armor bearer
go up against the Philistines
00:32:08.49\00:32:11.53
and Jonathan says
to his armor bearer:
00:32:11.73\00:32:13.09
"There is no restraint with the
Lord to deliver by few or many.
00:32:13.29\00:32:16.40
And I realize we're
terribly outnumbered
00:32:16.60\00:32:18.50
but I think with God we
can take on that garrison. "
00:32:18.70\00:32:21.14
So the two of them take
on a garrison of Philistines
00:32:21.97\00:32:24.51
and they win. And they both
survive and the Philistines fall
00:32:24.71\00:32:27.34
because they believe.
00:32:28.24\00:32:29.78
Don't
underestimate what God can do.
00:32:30.98\00:32:33.25
And is there any
area in your life
00:32:33.65\00:32:35.78
that you've not conquered
the Hittites and the Jebusites
00:32:36.85\00:32:40.56
and you've just
gotten comfortable?
00:32:41.52\00:32:42.96
You know, when the children of
Israel entered the Promised Land
00:32:43.16\00:32:45.23
God said: "Now don't let up
until you've driven them out
00:32:45.43\00:32:48.36
because if you don't
drive them out, they will be
00:32:50.63\00:32:54.40
thorns in your side and
splinters in your eyes. "
00:32:54.60\00:32:57.97
And you know, after they
got comfortable in the land
00:32:58.81\00:33:01.71
they said: "Well, you know,
we've kind of whittled them down
00:33:01.91\00:33:03.81
to size. We don't need to
drive them completely out. "
00:33:04.01\00:33:06.21
Moses said: "Don't do that
because you're going to start
00:33:06.51\00:33:08.82
making alliances with them
and your sons are going to marry
00:33:09.02\00:33:11.19
them. They're going to
start eroding your faith.
00:33:11.39\00:33:12.95
You don't settle
until you've driven them out
00:33:13.15\00:33:14.86
and you are free indeed. "
00:33:15.06\00:33:16.46
You know what's happened to
the church is we got comfortable
00:33:18.16\00:33:20.30
with a little bit of the world
00:33:20.50\00:33:22.06
and started
compromising with the world.
00:33:22.96\00:33:25.10
Started saying: "Wow! " And
you know what? Those nations...
00:33:25.93\00:33:29.37
while they weren't watching
those nations began to grow
00:33:29.57\00:33:31.51
again and they started inter-
marrying with their children.
00:33:31.71\00:33:34.88
And they started
compromising their beliefs.
00:33:35.38\00:33:37.51
And next thing you know
they were worshiping their gods.
00:33:37.71\00:33:39.71
And it all happened
in the Promised Land
00:33:40.52\00:33:42.65
because they began to
settle for too little.
00:33:42.85\00:33:47.16
God said: "I want you
to have complete victory. "
00:33:47.99\00:33:50.19
They said: "Oh, we'd
better tolerate some enemies
00:33:50.96\00:33:53.93
among us. " Is there
any area in your life
00:33:54.13\00:33:57.80
where the devil
still has a foothold?
00:33:58.00\00:33:59.73
"If the Son will make you free,
you shall be free indeed. "
00:34:01.24\00:34:04.01
You've gotta believe
either the 10 spies or the 2.
00:34:05.11\00:34:09.61
You need to
live above the crowd.
00:34:10.65\00:34:12.05
Don't... Sometimes you can't
always go with the majority
00:34:12.25\00:34:15.22
report. "And they gave the
children of Israel a bad report
00:34:15.42\00:34:19.65
of the Promised Land.
" Can you imagine that?
00:34:19.85\00:34:21.82
Gospel is good news!
00:34:22.02\00:34:23.53
How do you communicate
the gospel to others?
00:34:24.66\00:34:27.00
Do they look at you and
think: "I want to be a Christian
00:34:27.20\00:34:29.00
like them 'cause
they're so happy. "
00:34:29.20\00:34:30.77
"Because they're joyful. "
00:34:31.63\00:34:33.17
Do you look like
Christianity's good news
00:34:33.67\00:34:37.54
when people meet you?
When they talk to you?
00:34:37.74\00:34:39.64
Do you talk about the
positive side of life?
00:34:39.84\00:34:42.01
Are you always focusing on
what's wrong with everybody
00:34:42.21\00:34:44.45
and everything?
00:34:44.65\00:34:45.98
I heard a pastor say once
that some Christians look like
00:34:46.72\00:34:49.68
they've been
baptized in pickle juice.
00:34:49.88\00:34:51.62
We're supposed to be on our
way to a feast not a funeral.
00:34:52.02\00:34:57.29
Right? Amen.
00:34:57.69\00:34:59.66
Spurgeon when he
would train ministers
00:35:00.06\00:35:01.73
he'd say: "When you preach
00:35:02.33\00:35:04.20
your face should reflect the
subject you're talking about.
00:35:04.87\00:35:07.70
For example, if
you're talking about heaven
00:35:07.90\00:35:09.80
and you describe the golden
streets, your face should shine!
00:35:10.01\00:35:12.67
If you talk about the
pearly gates, your eyes should
00:35:13.07\00:35:14.98
sparkle! " And he said:
"And if you're preaching on
00:35:15.18\00:35:17.25
the subject of hell, use your
regular everyday expression. "
00:35:17.45\00:35:20.52
The gospel is good news!
00:35:25.09\00:35:26.89
And here you've got one group
that says: "Ah, the land through
00:35:30.46\00:35:34.03
which we went it
devours the inhabitants. "
00:35:34.23\00:35:36.80
It's like the land... you know,
they were going to cross over
00:35:37.00\00:35:38.53
and start getting gobbled
up by the plants or something.
00:35:38.73\00:35:41.20
"It's a land that
devours the inhabitants. "
00:35:42.24\00:35:43.84
Well Caleb and Joshua said "It's
flowing with milk and honey. "
00:35:44.04\00:35:45.91
Which is it?
00:35:46.11\00:35:47.44
"All the people that we saw
there were like men of great
00:35:47.48\00:35:49.84
stature. We saw the giants...
the descendants of Anak.
00:35:50.05\00:35:53.05
We were like
grasshoppers in our own sight. "
00:35:53.25\00:35:55.95
Notice it began
with their own sight.
00:35:56.15\00:35:58.25
That was the problem:
00:35:58.95\00:36:00.29
they saw themselves
as grasshoppers. Amen!
00:36:00.66\00:36:04.33
And then it says:
"And in their sight. "
00:36:04.59\00:36:06.53
Well the reason they looked
like grasshoppers in their sight
00:36:06.73\00:36:08.86
is 'cause they saw
themselves as grasshoppers.
00:36:09.06\00:36:11.03
You know, I think
it was John Wesley -
00:36:12.73\00:36:15.00
kind of turned the
Christian world upside down -
00:36:15.20\00:36:17.31
he was like 5'2".
00:36:17.71\00:36:20.78
And some people would
comment on his diminutive size.
00:36:21.14\00:36:25.91
And he said: "You
know, it doesn't matter
00:36:26.31\00:36:28.25
how big the dog is in the fight.
It matters how big the fight is
00:36:28.45\00:36:31.65
in the dog. " Amen!
00:36:31.85\00:36:33.52
And he just turned the
Christian world upside down.
00:36:33.92\00:36:35.86
He never let up. Went
till he was 87 years old
00:36:36.06\00:36:38.33
preaching and teaching.
00:36:38.89\00:36:40.50
Started a whole
movement and a great revival.
00:36:40.90\00:36:43.37
Can't be thinking
of yourself that way.
00:36:44.20\00:36:46.33
You know the story
of David and Goliath.
00:36:46.84\00:36:48.37
In I Samuel chapter 17
this champion of the Philistines
00:36:50.07\00:36:54.31
comes marching down
into the Valley of Elah
00:36:54.51\00:36:56.85
and he begins... You know the
Philistines and the Israelites
00:36:57.25\00:36:59.91
they're always facing
off against each other.
00:37:00.12\00:37:01.98
Philistines
occupied a big swath of land
00:37:02.18\00:37:04.19
between the
mountains and the sea.
00:37:04.59\00:37:06.49
Beautiful farm land.
00:37:06.69\00:37:08.02
And the Israelites,
especially the people of Judah,
00:37:08.26\00:37:10.99
were up in the mountains above.
00:37:11.19\00:37:12.59
And they were always
facing off for battles.
00:37:12.99\00:37:14.63
And they armed themselves
on each side of this valley
00:37:14.83\00:37:18.23
kind of waiting to
engage and taunting each other.
00:37:18.43\00:37:20.57
They kind of had no
man's land in between them.
00:37:20.97\00:37:23.10
And out of the Philistine
camp came marching this guy
00:37:23.51\00:37:27.58
that was a virtual redwood tree.
00:37:27.74\00:37:30.68
He came thundering down.
00:37:31.98\00:37:33.62
Now he's around... depending
on which cubit you use:
00:37:33.82\00:37:37.42
Egyptian cubit or Hebrew
cubit or Babylonian cubit.
00:37:37.62\00:37:39.89
I don't know what cubit they
were using but he's at least
00:37:40.09\00:37:41.42
like nine and a half feet tall.
00:37:41.62\00:37:43.46
And he's not like some
people who are real tall
00:37:44.36\00:37:47.60
and real spindly.
00:37:47.80\00:37:49.36
He's like
Shaquille O'Neal, you know.
00:37:49.76\00:37:51.67
He's symmetrically huge.
00:37:51.87\00:37:54.34
And he comes marching
down. He issues a challenge.
00:37:56.17\00:37:59.81
They'd never heard
any army do this before.
00:38:00.01\00:38:01.94
They said: "Look, why do
we all need to die in battle?
00:38:02.14\00:38:04.01
Let's just have... You
send out your best man;
00:38:04.21\00:38:05.81
we'll send out our best man
00:38:06.01\00:38:07.45
and whoever wins that
nation will pay tribute
00:38:07.65\00:38:10.82
to the other nation...
you become our servants. "
00:38:11.02\00:38:12.72
Well they didn't know what
to say. They didn't want to say:
00:38:13.62\00:38:15.46
"No, we don't have anyone that
can take on your best man. "
00:38:15.66\00:38:17.36
And so day after day for 40 days
00:38:18.36\00:38:20.43
Goliath comes
down and he taunts them
00:38:20.63\00:38:22.46
and he say: "Come on...
send me one. Don't you have one
00:38:22.66\00:38:24.23
man who's willing to
fight? Is there not one man? "
00:38:24.43\00:38:26.43
I used to wonder: why
didn't Saul go fight him?
00:38:27.67\00:38:29.54
The Bible says Saul was
a head and shoulders taller
00:38:29.74\00:38:31.37
than everyone else.
That would give you an edge.
00:38:31.57\00:38:33.34
Jonathan had faith, but I don't
think Saul was going to let
00:38:34.18\00:38:36.98
the crown prince go fight him.
00:38:37.18\00:38:38.68
The Bible tells us that
when Samuel went to pick David
00:38:39.55\00:38:42.35
and anoint him, first
Samuel put his eyes on
00:38:42.55\00:38:45.22
Eliab, David's older
brother, and he was tall also.
00:38:45.42\00:38:47.99
And he said: "Oh
surely the Lord's anointed
00:38:48.19\00:38:49.72
is before me. " God said:
"Don't look on his height. "
00:38:49.92\00:38:52.63
"Don't look on how big he is
on the outside... look at how
00:38:53.70\00:38:56.00
big he is on the inside. "
00:38:56.20\00:38:57.53
And he ends up with David
00:38:58.43\00:39:00.00
who just so
happened to be my height.
00:39:00.40\00:39:02.40
Oh... I don't know...
00:39:02.80\00:39:04.14
And so after this
goes on for 39 days
00:39:07.94\00:39:12.95
Jesse says: "David, look...
your brothers are on the front
00:39:13.35\00:39:15.28
lines. You'd better
bring them some provisions. "
00:39:15.48\00:39:17.39
David comes to the front lines
and just about the time he's
00:39:18.55\00:39:21.02
handing out
provisions to his brothers
00:39:21.22\00:39:22.89
Goliath comes storming down.
00:39:23.09\00:39:25.03
He issues his
challenge. Every time he comes
00:39:25.43\00:39:27.70
he's taunting more than ever.
00:39:27.90\00:39:30.13
He's mocking the God of Israel.
00:39:30.33\00:39:32.13
And David hears this
and he's looking around.
00:39:32.33\00:39:35.94
He's thinking: "We just
going to stand and take this?
00:39:36.14\00:39:38.91
Isn't anybody... "
This righteous indignation -
00:39:39.11\00:39:41.94
Spirit inspired -
wells up within David
00:39:42.34\00:39:45.31
and he thinks: "Isn't anybody
going to speak up for the glory
00:39:45.51\00:39:48.78
of God against these heathens? "
00:39:48.98\00:39:52.79
Nobody. And finally David said:
00:39:53.86\00:39:55.26
"What's the reward for
the guy who takes him out? "
00:39:55.46\00:39:57.39
He already had his mind made
up: "If no one's going to do it
00:39:57.59\00:39:59.19
I'm going to do it. I just
wonder: what's the reward? "
00:39:59.39\00:40:00.93
"Oh, he'll be tax free
in Israel. King'll probably
00:40:02.16\00:40:04.50
give him his
daughter to marry. "
00:40:04.70\00:40:06.30
That ended up
backfiring... but it did work.
00:40:06.70\00:40:09.44
And pretty soon
word gets to Saul:
00:40:10.04\00:40:12.77
"There's this
whippersnapper from Bethlehem
00:40:12.97\00:40:15.64
who has come out saying he's
going to take on the giant. "
00:40:16.04\00:40:18.08
And Saul's thinking:
"Is that my musician? "
00:40:18.48\00:40:20.88
"Bring him to me. "
00:40:22.08\00:40:23.89
And David says: "Look,
why would you let this giant
00:40:24.09\00:40:29.12
intimidate you? "
00:40:29.52\00:40:31.53
He said: "A bear
came and took sheep. "
00:40:32.69\00:40:37.83
Said: "I killed the bear. "
00:40:38.03\00:40:39.53
"A lion came... I
killed the lion. "
00:40:39.73\00:40:41.20
And it doesn't say David
killed the lion with a sling.
00:40:42.14\00:40:46.04
We always portray it that way.
00:40:46.24\00:40:47.61
Said he took him by the beard.
00:40:47.81\00:40:49.54
The Holy Spirit came on
David like it came on Samson.
00:40:50.48\00:40:53.21
You know, Samson
never... Show me where it says
00:40:53.42\00:40:55.12
Samson had big muscles.
00:40:55.32\00:40:56.65
Samson actually was 5'9".
00:40:58.79\00:41:02.36
Well we don't know that...
It doesn't say that exactly.
00:41:07.40\00:41:10.37
But it does say when the
Spirit of the Lord left him
00:41:11.07\00:41:13.17
he was as other men, doesn't it?
00:41:13.37\00:41:16.24
So what made the difference?
00:41:17.91\00:41:19.41
How big the fight is in the dog.
00:41:20.34\00:41:22.44
How big the faith
is in the believer -
00:41:22.84\00:41:24.78
Amen - is what
makes the difference.
00:41:25.45\00:41:26.78
He said: "I'll go
fight this giant. "
00:41:27.68\00:41:30.32
Now Saul is thinking: "Well,
if we send out our best man
00:41:31.45\00:41:35.49
and he gets 'beat'
we're just going to look bad
00:41:35.89\00:41:38.89
and we'll have to be their
slaves. If we send out a kid,
00:41:39.09\00:41:41.16
we may still have to be their
slaves but we won't feel bad
00:41:41.36\00:41:43.57
because, you know, at least
they're going to feel bad. "
00:41:43.77\00:41:46.70
And he said: "All right...
00:41:46.90\00:41:49.37
I'm inspired by your
optimism. You can go. "
00:41:49.77\00:41:54.08
And then Saul tries to
put his armor on David.
00:41:54.48\00:41:56.98
And you know, Saul was a
head and shoulders taller than
00:41:58.08\00:42:01.05
everyone else. He
puts on Saul's armor
00:42:01.25\00:42:03.45
and he's probably peeking
out the neck hole like this!
00:42:03.65\00:42:05.52
And it says:
"He assayed to go. "
00:42:05.72\00:42:07.59
That means he tried to walk
and he's like... you know...
00:42:07.79\00:42:09.69
"I'm not going to fight
the giant in this stuff! "
00:42:09.89\00:42:11.36
He says: "I'm dead
before I get out in the field! "
00:42:11.56\00:42:14.56
So he takes the 5 smooth
stones. See, everyone else
00:42:15.73\00:42:18.30
saw a giant that was 9'6".
00:42:18.50\00:42:21.00
David knew he was
only 5 feet 54 inches
00:42:21.20\00:42:23.57
as a matter of perspective.
00:42:26.34\00:42:28.31
And David didn't even
know how he was going to do it.
00:42:32.91\00:42:35.82
He knew he was
pretty good with a sling.
00:42:37.65\00:42:39.19
You know, the Bible tells us
that there were some Benjamites.
00:42:40.06\00:42:42.22
Now David was from
Judah, but the Bible does say
00:42:42.42\00:42:44.59
in the book of Judges
there were some Benjamites that
00:42:44.79\00:42:46.70
could sling stones left
handed at a hair's breath
00:42:46.90\00:42:49.40
and not miss. I had a
friend that lived in Alaska.
00:42:49.60\00:42:54.24
Some of the Inuits up there...
they would sling stones.
00:42:54.44\00:42:57.87
And they said you could put a
stone, if you picked your stone
00:42:58.07\00:43:00.34
carefully, you cut put it
through a 1/2" piece of plywood.
00:43:00.54\00:43:02.91
Those things really have
pretty good muscle velocity.
00:43:03.71\00:43:06.78
So David carefully
picked five smooth stones.
00:43:07.62\00:43:11.82
And I can just see it:
Goliath on the other side
00:43:12.02\00:43:14.62
of the mountains and
they're all taunting and mocking
00:43:14.82\00:43:16.62
one army's rate against another.
00:43:16.83\00:43:18.16
And David walks down to
this creek between the two
00:43:18.19\00:43:20.76
and he starts
fishing around in the water
00:43:20.96\00:43:22.93
and he picks out what he
knows will be good projectiles.
00:43:23.33\00:43:26.37
And he gets five. Someone said:
"If David had so much faith,
00:43:26.57\00:43:29.07
why didn't he just get one? "
00:43:29.27\00:43:30.61
Well, you read on in the
Bible you find out Goliath
00:43:31.54\00:43:33.74
had four other
relatives that were giants.
00:43:33.94\00:43:36.44
David figured if they showed up
he'd be ready for any of them.
00:43:37.25\00:43:39.85
And Goliath comes
out and he sees this boy.
00:43:43.28\00:43:45.25
He thinks he's bringing a
message. He sees the fight
00:43:45.45\00:43:47.16
in David's eyes and he thinks:
"You've gotta be kidding. "
00:43:47.36\00:43:49.76
And David's got
his shepherd's staff.
00:43:50.43\00:43:52.39
And Goliath says:
"What? No armor? "
00:43:53.16\00:43:55.33
"You won't even send me someone
to kill that's got armor on? "
00:43:55.53\00:43:58.23
Said: "What am I? A dog that you
come against me with a stick? "
00:43:58.63\00:44:01.04
And Goliath begins to stomp
around and stir up the dust.
00:44:01.90\00:44:04.64
And he's shouting and
cursing by the Philistine gods.
00:44:04.84\00:44:07.31
"I'm going to take your head
off you; I'm going to kill you.
00:44:07.51\00:44:09.64
I'm going to feed you to
the buzzards and the skunks
00:44:10.05\00:44:11.81
and... " If you're
going to fight a giant,
00:44:12.01\00:44:15.05
don't make him mad first. Right?
00:44:15.25\00:44:16.75
David doesn't... he
doesn't back down one bit.
00:44:18.95\00:44:21.46
The courage! The audacity!
The boldness! The faith!
00:44:21.66\00:44:25.29
He said: "No, no,
no... let me tell you
00:44:26.39\00:44:27.73
how this is going to end. "
00:44:27.93\00:44:29.26
Said: "I'm going to kill you
00:44:29.80\00:44:31.33
and I'm going to
take your head from you. "
00:44:32.33\00:44:33.87
"You come against me
with a sword and a spear
00:44:34.27\00:44:36.94
and a shield, but I come against
you with something much bigger
00:44:37.14\00:44:39.41
than anything you've got. "
00:44:39.61\00:44:40.94
"I come against you
in the name of God. "
00:44:41.48\00:44:44.21
Amen! And you and God
are always the winning team.
00:44:44.41\00:44:48.35
Amen.
00:44:48.55\00:44:49.98
Now has Goliath
ever taunted you?
00:44:50.49\00:44:53.05
Have you ever felt
like the devil was too big?
00:44:53.79\00:44:55.92
What does David use
to bring down the giant?
00:44:57.39\00:44:59.46
A stone.
00:45:00.43\00:45:02.10
Jesus said: "He that hears these
words of mine and does them
00:45:02.50\00:45:06.03
is like a wise man who's
building his house on... "
00:45:06.23\00:45:08.20
What? "rock. "
00:45:08.40\00:45:10.21
Christ is that Rock.
00:45:10.61\00:45:11.94
In the story that
giant image is brought down
00:45:11.97\00:45:15.04
it is a stone representing
Christ, His kingdom,
00:45:15.24\00:45:17.78
His Word! The Ten Command-
ments were written on what?
00:45:17.98\00:45:20.82
Stone!
00:45:21.22\00:45:22.55
How do we bring down the enemy?
How did Jesus fight the devil?
00:45:22.58\00:45:25.19
"It is written; it is
written; it is written! "
00:45:25.59\00:45:28.32
In the Word of God is
the weapon. It's the sword
00:45:28.52\00:45:31.59
that we need to
defeat the enemy.
00:45:31.99\00:45:33.96
There are promises - exceeding
great and precious promises -
00:45:34.16\00:45:36.87
in His Word that you can
use to bring down every giant,
00:45:37.07\00:45:39.67
every foreign tribe, that
is in your mind and heart.
00:45:39.87\00:45:43.41
God wants you to be free indeed!
00:45:44.14\00:45:46.61
You must
believe that He is able.
00:45:47.01\00:45:48.98
Can you say Amen? Amen!
00:45:49.18\00:45:51.01
So... David comes
out against Goliath.
00:45:51.68\00:45:54.35
The Bible says the
giant "went to meet David. "
00:45:55.18\00:45:58.12
He walked out.
00:45:58.52\00:45:59.85
And this has
always fascinated me.
00:45:59.99\00:46:01.42
I think I mentioned
it earlier this week.
00:46:01.62\00:46:03.06
David RAN to meet the giant.
00:46:03.26\00:46:06.13
Goliath was so outraged
00:46:06.90\00:46:09.13
at the insults of David.
He thought: "Who in the world
00:46:09.33\00:46:11.97
does he think he is? "
David's thinking: "Lord, You've
00:46:12.17\00:46:14.04
gotta help me now 'cause I don't
know how I'm going to do this. "
00:46:14.24\00:46:15.70
"I don't even have a sword. "
00:46:16.34\00:46:17.67
"What am I going to
do? Kick him in the knee? "
00:46:17.94\00:46:19.61
And Goliath takes his
helmet and he pushes it back
00:46:20.48\00:46:23.24
and he's thinking: "Oh! "
00:46:23.45\00:46:24.78
And David's: "Ah... bullseye! "
00:46:24.81\00:46:26.31
"Praise the Lord! I
was praying for an opening
00:46:27.48\00:46:30.25
and He gave me the
opening I needed! "
00:46:30.45\00:46:32.29
And David was so
good it says: "as he ran
00:46:34.29\00:46:36.89
he put his hand in his bag. "
00:46:37.09\00:46:40.16
You know, I told you
I like reading history
00:46:40.36\00:46:42.43
and I was reading about
some of the Indian battles.
00:46:43.13\00:46:45.33
And these were the
Native Americans fighting with
00:46:45.53\00:46:47.34
Native Americans.
And they were so good
00:46:47.54\00:46:49.17
they would ride a horse,
draw arrows and shoot them
00:46:49.37\00:46:53.11
and not miss while
they're bouncing on a horse.
00:46:53.31\00:46:55.31
How in the world do you do that?
00:46:55.71\00:46:57.65
These slingers... they
could run, load a sling,
00:46:57.85\00:47:02.02
fire it and not miss
while they're on the move!
00:47:02.22\00:47:04.29
I'd trip and wrap my feet up;
I'd never be able to do that.
00:47:05.05\00:47:07.86
And as David's
running he takes that stone.
00:47:09.46\00:47:11.83
He puts it in and he
whips it around his head
00:47:12.03\00:47:14.40
and he sends that thing
just shooting like a bullet
00:47:14.80\00:47:18.37
right at its mark, and it
absolutely knocks Goliath out.
00:47:18.67\00:47:23.07
He hits it... I like reading
this in the book Patriarchs
00:47:23.57\00:47:26.21
and Prophets. All of
a sudden he's shocked
00:47:26.41\00:47:29.21
and he grabs his forehead
and the blood almost instantly
00:47:29.41\00:47:32.51
begins to come out between
his finger and he stumbles.
00:47:32.71\00:47:35.35
And you know the
expression: "The bigger they are
00:47:35.55\00:47:37.75
the harder they fall. "
And he starts to just go over
00:47:37.95\00:47:41.02
and David said: "Timber! "
00:47:41.22\00:47:43.19
He starts to go over and
went face down ingloriously
00:47:44.79\00:47:49.50
in the dirt.
00:47:50.83\00:47:52.33
You know, when I get to
heaven there's certain videos
00:47:54.60\00:47:56.14
I want to check out.
00:47:56.34\00:47:57.67
I'm going to take my angel
in and say: "Where've you got
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.78
this archived? " I'll
say: "I want to see this. "
00:48:01.98\00:48:03.41
And I not only want to see
what happened, I want to see
00:48:04.01\00:48:06.18
the faces of the Philistines.
00:48:06.38\00:48:08.58
I want to see their faces:
"Oh yeah, Goliath... let's go! "
00:48:09.65\00:48:12.52
The disbelief! And
then in the Israeli army
00:48:18.36\00:48:21.86
they're all going:
"How long do you think
00:48:22.06\00:48:24.63
that son of
Jesse's going to last? "
00:48:24.83\00:48:26.37
"I don't know... I
think he's got 20 seconds.
00:48:27.07\00:48:28.60
What do you think? "
"I'll give him 30 seconds. "
00:48:28.80\00:48:30.37
And they're taking money
on it. How long before he's
00:48:30.57\00:48:32.64
snuffed out, you know?
00:48:32.84\00:48:34.38
And then they
see Goliath go down!
00:48:34.78\00:48:36.31
And all the Israelite
soldiers are going: "Huh? "
00:48:37.28\00:48:40.08
Even his own people!
00:48:43.85\00:48:45.19
And there was probably
a long, awkward silence.
00:48:46.15\00:48:48.79
Then... nobody's doing anything.
David said: "You guys aren't
00:48:48.99\00:48:51.29
going to help me? " He goes
and he takes Goliath's sword.
00:48:51.49\00:48:53.76
He's still kind of
moaning. He's not dead yet.
00:48:54.16\00:48:56.53
And he cuts off
the giant's head.
00:48:57.60\00:48:59.73
Lifts it up.
Finally the people are going
00:48:59.93\00:49:03.00
"I don't think
he's getting back up. "
00:49:03.20\00:49:04.91
And the Israelites go:
"Yeah! He's ours! We were on his
00:49:08.31\00:49:11.68
side the whole time! "
00:49:11.88\00:49:13.21
"We knew he could do it! "
00:49:14.22\00:49:15.55
"Yeah... that's
the king's harpist! "
00:49:16.99\00:49:19.89
"The shepherd boy! "
00:49:21.12\00:49:22.96
And they all go charging down
the hill towards the Philistines
00:49:23.99\00:49:26.83
and the Philistines, they
threw their weapons in the air
00:49:27.03\00:49:28.86
and they thought:
"Man, if this young guy
00:49:29.06\00:49:31.33
can do that to our biggest man,
00:49:31.53\00:49:33.44
what are these
guys gonna do to us? "
00:49:33.64\00:49:35.07
And they went running back.
00:49:35.47\00:49:37.17
They got a victory.
00:49:38.11\00:49:39.81
You and God. David
said: "You come against me
00:49:40.01\00:49:42.84
with a sword and
a spear and a shield
00:49:43.04\00:49:44.78
but I come against you
in the name of Jehovah. "
00:49:44.98\00:49:49.15
Amen! So if you
are met with temptation
00:49:49.35\00:49:53.12
and you call out to God
00:49:53.72\00:49:56.36
and you say: "Lord save me!
" like Peter when he's sinking
00:49:56.56\00:49:59.79
God would sooner
empty heaven of every angel
00:50:01.30\00:50:04.07
than let one of His
children that trusts in Him
00:50:04.27\00:50:06.80
fail when they believe.
00:50:07.20\00:50:09.20
You might be looking at yourself
saying: "Lord, I'm not much.
00:50:09.60\00:50:11.91
How am I going to make it? "
00:50:12.11\00:50:14.08
Romans chapter 4 verse 17 says:
"God calls those things that
00:50:14.28\00:50:17.81
are not as though they are. "
00:50:18.01\00:50:19.81
God calls us saints.
00:50:20.58\00:50:22.68
He calls us His children.
00:50:23.08\00:50:25.05
He says: "I've gone to
prepare a place for you"
00:50:25.85\00:50:27.89
before anyone's
earned that place.
00:50:28.49\00:50:30.06
"All things are
possible to them that believe. "
00:50:31.49\00:50:33.83
Now to go back to my story.
00:50:34.66\00:50:36.36
So in the book of
Numbers one group said
00:50:37.70\00:50:41.94
"We can make it. " The other
group said: "We can't make it. "
00:50:42.14\00:50:43.71
"And all the
congregation... " chapter 14...
00:50:43.91\00:50:45.61
"they lift up their
voices. " They weep all night.
00:50:45.81\00:50:47.71
They say: "Let's
kill Moses and Aaron. "
00:50:47.91\00:50:49.91
"Let's go back to Egypt...
we'll go back and be slaves! "
00:50:50.11\00:50:53.92
Believers who would
rather be slaves than be free.
00:50:54.12\00:50:56.69
"We don't
believe we can make it. "
00:50:58.15\00:50:59.49
"It's too hard
to be a Christian. "
00:50:59.75\00:51:01.22
All that... The
only thing that's scaring
00:51:03.19\00:51:04.69
them is the devil!
00:51:04.89\00:51:06.23
I tell you, friends:
it's a lot easier being saved
00:51:07.13\00:51:09.26
than being lost.
00:51:09.46\00:51:10.80
The devil's got us convinced
that it's easier to surrender
00:51:11.80\00:51:14.47
and be a slave.
"And Moses and Aaron
00:51:14.67\00:51:18.24
fell on their faces and
Caleb, the son of Jephunneh... "
00:51:18.44\00:51:20.84
he said: 'The land
through which we passed
00:51:21.24\00:51:24.38
is an exceeding
good land. ' " Verse 8:
00:51:24.58\00:51:26.55
"If the Lord delights in us,
He will bring us into this land
00:51:26.75\00:51:29.38
and give it to us. It
flows with milk and honey.
00:51:29.58\00:51:31.52
Only do not rebel
against the Lord! "
00:51:31.72\00:51:33.46
Don't stop believing the Lord!
00:51:33.66\00:51:35.32
Jesus said:
"Where is your faith? "
00:51:35.52\00:51:37.09
How many times did He ask the
apostles "Where is your faith? "
00:51:37.29\00:51:39.33
So often we focus
on what we can't do.
00:51:41.10\00:51:43.77
Couple of quotes I'd
like to share with you
00:51:45.27\00:51:47.14
before I run out of time here.
00:51:47.34\00:51:48.67
"Faith does not operate
in the realm of the possible.
00:51:49.84\00:51:52.91
There is no glory for God in
that which is humanly possible.
00:51:53.51\00:51:56.81
Faith begins where
man's power ends. "
00:51:57.28\00:51:59.91
George Mueller.
00:52:00.32\00:52:01.65
"Unbelief puts our
circumstances between us and God
00:52:02.02\00:52:05.52
but faith puts God between
us and our circumstances. "
00:52:05.92\00:52:09.69
Sometimes we focus on
the giant and not the Lord.
00:52:10.09\00:52:13.43
Victor Franco said:
00:52:15.86\00:52:17.20
"A weak faith is
weakened by predicaments
00:52:17.23\00:52:18.80
and catastrophes
whereas a strong faith
00:52:19.10\00:52:21.50
is strengthened by them. "
00:52:21.70\00:52:23.20
And some anonymous person
said: "Faith sees the invisible,
00:52:24.57\00:52:27.91
believes the incredible,
00:52:28.11\00:52:29.54
and receives the impossible. "
00:52:29.74\00:52:31.71
Amen! If you
believe, you will receive.
00:52:31.91\00:52:35.55
Even if you've
fallen 10 times before,
00:52:36.35\00:52:38.65
a righteous man falls
seven times and rises again.
00:52:38.85\00:52:41.36
Don't stop believing that the
Lord can finish what He started
00:52:42.09\00:52:44.96
in your life. He is
the Author and the Finisher
00:52:45.16\00:52:47.46
of your faith. Amen? "He
that has begun a good work
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in you will perform it. "
Don't believe the lies out there
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that say: "Ah, nobody's
perfect. We can't make it;
00:52:53.30\00:52:56.17
we're all going to fall. "
You strive to be like Christ!
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That's what a
Christian is, amen?
00:52:59.57\00:53:00.91
We're followers of Jesus.
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Keep our eyes fixed on Him.
00:53:03.11\00:53:04.71
How do we lay aside the sin
and the weight? Fixing our eyes.
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Setting our eyes on Jesus.
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We run that race with endurance
00:53:10.55\00:53:12.49
remembering that He was
crucified in our behalf.
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So... you go over
to the book of Joshua.
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And we need to
fast forward 40 years.
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The ones who said:
"We're not going to make it"
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you read in chapter
14 guess what happens.
00:53:28.74\00:53:30.77
They didn't make it.
00:53:31.17\00:53:32.81
Those 10 spies that said: "Oh,
we're never going to make it"
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God said: "Out of your own
mouth I'm going to judge you. "
00:53:36.24\00:53:38.51
That generation that said:
"Better off that we had died
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in the wilderness" God said:
"Be careful what you ask for. "
00:53:42.32\00:53:45.52
That generation that didn't
believe they could make it
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died in the wilderness
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but their kids
learned a few lessons.
00:53:50.99\00:53:52.79
They had child-like faith.
00:53:52.99\00:53:54.66
That next generation
went in, and the only two
00:53:54.86\00:53:57.47
that were over 60 that
made it into the Promised Land
00:53:57.67\00:54:01.37
were the 2 spies that
believed they could make it.
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And then after five
years of fighting and battling
00:54:06.68\00:54:09.44
in the Promised Land
Joshua comes to Caleb.
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And this is chapter
14 of the book of Joshua.
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"Then the children of
Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal
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and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh the Kenizzite
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he said to him: 'You
know the word that the Lord
00:54:21.32\00:54:24.86
said through Moses, the
man of God, concerning you
00:54:25.26\00:54:28.96
and me in Kadesh
Barnea. I was 40 years old
00:54:29.16\00:54:31.93
when Moses, the
servant of the Lord, sent me
00:54:32.13\00:54:34.44
from Kadesh Barnea
to spy out the land.
00:54:34.94\00:54:37.31
And I brought back word
to him as was in my heart.
00:54:37.51\00:54:39.77
Nevertheless, my
brethren who went up with me
00:54:39.97\00:54:42.31
they made the
heart of the people melt
00:54:42.51\00:54:44.71
but I wholly
followed the Lord my God.
00:54:44.91\00:54:47.22
So Moses swore to
me on that day saying:
00:54:47.72\00:54:49.98
'Surely the land that your
foot has trodden on will be
00:54:50.19\00:54:52.32
an inheritance for you
and your children forever
00:54:52.52\00:54:55.06
because you wholly
follow the Lord. ' "
00:54:55.26\00:54:56.86
Can I just tell you
what that word follow means?
00:54:57.06\00:54:59.56
You wholly believed.
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That's what it's saying.
00:55:02.13\00:55:03.47
Jesus says "follow
Me" He says "believe Me. "
00:55:03.50\00:55:05.97
And he says: "And behold,
the Lord has kept me alive
00:55:07.97\00:55:10.17
as He said these 45
years. " So now he's how old?
00:55:10.37\00:55:12.81
Eighty-five. "Ever since the
Lord spoke this word to Moses
00:55:13.84\00:55:18.11
and now here I am this day
85 years old and I am as strong
00:55:18.31\00:55:22.68
this day as I was on that
day... " Wouldn't you like to
00:55:22.88\00:55:24.95
have that problem?
Amen! "that Moses sent me.
00:55:25.15\00:55:27.89
Just as my strength was
then so is my strength now
00:55:28.09\00:55:31.63
both for war, for
going out, for coming in.
00:55:31.83\00:55:34.66
Now therefore give
me this mountain. "
00:55:35.06\00:55:37.70
Jesus said if you've
got faith what can you do?
00:55:37.90\00:55:39.37
"You can say to this
mountain 'be plucked up
00:55:40.24\00:55:42.30
and cast into the
sea' and it will be done. "
00:55:42.50\00:55:44.87
"Give me this
mountain that God promised
00:55:45.57\00:55:49.58
even though the
giants are there. "
00:55:49.78\00:55:52.41
And Joshua blessed him
00:55:54.08\00:55:56.02
and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh,
he went with the tribe of Judah.
00:55:56.42\00:56:00.12
They went into the
mountains of Hebron,
00:56:00.32\00:56:01.82
later known as
the hills of Judea,
00:56:02.22\00:56:04.33
and they took on the giants
00:56:04.73\00:56:06.80
and they trounced them.
00:56:07.63\00:56:09.26
And to this day there's
a city in the land of Judah
00:56:09.90\00:56:12.67
called Jerusalem.
00:56:12.87\00:56:14.20
And David, who is a
descendant from Judah,
00:56:14.60\00:56:17.71
they all possessed that land
because an old man had faith
00:56:18.77\00:56:22.04
that God can do
what He's promised.
00:56:22.68\00:56:24.01
Now he had to wait a little
while to get the full promise,
00:56:24.21\00:56:26.18
didn't he? He had to
wander in the wilderness
00:56:26.38\00:56:28.98
for a little while. But
did Caleb get everything
00:56:29.18\00:56:31.85
that God promised him? Amen.
00:56:32.05\00:56:34.36
And sometimes it might
feel like our wandering is
00:56:34.56\00:56:36.36
going a little long. But
if you believe He is able
00:56:36.56\00:56:40.06
He will finish the work
that He's begun in your life.
00:56:40.26\00:56:42.30
God is faithful.
Can you say "Amen? "
00:56:42.50\00:56:44.77
Amen! Great is His faithfulness.
00:56:44.97\00:56:47.34
He will not let you down.
00:56:47.94\00:56:49.40
"All things are
possible to him that believes. "
00:56:49.80\00:56:52.57
"Without faith it's
impossible to please God.
00:56:52.77\00:56:55.18
If you come to God,
you must believe that He is
00:56:55.38\00:56:57.31
and He is a rewarder of
those who diligently seek Him. "
00:56:57.71\00:57:01.18
Daniel was delivered from the
lions' den because he believed
00:57:01.58\00:57:05.02
in his God. That's what
it says in Daniel chapter 6.
00:57:05.22\00:57:07.59
And so Jesus said:
"Where is your faith? "
00:57:08.62\00:57:11.43
Would you like more faith?
00:57:11.63\00:57:12.99
"Faith comes by hearing and
hearing by the Word of God. "
00:57:13.80\00:57:16.26
God'll give us
faith when we ask Him.
00:57:16.93\00:57:19.10
Would you like to have
that kind of saving faith,
00:57:19.60\00:57:21.67
that kind of faith where
you can take out the giants?
00:57:21.87\00:57:24.17
Let's ask Him together.
00:57:25.51\00:57:26.84
And I want to invite
those who are watching
00:57:26.88\00:57:28.21
as we close with
prayer pray for that faith.
00:57:28.31\00:57:30.45
Father in heaven, we just
thank you for the abundant
00:57:31.81\00:57:34.62
promises we see in Your Word
00:57:34.82\00:57:36.55
just from Genesis to Revelation
00:57:36.75\00:57:38.35
that all things are
possible to those that believe.
00:57:38.85\00:57:41.82
I pray that we'll
do what we can, Lord,
00:57:42.32\00:57:44.99
to fortify our minds
with the truth of Your Word
00:57:45.19\00:57:48.16
that when those
giants show themselves
00:57:48.56\00:57:51.13
through Your promises
we might experience...
00:57:51.53\00:57:54.80