This is the day
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This is the day This is the day
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That the Lord has made
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That the Lord has made
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I will rejoice, I will rejoice
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And be glad in it
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And be glad in it
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This is the day
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That the Lord has made.
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I will rejoice
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And be glad in it
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This is the day This is the day
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That the Lord has made.
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Come on, say that again!
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This is the day
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This is the day
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This is the day.
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That the Lord has made
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That the Lord has made.
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And I will rejoice.
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I will rejoice.
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I will rejoice, I will rejoice.
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And be glad in it
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And be glad in it
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And be glad in it.
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This is the day
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That the Lord has made.
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And I will
rejoice and be glad in it.
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I will rejoice
and be glad in it.
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This is the day, this is the day
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That the Lord has made.
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How about what a
mighty God we serve?
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Say it.
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What a mighty God we serve
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What a mighty God we serve
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Angels bow before him.
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Angels bow before him
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Heaven and earth adore
him Heaven and earth adore him
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What a mighty God
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Say again. What a mighty God...
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What a mighty God we serve
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What a mighty God we
serve What a mighty God we serve
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Angels bow.
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Angels bow before
him Heaven and earth
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Heaven and earth adore him
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What a mighty God we serve
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Come on and
sing, victory is mine
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Say it
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Victory is mine, victory is mine
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Victory today is mine.
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I told Satan
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I told Satan to get thee behind
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Victory today is mine.
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Victory today
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Victory is mine Victory is mine
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Victory today is mine.
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I told Satan I told Satan...
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You better get behind
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To get thee behind
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Victory today is mine.
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Happiness is
mine, Happiness is mine
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Happiness today is mine.
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'Cause I told Satan
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I told Satan to get thee behind
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Happiness today is mine.
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Nobody told me like Jesus
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There's nobody
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Do we like Jesus?
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There's nobody
Do we like the Lord?
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Do we like the Lord?
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Ain't nobody do be like Jesus
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There's nobody
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Do be like Jesus
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Take nobody
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Do we like Jesus
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Do we like the Lord
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Ain't nobody
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Do be like Jesus
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He's my savior
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This is the
day, this is the day.
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That the Lord has
made, that the Lord has made.
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And I will
rejoice I will rejoice
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Said I will
rejoice I will rejoice
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And be glad in
it, and be glad in it.
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This is the day
that the Lord has made.
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I will rejoice
and be glad in it.
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This is the day, this is the day
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That the Lord has made.
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Hallelujah
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You are Alpha
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And Omega
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We worship you our Lord
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You are worthy to be praised
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We give you all the glory
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We give you all
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The glory
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We worship you our Lord
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You are worthy to be praised
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You are Alpha
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And Omega
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We worship you our Lord
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You are worthy to be praised
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We give you all the glory, Lord
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We give you all
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The glory
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We worship you our Lord
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You are worthy to be praised
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We give you all the glory
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We give you all the glory
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Oh, yes, Lord
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We worship you our Lord
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You are worthy to be praised
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With our hands lifted up
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we give you all the glory, Lord!
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We give you all
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The glory
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We worship We
worship you our Lord
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You are worthy to be praised
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Let's lift our voice
and say it one more time.
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We give you all...
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We give you all
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The glory
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We worship you our Lord
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You are worthy to be praised
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We worship you, we worship you,
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We worship you
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We worship you our Lord
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You are worthy
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To be praised
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In the city, in the
field we worship you Lord
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We worship you our Lord
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You are worthy to be praised
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Let's give the Lord a
hand clapping praising.
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We shall overcome,
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We shall overcome
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We shall overcome
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Someday
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Oh
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Deep in my heart
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I do believe
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That we shall overcome
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Someday
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We shall see his face
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We shall
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See his face
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We shall see his face
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Someday
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Deep in our heart
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We do love him
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That we shall see his face
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Someday
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on praising the Lord
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on praising him the Lord
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on praising the Lord
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I'm gonna praise
him till I make it home
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Make it home
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on praising the Lord
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on praising the Lord
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on praising the Lord
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I'm gonna praise
him till I make it home
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Make it home
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Oh, through trial
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Through trial
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Tribulation
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Tribulation
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Keep praising
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Keep praising
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Every day
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Every day
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I'm determined
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Determined To go
with him all the way
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So, I praise him
till I make it home
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Make it home
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on serving the Lord
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on serving the Lord
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on serving the Lord
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I'm gonna serve
him till I make it home
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Make it home
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Oh, through trial
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Through trial
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Tribulation
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Tribulation
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Keep serving
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Keep serving
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Every day
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Every day
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I'm determined
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Determined to go
with Him all the way
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So I serve him
till I make it home
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Make it home
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on working for the Lord
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on working for the Lord
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No matter what I'm gonna keep on
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Keep on working for the Lord
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I'm gonna work
till I make it home
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Make it home
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Oh, through trial
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Through trial
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Tribulation
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Tribulation
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And Keep working
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Keep working
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Every day
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Every day
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I'm determined
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Determined to go
with Him all the way
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So I work it till I make it
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I'm gonna work it till I make it
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I'm gonna work it till I make it
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I'm gonna work it till I make it
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I'm gonna serve
it till I make it
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I'm gonna serve
it till I make it
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I'm gonna serve
it till I make it
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I'm gonna serve
it till I make it
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I'm gonna praise
him till I make it home
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Make it home
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On Jordan's stormy banks
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I stand, and cast
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A wishful eye
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To Canaan's fair
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And happy land
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Where my possessions lie
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I am bound
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For the promised land
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I am bound
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For the promised land
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Oh, who will come
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And go with me?
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I am bound
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For the promised land
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Freedom
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Freedom is in my view
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Freedom is in my view
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Starting with
Jesus I'm going through
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Freedom Freedom
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Freedom! Freedom!
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Freedom is in my view
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Freedom is in my view
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Yeah!
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Freedom is in my view
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Starting with
Jesus I'm going through
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Freedom Freedom
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Freedom! Freedom!
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Freedom is in my view
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I am bound
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For the promised land
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I am bound
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For the promised land
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Oh, who will come
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And go with me?
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Freedom
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Freedom
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Freedom is in my view
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I am bound
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For the promised land
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I am bound
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For the promised land
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Oh, who will come
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And go with me?
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Freedom
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Freedom!
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Freedom is in my view
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Freedom is in my view
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Freedom is in my view
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Starting with
Jesus I'm going through
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Freedom! Freedom!
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Freedom is in my view
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I am bound
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For the promised land
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I am bound
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For the promised land
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Oh, who will come
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And go with me?
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Freedom! Freedom!
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Freedom!
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Freedom! Freedom!
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Freedom!
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Freedom! Freedom!
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Freedom is in my view
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Well, the preachers
are always in a dilemma
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and that is that some
folks say after the sermon.
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"Boy, he sure preached."
"What did he preach about?"
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"I don't know but
he sure preached."
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Or they say, "Rev took his
text and his text took him."
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So we depend upon the
holy spirit to church.
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I live from the
call from the altar
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and ask God for
He his mighty God.
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Let us pray as we
open the word of God.
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Father in heaven,
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today thank You for
this wonderful privilege
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an opportunity to come
back to the people of God
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and His marvelous
and powerful pastor
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and the leadership and growth
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that this church
had this experienced.
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And Lord we now ask for You
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to visit us through Your word.
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It is not a preacher,
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it is the power
of the Holy Spirit.
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And so take us this morning
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and take the preach
of the young himself
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and give us the eyes
to see, ears to hear up,
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heart's that will understand,
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comprehend your
word as our prayer
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in the worthy
name of Jesus, our Lord
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and for His sake we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Joshua Chapter 4
verses 18 through 24.
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Joshua Chapter 4.
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And verse 18 through 24.
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It says, "And it came to
pass." You have it there?
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"Priests that bare the ark
of the covenant of the Lord
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were come up out of
the midst of Jordan,
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and the soles of
the priests' feet
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were lifted up
unto the dry land,
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that the waters of the Jordan
returned unto their place,
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and flowed over all his
banks, as they did before.
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And the people
came up out of Jordan
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on the tenth day
of the first month,
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and encamped."
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In where everybody?
00:21:36.26\00:21:38.03
"In Gilgal, in the
east border of Jericho.
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And those twelve stones,
00:21:42.30\00:21:44.67
which they took out of
Jordan, did Joshua pitch."
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Where everybody, in?
00:21:48.80\00:21:50.81
"Gilgal, and he spake
unto the children of Israel,
00:21:50.84\00:21:53.24
saying, 'when your children
shall ask their fathers in
00:21:53.27\00:21:57.45
time to come, saying,
'What mean these stones?'
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Then ye shall let
your children know, saying,
00:22:02.22\00:22:04.95
Israel came over
this Jordan on dry land.
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For the Lord your God
dried up the waters of Jordan
00:22:09.16\00:22:12.29
from before you,
until ye were passed over,
00:22:12.33\00:22:15.73
as the Lord your
God did to the Red sea,
00:22:15.76\00:22:18.87
which He dried
up from before us,
00:22:18.90\00:22:21.34
until we were gone over.
00:22:21.37\00:22:23.67
That all the people
of the earth might know
00:22:23.71\00:22:27.41
the hand of the
Lord, that it is mighty,
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that ye might fear the
Lord your God for ever.
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" Pray with us this movement.
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We've talked about
stopping at Gilgal.
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40 years after God had delivered
00:22:43.63\00:22:47.06
the children of Israel
00:22:47.10\00:22:48.93
out of the suffering
bondage of Egyptian slavery
00:22:48.96\00:22:52.10
and had let them through
wildness of the wilderness
00:22:52.13\00:22:57.31
on the leadership of Moses.
00:22:57.34\00:22:59.34
At last they
reached the final barrier
00:22:59.37\00:23:04.45
to the promised
land, the Jordan river.
00:23:04.48\00:23:09.35
They could liberally
look over across the Jordan
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and see the land that
float with milk and honey.
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At the Exodus, Egypt Exodus,
00:23:17.19\00:23:20.40
God had miraculously
opened the dry path,
00:23:20.43\00:23:25.23
highway to the drive through
deep waters of the Red sea.
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And now, 40 years later,
00:23:30.44\00:23:32.04
they have reached
a second by the water
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which was now the only obstacle
00:23:36.31\00:23:39.11
that stood between
them and the promise land.
00:23:39.15\00:23:43.05
Now the Jordan river was
much was a much smaller body
00:23:43.08\00:23:45.82
of water by the Red sea.
00:23:45.85\00:23:47.19
In fact, when I saw it,
I was pretty disappointed.
00:23:47.22\00:23:50.59
It's only 90 to 100 feet wide,
00:23:50.63\00:23:52.73
only about ten feet deep
00:23:52.76\00:23:54.46
and its lowest point
certainly is not Mississippi.
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By now, the tortured
leadership has passed
00:23:58.57\00:24:01.30
through Moses to Joshua.
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And the first command
that God gave to Joshua
00:24:04.01\00:24:07.48
was to lead the people forward
00:24:07.51\00:24:10.51
and cross over the
Jordan into the land
00:24:10.55\00:24:13.31
that God had
promised to Abraham,
00:24:13.35\00:24:15.98
Isaac, and Jacob.
00:24:16.02\00:24:18.62
However, it was spring
time when the Jordan river
00:24:18.65\00:24:22.42
was added was to
yearly flood stage
00:24:22.46\00:24:24.83
and had swell to
overflow by the melting snow
00:24:24.86\00:24:29.43
of Mount Hermon in the north.
00:24:29.46\00:24:32.57
In fact, it's been reported
that many people had lost
00:24:32.60\00:24:35.30
their lives,
trying to cross the Jordan
00:24:35.34\00:24:37.94
in its dangerous flood season.
00:24:37.97\00:24:41.18
Though the river
is not very wide,
00:24:41.21\00:24:43.08
its waters are
swift and treacherous
00:24:43.11\00:24:45.51
and causing
whirlpools and rapids
00:24:45.55\00:24:48.65
that make crossing
dangerous if not impossible.
00:24:48.68\00:24:53.36
There was no
bridge over the Jordan.
00:24:53.39\00:24:56.29
And they didn't
have any boats or ferry
00:24:56.32\00:24:58.49
to navigate the swollen river.
00:24:58.53\00:25:01.56
And so Israel's final entrance
00:25:01.60\00:25:03.37
in the kingdom was
blocked by the barrier
00:25:03.40\00:25:06.94
of the surging flood
waters of the Jordan.
00:25:06.97\00:25:11.31
All but the same God,
00:25:11.34\00:25:13.91
who opened our
highway through the Red sea,
00:25:13.94\00:25:17.45
who was abundantly able
00:25:17.48\00:25:19.15
to make the flooded
surge in Jordan crossable.
00:25:19.18\00:25:23.18
You know that it tells
me that it has no situation
00:25:23.22\00:25:26.59
that God can't solve.
00:25:26.62\00:25:29.02
No problem He cannot penetrate.
00:25:29.06\00:25:31.89
No trouble He cannot transform.
00:25:31.93\00:25:34.76
No storm He cannot calm.
00:25:34.80\00:25:36.53
No struggle He cannot conquer.
00:25:36.56\00:25:38.73
There are no
impossibilities with God.
00:25:38.77\00:25:42.84
He can open any
door, move in a mountain.
00:25:42.87\00:25:46.84
Re-direct any the
river, river down any wall.
00:25:46.88\00:25:51.05
Wilt any wind, stop any storm
00:25:51.08\00:25:54.48
and be victorious in anywhere.
00:25:54.52\00:25:57.55
I love to hear Keller
say God spoke unto Joshua
00:25:57.59\00:26:01.99
and to the river he pointed
the way Jordan uncrossable.
00:26:02.02\00:26:06.80
Things seemed impossible,
but the water has divided
00:26:06.83\00:26:10.87
as they marched and obey.
00:26:10.90\00:26:13.44
So have you gone any rivers
you think are uncrossable?
00:26:13.47\00:26:18.14
Have you got in any mountains
you can't stumble through?
00:26:18.17\00:26:22.71
But God specializes in
things man think are impossible.
00:26:22.74\00:26:28.65
And he can do
what others cannot do.
00:26:28.68\00:26:32.65
Now, the sacred
record declares that
00:26:32.69\00:26:34.82
as soon as the
feet of the priest
00:26:34.86\00:26:37.43
that carried the Ark
of the Covenant merely
00:26:37.46\00:26:39.76
touched the
waters of the Jordan,
00:26:39.79\00:26:42.30
suddenly and miraculously,
00:26:42.33\00:26:44.77
something
happened to the Jordan.
00:26:44.80\00:26:46.40
The flood waters parted
00:26:46.43\00:26:48.74
and the downstream waters
were blocked up like a wall
00:26:48.77\00:26:51.77
and the rest of
the waters ran on
00:26:51.81\00:26:54.11
and left a dry bed for
the people of God to cross.
00:26:54.14\00:26:58.21
So I'm gonna tell you,
00:26:58.25\00:26:59.58
that day Israel
march over the Jordan mud
00:26:59.61\00:27:03.72
between their toes
but dust hold their feet
00:27:03.75\00:27:06.86
because God can
do the impossible.
00:27:06.89\00:27:10.23
He can make the
uncrossable a cake walk.
00:27:10.26\00:27:14.50
Now the sacred record says that
00:27:14.53\00:27:16.26
after they had
crossed the Jordan,
00:27:16.30\00:27:18.00
the king walked
out of the river bed
00:27:18.03\00:27:21.47
and they arrived and stopped
at little place called Gilgal.
00:27:21.50\00:27:27.94
It wasn't a city.
00:27:27.98\00:27:30.25
In fact, it was nothing.
00:27:30.28\00:27:32.95
They went on leg about
from the Jordan five miles
00:27:32.98\00:27:37.29
through the place called Gilgal.
00:27:37.32\00:27:40.72
They stopped there
because by divine direction,
00:27:40.76\00:27:44.43
they were only allowed
to go five miles inland
00:27:44.46\00:27:48.50
to this place called Gilgal.
00:27:48.53\00:27:51.63
And when they
stopped and camped at Gilgal,
00:27:51.67\00:27:54.24
they were only
two and a half miles
00:27:54.27\00:27:57.31
from one of the
major cities of Canaan,
00:27:57.34\00:28:00.44
the great wall city of Jericho.
00:28:00.48\00:28:03.58
In fact, they were
so close to Jericho
00:28:03.61\00:28:05.61
that not only could they see
the wall fortress of the city
00:28:05.65\00:28:08.92
but the people of Jericho
00:28:08.95\00:28:10.65
could see them camped at Gilgal.
00:28:10.69\00:28:13.72
They watched them as
they have crossed the borders
00:28:13.76\00:28:16.56
of the Jordan.
00:28:16.59\00:28:18.39
Jericho would be
the first major battle
00:28:18.43\00:28:20.56
for them to occupy
the land of Canaan.
00:28:20.60\00:28:23.93
But here's what I
wanted you to see.
00:28:23.97\00:28:25.40
God did not
command them to go directly
00:28:25.43\00:28:29.57
and march around
Jericho immediately.
00:28:29.60\00:28:34.84
God haven't had a
problem taking care of Jericho
00:28:34.88\00:28:38.21
but He ordered
them to stop at Gilgal.
00:28:38.25\00:28:42.65
They were not to go any further
towards their final destination
00:28:42.68\00:28:45.92
until they had stopped
at this place called Gilgal.
00:28:45.95\00:28:50.76
They were on the right road,
00:28:50.79\00:28:53.03
they were
following the right path,
00:28:53.06\00:28:55.56
and their blessed destination
was just ahead of them.
00:28:55.60\00:28:59.80
But God had decreed that before
they should go in to possess
00:28:59.83\00:29:04.31
the land that was
already ordained for them,
00:29:04.34\00:29:08.38
they had to stop off
at a place called Gilgal.
00:29:08.41\00:29:13.11
You see, there is a blessing,
00:29:13.15\00:29:15.58
that was a blessing waiting
for them right down the road.
00:29:15.62\00:29:20.72
But God did not allow
them to rush head long
00:29:20.76\00:29:24.86
into the blessing
before they stopped in Gilgal.
00:29:24.89\00:29:28.86
It was the blessing
that had been promised
00:29:28.90\00:29:31.73
long time ago to
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
00:29:31.77\00:29:35.84
Let me tell you, that God
didn't have to do anything
00:29:35.87\00:29:38.27
to get the
blessing rain for them.
00:29:38.31\00:29:41.04
He had to get them
read to seek the blessing
00:29:41.08\00:29:43.68
or I just said something.
00:29:43.71\00:29:46.45
God didn't have to do
anything to get the blessing.
00:29:46.48\00:29:48.78
Well, He had to get them
ready to receive the blessing.
00:29:48.82\00:29:52.22
He had to get them the stop of
the Gilgal to get them prepare
00:29:52.25\00:29:57.43
for what God had
already prepaid for them.
00:29:57.46\00:30:01.10
He had to get them
ready for the blessing
00:30:01.13\00:30:03.73
that he already
had in store for them.
00:30:03.77\00:30:08.20
They stopped at
Gilgal to be prepaid
00:30:08.24\00:30:11.24
to receive the full
blessing God had for them
00:30:11.27\00:30:15.48
in the land that
flowed with milk and honey.
00:30:15.51\00:30:18.31
Well, then we leave this
row and come to your house now.
00:30:18.35\00:30:20.98
I got some good news for
you, no matter who you are
00:30:21.02\00:30:24.05
and what situation you are in,
I come to tell you this morning
00:30:24.09\00:30:27.36
that God has a blessing
with your name right on it,
00:30:27.39\00:30:30.59
upfront that was
right up the road.
00:30:30.63\00:30:33.06
And God doesn't have to
think of ways to bless you.
00:30:33.09\00:30:36.80
He doesn't have to
make up ways to bless you.
00:30:36.83\00:30:39.73
He already has a
blessing just for you,
00:30:39.77\00:30:42.97
it has your name
written right on it.
00:30:43.00\00:30:46.24
Amen.
00:30:46.27\00:30:47.61
But He wants us to get
ready to receive that blessing.
00:30:47.64\00:30:51.11
He has to get us
spiritually ready
00:30:51.15\00:30:53.21
to walk into that blessing.
00:30:53.25\00:30:55.78
We have to stop off
in a place called Gilgal
00:30:55.82\00:30:59.32
so that we can be prepared
to receive that blessing.
00:30:59.35\00:31:03.83
So, now I know
where Israel, Gilgal was.
00:31:03.86\00:31:08.13
But where's our Gilgal?
00:31:08.16\00:31:11.20
Where do we need to stop
to receive our blessings?
00:31:11.23\00:31:14.94
Where for us
Gilgal, we need faith,
00:31:14.97\00:31:18.17
prayer, surrender and obedience.
00:31:18.21\00:31:20.44
But I checked it out
more than the average pastor.
00:31:20.48\00:31:22.94
I found out our Gilgal is
found in Malachi 3:10, 11.
00:31:22.98\00:31:28.22
When the Lord invites
us to bring Him His tithe
00:31:28.25\00:31:31.65
and an offering
into the storehouse.
00:31:31.69\00:31:34.49
Gilgal is where we
recognize God's creatership
00:31:34.52\00:31:38.99
and his ownership
of all that we have
00:31:39.03\00:31:42.80
and all that we hope to
get by returning unto Him
00:31:42.83\00:31:46.60
a faithful time and offering.
00:31:46.63\00:31:49.37
Oh, I would be sweeping
into this morning for us
00:31:49.40\00:31:51.51
Gilgal was a tied envelope.
00:31:51.54\00:31:53.58
And our worship in
giving as faithful students
00:31:53.61\00:31:57.65
so that we can
uphold the church of God.
00:31:57.68\00:32:01.62
Some of us go through
a whole Sabbath service,
00:32:01.65\00:32:05.55
We're not stopping at Gilgal
with our faithful giving to go.
00:32:05.59\00:32:10.39
Let me tell you that
you running to trouble
00:32:10.43\00:32:12.36
after all without his help
00:32:12.39\00:32:15.26
if you don't stop
at your given Gilgal.
00:32:15.30\00:32:19.03
But if you stop at your Gilgal,
00:32:19.07\00:32:22.30
let me tell you there
is a guaranteed blessing
00:32:22.34\00:32:25.11
just waiting for you.
00:32:25.14\00:32:27.21
God has promised
to bless our side
00:32:27.24\00:32:29.48
if we will stop there like.
00:32:29.51\00:32:31.35
He said that He is going
open the windows of heaven.
00:32:31.38\00:32:34.58
Now, I mean the
full windows in heaven
00:32:34.62\00:32:37.85
and pour such a blessing up
00:32:37.89\00:32:40.26
that there will not be
room enough to receive it
00:32:40.29\00:32:42.89
if we would stop at Gilgal.
00:32:42.92\00:32:45.89
I check my Bible.
00:32:45.93\00:32:47.26
Abraham stopped at
Gilgal with Melchizedek
00:32:47.30\00:32:50.27
and God abundantly blessed him,
00:32:50.30\00:32:51.77
he was one of the
richest men of the East.
00:32:51.80\00:32:54.04
Jacob stopped at Gilgal
00:32:54.07\00:32:55.84
in his flight from
home from his uncle Laban
00:32:55.87\00:32:59.17
and despite all of his problems
and all that his uncle did
00:32:59.21\00:33:03.24
God blessed Jacob
beyond his father's dream.
00:33:03.28\00:33:06.88
Jacob stopped at Gilgal
00:33:06.92\00:33:09.08
and even though he
lost everything that he had,
00:33:09.12\00:33:12.15
in the end God gave
him more than what he lost.
00:33:12.19\00:33:15.82
For I want you to know,
that if you need God at Gilgal,
00:33:15.86\00:33:19.59
He will bless you every time.
00:33:19.63\00:33:22.86
Some of us had stopped at Gilgal
00:33:22.90\00:33:24.87
but haven't given it to God
the way God wants us to give.
00:33:24.90\00:33:30.37
Some of us might
have already think
00:33:30.41\00:33:32.27
that God's already blessed you.
00:33:32.31\00:33:34.48
But I want to tell
you your only at Gilgal.
00:33:34.51\00:33:38.08
That's the bigger
blessing up the roll
00:33:38.11\00:33:40.88
if you just be faithful to him.
00:33:40.92\00:33:44.42
Now the
question on the table is,
00:33:44.45\00:33:47.56
what was so special and
significant about Gilgal?
00:33:47.59\00:33:53.96
Why did God hope their progress
00:33:54.00\00:33:56.60
into the promise land
until they stopped at Gilgal?
00:33:56.63\00:34:02.67
The lessons of truth
and the principles of power
00:34:02.70\00:34:05.81
that makes
Gilgal a mandatory stop
00:34:05.84\00:34:09.41
on the path of their pilgrimage.
00:34:09.44\00:34:12.55
But I will give
you just a few things
00:34:12.58\00:34:14.38
and I will be
through this morning.
00:34:14.42\00:34:16.25
The first clue about Gilgal
was is found in Joshua 4:19
00:34:16.28\00:34:20.32
where it says, "And
they the Israelites,
00:34:20.36\00:34:23.26
came out of Jordan
00:34:23.29\00:34:25.63
on the tenth day
of the first month."
00:34:25.66\00:34:28.23
Here it is now, watch
it, "And encamped at Gilgal."
00:34:28.26\00:34:32.57
Another Bible
version said they tabernacled
00:34:32.60\00:34:35.27
or they pitched
their tents at Gilgal.
00:34:35.30\00:34:39.31
Now the word "encamp" comes
from the Hebrew word "hanah"
00:34:39.34\00:34:43.21
which means to
incline or to recline
00:34:43.24\00:34:48.12
or to assume a position of rest.
00:34:48.15\00:34:51.59
I want you to follow me now.
00:34:51.62\00:34:53.36
Why did God have Israel
to stop on their journey
00:34:53.39\00:34:56.99
to the promised land
at a place called Gilgal?
00:34:57.03\00:35:00.56
I'll tell you, because Gilgal
00:35:00.60\00:35:03.13
first of all was
the place of rich.
00:35:03.16\00:35:06.80
Say rest everybody. Rest
00:35:06.84\00:35:09.00
They had
journeyed for 40 long years
00:35:09.04\00:35:11.77
through rough and
rugged wilderness.
00:35:11.81\00:35:14.01
And they had crossed the
job and they got to Gilgal
00:35:14.04\00:35:17.45
and God told them, "Stop,
it's time for you to rest."
00:35:17.48\00:35:21.48
You see God had
brought them across the river
00:35:21.52\00:35:24.02
and He now knew that
they needed to stop and rest.
00:35:24.05\00:35:29.16
Let me pause and ask
you, have you been so tired
00:35:29.19\00:35:32.66
that you just
can't go a step further?
00:35:32.69\00:35:35.86
And you had just
stop where you were?
00:35:35.90\00:35:39.03
Have yet come from work
and all you need to do is
00:35:39.07\00:35:42.17
just lock down
and add easy a chair?
00:35:42.20\00:35:44.71
Or sometimes fall in the bed,
sometimes with your clothes on?
00:35:44.74\00:35:49.78
Have you been so terribly tired
00:35:49.81\00:35:51.68
that you didn't
know how tired you were
00:35:51.71\00:35:54.05
until you stop
what you were doing
00:35:54.08\00:35:56.28
and liberally just fell asleep?
00:35:56.32\00:35:58.42
Well, God know that
we get extremely tired
00:35:58.45\00:36:01.72
and these hectic
lives that we live.
00:36:01.76\00:36:04.26
God know that sometimes
we got to stop and rest.
00:36:04.29\00:36:09.53
And now I've got
to remind me that
00:36:09.56\00:36:11.17
the word "rest"
always is associated
00:36:11.20\00:36:13.20
with one the
oldest and greatest gifts
00:36:13.23\00:36:15.80
that God gave to man, a creation
00:36:15.84\00:36:18.34
and it is His blessed sacred
sanctified Sabbath of rest.
00:36:18.37\00:36:24.71
The Sabbath means rest.
00:36:24.75\00:36:27.45
And God knew that
at end of the week,
00:36:27.48\00:36:30.15
we will need a Sabbath Gilgal.
00:36:30.19\00:36:33.15
So he gave us a Sabbath.
00:36:33.19\00:36:35.46
A Sabbath is a weekly oasis
00:36:35.49\00:36:38.09
at the end of the
wilderness of the week.
00:36:38.13\00:36:41.66
It allows us to
rest physically, mentally
00:36:41.70\00:36:45.60
and above all, spiritually.
00:36:45.63\00:36:47.87
And while we rest God
will renews our spirit
00:36:47.90\00:36:51.87
and He will
refreshers our souls.
00:36:51.91\00:36:54.88
Before you tackle the
problems and the frustration
00:36:54.91\00:36:58.38
and the toil of another week,
00:36:58.41\00:37:00.92
you better stop at
God's Sabbath Gilgal
00:37:00.95\00:37:04.35
and rest up so the
Lord can empower you
00:37:04.39\00:37:07.79
to handle the
challenges of another week.
00:37:07.82\00:37:11.56
I discovered that Gilgal,
actually became for Israelites,
00:37:11.59\00:37:15.63
their base
camp, their home base,
00:37:15.66\00:37:19.27
their military headquarters.
00:37:19.30\00:37:21.67
So what happened if
they would camp at Gilgal
00:37:21.70\00:37:24.51
and they would go out and battle
00:37:24.54\00:37:26.11
and then they would
come back to Gilgal and rest
00:37:26.14\00:37:28.71
and then they
would go and fight at AI,
00:37:28.74\00:37:31.15
and they would come
back to Gilgal and rest.
00:37:31.18\00:37:33.95
They would go to
battle at Bethoma
00:37:33.98\00:37:35.88
and then come back
to Gilgal and rest.
00:37:35.92\00:37:38.52
They would go
and fight at Jericho
00:37:38.55\00:37:40.66
and come back
to Gilgal and rest.
00:37:40.69\00:37:43.36
They would go
and battle at Amorite
00:37:43.39\00:37:45.46
and come back
and rest at Gilgal.
00:37:45.49\00:37:48.43
Well, we all need a place
where we can come and rest
00:37:48.46\00:37:52.00
after battling sins,
Satan and mean people all week.
00:37:52.03\00:37:56.84
And Sabbath is the
best Gilgal you can find.
00:37:56.87\00:38:01.48
Oh, you all have forgotten
some of those old hymns
00:38:01.51\00:38:03.65
that said there is
a place of quiet rest
00:38:03.68\00:38:07.38
near to the heart of God,
00:38:07.42\00:38:10.22
a place where sin cannot
molest near to the heart of God.
00:38:10.25\00:38:15.26
Oh, Jesus best redeemer,
00:38:15.29\00:38:17.79
sin from the
heart of God, who does,
00:38:17.83\00:38:20.26
who wake before the
near to the heart of God.
00:38:20.30\00:38:24.07
In fact, you need to look
at the Sabbath a different way.
00:38:24.10\00:38:26.70
I see the Sabbath
as a... watch this.
00:38:26.74\00:38:30.31
A vacation cruise
at the end of the week.
00:38:30.34\00:38:37.15
If you go on a
cruise, you get all excited
00:38:37.18\00:38:39.75
and you can't wait
for a day to board a ship.
00:38:39.78\00:38:42.92
You start making
preparation and packing things
00:38:42.95\00:38:46.05
that you need for
cruise way in advance.
00:38:46.09\00:38:48.66
Not, not, the day before,
not, not just the hour before.
00:38:48.69\00:38:52.36
Way in advance.
00:38:52.39\00:38:53.76
Finally, when cruise day comes,
we arrive, you board the ship.
00:38:53.80\00:38:57.57
And you know what I'm
not doing on this cruise day.
00:38:57.60\00:38:59.97
You let the
crew take care of you
00:39:00.00\00:39:03.17
and feed you and
take care of you.
00:39:03.20\00:39:07.08
All you got to do is just relax
00:39:07.11\00:39:10.38
and enjoy the cruise
and have a good time.
00:39:10.41\00:39:14.78
God approves to this morning
at the end of every week.
00:39:14.82\00:39:18.45
God has a Sabbath cruiseline.
00:39:18.49\00:39:21.29
At sunset put,
ready for bowling,
00:39:21.32\00:39:25.39
and all you have to do
00:39:25.43\00:39:27.43
is prepare for
this Sabbath cruise
00:39:27.46\00:39:30.00
and then step on
board on Friday evening.
00:39:30.03\00:39:33.37
Just rest in the Lord.
00:39:33.40\00:39:35.94
Just relax and let the Lord,
00:39:35.97\00:39:38.37
as cal gone said, take you away.
00:39:38.41\00:39:41.21
He will take you
away. He wants you to go.
00:39:41.24\00:39:43.75
And when that Sabbath
cruise in that sunset,
00:39:43.78\00:39:47.48
let me tell you, if
you're camping right,
00:39:47.52\00:39:49.88
you will feel refreshed
and revived and restored
00:39:49.92\00:39:54.96
and ready to face whatever
may come your way the next week.
00:39:54.99\00:39:59.66
That's what Gilgal is all about.
00:40:02.10\00:40:05.30
It's all about rich.
00:40:05.33\00:40:08.04
Now in Deuteronomy 12:15,
00:40:08.07\00:40:10.24
God gave Israel an additional
and an important reason
00:40:10.27\00:40:13.07
to absorb His Sabbath
00:40:13.11\00:40:15.44
beyond and being
a memorial creation.
00:40:15.48\00:40:18.75
And I want you to
get a look at verses.
00:40:18.78\00:40:21.55
And remember thy was
00:40:21.58\00:40:24.22
a servant,
00:40:24.25\00:40:26.99
a slave in the land.
00:40:27.02\00:40:29.82
And see, the Lord didn't
say just remember the Sabbath.
00:40:29.86\00:40:34.00
The Lord said, "Don't
forget that you were a slave
00:40:34.03\00:40:38.03
in the land of Egypt.
00:40:38.07\00:40:39.77
The Lord, thy God,
brought thee out thence
00:40:39.80\00:40:43.24
through a mighty hand
and by a stretched out arm.
00:40:43.27\00:40:45.97
Therefore the Lord, thy God,
00:40:46.01\00:40:48.14
commandeth thee to
keep the Sabbath wholly.
00:40:48.18\00:40:51.65
The slaves of the
Israelites had been salves
00:40:51.68\00:40:54.22
under the land of the Egypt
00:40:54.25\00:40:55.82
and got suffered and slavery
and get beaten and bondaged.
00:40:55.85\00:40:59.19
But the God in
heaven did not leave them
00:40:59.22\00:41:02.29
and in that cruel condition.
00:41:02.32\00:41:04.19
By His Mighty Hand,
00:41:04.23\00:41:05.66
He liberated
His suffering people
00:41:05.69\00:41:08.23
and brought them
by faith out of Egypt.
00:41:08.26\00:41:11.40
And when He reminded
them, He then reminded them,
00:41:11.43\00:41:14.97
that every Sabbath
was the day for them
00:41:15.00\00:41:18.24
to celebrate their deliverance
from Egyptian slavery
00:41:18.27\00:41:22.48
so that they could
truly rest in the Lord.
00:41:22.51\00:41:26.18
And know that it was not man
00:41:26.21\00:41:28.58
but it was God
that liberated them.
00:41:28.62\00:41:32.89
I know we're so sophisticated,
00:41:32.92\00:41:34.69
we don't want to
remember that we were slaves.
00:41:34.72\00:41:38.99
Some black folks
spent entire year
00:41:39.03\00:41:40.80
about Black history and slavery.
00:41:40.83\00:41:44.33
Some other people that don't
have our color and they say,
00:41:44.37\00:41:46.47
"We tired of y'all
talking about slavery."
00:41:46.50\00:41:48.94
Well, let me tell you something.
00:41:48.97\00:41:51.31
The Germans were never...
00:41:51.34\00:41:52.97
I mean the Jews will
never let the Germany
00:41:53.01\00:41:55.24
and the world
forget the Holocaust.
00:41:55.28\00:42:00.45
And I got a word from the Lord
where he said for you remember,
00:42:00.48\00:42:05.29
you remember
that you were a slave.
00:42:05.32\00:42:08.52
And African American people,
00:42:08.56\00:42:09.89
we've known the
awful scourge of slavery.
00:42:09.92\00:42:12.29
People went
through the middle passage
00:42:12.33\00:42:14.26
on those crowded slave ships
00:42:14.30\00:42:15.83
and then we were sold
up and down their land
00:42:15.86\00:42:18.27
like animals on
the auction block.
00:42:18.30\00:42:20.57
Black families
were divided then.
00:42:20.60\00:42:22.94
Children were
snatched from the arms
00:42:22.97\00:42:24.84
of their crying mothers.
00:42:24.87\00:42:26.41
Black slaves
were ripped and worked
00:42:26.44\00:42:28.64
from sun up to sun down.
00:42:28.68\00:42:30.65
But God says to
us today to remember
00:42:30.68\00:42:33.78
that you were a slave.
00:42:33.82\00:42:36.15
And you should know that
it wasn't just a signature
00:42:36.18\00:42:39.55
of Abraham Lincoln
that set our ancestors free.
00:42:39.59\00:42:43.89
It was the same mighty
hand of God that brought us,
00:42:43.93\00:42:48.66
that liberated us,
00:42:48.70\00:42:50.60
that protected
us, and that thus...
00:42:50.63\00:42:56.60
And therefore
like ancient Israel,
00:42:56.64\00:43:00.08
Black people
have an added reason.
00:43:00.11\00:43:03.45
Watch this...
00:43:03.48\00:43:05.25
To preserve and keep
the seventh day Sabbath.
00:43:05.28\00:43:08.88
Amen.
00:43:08.92\00:43:10.25
Even though many of
our brothers and sisters
00:43:10.29\00:43:12.85
know nothing about this.
00:43:12.89\00:43:16.32
Every Sabbath we keep
celebrates our liberation
00:43:16.36\00:43:20.63
from physical as
well as spiritual slavery.
00:43:20.66\00:43:25.03
It gives a refreshing rest
that the world cannot give.
00:43:25.07\00:43:30.07
Every Sabbath on reminds it also
00:43:30.11\00:43:33.78
that, we were slaved and
that the Lord delivered us
00:43:33.81\00:43:39.05
from both
slavery and segregation.
00:43:39.08\00:43:41.98
Amen.
00:43:42.02\00:43:43.35
Israel had many
battles but God had made sure
00:43:43.39\00:43:47.02
that they got enough rest
00:43:47.06\00:43:48.72
before they went
to the next battle.
00:43:48.76\00:43:51.43
Because God knows if
you go out to face the enemy
00:43:51.46\00:43:53.96
tired and fatigued,
you'll be most vulnerable.
00:43:54.00\00:43:58.70
Vulnerable to
the enemies' attack.
00:43:58.73\00:44:01.07
In fact, you can't even
think straight if you are tired.
00:44:01.10\00:44:04.71
You can't make good
decisions if you're tired that.
00:44:04.74\00:44:08.68
That's why so many of
you all come to church.
00:44:08.71\00:44:10.58
You are easily
annoyed and agitated,
00:44:10.61\00:44:12.48
I'm picking on you now.
00:44:12.51\00:44:14.65
And irritated
because you just tired.
00:44:14.68\00:44:18.82
Don't take time to pray
and ain't got time to wake
00:44:18.85\00:44:21.79
when you are tired.
00:44:21.82\00:44:23.96
So God made sure and
He placed a Sabbath Gilgal
00:44:23.99\00:44:27.96
on your journey to make
sure that you have rest.
00:44:28.00\00:44:32.67
Gilgal first of all
was the place of rest.
00:44:32.70\00:44:37.37
Only got two more.
00:44:37.41\00:44:38.74
Second reason why
God had people stop
00:44:38.77\00:44:40.61
and encamp at Gilgal is
because Gilgal, watch this now,
00:44:40.64\00:44:44.41
was the place of removal.
00:44:44.45\00:44:47.68
Say, place of
removal, everybody.
00:44:47.72\00:44:49.52
Place of removal.
00:44:49.55\00:44:50.89
place of rest, place of...
00:44:50.92\00:44:54.12
God needed, to do
something special for them
00:44:54.16\00:44:57.89
and Gilgal's right in the text.
00:44:57.93\00:44:59.79
It's right in the text.
00:44:59.83\00:45:01.16
Joshua 5 and verse 9 it says,
"The Lord said unto Joshua,
00:45:01.20\00:45:04.23
This day
00:45:04.27\00:45:06.84
I have rolled away the
reproach of Egypt from off you.
00:45:06.87\00:45:13.61
Wherefore the name of the place
00:45:13.64\00:45:16.34
is called Gilgal unto this day."
00:45:16.38\00:45:20.02
In Hebrew the name
"Gilgal" means "to roll away."
00:45:20.05\00:45:23.82
Why Gilgal?
00:45:23.85\00:45:25.19
Because it was
the place of removal.
00:45:25.22\00:45:26.99
And another
Bible translation said,
00:45:27.02\00:45:28.82
"This day, I will roll
away and remove your shame."
00:45:28.86\00:45:33.80
The word reproach means shame.
00:45:33.83\00:45:35.83
God told Israel, "At Gilgal,
I'm gonna take away your sins."
00:45:35.86\00:45:39.13
He said, "I want you to
stop and rest at Gilgal.
00:45:39.17\00:45:42.07
And while you rest, I'm
gonna roll away your shame.
00:45:42.10\00:45:46.24
I'm gonna remove
all of the stigma
00:45:46.27\00:45:49.44
and the shame that
is on you at Gilgal."
00:45:49.48\00:45:54.05
I'm gonna make a shift.
00:45:54.08\00:45:56.62
Because Black
Americans have suffered through
00:45:56.65\00:45:58.69
a history of ridicule and shame.
00:45:58.72\00:46:03.22
Our ancestors
experienced hundreds of years
00:46:03.26\00:46:07.63
of raw ruthless racism.
00:46:07.66\00:46:11.73
And our humiliating
ordeal, the slavery, our people
00:46:11.77\00:46:15.27
were captured and stolen
from the African homeland.
00:46:15.30\00:46:19.51
Packed like sardines in old
slave ships, sold like cattle,
00:46:19.54\00:46:25.05
worked like mules,
00:46:25.08\00:46:26.95
whipped like animals,
treated worse than dogs.
00:46:26.98\00:46:32.09
Our women were raped,
our men were dehumanized.
00:46:32.12\00:46:36.09
Our children were taken
from our families, were divided.
00:46:36.12\00:46:40.10
Our human rights were deprived.
00:46:40.13\00:46:42.10
We had no secure family life.
00:46:42.13\00:46:44.13
We had no
respected marriage right.
00:46:44.17\00:46:46.53
We can own no property
and receive no education.
00:46:46.57\00:46:50.67
And then we were told
that we were inferior,
00:46:50.71\00:46:55.61
abnormal and subhuman,
00:46:55.64\00:46:59.31
only because of the
darkness of our skin.
00:46:59.35\00:47:04.39
Worse than that, they
called us the most despicable
00:47:04.42\00:47:07.92
despised, and debased names.
00:47:07.96\00:47:13.16
from "boy" to...
00:47:13.19\00:47:17.90
But the same God
who liberated Israel
00:47:17.93\00:47:22.50
and removed their shame
00:47:22.54\00:47:24.37
has not only liberated
us but he has lifted us,
00:47:24.41\00:47:28.88
from racial ridicule to
a place of respectability,
00:47:28.91\00:47:33.35
recognition and restoration.
00:47:33.38\00:47:36.55
Oh, look at Black people now.
00:47:36.58\00:47:39.05
There is not a field
or feat in human endeavors
00:47:39.09\00:47:43.46
that Black people
have not excelled in
00:47:43.49\00:47:46.36
and they are highly
honored and recognized.
00:47:46.39\00:47:49.16
I don't have time to call names
00:47:49.20\00:47:51.60
but our accomplishments have
gone from sports to science.
00:47:51.63\00:47:55.24
From medicine to music.
00:47:55.27\00:47:57.41
From law to literature,
from acting to aviation.
00:47:57.44\00:48:01.74
From business, to broadcasting.
00:48:01.78\00:48:04.08
From movies to the military.
00:48:04.11\00:48:06.21
From politics to publishing.
00:48:06.25\00:48:08.55
From congress to the clergy.
00:48:08.58\00:48:10.95
The God of love and
mercy and righteousness
00:48:10.99\00:48:14.52
has removed our ridicule
00:48:14.56\00:48:17.13
and swept away our shame
00:48:17.16\00:48:21.03
for had it not been
for the Lord on my side,
00:48:21.06\00:48:25.03
where would I be?
00:48:25.07\00:48:27.14
Look at you Black
people, you were stumped on.
00:48:30.71\00:48:35.21
Dehumanized.
00:48:35.24\00:48:37.08
The loss of the
land were against you.
00:48:37.11\00:48:39.75
You were nobody.
00:48:39.78\00:48:41.35
You were nothing.
00:48:41.38\00:48:42.92
You were not even
counted as a human being.
00:48:42.95\00:48:45.35
When the founding fathers said,
"All men are created equal,"
00:48:45.39\00:48:48.59
they weren't thinking about you.
00:48:48.62\00:48:52.89
You weren't created equal.
00:48:52.93\00:48:55.16
You were half human.
00:48:55.20\00:48:57.03
You weren't fully...
00:48:57.07\00:48:58.40
You weren't
created equal to them.
00:48:58.43\00:49:01.20
The only problem
was that they left,
00:49:01.24\00:49:03.41
and didn't say all
white men are created equal.
00:49:03.44\00:49:05.97
And because of
that Martin Luther King
00:49:06.01\00:49:07.78
exploited that,
"Didn't you write that
00:49:07.81\00:49:09.98
all men are created equal?"
00:49:10.01\00:49:12.51
And look what
God has done with us.
00:49:12.55\00:49:15.12
He has taken us from
slavery to the Supreme Court.
00:49:15.15\00:49:18.82
From the cotton
fields to Congress,
00:49:18.85\00:49:21.62
from segregation to the senate.
00:49:21.66\00:49:24.13
From the plantation to receiving
00:49:24.16\00:49:26.26
the Nobel Peace Prize.
00:49:26.29\00:49:28.30
From the slave house...
00:49:28.33\00:49:30.93
You can't tell me
this isn't my whole...
00:49:43.75\00:49:47.35
I believe that one of the
greatest signs of the success
00:49:47.38\00:49:50.59
of our Black
people's restoration
00:49:50.62\00:49:53.15
and the removal of
our ridicule and stigma
00:49:53.19\00:49:56.26
was the election of
the first African American
00:49:56.29\00:49:59.76
to be the President
of the United States.
00:49:59.79\00:50:02.96
Amen.
00:50:03.00\00:50:04.40
Ain't it
interesting how God does things?
00:50:04.43\00:50:07.20
He's not just an
African American,
00:50:07.24\00:50:09.47
he's an African
African American.
00:50:09.50\00:50:11.74
And to move to Roots,
00:50:18.31\00:50:20.72
they took Kunta
Kinte's name and gave him Toby.
00:50:20.75\00:50:25.62
And now all of
us got Toby names.
00:50:25.65\00:50:28.52
But when God got rid
of the selected black man
00:50:28.56\00:50:32.13
to be the first
President in United States,
00:50:32.16\00:50:34.76
he didn't have an American name.
00:50:34.80\00:50:36.97
He didn't have the
slave masters name.
00:50:37.00\00:50:39.53
His name is Barack
Hussein Obama, Africa.
00:50:39.57\00:50:45.01
And I know that
God ordained that.
00:50:51.61\00:50:54.68
I got Bible for that.
00:50:54.72\00:50:56.92
Because the
saying says of kings.
00:50:56.95\00:51:02.26
Somebody ought to know
that they better be careful
00:51:02.29\00:51:04.86
'cause He'll
send someone down...
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I went to
Philadelphia the first time
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and I went to Constitution Hall.
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And the guy there,
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showed us where the
founding fathers sat.
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And all these
signs, the Constitution,
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Declaration of Independence,
and where everybody sat.
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And much of the furniture's gone
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but the main chair that
George Washington sat in
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is still there.
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I was sitting there and looking
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and half of the men that
were signing this decoration
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and this
Constitution were slave owners.
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Slave owners making this
great new nation with slaves.
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They had no idea in
their foggy imagination
00:51:57.01\00:52:01.15
what the God in heaven
had planned for America.
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So when he finally finished,
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it got all quiet
and somebody asked,
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he asked, "Is there a question?"
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With my dumb crazy
self, it just came out.
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I couldn't help it, I just go,
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"A black man is
president. Yeah!"
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I knew I was wrong but
I just couldn't help it.
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God has certainly
lifted us, can't you say amen.
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Now, now, when God talked about
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removing Israel's
shame with Gilgal.
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The Hebrew word for shame
means "to point a finger at."
00:52:35.22\00:52:39.59
It means to
ridicule or mark or taunt.
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We see ridicule now and
then but the make to fun of.
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Notice God said
that, "I will remove
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and roll away the
reproach of Egypt."
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That means that
there was some shame
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that they had that was connected
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with the exodus from Egypt.
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And, that's stream
has caused Egyptians
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and all the
nations to point the finger
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and to ridicule Israel.
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Now watch this.
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Embarrassment is
always connected with shame.
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But don't confuse the
embarrassment with shame.
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Shame is my personal,
emotional condemnation
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that comes from
me doing what I know
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that's wrong whether
any anybody else knows it.
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But embarrassment means when
others find out Herman Cain.
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I mean, embarrassment
is when others find out.
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I have shame because I did it.
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But I'm embarrassed because
others found out what I did.
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So God told Israel, I'm
going to remove your shame
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that has caused you
embarrassment from Egypt
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and the other nations
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for they are pointing the finger
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and they are ridiculing you.
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So what caused the shame,
embarrassment and ridicule?
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It was this.
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Israel had spent 40 years
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wandering around
in the wilderness
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after they had left Egypt.
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They claimed to be
the children of God.
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God had opened the
waters of the Red sea
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and yet though he
had delivered them
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they still had not
reached their destination.
00:54:31.63\00:54:36.94
They were out
there wandering around.
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Just going in circles,
just lost in the wilderness.
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In other words,
Egyptians will say,
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"If you were
the children of God,
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what you doing out
there in that wilderness
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with no water and no food?
00:54:51.15\00:54:53.42
If you really
the God's own people,
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then why have you been
running round in wilderness
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for 40 years in
the state of lostness?
00:54:57.53\00:55:01.46
When you left Egypt,
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why didn't you go
straight to your destination?
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If you left Egypt
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only to wander in the
wilderness 40 long years,
00:55:07.17\00:55:10.17
you might as
well stayed in Egypt.
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Are you sure
you're the people of God?
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And that God is leading you?"
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That was the
source of their shame.
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The problem that
brought upon, the shame
00:55:23.05\00:55:25.15
and the ridicule of the
nation was their inconstancy.
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Watch this, between who they
claimed to be in the wilderness
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and who they had actually been.
00:55:35.43\00:55:38.13
The problem that
prompted their shame
00:55:38.17\00:55:41.10
and ridicule was
the inconsistency
00:55:41.14\00:55:44.97
between their
powerful exodus from Egypt
00:55:45.01\00:55:47.94
and their pathetic
wilderness wandering.
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In other words, they claimed
00:55:51.18\00:55:52.95
they're not
conformed with their conducts.
00:55:52.98\00:55:55.48
And their potential
didn't match their performances.
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They didn't act
in the wilderness
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like they claimed
they were in Egypt.
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And yet, as Christians
and followers of Christ,
00:56:08.10\00:56:10.70
you know, we
have the same problem.
00:56:10.73\00:56:12.63
We share the same shame
of Israel, that too often
00:56:12.67\00:56:16.17
we look good, but
we've got inconsistent lives.
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Worst thing in the world for
Adventists when somebody says,
00:56:20.74\00:56:23.35
"What you doing in here?
00:56:23.38\00:56:24.71
I thought you all
didn't drink that.
00:56:29.58\00:56:33.56
I thought you
all didn't eat that.
00:56:33.59\00:56:37.29
Aren't you all or don't you
all go to church on Saturday?
00:56:37.33\00:56:39.56
Well, why you here?"
00:56:39.59\00:56:43.03
Now, it will not be so
bad if we did what we did
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and didn't claim
to be who we are.
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It wouldn't be so bad if
we were who we claim to be
00:56:50.57\00:56:54.58
and did not
what we said, we were
00:56:54.61\00:56:57.05
but our pathetic problems is
00:56:57.08\00:56:59.75
that often our conduct is
inconsistent with our claim.
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