I'll never know how much it cost
00:00:27.10\00:00:33.84
To see my sin
00:00:33.87\00:00:37.27
Upon that cross
00:00:37.30\00:00:41.99
Here I am to worship
00:00:42.02\00:00:47.10
Here I am to bow down
00:00:47.13\00:00:50.64
Here I am to say
that you're my God
00:00:50.67\00:00:57.08
You're altogether lovely
00:00:57.11\00:01:01.00
Altogether worthy
00:01:01.03\00:01:04.46
Altogether wonderful to me
00:01:04.49\00:01:11.35
Here I am to worship
00:01:11.38\00:01:14.86
Here I am to bow down
00:01:14.89\00:01:18.29
Here I am to say
that you're my God
00:01:18.32\00:01:24.72
You're altogether lovely
00:01:24.75\00:01:28.56
Altogether worthy
00:01:28.59\00:01:32.29
Altogether wonderful to me
00:01:32.32\00:01:38.90
Let's pray together.
00:06:40.05\00:06:42.40
Holy Father,
such a joyous season,
00:06:42.43\00:06:45.05
such a sad story today.
00:06:45.08\00:06:50.92
Somehow, please, help
us make the connection
00:06:50.95\00:06:54.85
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
00:06:58.75\00:07:01.70
Amen.
00:07:01.73\00:07:05.40
This is a bitter sweet way
to end this series with you
00:07:05.43\00:07:11.88
and I've been journeying
through this semester,
00:07:11.91\00:07:14.91
The Chosen.
00:07:14.94\00:07:18.62
And because the
ending is so bitter sweet,
00:07:18.65\00:07:20.73
we've got to start
with a little something
00:07:20.76\00:07:22.83
of hope,
00:07:22.86\00:07:24.17
something that might
give us a word of hope.
00:07:24.20\00:07:29.82
So let me tell you about a book
00:07:29.85\00:07:31.47
that I have here
in the pulpit with me.
00:07:31.50\00:07:35.65
A friend of mine
retired preacher.
00:07:35.68\00:07:37.58
We used to pastor
out in Oregon together.
00:07:37.61\00:07:39.79
His name is Phil Denim.
00:07:39.82\00:07:40.97
Surprised me, two weeks
ago and sent me this book,
00:07:41.00\00:07:43.70
"Sure Salvation."
00:07:43.73\00:07:45.03
You can know you
have eternal life.
00:07:45.06\00:07:47.81
If you want something to
just give a bit of electricity
00:07:47.84\00:07:52.57
in your holiday living.
00:07:52.60\00:07:54.59
This book is just dynamite.
00:07:54.62\00:07:59.36
So I've been
reading the book through
00:07:59.39\00:08:00.71
and I came across this story.
00:08:00.74\00:08:06.01
It's telling about
Phil is a renounced speaker.
00:08:06.04\00:08:10.90
He doesn't
identify who the speaker is,
00:08:10.93\00:08:12.37
but the speaker is
speaking to an audience,
00:08:12.40\00:08:16.40
and he reaches into his
wallet and he pulls out,
00:08:16.43\00:08:20.08
the speaker does,
a brand new $20 bill.
00:08:20.11\00:08:27.48
He says, "All right.
Who here wants a $20?"
00:08:27.51\00:08:31.02
Yeah, go ahead,
put your hand up.
00:08:31.05\00:08:32.19
Yeah. Nothing wrong with that.
00:08:32.22\00:08:33.69
All right, I'm
gonna give this away.
00:08:33.72\00:08:36.65
All right.
00:08:36.68\00:08:38.41
"But before I
do," the speaker said.
00:08:38.44\00:08:40.40
"Before I do, I wanted to
do something to this $20 bill."
00:08:40.43\00:08:44.82
So he took it and
he just crumpled it up
00:08:44.85\00:08:48.59
just as tight as he
could and then he said,
00:08:48.62\00:08:53.35
"All right, now how
many want this $20 bill?"
00:08:53.38\00:08:58.29
Same hands all went
up, just like yours.
00:08:58.32\00:09:01.76
He says, "All right."
00:09:01.79\00:09:03.99
Now you got to
open this whole this up,
00:09:04.02\00:09:05.61
and so he un-crumpled this bill.
00:09:05.64\00:09:08.18
He said, "Okay."
00:09:08.21\00:09:10.64
And he let the $20
bill fall to the floor
00:09:10.67\00:09:14.57
and he just ground it in
with his shoe grip, gunk,
00:09:14.60\00:09:21.45
whatever's on the
bottom of a human shoe.
00:09:21.48\00:09:25.80
And then he
picked it up and said,
00:09:25.83\00:09:27.27
"Okay, now how many want this?"
00:09:27.30\00:09:30.32
Now more hands are
going up every time.
00:09:30.35\00:09:34.72
And then the speaker
said to the audience,
00:09:34.75\00:09:36.85
and I want you
to get this, guys.
00:09:36.88\00:09:38.43
Listen to me very carefully.
00:09:38.46\00:09:41.33
Never forget what
you have just observed.
00:09:41.36\00:09:46.86
No matter what I
did with the money,
00:09:46.89\00:09:50.84
you still wanted it
00:09:50.87\00:09:52.70
because what happened to it
00:09:52.73\00:09:54.56
did not change
its original value.
00:09:54.59\00:09:59.57
Huh?
00:09:59.60\00:10:02.29
He said, "You and
I, we go through life,
00:10:02.32\00:10:07.82
decisions we
make, sins we commit,
00:10:07.85\00:10:12.32
we are just crumpled
and greedy and filthy,
00:10:12.35\00:10:16.56
and we are feeling
worthless and diminished,
00:10:16.59\00:10:21.98
but then we need to remember..."
00:10:22.01\00:10:25.95
The speaker paused,
00:10:25.98\00:10:27.71
"We must never
forget that no matter
00:10:27.74\00:10:31.13
what has happened to you or
what will yet happen to you.
00:10:31.16\00:10:38.18
You are still a
value in the sight of God.
00:10:38.21\00:10:43.52
In fact, He considers
you a priceless treasure,
00:10:43.55\00:10:48.39
halleluiah."
00:10:48.42\00:10:49.84
Oh, I love that illustration.
00:10:49.87\00:10:51.81
I love that illustration.
00:10:51.84\00:10:54.50
Now who want this $20 bill?
00:10:54.53\00:10:56.25
You have to
come here and get it.
00:10:56.28\00:10:58.19
And in getting
it, you have to say,
00:10:58.22\00:11:01.08
hey, do you know something?
00:11:01.11\00:11:02.57
Do you know something?
Do you know something?
00:11:02.60\00:11:08.91
Look at this.
00:11:08.94\00:11:11.60
You have to
say, I tell you what.
00:11:11.63\00:11:13.57
I'm gonna take
the oldest one here
00:11:13.60\00:11:18.21
and give it to you, young man.
00:11:18.24\00:11:19.56
Yeah, I tell you what, I love...
00:11:23.40\00:11:25.90
You're welcome. God bless you.
00:11:25.93\00:11:30.35
I love-- And you
can't spend it, by the way.
00:11:30.38\00:11:32.34
Did you get that? The
point was you can't spend.
00:11:32.37\00:11:33.80
You just hang on to this
bill for the rest of your life.
00:11:33.83\00:11:36.96
Truly. Truly.
00:11:36.99\00:11:38.66
He'll spend it, trust me.
00:11:38.69\00:11:41.82
You know, but I love--
00:11:41.85\00:11:42.88
Hey, guys, I just
love that illustration
00:11:42.91\00:11:46.06
because for a whole semester
now we have been tracking,
00:11:46.09\00:11:49.44
we've been tracking The Chosen.
00:11:49.47\00:11:51.17
And I mean they
have been messing up
00:11:51.20\00:11:53.43
time after time after time--
You and I have watched them.
00:11:53.46\00:11:57.38
We watch them mess up.
00:11:57.41\00:11:59.67
But the truth of that $20 bill
is the truth about the chosen
00:11:59.70\00:12:04.06
and that is, no matter how dirty
00:12:04.09\00:12:05.68
and crumple the chosen become
00:12:05.71\00:12:07.92
the chosen never
loose their original value
00:12:07.95\00:12:11.72
and they are always
precious in the sight of God.
00:12:11.75\00:12:15.76
Halleluiah.
00:12:15.79\00:12:17.57
Even when there are top
two spiritual leaders crash
00:12:17.60\00:12:22.80
and burn in front
of the whole community,
00:12:22.83\00:12:24.95
still they are precious.
00:12:24.98\00:12:28.86
Open your Bible
with me for one last time
00:12:28.89\00:12:31.12
in this series of, The Chosen.
00:12:31.15\00:12:32.81
Not to our theme book,
we'll end in the theme book,
00:12:32.84\00:12:35.90
but go to the fourth book.
00:12:35.93\00:12:37.49
Fifth book of the Bible,
00:12:37.52\00:12:38.84
Deuteronomy is our
theme book for this series,
00:12:38.87\00:12:40.51
but go to
Numbers, would you, please?
00:12:40.54\00:12:41.90
The Book of Numbers
just before Deuteronomy.
00:12:41.93\00:12:46.35
It's a bitter sweet story.
00:12:46.38\00:12:48.48
I wish we didn't
have to share it.
00:12:48.51\00:12:50.62
I wish there a way
to get around the story
00:12:50.65\00:12:52.12
and straight
into the Promised Land
00:12:52.15\00:12:53.40
but, guys, you
can't get there from here
00:12:53.43\00:12:55.34
unless you go through the story.
00:12:55.37\00:12:56.55
Numbers 20.
00:12:56.58\00:12:57.90
If you didn't bring your Bible,
00:12:57.93\00:12:58.97
oh, please, grab the
pew Bible in front of you.
00:12:59.00\00:13:01.74
New Kings James Version,
exactly the same translation
00:13:01.77\00:13:04.45
I have right here.
00:13:04.48\00:13:05.51
It'll be page 108,
108 in your pew Bible.
00:13:05.54\00:13:11.31
Unforgettable story. Here we go.
00:13:11.34\00:13:13.24
We got to fly
through this story.
00:13:13.27\00:13:15.51
The semester's almost over.
00:13:15.54\00:13:17.66
Number 20:1,
00:13:17.69\00:13:18.89
"Then the children of
Israel, the whole congregation,
00:13:18.92\00:13:20.89
came into the Wilderness
of Zin in the first month,
00:13:20.92\00:13:24.57
and the people stayed in Kadesh;
00:13:24.60\00:13:26.17
and Miriam died there
and was buried there."
00:13:26.20\00:13:29.98
Hold it right
there. Who is Miriam?
00:13:30.01\00:13:31.49
Refresh my
memory. Who is Miriam?
00:13:31.52\00:13:33.86
Moses' sister.
Somebody else's sister as well.
00:13:33.89\00:13:36.19
Who else? Aaron.
00:13:36.22\00:13:37.88
Miriam is a 132
years old when she dies.
00:13:37.91\00:13:42.17
Aaron is 123, Moses is 120.
00:13:42.20\00:13:45.59
I am telling you,
they got good genes
00:13:45.62\00:13:47.28
from their parents, didn't they?
00:13:47.31\00:13:49.80
Miriam dies.
00:13:49.83\00:13:51.62
She's been a
part of this little,
00:13:51.65\00:13:53.03
little triumphant as it were.
00:13:53.06\00:13:57.10
Three siblings and
leaders of the chosen.
00:13:57.13\00:14:01.12
Now here we go, verse 2.
00:14:01.15\00:14:02.90
"Now there was no
water for the congregation,
00:14:02.93\00:14:07.29
so they gathered together..."
00:14:07.32\00:14:10.68
Can you believe
it? Here we go again.
00:14:10.71\00:14:12.71
"They gather together
against Moses and Aaron."
00:14:12.74\00:14:16.35
Déjà vu, all over again.
00:14:16.38\00:14:20.81
Again!
00:14:20.84\00:14:24.59
They've run out of water
00:14:24.62\00:14:26.56
and they blame the two brothers.
00:14:26.59\00:14:29.45
But as it turns out, it is
no accidental water shortage.
00:14:29.48\00:14:32.41
You know why?
Because it's final exam week.
00:14:32.44\00:14:35.46
It's final exam week
before the Promise Land.
00:14:35.49\00:14:39.10
Question.
00:14:39.13\00:14:40.50
Have the children
learned the lesson
00:14:40.53\00:14:41.83
the one they're now
buried parents failed to learn?
00:14:41.86\00:14:44.08
The lesson of faith and
trust in their divine leader?
00:14:44.11\00:14:47.29
Answer.
00:14:47.32\00:14:48.37
Let's turn off the
water and find out.
00:14:48.40\00:14:51.36
That's what happened.
00:14:51.39\00:14:52.52
Somebody with a
S turned the water.
00:14:52.55\00:14:56.07
Obviously, Dwight,
you can't prove that.
00:14:56.10\00:14:57.39
I sure can.
00:14:57.42\00:14:58.45
We've been to this
chapter before, 1 Corinthian 10,
00:14:58.48\00:15:01.54
Paul is talking
about that moment
00:15:01.57\00:15:03.04
and he says, by the
way, during those 40 years,
00:15:03.07\00:15:04.83
"All drank the
same spiritual drink.
00:15:04.86\00:15:06.89
For they drank of
that spiritual Rock
00:15:06.92\00:15:08.67
that followed them,
and that Rock was Christ."
00:15:08.70\00:15:12.05
They had water as long
as Christ was leading them.
00:15:12.08\00:15:15.57
And trust me,
for 40 wearying years
00:15:15.60\00:15:18.87
He has been the rock
and He has been leading them
00:15:18.90\00:15:21.65
and they've had water.
00:15:21.68\00:15:24.34
But we got to find out.
00:15:24.37\00:15:25.97
We got to find out, if the
kids have learned the lesson,
00:15:26.00\00:15:30.25
mamma and papa failed to learn.
00:15:30.28\00:15:33.80
And so the water supply...
00:15:33.83\00:15:35.42
off.
00:15:39.36\00:15:43.09
And how do the people respond?
00:15:43.12\00:15:45.51
No surprise here.
00:15:45.54\00:15:47.30
Verse 3, "And the
people contended."
00:15:47.33\00:15:49.32
Now the Hebrew
word for contended,
00:15:49.35\00:15:51.43
it carries with it, the
connotation of violence.
00:15:51.46\00:15:53.50
The people contented.
00:15:53.53\00:15:56.07
"The people contented
with Moses and spoke, saying,
00:15:56.10\00:15:58.86
'If only we had died
00:15:58.89\00:16:00.98
when our brethren
died before the Lord.'
00:16:01.01\00:16:02.59
" Verse 4, "Why have you--"
And by the way, it's clear.
00:16:02.62\00:16:04.61
We're talking about
Moses and Aaron here.
00:16:04.64\00:16:06.02
"Why have you
brought up the assembly
00:16:06.05\00:16:08.42
of the Lord into this wilderness
00:16:08.45\00:16:10.30
that we and our
animals should die here?"
00:16:10.33\00:16:12.15
Verse 5, "And why have you
made us come up out of Egypt
00:16:12.18\00:16:15.66
to bring us to this evil place?
00:16:15.69\00:16:17.10
It is not a
place of grain or figs
00:16:17.13\00:16:18.81
or vines or pomegranates,
00:16:18.84\00:16:20.34
nor is there
any water to drink."
00:16:20.37\00:16:23.88
And apparently that word
00:16:23.91\00:16:25.48
that has a bit of
violence lays with it
00:16:25.51\00:16:27.16
is threatening enough
that Moses and Aaron gone.
00:16:27.19\00:16:31.68
Verse 6, "So Moses and Aaron
00:16:31.71\00:16:33.21
went from the
presence of the assembly
00:16:33.24\00:16:35.28
to the door of the
tabernacle of meeting,
00:16:35.31\00:16:37.06
and they fell on their faces.
00:16:37.09\00:16:38.72
And the glory of the
Lord appeared to them."
00:16:38.75\00:16:41.09
You know what,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:16:41.12\00:16:42.28
I fall on my face too.
00:16:42.31\00:16:44.16
After 40 years
I'd be on my face.
00:16:44.19\00:16:46.52
Dear God, how much more of this?
00:16:46.55\00:16:48.07
Are we supposed to take?
00:16:48.10\00:16:49.31
The kids are no
better than their parents
00:16:49.34\00:16:51.03
and they are about to stone us.
00:16:51.06\00:16:54.33
God speaks, "I
hear you." He speaks.
00:16:54.36\00:16:58.26
Verse 7, "Then the Lord
spoke to Moses, saying,"
00:16:58.29\00:17:02.09
Here comes now, verse 8,
00:17:02.12\00:17:05.25
"Take the rod, the one
you parted the Red Sea,
00:17:05.28\00:17:08.91
you know that
rod, you take that rod.
00:17:08.94\00:17:11.40
You and your brother Aaron
00:17:11.43\00:17:12.55
gather the
congregation together.
00:17:12.58\00:17:14.25
Speak to the rock
before their eyes,
00:17:14.28\00:17:16.74
and it will yield its water,
00:17:16.77\00:17:18.75
thus you shall bring
water for them out of the rock,
00:17:18.78\00:17:20.96
and give drink
to the congregation
00:17:20.99\00:17:23.01
and their animals."
00:17:23.04\00:17:24.53
Forty years
earlier you remember that
00:17:24.56\00:17:26.89
the parents of these
kids, when they were young.
00:17:26.92\00:17:29.10
Forty years earlier
the identical final exam
00:17:29.13\00:17:32.08
was given to them before going
over into the Promise Land.
00:17:32.11\00:17:34.97
And remember, but how
radically different now.
00:17:35.00\00:17:40.84
Get a load of this. The
instructions have changed.
00:17:40.87\00:17:46.00
Now you need to keep
your finger right here
00:17:46.03\00:17:47.33
'cause we're coming right back.
00:17:47.36\00:17:48.39
Let's go to the first test.
00:17:48.42\00:17:50.15
Forty years ago
when momma and papa
00:17:50.18\00:17:51.90
were getting the test.
00:17:51.93\00:17:52.96
All right, Exodus 17.
00:17:52.99\00:17:54.81
Go back to the second
book of the Bible, Exodus 17.
00:17:54.84\00:17:58.14
Take a look of
this, Exodus 17:3.
00:17:58.17\00:18:04.13
You remember the story, verse 3,
00:18:04.16\00:18:06.17
"And the people
thirsted there for water,
00:18:06.20\00:18:08.43
and the people
complained, here we go,
00:18:08.46\00:18:10.32
people complained
against Moses, and said,
00:18:10.35\00:18:12.03
'Why is it that you have
brought us up out of Egypt,
00:18:12.06\00:18:13.53
to kill us and our children
and our livestock with thirst?'"
00:18:13.56\00:18:16.58
So verse 4, "Moses
cried out to the Lord, saying,
00:18:16.61\00:18:19.31
'What shall I do
with this people?
00:18:19.34\00:18:20.65
They are almost
ready to stone me.'
00:18:20.68\00:18:23.66
" Verse 5, "And
the Lord said to Moses,
00:18:23.69\00:18:25.77
'Sshh, go on before the people,
00:18:25.80\00:18:28.36
take with you some
of the elders of Israel.
00:18:28.39\00:18:30.20
Also take in your hand your rod
00:18:30.23\00:18:31.68
with which you struck the river,
00:18:31.71\00:18:32.87
that mighty River Nile, and go."
00:18:32.90\00:18:34.84
Verse 6, "For
behold--" Now watch this,
00:18:34.87\00:18:36.54
"Behold, I will stand
before you there in the rock."
00:18:36.57\00:18:41.31
That will be me.
00:18:41.34\00:18:42.65
"Do you understand,
I will stand before you
00:18:42.68\00:18:44.38
there on the rock in Horeb
and you shall strike the rock,
00:18:44.41\00:18:47.80
and the water
will come out of it
00:18:47.83\00:18:49.35
that the people may drink.'
00:18:49.38\00:18:50.94
And Moses did so in the
sight of the elders of Israel."
00:18:50.97\00:18:55.75
Now please note,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:18:55.78\00:18:57.08
God's unmistakable
pronouncement to Moses.
00:18:57.11\00:18:59.18
When you stand before the rock,
00:18:59.21\00:19:01.23
I will be right
there before you.
00:19:01.26\00:19:03.23
I will be the rock.
00:19:03.26\00:19:04.76
When you strike the
rock, you are striking me
00:19:04.79\00:19:07.65
and I will bring
water, life giving,
00:19:07.68\00:19:09.64
lifesaving water for you.
00:19:09.67\00:19:12.35
And that point is so critical.
That point is so critical.
00:19:12.38\00:19:15.69
In order for us to understand
00:19:15.72\00:19:17.32
the terrible story in Numbers 20
00:19:17.35\00:19:20.98
that we need to
seal the understanding.
00:19:21.01\00:19:27.63
And I need you to take
your study guide out right now.
00:19:27.66\00:19:28.93
Take your study guide out.
00:19:28.96\00:19:30.00
Let's just jot it down, a
dramatic piece of symbolism.
00:19:30.03\00:19:33.91
In Exodus 17, so dramatic
that if we don't get it,
00:19:33.94\00:19:37.37
we'll never
understand Numbers 20.
00:19:37.40\00:19:38.61
So take the study guide out
00:19:38.64\00:19:39.73
that you have in
your worship bulletin.
00:19:39.76\00:19:41.33
Ushers, thank
you for making sure
00:19:41.36\00:19:43.30
that everybody here
get's a study guide.
00:19:43.33\00:19:45.09
Hold your hand up, if
you didn't your study guide,
00:19:45.12\00:19:46.60
you got to see
00:19:46.63\00:19:47.90
the final chapter to The Chosen.
00:19:47.93\00:19:49.67
Don't miss the study guide.
00:19:49.70\00:19:50.73
You're up in the
balcony, hold your hand up,
00:19:50.76\00:19:52.30
we'll make sure
that we get it to you.
00:19:52.33\00:19:53.91
And those of you who
are watching on television
00:19:53.94\00:19:55.27
let's put that
website on the screen.
00:19:55.30\00:19:57.10
Put it on the
screen. There it is.
00:19:57.13\00:19:58.57
Go to our website and you
can get the same study guide
00:19:58.60\00:20:00.81
that we're going to
carefully take a look at now.
00:20:00.84\00:20:03.44
Go to our
website www.pmchurch.tv
00:20:03.47\00:20:08.48
And when you get the website
00:20:08.51\00:20:09.55
you're looking for
the series, The Chosen.
00:20:09.58\00:20:10.61
This is part 12.
00:20:10.64\00:20:11.67
This is the final
installment of The Chosen.
00:20:11.70\00:20:15.28
You're looking for
the title Crossing Over.
00:20:15.31\00:20:17.67
When you get to Crossing
Over, it says study guide,
00:20:17.70\00:20:19.43
you click right there,
you'll have the identical
00:20:19.46\00:20:22.04
study guide that
we have right here.
00:20:22.07\00:20:24.21
Just keep your hand
up, keep your hand up.
00:20:24.24\00:20:28.77
Let's take a look
at this breathtaking,
00:20:28.80\00:20:30.24
really breathtaking symbolism.
00:20:30.27\00:20:32.01
And we got to, we got to go.
00:20:32.04\00:20:33.19
So do you have your study guide?
00:20:33.22\00:20:34.72
Let's go.
00:20:34.75\00:20:36.06
Exodus 17:6 which we read
00:20:36.09\00:20:38.53
just a split
second ago, fill it in.
00:20:38.56\00:20:40.49
God speaking to Moses,
00:20:40.52\00:20:41.55
"Behold, I will
stand before you,
00:20:41.58\00:20:44.39
before you there on the rock."
00:20:44.42\00:20:46.12
That's gonna be
me. Do you understand?
00:20:46.15\00:20:47.54
I will be there, right there
in front of you on the rock.
00:20:47.57\00:20:53.21
Me, Moses.
00:20:53.24\00:20:54.42
And Paul comes long, he
says, "Absolutely right."
00:20:54.45\00:20:56.48
First Corinthian 10,
let's fill it in this time.
00:20:56.51\00:20:58.32
Same verse you
read a moment ago,
00:20:58.35\00:20:59.77
"And all drank the
same spiritual drink.
00:20:59.80\00:21:03.38
For they drank of
that spiritual Rock
00:21:03.41\00:21:05.18
that followed them,
and that Rock was Christ."
00:21:05.21\00:21:07.67
Make sure you complete that,
the rock is Christ himself.
00:21:07.70\00:21:11.70
So at the beginning
of their 40 year journey
00:21:11.73\00:21:13.87
the divine
instructions were clear.
00:21:13.90\00:21:15.89
And here is the rest of verse 6,
00:21:15.92\00:21:17.14
fill it out, Exodus 17:6,
00:21:17.17\00:21:18.92
"And you shall strike."
00:21:18.95\00:21:20.55
The Hebrew word here is nakah,
00:21:20.58\00:21:22.83
"You shall nakah the
rock, and lifesaving water."
00:21:22.86\00:21:27.17
Make sure you get that,
"Water will flow forth."
00:21:27.20\00:21:30.78
What's going on?
What's going on here?
00:21:30.81\00:21:32.87
Let's put the pieces
together. Keep your pen moving.
00:21:32.90\00:21:37.17
There's another
verse in the Old Testament
00:21:37.20\00:21:38.44
that uses that
identical Hebrew word nakah.
00:21:38.47\00:21:42.08
It's there in the
study guide, fill it in.
00:21:42.11\00:21:43.37
It's Isaiah 53:4,
00:21:43.40\00:21:46.25
"Surely He has borne our
griefs and carried our sorrows,
00:21:46.28\00:21:49.85
yet we esteemed
Him stricken, smitten."
00:21:49.88\00:21:52.80
That second word smitten
is the same Hebrew word nakah.
00:21:52.83\00:21:56.67
What Moses does to the
rock is done to the Messiah.
00:21:56.70\00:22:01.24
"We esteemed Him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
00:22:01.27\00:22:04.56
He was led as a
lamb to the slaughter."
00:22:04.59\00:22:08.48
Who is that do you suppose, huh?
00:22:08.51\00:22:10.25
Oh, Isaiah 53 is
referring to the servant of God,
00:22:10.28\00:22:13.06
metaphor for the coming messiah
00:22:13.09\00:22:15.49
who would be lead as
a lamb to the slaughter.
00:22:15.52\00:22:18.22
And who might that
be? Keep your pen moving.
00:22:18.25\00:22:20.51
The Gospel of Saint John 19:34,
00:22:20.54\00:22:22.95
it's Friday, hey, hey, hey, hey,
00:22:22.98\00:22:24.33
we got to get all
three bodies down,
00:22:24.36\00:22:25.55
all three bodies down.
00:22:25.58\00:22:27.17
I don't care if
they're alive or not,
00:22:27.20\00:22:28.82
kill them, take them down.
00:22:28.85\00:22:30.85
And they come to the
body of the middle cross.
00:22:30.88\00:22:33.46
Chapter 19:34,
00:22:33.49\00:22:35.46
"But one of the soldiers
00:22:35.49\00:22:36.75
pierced Jesus side with a spear,
00:22:36.78\00:22:39.25
and immediately
blood and water."
00:22:39.28\00:22:42.51
Write it down. "Water came out."
00:22:42.54\00:22:45.52
Jesus to the woman to
Samaria, by the Well of Sychar.
00:22:45.55\00:22:49.36
Jesus in John 4:14, jot it down.
00:22:49.39\00:22:51.97
"Whoever drinks of the
water that I shall give her
00:22:52.00\00:22:56.48
or him will never thirst.
00:22:56.51\00:22:58.80
It shall be a fountain of water
00:22:58.83\00:23:00.05
springing up into
everlasting life."
00:23:00.08\00:23:02.12
The inescapable point, guys,
00:23:02.15\00:23:03.67
please jot it
down, two more sentences.
00:23:03.70\00:23:05.35
The inescapable
point, the divine command
00:23:05.38\00:23:07.47
to strike the rock once,
00:23:07.50\00:23:09.81
so that the water
of life would flow
00:23:09.84\00:23:11.61
was intended to
teach Moses and Israel
00:23:11.64\00:23:13.96
the truth of Calvary.
00:23:13.99\00:23:16.57
It's the truth of
Calvary. There in Exodus 17.
00:23:16.60\00:23:19.46
And what's the truth of Calvary?
00:23:19.49\00:23:20.59
Keep your pen moving.
00:23:20.62\00:23:21.65
Hebrews 9:28, "So
Christ was offered--"
00:23:21.68\00:23:24.26
How many times
Christ was offered?
00:23:24.29\00:23:25.50
How many times?
Once, once, once.
00:23:25.53\00:23:27.94
"Christ was offered once
to bear the sins of many."
00:23:27.97\00:23:30.80
One more line, the rock
need to be stricken only once,
00:23:30.83\00:23:36.28
and from Calvary's
fountain would flow for all time
00:23:36.31\00:23:40.03
life giving,
hallelujah, lifesaving water.
00:23:40.06\00:23:46.03
Isn't that great?
00:23:46.06\00:23:48.03
Which by the way means
that Jesus does not need to be
00:23:48.06\00:23:53.87
sacrificed again
and again and again
00:23:53.90\00:23:59.71
as He is in some churches.
00:23:59.74\00:24:02.35
Don't have to.
00:24:02.38\00:24:04.48
One sacrifice,
one sacrifice in time
00:24:04.51\00:24:08.56
and the entire human race
for all the time is covered.
00:24:08.59\00:24:14.70
Moses, Moses, you
strike that rock once.
00:24:14.73\00:24:20.58
I am the rock, and when
you strike me water will flow.
00:24:20.61\00:24:25.55
Boy.
00:24:25.58\00:24:29.19
How radically different
God's instruction this time.
00:24:29.22\00:24:32.90
Go back now to where
your finger is, Numbers 20.
00:24:32.93\00:24:35.23
How radically
different, Numbers 20,
00:24:35.26\00:24:37.41
our God's instructions.
00:24:37.44\00:24:38.77
Let's read those
instructions again.
00:24:38.80\00:24:40.27
Numbers 20:7,
00:24:40.30\00:24:42.27
"Then the Lord
spoke to Moses, saying..."
00:24:42.30\00:24:43.70
Here comes the
instructions, verse 8.
00:24:43.73\00:24:44.89
"Take the rod, you
and your brother Aaron
00:24:44.92\00:24:46.85
gather the
congregation together.
00:24:46.88\00:24:48.73
Speak to the rock
before their eyes,
00:24:48.76\00:24:54.45
and it will yield its water,
00:24:54.48\00:24:55.85
thus you shall bring
water for them out of the rock,
00:24:55.88\00:24:58.10
and give drink
to the congregation
00:24:58.13\00:25:00.10
and their animals."
00:25:00.13\00:25:02.56
My friend Roy Gain
is a professor over here
00:25:02.59\00:25:06.35
at the theological seminary.
00:25:06.38\00:25:08.07
Zondervan. Listen to this.
00:25:08.10\00:25:09.64
Most of you don't know this.
00:25:09.67\00:25:10.70
Zondervan,
00:25:10.73\00:25:11.76
the largest evangelical
publishing house in the world,
00:25:11.79\00:25:14.73
contacted Roy and they
said, "We want you to write
00:25:14.76\00:25:17.07
Volume 3 in the NIV
application commentary."
00:25:17.10\00:25:20.93
That would cover the
books of Leviticus and Numbers.
00:25:20.96\00:25:25.79
Two great books for an
Adventist scholar to take on.
00:25:25.82\00:25:30.13
And he did, and he
has done a masterful job.
00:25:30.16\00:25:32.32
I am reading his
commentary on Leviticus.
00:25:32.35\00:25:35.03
But in Numbers, he
makes a point with this story.
00:25:35.06\00:25:37.95
Numbers 20, that I
had never seen before.
00:25:37.98\00:25:41.17
I'll put--
These are Roy's words,
00:25:41.20\00:25:42.39
I'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:25:42.42\00:25:43.65
"Moses and
Aaron--" Here in Numbers 20,
00:25:43.68\00:25:46.15
"Are to merely
speak, are to merely speak."
00:25:46.18\00:25:48.57
And by the way, it's plural.
00:25:48.60\00:25:49.63
God says, "I want both of
you boys to speak, all right?"
00:25:49.66\00:25:51.49
Both brothers.
00:25:51.52\00:25:52.95
"They are to
merely speak to the rock.
00:25:52.98\00:25:54.91
This will be-- Here it comes.
00:25:54.94\00:25:56.93
This will be an
even greater miracle
00:25:56.96\00:25:59.31
than in Exodus 17
where Moses struck the rock."
00:25:59.34\00:26:01.49
Why?
00:26:01.52\00:26:02.55
"As there is no possibility
00:26:02.58\00:26:04.01
that a physical
blow will simply dislodge
00:26:04.04\00:26:07.11
the natural plug to an aquifer."
00:26:07.14\00:26:10.14
You get the point, don't you?
00:26:10.17\00:26:12.88
Not only is God
wanting to preserve
00:26:12.91\00:26:15.19
the Calvary metaphor,
00:26:15.22\00:26:17.63
and that is as
only one sacrifice
00:26:17.66\00:26:19.21
it's done once for all time.
00:26:19.24\00:26:21.20
So it only needed
to have been struck
00:26:21.23\00:26:22.98
at the beginning of the journey.
00:26:23.01\00:26:25.31
By the way, I had a seminary
00:26:25.34\00:26:26.37
coming up to me
after first church.
00:26:26.40\00:26:27.87
He said, "You
know something, Pastor,
00:26:27.90\00:26:30.08
we learned from John Bladen
in this class this last week
00:26:30.11\00:26:32.81
that there's actually--"
00:26:32.84\00:26:34.31
When now Moses has
commanded to speak to the rock,
00:26:34.34\00:26:36.95
and this was new
for me, listen to this.
00:26:36.98\00:26:38.56
When Moses has
commanded to speak to the rock,
00:26:38.59\00:26:40.71
it's because now once
the sacrifice has been made
00:26:40.74\00:26:43.54
and the lamb is stricken
on the cross you never--
00:26:43.57\00:26:47.36
It never has to be repeated.
00:26:47.39\00:26:48.70
Now when you fall,
when you fall, as we all do,
00:26:48.73\00:26:54.42
you need only cry out
to the rock and like that,
00:26:54.45\00:27:00.33
you got water
that washes you clean.
00:27:00.36\00:27:02.57
Isn't that great?
00:27:02.60\00:27:04.45
Now no more
striking, it's all over.
00:27:04.48\00:27:06.54
Two thousand
years ago this got done.
00:27:06.57\00:27:09.27
Now you just call upon
me in the day of trouble
00:27:09.30\00:27:11.55
and I'll deliver you.
00:27:11.58\00:27:12.89
Isn't that great?
00:27:12.92\00:27:14.23
But Roy says, "Hey,
and that's not all."
00:27:14.26\00:27:16.67
If Moses whacks this rock and...
00:27:16.70\00:27:19.59
People can say,
yeah, well, yeah, you know,
00:27:19.62\00:27:21.08
there's a little
aquifer in there.
00:27:21.11\00:27:22.16
You lose the stone. Whoopee.
00:27:22.19\00:27:24.67
But if Moses
walks up to that rock
00:27:24.70\00:27:26.71
and he says, "Rock, water."
00:27:26.74\00:27:31.19
Man, you're right
home about that one.
00:27:31.22\00:27:35.54
Supernatural, it has to be.
00:27:35.57\00:27:38.13
It can't be a mistake, accident.
00:27:38.16\00:27:41.83
In other words,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:27:41.86\00:27:44.27
when God gives a
command to you and me
00:27:44.30\00:27:46.34
as He has done many times,
00:27:46.37\00:27:48.71
when He gives a
command to you and me,
00:27:48.74\00:27:51.11
our obedience to
the let her guarantees
00:27:51.14\00:27:54.70
the very outcome
that God intends.
00:27:54.73\00:27:57.25
If I hedge, if I hold back,
00:27:57.28\00:27:59.35
I'll say, I'll
not follow you here.
00:27:59.38\00:28:01.65
I lost what I wanted to have
00:28:01.68\00:28:04.17
by your bold and
uncompromising opinions.
00:28:04.20\00:28:10.23
Moses tragically
disobeys. It's so sad.
00:28:10.26\00:28:15.59
Keep reading, verse 9,
00:28:15.62\00:28:20.09
"So Moses took the
rod from before the Lord
00:28:20.12\00:28:23.60
as He commanded him."
00:28:23.63\00:28:24.69
Verse 10, "And Moses
and Aaron gathered the--"
00:28:24.72\00:28:28.10
We're talking
about thousands here.
00:28:28.13\00:28:29.23
We're talking
about tens of thousands.
00:28:29.26\00:28:30.94
Do you understand?
00:28:30.97\00:28:32.55
"Moses and Aaron
gathered the assembly together
00:28:32.58\00:28:35.07
before the rock."
00:28:35.10\00:28:36.55
They know, Moses knows
00:28:36.58\00:28:39.17
because he's been with
this rock for 40 years.
00:28:39.20\00:28:40.75
He knows the rock
is Christ right here.
00:28:40.78\00:28:42.76
Christ is here, right
here. Moses knows that.
00:28:42.79\00:28:46.86
They gathered the thousands.
00:28:46.89\00:28:49.25
Moses stands up
right beside the rock.
00:28:49.28\00:28:51.40
And then, you know what?
00:28:51.43\00:28:52.46
There's supposed to
be both boys speaking,
00:28:52.49\00:28:53.99
Moses says, give me
that microphone, Aaron.
00:28:54.02\00:28:59.02
Now hear this!
00:28:59.05\00:29:02.31
Exactly what he
says, "Hear this!
00:29:02.34\00:29:05.91
You rebels!"
00:29:05.94\00:29:09.54
"Hear this!
00:29:13.93\00:29:15.55
You rebels!"
00:29:15.58\00:29:18.30
He meant stinking rebels."
00:29:18.33\00:29:24.25
"Must we fetch water for you."
00:29:24.28\00:29:30.29
He takes that rod,
lifts it high over his head
00:29:33.29\00:29:38.10
and with
everything 120 years e has.
00:29:38.13\00:29:43.75
And not once,
no. You want water?
00:29:43.78\00:29:46.71
And in an instant.
00:29:50.44\00:29:54.23
Look at that.
00:29:54.26\00:29:56.10
"And the water
came out abundantly,
00:29:56.13\00:29:59.53
and the
congregation and their animals
00:29:59.56\00:30:02.84
with a shriek of delight,
the whole people drink."
00:30:02.87\00:30:09.62
Every time I read these words
00:30:09.65\00:30:14.11
I say, "Oh, my
God, help us all."
00:30:14.14\00:30:18.97
In fact, will you
jot it down, please?
00:30:19.00\00:30:20.27
Apparently even
the greatest of leaders
00:30:20.30\00:30:23.17
and the meekest of saints
can in one blinding moment
00:30:23.20\00:30:27.32
spiritually melt down.
00:30:27.35\00:30:32.19
You say, "Oh, good
00:30:32.22\00:30:33.48
because I planned to
do a lot of melting down
00:30:33.51\00:30:34.87
between here in
the Promised Land.
00:30:34.90\00:30:36.22
No, no, no, that's
what this is about.
00:30:36.25\00:30:37.88
This is not
giving you permission
00:30:37.91\00:30:39.46
because I want to remind
you, not all melted down.
00:30:39.49\00:30:43.64
Joseph did.
00:30:43.67\00:30:45.96
Never once can you
find Joseph melting down
00:30:45.99\00:30:48.03
and he had ample
reason to melt down
00:30:48.06\00:30:51.55
in front of those 12 despicable,
00:30:51.58\00:30:53.80
11 despicable brothers of his.
00:30:53.83\00:30:57.23
Daniel did not melt down.
00:30:57.26\00:30:59.98
He had ample
reason to melt down.
00:31:00.01\00:31:01.61
And guess what,
ladies and gentlemen?
00:31:01.64\00:31:03.03
Jesus did not melt down. Amen.
00:31:03.06\00:31:08.49
And He's dragging
the cross to Calvary
00:31:08.52\00:31:10.25
and some poor rich
comes and empties his throat
00:31:10.28\00:31:13.03
all over Jesus' face
like, the old spiritual sings,
00:31:13.06\00:31:16.88
no, He never
said a mumble in word,
00:31:16.91\00:31:19.71
not a word, not a word.
00:31:19.74\00:31:21.77
No, He never
said a mumble in word.
00:31:21.80\00:31:27.06
You want an
example in your leader?
00:31:27.09\00:31:31.30
It's not Moses.
00:31:31.33\00:31:33.63
It's Jesus or Daniel or Joseph.
00:31:33.66\00:31:39.75
First Peter 2,
jot it down, verse 23.
00:31:39.78\00:31:42.33
Jesus did not
retaliate when He was insulted.
00:31:42.36\00:31:46.43
He left His case
in the hands of God
00:31:46.46\00:31:48.57
who always judges fairly.
00:31:48.60\00:31:50.55
And what is the
fair judgment of God
00:31:50.58\00:31:51.91
regarding these two leaders?
00:31:51.94\00:31:53.58
Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
00:31:53.61\00:31:56.59
Verse 12, the last verse.
00:31:56.62\00:31:58.70
"Then the Lord
spoke to Moses and Aaron,
00:31:58.73\00:32:04.91
'Because you did not believe Me,
00:32:04.94\00:32:07.22
to hallow Me in the eyes
of the children of Israel,
00:32:07.25\00:32:11.69
therefore you shall not bring
this assembly into the land
00:32:11.72\00:32:16.00
which I have given them.'"
00:32:16.03\00:32:19.27
You know what?
00:32:19.30\00:32:20.81
Every time I read these words
I want to sit down and cry.
00:32:20.84\00:32:24.89
I just want to cry.
00:32:24.92\00:32:29.04
My heartaches remorse.
00:32:29.07\00:32:32.03
Who for 40 long, bone wearing,
00:32:32.06\00:32:36.62
back breaking years
has been the nursemaid
00:32:36.65\00:32:42.44
and the leader to
these grown up kids.
00:32:42.47\00:32:47.34
I want to weep.
00:32:47.37\00:32:49.54
Moses, who and God
said, I am going to nuke them.
00:32:49.57\00:32:53.84
Moses who time
and time again said,
00:32:53.87\00:32:55.68
"No, no, no, please,
00:32:55.71\00:32:57.17
I beg you save them, save them.
00:32:57.20\00:32:58.90
In fact, take my
name out of the book,
00:32:58.93\00:33:00.89
you nuke me and you leave them."
00:33:00.92\00:33:03.07
This is the same Moses
00:33:03.10\00:33:06.04
who in one moment
of unguarded passion
00:33:06.07\00:33:12.46
looses his control,
00:33:12.49\00:33:14.68
melts down in front
of the entire community.
00:33:14.71\00:33:17.43
And the divine verdict
is quick because you sinned.
00:33:22.73\00:33:30.58
You are not going in.
00:33:30.61\00:33:36.50
In his farewell
address in Deuteronomy
00:33:36.53\00:33:39.22
just before he dies,
00:33:39.25\00:33:42.35
Moses tells the
people in Chapter 3,
00:33:42.38\00:33:43.78
he said, "You know what?
00:33:43.81\00:33:44.84
I have been good. I
have treated with God.
00:33:44.87\00:33:49.66
Reverse the
verdict. Change your mind.
00:33:49.69\00:33:53.48
I learned my
lesson. I want to go in.
00:33:53.51\00:33:58.44
I want to go in.
00:33:58.47\00:34:00.89
Until finally, Moses tells them.
00:34:00.92\00:34:02.02
He tells them this.
00:34:02.05\00:34:03.08
Until finally, one day
Christ because we know it's
00:34:03.11\00:34:05.81
pre-incarnate Christ.
00:34:05.84\00:34:07.37
One day Christ could
not take it any longer.
00:34:07.40\00:34:14.05
When you become a
parent you'll know that
00:34:14.08\00:34:17.64
when your
children weep, really weep,
00:34:17.67\00:34:22.40
you weep with them.
00:34:22.43\00:34:25.36
Can't help.
00:34:25.39\00:34:27.62
And you know what
Christ says to Moses?
00:34:27.65\00:34:30.20
He says, Speak no
more to me of this matter.
00:34:30.23\00:34:35.11
It's killing both off us.
00:34:35.14\00:34:38.80
I can't take it anymore.
00:34:38.83\00:34:40.91
Don't say another word."
00:34:40.94\00:34:44.14
Guys, we got a heartbroken God
00:34:44.17\00:34:47.89
and a heartbroken leader.
00:34:47.92\00:34:52.78
What's going
on? What's going on?
00:34:52.81\00:34:55.98
You know what's
going on? Do you?
00:34:56.01\00:34:59.95
I mean, why is God
making such a big deal
00:34:59.98\00:35:02.14
about Moses and Aaron's sin?
00:35:02.17\00:35:03.70
After all, He forgave
Aaron as a golden calf,
00:35:03.73\00:35:05.58
he forgave Moses of
the murder of the Egyptian,
00:35:05.61\00:35:07.72
so why doesn't He
just forgive him here,
00:35:07.75\00:35:09.07
just forgive him, forget it.
00:35:09.10\00:35:10.25
Get it over with.
00:35:10.28\00:35:12.78
Hey, by the way,
00:35:12.81\00:35:14.69
don't you dare bring up
the issue of forgiveness?
00:35:14.72\00:35:18.26
This is not a
matter of forgiveness.
00:35:18.29\00:35:20.04
Mosses in that
instant is forgiven.
00:35:20.07\00:35:23.85
Say you can't prove that to me.
00:35:23.88\00:35:24.91
I sure can.
00:35:24.94\00:35:25.98
Two pages, two pages,
00:35:26.01\00:35:27.40
just turn two pages
further into Numbers.
00:35:27.43\00:35:29.16
You go to Numbers
23. Take a look at this.
00:35:29.19\00:35:31.21
And you're gonna
have to write this down
00:35:31.24\00:35:32.28
in your study guide
because this came to me
00:35:32.31\00:35:33.57
after we put the
study guide together.
00:35:33.60\00:35:35.07
So Numbers 23,
just write it down
00:35:35.10\00:35:36.83
because you'll never
want to forget this verse
00:35:36.86\00:35:38.26
as long as you live.
00:35:38.29\00:35:39.45
Numbers 23, two pages further,
00:35:39.48\00:35:42.05
drop down to verse 21.
00:35:42.08\00:35:44.59
Speaking of God and the chosen
00:35:44.62\00:35:47.36
who have been messing
up for 40 years straight,
00:35:47.39\00:35:49.74
speaking of God.
00:35:49.77\00:35:50.80
Look at this, verse 21.
00:35:50.83\00:35:52.33
"He, God has not
observed iniquity in Jacob,
00:35:52.36\00:35:56.00
nor has He seen
wickedness in Israel."
00:35:56.03\00:35:58.61
Hey, time out.
00:35:58.64\00:36:00.55
What do you--
What are you saying?
00:36:00.58\00:36:02.51
You haven't seen any
wickedness in these people?
00:36:02.54\00:36:05.31
You haven't seen they
melt down again and again?
00:36:05.34\00:36:08.26
Nope, haven't seen it.
00:36:08.29\00:36:10.35
Ladies and gentlemen,
God-- Don't you talk to me about
00:36:10.38\00:36:13.05
God's forgiveness?
00:36:13.08\00:36:14.11
You got His
forgiveness just like that.
00:36:14.14\00:36:15.69
Anytime you jolly well, please.
00:36:15.72\00:36:18.69
You ought not to take--
00:36:18.72\00:36:19.75
You ought not
to abuse that gift.
00:36:19.78\00:36:25.49
Reminds me of these
words, Steps to Christ, page 62,
00:36:25.52\00:36:28.42
I wish I have this in
the study guide for you.
00:36:28.45\00:36:30.85
Look at this, "If
you give yourself to Him,
00:36:30.88\00:36:33.39
and accept Him as your Savior,
00:36:33.42\00:36:35.04
then, sinful as your
life may have been--"
00:36:35.07\00:36:37.40
Some of you are at
the end of this semester
00:36:37.43\00:36:38.94
and you are saying, I have
screwed up royally, morally.
00:36:38.97\00:36:44.72
My life is shut and I
got one more semester to go.
00:36:44.75\00:36:49.43
Some of you today are not
that excited about the holiday
00:36:49.46\00:36:53.39
because you're
dragging a ball and chain
00:36:53.42\00:36:56.04
of a memory that
will not let you go.
00:36:56.07\00:36:59.02
I want you to read these words.
00:36:59.05\00:37:00.67
You go to Jesus.
00:37:00.70\00:37:01.73
If you give yourself
to Jesus and you say,
00:37:01.76\00:37:03.54
"Jesus, please, I beg
of you, start over with me,
00:37:03.57\00:37:09.20
give me a new beginning."
00:37:09.23\00:37:12.86
If you give yourself to Jesus,
00:37:12.89\00:37:14.27
and accept Him as your Savior,
00:37:14.30\00:37:15.48
then, sinful as
your life may have been,
00:37:15.51\00:37:17.71
for His sake you are
accounted righteous."
00:37:17.74\00:37:19.61
Now this gets even
better. Watch this.
00:37:19.64\00:37:21.19
"Christ's character stands
in place of your character,
00:37:21.22\00:37:23.85
and you are accepted before God
00:37:23.88\00:37:25.62
just as if you had not sinned."
00:37:25.65\00:37:29.63
Amen.
00:37:29.66\00:37:31.51
Don't you dare
bring up the issue of
00:37:31.54\00:37:33.34
divine forgiveness
here with Moses and Aaron?
00:37:33.37\00:37:35.13
They got
forgiven just like that.
00:37:35.16\00:37:37.80
The issue is not forgiveness.
The issue is leadership.
00:37:37.83\00:37:41.52
You see, to whom much
is given, much is required.
00:37:41.55\00:37:47.80
And I hate to say this
00:37:47.83\00:37:50.45
that if you're a
leader in your home,
00:37:50.48\00:37:52.44
your marriage, your
classroom, you're a leader,
00:37:52.47\00:37:55.80
you are a leader in your
place of business, are you?
00:37:55.83\00:37:57.99
You are a leader
in your institution,
00:37:58.02\00:38:00.45
you are a leader.
00:38:00.48\00:38:01.58
I hate to say this,
00:38:01.61\00:38:03.91
but the bar is
raised higher by God
00:38:03.94\00:38:07.83
for leaders than for followers.
00:38:07.86\00:38:12.08
I'm sorry.
00:38:12.11\00:38:16.27
To whom much is given.
00:38:16.30\00:38:18.01
Much will then be
required. Because let's face it.
00:38:18.04\00:38:20.56
God could've set to the
whole shooting math of Israel.
00:38:20.59\00:38:26.01
God could've
said. You know what?
00:38:26.04\00:38:29.10
Everybody is screwed up.
00:38:29.13\00:38:31.12
Nobody is going
in. But He doesn't.
00:38:31.15\00:38:35.17
He takes just the
leaders and he said,
00:38:35.20\00:38:37.75
"You boys will not be going in."
00:38:37.78\00:38:43.01
It's tough. You think about it.
00:38:43.04\00:38:46.54
Is He being unfair
to Moses and Aaron?
00:38:46.57\00:38:47.73
No.
00:38:47.76\00:38:48.79
The two boys over the
entire community of Israel.
00:38:48.82\00:38:52.59
These two boys know more about
the metaphor of the redeemer
00:38:52.62\00:38:56.18
who sacrifice will
save the human race,
00:38:56.21\00:38:58.21
they know more
than anybody else.
00:38:58.24\00:38:59.66
Hands down.
00:38:59.69\00:39:01.05
These boys know
that rock is Christ
00:39:01.08\00:39:04.35
and the striking 40 years
ago was to be done just once.
00:39:04.38\00:39:07.96
They already know the truth.
00:39:07.99\00:39:12.03
To whom much is
given, much will be required.
00:39:12.06\00:39:18.65
By striking the rock
as he lost his temper,
00:39:18.68\00:39:22.66
instead of speaking to it,
00:39:22.69\00:39:23.88
and by the way,
he strikes it twice.
00:39:23.91\00:39:26.05
Moses smears God's
Holy Calvary sacrifice.
00:39:26.08\00:39:31.18
Just smears in
front of the people.
00:39:31.21\00:39:34.64
How does he do it? Jot it down.
00:39:34.67\00:39:36.41
He takes all the
credit to himself
00:39:36.44\00:39:38.47
by eclipsing God completely.
00:39:38.50\00:39:41.56
It's as if there is not God.
00:39:41.59\00:39:43.34
Must we, what you want? Water?
00:39:43.37\00:39:45.73
You want me to-- Must
we fetch water for you?
00:39:45.76\00:39:49.72
God is totally
obliterated from the scene.
00:39:49.75\00:39:52.94
And by the way, inadvertently
00:39:52.97\00:39:54.93
Moses does proves
the people's charges
00:39:54.96\00:39:57.98
that it has been
Moses leading them all along
00:39:58.01\00:40:00.30
because for 40 years
they've been saying that,
00:40:00.33\00:40:01.37
"Hey, why did you bring us here?
00:40:01.40\00:40:02.43
Hey, why didn't
you give us food?
00:40:02.46\00:40:03.69
Hey, where is the water?
00:40:03.72\00:40:04.89
For 40 years, Moses was saying,
00:40:04.92\00:40:06.33
I am not it, don't look to me.
00:40:06.36\00:40:07.90
Our leader is not
me. God is our leader.
00:40:07.93\00:40:10.42
But now in a moment
of critical necessity
00:40:10.45\00:40:13.83
he forgets and he says,
00:40:13.86\00:40:16.58
I could-- I'll
give you that water.
00:40:16.61\00:40:18.93
And he proves that
the people were right.
00:40:18.96\00:40:22.54
They've had only a
human leader all this time.
00:40:22.57\00:40:25.95
Now God has two choices.
00:40:25.98\00:40:27.14
He can just pretend He
didn't hear, poor Moses.
00:40:27.17\00:40:29.21
Man, it's hot out here.
00:40:29.24\00:40:30.27
That's got to be his problem
00:40:30.30\00:40:32.77
or in an instant
he responds to correct
00:40:32.80\00:40:39.01
what otherwise would
melt down an entire nation.
00:40:39.04\00:40:44.04
And so He does.
00:40:44.07\00:40:46.28
Patriarchs and
Prophets, look at this.
00:40:46.31\00:40:48.31
You have to fill it in.
00:40:48.34\00:40:49.55
"God shut Moses out of Canaan,
00:40:49.58\00:40:51.51
to teach a lesson which
should never be forgotten
00:40:51.54\00:40:54.35
that He requires
exact obedience."
00:40:54.38\00:40:57.45
If you've been
debate in your mind,
00:40:57.48\00:40:58.65
shall I obey God all
the way or just part way?
00:40:58.68\00:41:00.99
I want to tell you
something, my friend,
00:41:01.02\00:41:02.18
you just got your answer.
00:41:02.21\00:41:03.26
If you've been
waiting for diving response
00:41:03.29\00:41:04.68
to your query you just got it.
00:41:04.71\00:41:06.73
Complete obedience.
00:41:06.76\00:41:08.31
There is no
half-obedience with God.
00:41:08.34\00:41:10.29
Half-obedience is disobedience.
00:41:10.32\00:41:12.07
You understand that?
00:41:12.10\00:41:13.17
Half obedience is disobedience.
00:41:13.20\00:41:16.45
"God shut Moses out of
Canaan, to teach a lesson
00:41:16.48\00:41:18.02
which should never be forgotten
00:41:18.05\00:41:19.08
that He
requires exact obedience,
00:41:19.11\00:41:20.52
and that men and
women are to beware
00:41:20.55\00:41:23.73
of taking to
themselves the glory
00:41:23.76\00:41:26.35
which is due to their Maker."
00:41:26.38\00:41:28.64
Trust and obey for
there is no other way
00:41:28.67\00:41:31.18
to be happy in Jesus,
but to trust and obey.
00:41:31.21\00:41:34.51
Guys, that's it.
00:41:34.54\00:41:35.69
The chosen have
to learn that lesson
00:41:35.72\00:41:39.13
before the Promised Land.
00:41:39.16\00:41:42.93
Trust and obey, especially
the leaders of the chosen.
00:41:42.96\00:41:47.32
The deaths of
these two senior leaders
00:41:47.35\00:41:50.59
both atop two
separate mountains,
00:41:50.62\00:41:52.96
this side of the Promise Land
00:41:52.99\00:41:54.51
have become a lesson
that time can never erase.
00:41:54.54\00:42:00.64
We all know the story.
00:42:00.67\00:42:02.91
I want to
conclude, their stories
00:42:02.94\00:42:05.29
and this series
with a reflection
00:42:05.32\00:42:08.26
on the profound mercy of God.
00:42:08.29\00:42:10.78
May I do that?
Then I'll sit down.
00:42:10.81\00:42:12.60
Fill down this book.
00:42:12.63\00:42:14.34
Really wish you
get Sure Salvation.
00:42:14.37\00:42:16.23
In the book, Phil
makes an observation.
00:42:16.26\00:42:18.26
He says, do you
know how many times
00:42:18.29\00:42:19.81
the word Saint and Saints
00:42:19.84\00:42:21.70
those two words
are used in the Bible?
00:42:21.73\00:42:23.08
I never knew that.
He says just under 100.
00:42:23.11\00:42:25.69
A hundred times,
and in those almost 100
00:42:25.72\00:42:29.23
never, never,
never is the word saint
00:42:29.26\00:42:32.02
attach to a human
name except for once.
00:42:32.05\00:42:38.57
Psalm 106, write
it down, verse 16,
00:42:38.60\00:42:43.22
"Aaron--" Can you believe this?
00:42:43.25\00:42:47.43
"Aaron the Saint of the Lord."
00:42:47.46\00:42:50.83
Hey, hey, wait, wait, wait.
00:42:50.86\00:42:52.07
Are we talking
about the same Aaron?
00:42:52.10\00:42:54.11
We're talking
about the golden calf,
00:42:54.14\00:42:55.17
weak willed easily influenced,
00:42:55.20\00:42:56.73
non-confronting,
overly permissive.
00:42:56.76\00:42:58.46
Aaron is the only human being
00:42:58.49\00:43:00.58
in the entire
scripture who's called saint.
00:43:00.61\00:43:02.86
It's not Saint
Daniel, it's not Saint Moses,
00:43:02.89\00:43:04.90
it's not Saint
Joseph, it's not Saint Paul,
00:43:04.93\00:43:06.75
it's just Saint Aaron.
00:43:06.78\00:43:08.90
Have mercy.
00:43:08.93\00:43:10.67
Which apparently
is what God does.
00:43:10.70\00:43:13.26
So what is this saint?
00:43:19.48\00:43:20.73
Get this down before I sit down.
00:43:20.76\00:43:23.04
This is from Phil's book,
00:43:23.07\00:43:24.73
"Saints are sinners
under construction."
00:43:24.76\00:43:26.33
Desire of Ages declares,
00:43:26.36\00:43:27.51
"Christ is sitting for His
portrait in every disciple.
00:43:27.54\00:43:31.15
Saints are people who
have to have many retakes."
00:43:31.18\00:43:36.47
Jesus is sitting for
His picture in my life.
00:43:36.50\00:43:39.73
I tell you what, what
would we do without retakes?
00:43:39.76\00:43:41.25
Say, did you get your picture
taken for the church directory?
00:43:41.28\00:43:43.96
Oh, brother, you know,
Karen and I have pictures gray.
00:43:43.99\00:43:45.64
I mean, you'll
see it in directive,
00:43:45.67\00:43:46.83
but I'm telling you, they
had to do singles of staff
00:43:46.86\00:43:49.05
and my picture is just...
00:43:49.08\00:43:52.01
Please.
00:43:52.04\00:43:53.07
And they show it
to you afterwards.
00:43:53.10\00:43:54.18
Are you serious? This is what?
00:43:54.21\00:43:55.96
Please, let's
do a retake. Can't!
00:43:55.99\00:43:57.99
Next! Next!
00:43:58.02\00:44:00.99
Oh, brother.
00:44:01.02\00:44:03.27
There'll be
another picture, trust me.
00:44:03.30\00:44:07.90
"Saints are people who
have to have many retakes."
00:44:07.93\00:44:10.91
Christ is sitting for His
portrait in your life and mine.
00:44:10.94\00:44:13.20
"Whoa," Jesus says.
Hey, did you see that?
00:44:13.23\00:44:15.96
Let's take another shot of her.
00:44:15.99\00:44:18.14
Please, let's not use that one.
00:44:18.17\00:44:19.60
That's not my portrait.
00:44:19.63\00:44:21.40
You're going to run by
this one more time, sis?
00:44:21.43\00:44:23.42
Okay.
00:44:23.45\00:44:24.51
Now-- "Oye, I want to
keep that picture in my album,"
00:44:24.54\00:44:26.93
Jesus says.
00:44:26.96\00:44:28.91
"Saints are people who
have to have many retakes."
00:44:28.94\00:44:30.65
And in one more
line, get it down,
00:44:30.68\00:44:31.82
"Saints are sinners
whom God is saving."
00:44:31.85\00:44:33.77
Hallelujah. Aaron,
the saint of the Lord.
00:44:33.80\00:44:36.00
What's your name,
hmm? What's your name?
00:44:36.03\00:44:37.83
Fill it in that blank.
00:44:37.86\00:44:38.89
That means that
you can fill it in.
00:44:38.92\00:44:42.34
Your name, the
saint of the Lord.
00:44:42.37\00:44:45.10
Come on, put your name in there,
00:44:45.13\00:44:46.16
put-- Be bold,
believe in the mercy of God
00:44:46.19\00:44:48.63
and put your name in that blank.
00:44:48.66\00:44:51.92
By the grace of God you can.
00:44:51.95\00:44:54.89
Because if God can
call Aaron the saint,
00:44:54.92\00:44:56.99
He can call you
the saint. Trust me.
00:44:57.02\00:44:59.66
Aaron died as
saint. How did Moses die?
00:44:59.69\00:45:01.74
Oh, Mercy.
00:45:01.77\00:45:03.59
Moses. Moses.
00:45:03.62\00:45:05.11
You see, a $20 bill no matter
00:45:05.14\00:45:07.31
how crumpled and
dirty it becomes.
00:45:07.34\00:45:09.68
Saint Aaron, a
$20 bill no matter
00:45:09.71\00:45:12.69
how crumpled
and dirty it becomes
00:45:12.72\00:45:14.20
never looses its original value.
00:45:14.23\00:45:16.48
And I'll call one
person in the Bible of saint
00:45:16.51\00:45:18.40
and that will be you,
Aaron, that will be you.
00:45:18.43\00:45:20.63
Well, Aaron wake up one day,
00:45:20.66\00:45:22.36
when he get's
to the Promise Land
00:45:22.39\00:45:23.42
and he'll find
out, you know what?
00:45:23.45\00:45:24.61
You're the only guy
that God called the saint.
00:45:24.64\00:45:26.92
Give me a hi-five.
00:45:26.95\00:45:31.52
I don't know about Moses.
00:45:31.55\00:45:33.90
With tender pathos?
00:45:33.93\00:45:36.43
The story of The
Chosen comes to an end.
00:45:36.46\00:45:38.47
Not the Chosen, just Moses.
00:45:38.50\00:45:40.58
Book of Deuteronomy
says farewell address.
00:45:40.61\00:45:42.70
And I'm not gonna put
it on the screen for you.
00:45:42.73\00:45:45.06
I want you to look
it in your own Bible.
00:45:45.09\00:45:46.83
Deuteronomy 33. Is
this something else?
00:45:46.86\00:45:50.09
This is his final
words are Chapter 33,
00:45:50.12\00:45:52.77
he dies in Chapter 34.
00:45:52.80\00:45:55.30
Chapter 33, and I want you
to notice just the last words.
00:45:55.33\00:45:57.59
I tell you what?
00:45:57.62\00:45:58.65
When I die, when I die,
00:45:58.68\00:46:00.35
if Jesus doesn't come
one day, I want to die.
00:46:00.38\00:46:02.77
When I die for my children
and for my family I pray
00:46:02.80\00:46:06.08
that I will have
the presence of mind
00:46:06.11\00:46:07.64
to make these my
last words before I die.
00:46:07.67\00:46:11.12
Wouldn't you like to die
with these your last will
00:46:11.15\00:46:14.18
and testament to
those who survive you?
00:46:14.21\00:46:16.21
His final words
to Israel, 40 years
00:46:16.24\00:46:18.67
he's wept over
these kids, grown up.
00:46:18.70\00:46:21.23
And he says,
"Happy are you, O Israel!
00:46:21.26\00:46:23.54
Who is like you, a
people saved by the Lord."
00:46:23.57\00:46:28.88
I'd love for my
children to know when I die
00:46:28.91\00:46:31.75
that they're saved.
00:46:31.78\00:46:33.52
I want my kids to
know that they're saved.
00:46:33.55\00:46:37.65
I want them to
know then I'll die.
00:46:37.68\00:46:41.16
Oh, Moses, Moses, Moses.
00:46:41.19\00:46:45.13
120 years as strong
as the day he began.
00:46:45.16\00:46:48.45
Deuteronomy 34
says, but now he must die.
00:46:48.48\00:46:51.76
And soon the next
verses you have the story.
00:46:51.79\00:46:54.16
That whole camp
watches it. Do you know what?
00:46:54.19\00:46:56.02
They know God is
going to put him to sleep
00:46:56.05\00:46:59.45
on top of that mountain.
00:46:59.48\00:47:03.12
We've had to do that
with pets and it kills you.
00:47:03.15\00:47:06.16
Trust me, it
kills you with a pet.
00:47:06.19\00:47:10.11
Everybody here knows that
00:47:10.14\00:47:13.64
that sagging shouldered leader
00:47:13.67\00:47:18.87
is going to climb that mountain
00:47:18.90\00:47:21.31
and he will die alone.
00:47:21.34\00:47:28.48
I bet you, the whole
camp wanted to race after him
00:47:28.51\00:47:30.76
and hang on to him and
say, "Oh, no, Moses, no, no.
00:47:30.79\00:47:32.39
You stay, you stay.
00:47:32.42\00:47:33.70
We'll take you. We'll take you.
00:47:33.73\00:47:35.06
We'll take you
across the Jordan.
00:47:35.09\00:47:36.82
No, the man must go alone.
00:47:36.85\00:47:38.82
Don't you ever talk to
me again about it, boy?
00:47:38.85\00:47:40.79
You're going to die.
00:47:40.82\00:47:42.38
And alone he climbs
00:47:42.41\00:47:45.40
to the summit of the
mountain called Nebo,
00:47:45.43\00:47:47.58
the actual peak is
called Pisgah and the incarnate,
00:47:47.61\00:47:52.47
the pre-incarnate
Christ is waiting for him.
00:47:52.50\00:47:56.08
Moses, come here.
00:47:56.11\00:48:00.22
You and I have
gotten closer than
00:48:00.25\00:48:01.81
any two beings in
the history of earth.
00:48:01.84\00:48:05.61
You've talk to me
as if I were a friend.
00:48:05.64\00:48:07.76
You have come face
to face to me, Moses.
00:48:07.79\00:48:11.06
I am here.
00:48:11.09\00:48:13.91
Before you die,
I want you to look,
00:48:13.94\00:48:16.55
just look, look, look, look.
00:48:16.58\00:48:18.40
I'm gonna show
you supernaturally
00:48:18.43\00:48:20.70
the entire spread
of the Promise Land.
00:48:20.73\00:48:24.21
And while you are
looking, while you are looking,
00:48:24.24\00:48:29.93
I'm gonna play the
history channel in advance.
00:48:29.96\00:48:35.36
And I'm gonna let you
see the whole sad story.
00:48:35.39\00:48:43.02
And Moses is shown
and then we are told
00:48:43.05\00:48:50.11
this is the moment that Moses
looks to wear the invisible
00:48:50.14\00:48:55.22
because remember, he endured
this one who saw the invisible.
00:48:55.25\00:48:57.88
He looks toward
the invisible standing.
00:48:57.91\00:49:01.20
And Moses says,
"Oh, God, I cannot die
00:49:01.23\00:49:07.31
unless I know again
that you've forgiven me."
00:49:07.34\00:49:13.20
And one more time he pleads.
00:49:13.23\00:49:18.10
And we're told, out
of that invisible space
00:49:18.13\00:49:23.06
the voice said, my friend,
00:49:23.09\00:49:27.49
you are
forgiven, now go to sleep.
00:49:27.52\00:49:33.04
Oh, my.
00:49:33.07\00:49:37.03
One day when I get to heaven,
00:49:37.06\00:49:40.50
I really do hope they
have a History Channel there.
00:49:40.53\00:49:44.32
I want God to play this part.
00:49:44.35\00:49:46.55
I want God to play this part
00:49:46.58\00:49:47.96
because, you know, what happens?
00:49:47.99\00:49:49.37
Mercy steps off the
throne of the universe
00:49:49.40\00:49:54.12
after the boy is
dead and turn to dust.
00:49:54.15\00:49:58.55
Mercy steps off the
throne of the universe
00:49:58.58\00:50:00.75
and races down to
a summit called Nebo
00:50:00.78\00:50:03.77
and the towering Christ
is standing over only dust.
00:50:03.80\00:50:09.73
As the Bible says only
God knew where Moses died.
00:50:09.76\00:50:16.22
Someone you have some love ones
00:50:16.25\00:50:18.61
that you are
praying against hope
00:50:18.64\00:50:21.92
that God marks
the place of that boy.
00:50:21.95\00:50:26.70
I want you to know, mamma,
00:50:26.73\00:50:28.24
God has already
marked that spot.
00:50:28.27\00:50:31.11
Hallelujah.
00:50:31.14\00:50:32.58
He didn't forget.
00:50:32.61\00:50:34.51
Where is it? He knows.
00:50:34.54\00:50:37.79
The towering Christ
stands over that moment.
00:50:37.82\00:50:42.29
Oh, you got to see
this, we are indebted to Jude
00:50:42.32\00:50:44.84
and there's one
line from Jude, Jude 9.
00:50:44.87\00:50:46.90
Take a look at this.
00:50:46.93\00:50:48.28
"Yet Michael the archangel,"
that's a pre-incarnated Christ.
00:50:48.31\00:50:50.70
Philipp Melanchthon
taught it, I have taught it,
00:50:50.73\00:50:52.64
I believe it the
pre-incarnated Christ.
00:50:52.67\00:50:54.89
"In contending with the devil
00:50:54.92\00:50:56.42
when he disputed
about the body of Moses."
00:50:56.45\00:50:58.62
You can't have him.
00:50:58.65\00:50:59.96
What are you doing down here?
00:50:59.99\00:51:01.33
You understand,
nobody has ever seen
00:51:01.36\00:51:02.85
what Christ is about to do.
00:51:02.88\00:51:03.94
The whole universe,
nobody has ever seen.
00:51:03.97\00:51:05.91
I don't know what you are doing,
00:51:05.94\00:51:06.97
but you are by his
grave and that boy is mine.
00:51:07.00\00:51:09.18
I want to remind you
that you kick me out of heaven
00:51:09.21\00:51:11.78
for eclipsing your glory.
00:51:11.81\00:51:13.64
He did the same thing and
he and I are together forever.
00:51:13.67\00:51:17.08
You cannot have him.
00:51:17.11\00:51:18.56
And Christ did
not rail against him.
00:51:18.59\00:51:20.54
He did not argue with him.
00:51:20.57\00:51:22.09
He just said to him,
"The Lord rebuke you."
00:51:22.12\00:51:25.94
Move!
00:51:25.97\00:51:30.93
And Lucifer slings away.
00:51:30.96\00:51:32.59
By the way, you understand
00:51:32.62\00:51:34.07
that the entire
universe is there that day.
00:51:34.10\00:51:37.68
All the retinue
of heaven has come
00:51:37.71\00:51:39.25
because nobody has yet
seen what is about to happen.
00:51:39.28\00:51:42.42
All of hell, the
demons of hell are there
00:51:42.45\00:51:44.47
because nobody knows
00:51:44.50\00:51:45.62
what's he's gonna
do with that dust.
00:51:45.65\00:51:50.57
And Christ
issues a simple command.
00:51:50.60\00:51:55.06
I don't know what
it was, but it worked.
00:51:55.09\00:52:00.05
And suddenly
before a gape universe,
00:52:00.08\00:52:03.64
the dust on the summit amount
and evil begins to tremble.
00:52:03.67\00:52:06.99
It moves, it shifts,
and suddenly out of the dirt
00:52:07.02\00:52:10.36
and a dusty bed emerges
00:52:10.39\00:52:13.21
a dead being
brought back to life.
00:52:13.24\00:52:18.86
Halleluiah.
00:52:18.89\00:52:19.92
And the shout went
out and I am certain
00:52:19.95\00:52:22.11
it went to the furthest
corner of this universe.
00:52:22.14\00:52:24.93
Write it down, "Apparently,
00:52:24.96\00:52:26.85
Mercy can
reclaim even the dead."
00:52:26.88\00:52:30.88
Halleluiah.
00:52:30.91\00:52:33.78
Oh, my.
00:52:33.81\00:52:36.08
You know what that
means, ladies and gentlemen?
00:52:36.11\00:52:38.97
That means the chosen who die
00:52:39.00\00:52:41.75
before the Promise
Land maybe you, maybe me.
00:52:41.78\00:52:47.42
The chosen who die
before the Promise Land
00:52:47.45\00:52:50.71
will still get
to the Promise Land.
00:52:50.74\00:52:55.56
Halleluiah.
00:52:55.59\00:52:56.89
Because of Moses got
there then we will get there,
00:52:56.92\00:53:00.29
death not withstanding.
00:53:00.32\00:53:02.69
Because of the mercy of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:53:02.72\00:53:07.97
The chosen, the chosen
will be crossing over one day,
00:53:08.00\00:53:15.59
I believe soon.
00:53:15.62\00:53:19.37
I want to stay with the chosen.
00:53:19.40\00:53:21.31
Do you?
00:53:21.34\00:53:22.59
I want to stay with the chosen
00:53:22.62\00:53:23.79
because I want
to be crossing over.
00:53:23.82\00:53:25.62
Do you? Do you?
00:53:25.65\00:53:26.68
Put your hand up, if you
want to stay with the chosen.
00:53:26.71\00:53:29.97
You want to crossover one day.
00:53:30.00\00:53:31.59
Halleluiah. Oh, come.
00:53:31.62\00:53:33.65
Oh, come, Emanuel,
and ransom the chosen,
00:53:33.68\00:53:37.50
ransom captive is rare.
00:53:37.53\00:53:41.53
Jesus, please come.
00:53:41.56\00:53:44.60
Let's sing it to Him right now.
00:53:44.63\00:53:46.38
O come, O come, Immanuel
00:54:05.45\00:54:13.23
And ransom captive Israel
00:54:13.26\00:54:20.82
That mourns in lonely exile here
00:54:20.85\00:54:28.46
Until the Son of God appear
00:54:28.49\00:54:35.85
Rejoice! Rejoice!
00:54:35.88\00:54:41.09
Immanuel
00:54:41.12\00:54:45.97
Shall come to thee
00:54:46.00\00:54:48.52
O Israel!
00:54:48.55\00:54:54.52
O come, Thou wisdom from on high
00:54:54.55\00:55:01.76
And order all
things, far and nigh
00:55:01.79\00:55:09.08
To us the path of knowledge show
00:55:09.11\00:55:16.49
And cause us in her ways to go
00:55:16.52\00:55:22.72
Rejoice!
00:55:22.75\00:55:23.98
Rejoice! Rejoice!
00:55:24.01\00:55:28.91
Immanuel
00:55:28.94\00:55:33.66
Shall come to thee
00:55:33.69\00:55:36.50
O Israel!
00:55:36.53\00:55:42.54
O come, Desire of nations, bind
00:55:42.57\00:55:49.85
All peoples in
one heart and mind
00:55:49.88\00:55:57.07
Bid envy, strife,
and quarrels cease
00:55:57.10\00:56:04.66
Fill the whole
world with heaven's peace
00:56:04.69\00:56:12.12
Rejoice! Rejoice!
00:56:12.15\00:56:16.91
Immanuel
00:56:16.94\00:56:21.84
Shall come to thee
00:56:21.87\00:56:24.49
O Israel!
00:56:24.52\00:56:32.45
And so, Holy Father,
we have sung our prayer.
00:56:32.48\00:56:35.49
We plead with You.
00:56:35.52\00:56:37.26
Please send to
us Immanuel again.
00:56:37.29\00:56:43.27
Everything within us
longs to be crossing over.
00:56:43.30\00:56:51.19
May the divine mercy
00:56:51.22\00:56:54.67
engraves that raised Moses
00:56:54.70\00:57:00.60
and saved Aaron,
00:57:00.63\00:57:03.30
save us all through
Jesus Christ, our Lord.
00:57:03.33\00:57:08.79
Amen.
00:57:08.82\00:57:11.93
Before you go I wanted to take
00:57:11.96\00:57:13.29
one more moment let you know.
00:57:13.32\00:57:14.41
How glad I am.
00:57:14.44\00:57:15.47
You share this hour worship
and Bible teachings with us.
00:57:15.50\00:57:18.86
Living in the
world that we do now,
00:57:18.89\00:57:20.44
a civilization
surviving on the edge of
00:57:20.47\00:57:22.25
constant upheaval and change.
00:57:22.28\00:57:24.65
I'm grateful that we have
the bedrock hope of Jesus,
00:57:24.68\00:57:27.03
aren't you?
00:57:27.06\00:57:28.24
And I'm thankful that you
and I can partnered together
00:57:28.27\00:57:30.25
to reach this
generation the world over
00:57:30.28\00:57:32.63
through the satellite telecast.
00:57:32.66\00:57:34.60
So please know
that I thank God and you
00:57:34.63\00:57:36.89
for the generous way
you partnered with us.
00:57:36.92\00:57:39.63
Your tax deductible
gifts are being multiplied
00:57:39.66\00:57:41.69
all across the earth
for such a time as this.
00:57:41.72\00:57:44.97
If you'd like to order a DVD
00:57:45.00\00:57:46.34
or a video tape copy
of this teaching today
00:57:46.37\00:57:48.62
or make a donation
on your credit card,
00:57:48.65\00:57:50.69
please call our
friendly operators
00:57:50.72\00:57:52.06
at the number on your screen.
00:57:52.09\00:57:53.26
There it is
877-HIS-WILL, just the two words
00:57:53.29\00:57:56.47
877-HIS-WILL.
00:57:56.50\00:57:58.61
And I promise
you, we will invest
00:57:58.64\00:58:00.30
every penny of your generosity
00:58:00.33\00:58:02.42
in God's mission to reach
this final generation now.
00:58:02.45\00:58:05.73
Thank you for that partnership
00:58:05.76\00:58:07.76
and I'll see you
here again next time.
00:58:07.79\00:58:10.44