Good morning,
church family. Morning.
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Hope you've been
able to enjoy some,
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enjoy this warm weather outside
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and get to the
beach a little bit.
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It's been very
warm here in Michigan.
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We had a youth vespers
last night on the beach
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and got to enjoy some of that.
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It was very, very nice.
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I want to invite you to turn
to someone next to you and say,
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I'm glad you're
here in church today.
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We want to welcome everyone
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whether here or
you're watching online.
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It's going to be an awesome time
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worshiping together.
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And our call to worship is this,
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you can turn your
attention to the screen
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and we'll read it together.
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The Lord is our shepherd,
we have everything we need.
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He gives us new strength.
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He guides us in
right path as He promised.
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He welcomes us as honored guests
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and fills our cups to the brim.
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His goodness and love
is with us at all times
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and his house shall
be our home forever.
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Let us worship God. Amen.
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Let's bow our heads
as we open this morning.
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Father God in heaven,
we are here to worship You.
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We're leaving the
stresses of this week behind
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here on Sabbath to
rest, to draw closer to You.
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Send Your Spirit to be here
with each and every one of us
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in a very present way, God.
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In your name, I pray. Amen.
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I was lost in shame
Could not get past my blame
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Until He called my name
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I'm so glad He changed me
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Darkness held me down
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But Jesus pulled me out
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I'm no longer bound
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I'm so glad He changed me
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See I'm,
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Now a new creation in Christ
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The old has gone,
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There's new life
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I live by faith,
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Not by sight
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There is a new name
written down in glory
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And it's mine,
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Yes, It's mine
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I've met the Author
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Of my story
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And He's mine,
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Yes, He's mine
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Sin had left me blind
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But Jesus opened my eyes
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Now I see the light
I'm so glad He changed me
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Now I'm walking free
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I've got the victory See
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It's all over me
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I'm so glad He changed me
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See I'm,
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Now a new creation in Christ
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The old has gone,
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There's new
life I live by faith,
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Not by sight
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There is a new name
written down in glory
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And it's mine,
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yes, It's mine
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I've met The Author of my story
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And He's mine,
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Yes, He's mine
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There is a new name
written down in glory
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And it's mine,
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Yes, It's mine
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I've met the Author Of my story
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And He's mine,
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Yes, He's mine
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I know who I am
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because the I Am
tells me who I am
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I know who I am
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because the I Am
tells me who I am
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I know who I am
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because the I Am
tells me who I am
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I know who I am
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because the I Am
tells me who I am
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I know who I am
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because the I Am
tells me who I am
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I know who I am
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because the I Am
tells me who I am
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There is a new name
Written down in glory
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And it's mine,
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Yes, it's mine
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I've met the Author Of my story
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And He's mine,
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yes, He's mine
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There is a new name
Written down in glory
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And it's mine,
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Yes, It's mine
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I've met the Author of my story
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And He's mine,
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yes, He's mine
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And He's mine,
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Yes, He's mine
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And He's mine,
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Yes, He's mine
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Great is the Lord
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He is holy and just By His power
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We trust In His love
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Great is the Lord
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He is faithful and true
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By His mercy He
proves He is love
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Great is the Lord
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And worthy of glory
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Great is the Lord
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And worthy of praise
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Great is the Lord
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Now lift up your voice
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Now lift up your voice
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Great is the Lord
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Great is the Lord
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Great is the Lord
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He is holy and just By His power
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We trust in His love
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Great is the Lord He
is faithful, And true
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By His mercy He
proves He is love
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Great is the Lord
And worthy of glory
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Great is the Lord
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And worthy of praise
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Great is the Lord
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Now lift up your
voice Now lift up your voice
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Great is the Lord
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Great is the Lord
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Great are You Lord
And worthy of glory
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Great Are You Lord
And worthy of praise
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Great are You Lord
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I lift up my
voice I lift up my voice
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Great
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Are You Lord
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Great
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Are You Lord
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Great are You Lord
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Great are You Lord
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Our scripture reading today
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is from Psalm 138:3
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and Proverbs 28:1.
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The Bible says,
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"When I called, You answered me.
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You greatly emboldened me."
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"The wicked flee
though no one pursues,
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but the righteous
are as bold as a lion."
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I must tell Jesus
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All of my trials
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I cannot bear
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These burdens alone
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In my distress
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He kindly
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Will help me
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He ever loves
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And cares for His own
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I must tell Jesus
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I must tell Jesus
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I cannot bear
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These burdens alone
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I must tell Jesus
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I must tell Jesus
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Jesus can help me
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Jesus alone
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I must tell Jesus
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All of my troubles
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For He is a kind
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Compassionate friend
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If I but ask him
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He will deliver
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Make all of my troubles
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Quickly an end
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I must tell Jesus
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I need a savior
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One who can help
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My burdens
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To bear
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I must tell Jesus
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I must tell Jesus
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He all my cares
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And sorrows
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Will share
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I must tell Jesus
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I must tell Jesus
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I cannot bear
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These burdens alone
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I must tell Jesus
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I must tell Jesus
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Jesus can help me
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Jesus alone
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Jesus
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can help me
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Jesus alone
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Jesus alone
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Thank you usher.
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I must tell Jesus.
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I scribbled down
as fast as I could.
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Jesus can help me, Jesus alone.
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How about an amen to that?
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Amen! Amen. Amen.
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Thank you.
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Musicians,
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you swept us
heavenward in worship.
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I want to thank
my friend, Chuck Reed
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for that powerful
rendition as well.
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Ken at the Oregon.
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Christ is all and in all.
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That's the theme
in all of the music
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we've been listening to.
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We need it.
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We're going to plunge
into this morning's teaching
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and we need that
reminder we just heard.
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Let's pray together.
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Oh, Jesus, we must tell you
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of our deep need.
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Christ is all in all.
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You are everything we need.
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May that recur
to us that thought
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As we plunged into this moment,
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We pray in Your name.
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Amen.
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So here's a riddle for you.
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What is as strong as a lion
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and as weak as a kitten?
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Once upon a long ago time,
there was a childless couple.
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The wife was moving
through her daily routine
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when all of a sudden
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towering above her,
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a majestic being
dressed in white.
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He looks down
into that startled face
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and he says,
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"You, my lady
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are going to have a baby boy,
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but I have some
instructions for you.
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Listen to me carefully
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because prenatal
influences are what they are.
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Number one,
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you will drink no wine
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or other fermented drink.
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Am I clear?
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Number two,
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you will eat nothing unclean.
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Number three,
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your baby boy will
be on the same diet
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and drink as you are.
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And number four,
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I want that boy to
never get a haircut."
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It's gone.
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The wife is so astounded,
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she races to her
husband who's in the field.
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And she comes,
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you are not going to believe
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what just happened
to me at the house.
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She knows her husband
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because he doesn't believe.
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In fact, he goes to God.
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He says, "God, I don't
know what's going on here,
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but I need to get this straight.
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Could you send the
same man that my wife says
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she heard to me,
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then we'll be fine."
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And I'm telling
you what, gentlemen.
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I don't know why we
have such a hard time
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accepting the thought
that God would go to our wives
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before He comes to us.
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Everybody knows the story.
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The story of
Samson, who, by the way,
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got, only one
haircut in his life.
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I love being on
a university campus
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because it's fun to watch
these men buns cropping up.
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Have you been seeing these?
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These are guys who think that
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they're on the Samson trail now.
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I'm wearing that man bun.
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No, it won't be the
same as Samson, trust me.
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The story of Samson,
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world famous,
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but you know what?
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We always skip
the prenatal beginning
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to the story.
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And so, with your permission,
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I want to go to
Judges Chapter 13.
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Grab your Bible, please.
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Judges Chapter 13.
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And we'll pick it up
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right here in verse 6.
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Judges 13:6,
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"Then the woman
went to her husband
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and told him,
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'A man God came to me
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and he looked
like an angel of God,
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very awesome."
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Well, I like that.
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"I didn't ask him
where he came from,
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and he didn't tell me his name.
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But he said to me,
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'you will become
pregnant and have a son.
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Now then drink no wine
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or other fermented drink
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and do not eat anything unclean,
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because the boy
will be a Nazirite of God
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from the womb
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until the day of his death.'"
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Hit the pause
button right there.
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Some people believe
that John the Baptist
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with similar instructions
to his prenatal father
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was a Nazirite.
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Some people also believe
that the boy Prophet Samuel
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was a Nazirite.
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Some even suggest
that Jesus was a Nazirite
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at some point
during His life among us.
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A Nazirite is an individual
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who has been set aside for God
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and give special
attention to diet, drink,
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and appearance.
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And by the way, a Nazirite
can be a she, it can be a he.
00:20:52.21\00:20:56.12
There is no gender distinction,
00:20:56.15\00:21:00.02
and the Nazirite
has been simply declared
00:21:00.06\00:21:02.96
the possession of God
00:21:02.99\00:21:04.39
for a holy divine mission.
00:21:04.43\00:21:09.43
I need to hit the
pause button right here
00:21:09.46\00:21:10.87
and kind of
wonder out loud with you.
00:21:10.90\00:21:15.34
Do you suppose the
remnant of the faith community
00:21:15.37\00:21:20.11
at the end of time,
00:21:20.14\00:21:21.64
in some sort of similar way,
00:21:21.68\00:21:24.28
maybe divine the intended
00:21:24.31\00:21:25.71
to give careful
attention to their diet,
00:21:25.75\00:21:31.45
what they eat
00:21:31.49\00:21:33.56
to what they drink,
00:21:33.59\00:21:37.03
and to how they appear?
00:21:37.06\00:21:40.36
Somehow that appearance
00:21:40.40\00:21:41.73
being modest in glory
00:21:41.76\00:21:46.94
to the Lord Jesus.
00:21:46.97\00:21:49.64
I'm just wondering just,
00:21:49.67\00:21:51.04
I'm just saying out
loud that if God's...
00:21:51.07\00:21:56.64
Could it be the God's
people at the end of time
00:21:56.68\00:21:58.95
are to be like Samson's family,
00:21:58.98\00:22:00.42
are to be like Samson himself,
00:22:00.45\00:22:01.88
a young Samson
devoting ourselves,
00:22:01.92\00:22:04.49
our bodies, our diet,
00:22:04.52\00:22:07.46
our drink, our appearance,
00:22:07.49\00:22:09.62
devoting it to the
Lord Jesus Himself.
00:22:09.66\00:22:14.16
I'm just saying
and just wondering.
00:22:14.20\00:22:18.13
Now back to that riddle.
00:22:18.17\00:22:19.70
What is as strong as a lion
00:22:19.73\00:22:22.44
and as weak as a kitten?
00:22:22.47\00:22:26.47
Let's go
00:22:26.51\00:22:28.31
because Samson's
life is a morality tale,
00:22:28.34\00:22:31.75
sad and tragic
told in two parts,
00:22:31.78\00:22:35.12
episode one and episode two.
00:22:35.15\00:22:36.48
Let's go to episode one.
00:22:36.52\00:22:37.85
Episode one will be titled
00:22:37.89\00:22:39.22
a girlfriend, a lion
and the jawbone of a donkey,
00:22:39.25\00:22:42.42
because the moment we
meet the post puberty Samson,
00:22:42.46\00:22:46.09
he is hankering for a
girl among the Philistines.
00:22:46.13\00:22:50.20
We notice his language
of demand to his parents.
00:22:50.23\00:22:54.50
So turn the page, Judges 14:1,
00:22:54.54\00:22:58.44
"And so Samson
went down to Timnah
00:22:58.47\00:23:01.18
and saw there a
young Philistine woman."
00:23:01.21\00:23:05.95
Oh, different
religion, different worldview,
00:23:05.98\00:23:11.72
different values,
00:23:11.75\00:23:13.09
turns out she's
different in everything,
00:23:13.12\00:23:14.76
except she's beautiful.
00:23:14.79\00:23:19.16
And Samson
announces to mom and dad.
00:23:19.19\00:23:21.56
Verse 2,
00:23:21.60\00:23:22.93
"When he returned, he said
to his father and his mother,
00:23:22.96\00:23:25.33
'I have seen a
Philistine woman in Timnah,
00:23:25.37\00:23:28.90
now get her for me as my wife."
00:23:28.94\00:23:31.31
Samson has an appetite.
00:23:35.54\00:23:37.95
In this case, it is
an appetite for sex.
00:23:37.98\00:23:41.32
In and of itself
it's not a wrong appetite.
00:23:41.35\00:23:43.65
We've all been
created with appetite for sex
00:23:43.69\00:23:45.62
within us.
00:23:45.65\00:23:47.12
But isn't, but
it is an appetite,
00:23:47.16\00:23:48.82
as we all know, that
has to be controlled.
00:23:48.86\00:23:52.26
And self-control as we
quickly find out with Samson
00:23:52.29\00:23:56.43
is not his strength.
00:23:56.46\00:23:58.60
In fact, the
lack of self-control
00:23:58.63\00:24:03.74
is his terrible
and deadly weakness.
00:24:03.77\00:24:06.54
"His father and
mother replied" to the boy,
00:24:11.61\00:24:13.98
hey listen, Samson,
00:24:14.02\00:24:15.78
"isn't there an acceptable woman
00:24:15.82\00:24:17.59
among your relatives
or among all our people?
00:24:17.62\00:24:20.16
Please, you must not go to
the uncircumcised Philistine
00:24:20.19\00:24:24.33
to get a wife?
00:24:24.36\00:24:25.79
But Samson said to his father,
00:24:25.83\00:24:27.80
'Get her for me.
00:24:27.83\00:24:29.73
She's the right one for me.'"
00:24:29.76\00:24:32.80
And with that the two
chemicals in Samson's body
00:24:35.80\00:24:39.51
manifest themselves in
spades for the rest of his life.
00:24:39.54\00:24:42.64
What are the two
chemicals, Dwight?
00:24:42.68\00:24:45.11
Testosterone and adrenaline,
00:24:45.15\00:24:49.08
because the
rest of Samson's life
00:24:49.12\00:24:50.85
is sex and killing.
00:24:50.89\00:24:52.45
And he's the judge
of the people of Israel.
00:24:55.92\00:24:59.13
Yep.
00:24:59.16\00:25:00.70
God takes them
anyway He gets them.
00:25:00.73\00:25:02.56
Well, a few days
later, they're heading down
00:25:06.63\00:25:08.47
to the Philistine town
to fetch that young woman.
00:25:08.50\00:25:11.27
When a young lion,
00:25:11.31\00:25:12.64
ding, ding,
ding, ding, ding, ding,
00:25:12.67\00:25:14.28
by the way that
bell always goes off
00:25:14.31\00:25:15.88
when we have the first encounter
00:25:15.91\00:25:17.58
with today's animal.
00:25:17.61\00:25:18.95
Last week, the ding,
ding, ding was for a donkey.
00:25:18.98\00:25:20.85
Today it's for a lion, right?
00:25:20.88\00:25:24.55
A young lion
leaps out of the shadows
00:25:24.59\00:25:27.32
straight to Samson.
00:25:27.36\00:25:30.69
And he instantly
reacts. Here it is.
00:25:30.73\00:25:32.93
Verse 6 and 7,
00:25:32.96\00:25:34.56
"And the Spirit of the Lord
came powerfully upon Samson,
00:25:34.60\00:25:37.87
so that he tore the lion
apart with his bare hands
00:25:37.90\00:25:41.24
as he might have
torn a young goat.
00:25:41.27\00:25:43.37
But he told neither
his father nor his mother,"
00:25:43.41\00:25:45.37
he must've been
ahead on the path,
00:25:45.41\00:25:46.88
"what he had done.
00:25:46.91\00:25:48.24
Then he went down and
talked with the woman,
00:25:48.28\00:25:49.84
and he liked her."
00:25:49.88\00:25:51.81
Forget the lion.
00:25:51.85\00:25:53.18
What is stronger than a lion
00:25:56.42\00:25:59.35
and weaker than a kitten?
00:25:59.39\00:26:01.86
The story goes on.
00:26:01.89\00:26:04.99
"Some time later
00:26:05.03\00:26:06.36
when he went back to marry her,
00:26:06.39\00:26:08.23
he turned aside to
look at the lion's carcass
00:26:08.26\00:26:10.83
and in it he saw a swarm of bees
00:26:10.87\00:26:13.47
and some honey."
00:26:13.50\00:26:14.84
Wow!
00:26:14.87\00:26:16.20
"He scooped out
the honey with his hand
00:26:16.24\00:26:17.57
and he ate it as he went along.
00:26:17.61\00:26:18.94
And when he
rejoined his parents,
00:26:18.97\00:26:20.31
he gave them some,
and they too ate it.
00:26:20.34\00:26:22.98
But he did not tell them
that he had taken the honey
00:26:23.01\00:26:26.11
from the lion's carcass."
00:26:26.15\00:26:29.28
So they throw a
wedding reception
00:26:29.32\00:26:31.79
and Samson challenges
this Philistine, attendance.
00:26:31.82\00:26:35.22
Yo, guys, I have a riddle.
00:26:35.26\00:26:37.99
If you can solve this riddle,
00:26:38.03\00:26:40.30
30 changes of
garment I will get for you
00:26:40.33\00:26:43.20
and 30 pieces of linen.
00:26:43.23\00:26:45.77
If you cannot solve this,
00:26:45.80\00:26:47.74
I will get from you
30 changes of garment
00:26:47.77\00:26:50.27
and 30 pieces of linen.
00:26:50.31\00:26:51.64
Is that a deal?
00:26:51.67\00:26:53.07
Deal!
00:26:53.11\00:26:54.44
So what's the riddle?
00:26:54.48\00:26:55.81
All right, listen carefully.
00:26:55.84\00:26:57.18
Here it is.
00:26:57.21\00:26:58.55
"He replied, 'Out of the eater,
00:26:58.58\00:27:01.15
something to eat,
out of the strong,
00:27:01.18\00:27:04.52
something sweet."
00:27:04.55\00:27:06.42
But NIV did a great
job in making this rhyme.
00:27:06.45\00:27:08.46
Didn't they?
00:27:08.49\00:27:09.82
This is Hebrew.
00:27:09.86\00:27:12.06
"For three days
those Philistine attendance
00:27:12.09\00:27:15.70
could not give the answer."
00:27:15.73\00:27:17.93
Oh, man!
00:27:17.97\00:27:19.30
They finally go to the
bride and they tell her,
00:27:19.33\00:27:22.27
you find the answer or
we're going to kill you.
00:27:22.30\00:27:25.47
They obviously
worked for the mafia.
00:27:25.51\00:27:27.08
The girl is scared stiff.
00:27:32.51\00:27:34.78
She puts on an academy
award winning performance
00:27:34.82\00:27:37.82
of tears and pleadings.
00:27:37.85\00:27:39.89
You've got to tell me
00:27:39.92\00:27:41.76
what is the
answer to the riddle?
00:27:41.79\00:27:45.99
At the end of the feast,
00:27:46.03\00:27:49.56
the Philistine guys
announced the answer
00:27:49.60\00:27:51.93
Samson gave to
his pleading bride
00:27:51.97\00:27:55.14
because the guy that
is stronger than a lion
00:27:55.17\00:27:58.07
is weaker than a kitten.
00:27:58.11\00:28:02.14
And she squealed on him
00:28:02.18\00:28:05.41
and he is so ticked.
00:28:05.45\00:28:08.22
He immediately goes out
slays 30 Philistine men,
00:28:08.25\00:28:11.89
disrobes them,
00:28:11.92\00:28:13.25
brings the 30
changes of garment back
00:28:13.29\00:28:17.16
and then storms back
to live with mom and dad.
00:28:17.19\00:28:19.83
Adios.
00:28:19.86\00:28:23.10
And so the
Philistines gave his wife away
00:28:23.13\00:28:25.20
to one of his attendance.
00:28:25.23\00:28:26.57
And when Samson learns that
00:28:26.60\00:28:28.14
he goes postal.
00:28:28.17\00:28:29.94
Now they didn't
have the SPCA back then
00:28:32.94\00:28:35.01
that would be the Society
00:28:35.04\00:28:36.38
for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals.
00:28:36.41\00:28:40.58
And Samson gets a hold by hand
00:28:40.62\00:28:43.02
of 300 fox
00:28:43.05\00:28:47.16
and he ties their
tails together two by two.
00:28:47.19\00:28:51.29
And then he
takes a burning torch
00:28:51.33\00:28:52.76
and puts a burning
torch in every pair of tails.
00:28:52.79\00:28:57.47
And then he turns them loose
in the dry end of summer grain
00:28:57.50\00:29:01.77
that represents the harvest
for the Philistine nation.
00:29:01.80\00:29:04.97
And they destroy
it by starting fires.
00:29:05.01\00:29:07.34
And by the way, the
Philistines go back to that girl
00:29:14.78\00:29:17.32
that spilled the beans.
00:29:17.35\00:29:19.22
They burn her and
her father down as well.
00:29:19.25\00:29:22.66
Yeah, sad.
00:29:22.69\00:29:24.76
And Samson hears that, look out,
00:29:24.79\00:29:26.90
because here
comes a reign of terror.
00:29:26.93\00:29:28.73
"Samson said to them,
'Since you acted like this,
00:29:28.76\00:29:31.33
I swear that I won't stop
until I get my revenge on you.
00:29:31.37\00:29:35.64
And he attacked them viciously
and slaughtered many of them.
00:29:35.67\00:29:38.44
Then he went down
and stayed in a cave
00:29:38.47\00:29:40.38
in the rock of Etam."
00:29:40.41\00:29:44.35
That's in Judah.
00:29:44.38\00:29:46.78
Philistine's
marshal a massive army,
00:29:46.82\00:29:49.88
and they go marching
into Judah and they said,
00:29:49.92\00:29:51.75
"We want you to hand over to us,
00:29:51.79\00:29:54.39
that guy named
Samson, do you understand?"
00:29:54.42\00:29:57.83
And the Judahites go to Samson.
00:29:57.86\00:29:59.19
They say,
00:29:59.23\00:30:00.56
"Samson, you got to surrender.
I'm telling you my man,
00:30:00.60\00:30:01.93
we're going to all be
destroyed if you keep this up."
00:30:01.96\00:30:03.53
Samson says,
00:30:03.57\00:30:04.90
"Okay, I will be
surrendered by you
00:30:04.93\00:30:06.33
on one condition
00:30:06.37\00:30:07.70
that you will not when
my back is turned to you,
00:30:07.74\00:30:09.57
you will not turn on me.
00:30:09.60\00:30:10.97
Fair enough.
00:30:11.01\00:30:12.34
They bind him with flax,
00:30:12.37\00:30:14.08
they turn him
over to the Philistines
00:30:14.11\00:30:16.38
and there is this
mighty roar of joy,
00:30:16.41\00:30:21.48
just like thread.
00:30:21.52\00:30:23.49
And then the famous incident,
00:30:23.52\00:30:25.25
everybody in the
planet knows this story.
00:30:25.29\00:30:27.46
Finding a fresh
jawbone of a donkey,
00:30:27.49\00:30:30.53
he grabbed it and
struck down a thousand men."
00:30:30.56\00:30:33.86
Gone.
00:30:33.90\00:30:35.46
Mr. Adrenaline
00:30:35.50\00:30:36.97
and testosterone rules.
00:30:37.00\00:30:41.97
Wow!
00:30:42.00\00:30:43.34
What is stronger than a
lion and weaker than a kitten?
00:30:46.07\00:30:50.18
We're ready now for episode two.
00:30:50.21\00:30:51.68
There are only two of them.
00:30:51.71\00:30:53.21
This one's entitled.
00:30:53.25\00:30:54.58
This one's titled
00:30:54.62\00:30:55.95
a prostitute and a
girlfriend and a blind man.
00:30:55.98\00:31:00.09
The last line of
15 says, for 20 years,
00:31:00.12\00:31:02.52
he ruled as a judge
over the children of Israel.
00:31:02.56\00:31:06.13
But the very next verse,
00:31:06.16\00:31:07.50
after 20 years in
ministry, here's the next verse.
00:31:07.53\00:31:10.27
"One day Samson,"
16:1, "went to Gaza,"
00:31:10.30\00:31:13.37
we've been hearing a
lot about Gaza in the news,
00:31:13.40\00:31:15.57
"where he saw a prostitute.
00:31:15.60\00:31:17.24
He went in to spend
the night with her."
00:31:17.27\00:31:19.74
I'm sorry to report.
00:31:19.77\00:31:23.98
The enemy spies heard
he was inside the city.
00:31:24.01\00:31:27.55
The gates are locked.
00:31:27.58\00:31:29.12
They're waiting for morning.
00:31:29.15\00:31:30.49
They will get
him when he wakes up.
00:31:30.52\00:31:33.86
But he gets up in
the middle of the night,
00:31:33.89\00:31:35.42
fools everybody,
00:31:35.46\00:31:37.06
tiptoes out, the
gates are locked.
00:31:37.09\00:31:39.13
He rips them off the foundation,
00:31:39.16\00:31:41.66
hoist them on his back,
dumps them on a hilltop.
00:31:41.70\00:31:47.07
Gone again, we missed him.
00:31:47.10\00:31:51.21
How sad.
00:31:51.24\00:31:52.57
Sometime later...
00:31:55.61\00:31:57.08
I mean, it just
keeps in spades happen.
00:31:57.11\00:31:58.91
"And he fell in
love with a woman
00:31:58.95\00:32:01.18
in the Valley of Sorek
00:32:01.22\00:32:02.62
whose name was Delilah."
00:32:02.65\00:32:04.75
The world knows her name.
00:32:04.79\00:32:06.42
"The rulers of the Philistines
went to her and said, girl,
00:32:06.45\00:32:09.62
'See if you can lure him
00:32:09.66\00:32:10.99
into showing you
00:32:11.03\00:32:12.36
the secret of his great strength
00:32:12.39\00:32:13.73
and how we can overpower him,
00:32:13.76\00:32:15.26
so we may tie him
up and subdued him."
00:32:15.30\00:32:17.10
And here's the deal.
00:32:17.13\00:32:18.47
Each one of us will give
you 1100 shekels of silver."
00:32:18.50\00:32:21.40
There were five cities,
five princesses, five times,
00:32:21.44\00:32:24.34
1100 shekels of silver,
00:32:24.37\00:32:26.14
we're talking major money.
00:32:26.17\00:32:28.44
"So Delilah said to Samson,
00:32:28.48\00:32:32.08
'Oh, Samson tell me the
secret of your great strength
00:32:32.11\00:32:37.82
and how you can be
tied up and subdued.'"
00:32:37.85\00:32:40.29
And Samson makes a fool of her.
00:32:44.09\00:32:46.96
He comes up with
three goofy answers.
00:32:47.00\00:32:49.93
And none of
them work, of course.
00:32:49.96\00:32:51.57
But she lays on the tears.
00:32:55.97\00:32:58.47
This man who was strong as
a lion and weak as a kitten,
00:32:58.51\00:33:00.78
she lays on the
tears and the pleadings.
00:33:00.81\00:33:03.18
And guess what?
00:33:03.21\00:33:04.68
Guess what?
00:33:04.71\00:33:06.18
You're not
going to believe this.
00:33:06.21\00:33:08.42
Again,
00:33:08.45\00:33:10.95
"And she said to him,
00:33:10.99\00:33:12.79
'How can you say, I love you,'
when you won't confide in me?'
00:33:12.82\00:33:17.96
This is the third
time you made a fool of me
00:33:17.99\00:33:20.10
and haven't told me the
secret of your great strength.
00:33:20.13\00:33:22.60
With such nagging
00:33:25.83\00:33:27.20
she prodded him day after day
00:33:27.24\00:33:29.97
until he was
sick to death of it.
00:33:30.01\00:33:34.28
So he told her everything.
00:33:34.31\00:33:38.95
'No razor has ever been
used in my head,' he said,
00:33:38.98\00:33:42.35
'Because I've been a Nazirite
00:33:42.38\00:33:43.72
dedicated to God
from my mother's womb.
00:33:43.75\00:33:46.42
If my head were shaved,
00:33:46.45\00:33:47.92
my strength would leave me
00:33:47.96\00:33:49.59
and I would become
00:33:49.62\00:33:50.96
as weak as any other man.'"
00:33:50.99\00:33:55.86
And once again,
00:33:55.90\00:33:58.83
the betrayer lulls him to sleep.
00:33:58.87\00:34:01.34
I don't know, strokes his locks,
00:34:01.37\00:34:03.94
kisses him until he's asleep.
00:34:03.97\00:34:08.64
And then while he's asleep
00:34:08.68\00:34:10.71
takes that razor
00:34:10.75\00:34:12.31
and all seven of his braids
00:34:12.35\00:34:15.65
are severed from his head.
00:34:15.68\00:34:18.99
And it is always
for me such a sad verse
00:34:19.02\00:34:22.72
to now have to read
00:34:22.76\00:34:24.49
because it goes like this.
00:34:24.53\00:34:26.26
"Then she called, 'Samson,
the Philistines are upon you.'"
00:34:26.29\00:34:28.53
That has been
her ruse every time.
00:34:28.56\00:34:31.33
"'He woke from his
sleep and he thought,
00:34:31.37\00:34:33.03
'I'll go out as before
and I'll shake myself free.'
00:34:33.07\00:34:35.60
But he did not know
that the Lord had left him.
00:34:35.64\00:34:38.47
Then the Philistines seized him,
00:34:38.51\00:34:40.08
gouged out his eyes
and took him down to Gaza.
00:34:40.11\00:34:43.01
Binding him
with bronze shackles,
00:34:43.04\00:34:44.75
they set him to
grinding grain in the prison."
00:34:44.78\00:34:48.55
What a sad and tragic ending
00:34:48.58\00:34:51.92
to a life that promised so much.
00:34:51.95\00:34:56.42
What is stronger than a
lion and weaker than a kitten?
00:34:56.46\00:35:01.13
Samson and you and me
00:35:01.16\00:35:04.57
without self-control.
00:35:04.60\00:35:09.60
That's it.
00:35:09.64\00:35:11.54
It's obvious from his story
00:35:11.57\00:35:13.78
that Samson could not say
00:35:13.81\00:35:16.18
no to his appetite.
00:35:16.21\00:35:20.22
And it was his downfall.
00:35:20.25\00:35:23.12
Oscar Wilde, the gay playwright,
00:35:23.15\00:35:27.19
once confessed his own weakness.
00:35:27.22\00:35:30.33
It's become a
line known everywhere.
00:35:30.36\00:35:35.00
I can resist everything
00:35:35.03\00:35:37.87
except temptation.
00:35:37.90\00:35:42.00
We laugh, but it's the truth.
00:35:42.04\00:35:47.38
Samson could
say no to everything
00:35:47.41\00:35:52.95
except his appetite.
00:35:52.98\00:35:56.15
He could not say no.
00:35:56.18\00:36:00.02
He'd say no.
00:36:00.06\00:36:02.02
He couldn't to the
clamorings of his cravings.
00:36:02.06\00:36:07.80
That's the whole point.
00:36:07.83\00:36:10.43
He had no self-control
00:36:10.47\00:36:14.14
over appetite.
00:36:14.17\00:36:16.87
That's the bottom line to
this tragic morality tale.
00:36:16.91\00:36:20.48
And let's be honest. Come on.
00:36:20.51\00:36:23.11
Saying no to appetite
00:36:23.14\00:36:24.61
in any of this mere
myriad forms, it can be food.
00:36:24.65\00:36:26.41
it can be sex.
00:36:26.45\00:36:27.78
it can be money
who knows, drink,
00:36:27.82\00:36:29.32
when culture, when
the culture around us
00:36:29.35\00:36:31.52
and the society
that within which we live
00:36:31.55\00:36:33.79
seem to be continually
saying yes to appetite
00:36:33.82\00:36:36.36
in all its myriad forms.
00:36:36.39\00:36:38.83
To say no is a huge challenge
00:36:38.86\00:36:41.10
for the disciple and follower
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:36:41.13\00:36:43.77
I get it.
00:36:43.80\00:36:45.13
I understand that
00:36:45.17\00:36:46.50
we are like a tiny
little island in a sea,
00:36:46.53\00:36:48.90
awash with appetite.
00:36:48.94\00:36:50.97
While even our
friendly little Taco Bell,
00:36:55.78\00:36:57.75
God bless them.
00:36:57.78\00:36:59.21
Continually reminds us
that its lights are on,
00:36:59.25\00:37:04.85
that little neon
sign in the window,
00:37:04.89\00:37:08.06
open late for taco time.
00:37:08.09\00:37:10.86
By the way, there's no Taco Bell
00:37:10.89\00:37:12.39
in the United States
00:37:12.43\00:37:13.76
that is closed
before midnight, not one.
00:37:13.80\00:37:16.73
Some will go all night long.
00:37:16.77\00:37:19.27
You go to the Taco Bell website.
00:37:19.30\00:37:21.60
Here's their line.
00:37:21.64\00:37:24.61
Whether you need
a late night dinner
00:37:24.64\00:37:27.54
or have a midnight craving,
00:37:27.58\00:37:29.58
we have you covered.
00:37:29.61\00:37:33.35
That is America right there.
00:37:33.38\00:37:37.82
We got it. We got you covered.
00:37:37.85\00:37:40.52
Bring that appetite on in.
00:37:40.56\00:37:42.16
I don't care what time it is.
00:37:42.19\00:37:45.03
And so for America, tragically,
00:37:45.06\00:37:48.06
the formula for
instant gratification
00:37:48.10\00:37:51.20
of appetite goes
something like this.
00:37:51.23\00:37:53.80
This is America's credo.
00:37:53.84\00:37:56.00
Feel your stomach
00:37:56.04\00:37:57.51
wherever, whenever
00:37:57.54\00:38:02.24
and with whatever you want.
00:38:02.28\00:38:05.05
There is no, no.
00:38:05.08\00:38:10.39
That's America today.
00:38:10.42\00:38:11.85
Question,
00:38:17.06\00:38:19.33
what is stronger than a
lion and weaker than a kitten?
00:38:19.36\00:38:21.90
Answer, and
appetite out of control,
00:38:21.93\00:38:27.60
which is why we need deliverance
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.97
from the other lion.
00:38:30.01\00:38:34.28
I think at that moment,
when those two lions met,
00:38:34.31\00:38:36.95
faced off in the wilderness.
00:38:36.98\00:38:38.91
And by the way, I'm
not talking about Mufasa
00:38:38.95\00:38:40.85
and Scar.
00:38:40.88\00:38:44.09
They hear on
villain of the lion king.
00:38:44.12\00:38:49.12
Scar, the lion want to be king.
00:38:49.16\00:38:51.79
Everybody has learned to hate
00:38:51.83\00:38:54.33
and his hyenas.
00:38:54.36\00:38:58.70
Holy Scripture knows
just as well of a wanting,
00:38:58.73\00:39:02.97
of a wannabe lion king.
00:39:03.00\00:39:05.04
Every single one of us
00:39:05.07\00:39:06.88
faces off with every single day.
00:39:06.91\00:39:12.41
Never forget these words.
00:39:12.45\00:39:14.32
1 Peter 5:8, be alert.
00:39:14.35\00:39:17.95
Yo, reader, you
reading this right now.
00:39:17.99\00:39:21.56
The voice of
Peter from the grave,
00:39:21.59\00:39:23.86
"Be alert and of a sober mind."
00:39:23.89\00:39:27.40
Keep your wits about you.
00:39:27.43\00:39:29.13
You don't understand
00:39:29.16\00:39:30.50
what you're
living in the middle of.
00:39:30.53\00:39:32.10
"Be alert and of a sober mind.
00:39:32.13\00:39:33.60
Your enemy, the devil prowls
around like a roaring lion
00:39:33.64\00:39:37.57
looking for someone to devour."
00:39:37.61\00:39:39.57
Be alert.
00:39:42.78\00:39:44.61
Stay sober.
00:39:44.65\00:39:46.55
Do you know why? Do
you know why a lion roars?
00:39:46.58\00:39:50.12
Let's ask the Cleveland Zoo.
00:39:50.15\00:39:52.25
One of the great
zoos in the land.
00:39:52.29\00:39:54.32
We'll go to their
website and ask them,
00:39:54.36\00:39:55.69
why does a lion roar?
00:39:55.72\00:39:57.89
Interestingly, there
are only four species
00:39:57.93\00:40:00.90
of the Panthera
genus that can roar
00:40:00.93\00:40:03.83
lion, I never knew this before.
00:40:03.87\00:40:06.00
Lion, tiger, leopard and jaguar.
00:40:06.03\00:40:10.84
The bones in the
voice box of these cats
00:40:10.87\00:40:14.04
can extend and stretch
more than other species,
00:40:14.08\00:40:17.31
which helps
create the deep loud."
00:40:17.35\00:40:19.65
The roar sound.
00:40:23.35\00:40:24.72
"Cheetahs, snow leopards,
puma, and other species
00:40:24.75\00:40:27.69
have anatomy
closer to smaller cats,
00:40:27.72\00:40:29.62
even house cats.
00:40:29.66\00:40:30.99
so they have vocalizations
that sound more like a common,
00:40:31.03\00:40:34.73
just a purr."
00:40:38.13\00:40:40.10
Why does a lion roar?
00:40:40.14\00:40:42.37
Well, let's ask it.
00:40:42.40\00:40:44.14
'Lions are very
social for large carnivores,
00:40:44.17\00:40:47.74
living in prides in the wild.
00:40:47.78\00:40:49.48
Male lions will use their roar
00:40:49.51\00:40:51.08
to scare off intruders
00:40:51.11\00:40:52.45
and warn the pride
of potential danger.
00:40:52.48\00:40:54.78
It's also a show of
power among the other males.
00:40:54.82\00:40:57.69
Lion roars can be heard
for up to five miles away.
00:40:57.72\00:41:03.59
Five miles. That is a roar.
00:41:03.63\00:41:06.19
You can understand
00:41:10.27\00:41:12.27
that when a lion
moves in for the kill,
00:41:12.30\00:41:15.60
the roar is intended to
paralyze the hapless victim.
00:41:15.64\00:41:20.94
You're going to
start, come to me now.
00:41:20.98\00:41:24.45
And the truth of the matter is
00:41:24.48\00:41:25.81
you and I have a
roar inside of us.
00:41:25.85\00:41:28.42
We got a roar inside of
us and that roar has a name.
00:41:28.45\00:41:30.95
And that roar is called appetite
00:41:30.99\00:41:32.79
and the wannabe lion king
00:41:32.82\00:41:35.39
taps into that
appetite constantly.
00:41:35.42\00:41:38.86
You, did you hear that roar?
00:41:42.86\00:41:46.30
That's your stomach is rumbling.
00:41:46.33\00:41:48.50
You know why it's rumbling?
00:41:48.54\00:41:49.87
Because it's
hungry, yield to it.
00:41:49.90\00:41:52.81
I can make that louder, roar.
00:41:52.84\00:41:54.58
How do you like that?
00:41:54.61\00:41:56.21
Yield to it.
00:41:56.24\00:41:58.01
Succumb.
00:41:58.05\00:42:00.32
Let me have power over you.
00:42:00.35\00:42:02.98
Choose to follow that appetite.
00:42:03.02\00:42:05.32
Forget what they've told you.
00:42:05.35\00:42:07.22
You got to have it now.
00:42:07.26\00:42:09.19
You're right. You
were created this way.
00:42:09.22\00:42:13.03
Oh, my, the roar of a
lion to paralyze its victim.
00:42:13.06\00:42:18.83
Sometimes we are paralyzed
by the sound of our appetite
00:42:18.87\00:42:22.37
and we have no
courage to resist it.
00:42:22.40\00:42:26.54
Am I telling the truth or what?
00:42:26.57\00:42:29.14
We all have an appetite.
00:42:29.18\00:42:31.55
Appetite is not
measured by your weight.
00:42:31.58\00:42:35.18
Appetite is
measured by your humanity.
00:42:35.22\00:42:39.59
And if you are human,
00:42:39.62\00:42:41.52
okay, how skinny
you think you are,
00:42:41.56\00:42:44.83
you have an appetite,
00:42:44.86\00:42:48.00
and you're in the game with us.
00:42:48.03\00:42:50.87
Nobody gets a pass.
00:42:50.90\00:42:52.23
It's time to call
in the real lion king.
00:42:55.77\00:43:00.04
When Satan found him,
00:43:00.08\00:43:01.41
he remembers he
looked more like a scarecrow
00:43:01.44\00:43:02.88
than a lion king.
00:43:02.91\00:43:04.25
I mean, he is skin and bones.
00:43:04.28\00:43:06.01
He's been fasting.
00:43:06.05\00:43:07.38
That means going without
food for 40 days and nights.
00:43:07.42\00:43:11.02
I can see you
don't even have to.
00:43:14.06\00:43:15.89
You don't even have to tell me.
00:43:15.92\00:43:18.99
I can see you're hungry.
00:43:19.03\00:43:21.06
I would be hungry too
If I'd gone this long.
00:43:21.10\00:43:24.80
I'll tell you what?
00:43:24.83\00:43:28.97
You can make food right here.
00:43:29.00\00:43:31.41
Karen's been
making homemade bread
00:43:31.44\00:43:32.77
during this pandemic,
00:43:32.81\00:43:34.14
a whole new dimension
to our marriage in life.
00:43:34.18\00:43:37.01
And it's wonderful.
00:43:37.05\00:43:38.38
Why don't you go ahead?
00:43:42.85\00:43:45.49
Was there a roar inside
00:43:45.52\00:43:47.56
of the other lion king?
00:43:47.59\00:43:54.50
Of course, there was.
00:43:54.53\00:43:58.40
How could Jesus pull this off?
00:43:58.43\00:44:00.10
Watch.
00:44:00.14\00:44:01.80
"As by the indulgence
of appetite, Adam fell,"
00:44:01.84\00:44:04.41
we've all fallen right
here on the field of appetite,
00:44:04.44\00:44:07.78
"so by the denial of appetite,
00:44:07.81\00:44:09.28
Christ must overcome
00:44:09.31\00:44:10.91
from the time of
Adam to that or Christ,
00:44:10.95\00:44:12.81
self-indulgence had increased
00:44:12.85\00:44:14.32
the power of the
appetites and passions
00:44:14.35\00:44:16.62
until they had
almost unlimited control."
00:44:16.65\00:44:19.55
That is the United
States right there,
00:44:19.59\00:44:21.22
unlimited control now.
00:44:21.26\00:44:24.23
Wherever,
whenever, whatever, eat it.
00:44:24.26\00:44:28.40
"Thus man and women
00:44:28.43\00:44:29.76
had become debased and diseased,
00:44:29.80\00:44:31.37
and of
themselves it was impossible
00:44:31.40\00:44:33.23
for them to overcome.
00:44:33.27\00:44:34.60
In man's behalf,"
oh, here it comes,
00:44:34.64\00:44:36.47
"Christ
conquered in the wilderness
00:44:36.50\00:44:39.04
by enduring the severest test.
00:44:39.07\00:44:41.91
For our sake, yours and mine,
00:44:41.94\00:44:44.31
He exercised a self-control
stronger than hunger or death."
00:44:44.35\00:44:48.98
Do you understand
that? Hunger or death.
00:44:49.02\00:44:51.29
That
self-control that He exercised
00:44:51.32\00:44:54.02
was stronger than death itself.
00:44:54.06\00:44:56.42
He would die before yielding,
00:44:56.46\00:44:59.19
but that's not
you and that's not me.
00:44:59.23\00:45:01.30
Die before yielding.
00:45:01.33\00:45:02.86
You say, ah, come on Dwight,
00:45:05.90\00:45:07.24
of course, of course, of course,
00:45:07.27\00:45:08.74
because we're
talking about Christ.
00:45:08.77\00:45:10.11
Of course, He's going to be.
00:45:10.14\00:45:11.47
Of course, He's
going to exercise,
00:45:11.51\00:45:12.84
His self-control
stronger than hunger and death.
00:45:12.87\00:45:14.48
You're missing the whole point.
00:45:14.51\00:45:17.08
That is you.
00:45:17.11\00:45:19.48
That is me.
00:45:19.51\00:45:22.98
Yes, I can do it. I just cannot.
00:45:23.02\00:45:24.35
Yes, you can. Yes, you can.
00:45:24.39\00:45:27.59
You can.
00:45:27.62\00:45:28.96
Don't you give me
this, I can't do it.
00:45:28.99\00:45:30.89
There's one more line.
00:45:30.93\00:45:32.26
I'll read it for you right now.
00:45:32.29\00:45:33.76
"Let him who is struggling
against the power of appetite.
00:45:33.80\00:45:37.13
Let her who is struggling
against the power of appetite
00:45:37.17\00:45:40.00
look to the savior
00:45:40.04\00:45:41.37
in the wilderness of temptation.
00:45:41.40\00:45:43.24
See Him in His
agony upon the cross."
00:45:43.27\00:45:45.41
Go to Calvary.
00:45:45.44\00:45:46.78
You want to see
somebody who's dying
00:45:46.81\00:45:48.38
with appetite within him,
00:45:48.41\00:45:50.15
listen to Him as he cries out,
00:45:50.18\00:45:51.75
"I'm thirsty. I
need something to drink.
00:45:51.78\00:45:56.62
"He has endured all that
00:45:56.65\00:45:58.75
it is possible for
you and me to bear.
00:45:58.79\00:46:01.59
His victory is ours."
00:46:01.62\00:46:03.43
Do you see that?
00:46:03.46\00:46:05.06
What are those last four words?
00:46:05.09\00:46:06.56
His victory is ours.
00:46:06.59\00:46:09.03
Do you understand that?
00:46:09.06\00:46:10.40
In fact let's isolate
that last line right there.
00:46:10.43\00:46:12.73
Let's say it out loud together.
00:46:12.77\00:46:14.27
His victory is ours.
00:46:14.30\00:46:17.24
Come on. You can
do that stronger.
00:46:17.27\00:46:18.71
His victory is ours. It's ours.
00:46:18.74\00:46:22.38
His victory is ours.
In fact let's change it.
00:46:22.41\00:46:24.91
Forget ours, let's just put this
00:46:24.95\00:46:26.51
in the first person singular.
00:46:26.55\00:46:30.39
His victory is mine.
00:46:30.42\00:46:32.12
Come on, say that with me.
00:46:32.15\00:46:33.49
His victory is mine.
00:46:33.52\00:46:36.09
His victory is mine.
00:46:36.12\00:46:38.79
It's my victory.
00:46:38.83\00:46:40.50
He gained it. I can't.
00:46:40.53\00:46:43.00
I lose every time.
00:46:43.03\00:46:44.83
This power, this paralyzing roar
00:46:44.87\00:46:48.34
that comes over me
from the wannabe lion king
00:46:48.37\00:46:51.37
gets me every time.
00:46:51.41\00:46:53.24
I'm trying to
tell you, my friend,
00:46:53.27\00:46:54.88
those four words
are your door out
00:46:54.91\00:46:59.58
of being devoured.
00:46:59.61\00:47:02.08
His victory is mine.
00:47:02.12\00:47:06.22
Fifteen second testimony.
00:47:09.56\00:47:12.93
I have found Jesus
00:47:12.96\00:47:15.36
to be able to
immediately step in
00:47:15.40\00:47:18.13
and subdue that roaring appetite
00:47:18.17\00:47:22.47
when I call for help.
00:47:22.50\00:47:26.11
Do you know
what this word means,
00:47:26.14\00:47:27.48
H-E-L-P?
00:47:27.51\00:47:28.84
Tell me, what
does that word means,
00:47:28.88\00:47:30.21
H-E-L-P?
00:47:30.25\00:47:31.58
If you cry out, H-E-L-P,
what are you asking for?
00:47:31.61\00:47:35.48
Intervene.
00:47:35.52\00:47:37.75
Boy, I love that story of John.
00:47:37.79\00:47:39.79
I love that story.
00:47:39.82\00:47:41.16
Man, I listened to it twice.
00:47:41.19\00:47:43.99
I got so paralyzed
00:47:44.03\00:47:45.76
by the fear of
being on my belly,
00:47:45.79\00:47:47.63
getting into that
cave pit that I said,
00:47:47.66\00:47:49.80
oh, I cannot believe it
00:47:49.83\00:47:51.17
that John is that kind of a man.
00:47:51.20\00:47:53.37
He got into that thing.
00:47:53.40\00:47:55.34
Yeah.
00:47:55.37\00:47:57.31
That's good, Chris.
00:47:57.34\00:47:59.61
But I love the
way John ended it.
00:47:59.64\00:48:01.11
He said, they
rip the ceiling apart
00:48:01.14\00:48:02.74
and deliverance came from above.
00:48:02.78\00:48:06.61
I'm telling you with appetite.
00:48:06.65\00:48:08.02
That's the gospel truth.
00:48:08.05\00:48:09.48
Deliverance comes from above.
00:48:09.52\00:48:12.79
You just cry the name,
Jesus. You haven't tried it yet.
00:48:12.82\00:48:15.62
I have, because I have
a problem with appetite.
00:48:15.66\00:48:19.73
Jesus, I'm asking you,
00:48:19.76\00:48:22.50
I can't do this.
It's just too strong.
00:48:22.53\00:48:26.07
Do something.
And I have seen Him.
00:48:26.10\00:48:28.20
I promise you,
00:48:28.24\00:48:31.11
I have seen Him, gone.
00:48:31.14\00:48:34.84
What happened? It's gone.
00:48:34.88\00:48:36.81
Didn't you ask me to do it?
00:48:36.85\00:48:39.15
I helped you.
00:48:39.18\00:48:41.18
We sell Jesus way too short.
00:48:41.22\00:48:44.92
We sell Him far too
short. He can't do that.
00:48:44.95\00:48:48.39
Yes, He can because you can.
00:48:48.42\00:48:50.99
His victory is mine.
00:48:51.03\00:48:53.16
Embrace that victory.
00:48:53.19\00:48:57.03
Call on Him. Oh, I love this.
00:48:57.07\00:48:58.40
I've memorized this,
Psalm 50:15, God is speaking.
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"Call on me in
the day of trouble
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and I will deliver you,
and you will glorify Me."
00:49:03.94\00:49:08.44
Memorize that line. Psalm 50:15.
00:49:08.48\00:49:11.21
Call on me just ask me, H-E-L-P,
00:49:11.25\00:49:15.08
I get it. I'll be there.
00:49:15.12\00:49:18.19
If you want me, I'm there.
00:49:18.22\00:49:20.02
That is it.
00:49:24.76\00:49:26.80
What Samson could have had,
00:49:26.83\00:49:29.36
you and I can have
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today and right now.
00:49:31.57\00:49:35.90
For may I remind you
that Calvary's lion king
00:49:35.94\00:49:38.07
is no figment of
Disney's imagination.
00:49:38.11\00:49:41.24
There really is a lion king
00:49:41.28\00:49:43.65
and a mighty apocalypse
just throws the curtain aside
00:49:43.68\00:49:46.88
so that we can see Him.
00:49:46.92\00:49:48.25
Then one of the elders in
the Book of Revelation 5:5,
00:49:48.28\00:49:50.89
"And one of the
elders said to me, John boy,
00:49:50.92\00:49:53.39
'Do not weep!
00:49:53.42\00:49:55.29
See, the Lion of
the tribe of Judah,
00:49:55.32\00:49:58.83
The root of David," that
means King, Messiah King,
00:49:58.86\00:50:01.90
"the lion of the tribe of Judah,
00:50:01.93\00:50:03.70
the Root of David, the
lion king has triumphed."
00:50:03.73\00:50:07.17
That's what the elder is saying.
00:50:07.20\00:50:09.64
He is able, those
are the elder's words.
00:50:09.67\00:50:11.71
He is able.
00:50:11.74\00:50:13.07
Then John says,
00:50:13.11\00:50:14.44
"I saw a Lamb looking
as if it had been slain."
00:50:14.48\00:50:16.34
Wait a minute, you just
told me that He's the Lion King.
00:50:16.38\00:50:19.61
He's the Lion from
the tribe of Judah.
00:50:19.65\00:50:21.08
Now I see a Lamb,
00:50:21.12\00:50:22.65
because the lion is
the lamb, that's why.
00:50:22.68\00:50:25.15
And the lamb is a lion.
00:50:25.19\00:50:27.42
They're one and the same.
00:50:27.46\00:50:29.79
One will die for your appetite.
00:50:29.82\00:50:33.06
One will die for your appetite
00:50:33.09\00:50:35.73
and the other will
deliver you from your appetite.
00:50:35.76\00:50:40.34
And it's the same
Jesus from stem to stern.
00:50:40.37\00:50:44.11
Amen.
00:50:44.14\00:50:48.91
Call on me.
00:50:48.94\00:50:52.08
His victory is mine.
00:50:52.11\00:50:53.92
Help.
00:50:53.95\00:50:56.52
Oh, but I'm glad
the story ends this way.
00:50:56.55\00:51:01.22
And that's why
the weak and failing,
00:51:01.26\00:51:03.93
the fallen
00:51:03.96\00:51:05.46
but repentant Samson
dies in a way, sadly,
00:51:05.49\00:51:10.47
he never lived.
00:51:10.50\00:51:11.83
He died trusting in
his savior, it's true.
00:51:11.87\00:51:15.94
Brought the whole
temple down on top of him.
00:51:15.97\00:51:19.01
He died with all of the enemy,
00:51:19.04\00:51:21.51
he died, but guess what?
00:51:21.54\00:51:24.75
When God decided
00:51:24.78\00:51:26.11
to write the
Bible's hall of fame,
00:51:26.15\00:51:27.48
hall of faith chapter,
00:51:27.52\00:51:28.88
he informs you and me today
00:51:28.92\00:51:31.02
in that hall of
fame today, Sampson.
00:51:31.05\00:51:35.02
In fact, I'm quoting right now,
00:51:35.06\00:51:36.46
"By faith, Samson
gained what was promised."
00:51:36.49\00:51:41.56
Can I get an amen to that?
00:51:41.60\00:51:44.00
This is the man that
was as strong as a lion
00:51:44.03\00:51:46.63
and as weak as a kitten,
00:51:46.67\00:51:48.04
but he comes to
Jesus, the last breath.
00:51:48.07\00:51:52.54
God isn't looking for
an excuse to lose you,
00:51:52.57\00:51:54.61
He's looking for
an excuse to save you.
00:51:54.64\00:51:56.75
And if you foolishly decide,
00:51:56.78\00:51:58.11
I'm going to wait
till the end of my life.
00:51:58.15\00:51:59.78
Well, I hope you have
your cognitive powers then,
00:51:59.81\00:52:03.28
but if you do
and you come to Him,
00:52:03.32\00:52:06.52
He will take you.
00:52:06.55\00:52:08.19
It would be stupid to
wait till the end of your life,
00:52:08.22\00:52:11.06
to be consumed by
this wannabe lion king
00:52:11.09\00:52:13.93
while you're waiting
for the real king to come,
00:52:13.96\00:52:16.03
why would you give
your life to the wannabe?
00:52:16.06\00:52:18.67
Why would you do it?
00:52:18.70\00:52:20.04
You wouldn't.
00:52:20.07\00:52:21.40
Now, if you were
thinking, you wouldn't.
00:52:21.44\00:52:24.11
And guess what?
00:52:24.14\00:52:25.87
By faith in the same savior,
00:52:25.91\00:52:28.08
you and I will end up
in the same hall of fame
00:52:28.11\00:52:30.85
with Samson for
forever and ever.
00:52:30.88\00:52:34.52
Amen.
00:52:34.55\00:52:37.92
That's it.
00:52:37.95\00:52:39.82
Nobody leaves
here a victim today.
00:52:39.85\00:52:44.06
Every man, woman and child
00:52:44.09\00:52:45.59
who leaves
today leaves a victor,
00:52:45.63\00:52:47.90
because His victory is mine.
00:52:47.93\00:52:52.83
Connect card
invites you to affirm
00:52:52.87\00:52:56.40
that pmchurch.org/connect.
00:52:56.44\00:53:00.28
Number one, I
claim Jesus' victory
00:53:00.31\00:53:02.18
over appetite for my own.
00:53:02.21\00:53:06.11
Man, I do.
00:53:06.15\00:53:07.55
Don't. you want to. Come on.
00:53:07.58\00:53:09.52
Number two,
00:53:09.55\00:53:11.15
I reject the wannabe lion king
00:53:11.19\00:53:13.02
and offer every realm of my life
00:53:13.05\00:53:14.76
to the true Lion King of Heaven.
00:53:14.79\00:53:16.52
I want to go on record
before heaven right now.
00:53:16.56\00:53:18.43
I must tell Jesus.
00:53:18.46\00:53:19.79
Thank you
gentlemen for singing that
00:53:19.83\00:53:21.16
I must tell Jesus,
00:53:21.20\00:53:22.53
I want to go on record.
00:53:22.56\00:53:23.90
I want to be the
Lion King's subject,
00:53:23.93\00:53:26.57
not the wannabes.
00:53:26.60\00:53:28.40
And finally number three,
00:53:28.44\00:53:30.21
by His amazing grace.
00:53:30.24\00:53:32.67
Come on up guys,
by His amazing grace,
00:53:32.71\00:53:35.28
I wish to join Samson
and God's Hall of Fame,
00:53:35.31\00:53:37.91
God's Hall of Faith.
00:53:37.95\00:53:39.38
Me too.
00:53:39.41\00:53:40.75
There's a place
reserved for you.
00:53:40.78\00:53:42.92
There's a place reserved for me
00:53:42.95\00:53:45.02
because of amazing grace
00:53:45.05\00:53:46.45
and the Lion King, who says,
00:53:46.49\00:53:47.96
"I'll take you,
give me your life.
00:53:47.99\00:53:51.59
I'll take you and
I'll deal with him myself."
00:53:51.63\00:53:55.50
Amazing grace!
00:54:34.60\00:54:40.08
How sweet the sound
00:54:40.11\00:54:45.21
That saved
00:54:45.25\00:54:48.05
A wretch
00:54:48.08\00:54:50.59
Like me!
00:54:50.62\00:54:55.96
I once was lost,
00:54:55.99\00:55:01.40
But now
00:55:01.43\00:55:04.27
Am found Was blind,
00:55:04.30\00:55:09.57
But now
00:55:09.60\00:55:12.41
I see
00:55:12.44\00:55:18.38
The Lord
00:55:18.41\00:55:21.05
Has promised
00:55:21.08\00:55:24.72
Good to me
00:55:24.75\00:55:29.32
His word
00:55:29.36\00:55:32.13
My hope
00:55:32.16\00:55:34.76
Secures
00:55:34.80\00:55:40.47
He will my shield
00:55:40.50\00:55:46.01
And portion
00:55:46.04\00:55:49.71
Be as long
00:55:49.74\00:55:54.18
As life endures
00:55:54.22\00:55:58.19
Through many dangers,
00:56:02.52\00:56:08.50
Toils and snares
00:56:08.53\00:56:12.93
I have
00:56:12.97\00:56:15.24
already come
00:56:15.27\00:56:19.34
'Tis grace hath
00:56:23.24\00:56:26.98
Brought me safe
00:56:27.02\00:56:31.12
Thus far and grace
00:56:31.15\00:56:36.19
Will lead me home
00:56:36.22\00:56:40.30
'Tis grace hath
00:56:43.67\00:56:47.50
Brought me safe
00:56:47.54\00:56:52.11
Thus far And grace
00:56:52.14\00:56:57.81
Will lead me home
00:56:57.85\00:57:03.12
I want to take an extra moment
00:57:13.90\00:57:15.23
to thank you for
joining us in worship today.
00:57:15.26\00:57:16.93
It's by the continuous
support from viewers like you
00:57:16.97\00:57:19.17
that we're able to
bring you this program.
00:57:19.20\00:57:20.97
Today, I want to invite
you though to share with us
00:57:21.00\00:57:23.20
how this
ministry has blessed you.
00:57:23.24\00:57:25.37
I get inspiring
notes, emails from viewers,
00:57:25.41\00:57:27.78
literally all over
the world telling me,
00:57:27.81\00:57:29.38
look, Dwight, God has
been blessing me this way.
00:57:29.41\00:57:31.38
He's been doing this.
00:57:31.41\00:57:32.75
I would love to
hear from you as well.
00:57:32.78\00:57:34.12
Just visit our
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00:57:34.15\00:57:36.08
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00:57:36.12\00:57:38.35
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00:57:38.39\00:57:40.66
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Let me know what
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00:57:42.06\00:57:43.53
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00:57:43.56\00:57:45.39
Once again, thank you
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00:57:45.43\00:57:48.13
I hope you join us
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00:57:48.16\00:57:50.17
And until then,
00:57:50.20\00:57:51.53
may the God of
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00:57:51.57\00:57:53.27
every step of the way.
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