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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS. WELCOME
TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR
FRIENDS JOINING US ACROSS THE
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COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD
- OUR EXTENDED SABBATH SCHOOL
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CLASS - AND ALSO THE MEMBERS AND
THE VISITORS HERE AT THE GRANITE
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BAY CHURCH - ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE
YOU ON A SABBATH MORNING HERE TO
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STUDY THE LESSON TOGETHER.
WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH THE
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BOOK OF JOB AND WE'RE
NEARING THE END OF THIS QUARTER.
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WE'RE ON LESSON #11
ENTITLED OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND.
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SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE
JOINING US ONLINE, IF YOU DON'T
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HAVE A COPY OF TODAY'S LESSON,
JUST GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS
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WEBSITE - AMAZINGFACTS.ORG
AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD LESSON #11
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ENTITLED OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND
AND YOU CAN STUDY ALONG WITH US.
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WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT GOES
ALONG WITH OUR STUDY TODAY, A
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BOOK ENTITLED THE VOICE OF GOD
- AND THIS IS THE FREE OFFER FOR
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TODAY. IF YOU'D
LIKE TO RECEIVE IT,
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GIVE US A CALL ON OUR
RESOURCE PHONE NUMBER.
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THE NUMBER IS 866-788-3966
AND YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER #816.
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THAT NUMBER, ONE
MORE TIME, 866-788-3966.
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ASK FOR OFFER #816 AND WE'LL
BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU.
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WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR
STUDY, AS USUAL, WE'D LIKE TO
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BEGIN BY LIFTING
OUR VOICES IN SONG.
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR
SONG LEADERS TO COME AND JOIN US
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ONSTAGE. (LIGHT PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS, THOSE
OF YOU AT HOME, IT'S THAT TIME
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OF YEAR AGAIN AND, OH, THE YEAR
GOES SO FAST, BUT THESE ARE MY
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FAVORITE SONGS SO
I AM NOT COMPLAINING.
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WE'RE GOING TO START WITH HARK!
THE HERALD ANGELS SING , WHICH
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YOU'LL FIND ON PAGE 122 IN YOUR
HYMNALS, SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE,
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PULL THEM OUT AND
JOIN WITH US AT HOME.
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WE'RE GOING TO
SING ALL THREE STANZAS -
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HARK! THE HERALD
ANGELS SING . (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR SINGING ALONG WITH US
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AND, AT THIS TIME, PASTOR ROSS
WILL HAVE OUR OPENING PRAYER.
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>>JUST BEFORE WE HAVE OUR
OPENING PRAYER AND THEN GET TO
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THE LESSON, FROM TIME TO TIME
HERE AT THE CHURCH, SEEING AS
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THIS DEALS WITH SABBATH SCHOOL,
THERE IS A STRONG EMPHASIS ON
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MISSION AND THE WORK
HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD.
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AND, FROM TIME TO TIME, WE LIKE
TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE MISSION
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ACTIVITIES THAT ONE OF OUR
CHURCH MEMBERS OR AMAZING FACTS
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IS INVOLVED IN, AND TODAY WE
HAVE ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS,
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OSTAP, WHO IS HERE WITH ME.
HE JUST RECENTLY CAME BACK FROM
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A MISSION TRIP TO SOUTHERN
AFRICA, WHERE THEY'RE INVOLVED
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IN A BUILDING
AND OUTREACH PROGRAM.
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AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME OF OUR
MEMBERS HERE THAT HELPED SUPPORT
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THAT PROGRAM SO HE'S GOING
TO SHARE WITH US JUST A BRIEF
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MISSION REPORT AND THEN WE'LL
HAVE OUR PRAYER AND GO INTO OUR
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LESSON. >>THANK YOU.
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GOOD MORNING, CHURCH
FAMILY. >>GOOD MORNING.
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>>EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TO
SHARE THE MISSION PROJECT THAT
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WE WERE A PART
OF IN SOUTH AFRICA.
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WANTED TO THANK THE CHURCH
FAMILY WHO PRAYED FOR US - WHO
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SUPPORTED US - WHO
TOLD US 'YOU CAN DO IT.
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YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN AND
WE'LL CONTINUE SUPPORT AS THE
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PROJECT MOVES FORWARD.' AND SO
WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME PICTURES
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WITH YOU THIS MORNING TO SEE HOW
THE PROJECT WENT AND, ALSO, TO
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SHARE WITH YOU HOW THE LORD WAS
MOVING AND WORKING ON THE HEARTS
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OF THE PEOPLE
THERE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
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IT IS A FAIRLY POOR REGION THAT
WE WERE IN - ABOUT 60 KM OUTSIDE
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OF EAST LONDON, ALL THE WAY
DOWN IN THE EASTERN CAPE SIDE OF
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SOUTH AFRICA. HERE
YOU WILL SEE ON THE SCREEN
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IS THE BEGINNING OF
OUR BUILDING PROJECT.
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IT WAS A TIME WHERE WE HAD TO
DIG - IT WAS A LOT OF DIGGING TO
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MAKE SURE THAT THE FOOTING
- THE FOUNDATION WAS STRONG.
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AND SO, AS WE WERE DIGGING,
WE WERE ALSO SEARCHING FOR THE
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MATERIAL. A BIT
CHALLENGING TO FIND THE
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MATERIAL THAT WE NEEDED, BUT WE
KNEW THAT THE LORD WOULD HELP US
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- WOULD PROVIDE AND HE SENT JUST
THE RIGHT PEOPLE, JUST AT THE
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RIGHT TIME, TO HELP US FIND
THE MATERIAL THAT WE NEEDED.
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AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE YOU
SEE THE FOUNDATION WAS FINISHED.
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WE'RE STARTING TO PUT UP THE
WALLS AND THE BLOCK CAME IN JUST
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ON TIME. PIECE BY
PIECE WE FOUND THE
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WINDOWS THAT WE WANTED.
WE FOUND THE MATERIAL THAT WE
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NEEDED, AND SO WE BEGAN TO PUT
TOGETHER ALL THE BUILDING PIECES
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THAT WE NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT.
NOW, JUST ABOUT HERE, AS WE
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WERE BEGINNING TO LOOK FOR THE
ROOFING MATERIAL, WE RAN OUT OF
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MONEY AND WE SAID,
'LORD, WHAT DO WE DO NEXT?'
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SO WE DECIDED TO POST SOME
INFORMATION ON FACEBOOK - TO
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POST SOME INFORMATION ON OUR
WEBSITE TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE -
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'WE HAVE THIS PROJECT - IT'S
COMING TOGETHER, BUT WE'VE RUN
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OUT OF FUNDS' AND THE LORD WAS
FAITHFUL TO US AND WE THANK YOU
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FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THE
FUNDS CAME IN JUST AT THE
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RIGHT TIME AND WE
PURCHASED THE ROOFING MATERIAL.
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WE PURCHASED THE
RAFTERS THAT WE NEEDED.
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HERE YOU'LL SEE THE
PART OF THE ROOF COMING UP.
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WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE
TIN THAT WE NEEDED TO COVER THE
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ROOF, AND PIECE BY PIECE THE
LORD WAS SENDING JUST THE RIGHT
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PEOPLE TO COME AND HELP US.
WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THE BLOCK
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TOGETHER, THERE WAS A MASON THAT
CAME BY - HE'S SPECIALIZING IN
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BLOCK AND MASONRY AND STONE AND
HE SAID, 'I'M HERE. I HAVE THREE
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DAYS. I DON'T HAVE ANY WORK
RIGHT NOW. I'M BETWEEN PROJECTS.
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I WANT TO COME AND HELP YOU.'
WE SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD.' WHEN
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THE ROOF WAS COMING UP THERE
WAS A BUILDER WHO WAS AVAILABLE
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WHOSE PROJECT WAS ON
HOLD FOR A WHOLE WEEK.
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WE NEEDED THAT
WEEK TO FINISH THE ROOF.
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AND SO, EVEN NOW THAT WE STAND
BACK AND LOOK AT THIS PROJECT,
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WE SEE THAT THE LORD WAS
IN CONTROL OF THE BUILDING
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SCHEDULE, THE BUILDING MATERIAL,
THE BUILDING FUNDS - ALL WE CAN
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SAY IS THAT ALL GLORY GOES TO
HIM FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE
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THERE, AMEN? AND
SO, WE ALSO HAVE THE
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OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH SOME OF THE CHILDREN.
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HERE YOU'LL SEE A
PICTURE OF THE CHILDREN.
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WE GOT CHILDREN'S BIBLES FOR
THEM IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE -
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IT'S A - ONE OF THIRTEEN
LANGUAGES THAT'S SPOKEN THERE IN
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THAT EASTERN CAPE - IT'S CALLED
XHOSA - AND SO THEY HAVE THEIR
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OWN FIRST BIBLES - CHILDREN'S
BIBLES THAT ARE VERY HARD FOR
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THEM TO GET. WE HAD A
PRIVILEGE TO FIND THEM
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IN A LOCAL TOWN THERE THAT
WE WERE TRAVELING THROUGH AS
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WE WERE COMING TO THIS AREA.
AND SO, NOW, EVEN THE CHILDREN
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HAVE THEIR OWN BIBLE
SETS. THEY CAN COME TOGETHER.
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THEY CAN WORSHIP TOGETHER.
WHEN THEY HAVE SABBATH SCHOOL,
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THEY CAN OPEN THEIR OWN BIBLE
AND READ FROM THEIR OWN BIBLE.
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SOMETHING THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE
AND WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING
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THAT PROJECT, AS WELL. WHAT NOW?
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ON THE 25TH OF NOVEMBER, JUST
NEXT FRIDAY, WE ARE SENDING A
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FEW VOLUNTEERS FROM THE
UNITED STATES TO HELP BEGIN THE
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EVANGELISTIC EFFORT. WE
HAVE THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE,
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NOW WE NEED TO DO
THE EVANGELISM PROGRAM.
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ELEVEN LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN
SELECTED FOR THE EVANGELISTIC
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CRUSADE THAT WILL BE TAKING
PLACE THERE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
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THEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT
THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND INTO
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DECEMBER AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN THE
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CHURCH, TO HEAR THE GOSPEL, AND
- THAT THEY CAN BE REACHED AND
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ALSO THAT THEIR NEIGHBORS AND
THEIR FAMILIES CAN BE REACHED.
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ALSO, A TEAM OF HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS IS COMING IN TO DO
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A WEEK-LONG FREE CLINIC
FOR THE COMMUNITY THERE.
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ALSO, MUCH, MUCH NEEDED -
THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRESS,
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PHYSICALLY, WITH
DIFFERENT ILLNESSES.
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DIABETES IS ON THE RISE.
HEART DISEASE IS ON THE RISE,
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AND SO WE SAID, 'WHY NOT COMBINE
THE MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK WITH
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THE GOSPEL WITH THE BUILDING,
MAKE IT A COMPLETE PROGRAM TO
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WHERE WE CAN REALLY
IMPACT THIS COMMUNITY.
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AND WE ALSO LEFT SOME TRAINING
MATERIAL THAT'S GOING TO BE USED
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THERE TO TRAIN THE LOCAL MEMBERS
AND THE LAYMEN SO THEY CAN
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CONTINUE WORKING AND DOING
THE WORK THAT WE STARTED THERE -
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BEGINNING OF AUGUST. SO
WE THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN,
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FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT.
AS YOU SEE, THE PROJECT WAS
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SUCCESSFUL AND WE PRAISE
THE LORD FOR A NEW CHURCH THAT'S
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STANDING AND IT'S GOING TO BE
FUNCTIONING AND MANY MORE PEOPLE
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WILL BE ABLE TO FIND COMFORT AND
HAVE A PLACE OF WORSHIP, JUST
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LIKE WE HAVE HERE
AT HOME. THANK YOU.
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>>AT THIS TIME I INVITE YOU
TO BOW YOUR HEADS AS WE HAVE OUR
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PRAYER. DEAR
FATHER IN HEAVEN, ONCE
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AGAIN, AS WE OPEN UP THE
SCRIPTURES, WE WANT TO ASK FOR
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THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME AND
GUIDE OUR HEARTS - OUR MINDS -
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LORD, WE HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED
IN OUR STUDY OF THE BOOK OF JOB.
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TODAY AS WE CONTINUE AND,
IN PARTICULAR, WE HEAR YOUR
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RESPONSE TO JOB, WE ASK
FOR SPECIAL UNDERSTANDING.
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BLESS OUR TIME
TOGETHER. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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OUR LESSON TODAY WILL BE
BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG.
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>>WE'RE GETTING READY TO
CONTINUE IN OUR STUDY OF THE
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BOOK OF JOB AND, TODAY, WE'RE
DOING LESSON #11 AND IT'S CALLED
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OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND
AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE.
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MEMORY VERSE IS JOB 38, VERSE
4. IF YOU HAVE YOUR LESSONS,
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YOU CAN SAY IT WITH ME. IF
YOU'VE GOT YOUR BIBLE YOU CAN
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SAY IT WITH ME - JOB 38,
VERSE 4 - IT'S FROM THE NEW
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KING JAMES
VERSION. ARE YOU READY?
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"WHERE WERE YOU" -
YOU'RE NOT SAYING IT WITH ME.
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(LAUGHTER) GOT IT?
JOB 38, VERSE 4 - READY?
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"WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I LAID
THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH?
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TELL ME, IF YOU
HAVE UNDERSTANDING."
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IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE
BIT OF WHIMSICAL SARCASM ON THE
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PART OF GOD. BUT WE'LL
GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT.
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THE MAIN THING WE WANT TO
COVER IN OUR STUDY TODAY IS THE
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CHAPTERS 38 AND 39
IN THE BOOK OF JOB.
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SO, IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR BIBLES
YOU MIGHT TURN THERE QUICKLY AND
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THE FIRST THING THAT YOU NOTICE
IS YOU GET DONE LISTENING TO
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THESE - THE TALKS OF ELIHU - AND
IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE WORDS OF
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JOB WERE ENDED AND THEN,
FINALLY, IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY'S
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FINALLY SAID EVERYTHING
THEY CAN THINK TO SAY.
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AND YOU'VE GOT JOB HAS MADE HIS
DEFENSE AND HIS THREE FRIENDS
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HAVE KIND OF DONE THEIR
ACCUSATIONS AND ELIHU COMES IN
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AND HE SAYS, 'OH, YOU KNOW, I
THINK WE CAN EVEN DO BETTER THAN
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THAT.' AND HE TRIES TO BOTH
REPROVE JOB'S FRIENDS AND ALSO
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JOB. AND THEN,
WHEN HE GETS DONE WITH
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HIS FIVE CHAPTERS OF COMMENTS
- A LOT OF IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE
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PROFOUND PHILOSOPHY OF
LIFE. THEN THE LORD SPEAKS FOR
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THE FIRST TIME IN
ABOUT 35 CHAPTERS.
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SO FAR, YOU'VE BEEN
HEARING JUST THE VOICE OF MAN.
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YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME GOD
SPOKE, GOD WAS SPEAKING TO THE
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DEVIL. BUT UP UNTIL NOW,
GOD HAD NOT SPOKEN TO MAN.
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GOD HAD SPOKEN TO THE DEVIL WHEN
HE HAD BEEN THERE ACCUSING JOB.
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AND THEN, FINALLY, AFTER
ELIHU GETS DONE WITH HIS LAST
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DISCOURSE - VERSE 1 - CHAPTER
38 - IT SAYS, "THEN THE LORD
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ANSWERED JOB OUT OF THE
WHIRLWIND," - AND WHAT IS THIS
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WHIRLWIND? YOU
KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF A
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WHIRLWIND, YOU MIGHT THINK
OF WHAT WE USED TO CALL 'DUST
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DEVILS' THAT RIDE
OUT THERE ON THE PRAIRIE.
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YOU ALL KNOW WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT?
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IT'S LIKE A LITTLE - IT'S A MINI
TORNADO - AND IF IT'S ON THE
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WATER THEY CALL IT A WATER SPOUT
- YOU THINK ABOUT IT CIRCLING
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AROUND, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY
THE BEST TRANSLATION, IT'S - THE
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WORD IS 'TEMPEST' - THE LORD
ANSWERED JOB OUT OF THE STORM -
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OUT OF THE TEMPEST. OF
COURSE, THIS HAPPENS OTHER
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TIMES HERE IN THE BIBLE.
AND YOU CAN READ, FOR INSTANCE,
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IN 2 KINGS 2:1, "AND IT CAME TO
PASS, WHEN THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO
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TAKE ELIJAH UP INTO HEAVEN BY
A WHIRLWIND," - SO, YOU KNOW, IT
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ALWAYS MAKES FOR REALLY GOOD
ART, TO SHOW ELIJAH RIDING A
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TORNADO - KIND OF LIKE THE
WIZARD OF OZ - UP INTO HEAVEN.
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BUT I GUESS THAT WAS A - YEAH,
THAT WAS A TWISTER, WASN'T IT?
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BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WORD
'TEMPEST' THERE, GOD TOOK ELIJAH
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TO HEAVEN IN A
STORM OF CHARIOTS.
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GOD, OFTEN, WHEN HE INTERACTS
WITH MAN, WHEN HE SPOKE TO MAN
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ON THE MOUNTAIN - MOUNT SINAI -
WHAT - WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE
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MOUNTAIN? THEY
WERE AFRAID TO GO UP ON
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THE MOUNTAIN BECAUSE THERE
WAS THUNDER AND NOISE AND THE
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MOUNTAINS SHAKING AT THE
TOP. SOMEONE IS GOING TO READ
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FOR ME PSALM 77,
VERSE 18. YOU'LL HAVE THAT?
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OKAY, LET ME JUST READ HERE
FIRST - YOU CAN READ IN ISAIAH
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29:6 - I'M SORRY, "YOU WILL
BE PUNISHED BY THE LORD OF HOSTS
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WITH THUNDER AND EARTHQUAKE
AND GREAT NOISE, WITH STORM AND
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TEMPEST AND THE
FLAME OF DEVOURING FIRE."
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SOMETIMES WE THINK OF THE LORD
AS SPEAKING OUT OF A TEMPEST, IS
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THAT - YOU WANT THE LORD
TO COME TO YOU IN A TEMPEST?
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OR WOULD YOU RATHER HE
COMES TO YOU IN A BUTTERFLY?
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- PRETTY SUNRISE? A
TEMPEST ALMOST IS SYNONYMOUS
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WITH ANGER, YOU
THINK. BUT MAYBE NOT.
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GO AHEAD, READ FOR
US THAT NEXT PASSAGE.
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>>THE VOICE OF YOUR THUNDER WAS
IN THE WHIRLWIND; THE LIGHTNINGS
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LIT UP THE WORLD; THE
EARTH TREMBLED AND SHOOK."
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>>JUST GIVES YOU A
PICTURE FOR THE MAJESTY OF GOD.
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BUT GOD, SPEAKING IN
THE TEMPEST, IS NOT ALWAYS
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INDICATIVE OF
HIS ANGER OR STORM.
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WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED
OUT, WHAT HAPPENED IN ACTS
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CHAPTER 2? IT SAYS
THEN THE PLACE WHERE
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THEY WERE ASSEMBLED WAS SHAKEN.
THERE WAS THE SOUND OF A MIGHTY,
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RUSHING WIND AND THERE
APPEARED TONGUES OF FIRE.
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IT'S ALMOST LIKE A STORM SETTLED
IN THAT UPPER ROOM AND THEY WENT
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FORTH PREACHING THE
WORD OF GOD IN POWER.
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YOU CAN READ IN 1 KINGS -
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS ONE - 1
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KINGS 19 - IT SAYS IN VERSE 11,
"THEN HE (GOD) SAID, 'GO OUT,
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AND STAND ON THE MOUNTAIN BEFORE
THE LORD.'" - NOW, YOU KNOW,
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ELIJAH HAS BEEN RUNNING AND HE
COMES TO MOUNT SINAI - IT SAYS,
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"AND BEHOLD, THE LORD PASSED BY,
AND A GREAT AND STRONG WIND TORE
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INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND BROKE
THE ROCKS IN PIECES BEFORE THE
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LORD." THERE
PROBABLY HADN'T BEEN A
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WIND LIKE THAT SINCE THE ONE
THAT DRIED OUT THE EARTH AFTER
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THE FLOOD - GREAT WIND
- WRENTING THE ROCKS - YOU
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EVER SEE THAT KIND OF WIND?
"...TORE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND
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BROKE THE ROCKS IN
PIECES BEFORE THE LORD."
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YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT IF
YOU'RE A GOLD MINER AND YOU'RE
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GOING TO GO PANNING A RIVER OR
A STREAM FOR GOLD, THE BEST TIME
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TO GO LOOKING FOR THE GOLD
IS AFTER THERE HAS BEEN A REAL
00:17:55.30\00:17:57.27
STORM THAT ACTUALLY ROLLS ROCKS
IN THE CREEK, BECAUSE THEN, IF
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THERE'S ANY GOLD THAT'S BEEN
COVERED, IT SORT OF GETS MOVED
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DOWN TO THE CRACKS AND THE
CREVICES WHERE THE PROSPECTORS
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LOVE TO LOOK. SO THEN IT SAYS
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THERE'S THIS WIND THAT TORE
INTO THE MOUNTAIN - BROKE THE
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ROCKS IN PIECES - "...BUT THE
LORD WAS NOT IN THE WIND; AND
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AFTER THE WIND AN EARTHQUAKE,
BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE
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EARTHQUAKE, AND AFTER THE
EARTHQUAKE A FIRE," - SOME BRUSH
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FIRE WENT THROUGH THE
COUNTRYSIDE AND ELIJAH HAD TO
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RETREAT INTO THE RECESSES OF HIS
CAVE - "BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN
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THE FIRE; AND AFTER
THE FIRE" - WHAT'S IT SAY?
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- "A STILL SMALL
VOICE." TYPICALLY, HOW DOES
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THE LORD SPEAK TO US?
SPEAKS TO OUR HEARTS AND TO OUR
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CONSCIENCE THROUGH
A STILL SMALL VOICE.
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IT'S LIKE - IS IT ISAIAH THAT
SAID - I FORGET THE PASSAGE -
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YOU WILL HEAR A VOICE BEHIND
THEE SAYING, 'THIS IS THE WAY.'
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- IT'S A VOICE BEHIND THEE -
'I HEAR A VOICE.' USUALLY IT'S
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SOMEONE'S CELL PHONE BUT WE
HEAR A STILL SMALL VOICE THAT'S
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SAYING, 'THIS IS
THE WAY. WALK IN IT.'
00:19:03.34\00:19:06.37
NOW SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING
HERE: UP UNTIL THIS POINT IN THE
00:19:06.37\00:19:09.81
STORY OF JOB, THE DEVIL
IS SPEAKING TO GOD AND GOD IS
00:19:09.81\00:19:13.28
SPEAKING TO THE DEVIL AND IT'S
IN THE PRESENCE OF ANGELS AND
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THE SONS OF GOD. BUT
NOW, WHO IS GOD SPEAKING TO?
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HE'S SPEAKING TO JOB. AND
WHEN HE SPEAKS TO HIM OUT OF
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THE WHIRLWIND, HE MAY
HAVE OBSCURED HIS PRESENCE TO
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PRESERVE JOB. WHEN
MOSES SPOKE TO THE LORD,
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IT ACTUALLY SAYS - EXODUS 33:11
- "THE LORD SPOKE TO MOSES FACE
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TO FACE AS A MAN SPEAKS TO
HIS FRIEND." NOW WAIT A SECOND!
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WHY DOES IT SAY, 'GOD SAID TO
MOSES, 'NO MAN CAN SEE MY FACE
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AND LIVE''? MOSES
SAYS, 'LORD, SHOW ME YOUR
00:19:46.05\00:19:48.58
GLORY.' AND HE SAID, 'I
CAN'T SHOW YOU MY - THE FULL
00:19:48.58\00:19:51.99
REVELATION OF MY
GLORY; IT'LL CONSUME YOU.
00:19:51.99\00:19:55.32
BUT I TELL YOU WHAT,
I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL.
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I'LL TAKE YOU AND I'LL PLACE
YOU IN THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK AND
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I'LL PUT MY HAND OVER YOU AND
I'LL WALK BY AND I'LL MOVE MY
00:20:00.96\00:20:03.60
HAND OUT OF THE WAY AFTER I PASS
YOU, BECAUSE IF I LOOK DIRECTLY
00:20:03.60\00:20:06.53
ON YOU, OH, YOU
JUST COULDN'T HANDLE IT.
00:20:06.53\00:20:10.14
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT STORY?
SO IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE HE
00:20:10.14\00:20:13.14
DIDN'T EXACTLY SPEAK TO MOSES
FACE TO FACE - THAT WHEN HE
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SPOKE TO MOSES FACE TO FACE,
STILL HE WAS OBSCURED SOMEHOW BY
00:20:17.18\00:20:20.48
A STORM - BY A WHIRLWIND - BY A
TEMPEST OR SOMETHING UP THERE ON
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MOUNT SINAI BECAUSE WE USE
THE EXPRESSION 'FACE TO FACE'
00:20:24.55\00:20:30.76
AND IT MEANS YOU
SEE A PERSON PERSONALLY.
00:20:30.76\00:20:34.56
AND SO GOD SPOKE
TO MOSES PERSONALLY.
00:20:34.56\00:20:37.70
SO GOD, WHEN HE SPEAKS TO
JOB, WHO IS ANOTHER PROPHET - A
00:20:37.70\00:20:40.70
RIGHTEOUS MAN LIKE MOSES -
HE'S SPEAKING TO HIM FROM THE
00:20:40.70\00:20:44.41
WHIRLWIND. MAYBE IT'S PARTLY TO
PROTECT HIM. AND YOU CAN READ IN
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JOB 42:5, IT'S PRETTY
CLEAR THAT HE DID SEE SOMETHING.
00:20:51.31\00:20:58.15
HE DIDN'T JUST HEAR A VOICE,
BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T NEED TO SHOW
00:20:58.15\00:21:01.72
YOU A WHIRLWIND IF HE'S
JUST GOING TO SEND YOU AN AUDIO
00:21:01.72\00:21:04.59
RECORDING. IT SAYS, "I HAVE
HEARD OF THEE BY THE HEARING OF
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THE EAR:" - THIS IS JOB 42:5
- "BUT NOW MINE EYE SEETH THEE."
00:21:07.96\00:21:13.57
SO JOB SAW SOMETHING OF THE FORM
OF GOD - MAYBE WHAT MOSES SAW.
00:21:13.57\00:21:18.37
HIS GLORY MAY HAVE
BEEN VEILED SOMEHOW.
00:21:18.37\00:21:21.18
DO THE ANGELS LOOK DIRECTLY
AT GOD, OR DO THEY COVER THEIR
00:21:21.18\00:21:23.75
FACES WHEN THEY
CRY 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY'?
00:21:23.75\00:21:27.32
AND THESE ARE HOLY ANGELS.
IN HEAVEN, ARE WE GOING TO BE
00:21:27.32\00:21:30.25
ABLE TO SEE HIM
FACE TO FACE SOMEDAY?
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THAT'S HARD - THAT'S AWESOME
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT - IF
00:21:33.19\00:21:36.12
EVEN THE ANGELS VEIL THEIR
FACES, THE FACT THAT YOU AND I -
00:21:36.12\00:21:40.16
MORTALS, SINFUL - WILL SOMEDAY
BE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
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WE'LL HAVE ETERNAL
BODIES. WE'LL BE ABLE TO
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LOOK UPON HIS FACE. AND
JOHN 1:37 - THIS IS WHAT THE
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WHOLE PURPOSE OF LIFE
IS: THE LORD WANTS TO REVEAL
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HIMSELF TO US. IT
SAYS, "THE TWO DISCIPLES
00:21:55.98\00:21:59.65
HEARD HIM SPEAK,
AND THEY FOLLOWED JESUS.
00:21:59.65\00:22:02.35
THEN JESUS TURNED, AND SEEING
THEM FOLLOWING, SAID TO THEM," -
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IT SAID THEY WERE STALKING
CHRIST - 'WHAT DO YOU SEEK?'
00:22:05.72\00:22:08.76
THEY SAID TO HIM, 'RABBI' (WHICH
IS TO SAY, WHEN TRANSLATED,
00:22:08.76\00:22:11.73
TEACHER), 'WHERE
ARE YOU STAYING?'"
00:22:11.73\00:22:14.36
- THEY SAID, 'WE WANT TO TALK
TO YOU.' THEY WERE AFRAID TO
00:22:14.36\00:22:16.16
COME AND APPROACH HIM DIRECTLY
- "HE SAID TO THEM, 'COME AND
00:22:16.16\00:22:18.37
SEE.' THEY CAME AND SAW WHERE HE
WAS STAYING, AND REMAINED WITH
00:22:18.37\00:22:22.50
HIM THAT DAY" -
THEY ABODE WITH HIM.
00:22:22.50\00:22:24.67
DOES THE LORD
WANT TO ABIDE WITH US?
00:22:24.67\00:22:26.71
DOES HE WANT TO
TALK TO US A FRIEND?
00:22:26.71\00:22:29.24
HE WANTS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIS INTELLIGENT CREATURES
00:22:29.24\00:22:31.98
MADE IN HIS IMAGE. AND
SO, NOW, AS WE DELVE - AND
00:22:31.98\00:22:35.78
WE'RE GOING TO DO A FLY-OVER OF
JOB CHAPTERS 38 AND 39 AND GOING
00:22:35.78\00:22:41.96
TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.
GOD BEGINS TO ASK QUESTIONS.
00:22:41.96\00:22:47.50
FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU LOOK IN JOB
38, VERSE 2, "WHO IS THIS WHO
00:22:47.50\00:22:54.04
DARKENS COUNSEL BY WORDS
WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE?" NOW, WHO IS
00:22:54.04\00:22:58.64
GOD TALKING TO THERE? >>JOB.
00:22:58.64\00:23:02.38
>>YEAH, IT SAYS JOB - GOD SPOKE
TO JOB - EVEN THOUGH ELIHU HAS
00:23:02.38\00:23:06.25
JUST FINISHED TALKING,
GOD IS NOW SPEAKING TO JOB.
00:23:06.25\00:23:10.32
BUT I THOUGHT THAT JOB
WAS A PERFECT AND UPRIGHT MAN,
00:23:10.32\00:23:14.29
SO WHY IS HE SORT
OF CHASTISING JOB?
00:23:14.29\00:23:17.86
AND AT THE END OF THE STORY
OF JOB, GOD TELLS JOB TO OFFER
00:23:17.86\00:23:21.00
SACRIFICE FOR HIS
FRIENDS WHO HAD MISSPOKE.
00:23:21.00\00:23:24.97
BUT IT SAID, 'IN ALL THIS JOB
DID NOT SIN.' NOW THERE'S THINGS
00:23:24.97\00:23:29.07
- YOU CAN ASK GOD QUESTIONS AND
THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CAN SAY,
00:23:29.07\00:23:31.87
THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY A SIN,
THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW SOMETHING.
00:23:31.87\00:23:37.11
HE'S SAYING, "WHO IS THIS WHO
DARKENS COUNSEL BY WORDS WITHOUT
00:23:37.11\00:23:41.72
KNOWLEDGE?' YOU KNOW, I THINK
HE'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT JOB,
00:23:41.72\00:23:45.85
EVEN THOUGH HE'S ADDRESSING JOB.
YOU'RE HEARING GOD FINALLY SPEAK
00:23:45.85\00:23:49.89
AFTER MAN HAS BASICALLY
SAID EVERYTHING HE CAN THINK OF
00:23:49.89\00:23:55.76
TO TRY AND EXPLAIN
THE WORKINGS OF GOD.
00:23:55.76\00:23:58.30
YOU'VE GOT ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE,
AND BILDAD AND - THE SHUHITE -
00:23:58.30\00:24:04.51
AND ALL OF JOB'S FRIENDS AND
ELIHU AND THEY'VE ALL GOT A LOT
00:24:04.51\00:24:08.34
TO SAY AND EVEN JOB - AND SO
YOU'VE GOT FIVE PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:24:08.34\00:24:12.58
TALKING HERE - THAT'S
AN INTERESTING NUMBER -
00:24:12.58\00:24:18.79
THE PENTATEUCH IS
THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES.
00:24:18.79\00:24:22.06
AND IN THE PARABLE OF THE RICH
MAN AND LAZARUS, THE RICH MAN
00:24:22.06\00:24:26.73
SAYS TO FATHER
ABRAHAM, 'I HAVE FIVE BROTHERS.
00:24:26.73\00:24:30.23
LET ME GO BACK IN MY FATHER'S
HOUSE AND WARN THEM.' FIVE,
00:24:30.23\00:24:33.50
SOMETIMES, THE WORD - A NUMBER
THAT'S SYNONYMOUS WITH THE WORD
00:24:33.50\00:24:37.31
OF GOD. SO YOU'VE GOT
THESE FIVE MEN THAT ARE TALKING.
00:24:37.31\00:24:40.31
ARE THE STATEMENTS - I'VE SAID
THIS BEFORE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT
00:24:40.31\00:24:42.81
TO UNDERSTAND - EVEN THOUGH JOB
AND HIS THREE FRIENDS - AND EVEN
00:24:42.81\00:24:46.98
ELIHU - DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND
WHY JOB WAS GOING THROUGH WHAT
00:24:46.98\00:24:51.65
HE WENT THROUGH, ARE
THOSE CHAPTERS THE WORD OF GOD?
00:24:51.65\00:24:56.12
>>YES. >>THEY ARE.
00:24:56.12\00:25:00.53
THE STATEMENTS THEY
MAKE, IN PRINCIPLE, ARE TRUE.
00:25:00.53\00:25:05.27
AND YOU GO THROUGH - YOU'RE
GOING TO READ SOME - BOY, ANY
00:25:05.27\00:25:08.90
ONE OF THOSE PRINCES - I MEAN,
THESE ARE GUYS THAT LIVED 150
00:25:08.90\00:25:12.17
YEARS BACK THEN AND THEY HAD
THEIR HEADS CLEAR FOR 140 YEARS.
00:25:12.17\00:25:18.78
I MEAN, THEY HAD JUST MASSIVE
INTELLECT AND THEY HAD THE
00:25:18.78\00:25:22.98
SPIRIT OF GOD. AND
THESE ARE FRIENDS OF JOB AND
00:25:22.98\00:25:25.99
THEY'RE ALL RELATED
TO ESAU AND TO ABRAHAM.
00:25:25.99\00:25:29.49
THEY WERE - THEY
WORSHIPED THE TRUE GOD.
00:25:29.49\00:25:32.03
THEY KNEW JEHOVAH.
THEY PROBABLY PASSED ON
00:25:32.03\00:25:34.50
THE WORD OF GOD ORALLY.
AND WHAT THEY SAID WAS TRUE.
00:25:34.50\00:25:39.43
BUT WHAT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
WAS THE SITUATION OF JOB WAS
00:25:39.43\00:25:43.61
UNIQUE AND THEY WERE WRONG ABOUT
WHY WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO JOB
00:25:43.61\00:25:47.51
WAS HAPPENING TO JOB. BUT
THE WRITINGS IN THE BOOK OF
00:25:47.51\00:25:50.58
JOB WERE ALL INSPIRED BECAUSE
- I SAY THAT - I EMPHASIZE THAT.
00:25:50.58\00:25:54.42
I'VE HEARD PREACHERS READ
SOMETHING FROM THE BOOK OF JOB
00:25:54.42\00:25:56.45
OR I'VE QUOTED SOMETHING, THEY
SAY, 'WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE.'
00:25:56.45\00:25:58.69
I SAY, 'SO WHAT DO
YOU MEAN IT'S NOT TRUE?'
00:25:58.69\00:25:59.59
THEY SAID, 'THAT
WAS HIS FRIEND SPEAKING.
00:25:59.59\00:26:00.92
YOU CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING IN THE
BOOK OF JOB SAID BY HIS FRIENDS
00:26:00.92\00:26:02.99
- THAT'S NOT INSPIRED.' THAT'S
A DANGEROUS ROAD TO GO DOWN.
00:26:02.99\00:26:07.86
AND SO, I BELIEVE IT IS ALL
INSPIRED COUNSEL, BUT THEY HAD
00:26:07.86\00:26:10.73
MISAPPLIED SOME OF IT TO JOB.
AND SO HE ANSWERS THEM AND SAYS,
00:26:10.73\00:26:14.74
"WHO IS THIS WHO DARKENS
COUNSEL BY WORDS WITHOUT...
00:26:14.74\00:26:16.97
NOW PREPARE YOURSELF LIKE A MAN;
I WILL QUESTION YOU, AND YOU
00:26:16.97\00:26:19.67
SHALL ANSWER ME. 'WHERE WERE YOU
WHEN I LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF
00:26:19.67\00:26:22.74
THE EARTH?'" - DOES GOD NOT KNOW
WHERE JOB WAS, OR IS THAT WHAT
00:26:22.74\00:26:26.18
YOU CALL A RHETORICAL QUESTION
- A LITTLE BIT OF SARCASM IN
00:26:26.18\00:26:30.15
THERE? - "TELL ME, IF
YOU HAVE UNDERSTANDING.
00:26:30.15\00:26:33.32
WHO DETERMINED ITS
MEASUREMENTS?" QUESTION MARK.
00:26:33.32\00:26:36.19
MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU'D
TAKE A PENCIL AND GO THROUGH IN
00:26:36.19\00:26:37.99
CHAPTERS 38 AND 39, CIRCLE
EVERYWHERE YOU SEE A QUESTION
00:26:37.99\00:26:40.70
MARK. GOD IS ASKING
JOB A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
00:26:40.70\00:26:46.00
NOW WHY DOES GOD
ASK MAN QUESTIONS?
00:26:46.00\00:26:48.94
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT MAN CAN
TELL GOD THAT GOD DOESN'T KNOW?
00:26:48.94\00:26:53.01
GOD IS OMNISCIENT -
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING.
00:26:53.01\00:26:55.91
SO WHY DOES GOD ASK
QUESTIONS? >>TO MAKE US THINK.
00:26:55.91\00:27:01.25
>>TO MAKE US THINK? WHY DID GOD
SAY TO ADAM, 'WHERE ARE YOU?'
00:27:01.25\00:27:05.19
BECAUSE GOD HAD MISPLACED ADAM?
'OH NO, I'M IN TROUBLE NOW.
00:27:05.19\00:27:09.19
I MADE A MAN IN MY OWN
IMAGE AND I CAN'T FIND HIM.
00:27:09.19\00:27:11.46
WAIT UNTIL THE HOLY SPIRIT
FINDS OUT; THEN I'M IN TROUBLE.'
00:27:11.46\00:27:14.60
IS THAT WHY GOD WAS
SAYING, 'WHERE'D I PUT THAT MAN?
00:27:14.60\00:27:18.50
I KNOW I SET HIM
HERE SOMEWHERE. (LAUGHTER)
00:27:18.50\00:27:21.24
DID GOD KNOW
WHERE HE WAS? >>YES.
00:27:21.24\00:27:23.10
>>YOU KNOW, WE WONDER SOMETIMES,
BECAUSE YOU READ STATEMENTS
00:27:23.10\00:27:25.27
WHERE IT SAYS, 'GOD SAYS TO
ABRAHAM, 'THE CRY OF SODOM CAME
00:27:25.27\00:27:29.08
UP TO ME - I'VE HEARD
REPORTS OF HOW WICKED THEY ARE.
00:27:29.08\00:27:31.48
I'VE COME DOWN TO FIND OUT FOR
MYSELF.' WHAT? DO YOU MEAN HE
00:27:31.48\00:27:34.55
HAD TO COME DOWN TO FIND
OUT? OR DID GOD ALREADY KNOW?
00:27:34.55\00:27:39.02
HE CAME DOWN SO HE COULD BE A
WITNESS TO MANKIND - 'I NOT ONLY
00:27:39.02\00:27:42.32
HEARD THE REPORT OF ANGELS AND
I KNEW THROUGH THE REVELATION OF
00:27:42.32\00:27:45.46
THE SPIRIT, AND BECAUSE
I'M ALL KNOWING, BUT I'VE COME
00:27:45.46\00:27:47.76
PERSONALLY.' AND SO WHY DID
GOD SAY, 'ADAM, WHERE ARE YOU?'
00:27:47.76\00:27:55.94
AND THEN GOD SAYS TO
ADAM, 'WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
00:27:55.94\00:27:57.84
DID GOD NOT KNOW
WHAT HE HAD DONE?
00:27:57.84\00:28:00.91
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PARENTS?
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, FULL
00:28:00.91\00:28:04.91
WELL THAT YOUR KIDS HAVE DONE
SOMETHING WRONG AND YOU EVEN
00:28:04.91\00:28:08.72
KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND
YOU'LL ASK THEM, BECAUSE YOU'RE
00:28:08.72\00:28:10.72
GIVING THEM AN
OPPORTUNITY TO COME CLEAN?
00:28:10.72\00:28:13.76
OR YOU'RE WANTING THEM TO THINK
INTROSPECTIVELY ABOUT WHAT THEIR
00:28:13.76\00:28:17.39
DECISION HAS CAUSED. WHEN GOD
SAID TO ADAM, 'WHERE ARE YOU?'
00:28:17.39\00:28:20.86
WHERE DID SIN BRING
HIM? WHERE DID IT LEAD HIM?
00:28:20.86\00:28:25.17
HE WANTED HIM TO
THINK ABOUT THAT. GOD KNEW.
00:28:25.17\00:28:27.87
SO GOD ASKS SOME GREAT
QUESTIONS IN THE BIBLE.
00:28:27.87\00:28:30.44
HE SAYS, FOR INSTANCE, IN
GENESIS 3:11, "WHO TOLD YOU YOU
00:28:30.44\00:28:33.68
WERE NAKED?' - THEY SAID,
'WE HID BECAUSE WE WERE NAKED.'
00:28:33.68\00:28:36.18
NAKED? "WHO TOLD YOU
THAT YOU WERE NAKED?"
00:28:36.18\00:28:38.91
'HAVE YOU BEEN
TALKING TO THE DEVIL?'
00:28:38.91\00:28:42.28
AND WHERE DOES THAT
GET YOU? "HAVE YOU EATEN
00:28:42.28\00:28:45.19
FROM THE TREE...?" DID
GOD KNOW THAT THEY ATE?
00:28:45.19\00:28:48.32
I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THE
QUESTIONS THAT HE'S ASKING.
00:28:48.32\00:28:51.09
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME
IN JUST A MOMENT MATTHEW 16:13 -
00:28:51.09\00:28:55.13
KATRINA, YOU'LL HAVE
THAT? A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS:
00:28:55.13\00:28:58.37
WHAT DOES GOD SAY TO CAIN?
'WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER ABEL?
00:28:58.37\00:29:02.50
WHERE IS ABEL, YOUR BROTHER?'
DID GOD KNOW WHERE ABEL WAS?
00:29:02.50\00:29:07.21
HE'S GIVING HIM AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REPENT AND TO CONFESS.
00:29:07.21\00:29:11.91
BUT HE DOESN'T. AND
HE SAYS, 'I DON'T KNOW,
00:29:11.91\00:29:15.35
AM I MY BROTHER'S
KEEPER?' AND THEN GOD SAYS,
00:29:15.35\00:29:17.92
'WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?' DID
GOD KNOW WHAT CAIN HAD DONE?
00:29:17.92\00:29:23.16
'THE VOICE OF YOUR BROTHER'S
BLOOD CRIES TO ME FROM THE
00:29:23.16\00:29:25.83
GROUND.' ELIJAH RUNS TO A CAVE;
GOD SAYS TO ELIJAH, 'WHAT ARE
00:29:25.83\00:29:31.30
YOU DOING HERE?' DID GOD NOT
KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING THERE?
00:29:31.30\00:29:35.54
OR WAS GOD ASKING, 'WHY DID YOU
DO THIS?' SO ELIJAH WOULD THINK
00:29:35.54\00:29:41.04
- YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT
ELIJAH DID - YOU READ THE FIRST
00:29:41.04\00:29:43.45
PART OF ELIJAH, GOD SAYS,
'ELIJAH, GO TELL AHAB.' HE GOES.
00:29:43.45\00:29:47.28
GOD SAYS, 'ELIJAH, NOW GO
HIDE BY THE BROOK.' HE GOES.
00:29:47.28\00:29:50.09
RUNS OUT OF WATER AT THE BROOK,
GOD SAYS, 'I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU
00:29:50.09\00:29:52.19
TO ZAREPHATH, THERE'S A WIDOW.'
HE GOES - AND THEN GOD SAYS TO
00:29:52.19\00:29:54.76
ELIJAH, 'NOW I WANT YOU TO
GO REVEAL YOURSELF TO AHAB.' HE
00:29:54.76\00:29:57.89
GOES - AND THEN JEZEBEL
THREATENS HIM AND HE RUNS INTO
00:29:57.89\00:30:01.40
THE WILDERNESS. AND
GOD SAYS, 'I DON'T REMEMBER
00:30:01.40\00:30:04.70
TELLING YOU TO DO THIS.
(LAUGHTER) WHO SENT YOU HERE?'
00:30:04.70\00:30:09.24
YOU SEE, WHAT GOD IS SAYING
IS, 'I - YOU TAKE MY COMMAND.
00:30:09.24\00:30:12.17
YOU DON'T JUST RUN FOR
YOUR LIFE.' AND SO HE'S -
00:30:12.17\00:30:14.91
HE'S RUN 40 DAYS IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION.
00:30:14.91\00:30:19.05
I WAS TALKING TO NATHAN
YESTERDAY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
00:30:19.05\00:30:21.25
THE WILL OF GOD AND IF YOU MAKE
A BAD DECISION REGARDING THE
00:30:21.25\00:30:26.76
WILL OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE AND
YOU KIND OF GET OFF TRACK, DOES
00:30:26.76\00:30:30.29
THAT MEAN THAT HIS WILL FOR YOUR
LIFE NOW IS JUST GONE FOREVER?
00:30:30.29\00:30:35.10
AND I WAS SAYING THAT SOMETIMES
WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING - HOW MANY
00:30:35.10\00:30:38.67
OF YOU HAVE A GPS ON
YOUR PHONE OR IN YOUR CAR?
00:30:38.67\00:30:42.04
THAT'D BE JUST ABOUT
EVERYBODY TODAY, RIGHT?
00:30:42.04\00:30:43.84
I'VE GOT SEVERAL OF THEM.
I'VE GOT ONE ON MY PHONE AND
00:30:43.84\00:30:46.71
WHEN I TRAVEL I TAKE A SEPARATE
ONE BECAUSE I FIND IT'S A LOT
00:30:46.71\00:30:49.01
MORE EFFECTIVE
WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING.
00:30:49.01\00:30:50.78
AND YOU MISS A TURN BECAUSE
YOU'RE IN A STRANGE TOWN, OR YOU
00:30:50.78\00:30:54.85
FORGOT TO CHANGE LANES IN TIME
OR WHATEVER, AND THE GPS SAYS,
00:30:54.85\00:30:58.95
'BOY, DID YOU EVER BLOW
IT. NOW YOU'RE LOST FOREVER.'
00:30:58.95\00:31:01.59
(LAUGHTER) IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS?
THAT - WOULDN'T THAT BE A SCARY
00:31:01.59\00:31:06.39
THING, WITH THAT VOICE THAT
COMES ON WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT?
00:31:06.39\00:31:09.26
(LAUGHTER) 'YOU ARE
LOST.' BUT WHAT DOES IT SAY?
00:31:09.26\00:31:13.44
>>RECALCULATING.
>>RECALCULATING.
00:31:13.44\00:31:15.44
IT SAYS, 'WE'RE GOING TO GIVE
YOU A NEW DIRECTION TO GET TO
00:31:15.44\00:31:18.94
YOUR DESTINATION.'
AND SO, GOD NEVER TOLD
00:31:18.94\00:31:21.88
ELIJAH GO TO THE CAVE.
GOD SAID, 'RECALCULATING.' AND
00:31:21.88\00:31:26.48
THEN WHEN HE SURRENDERED TO THE
LORD, HE HEARD THE STILL SMALL
00:31:26.48\00:31:28.75
VOICE, AND THEN GOD SAID, 'NOW,
HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO.
00:31:28.75\00:31:31.79
I WANT YOU TO GO BACK TO ISRAEL;
I STILL HAVE SEVERAL KNEES THAT
00:31:31.79\00:31:35.22
HAVEN'T BOWED.' IT LOOKS TO ME
- I'VE GOT ALL THIS STUFF ON MY
00:31:35.22\00:31:37.76
JACKET - IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE BEEN
WRESTLING WITH A SHEEP HERE.
00:31:37.76\00:31:41.76
(LAUGHTER) HE SAID, 'I
WANT YOU TO GO BACK TO ISRAEL.
00:31:41.76\00:31:43.47
I WANT YOU TO ANOINT ELISHA,
YOU'RE GOING TO ANOINT HAZIEL
00:31:43.47\00:31:47.90
KING, YOU'RE GOING TO' - HE'S
GOING TO ANOINT JEHU - AND HE
00:31:47.90\00:31:50.04
TELLS HIM, THEN, WHAT TO DO AND
HE GETS BACK ON COURSE AND HE
00:31:50.04\00:31:52.87
STARTS TO FOLLOW GOD'S
DIRECTION FOR HIS LIFE.
00:31:52.87\00:31:55.38
AND SO, WHEN GOD SAID TO
ADAM, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:31:55.38\00:31:57.88
HE SAID TO ELIJAH,
'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:31:57.88\00:32:00.05
GOD ASKS THESE QUESTIONS.
GO AHEAD, READ FOR US,
00:32:00.05\00:32:01.85
PLEASE, MATTHEW 16:13.
>>"WHEN JESUS CAME INTO THE
00:32:01.85\00:32:06.22
REGION OF CAESAREA PHILIPPI,
HE ASKED HIS DISCIPLES, SAYING,
00:32:06.22\00:32:10.83
'WHO DO MEN SAY THAT
I, THE SON OF MAN, AM?"
00:32:10.83\00:32:15.26
>>DID JESUS KNOW WHO
THEY WERE SAYING HE WAS?
00:32:15.26\00:32:19.87
HE KNOWS ALL THINGS. AND
HE WANTED TO GIVE THEM AN
00:32:19.87\00:32:25.01
OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE HE WAS
BRINGING OUT - HE WAS GOING TO
00:32:25.01\00:32:28.68
BRING OUT 'WHO
DO YOU THINK I AM?'
00:32:28.68\00:32:30.45
THEY SAID, 'OH, THEY THINK THAT
YOU'RE MAYBE THE REINCARNATION
00:32:30.45\00:32:32.61
OF ELIJAH' OR 'MAYBE YOU'RE
JEREMIAH OR ONE OF THE PROPHETS'
00:32:32.61\00:32:35.78
OR 'MAYBE YOU'RE THE PROPHET
THAT MOSES SAID WOULD SOMEDAY BE
00:32:35.78\00:32:39.55
COMING TO THE EARTH.' AND THEN
JESUS SAID, 'BUT WHO DO YOU SAY
00:32:39.55\00:32:42.52
THAT I AM?
BECAUSE IT'S NOT IMPORTANT
00:32:42.52\00:32:44.86
WHAT EVERYONE ELSE
THINKS. WHAT DO YOU THINK?'
00:32:44.86\00:32:46.56
YOU SEE, THAT VERY IMPORTANT
DISCOURSE WHERE, ULTIMATELY,
00:32:46.56\00:32:49.80
PETER SAYS, 'THOU ART THE
CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING
00:32:49.80\00:32:51.87
GOD.' JESUS SET UP THAT
INCREDIBLE STATEMENT BY ASKING
00:32:51.87\00:32:55.27
THE QUESTION. YOU
HAVE THAT EXAMPLE IN MARK
00:32:55.27\00:32:57.97
9:33 AND IT SAYS HERE,
"THEN HE CAME TO CAPERNAUM.
00:32:57.97\00:33:03.01
AND WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOUSE
HE ASKED THE DISCIPLES, 'WHAT
00:33:03.01\00:33:06.18
WAS IT YOU DISPUTED
AMONG YOURSELVES ON THE ROAD?'"
00:33:06.18\00:33:10.79
DID HE KNOW WHAT THEY
WERE DISPUTING ALONG THE ROAD?
00:33:10.79\00:33:13.92
YOU SEE, I JUST
ASKED A QUESTION. YES.
00:33:13.92\00:33:18.36
"BUT THEY KEPT SILENT, FOR ON
THE ROAD THEY HAD DISPUTED AMONG
00:33:18.36\00:33:20.83
THEMSELVES WHO
WOULD BE THE GREATEST."
00:33:20.83\00:33:23.23
THEY WERE EMBARRASSED TO TELL
JESUS BECAUSE THEY KNOW JESUS
00:33:23.23\00:33:24.97
WAS SO HUMBLE AND THEY WERE
ALL SAYING, 'AH, I'M BETTER THAN
00:33:24.97\00:33:27.64
YOU.' 'I'VE GOT MORE
EXPERIENCE.' 'OH, YOU GUYS ARE
00:33:27.64\00:33:29.24
TOO YOUNG.' AND THE ONLY THING
THEY AGREED ON IS THAT JUDAS
00:33:29.24\00:33:32.31
WOULD BE THE TREASURER AND
THEY WERE WRONG ABOUT THAT.
00:33:32.31\00:33:36.01
EVERYTHING ELSE THEY
THOUGHT THEY UNDERSTOOD.
00:33:36.01\00:33:37.91
THEY WERE FIGHTING. THEY
WERE MAD BECAUSE JAMES AND
00:33:37.91\00:33:39.81
JOHN HAD PRE-EMPTED THEM AND
GONE TO JESUS WITH - THEY EVEN
00:33:39.81\00:33:44.02
GOT THEIR MOTHER INVOLVED - THEY
THOUGHT THAT WAS A DIRTY TRICK
00:33:44.02\00:33:47.22
- AND SAY, 'WHEN ARE YOU
COMING INTO YOUR KINGDOM?
00:33:47.22\00:33:49.96
THESE TWO SONS OF MINE, CAN THEY
SIT ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT?'
00:33:49.96\00:33:52.26
YOU KNOW, JESUS DIDN'T SAY 'NO'.
00:33:52.26\00:33:54.46
HE SAID, 'THAT'S NOT MINE
TO GIVE.' AND HE SAID, 'ARE YOU
00:33:54.46\00:33:57.27
ABLE TO BE BAPTIZED WITH
THE BAPTISM WHEREWITH I'LL BE
00:33:57.27\00:34:00.24
BAPTIZED?' 'OH, YES, LORD.
WE'RE ABLE.' HE SAID, 'WELL,
00:34:00.24\00:34:02.70
YOU WILL BE
BAPTIZED WITH MY BAPTISM.
00:34:02.70\00:34:05.34
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE ASKING FOR.' AND HE SAID,
00:34:05.34\00:34:08.51
'YOU'RE GOING TO BE
BAPTIZED WITH MY SUFFERINGS.
00:34:08.51\00:34:10.95
BUT THEY THOUGHT, 'OH, IS HE
GOING TO GIVE THEM THE PLACE ON
00:34:10.95\00:34:13.95
THE RIGHT AND THE
LEFT?' AND THEY WERE UPSET.
00:34:13.95\00:34:15.42
AND THEN THEY STARTED ARGUING,
'YOU SHOULDN'T - IT SHOULDN'T BE
00:34:15.42\00:34:17.29
JAMES AND JOHN. IT
OUGHT TO BE PETER AND
00:34:17.29\00:34:18.95
ANDREW.' 'NO, NOT PETER AND
ANDREW - IT SHOULD BE THOMAS.'
00:34:18.95\00:34:21.12
'NO, HE DOUBTS TOO MUCH. IT
SHOULD BE' - AND THEY'RE ALL
00:34:21.12\00:34:23.29
ARGUING WHICH OF THEM WAS THE
GREATEST. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY
00:34:23.29\00:34:26.49
WERE STILL WONDERING WHICH OF
THEM WAS THE GREATEST WHEN THEY
00:34:26.49\00:34:28.36
COME TO THE UPPER ROOM AND
JESUS STARTS WASHING THEIR FEET.
00:34:28.36\00:34:33.13
THEY KNEW SOMEONE SHOULD DO THE
FOOT WASHING THAT NIGHT AND THEY
00:34:33.13\00:34:35.27
THOUGHT, 'I'M NOT
DOING ANY FOOT WASHING.
00:34:35.27\00:34:37.31
THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE
I'M OF A LOWER STANDARD THAN THE
00:34:37.31\00:34:41.31
OTHERS.' AND SO THEY WERE ALL
TOO PROUD TO GET DOWN AND WASH
00:34:41.31\00:34:44.75
EACH OTHER'S FEET AND THEN JESUS
REBUKED THEM BY HIS ACTION OF
00:34:44.75\00:34:48.95
TAKING THE FORM OF A
SERVANT AND WASHING THEIR FEET.
00:34:48.95\00:34:51.42
BUT THEY WERE STILL THINKING
WHICH OF THEM WAS THE GREATEST.
00:34:51.42\00:34:53.56
YOU KNOW WHEN THE
HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT?
00:34:53.56\00:34:55.62
WHEN THEY FINALLY PUT ASIDE
THEIR DIFFERENCES - AFTER THE
00:34:55.62\00:34:58.59
CROSS, AFTER THEY DENIED HIM,
AFTER THEY REALIZED THE MERCY OF
00:34:58.59\00:35:02.70
GOD AND HE DIED FOR THEIR SINS -
THEN THEY HUMBLED THEMSELVES AND
00:35:02.70\00:35:06.77
THEY CAME TOGETHER, THEY PRAYED
TOGETHER, THEY WERE OF ONE
00:35:06.77\00:35:09.57
ACCORD, THEY WEREN'T STRIVING
FOR THE HIGHEST PLACE, THEY
00:35:09.57\00:35:13.24
WEREN'T WONDERING WHO WAS
GETTING PAID HOW MUCH AND WHO
00:35:13.24\00:35:15.54
WOULD GET THE NEXT PROMOTION -
THEN HE COULD POUR OUT THE HOLY
00:35:15.54\00:35:18.81
SPIRIT. AND WHEN IS GOD GOING
TO POUR OUT THE LATTER RAIN?
00:35:18.81\00:35:24.85
WHEN THE CHURCH HAS THE SAME
SPIRIT - WHERE, LIKE PAUL, WE
00:35:24.85\00:35:29.59
CAN SAY WE'VE LEARNED IN
WHATEVER STATE WE'RE IN, TO BE
00:35:29.59\00:35:32.76
CONTENT AND THAT WE'RE GOING
TO SERVE THE LORD WHATEVER OUR
00:35:32.76\00:35:36.40
STATION IN LIFE. WE'RE
NOT STRIVING FOR WHO IS
00:35:36.40\00:35:39.40
THE GREATEST OR WHO IS THE
BEST. SO, ASKING QUESTIONS - ONE
00:35:39.40\00:35:45.47
MORE - I'LL GIVE
YOU ONE MORE QUESTION.
00:35:45.47\00:35:47.08
PAUL - ACTS 9:4 - WHEN JESUS
REVEALS HIMSELF - HIS NAME IS
00:35:47.08\00:35:52.38
SAUL BACK THEN - AND HE
SAYS, 'SAUL, SAUL, WHY ARE YOU
00:35:52.38\00:35:56.82
PERSECUTING ME?'" NOW,
WHY IS JESUS ASKING THAT
00:35:56.82\00:36:01.12
QUESTION, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T
KNOW? HE KNEW. HE'S SAYING,
00:36:01.12\00:36:05.23
'HAVE YOU THOUGHT
ABOUT WHY YOU'RE DOING THIS?'
00:36:05.23\00:36:07.00
IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE
DONKEY SAYING TO BALAAM,
00:36:07.00\00:36:09.06
'WHY HAVE YOU STRUCK
ME THESE THREE TIMES?'
00:36:09.06\00:36:10.83
EVEN THE DONKEY
ASKED A QUESTION, RIGHT?
00:36:10.83\00:36:15.84
AND THE DONKEY KNEW THE
ANSWER MORE THAN BALAAM.
00:36:15.84\00:36:19.64
ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO QUICKLY
- LET'S LOOK - I WANT TO LOOK AT
00:36:19.64\00:36:22.41
CHAPTER 38 WITH YOU AND I'M JUST
GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS.
00:36:22.41\00:36:25.95
SO GOD, HE BEGINS TO
SAY, 'WHERE WERE YOU?'
00:36:25.95\00:36:31.45
- VERSE 4 - I'M IN CHAPTER 38
OF JOB, VERSE 4, "WHERE WERE YOU
00:36:31.45\00:36:34.92
WHEN I LAID THE
FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH?
00:36:34.92\00:36:37.96
TELL ME, IF YOU HAVE
UNDERSTANDING." - NOW, YOU KNOW,
00:36:37.96\00:36:40.46
HE PROBABLY DIDN'T BUILD THE
EARTH LIKE WE SAW THAT CHURCH
00:36:40.46\00:36:43.87
WAS JUST BUILT THERE IN SOUTH
AFRICA, WHERE THEY POURED A
00:36:43.87\00:36:46.10
FOOTING. AND GOD, HE SPOKE
AND IT CAME INTO EXISTENCE.
00:36:46.10\00:36:50.84
YOU GO DOWN TO VERSE 8, "OR WHO
SHUT UP THE SEA WITH DOORS," -
00:36:50.84\00:36:55.94
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY
USED TO IRRIGATE BACK THEN, THEY
00:36:55.94\00:37:00.05
WOULD ACTUALLY DAM OFF THINGS
AND THEN THEY'D OPEN THE GATES -
00:37:00.05\00:37:03.25
THE WOODEN LITTLE FLOODGATES -
AND THEY'D IRRIGATE THEIR CROPS.
00:37:03.25\00:37:05.99
AND SO, IT'S TALKING ABOUT WHAT
DOORS YOU HAVE THAT YOU COULD
00:37:05.99\00:37:08.96
OPEN THAT WOULD
SUPPLY THE OCEAN?
00:37:08.96\00:37:12.46
GOD SAID, 'DID YOU MAKE
THE FLOODGATES FOR THE SEA?'
00:37:12.46\00:37:16.73
THEN YOU GO TO VERSES 12, "HAVE
YOU COMMANDED THE MORNING SINCE
00:37:16.73\00:37:21.27
YOUR DAYS BEGAN, AND CAUSED THE
DAWN TO KNOW ITS PLACE," - SO
00:37:21.27\00:37:25.31
GOD IS TALKING ABOUT THESE BIG
THINGS THAT ARE TOO MAGNIFICENT
00:37:25.31\00:37:28.34
FOR MAN TO COMPREHEND -
"AND CAUSED THE DAWN TO KNOW ITS
00:37:28.34\00:37:32.31
PLACE, THAT IT MIGHT TAKE HOLD
OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH," -
00:37:32.31\00:37:35.42
AND YOU CAN SEE FROM
SKY TO SKY THE SUN RISING.
00:37:35.42\00:37:38.82
GO TO VERSE 16, "HAVE YOU
ENTERED THE SPRINGS OF THE SEA?"
00:37:38.82\00:37:43.36
- YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD A POND
- WE HAD A POND AND THE POND IS
00:37:43.36\00:37:45.59
FED BY A SPRING. GOD'S
SAYING, 'WHAT SPRING IS
00:37:45.59\00:37:49.20
IT THAT CAN SUPPLY THE OCEAN?'
AND YOU DIG DOWN - WHEN YOU WANT
00:37:49.20\00:37:55.34
TO EXPOSE A SPRING YOU DIG DOWN
AND IT'S STILL COMING UP, AND
00:37:55.34\00:37:58.67
YOU DIG DOWN AND IT'S STILL
COMING UP. AND YOU CAN NEVER GET
00:37:58.67\00:38:00.61
TO THE BOTTOM OF WHERE THAT
SPRING'S COMING FROM. AND GOD IS
00:38:00.61\00:38:03.65
SAYING, 'HOW DEEP DO YOU NEED TO
DIG BEFORE YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE
00:38:03.65\00:38:06.35
THE SOURCE OF THE WATER
OF THE OCEANS COMES FROM.
00:38:06.35\00:38:10.09
YOU CAN'T GO HIGH ENOUGH, YOU
CAN'T GO FAR ENOUGH, YOU CAN'T
00:38:10.09\00:38:12.89
THINK WIDE ENOUGH, YOU CAN'T
DIG DEEP ENOUGH - GOD IS ASKING
00:38:12.89\00:38:17.53
THESE BIG PROFOUND QUESTIONS
AND, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE BOOK OF
00:38:17.53\00:38:20.30
JOB IS IN POETRY AND WHEN YOU
FINALLY GET TO THIS SECTION OF
00:38:20.30\00:38:24.23
GOD SPEAKING, IT IS PRETTY
PROFOUND. THEN HE SAYS IN VERSE
00:38:24.23\00:38:28.10
18, "HAVE YOU COMPREHENDED
THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH?"
00:38:28.10\00:38:32.54
YOU KNOW, WHEN COLUMBUS
CONCLUDED THAT THE WORLD WAS
00:38:32.54\00:38:37.15
ROUND, AND HE TOOK OFF SAILING
WEST, WHEN HE GOT TO THE INDIES
00:38:37.15\00:38:47.19
- IT WASN'T THE INDIES; WE CALL
THEM THE INDIES, BUT IT WAS THE
00:38:47.19\00:38:50.23
CARIBBEAN, HE WAS SURE THAT HE
WAS IN THE LAND OF INDIA BECAUSE
00:38:50.23\00:38:54.50
COLUMBUS, WHEN HE CALCULATED
THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH, HE WAS
00:38:54.50\00:38:57.10
ABOUT HALF TOO SHORT.
HE ONLY HAD IT ABOUT HALF
00:38:57.10\00:39:02.17
AS BIG AS IT ACTUALLY IS.
AND MAN CAN'T COMPREHEND THAT.
00:39:02.17\00:39:08.61
NOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WITH
OUR GOOGLE EARTH AND WITH OUR
00:39:08.61\00:39:12.95
SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY NOW,
YEAH, WE CAN MEASURE A LOT MORE
00:39:12.95\00:39:16.35
ACCURATELY, BUT BOY, IN THE
DAYS OF JOB, TO SAY, 'CAN YOU
00:39:16.35\00:39:19.35
COMPREHEND THE
SIZE OF THE EARTH?'
00:39:19.35\00:39:23.36
"WHERE IS THE WAY TO
THE DWELLING OF LIGHT?"
00:39:23.36\00:39:28.60
WHERE DOES LIGHT COME
FROM? NOW HE'S GETTING DEEP.
00:39:28.60\00:39:32.03
WHAT IS LIGHT? GO
TO VERSE 22, "HAVE YOU
00:39:32.03\00:39:35.67
ENTERED THE TREASURY OF
SNOW," - SOMETHING INTERESTING
00:39:35.67\00:39:39.31
HE SAYS ABOUT THIS WHEN HE TALKS
ABOUT THE SNOW - WHERE DOES, YOU
00:39:39.31\00:39:41.81
KNOW, THE SNOW COMES
FROM THE CLOUDS UP THERE.
00:39:41.81\00:39:43.51
CAN YOU ENTER
WAY UP IN THE CLOUDS?
00:39:43.51\00:39:46.05
AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY,
"WHICH I HAVE RESERVED FOR THE
00:39:46.05\00:39:49.25
TIME OF TROUBLE, FOR
THE DAY OF BATTLE AND WAR?"
00:39:49.25\00:39:53.19
NOW NOT ONLY IS HE TALKING ABOUT
SNOW - THE WORD SNOW AND HAIL
00:39:53.19\00:39:56.76
WERE INTERCHANGEABLE FREQUENTLY
- DOES GOD EVER USE HAIL IN THE
00:39:56.76\00:40:00.53
BIBLE, FOR A TIME
OF TROUBLE? >>YES.
00:40:00.53\00:40:02.86
>>DOES IT TELL US THAT
HAILSTONES ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
00:40:02.86\00:40:05.17
TALENT WILL COME DOWN
IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE?
00:40:05.17\00:40:08.40
DID HE HAIL ON HIS ENEMIES IN
ONE OF THE BATTLES WITH ISRAEL
00:40:08.40\00:40:11.94
IN THE DAYS OF
JOSHUA? HE SENT HAIL DOWN.
00:40:11.94\00:40:14.88
IT SAYS IN THE DAY - THE TIME OF
THE PHILISTINES - HE FOUGHT THE
00:40:14.88\00:40:18.25
PHILISTINES WITH HAIL AND
HAIL KILLED MORE THAN THE ARMIES
00:40:18.25\00:40:22.98
KILLED. GO TO VERSE 25, "OR
A PATH FOR THE THUNDERBOLT?"
00:40:22.98\00:40:31.76
AND YOU CAN GO TO VERSE 29,
"FROM WHOSE WOMB COMES THE ICE?
00:40:31.76\00:40:36.60
AND THE FROST OF HEAVEN...THE
WATERS HARDEN LIKE STONE," -
00:40:36.60\00:40:40.77
NOW, YOU KNOW, THE CLIMATE THERE
IN ISRAEL IS SOMETHING LIKE
00:40:40.77\00:40:44.11
CALIFORNIA. YOU KNOW, WE
DO HAVE OCCASIONAL FROST.
00:40:44.11\00:40:47.71
IT'S PRETTY RARE WHEN IT DOES
FREEZE, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE THAT
00:40:47.71\00:40:53.31
EXPERIENCE. AND IT
WAS A MYSTERY FOR THEM.
00:40:53.31\00:40:55.52
THEN HE STARTS
LOOKING UP AT THE SKY.
00:40:55.52\00:40:57.69
HE SAYS, 'CAN YOU BIND THE
CLUSTER OF PLEIADES...OR LOOSE
00:40:57.69\00:41:01.82
THE BELT OF
ORION? CAN YOU BRING OUT
00:41:01.82\00:41:04.29
MAZZAROTH IN ITS
SEASON? OR CAN YOU GUIDE THE
00:41:04.29\00:41:07.03
GREAT BEAR WITH ITS
CUBS?" NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE
00:41:07.03\00:41:09.93
THE KING JAMES - DOES IT SAY
'ARCTURUS' THERE? THAT WAS THE
00:41:09.93\00:41:13.70
NAME OF A CONSTELLATION OF THE
BEAR AND THEY CALLED IT ARCTURUS
00:41:13.70\00:41:19.71
- "DO YOU KNOW THE
ORDINANCES OF THE HEAVENS?"
00:41:19.71\00:41:23.04
NOW HE'S GETTING PRETTY DEEP
BECAUSE EVEN WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY
00:41:23.04\00:41:26.61
TODAY, WE THINK WE'RE PRETTY
SMART BECAUSE WE CAN MEASURE THE
00:41:26.61\00:41:29.55
CIRCLE OF THE EARTH, BUT ONCE
WE START MEASURING SPACE, IT'S
00:41:29.55\00:41:36.09
MIND-BOGGLING FOR US THAT THERE
ARE MORE BLAZING SUNS OUT THERE
00:41:36.09\00:41:42.76
THAN THERE ARE GRAINS OF SAND ON
ALL THE BEACHES OF ALL THE WORLD
00:41:42.76\00:41:47.67
- THAT'S WHAT THE
ASTRONOMERS ARE SAYING.
00:41:47.67\00:41:49.80
AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY KNOW
FROM THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE.
00:41:49.80\00:41:55.01
WITH THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE
THEY TOOK THE ULTRA-DEEP SPACE
00:41:55.01\00:41:58.35
PHOTOGRAPHS AND THEY WENT SO FAR
BACK LOOKING INTO THE UNIVERSE
00:41:58.35\00:42:01.78
AND THEY THOUGHT WE FOUND
THE EDGE OF IT AND IT WAS FILLED
00:42:01.78\00:42:05.22
WITH GALAXIES - 200 BILLION
SUNS PER GALAXY AS AN AVERAGE -
00:42:05.22\00:42:10.03
THEY'RE JUST
GUESSING; THEY DON'T KNOW.
00:42:10.03\00:42:11.83
BUT BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
OF SUNS AND THE SUNS OFTEN HAVE
00:42:11.83\00:42:14.36
OTHER PLANETS
ROTATING AROUND THEM.
00:42:14.36\00:42:16.46
AND SO, NOW GOD IS SAYING,
'ALRIGHT, NOW YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR
00:42:16.46\00:42:18.23
LEAGUE.' HE STARTS
LOOKING UP IN THE HEAVENS.
00:42:18.23\00:42:20.47
HE SAYS, 'WHAT DO
YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?'
00:42:20.47\00:42:22.50
HE SAID, 'YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO
LOOK AT THE OCEAN AND TOUCH THE
00:42:22.50\00:42:24.31
SNOW, BUT CAN YOU
UNDERSTAND THE HEAVENS?'
00:42:24.31\00:42:30.71
"CAN YOU LIFT UP YOUR VOICE
TO THE CLOUDS...CAN YOU SEND OUT
00:42:30.71\00:42:33.15
LIGHTNINGS," - VERSE 36 -
"WHO HAS PUT WISDOM IN THE MIND?
00:42:33.15\00:42:37.49
OR WHO HAS GIVEN
UNDERSTANDING TO THE HEART?"
00:42:37.49\00:42:40.46
HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU CAN
KNOW? HOW IS IT YOU COMPREHEND?
00:42:40.46\00:42:46.33
DOES YOUR MIND
OFTEN RACE WITH THOUGHTS?
00:42:46.33\00:42:48.83
DO YOU EVER THINK
ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT?
00:42:48.83\00:42:51.27
AND JUST WHERE
WISDOM COMES FROM?
00:42:51.27\00:42:53.20
I THINK SO MUCH - I'VE BEEN
DOING A LITTLE BUILDING PROJECT
00:42:53.20\00:42:55.74
AND, AS I WALK FROM ONE ROOM TO
ANOTHER I GET TO THE NEXT ROOM
00:42:55.74\00:42:58.84
AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I CAME
FOR, BECAUSE I'VE THOUGHT SO
00:42:58.84\00:43:01.98
MANY THINGS BETWEEN ONE ROOM AND
THE NEXT, I THINK, 'WHY IN THE
00:43:01.98\00:43:04.38
WORLD'D I COME HERE?' I
HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE OTHER
00:43:04.38\00:43:06.08
ROOM AND START WORKING AGAIN
AND GO, 'OH YEAH, THAT'S WHY I
00:43:06.08\00:43:07.85
CAME.' COME BACK IN - SOMETIMES
I'LL REMEMBER MY SECOND TRIP,
00:43:07.85\00:43:11.15
WHAT WAS - ANYONE ELSE DO THAT?
(LAUGHTER) OH GOOD, I SAW SOME
00:43:11.15\00:43:15.06
YOUNG HANDS GO UP. THAT MADE
ME FEEL BETTER. (LAUGHTER) SO IT
00:43:15.06\00:43:21.36
TALKS ABOUT THE WISDOM OF THE
WISE HERE. SOMEONE'S GOING TO
00:43:21.36\00:43:25.53
READ FOR ME COLOSSIANS 1:16
- THE LORD IS - YES, GO AHEAD.
00:43:25.53\00:43:30.34
>>"FOR BY HIM ALL THINGS WERE
CREATED THAT ARE IN HEAVEN AND
00:43:30.34\00:43:33.71
THAT ARE ON EARTH, VISIBLE AND
INVISIBLE, WHETHER THRONES OR
00:43:33.71\00:43:38.41
DOMINIONS OR
PRINCIPALITIES OR POWERS.
00:43:38.41\00:43:41.55
ALL THINGS WERE CREATED
THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM."
00:43:41.55\00:43:45.49
>>SO AS GOD IS CALLING THE
ATTENTION OF JOB TO THE WONDERS
00:43:45.49\00:43:49.42
OF CREATION, DOES GOD
KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT?
00:43:49.42\00:43:53.23
WHO IS IT THAT IS
SPEAKING WITH JOB?
00:43:53.23\00:43:55.63
IS IT GOD THE
FATHER OR GOD THE SON?
00:43:55.63\00:44:01.20
I THINK IT'S GOD THE SON.
PRINCIPALLY, GOD COMMUNICATES
00:44:01.20\00:44:05.84
WITH MAN THROUGH THE
SPIRIT AND THEN GOD THE SON.
00:44:05.84\00:44:10.01
JESUS IS THE
MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.
00:44:10.01\00:44:12.95
AND, IN THE BATTLE, WHEN THE
DEVIL IS ARGUING WITH GOD ABOUT
00:44:12.95\00:44:18.72
JOB, ISN'T IT THE
DRAGON THAT WARS WITH MICHAEL?
00:44:18.72\00:44:23.22
I THINK IT'S JESUS THAT IS
STANDING UP AS - IN THE DEFENSE.
00:44:23.22\00:44:28.03
AND SO, FINALLY, THE ONE WHO
MADE ALL THINGS - SO WHEN GOD IS
00:44:28.03\00:44:30.97
SAYING, 'I MADE ALL THESE
THINGS', WHO IS IT THAT MADE ALL
00:44:30.97\00:44:32.93
THINGS? GOD THE
FATHER OR THE SON?
00:44:32.93\00:44:35.84
>>THE SON. >>THE FATHER MADE ALL
00:44:35.84\00:44:36.94
THINGS THROUGH THE SON.
JOHN - THE GOSPEL OF JOHN -
00:44:36.94\00:44:40.38
FIRST CHAPTER, FIRST VERSE - "IN
THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND
00:44:40.38\00:44:43.75
THE WORD WAS WITH
GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD.
00:44:43.75\00:44:46.65
HE WAS IN THE
BEGINNING WITH GOD.
00:44:46.65\00:44:48.48
ALL THINGS" - THAT WERE MADE
- "WERE MADE THROUGH HIM, AND
00:44:48.48\00:44:51.59
WITHOUT HIM NOTHING
WAS MADE THAT WAS MADE."
00:44:51.59\00:44:54.76
HE SPOKE AND IT WAS DONE.
HE COMMANDED AND IT STOOD FAST.
00:44:54.76\00:44:57.79
GOD SPOKE AND ALL THESE
THINGS CAME INTO EXISTENCE.
00:44:57.79\00:45:00.60
AND SO - NOW, WHEN YOU'RE
READING THROUGH JOB, YOU KNOW,
00:45:00.60\00:45:03.57
THE CHAPTERS AND VERSES IN THE
BIBLE ARE NOT A HARD FAST RULE
00:45:03.57\00:45:07.34
THAT THEY'RE INSPIRED IN ANY WAY
- THEY'RE SORT OF PLACED - AND
00:45:07.34\00:45:10.17
SOMETIMES THEY'RE
A LITTLE MISPLACED.
00:45:10.17\00:45:11.61
UP UNTIL YOU GET TO VERSE 36 -
THE VERSE 35 HE IS TALKING ABOUT
00:45:11.61\00:45:20.12
THINGS - LIGHTNING, OCEANS,
STARS, WATER, SNOW - NOW YOU GET
00:45:20.12\00:45:26.49
TO VERSE 36, "WHO HAS
PUT WISDOM IN THE MIND?
00:45:26.49\00:45:29.46
OR WHO HAS GIVEN
UNDERSTANDING TO THE HEART?"
00:45:29.46\00:45:31.36
WHO CAN GIVE WISDOM? AND
THEN HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT
00:45:31.36\00:45:33.93
ANIMALS AT THIS POINT: "CAN YOU
HUNT THE PREY FOR THE LION," -
00:45:33.93\00:45:37.57
VERSE 39 - SO IT TALKS ABOUT THE
LION. YOU GO TO VERSE - CHAPTER
00:45:37.57\00:45:42.04
39 OF JOB AND YOU GO TO THE
FIRST VERSE - THE WILD MOUNTAIN
00:45:42.04\00:45:45.54
GOATS, THE DEER - GO TO
VERSE 5 - THE WILD DONKEY.
00:45:45.54\00:45:52.35
YOU GO TO VERSE 9 - THE
OX - VERSE 13 - THE OSTRICH.
00:45:52.35\00:45:58.12
AND HE DOESN'T SAY - HE SAYS
SOME THINGS ABOUT THE - VERSE 17
00:45:58.12\00:46:02.19
- ABOUT THE OSTRICH - HE SAYS,
"BECAUSE GOD DEPRIVED HER OF
00:46:02.19\00:46:04.63
WISDOM, (LAUGHS) AND DID NOT
ENDOW HER WITH UNDERSTANDING."
00:46:04.63\00:46:09.73
ANYWAY, AND THEN HE SAYS
THE HORSE - HE'S GOT A BEAUTIFUL
00:46:09.73\00:46:13.23
STATEMENT ON THE HORSE THERE -
THE STRENGTH AND THE MAJESTY OF
00:46:13.23\00:46:16.34
THE HORSE. AND THEN
GO TO VERSE 26, "DOES
00:46:16.34\00:46:20.58
THE HAWK FLY BY YOUR
WISDOM, AND SPREAD ITS WINGS
00:46:20.58\00:46:24.75
TOWARD THE SOUTH? DOES
THE EAGLE MOUNT UP AT YOUR
00:46:24.75\00:46:27.28
COMMAND, AND
MAKE ITS NEST ON HIGH?
00:46:27.28\00:46:31.19
ON THE ROCK IT DWELLS AND
RESIDES, ON THE CRAG OF THE ROCK
00:46:31.19\00:46:34.86
AND THE STRONGHOLD.
FROM THERE IT SPIES OUT THE
00:46:34.86\00:46:37.73
PREY; ITS EYES OBSERVE FROM
AFAR." EVEN BACK THEN THEY KNEW
00:46:37.73\00:46:42.20
THAT THE EAGLE COULD SEE
VERY FAR BECAUSE IT'D BE SITTING
00:46:42.20\00:46:44.83
THERE LOOKING CALM. ALL
OF A SUDDEN IT WOULD SPOT
00:46:44.83\00:46:46.47
SOMETHING THREE MILES AWAY,
ZOOM IN, AND PICK UP A MOUSE.
00:46:46.47\00:46:50.21
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN'T DO
ALL THAT TESTING BACK THEN, THEY
00:46:50.21\00:46:52.54
KNEW THAT EAGLES
HAD INCREDIBLE SIGHT.
00:46:52.54\00:46:56.91
AND IT TALKS ABOUT
CARING FOR THE EAGLE.
00:46:56.91\00:47:01.45
NOW, I DON'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ANOTHER LESSON
00:47:01.45\00:47:03.28
THAT'S GOING TO BE DEALING
WITH SOME OF THESE FOLLOWING
00:47:03.28\00:47:05.12
CHAPTERS, BUT THERE IS A SECTION
HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE WISDOM
00:47:05.12\00:47:08.22
OF THE WISE. ROMANS
CHAPTER 11 - TALKS A
00:47:08.22\00:47:13.46
LITTLE ABOUT THE WISDOM HE SAYS
THAT HE GIVES MAN, THAT - TO
00:47:13.46\00:47:16.16
COMPREHEND THESE
THINGS THAT GOD HAS MADE.
00:47:16.16\00:47:18.17
"OH THE DEPTH OF THE RICHES BOTH
OF THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF
00:47:18.17\00:47:22.40
GOD! HOW UNSEARCHABLE ARE HIS
00:47:22.40\00:47:24.84
JUDGMENTS AND HIS
WAYS PAST FINDING OUT!"
00:47:24.84\00:47:29.24
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TRY TO DEFINE
GOD - IT'S INTERESTING, YOU GET
00:47:29.24\00:47:33.42
A BUNCH OF THEOLOGIANS IN A ROOM
AND SAY, 'HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE
00:47:33.42\00:47:36.48
ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.' AND YOU
WONDER WHAT GOD THINKS WHEN HE
00:47:36.48\00:47:40.09
LOOKS DOWN AT
MEN EXPLAINING HIM.
00:47:40.09\00:47:43.59
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU LOOKING
DOWN AT A WORM, YOU KNOW,
00:47:43.59\00:47:47.40
EXPLAINING A HUMAN. JUST -
HE IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN US.
00:47:47.40\00:47:53.64
HE'S PAST FINDING
OUT. "FOR WHO HAS KNOWN
00:47:53.64\00:47:56.07
THE MIND OF THE LORD?" JOB
AND HIS FRIENDS THOUGHT THEY
00:47:56.07\00:47:59.54
COULD EXPLAIN WHY
GOD DOES WHAT HE DOES.
00:47:59.54\00:48:01.84
NOW, IS THERE SOMETHING OF THE
MIND OF GOD WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND?
00:48:01.84\00:48:04.71
>>AMEN. >>YEAH,
THE LORD REVEALS A LOT
00:48:04.71\00:48:07.25
ABOUT HIS PRINCIPLES,
HIS LAWS, HOW HE OPERATES.
00:48:07.25\00:48:11.39
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT GOD'S
GOING TO DO FROM DAY TO DAY.
00:48:11.39\00:48:15.19
HE GIVES US PROPHECIES THAT KIND
OF GIVE US THE BIG PICTURE, BUT
00:48:15.19\00:48:17.76
AREN'T WE ALWAYS SURPRISED
AS WE LOOK BACK AT A FULFILLED
00:48:17.76\00:48:20.20
PROPHECY? WE SAY,
'OH, THAT'S WHAT HE
00:48:20.20\00:48:23.00
MEANT.' WERE THERE PROPHECIES
ABOUT JESUS' DEATH ON THE CROSS?
00:48:23.00\00:48:27.47
HUNDREDS OF THEM.
DID THE DISCIPLES THINK
00:48:27.47\00:48:29.70
THEY UNDERSTOOD IT?
THEY THOUGHT THEY DID.
00:48:29.70\00:48:32.31
THEY THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO
END UP ON A WHITE HORSE SOMEHOW
00:48:32.31\00:48:34.68
ATTACKING THE
ROMANS AND LEADING AN ARMY.
00:48:34.68\00:48:37.15
JESUS SAID, 'YOU DON'T GET IT.'
THEY COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTOOD
00:48:37.15\00:48:40.48
THOSE PROPHECIES
ABOUT THE MESSIAH.
00:48:40.48\00:48:42.85
AFTERWARD THEY LOOKED BACK AND
THEY WENT, 'AH, THAT'S WHAT IT
00:48:42.85\00:48:46.62
MEANT WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD
SUFFER AND HE WOULD DIE.' JESUS
00:48:46.62\00:48:49.96
SAID, 'WHEN THESE THINGS
ARE COME TO PASS, THEN YOU'LL
00:48:49.96\00:48:51.89
UNDERSTAND. "OR WHO
HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM
00:48:51.89\00:48:56.16
AND IT SHALL BE REPAID TO HIM?
FOR OF HIM AND THROUGH HIM AND
00:48:56.16\00:49:01.07
TO HIM ARE ALL THINGS,
TO WHOM BE GLORY FOREVER."
00:49:01.07\00:49:04.94
ALL OF OUR
WISDOM COMES FROM GOD.
00:49:04.94\00:49:07.61
DEUTERONOMY 29:29, "THE SECRET
THINGS BELONG TO THE LORD OUR
00:49:07.61\00:49:11.55
GOD, BUT THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE
REVEALED BELONG TO US AND TO OUR
00:49:11.55\00:49:14.42
CHILDREN FOREVER."
NOW, COMPARED WITH WHAT THE
00:49:14.42\00:49:21.12
WORLD KNOWS, THE
CHURCH KNOWS A LOT.
00:49:21.12\00:49:26.90
THE WISDOM THAT GOD GIVES US IN
HIS WORD IS AMAZING AND I AM SO
00:49:26.90\00:49:31.77
THANKFUL FOR THE BIBLE AND
THE PRINCIPLES OF TRUTH THAT YOU
00:49:31.77\00:49:34.30
FIND IN THE WORD. AND
EVEN MOSES, WHEN HE TALKED
00:49:34.30\00:49:36.17
TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HE
SAID, 'WHAT PEOPLE IS THERE THAT
00:49:36.17\00:49:39.51
IS SO WISE, THAT HAS A GOD
SO NEAR TO THEM, THAT HAS THE
00:49:39.51\00:49:42.71
ORACLES OF GOD IN THEIR HANDS
AND ON THEIR LIPS' AND YOU THINK
00:49:42.71\00:49:47.18
ABOUT THE WISDOM
THAT GOD GIVES HIS PEOPLE.
00:49:47.18\00:49:49.35
IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN
WHAT THE WORLD STRUGGLES WITH.
00:49:49.35\00:49:52.45
I HEAR THE GOOFIEST THINGS
OUT IN THE WORLD ABOUT THE
00:49:52.45\00:49:55.46
PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE AND
REINCARNATION - 'YEAH, I USED TO
00:49:55.46\00:49:59.09
BE A PIG BUT I CAME BACK AS A
HUMAN.' AND YOU THINK ABOUT - I
00:49:59.09\00:50:03.63
DON'T MEAN TO BE DEROGATORY, BUT
THE WISDOM THAT GOD GIVES THE
00:50:03.63\00:50:08.84
CHURCH IS WONDERFUL, BUT
COMPARED TO WHAT GOD KNOWS, HOW
00:50:08.84\00:50:13.34
MUCH DO WE KNOW? VERY LITTLE.
BUT HE HAS THINGS HE'S REVEALED.
00:50:13.34\00:50:21.02
1 CORINTHIANS 1:18, "FOR
THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS IS
00:50:21.02\00:50:25.02
FOOLISHNESS TO THOSE WHO
ARE PERISHING, BUT TO US WHO ARE
00:50:25.02\00:50:28.49
BEING SAVED IT
IS THE POWER OF GOD.
00:50:28.49\00:50:30.79
FOR IT IS WRITTEN: 'I WILL
DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE,
00:50:30.79\00:50:33.90
AND BRING TO NOTHING THE
UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRUDENT.'
00:50:33.90\00:50:36.23
WHERE IS THE WISE?
WHERE IS THE SCRIBE?
00:50:36.23\00:50:38.23
WHERE IS THE
DISPUTER OF THIS AGE?
00:50:38.23\00:50:40.00
HAS NOT GOD MADE FOOLISH
THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD?
00:50:40.00\00:50:43.87
FOR SINCE, IN THE WISDOM OF GOD,
THE WORLD THROUGH WISDOM DID NOT
00:50:43.87\00:50:47.64
KNOW GOD, IT PLEASED GOD THROUGH
THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE MESSAGE
00:50:47.64\00:50:51.28
PREACHED TO SAVE
THOSE WHO BELIEVE.
00:50:51.28\00:50:53.68
FOR JEWS REQUEST A SIGN, AND
GREEKS SEEK AFTER WISDOM; BUT WE
00:50:53.68\00:50:57.62
PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED, TO THE
JEWS A STUMBLING BLOCK AND TO
00:50:57.62\00:51:01.66
THE GREEKS FOOLISHNESS, BUT TO
THOSE WHO ARE CALLED, BOTH JEWS
00:51:01.66\00:51:04.99
AND GREEKS, CHRIST THE POWER
OF GOD AND THE WISDOM OF GOD.
00:51:04.99\00:51:09.63
BECAUSE THE FOOLISHNESS OF
GOD IS WISER THAN MEN, AND THE
00:51:09.63\00:51:13.94
WEAKNESS OF GOD IS
STRONGER THAN MEN."
00:51:13.94\00:51:17.11
GOD IS SO MUCH - FAR SUPERIOR TO
US THAT EVEN HIS FOOLISHNESS IS
00:51:17.11\00:51:20.58
WISER THAN WE ARE. AND
THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
00:51:20.58\00:51:25.25
GO TO THE LAST SECTION HERE:
REPENTING IN DUST AND ASHES .
00:51:25.25\00:51:29.38
AFTER GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO
JOB, THE ONLY RESPONSE OF JOB
00:51:29.38\00:51:32.55
IS, KIND OF, 'WOE IS ME.'
AND YOU CAN READ IN JOB 40:1-5,
00:51:32.55\00:51:38.09
"...THE LORD ANSWERED JOB,
AND SAID: 'SHALL THE ONE WHO
00:51:38.09\00:51:41.70
CONTENDS WITH THE
ALMIGHTY CORRECT HIM?
00:51:41.70\00:51:44.23
HE WHO REBUKES GOD, LET HIM
ANSWER IT.'" ARE YOU GOING TO
00:51:44.23\00:51:47.24
REBUKE GOD? "THEN
JOB ANSWERED THE LORD AND
00:51:47.24\00:51:49.97
SAID: 'BEHOLD, I AM
VILE; WHAT SHALL I ANSWER YOU?
00:51:49.97\00:51:53.61
I LAY MY HAND OVER MY MOUTH."
NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ
00:51:53.61\00:51:56.48
ISAIAH 6:5 - JUST A
MOMENT, WE'LL HAVE THAT.
00:51:56.48\00:52:00.78
JOB SAID, "I LAY
MY HAND OVER MY MOUTH.
00:52:00.78\00:52:03.49
ONCE I HAVE SPOKEN, BUT I WILL
NOT ANSWER; YES, TWICE, BUT I
00:52:03.49\00:52:07.39
WILL PROCEED NO FURTHER.'"
YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THEY SPOKE TO
00:52:07.39\00:52:09.99
GOD, THEY ALWAYS
MEASURED HOW MUCH THEY SAID.
00:52:09.99\00:52:12.49
AND ABRAHAM, WHEN HE'S ARGUING
WITH GOD, 'IF THERE'S FIVE
00:52:12.49\00:52:15.73
RIGHTEOUS IN THE CITY - FORGIVE
ME, I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN ONCE; LET
00:52:15.73\00:52:18.10
ME SPEAK AGAIN.' YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE TALKING TO A KING, YOU'RE
00:52:18.10\00:52:21.27
LUCKY IF YOU GET ONE QUESTION,
AND SO ABRAHAM SAID, 'LORD, I'M
00:52:21.27\00:52:25.87
GOING TO VENTURE TO PRESS THIS
A LITTLE FURTHER BECAUSE I DON'T
00:52:25.87\00:52:28.28
WANT LOT TO BE DESTROYED.
AND SO JOB SAID, 'OH, YOU KNOW,
00:52:28.28\00:52:31.81
I TRIED TO DEFEND
MYSELF THESE SEVERAL TIMES.
00:52:31.81\00:52:34.12
LORD, FORGIVE ME, I
MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING
00:52:34.12\00:52:37.09
ON.' GO AHEAD,
READ ISAIAH 6:5 PLEASE.
00:52:37.09\00:52:41.39
>>ISAIAH 6:5, "THEN SAID I:
'WOE IS ME, FOR I AM UNDONE!
00:52:41.39\00:52:46.63
BECAUSE I AM A MAN OF UNCLEAN
LIPS; AND I DWELL IN THE MIDST
00:52:46.63\00:52:49.66
OF A PEOPLE OF UNCLEAN LIPS; FOR
MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE KING,
00:52:49.66\00:52:54.04
THE LORD OF HOSTS.'" >>AMEN.
00:52:54.04\00:52:56.24
>>WHEN WE REALLY HAVE GOD REVEAL
HIMSELF TO US IN HIS GLORY, ALL
00:52:56.24\00:53:00.18
OF US WILL HAVE AN
ATTITUDE OF HUMILITY, AMEN?
00:53:00.18\00:53:03.21
>>AMEN. >>IT'S
LIKE THAT STORY, WHEN
00:53:03.21\00:53:05.55
PETER'S IN THE BOAT WITH JESUS
AND JESUS WORKS A MIRACLE AND
00:53:05.55\00:53:08.68
FILLS PETER'S BOAT - JAMES' AND
JOHN'S BOAT WITH SO MUCH FISH
00:53:08.68\00:53:11.39
THE BOATS CAN'T CONTAIN IT AND
PETER SEES THAT IT'S A MIRACLE,
00:53:11.39\00:53:15.76
AND HE FALLS DOWN AT JESUS'
FEET - HE'S IN THE BOAT AND
00:53:15.76\00:53:19.36
HE KNEELS BEFORE CHRIST. HE
SAYS, 'LORD, DEPART FROM ME.
00:53:19.36\00:53:21.93
I AM A SINFUL MAN. AND
JESUS SAID, 'DON'T BE AFRAID,
00:53:21.93\00:53:25.70
HEREAFTER YOU WILL CATCH
MEN.' AND SO, HE HAD THAT HUMBLE
00:53:25.70\00:53:30.54
ATTITUDE AND THAT'S WHAT
THE BIBLE IS TELLING GOD - HE'S
00:53:30.54\00:53:34.14
TELLING US HE CAN WORK - HE
SAYS, 'DON'T BE AFRAID, FOR NOW
00:53:34.14\00:53:36.38
ON YOU WILL CATCH MEN.' BUT ALL
OF US SHOULD REALIZE, LIKE JOB,
00:53:36.38\00:53:41.85
YOU KNOW, I
REPENT IN DUST AND ASHES.
00:53:41.85\00:53:43.95
IF WE'RE BROUGHT INTO THE
PRESENCE OF GOD, NONE OF US FEEL
00:53:43.95\00:53:45.89
WORTHY. IT'S ONLY
THROUGH CHRIST THAT
00:53:45.89\00:53:47.96
WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
DAY WE'LL SEE HIM FACE TO FACE.
00:53:47.96\00:53:50.86
AMEN? >>AMEN.
00:53:50.86\00:53:52.93
>>ALRIGHT, THAT KIND OF
WRAPS UP OUR LESSON TIME.
00:53:52.93\00:53:55.10
I WANT TO REMIND THOSE WHO ARE
WATCHING, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL
00:53:55.10\00:53:58.60
GIFT BOOK CALLED THE VOICE
OF GOD AND WE'LL SEND YOU A FREE
00:53:58.60\00:54:01.94
COPY OF THIS,
JUST CALL 866-788-3966.
00:54:01.94\00:54:06.78
AND I'M NOT SURE, CAN
THEY READ THIS ONLINE?
00:54:06.78\00:54:09.31
NO, YOU HAVE TO SEND FOR THIS
ONE - 866-STUDY-MORE - WE'LL
00:54:09.31\00:54:12.18
SEND YOU A COPY - READ IT
AND YOU CAN SHARE WITH A FRIEND.
00:54:12.18\00:54:14.52
AND GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL WE
STUDY HIS WORD AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
00:54:14.52\00:54:20.42
(MUSIC)
00:54:20.42\00:54:28.50
>>HELLO FRIENDS, WE ALL
KNOW A MARATHON IS ONE OF THE
00:54:28.50\00:54:30.90
LONGEST AND HARDEST RACES A
PERSON CAN RUN, BUT DID YOU HEAR
00:54:30.90\00:54:34.30
ABOUT THE ULTRA MARATHON
THEY USED TO HAVE IN AUSTRALIA?
00:54:34.30\00:54:38.17
IT WAS 544 MILES
FROM MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY.
00:54:38.17\00:54:42.01
IT ATTRACTED AS MANY AS
150 WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES.
00:54:42.01\00:54:45.81
BUT THEN, SOMETHING HAPPENED
THAT NO ONE WOULD EVER FORGET.
00:54:45.81\00:54:48.52
IN 1983 A 61-YEAR-OLD POTATO
FARMER NAMED CLIFF YOUNG DECIDED
00:54:48.52\00:54:53.72
TO ENTER THE RACE. THE
PEOPLE WERE VERY AMUSED
00:54:53.72\00:54:56.12
BECAUSE HE HAD ON RUBBER
GALOSHES OVER HIS BOOTS AND,
00:54:56.12\00:54:59.46
WHEN THE RACE BEGAN AND ALL THE
RUNNERS TOOK OFF, SURE ENOUGH,
00:54:59.46\00:55:02.80
OLD CLIFF WAS LEFT BEHIND
SHUFFLING ALONG VERY SLOWLY
00:55:02.80\00:55:06.57
- BUT HE WAS
SHUFFLING VERY PERSISTENTLY.
00:55:06.57\00:55:09.54
NORMALLY, DURING THIS SEVEN-DAY
RACE, THE RUNNERS WOULD GO ABOUT
00:55:09.54\00:55:12.97
18 HOURS RUNNING AND THEY'D
SLEEP FOR SIX HOURS, BUT NOBODY
00:55:12.97\00:55:16.75
EVER TOLD CLIFF THAT.
WHEN THE OTHER RUNNERS STOPPED
00:55:16.75\00:55:19.91
TO REST DURING THE NIGHT,
CLIFF JUST KEPT ON RUNNING.
00:55:19.91\00:55:23.05
SOME PEOPLE WERE AFRAID OLD
CLIFF WAS GOING TO HAVE A HEART
00:55:23.05\00:55:25.45
ATTACK AND THEY WERE ASKING THE
RACE ORGANIZERS TO SHOW MERCY
00:55:25.45\00:55:28.72
AND STOP THE CRAZY OLD MAN,
BUT HE WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT.
00:55:28.72\00:55:32.16
EACH DAY HE WAS GAINING ON
THE PACK BECAUSE, WHEN THEY WERE
00:55:32.16\00:55:35.03
SLEEPING, HE WAS PLODDING ALONG.
DURING THE LAST NIGHT OF THE
00:55:35.03\00:55:39.13
RACE CLIFF PASSED ALL OF
THESE WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES.
00:55:39.13\00:55:43.14
NOT ONLY WAS CLIFF ABLE TO
RUN THAT 544-MILE RACE WITHOUT
00:55:43.14\00:55:47.21
DYING, HE WON, BEATING ALL
THE OTHER RACERS BY 9 HOURS,
00:55:47.21\00:55:51.58
BREAKING THE RECORD AND BECOMING
A NATIONAL HERO IN THE PROCESS.
00:55:51.58\00:55:55.52
WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING IS THAT
WHEN THEY TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD
00:55:55.52\00:55:57.49
WON THE $10,000 PRIZE, HE LOOKED
CONFUSED AND SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW
00:55:57.49\00:56:01.22
THERE WAS A PRIZE AND HE DECIDED
TO SHARE IT WITH THE OTHER
00:56:01.22\00:56:03.89
RUNNERS. WHEN
ASKED HOW HE WAS ABLE
00:56:03.89\00:56:06.53
TO RUN ALL NIGHT LONG, CLIFF
RESPONDED THAT HE GREW UP ON A
00:56:06.53\00:56:09.50
FARM WHERE THEY HAD ABOUT 2,000
HEAD OF CATTLE AND, BECAUSE THEY
00:56:09.50\00:56:12.37
COULDN'T AFFORD HORSES, HE
USED TO HAVE TO ROUND THEM UP ON
00:56:12.37\00:56:14.94
FOOT, SOMETIMES RUNNING
TWO AND THREE DAYS NON-STOP.
00:56:14.94\00:56:18.37
SO, THROUGHOUT THE RACE, HE JUST
IMAGINED HE WAS CHASING AFTER
00:56:18.37\00:56:21.18
THE COWS AND TRYING TO OUTRUN A
STORM. OLD CLIFF'S SECRET WAS TO
00:56:21.18\00:56:25.75
KEEP ON RUNNING
WHILE OTHERS WERE SLEEPING.
00:56:25.75\00:56:28.52
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US
THAT THE RACE IS NOT NECESSARILY
00:56:28.52\00:56:31.95
TO THE SWIFT - SOMETHING LIKE
AESOP'S FABLE OF THE TORTOISE
00:56:31.95\00:56:35.32
AND THE HARE - THE TORTOISE
JUST KEPT ON PLODDING ALONG.
00:56:35.32\00:56:38.99
THAT'S WHY JESUS TELLS US IN
MATTHEW 24:13, "HE THAT ENDURES
00:56:38.99\00:56:42.86
UNTO THE END, THE
SAME WILL BE SAVED."
00:56:42.86\00:56:45.53
NOW YOU MIGHT SLIP AND FALL
DURING THE RACE; YOU MIGHT EVEN
00:56:45.53\00:56:48.37
GET OFF TO A BAD START, BUT IN
THE CHRISTIAN RACE THAT WE RUN,
00:56:48.37\00:56:51.97
THE MAIN THING IS
YOU WANT TO FINISH WELL.
00:56:51.97\00:56:54.68
KEEP ON RUNNING, FRIENDS,
AND DON'T GIVE UP. (MUSIC)
00:56:54.68\00:57:06.45
>>CAN'T GET ENOUGH
AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY?
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>>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
00:57:36.28\00:57:40.09
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS
WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY
00:57:40.09\00:57:43.96
OF THE WEEK. NOW,
EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF
00:57:43.96\00:57:47.10
PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST
DAY. WHAT HAPPENED? WHY DID GOD
00:57:47.10\00:57:51.43
CREATE A DAY OF REST?
DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY
00:57:51.43\00:57:54.74
WE WORSHIP? WHO WAS
BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT?
00:57:54.74\00:57:58.01
DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S
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