Hello, friends welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath Group Panel.
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I'm John Lomacang.
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And thank you
for taking the time
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to join us in our excursion
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through the Word of God.
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The second quarter's
lesson is Moses' history lesson
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and the overall theme
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is Present Truth in Deuteronomy.
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What a powerful book.
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One of the most quoted
books in the life of Jesus.
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If you'd like to
get a copy of that,
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you can do it one of two ways.
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Go to ABSG.adventist.org
and download a copy.
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Or better yet,
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go to your local
Seventh Day Adventist Church,
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walk in, tell them 3ABN sent you
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and join them together
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for an exciting time
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as we study God's Word.
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But don't go away,
we'll be right back
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for this powerful lesson study.
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Hello, friends.
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Welcome to 3ABN
Sabbath school panel.
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I'm John Lomacang.
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Thank you for
taking the time to join us.
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We always enjoy your company,
even though we don't see you,
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we know you are there.
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We get your letters.
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We've heard the people comment
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how this is one of
their favorite programs.
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It's one of ours too
because it's keeping us in sync
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with the world church
everywhere you go on the world.
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When I was in Myanmar year ago,
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I saw their
Sabbath School lesson.
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I couldn't read it at all.
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But the picture
on the cover told me
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they were
following the same lesson.
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So thank you from
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wherever you're joining us from.
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We have a great panel
today to my immediate less...
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My immediate left.
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I'm James and he is...
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John. Don't take my name.
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I am John, he's James.
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That's right. We
are the Sons of Thunder.
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I did that intentionally
to see if you could catch it.
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Good to have you here, James.
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Your second lesson with us.
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We're really
breaking you and aren't we?
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Good to be here,
John? Yeah, it's a blessing.
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And are you
ready for the lesson?
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I'm going to feed right
off you whatever you share.
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I'm going to just go with that.
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Okay. Okay. Ready to go.
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And one of my
favorite Bible students
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who always has it put together
very well, I appreciate that.
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Jill, good to have you here.
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Thank you so much, Pastor John.
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We have nine takeaways today.
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Nine? Nine.
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Wow. And the lady from Texas.
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Shelley, how
you doing? I'm fine.
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I have too many
notes. But I'm fine.
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And way down there
the sing in Israel.
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Are you ready? Always I am.
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Sometimes,
sometimes you break out
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in the middle of
the lesson sing a song.
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You never know. Watch out.
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When inspiration
happens. That's right.
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Would you begin
with our prayer today?
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Absolutely.
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Father in Heaven,
Lord, we are so thankful
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and so joyous and excited to be
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on this panel
once more to be meeting
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with all of our
friends and family
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around the world right now.
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Wherever they are,
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we just thank You
for those watching.
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And, Lord, we are
opening Your Word today.
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And we dare not go any further
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without asking for
the spiritual guidance
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of Your Holy Spirit,
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to give us the mind of
Christ, spiritual discernment,
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and understanding to rightly
divide Your Word of truth.
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May we be drawn to Jesus
Christ because of this study,
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as we go through
the history of Moses.
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Lord, take us through this
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and help us to
see you and Your love.
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We ask in Jesus' Holy Name.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, one of my people that
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I really like to hear
talk is Clifford Goldstein.
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He always reminds me
what's good about New York.
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And he's got a
great New York accent.
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And he's a great writer.
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And we talked about this,
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his writing style
was interesting, Jill,
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because it was not
necessarily an order,
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but it was in themes.
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Yes.
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And this is something
we're going to enjoy very much.
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And I like this one
because it's about history.
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I've been here at
3ABN now 18 years,
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and I look back and
think, "Wow, what a history."
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And we all can take a
time to pause in our lives
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when we look at where we are.
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And we pause and ask
ourselves the question,
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how did we get there?
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Well, you know, the
Lord is so wonderful.
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He declares the
end from the beginning.
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And from ancient times,
things that are not yet done.
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He took an abandoned
child, left at a babysitter,
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and has given
him the opportunity
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to be a Son of
the Most High God.
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I've talked about that.
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Because I look at
the life of Moses,
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I look at the life of Abraham,
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I look at how God's
prophets and apostles have been
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able to unfold as a flower
in the course of human history.
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And yet, if they
were not planted in God,
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it would never have happened.
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Amen.
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You know, the
lesson today on Sunday,
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brings out our memory text.
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And it's 1 Corinthians 10:3-4.
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I'll read that for you.
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1 Corinthians 10:3-4.
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And I believe that
is it or that's it.
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Am I correct?
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I thought I was correct.
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1 Corinthians 10:3-4.
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Notice, and this
is a history passage,
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Paul the Apostle
taking a clip out of the life
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and the journey of
the children of Israel.
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The Bible says in verse three,
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"All at the same spiritual food,
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all drank the
same spiritual drink,
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for they drank of
that spiritual rock
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that follow them, and
that rock was Christ."
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I believe that
we're going to each deal
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with portions of
1 Corinthians 10.
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But Deuteronomy
is a history lesson.
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When you study Deuteronomy,
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look at Exodus you
make the comparison.
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Exodus was the
book that has recorded
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the early followers of Moses
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as he led them out
of the land of Egypt.
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But they had children
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that were clueless
about what was taking place.
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Can you imagine the infants
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that came out of
the land of Egypt,
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they had no idea
where they were going,
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they just knew
they were with mom
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or the little boys
and girls on the ox cart
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with their dads just
enjoying the journey,
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maybe thinking
they're on the picnic,
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having no clue that
they were being rescued
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from the bondage of the
tyranny of the land of Egypt.
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So years later,
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as the torture is passed
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from leadership to leadership,
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these children now grown up,
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and they have to remember
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why they're out here still,
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40 years later
in the wilderness,
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"Why are we still out here?
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I thought this is
going to be a short day trip.
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Why are we still out here?"
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So what I'm going to do today
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is look at the remembrance
of the Book of Deuteronomy.
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The Book of Deuteronomy mentions
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a word remember, 14 times.
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And I thought, how interesting
when you talk about history,
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how wonderful it is
to tie the two together,
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marry history and remembrance
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from the Book of Deuteronomy.
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But this is a quotation that
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the Lord servant Ellen
White records about us.
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And this will
segue into the story
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of what I unfold
in my six points,
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okay, not nine, but six.
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She says in the book,
Live Sketches, page 196.
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She says, "In
reviewing our past history,
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having traveled over
every step of advance,
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to our present standing,
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I am filled with astonishment
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and with confidence
in Christ as leader,
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we have nothing to
fear for the future,
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except as we shall forget
the way the Lord has led us
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and His teaching
in our past history."
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And you know when
you think about that
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the life of the
children of Israel
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are indelibly recorded
today for our admonition
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as Paul says on whom
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the ends of the world is come.
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The end of the age has come.
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But one of the first things
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I want to point
out is an Exodus 32:29.
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And then we're going
to go into the six points.
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But this is interesting
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because in the history of Moses,
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he gave instruction to
the children of Israel.
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And this instruction
is pertinent to us today.
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In Exodus 32: 29, Moses said,
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"Consecrate yourselves
today to the Lord that
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He may bestow on
you a blessing this day,
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for every man has opposed
His son and His brother."
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Now it came to
pass on the next day.
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Then Moses said to
the people, in verse 30,
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"You have committed a great sin.
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So now I will go up to the Lord,
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perhaps I can make
atonement for your sin."
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Verse 31, "Then Moses
returned to the Lord and said,
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'Oh, these people
have committed a great sin
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and have made for
themselves a god of gold.
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Yet now, in verse 32,
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if you will forgive their sins,
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but if not, I pray,
blot me out of your book,
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which you have written.'"
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Now some people
don't grab it here but,
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in this context,
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Moses was somewhat of a mediator
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between Israel and God
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because he was seeking to atone.
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He said, 'Lord,
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if you don't
blot their sins out,
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blot my name out.'
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What an exchange,
can you imagine that?
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Either you forgive them
or just don't let me live.
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I don't want eternal life
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if they're not going to be
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forgiven of their transgression.
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That's a huge decision to make.
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But one of the first things
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he pointed out was consecration.
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And the reason why they had been
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so delirious in their sin is
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because they didn't
consecrate their hearts.
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Let me encourage you,
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if you want to be a
blessing to someone,
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the first thing
you have to do to be
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an instrument in
the hands of God,
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is you have to pray for the Lord
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to consecrate your mind,
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your life, your thoughts,
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your words, your
deeds, your actions,
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even the things you communicate.
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Say, Lord, consecrate them.
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It's the first criteria
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which is
something that has to happen
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by self-examination
and self-sacrifice,
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which takes me
to the remembrances.
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When the people forgot
it was Moses' responsibility
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to remind them.
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Let's look at
the first remembrance
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Deuteronomy 5:15.
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Deuteronomy 5:15,
the first remember,
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"And remember
that you were a slave
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in the land of
Egypt, and the Lord your God
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brought you out from
there by a mighty hand
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and by an outstretched arm,
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therefore the Lord
your God commanded you
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to keep the Sabbath day."
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You know, that's
something amazing.
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He said God didn't bring
you out on a wimp around,
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he brought you out
with a mighty hand.
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He stood up against
a monolith of a nation,
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the Egyptian army,
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one of the strongest
nations of that time,
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the Lord brought them
out with the mighty hand.
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So he had the right to
ask them and to command them.
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"I do this for you.
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I'm commanding you to
do this because of that."
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The remembrance was,
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"You used to be
slaves, now you're free.
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And the end the parameter
of your freedom is obedience,
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obedience to My commandments,
obedience to the Sabbath day."
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The second one,
the second obedience,
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or the second
remembrance is Deuteronomy 7:18.
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What does he say?
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"You are not to
be afraid of them,
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you shall remember
well what the Lord your God
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did to Pharaoh
and to all Egypt."
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You know, nobody can
fight your battle like God can.
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Amen.
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He says, "If you remember
how I fought your past battles,
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you will never fear
your future enemies."
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That's what He
was saying to them.
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"Don't worry about
what's ahead of you.
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Remember what I did in Egypt.
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So when you get
to the promised land,
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when you get to the border,
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and you meet up the Amalekites
and Hittites and Jebusites,
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and Amorites, and
Hittites and Hivites,
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and all the other
ites that are there,
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"Hey, don't feel like
this is a point of defeat.
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Just remember what
I did in the past."
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The third remember is
God testing their loyalty,
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God testing their loyalty.
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Deuteronomy 8:2,
here's what the Bible says."
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And you shall remember that
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the Lord your God
led you all the way
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these 40 years
in the wilderness,
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to what, to
humble you and test you,
00:12:14.03\00:12:16.73
to know what was in your heart,
00:12:16.77\00:12:18.70
whether you would keep
His commandments or not."
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God always test us.
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The third test
was a test of loyalty.
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God wants us to
be a loyal people.
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And he will bring us
to the points of test,
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even though we
don't see what's in us.
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I read a quote
recently that Ellen White says,
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God will allow us to face trials
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and temptations to reveal in us
00:12:36.22\00:12:37.65
what we didn't
even know was there.
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And then he'll give us
the opportunity to remedy that
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it says number
four, God's provision.
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Deuteronomy 8:18.
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"And you shall
remember the Lord your God,
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for it is He who gives
you power to get wealth,
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that He may
establish His covenant
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which He swore to your fathers,
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as it is this day."
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Some of you
successful Christians
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think that is
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because you had a great
financial plan, back up.
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You couldn't
have a financial plan
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if God didn't give your health.
00:13:04.98\00:13:06.82
It's not your
bank account balance,
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it's God's grace balance
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that makes a
difference in your life.
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So when you get wealthy,
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don't forget that God is the one
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who gave you that power,
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that strength, that
health to get that wealth.
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The next
remembrance is Deuteronomy 9:7.
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What about your rebellion?"
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Remember!
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Do not forget how you provoked
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the Lord your God to
wrath in the wilderness.
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From the day that you departed
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from the land of Egypt
until you came to this place,
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you have been
rebellious against the Lord."
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What a way to pay God back.
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When God is blessing you
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don't pay him back by rebellion.
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And we're all at some point
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or another have
been guilty of that.
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And finally, this one
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I like he brings the
family in Deuteronomy 32:7,
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he brings in the genealogy,
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if you forget about your roots,
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and start behaving like somebody
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that your parents not proud
of, here are words for you.
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Deuteronomy 32:7,
"Remember the days of old,
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Consider the years
of many generations.
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Ask your father,
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and he will show
you, your elders,
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and they will
tell you behave like
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somebody that your family
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would be proud
of your genealogy."
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Amen. Amen.
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Yeah, good stuff.
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It continues on
here in the next lesson,
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which is Monday's lesson.
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Deuteronomy 1:1-6.
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It's really interesting
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because here we
have kind of a connection
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with our last week's lessons.
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Deuteronomy 6:1-6.
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Let's just read
those verses quickly.
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"These be the
words which Moses spake
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unto all Israel
on this side Jordan
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in the wilderness, in the
plain over against the Red sea,
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between Paran, and Tophel,
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and Laban, and
Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
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And there are 11 days' journey
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from Horeb by
the way of mount Seir
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unto Kadesh-Barnea.
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And it came to pass
in the fortieth year."
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Eleven days journey,
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let's see, 40
years minus 11 days.
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"In the fortieth
year, in the eleventh month,
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on the first day of the month,
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that Moses spake unto
the children of Israel,
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according unto all that the Lord
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had given him in
commandment unto them."
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So just pause here for a second.
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This verse is significant
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because this
verse is reminding them
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of the last 40
years of their history.
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This verse right here
is reminding them that
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even though the
journey was very short.
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Initially, it was
supposed to be very short,
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that they have been in
the wilderness for 40 years.
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And the reason they've been
in the wilderness for 40 years
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is because they refuse to
believe the promises of God.
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We talked about that
in our earlier lessons,
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the promises of God
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are the basis of
the New Covenant,
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the promises of
God are the basis
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of all of God's
promises or covenants to us.
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The covenant to Abraham
was based upon his promises,
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not our promises.
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We talked about how
we make bad promises.
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And so these
children are being reminded
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of why they have taken
40 years to go on a journey
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that should have
just taken a few weeks.
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"Why it takes so
long in our lives to get
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to the place God wants us to be.
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Why is it?"
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Because we don't
believe His promises?
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We fail, we fall, we fall short.
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We don't trust in
the promises of God.
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Instead, we trust in ourselves.
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Even when they didn't
go into the Promised Land,
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they decided,
"Well, wait a minute,
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wait a minute,
maybe God is right,
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maybe we shouldn't do this."
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And they decided, let's try it.
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They were still doing
it on their own strength.
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They were still
trying it themselves.
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And that's the natural tendency
of our fallen human nature,
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self-sufficiency to
rely upon ourselves.
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Of course, we as
preachers and teachers,
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are just as liable as
anyone else to do that.
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As we grow, especially,
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we know the Word of God,
00:16:55.44\00:16:56.78
we've been in the
Word of God for so long,
00:16:56.81\00:16:58.15
and we know these things.
00:16:58.18\00:16:59.95
And so we are more
liable to not trust into,
00:16:59.98\00:17:04.65
not rest in the Holy Spirit,
but to rely upon ourselves.
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And so God reminds
us over and over again.
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And he reminds them
here in Deuteronomy,
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chapter one, verse three,
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he reminds them
of what's going on.
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They've been gone for 40 years
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wandering
through the wilderness.
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I don't know if your
life has been like that.
00:17:17.90\00:17:20.10
But they are now ready to go in.
00:17:20.14\00:17:22.54
God wants to take them
into the Promised Land.
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That's the good news.
00:17:24.54\00:17:25.87
God is wanting to take all of us
00:17:25.91\00:17:27.24
into the Promised
Land, so to speak.
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It's time, it's time, it's time.
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And when God's time comes,
00:17:31.68\00:17:33.78
we've got to
remember the one lesson
00:17:33.82\00:17:35.45
and that is that
God's going to do
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what He promised
to do in His time.
00:17:37.49\00:17:39.92
Now we see this
all through the Bible.
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I mean, there are
time prophecies from Noah
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and the 120 years that
He was going to preach,
00:17:44.93\00:17:47.16
coming down to the captivity
of Israel in Egypt 130 years,
00:17:47.20\00:17:51.83
and moving into
the captivity of Israel
00:17:51.87\00:17:54.44
in Babylon for 7 years.
00:17:54.47\00:17:56.20
And then we've got
the time prophecies
00:17:56.24\00:17:57.57
that deal with the Messiah,
00:17:57.61\00:17:58.94
the 2300 day prophecy,
broken up into 70 weeks,
00:17:58.97\00:18:02.64
focusing on Christ.
00:18:02.68\00:18:04.25
And then out of that,
00:18:04.28\00:18:05.61
we see the 1290,
the 1260 to 1335,
00:18:05.65\00:18:09.22
taking us down to 1844,
00:18:09.25\00:18:11.05
we've got a 1391 and two weeks.
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We've got all kinds of time
prophecies in the Bible that
00:18:13.15\00:18:16.49
remind us not have
days and years and events
00:18:16.52\00:18:20.63
as much as they are to remind us
00:18:20.66\00:18:22.86
that God is going to accomplish
00:18:22.90\00:18:25.80
what He has promised
to accomplish in His time.
00:18:25.83\00:18:30.24
And there's nothing
you can do to change that.
00:18:30.27\00:18:32.54
Now we know that God's love
00:18:32.57\00:18:34.11
and we know
that God has laid out
00:18:34.14\00:18:36.34
the sequence of
prophecy Daniel 2,
00:18:36.38\00:18:38.11
Daniel 7, Daniel 8, Daniel 11,
00:18:38.15\00:18:41.18
all these prophecies
were there with Daniel 9,
00:18:41.22\00:18:43.39
to remind us
that God has a plan.
00:18:43.42\00:18:45.42
And He wants us,
he encourages us,
00:18:45.45\00:18:47.52
He draws us to
step into that plan.
00:18:47.56\00:18:50.23
That's what He was doing
with the children of Israel.
00:18:50.26\00:18:52.26
That's what He
was reminding them of,
00:18:52.29\00:18:54.23
in verse three of Deuteronomy 1.
00:18:54.26\00:18:56.00
"Hey, in the 40th year,
00:18:56.03\00:18:57.37
might the time
has come, I told you.
00:18:57.40\00:18:58.73
We're going to be
wandering 40 years,
00:18:58.77\00:19:00.10
now it's time to go in."
00:19:00.14\00:19:01.47
And God is doing the
same thing with us, friends,
00:19:01.50\00:19:03.54
He's reminding us to
all these time prophecies,
00:19:03.57\00:19:06.07
you know, Adventists are in...
00:19:06.11\00:19:07.44
Time prophecy is in our blood.
00:19:07.48\00:19:09.01
We're just into it.
00:19:09.04\00:19:10.38
I mean, and we just
can't seem to stop, you know?
00:19:10.41\00:19:12.61
We've been told a time
no longer, Revelation 10.
00:19:12.65\00:19:15.58
But we want to keep going.
00:19:15.62\00:19:16.99
But God is telling us
something through all of this,
00:19:17.02\00:19:19.25
He's saying,
"Listen, I have a time,
00:19:19.29\00:19:21.72
I have a plan, I have a purpose.
00:19:21.76\00:19:23.73
Stick with My plan.
00:19:23.76\00:19:25.09
Don't trust in your own plan."
00:19:25.13\00:19:26.46
When we stick with God's plan,
00:19:26.49\00:19:27.83
it tells us His Word is certain.
00:19:27.86\00:19:29.86
It's sure. It's going to happen.
00:19:29.90\00:19:31.57
And we need that today.
00:19:31.60\00:19:33.30
We need the surety
of God's Word today.
00:19:33.34\00:19:35.64
And so what
happens is many times
00:19:35.67\00:19:37.07
we step out of God's plan.
00:19:37.11\00:19:38.44
You know, God is love
00:19:38.47\00:19:39.94
and He has a
purpose and a plan for us.
00:19:39.97\00:19:42.84
But sometimes we
step out of that plan,
00:19:42.88\00:19:44.85
and we see evil
and we see wickedness
00:19:44.88\00:19:46.72
and we see pain and sorrow
taking place all around us.
00:19:46.75\00:19:49.15
And sometimes we say,
00:19:49.18\00:19:50.52
"Well, that's
God's fault, you know,
00:19:50.55\00:19:51.89
God's in control of everything."
00:19:51.92\00:19:53.25
And then we read
Daniel 2 and we think,
00:19:53.29\00:19:54.62
"Well, God
knows, He sets up kings,
00:19:54.66\00:19:55.99
He brings down kings,
00:19:56.02\00:19:57.36
He knows
everything's going to happen,
00:19:57.39\00:19:58.73
He's orchestrated all this."
00:19:58.76\00:20:00.10
No, it's very clear,
even in the Lord's prayer.
00:20:00.13\00:20:02.43
Jesus says, "We need to
pray to be delivered from evil."
00:20:02.46\00:20:05.27
Well, if God is in
charge of everything,
00:20:05.30\00:20:07.70
then we're praying to
be delivered from God.
00:20:07.74\00:20:09.90
No, we're not praying
to be delivered from God.
00:20:09.94\00:20:11.67
God has a plan.
00:20:11.71\00:20:13.11
And He wants us to
get on top of that,
00:20:13.14\00:20:14.88
He wants us to be
in harmony with that,
00:20:14.91\00:20:16.24
He wants us to be
connected with Him in that plan.
00:20:16.28\00:20:18.51
If we're not, our choices,
our decisions individually
00:20:18.55\00:20:22.22
and collectively
are going to bring evil.
00:20:22.25\00:20:23.95
And God wants us to pray that
00:20:23.99\00:20:25.62
His kingdom would come
on earth as it is in heaven.
00:20:25.65\00:20:29.12
He wants to pray that
00:20:29.16\00:20:30.49
we would be
delivered from that evil
00:20:30.53\00:20:32.06
which starts with deliverance
from our own self will,
00:20:32.09\00:20:35.26
our own self-sufficiency,
00:20:35.30\00:20:37.00
our reliance on ourselves
00:20:37.03\00:20:38.77
instead over reliance upon God.
00:20:38.80\00:20:40.54
And so God says,
00:20:40.57\00:20:41.90
even if you mess
up, remember this now
00:20:41.94\00:20:44.61
because we've been
talking about this,
00:20:44.64\00:20:45.97
even if you
fail, even if you begin
00:20:46.01\00:20:48.44
by basing my
covenant on your promises,
00:20:48.48\00:20:51.75
I can recover you.
00:20:51.78\00:20:53.11
What does it say in Romans 8?
00:20:53.15\00:20:54.75
It says, "All things
work together for good."
00:20:54.78\00:20:57.09
Even the bad things?
00:20:57.12\00:20:58.45
Yes, even the bad
things that God never intended
00:20:58.49\00:21:00.56
to come on planet Earth,
00:21:00.59\00:21:01.92
even those can
work together for good.
00:21:01.96\00:21:04.76
You know, we see that all
through the Old Testament.
00:21:04.79\00:21:07.03
We see it in
the story of Joseph,
00:21:07.06\00:21:08.40
right, his brothers sold
him into Egypt, you know?
00:21:08.43\00:21:10.27
Sold him into
slavery, and what did God do,
00:21:10.30\00:21:12.37
He brought
redemption out of that,
00:21:12.40\00:21:14.07
not redemption,
00:21:14.10\00:21:15.44
just for Israel
and for the world,
00:21:15.47\00:21:17.51
not just physical redemption,
00:21:17.54\00:21:18.91
but He brought
00:21:18.94\00:21:20.28
spiritual
redemption out of that.
00:21:20.31\00:21:22.24
He brought Joseph to a place
00:21:22.28\00:21:24.81
where he could
forgive his brothers
00:21:24.85\00:21:26.38
before they were
even in his presence
00:21:26.41\00:21:28.12
before he even test
00:21:28.15\00:21:29.55
whether or not their
characters have changed.
00:21:29.58\00:21:31.75
And that's what he
wants to do with us.
00:21:31.79\00:21:33.32
He wants us to follow the lamb,
00:21:33.36\00:21:35.46
to trust in
Him, to be in harmony
00:21:35.49\00:21:37.63
with God's plan so that
00:21:37.66\00:21:38.99
we too can see Him work
in His time and in His way.
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And the question really is,
00:21:43.80\00:21:45.43
are we going to
trust God for that?
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Are we going to
look to God for that?
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This is the question
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that needs to be
answered for us individually.
00:21:50.34\00:21:51.87
As we look in the
lesson study this quarter,
00:21:51.91\00:21:54.44
as we look at this
lesson in Deuteronomy,
00:21:54.48\00:21:56.78
we need to
recognize the difference
00:21:56.81\00:21:58.15
between God's perfect
will and God's permissive will
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Amen.
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We need to recognize
the difference between
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what God allows and
what God wants for us.
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And we need to recognize that
00:22:08.19\00:22:09.52
because we need to recognize
that a lot of the things
00:22:09.56\00:22:11.56
that have taken place on
planet Earth are our fault,
00:22:11.59\00:22:14.53
not God's fault.
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And He wants us
to recognize that
00:22:16.00\00:22:18.23
all He's ever wanted for us,
00:22:18.27\00:22:20.14
every single
moment of every single day
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is only good.
00:22:22.27\00:22:23.61
He's only ever
wanted us to be blessed.
00:22:23.64\00:22:26.61
He's only ever
wanted us to experience
00:22:26.64\00:22:28.54
what He
originally created us for.
00:22:28.58\00:22:30.51
And that
revelation is given to us
00:22:30.55\00:22:33.72
as we close out the
Book of Revelations,
00:22:33.75\00:22:35.98
we close out the Bible as
we look in Revelation 21, 22,
00:22:36.02\00:22:39.59
probably the most
neglected chapters
00:22:39.62\00:22:41.26
in the Book of Revelation,
if not, in the whole Bible.
00:22:41.29\00:22:43.22
That remind us that this
book, this Book of Revelation,
00:22:43.26\00:22:47.30
and this Book of the Bible
ends with God doing His will,
00:22:47.33\00:22:52.10
in His way, at His time
00:22:52.13\00:22:54.37
and restoring us completely.
00:22:54.40\00:22:55.80
So there's no more
pain, there's no more sorrow,
00:22:55.84\00:22:58.57
there's no more evil,
all of it has passed away.
00:22:58.61\00:23:01.91
And now we can trust completely
00:23:01.94\00:23:03.88
and totally for all eternity
in the goodness, the grace,
00:23:03.91\00:23:06.61
the love of a Heavenly Father
who created us to enjoy nothing
00:23:06.65\00:23:10.39
but good and to have
no experience with evil.
00:23:10.42\00:23:13.76
So I love it. I love this study.
00:23:13.79\00:23:15.42
I love the theme.
00:23:15.46\00:23:16.79
I love everything that
God is telling us here, John,
00:23:16.83\00:23:19.03
because it's so
powerful, it's so beautiful.
00:23:19.06\00:23:20.80
Because it points
us to rely upon God
00:23:20.83\00:23:23.00
and trusting Him and
to look for Him to do
00:23:23.03\00:23:24.80
what He's promised in
His time and in His way.
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Amen. Okay, well.
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Thank you,
James. Praise the Lord.
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I was just absorbing that
as you were unfolding that
00:23:31.74\00:23:35.04
it was almost
like a history lesson.
00:23:35.08\00:23:37.11
Looking at God's providence
00:23:37.15\00:23:38.71
through many of those
who followed Him in the word.
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We're going to
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Welcome back to my
second week's lesson
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study about the
history of Moses.
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And we're going to
turn this time over to Jill.
00:24:25.09\00:24:27.86
Jill, take it away.
00:24:27.90\00:24:29.23
Thank you, Pastor John
00:24:29.26\00:24:30.60
and Pastor
James, incredible study.
00:24:30.63\00:24:32.13
I love it.
00:24:32.17\00:24:33.50
On Tuesday, we look at
thousand times more numerous.
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Now Pastor James said
00:24:36.40\00:24:37.74
the first six
verses of Deuteronomy 1,
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I have Deuteronomy 1:9-18.
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So we're going to
take a look at that.
00:24:44.51\00:24:45.91
The lessons that we can learn,
00:24:45.95\00:24:47.48
the takeaways
from Deuteronomy 1,
00:24:47.52\00:24:50.19
from the certain section.
00:24:50.22\00:24:51.79
And I'm really doing
a threefold application.
00:24:51.82\00:24:54.26
Some of them
apply to Moses this day.
00:24:54.29\00:24:56.32
Some apply to the
New Testament church
00:24:56.36\00:24:58.76
and probably all of it
applies to us here today.
00:24:58.79\00:25:03.00
So let's take a look at it.
00:25:03.03\00:25:04.37
I've divided
into three sections,
00:25:04.40\00:25:06.07
the blessing and the problem,
00:25:06.10\00:25:08.54
the solution and the
practical application.
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So let's look at
what the blessing was
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and how that blessing
created a problem for Moses.
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Deuteronomy 1,
this is verses 9-12.
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"And I spoke to you
at that time, saying..."
00:25:21.45\00:25:23.35
Moses is remembering
back what had happened.
00:25:23.39\00:25:26.72
"I alone am not
able to bear you.
00:25:26.76\00:25:29.22
The Lord your God
has multiplied you,
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and here you are today,
00:25:32.16\00:25:33.50
as the stars of
heaven in multitude.
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May the Lord God of your fathers
00:25:35.93\00:25:37.27
make you a thousand times
more numerous than you are,
00:25:37.30\00:25:41.20
and bless you as
He has promised you!
00:25:41.24\00:25:44.24
How can I alone
bear your problems
00:25:44.27\00:25:46.98
and your burdens
and your complaints."
00:25:47.01\00:25:49.54
So what's the blessing?
00:25:49.58\00:25:50.91
God is multiplying
the people is that not so?
00:25:50.95\00:25:53.01
That is a blessing.
00:25:53.05\00:25:54.38
They are
multiplying exponentially,
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you could say.
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And what's the problem?
00:25:58.32\00:25:59.65
Moses, God's
servant, is overwhelmed.
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The multiplication of the people
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has overwhelmed God's leader.
00:26:05.03\00:26:08.56
Takeaway number one,
you cannot do everything.
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So seek help from other people.
00:26:12.53\00:26:15.20
Moses said,
00:26:15.24\00:26:16.57
"I alone am not able to bear it.
00:26:16.60\00:26:20.14
Genesis 218.
00:26:20.18\00:26:21.78
God knew that Adam
could not bear it alone.
00:26:21.81\00:26:24.25
It is not good that
man should be alone.
00:26:24.28\00:26:26.28
But I will make
a helper for him.
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Proverbs 18:1.
00:26:29.02\00:26:30.59
Now usually I quote,
New King James Version,
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but this is from the ESV.
00:26:32.89\00:26:34.76
It says,
"Whoever isolates himself
00:26:34.79\00:26:37.73
seeks his own desire,
00:26:37.76\00:26:39.89
he breaks out
against all sound judgment."
00:26:39.93\00:26:43.47
It is important that you
00:26:43.50\00:26:45.20
not try to do
things by yourself.
00:26:45.23\00:26:47.54
You cannot bear
everything alone.
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Takeaway number two.
00:26:49.87\00:26:51.31
God alone brings blessings.
00:26:51.34\00:26:54.08
God alone brings the increase.
00:26:54.11\00:26:56.44
You notice Moses said,
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"The, Lord, Your
God has multiplied You."
00:26:57.85\00:27:01.12
Sometimes, we think we had
something to do with a success.
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We think in a prideful way,
00:27:05.59\00:27:07.69
we had something to
do with the baptisms.
00:27:07.72\00:27:10.36
We had something to do
00:27:10.39\00:27:11.73
with the organizational
structure of the church.
00:27:11.76\00:27:14.00
We had something to do
00:27:14.03\00:27:15.36
with the fact that souls
are coming to know Jesus.
00:27:15.40\00:27:18.53
God's the one who did that.
00:27:18.57\00:27:20.64
God's the one who
deserves the honor and glory,
00:27:20.67\00:27:22.80
I think about Nebuchadnezzar,
00:27:22.84\00:27:24.47
he kind of had a
pride issue, did he not?
00:27:24.51\00:27:26.71
And then Daniel 4,
remember Daniel 4:30.
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Here's Nebuchadnezzar
walking in the palace.
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And what does he say?
00:27:33.45\00:27:34.78
The King said,
this is Nebuchadnezzar,
00:27:34.82\00:27:36.58
"Is not this Great
Babylon that I have built
00:27:36.62\00:27:41.09
for royal
dwelling by my mighty power
00:27:41.12\00:27:44.36
and for the
honor of my majesty."
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The truth is we
don't possess the power.
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We don't possess the might.
We don't accomplish anything.
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God alone, He gets the
glory. Takeaway number three.
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When you're overwhelmed,
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it's easy to
think it's all on you.
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Moses, what did
he say in verse 12?
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"How can I alone
bear your problems?"
00:28:05.48\00:28:08.12
Was it on Moses? No.
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But for whatever reason,
00:28:09.78\00:28:11.39
he thought it
was resting on him,
00:28:11.42\00:28:13.92
"How can I bear your problems
00:28:13.96\00:28:15.46
and your burdens
and your complaints?"
00:28:15.49\00:28:17.89
Sometimes, we criticize people
who feel overwhelmed and think,
00:28:17.93\00:28:21.46
"Well, they're
dealing with pride,
00:28:21.50\00:28:22.83
they need to whatever,"
00:28:22.86\00:28:24.20
Sometimes, it's simply
that they are overwhelmed.
00:28:24.23\00:28:26.80
And that's why
they feel that way.
00:28:26.84\00:28:28.54
So that is the blessing was
that the people were numerous.
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And the problem was
that Moses was overwhelmed.
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Let's look at the solution.
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In verses 13 and 14,
we're in Deuteronomy 1:13-14.
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"Choose wise, understanding,
and knowledgeable men
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from among your tribes,
00:28:46.65\00:28:48.22
and I will make
them heads over you."
00:28:48.26\00:28:50.89
This is an
organizational structure been
00:28:50.93\00:28:53.36
put in place for
the children of Israel.
00:28:53.40\00:28:56.13
"And you answered me,"
00:28:56.16\00:28:57.50
this is the people, "and said,
00:28:57.53\00:28:58.87
'The thing
which you have told us
00:28:58.90\00:29:00.24
to do is good.'"
00:29:00.27\00:29:01.80
Takeaway number four,
00:29:01.84\00:29:03.27
listen to Godly
counsel and people
00:29:03.30\00:29:06.04
who care about you.
00:29:06.07\00:29:07.41
If you read the context of this,
00:29:07.44\00:29:08.94
you go back to Exodus 18,
00:29:08.98\00:29:10.85
is where the story is
actually told and expressed.
00:29:10.88\00:29:13.58
And remember, Jethro,
00:29:13.62\00:29:14.95
Moses'
father-in-law came to visit,
00:29:14.98\00:29:16.89
and he says, "Wait a minute,
wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:29:16.92\00:29:19.22
You've been
judging the people all day.
00:29:19.25\00:29:21.92
I've been sitting
over in the corner
00:29:21.96\00:29:23.43
and I'm watching you and
from dawn to late at night,
00:29:23.46\00:29:26.80
the people come before you
00:29:26.83\00:29:28.16
and you're
getting weary with this."
00:29:28.20\00:29:31.23
So Moses' father-in-law Jethro
00:29:31.27\00:29:33.74
gave him sound
counsel, gave him good advice.
00:29:33.77\00:29:38.07
So listen to godly counsel,
and people who care about you.
00:29:38.11\00:29:41.24
Takeaway number five.
00:29:41.28\00:29:42.68
When selecting
leaders for God's work,
00:29:42.71\00:29:45.41
don't just pick anybody.
00:29:45.45\00:29:48.68
You noticed there
were three adjectives
00:29:48.72\00:29:50.59
that were used,
were they're not?
00:29:50.62\00:29:52.22
Wise, understanding,
and knowledgeable.
00:29:52.25\00:29:57.69
Don't just pick anybody.
00:29:57.73\00:30:00.10
Wise.
00:30:00.13\00:30:01.46
In Hebrew, it literally means
00:30:01.50\00:30:03.20
wise capable of
making thoughtful
00:30:03.23\00:30:04.87
and godly choices.
00:30:04.90\00:30:06.23
But the same Hebrew word
is used to describe Joseph.
00:30:06.27\00:30:09.60
The same Hebrew word
is used to describe David.
00:30:09.64\00:30:13.54
The same Hebrew word
00:30:13.58\00:30:15.31
is used to describe Solomon
00:30:15.34\00:30:17.45
and actually several woman
in the Old Testament as well.
00:30:17.48\00:30:20.75
So choose wise people.
00:30:20.78\00:30:23.69
Number two, choose
understanding people.
00:30:23.72\00:30:26.92
Now the word understanding
in Hebrew means to discern.
00:30:26.96\00:30:30.49
So choose people
with great discernment.
00:30:30.53\00:30:33.16
If you're forming a church
or a company or an organization
00:30:33.19\00:30:37.63
or any type of structure,
00:30:37.67\00:30:39.70
choose people
with great discernment.
00:30:39.73\00:30:42.14
The same Hebrew word is
used to describe Joseph as well,
00:30:42.17\00:30:45.14
this word discernment,
the word wise and discerning
00:30:45.17\00:30:48.24
both use to describe Joseph.
00:30:48.28\00:30:50.31
And finally, the
word knowledgeable
00:30:50.35\00:30:53.28
comes from the Hebrew word yada,
00:30:53.31\00:30:54.92
which means to know.
00:30:54.95\00:30:57.15
Choose people who have respect,
people who are experienced,
00:30:57.19\00:31:02.82
people who know something.
00:31:02.86\00:31:06.16
Look at someone's qualifications
00:31:06.19\00:31:08.03
and their character
00:31:08.06\00:31:09.40
before selecting them
for a task in God's work.
00:31:09.43\00:31:12.33
Sometimes, we just
want to fill a task.
00:31:12.37\00:31:15.64
We say, "Okay, this
person is living and breathing.
00:31:15.67\00:31:17.97
Sure, they can be
the deaconess in church.
00:31:18.01\00:31:20.28
Sure, they can be
an elder in church.
00:31:20.31\00:31:22.11
Sure, they can do whatever."
00:31:22.14\00:31:23.48
I love what pastor John says.
00:31:23.51\00:31:24.85
He said this for many
years here at the church.
00:31:24.88\00:31:28.15
And hopefully, I
remember this correctly.
00:31:28.18\00:31:29.68
If I don't, you can correct me.
00:31:29.72\00:31:31.12
There's no
standards for fellowship,
00:31:31.15\00:31:34.16
there are
standards for membership,
00:31:34.19\00:31:36.56
and high
standards for leadership.
00:31:36.59\00:31:39.69
That is what Moses
was doing with the people,
00:31:39.73\00:31:44.20
high standards for
the leadership team
00:31:44.23\00:31:46.97
that he was selecting there.
00:31:47.00\00:31:49.00
Takeaway number six.
Listen to leadership.
00:31:49.04\00:31:52.47
You know, the
children of Israel,
00:31:52.51\00:31:53.84
how did they answer Moses.
00:31:53.88\00:31:55.48
"The thing you said to do,
it's very good, we will do it."
00:31:55.51\00:31:59.91
They could have balked,
00:31:59.95\00:32:01.28
and clearly, they
balked other times,
00:32:01.32\00:32:02.65
but in this time they did not.
00:32:02.68\00:32:04.45
They could have questioned,
00:32:04.49\00:32:06.65
they could have come up
with their own solutions.
00:32:06.69\00:32:08.62
But instead, they sat back
00:32:08.66\00:32:10.56
and they listened to
leadership's counsel.
00:32:10.59\00:32:13.19
And they chose to honor it.
00:32:13.23\00:32:14.56
They chose to obey.
00:32:14.60\00:32:16.30
And that's
something for us today
00:32:16.33\00:32:17.87
to honor and respect
00:32:17.90\00:32:20.87
those in authority over us.
00:32:20.90\00:32:24.21
Finally, we get to
the practical application.
00:32:24.24\00:32:26.51
Let's read verses 15-18.
00:32:26.54\00:32:29.04
"So I took the
heads of your tribes,
00:32:29.08\00:32:30.71
wise, and knowledgeable men,
and made them heads over you,
00:32:30.75\00:32:33.88
leaders of
thousands, leaders of hundreds,
00:32:33.92\00:32:36.35
leaders of
fifties, leaders of tens,
00:32:36.38\00:32:38.25
and officers for your tribes.
00:32:38.29\00:32:40.22
Then I commanded your
judges at that time, saying,
00:32:40.26\00:32:42.92
'Hear the cases
between your brethren,
00:32:42.96\00:32:45.19
and judge
righteously between a man
00:32:45.23\00:32:47.33
and his brother or the
stranger who is with him.
00:32:47.36\00:32:49.90
You shall not show
partiality in judgment,
00:32:49.93\00:32:52.97
you shall hear the
small as well as the great,
00:32:53.00\00:32:55.37
you shall not be
afraid in any man's presence,
00:32:55.40\00:32:58.17
for the judgment is God's.
00:32:58.21\00:33:00.58
The case that is
too hard for you,
00:33:00.61\00:33:02.31
bring to me,
and I will hear it.'
00:33:02.34\00:33:04.48
And I commanded you at that time
00:33:04.51\00:33:06.01
all the things
which you should do."
00:33:06.05\00:33:07.82
Takeaway number seven.
00:33:07.85\00:33:09.18
Organization is divine.
00:33:09.22\00:33:11.65
God ordained it with
the children of Israel
00:33:11.69\00:33:13.42
making leaders over the thousand
00:33:13.46\00:33:15.49
and the
hundreds and the fifties.
00:33:15.52\00:33:17.46
God ordained it in
the New Testament Church,
00:33:17.49\00:33:19.89
we saw this
with the disagreement
00:33:19.93\00:33:21.96
between the
Hellenists and the Hebrews
00:33:22.00\00:33:23.73
if you read in the Book of Acts,
00:33:23.77\00:33:25.10
and the widows felt like
they were being overlooked.
00:33:25.13\00:33:28.30
And God ordained deacons
00:33:28.34\00:33:30.04
to step in and to fill that gap,
00:33:30.07\00:33:32.21
and help fill that
00:33:32.24\00:33:33.58
organizational
need that they had.
00:33:33.61\00:33:35.88
Some people say it quenches
the spirit to be organized.
00:33:35.91\00:33:38.61
But really, it's divine.
00:33:38.65\00:33:40.75
Takeaway number eight.
00:33:40.78\00:33:42.28
Know when to pass the buck.
00:33:42.32\00:33:44.92
Do you notice Moses said,
00:33:44.95\00:33:46.29
"The case that
is too hard for you,
00:33:46.32\00:33:48.02
bring it to me,
and I will judge it."
00:33:48.06\00:33:50.69
You don't have
to know everything.
00:33:50.73\00:33:52.19
You don't have to do everything.
00:33:52.23\00:33:54.46
Know when it's too hard.
00:33:54.50\00:33:56.06
And you need to
pass something on.
00:33:56.10\00:33:58.10
And finally,
takeaway number nine.
00:33:58.13\00:34:00.50
Listen to instruction.
00:34:00.54\00:34:03.41
Moses said I
commanded you with that time,
00:34:03.44\00:34:05.47
all of the things
which you should do.
00:34:05.51\00:34:08.44
Listen to what your job entails,
00:34:08.48\00:34:09.94
and do it to the
best of your ability.
00:34:09.98\00:34:11.75
Proverbs 1:8, "My son,
00:34:11.78\00:34:13.85
hear the
instruction of your father,
00:34:13.88\00:34:17.25
and do not forsake
the law of your mother."
00:34:17.29\00:34:19.95
So what we see here at
00:34:19.99\00:34:21.32
the very
beginning of Deuteronomy,
00:34:21.36\00:34:22.69
Moses reminding of the people
00:34:22.72\00:34:24.73
of the organization of structure
00:34:24.76\00:34:26.59
that took place years
00:34:26.63\00:34:27.96
before there for
the children of Israel,
00:34:28.00\00:34:29.70
and there's so many lessons
that we can learn for us today.
00:34:29.73\00:34:33.20
Amen and amen. That's wonderful.
00:34:33.23\00:34:34.77
I always love
your lessons, Jilly.
00:34:34.80\00:34:37.21
I have Wednesday's
lesson, which is Kadesh Barnea.
00:34:37.24\00:34:42.51
And this was an encampment site
for Israel in the wilderness.
00:34:42.54\00:34:47.65
And what
happened at Kadesh Barnea
00:34:47.68\00:34:51.45
was the immediate
setting or background
00:34:51.49\00:34:54.79
for the Book of Deuteronomy.
00:34:54.82\00:34:56.62
We're supposed to go
through Deuteronomy 1:20-46.
00:34:56.66\00:35:01.70
I'm not going to read
it, we won't get through it.
00:35:01.73\00:35:04.30
But this is recounting
00:35:04.33\00:35:06.63
the story of numbers 14.
00:35:06.67\00:35:10.71
Let me just say this.
00:35:10.74\00:35:12.34
Israel had a special
relationship with the Lord
00:35:12.37\00:35:15.81
because they were
children of Abraham.
00:35:15.84\00:35:19.58
And God chose Israel.
00:35:19.61\00:35:23.02
And He made them
a covenant nation.
00:35:23.05\00:35:28.72
He declared them to be
00:35:28.76\00:35:32.89
His first covenant son.
00:35:32.93\00:35:36.67
They were the
firstborn son of God
00:35:36.70\00:35:38.90
is what Exodus 4:22-23 says.
00:35:38.93\00:35:43.30
So what does he do?
00:35:43.34\00:35:45.24
He accompanies them
through the wilderness,
00:35:45.27\00:35:48.71
by fire at night,
00:35:48.74\00:35:50.35
by that camp pillar
of cloud during the day.
00:35:50.38\00:35:53.58
And now they get to the
edge of the Promised Land.
00:35:53.62\00:35:57.85
And Moses tells them, "Go
up, go into the Promised Land,
00:35:57.89\00:36:02.19
God has promised it to you."
00:36:02.22\00:36:03.63
But what are the people do?
00:36:03.66\00:36:05.69
"Just a second.
00:36:05.73\00:36:07.06
Well, we'd like to
test this ourselves."
00:36:07.10\00:36:10.03
And so they want
to send in some spies.
00:36:10.07\00:36:13.50
Well, obviously
Moses had have taken this
00:36:13.54\00:36:16.40
to the Lord and he approved.
00:36:16.44\00:36:18.57
And what they do.
00:36:18.61\00:36:21.41
Numbers 13 shows that God
says, "Okay, send up the spies."
00:36:21.44\00:36:25.65
So he chooses one
spy from every tribe.
00:36:25.68\00:36:28.38
The 12 spies go
into the Promised Land,
00:36:28.42\00:36:33.56
and then they come out.
00:36:33.59\00:36:35.29
Guess what they say, 10 of them.
00:36:35.32\00:36:37.96
They're faithless.
00:36:37.99\00:36:39.69
And boy, I'll tell you what.
00:36:39.73\00:36:41.70
They're saying,
00:36:41.73\00:36:43.06
"Oh, the walls are
like up to the heavens,
00:36:43.10\00:36:46.94
the man are like giants,
00:36:46.97\00:36:49.67
we were about
grasshoppers in our own eyes."
00:36:49.70\00:36:53.61
They had the
grasshopper identity syndrome.
00:36:53.64\00:36:56.34
And that's my first takeaway.
00:36:56.38\00:36:58.95
If we don't know
who we are in Christ,
00:36:58.98\00:37:01.78
we too will have
00:37:01.82\00:37:03.15
the grasshopper
identity syndrome.
00:37:03.18\00:37:05.49
So Caleb and Joshua,
00:37:05.52\00:37:07.39
I'm going to
read from Numbers 13.
00:37:07.42\00:37:11.56
Caleb and Joshua
trying to quite the people
00:37:11.59\00:37:15.83
because they are
the two faithful spies.
00:37:15.86\00:37:19.10
And they said,
00:37:19.13\00:37:20.47
"Let us go up at
once and take possession,
00:37:20.50\00:37:23.24
for we are well
able to overcome it."
00:37:23.27\00:37:26.74
See, God had redeemed them,
00:37:26.78\00:37:28.94
he performed
miracles among them,
00:37:28.98\00:37:31.31
he guided them by
fire and by cloud.
00:37:31.35\00:37:34.88
And as he
directed them in the past,
00:37:34.92\00:37:37.75
Caleb and Joshua knew
00:37:37.79\00:37:39.75
he would direct
them in the future.
00:37:39.79\00:37:42.42
But the people
again sprang the Lord.
00:37:42.46\00:37:45.93
Actually, this is the tenth time
00:37:45.96\00:37:49.86
that they wouldn't
trust His promises.
00:37:49.90\00:37:53.87
They wouldn't trust His power.
00:37:53.90\00:37:56.20
They had a complete
lack of faith in God.
00:37:56.24\00:37:59.24
They assume the worst about God,
00:37:59.27\00:38:02.11
"Oh, you brought us out
here in the desert to die
00:38:02.14\00:38:05.01
by the sword in our children,
00:38:05.05\00:38:07.35
you're going to
kill our children."
00:38:07.38\00:38:09.95
They were so agitated,
00:38:09.98\00:38:12.65
that they were
ready to replace Moses.
00:38:12.69\00:38:15.82
They wanted a new leader.
00:38:15.86\00:38:17.69
And that's going to
be my second takeaway
00:38:17.73\00:38:23.53
is that their
fear and depression
00:38:23.57\00:38:27.10
can cause us to focus
on negative circumstances
00:38:27.14\00:38:31.37
rather than looking for
God in it to deliver us.
00:38:31.41\00:38:36.24
But also, rebellion
can cause us to reject
00:38:36.28\00:38:41.12
and humiliate
God's chosen leader.
00:38:41.15\00:38:44.72
Now so what happens?
00:38:44.75\00:38:48.42
Moses and Aaron, they
fall down on their face,
00:38:48.46\00:38:51.23
humbling
themselves before the Lord
00:38:51.26\00:38:53.40
at the entrance to the temple.
00:38:53.43\00:38:55.36
Joshua and Caleb
teared their clothes.
00:38:55.40\00:38:58.50
Numbers 14:7-10.
00:38:58.53\00:39:00.70
They say, "The land we
passed through to spy out
00:39:00.74\00:39:03.17
is an exceedingly
good, exceedingly good land.
00:39:03.20\00:39:06.91
If the Lord delights in us,
He will bring us into the land,
00:39:06.94\00:39:10.05
he'll give it to us,
00:39:10.08\00:39:11.71
'a land which flows
with milk and honey.'
00:39:11.75\00:39:16.28
Only do not
rebel against the Lord,
00:39:16.32\00:39:19.45
nor fear the people of the land,
00:39:19.49\00:39:21.96
for they are our bread,
00:39:21.99\00:39:24.16
their protection
has departed from them,
00:39:24.19\00:39:26.90
and the Lord is with us.
00:39:26.93\00:39:28.96
Do not fear them.'"
00:39:29.00\00:39:31.37
The congregation wanted
to stone Joshua and Caleb
00:39:31.40\00:39:35.34
and God intervenes, boy,
00:39:35.37\00:39:36.94
there's kind of glory of
God, appears at the tabernacle.
00:39:36.97\00:39:41.24
And all of them saw it.
00:39:41.28\00:39:43.45
So he kept him
from stoning them.
00:39:43.48\00:39:45.98
But God took very
seriously there rebellion
00:39:46.01\00:39:50.92
and He justifiably threatened
00:39:50.95\00:39:54.22
to destroy the
faithless and start over again.
00:39:54.26\00:39:57.93
In numbers 14:11-12.
00:39:57.96\00:40:00.93
He says, "How long
will these people reject me?
00:40:00.96\00:40:04.63
And how long will
they not believe me,
00:40:04.67\00:40:08.67
with all the signs
00:40:08.70\00:40:10.04
which I have
performed among them?
00:40:10.07\00:40:12.24
I will strike them
00:40:12.27\00:40:13.61
with the pestilence
and disinherit them,
00:40:13.64\00:40:16.58
and I will make of you,"
00:40:16.61\00:40:18.85
he's speaking to Moses,
00:40:18.88\00:40:20.62
"a nation greater
and mightier than they."
00:40:20.65\00:40:23.89
Boy, this is the same situation
00:40:23.92\00:40:25.75
you were talking
about earlier in Exodus 32,
00:40:25.79\00:40:28.96
where Moses now
has to intervene.
00:40:28.99\00:40:31.76
I mean, God is saying,
"Hey, we'll start over.
00:40:31.79\00:40:34.33
Let me get rid of these."
00:40:34.36\00:40:35.70
I think he was testing Moses.
00:40:35.73\00:40:37.70
But He basically told Moses,
00:40:37.73\00:40:41.40
"I'll start over with you
and make a people out of you,"
00:40:41.44\00:40:44.34
just like he'd
started with Abraham.
00:40:44.37\00:40:46.84
But Moses intervenes,
00:40:46.88\00:40:49.64
not only on behalf
of the rebellious nature
00:40:49.68\00:40:52.25
but on behalf of
God's reputation.
00:40:52.28\00:40:56.05
Listen to what he
says, "If you do this,
00:40:56.08\00:40:59.15
look at how you appear
in the eyes of the Egyptians
00:40:59.19\00:41:02.42
and the other nations,
00:41:02.46\00:41:03.79
these nations are going to think
00:41:03.83\00:41:05.16
you don't have the power
00:41:05.19\00:41:06.53
to fulfill your
promises to your people.
00:41:06.56\00:41:09.36
Moses knew that God's glory
00:41:09.40\00:41:12.50
was at stake in this crisis.
00:41:12.53\00:41:15.97
See, everything
God did for Israel
00:41:16.00\00:41:20.71
was to be a blessing
to humanity as a whole.
00:41:20.74\00:41:25.35
The love and power and salvation
00:41:25.38\00:41:27.72
that God had
demonstrated to Israel
00:41:27.75\00:41:32.99
was supposed to be a witness
00:41:33.02\00:41:36.59
to the other people at the time.
00:41:36.62\00:41:38.83
So Moses
intercedes, and I love this.
00:41:38.86\00:41:41.86
I just love this.
00:41:41.90\00:41:43.63
In Numbers 14:17-19, you
know how he begins his prayer.
00:41:43.67\00:41:48.50
He's reminding the
lord of his own words,
00:41:48.54\00:41:51.94
the God's Word
does not return, boys.
00:41:51.97\00:41:54.81
He says to the Lord, in
verse 17, Numbers 14:17.
00:41:54.84\00:41:59.75
"Now, I pray, let the
power of my Lord be great,
00:41:59.78\00:42:02.25
just as You have spoken."
00:42:02.28\00:42:04.55
"Lord, now he's going to
remind you, he's quoting.
00:42:04.59\00:42:07.69
"The Lord is longsuffering
and abundant in mercy,
00:42:07.72\00:42:10.29
forgiving
iniquity and transgression,
00:42:10.33\00:42:13.93
but He by no means
clears the guilty,"
00:42:13.96\00:42:19.03
and then he goes on in verse 19.
00:42:19.07\00:42:20.77
He says, "Pardon the
iniquity of this people,
00:42:20.80\00:42:24.07
I pray, according to
the greatness of your mercy,
00:42:24.11\00:42:27.18
just as you have forgiven
00:42:27.21\00:42:28.68
this people from
Egypt until now."
00:42:28.71\00:42:33.11
Now this is the tenth time
00:42:33.15\00:42:36.15
they've murmured
against the Lord.
00:42:36.18\00:42:38.65
He repeatedly responded
with patience and grace.
00:42:38.69\00:42:43.22
But guess what his
longsuffering patients
00:42:43.26\00:42:45.76
had come to an end.
00:42:45.79\00:42:47.50
In spite of His love, His
justice, His righteousness,
00:42:47.53\00:42:52.30
would not allow Him
00:42:52.33\00:42:53.67
to let the guilty go unpunished.
00:42:53.70\00:42:55.64
So He passes down the judgment
on this first generation,
00:42:55.67\00:43:01.54
everybody that was 20 and older.
00:43:01.58\00:43:05.81
It's interesting,
00:43:05.85\00:43:07.22
if they were 19
or under, he didn't.
00:43:07.25\00:43:10.29
But here's what he says to them.
00:43:10.32\00:43:12.75
He judged the rebellious people
00:43:12.79\00:43:14.99
according to their own words.
00:43:15.02\00:43:16.99
Ooh, listen to this.
00:43:17.03\00:43:19.23
Numbers 14-28.
00:43:19.26\00:43:21.80
He says, say to them,
00:43:21.83\00:43:24.33
as I live, says the Lord,
00:43:24.37\00:43:27.30
just as you've
spoken in my hearing,
00:43:27.34\00:43:30.21
so I will do to you.
00:43:30.24\00:43:32.34
Boy, is their take away there?
00:43:32.37\00:43:34.51
Their concept place of
stiff-necked rebellion,
00:43:34.54\00:43:38.95
where there's a
point of no return,
00:43:38.98\00:43:41.72
they'd reached that.
00:43:41.75\00:43:43.18
And God, they had
murmured against Him,
00:43:43.22\00:43:47.09
they'd accused Him of the worst.
00:43:47.12\00:43:49.32
And His verdict was,
00:43:49.36\00:43:51.29
"All right, you're going
to get one year for each day
00:43:51.33\00:43:54.70
that you spied out 40 days
00:43:54.73\00:43:57.00
that you spied
out the wilderness.
00:43:57.03\00:43:59.93
Now there's going to
be 40 years of wandering.
00:43:59.97\00:44:03.27
And he says, "And nobody 20
00:44:03.30\00:44:07.74
and over, is going to go..."
00:44:07.78\00:44:09.78
"Anybody that was
old enough to understand,
00:44:09.81\00:44:11.98
anybody that was
murmuring against God,
00:44:12.01\00:44:14.52
and saying the worst of Him,
00:44:14.55\00:44:16.28
they would not enter
into the Promised Land."
00:44:16.32\00:44:21.69
And like you mentioned James.
00:44:21.72\00:44:24.03
The funny thing is,
now Moses tells them,
00:44:24.06\00:44:28.00
"Nope, don't go up
to the Promised Land."
00:44:28.03\00:44:29.96
The people are going,
"Oh, wait, we'll go, we'll go."
00:44:30.00\00:44:33.13
You know?
00:44:33.17\00:44:34.50
Now they go
against God's Word again,
00:44:34.54\00:44:36.34
go up to the Promised Land,
00:44:36.37\00:44:38.14
and they're routed
just like God had told them
00:44:38.17\00:44:40.18
because it wasn't...
00:44:40.21\00:44:42.64
They still weren't going to
obey what they wanted to do.
00:44:42.68\00:44:46.08
They're just
arrogantly defying the Lord
00:44:46.11\00:44:49.72
and they just didn't
want that judgment on them.
00:44:49.75\00:44:54.19
All right, thank you so much.
00:44:54.22\00:44:56.83
Thursday's lesson is entitled
The Iniquity of the Amorite.
00:44:56.86\00:45:00.33
And of course,
this is a building
00:45:00.36\00:45:02.16
from what we've
discussed so far through
00:45:02.20\00:45:03.67
this historical lesson of Moses.
00:45:03.70\00:45:07.24
But it's quite interesting
because Thursday's lesson,
00:45:07.27\00:45:09.37
the major point of it is
00:45:09.40\00:45:10.74
dealing with a
very touchy subject,
00:45:10.77\00:45:12.47
one that many people
have questions about,
00:45:12.51\00:45:14.31
in fact, many people choose
00:45:14.34\00:45:15.74
not to believe in
the validity of Scripture
00:45:15.78\00:45:17.71
and choose not to serve God
00:45:17.75\00:45:19.21
because of some of the things
00:45:19.25\00:45:20.58
we're going to
discuss in Thursday's lesson.
00:45:20.62\00:45:22.48
So let's kind of set this up.
00:45:22.52\00:45:23.85
So basically, what we're seeing
through Deuteronomy 2 and 3.
00:45:23.89\00:45:27.36
We just came out
of Deuteronomy 1.
00:45:27.39\00:45:29.56
Now we're in
Deuteronomy 2 and 3,
00:45:29.59\00:45:31.59
and Moses continues to recount
00:45:31.63\00:45:33.66
the Israelite
history of how with,
00:45:33.70\00:45:35.86
of course, of God's blessing,
00:45:35.90\00:45:37.23
they're going through this area,
00:45:37.27\00:45:38.97
from nation to nation.
00:45:39.00\00:45:40.34
And as, you know,
00:45:40.37\00:45:41.70
because they
were faithful to God,
00:45:41.74\00:45:43.07
God's delivering these
people into their hands.
00:45:43.10\00:45:45.04
And so even over giants,
00:45:45.07\00:45:46.78
and we see record of
this in Deuteronomy 3:13.
00:45:46.81\00:45:50.05
So notice what
Deuteronomy 3:13 says,
00:45:50.08\00:45:52.68
it says, "The rest of Gilead,
00:45:52.71\00:45:54.05
and all Bashan,
the kingdom of Og,
00:45:54.08\00:45:56.28
I gave to half
the tribe of Manasseh.
00:45:56.32\00:45:58.79
All the region of Argob,
00:45:58.82\00:46:00.62
with all Bashan, was
called the land of the giants."
00:46:00.66\00:46:04.46
So we see that
God is so faithful,
00:46:04.49\00:46:06.39
He's got His people.
00:46:06.43\00:46:07.93
And you would think by now that
00:46:07.96\00:46:09.30
they would trust in
the Lord right there,
00:46:09.33\00:46:10.67
they should trust in God
00:46:10.70\00:46:12.03
because God has
even delivered them
00:46:12.07\00:46:13.40
through the land
of the giants, right?
00:46:13.44\00:46:16.57
But this leads us to an
even more interesting question
00:46:16.60\00:46:20.81
and something we at
least need to touch on.
00:46:20.84\00:46:22.81
And that's the fact that in
the process of going through
00:46:22.84\00:46:26.08
these lands and
encountering all these people...
00:46:26.11\00:46:28.35
Of course, God would
always instruct them first
00:46:28.38\00:46:30.79
to bring a message of peace.
00:46:30.82\00:46:32.25
And so they would address,
00:46:32.29\00:46:34.26
you know, these nations through,
00:46:34.29\00:46:37.59
you know, peace
offering of some kind
00:46:37.63\00:46:39.09
or try to establish peace
00:46:39.13\00:46:40.73
but many of these
paganistic nations
00:46:40.76\00:46:44.37
simply would not
receive that offer.
00:46:44.40\00:46:46.57
And of course,
when they would not,
00:46:46.60\00:46:48.54
you know, come within, you know,
00:46:48.57\00:46:50.61
respond
positively to that offer,
00:46:50.64\00:46:53.21
we have to deal
with that history,
00:46:53.24\00:46:54.58
which is the fact
that they would go in,
00:46:54.61\00:46:56.38
and they would destroy everyone,
00:46:56.41\00:46:58.68
man, woman, and child.
00:46:58.71\00:47:01.15
We see record of this
in Deuteronomy 2:33 and 34.
00:47:01.18\00:47:05.55
Notice what it says here.
00:47:05.59\00:47:06.92
Deuteronomy 2:33 and 34.
00:47:06.96\00:47:09.52
It says, "And the Lord our
God delivered him over to us,
00:47:09.56\00:47:13.73
so we defeated him, his
sons, and all his people.
00:47:13.76\00:47:16.93
We took all his
cities at that time,
00:47:16.97\00:47:19.77
and we utterly
destroyed the men, women,
00:47:19.80\00:47:22.14
and little ones of every city,
00:47:22.17\00:47:25.27
we left none remaining."
00:47:25.31\00:47:28.44
And these are texts,
00:47:28.48\00:47:31.55
we see records of
these things throughout
00:47:31.58\00:47:33.62
some of the Old
Testament Scriptures,
00:47:33.65\00:47:35.35
and especially in dealing
with this historical record
00:47:35.38\00:47:37.99
of how God is
bringing the people
00:47:38.02\00:47:40.29
into this Promised Land,
00:47:40.32\00:47:41.66
and they're having to
face these challenges.
00:47:41.69\00:47:43.19
You know, I know
people who just discount this,
00:47:43.22\00:47:46.09
some people
just look at and say,
00:47:46.13\00:47:47.46
"Oh, you know
what, we can't even trust
00:47:47.50\00:47:49.33
the validity of these texts."
00:47:49.36\00:47:50.70
Some people deny that
this record even exists like
00:47:50.73\00:47:52.70
this is all made up, that
this really didn't happen.
00:47:52.73\00:47:54.44
And these are questions
00:47:54.47\00:47:55.80
because they don't
have answers to this.
00:47:55.84\00:47:57.17
So they just downright
reject the record of this.
00:47:57.21\00:47:59.51
But nonetheless,
00:47:59.54\00:48:00.88
I don't think that
that's a sufficient answer.
00:48:00.91\00:48:02.24
If we are true Bible Christians,
00:48:02.28\00:48:03.85
we have to face reality
that these things did happen.
00:48:03.88\00:48:06.72
It's just simply not
an acceptable answer.
00:48:06.75\00:48:08.92
Because if we believe in
the promises of God's Word,
00:48:08.95\00:48:12.02
and we believe in the council's
00:48:12.05\00:48:13.39
I think of 2 Timothy 3:16,
00:48:13.42\00:48:16.36
which tells us that
all scripture is given
00:48:16.39\00:48:18.79
by inspiration of God and
is profitable for doctrine,
00:48:18.83\00:48:21.63
for reproof, for correction,
00:48:21.66\00:48:23.57
for instruction
in righteousness.
00:48:23.60\00:48:26.40
So all scripture that
means even the tough text,
00:48:26.43\00:48:29.07
even the tough passages that
00:48:29.10\00:48:30.57
we read about that
is inspired by God,
00:48:30.61\00:48:33.64
that record was given by God.
00:48:33.68\00:48:35.01
And, yes, these
events really did happen.
00:48:35.04\00:48:36.85
So how do we
reconcile this in our mind?
00:48:36.88\00:48:39.41
You know, oftentimes,
00:48:39.45\00:48:40.78
there's not an
explicit clear-cut answer.
00:48:40.82\00:48:42.82
That is sufficient for everyone.
00:48:42.85\00:48:44.35
But I believe we can
find some understanding,
00:48:44.39\00:48:47.46
even in other texts
found in the scripture.
00:48:47.49\00:48:49.32
If we go back to
the Abrahamic Covenant.
00:48:49.36\00:48:50.79
Let's go to Genesis
12, excuse me, Genesis 15.
00:48:50.83\00:48:55.16
Let's go to Genesis 15.
00:48:55.20\00:48:57.17
The study wants us
to read verses 1-16.
00:48:57.20\00:48:59.73
For lack of time,
we're not going to read
00:48:59.77\00:49:01.10
all of these verses,
00:49:01.14\00:49:02.47
but I do want us to
pick up in verse 12.
00:49:02.50\00:49:04.11
So we're again in Genesis 15.
00:49:04.14\00:49:06.17
I'm going to start
reading in verse 12.
00:49:06.21\00:49:07.74
And then we're going to
work our way to verse 16.
00:49:07.78\00:49:09.51
Verse 16 holds
an interesting truth
00:49:09.54\00:49:11.98
there that kind
of sheds some light
00:49:12.01\00:49:13.75
on this issue of
going in and having to deal
00:49:13.78\00:49:16.92
with these pagan
hedonistic nations
00:49:16.95\00:49:21.72
that simply were
just flooded in iniquity.
00:49:21.76\00:49:24.83
And so what we find there,
00:49:24.86\00:49:26.19
Genesis 15,
beginning with verse 12.
00:49:26.23\00:49:28.30
It says, "Now when
the sun was going down,
00:49:28.33\00:49:30.03
a deep sleep fell upon Abram,
00:49:30.07\00:49:32.03
and behold, horror
00:49:32.07\00:49:33.40
and great
darkness fell upon him.
00:49:33.44\00:49:35.20
Then He said to Abram,
00:49:35.24\00:49:36.60
'Know certainly
that your descendants
00:49:36.64\00:49:39.14
will be strangers in a
land that is not theirs,
00:49:39.17\00:49:42.94
and will serve them,
00:49:42.98\00:49:44.41
and they will
afflict them 400 years.'"
00:49:44.45\00:49:46.01
As the speaking of
the Egyptian bondage.
00:49:46.05\00:49:47.98
But then notice verse 14 onward.
00:49:48.02\00:49:49.68
It says, "And also the nation
whom they serve I will judge,
00:49:49.72\00:49:52.89
afterward they shall come
out with great possessions.
00:49:52.92\00:49:56.59
Now as for you,
00:49:56.62\00:49:58.29
you shall go to
your fathers in peace,
00:49:58.33\00:50:01.16
you shall be
buried at a good old age."
00:50:01.20\00:50:03.57
This is verse 16.
00:50:03.60\00:50:05.33
"But in the fourth generation
they shall return here,"
00:50:05.37\00:50:09.44
and then notice
this interesting detail,
00:50:09.47\00:50:10.97
"for the
iniquity of the Amorites
00:50:11.01\00:50:13.91
is not yet complete."
00:50:13.94\00:50:16.85
Rather interesting,
this kind of brings me back
00:50:16.88\00:50:19.15
also to the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:50:19.18\00:50:21.78
They had reached the
point of no return, right?
00:50:21.82\00:50:25.45
And this is what
reminds me of this,
00:50:25.49\00:50:27.12
you know, why did God
00:50:27.16\00:50:28.49
allow some of these
horrible things to happen.
00:50:28.52\00:50:30.53
And again, many
people shake the fist at God.
00:50:30.56\00:50:32.36
"Oh, you're not a
God that I want to serve
00:50:32.39\00:50:34.03
because you allow, you know,
the lives of innocent children
00:50:34.06\00:50:37.13
and women and
families to be taken."
00:50:37.17\00:50:38.83
But yet at the same time,
00:50:38.87\00:50:40.24
while there may not
be an explicit answer,
00:50:40.27\00:50:42.70
we have record
here that tells us that
00:50:42.74\00:50:44.47
the iniquity of
these heathen nations,
00:50:44.51\00:50:46.37
they were so
abundant, so overwhelming.
00:50:46.41\00:50:48.74
In fact, if you look
at the history of this,
00:50:48.78\00:50:50.88
this goes all the way back
00:50:50.91\00:50:52.31
to from the
descendants of Noah, obviously.
00:50:52.35\00:50:54.85
But it's interesting to go back
00:50:54.88\00:50:56.22
and read the descendants
of Noah from Genesis 10,
00:50:56.25\00:50:59.85
Noah had three
sons, it was Shem, Ham,
00:50:59.89\00:51:02.06
and Japheth.
00:51:02.09\00:51:03.43
Now if you read the
records of those descendants
00:51:03.46\00:51:04.86
coming from those three sons,
00:51:04.89\00:51:06.23
the record of the descendants
coming from Ham and Japheth,
00:51:06.26\00:51:09.33
many of those descendants
00:51:09.36\00:51:10.70
and those
different tribes of people
00:51:10.73\00:51:12.87
that sprung out from
Ham and Japheth ended up
00:51:12.90\00:51:15.14
becoming
enemies of God's people.
00:51:15.17\00:51:17.57
And many of these nations that
00:51:17.61\00:51:19.24
they're having to fight,
and they're having to destroy,
00:51:19.27\00:51:21.34
they're having to go through
to get to this Promised Land
00:51:21.38\00:51:23.38
came from Ham, and Japheth.
00:51:23.41\00:51:25.21
And it's interesting when you
read the record in Genesis 10,
00:51:25.25\00:51:27.32
you see Ham, of course,
00:51:27.35\00:51:28.95
begot got Cush,
Cush begot Nimrod,
00:51:28.98\00:51:31.99
Nimrod, of course, the
beginning of his kingdom,
00:51:32.02\00:51:33.62
as the
scripture says, was babel.
00:51:33.66\00:51:35.82
And of course,
a region of babel,
00:51:35.86\00:51:37.69
extending from that was Canaan,
00:51:37.73\00:51:39.69
the land of the
Canaanites, and out of that in
00:51:39.73\00:51:42.23
with mixture of these heathen,
sinful iniquity filled nations
00:51:42.26\00:51:47.57
was that of the Amorites.
00:51:47.60\00:51:49.04
So I go back to verse 16 there,
"But in the fourth generation
00:51:49.07\00:51:51.61
they shall return here,
00:51:51.64\00:51:52.97
for the iniquity of the Amorites
00:51:53.01\00:51:54.54
is not yet completed."
00:51:54.58\00:51:56.24
There was something
about these nations.
00:51:56.28\00:51:57.98
These were extreme,
ruthless, and rebellious people,
00:51:58.01\00:52:03.12
the heathen of all heathens.
00:52:03.15\00:52:04.52
And so I believe that
God gave them a chance,
00:52:04.55\00:52:06.59
just like as He did Nineveh,
00:52:06.62\00:52:08.12
Nineveh was a
ruthless, barbaric people.
00:52:08.16\00:52:10.73
And God called them
and, you know, fortunately,
00:52:10.76\00:52:13.40
Praise the Lord, they responded.
00:52:13.43\00:52:15.26
You know, they
responded to the call of God,
00:52:15.30\00:52:17.23
and they repented,
00:52:17.27\00:52:18.60
and they were converted
in many of these nations,
00:52:18.63\00:52:20.47
these heathen nations
00:52:20.50\00:52:21.97
that was not
necessarily the case,
00:52:22.00\00:52:23.37
especially for the Amorites.
00:52:23.41\00:52:24.94
And then there's a message
here though, out of this.
00:52:24.97\00:52:27.01
We have to say that sometimes
00:52:27.04\00:52:29.04
while we may
not have the answer,
00:52:29.08\00:52:31.01
the direct answer, you know,
00:52:31.05\00:52:32.38
there's not an explicit text
00:52:32.41\00:52:33.75
that says, you
know, God did this...
00:52:33.78\00:52:35.35
You know, that
really satisfies the mind,
00:52:35.38\00:52:37.39
a lot of us
still wonder, "Why God?
00:52:37.42\00:52:39.79
You know, was
there no other way, Lord,
00:52:39.82\00:52:41.42
is there no other way that
00:52:41.46\00:52:42.79
you could have spared the
lives of these little children,
00:52:42.82\00:52:45.06
really, God, children?"
00:52:45.09\00:52:46.49
And it's tough for us
to deal with those things.
00:52:46.53\00:52:49.60
But nonetheless,
00:52:49.63\00:52:50.97
that's what
faith is about, right?
00:52:51.00\00:52:52.83
As Pastor James,
00:52:52.87\00:52:54.44
just brought out so beautifully.
00:52:54.47\00:52:56.04
Trusting in God is
100% the central issue here.
00:52:56.07\00:53:01.34
In the lesson brings this out,
00:53:01.38\00:53:03.04
I have to read these
verse because they're beautiful.
00:53:03.08\00:53:04.71
Faith isn't
just about loving God
00:53:04.75\00:53:06.51
on a beautiful
day in a pretty forest
00:53:06.55\00:53:08.52
full of wonderful
sights and sounds.
00:53:08.55\00:53:11.25
It's also
about, and I love this,
00:53:11.29\00:53:13.15
it's also about
trusting in Him despite
00:53:13.19\00:53:15.92
where we don't fully understand.
00:53:15.96\00:53:18.59
You know, God,
I don't understand
00:53:18.63\00:53:19.96
why you allow this to happen.
00:53:20.00\00:53:21.33
I don't understand
why you're allowing me
00:53:21.36\00:53:22.70
to have to go
through this, Lord.
00:53:22.73\00:53:24.07
You know, we often
have those questions.
00:53:24.10\00:53:25.43
You know we hear
people all the time say,
00:53:25.47\00:53:26.94
"Why does bad things
happen to good people?"
00:53:26.97\00:53:28.84
I love Pastor
Lomacang's response to that.
00:53:28.87\00:53:30.84
He says that's assuming
that they're good people, right?
00:53:30.87\00:53:34.58
But we have these
questions, "Lord, why do you..."
00:53:34.61\00:53:36.91
We never turn to
the enemy and say,
00:53:36.95\00:53:39.11
"You know, why is the enemy...
00:53:39.15\00:53:40.48
You know, why is he doing this?"
00:53:40.52\00:53:41.85
Right?
00:53:41.88\00:53:43.22
He's the one responsible
for all the bad things, not God.
00:53:43.25\00:53:45.02
But yet, we also
tend to turn to God as,
00:53:45.05\00:53:47.06
"Lord, you didn't prevent it.
00:53:47.09\00:53:49.02
God, it's also your fault
00:53:49.06\00:53:50.39
because you
could have stopped it."
00:53:50.43\00:53:51.79
You know, can we bring ourselves
00:53:51.83\00:53:53.43
to a point where
we know who God is,
00:53:53.46\00:53:55.70
we're reminded of who he is that
00:53:55.73\00:53:57.87
we can trust in Him that
00:53:57.90\00:53:59.23
even when we
don't fully understand.
00:53:59.27\00:54:01.44
"Lord, I don't know why
You're allowing this to happen.
00:54:01.47\00:54:03.64
Lord, I don't
know why You allow that
00:54:03.67\00:54:05.24
person's life to be taken.
00:54:05.27\00:54:06.61
I don't know why
You're allowing this person
00:54:06.64\00:54:08.24
or those people are
these, in this case,
00:54:08.28\00:54:10.05
these nations to be completely
00:54:10.08\00:54:11.61
wiped out destroyed,
men, women, and child."
00:54:11.65\00:54:13.88
But can you
trust that God's ways
00:54:13.92\00:54:16.75
are higher than our ways?
00:54:16.79\00:54:18.12
Isn't that what
Isaiah 58:8 says?
00:54:18.15\00:54:20.09
It says, " For my
thoughts are not your thoughts,
00:54:20.12\00:54:21.89
neither are your ways
my ways," says the Lord.
00:54:21.92\00:54:25.09
"As the heavens are
higher than the earth,
00:54:25.13\00:54:28.00
so are my ways
higher than your ways
00:54:28.03\00:54:30.00
and my thoughts
than your thoughts."
00:54:30.03\00:54:32.63
I'll just end with this point.
00:54:32.67\00:54:34.40
We may be faced
with many opportunities
00:54:34.44\00:54:36.67
and reasons that will lead
us to question the plans of God.
00:54:36.71\00:54:39.37
"God, I don't
understand why in the world,
00:54:39.41\00:54:41.04
You let any of
these bad things to go on.
00:54:41.08\00:54:43.24
I know You're
not responsible God!
00:54:43.28\00:54:45.11
But You certainly
sometimes allow them."
00:54:45.15\00:54:46.48
And other times He'll intervene.
00:54:46.51\00:54:47.85
Right?
00:54:47.88\00:54:49.22
You intervene sometimes
and sometimes You don't.
00:54:49.25\00:54:50.59
We may have
sufficient reasoning,
00:54:50.62\00:54:52.59
oftentimes that
are presented for us
00:54:52.62\00:54:54.39
to question the plans of God.
00:54:54.42\00:54:56.76
But yet, we will never have
sufficient reason to question
00:54:56.79\00:54:59.39
his goodness.
00:54:59.43\00:55:00.83
We serve a good God.
00:55:00.86\00:55:02.20
Can You trust Him
even through the trial?
00:55:02.23\00:55:03.97
Even through the unknown?
00:55:04.00\00:55:06.23
That's the question of faith.
00:55:06.27\00:55:07.60
That's the test of faith. Amen.
00:55:07.64\00:55:09.47
Very good. Thank
you, all of you. Wow!
00:55:09.50\00:55:11.24
Pastor James give me a
summary of the day you covered.
00:55:11.27\00:55:14.18
Well, I think that
one of the things is
00:55:14.21\00:55:16.01
really clear in these
stories in Deuteronomy,
00:55:16.04\00:55:18.95
and in the history is
that God is the God of hope.
00:55:18.98\00:55:22.28
Yeah, we despite our failures,
those can be opened doors.
00:55:22.32\00:55:24.72
You know, we think about
the 40 years in the wilderness,
00:55:24.75\00:55:27.29
you know, all
those who over 20 died,
00:55:27.32\00:55:30.23
including Moses.
00:55:30.26\00:55:31.76
And Moses died
because the last minute,
00:55:31.79\00:55:34.23
you know, he said that
00:55:34.26\00:55:35.60
we could blame it on the people
00:55:35.63\00:55:36.97
they're murmuring,
they're complaining,
00:55:37.00\00:55:38.33
but yet Moses continued
00:55:38.37\00:55:39.70
to hope in spite
of that big failure,
00:55:39.73\00:55:41.07
and guess what, God
resurrected the peace
00:55:41.10\00:55:42.47
in heaven right now.
00:55:42.50\00:55:43.84
So we always have
hope, despite our failures.
00:55:43.87\00:55:45.71
Amen. Amen.
00:55:45.74\00:55:47.08
Jill. Amen. Mine
was on leadership.
00:55:47.11\00:55:49.34
And whether you're a leader
or whether you're a follower,
00:55:49.38\00:55:52.48
the key is to know that
God is the one in charge.
00:55:52.51\00:55:55.32
We depend on Him, we
look to Him, we rely on Him.
00:55:55.35\00:55:59.29
And that God
seeks to bring about
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an organizational
structure of men and women
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who come together
and help finish the work.
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To me that's a
beautiful picture,
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what God wants to
do at the end of time,
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joining hands
together, and sharing Jesus
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with the lost and dying world.
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Amen and amen.
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I just want to repeat
five takeaways from my lesson.
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If we don't know
who we are in Christ,
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we're going to have
the same grasshopper
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identity syndrome they did.
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Fear and depression
can cause us to focus
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on negative
circumstances rather than hoping
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in the Lord for deliverance.
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Rebellion can cause us to reject
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and humiliate God's
chosen and faithful leaders.
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There is a point of no return
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for stiff-necked
unbelieving people.
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God's longsuffering
mercy can come to an end
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and He will deal out
His righteous judgment.
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But just as God intervened
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to save faithful
Joshua and Caleb,
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they're the only 2 over 20
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who went into the Promised Land,
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He's going to
intervene again at the end time.
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Let this mind be in You,
which is also in Christ Jesus.
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Jesus said, "Lord,
if there's any way,
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this can pass of me,"
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all the bad things it's about
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to happen to
sinless Jesus, right?
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He says, nevertheless,
not my will but yours be done.
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Have the mind of Jesus.
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There's so much to cover
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when we talk about
the history of Moses.
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He's given us five books
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and the New Testament writers
have quoted him many times
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to remind us that
learn from what happened.
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You know, they said,
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"Those who do not
learn from the past
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are bound to repeat it."
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But I want to
end with this point
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as we get ready
for the next lesson,
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which is in fact,
the everlasting covenant.
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Lesson number three,
remember these words,
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one day we will all
experience divine amnesia.
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Hebrews 8:12,
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"For I will be merciful
to their unrighteousness,
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and their sins and
their lawless deeds
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I will remember no more."
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God bless you
until we see you again.
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Amen.
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