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Grab your Bibles, turn to the book of Joshua, and then get your fingers ready because we're going to be all over this morning.
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Topics that affect us, topics we are living in and around.
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We've talked about work. We've talked about homosexuality or sexuality.
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We've talked about marriage and family.
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And so this morning, the topic this morning is violence.
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And it's one of those topics where you could just go in a hundred different directions on it.
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I could preach about how violent our world is, or I could preach about how we should be pacifists.
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Okay, not really, but that could come out.
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I can talk about so many different things.
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And I was surprised at where I was led in my studying this week.
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Before we get to the book of Joshua,
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there is reason to be concerned about our lives and how much we subject ourselves to violence.
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We fill our brains with so much needless violence,
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like video games and TV and movies,
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that we have become numb to many types of violence.
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For example, in Syria, since March of last year,
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at least 17,000 people have died.
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At least 17,000 people.
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That's at least 100 people a month have died
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during what the Red Cross is calling a civil war.
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Refugees are fleeing the violence by thousands.
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Now, there's a little bit of numbness there for me,
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and I would imagine a lot of you in this room.
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One, because, well, that's the other side of the world.
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That doesn't really affect us.
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That's kind of a bummer.
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But two, because people dying, we see all the time.
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We see it on a TV show.
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We see it not just on primetime.
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Kids watching TV shows where people are dying,
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and it affects our lives.
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People around the world are fleeing violence.
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They're fleeing this danger.
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But here in America, we're buying it up.
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In 2010, Call of Duty Black Ops sold $360 million worth of video games
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in the first 24 hours.
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In less than a month, they sold over a billion dollars.
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If you don't know what this game is,
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it's a first-person shooter game.
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You blow people's heads off.
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You walk through, and it's war.
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Well, we're playing these games.
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At the movies this summer,
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saw a trailer for a new video game coming out.
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I think the new Call of Duty game coming out this fall.
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It's all around us.
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Big, big money.
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And it's causing a numbness in us and in our future generations.
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Next thing you know,
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theater shootings will happen in Colorado
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will happen on a more regular basis.
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Now, you think that's kind of extreme,
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but follow down the rabbit hole,
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you see where you end up.
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This numbness that we all have,
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some level of numbness,
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affects even our theology as we sit here this morning.
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Affects what we think we know about God,
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what we believe about God.
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It can affect how and what we preach,
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what we teach,
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what we read.
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Are the stories true?
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Did God really do that?
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Did those people really get wiped out just like that?
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We question things.
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It affects what we share with people.
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Now, these stories, that's a little outrageous.
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I'm not going to share that.
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It can affect what we believe about God.
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God is a God.
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He's a loving God.
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He's not a killer of innocent people.
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This numbness to violence
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gives reason to be concerned
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for all of us in this room,
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not just me standing up here
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as I've thought through this this week.
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So this morning,
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I want for all of us to see
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how God uses violence in the Bible.
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Now, I can't show every story.
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We're just going to hit four or five of them.
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And to see for what purpose
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He uses violence.
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Familiar stories and not so familiar stories.
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And then I want to look to Jesus,
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our Savior,
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and see how He endured
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the greatest of all acts of violence.
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And look at it with hopefully
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a much less numbness.
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Look at it with new eyes
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to see the violence that He endured.
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So let me pray for us.
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You got your fingers in Joshua.
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That's where we'll start.
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Let me pray.
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Heavenly Father,
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gracious Lord,
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God,
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help us this morning
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to hear from You.
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Help us to see Your Word
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alive.
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Help us to see how You work,
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even through violence,
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and You use it
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for Your kingdom.
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God,
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help us to see
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with
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new eyes,
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with
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just new perspective,
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the cross
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and what Jesus,
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our Savior,
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endured for us.
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God,
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I want to make
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the truth known,
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Your Word proclaimed.
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Use me this morning.
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Let me not lean on
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my own understanding,
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but let me lean on You
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and trust in You
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this morning.
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Speak through me.
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Let us all hear
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a word from You.
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Be gracious to us
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in that
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and let our hearing
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lead to action.
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Let our hearing
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lead
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to a greater perspective
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on violence itself,
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but on Christ
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and what He has
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done
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and endured
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for us.
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I pray this
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in the great,
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wonderful,
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and mighty name
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of Jesus.
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Amen.
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In the book of Joshua,
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we have a story
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that is familiar
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to all of us,
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I would imagine.
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The story of Jericho.
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And if you don't know
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the story,
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we'll just read
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the first seven verses
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of chapter 6.
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So Joshua chapter 6,
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we'll read through.
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It kind of gives us
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a setup of what
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will occur
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and then we'll turn
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to the end
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of the chapter.
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Joshua chapter 6,
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verse 1.
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Now Jericho
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was shut up inside
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and outside
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because of the people
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of Israel.
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None went out
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and none came in.
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And the Lord
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said to Joshua,
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See,
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I have given
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Jericho into your hand
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with its king
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and mighty men
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of valor.
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You shall march
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around the city,
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all the men of war
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going around the city
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once.
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Thus shall you do
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for six days.
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Seven priests
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shall bear seven trumpets
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of a ram's horns
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before the ark.
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On the seventh day
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you shall march
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around the city
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seven times
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and the priests
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shall blow the trumpets
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and then when they
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make a long blast
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with the ram's horn,
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when you hear
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the sound of the trumpet,
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then all the people
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shall shout
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with a great shout
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and the wall of the city
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will fall down flat
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and the people
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shall go up,
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everyone straight
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before him.
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So Joshua,
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the son of Nun,
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called the priests
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and said to them,
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Take up the ark
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of the covenant
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and let seven priests
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bear seven trumpets
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of ram's horns
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before the ark
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of the Lord.
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And he said to the people,
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Go forward,
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march around the city
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and let the armed men
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pass on before
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the ark of the Lord.
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So the Lord
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commanded them
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to march around
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the city of Jericho
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seven times.
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Six days,
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seventh day,
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they're below the horn,
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everybody's going to shout
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and God was going
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to deliver Jericho.
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We'll skip down
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to verse 21.
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The wall has crumbled down.
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What God has said
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would happen,
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happened.
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And verse 21 says,
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Then they devoted all
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in the city
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to destruction,
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both men and women,
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young and old,
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oxen,
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sheep,
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and donkeys
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with the edge
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of the sword.
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Now this is a familiar story
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to all of us
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almost probably in this room.
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Our kids know this story.
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It's a good story.
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But it's not just a story.
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It really did happen.
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And it shows us three things.
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God shows us three things
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through this act of violence.
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He shows His power.
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The walls of Jericho
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tumbled to the ground.
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No explosions,
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no artillery.
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God in His hand
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knocked it over.
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There's not a day
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that goes by
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where I don't hear
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Jed yelling,
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talking about how
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LJ is tearing apart
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his Lego creation.
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They just come through
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like Godzilla
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and knock it over
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or take it with his hands
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and just break it apart.
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That's what God did
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to the walls of Jericho.
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With His fingers,
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with His hands,
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He just knocked it over.
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The walls
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tumbled down.
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God showed His power
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through this
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violent act.
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The people of Jericho
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suffered a violent end
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under God's hand
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and God's rule.
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But not only do we see
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God's power,
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we also see God's
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faithfulness.
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verse 2.
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It says,
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See,
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I have given Jericho
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into your hands.
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This is God speaking.
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And it's as if God
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is going back
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to chapter 1
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in Joshua
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where He tells Joshua
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in verse 9,
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Have I not commanded you?
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Be strong
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and courageous.
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Do not be frightened.
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Do not be dismayed.
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For the Lord your God
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is with you
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wherever you go.
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It's almost God saying,
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Look,
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I've done this.
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I will do this for you.
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And look,
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I have delivered Jericho
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to you.
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So we see God's faithfulness.
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But we also see God's plan
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through this act
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of violence.
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The people of Israel
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were God's people
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set apart.
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God chose them,
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made them,
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set them apart,
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said,
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This is my people.
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I am their God.
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And He set them apart
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and said,
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That you have this land
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that I will deliver to you.
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And what does He do?
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He delivers
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that land
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to the people of Israel.
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So God displays
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and shows His plan.
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Sets apart
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the people of Israel
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using this act
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of violence.
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So it's violence
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used by God
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to show His power,
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His faithfulness,
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and His plan.
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Turn to Genesis chapter 19.
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We also,
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we have a horrifying account
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of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Cities where fire
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came down from heaven
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and destroyed
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the city.
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The cities.
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So Genesis chapter 19,
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verse 23 through 29.
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The sun had risen
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on the earth
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when Lot came to Zor.
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Zor was the city
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that the angels of God
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told him that he could go to.
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Then the Lord rained
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on Sodom and Gomorrah
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sulfur and fire
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from the Lord
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out of heaven.
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And He overthrew
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those cities
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and all the valley
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and all the inhabitants
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of the city
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and what grew
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on the ground.
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But Lot's wife
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behind him
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looked back
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and she became
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a pillar of salt.
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And Abraham
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went early in the morning
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to the place
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where he had stood
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before the Lord
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and he looked down
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toward Sodom and Gomorrah
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and toward all the land
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of the valley
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and he looked
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and behold,
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the smoke of the land
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went up like the smoke
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of a furnace.
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So it was that
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when God destroyed
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the cities of the valley,
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God remembered Abraham
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and sent Lot
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out of the midst
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of the overthrow
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when he overthrew
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the cities
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in which Lot
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had lived.
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God destroys
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Sodom and Gomorrah.
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In chapter 18
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we get kind of
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a reason why.
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Chapter 18
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verse 20
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Then the Lord said,
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Because the outcry
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against Sodom and Gomorrah
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is great
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and their sin
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is very grave,
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I will go down
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to see whether
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they have done
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altogether
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according to the outcry
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that has come to me
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and if not,
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I will know.
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So because of
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Sodom and Gomorrah's sin,
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wickedness,
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God rains down fire
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from heaven
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and destroys
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these two cities.
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God uses violence
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to show His judgment.
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This is a repeated theme
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throughout Scripture.
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God's judgment
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on Sodom and Gomorrah
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and more specifically
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on sin itself.
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Another story
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not so familiar.
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Another way
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that God uses violence.
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Let's turn to 2 Kings
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chapter 2.
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The reason
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you're going to turn here
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and I'm going to read it
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is because it is not familiar.
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I guarantee you
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there's only a few people
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in here that may
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even know this story
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because we joke about it.
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I've been encouraged
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to teach my kids
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about this story.
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In 2 Kings chapter 2.
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By the way,
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I've been encouraged
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by somebody
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who doesn't have kids
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to teach this story.
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So,
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verse 23.
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2 Kings chapter 2
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verse 23.
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He,
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being Elisha,
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went up from there
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to Bethel.
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And while he was going
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up on the way,
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some small boys
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came out of the city
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and jeered at him
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saying,
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Go up you bald head!
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Go up you bald head!
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And he turned around
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and when he saw them
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he cursed them
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in the name of the Lord.
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And two she-bears
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came out of the woods
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and tore 42 of the boys.
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From there,
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he went on to Mount Carmel
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and from there
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he returned to Samaria.
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Not very often
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do I stand up here
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and say this,
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but what?
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Really?
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She-bears
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come out of the woods
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and tear up 42 boys
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because they mocked Elisha.
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God uses violence
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to show
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that God's hand
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is on a specific person,
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that God's power
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is on a specific person.
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He shows
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Elijah
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was the prophet
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before Elisha.
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And Elisha had power.
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He's the one
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who mocked
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the priests
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of the idol gods,
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the gods of Baal.
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He mocked them
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and he had this great power.
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But Elisha
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was to replace Elisha.
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And so God
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using His power,
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using Elisha
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to curse
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these boys,
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showed His power
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and showed that
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this is my prophet,
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this is my messenger.
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He is mine.
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So God uses violence
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to show
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His hand
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on a specific person.
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David
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is another example
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of this.
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Turn to 2 Samuel.
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2 Samuel,
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and we're almost done
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flipping through
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Bible drill this morning.
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But this is actually
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kind of fun
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if you ask me.
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2 Samuel
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chapter 23.
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We have an account
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of David's mighty men.
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2 Samuel 23
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verse 8.
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These are the names
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of the mighty men
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whom David had.
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Hoseboshabeth.
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I totally botched that,
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but that's okay.
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I tried really hard
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this week.
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And I'm not even going
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to say this next word.
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A
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Tecumonite,
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I guess I'll try.
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He was chief
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of the three.
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He wielded
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his spear
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against 800
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whom he killed
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at one time.
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That's pretty violent.
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This guy killed
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800 people,
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800 guys,
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800 soldiers
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with one spear
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at one time.
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Look down
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to
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verse 10.
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Eleazar.
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And next to him,
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verse 9,
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among the three
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mighty men
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was Eleazar,
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the son of Dodo,
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son of Ahohi.
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He was with David
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when they defied
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the Philistines
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who were gathered
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there for battle
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and the men of Israel
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withdrew.
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He rose
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and struck down
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the Philistines
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until his hand
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was weary
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and his hand
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clung to the sword.
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And the Lord
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brought about
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a great victory
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that day
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and the men
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returned after him
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only to strip
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the slain.
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Now you say,
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well these are just
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two guys.
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The first guy
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killed 800 with a spear.
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Well that's pretty violent
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if you ask me.
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The second guy
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fought
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until there was
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no strength left
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in his body.
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He could not
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remove the sword
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from his hand.
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He had no strength
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to move his fingers
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from the grasp
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of the sword.
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But verse 10
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tells us
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that the Lord
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brought about
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a great victory
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that day
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they fought
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for David.
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They fought
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for the Lord.
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Proved that David
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was God's man.
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Showed that David
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was God's
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anointed king.
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God's chosen king
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and God's power
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and might
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was shown
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through
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some of these
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violent circumstances.
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New Testament.
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John chapter 2.
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Another story
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that is familiar
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to you.
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John chapter 2
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we have
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an act of violence
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from Jesus himself.
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Jesus in the temple.
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Jesus walks
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into the temple
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and he sees
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that the temple
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has been turned
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into a marketplace.
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People were buying
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and selling
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and bartering
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and gambling
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and all sorts of things
18:09
and Jesus goes
18:10
and he makes a whip
18:11
and he goes in
18:13
and he overturns tables.
18:15
He gets angry.
18:16
He has this righteous
18:17
anger towards
18:18
the people.
18:22
See,
18:22
Jesus
18:22
fought
18:24
with righteous
18:25
anger
18:25
for truth.
18:27
He fought
18:28
for righteousness
18:28
and he used
18:30
violence.
18:33
We're going to
18:34
end with Jesus.
18:36
Flip back
18:37
to Psalm
18:38
chapter 22.
18:39
God uses
18:42
violence
18:42
for so many
18:43
different things.
18:44
We could just
18:44
go on
18:45
and on
18:46
and on
18:46
with this
18:47
game this morning.
18:49
But I want
18:49
to end here.
18:52
That God
18:52
uses violence
18:54
to show
18:54
redemption.
18:57
To show
18:57
our
18:58
redemption.
19:01
And before
19:02
we go
19:02
any further
19:03
I want
19:05
to read
19:06
what Charles
19:07
Spurgeon
19:07
says about
19:08
this chapter.
19:08
I can't
19:10
say it
19:10
any better.
19:15
He says,
19:16
it is the
19:17
photograph
19:18
of our
19:19
Lord's
19:20
saddest
19:20
hours.
19:21
The record
19:22
of his
19:23
dying
19:24
words.
19:26
The
19:26
lachrymatory
19:27
of his
19:28
last
19:28
years.
19:30
The
19:31
memorial
19:31
of his
19:32
expiring
19:33
joys.
19:35
David
19:35
and his
19:36
afflictions
19:36
may be
19:37
here in
19:38
a very
19:38
modified
19:39
sense.
19:41
But as
19:41
the star
19:42
is concealed
19:43
by the
19:43
light of
19:44
the sun,
19:45
he who
19:46
sees Jesus
19:46
will probably
19:48
neither see
19:49
nor care to
19:50
see David.
19:52
Before us
19:53
we have a
19:54
description both
19:55
of the
19:55
darkness
19:56
and of the
19:57
glory of
19:57
the cross.
19:59
The
19:59
sufferings
20:00
of Christ
20:01
and the
20:01
glory which
20:02
shall follow.
20:03
O for
20:06
grace to
20:06
draw near
20:07
and see
20:08
this great
20:09
sight.
20:10
We should
20:11
read reverently
20:12
putting off
20:14
our shoes
20:15
from off
20:15
our feet
20:16
as Moses
20:17
did at the
20:18
burning bush
20:19
for if there
20:20
be holy
20:21
ground anywhere
20:22
in scripture
20:23
it is in
20:24
this song.
20:26
This is
20:26
where we
20:27
head.
20:27
As I
20:30
read
20:31
Psalm 22
20:32
listen to
20:34
the language
20:34
feel the
20:36
pain
20:36
and the
20:37
anguish
20:38
let the
20:39
numbness
20:40
towards
20:40
violence
20:41
be removed
20:41
we
20:44
approach
20:44
holy
20:45
ground
20:46
verse
20:48
one
20:48
my
20:51
God
20:51
my
20:52
God
20:52
why
20:53
have
20:54
you
20:54
forsaken
20:54
me
20:54
why
20:56
are
20:56
you
20:56
so
20:57
far
20:57
from
20:57
saving
20:58
me
20:58
from
20:59
the
21:00
words
21:00
of
21:00
my
21:00
groaning
21:01
oh
21:03
my
21:03
God
21:03
I
21:04
cry
21:04
by
21:04
day
21:05
but
21:05
you
21:05
do
21:05
not
21:05
answer
21:06
and
21:07
by
21:07
night
21:07
but
21:08
I
21:08
find
21:08
no
21:09
rest
21:09
yet
21:10
you
21:11
were
21:11
holy
21:11
enthroned
21:13
on the
21:13
praises
21:13
of
21:13
Israel
21:14
in
21:15
you
21:15
our
21:16
fathers
21:16
trusted
21:17
they
21:18
trusted
21:18
and
21:18
you
21:19
delivered
21:19
them
21:19
to
21:21
you
21:21
they
21:21
cried
21:22
and
21:22
were
21:22
rescued
21:23
in
21:24
you
21:24
they
21:24
trusted
21:25
and
21:25
were
21:25
not
21:26
put
21:26
to
21:26
shame
21:26
but
21:28
I
21:28
am
21:28
a
21:29
worm
21:29
and
21:29
not
21:30
a
21:30
man
21:30
scorned
21:33
by
21:33
mankind
21:34
and
21:34
despised
21:35
by
21:35
the
21:35
people
21:36
all
21:37
who
21:37
see
21:37
me
21:38
mock
21:39
me
21:39
they
21:40
make
21:41
mouths
21:41
at
21:41
me
21:41
they
21:42
wag
21:42
their
21:42
heads
21:43
he
21:44
trusts
21:44
in
21:45
the
21:45
Lord
21:45
let
21:45
him
21:45
deliver
21:46
him
21:46
let
21:46
him
21:46
rescue
21:46
him
21:47
for
21:47
he
21:47
delights
21:47
in
21:48
him
21:48
yet
21:49
you
21:50
are
21:50
he
21:51
who
21:51
took
21:51
me
21:51
from
21:51
the
21:52
womb
21:52
you
21:53
made
21:53
me
21:54
trust
21:55
you
21:55
at
21:55
my
21:55
mother's
21:55
breasts
21:56
on
21:57
you
21:57
was
21:57
I
21:58
cast
21:58
from
21:58
my
21:59
birth
21:59
and
22:00
from
22:00
my
22:00
mother's
22:00
womb
22:00
you
22:01
have
22:01
been
22:01
my
22:02
God
22:03
be
22:04
not
22:04
far
22:05
from
22:05
me
22:05
for
22:06
trouble
22:06
is
22:07
near
22:07
and
22:08
there
22:08
is
22:08
none
22:09
to
22:09
help
22:09
many
22:11
bulls
22:12
encompass
22:12
me
22:13
strong
22:13
bulls
22:14
of
22:14
Bashan
22:14
surround
22:15
me
22:15
they
22:15
open
22:16
wide
22:16
their
22:16
mouths
22:17
at
22:17
me
22:17
like
22:17
a
22:17
ravening
22:18
and
22:18
roaring
22:19
lion
22:19
I
22:21
am
22:21
poured
22:21
out
22:21
like
22:22
water
22:22
and
22:23
all
22:23
my
22:24
bones
22:24
are
22:24
out
22:24
of
22:25
joint
22:25
my
22:26
heart
22:26
is
22:27
like
22:27
wax
22:28
is
22:28
melted
22:29
within
22:29
my
22:29
breast
22:30
my
22:31
strength
22:31
is
22:32
dried
22:32
up
22:32
like
22:32
a
22:32
pot
22:33
shirt
22:33
!
22:37
me
22:37
in
22:38
the
22:38
dust
22:38
of
22:39
death
22:39
for
22:42
dogs
22:42
encompass
22:43
me
22:43
a
22:44
company
22:44
of
22:44
evildoers
22:45
encircles
22:46
me
22:46
they
22:47
have
22:47
pierced
22:47
my
22:48
hands
22:48
and
22:48
feet
22:48
I
22:49
can
22:49
count
22:50
all
22:50
my
22:50
bones
22:51
they
22:51
stare
22:52
and
22:52
gloat
22:52
over
22:53
me
22:53
they
22:54
divide
22:54
my
22:54
garments
22:55
among
22:55
them
22:56
and
22:56
for
22:56
my
22:56
clothing
22:57
they
22:57
cast
22:57
lots
22:58
but
23:00
you
23:01
oh
23:01
Lord
23:01
do
23:01
not
23:02
be
23:02
far
23:02
off
23:03
oh
23:03
you
23:03
my
23:04
help
23:04
come
23:04
quickly
23:05
to
23:05
my
23:05
aid
23:06
deliver
23:07
my
23:07
soul
23:07
from
23:08
the
23:08
sword
23:08
my
23:09
precious
23:09
life
23:10
from
23:10
the
23:10
power
23:10
of
23:11
the
23:11
dog
23:11
save
23:12
me
23:13
from
23:13
the
23:13
mouth
23:13
of
23:13
the
23:14
lion
23:14
you
23:14
have
23:14
rescued
23:15
me
23:15
from
23:15
the
23:15
horns
23:16
of
23:16
the
23:16
wild
23:17
oxen
23:18
I
23:19
will
23:19
tell
23:19
of
23:19
your
23:19
name
23:20
to
23:20
my
23:20
brothers
23:20
in
23:21
the
23:21
midst
23:21
of
23:21
the
23:22
congregations
23:22
I
23:23
will
23:23
praise
23:23
you
23:24
you
23:25
who
23:25
fear
23:26
the
23:26
Lord
23:26
praise
23:27
him
23:28
all
23:29
you
23:29
offspring
23:29
of
23:30
Jacob
23:30
glorify
23:31
him
23:31
and
23:31
stand
23:32
in
23:32
awe
23:32
of
23:32
him
23:32
all
23:33
you
23:37
or
23:37
aboard
23:38
the
23:38
affliction
23:38
of
23:39
the
23:39
afflicted
23:40
and
23:40
he
23:40
has
23:41
not
23:41
hidden
23:41
his
23:41
face
23:42
from
23:42
him
23:42
but
23:42
he
23:42
has
23:42
heard
23:43
when
23:44
he
23:44
cried
23:44
to
23:44
him
23:45
from
23:46
you
23:46
comes
23:47
my
23:47
praise
23:47
in
23:47
the
23:47
great
23:48
congregation
23:48
my
23:49
vows
23:49
I
23:49
will
23:50
perform
23:50
before
23:50
those
23:51
who
23:51
fear
23:51
him
23:51
the
23:53
afflicted
23:53
shall
23:53
eat
23:54
and
23:54
be
23:54
satisfied
23:55
those
23:55
who
23:56
seek
23:56
him
23:56
shall
23:56
praise
23:57
the
23:57
Lord
23:57
may
23:58
your
23:59
hearts
23:59
live
23:59
forever
24:00
!
24:07
Now because of
24:33
time
24:33
and because of
24:34
depth
24:35
of
24:35
what is
24:36
in this
24:36
chapter
24:36
I'm only
24:37
going to
24:37
look at
24:37
a few
24:38
verses
24:38
we're
24:39
going to
24:39
go through
24:39
verse 12
24:40
through 18
24:41
and as
24:48
I read
24:49
Spurgeon
24:49
say
24:50
sure
24:51
there may
24:51
be
24:52
David's
24:52
suffering
24:52
modified
24:54
in this
24:55
text
24:55
but when
24:57
the star
24:58
disappears
24:58
because of
24:59
the brightness
25:00
of the
25:00
sun
25:01
nobody
25:03
would read
25:03
this and
25:04
say
25:04
and look
25:05
to
25:05
David
25:06
they'll
25:07
look
25:07
to
25:07
Jesus
25:08
and see
25:08
Jesus
25:09
in this
25:09
text
25:09
so
25:10
let's
25:11
let's
25:13
go
25:13
verse 12
25:15
many bulls
25:17
encompass
25:17
me
25:17
strong
25:19
bulls
25:19
of
25:19
Bashan
25:20
surround
25:21
me
25:21
the
25:22
leaders
25:23
the
25:23
Jewish
25:23
leaders
25:24
the
25:24
religious
25:25
leaders
25:26
surround
25:27
him
25:27
in this
25:27
time
25:28
of
25:28
suffering
25:28
they
25:28
mock
25:29
him
25:29
in this
25:31
time
25:31
they
25:33
rule
25:34
guilty
25:34
judgment
25:35
with
25:35
their
25:35
eyes
25:36
hate
25:38
pours
25:39
from
25:40
them
25:41
their
25:41
eyes
25:42
scream
25:42
death
25:43
to
25:43
you
25:43
their
25:43
eyes
25:44
penetrate
25:45
and say
25:45
die
25:46
hopelessness
25:50
violent
25:52
hopelessness
25:53
here for
25:53
our
25:54
savior
25:54
verse 13
25:57
they
25:58
open wide
25:58
their mouths
25:59
at me
25:59
like a
26:00
ravening
26:00
and roaring
26:01
lion
26:02
mocking
26:03
hate
26:05
firing
26:06
from their
26:06
mouths
26:07
grenades
26:07
of insult
26:08
and fire
26:09
being launched
26:09
and thrown
26:10
at them
26:11
at him
26:12
like lions
26:14
waiting to
26:15
devour
26:16
to see
26:17
this to
26:17
the end
26:18
waiting
26:20
for that
26:20
moment
26:21
starving
26:22
and hungry
26:22
lions
26:23
waiting
26:23
to devour
26:25
his
26:25
flesh
26:26
their
26:27
hate
26:28
devours
26:29
every
26:30
bit
26:30
of life
26:31
violence
26:34
from their
26:35
mouths
26:35
violence
26:36
in their
26:37
being
26:37
there
26:38
verse
26:40
14
26:40
I am
26:42
poured
26:42
out
26:42
like
26:43
water
26:43
and all
26:45
my bones
26:46
are out
26:46
of joint
26:47
my heart
26:48
is like
26:49
wax
26:49
it is
26:50
melted
26:50
within
26:51
my breast
26:53
brokenness
26:55
and pain
26:56
he is
26:58
utterly
26:58
spent
26:59
he is
26:59
like water
26:59
being poured
27:00
out onto
27:00
the earth
27:01
onto the
27:01
dry earth
27:02
like a
27:03
fountain
27:04
of tears
27:05
his heart
27:07
no longer
27:09
has
27:09
firmness
27:10
this
27:12
act
27:13
of being
27:14
nailed
27:15
and hung
27:15
on a
27:16
cross
27:16
the
27:16
jarring
27:17
of placing
27:18
the cross
27:18
in the
27:19
ground
27:19
could have
27:21
been
27:21
enough
27:22
just to
27:22
dislocate
27:23
his
27:23
bones
27:24
violent
27:28
violent
27:29
death
27:30
he is
27:31
in
27:31
excessive
27:32
debility
27:33
he is
27:34
in
27:34
intense
27:35
pain
27:35
when it
27:37
talks about
27:38
heart
27:38
here
27:38
he is
27:38
not
27:39
talking
27:39
about
27:39
the
27:39
organ
27:39
that
27:40
beats
27:40
blood
27:40
he is
27:40
talking
27:41
about
27:41
who
27:43
and
27:43
what
27:44
makes
27:44
him
27:44
who
27:45
he
27:45
is
27:45
his
27:46
inmost
27:46
life
27:47
feels
27:48
like
27:48
wax
27:49
melted
27:49
by
27:50
fire
27:50
he is
27:54
melting
27:54
away
27:54
under
27:55
such
27:56
suffering
27:56
and
27:57
violence
27:58
this
28:01
is
28:01
violent
28:03
Spurgeon
28:04
says
28:05
the fire
28:05
of almighty
28:07
wrath
28:07
would have
28:08
consumed
28:09
our souls
28:09
forever
28:10
in hell
28:11
it was
28:12
no light
28:13
work
28:13
to bear
28:13
as a
28:15
substitute
28:16
the heart
28:16
of an
28:18
anger
28:18
so
28:18
justly
28:19
terrible
28:19
Jesus
28:21
endured
28:22
this
28:23
suffered
28:23
this
28:24
his
28:24
heart
28:24
melting
28:27
away
28:27
what
28:29
heart
28:29
can
28:29
endure
28:30
when
28:31
God
28:32
deals
28:32
with
28:32
them
28:32
in
28:32
his
28:33
wrath
28:33
no
28:35
heart
28:36
can
28:37
endure
28:37
verse
28:39
15
28:40
my
28:40
strength
28:41
is
28:41
dried
28:41
up
28:42
like
28:42
a
28:42
pot
28:42
shirt
28:42
and
28:43
my
28:43
tongue
28:44
sticks
28:44
to
28:44
my
28:45
jaws
28:45
you
28:46
lay
28:46
me
28:46
in
28:47
the
28:47
dust
28:47
of
28:48
death
28:48
our
28:50
Lord
28:50
is
28:50
done
28:51
he
28:54
can
28:54
take
28:54
no
28:54
more
28:54
he
28:55
is
28:55
complete
28:56
debility
28:57
the
28:57
picture
28:58
here
28:58
is
28:58
portrayed
28:59
as
28:59
a
28:59
piece
28:59
of
29:00
clay
29:00
a
29:00
piece
29:01
of
29:01
pottery
29:02
that
29:02
has
29:02
been
29:02
cooked
29:03
and
29:03
baked
29:04
in
29:04
fire
29:04
or
29:04
under
29:05
the
29:05
sun
29:05
until
29:05
no
29:06
moisture
29:06
exists
29:07
in
29:07
it
29:07
completely
29:09
and
29:09
utterly
29:10
dried
29:11
up
29:11
completely
29:14
fired
29:15
our
29:16
suffering
29:17
servant
29:17
thirst
29:19
and
29:20
fever
29:20
fastened
29:21
his
29:22
tongue
29:22
to
29:22
his
29:22
jaw
29:23
there's
29:24
no
29:24
moisture
29:25
that
29:25
exists
29:26
a
29:28
dryness
29:29
like
29:29
nothing
29:29
we have
29:30
experienced
29:31
so
29:35
tormented
29:36
!
29:36
part
29:39
of
29:40
his
29:40
body
29:40
has
29:41
escaped
29:41
the
29:42
agony
29:42
of
29:42
our
29:43
redemption
29:43
The
29:44
tongue
29:45
has
29:45
clinged
29:45
itself
29:46
to
29:46
the
29:46
jaw
29:46
he
29:48
wrestles
29:49
no
29:50
more
29:50
with
29:50
death
29:51
he
29:52
says
29:52
lay
29:53
me
29:53
in
29:54
the
29:54
dust
29:54
of
29:54
death
29:55
it's
29:56
a
29:57
humiliation
29:57
for
29:58
the
29:58
son
29:58
of
29:58
God
29:59
this
30:00
is
30:01
our
30:02
savior
30:03
verse
30:04
16
30:04
for
30:05
dogs
30:06
encompass
30:06
me
30:07
a
30:07
company
30:07
of
30:08
evildoers
30:08
encircle
30:09
me
30:09
they
30:10
have
30:10
pierced
30:10
my
30:10
hands
30:11
and
30:11
my
30:11
feet
30:12
like
30:14
hungry
30:15
ravenous
30:15
unclean
30:16
dogs
30:17
howling
30:17
around
30:18
a
30:18
potential
30:19
meal
30:19
people
30:20
surround
30:21
our
30:22
Lord
30:22
you
30:23
go
30:23
hunting
30:23
you
30:23
hunt
30:24
with
30:24
dogs
30:24
the
30:26
dogs
30:26
surround
30:27
whatever
30:27
it's
30:27
hunting
30:28
this
30:28
is
30:28
birds
30:29
sometimes
30:30
you
30:31
go
30:31
with
30:31
a
30:31
lot
30:31
of
30:31
dogs
30:32
hunting
30:32
birds
30:32
and
30:32
they
30:32
surround
30:33
so
30:35
if
30:35
it's
30:35
a
30:35
deer
30:36
they
30:37
surround
30:37
the
30:37
deer
30:37
and
30:38
they
30:38
close
30:38
in
30:39
slowly
30:39
this
30:42
picture
30:43
here
30:43
is
30:43
of
30:44
men
30:44
closing
30:45
in
30:45
waiting
30:46
for
30:46
this
30:46
and
30:46
instead
30:47
of
30:47
a
30:47
deer
30:47
in
30:47
the
30:48
center
30:48
it's
30:48
a
30:48
fainting
30:49
bleeding
30:50
man
30:51
men
30:55
who
30:55
have
30:55
waiting
30:56
for
30:56
his
30:56
doom
30:56
waiting
30:57
for
30:57
this
30:57
to
30:58
be
30:58
over
30:58
this
31:00
is
31:01
one
31:01
of
31:01
those
31:01
examples
31:02
one
31:02
of
31:02
these
31:02
verses
31:03
here
31:03
there
31:03
is
31:03
no
31:04
way
31:04
this
31:04
is
31:04
talking
31:04
about
31:05
David
31:05
no
31:06
way
31:07
verse
31:10
17
31:12
I
31:14
can
31:14
count
31:14
all
31:15
my
31:15
bones
31:15
they
31:16
stare
31:16
and
31:17
gloat
31:18
over
31:18
me
31:18
so
31:21
empty
31:21
from
31:22
his
31:22
fasting
31:23
and
31:23
his
31:23
suffering
31:24
that
31:24
says
31:25
he
31:25
could
31:25
see
31:26
his
31:26
bones
31:26
and
31:26
he
31:26
could
31:27
count
31:27
the
31:28
bones
31:28
now
31:29
his
31:30
his
31:31
stature
31:31
on the
31:31
cross
31:32
could
31:32
very
31:32
well
31:32
cause
31:33
his
31:33
bones
31:33
all
31:34
to
31:34
protrude
31:35
and
31:35
he
31:35
could
31:35
count
31:36
them
31:36
and
31:36
see
31:36
them
31:37
the
31:40
people
31:40
glared
31:42
at
31:42
him
31:42
and
31:43
glared
31:43
at
31:43
his
31:43
nakedness
31:44
and
31:44
saw
31:45
him
31:45
so
31:45
our
31:46
savior
31:46
is
31:46
enduring
31:47
shame
31:47
now
31:48
as
31:48
well
31:48
the
31:52
people
31:52
still
31:54
poison
31:55
and
31:55
hate
31:56
is
31:56
hurled
31:56
at
31:56
him
31:57
now
31:58
the
31:58
first
31:59
Adam
31:59
made
32:00
us
32:01
all
32:01
naked
32:01
therefore
32:04
the
32:04
second
32:05
Adam
32:05
became
32:05
naked
32:06
that
32:07
he
32:07
might
32:07
clothe
32:08
our
32:09
naked
32:09
souls
32:10
so
32:11
we
32:11
see
32:11
is
32:12
this
32:12
redemption
32:12
through
32:14
what
32:15
Jesus
32:15
endured
32:15
in
32:17
verse
32:17
18
32:18
they
32:20
divide
32:21
my
32:21
garments
32:21
among
32:22
them
32:22
and
32:23
for
32:23
my
32:23
clothing
32:23
they
32:24
cast
32:24
lots
32:24
another
32:26
one
32:26
of
32:26
those
32:26
texts
32:27
another
32:27
one
32:28
of
32:28
those
32:28
verses
32:28
that
32:30
says
32:30
to
32:30
readers
32:31
this
32:33
is not
32:33
about
32:33
David
32:34
David
32:34
may
32:34
have
32:34
wrote
32:34
this
32:35
under
32:35
the
32:35
inspiration
32:36
of
32:36
the
32:36
Holy
32:36
Spirit
32:36
may
32:36
have
32:37
been
32:37
guided
32:37
by
32:37
God
32:38
but
32:40
in
32:41
God's
32:41
power
32:41
this
32:41
is
32:42
about
32:42
Jesus
32:42
on
32:44
the
32:44
cross
32:44
in
32:44
those
32:45
darkest
32:45
last
32:47
moments
32:47
even
32:50
at the
32:50
foot
32:50
of
32:51
Christ
32:51
even
32:52
underneath
32:53
the
32:53
cross
32:54
where
32:54
blood
32:54
is
32:55
dripping
32:55
on
32:55
their
32:56
backs
32:56
men
32:58
are
32:58
gambling
32:59
men
33:01
are
33:01
committing
33:01
the
33:01
very
33:02
sin
33:02
and
33:03
sins
33:03
that
33:04
he
33:04
was
33:04
dying
33:05
for
33:05
the
33:07
work
33:08
of the
33:08
cross
33:09
to
33:09
these
33:09
men
33:10
had
33:10
no
33:10
value
33:11
so
33:12
he
33:12
endured
33:12
shame
33:13
and
33:13
he
33:13
is
33:13
enduring
33:14
the
33:14
fact
33:14
that
33:14
according
33:16
to
33:16
these
33:16
men
33:16
there
33:17
is
33:17
no
33:17
value
33:18
in
33:18
what
33:18
he
33:18
is
33:18
doing
33:18
he
33:18
is
33:19
just
33:19
dying
33:19
Jesus
33:21
was
33:21
emptied
33:22
physically
33:22
and
33:23
spiritually
33:24
just
33:27
meat
33:27
and
33:27
bones
33:28
a
33:30
violent
33:31
death
33:32
a
33:33
violent
33:33
death
33:34
that
33:34
no
33:34
one
33:35
will
33:36
ever
33:36
see
33:36
again
33:36
now
33:39
it's
33:41
pretty
33:41
heavy
33:41
and I
33:42
may have
33:42
bored
33:42
you
33:42
and I
33:42
hope
33:43
I
33:43
didn't
33:43
I
33:44
hope
33:44
you
33:44
see
33:44
the
33:45
violence
33:45
here
33:46
and I
33:46
hope
33:46
that
33:46
numbness
33:47
whatever
33:50
level
33:51
has
33:51
disappeared
33:52
because
33:55
there's
33:56
going to
33:56
be a
33:56
time
33:57
in your
33:57
life
33:57
as a
33:58
Christian
33:58
there's
33:58
going to
33:58
be a
33:59
time
33:59
a
33:59
place
34:00
a
34:00
moment
34:00
where
34:01
you're
34:01
going to
34:01
be
34:01
faced
34:02
with a
34:02
decision
34:03
are
34:04
you
34:04
going
34:04
to
34:04
fight
34:05
for
34:06
truth
34:06
are
34:07
you
34:07
going
34:07
to
34:07
fight
34:08
for
34:08
justice
34:09
are
34:09
you
34:10
going
34:10
to
34:10
fight
34:10
for
34:10
God's
34:11
glory
34:11
or
34:11
are
34:11
you
34:11
not
34:12
are
34:12
you
34:13
going
34:13
to
34:13
be
34:13
men
34:13
and
34:13
women
34:13
of
34:13
violence
34:14
or
34:16
are
34:16
you
34:16
not
34:16
will
34:18
you
34:18
see
34:18
that
34:19
moment
34:19
or
34:19
will
34:19
you
34:19
still
34:20
be
34:20
numbed
34:20
to
34:21
it
34:21
and
34:22
that's
34:22
my
34:22
fear
34:23
with
34:23
the
34:25
amount
34:25
of
34:25
violence
34:25
we
34:26
take
34:26
in
34:27
we
34:27
will
34:27
not
34:27
see
34:28
the
34:30
violence
34:30
on the
34:31
cross
34:31
will
34:31
not
34:31
be
34:31
violence
34:32
it's
34:32
just
34:32
a
34:32
story
34:33
if
34:37
you're
34:37
a
34:37
Christian
34:37
in
34:37
here
34:38
then
34:38
your
34:38
model
34:38
is
34:39
Jesus
34:39
right
34:40
your
34:41
model
34:41
is
34:41
Jesus
34:41
he
34:42
has
34:42
modeled
34:42
the
34:42
life
34:43
for
34:43
us
34:43
that
34:43
!
34:43
we
34:43
should
34:44
strive
34:44
to
34:44
live
34:44
so
34:45
then
34:45
we
34:46
must
34:46
fight
34:47
for
34:47
truth
34:48
then
34:48
we
34:49
must
34:49
fight
34:50
injustice
34:51
we
34:53
may
34:53
be
34:53
asked
34:54
to
34:54
die
34:54
a
34:54
violent
34:55
death
34:55
for
34:55
his
34:55
glory
34:56
we
34:57
may
34:58
be
34:58
asked
34:58
to
34:59
be
34:59
alone
34:59
lonely
35:00
and
35:00
separated
35:01
a
35:01
violence
35:02
on
35:02
emotion
35:02
and
35:03
feeling
35:04
as
35:07
I've
35:07
gone
35:08
through
35:08
this
35:08
this
35:08
week
35:09
up
35:11
and
35:11
down
35:11
week
35:12
crazy
35:13
week
35:14
the
35:16
numbness
35:17
in me
35:17
concerns
35:18
me
35:18
the
35:19
numbness
35:19
that's
35:20
in me
35:20
scares
35:21
me
35:21
the
35:24
numbness
35:25
that
35:25
that
35:26
my
35:26
kids
35:26
and your
35:27
kids
35:27
and your
35:28
kids
35:28
kids
35:28
will
35:29
have
35:29
most
35:30
likely
35:31
scares
35:31
me
35:31
because
35:34
the
35:36
cross
35:36
is
35:36
violent
35:37
the
35:37
truth
35:38
of
35:38
redemption
35:39
and what
35:39
Christ
35:40
endured
35:40
is
35:41
violent
35:41
and
35:43
if
35:44
it's
35:44
not
35:44
violent
35:44
then
35:45
it's
35:45
just
35:45
a
35:45
story
35:46
and
35:48
I
35:48
can
35:48
make
35:49
that
35:49
logical
35:49
that
35:50
irrational
35:51
and
35:52
make
35:52
irrational
35:53
so
35:57
Jesus'
36:02
life
36:03
death
36:04
and
36:05
resurrection
36:05
in us
36:06
can
36:07
break
36:08
the
36:08
numbness
36:09
because
36:10
he
36:11
endured
36:11
to the
36:13
end
36:13
for us
36:14
he
36:14
endured
36:14
to the
36:15
absolute
36:16
end
36:16
so the
36:17
numbness
36:18
that we
36:18
have
36:18
the
36:18
numbness
36:19
that we
36:19
keep
36:19
getting
36:19
from
36:20
playing
36:20
the
36:20
video
36:20
games
36:21
and
36:21
I
36:21
am
36:21
not
36:21
going
36:22
to
36:22
be
36:22
the
36:22
legalistic
36:24
guy
36:24
up
36:24
here
36:24
and
36:25
say
36:25
you
36:25
need
36:25
to
36:25
stop
36:26
video
36:26
games
36:26
and
36:26
watching
36:27
our
36:27
rated
36:27
violent
36:27
movies
36:28
and
36:28
no
36:30
that's
36:30
not
36:30
my
36:31
place
36:31
but
36:32
keep
36:32
a
36:32
perspective
36:33
keep
36:34
a
36:34
view
36:35
on
36:35
the
36:35
cross
36:35
Jesus'
36:39
suffering
36:39
was so
36:40
that we
36:41
can
36:41
fight
36:41
for
36:42
truth
36:43
and
36:44
for
36:44
justice
36:44
his
36:45
suffering
36:45
was so
36:45
we
36:46
can
36:46
fight
36:46
for
36:46
his
36:46
glory
36:47
it's
36:49
him
36:50
in
36:50
us
36:50
and
36:51
through
36:51
us
36:52
not
36:52
us
36:53
doing
36:53
it
36:53
it's
36:54
him
36:54
in
36:55
us
36:55
and
36:55
through
36:55
us
36:56
so
36:56
the
36:57
question
36:57
is
36:57
not
36:58
are
36:58
you
36:58
willing
36:59
to
36:59
fight
36:59
are
36:59
you
36:59
willing
36:59
to
37:00
take
37:00
a
37:00
stand
37:00
here
37:00
it's
37:01
not
37:01
are
37:01
you
37:02
willing
37:02
to
37:02
to
37:02
go
37:03
the
37:03
you know
37:04
just
37:04
be
37:04
the
37:04
bad
37:05
dude
37:05
who's
37:05
just
37:06
going
37:06
to
37:06
fight
37:06
for
37:06
all
37:07
injustice
37:07
and
37:08
against
37:08
injustice
37:09
and
37:09
fight
37:09
for
37:09
truth
37:09
no
37:10
that's
37:10
not
37:10
the
37:10
question
37:11
the
37:13
question
37:13
the
37:13
question
37:13
is
37:14
are
37:14
you
37:14
willing
37:14
to
37:14
let
37:15
Jesus
37:15
fight
37:15
in
37:16
you
37:16
and
37:16
through
37:16
you
37:17
see
37:19
then
37:19
we
37:20
can
37:20
fight
37:20
like
37:21
Eleazar
37:21
who
37:22
fought
37:22
until
37:22
he
37:22
couldn't
37:23
anymore
37:24
he
37:24
fought
37:24
with
37:25
the
37:25
sword
37:25
in
37:25
his
37:26
hand
37:26
that
37:27
needed
37:27
to
37:27
be
37:27
pried
37:28
off
37:28
he
37:28
had
37:28
no
37:28
strength
37:29
left
37:29
we
37:29
can
37:30
fight
37:30
till
37:33
exhaustion
37:33
but
37:35
Jesus
37:35
can
37:36
fight
37:36
till
37:36
victory
37:37
Jesus
37:38
can
37:38
fight
37:38
to
37:38
the
37:38
end
37:39
to
37:39
completion
37:39
!
37:41
So then
37:42
we
37:43
become
37:43
men
37:43
and
37:43
women
37:44
of
37:44
violence
37:44
for
37:45
the
37:45
kingdom
37:45
and
37:46
not
37:47
because
37:49
we
37:49
play
37:49
call
37:49
of
37:50
duty
37:50
or
37:50
because
37:50
we
37:51
play
37:51
a
37:52
violent
37:52
sport
37:52
or
37:53
whatever
37:56
is
37:58
the
37:59
numbness
37:59
wearing
38:00
off
38:00
do
38:02
you
38:02
see
38:02
what
38:04
our
38:05
savior
38:05
endured
38:05
or
38:09
are
38:09
you
38:09
numb
38:09
to
38:09
all
38:09
of
38:10
this
38:10
are
38:11
you
38:11
known
38:11
to
38:12
every
38:12
bit
38:12
of
38:12
this
38:12
is
38:13
this
38:13
just
38:13
a
38:14
story
38:15
is
38:17
this
38:17
just
38:17
words
38:20
that are
38:20
being
38:20
spoken
38:21
that
38:21
goes
38:22
in
38:22
and
38:22
out
38:23
that's
38:28
the
38:28
question
38:28
this
38:29
morning
38:29
see
38:35
when
38:35
David's
38:35
mighty
38:36
men
38:36
killed
38:36
the
38:36
Philistines
38:37
they
38:38
killed
38:39
the
38:39
Philistines
38:39
and that
38:39
was
38:40
part
38:40
of
38:40
God's
38:40
judgment
38:41
they
38:43
were
38:44
guilty
38:44
when
38:45
Sodom
38:45
and
38:45
Gomorrah
38:45
was
38:46
destroyed
38:46
not
38:48
just
38:48
a
38:48
story
38:49
of
38:49
fire
38:49
coming
38:49
down
38:50
from
38:50
heaven
38:50
they
38:51
were
38:51
guilty
38:52
of
38:52
something
38:52
they
38:52
were
38:52
guilty
38:53
of
38:53
sin
38:53
and
38:54
that
38:55
sin
38:55
and
38:56
that
38:56
guilt
38:56
runs
38:57
through
38:57
your
38:58
veins
38:58
and
38:58
it
38:58
runs
38:58
through
38:59
mine
38:59
we
39:00
are
39:00
all
39:01
guilty
39:01
this
39:01
morning
39:01
and
39:04
our
39:04
punishment
39:04
what
39:05
we
39:05
deserve
39:06
is
39:07
death
39:07
not
39:08
not
39:08
just
39:09
an
39:09
end
39:09
not
39:10
just
39:10
dying
39:11
and
39:11
it's
39:11
over
39:12
not
39:12
just
39:12
game
39:13
over
39:13
but
39:13
eternity
39:14
and
39:14
torment
39:15
is
39:15
what
39:15
we
39:15
deserve
39:16
but
39:17
Jesus
39:17
endured
39:18
a
39:19
violent
39:19
gruesome
39:23
debilitating
39:25
death
39:25
for you
39:26
and for
39:26
me
39:26
he
39:28
made
39:28
a way
39:29
so that
39:29
you
39:29
and I
39:30
would
39:30
not
39:31
suffer
39:31
like
39:31
he
39:31
did
39:32
he
39:32
made
39:33
a
39:33
way
39:33
he
39:36
says
39:36
in
39:36
John
39:36
chapter
39:36
14
39:37
I
39:37
am
39:37
the
39:37
way
39:38
the
39:38
truth
39:38
and
39:39
the
39:39
life
39:39
no
39:40
man
39:40
comes
39:41
to
39:41
the
39:41
father
39:41
except
39:41
through
39:42
me
39:43
he
39:44
is
39:45
the
39:45
way
39:45
to
39:46
the
39:46
father
39:46
he
39:46
made
39:47
a
39:47
way
39:47
by
39:48
taking
39:48
the
39:48
wrath
39:49
upon
39:49
himself
39:49
instead
39:50
of
39:50
on
39:51
us
39:51
giving
39:53
us
39:54
access
39:54
to
39:54
the
39:54
father
39:55
your
39:57
sin
39:57
can
39:57
be
39:57
taken
39:58
away
39:58
as
40:00
if
40:00
you've
40:00
never
40:00
sinned
40:01
before
40:01
but
40:02
not
40:02
by
40:03
how
40:04
many
40:04
church
40:04
meetings
40:05
you
40:05
attend
40:05
and
40:06
not
40:06
by
40:06
how
40:06
many
40:06
prayers
40:07
you
40:07
make
40:07
or
40:08
how
40:08
many
40:08
times
40:09
you've
40:09
been
40:09
baptized
40:09
and
40:10
not
40:10
by
40:10
how
40:11
good
40:11
you
40:12
are
40:12
but
40:14
only
40:14
through
40:16
Jesus
40:16
and
40:17
his
40:17
life
40:18
violent
40:20
death
40:20
and his
40:21
resurrection
40:21
Jesus
40:23
on the
40:24
cross
40:24
died
40:24
for
40:25
us
40:25
so
40:26
that
40:26
we
40:26
can
40:27
be
40:27
righteous
40:27
so
40:27
that
40:27
we
40:28
can
40:28
be
40:28
sinless
40:29
believe
40:31
in him
40:32
trust
40:32
to him
40:33
this
40:33
morning
40:33
he
40:34
is
40:34
calling
40:35
now
40:37
violence
40:41
we
40:43
can
40:43
talk
40:44
about
40:44
it
40:44
all
40:45
day
40:45
long
40:45
I
40:46
believe
40:47
in
40:47
this
40:47
much
40:47
violence
40:48
I
40:48
believe
40:48
in
40:48
this
40:48
much
40:49
this
40:52
morning
40:52
none
40:52
of that
40:52
matters
40:53
this
40:54
morning
40:55
what
40:55
matters
40:55
is the
40:55
violence
40:56
that
40:56
Jesus
40:56
endured
40:57
for
40:58
you
40:58
and
40:58
for
40:58
me
40:58
what
41:00
matters
41:01
is that
41:02
because
41:02
of
41:02
Jesus
41:03
we
41:04
can
41:04
fight
41:04
for
41:04
things
41:05
that
41:05
are
41:05
right
41:05
that
41:06
he
41:07
can
41:07
give
41:07
us
41:07
strength
41:08
and
41:08
the
41:08
ability
41:08
to
41:08
fight
41:09
for
41:09
truth
41:09
to
41:10
fight
41:10
for
41:10
righteousness
41:11
to
41:11
fight
41:11
for
41:12
justice
41:12
and
41:15
it's
41:15
not
41:15
us
41:16
doing
41:16
it
41:16
it's
41:17
us
41:17
being
41:17
part
41:18
of
41:18
what
41:18
he's
41:18
doing
41:18
in
41:19
us
41:19
and
41:19
through
41:19
us
41:20
to
41:20
the
41:21
world
41:21
so
41:22
some
41:22
of
41:23
you
41:23
in
41:23
here
41:23
may
41:23
be
41:23
called
41:24
to
41:24
Afghanistan
41:26
there's
41:26
a
41:26
family
41:26
headed
41:27
back
41:27
some
41:27
of
41:27
you
41:28
may
41:28
be
41:28
headed
41:29
to
41:29
China
41:29
some
41:30
of
41:30
you
41:30
may
41:30
be
41:30
headed
41:30
to
41:30
some
41:31
war
41:31
torn
41:32
area
41:32
in the
41:32
Middle
41:33
East
41:33
Syria
41:33
and
41:35
are
41:35
you
41:35
willing
41:36
to
41:36
stand
41:36
and
41:36
fight
41:37
for
41:38
justice
41:38
Jesus
41:41
fought
41:42
for
41:43
justice
41:43
God
41:44
uses
41:44
violence
41:45
to
41:46
show
41:46
his
41:46
power
41:47
to
41:47
show
41:47
his
41:47
redemption
41:48
to
41:48
show
41:48
his
41:49
faithfulness
41:49
to
41:50
show
41:50
who
41:51
he
41:51
is
41:51
will
41:53
you
41:53
be
41:53
part
41:53
of
41:53
that
41:53
will
41:57
you
41:57
be
41:57
part
41:57
of
41:57
what
41:57
he
41:58
is
41:58
doing
41:59
this
42:00
morning
42:00
let's
42:01
pray