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Present Your Body | Becoming a Living Sacrifice: Romans 12 (July 29) · 1 Year Audio Bible Podcast

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I, Paul, beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
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God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice,
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holy, acceptable to God, which is your
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reasonable service. And be not conformed to
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this world, but be transformed by
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the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what
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is that good and acceptable and perfect will
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of God. How do we do this?
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How do we present ourselves as a living sacrifice unto
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God? What does that mean? What does that look like?
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How do we not be conformed to this world?
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How do we get transformed in our inner man
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by the renewing of our mind? Listen in.
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As we unpack these verses today.
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Welcome to the Daily Audio Torah. Today is July
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29th. Now let's continue our journey reading through
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the entire Bible in one year. This week we are reading from
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the Israel Bible for the Old Testament, the Hebrew Scriptures,
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and from the King James for the New Testament, the Brit Chadashah.
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Numbers 33.
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1-56. These were the marches of the Israelites who started out from
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the land of Egypt, troop by troop and in the charge of Moses and Aaron.
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Moses recorded the starting points of their various marches
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as directed by Hashem. Their marches, by starting
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points, were as follows: They set out from Rameses in
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the first month, on the 15th day of the first month.
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It was on the morrow of the Pesach offering that the Israelites
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started out defiantly in plain view of all
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the Egyptians. The Egyptians, meanwhile, were burying
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those among them whom Hashem had struck down,
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every firstborn, whereby Hashem executed judgment
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on their gods. The Israelites set out from Rameses
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and encamped at Sukkot. They set out from Sukkoth
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and encamped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.
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They set out from Etham and turned about toward Pi-hahiroth,
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which faces Baal-zephon, and they encamped before
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Migdol. They set out from Pani-hahiroth and
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passed through the sea into the wilderness, and they made
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a 3 days' journey in the wilderness of Etham and encamped at Marah.
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They set out from Marah and came to Elim. There were
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12 springs in Elim and 70 palm trees, so they encamped
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there. They set out from Elim and encamped by the Sea of Reeds.
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They set out from the Sea of Reeds and encamped in the Wilderness of Sin.
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They set out from the Wilderness of Sin and encamped at Dophkah.
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They set out from Dophkah and encamped at Alush.
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They set out from Alush and encamped at Rephidim. It was there that
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the people had no water to drink. They set out from Rephidim
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and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai. They set out
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from the wilderness of Sinai and encamped at Kibroth-Hattaavah.
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They set out from Kibroth-Hattaavah and encamped at Hazeroth.
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They set out from Hazeroth and encamped at Rithmah.
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They set out from Rithmah and encamped at Ramon-Peres.
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They set out from Ramon Perez and encamped at Libnah. They set
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out from Libnah and encamped at Rissa. They set out from Rissa and encamped
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at Kehiloth. They set out from Kehiloth and encamped
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at Mount Shepher. They set out from Mount Shepher and encamped at Haradah.
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They set out from Haradah and encamped at Makkiloth. They set
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out from Makkiloth and encamped at Tehath. They set
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out from Tehath and encamped at Terah. They set out from Terah and encamped
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at Mikhthah. They set out from Mikhthah and encamped at Hashmonah.
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They set out from Hashmonah and encamped at Maseroth.
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They set out from Maseroth and encamped at Bene-Jaken.
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They set out from Bene-Jaken and encamped at Hor-Hagiddad.
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They set out from Hor-Hagiddad and encamped at Jothbath.
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They set out from Jotbath and encamped at Abronah.
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They set out from Abronah and encamped at Ezion-Geber.
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They set out from Ezion-Geber and encamped in the wilderness
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of Zin, that is, Kadesh. They set out from Kadesh
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and encamped at Mount Hor on the edge of the land
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of Edom. Aaron the Kohen ascended Mount Hor at
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the command of Hashem and died there in the 40th year. After the
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Israelites had left the land of Egypt, on the
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first day of the fifth month. Aaron was 123 years
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old when he died on Mount Hor. And the
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Canaanite king of Arad, who dwelt in the Negev
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in the land of Canaan, learned of the coming of the Israelites. They set
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out from Mount Hor and encamped at Zalmonah. They set out from Zalmonah
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and encamped at Punon. They set out from Punon and encamped
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at Obath. They set out from Obath and encamped at Ai-abiram
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in the territory of Moab. They set out from Iyim
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and encamped at Dibon-gad. They set out from
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Dibon-gad and encamped at Almon-deblathem.
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They set out from Almon-deblathem and encamped in the hills of Abiram before
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Nebo. They set out from the hills of Abiram and encamped
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in the steppes of Moab. At the Jordan near Jericho.
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They encamped by the Jordan from Beth-Jeshimoth
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as far as Abel-Shittim in the steppes of Moab.
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In the steppes of Moab at the Jordan near Jericho,
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Hashem spoke to Moses saying, Speak to Bnei
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Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land
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of Canaan, you shall dispossess all
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the inhabitants of the land You shall destroy all
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their figured objects, you shall destroy all their
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molten images, and you shall demolish all their cult places.
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And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it,
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for I have assigned the land to you to
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possess. You shall apportion the land among yourselves
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by lot, clan by clan, with larger groups increase
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the share, and with smaller groups reduce the share.
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Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his.
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You shall have your portions according to your ancestral tribes.
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But if you do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land,
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those whom you allow to remain shall be stings
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in your eyes and thorns in your sides,
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and they shall harass you in the land in which you live,
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so that I will do to you what I plan to do to
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them.
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2 Chronicles 24:1-25:28.
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Joash was 7 years old when he became king, and he
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reigned in Jerusalem 40 years. His mother's
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name was Zibiah of Beersheba. All the days of the Kohen Yehoyada,
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Joash did what was pleasing to Hashem.
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Yehoyada took 2 wives for him by whom he had sons
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and daughters. Afterward, Joash decided to renovate the House
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of Hashem. He assembled the Kohanim and the Levi'im
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and charged them as follows: Go out to the towns
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of Judah and collect money from all Israel for the annual repair
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of the House of your God. Do it quickly.
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But the Levi'im did not act quickly. The king summoned
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Yehoyada the chief and said to him, Why have you not seen
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to it that the Levi'im brought the tax imposed by Moses the
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servant of Hashem and the congregation of Israel from Judah
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and Jerusalem to the Tent of the Pact? For the children
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of the wicked Ataliah had violated the House of Hashem,
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and had even used the sacred things of the House of Hashem for
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the Baals. The king ordered that a chest be made
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and placed on the outside of the gate of the House of Hashem. A proclamation
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was issued in Judah and Jerusalem to bring the tax imposed on
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Israel in the wilderness by Moses, the servant
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of Hashem. All the officers and the
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people gladly brought it and threw it into the chest until
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it was full. Whenever the chest was brought to the royal officers by
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the Levi'im and they saw that it contained much money,
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the royal scribe and the agent of the chief kohen came and emptied out
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the chest and carried it back to its place. They did this day
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by day and much money was collected. The king and Jehoiada
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delivered the money to those who oversaw the tasks connected with
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the work. Of the House of Hashem. They hired masons
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and carpenters to renovate the House of Hashem, as well as
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craftsmen in iron and bronze to repair the House of Hashem.
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The overseers did their work. Under them, the work went
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well, and they restored the House of Hashem to its original form
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and repaired it. When they had finished,
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they brought the money that was left over to the king and Jehoiada.
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It was made into utensils for the House of Hashem.
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Service vessels, buckets and ladles, golden and
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silver vessels. Burnt offerings were offered up regularly
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in the house of Hashem all the days of Jehoiada.
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Jehoiada reached a ripe old age and died. He was 130
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years old at his death. They buried him in the City
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of David together with the kings because he had done good in Israel and on
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behalf of Hashem and His house.
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But after the death of Jehoiada, the officers of Judah
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came bowing low to the king, and the king listened to them.
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They forsook the House of God of their fathers to
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serve the sacred posts and idols, and there was wrath
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upon Judah and Jerusalem because of this guilt of theirs.
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Hashem sent Nevi'im among them to bring them back
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to Him, They admonished them, but they would not pay heed.
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Then the Spirit of Hashem enveloped Zechariah son of Jehoiada
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the Kohen. He stood above the people and said to
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them, Thus Hashem said, Why do you transgress the commandments
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of Hashem when you cannot succeed? Since you
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have forsaken Hashem, He has forsaken you.
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They conspired against him and pelted him with stones in the court of
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the House of Hashem by order of the king.
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King Joash disregarded the loyalty that his father
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Yehoyada had shown to him and killed his son.
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As he was dying, he said, May Hashem see and requite it.
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At the turn of the year, the army of Aram marched against
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him. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem and wiped out
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all the officers of the people from among the people
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and sent all the booty they took to the king of Damascus.
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The invading army of Aram had come with but a few
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men, but Hashem delivered a very large army into
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their hands because they had forsaken God of their fathers.
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They inflicted punishments on Joash.
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When they withdrew, having left him with many wounds,
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his courtiers plotted against him because of the murder of
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the sons of Jehoiada the Kohen, and they killed him in his bed.
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He died and was buried in the City of David.
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He was not buried in the tombs of the kings.
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These were the men who conspired against him: Zabad
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son of Shimeath the Ammonites, and Jehozabad
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son of Shimrath the Moabites. As to his
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sons and the many pronouncements against him and his rebuilding of the house
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of Hashem, they are recorded in the story in the Book of the
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Kings. His son Amaziah succeeded him as
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king. Amaziah was
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25 years old when he became king, and he reigned 29
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years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoadam of
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Jerusalem. He did what was pleasing to Hashem,
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but not with a whole heart. Once he
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had the kingdom firmly under control, he executed the courtiers
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who had assassinated his father, the king.
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But he did not put their children to death. He acted
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in accordance with what is written in the teaching in the Book of Moses where
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Hashem commanded parents shall not die for children,
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nor shall children die for parents, but every person shall die
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only for his own crime.
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Ammatsiah assembled the men of Judah, and he put all the men
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of Judah and Benjamin under officers of thousands and officers
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of hundreds by clans. He mustered them from the age of 20 upward
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and found them to be 300,000 picked men fit
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for service, able to bear spear and shield.
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He hired 100,000 warriors from Israel for
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100 kikkarim of silver.
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Then a man of Hashem came to him and said, O king, do not let
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the army of Israel go with you, for Hashem
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is not with Israel, all these Ephraimites,
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but go by yourself and do it. Take courage for battle,
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else Hashem will make you fall before the enemy.
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For in Hashem there is power to help one or
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make one fall. Amatsia said to the man
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of Hashem, And what am I to do about the 100 kikarim
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I gave for the Israelite force? The man of Hashem replied,
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Hashem has the means to give you much more than that.
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So Amatsia detached the force that came to him from Ephraim,
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ordering them to go back to their place. They were greatly
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enraged against Judah and returned to their place in
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a rage. Amaziah took courage, and leading his army,
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he marched to the Valley of Salt. He slew 10,000
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men of Seir. Another 10,000 the men of Judah
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captured alive and brought to the top of Siloah. They threw them
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down from the top of Siloah, and every one of them was burst
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open. The men of the force that Amatsia had sent back
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so they would not go with him into battle made forays against the towns
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of Judah from Shomron to Beth Horon. They slew
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3,000 of them and took much booty. After Amatsia
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returned from defeating the Edomites, he had the gods of
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the men of Seir brought and installed them as his gods.
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He prostrated himself before them, and to them He made
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sacrifice. Hashem was enraged at
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Amatsiah and sent a Navi to him who said to him,
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Why are you worshipping the gods of a people who could not save
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their people from you? As he spoke to him, Amatsiah said
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to him, Have we appointed you a counselor to
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the king? Stop, else you will be killed.
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The Navi stopped, saying, I see Hashem has counseled you.
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That you be destroyed, since you act this way and disregard
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my counsel. Then King Amaziah of Judah took
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counsel and sent this message to Joash son of Jehoichaz
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son of Jehu, king of Israel: Come,
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let us confront each other.
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King Joash of Israel sent back this message to King Amaziah
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of Judah: The thistle in Lebanon sent this
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message to the cedar in Lebanon: Give your daughter to my son in marriage.
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But a wild beast in Lebanon passed by and trampled
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the thistle. You boast that you have defeated the Edomites
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and you are ambitious to get more glory. Now stay at
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home lest provoking disaster you fall,
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dragging Judah down with you. But Amatziah paid no
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heed. It was Hashem's doing in order to deliver them up.
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Because they worshiped the gods of Edom. King Joash of
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Israel marched up, and he and King Amaziah of Judah confronted
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each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
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The men of Judah were routed by Israel, and they all fled
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to their homes. King Joash of Israel captured Amaziah
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son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Judah,
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in Beth-shemesh. He brought him to Jerusalem
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and made a breach of 400 emote in the wall of Jerusalem,
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from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. Then, with all
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the gold and silver and all the utensils that were to be found in the
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House of Hashem, in the custody of Obed-Edom, and with
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the treasuries of the royal palace, and with the hostages,
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he returned to Samaria. King Amaziah
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son of Joash of Judah lived 15 years after
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the death of King Joash son of Jehoichaz of
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Israel. The other events of Amaziah's reign,
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early and late, are recorded in the Book of the Kings
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of Judah and Israel. From the time that Amaziah
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turned from following Hashem, a conspiracy was formed
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against him in Jerusalem. And he fled to Lachish,
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but they sent men after him to Lachish, and they put
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him to death there. They brought his body back on horses and buried
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him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
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Romans 12:1-21.
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I, Paul, beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies
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of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice,
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holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable
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service. And be not conformed to this
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world, but be ye transformed by the renewing
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of your mind, that you may prove what is good and
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acceptable and perfect will of God. Where I say,
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through the grace given to me, to every man that is among
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you, not to think of himself more highly
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than he ought to, but to think soberly,
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according as God has dealt to every man the
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measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body,
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and all the members have not the same office,
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so we, being many, are one body in
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Christ, and every one members of
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one another. Having then gifts differing
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according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy,
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let us prophesy according to the proportion of
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faith; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering;
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or he that teaches, on teaching; or he that exhorts,
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On exhortation: He that gives, let him do it with
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simplicity; he that rules, with diligence; he
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that shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be
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without dissimulation. Abhor that which
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is evil; cleave to that which is good.
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Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly
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love; in honor preferring one another.
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Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit,
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serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope,
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patient in tribulation, continuing instant
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in prayer, distributing to the necessity of saints,
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given to hospitality.
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Bless them which persecute you, bless and
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curse not. Rejoice with them that
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do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
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Be of the same mind one toward another.
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Mind not high things, but condescend
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to men of low estate. Be not wise in your
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own conceits. Recompense to no
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man evil for evil. Provide things honest
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in the sight of all men. If it be possible,
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as much as lies in you, live peaceably
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with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not
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yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath. For it is written,
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vengeance is mine, I will repay,
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says the Lord. Therefore, if your enemy hungers,
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feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink,
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for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire
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on his head. Be not overcome by evil,
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but overcome evil with good.
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Psalm 22:19-31.
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But be not far from me, O Lord, O my
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strength, haste to help me. Deliver my
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soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the
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dog. Save me from the lion's mouth, for You have
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heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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I will declare Your name to my brethren; in the midst of
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the congregation will I praise You.
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You that fear the Lord, praise Him; all you seed of
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Jacob, glorify Him. And fear Him, all you
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the seed of Israel. For He has not despised
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nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted,
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neither has He hidden His face from him; but when he cries
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to Him, He heard. My praise
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shall be of You in the great congregation; I will
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pay my vows before them that fear Him.
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The meek shall eat and be satisfied;
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They shall praise the Lord that seek Him. Your heart
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shall live forever. All the ends of
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the world shall remember and turn to the Lord,
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and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before
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You. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and He
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is the governor among the nations. All they
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that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship.
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All they that go down to the dust shall bow before Him,
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and none can keep alive his own soul.
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A seed shall serve Him, it shall be accounted to
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the Lord for a generation. They shall come and
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shall declare His righteousness to a people that shall be born,
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that He has done this.
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Proverbs 20:8-10. A king
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that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil
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with his eyes. Who can say, I have made my heart
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clean, I am pure from my sin?
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Various weights and various measures, both of them are
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alike abomination to the Lord.
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I want to speak to you today from our reading from Numbers chapter 33,
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and then we're going to jump into Romans chapter 12.
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And the last few verses that conclude the chapter
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from Numbers read as follows: And
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you shall take possession of the land and settle in it,
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for I have assigned the land to you to possess.
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You shall apportion the land among yourselves by lot,
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clan by clan, with larger groups increasing the share,
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with smaller groups reducing the share. Wherever the lot
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falls for anyone, that shall be his. You shall have your portions according to
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your ancestral tribes. The Israel Bible commentary
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to this verse reads as follows: This
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verse is the source for the biblical command to
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settle and inhabit the land of Israel.
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It emphasizes the importance of living in the land
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and, according to many, hints to a prohibition of
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leaving Israel without a compelling reason.
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As Numbers comes to a close,
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the people are on the verge of entering the Promised Land and fulfilling these
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words. They would remain in the land for hundreds of years,
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but sin and transgression eventually led to
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their exile. For centuries, the Jewish people yearned to
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return and resettle their land. While over
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the centuries some individuals were able to fulfill these dreams,
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the founding of the State of Israel in May of 1948
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made it possible for any Jew who wishes to
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return to come and settle in their homeland. Today,
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there are approximately 6 million Jews and 8 million
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total residents in Israel. How fortunate
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we are to live in a time when the land of Israel is
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so accessible to all.
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And so we also see today warfare
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going on in the Middle East, and Israel is at war
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on 7 fronts. By and large, Hezbollah has
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been decimated. But the war
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with Hamas drags on in the Gaza Strip.
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By and large, the nuclear capabilities of Iran
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has been taken out, but nevertheless,
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the evil regime of the Ayatollah Khamenei is still in
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place. And unless there's a significant
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change in that regime, they still have evil
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intentions to wipe Israel off the map.
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Yet we see here in the Bible the ancient
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present— presence of the Jewish people in the land, and that
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this land grant was granted
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to them by God himself. They are
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not occupiers. They are not committing genocide.
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They are defending themselves against murderers and rapists
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and killers. This land is an ancient
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land grant granted to the Jewish people by
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God Himself.
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Now I want to jump into Romans chapter 12,
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and I want to unpack the first couple of verses.
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Starting in verse 1, I Paul beseech you therefore,
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brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present
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your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable
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unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed
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by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
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what is the good and acceptable and perfect
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will of God.
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What does that really mean, and how do I apply that to
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my life? How do I become a
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living sacrifice?
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Basically, when we dedicate ourselves
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to following the Lord, to following Jesus Christ as our
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Savior and our Lord, we don't just say,
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Lord, You can have my hands, but I'm going to keep my feet.
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Or, Lord, I'm going to give You some of my thought life,
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but there's other parts of my thought life that I'm just going to
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go ahead and keep on— keep that part to myself.
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Or, Lord, I'm going to give You some of my emotions, but not
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all of my emotions. Or, Lord, I'm going to give You my
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ears, but I'm going to keep my mouth. I'm going
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to say whatever I feel like saying. Or, Lord, I'm going to give
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You 75% of my heart, but the other 25%,
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I'm going to keep. We're all in.
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We're called to be all in.
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Think about Abraham when he offered up Isaac, his one and
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only son, on the altar. Isaac did not say,
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oh Lord, You can burn up half of me, but the
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other half, I want to live. He was all in.
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He yielded. He surrendered.
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It's 100%. It's all or nothing.
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And so we are to give Him our dreams,
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our desires, our plans for the future,
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our hopes, our spouse,
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our career, our finances, our family.
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We're to give Him everything.
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Give it all unto Him and say, Lord,
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may Your will be done in my life.
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And when we do that, when we are all in,
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that's when He does show us His
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perfect will. That's when He will give
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us divine assignments.
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He will reveal His will to us because we are a willing soldier
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reporting for duty. We're not going to be playing
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around in the world as a civilian. We're a soldier and
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we have orders from our Commander-in-Chief,
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and He will reveal His will to us.
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He also goes on to say, do not be conformed to this world,
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but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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So we have 2 different molds that we have a choice of which mold
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do we want to be poured into. If you think of yourself like
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Jell-O and you pour the Jell-O into a mold and then
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you stick the Jell-O into the refrigerator and, you know,
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6 or 8 hours later, the Jell-O that was once liquid
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has now solidified into the shape of the mold
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into which it was poured. So, we have 2 different
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molds. One mold is the mold of
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Jesus Christ and His mind,
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His thoughts, His plans, His will,
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His ways. The other mold is
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the mold of the world. And so,
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our mind needs to be renewed.
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Why? Because our mind is subjected to
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so much propaganda
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and ideas and thoughts of the world.
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Every time we're on the internet, every time we're on social
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media, every time we watch the news, every time that we're
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on Facebook or Twitter or other
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social media, we're picking up all kinds of
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strands and threads of somebody else's thoughts,
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their influence, their worldview,
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and it can begin to taint us and to corrupt us and to twist
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us and to bend us into a different mold,
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into the mold of the world. But instead, every time we're
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in the Word of God, we're picking up the mold of
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Jesus Christ. His mold, His will,
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His ways. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts.
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And when our mind has been polluted and
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been in the world, we need to have our mind renewed
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and come into alignment with the mind and the thoughts of
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Christ. And so here's
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the question: How much time do you spend each day on a screen,
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in front of a computer, or on your phone? Looking at the
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news and social media? And how much time do you spend each day
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in the Word of God or in worship music
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or in prayer? The world
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or Jesus Christ and His ways and His Word?
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Let us have our mind renewed to the mind of Christ,
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to the ways of Christ, to the word of
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Christ.
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Have a blessed day, and we'll see you tomorrow. Shalom.
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Yeah, yeah,
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yeah.
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The Aaronic Blessing from Numbers chapter 6,
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24 to 26.
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Adonai bless you and keep you.
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Adonai make his face to shine upon you and be
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gracious to you. Adonai lift up his countenance
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upon you and give you peace.