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Can we turn back then to our reading in the book of Judges, chapter 3.
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We're going to look at verse 7 to verse 11.
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We see in verse 9,
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But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord,
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the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel who saved them,
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Othniel, the son of Canaz, Caleb's younger brother.
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The Lord raised up a deliverer for the people.
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Is there such a thing as free delivery?
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I'm sure many of us have been in the position where you're going to order something online.
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You've been looking around, looking for the item, searching around for the best price,
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quickest delivery and all of that.
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And you find it and then you enter in all the details.
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You're going to go ahead and purchase it.
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But when you enter the address, because of where we live,
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all of a sudden maybe free delivery changes to a delivery cost that's even more than the item that you're going to buy.
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It happens so often.
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Delivery then puts us off going any further with that and we just forget about it.
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There seems to be no such thing as free delivery.
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But as we're reading God's word, we're often reminded of just that idea of deliverance and delivery.
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There is a delivery that we can have, but it's a delivery that maybe seems far removed from us in many ways,
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out of our reach and doesn't come or count for us.
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And as you look at the book of Judges and as we look at this together this evening,
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what we see is a people here who have the offer of free delivery given to them.
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And they almost have it again and again and again.
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But they keep making a mess of it.
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There's a free delivery offered here and yet it's costly in some ways, not to them, but to the Lord.
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And as you look at the book of Judges, the period that we're looking at here is many, many years ago,
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many, many generations ago as we're going back into the Old Testament.
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But it's a period defined by disobedience towards God as we've read in these verses.
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That's why we took up our reading early in chapter 2.
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You see that the people of God were just becoming more and more unfaithful towards God.
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They weren't listening to him.
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There was rebellion.
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There was moral failure among the people.
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But interspersed in the book of Judges, you find periods of peace and periods of revival.
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But yet if you were to sum up the book of Judges as a whole,
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it's probably in a repeated verse that you find.
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In chapter 17, verse 6, and then in the very last verse of the book of Judges, chapter 21, verse 25,
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the same phrase is said.
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And it says,
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In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did what was right in his own eyes.
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This was the kind of attitude that prevails throughout the book of Judges, throughout this period.
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And indeed you can see it again and again in the scriptures.
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The people did what was right in their own eyes.
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And it's a pretty good description for our world today as well.
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The people we do right as we see it according to our own eyes.
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But what we find in this book of Judges is that God was gracious.
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He was right to judge the people because that is what he had said would come upon them.
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But when he sees a people who cry out to him, he relents and has mercy.
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And that's the story of our delivery as well.
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When you look at the history of God's people throughout the Old Testament,
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you see that before this period of the Judges, they had been held captive in Egypt.
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And God had redeemed them, delivered them from that captivity.
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And he'd led them 40 years through the wilderness.
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He'd used Joshua to lead them.
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He brought them safely into the land of Canaan.
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And he gave them promises that if they were obedient to him,
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that then he would be a blessing to them.
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If they would walk in his ways.
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But what we find is, again and again, the very opposite happens.
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In verse 7 of chapter 3, the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.
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So they turned to idolatry.
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They turned away from God.
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And how had this come to be?
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Well, a generation who had loved the Lord and seen his amazing works was now passing on.
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You see it as Joshua passed.
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And in verse 10 of chapter 2, it tells us there,
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There was this forgetfulness.
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There was this turning away from God.
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They didn't know God.
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And they'd forgotten all that God had done for them.
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And this is an ongoing problem.
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Ongoing to this very day.
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Where we forget about God.
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Turn away from him.
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And we forget what the Lord has done for us.
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And we think that we can just do what is right in our own eyes.
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And there'll be no consequences.
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But God is reminding them here and reminding us this evening that what we need is to see our need of deliverance.
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We need this deliverance for ourselves.
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And that's where we're going to focus on verse 7 to 11.
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Where we see this judge that God has raised.
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Othniel.
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Who comes to serve the Lord in the midst of the people.
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And there's lessons that we can take from this for ourselves.
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In particular, there's three lessons I want to think of this evening.
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And the first is disobedience.
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As we see it throughout this section.
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Disobedience leads to defeat.
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There's no alternative.
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Disobedience to God leads to defeat.
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But what we see here is that this defeat leads to a cry.
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They cry out to the Lord.
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And that is what we are to learn as well.
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That when we see the disarray and the defeat in our own lives.
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When we recognize the sin in our own heart.
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That we can cry out to the Lord.
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So defeat can lead to a cry.
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And when we cry out to God.
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Thirdly what we see is a cry leads to an answer.
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God gives a gracious answer to them.
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So the first thing we want to see here is that disobedience leads to defeat.
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How is the book of Judges profitable for us today?
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What's to be gained in looking at this passage?
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Or looking at the book of Judges?
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When people will say, but it's just the word from long ago.
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It's things that happened many, many years ago.
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It's not relevant to us today.
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Well as you read through the book of Judges.
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You see the people of God face the same problems that we face up to today as well.
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And we've seen the reality of it even in these last few days.
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You see the people of God here.
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They faced physical enemies.
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They were surrounded by enemies.
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So are we.
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We see that with conflicts going on around the world.
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The people of God here, they faced problems from the world, the flesh and the devil.
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And so do we.
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We face all of these things today as well.
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And they faced here, the people of God, a challenge to their faith.
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You see that quite clearly in verse 7.
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The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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They forgot the Lord their God.
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There was a challenge to their faith.
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And in that challenge, they forgot God.
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And that's the challenge that we face today as well.
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So we have all of these things to face up to.
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And it all boils down to our obedience or our disobedience.
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And the reality of disobedience leading to defeat is through for ourselves today as well.
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Because when we're disobedience, as you see there in verse 7,
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they forgot the Lord, served the Baals and the Asheroth.
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These were idols and worshipping false gods.
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That's what they turned to.
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And then in verse 8,
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But what's happening here then is too that God is still in the midst of them.
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And God comes in a gracious way to bring the judges to them.
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Now why judges?
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Why this phrase, the judges, or Othniel, as a judge?
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Well, as a reminder to us that disobedience faces judgment.
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And our judgment is before us as well.
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So when we are disobedient to God,
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and we do not listen to him,
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and we turn away from him and forget about him,
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it leads to a judgment upon ourselves as well.
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So God used judges to come.
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Because of their wickedness and their disobedience,
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that's what he used.
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You see, the people have been given clear guidance
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before going into the promised land
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of how they were to live,
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of how they were to be obedient to God.
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And in the book of Deuteronomy,
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one of the phrases that comes up a number of times is,
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Do not forget the Lord.
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When you go into this land that's flowing with milk and honey,
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it's got everything that they need in this promised land.
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And the gods sing again and again,
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Do not forget the Lord.
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And yet what happens in verse 7?
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They forgot the Lord their God.
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Exactly what he had said to them not to do,
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they did.
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They forgot the Lord their God.
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And over time,
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this disobedience against God,
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it just leads to a downward spiral.
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And it says in verse 8 there,
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The people of Israel served Cush and Rissathim eight years.
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Instead of serving God,
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they were in this disobedient way
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of serving a foreign god for eight years.
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It was torture for them
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because of their disobedience.
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And where did this lead them?
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It led them to worshipping the false gods of this king.
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The Ashtaroth and the Baals,
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all of these false gods,
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that's the direction that they went.
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So disobedience leads to defeat.
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But what's the lessons there for ourselves?
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Well, surely it's obvious as we look at this passage.
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What they did stands in stark warning to ourselves today.
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They forgot God,
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and it led them on a downward trajectory.
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And that's exactly what happens to ourselves today.
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If we forget God,
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if we turn away from God,
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it leads us down the wrong path completely.
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So what is God saying?
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God is saying,
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Don't compromise on my word.
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Don't compromise on what I have said to you.
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Otherwise, there are consequences.
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If we reject God and his word
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and carry on with the same attitude of the people here,
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people doing right as they saw in their own eyes,
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what would we expect
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but days of judgment upon us?
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If we don't put his word first,
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if we don't put God first in our lives,
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what happens?
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There are consequences.
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There's a judgment that comes upon us.
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And you see,
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it just comes in slowly as it were.
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Little by little,
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a generation goes on,
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a generation comes
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who has forgot the work the Lord had done.
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It begins with that forgetting what God had done.
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Then it comes to forgetting God.
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And then it comes to worshiping false gods.
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And the Bible describes that as sin,
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sin that crouches at the door.
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It's waiting to attack.
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It's waiting to come in.
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And all we have to do is give it an inch
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and it'll keep taking more and more.
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A small compromise here
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leads to another that's bigger
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and it leads to this downward spiral.
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So we don't let God's commands slip.
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You see, disobedience leads to defeat.
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And if we continue in that pathway,
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if we continue in that way,
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we're only going in a downward spiral.
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So that's the first lesson.
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But there's a second lesson for us here.
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And we see it in verse 9.
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But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord,
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the Lord raised up a deliverer
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for the people of Israel who saved them.
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Defeat can lead to a cry.
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Although they felt defeated.
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And here they are eight years serving this foreign king.
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Wondering probably how they've ended back
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in such a similar situation as they had in Egypt
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when they were serving the foreign gods there.
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Here they are again serving in a foreign king
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in a foreign land with foreign gods.
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But it's like the people come to themselves.
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They come to their senses.
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And when they come to that,
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they cry out to the Lord.
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And if we know that there is sin in our lives
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that's leading us on a downward path,
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that we have failed God by rejecting him,
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forgetting him, and rejecting his word,
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and the salvation offered through his son, Jesus Christ,
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what can we do?
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Where can we turn?
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Well, there is the lesson for us.
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Defeat can lead to a cry.
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And the people, they cried out to God.
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And we can cry out to God for help.
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In Psalm 107, it's a wonderful psalm
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that speaks so clearly of people in trouble.
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And as you read through it,
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you find four times different situations
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that people find themselves in various trouble
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is outlined for us.
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But in each situation,
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it's the same words that you hear repeated.
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They cried out to the Lord in their trouble.
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And the Lord heard them and delivered them.
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There's that wonderful repetition in that psalm
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that they come to that point
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where they see their trouble
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and they cry out in their trouble
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and the Lord delivers them out of their trouble.
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And that's the great promise that we have here as well.
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When the people of God,
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when they come to themselves,
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when the people of Israel, it says,
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cried out to the Lord,
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the Lord raised up a deliverer
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for the people of Israel who saved them.
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Was this a cry of repentance?
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A cry of regret?
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A cry of despair?
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It's maybe not clear for us,
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but what we need to do is recognize
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it's got to be a cry that's turning back to God.
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A cry of desperation,
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but a cry of repentance
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where we are confessing our sin before God.
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Where we are saying,
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Lord, against you we have sinned.
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And now we are turning to you again
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to know that forgiveness.
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They knew that they had done wrong before God
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and they were crying out to God for help.
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But the very fact that you see it being repeated
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again and again,
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you wonder,
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was it repentance or was it just regret?
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Because if it's through repentance,
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you don't go back into the same cycle again.
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You turn back to God
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and you focus on God.
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So that's a reminder here for us as well.
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It's not just in our sin to confess it one day
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and carry on as if there's nothing more to confess again.
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It's to keep coming back to God
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but turning from that sin
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and through repentance.
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We have a God to cry out to.
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And that's the wonderful thing for us.
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We have a God who in Psalm 103
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is described as a father
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who has compassion on his children.
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And so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.
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And what you see here with Othniel
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is this judge is raised up by God,
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this deliverer.
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And the word deliverer,
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it means a saviour.
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A saviour is given for the people.
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And it's a saviour who has come to show them
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the way back to God.
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And that's what we have today as well.
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We have a saviour to cry out to.
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Jesus, son of David,
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as he's often referred to in the New Testament,
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as they cry out to him for help.
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You see those in trouble,
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those who are sick,
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those who are blind,
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Jesus, son of David,
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have mercy on me.
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It's the very words we sang in Psalm 86.
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Verse 3, it says,
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Have mercy on me, O Lord,
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for I call to you all day long.
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Bring joy to your servant,
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for you, O Lord,
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for to you, O Lord,
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I lift up my soul.
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You are forgiving and good, O Lord,
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abounding in love
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to all who call upon you.
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There's that reminder
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that we can call on the Lord.
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And the Lord hears
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and is able to answer.
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The Lord Jesus hears our cries today
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when we turn to him
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because he is the deliverer,
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the saviour,
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who is given for us.
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There's a programme I watch.
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It's online.
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It's not a programme on the television.
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But it's one of these online short clips
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that you find of a guy called
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Matt Armstrong.
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He's a mechanic.
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And him, along with some of his friends,
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they find cars that have been written off
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in crashes or flooding
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or some kind of accident.
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Sports cars, mainly.
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And when you look at these cars,
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what you think is,
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how on earth are they going to restore that
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and get that back on the road?
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There's no way it's possible.
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And yet, little by little,
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with patience and time and money,
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they restore them.
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And you think,
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how is that possible?
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There's no way that can all come together.
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And eventually,
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you see the car back on the road.
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It's quite amazing to watch.
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But it reminds me of myself.
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Perhaps of yourself as well.
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Beyond repair.
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Beyond salvation.
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That's the way we so often see ourselves.
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How on earth could my life
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get back on track with God?
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How on earth can we get back to Him?
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That's what you might say
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as you read through the book of Judges.
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How on earth can these people
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who have forgotten God,
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who have turned away from Him,
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how on earth can they get back to God?
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Well, it's by grace.
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It's by the grace of God.
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Because you see here in verse 9,
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the Deliverer was raised up by God.
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The Lord raised up a Deliverer.
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The Lord has done it.
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And that's the wonder of our restoration.
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of how He can restore us
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as we cry out to Him.
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Because the third thing we see here is
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a cry can lead to an answer.
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When you look at the likes of that Psalm 86,
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or as you go into the New Testament,
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and you read in Romans 10, for example,
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where it calls about calling on the Lord.
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In verse 13 of Romans 10,
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everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
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will be saved.
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There is that promise
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as we cry out to God,
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truly crying out to Him.
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Well, there is a cry answered.
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And that's what we see here.
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The cry of the people is answered by God
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as God raises up a Savior,
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a Deliverer,
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who is Othniel,
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the judge of the people.
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And Othniel here is useful for the people
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because it's not Othniel,
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but the Lord who is doing this saving work.
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You see it there in verse 10.
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The Spirit of the Lord was upon him,
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and he judged Israel.
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He went out to war,
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and the Lord gave Cushion Ressatham,
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king of Mesopotamia,
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into his hand.
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And his hand prevailed,
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and the land had rest for 40 years.
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You see here Othniel,
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a Savior,
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a Deliverer for the people.
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He came to judge,
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but he came to deliver.
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And he was able to do it
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because the Spirit of the Lord
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was upon him.
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And again,
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that's a phrase you see
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repeated of Isaiah.
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In Isaiah chapter 61,
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in that chapter that's entitled
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The Year of the Lord's Favor,
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it says,
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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
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because the Lord has anointed me
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to bring good news to the poor.
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And so it goes on
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to bind up the brokenhearted,
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to proclaim liberty to the captives.
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There is that sense of deliverance
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because the Spirit of the Lord
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is upon Isaiah.
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And when we see that
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and we bring it forward,
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we see it in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Because the Spirit was poured out
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on him.
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This is my beloved Son,
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it says,
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as he was baptized
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and the Spirit came down
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in the form of a dove.
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The Spirit was upon him.
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This is my beloved Son.
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Hear him.
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Jesus was given that authority.
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We have a Savior
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who is Christ Jesus.
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And so here,
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the Lord hears their cries
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and gives an answer.
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He provides a Savior,
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a deliverer,
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Othnia.
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There is free delivery for them
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through the grace of God.
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And there is also for us.
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Where is our free delivery found?
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It is found in him
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who gave himself for us,
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in Jesus who came
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for his people.
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Jonathan Edwards,
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the Christian writer,
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he says this,
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the redeemed are dependent
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of God for all.
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All that we have,
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wisdom,
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the pardon of sin,
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deliverance,
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acceptance in God's favor,
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grace,
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holiness,
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true comfort,
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happiness,
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eternal life,
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and glory,
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we have from God
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by a mediator.
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And this mediator
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is God.
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God not only gives us
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the mediator
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and accepts his mediation
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and of his power
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and grace
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bestows the things
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purchased
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by the mediator,
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but he is the mediator.
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Our blessings
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are what we have
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by purchase
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and the purchase
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is made of God.
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The blessings
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are purchased of him
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and not only so,
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but God is the purchaser.
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Yes,
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God is both
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the purchaser
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and the price
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for Christ,
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who is God,
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purchased these blessings
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by offering himself
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as the price
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of our salvation.
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He is the price
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of our salvation,
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the deliverer,
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the one who we
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have free delivery
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through
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as we put our
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trust in him.
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So we ask ourselves
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this evening,
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I ask myself,
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do I need
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delivering?
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And do you need
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delivering today?
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Of course we do.
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For we are like
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a people of old
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here who forget
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God so easily,
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who turn away
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from him.
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But yet,
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in the gospel
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we have that
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good news.
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There is
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a deliverer.
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And there is
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free delivery
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through faith
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in him.
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As the hymn writer
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says,
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there is
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a redeemer,
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Jesus,
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God's own son,
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precious lamb
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of God,
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Messiah,
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holy one.
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Jesus,
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my redeemer,
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name above
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all names,
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precious lamb
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of God,
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Messiah,
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O for sinners
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slain.
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Thank you,
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O my Father,
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for giving us
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your son
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and leaving
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your spirit
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till the work
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on earth is done.
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When I stand
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in glory,
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I will see
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his face
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and there
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I'll serve
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my king forever
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in that
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holy place.
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There
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is
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a redeemer.
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There is
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a deliverer
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for us.
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Othniel
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was a deliverer
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used by God
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in the days
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of the judges.
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But we have
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a redeemer,
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Jesus,
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God's own son.
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And if we need
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delivering,
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then we can
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cry out
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to him.
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It's so easy
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for us
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to feel
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defeated.
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Defeated
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by this world,
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defeated
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by the sin
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that we have
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in our hearts.
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but we
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can cry.
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We can
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cry out
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to God.
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And an answer
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can be found
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in a precious
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redeemer.
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That's what we
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read of here.
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But when the
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people of Israel
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cried out
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to the Lord,
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the Lord
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raised up
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a deliverer
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for the people
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of Israel
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who saved
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them.
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If we are
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feeling defeated,
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we can cry.
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Cry out
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to the Lord
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and see
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a deliverer,
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a redeemer
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who is
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Jesus Christ,
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our Lord.
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Let us pray.
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Lord,
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our gracious
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God,
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we do thank
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you that
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you teach us
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even through
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your people
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from so long
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ago,
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reminding us
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of just how
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we are
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ourselves,
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that we are
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a people
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who always
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turn that way
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left to our
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own devices
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to do
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what is
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right in
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our own
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eyes.
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But we
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thank you
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for a
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deliverer
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and that
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we can
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cry out
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to you
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in our
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need
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and see
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the salvation
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that is
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offered
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through your
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Son,
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our Redeemer,
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the Lord
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Jesus Christ.
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And may
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you help
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us,
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even anew
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this evening,
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to recognize
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that need
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in our own
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hearts
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of a
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deliverer
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and a
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deliverance
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that is
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free to
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us,
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but that
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came at
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a great
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price,
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of him
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who gave
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himself for
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us,
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who paid
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that price.
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So Lord,
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be near to
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us,
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guide us
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by your
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Spirit,
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draw us
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ever closer
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to yourself,
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forgiving our
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sin,
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in Jesus'
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name.
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Amen.
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We're going
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to sing in
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conclusion in
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Psalm 3,
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the Sing
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Psalms version.
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We'll
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find this
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on page
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3 of
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the
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psalm
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book.
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We'll
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sing from
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verse 1
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to
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verse 6,
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the tune
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is
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Finart.
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Psalm 3
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at verse
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1,
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O Lord,
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how many
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are my
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foes,
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how many
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up against
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me rise.
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They all
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are saying
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now of
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me,
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in vain
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he on
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his God
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relies.
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But you
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are my
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protector,
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Lord,
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you are
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my shield
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around me
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spread.
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My glory
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comes from
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you alone,
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the one
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who raises
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up my
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head.
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We'll
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sing from
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verse 1
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to 6
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to God's
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praise.
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O Lord,
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how many
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are my
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foes,
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how many
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up against
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me rise.
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They all
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are
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sin
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not
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only
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in vain
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he
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on
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his
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holy
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eyes.
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But you
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are my
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protector,
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Lord,
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you are
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a
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shield
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around
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his
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종
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of
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My glory comes from you alone, the one who raises up my head.
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When to the Lord I lift my voice, in face of those who hate me still,
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the Lord will hear my cry to hear and answer from this holy hymn.
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I set to the end of the season, I lift your voice to the holy God.
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I will not fear ten thousand souls who serve their heart against me.
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After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my left. We'll close with a benediction.
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Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon
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and abide with you all now and forevermore. Amen.
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Amen.