1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:02,700 Thank you. Brian. David. 2 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:06,600 It just, by way of congratulations, I want to say to my parents, 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:07,500 congratulations. 4 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:11,700 They celebrate their 61st wedding anniversary, two days ago. 5 00:00:11,966 --> 00:00:14,866 So, it's a big deal. 6 00:00:14,866 --> 00:00:15,766 That's a big deal. 7 00:00:15,766 --> 00:00:18,866 I called them, and I said, you know, thank you so much for staying married. 8 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,266 You know, sometimes someone said that the key to success 9 00:00:23,266 --> 00:00:24,900 is just showing up, right? 10 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:28,800 So they just they showed up every day to each other and still are. 11 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,666 And they're just a wonderful, wonderful gift of God to me and to our family. 12 00:00:34,333 --> 00:00:39,000 In this series, judges, I want to go through three chapters today, 13 00:00:39,533 --> 00:00:41,100 ten, 11 and 12. 14 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:43,333 And so we're going to move quickly. 15 00:00:43,333 --> 00:00:45,033 If you have a Bible and brought one with you, 16 00:00:45,033 --> 00:00:47,833 I encourage you to turn to judges chapter ten. 17 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:49,400 The time of the 18 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:54,166 judges is when God was leading his people in the Promised Land 19 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:58,766 through individuals that he would raise up for specific time in season and purpose. 20 00:00:59,266 --> 00:01:04,366 These judges were not judges in the judicial sense of a robe and a gavel. 21 00:01:04,366 --> 00:01:07,366 They were more often than not military leaders, 22 00:01:07,533 --> 00:01:11,133 and when God's people would get into trouble, they would cry out 23 00:01:11,133 --> 00:01:14,400 to God for help, and God in his mercy and grace, would rescue them. 24 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:15,566 And then they would be happy 25 00:01:15,566 --> 00:01:18,833 that they were rescued and they would forget about God and fall 26 00:01:18,833 --> 00:01:22,766 into sin and reject God and get into trouble and in their trouble. 27 00:01:22,766 --> 00:01:25,766 Cry out to God, and God in his mercy and grace would rescue them. 28 00:01:25,766 --> 00:01:28,866 And then, then the rescue and joy they would forget about God, 29 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:30,900 and then and forget about God. 30 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:31,900 They would get into trouble, 31 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:33,900 and they would cry out to God for help and rescue. 32 00:01:33,900 --> 00:01:36,333 And because God is merciful and gracious, he would rescue them. 33 00:01:36,333 --> 00:01:37,166 Do you see the cycle? 34 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:40,233 Yeah, that was true for them. 35 00:01:40,233 --> 00:01:42,466 It's often true for us. 36 00:01:42,466 --> 00:01:43,500 And so God, in his mercy 37 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:46,966 and grace, would raise up a leader and they would rescue God's people. 38 00:01:47,566 --> 00:01:50,400 And so this is the story throughout the book of judges. 39 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,966 And I want to go through ten, 11, and 12, and I want to introduce you to a man 40 00:01:54,066 --> 00:01:57,300 who was just an outright bad dude. 41 00:01:57,300 --> 00:01:59,100 His name was Jeff. 42 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:02,533 And he was a tough, tough man that knew how to fight. 43 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,833 But before we get to him, there's two judges 44 00:02:06,833 --> 00:02:10,733 that are listed in the book of judges that I want to share with you. 45 00:02:10,733 --> 00:02:14,566 There's only a couple verses about them, very briefly mentioned, 46 00:02:14,566 --> 00:02:18,166 but we can learn some things from them in judges ten, verses 47 00:02:18,166 --> 00:02:22,166 one and two, the Bible says, after the time of Abimelech, Abimelech 48 00:02:22,166 --> 00:02:27,066 was Gideon's son who took over leadership not put there 49 00:02:27,066 --> 00:02:31,566 by God, asserted his own authority, and everything went badly. 50 00:02:31,566 --> 00:02:33,300 We looked at him the past couple of weeks. 51 00:02:34,566 --> 00:02:37,000 A man of issue card named Tola, 52 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,033 son of Puia, the son of Dodo Rose. 53 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:44,800 If any of you are looking for biblical names for your children, 54 00:02:45,700 --> 00:02:47,700 you look elsewhere. 55 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:50,433 He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim. 56 00:02:50,433 --> 00:02:52,200 He led Israel 23 years. 57 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,566 Then he died and was buried in Shamir. 58 00:02:54,566 --> 00:02:56,433 That's all we know about this guy. 59 00:02:56,433 --> 00:03:00,233 But there are some incredible lessons we can learn from these two verses. 60 00:03:00,433 --> 00:03:03,000 The man's name was what? 61 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,466 Tola. 62 00:03:04,466 --> 00:03:08,666 That's an indication to us that means literally worm. 63 00:03:09,533 --> 00:03:13,600 And the way they got the people back in ancient times got this color. 64 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,533 Scarlet was to take a lot of these worms and crush them. 65 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,566 And the dye from the worms would make the color scar millet. 66 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:26,100 Here's what's significant about this scarlet worm. 67 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:30,300 In order to reproduce, this worm would attach itself 68 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:35,766 to a tree to, would, and and be pinned to the tree. 69 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:41,200 And then its larva would, would, would eat the body 70 00:03:41,766 --> 00:03:45,600 so it could go get nutrients from the body that was stuck to the tree 71 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,600 that were the fixed to the tree, getting nutrients from the body for its life. 72 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,400 When that worm died, it would leave a scarlet stain on the wood 73 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:59,433 as that scarlet stain, the result of the body pinned to the wood, would dry. 74 00:03:59,533 --> 00:04:03,700 It would dry white as snow and fall off. 75 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,700 Here's why this is significant 76 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:09,300 in Psalm 22, verse six, 77 00:04:09,300 --> 00:04:12,866 which is a messianic psalm about Jesus, 78 00:04:13,466 --> 00:04:16,466 the Bible says in Psalm 22 six, 79 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:21,133 speak just as Jesus prophetically I am a worm 80 00:04:21,133 --> 00:04:24,733 and not a man scorned by men and despised by people. 81 00:04:25,166 --> 00:04:29,733 This is the prophetic psalm of Jesus saying, I am taller. 82 00:04:31,066 --> 00:04:33,300 I am that thing that will be affixed 83 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:36,433 to the wood, that will stain the wood. 84 00:04:36,433 --> 00:04:38,366 Scarlet 85 00:04:38,366 --> 00:04:40,400 my blood. 86 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,100 And when that has happened, 87 00:04:42,100 --> 00:04:47,200 your life will come from my life being affixed to the wood, 88 00:04:47,933 --> 00:04:51,600 and it will dry and become white as snow. 89 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,933 As the Scripture tells us, though your sins are scarlet, 90 00:04:56,933 --> 00:05:00,100 they have been come white as snow. 91 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,600 So from this one man's name we see, we can understand. 92 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:09,333 Wow, God, look what you have done. 93 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:11,833 The same word of this 94 00:05:11,833 --> 00:05:15,700 man's name is used of Christ in Psalm 22 six. 95 00:05:15,700 --> 00:05:18,700 It's amazing to me. Listen, 96 00:05:18,833 --> 00:05:21,133 everything in here is about Jesus. 97 00:05:21,133 --> 00:05:22,966 Everything. 98 00:05:22,966 --> 00:05:26,566 Everything in here is about Jesus, even guys names. 99 00:05:27,433 --> 00:05:30,166 And then you go to this next judge. 100 00:05:30,166 --> 00:05:32,200 Very brief mention. 101 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,966 He was followed by a year of Gilead, who led Israel 22 years. 102 00:05:35,966 --> 00:05:38,466 He had 30 sons who rode 30 donkeys. 103 00:05:38,466 --> 00:05:43,100 They controlled 30 towns in Gilead, which to this day are called half off J.R. 104 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:46,100 When JR died, he was buried in came on. 105 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:48,233 Here's what I glean from that. 106 00:05:48,233 --> 00:05:53,500 This guy J here was very wealthy to have 30 donkeys. 107 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:57,700 Donkeys had to be imported into into Israel. 108 00:05:58,133 --> 00:05:59,766 They were natural of the land. 109 00:05:59,766 --> 00:06:01,133 And so they had to be important. 110 00:06:01,133 --> 00:06:02,366 They were very, very expensive. 111 00:06:02,366 --> 00:06:05,366 So to have a donkey was a sign of royalty. 112 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,100 This was one reason why Jesus rode into Jerusalem, 113 00:06:09,033 --> 00:06:10,433 on a donkey. 114 00:06:10,433 --> 00:06:13,700 It was his sign of saying I am the king now. 115 00:06:13,700 --> 00:06:14,266 Interesting. 116 00:06:14,266 --> 00:06:16,733 The next time Jesus comes, it's going to be on a horse. 117 00:06:16,733 --> 00:06:17,966 As a warrior. 118 00:06:17,966 --> 00:06:20,233 But this first time he entered was honored. 119 00:06:20,233 --> 00:06:23,233 So the new donkeys are indicative of people of wealth. 120 00:06:23,233 --> 00:06:27,666 And this guy had 30 sons, which also means he had 30. 121 00:06:27,666 --> 00:06:29,433 What? 122 00:06:29,433 --> 00:06:32,166 He had a lot of women, a lot of women. 123 00:06:32,166 --> 00:06:34,066 Idiot. 124 00:06:34,066 --> 00:06:37,200 And but he had 30 sons and they all rode on their own donkeys. 125 00:06:38,033 --> 00:06:40,933 So he was a man of great wealth. 126 00:06:40,933 --> 00:06:44,200 But the Bible doesn't say that he had any impact. 127 00:06:45,866 --> 00:06:47,466 Here's what we have to be careful of. 128 00:06:47,466 --> 00:06:50,866 Be kind of a person of affluence and not influence. 129 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:53,166 Do you understand? 130 00:06:53,166 --> 00:06:54,633 He was a man of affluence. 131 00:06:56,033 --> 00:06:58,033 We have to ask ourselves this question. 132 00:06:58,033 --> 00:07:02,266 Is the focus of my life on affluence or influence? 133 00:07:03,466 --> 00:07:07,533 Most of us have gotten into the lie of the culture 134 00:07:07,866 --> 00:07:11,966 that says, as long as you are affluent, you are successful 135 00:07:12,166 --> 00:07:15,900 and so we work our lives to have a good paying job 136 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,366 that allows us to do what we want to do financially, 137 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:24,766 and so that we can retire early so we can travel and buy cars and whatever. 138 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,600 And we pursue these lives of affluence without ever given 139 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,600 thought to a life of influence. 140 00:07:32,466 --> 00:07:34,400 We have to be very careful there. 141 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,733 Buy into the lie of culture that says life. 142 00:07:37,733 --> 00:07:41,366 The goodness of life and success of life is a life of affluence, 143 00:07:42,066 --> 00:07:44,766 while neglecting a life of influence. 144 00:07:44,766 --> 00:07:46,266 And acts 1336. 145 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:50,433 The Bible says of King David, he served God's purpose in his life time. 146 00:07:50,533 --> 00:07:51,300 And then he died. 147 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:55,666 Now David was very wealthy, but the Bible doesn't ever speak of his wealth. 148 00:07:55,666 --> 00:07:57,766 It speaks about his influence. 149 00:07:57,766 --> 00:07:59,533 He served God's purpose. 150 00:08:02,866 --> 00:08:04,500 And when our focus here me, 151 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:08,633 when our focus is on affluence, we will miss influence. 152 00:08:12,533 --> 00:08:15,533 Am I clear? 153 00:08:16,666 --> 00:08:18,600 Make sure that you know 154 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,666 where your focus is, and make sure that you have chosen 155 00:08:22,766 --> 00:08:25,766 the right focus. 156 00:08:26,633 --> 00:08:29,066 Don't let your life simply 157 00:08:29,066 --> 00:08:32,066 be a placeholder between generations. 158 00:08:33,666 --> 00:08:35,066 This guy was a placeholder 159 00:08:35,066 --> 00:08:38,066 between judges who actually did something. 160 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,200 Don't let your life be a placeholder. 161 00:08:41,900 --> 00:08:42,633 Be a woman. 162 00:08:42,633 --> 00:08:47,433 Be a man of influence, of godly kingdom influence. 163 00:08:47,433 --> 00:08:49,700 Before you're ever 164 00:08:49,700 --> 00:08:52,433 a person of affluence 165 00:08:52,433 --> 00:08:54,933 and use your affluence 166 00:08:54,933 --> 00:08:57,300 to have a godly influence 167 00:08:57,300 --> 00:09:00,300 to make sense. 168 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,633 So going on in in chapter 169 00:09:04,633 --> 00:09:06,966 ten, again, there's why I said evil in the eyes of the Lord. 170 00:09:06,966 --> 00:09:10,333 They serve the bails in the asterisk, and the gods of of around 171 00:09:10,333 --> 00:09:14,066 the gods of sight and the gods of Moab, the gods of ammonites, 172 00:09:14,566 --> 00:09:17,833 and all the gods of Philistines, like they were all over the place. 173 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,833 And because the Israelites forsook the Lord 174 00:09:21,833 --> 00:09:25,166 and no longer served him, he became angry with them. 175 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:30,266 He, God, sold his own people into the hands of the Philistines 176 00:09:30,266 --> 00:09:35,400 and the ammonites, who that year shattered and crushed them. 177 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,466 Just let this sink in. 178 00:09:38,466 --> 00:09:40,933 This is from the hand of God, 179 00:09:40,933 --> 00:09:43,933 because they forsook him 180 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,400 for 18 years they oppressed all the Israelites 181 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:52,733 on the east side of the Jordan, in Gilead, the land of the Amorites, the ammonites 182 00:09:52,733 --> 00:09:56,500 also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. 183 00:09:56,666 --> 00:09:59,666 Israel was in great distress. 184 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:03,633 Here's what we have to understand 185 00:10:04,166 --> 00:10:06,333 that when we neglect 186 00:10:06,333 --> 00:10:09,333 God, we will replace God. 187 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:14,133 The people of God in this passage neglected, forsook God, 188 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,800 and they replaced him with other gods. 189 00:10:18,666 --> 00:10:23,166 Specifically, the Bible says with veils and asterisks. 190 00:10:23,633 --> 00:10:28,666 Veils were the gods of wealth and prosperity. 191 00:10:28,933 --> 00:10:32,700 Asterisk were the gods of sensuality and pleasure. 192 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:37,533 And as I look at it, if you were wise with eyes open, with look at culture. 193 00:10:37,533 --> 00:10:41,033 These are still the same gods that people are pursuing. 194 00:10:42,033 --> 00:10:45,033 The gods of wealth and affluence, 195 00:10:45,833 --> 00:10:48,433 and the gods of pleasure and sensuality. 196 00:10:48,433 --> 00:10:51,433 Yeah, yes. 197 00:10:53,100 --> 00:10:54,833 And when you take God 198 00:10:54,833 --> 00:10:57,700 and you, you neglect God. 199 00:10:57,700 --> 00:11:00,700 It's not that that that there's a void there. 200 00:11:01,033 --> 00:11:03,300 You will replace him. 201 00:11:03,300 --> 00:11:04,066 We all do. 202 00:11:04,066 --> 00:11:08,500 We were we were created as objects to worship something. 203 00:11:09,433 --> 00:11:12,233 So when you neglect God, it will be something. 204 00:11:12,233 --> 00:11:15,366 And there are many, many, many, many people that aren't 205 00:11:15,366 --> 00:11:18,600 realizing the worship. 206 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:23,233 The pursuit of the gods of affluence and pleasure. 207 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,200 Be wise, my friends. 208 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:32,100 They forsook God 209 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,066 and it's so interesting to me 210 00:11:35,066 --> 00:11:37,633 that because they forsook him, 211 00:11:37,633 --> 00:11:40,633 he became enamored and sold them into the hands. 212 00:11:42,133 --> 00:11:45,866 There are times when we're going through really, really rough stuff, 213 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,133 because the work of the evil one is to steal, kill and destroy. 214 00:11:51,166 --> 00:11:52,033 There are times we 215 00:11:52,033 --> 00:11:55,033 go through really, really rough stuff because of our own stupidity 216 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,366 and error. 217 00:11:57,366 --> 00:12:00,500 And there are times when we go through really, really rough stuff 218 00:12:01,333 --> 00:12:06,000 because we have chosen time and time again to forsake God, 219 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,200 and he gives us over 220 00:12:09,866 --> 00:12:12,866 and all our prayers become God help, God help, God help. 221 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:15,900 And God, I think says, why don't you come back and quit 222 00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:18,900 forsaking me first? 223 00:12:23,833 --> 00:12:26,200 And look at verse ten. 224 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:27,900 Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, 225 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:31,666 we have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the bill. 226 00:12:31,666 --> 00:12:34,733 So they've moved from attention 227 00:12:34,733 --> 00:12:37,733 and pursuit to serving. 228 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:39,833 Understand how this happens. 229 00:12:39,833 --> 00:12:42,833 When we forsake God, he will be replaced. 230 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:49,233 And when we replace God will serve something else. 231 00:12:49,233 --> 00:12:50,066 And this and this. 232 00:12:50,066 --> 00:12:52,800 This is what the Bible says in Jeremiah two. 233 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,333 God says, my people have committed two sins. 234 00:12:56,466 --> 00:12:58,100 They have forsaken me. 235 00:12:58,100 --> 00:13:00,433 So they've turned away 236 00:13:00,433 --> 00:13:04,333 the spring of living water, and they've dug their own cisterns, broken cistern. 237 00:13:04,333 --> 00:13:05,900 Second, cannot hold water. 238 00:13:05,900 --> 00:13:10,066 What he's saying is this God says, I am the spring of living water, 239 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,666 like I am life, and my people 240 00:13:13,666 --> 00:13:17,400 have forsaken me and chased after others. 241 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:22,200 So much so that rather than coming to the living 242 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:26,400 water myself, they've dug systems that can't hold water now. 243 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,400 Cisterns in ancient times were think of big wells 244 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:34,566 like swimming pools that were covered, big pits that were covered in plaster 245 00:13:34,566 --> 00:13:35,300 like a swimming pool. 246 00:13:35,300 --> 00:13:38,600 It and as it would rain, as the rain run off, 247 00:13:38,733 --> 00:13:41,700 it would, would, would seep through the ground and the ground 248 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:43,633 it would come back, would fill the cistern, 249 00:13:43,633 --> 00:13:45,400 it would fall into the system and fill the system. 250 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:46,933 It was good water. 251 00:13:46,933 --> 00:13:49,600 After a while it would get a little bit stagnant because 252 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:53,666 stagnant water just gets stirred, but you can still filter it and drink from it. 253 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:57,233 There were very, very, very important, but when the system became broken, 254 00:13:57,233 --> 00:14:00,200 it couldn't hold water anymore, just leaked out. 255 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,966 And what God is saying is you forsaken me. 256 00:14:02,966 --> 00:14:04,633 I am living water. 257 00:14:04,633 --> 00:14:09,466 You have access to living water and instead you've broken and systems. 258 00:14:09,466 --> 00:14:11,766 It just doesn't make sense. 259 00:14:11,766 --> 00:14:14,033 Why would you go to that system? 260 00:14:14,033 --> 00:14:15,866 That hand cannot help you. 261 00:14:15,866 --> 00:14:18,633 That will only hurt you. Why would you do that? 262 00:14:21,900 --> 00:14:24,900 I don't know, why do we do it? 263 00:14:25,633 --> 00:14:28,633 Why do we neglect? 264 00:14:30,466 --> 00:14:31,400 Looking for help 265 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,400 from something that is broken. 266 00:14:37,866 --> 00:14:40,266 So when we neglect God, 267 00:14:40,266 --> 00:14:43,266 he'll be replaced with something 268 00:14:43,533 --> 00:14:44,833 and not just something. 269 00:14:44,833 --> 00:14:47,833 It will lead us to serving another. 270 00:14:48,900 --> 00:14:50,733 The Bible says you can't serve two masters. 271 00:14:50,733 --> 00:14:53,000 You'll love one and hate the other. 272 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,000 But you will serve something. 273 00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:01,900 So they're serving these gods. 274 00:15:02,933 --> 00:15:04,500 Verses 11 through 14. 275 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:07,200 This is the Lord reply. 276 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,033 When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the ammonites, the Philistines 277 00:15:11,066 --> 00:15:11,866 incident ends. 278 00:15:11,866 --> 00:15:14,866 The Amalekites and the Maronites know that not them 279 00:15:15,033 --> 00:15:18,966 mayonnaise ites, but the Moabites from Gideon. 280 00:15:19,100 --> 00:15:22,566 When all these people oppressed you, and you cried out to me, 281 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,433 didn't I save you from their hands? 282 00:15:24,433 --> 00:15:25,800 This is God talking back to him. 283 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:26,800 Said, you got all this trouble. 284 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,400 Didn't I act on your behalf then? Yes, of course I did. 285 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,600 All these people I saved you from. 286 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,666 But you have forsaken me and served other God. 287 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:35,066 So look at what God says. 288 00:15:35,066 --> 00:15:37,233 So I will no longer save you. 289 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:41,466 Wow. What about the 290 00:15:43,166 --> 00:15:46,166 go and cry out to the God you chose? 291 00:15:47,633 --> 00:15:50,633 Let them save you where you're in trouble. 292 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,400 Friends, this is a very dangerous place to get. 293 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:57,800 When God, over 294 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,366 and over and over and over, is merciful 295 00:16:01,366 --> 00:16:05,466 and gracious and acts on our behalf and saves and rescues and blesses, 296 00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:10,133 and we continue to over and over and over and over, turn away from it. 297 00:16:10,133 --> 00:16:13,466 Eventually he may get to the point of saying, fine, I'm done. 298 00:16:13,466 --> 00:16:14,633 Go chase after that. 299 00:16:14,633 --> 00:16:16,133 What you've been chasing this whole time? 300 00:16:16,133 --> 00:16:18,733 I've been saving you. 301 00:16:18,733 --> 00:16:21,733 See what they can do. 302 00:16:36,766 --> 00:16:39,166 Romans 124. 303 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:43,833 Therefore, because they continue to neglect God and ignore him, 304 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:47,766 God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts 305 00:16:48,133 --> 00:16:51,633 to sexual impurity, for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 306 00:16:51,933 --> 00:16:53,133 God says, find 307 00:16:54,133 --> 00:16:55,266 you want to chase after that 308 00:16:55,266 --> 00:16:58,266 over and over and over, I'm going to give you over to it, 309 00:16:59,100 --> 00:17:02,100 to your own destruction. 310 00:17:07,533 --> 00:17:08,000 It's not 311 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,100 that God is angry or upset and holds a grudge. 312 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,400 God leveled everything against Jesus on the cross. 313 00:17:16,033 --> 00:17:19,033 But he will allow us 314 00:17:19,133 --> 00:17:22,066 to chase after destruction if we insist on chasing 315 00:17:22,066 --> 00:17:25,066 after destruction. 316 00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:28,300 To our own destruction. 317 00:17:34,666 --> 00:17:36,800 Verses 15 and 16 318 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:40,733 and the people of Israel said to the Lord, we have sinned due to us. 319 00:17:40,733 --> 00:17:42,833 Whatever seems good to you, I want you to remember that phrase 320 00:17:42,833 --> 00:17:45,300 we're going to come back to do to us whatever seems good to you, 321 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:47,633 only please deliver us this day. 322 00:17:47,633 --> 00:17:51,766 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and serve the Lord. 323 00:17:51,833 --> 00:17:54,966 And he became impatient over the misery of Israel. 324 00:17:55,066 --> 00:17:55,966 Here's what's going on. 325 00:17:57,666 --> 00:18:00,133 God says, go chase after those things you've been chasing after. 326 00:18:00,133 --> 00:18:01,166 I'm going to give you over to them. 327 00:18:01,166 --> 00:18:03,566 And they said, no, no, no, we have sinned. 328 00:18:03,566 --> 00:18:05,366 And look at their prayer. 329 00:18:05,366 --> 00:18:08,400 Do to us whatever seems good to you. 330 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,666 God, this is such a profound 331 00:18:11,866 --> 00:18:14,800 and submissive prayer. 332 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,100 This is a prayer that can only be prayed 333 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:20,100 by the spiritually mature who understands. 334 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,800 They must submit completely to the Lord. 335 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,733 See, most of our prayers go like this. 336 00:18:24,733 --> 00:18:27,733 Do to me whatever seems good to me. 337 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:30,766 Right. 338 00:18:30,766 --> 00:18:32,733 That's our prayer. 339 00:18:32,733 --> 00:18:35,500 God, do to me whatever seems good to me. 340 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:38,500 This is what I want you to do. 341 00:18:38,500 --> 00:18:40,000 The prayer that God desires 342 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,400 and the prayer of submission and the prayer of maturity is God. 343 00:18:43,666 --> 00:18:46,500 Do to me whatever seems good to you. 344 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:47,400 Can you pray that prayer? 345 00:18:54,433 --> 00:18:56,900 I mean, I challenge you, I challenge me. 346 00:18:56,900 --> 00:18:57,900 That's a dangerous friend. 347 00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:00,900 Pray over. 348 00:19:02,433 --> 00:19:03,600 And the 349 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:07,533 the times when we get to these points are the times when we realized 350 00:19:09,166 --> 00:19:12,166 that every system in our life is a broken system, 351 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:16,100 and nothing works. 352 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:19,100 And God has given us over to our own destruction. 353 00:19:20,966 --> 00:19:22,500 And that's why God does it. 354 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:26,066 So that we will finally bend the knee and say, father, do to me 355 00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:30,033 whatever seems best to you. 356 00:19:30,066 --> 00:19:33,066 I give up. 357 00:19:33,466 --> 00:19:36,466 That's a good and it's a safe place to be. 358 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:45,900 See, due to me, whatever seems good to you only please deliver, says they. 359 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:49,200 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and serve the Lord. 360 00:19:49,266 --> 00:19:52,200 Here's what happened. See, they repented. 361 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:52,933 That's what this is. 362 00:19:52,933 --> 00:19:54,600 But understand what repentance means. 363 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,600 Repentance means to turn to and to turn away. 364 00:19:58,266 --> 00:20:02,833 So repentance is I'm going to turn to God, and I'm going to turn away from 365 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,400 these other things. 366 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:07,000 The you understand? 367 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:11,266 I'm saying we can't just say, God, I'm going to turn to you help repentance. 368 00:20:11,266 --> 00:20:14,166 I'm going to turn to you, and I'm going to turn away. 369 00:20:14,166 --> 00:20:15,233 See, all of us. 370 00:20:15,233 --> 00:20:18,233 I think all of us are here because we're turning two, which is fantastic. 371 00:20:18,666 --> 00:20:20,100 That's step one. 372 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:22,466 But until there's a there's there's there's 373 00:20:22,466 --> 00:20:25,466 also a turn away. 374 00:20:25,466 --> 00:20:27,766 They're turning two 375 00:20:27,766 --> 00:20:30,766 is complete. 376 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,933 And so for all of us good for us for turning two. 377 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:37,100 But I think God may be speaking to some of us just saying 378 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:40,400 you also have to turn away man. 379 00:20:41,033 --> 00:20:41,900 What is God saying? 380 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:44,900 You got to turn away from. 381 00:20:50,233 --> 00:20:51,233 And so this is where they are. 382 00:20:51,233 --> 00:20:54,266 They're they're in this really bad spot and they're like, God, you have to help. 383 00:20:54,333 --> 00:20:58,700 And I love the fact that the Bible says God rose grew impatient with their misery. 384 00:20:59,566 --> 00:21:00,300 Here's what that means. 385 00:21:01,333 --> 00:21:04,133 Yet God doesn't like to see his kids in misery. 386 00:21:04,133 --> 00:21:06,600 We won't want to see her, our own kids in misery, right? 387 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:10,166 We want to see a miserable that is want to see his kids miserable. 388 00:21:10,433 --> 00:21:13,266 He will allow us to live in misery for a time. 389 00:21:13,266 --> 00:21:14,400 So we've been learning. 390 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,833 But God is so loving and so gracious and so merciful. 391 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:22,033 He grows impatient in with our misery. 392 00:21:22,133 --> 00:21:24,233 He's like, look, I don't want you to be miserable. 393 00:21:24,233 --> 00:21:26,666 I want you to get past this. I want you to get beyond this. 394 00:21:26,666 --> 00:21:29,666 I'm getting impatient because you're so stubborn, 395 00:21:30,333 --> 00:21:31,866 and he wants us to get through this. 396 00:21:31,866 --> 00:21:35,200 He doesn't enjoy the seasons of our lives. 397 00:21:36,366 --> 00:21:39,433 He loves us so much, and he's so gracious and so merciful. 398 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,800 He says, will you please just turn to me? 399 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,866 Because I'm getting impatient with all the misery you're facing. 400 00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:49,700 I want you to be delivered from it. 401 00:21:51,033 --> 00:21:54,000 And so in response of that, 402 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,100 just the guilty. 403 00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:56,833 Tonight was a mighty warrior. 404 00:21:56,833 --> 00:21:59,833 Do you remember who else was called a mighty warrior of these judges? 405 00:22:00,166 --> 00:22:02,233 Any of you Gideon. 406 00:22:02,233 --> 00:22:04,266 Except Gideon wasn't a mighty warrior. 407 00:22:04,266 --> 00:22:05,866 He was a coward. 408 00:22:05,866 --> 00:22:08,166 He was down in the wine, fresh threshing grain. 409 00:22:08,166 --> 00:22:10,366 Because he was afraid of these Midianites. Sauron. 410 00:22:10,366 --> 00:22:11,866 He was scared spitless. 411 00:22:11,866 --> 00:22:15,900 And God came, kind of his tongue in cheek, a mighty warrior like you're a coward. 412 00:22:16,966 --> 00:22:19,966 This guy is a mighty warrior. 413 00:22:20,033 --> 00:22:22,900 This was one bad dude. 414 00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:24,800 This cat knew how to fight. 415 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,800 He was rough. He was brutal. 416 00:22:27,933 --> 00:22:30,900 This guy had a tough upbringing. 417 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:33,700 He was a my his father was, Gilead. 418 00:22:33,700 --> 00:22:36,000 His mother was a prostitute. 419 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:40,233 So daddy was messing around where he shouldn't be with woman. 420 00:22:40,233 --> 00:22:42,433 He women. He shouldn't be messing around with God. 421 00:22:42,433 --> 00:22:44,266 One of them pregnant. 422 00:22:44,266 --> 00:22:45,933 That's this guy. 423 00:22:45,933 --> 00:22:48,033 Jillian's wife, not the parachute. 424 00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:50,466 His actual wife also bought him sons. 425 00:22:50,466 --> 00:22:52,700 And when they grew, were grown up. 426 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:55,000 They drove the kick jester out of the house. 427 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,766 You're not going to get any of the inheritance. 428 00:22:58,766 --> 00:23:02,400 Are family, they said, because you're the son of another woman, right? 429 00:23:03,633 --> 00:23:05,500 So jester fled from his brothers 430 00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:09,366 and settled in the land of Tod, or a gang of scoundrels. 431 00:23:09,366 --> 00:23:12,366 The little worthless men is how it actually reads. 432 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,400 Gathered around him and followed him. 433 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,833 So you got this guy whose daddy was hooking up 434 00:23:17,833 --> 00:23:20,833 with prostitutes, got one of them pregnant. 435 00:23:21,466 --> 00:23:25,200 He's living in this home with his his his half brothers. 436 00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:27,666 They're upset. They're like, you're getting no inheritance. 437 00:23:27,666 --> 00:23:30,466 Get get out. And they kick him out of the house. 438 00:23:30,466 --> 00:23:35,500 He goes down to this land and he falls in with this gang of worthless men. 439 00:23:35,533 --> 00:23:38,533 These is a gang banger 440 00:23:39,133 --> 00:23:41,533 for all intents and purposes. 441 00:23:41,533 --> 00:23:43,200 And the boy knows how to fight. 442 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,000 He been in some scraps. 443 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,800 I mean, he's probably bitten the ears off and, you know, like some people, 444 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,666 like, he's a rough guy. 445 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,400 But I want you to notice who God chooses. 446 00:23:57,500 --> 00:24:00,500 Now, please, let me make this point and please hear me. 447 00:24:01,066 --> 00:24:04,566 Though there may be some illegitimate pregnancies, 448 00:24:04,566 --> 00:24:07,566 there are no illegitimate children. 449 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:12,300 Am I clear? 450 00:24:12,766 --> 00:24:13,800 Every one of them. 451 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,800 Fearfully and wonderfully made 452 00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:20,300 by God himself. 453 00:24:21,266 --> 00:24:22,800 His daddy was a Hebrew. 454 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,800 His mama was probably a Canaanite. 455 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,600 He's a half breed. 456 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,566 He's a thug. 457 00:24:30,566 --> 00:24:33,033 Nobody wants him. 458 00:24:33,033 --> 00:24:35,033 He grew up hard. 459 00:24:35,033 --> 00:24:37,500 The wrong side of the tracks, 460 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:40,500 brutalized, victimized, 461 00:24:41,666 --> 00:24:44,366 cast away. 462 00:24:44,366 --> 00:24:47,266 If you been there. 463 00:24:47,266 --> 00:24:50,266 And look who God chooses. 464 00:24:51,266 --> 00:24:54,200 God is. 465 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,066 But God chose the foolish things 466 00:24:56,066 --> 00:24:59,266 of the world to shame the wise God. 467 00:24:59,266 --> 00:25:02,133 You can't use someone like this. 468 00:25:02,133 --> 00:25:04,233 They're trash. 469 00:25:04,233 --> 00:25:06,066 Right? 470 00:25:06,066 --> 00:25:07,766 God chose the weak things of the world. 471 00:25:07,766 --> 00:25:09,533 The shame, the strong. 472 00:25:09,533 --> 00:25:11,000 You don't have the right pedigree. 473 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,533 You don't got the right background. 474 00:25:14,366 --> 00:25:15,233 And God loves 475 00:25:15,233 --> 00:25:18,233 doing this so God can highlight how good God is. 476 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:21,300 And he uses people like he. 477 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:26,066 Neither does use people like he chooses people like he could chose anybody 478 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,100 and he chose. 479 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:31,433 If you're one of these, God has chosen you. 480 00:25:37,333 --> 00:25:40,333 I love this guy. 481 00:25:42,566 --> 00:25:44,100 And so verses 482 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:47,400 four through 11, let me just highlight a couple things 483 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,400 as we go through this. 484 00:25:50,466 --> 00:25:54,866 These ammonites were attacking God's people and and they were scared. 485 00:25:54,866 --> 00:25:56,200 You know what to do. They couldn't defend themselves. 486 00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:00,033 And so they, the men of like, go find Jephthah. 487 00:26:00,433 --> 00:26:02,133 I just like you gotta help us, man. 488 00:26:02,133 --> 00:26:04,866 These guys are beating the snot out of us. 489 00:26:04,866 --> 00:26:07,533 You got to come fight against you and your game. 490 00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:09,533 You got to come fight. 491 00:26:09,533 --> 00:26:12,566 And I and I love what Jephthah says in verse seven. 492 00:26:12,566 --> 00:26:15,233 He says, did you hate me and drive me away from my father's house? 493 00:26:15,233 --> 00:26:17,400 Why do you come to me now, now that you're in trouble? 494 00:26:18,866 --> 00:26:20,266 Right? 495 00:26:20,266 --> 00:26:22,800 Like you didn't want anything to do with me before, 496 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,800 and now you got any that you think I can meet now you come begging. 497 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,000 Has anybody ever done that to you? 498 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,566 Right. 499 00:26:32,566 --> 00:26:34,600 And. And when I look at that, I'm like, you know what? 500 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,500 This is exactly what we do to God. 501 00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:40,500 God, I don't want you part of this part of my life right now 502 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:42,533 until we're in trouble. 503 00:26:42,533 --> 00:26:44,633 And then we're like, oh, God, please, please, please. 504 00:26:44,633 --> 00:26:47,166 And I'm so thankful that God doesn't respond like that. 505 00:26:47,166 --> 00:26:50,166 You didn't want me before. 506 00:26:50,633 --> 00:26:53,633 He's so good. 507 00:26:53,666 --> 00:26:55,166 And so they're like, yeah, we get it. 508 00:26:55,166 --> 00:26:58,166 We we didn't like you, but now we do because, you know, you're our only hope. 509 00:26:58,166 --> 00:27:00,000 So will you please come meet these guys up? 510 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,800 And Jeff was like, look, if I do, how do I know that you're still going 511 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,533 to let me lead you? And they said, we promise. You promise you promise. 512 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:08,133 And so 513 00:27:08,133 --> 00:27:12,000 Jeff says, okay, find me and my boys will come in, will rescue you. 514 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,600 And so he writes this letter to the ammonite king, 515 00:27:17,033 --> 00:27:20,033 the ruler, and he says, look, 516 00:27:20,966 --> 00:27:21,966 he says, you sent me. 517 00:27:21,966 --> 00:27:23,600 What do you have against us? 518 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,600 This is verse 12, that you have attacked our country. 519 00:27:27,133 --> 00:27:30,266 And the king of the ammonites answered, just this messenger. 520 00:27:30,466 --> 00:27:33,466 When Israel came up out of Egypt, they took my land. 521 00:27:34,666 --> 00:27:37,033 Now give it back peaceably. 522 00:27:37,033 --> 00:27:39,166 And so this ammonite king saying, look, 523 00:27:39,166 --> 00:27:42,166 dude, we're fighting because you took our land. 524 00:27:42,433 --> 00:27:45,566 Now the God's people are in the Promised Land, 525 00:27:46,066 --> 00:27:49,900 and they have an outside nation coming in saying, this is ours. 526 00:27:49,900 --> 00:27:51,400 It's not yours. Give it back. 527 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,400 Sound familiar? 528 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,400 And so just to sends them on this history lesson, 529 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,566 he says, let me tell you the history that you are ignorant of. 530 00:28:00,433 --> 00:28:03,900 I love the fact that Jephthah is a warrior and he's intelligent to. 531 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:06,200 And he says, let me tell you the history. 532 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,200 Here's how this thing went down. 533 00:28:09,766 --> 00:28:12,766 This isn't your land to begin with. 534 00:28:13,333 --> 00:28:14,866 You were here. 535 00:28:14,866 --> 00:28:17,866 The Amorites came in and wiped you out. 536 00:28:18,366 --> 00:28:20,766 They took over your land. 537 00:28:20,766 --> 00:28:22,533 When we were coming up out of Egypt. 538 00:28:22,533 --> 00:28:24,600 We were a bunch of civilians. 539 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,566 We didn't have an army. 540 00:28:26,566 --> 00:28:27,633 And the amiright? 541 00:28:27,633 --> 00:28:31,133 King attacked us civilians in this land, 542 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,933 and God was on our side, not theirs. 543 00:28:34,933 --> 00:28:37,533 Defeated them and gave us the land. 544 00:28:37,533 --> 00:28:39,533 So now you're coming back saying we took it from you. 545 00:28:39,533 --> 00:28:41,233 We didn't take it from you. 546 00:28:41,233 --> 00:28:43,566 We took it from the Amorites, who took it from you. 547 00:28:43,566 --> 00:28:44,566 And God gave it to us. 548 00:28:44,566 --> 00:28:47,566 So quit talking. 549 00:28:48,833 --> 00:28:52,333 It's the same thing that's going on in this part of the world today. 550 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,600 God has said, Israel, this is your land. 551 00:28:57,100 --> 00:29:00,533 I've given it to you, and you got all these nations around them 552 00:29:00,533 --> 00:29:05,200 that are attacking civilians in Israel, saying, you don't belong here. 553 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,266 Give it back. 554 00:29:07,266 --> 00:29:09,533 Let's make a peace accord to give us land. 555 00:29:09,533 --> 00:29:12,066 That's exactly what they're doing. 556 00:29:12,066 --> 00:29:15,200 This has been the devil's plan from day one, 557 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,400 because the Messiah was to come to Israel through Israel. 558 00:29:19,766 --> 00:29:24,600 When Messiah Jesus comes back, he's coming to Israel on the Mount of Olives. 559 00:29:24,966 --> 00:29:28,366 And if the devil can wipe Israel off the planet and the people of God 560 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,000 off the planet, he thwarts the plan of God for the Messiah's return. 561 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,433 Do you see it? 562 00:29:33,433 --> 00:29:35,766 Don't miss what's going on. 563 00:29:35,766 --> 00:29:39,333 And this has been his plan from day one, and it's still his plan. 564 00:29:39,966 --> 00:29:42,433 And God is still sovereign and still on the throne, 565 00:29:42,433 --> 00:29:45,566 and God will still rescue his people. 566 00:29:46,233 --> 00:29:46,766 Amen. 567 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,766 And it's so interesting, Jeff Ellis, 568 00:29:51,766 --> 00:29:54,766 this whole thing. 569 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:58,700 And the and the and it says verse 23 and 24, 570 00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:01,700 look, look at this. 571 00:30:03,066 --> 00:30:06,633 Now, since the Lord, the God of Israel, has driven the Amorites 572 00:30:06,633 --> 00:30:11,000 out before his people Israel, what right do you have to come try to take it over, 573 00:30:11,766 --> 00:30:14,766 will you not take what your God she must gives you? 574 00:30:14,766 --> 00:30:15,300 Likewise. 575 00:30:15,300 --> 00:30:18,033 Whatever the Lord gives us, we'll take it. 576 00:30:18,033 --> 00:30:19,266 I love this response. 577 00:30:19,266 --> 00:30:22,500 He says, listen, you want to throw down between you what you believe in. 578 00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:24,233 We believe in you. 579 00:30:24,233 --> 00:30:27,300 Pursue what you believe, will pursue who 580 00:30:27,300 --> 00:30:30,300 we believe, and let's just judge the results. 581 00:30:30,766 --> 00:30:33,300 You don't want to follow God, all right? 582 00:30:33,300 --> 00:30:35,033 Follow what you want to follow. 583 00:30:35,033 --> 00:30:37,600 And let's just look at how that goes for you. 584 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,200 As for me in my house, as Joshua said, we will serve the Lord. 585 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:43,033 And let's see how that goes for us. 586 00:30:44,666 --> 00:30:47,166 It's a great response. 587 00:30:47,166 --> 00:30:50,266 And this is what every Christ follower also needs to say. 588 00:30:50,966 --> 00:30:53,966 Listen, we're going to follow this. 589 00:30:54,466 --> 00:30:56,700 You follow whatever you want. 590 00:30:56,700 --> 00:30:58,500 If you don't want to, that's up to you. 591 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:02,966 But this is what we will follow and let's just judge the results. 592 00:31:03,933 --> 00:31:05,966 What you follow is going to fall apart. 593 00:31:05,966 --> 00:31:08,966 Might happen soon, might be years for now, but it will fall apart. 594 00:31:09,566 --> 00:31:11,200 As for me and my house, this is where. 595 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,533 And the Bible says those who trust in the Lord will never be put to shame. 596 00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:17,466 So this is the foundation. 597 00:31:17,466 --> 00:31:19,633 This is the rule of life. 598 00:31:19,633 --> 00:31:22,666 And I know that when we follow, this will never be put to shame. 599 00:31:23,333 --> 00:31:27,466 I was talking to a young couple that just took over a church 600 00:31:27,466 --> 00:31:30,900 in the valley, and this church has been doing stuff that just is 601 00:31:32,666 --> 00:31:34,966 following the ways of the world, 602 00:31:34,966 --> 00:31:36,333 and they don't have any money, 603 00:31:36,333 --> 00:31:39,333 and they're trying to fund their money through grants, through government grants. 604 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,200 And that's just not the way the Bible says to do it. 605 00:31:43,700 --> 00:31:45,500 And so they're talking to me like we're in peril. 606 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:46,900 We don't know how we're going to keep the doors open. 607 00:31:46,900 --> 00:31:48,600 We're writing all these grants. 608 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:49,200 What do we do? 609 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,200 I said, get out your dang Bible, 610 00:31:52,366 --> 00:31:54,800 open it and start doing it. 611 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,166 The Bible says, 612 00:31:57,166 --> 00:31:59,700 if you're convinced that your church is too poor and 613 00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:02,833 and God can't give you the finances, you need to keep the doors open. 614 00:32:02,833 --> 00:32:04,300 But you believe the government can. 615 00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:06,300 Who's your God? 616 00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:09,300 Who's more powerful? 617 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,066 Right, 618 00:32:13,066 --> 00:32:15,000 right. 619 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,766 I mean, at some point we gotta quit living like Christian atheists. 620 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,000 People who believe in Jesus to go to heaven 621 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,000 but don't believe in the power of God on earth. 622 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,733 And social justice saying, look, you fine. 623 00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:33,633 We're going to do God's way and we'll just judge the results. 624 00:32:33,633 --> 00:32:34,733 That's it. 625 00:32:34,733 --> 00:32:37,733 It's beautiful. 626 00:32:38,633 --> 00:32:41,200 And and so he goes on to look, 627 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:45,666 for 300 years we've been here and this wasn't ever a problem before. 628 00:32:45,666 --> 00:32:48,000 And now you're going to come and raise an issue and try to kick us out. 629 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,500 We're not going anywhere. 630 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:52,500 He says that the Lord judge between me and you. 631 00:32:52,566 --> 00:32:54,766 And and 632 00:32:54,766 --> 00:32:57,066 if you look at the king's response, the king of Ammon, 633 00:32:57,066 --> 00:33:00,066 however, paid no attention to the message 634 00:33:01,366 --> 00:33:02,900 that Jephthah sent. 635 00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:06,933 And I just wonder how many of us have heard 636 00:33:06,933 --> 00:33:10,800 the message of God and have acted like the king of Ammon just paid no attention. 637 00:33:14,266 --> 00:33:17,266 Just pay no attention. 638 00:33:26,533 --> 00:33:29,533 Verse 29. 639 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,366 Then the spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. 640 00:33:32,366 --> 00:33:36,600 He crossed Gilli, Adam and Asaph passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from there 641 00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:38,433 he advanced against the ammonites. 642 00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:40,300 And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord. 643 00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:41,366 Watch this 644 00:33:41,366 --> 00:33:45,166 if you give me, if you give the ammonites into my hands, 645 00:33:45,166 --> 00:33:48,966 whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me, when I return in triumph 646 00:33:48,966 --> 00:33:53,466 from the ammonites, will be the Lord's, and I will sacrifice as a burnt offering. 647 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,800 What he's doing was 648 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,966 what was very common in the Canaanite religions. 649 00:33:59,966 --> 00:34:02,233 His mama was probably Canaanite. 650 00:34:02,233 --> 00:34:04,633 He's bargaining with God. 651 00:34:04,633 --> 00:34:07,666 God, if you do this for me, I will do this for you. 652 00:34:08,700 --> 00:34:11,266 It's a real dangerous thing to try to bargain with God. 653 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,633 We do for God because God has said, do 654 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,100 any time you get in this scenario, God, if you do this, I will do this. 655 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,400 You are on very, very, very shaky ground. 656 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,400 And it's not biblical. 657 00:34:25,833 --> 00:34:26,966 I've had people in the past, 658 00:34:26,966 --> 00:34:29,966 me, a pastor guy, 659 00:34:30,766 --> 00:34:31,966 playing the World Series of Poker. 660 00:34:31,966 --> 00:34:33,300 I'm getting this, Larry, whatever. 661 00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:36,600 But if God gives me a big winning in all of it, my response is, 662 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,600 why don't you try that in faith, as if you want? 663 00:34:42,333 --> 00:34:45,333 Like like, don't bargain with God. 664 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,600 God, if you make me successful, I'll do this for you. 665 00:34:49,133 --> 00:34:52,133 Real dangerous. 666 00:34:54,733 --> 00:34:55,800 Because at the end of the day, 667 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,800 what you're trying to do is manipulate God. 668 00:34:59,900 --> 00:35:01,000 And God will not be played. 669 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,866 A fool and he will not be manipulated. 670 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:11,100 And so verses 671 00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:14,100 32 and 33, do you have to went out to fight? 672 00:35:14,166 --> 00:35:15,966 God gave him victory. 673 00:35:15,966 --> 00:35:17,100 He's made this vow. 674 00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:17,733 You gave me victory. 675 00:35:17,733 --> 00:35:20,400 All sacrifice, whatever comes out of my house. 676 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,400 Verse 34. 677 00:35:24,133 --> 00:35:26,533 When Jephthah returned to his home and Mitzva 678 00:35:26,533 --> 00:35:29,533 who should come out to meet him, but his daughter. 679 00:35:31,166 --> 00:35:32,933 Dancing to the sound of Timbrel. 680 00:35:32,933 --> 00:35:36,600 She was an only child except for her. 681 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,233 He had neither son or daughter when he saw her. 682 00:35:39,233 --> 00:35:42,766 Because he knew his vow, he tore his clothes, right? 683 00:35:42,766 --> 00:35:43,466 Oh no! 684 00:35:43,466 --> 00:35:47,033 My daughter, why have you have brought me down? 685 00:35:47,033 --> 00:35:49,000 And I am devastated. 686 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,000 I've made a vow to the Lord that I cannot break. 687 00:35:53,666 --> 00:35:59,066 Oh! Let me just ask you a question real quick. 688 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,300 Who did he think was going to come out of his house? 689 00:36:03,500 --> 00:36:06,500 He has one daughter, one child. 690 00:36:06,533 --> 00:36:09,400 The only other one was his wife. 691 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:10,566 Maybe that's what he was for. 692 00:36:10,566 --> 00:36:13,433 I don't know. 693 00:36:13,433 --> 00:36:16,433 Sorry, honey. 694 00:36:21,900 --> 00:36:23,933 Can you imagine? 695 00:36:23,933 --> 00:36:26,933 So what do you do? 696 00:36:29,066 --> 00:36:32,066 Do you break your vow? 697 00:36:33,133 --> 00:36:34,966 Hey, thank you, Rob, for being honest with you. 698 00:36:34,966 --> 00:36:37,966 Because everybody else is here to act in real religious, like, you know, honor. 699 00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:41,166 I'll break my bow. You kidding me, 700 00:36:41,166 --> 00:36:44,166 right? 701 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:46,533 Some of the kids, 702 00:36:46,533 --> 00:36:49,533 like they better break their vow. 703 00:36:50,566 --> 00:36:51,133 Just. 704 00:36:51,133 --> 00:36:54,133 Just look at what happens. 705 00:37:00,766 --> 00:37:01,500 My father. 706 00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:03,333 The Bible says 707 00:37:03,333 --> 00:37:05,800 you've given your word to the Lord. 708 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,266 Do to me as you have promised. 709 00:37:08,266 --> 00:37:11,266 Now that the Lord has advanced your enemies, the ammonites. 710 00:37:11,766 --> 00:37:13,400 But grant me this one request. 711 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,133 You said, give me too much. 712 00:37:15,133 --> 00:37:16,800 So roam the hills and weep with my friends, 713 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,266 because I will never marry you may go, he said. 714 00:37:19,266 --> 00:37:20,800 He let her go for two months. 715 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:24,566 She and the girls went into the hills and wept because she would never marry. 716 00:37:24,666 --> 00:37:26,766 After the two months, she returned to her father, 717 00:37:26,766 --> 00:37:28,500 and he did to her, as he had vowed, 718 00:37:29,933 --> 00:37:32,400 and she was a virgin. 719 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,400 So you may have a problem with this. 720 00:37:37,566 --> 00:37:40,800 So there are two sides of this, of this coin. 721 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,800 You could you could fall on 722 00:37:44,300 --> 00:37:46,266 because 723 00:37:46,266 --> 00:37:48,366 this seems to indicate one of them, 724 00:37:48,366 --> 00:37:52,533 that he did exactly as he said and offered her as a burnt sacrifice, 725 00:37:52,533 --> 00:37:55,766 which is just absolutely horrible spirituality. 726 00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,900 God had said in his law, you may not ever do that. 727 00:38:01,333 --> 00:38:03,866 It was a common practice with the Canaanites. 728 00:38:03,866 --> 00:38:06,600 And God said in his law, I completely and forever 729 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,600 forbid this. 730 00:38:11,166 --> 00:38:13,466 Is a really bad 731 00:38:13,466 --> 00:38:13,933 that could be. 732 00:38:13,933 --> 00:38:16,366 They did, however, 733 00:38:16,366 --> 00:38:18,733 think about it. 734 00:38:18,733 --> 00:38:21,733 When God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, 735 00:38:22,933 --> 00:38:25,933 God stayed Abraham's hand so that no harm come to the boy. 736 00:38:27,266 --> 00:38:29,033 Why would he allow it? In this sense? 737 00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:33,566 Think about it. 738 00:38:33,566 --> 00:38:36,700 This was completely contrary to God's plan and law. 739 00:38:36,766 --> 00:38:39,766 Why would God ever accept this sacrifice? 740 00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:43,300 It doesn't make sense that he would. 741 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:47,433 The actual commitment 742 00:38:47,433 --> 00:38:51,933 he made was I will dedicate whatever comes hours 743 00:38:51,933 --> 00:38:55,700 I will dedicate to the Lord or offer as a burnt sacrifice. 744 00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:58,133 That's how it literally reads. 745 00:38:58,133 --> 00:38:59,400 So it could be in his mind. 746 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,366 He was thinking, whatever comes out of the house will be dedicated to God. 747 00:39:02,366 --> 00:39:06,600 Or if it's my cat, I don't mind a burnt sacrifice comes up. 748 00:39:07,766 --> 00:39:10,766 That's how it literally reads. 749 00:39:11,666 --> 00:39:12,833 There was the custom. 750 00:39:12,833 --> 00:39:15,300 If you go back to Exodus 751 00:39:15,300 --> 00:39:19,600 38, where women were became women of the Tabernacle, 752 00:39:20,066 --> 00:39:25,033 and usually it was elderly women who were widows would give themselves 753 00:39:25,033 --> 00:39:28,400 voluntarily to the work of the Tabernacle and agree to never be married again. 754 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,800 And so it could be that when he said, I will dedicate it to the Lord, 755 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,700 if it's my daughter, I will dedicate her as a woman of the tabernacle, which was a 756 00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:37,166 biblical thing that they did. 757 00:39:38,233 --> 00:39:41,033 The tragedy of that for her as a young lady, 758 00:39:41,033 --> 00:39:46,333 to be given to the women of the tabernacle, to forever be unmarried 759 00:39:46,333 --> 00:39:50,300 and a virgin, and never have a family, and to live the rest of your life 760 00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:53,700 as a young lady with all these elder widows 761 00:39:53,700 --> 00:39:56,700 serving a church, can you imagine? 762 00:39:57,733 --> 00:40:00,733 And he gave her up that way. 763 00:40:01,300 --> 00:40:03,333 And the fact that he's listed in Hebrews 11, 764 00:40:03,333 --> 00:40:06,333 in the Hall of Fame of Faith, how would a child, 765 00:40:06,666 --> 00:40:10,100 the one who gives her child in, in, in burnt offering, 766 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,600 be listed in the Hall of Fame of faith? 767 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:17,100 And so you have these two scenarios, 768 00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:20,100 and it's not explicitly clear that that's exactly what happened. 769 00:40:20,100 --> 00:40:22,533 So you got to decide what do you believe about God? 770 00:40:22,533 --> 00:40:24,900 What do you believe? God's word. What do you believe about justice? 771 00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:27,266 But here's the thing that overrides all of this. 772 00:40:27,266 --> 00:40:29,266 There was an easy out for him, 773 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,533 but his problem and the thing that caused so much pain and destruction 774 00:40:33,533 --> 00:40:36,533 is that he didn't know the Word of God 775 00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:39,600 in Leviticus 27 776 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:43,833 one through five, in God's law it says, if you've made 777 00:40:43,833 --> 00:40:47,466 a vow of a person to the Lord, you can buy back that vow. 778 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,133 It would have cost him ten shekels 779 00:40:50,133 --> 00:40:53,633 to fulfill the promise of God and buy back his daughter. 780 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,100 That's it. 781 00:40:56,100 --> 00:40:59,100 But his problem is, he didn't know the Word of God, 782 00:40:59,833 --> 00:41:02,833 and because he didn't know the Word of God when he should have 783 00:41:03,533 --> 00:41:08,033 incredible devastation and harm, you understand? 784 00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:10,033 You see, it. 785 00:41:10,033 --> 00:41:13,033 You know God's Word. 786 00:41:13,033 --> 00:41:15,000 It will save your life. 787 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,466 It'll save your marriage. 788 00:41:16,466 --> 00:41:17,800 It'll save your kids. 789 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,600 It'll save your finances. It'll save your future. 790 00:41:23,366 --> 00:41:26,366 We've got to know the Word of God. 791 00:41:28,466 --> 00:41:31,333 Problem is, often times we don't feel we need the Word of God 792 00:41:31,333 --> 00:41:34,333 until our need is overwhelming. 793 00:41:35,533 --> 00:41:36,433 I'm doing fine. 794 00:41:36,433 --> 00:41:38,566 I'm going to church. That ball girl. Tell me what I need to know. 795 00:41:38,566 --> 00:41:41,000 It's no big deal. 796 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,500 Until your need is so overwhelming 797 00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:46,000 and still falling apart and being destroyed. 798 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,000 Then you start getting hungry. 799 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,300 So can I just finish up chapter 12? 800 00:41:54,300 --> 00:41:57,300 There's only like a few verses going to kind of just press that a little bit more. 801 00:41:57,866 --> 00:41:59,400 I know what time it is. 802 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:01,466 You can catch up the scores on ESPN later. 803 00:42:01,466 --> 00:42:02,466 I got a thumbs up right there. 804 00:42:02,466 --> 00:42:04,566 So we're going to go throw okay. 805 00:42:04,566 --> 00:42:07,200 So let's just let's just look at this okay. 806 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:11,600 So chapter 12 verses one through three that every of my forces were called out 807 00:42:11,966 --> 00:42:13,600 and they crossed over. 808 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,966 And they said to Jeff, why didn't you, 809 00:42:15,966 --> 00:42:18,966 why did you go fight the ammonites without calling us to go with you? 810 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,866 We're going to burn down your house over your head, 811 00:42:23,433 --> 00:42:25,700 Jeff answered, 812 00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:27,766 I am I people are engaged in a great struggle 813 00:42:27,766 --> 00:42:31,200 with the ammonites, and although I called, you didn't save me out of their hands. 814 00:42:31,333 --> 00:42:34,300 So when I saw that you wouldn't help. 815 00:42:34,300 --> 00:42:37,300 I took my life on my own as it crossed over to fight the ammonites. 816 00:42:37,500 --> 00:42:40,500 And the Lord gave me the victory over them. 817 00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:43,100 Why are you coming out to fight me now? 818 00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:45,566 This is what the f for my to do. 819 00:42:45,566 --> 00:42:47,266 They get so offended. 820 00:42:47,266 --> 00:42:50,066 They're so fragile 821 00:42:50,066 --> 00:42:52,733 that they don't engage in the battle on the front, 822 00:42:52,733 --> 00:42:55,666 and they just complain about not being involved in on the back. 823 00:42:55,666 --> 00:42:57,833 And they did it to Gideon. 824 00:42:57,833 --> 00:42:59,400 They did it to Jephthah. 825 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:03,000 There are some people in your world who are so fragile 826 00:43:03,966 --> 00:43:06,966 that they don't want to jump in on the front, and but they will. 827 00:43:07,066 --> 00:43:09,333 They will hold stuff against you forever 828 00:43:09,333 --> 00:43:12,333 because they feel like they've been offended by you. 829 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:13,233 Just for the air. 830 00:43:13,233 --> 00:43:15,100 Months. 831 00:43:15,100 --> 00:43:18,100 And they said, look, we're going to burn your house down around you. 832 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,600 And so Jephthah responds 833 00:43:23,433 --> 00:43:26,266 and he says, look, guys, these guys are coming to fight. 834 00:43:26,266 --> 00:43:27,600 We got to muster our forces. 835 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,533 And so this is how it went down. 836 00:43:30,533 --> 00:43:34,500 He said, these people, we can't really tell who enemy forces are in good forces. 837 00:43:34,500 --> 00:43:37,133 And so we're going to camp out at the river. 838 00:43:37,133 --> 00:43:40,766 And when these people push, we're going to ask them to say the word. 839 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:45,200 We're going to ask them to say the word shibboleth. 840 00:43:45,733 --> 00:43:48,200 And if they say shibboleth, 841 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,900 we'll know that they're enemies because they can't pronounce 842 00:43:52,033 --> 00:43:53,866 in shibboleth. 843 00:43:53,866 --> 00:43:56,966 It's like being from Canada and you say aboot instead of about. 844 00:43:58,066 --> 00:43:59,833 It was one of those things. 845 00:43:59,833 --> 00:44:03,566 And they say, if they say aboot instead of about, we'll know that they're the enemy 846 00:44:03,566 --> 00:44:04,900 and we need it. 847 00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:07,900 And the Bible says because of their speech, 848 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,200 42,000 of them died, 849 00:44:11,866 --> 00:44:14,433 42,000. 850 00:44:14,433 --> 00:44:16,566 So I just want to paint the picture for you here. 851 00:44:16,566 --> 00:44:19,566 42,000 the efforts were killed. 852 00:44:20,500 --> 00:44:23,500 Why? Well, please understand what's going on here. 853 00:44:23,633 --> 00:44:26,300 Ego and being offended 854 00:44:26,300 --> 00:44:28,800 are the surest signs of spiritual immaturity. 855 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,933 This was the from which their ego was hurt. 856 00:44:32,466 --> 00:44:35,666 And they got offended by Jephthah and his men. 857 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:38,866 It's a sure sign of spiritual maturity. 858 00:44:38,866 --> 00:44:42,133 Friends, please understand that when your ego gets bruised 859 00:44:42,833 --> 00:44:45,833 and you get offended at someone else's offense, 860 00:44:45,933 --> 00:44:48,600 it's a sign of immaturity. 861 00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,300 People are going to be offensive. 862 00:44:50,300 --> 00:44:51,600 You don't have to be offended. 863 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,800 You know when you stand, 864 00:44:56,366 --> 00:44:57,366 people are going to be idiots. 865 00:44:57,366 --> 00:44:59,700 It's okay. 866 00:44:59,700 --> 00:45:01,200 We oftentimes are too. 867 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:05,133 And so once you feel your ego and I'm just offended 868 00:45:05,133 --> 00:45:09,300 that they would just realize you're being really immature, 869 00:45:10,333 --> 00:45:13,333 42,000 of them died. 870 00:45:13,500 --> 00:45:17,233 Spiritual immaturity kills every time. 871 00:45:18,900 --> 00:45:20,400 Spiritual immaturity will kill you. 872 00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,933 Look at your relationships. 873 00:45:22,933 --> 00:45:26,533 There were two things that prompted that civil war that killed for 874 00:45:26,700 --> 00:45:27,533 those two things. 875 00:45:27,533 --> 00:45:29,366 One was the heart. 876 00:45:29,366 --> 00:45:32,366 They got offended, and two was the tongue. 877 00:45:32,566 --> 00:45:35,566 What they said. 878 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,000 You see, the lesson? 879 00:45:39,100 --> 00:45:40,366 There are two things in our lives 880 00:45:40,366 --> 00:45:43,366 that's going to cause civil wars 881 00:45:43,733 --> 00:45:46,733 with the people that we're supposed to love, 882 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:50,600 the same things that cause wars between us, 883 00:45:51,533 --> 00:45:54,000 our heart and offense 884 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:57,000 and what we say. 885 00:45:59,533 --> 00:46:02,733 Luke 645 says, out of the overflow of your heart, your mouth speaks. 886 00:46:06,300 --> 00:46:07,433 No, the word of God. 887 00:46:07,433 --> 00:46:08,233 And that's the word. 888 00:46:08,233 --> 00:46:11,233 Ask God that through the word to change your heart. 889 00:46:14,100 --> 00:46:17,033 You understand? 890 00:46:17,033 --> 00:46:18,733 Listen, 891 00:46:18,733 --> 00:46:20,700 I want to wrap up 892 00:46:20,700 --> 00:46:24,000 and challenge us in this moment to pray that prayer in the very beginning. 893 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,000 God, do to me whatever seems best to you. 894 00:46:30,866 --> 00:46:33,600 It's a sign of a submissive life. 895 00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:36,266 It's a sign that says, God, I'm going to trust in you, 896 00:46:36,266 --> 00:46:39,266 and I'm going to trust that I'll never be put to shame 897 00:46:39,333 --> 00:46:40,200 because I trust you. 898 00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:43,200 So do to me whatever seems best to you. 899 00:46:47,833 --> 00:46:48,766 Romans 1011. 900 00:46:48,766 --> 00:46:52,600 Those who trust in God will never, 901 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:57,000 ever be put to shame. 902 00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:02,200 You ready? 903 00:47:03,833 --> 00:47:05,300 I'll make a deal with you. 904 00:47:05,300 --> 00:47:07,300 I'm gonna try to do it God's way. 905 00:47:07,300 --> 00:47:09,333 You can try to do it a different way. 906 00:47:09,333 --> 00:47:11,266 And let's just judge the results between us. 907 00:47:14,933 --> 00:47:15,233 Let's pray. 908 00:47:15,233 --> 00:47:17,366 Father, thank you for this day. 909 00:47:17,366 --> 00:47:19,833 Thank you for your word. 910 00:47:19,833 --> 00:47:23,400 Thank you that it is useful for teaching 911 00:47:24,766 --> 00:47:27,133 and rebuking error 912 00:47:27,133 --> 00:47:30,133 and correcting and training 913 00:47:30,900 --> 00:47:33,900 so that we are equipped for every good work. 914 00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:39,333 Thank you that you love us. 915 00:47:39,333 --> 00:47:39,800 Thank you. 916 00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:42,800 Give us Your Word and your Spirit within us to guide us. 917 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:45,833 And there are some of us in this place 918 00:47:45,833 --> 00:47:48,833 who are willing to say, father, do to me 919 00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:52,500 whatever seems best to you. 920 00:47:53,866 --> 00:47:54,533 God for us. 921 00:47:54,533 --> 00:47:57,366 That's a tough prayer to pray, 922 00:47:57,366 --> 00:48:00,000 because there are times that we don't really trust that you will do 923 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,700 what is best. 924 00:48:02,700 --> 00:48:04,733 Help us stand on the promises of your word 925 00:48:04,733 --> 00:48:07,800 that says those who trust in you will never be put to shame. 926 00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:12,066 And so, father, right now hear our hearts and those who will pray, 927 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:16,200 God, do to me whatever's best for you, 928 00:48:16,566 --> 00:48:17,000 friends. Amen. 929 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:20,633 Invite you in this moment to pray that very prayer between you and God, to 930 00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:24,000 them from the depths of your heart, just to say, God, do to me 931 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,000 whatever seems best to you. 932 00:48:27,700 --> 00:48:30,700 I will trust in you. 933 00:48:31,333 --> 00:48:34,300 And I will rely on your promise 934 00:48:34,300 --> 00:48:36,900 that because I trust in you, 935 00:48:36,900 --> 00:48:39,900 I will never be put to shame. 936 00:48:41,366 --> 00:48:43,933 God, we are yours. 937 00:48:43,933 --> 00:48:44,566 In your name I pray. 938 00:48:44,566 --> 00:48:46,900 Amen. Amen. 939 00:48:46,900 --> 00:48:49,333 I love you and I love going through God's Word with you. 940 00:48:49,333 --> 00:48:52,333 It is fun. The Bible is fun and it is good. 941 00:48:52,866 --> 00:48:57,000 Next week, Samson the he man with the sheep problem. 942 00:48:57,233 --> 00:49:00,400 Okay, that's my kind of tagline for Samson, so read it. 943 00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:03,066 We're going to take three weeks to go through his life. It's amazing. 944 00:49:03,066 --> 00:49:04,266 All right, so read that. 945 00:49:04,266 --> 00:49:06,433 And judges and Brian we got one more right. 946 00:49:06,433 --> 00:49:07,466 And thank you man. Appreciate.