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For Samuel chapter 2, please 
meet me there. 

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For Samuel chapter two. 
And let's pray. 

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One more time together, okay? 
Just lean your heart into the 

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Lord as we open up the 
scriptures and ask him to help 

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us Lord, we thank you that you 
are making this church Beyond 

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just the Gathering. 
But Lord, you are raising up an 

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army of people that want to 
advance the kingdom of God. 

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Lord, we pray that you would 
guide us Lord through this text 

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and that we would receive 
Revelation that would penetrate 

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our hearts and change us that 
Lord your word tonight would 

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heal us. 
It would instruct us it would 

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Empower us. 
It would open our eyes Lord to a

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greater degree to see the 
Eternal beyond the temple. 

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Help us Lord. 
We pray that you would destroy 

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the works of Satan and the lives
of every person in this place. 

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Those who are in a season of 
struggle, those who have 

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experienced a dampness of the 
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Lord rescue us from a life that 
is wasted and show us the 

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treasure that Christ is through 
this. 

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Study in Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

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In order to make sense of first.
Samuel chapter 2, we have to see

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how chapter one concluded 
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closed off at was when Hannah 
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I'm of Samuel as an answer to 
her desperate cry. 

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But something happens, something
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And it's found in 1:21. 
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the man elkanah and all his 
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Lord, the yearly sacrifice and 
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But Hannah did not go up for. 
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as the child is weaned. 
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around three years old perhaps I
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appear in the presence of the 
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L, Connor husband said to her 
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Wait until you have weaned him 
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word. 
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her son, until she weaned him 
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took him up with her along with 
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of flour, and a skin of wine. 
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of the Lord, at Shiloh. 
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they slaughtered the bowl and 
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And she said, oh my Lord, as you
live my Lord, I am the woman who

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was standing here in your 
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for this child, I prayed and the
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that I made to him. 
Therefore, I have lent him to 

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the Lord, as long as he lives, 
he has lent to the Lord and He 

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worshipped the Lord there. 
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And now, Hannah is fulfilling 
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him back, giving him back to the
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And so we see this woman coming 
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of Faith and I'm sure. 
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Can can know what this must have
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and those in, you have children.
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have been. 
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years old, bringing your child 
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make sure that they would never 
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ever again. 
And that is an act of faith more

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than the reality that you're 
giving up your child and they're

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not going to be raised by you 
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is leaving Samuel and a specific
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Now, tell me what kind of 
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in Is it is it a place of great?
Moral example, know you have a 

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high priest who is deficient in 
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have his sons who are ministers,
who are outright rebellious, and

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this is who Hannah is leaving 
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And you might be thinking, well,
that's, this is not very wise of

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Hannah. 
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this woman, she knows that God 
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provided this boy, knowing that 
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way. 
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believing. 
If God provided Samuel, God will

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protect Samuel. 
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I'm trusting in Him by giving 
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that the Lord himself will raise
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This man to be the man of God 
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We should be encouraged to know 
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Of a child of our children is 
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of the home. 
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I've talked to many parents over
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the youth pastor supposed to 
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true. 
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somebody come up me once and say
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said, Maybe I need to wear a 
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Holy Spirit. 
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you're coming to me as the main 
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got it all wrong. 
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person didn't even believe in 
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this person. 
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child to be morally. 
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As much as Eli was the high 
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Samuel would know a greater 
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that was his parents. 
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matter how amazing Eli would 
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If the home was in Rex, Samuel 
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of becoming the man of God that 
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But But over those short little 
years, I'm sure Hannah prayed 

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over that child, not just prayed
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spoke truth into his ears. 
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soft mind would absorb these 
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Reminding him that he is a 
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And now she comes to this place 
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that God will go from here and 
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your life you have to make that 
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at one point you're going to 
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let your child go and you have 
to trust if the trust the seeds 

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that you planted and that God 
will walk with them and deal 

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with them because ultimately 
they belong to the Lord, they 

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belong to the Lord. 
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That is so important from these 
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Listen, very carefully. 
That much of the future of any 

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nation is dependent upon the 
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If you want to, if you want to 
boil it down, what will preserve

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America today? 
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America? 
It's not going to be our laws. 

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It's not going to be a school 
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It's going to be your living 
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It's going to be the disciplines
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our families. 
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a choice and that choice is very
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I'm going to dedicate this child
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full impact. 
It's okay. 

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Don't worry about it. 
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this act of devotion, for the 
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And it's a great contribution to
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because of a woman, who is 
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in the fear of the Lord. 
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And as she comes she gives up 
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We have no idea what's going on 
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act. 
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she responded to all of it 
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What does Hannah do? 
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the Lord in a very dramatic and 
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Verse 1 and Hannah prayed. 
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heart exults in the Lord. 
My horn is exalted in the Lord. 

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My mouth derives my enemies 
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salvation. 
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Now, if we're honest with 
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what Hannah did? 
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We'll get to that in a moment. 
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doing? 
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She's praying again, again, 
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This woman is a woman of prayer.
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great deal. 
We gained great Insight of what 

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prayer really means, and the 
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Chapter 2. 
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prayer is beyond petition. 
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because many people have limited
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God only when they are in 
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teaches. 
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reality when you. 
And I need, it's a reality when 

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you and I receive. 
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ourselves, much of our praying 
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solved and it's not really 
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going well. 
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this. 
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and pleading there is something 
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adoring. 
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Let's ask our hearts. 
Is there any existence of Praise

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in my prayer life? 
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adoration in my prayer life? 
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in this prayer of Hannah, is 
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a request. 
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Not one, it's solely exaltation,
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manifold goodness and declaring 
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How awesome and Majestic he is 
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rare, maybe it's more real in 
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What's amazing here. 
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Hannah is able to Lavish god 
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After performing, one of the 
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you can make as a parent, I 
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Is there any sadness? 
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Maybe there is that would be 
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overcome by the spirit in this 
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the Lord. 
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come to a place of sacrifice to 
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blessing? 
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magnificent, something so deep 
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amazing amount of faith, yet in 
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Whatever it looks like is not 
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of genuine Joy. 
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She knows she's contributing to 
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walks away knowing that she made
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Rejoice. 
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She never saw like she missed 
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She only saw it as a gain. 
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when she prays, we won't go over
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But let's look at some key 
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none. 
Holy like the Lord she says for 

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there is none besides you. 
There is no Rock like our God. 

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The first thing that this woman 
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Lord as she declares and defines
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Your holy There's none like you 
you're separated from every 

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other category of anything in 
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Now, what's amazing about this 
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practice of adorning, God with 
who he is from your own heart, 

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from your own lips, it does much
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In fact, I challenge you to make
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I challenge the next time you 
come before the Lord with a need

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even And you just begin to tell 
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You Are Holy, you are powerful. 
You're the savior of my soul 

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either save your Humanity or the
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You know what's going to happen.
A lot of the things that you're 

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worried about an anxious about 
will fall into place. 

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Try it, you don't believe me, 
try it. 

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Because What's Happening Here is
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God as though. 
God needed to know who he was. 

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Well, thank you. 
I didn't know that. 

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That was me and people often 
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And this kind of praying, 
because they say, why are you 

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telling God what he already 
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Well, here's the point. 
God tells us to do this, not for

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his sake, but for hours, We 
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That's the byproduct. 
Yes, we glorify him. 

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Yes, we tell him who he is 
because we worship Him in spirit

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and truth but for your own soul 
you reminded of who he is. 

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And watch you continue to do 
this by faith and you know that,

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if you do this, this has 
happened to you that you'll 

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begin to come before the Lord, 
and just worship Him worship Him

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really worship him with your 
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he is, from his word and you 
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you'll forget why you came with 
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Not that you can't come with 
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mix petition and praise. 
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lost and praise that. 
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will solve the fear and the 
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first place. 
Try it. 

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And that's why according to this
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You have some people say I'm not
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Warrior really. 
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know much of the bible really 
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really know who God is. 
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you know who God is and I'll 
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understand who God is and the 
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the more it will dramatically 
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the place of Prayer. 
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And then she goes on to verse 3,
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So very proudly, let not 
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for the Lord, as a god of 
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are weighed, you know, what's 
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Mine theology is not just 
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Life theology is important for 
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So, she is, she is operating 
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She's almost telling people 
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in this moment has indirectly in
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The actions of somebody. 
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mind? 
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But Ina Pnina who shot words at 
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and demolish, her faith and our 
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here, we see that this woman is 
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prayers, God heard the threats 
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You know what's amazing? 
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here, pay very close attention. 
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come from your mouth. 
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knowledge. 
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read by Hanna banana, and 
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Here is declaring something 
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arrogance, and scoff and gossip,
and slander and all these other 

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ugly things they do. 
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revelation of who God is, do you
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like this because God is a god 
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things and he will weigh your 
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I learned that Pnina was either 
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things. 
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She knew God but she didn't 
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She knew about him, she 
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nature and character, but she 
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life. 
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that she went to the feast year 
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After year, the attendance 
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nothing. 
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Your baptism proves something to
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it's backed up with a true life 
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attendance, you're giving 
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that. 
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Proved herself by your actions 
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She really didn't know No God 
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our Behavior brothers and 
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Please hear me out tonight. 
It's ultimately proven by our 

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attitude, its ultimately proven 
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It's ultimately proven in the 
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conversation and dealings in 
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Please believe that quote, it 
all you want, memorize, as much 

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as you want, man. 
I'm telling you, I can't get 

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over this over the years. 
People really don't grasp what 

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true spirituality is. 
They really don't and they're 

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fooling themselves and they 
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And your Hannah is saying, God 
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will affect you in the most 
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he is or you understand who he 
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applies to your life. 
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verse 4 and what happens between
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rehearses a series of something 
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Reversals and I won't read them,
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The bows of the mighty are 
broken verse for verse 5, those 

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who are full have hired 
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those who are hungry have ceased
to hunger. 

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Verse 6, the Lord kills and 
brings to life. 

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He brings down to sheol and 
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The Lord makes poor and makes 
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He brings loan exalts. 
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dust. 
He lifts the needy from the 

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ashy. 
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God's acts? 
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where he reverses the scene, he 
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Now, she has children, she's 
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and God is a master chess player
in the universe that he can move

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pieces around, where he gets his
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And, actually declares one thing
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climax here in verse 10, the 
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be broken to Pieces against 
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He will Thunder in heaven. 
The Lord. 

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Lord will judge the ends of the 
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He will give strength to his 
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anointed. 
Tell me why that is significant.

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Did you pay attention to that? 
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That's significant. 
Tell me Martha. 

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Thank you. 
Israel had no king at the time. 

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Why? 
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Why is she talking as though? 
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throne yesterday? 
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but here's the point. 
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going from just prayer to 
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something in this moment that is
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Existing, see a few chapters 
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We will see even the suggestion 
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But there is nobody occupying. 
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talking about a king. 
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David Beyond, Solomon Beyond 
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the Messiah, the Christ, and 
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what she is uttering here by the
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by the same. 
Holy Spirit through another man.

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Would you like to see it? 
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this with me. 
Luke 1 verse 67. 

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And what's amazing is that 
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of it resembles Merry Song and 
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I encourage you to study the 
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the words of Zechariah verse 67 
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filled with the Holy Spirit and 
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Be the Lord God of Israel for. 
He has visited and redeemed, his

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people, and has raised up a horn
of salvation for us in the house

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of his servant, David as so she 
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strength to his King and exalt 
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The horn is a picture of 
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Horn of his anointed, the 
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now introduced in Luke chapter 
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Jesus Christ, The Horn of the 
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Jesus brought the ultimate 
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ever known. 
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He conquered death by Death? 
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He invites you to live a life of
reversal as well. 

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So you know what he says. 
Hey, do you want to live? 

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Yes, then die. 
Die. 

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Ya die to yourself, actually die
every day and you'll know life. 

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Do you want to Crown Crown 
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Then carry this cross. 
I'm trying to understand what 

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this means. 
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world? 
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Well, let me tell you, it's 
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your soul. 
Why don't you gain eternal life 

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and my kingdom by forfeiting the
world? 

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You want to be great? 
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Be a servant of all. 
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We live in this great reversal, 
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brought the greatest reversal 
concerning death in our 

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salvation, but at his second 
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the Universe on its head. 
He will flip every Kingdom. 

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Every government, Every Nation 
everything will turn by his 

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power and the world will be hold
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What he is able to do And so we 
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prayer of Hannah. 
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say, the least. 
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Then elcano went home to Rama 
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the Lord and the presence of 
Eli. 

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The priest. 
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have been observing the life of 
a beautiful family who had rough

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patches but ends on a note where
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Lord to Extreme Measures to 
measures that are unmatched 

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today, great sacrifice great 
devotion persistence and 

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consistency concerning worship 
to the Lord. 

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But now the scene shifts and we 
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we're not dealing with elkanah. 
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named Eli and his sons and here 
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Sons in verse 12. 
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worthless men. 
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Some description, huh. 
They were worthless men. 

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They did not know the Lord. 
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let me remind you, they were 
pastors. 

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They were teachers. 
They were God's Representatives 

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on the Earth. 
And they were the means by which

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men could be represented before 
God. 

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And what's scary about this is 
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sons of Eli were next in line. 
One of them would be the next 

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high priest and this is how we 
understand them, they're 

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worthless, and they did not know
the Lord. 

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And so here they are. 
They're sacrificing for people, 

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they're apparently helping 
people. 

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They're standing as 
representative of God, and they 

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did not know God. now, if that 
doesn't make us tremble, I don't

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know what will If that doesn't 
make us think to ourselves that 

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we need a great discernment in 
Christendom today. 

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I don't know what will. 
Nonetheless. 

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We're about to find out. 
Why? 

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Or how they did not know. 
The Lord, you know how we're 

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going to find out. 
It's not by their confession. 

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They're not like, we don't 
really believe in this whole 

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sacrificial system. 
We don't think it actually does 

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anything, but we're just here 
for the paycheck. 

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They're not saying any of that. 
We're about to find out how they

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did not know the Lord, by one 
thing that Jesus said you would 

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find them out by their fruit. 
You will know them by their 

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fruits. 
And here's how we know that they

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did not know the Lord hears. 
Some characteristics. 

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Here are some things that stand 
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13, the custom of the 
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The people was that when any man
offered sacrifice the priests 

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servant would come while the 
meat was boiling with a 

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three-pronged fork in his hand 
and he would thrust it into the 

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pan or Kettle or caldron of pod,
all that the fork brought up the

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priest would take for himself. 
This is what they did at Shiloh 

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to all the Israelites who came 
there. 

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Now, is that wrong? 
Let me, let me ask a question 

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differently. 
Is it wrong for the priest to 

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take a portion of the sacrifice 
for themself? 

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Who knows the answer. 
If you've been with us 

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throughout the pentateuch, you 
should know. 

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Who says it was right, let's do 
this again. 

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One person, two three who says 
it was wrong. 

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Nobody says it was wrong. 
So you're you're in the middle. 

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As always I should stop asking 
these questions. 

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They never work. 
They never work. 

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Well, the Bible tells us, in 
Deuteronomy 18, three, that's 

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where you get your answer. 
I'm not going to read it to, you

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got to turn there so you can see
it for yourself. 

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So you'll never forget and 
Deuteronomy 18, verse 3. 

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What do we learn about the 
priests and the sacrificial 

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system? 
And this shall be the priests do

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from the people. 
From those offering a sacrifice,

452
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,400
whether an ox or his sheep, they
shall give to the priest, the 

453
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,700
shoulder, and the two cheeks and
the stomach. 

454
00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:55,100
So the answer is, yes they did 
receive as a part of a tide that

455
00:26:55,100 --> 00:26:58,400
they would be blessed and they 
would be sustained and nourished

456
00:26:58,900 --> 00:27:02,100
from their service, they would 
be contributed. 

457
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:07,800
And so what we see here though, 
I believe Is something further 

458
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:12,000
than what is being prescribed. 
I believe what's being described

459
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,400
here and we're about to find out
further from this verse is that 

460
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,100
they went beyond what God had 
allowed them to have. 

461
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,800
They were asking for more, it 
was precise, what was theirs? 

462
00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:28,200
And it seems like they longed 
for something deeper and greater

463
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,700
for themselves. 
And there's a word that 

464
00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:35,300
summarizes that and it's an ugly
word called greed, greed. 

465
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,000
It gets so intense. 
By the way that they ask for the

466
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:44,700
fat. 
Now why is that important The 

467
00:27:44,700 --> 00:27:48,600
fat belonged to the Lord. 
And in fact we are told in 

468
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,200
Leviticus that it was a pleasing
Aroma to the Lord. 

469
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,500
And we're about to find out that
they even went to that extent 

470
00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:58,000
where they took, what belongs 
solely to God, what was supposed

471
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,900
to sizzle in his presence. 
Untouched by man was actually 

472
00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:05,200
robbed by these men for their 
sake of their own desire. 

473
00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:08,100
Listen, their greed was so 
intense. 

474
00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:11,900
That they were willing to come 
before, innocent worshippers, 

475
00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:16,500
who had a genuine desire to 
give, what is God's do, and 

476
00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:19,400
manipulated them and 
interrogated them and 

477
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:23,100
intimidated them. 
So that they would have will 

478
00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:27,400
belong to God. and listen, it 
was so intense that they were 

479
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,400
willing to step into the arena 
of Faith so that they can 

480
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:35,700
satisfy their selfish desires 
and Paul calls this those who 

481
00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:41,800
have their God, as their belly 
butter belly, is their God And 

482
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,900
so these men were operating an 
intense greed. 

483
00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:46,500
There was no concern of how 
their actions affected the 

484
00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:49,400
worship of others, they didn't 
care, they didn't care that. 

485
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,800
These people would walk away, 
not knowing it, that sacrifice 

486
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,600
would have covered their sins, 
they didn't care that. 

487
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,100
Also, part of, that animal 
sacrifice would go to them, so 

488
00:28:58,100 --> 00:29:00,500
that they can eat, they didn't 
care if they participated in 

489
00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:04,300
that. 
They were means by which they 

490
00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:07,700
could benefit and be prosperous 
and be full. 

491
00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:12,300
And this is a mark of a person 
who does not know the Lord, a 

492
00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:14,500
person who can come up in a 
place of ministry. 

493
00:29:15,700 --> 00:29:19,200
And take advantage of others, 
under the pretense of faith and 

494
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,100
Under the Umbrella of the house 
of God. 

495
00:29:21,900 --> 00:29:24,700
You think that's bad. 
Look at verse 22 now. 

496
00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:28,000
Eli was very old, and he kept 
hearing all that his sons were 

497
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,400
doing to all Israel and how they
lay with the woman who were 

498
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,400
serving at the entrance of the 
tent of meeting. 

499
00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:37,800
In Exodus, 38 verse 8 we are 
told that there were some in the

500
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,900
courtyard who were woman that 
would serve at the Tabernacle it

501
00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:44,200
was voluntary and we don't know 
what they did exactly, they 

502
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,100
could have help with the 
children while the parents went 

503
00:29:46,100 --> 00:29:47,900
into sacrifice. 
They could have done some 

504
00:29:47,900 --> 00:29:50,400
cleaning work. 
We're not sure what they did. 

505
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,200
But one thing is for certain 
there was young. 

506
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:58,500
Ladies at the church who 
volunteered you know what these 

507
00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:01,800
men did instead of encouraging 
their sisters to grow in the 

508
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,300
faith instead of setting, an 
example of what a Godly Man 

509
00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:10,800
looks like They seduce them. 
You ready for a shocking 

510
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,300
statement? 
They slept with them in the 

511
00:30:13,300 --> 00:30:18,600
sanctuary. 
They lured them in. 

512
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,100
They use their position of 
authority and power to convince 

513
00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:24,600
them to perform acts that were 
so. 

514
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,600
Grotesque never mind, just in 
the house of God outside of the 

515
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,000
house of God as well and led 
these women into sexual 

516
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,900
immorality. 
I'm going to bring you a 

517
00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:37,500
shocking statement tonight, but 
it's okay because it's Bible. 

518
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,700
One of the greatest signs that 
someone does not know. 

519
00:30:40,700 --> 00:30:45,600
The Lord is a persistent 
illegitimate pursuit of sexual 

520
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,300
activity. 
Let me say that one more time, 

521
00:30:48,900 --> 00:30:52,500
one of the strongest signs, that
someone does not know the Lord, 

522
00:30:52,500 --> 00:30:54,300
these men did not know. 
The Lord, that's the description

523
00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:59,100
is the continual pursuit of 
illegitimate sexual activity. 

524
00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:05,600
And that will sting in this 
pornified age, but I could care 

525
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,200
less what this world thinks of 
the truth of God's word. 

526
00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:12,300
You don't believe me right? 
Well let's go to first 

527
00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:15,300
Thessalonians chapter 4 and see 
the language that Paul brings 

528
00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:22,800
1st Thessalonians 4 verse 3. 
This is to Christians to 

529
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,000
Believers to those who've been 
washed in the blood of the Lamb.

530
00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:31,300
First Thessalonians 4:3 for this
is the will of God your 

531
00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:34,200
sanctification. 
If you're ever confused about 

532
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,400
what God's will for your life, 
is know that in part. 

533
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:41,200
It is you being holy That you 
abstain from sexual immorality. 

534
00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:43,300
Now, look at this verse for 
that. 

535
00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:47,000
Each of you know how to control 
his own body and Holiness and 

536
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:51,000
honor. 
So that's God's will God's will 

537
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,700
brothers and sisters and this 
place God's will, for each of us

538
00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:57,800
is to no self-control in the 
area of sexuality. 

539
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,500
Now, look what he says next in 
verse 5. 

540
00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:09,600
Not in the passion of lust. 
Like the Gentiles who, what do 

541
00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:14,500
not know God? 
Now he could have stopped that 

542
00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:16,800
saying not like the Gentiles, 
right? 

543
00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:20,400
No, he goes beyond that. 
Not like the Gentiles. 

544
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:26,000
They don't know. 
God, what is he implying here? 

545
00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:28,400
I believe he's saying 
indirectly. 

546
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:34,500
That proof that these pagans 
don't know, God is that they 

547
00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:37,100
lack self-control in their 
sexual impulses. 

548
00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:44,000
Proof that these people do not 
have a sense of personal 

549
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:48,200
relationship with God, is that 
they have no restrain, they have

550
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,700
no concern, they have no 
conviction. 

551
00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:55,900
They have no desire to fight. 
This area of sexual purity. 

552
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:04,100
They're loose, they're careless 
the predatorial they are cereal.

553
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:09,900
Sexual active people. 
And so, we can flip that by 

554
00:33:09,900 --> 00:33:14,200
saying one of the evidences that
a person does know God is that 

555
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,300
they put a premium on 
self-control. 

556
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,000
Is that they partner with God to
be pure and holy. 

557
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,000
And I can guarantee you this, 
the more, you know, God the more

558
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,100
you will have a stance against 
sexual sin. 

559
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,800
Now you might be discouraged 
because you might be battling 

560
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,400
this and you feel like you're 
defeated. 

561
00:33:34,900 --> 00:33:38,600
I want to encourage you to know 
that the fight that you feel is 

562
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:43,300
a pulse that the spirit dwells 
in you It does. 

563
00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:47,000
And here's the Hope from first 
Thessalonians chapter 4. 

564
00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:51,900
Look at verse 7 and verse 8. 
For God has not called us for 

565
00:33:51,900 --> 00:33:55,900
impurity but in Holiness, 
therefore whoever disregards its

566
00:33:55,900 --> 00:33:57,400
you know I saying, whoever 
doesn't care about this kind of 

567
00:33:57,408 --> 00:34:00,400
teaching whoever hears what is 
being said and thinks that this 

568
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:06,000
is foolish is unrealistic. 
It's old-school. 

569
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,699
It has no relevance to my life. 
It doesn't seem to be true. 

570
00:34:09,699 --> 00:34:12,699
He says disregards not man. 
This is not my idea. 

571
00:34:12,699 --> 00:34:15,300
This is not what I came up with.
I didn't think to myself, you 

572
00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:17,300
know. 
I think I think I want to make a

573
00:34:17,308 --> 00:34:19,900
rule about sexual Purity says. 
Now this is God. 

574
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,500
This is God's design. 
I look at this. 

575
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,900
Who gives you his Holy Spirit? 
What is he saying? 

576
00:34:25,100 --> 00:34:28,100
Don't disregard this. 
Don't push this away. 

577
00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:30,400
Don't reject this. 
Don't try to argue it off. 

578
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,300
No, no. 
Because God supplies a power to 

579
00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:37,800
make it a reality. 
He supplies his holy spirit, he 

580
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:42,199
gives you strength, he gives you
a Grace, he elevates you, and he

581
00:34:42,207 --> 00:34:45,400
brings it to a place of victory 
that you would not know apart 

582
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,000
from him. 
So don't disregard this because 

583
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,400
listen, what is he saying here 
in order for you to know, 

584
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:56,500
consistent Purity in your sexual
life demands? 

585
00:34:56,500 --> 00:35:01,300
The first step of faith. 
Faith faith. 

586
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:05,700
Because if you disregard it, you
cut the channel of the power 

587
00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:09,700
that Faith connects you to. 
If I don't believe that I can be

588
00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:12,800
pure, but I don't believe that 
in my private life I can remain 

589
00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:16,400
wholly. 
Then I cut off the possibility 

590
00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:19,300
of the Holy Spirit pouring into 
my heart to make it real. 

591
00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:22,900
Because everything stems from 
faith, everything, your 

592
00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:25,500
salvation, and your 
sanctification. 

593
00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:29,400
And so we have to understand 
here, brothers and sisters. 

594
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,100
The more we know God. 
We will not be like this culture

595
00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:36,400
has a different definition and 
the different attitude towards 

596
00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:41,300
this gift of sex. 
So may the Lord draws closer to 

597
00:35:41,300 --> 00:35:44,200
him. 
You know what's amazing here? 

598
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,600
We come back to First Samuel 
chapter two. 

599
00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:52,600
Eli Sons, what were their names?
What were their names? 

600
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,500
What was the name of the one? 
Half knee and the other one was 

601
00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:58,400
who Phineas now? 
Here's what's amazing. 

602
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,500
There was another Phineas before
this one. 

603
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:06,100
Who knows about that Phineas? 
What was he known for? 

604
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:20,700
So we heard it Phineas was a man
known in Numbers chapter 25 for 

605
00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:23,700
arising during a plague as an 
act of judgment when the people 

606
00:36:23,700 --> 00:36:26,700
were messing around sexually 
with a different group of people

607
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,100
and in the midst of the Weeping 
and repentance an Israelite man,

608
00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:36,100
goes into a tent with a 
midianite woman and Phineas gets

609
00:36:36,100 --> 00:36:39,100
up, takes a spirit, goes into 
the tent, and perhaps, even in 

610
00:36:39,100 --> 00:36:43,600
the ACT, penetrates the spear 
through the stomachs and kills 

611
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,700
them both. 
And I wondered to myself have 

612
00:36:46,700 --> 00:36:50,500
Eli. 
Named his son Phineas. 

613
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,400
With the hopes that he would 
live up to that name. 

614
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,800
Make him like Phineas of old 
Lord, who knows? 

615
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,300
We don't know. 
But he named it Phineas. 

616
00:37:01,700 --> 00:37:05,300
And unfortunately, you have to 
phineas's with two different 

617
00:37:05,300 --> 00:37:09,900
approaches to the same sin. yet 
one, Phineas that killed the 

618
00:37:09,900 --> 00:37:14,300
compromise, not only in his own 
life, but made us stand in front

619
00:37:14,300 --> 00:37:16,800
of others in front of his 
culture, in front of his own 

620
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,100
people, in front of his own 
compromising church, and the yet

621
00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:25,500
another Phineas That not only 
refused to kill the compromise 

622
00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:28,800
but invited it and lesson, it 
ended up killing him. 

623
00:37:29,900 --> 00:37:33,900
It ended up killing him. 
And so we come back to here and 

624
00:37:33,900 --> 00:37:41,000
we look in verse 15, And we see 
moreover first Samuel to before 

625
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,300
the fat was burned, the pre the,
the priests servant would come 

626
00:37:44,300 --> 00:37:47,300
and say to the man who 
sacrifices give meat for the 

627
00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:50,400
priest to roast for. 
He will not accept, boiled meat 

628
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:55,000
from you but only Raw And if the
man said to him, let them burn 

629
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,100
the fat first. 
We just learned Leviticus says 

630
00:37:57,100 --> 00:37:59,000
that the fat belong to the Lord,
you know what he's saying? 

631
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,800
Look you can take whatever you 
want. 

632
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,400
But please let us just offer 
this to the Lord. 

633
00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:08,900
And take as much as you wish he 
would say, no, you must give it 

634
00:38:08,900 --> 00:38:11,700
now. 
And if not, I will take it by 

635
00:38:11,700 --> 00:38:15,100
force. 
I will take it by force. 

636
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,200
This is spiritual abuse. 
This is violence. 

637
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,900
This is threatening. 
This is this is an abuse of 

638
00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:25,200
power. 
And that is a that is a sign of 

639
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,500
a sick. 
Soul that is a sign of someone 

640
00:38:27,500 --> 00:38:31,300
who is very much out of touch 
with God to come to a place 

641
00:38:31,300 --> 00:38:33,700
where you are now causing others
to stumble. 

642
00:38:34,900 --> 00:38:38,000
That in your pursuit of what you
want to fulfill for yourself and

643
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,700
your flesh. 
You were willing to actually 

644
00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:41,700
bring others to a place of 
contempt. 

645
00:38:42,300 --> 00:38:45,600
And so we see, it's so obvious 
that these men did not know the 

646
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,600
Lord, and if you think this is 
shocking, you're about to be 

647
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,400
very shocked to know what they 
did with the fat of the Lord. 

648
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,700
You're going to be very shocked 
and that's why I'm verse 17. 

649
00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:59,600
We were told thus, the sin of 
the young men was very great in 

650
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,400
the sight of the Lord, for the 
men, treated, the offering of 

651
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,200
the Lord with contempt with 
tent. 

652
00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:08,500
This is, this is so 
discouraging. 

653
00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:12,300
This is so sickening. 
Even it, almost it's repulsive. 

654
00:39:13,300 --> 00:39:15,600
But look what happens here in 
this contrast of Verse 18. 

655
00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:20,300
Samuel was ministering before 
the Lord, a boy clothes with a 

656
00:39:20,308 --> 00:39:24,400
linen ephod. 
It's like after just being told 

657
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,500
about all this mess and all this
corruption in this vileness and 

658
00:39:27,508 --> 00:39:30,600
this Darkness, you get this 
little flicker of light. 

659
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:33,600
And here's this little boy 
Samuel and we were told he was 

660
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:37,200
ministering to the Lord. 
How? 

661
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,300
Good question, right? 
I mean at this point he could be

662
00:39:42,300 --> 00:39:46,300
who knows 5 6, 7 8. 
We don't know because years have

663
00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:48,600
passed by before judgment comes.
I believe. 

664
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,500
So at this point you're thinking
how how did Samuel minister to 

665
00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:55,300
the Lord? 
He wasn't a priest because there

666
00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:57,600
are priests here, he was an 
offering sacrifices. 

667
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:01,500
That's for sure. 
So, how I wonder if he had 

668
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:03,700
little tasks that Eli gave him 
to do. 

669
00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:06,100
I wonder if he put like an 
instrument in his hand. 

670
00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:07,900
He says go bring it to the other
side. 

671
00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:11,200
I wonder if he made him just 
pick up a few things from the 

672
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,700
floor, I don't know, but I think
there's a hint. 

673
00:40:13,700 --> 00:40:17,500
It's in 3:15. 
And I like to think that this 

674
00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:21,100
was something that he did. 
Consistently first, Samuel 315, 

675
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:25,200
Samuel lay until morning. 
Then he opened the doors of the 

676
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,400
house of the Lord. 
And Samuel was afraid to tell 

677
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:32,200
the vision to Eli. 
What an adorable picture? 

678
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,500
I wonder if Samuel, not just 
this time, but frequently had 

679
00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:40,700
the task of waking up early and 
opening the doors to the church.

680
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,700
He just opened it and made sure 
that people knew that it was 

681
00:40:44,700 --> 00:40:46,400
open and they can come in 
sacrifice. 

682
00:40:47,500 --> 00:40:50,100
And we think that's so 
insignificant so silly may be 

683
00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:52,600
cute and adorable at bass. 
But you know what, God Says, by 

684
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,800
the spirit he was ministering to
the Lord. 

685
00:40:56,500 --> 00:41:01,600
He was ministering to God by 
what by coming early and opening

686
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,600
the doors to make sure that 
people don't come to a locked 

687
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:07,000
front. 
Because that's all he could do 

688
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,200
at this point in his life. 
That's that was his limit. 

689
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:13,500
That was his ceiling and yet, 
God still honored it and deemed 

690
00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:16,900
it as Ministry. 
Be encouraged. 

691
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:21,000
Now that when you give to the 
Lord, what you can give him, he 

692
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,800
will recognize it just as much 
as when Samuel became a prophet 

693
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,200
and served as a mighty voice in 
his generation. 

694
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:32,700
Him opening the door to the 
Tabernacle was under the same 

695
00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:37,200
category of service as him being
a prophetic voice to his people.

696
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:43,100
That can't be well, you have to 
take it up with God because God 

697
00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:45,500
says this little boy, was 
ministering to me. 

698
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:51,400
So, why are you discouraged? 
Why are you discouraged because 

699
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,400
you've been given a menial task 
or that you feel like you're not

700
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:58,900
contributing much. 
Over and over the Lord said he 

701
00:41:58,900 --> 00:42:02,700
ministered he ministered, he 
grew, he grew. 

702
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:06,200
You have to take that by faith 
as well. 

703
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:11,900
And we see here in verse 19, And
his mother used to make for him 

704
00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:15,000
a little robe and take it to him
each year when she went up with 

705
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:20,100
her husband to offer the yearly 
sacrifice, that is the extent of

706
00:42:20,100 --> 00:42:21,900
the connection that he had with 
his mother. 

707
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,300
Every time there was a feast 
where they had to go up to the 

708
00:42:25,300 --> 00:42:29,500
house of God, Hannah would make 
sure that she created a little 

709
00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:32,000
role for her son. 
Knowing that from the year 

710
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,900
prior, he must have grown, and 
she would come up with her 

711
00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:37,900
husband and with her family, and
she would come before the Lord 

712
00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:40,500
to worship. 
And she saw a little Samuel, 

713
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:44,400
walking into the courtyard, 
stumbling into the place, and 

714
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,700
would Embrace his mother, and 
his mother would do what Samuel 

715
00:42:47,700 --> 00:42:51,000
I have something for you. 
And she would put a robe around 

716
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,400
his shoulders. 
What Was she doing what do you 

717
00:42:54,408 --> 00:42:58,300
think she was doing? 
I believe she was encouraging 

718
00:42:58,300 --> 00:43:02,100
him. 
Why would the Holy Spirit? 

719
00:43:02,100 --> 00:43:06,400
Put this right after an ugly 
scene that we just read 

720
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:11,200
concerning Eli's Sons. 
Like it just seems like such a 

721
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,500
random detail. 
And the most people would take 

722
00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:16,500
out of this was well there must 
have been an eyewitness for 

723
00:43:16,500 --> 00:43:18,200
somebody to recognize such a 
small thing. 

724
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:23,000
No, it's more than that, here's 
the principle that in an age of 

725
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,500
so much compromised. 
It is absolutely necessary to 

726
00:43:25,500 --> 00:43:27,500
encourage people in 
consecration. 

727
00:43:28,900 --> 00:43:33,700
That you and I must be people to
know how to stir up one another 

728
00:43:33,700 --> 00:43:37,400
in the path of pursuing total 
separation from the world. 

729
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,600
And in Hannah's mind, the best 
way that she can do that for her

730
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:44,200
son, was create a little outfit 
that resembled the Priestly 

731
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:46,100
outfit, right? 
Because he wore a linen, ephod 

732
00:43:46,100 --> 00:43:48,200
that was that was what the 
priest wore but it was in 

733
00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,600
miniature form, must have been 
adorable. 

734
00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:54,600
But the mother would come and 
she would what she would 

735
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:58,100
encourage him in that role. 
She would she would, she would 

736
00:43:58,100 --> 00:44:03,400
get him excited about being a 
servant of the Lord. and listen,

737
00:44:03,500 --> 00:44:08,100
I know this is a mother-son 
relationship but between us It 

738
00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:11,000
will go a long way to see 
somebody who is serving the lord

739
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,400
not just in full-time Ministry, 
but just with their life, to 

740
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:16,100
send them a message and 
encourage them. 

741
00:44:18,300 --> 00:44:21,400
To collaborate with them and to 
fuel each other's faith. 

742
00:44:22,500 --> 00:44:26,400
We've often limited our fuel of 
encouragement, to those who are 

743
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,400
struggling to those, who are 
always vacillating and are 

744
00:44:29,408 --> 00:44:32,600
compromising and they're in and 
out and we focus all our 

745
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,100
attention on them. 
And we fail to realize that 

746
00:44:35,100 --> 00:44:36,700
there are others who need 
encouragement those who are 

747
00:44:36,700 --> 00:44:40,800
standing faithful. 
And they don't want to be like 

748
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:44,100
Eli sons and they don't even 
want to come near Eli's Sons. 

749
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:49,500
What about them? 
The ones that are disciplining 

750
00:44:49,500 --> 00:44:51,900
themselves, the ones that want 
to glorify God. 

751
00:44:51,900 --> 00:44:56,700
And and you know who they are 
those that as long as you've 

752
00:44:56,700 --> 00:44:58,800
known them had been on this 
steady path. 

753
00:45:00,300 --> 00:45:05,800
Like Samuel. 
Even Samuels need encouragement.

754
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:11,700
And don't think that for a 
moment, a little word would not 

755
00:45:11,700 --> 00:45:14,800
go a long way. 
Verse 20. 

756
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:18,600
Then Eli would bless elkanah and
his wife and say, may the Lord 

757
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,500
give you children by this one 
for the petition. 

758
00:45:20,500 --> 00:45:23,900
She asked of the Lord. 
So then they would return to 

759
00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:25,200
their home. 
Indeed. 

760
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,200
I love that indeed. 
It's like you better believe it.

761
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:33,500
Indeed, the Lord visited Hannah 
and she conceived and bore three

762
00:45:33,500 --> 00:45:37,500
sons and two daughters. 
And the boy, Samuel grew in the 

763
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:41,500
presence of the Lord. 
She gave up one God gave her 

764
00:45:41,500 --> 00:45:45,300
five more You never lose when 
you sacrifice. 

765
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:49,500
You never lose, you might think 
you lose in this age, but in the

766
00:45:49,500 --> 00:45:52,700
age to come, I'm telling you, I 
think, and I'm scared for this 

767
00:45:52,700 --> 00:45:56,000
for my own life that I would 
stand before the Lord only to 

768
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:59,600
realize all that he is reserved 
and me thinking to myself, I 

769
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:03,900
wish I gave more. 
I wish I sacrificed more Lord. 

770
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:05,800
I wish I was more sold out for 
you. 

771
00:46:05,808 --> 00:46:07,100
I wish I was more radical for 
you. 

772
00:46:07,100 --> 00:46:09,800
Now that I'm in your presence 
and I see all that you have 

773
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,300
kept. 
I don't want to bite my hand on 

774
00:46:12,300 --> 00:46:15,000
that day. 
I don't I don't. 

775
00:46:17,500 --> 00:46:19,900
The boy Samuel grew in the 
presence of the Lord, he was in 

776
00:46:19,908 --> 00:46:22,400
just growing in stature only. 
He wasn't just growing in his 

777
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:26,200
physical world, requiring, a 
robe every single year now he 

778
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:30,800
was growing in the spirit and so
you see Eli's Sons degrading 

779
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:33,500
themselves and plunging deeper 
into darkness and here's the 

780
00:46:33,500 --> 00:46:37,300
contrast this little boy growing
and he's getting muscle aches, 

781
00:46:37,300 --> 00:46:40,200
and pains and growing pains and 
he's getting a little facial 

782
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:42,400
hair and all these things. 
And what's happening in the 

783
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:46,200
spirit he's growing It's 
becoming more and more of a man 

784
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:50,000
of God. 
Many people complain about their

785
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,400
environment and how it doesn't 
encourage them to grow in the 

786
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,300
faith and that is partly true. 
But I see a boy here. 

787
00:46:56,900 --> 00:47:01,200
That was so laser-focused. 
And all he had was one person in

788
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,800
his life to bless him year after
year. 

789
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:06,500
And that was enough for him to 
say, Lord, I'm Yours Lord, I'm 

790
00:47:06,500 --> 00:47:10,100
Yours Lord, I'm yours. 
You know, Eli's Sons, they 

791
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:12,800
forfeited that they could have 
been his mentor. 

792
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:15,900
They could have encouraged them.
Imagine that what a dynamic 

793
00:47:15,900 --> 00:47:18,300
relationship that would have 
been and said there. 

794
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,400
Fooling around with the world 
and they can't even control 

795
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:23,900
their own flesh, but this boy, 
he's growing. 

796
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:26,700
He's growing, he's growing and 
now something happens. 

797
00:47:26,900 --> 00:47:32,800
We go from Eli's Sons. 
And their alarming Behavior to 

798
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:36,000
Eli himself. 
And you're going to be just a 

799
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:42,100
shot with him verse 22 now. 
Eli was very old, and he kept 

800
00:47:42,100 --> 00:47:45,800
hearing all that his sons were 
doing to all Israel and how they

801
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:48,100
lay with the woman who were 
serving at the entrance of the 

802
00:47:48,100 --> 00:47:50,100
tent of meeting. 
You know what that's saying, 

803
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:53,300
continually there is, there was 
a long period of time where 

804
00:47:53,300 --> 00:47:56,700
people came up to this man, they
said, do you know what your sons

805
00:47:56,700 --> 00:48:00,200
are doing? 
My family came up here last 

806
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:03,900
week, we came to sacrifice and 
they took and they begin to 

807
00:48:03,900 --> 00:48:07,800
explain and people are talking. 
The whole nation is now 

808
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:11,000
realizing what is taking place 
and they are informing the high 

809
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:16,100
priest and we're waiting. 
What is Eli going to do? 

810
00:48:17,100 --> 00:48:20,800
What is this spiritual man? 
Of God, this representative this

811
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:25,800
face that is supposed to reflect
the Holiness of God. 

812
00:48:26,100 --> 00:48:31,800
What will he choose to do? 
He said to them verse 23, why do

813
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:35,500
you do such things for? 
I hear of your evil dealings 

814
00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:37,500
from all these people know, my 
son's. 

815
00:48:37,500 --> 00:48:40,400
It is no good report that I hear
the people of the Lord spreading

816
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:43,400
abroad. 
If someone sins against a man, 

817
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:46,200
God will mediate for him, but if
someone sins against the Lord, 

818
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:48,800
who can intercede for him, You 
know what? 

819
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:51,500
He should have done, you're 
fired. 

820
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:55,900
You're my boys. 
But I serve God first. 

821
00:48:56,300 --> 00:48:59,200
And you do not fear the lord. 
Clearly you have no right to 

822
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:01,400
remain in this position. 
Leave. 

823
00:49:02,300 --> 00:49:04,900
You should have done that. 
What does he do instead? 

824
00:49:06,100 --> 00:49:11,300
No my boys, my boys, my son's 
know people are coming up to me.

825
00:49:11,300 --> 00:49:14,200
This isn't the good and he 
includes one thing to try to 

826
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:16,600
strike the fear of the Lord. 
Then he goes, listen if you sin 

827
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:18,800
against another God will 
intercede for you, he will come 

828
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:21,300
and step in on your behalf, but 
if you send directly against the

829
00:49:21,300 --> 00:49:26,200
Lord, who's going to step in for
you, Now for us our hearts go, 

830
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,500
that is powerful. 
But what does that do to a 

831
00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:31,200
couple of people who don't have 
the fear of the Lord very little

832
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,700
Very little, you could threaten 
them with hell. 

833
00:49:34,700 --> 00:49:36,100
You can threaten them with 
judgement. 

834
00:49:36,100 --> 00:49:37,200
You can threaten them with 
disease. 

835
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,500
If they don't fear God, they 
will continue in their ways. 

836
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:42,500
And sometimes the Lord can 
mercifully. 

837
00:49:42,500 --> 00:49:46,800
Use those fearful, holy fearful 
things to bring people to an 

838
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:48,800
Awakening. 
But in this case, there were far

839
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:52,500
gone, they could not care any 
less than this. 

840
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:57,600
And so this man here is not 
doing what he's supposed to do. 

841
00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:02,600
And then it says here, but they 
would not listen to the voice of

842
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:04,500
their father. 
For it was the will of the Lord 

843
00:50:04,500 --> 00:50:09,500
to put them to death. 
Does that make you feel 

844
00:50:09,500 --> 00:50:13,800
uncomfortable? 
What is his equal tell us about 

845
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,200
God and his heart towards the 
wicked? 

846
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:18,700
Does he find pleasure in the 
death of the wicked? 

847
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,100
No. 
Is he delight? 

848
00:50:21,100 --> 00:50:23,500
And showing Mercy? 
Yes. 

849
00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:27,500
So God is Not predestined. 
These guys to be slain by his 

850
00:50:27,500 --> 00:50:31,000
judgment. 
They have crossed the line, they

851
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:35,600
have crossed the line, a line 
that is invisible to us, but is 

852
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,900
very visible to him. 
We're after so many warnings and

853
00:50:38,900 --> 00:50:40,800
after, so many things to get 
your attention. 

854
00:50:41,100 --> 00:50:44,200
God says enough is Enough. 
I now have to step in and do 

855
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:47,600
something about it. 
But I want you to think for a 

856
00:50:47,607 --> 00:50:50,700
moment that this is God's 
perspective, this is the the 

857
00:50:50,700 --> 00:50:52,400
Eternal perspective. 
This is the Heavenly 

858
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:55,400
perspective, but there's a 
Earthly vantage point. 

859
00:50:57,100 --> 00:51:00,200
There is a reason why they did 
not listen to their father. 

860
00:51:01,700 --> 00:51:04,300
You only find out what an 
unnamed man of God comes on the 

861
00:51:04,300 --> 00:51:09,900
scene to rebuke thee lie and he 
says, here in verse 29, why? 

862
00:51:09,900 --> 00:51:13,800
Then do you scorn My Sacrifice? 
He's speaking to Eli and my 

863
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,900
offerings that I commanded for 
my dwelling and honor, your 

864
00:51:16,900 --> 00:51:18,900
son's above me, and I'll let you
stop there. 

865
00:51:19,100 --> 00:51:21,700
That is the real reason that he 
did not get rid of them. 

866
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:26,500
He honored his sons. 
More than God, he cared about 

867
00:51:26,500 --> 00:51:28,600
their future. 
He cared about their present 

868
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,900
feelings. 
He cared about their reputation 

869
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:34,300
more than God and hear me very 
carefully. 

870
00:51:34,500 --> 00:51:40,000
If you honor anybody or anything
more than God at one point, you 

871
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:45,600
will tolerate sin. 
You will, you will tolerate sin 

872
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:48,700
in your own life, you will 
tolerate sin and somebody else's

873
00:51:48,700 --> 00:51:51,000
life. 
When you do not Elevate, God to 

874
00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:54,600
be Supreme above all other 
things, when he is not the core 

875
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:57,200
motive for what you do, what you
say, what you think and what you

876
00:51:57,200 --> 00:51:58,800
plan, please brothers and 
sisters. 

877
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:00,200
I'm not trying to last you 
tonight. 

878
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:02,800
I really am not but this is a 
heavy text and I just want to 

879
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:06,500
speak straight to you. 
If you honor men, if you honor 

880
00:52:06,500 --> 00:52:10,700
persons, if you honor anything 
more than God, at one point, you

881
00:52:10,700 --> 00:52:14,400
will tolerate sin. 
And that may look like you 

882
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:17,700
refusing to correct a brother 
who is clearly an unrepentant 

883
00:52:17,700 --> 00:52:20,400
sin, because you don't want to 
ruin that friendship and that 

884
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,400
relationship, or that may look 
like on an extreme level 

885
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:26,800
leadership allowing people to be
in Ministry and not removing 

886
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:29,600
them when they should like an 
eel ice case. 

887
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:34,300
So he went straight to the heart
of the matter. 

888
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:39,400
You honor your son's more than 
God, you can't serve God like 

889
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:43,900
that, you cannot serve God. 
God cannot take you further in 

890
00:52:43,900 --> 00:52:48,000
your ministry as long as this is
a limit in your heart. 

891
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:52,800
It will cut you off short, but 
there is no limit to a person 

892
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:57,600
who says, I honor God above men,
I stand before God like Elijah 

893
00:52:57,700 --> 00:53:00,000
and when you can stand before, 
God, you can stand before 

894
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:03,300
anybody But there's a second 
reason here. 

895
00:53:04,300 --> 00:53:06,600
You honor, your son's above me. 
Now, look at this. 

896
00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:09,800
We have to read our Bibles 
Slowly by fattening what 

897
00:53:10,700 --> 00:53:12,900
somebody read it out loud by 
fattening. 

898
00:53:12,900 --> 00:53:15,900
What you ourselves is that 
plural or singular? 

899
00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:22,600
Does that include Eli or is that
exclude, Eli, it includes Eli. 

900
00:53:23,500 --> 00:53:27,900
By fattening yourselves on the 
choicest parts of every offering

901
00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:32,900
of My People Israel. 
Do you understand what's 

902
00:53:32,900 --> 00:53:34,300
happening? 
I remember, when I first read 

903
00:53:34,300 --> 00:53:36,400
this, not to, this is long ago, 
actually, I read this and I 

904
00:53:36,408 --> 00:53:39,000
thought to myself, I can't 
believe it. 

905
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:42,400
And I circled the world 
yourselves because, you know 

906
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:44,200
what happened? 
We learned that they would take 

907
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:47,700
the fat that belong to the Lord.
And we aren't told what they 

908
00:53:47,700 --> 00:53:51,100
didn't necessarily with it. 
But now we know in part and they

909
00:53:51,100 --> 00:53:54,900
would bring the fat of the Lord,
and come before their dad, and 

910
00:53:54,900 --> 00:54:01,000
they would Feast on it together.
They would eat it together, not 

911
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,600
just the sons, but they invited 
the father also, and he could 

912
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:08,600
not help himself because he 
could smell the fat on that 

913
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:10,600
barbecue grill. 
And he thought I want some for 

914
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:14,600
myself and when they brought it,
he said well, we This is the 

915
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:17,300
Lord's but God's not going to do
anything dad. 

916
00:54:17,300 --> 00:54:19,300
Come on. 
I mean it just gonna Sizzle 

917
00:54:19,300 --> 00:54:21,900
there anywhere in disappear. 
It's not like he's coming down 

918
00:54:21,900 --> 00:54:23,200
to eat it. 
Let's just eat it. 

919
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:24,600
Come on, it's amazing. 
It tastes good. 

920
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:27,800
We had some of the other day eat
with us and Eli was salivating 

921
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:29,100
himself. 
He's saying, let's do it. 

922
00:54:29,100 --> 00:54:30,800
And he began to make it a 
practice. 

923
00:54:32,900 --> 00:54:36,100
And the prophet comes in, he 
says, you fattened yourself with

924
00:54:36,100 --> 00:54:38,900
your son's? 
No wonder there was no weight to

925
00:54:38,908 --> 00:54:43,600
his rebuke when he rebuked them.
So he comes to Sensei Sons. 

926
00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:46,400
No, it's we're not supposed to 
be doing this and and their 

927
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:50,300
minds are thinking, you just 
finish eating what belong to the

928
00:54:50,300 --> 00:54:54,300
Lord for lunch today with us. 
You're going to tell us how to 

929
00:54:54,300 --> 00:54:56,300
live. 
Whatever. 

930
00:54:59,100 --> 00:55:00,800
Authority comes from 
authenticity. 

931
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:06,800
Authority, whether in preaching 
or in your life comes from a 

932
00:55:06,808 --> 00:55:08,500
life that lives what they 
preach. 

933
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:12,400
The moment that is not true, 
there is a loss of authority, in

934
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:15,000
our words, and our example, and 
our message. 

935
00:55:15,500 --> 00:55:17,200
And that certainly happened with
this man. 

936
00:55:18,300 --> 00:55:23,000
And this person. 
He did not just put his sons at 

937
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:27,200
risk because of his hypocrisy. 
Because his hypocrisy only 

938
00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:31,700
embolden them to continue the 
way they were, but Eli himself 

939
00:55:31,700 --> 00:55:33,700
would pay for his own 
compromise. 

940
00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:36,500
Go to 1st Samuel, for to see it 
for yourself. 

941
00:55:38,900 --> 00:55:43,000
Verse 18. 
As soon as he mentioned the Ark 

942
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:46,800
of God, somebody came and told 
Eli that the Philistines took 

943
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:51,300
the Ark of God. 
Eli fell over backward from his 

944
00:55:51,300 --> 00:55:55,500
seat by the side of the gate and
his neck was broken and he died.

945
00:55:55,500 --> 00:56:01,600
Now, look at this for the man 
was old and what heavy Like, why

946
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:04,700
I mentioned that? 
He was obese. 

947
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:10,200
The man was old and heavy he 
judged Israel forty years. 

948
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:13,300
You know why? 
Because he fattened himself with

949
00:56:13,300 --> 00:56:17,800
the Lord's portions. 
And God ordained that when he 

950
00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:20,600
would die, his weight would 
break his own neck. 

951
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:26,400
You know what contributed to his
weight is compromised. 

952
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:35,300
Profound whatever you saw that 
you will reap and sow this man 

953
00:56:35,300 --> 00:56:39,800
coming back this profit. 
This unnamed unidentified 

954
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:43,200
spokesperson for the Lord. 
I love this, man. 

955
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:47,100
I don't know who he is. 
We don't know who he is, but one

956
00:56:47,100 --> 00:56:49,300
day, he comes up to the 
Tabernacle and he calls over 

957
00:56:49,300 --> 00:56:53,200
Eli. 
And he says, What are you doing?

958
00:56:54,900 --> 00:56:58,000
There's a time for a message 
like that, especially in a day 

959
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:01,800
like this. 
And we read this and we think to

960
00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:03,400
herself. 
This is so this is so 

961
00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:05,800
discouraging. 
This is so disheartening, but I 

962
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:08,200
want to tell you guys listen, 
corrupt. 

963
00:57:08,200 --> 00:57:10,200
Spiritual leadership is nothing 
new. 

964
00:57:12,500 --> 00:57:14,100
We're seeing it here, thousands 
of years. 

965
00:57:14,100 --> 00:57:17,000
Before our day, it's always been
around. 

966
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:20,500
And when we read a chapter like 
this, it's not, it's not very 

967
00:57:20,500 --> 00:57:23,700
refreshing. 
And we know that gut-wrenching 

968
00:57:23,700 --> 00:57:28,100
feeling when we see modern 
Ministry scandals, but it's 

969
00:57:28,100 --> 00:57:32,300
nothing new. 
And the common question often is

970
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:35,300
when we experience it or when we
see it on, when we read about 

971
00:57:35,300 --> 00:57:39,500
it, is, how does this happen? 
How does this happen? 

972
00:57:39,900 --> 00:57:42,000
And I'll tell you one way, we 
heard it. 

973
00:57:42,300 --> 00:57:44,000
They don't know the Lord to 
begin with. 

974
00:57:44,500 --> 00:57:46,700
It's just as simple as that, 
you're saying, but I don't know.

975
00:57:46,700 --> 00:57:50,000
No, you don't get it. 
Like, I actually was blessed by 

976
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:51,500
their sermons and that could be 
true. 

977
00:57:51,500 --> 00:57:54,500
They could be truly saved, but 
they messed up, but there's 

978
00:57:54,500 --> 00:57:56,800
another possibility, they don't 
know the Lord. 

979
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:02,000
They don't I'm not the one to 
judge and I would never dare to 

980
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:05,400
declare whether somebody is 
saved or damned, that's not my 

981
00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:08,700
responsibility. 
So there are some like, hophni 

982
00:58:08,700 --> 00:58:10,900
and Phineas who just, they just 
don't know that. 

983
00:58:10,900 --> 00:58:13,200
Well, they've been in Ministry 
for x amount of years and 

984
00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:15,700
doesn't matter, it doesn't 
matter. 

985
00:58:17,100 --> 00:58:20,700
Or like Eli presumably who knew 
the Lord. 

986
00:58:21,300 --> 00:58:23,700
There was a failure somewhere 
else before this ultimate 

987
00:58:23,700 --> 00:58:27,900
failure and this man highlights 
it, look at verse 27 and there 

988
00:58:27,900 --> 00:58:30,400
came a man of God to Eli and 
said to them. 

989
00:58:30,700 --> 00:58:35,500
Thus says the Lord did I indeed 
reveal myself to the house of 

990
00:58:35,500 --> 00:58:38,400
your father when they were in 
Egypt subject to the house of 

991
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:41,300
pharaoh, then I choose him out 
of all, the tribes of Israel, to

992
00:58:41,300 --> 00:58:44,400
be my priest, to go up to my 
altar, to burn incense to wear 

993
00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:47,200
an ephod. 
Before me I gave to the Of your 

994
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:51,400
father, all my offerings by fire
from the people of Israel. 

995
00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:55,100
And then he says, why He says, 
why did you do this? 

996
00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:58,900
So This Prophet he's pointing 
back. 

997
00:58:58,900 --> 00:59:03,300
He's pointing back at history of
Eli's history his lineage and 

998
00:59:03,300 --> 00:59:07,100
he's reminding him. 
Do you not remember that God 

999
00:59:07,100 --> 00:59:09,600
delivered your father from 
pharaoh? 

1000
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:15,300
Do you not remember that God 
elected that your tribe would be

1001
00:59:15,300 --> 00:59:17,600
the priest? 
That would represent him before 

1002
00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:21,100
the nation? 
Do you not remember that he made

1003
00:59:21,100 --> 00:59:23,400
you and your descendants 
ministers? 

1004
00:59:24,100 --> 00:59:27,300
That would have the awesome 
opportunity of doing what you're

1005
00:59:27,300 --> 00:59:35,000
doing now and here's the point. 
When you lose grip on the mercy,

1006
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:38,300
Grace. 
And compassion of God in your 

1007
00:59:38,300 --> 00:59:41,500
life. 
It's a slippery, slope the 

1008
00:59:41,500 --> 00:59:45,000
compromise. 
The reason why he's bringing up 

1009
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:48,600
the past is because they did not
have that ever before them. 

1010
00:59:48,900 --> 00:59:52,600
And they failed to see the 
privilege of serving God by his 

1011
00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:55,600
mercy and Grace. 
They didn't know where they came

1012
00:59:55,600 --> 00:59:57,500
from anymore. 
They didn't recognize God's 

1013
00:59:57,500 --> 01:00:01,100
salvation through Egypt and then
it realize God's call in their 

1014
01:00:01,100 --> 01:00:04,800
service and they lost the sense 
of awe, that came from that 

1015
01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:09,700
like, Samson sin became a sport,
they took it for granted and the

1016
01:00:09,700 --> 01:00:14,300
moment you begin to fail to feel
how awesome Is to serve God at 

1017
01:00:14,300 --> 01:00:17,700
any capacity, is the moment you 
open yourself up for other 

1018
01:00:17,700 --> 01:00:21,200
Thrills in life. 
And that's what happened here. 

1019
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:24,400
They lost the grip of that, that
was, that was not before their 

1020
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:27,600
face and so they begin to 
entertain other things. 

1021
01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:31,300
And the very thing that was 
supposed to Surge life in them 

1022
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:35,600
and anchor them, and keep them 
on the path is the truth of 

1023
01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:39,600
where they came from. 
Eli forgot it. 

1024
01:00:40,500 --> 01:00:43,500
His sons didn't even have a clue
but who God was, never mind what

1025
01:00:43,500 --> 01:00:47,100
he's done and he says because of
this look where you are today, 

1026
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:52,800
look where you are today. 
And Eli here is about to get the

1027
01:00:52,800 --> 01:00:56,300
shock of his life. 
But we're going to get two more 

1028
01:00:56,300 --> 01:01:00,000
insights and closing. 
This man is about to present to 

1029
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:02,900
us. 
What does happen when God 

1030
01:01:02,900 --> 01:01:07,600
finally steps on the scene with 
leadership that is in spiritual 

1031
01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:10,400
compromise. 
The first thing is in verse 30, 

1032
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:14,700
therefore meaning, as a result 
of this, the Lord, the god of 

1033
01:01:14,700 --> 01:01:16,800
Israel. 
Declares, I promise that your 

1034
01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:19,300
house and the house of your 
father should go in out before 

1035
01:01:19,300 --> 01:01:22,100
me forever. 
But now the Lord declares far be

1036
01:01:22,100 --> 01:01:24,000
it for me, for those who honor 
me. 

1037
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:26,500
I will honor and those who 
despise me shall be lightly 

1038
01:01:26,500 --> 01:01:28,000
esteemed. 
Number one, if you want to know 

1039
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:31,000
something, But what God will do 
with those especially in places 

1040
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:34,300
of authority and power, who are 
continually, remember this? 

1041
01:01:34,300 --> 01:01:37,200
Now let's just stop here. 
I believe this was an extensive 

1042
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:40,000
period of time before. 
God came to this point, I 

1043
01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:44,800
believe much time has passed 
because God is extremely 

1044
01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:49,800
gracious. 
Extremely gracious for him to 

1045
01:01:49,800 --> 01:01:53,800
see this Behavior continually 
contempt towards the offering 

1046
01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:55,900
sleeping with women in the house
of God. 

1047
01:01:56,400 --> 01:02:01,300
I mean, look, all that takes in 
my books as one time, who knows 

1048
01:02:01,300 --> 01:02:04,200
how many times. 
And now he comes to this. 

1049
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:06,700
Here's what you and I have to 
learn from this insight. 

1050
01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:14,900
God is in charge of his house. 
And God is the one ultimately 

1051
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:19,900
who raises up and brings down 
even when a man, like, the high 

1052
01:02:19,900 --> 01:02:23,100
priests will not take 
responsibility and not hold them

1053
01:02:23,100 --> 01:02:25,600
accountable. 
Ultimately God will do it 

1054
01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:28,900
himself and when God does it, 
it's terrifying. 

1055
01:02:29,800 --> 01:02:32,400
Really is. 
It's amazing how he's able to 

1056
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:35,700
unveil and reveal things. 
But what's more amazing is how 

1057
01:02:35,700 --> 01:02:39,900
he's willing to warn and get the
attention of that individual 

1058
01:02:39,900 --> 01:02:43,800
before it comes to that point. 
But when you fail to hear and 

1059
01:02:43,800 --> 01:02:45,900
fail to receive warnings and 
people are coming up and you 

1060
01:02:45,900 --> 01:02:50,000
ignore it, the Lord himself that
encourages me, you know why? 

1061
01:02:50,100 --> 01:02:52,600
Because you and I feel the 
frustration when we see things 

1062
01:02:52,600 --> 01:02:55,300
happening in the Name of Christ,
we go Lord. 

1063
01:02:55,300 --> 01:02:57,800
How much longer can this person?
Say these things? 

1064
01:02:58,200 --> 01:03:00,700
How much longer can this person 
treat the people of God and 

1065
01:03:00,700 --> 01:03:02,700
manipulate naive people like 
this. 

1066
01:03:03,300 --> 01:03:04,600
There's nothing to fear. 
You know why? 

1067
01:03:04,600 --> 01:03:07,800
Because in God's perfect timing,
he will step in. 

1068
01:03:08,700 --> 01:03:12,000
And he'll deal with it. 
I praise God. 

1069
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:15,600
That he does that. 
I praise God that we can trust 

1070
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:20,600
him with his church. 
But secondly not only will he 

1071
01:03:20,600 --> 01:03:23,900
remove people himself but look 
at verse 35. 

1072
01:03:25,700 --> 01:03:28,800
And I will raise up for myself, 
a faithful priest, who shall do.

1073
01:03:28,800 --> 01:03:32,400
According to what is in my 
heart, and in my mind, and I 

1074
01:03:32,408 --> 01:03:35,800
will build him a sure house, and
he shall go in and out before my

1075
01:03:35,800 --> 01:03:38,100
anointed forever. 
You want to know the second 

1076
01:03:38,100 --> 01:03:40,200
thing? 
When there is much spiritual 

1077
01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:42,500
compromise, especially in 
spiritual leadership. 

1078
01:03:42,500 --> 01:03:46,000
One God knows how to bring up 
and bring that. 

1079
01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:48,900
And to God, always has someone 
else in mind. 

1080
01:03:52,700 --> 01:03:55,200
Thank God. 
His kingdom does not lay on the 

1081
01:03:55,200 --> 01:03:59,700
shoulders of men because we 
wouldn't be this far if that was

1082
01:03:59,700 --> 01:04:02,000
true. 
Then we wouldn't be here today, 

1083
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:04,800
studying what happened? 
Thousands of years ago, but the 

1084
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:08,100
lesson that you and I learn as 
this while there is so much. 

1085
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:15,900
Chaos lack of prophetic voices. 
Holy men of God, holy woman of 

1086
01:04:15,900 --> 01:04:18,700
God, the Lord has someone else 
that he's going to raise up, 

1087
01:04:18,700 --> 01:04:21,100
eventually. 
In fact actually it's more 

1088
01:04:21,100 --> 01:04:24,000
profound than that in this case.
God was raising up somebody 

1089
01:04:24,000 --> 01:04:26,000
during all of it. 
Look at verse 26. 

1090
01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:29,700
Now the boys Samuel continue to 
grow both in stature and in 

1091
01:04:29,700 --> 01:04:34,600
favor with the Lord and also 
with man So while all of this is

1092
01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:37,900
happening, you know, what's in 
the human point of view were 

1093
01:04:37,900 --> 01:04:41,000
thinking this is disastrous. 
We're not going to recover all 

1094
01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:44,600
the while there's a little boy, 
getting taller and taller, and 

1095
01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:46,800
God is preparing him to be a 
mighty prophet. 

1096
01:04:48,600 --> 01:04:51,700
So I go on social media, I don't
have anymore, but people send me

1097
01:04:51,700 --> 01:04:54,600
links, I go on this, I go in 
that they send me links blogs. 

1098
01:04:54,600 --> 01:04:55,900
I find this out of go on the 
news. 

1099
01:04:55,900 --> 01:04:58,500
Next person falls, this person 
falls this Ministries. 

1100
01:04:58,900 --> 01:05:01,000
Embezzling this Ministries 
scandals. 

1101
01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:05,700
What do I do with this? 
Well God you're cleaning house 

1102
01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:10,900
and to you have someone in mind.
You're going to raise up other 

1103
01:05:10,900 --> 01:05:13,500
voices, you have a different 
generation that will do things 

1104
01:05:13,500 --> 01:05:16,000
differently. 
And that's exactly the hope that

1105
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:20,800
we have here is that Samuel is 
prepared to take the place of 

1106
01:05:20,800 --> 01:05:24,600
the spiritual voice for his 
people, and God is doing that. 

1107
01:05:25,100 --> 01:05:28,700
God is doing that, and it all 
comes back to this brothers and 

1108
01:05:28,700 --> 01:05:31,300
sisters. 
One woman that dedicated him to 

1109
01:05:31,300 --> 01:05:36,200
the Lord And we see here in 
verse 35, that this was 

1110
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:39,100
ultimately fulfilled in the 
person of Jesus Christ, right? 

1111
01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:43,700
He's not only King, he has 
priest, king priest and Prophet,

1112
01:05:44,600 --> 01:05:48,400
but this will be fulfilled in 
the book of First Kings. 

1113
01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:52,700
Under the reign of Solomon. 
And here's the point for us 

1114
01:05:52,700 --> 01:05:56,600
today. 
Leaving this place, many 

1115
01:05:56,600 --> 01:06:00,200
lessons, I'm sure but I pray 
that your heart would be stirred

1116
01:06:00,200 --> 01:06:04,400
to say, Lord if I'm going to be 
any Phineas, make me the one 

1117
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:08,000
that made us dance. 
Make me the one that will 

1118
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:09,800
advance the kingdom and not 
hinder. 

1119
01:06:09,800 --> 01:06:16,900
It make me the one that will be 
a voice and not an example in 

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01:06:16,900 --> 01:06:19,500
the wrong way. 
Let's pray and ask God for that.

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01:06:46,000 --> 01:06:48,900
Tonight, you might pray because 
you have a need, or you might 

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01:06:48,900 --> 01:06:51,000
pray because you want to Simply 
praise. 

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01:06:51,400 --> 01:06:53,200
Let's do both together as a 
church. 

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Lord Jesus. 
Your word is so sharp. 

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01:06:57,300 --> 01:07:00,900
It's so powerful. 
Lord, thank you that it provides

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01:07:00,900 --> 01:07:03,600
answers. 
It provides wisdom for so many 

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01:07:03,600 --> 01:07:06,500
facets of life. 
And Lord. 

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01:07:06,500 --> 01:07:10,500
In this point of this book, we 
deal with a very grave subject, 

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01:07:10,900 --> 01:07:13,800
but we also see the Hope in it. 
Lord, you are in charge of your 

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01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:16,200
church. 
This is your ministry. 

1131
01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:21,100
This is your house. 
This is your gospel. 

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01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:25,800
This is your word and Lord. 
We long. 

1133
01:07:25,900 --> 01:07:30,600
We along with everything within 
us to be like Phineas of old who

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01:07:30,600 --> 01:07:34,600
is willing to stand up. 
Against the corruption around 

1135
01:07:34,600 --> 01:07:36,700
him. 
And Lord though, we are not 

1136
01:07:36,700 --> 01:07:39,600
called to take Spears in our 
hands at the slaughter people. 

1137
01:07:40,100 --> 01:07:42,900
We are called to kill sin in our
own lives first. 

1138
01:07:43,500 --> 01:07:47,700
And with this gospel, preach 
truth that saves men from sin. 

1139
01:07:48,300 --> 01:07:50,800
And from corruption, Lord, make 
us of people. 

1140
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:55,800
Make us of people who have 
authority in our message because

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01:07:55,800 --> 01:08:00,600
we live it. 
Lord, we pray for those in this 

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01:08:00,600 --> 01:08:04,000
place who might not know you. 
They've heard of you. 

1143
01:08:04,200 --> 01:08:07,200
They might even be involved in 
spiritual religious activity, 

1144
01:08:07,600 --> 01:08:11,400
but they don't know the Lord, we
pray, God, that you would reveal

1145
01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:14,400
yourself to them and that you 
would show them the truth of who

1146
01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:17,200
you are. 
That you change us when you 

1147
01:08:17,200 --> 01:08:22,300
enter into our hearts Lord. 
We pray for those Who want a 

1148
01:08:22,300 --> 01:08:26,000
deeper relationship with you 
Lord, may we look to Hannah as 

1149
01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:29,200
your example in the word that 
she knew how to pray in need. 

1150
01:08:29,200 --> 01:08:32,800
And also when she received as 
she was in constant communion 

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01:08:32,800 --> 01:08:35,899
with her, God, lord, we want to 
be a people who know how to walk

1152
01:08:35,899 --> 01:08:38,800
with you and I'll seasons of 
Life who want to be a people who

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01:08:38,800 --> 01:08:41,300
know to come to you when we're 
broken but also come to you when

1154
01:08:41,300 --> 01:08:45,300
we're whole soul or we pray 
tonight, that you would Minister

1155
01:08:45,300 --> 01:08:47,600
unto us the way we need to be 
ministered to. 

1156
01:08:48,200 --> 01:08:50,600
We pray, Lord, that you would 
pull out the things that need to

1157
01:08:50,600 --> 01:08:53,200
go and That you would replace it
with the things that need to 

1158
01:08:53,200 --> 01:08:56,700
remain. 
And so God in this place 

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01:08:56,700 --> 01:09:00,100
tonight, we sit under your word 
and we hear what you said. 

1160
01:09:05,300 --> 01:09:07,399
And Lord, we trust that you will
change us. 

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01:09:08,899 --> 01:09:11,800
Lord protect us from being like 
the sons of Eli, who heard, even

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01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:15,100
a strong word, and it didn't 
move them an inch and then I 

1163
01:09:15,108 --> 01:09:18,399
move them a bit. 
Lord, keep us tender, keep a 

1164
01:09:18,399 --> 01:09:21,399
soft. 
Keep a sensitive to the holy 

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01:09:21,399 --> 01:09:24,200
spirit so that we can walk in 
the light. 

1166
01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:27,500
But we honor you tonight in 
Jesus name. 

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01:09:27,500 --> 01:09:29,800
Receive Lord our heart being 
poured out to you. 

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01:09:30,700 --> 01:09:32,399
Amen and amen. 
Amen.