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First Samuel chapter 3. 
Let's go there in our Bible 

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study. 
First Samuel chapter 3. 

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And as we arrived there, let's 
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Holy Spirit to help us with his 
word. 

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Father again, we come before 
you. 

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Because you call your house a 
house of prayer. 

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And so we pray again. 
And Lord, we ask that your son, 

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Jesus Christ would be mightily, 
exalted, Lord. 

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He is our King and we bow before
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with our lives. 
We surrender to him afresh. 

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Lord, we desire to know more of 
you in this house load. 

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It is our deep longing to 
discover the glories of who you 

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are. 
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Lord that you would Polish every
lofty thing that exalts itself 

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against the knowledge of God. 
We pray that you would replace 

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Lord, every single deceptive 
thing that has creeped into our 

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hearts, everything that would 
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name of God in our lives, Lord 
would be eradicated Lord. 

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Every false view of who he is, 
that would make us intimidated 

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or view, you wrongly Lord. 
We pray that you would come and 

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you would reign in our hearts 
instead. 

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We ask Lord that the anointed 
one according to Isaiah would 

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come and set the captive free 
Open the Eyes of the blind, open

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the doors of those who are in 
prison Lord. 

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We long to see Liberation, we 
long to see you breathe Lord 

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life into this house into your 
people. 

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Lord that we may be revived. 
Will you not revive us again 

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that we may rejoice in you? 
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evidences and symptoms of 
Revival is a rejoicing in God 

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and we pray that that would be 
the reality of tonight. 

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So Lord Icahn us God, quick and 
us that we made praise you and 

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adore. 
You and Obey. 

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You more importantly and we pray
again that Jesus Christ would be

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exalted whether people choose to
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We pray that he would be exalted
and Jesus name, we pray. 

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Amen. 
And amen. 

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We live in crazy times, guys. 
We live in crazy times and let 

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me make this charge to you. 
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Pay attention. 
You're going to hear a lot in 

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the next few weeks. 
Stick close to the word of God. 

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I'm telling you, I'm telling 
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I'm trying to refrain of going a
different direction in this 

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Bible study, but I'm going to 
stick close to this text as much

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as possible. 
But let me just say this Stick 

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close to the word of God. 
Stick close to God and these 

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times. 
First Samuel chapter 3. 

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In this short yet wonderful 
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Samuel's, call into the ministry
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And it's quite amazing because 
this little boy that we've been 

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reading about who was an answer 
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Will now be promoted to a 
prophet of God for the nation of

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Israel. 
And it's quite interesting to 

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see how much the word of God 
gives us concerning God's 

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commissioning or his invitation,
or is call of men and women 

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throughout history. 
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see different snapshots of how 
God calls a certain man or woman

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of God, and he Of let those 
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But no, he invites us to examine
those details and for many 

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reasons, There's no question 
that when you read a story like 

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this, when you read this, kind 
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Jeremiah, or Moses that it's 
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Unique to that individual 
nonetheless in every single call

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in the Bible. 
There are underlining, insights 

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and instructions and principles 
to how God calls all men. 

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Now, I'm going to tell you how 
you're going to be really bored 

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in this Bible. 
Study, you ready? 

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You want to know? 
You will be extremely bored if 

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you don't care if you serve 
God's purposes or not on your 

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life, extremely bored. 
But you will be excited to know 

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how God does call if you want to
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And what's amazing here is that 
his methods are different 

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throughout history. 
He uses a burning bush. 

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In one instance, he used the 
profits voices in another. 

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He speaks from heaven and in 
this case, he's going to speak 

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audibly to young men and though 
the methods vary, listen, the 

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measurements are still the same.
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The requirements, the 
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God's calling on a man or a 
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though. 
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different. 
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And so in this Bible study, the 
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different aspects to how God 
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for in a man. 
And it's a glorious Insight, 

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it's a glorious study. 
And so we read from verse 1 of 

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chapter 3, Now the boys, Samuel 
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the presence of Eli and the word
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In those days, there was no 
frequent vision. 

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You remember, what's happening 
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Eli's sons are deep in Mischief,
Eli himself was rebuked by a man

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of God and the whole nation of 
Israel is extremely frustrated 

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with what's happening in the 
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Despite all that is happening. 
We are told again that this 

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young boy, Samuel is doing what 
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The only time that this has been
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No, look at chapter 2 again and 
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And the boy was ministering to 
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the priest. 
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ministering before the Lord, a 
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Ephod coming into verse 21. 
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and at the end of the verse it 
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the presence of the Lord verse 
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Now, the boys Samuel continue to
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favor with the Lord and also 
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And then we come to chapter 3 
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Now, the boys, Samuel was 
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presence of Eli whenever the 
Holy Spirit, especially in a 

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close tight, context repeats, 
something it means he really 

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wants to convey a message. 
You really wants something to be

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drilled in our minds in our 
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And in this case, What's 
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us to see that again despite 
everything around Samuel that 

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could have discouraged them or 
cause them to not do what he was

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doing. 
His devotion was not deterred. 

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His service to the Lord was not 
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It was not shaken. 
Didn't matter what was happening

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around and whether it was good 
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serving God. 
And this is how Samuel was found

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when God called him. 
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serving the lord in whatever 
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whatever limitations he had, 
despite the failures of those 

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who would have caused anybody 
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Surely to go into a different 
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Samuel is like, I'm going to 
serve God. 

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I'm going to minister to the 
Lord and it's also encouraging 

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to see that God calls Samuel 
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Right now, the boy Samuel, that 
Hebrew word has a wide range for

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different ages. 
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old, 12 years old when God is 
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how significant that is because 
that is not foreign to the rest 

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of the Bible. 
It is not a crazy concept to God

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for him to recruit a young boy 
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and some of you in here. 
Can testify that even when you 

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were in pre-k, maybe, I don't 
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doing is five, six, seven, eight
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Can remember, sensing that God 
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particular way. 
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they grow up. 
Now, why is that important for 

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us to understand? 
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make his calling clear to 
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we, as the people of God should 
be encouraged to stir them up to

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love. 
God at that age, right? 

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If God sees that they are able 
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voice and his gifting even as 
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Why do we don't think that they 
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the things of God? 
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we should encourage them and 
stir them as young as possible 

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to see the beauties of serving 
the lord and to and to make 

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their antennas ready for God to 
speak to them if he wants to 

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speak to them. 
Because God is able to recruit 

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somebody even in the womb. 
Who's the person that received a

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call from God in the womb. 
Jeremiah, who else in the New 

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Testament? 
John, the Baptist knew how to 

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praise God in the womb. 
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and her belly, John the Baptist 
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with joy. 
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to look at a young child and 
their innocence and their purity

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and realized, this is a 
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They are now when they 
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No. 
Now in this moment, God can 

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speak and God can recruit and we
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Samuels mom by putting on them 
speaking over them blessing them

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training them to be used of God,
that might not mean much to you.

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Now, most people in here because
you don't have children or maybe

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you don't have young siblings, 
it will, when you Do so remember

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that. 
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And the word of the Lord was 
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no frequent vision. 
This is a description of the 

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spiritual darkness that plagued 
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What's being said here is that 
essentially there was no 

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prophetic word, it was rare, it 
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It would come once in a while 
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guidance, a voice of reason, a 
voice that heard from God and in

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spoke to the people of God to 
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correct them from a certain way 
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That was very, very rare. 
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We can also say that it was rare
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God's word and to teach 
Faithfully because that was the 

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job of the Levites. 
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Because it's not God's desire. 
Not to speak. 

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The reason why Israel has 
stooped down to this point, you 

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ready? 
It's because Israel wanted them 

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to be there. 
You realize that? 

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And what sense God's word was 
rare first because the spiritual

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leadership was incapable of 
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those because of their own 
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There was no leaders, there was 
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Masters, use to speak on behalf 
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hypocrisy. 
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secondary we see here that the 
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that follows the Book of Judges,
then we know full well that they

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don't want God's word for 
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And so, we see that the 
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and also the people's father, 
mainly that leadership and we 

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see it in verse 2, the converse 
to at that time, Eli. 

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Whose eyesight had begun to grow
dim so that he could not see was

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lying down in his own place. 
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He was an old man, he was 
partially blind but it also 

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speaks of his spiritual 
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He could not see as God saw and 
therefore, he could not direct 

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as God wanted his people to be 
directed. 

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So, what's happening here? 
God is giving them what they 

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want as he often does and this 
is one of the worst forms of 

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God's judgment. 
You probably haven't heard of it

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much, but it's described in the 
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This might shock you as it did 
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But listen to this words here, 
in 811 of Amos behold, the days 

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are coming, God says declares 
the Lord God, when I who will do

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it. 
When I got, when I will send a 

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famine on the land. 
Not a famine of bread, nor a 

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thirst for water, but of hearing
the words of the Lord, You know 

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what the prophet is saying. 
I want to tell you something 

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more catastrophic. 
More frightening than a drought,

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that would cause a shortage of 
food and water and it's the 

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hearing of God's word. 
Can I ask you a question 

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tonight? 
This Friday night, bible study. 

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Do you cherish God's word that 
much? 

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Is God's word. 
So valuable to you that you see 

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a greater like Joe said than 
your daily food In God's eyes, 

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as we know from Deuteronomy, 
that man shall not live on bread

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alone, but on every word that 
proceeds from the mouth of God. 

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And in this case, in Israel's 
history saying, I am going to 

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initiate a judgment where it's 
going to be so rare for you to 

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hear my voice. 
You think to yourself? 

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How is that an act of judgment 
will think about God's word? 

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What does it provide salvation 
life wisdom Comfort? 

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Peace, Joy, Purity power and for
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the general public, that is an 
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But it's not, his primary will. 
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the people who say we don't want
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word. 
Then here's chaos instead and 

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welcome to America in 2021. 
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the prophetic word. 
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Amos 8:11 was fulfilled during 
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after the Old Testament. 
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Where there is not one prophetic
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until John the Baptist appeared 
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And you wonder why there is such
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prophet arise and he calls 
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whole nation sweeps Into the 
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Why because for hundreds, for 
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that would speak on behalf of 
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Prophetically and your Bibles 
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intertestamental period where 
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happens with that, look at verse
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This is what you'll have. 
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does it says they being the 
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Sea and from North to East, they
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word of the Lord. 
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There will be such a 
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for some clarity for some 
instruction and people will 

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travel all across the world just
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And God would choose not to 
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Israel and their Covenant, the 
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still applicable. 
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in our day because I believe we 
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West. 
You're saying what prophetically

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know I'm speaking about the word
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I can't tell you the amount of 
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are desperate just to hear sound
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willing to move States. 
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different countries. 
Why to hear from God to hear 

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from God? 
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of hearing the word of the Lord,
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and restrict his word from being
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people don't want to hear from 
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But here's the thing with that, 
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terrifying, judgment but God is 
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never leave himself without 
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Look at verse 3, the lamp of God
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was lying down in the temple of 
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Where the Ark of God was look 
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the Lord was rare. 
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It was totally unavailable. 
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It was in frequent. 
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Like it could have been. 
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it's proven here even with the 
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the lamp of God was the only 
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that provided what light? 
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to come and maintain the light 
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So that it would continually 
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And what are we told you that 
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being extinguished but it 
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We out it wasn't totally out but
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The house of God would be in 
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in darkness, and the people of 
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And if the people of God are in 
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nation will be in darkness. 
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lap represented, it defined the,
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leadership. 
There was a little light left 

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but it was near to going out. 
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about to go out, God now is 
about to call another man to 

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reignite it. 
God is faithful to raise up a 

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voice even when things look grim
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And every generation. 
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there is little influence of 
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and maintained at the right 
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God will raise up somebody to 
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He will. 
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For us it means that you can 
look out into this world and you

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can see professing Christians 
passionate just about everything

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else except God you can see 
people that are more into 

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politics than they are in to 
Divine truth. 

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You can see little to no voice 
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Just call you here more than 
anything else that's compromised

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and people buying into Political
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than truth and you can think 
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And here's what I'm going to 
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mind. 
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mind. 
In fact, he will never leave 

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himself without witness in any 
generation and the darker things

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look. 
The more hopeful we should be as

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hopeless as it looks. 
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because God never leaves himself
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Let me prove it to you. 
The darkest period that this 

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world will ever know is in the 
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defined in the Book of 
Revelation. 7 years of living 

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hell. 
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a playground Compared to what 
the tribulation period will look

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like. 
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tribulation period. 
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evangelist to preach, the word 
of God and to see the greatest 

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Revival that this world has ever
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He will always leave himself 
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generation. 
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where Amos 11 811, was 
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And then offer a sudden, listen 
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Baptist, according to the words 
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burning and Shining lamp. 
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lamp and you were willing to 
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light. 
That's just like a lot of people

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today. 
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prophetic voice. 
God will raise up a voice that 

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preaches truth. 
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it and that excitement only last
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symptom of people that you can 
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Baptist thundering and preaching
everything that God wants to say

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and people get hyped and excited
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rejoicing dims down after a bit.
Be careful that doesn't happen 

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to you. 
Be careful that doesn't happen 

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to you. 
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about to raise up a man, even as
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And I'm sure had to do with 
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really see anyway. 
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the lamp of the Lord, but it was
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and his own relationship with 
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Call in that kind of a spiritual
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The moral chaos and Anarchy. 
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profit to arise. 
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study, I present to you seventh 
different aspects to God's 

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calling in our lives. 
For those who want to be used of

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God. 
Here are seven ingredients, not 

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exclusive but major ones to 
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So here's Point. 
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when God calls a man God's call 
Is inconvenient to the flesh 

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verse 4, then the Lord called 
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And he said, here I am, Samuel 
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said, here I am for you called 
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But he said, I did not call lie 
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down. 
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of verse 3, when God called 
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for bed, he was trying to sleep 
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God chose to speak to him to get
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discomfort of being awoken from 
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It's not pleasant. 
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I don't know anybody that enjoys
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Inconvenient time because when 
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not line up with the desires of 
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Sometimes the Lord calls 
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state of life, where everything 
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natural sense, you have 
everything going for you, you 

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have your plan for your life set
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You have your Investments laid 
out, you have your relationship 

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established you have your 
education, all sorted, 

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everything is set in place and 
offer some of the Lord will come

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and interrupt and say follow me.
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Maybe they're not as 
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But they have their future set 
and the call of God invokes this

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sense of uncertainty and nobody 
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And so there's an inconvenience 
to the invitation And if God 

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truly call somebody, oftentimes 
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I'm in a really good place right
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where you might take me if I say
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this, Samuel was interrupted in 
his sleep and your flesh will 

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find reasons why not, to 
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God also. 
But you have to remember in that

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moment, when God does call, if 
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direction, you have to hold on 
to the promises that come with 

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the purpose. 
And realize that he'll take care

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of you and that you're on the, 
you're on the path of a wild 

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Journey. 
If you say yes, it's 

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inconvenient. 
It's inconvenient. 

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There will be something that you
have to give up. 

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There will be something that you
have to reject. 

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There will be something that you
have to turn away from and if 

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you're not willing to do that, 
I'm sorry, like Jesus said, 

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you're not worthy to be his 
disciple. 

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Number one, God's call is 
inconvenient to the flesh. 

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Samuel was awoken Samuel was 
Disturbed while he was sleeping.

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But number two, God's call meets
a heart that is eager to serve. 

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God's called meets a heart that 
is eager to serve when God, 

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spoke Samuel immediately said, 
here I am. 

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And ran to Eli notice that he 
ran to Eli. 

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He said here, I am, so I want 
you to imagine this Eli's laying

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in his bed and he hears a voice 
Samuel. 

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And in his mind as a servant 
under Eli, who's partially blind

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that needs assistance. 
He ran in that moment as she ran

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out and he jumps out of his bed,
and he runs he doesn't walk. 

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He doesn't crawl. 
He runs to Eli to assist them 

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and then he says again, here I 
am. 

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You called me, right? 
Here's the thing, he was 

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misunderstood, he didn't have 
the perception to understand 

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that it was God who was calling 
him, but we can still see the 

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character of the man even in his
lack of understanding. 

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When he was told, and when he 
was called, you can sense, an 

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eagerness, you can sense an 
excitement, you can sense an 

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urgency to serve he was 
sacrificial. 

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He was prompt, he was 
respectful. 

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And the beauty about this is 
that he does it over and over 

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again. 
I mean he goes back to bed, he 

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hears his name again and he gets
up and he goes back to Eli again

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and again three times before he 
gets it, So this is speaking 

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about the man's attitude, the 
young boys attitude that even at

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this point with menial tasks 
such as assisting a blind man, a

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partially blind men life to make
it a little easier. 

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He was still willing And surely 
God found somebody who is 

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willing to help a weak 
individual, to be able to handle

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the power and authority to serve
a weak Nation. 

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Because God will look at where 
you're at right now and what 

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you're doing right now and we'll
consider the attitude. 

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And the eagerness and the sense 
of privilege before even 

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considering to promote you or 
me. 

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He saw something special in this
boy. 

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We just helped an old man when 
you would call in the middle of 

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the night, maybe for a glass of 
water or maybe to grab an extra 

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sheet to make them warmer. 
You have a lot of people that 

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don't want to serve God until 
God gives them exactly what they

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want from Ministry and that's 
not how it works. 

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It's not how it works. 
He finds Samuel if you wanted to

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make him a profit right away, he
would have made him a profit 

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right away. 
Like Jeremiah he could have made

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Samuel young Prophet at a young 
age but instead know, he lets 

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him go to Eli's house and God's 
house and to train him in 

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humility and train him in the 
sense of serving at this 

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capacity, before he promotes 
him. 

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So wherever you are today, God 
will look at you and say, how 

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much are you willing to serve me
as though? 

452
00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:14,600
This was the only thing I was 
going to give you anyway and 

453
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,400
based on that attitude, based on
that sense of honor and 

454
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:21,800
privilege and efficiency God 
will consider the next step. 

455
00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:28,500
God's call comes to a heart. 
That is eager to serve thirdly, 

456
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,500
God's call comes with merciful 
confirmation. 

457
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,500
Look here. 
Verse 5 again. 

458
00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:43,000
And ran to Eli and said, here I 
am for you called me. 

459
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,400
But he Eli said, I didn't call 
lie down again, so he went and 

460
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,700
laid down and the Lord called 
again Samuel. 

461
00:26:53,100 --> 00:26:56,600
And Samuel arose and went to Eli
and said, here, I am for you 

462
00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,600
called me. 
But he said, I did not call my 

463
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:06,300
son lie down again. 
Now, Samuel did not yet know the

464
00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:09,700
Lord and the word of the Lord 
had not yet been revealed to 

465
00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:12,500
him. 
And the Lord called Samuel. 

466
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:17,500
Again, the third time and he 
arose and went to Eli and said, 

467
00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:21,900
here, I am for you called me 
then, Eli perceived that the 

468
00:27:21,900 --> 00:27:27,500
Lord was calling the boy. 
Three times. 

469
00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:31,800
Three times the Lord calls 
Samuels name and the boy, misses

470
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,900
it every single time. 
He thinks it's his boss. 

471
00:27:35,900 --> 00:27:39,800
He thinks it's Eli and his 
unwillingness to respond to the 

472
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:44,500
Lord was not a reluctance or a 
desire to ignore God's call 

473
00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:47,300
knowing the cost. 
He just does not know God's 

474
00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:51,400
voice yet. 
And when God sees this boy who 

475
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:55,400
doesn't have the capacity yet to
understand that he is the one 

476
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:59,500
speaking to him. 
He attempts over and over and 

477
00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:03,200
over again, to get his attention
and was willing to do so until 

478
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,100
he understood it was God 
speaking to him. 

479
00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:09,500
God's Mercy is wonderful because
even when somebody knows, it's 

480
00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:11,700
God speaking them and they were 
willing to go the opposite 

481
00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:13,100
direction. 
He's still willing to give him a

482
00:28:13,108 --> 00:28:15,700
chance, give me a proof of that 
of an individual in the Old 

483
00:28:15,700 --> 00:28:18,800
Testament. 
Jonah, Jonah literally goes the 

484
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,000
opposite direction. 
Geographically says, you're 

485
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,600
telling me to go there and he 
GPS. 

486
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,700
Where is the exact opposite 
direction? 

487
00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:29,900
Because that's where I'm going. 
And God still gives the man a 

488
00:28:29,900 --> 00:28:32,100
second chance to perform his 
duty as a prophet. 

489
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:35,400
That's how merciful he is. 
How much more for somebody who 

490
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,100
doesn't understand that God is 
calling him and he wants to 

491
00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:39,700
serve God, but he doesn't know 
of God's. 

492
00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:41,200
The one directing him in this 
way. 

493
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,500
So God when he really listen, I 
want to tell you something. 

494
00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:49,300
God is more excited for you to 
fulfill his will for your life 

495
00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:54,500
then you are God Longs you to 
know the joys and the privilege 

496
00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:58,300
of glorifying him more than you 
might anticipate is. 

497
00:28:58,300 --> 00:29:01,300
So here's God, trying to get the
attention of this young boy. 

498
00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:03,300
He's not getting it. 
So what he's going to do he 

499
00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:08,000
doesn't give up on a so quickly.
He doesn't play this strange 

500
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,600
game where he's mysterious and 
if you can't crack the code then

501
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,100
you're not worthy to serve him 
know. 

502
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,300
He's very realistic. 
God is extremely realistic. 

503
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:22,400
And so there are people that are
terrified terrified if they're 

504
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,200
going to miss God's will for 
their lives. 

505
00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:28,100
A lot of people like that. 
And when people come up to me 

506
00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:31,100
with that concern, I applaud 
them and comfort them with the 

507
00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:34,400
fact that they have that 
concern. because when you 

508
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,800
understand the nature of God and
his desire for you to be used, 

509
00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:40,800
For his glory, you have no 
reason to fear. 

510
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,100
You have no reason to fear 
because he'll make it clear. 

511
00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:46,100
Why fear your future wife feel 
like you're going to miss the 

512
00:29:46,100 --> 00:29:48,600
door, why I feel like you're 
going to miss a moment of God's 

513
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:54,200
will for your life? 
Samuel, your could not perceive 

514
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,100
it yet. 
And I see another principal who 

515
00:29:57,100 --> 00:29:58,800
was the one that preceded it for
Samuel. 

516
00:30:00,500 --> 00:30:03,400
Eli. 
Eli was the one who had the 

517
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,600
maturity and the experience and 
the relationship with God to 

518
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,300
understand that after three 
times. 

519
00:30:09,500 --> 00:30:13,900
The boys hearing his name. 
The Lord is trying to call you 

520
00:30:13,900 --> 00:30:17,900
boy. 
Do you know how Eli received 

521
00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:21,400
confirmation or greater Clarity 
rather that God was speaking to 

522
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:27,400
him? 
Through community. there was a 

523
00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:32,600
there was somebody else in his 
life that had the Experience 

524
00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:36,200
that had the knowledge that had 
an understanding that he did not

525
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,900
have that helped them understand
that it was God speaking to him.

526
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:43,100
And as much as the Holy Spirit 
lives, in each of us the Holy 

527
00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:46,500
Spirit has also made it that you
would be dependent on somebody 

528
00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:48,900
else to perceive something that 
you cannot perceive on your own.

529
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,700
We don't like that. 
And this individualistic 

530
00:30:52,700 --> 00:30:56,600
Society, how dare you? 
I have all the holy spirit in 

531
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:57,900
me. 
I have the whole counsel of God.

532
00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:03,300
I'll be just fine or really You 
will be fine, but you'll be even

533
00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:05,600
better off, if you know how to 
be in partnership with other 

534
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:09,000
people. 
I love this. 

535
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:13,800
I love this Samuel, young boy, 
and God allows for Eli, another 

536
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:19,400
man to turn his eyes and to help
him realize this is God speaking

537
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,400
to you. 
And although we each need to 

538
00:31:22,408 --> 00:31:25,700
have our own personal walk with 
the Lord in that personal 

539
00:31:25,700 --> 00:31:29,800
Journey, God has ordained it for
you to be humbled by knowing 

540
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:37,700
you, you have blind spots. 
And so do I and it's a humbling 

541
00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:39,400
thing to ask somebody for 
prayer. 

542
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,900
It's a humbling thing to ask 
somebody else for Council but 

543
00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:46,600
God will see that humility and 
he will honor it by providing 

544
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,900
greater Clarity to whatever you 
need Clarity for. 

545
00:31:50,300 --> 00:31:54,800
And in this case he received 
guidance from another man and 

546
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,000
you and I can know this that 
when we walk with others, who 

547
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,600
are Spirit-filled, who actually 
love you, who care for you 

548
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,600
because this must have been very
humbling for Eli, you realize 

549
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:07,300
that right? 
Eli is the high priest and Eli 

550
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:11,000
realizes In This Moment, God is 
speaking to a kid and he's not 

551
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:16,200
speaking to me. 
God is speaking to a little boy 

552
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:19,900
and knowing what that man said 
to me in Chapter 2 about my 

553
00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:23,000
faith, I know I'm probably cut 
off with God, and he's not going

554
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,400
to speak to me, ever again, and 
he was what, Was he like Baba, 

555
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,800
you're just hearing things boy, 
go to bed, I can't believe God's

556
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:32,700
calling him. 
No, he encouraged. 

557
00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:37,200
The boy, he encouraged the boy, 
what an example of older Saints.

558
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,200
Not being intimidated by younger
men and women, but encouraging 

559
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,100
them to fulfill the will of God 
in their lives. 

560
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,600
Go. 
God is calling you and he gave 

561
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,500
him instructions of how to 
receive from the Lord further 

562
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:51,700
from that place, but look at 
your birth 7. 

563
00:32:51,700 --> 00:32:54,300
Now, Samuel did not yet know the
Lord and the word of the Lord 

564
00:32:54,300 --> 00:32:55,900
had not yet been revealed to 
him. 

565
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,400
I don't believe that this is 
saying that Samuel had no 

566
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,800
personal knowledge of God. 
Meaning, he didn't have a 

567
00:33:00,808 --> 00:33:03,800
relationship with God. 
I don't think that's what it was

568
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,000
trying to be said, here. 
I believe what's being said here

569
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,800
more specifically is that Samuel
was not in the place of maturity

570
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,900
to perceive the spoken word of 
God. 

571
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,900
The revelation of God as a 
prophet would understand in 

572
00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:17,700
here. 
God, Samuel had not arrived 

573
00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:20,300
there yet. 
And so that's the understanding 

574
00:33:20,300 --> 00:33:22,700
here is that he he didn't have 
the ears yet. 

575
00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:24,700
He didn't have the experience 
that to know. 

576
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,500
This is God speaking to me right
here. 

577
00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:31,800
And right now nonetheless the 
possibility of somebody like 

578
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,900
Samuel who all he knew was 
church, man. 

579
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:37,600
That's all he knew. 
Like some of you in this place 

580
00:33:37,900 --> 00:33:40,300
as young as he can. 
Remember every meeting that the 

581
00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:42,800
temple could offer. 
He was there Wednesday night, 

582
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,800
Friday night, Night, Sunday, 
morning, Sunday afternoon, till 

583
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,500
the evening. 
He was there, he was there and 

584
00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:52,100
he served at the youngest age 
possible. 

585
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,900
He was in the Sunday school. 
He became the youth leader. 

586
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,900
He probably became the young 
adults leader at that point. 

587
00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:00,900
What am I trying to say that? 
Although, this is a specific 

588
00:34:00,900 --> 00:34:02,400
type of knowing of the Lord that
he did? 

589
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,700
Not know. 
There are those like Samuel who 

590
00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:08,699
grew up in the ministry, who 
grew up in the church, and let 

591
00:34:08,707 --> 00:34:13,400
me say they don't know the Lord.
I'm just going to cut it 

592
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,100
straight tonight. 
They don't know the Lord. 

593
00:34:16,300 --> 00:34:19,300
And I've personally encountered 
this, you ask people certain 

594
00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:22,100
people especially people that 
grew up in the church and you 

595
00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:24,199
ask them. 
Tell me your testimony and they 

596
00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:25,699
begin to tell you what they did 
for the lord. 

597
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,500
Well, I went to Sunday school 
ever since I was a kid and I 

598
00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:34,300
served on the worship team and I
didn't wanna And I did a 

599
00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:39,600
missions trip in Florida. 
And it's like that's not the 

600
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:44,400
same as you knowing the Lord. 
You describing your activities 

601
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,500
for Christ. 
Does not equal how you entered 

602
00:34:47,500 --> 00:34:52,699
into a relationship with him. 
And sometimes we convince 

603
00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:54,900
ourselves because I've busied 
myself like Sammy. 

604
00:34:54,900 --> 00:34:56,300
I've ministered to the Lord I've
ministered. 

605
00:34:56,300 --> 00:35:00,200
Lord yeah. 
But do you know the Lord Do you 

606
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:04,800
know the Lord? 
And not the work for the Lord. 

607
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:09,200
Do you know him? 
And one way you'll know if you 

608
00:35:09,207 --> 00:35:15,400
know, the Lord is that you want 
to spend time with him, you 

609
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,500
actually want to spend time with
him, you actually want to get to

610
00:35:17,508 --> 00:35:19,600
know him. 
This might shatter your 

611
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,900
confidence, but I hope if it 
saves her soul tonight. 

612
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:23,800
You actually want to spend time 
with God. 

613
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,200
If you don't want to spend time 
with God, I question if you've 

614
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:31,000
ever met him You want to 
actually open his word and read 

615
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,100
it. 
You actually look at sin 

616
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:35,800
differently. 
And if you do fall in cynic, 

617
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,600
Grieves you in a way that you 
never known before you were 

618
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:43,600
saved, what's encouraging 
though? 

619
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,500
Is that Samuel was called while 
he was in the house of God, 

620
00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:49,000
because here's the opposite 
extreme. 

621
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,100
You have people that grow up in 
the church and they think that 

622
00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:54,400
God will not use them because 
they don't have as colorful as a

623
00:35:54,408 --> 00:35:58,400
past as others that grew up in a
much more broken background. 

624
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,100
But here's a beauty that Samuel 
was called in the house of God 

625
00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:07,000
for a mighty purpose and just 
because your background like 

626
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:11,400
Samuel is pristine and clean and
free from like Eli son's 

627
00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:15,500
description of life, God can 
still recruit you. 

628
00:36:16,900 --> 00:36:19,600
God has a vast array of 
recruiting different people with

629
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,300
different backgrounds for 
different purposes and 

630
00:36:22,300 --> 00:36:25,500
oftentimes God will find 
somebody who grew up in his word

631
00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:28,300
that grew up under his word that
grew up with the people of God, 

632
00:36:28,300 --> 00:36:31,200
to be a mighty voice for his 
glory. 

633
00:36:34,700 --> 00:36:39,300
I'll tell you this from personal
experience, some of the hardest 

634
00:36:39,300 --> 00:36:40,900
people to preach these church 
people. 

635
00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:49,700
Like the youth conferences. 
Like, can these Dry Bones live? 

636
00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:53,800
Lord, those kind of services. 
I'm like, am I living in Ezekiel

637
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,300
37? 
Right now, you want me to preach

638
00:36:56,300 --> 00:36:57,800
on this theme? 
I don't even know if these kids 

639
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:02,000
are saved. 
You know, you ask questions and 

640
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,200
Bible studying the one question 
that I often want to ask at 

641
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,100
those conferences. 
Are you guys even alive? 

642
00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:10,600
Anyways, I don't know. 
Sorry, something just came out 

643
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,400
of me there. 
Let's come back to the Bible 

644
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,200
study. 
God's call. 

645
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,100
Comes with merciful 
confirmation, merciful 

646
00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:22,800
confirmation. 
He will make himself known when 

647
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,700
you really desire to serve him, 
which comes to the fourth Point.

648
00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:28,700
God's call is known to a 
submissive spirit. 

649
00:37:29,900 --> 00:37:33,800
Look at verse 9. 
Therefore Eli said to Samuel go 

650
00:37:34,300 --> 00:37:38,300
lie down and if he calls you you
shall say Speak Lord for your 

651
00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:41,700
servant. 
Here's so Samuel went and laid 

652
00:37:41,700 --> 00:37:46,500
down in his place. 
Now, Eli perhaps had this 

653
00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:49,300
experience where he heard from 
God as a high priest. 

654
00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:53,100
So he knew what to give Samuel 
has instruction and he said 

655
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:55,000
Samuel. 
Listen, this is important. 

656
00:37:55,700 --> 00:37:58,200
And he picks himself up from his
bed and he tries to wipe his 

657
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,900
eyes because listen boy, is we 
need to understand if he calls 

658
00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:05,300
you again, if you hear his name 
again, make sure that this is 

659
00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:07,600
how you respond. 
Now, why would he say that 

660
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,200
unless he knew something about 
it? 

661
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:15,200
I want you to say Speak Lord, 
for your servant hears. 

662
00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:21,500
And Samuel says, in verse 10, 
and the Lord came and stood, 

663
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:24,100
this is a physical manifestation
of the Lord, that's not just 

664
00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:25,200
speaking audibly. 
The Lord. 

665
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,200
Now appears in the room, you 
want to talk about making 

666
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:32,400
yourself known He appears in the
room calling his other times, 

667
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,000
Samuel Samuel, you see, he's 
amplifying. 

668
00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:37,500
He's repeating. 
He's really wanting to get this 

669
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:42,000
boy's attention and Samuel said 
speak for your servant. 

670
00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:45,300
Here's now this is this is 
really encouraging. 

671
00:38:45,300 --> 00:38:49,200
Remember God's call God's voice 
for your life. 

672
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:54,300
Meets a person who has a 
submissive spirit and this is 

673
00:38:54,300 --> 00:38:56,700
the instruction. 
He didn't just say go and say 

674
00:38:56,700 --> 00:38:57,600
Speak. 
Lord. 

675
00:38:58,900 --> 00:39:02,100
It is a just just say Speak Lord
because that's that's what you 

676
00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:03,800
have. 
A lot of people often wanting. 

677
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,300
They want to know something of 
God's voice of an experience 

678
00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:10,200
with God of opening, the Bible 
and something to shooting right 

679
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,900
into your life. 
That speaks to the moment that 

680
00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:14,700
you're in right now. 
People long for that and you 

681
00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:17,000
should long for that, because 
I'll tell you this, if you have 

682
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:21,400
no desire for God to speak, like
God Only Knows, God Only Knows 

683
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,900
our hearts and we pull up into 
this place when we open our 

684
00:39:23,900 --> 00:39:27,400
Bibles, every single morning. 
If we even do that, God knows 

685
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,000
our heart posture. 
Day. 

686
00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:31,900
And if we have no desire for God
to speak, guess what? 

687
00:39:31,900 --> 00:39:35,300
He'll honor that desire. 
See, this is why you cannot 

688
00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:37,300
succumb. 
Make sure you check yourself 

689
00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:39,900
brother sister. 
Make sure you don't slip into 

690
00:39:39,900 --> 00:39:43,500
this trap where your 
satisfaction is you satisfying 

691
00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:45,500
what you're supposed to do as a 
Christian in your devotional 

692
00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:49,900
life, go deeper than that go 
deeper and saying Lord. 

693
00:39:49,900 --> 00:39:53,400
I long for you to speak when I 
come to your words speak to me, 

694
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,000
don't let my joy be found in the
fact that I just read I want to 

695
00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:01,500
know your voice and God will see
that, but it goes beyond that 

696
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:04,700
because you have people that are
just crazy for Periences and 

697
00:40:04,700 --> 00:40:08,200
sensationalism and some thrill 
and some story they can share 

698
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,300
with others. 
Listen, he could have said, when

699
00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:13,600
you hear your name, say Speak, 
Lord, and I would have been 

700
00:40:13,607 --> 00:40:14,900
enough, but that's not what he 
said. 

701
00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:17,900
He said Speak Lord for what your
servant. 

702
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:24,600
Here's so the equation is this 
that if you want God to speak, 

703
00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:27,500
It's because you're ready to 
obey what he has to say. 

704
00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:32,300
You're ready to obey, whatever 
he reveals to you. 

705
00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:37,100
And oftentimes people want God 
to speak for much more different

706
00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:39,800
reasons than for you to submit 
to his will for your life. 

707
00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:45,100
But this is what's necessary. 
I'm willing to do whatever you 

708
00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:49,000
tell me to do. 
I'm willing to go wherever you 

709
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,400
tell me to go, I'm willing to 
give up whatever you want me to 

710
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,100
give up. 
I'm willing to say whatever you 

711
00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:57,300
want me to say. 
And when that is the heart 

712
00:40:57,300 --> 00:41:01,900
posture, Of God's child. 
He readies himself to hear from 

713
00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:12,000
the Lord. they forget the second
part she, when I come to hear a 

714
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:17,800
sermon, What am I looking for? 
What am I looking for? 

715
00:41:17,900 --> 00:41:21,400
I can tell you this. 
You'd be Mason on how God will 

716
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:25,200
speak when you're ready to hear 
from and you ask him to speak to

717
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,000
you from wherever it's being 
preached from. 

718
00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:31,200
You'll be amazed to know and 
sometimes it's for yourself. 

719
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,400
It's sometimes it's for you to 
know for somebody else. 

720
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,700
It's incredible. 
And I never want to be a person 

721
00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:38,900
that Waltz into the house of 
God. 

722
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:43,200
And I don't even say Speak Lord.
I'm just like, I hope this isn't

723
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,200
a long sermon so I can eat 
because I skipped breakfast 

724
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:47,100
today. 
What is sad way of going to the 

725
00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:50,700
house of God. 
What a sad way of going to the 

726
00:41:50,707 --> 00:41:53,700
house of God. 
So, God won't speak. 

727
00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:55,900
If you don't want it to speak, 
you'll hear words, you'll hear a

728
00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:57,400
sermon. 
You see somebody passion and get

729
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,300
veins in their neck but you 
won't hear God speak. 

730
00:41:59,300 --> 00:42:01,100
And God is specially won't 
speak. 

731
00:42:01,100 --> 00:42:02,900
If you're not ready to obey. 
Whatever is being revealed. 

732
00:42:02,900 --> 00:42:06,200
You have a lot of people that 
are hungry for knowledge but not

733
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,500
for the sake of 0 being obeying 
God in Greater ways in 

734
00:42:09,500 --> 00:42:11,700
Deuteronomy. 29:29 Look What the
Lord says. 

735
00:42:11,700 --> 00:42:14,400
We're having this conversation 
with a few Brothers, on 

736
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,000
Wednesday night, the secret 
things belong to the Lord, Our 

737
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:20,200
God, but the things that are 
revealed belong to us and to our

738
00:42:20,207 --> 00:42:22,400
children forever, but it doesn't
stop there. 

739
00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:25,500
That we may do all the words of 
this law. 

740
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,900
You have many people that spend 
their entire Christian 

741
00:42:31,900 --> 00:42:35,400
existence, trying to find out 
things that only God knows so 

742
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:37,600
that they can when they feel 
like they have an answer debated

743
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,000
with other Christians, that's 
all there. 

744
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,000
That's the thrill of their 
Christian Life. 

745
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,100
Debating, the secret things of 
God. 

746
00:42:45,900 --> 00:42:49,000
And here's what the Bible says, 
whatever God has made known to 

747
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,700
you. 
Whatever God has revealed to 

748
00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:53,200
you. 
Here's the purpose, it's been 

749
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:54,600
revealed to you so that you can 
do. 

750
00:42:54,600 --> 00:43:00,400
What, what is this a obey? 
It obey it, the Revelation, no 

751
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,800
matter how great the inside, no 
matter how I've never seen that 

752
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,100
before. 
All of those things is for one 

753
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:07,700
main purpose, that from it, you 
would draw something where you 

754
00:43:07,700 --> 00:43:14,500
can be more Sanctified in 
Christ, Or else we become? 

755
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,800
Dangerous to our own Souls when 
we want to gather and we become 

756
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,300
like the Dead Sea, all we do is 
get things in, but we have no 

757
00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:25,700
outlet and we become swampy and 
poisonous and our spiritual 

758
00:43:25,700 --> 00:43:29,800
life. 
So, even whatever God Reveals 

759
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,400
His for the sake of me, walking 
and close to relationship with 

760
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:34,600
him and representing him more 
well than I did before, when it 

761
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:37,700
was revealed. 
But no, people want the secret 

762
00:43:37,700 --> 00:43:38,500
things. 
God, I want to know the 

763
00:43:38,500 --> 00:43:41,400
mysterious things for what to 
be, puffed up. 

764
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,000
Let's just be honest to be 
puffed up. 

765
00:43:44,100 --> 00:43:46,100
But he says no I'm going to 
reveal whatever I reveal 

766
00:43:46,100 --> 00:43:48,700
whatever exposed to you is for 
one main purpose. 

767
00:43:48,700 --> 00:43:50,100
So that you would be more like 
my son. 

768
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:56,200
And so God speaks here but only 
two per person who's ready to 

769
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:59,400
obey. 
And here's the thing, out of all

770
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,800
the things that God could have 
said, this is point number five 

771
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:06,100
of God's call, God's call will 
always come with a cost. 

772
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,800
Always always always. 
It will always come with a cost,

773
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:13,900
the Lord manifest himself, and 
he tells Sam, you have something

774
00:44:13,900 --> 00:44:17,200
that is going to come to pass in
the land of Israel. 

775
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:21,100
Verse 11, then the Lord said to 
Samuel behold, I'm about to do a

776
00:44:21,100 --> 00:44:24,600
thing in Israel. at which the 
two ears of everyone who hears 

777
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:28,600
it will tingle He goes, I'm 
about to say something to you. 

778
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:32,000
Now, that when the rest of the 
people hear it, their ears are 

779
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:35,500
actually going to vibrate. 
And that's, that's an important 

780
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:37,600
phrase because you see it into 
other times in the Old 

781
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:41,800
Testament, Second Kings, 
Jeremiah 19, and both times, God

782
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:45,000
says you're about to hear and 
you're about to say something 

783
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,600
that will make the ears of the 
people tingle, and it always has

784
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,100
to do with severe judgment that 
he's going to rain down from 

785
00:44:51,100 --> 00:44:55,200
heaven. 
So what's about to be told here 

786
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,000
is something that's going to 
shake the hearts of men when 

787
00:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,900
they realize what God is about 
to do. 

788
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:04,800
And why is he telling this? 
Why is he saying? 

789
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,200
This is Samuel because Samuel 
supposed to Proclaim it. 

790
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:12,600
And he goes on to say, on that 
day, I will fulfill against Eli 

791
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:15,400
all that I have spoken 
concerning his house from 

792
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:18,800
beginning to end and I declared 
to him that I'm about to punish 

793
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:21,500
his house forever for the 
iniquity that he knew because 

794
00:45:21,500 --> 00:45:25,000
his sons were blaspheming God 
and he did not restrain them. 

795
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,500
I mean I want you to realize 
here's a 12 year old boy. 

796
00:45:28,700 --> 00:45:33,100
And the first thing that God 
reveals to this boy, the very 

797
00:45:33,300 --> 00:45:36,400
core of this message is the 
Holiness of God. 

798
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:41,000
The Holiness of God, Samuel I 
want you to realize right off 

799
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,700
the bat who I am and my hatred 
for sin. 

800
00:45:44,300 --> 00:45:46,700
And I'm going to tell you this 
message because you're going to 

801
00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:51,200
Proclaim it to Eli. 
And I want you to realize of 

802
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:54,100
what I am capable of doing, and 
here's what we all have to 

803
00:45:54,100 --> 00:45:55,600
choose in our own Hearts. 
You ready? 

804
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,700
In second, Timothy 4, what is it
say about those? 

805
00:45:59,700 --> 00:46:02,700
Who would want teachers that 
stray away from the word of God?

806
00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:10,200
So that they would do what? 
Tickle their itching ears, 

807
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:14,400
right? 
You and I have to make a 

808
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,800
decision that we are willing to 
declare. 

809
00:46:16,900 --> 00:46:23,200
What will make not ears. 
Tickle but tingle Let me say 

810
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:26,000
that one more time you and I 
have to determine in our hearts 

811
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:28,500
that we are willing to relay the
message that would make people's

812
00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:32,600
ears. 
Tingle and not take Cole. 

813
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:40,100
Because many people don't want 
people's ears to tingle because 

814
00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:44,300
tingle has to do with God's 
holiness, and his Justice, and 

815
00:46:44,300 --> 00:46:49,900
his wrath and his righteousness.
But if you're going to serve 

816
00:46:49,900 --> 00:46:52,900
God, whether you're a preacher 
or not, you're going to be a 

817
00:46:52,900 --> 00:46:56,100
faithful servant, you have to be
determined within yourself Lord.

818
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:58,100
If you're telling me to say 
something or live in a way that 

819
00:46:58,100 --> 00:47:00,000
would cause people to tingle, 
I'll do it. 

820
00:47:02,100 --> 00:47:03,800
And that's why many people can't
serve God. 

821
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,400
And this is a difficult thing 
that many people are not willing

822
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:12,100
to do, but it's a necessary 
price of being used by the Lord.

823
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:14,800
And here's what makes it so much
more difficult for Eli or rather

824
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:16,800
for Samuel. 
He has to say to somebody that 

825
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:21,100
he grew up with his whole life. 
I have to say it to Eli, who was

826
00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:24,300
like a father figure. 
To me, this man took me under 

827
00:47:24,300 --> 00:47:27,200
his wing. 
We ate together, we played 

828
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:33,900
together, he put me to bed. 
We had conversations, I served 

829
00:47:33,900 --> 00:47:38,700
him my whole life and now you're
telling me that I have to speak 

830
00:47:38,700 --> 00:47:42,600
this word over him. 
And the answer is yes, because 

831
00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:46,100
Samuel is going to do what Eli 
refused to do with his own kids 

832
00:47:46,100 --> 00:47:47,900
and that's honor. 
God's holiness above the 

833
00:47:47,900 --> 00:47:53,500
feelings of other people. 
Samuel. 

834
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:55,500
Here's the message that I'm 
giving to you. 

835
00:47:55,500 --> 00:47:56,700
I mean this is a 12 year old 
kid. 

836
00:47:56,700 --> 00:47:58,800
You have 40 year old men that 
won't even preach this. 

837
00:48:01,300 --> 00:48:03,500
You have a twelve-year-old by 
the God is entrusting to this 

838
00:48:03,500 --> 00:48:04,000
message. 
Why? 

839
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:05,900
Because, you have grown men that
are not willing to do. 

840
00:48:05,900 --> 00:48:09,400
So, and is day. 
So he's going to let a kid 

841
00:48:09,700 --> 00:48:13,900
prophesied judgment because men 
can't even judge themselves. 

842
00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:18,800
And what do we told? 
Look at Verse 18. 

843
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:25,900
So Samuel told him being Eli 
everything and hid, nothing from

844
00:48:25,900 --> 00:48:31,700
him. 12 years old. 
Yeah, guess what? 

845
00:48:31,700 --> 00:48:34,600
A 12 year old can understand the
concept of God's holiness. 

846
00:48:36,100 --> 00:48:41,200
They can. 
But we again just like we'll be 

847
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:43,800
doing many things underestimate,
their capacity of understanding 

848
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,700
certain things and we try to 
hide God's holiness from them. 

849
00:48:46,700 --> 00:48:48,400
Lest they be? 
Who knows what? 

850
00:48:48,500 --> 00:48:51,400
And so you want proof of that. 
Look at the common child's book 

851
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:53,400
of Noah's Ark. 
It's like the happiest thing in 

852
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:55,500
the world. 
Ask not what I read. 

853
00:48:55,500 --> 00:48:58,300
When I read Genesis, I don't 
read rainbow over the arc and 

854
00:48:58,300 --> 00:49:00,700
giraffes and elephants sticking 
their head of the windows. 

855
00:49:01,500 --> 00:49:07,000
There's Terror in that book. 
It's a picture of God's holiness

856
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:11,300
and his thundering righteousness
and great Wrath. 

857
00:49:14,700 --> 00:49:19,200
So Samuel had nothing from Eli, 
but look how honest the Bible 

858
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:20,900
is. 
Look at verse 15 Samuel lay 

859
00:49:20,900 --> 00:49:25,700
until morning. 
You know, he didn't sleep that 

860
00:49:25,700 --> 00:49:28,500
night. 
I got told him what he was 

861
00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:31,100
supposed to say, what was going 
to happen and the boy just laid 

862
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:35,700
there all night. 
Because what when you want to be

863
00:49:35,700 --> 00:49:38,600
used by God, don't be surprised 
if he puts his burden on you. 

864
00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:42,500
I'm not talking about the burden
of legalistic limitation about 

865
00:49:42,500 --> 00:49:45,000
talking about the burden of 
unrealistic way of life. 

866
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:47,000
I'm talking about the burden of 
his heart. 

867
00:49:48,500 --> 00:49:53,300
For sinners. 
And for his people, this young 

868
00:49:53,300 --> 00:49:57,400
boy could not even sleep, a wink
that night and I don't blame him

869
00:49:57,400 --> 00:49:59,500
because he knew what was going 
to happen to one of the closest 

870
00:49:59,500 --> 00:50:05,200
people in his life. 
But look, then he opened the 

871
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:07,900
doors of the house of the Lord 
and Samuel was afraid to tell 

872
00:50:07,900 --> 00:50:09,900
the vision to Eli. 
Look how honest, the Bible is, 

873
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,500
this boy was afraid, he goes to 
the house and who knows? 

874
00:50:13,500 --> 00:50:15,500
He was sweeping the floor knees.
Like, I hope I don't bump into 

875
00:50:15,500 --> 00:50:16,800
Eli. 
I hope he doesn't ask me about 

876
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:18,100
last night. 
I hope he doesn't tell me and 

877
00:50:18,100 --> 00:50:20,800
ask me that I don't want to have
this kind of conversation with 

878
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:21,500
Eli. 
Who knows? 

879
00:50:21,500 --> 00:50:23,200
What was running through the 
boys mind. 

880
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:26,000
But here's what we learn in 
verse 18, despite his feelings. 

881
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:30,900
He honored God, he crucified his
emotions for the sake of obeying

882
00:50:30,900 --> 00:50:33,600
God, and at times when, Serve 
God. 

883
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,500
Guess what? 
You're not going to feel like it

884
00:50:35,500 --> 00:50:39,800
sometimes. 
If you ask some preachers, 

885
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:41,300
they'll be honest, sometimes 
they don't want to go up and 

886
00:50:41,308 --> 00:50:46,800
preach for different reasons. 
You have some people that serve 

887
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:48,500
God in different ways they'll be
honest and say there are some 

888
00:50:48,500 --> 00:50:50,600
days where I feel lazy, there 
are some days where I feel 

889
00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:52,100
afraid. 
There are some days where I feel

890
00:50:52,100 --> 00:50:54,200
depressed, but guess what they 
do? 

891
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:58,500
They crucify how they feel for 
the sake of serving and 

892
00:50:58,500 --> 00:51:02,700
glorifying God. 
And you and I have to learn how 

893
00:51:02,700 --> 00:51:05,400
to manage how we feel because 
you have a lot of Christians 

894
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:08,300
that allow their emotions to 
determine their devotion. 

895
00:51:09,300 --> 00:51:12,000
You cannot go far. 
You cannot go far and God is 

896
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:14,600
merciful. 
He is extremely patient with us.

897
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,500
I mean, you have the boy afraid 
here after the Lord. 

898
00:51:17,500 --> 00:51:20,000
I mean, how can you be afraid 
when the Lord stands in your 

899
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:21,800
room and says, can you here's 
the message? 

900
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:23,700
I mean I would feel like 
Superman. 

901
00:51:23,700 --> 00:51:25,800
I would feel invincible and like
bring it on. 

902
00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:28,800
Bring on Baal and ashtaroth. 
I don't care. 

903
00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:32,100
I know he was still sincerely. 
and after wonderful, 

904
00:51:32,100 --> 00:51:37,100
manifestation of the revelation 
of Christ, And he goes, I don't 

905
00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:39,000
want to say it. 
And then he ends up saying it 

906
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,500
anyway, because that's what it 
means. 

907
00:51:41,500 --> 00:51:46,100
To serve the Lord, you die to 
yourself, you die to yourself. 

908
00:51:47,700 --> 00:51:51,000
And he does. 
Now here's a great question for 

909
00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:53,800
discussion. 
So Samuel Verse, 18 told them 

910
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:58,600
everything in hid, nothing from 
him and he being Eli said it is 

911
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:00,900
the Lord. 
Let him do. 

912
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:04,100
Let him do, what seems good to 
him. 

913
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:06,100
Here's my question. 
What do you guys think about 

914
00:52:06,100 --> 00:52:09,700
that reaction? 
I actually want to hear from 

915
00:52:09,700 --> 00:52:11,400
you. 
If you're willing to answer, is 

916
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:15,800
this a noble response? 
Is this a bad example as a 

917
00:52:15,808 --> 00:52:17,900
response? 
What do you think? 

918
00:52:18,300 --> 00:52:24,900
He says you're done. 
Okay, it seems a pathetic like 

919
00:52:24,900 --> 00:52:26,400
he's ignoring if that's the case
and let it be. 

920
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,700
That's his only response. 
That's the other answer that he 

921
00:52:30,700 --> 00:52:32,800
pretty much says it's done. 
There's no chance that because 

922
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:36,600
he says here it's over, this 
judgment is sealed, there's no 

923
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:39,600
chance of repentance. 
So what we're hearing here is 

924
00:52:39,600 --> 00:52:41,000
well. 
Okay, that's it, that's it. 

925
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:45,700
Okay. 
So there's an element of 

926
00:52:45,707 --> 00:52:48,400
repentance there where he's not 
saying, well, no, how can this 

927
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:49,700
be? 
This isn't fair and he just 

928
00:52:49,700 --> 00:53:03,600
accepts his fate. 
Yeah. 

929
00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:06,700
So he's saying whatever God 
would do, whatever is good to 

930
00:53:06,700 --> 00:53:07,700
him. 
I'll accept it. 

931
00:53:07,700 --> 00:53:09,900
So he's leaving it at the mercy 
of God. 

932
00:53:09,900 --> 00:53:11,600
These are great. 
Great answers. 

933
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:21,400
Okay, you're on to something. 
Now, you're on to something 

934
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:24,100
where you see different 
responses, from Men in different

935
00:53:24,100 --> 00:53:26,600
places and God, responds 
differently. 

936
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:30,900
Yeah. 
Mmm. 

937
00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:41,700
Right? 
So he's saying, if this is what 

938
00:53:41,700 --> 00:53:45,800
God wants, I have a different 
opinion, so let just let it be 

939
00:53:45,900 --> 00:54:01,600
okay. 
You guys are onto something. 

940
00:54:01,900 --> 00:54:04,600
So again, we're seeing another 
example of how God has declared 

941
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:07,500
something that seems to be a 
sealed fate for people and he 

942
00:54:07,500 --> 00:54:09,500
was willing to reverse that 
based on the response of the 

943
00:54:09,508 --> 00:54:12,400
people. 
Go to 1st Kings. 

944
00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:16,300
I want you to see something. 
In chapter 21. 

945
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:20,000
And let me say this is not a 
dogmatic thing. 

946
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:23,400
Every answer that was given is 
where people stand on this 

947
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:26,300
issue. 
Concerning Eli's response but I 

948
00:54:26,308 --> 00:54:28,600
want you to see something quite 
interesting. 

949
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:34,100
In First Kings 21. 
What happens here? 

950
00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:39,700
Is that a Hab killed? 
A man for his Vineyard. 

951
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:45,000
I mean, he was so Covetous, so 
ugly that he robbed the man of 

952
00:54:45,008 --> 00:54:48,700
his father's inheritance so that
he can enjoy gardening. 

953
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,900
And and to God, in God's eyes, 
this was the last straw. 

954
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,800
This is like, you're done after 
all that you've done, I'm 

955
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:58,700
sending my prophet and he's 
going to declare your faith and 

956
00:54:58,700 --> 00:55:02,000
he does and we see it here in 
verse 19. 

957
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:05,400
So he tells Elijah to go to a Ab
and this is what the instruction

958
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:09,400
is, and you shall say to him. 
Thus says, the Lord have you 

959
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:12,800
killed and also taken 
possession, and you shall say to

960
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,500
him. 
Thus says the Lord and the place

961
00:55:15,500 --> 00:55:18,600
where dogs licked up the blood 
of naboth shall dogs. 

962
00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:21,700
Lick your Her own blood talk 
about a sermon. 

963
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:24,900
Talk about a sermon. 
You know how you're going to 

964
00:55:24,908 --> 00:55:26,900
die. 
Wild, dogs are going to lick up 

965
00:55:26,900 --> 00:55:30,200
the blood from the floor. 
After you are slaughtered, in a 

966
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:31,400
way that you're not going to 
know. 

967
00:55:33,500 --> 00:55:35,100
Does that sound like a final 
fate? 

968
00:55:36,100 --> 00:55:37,700
Does that sound like it's a done
deal? 

969
00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:42,700
Yes. 
There's no or or if he says, 

970
00:55:42,700 --> 00:55:46,500
that's it, you're going to be 
dog's food because of what 

971
00:55:46,500 --> 00:55:49,300
you've done. 
This is what's amazing. 

972
00:55:50,500 --> 00:55:53,800
I want you to see the response 
here, as you scroll down and 

973
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:57,100
verse 25. 
They go back and forth and then 

974
00:55:57,100 --> 00:56:00,600
Elijah walks away and look how 
the Holy Spirit goes beyond to 

975
00:56:00,607 --> 00:56:03,700
describe. 
What kind of man Ahab was there 

976
00:56:03,700 --> 00:56:06,800
was none Who Sold himself to do,
what was evil in the sight of 

977
00:56:06,808 --> 00:56:09,900
the Lord, like Ahab who Jezebel 
his wife incited. 

978
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:13,700
He acted very abominably in 
going After idols as the 

979
00:56:13,700 --> 00:56:16,600
amorites had done, whom the 
Lord, cast out before the people

980
00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:18,800
of Israel. 
It's like the Bible wants to say

981
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:23,400
this man is a Among the top 
Wicked people that Israel has 

982
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,500
ever known before we read on. 
He wants to make sure that we 

983
00:56:26,500 --> 00:56:31,300
understand this person is vile 
despicable unspeakable. 

984
00:56:31,300 --> 00:56:34,400
Filth has come from his life as 
a king and as a leader for the 

985
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:38,500
nation of Israel. 
And then what happens, verse 27 

986
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:43,200
and when Ahab heard those words,
he tore his clothes and put 

987
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:46,600
sackcloth on his flesh and 
fasted and Lane sackcloth and 

988
00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:49,800
went about dejectedly and the 
word of the Lord came to Elijah 

989
00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:52,400
the tishbite. 
It's saying now before after it 

990
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:55,400
said your dog food, you're done 
your blood, your blood is going 

991
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:58,200
to be spilled on the floor, and 
they're going to drink it. 

992
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:01,700
After saying that and walking 
away done deal, my hands are 

993
00:57:01,700 --> 00:57:02,800
clean. 
I've declared the word of the 

994
00:57:02,808 --> 00:57:04,300
Lord. 
Look, what happens. 

995
00:57:04,300 --> 00:57:07,700
In verse 29 or verse 28 and the 
word of the Lord came to Elijah.

996
00:57:07,700 --> 00:57:11,100
The tishbite saying, have you 
seen how a Hab has humbled 

997
00:57:11,100 --> 00:57:15,500
himself before me? 
Because he has humbled himself 

998
00:57:15,500 --> 00:57:18,400
before me. 
I will not bring the disaster in

999
00:57:18,408 --> 00:57:22,100
his days, but in his sons days, 
I will bring the disaster upon 

1000
00:57:22,100 --> 00:57:23,800
his house. 
Wow. 

1001
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:30,300
The mercy of God. 
The grace of God. 

1002
00:57:31,500 --> 00:57:34,200
You know, it's important to 
realize that Samuel speaking 

1003
00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:37,200
this war to Eli was the second 
time, there was a man before 

1004
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:40,400
that in Chapter 2 that declared 
the same word of judgment. 

1005
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:42,000
But we don't see a response from
Eli. 

1006
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:46,100
And then now God speaks to 
Samuel to speak to the man so 

1007
00:57:46,100 --> 00:57:50,300
that it would really, really be 
driven into his skull and still 

1008
00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:52,000
the responses. 
Well, if this is what he wants 

1009
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:54,100
and let it be, there was no 
sense of Brokenness. 

1010
00:57:54,300 --> 00:57:58,400
No sense of fear, no sense of 
trembling just the reception of 

1011
00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:02,000
what seemed to be a final fate. 
But then, I look at a man like 

1012
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:05,600
Ahab who the Bible goes beyond 
to say this man, is there are no

1013
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:08,900
words to describe how evil he 
was, and because he tore his 

1014
00:58:08,900 --> 00:58:10,000
robe. 
Humble himself. 

1015
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:14,800
God says, do you see this man? 
Elijah change the word that I've

1016
00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:17,100
declared over and let the 
Judgment come upon his sons. 

1017
00:58:17,300 --> 00:58:19,500
I wonder if he'll I could have 
escaped judgment. 

1018
00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:22,500
And it would have went on his 
sons instead of him as well. 

1019
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:26,100
Don't underestimate the mercy of
God. 

1020
00:58:27,100 --> 00:58:29,000
It's much deeper and greater 
than you can imagine. 

1021
00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:35,300
So, The man receives it. 
And we come to the last two 

1022
00:58:35,300 --> 00:58:37,900
points of God's call aspects of 
God's calls on a life. 

1023
00:58:37,900 --> 00:58:42,500
Number 6, God's call. 
Should always keep us humble. 

1024
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:45,000
God's call should always keep 
us. 

1025
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:47,200
Humble. 
Look at verse 15 against Samuel 

1026
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:49,900
land till morning. 
Then he opened the doors of the 

1027
00:58:49,908 --> 00:58:52,300
house of the Lord. 
Don't you love that? 

1028
00:58:54,200 --> 00:58:58,500
I mean you just had God himself 
manifest in your room. 

1029
00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:02,600
He stands there and he's about 
to call you to be a prophet and 

1030
00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:05,000
you get up. 
Once you realize the Sun comes, 

1031
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:07,600
and you've reached the morning, 
you get up and what do you do, 

1032
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:09,900
you return to the task that you 
were given before you were 

1033
00:59:09,900 --> 00:59:13,400
called as a prophet? 
And he opens the door for the 

1034
00:59:13,400 --> 00:59:17,300
house of God, just like he did 
before and he was willing to 

1035
00:59:17,300 --> 00:59:19,500
what not allow himself to be 
puffed up. 

1036
00:59:19,500 --> 00:59:21,500
Not think that he was greater 
than anybody else. 

1037
00:59:21,700 --> 00:59:23,800
Not think there is there. 
Anybody else in? 

1038
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:26,100
Israel's history. 
That was called at the age of 12

1039
00:59:26,100 --> 00:59:29,900
to be a prophet. 
No, he just goes about, like 

1040
00:59:29,900 --> 00:59:34,400
nothing happened. 
Because he had a revelation even

1041
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:36,900
at that point in his life that 
this is all by the grace and 

1042
00:59:36,900 --> 00:59:40,200
mercy of God. 
And so God will tell me where to

1043
00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:43,500
go next, but until he does, I'm 
going to serve him at this point

1044
00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:46,100
in this way. 
And so he opens the house of 

1045
00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:47,800
God. 
He came to church early and 

1046
00:59:47,800 --> 00:59:50,400
unlocked the door and set the 
alarm up inside and wait for the

1047
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:52,500
people to come in. 
That's what he had profit. 

1048
00:59:52,800 --> 00:59:55,700
Yes, the man that's about to 
speak and call for the weather 

1049
00:59:55,700 --> 00:59:57,800
to change. 
That's how much Authority the 

1050
00:59:57,800 --> 01:00:00,000
man was going to get. 
He was still able to serve God 

1051
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:04,100
in this way. 
We have this dangerous thing in 

1052
01:00:04,100 --> 01:00:05,700
our modern Church area, you know
what? 

1053
01:00:05,700 --> 01:00:10,700
It is celebrity Christianity. 
Celebrity Christianity. 

1054
01:00:10,700 --> 01:00:15,200
You would be amazed to know. 
You'd be amazed to know how many

1055
01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:17,200
people will use Christian 
Ministry. 

1056
01:00:17,500 --> 01:00:19,900
And I think, I think what it is 
especially in the worship world 

1057
01:00:19,900 --> 01:00:21,400
is because to get into it in the
secular world. 

1058
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:23,200
So they come into the church. 
That's just my opinion. 

1059
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:25,200
I'm sorry. 
They couldn't make it in the 

1060
01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:26,700
real world. 
So they come into the Christian 

1061
01:00:26,700 --> 01:00:28,700
world and they know they can 
dupe a bunch of people. 

1062
01:00:31,300 --> 01:00:33,500
And so they come and they want 
to be treated like rock stars. 

1063
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:37,000
You'd be amazed to know the 
request that people make when 

1064
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:39,000
they come into a place to 
minister for a few days. 

1065
01:00:41,400 --> 01:00:42,600
Like who are you? 
Brad Pitt. 

1066
01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:45,500
Like who do you think you are? 
You're serving the lord. 

1067
01:00:45,500 --> 01:00:47,600
Jesus Christ. 
We're not here to lay out a red 

1068
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:49,800
carpet for you so we can praise 
you because you can speak. 

1069
01:00:49,800 --> 01:00:57,800
Well Samuel. 
Put a broom in his hand and 

1070
01:00:57,800 --> 01:01:01,200
he'll sweep the floor. 
He'll open the house. 

1071
01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:06,900
He'll take out the garbage. 
And that saw so people can look 

1072
01:01:07,100 --> 01:01:09,900
look at me, I'm a man of God. 
I'm going to take out the 

1073
01:01:09,900 --> 01:01:11,300
garbage and I hope that 
somebody's looking out the 

1074
01:01:11,300 --> 01:01:14,300
window right now. 
So I'm going to go, that's not 

1075
01:01:14,300 --> 01:01:18,500
humility. 
I'm sure everybody else was 

1076
01:01:18,500 --> 01:01:22,800
asleep when he did this. 
And if you desire, not just to 

1077
01:01:22,808 --> 01:01:25,500
know God's call for your life, 
but continue in God's call for 

1078
01:01:25,500 --> 01:01:26,800
your life. 
You want to know the ingredient.

1079
01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:31,900
Humility is necessary for 
longevity humility. 

1080
01:01:34,100 --> 01:01:37,500
Realize that no matter what God 
allows you to experience or uses

1081
01:01:37,500 --> 01:01:42,800
you to explore or touch, or 
whatever, remember where you 

1082
01:01:42,800 --> 01:01:46,200
came from. 
And Samuel as a young boy, is 

1083
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:48,100
demonstrating this by his quiet 
service. 

1084
01:01:49,300 --> 01:01:51,800
The call of God should always 
keep us humble. 

1085
01:01:51,800 --> 01:01:55,800
And we come to the last Point. 
God's call will be recognized by

1086
01:01:55,800 --> 01:01:58,500
others. 
Verse 19. 

1087
01:01:59,600 --> 01:02:04,900
And Samuel grew. 
And the Lord was with him and 

1088
01:02:04,900 --> 01:02:09,600
let none of his words, fall to 
the ground, and all Israel from 

1089
01:02:09,600 --> 01:02:13,300
Dan to Beersheba. 
Knew that Samuel was established

1090
01:02:13,300 --> 01:02:15,900
as a prophet of the Lord and the
Lord appeared. 

1091
01:02:15,900 --> 01:02:19,000
Again, Shiloh for the Lord 
revealed himself to Samuel at 

1092
01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:24,800
Shiloh by the word of the Lord. 
So after he delivers his message

1093
01:02:24,800 --> 01:02:29,600
to Eli, we fast-forward, he 
grows and snatcher in wisdom in 

1094
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:31,700
every way, especially in his 
relationship with the Lord. 

1095
01:02:31,700 --> 01:02:34,300
And here's what I love every 
word that he spoke 

1096
01:02:34,300 --> 01:02:36,600
prophetically. 
It never failed. 

1097
01:02:37,300 --> 01:02:41,300
And then we're told Israel from 
Dan to Beersheba like from New 

1098
01:02:41,300 --> 01:02:47,100
York to LA. 
Everyone knew this guy's the 

1099
01:02:47,100 --> 01:02:50,700
real deal. 
This boy this man. 

1100
01:02:50,700 --> 01:02:53,100
This young adult. 
He's a prophet. 

1101
01:02:54,900 --> 01:02:58,700
Because when God really calls 
you and Gifts you and raises 

1102
01:02:58,700 --> 01:03:01,800
you, and prepares you and 
launches you, you don't have to 

1103
01:03:01,800 --> 01:03:06,100
convince others about it. 
You know, you don't have to go 

1104
01:03:06,100 --> 01:03:09,800
around telling everybody what 
God is going to use you for and 

1105
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:12,400
how you have these gifts, and 
how this is the ministry. 

1106
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:14,800
And and you're trying to 
convince everybody else that God

1107
01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:16,300
really called. 
You have God called you, you 

1108
01:03:16,300 --> 01:03:18,100
don't have to say a word, you 
know. 

1109
01:03:19,200 --> 01:03:21,100
You don't have to say what do 
you have to convince anybody 

1110
01:03:21,300 --> 01:03:23,700
actually oftentimes when people 
go around trying to convince 

1111
01:03:23,700 --> 01:03:26,400
everybody who they are in God, 
it's probably likely that God 

1112
01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:28,400
hasn't called them and they want
the validation from others to 

1113
01:03:28,400 --> 01:03:34,000
comfort them. 
Not that we can't go to others 

1114
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:36,400
and ask for prayer confirmation,
what you feel, God is in your 

1115
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:37,200
heart, I'm not talking about 
that. 

1116
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:38,900
I'm talking about those who toot
their own horn. 

1117
01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:42,600
Talking about those who Force 
doors to be open and so they 

1118
01:03:42,600 --> 01:03:45,100
have awkward conversations to 
try to get into a place of 

1119
01:03:45,100 --> 01:03:47,100
ministry. 
You don't need to do that. 

1120
01:03:47,700 --> 01:03:51,900
You don't need to do that. 
Samuel didn't go around saying, 

1121
01:03:51,900 --> 01:03:53,600
do you guys realize that at 12 
years old? 

1122
01:03:53,600 --> 01:03:55,700
God came into my room and went 
around telling everybody in 

1123
01:03:55,700 --> 01:03:58,500
Israel. 
Everyone in Israel knew as he 

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just served God, when we're God 
called in the go, they begin to 

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realize and deem and identifying
saying, this guy's the real 

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deal. 
This guy's the real deal and we 

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God calls a man, the scriptures 
tells us in the New Testament, 

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that there will be confirmation 
from the spiritual leadership of

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that house, the people of God, 
who receive from that gifting 

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and then they'll be able to say 
this is from The Lord God's call

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comes with confirmation from 
others. 

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And in verse 21, I Love How It 
Ends and the Lord appeared again

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at Shiloh. 
God shows up in the place where 

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the house of God is supposed to 
be. 

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And how does he show up? 
Look at it says for the Lord 

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revealed himself to Samuel so 
God reveals himself to a man and

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through that man he's able to 
reveal God to others, that's the

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essence of every Ministry, 
whether you're a preacher, 

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anything else, the essence of 
your ministry, in mind, the 

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calling that God has placed in 
our lives is that God would do 

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something in us, and then threw 
us, people would be able to 

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taste something of God. 
And experience God through that 

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particular minister. 
At least an aspect of God. 

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And that's what this man does. 
He goes around? 

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And he is now in essence 
embodying. 

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He is carrying something of God,
where people saying, God, has 

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visit us again through this man.
And oftentimes it comes by way, 

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the way of the word of the Lord,
the word of the Lord. 

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And so let me repeat these seven
aspects of God's call in our 

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lives. 
It'll do us good to counsel our 

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own souls and Council others 
with it. 

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Number one, God's calls 
inconvenient to the flesh. 

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Samuel was sleeping or trying to
sleep rather when God called him

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and oftentimes God will 
interrupt our comfort to follow 

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him but secondly, we see that 
God's call meets a heart. 

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That is eager to serve thirdly, 
God's call comes with merciful 

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01:05:54,700 --> 01:05:58,100
confirmation. 
Fourthly God's call is known to 

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a submissive Spirit. 
Speak Lord for your servant 

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hears. 
Fifth God's call will always 

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come with a cost. 
Six, God's call will always and 

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should always keep us humble. 
And lastly God's call will be 

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recognized by others. 
Let's pray together. 

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As brother Daniel open the 
service with the verse that we 

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unpacked among many Speak Lord 
for your servant. 

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Here's I encourage you to pray 
that tonight. 

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And guess what? 
It might not be as spectacular 

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as you being promoted to a new 
ministry, you know what I might 

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be? 
Hey, you're supposed to forgive 

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01:06:57,200 --> 01:06:59,400
that person because you haven't 
forgave them yet. 

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01:07:00,600 --> 01:07:03,300
Hey, I want you to serve in this
way. 

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01:07:04,100 --> 01:07:07,400
Hey I want you to move here and 
the Lord knows how to make that 

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clear to your not saying he's 
going to be an audible Voice or 

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him appearing in your room often
times it comes when the word of 

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God is red or declared. 
But asked the Lord Lord, I want 

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to hear your voice because I 
want to make sure that every 

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part of my life is in a lion's 
with your will. 

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God Almighty. 
We thank you. 

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How your word is so alive. 
Lord, thank you for a room 

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filled with servants that want 
to hear your voice so that they 

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can obey you better. 
Lord help us believe that you're

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01:07:39,500 --> 01:07:42,700
a God, who speaks? 
Help us believe that you're a 

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01:07:42,707 --> 01:07:45,300
God, who has a personal plan for
each of Our Lives. 

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01:07:45,900 --> 01:07:47,200
Help us believe that you're a 
God. 

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That wants us to be in your 
perfect will help us believe 

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01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:52,500
that we have no reason to fear 
that. 

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01:07:52,500 --> 01:07:56,600
As long as our hearts are eager 
to serve, you will not keep us 

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01:07:56,600 --> 01:07:59,800
away or miss the plan that you 
have for us. 

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Lord, we ask that in this place,
you would make us into a burning

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01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:11,000
and Shining lamp. 
And a day that is very dark 

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like, Samuels day. 
We pray that this house would 

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01:08:16,200 --> 01:08:20,899
not experience a famine of your 
word, but that we would Feast, 

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01:08:20,899 --> 01:08:23,800
Every Time We Come Together by 
Lord, protect us from being like

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01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:26,300
those, under the influence of 
John, the Baptist who only 

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01:08:26,300 --> 01:08:30,000
Rejoice for a while in the light
that they had. 

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01:08:31,100 --> 01:08:34,600
Lord, we want to Rejoice, always
always. 

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01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:38,200
We want to be grateful, always 
to know that we're in a house 

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filled with people that love the
word of God, that takes serious,

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the call of God, And so Lord we 
ask with great hope in our 

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hearts that if you're going to 
find anybody to recruit in this 

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01:08:49,899 --> 01:08:52,800
dire age, you would find a 
people here. 

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You would find a people here. 
Lord, we look out into the news,

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01:08:58,300 --> 01:09:01,100
into the blog's, into the 
podcast and we hear the 

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01:09:01,100 --> 01:09:03,399
confusion and the cries of this 
generation. 

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01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:08,500
But we are hopeful, we are 
hopeful because when the light 

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01:09:08,500 --> 01:09:13,200
of the lamp of God grows dim You
are quick to reignite it. 

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01:09:14,399 --> 01:09:16,700
We want to be the very 
instrument you use for that 

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01:09:16,700 --> 01:09:21,300
purpose Lord. 
In this place, maybe our daily 

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01:09:21,300 --> 01:09:24,800
posture every single day. 
When we spent time with you 

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01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:27,300
throughout our routine and our 
schedule is say Lord, Speak to 

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01:09:27,308 --> 01:09:29,700
My Heart Lord. 
Is there something that I can 

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01:09:29,700 --> 01:09:30,600
do? 
I need to do? 

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I want to be your servant. 
This is our desire tonight. 

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01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:36,800
As a result of this chapter, we 
bless your Holy Name. 

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01:09:37,100 --> 01:09:38,700
We honor you. 
We glorify you. 

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01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:41,399
You are wonderful. 
You are Majestic. 

1216
01:09:41,399 --> 01:09:44,100
You are alive. 
You are real for those. 

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01:09:44,200 --> 01:09:45,700
You don't know that reality 
Lord. 

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01:09:45,700 --> 01:09:48,600
We pray that they would be 
touched by your presence to 

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01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:51,600
experience it. 
We glorify you in this place 

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01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:53,600
tonight in Jesus mighty name we 
pray. 

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01:09:54,100 --> 01:09:55,200
Amen. 
And amen. 

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01:09:56,200 --> 01:09:58,900
Let's worship of living. 
God tonight the God, who speaks?

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01:09:59,800 --> 01:10:04,300
Oh, does he speak? 
He speaks, he speaks, let's 

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worship.