1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:03,100 Father, it's in moments like this. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:09,800 Where we need your strength. An extra measure of your grace 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,900 Lord, we lean into you. And we ask that you by the 4 00:00:13,900 --> 00:00:18,500 spirit which speak strengthen Lord, those who may be sick, 5 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:21,100 those who may be distracted. Those may be weary and 6 00:00:21,100 --> 00:00:25,500 discouraged or we just ask father that you would be in the 7 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:27,500 midst. And that you would take these 8 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:32,100 words from these chapters and soothe our souls Lord. 9 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:34,800 Let us not leave this place on this final Bible. 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:39,500 Study of 2018 unchanged. But Lord, you This study to 11 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:43,400 postures for this next year to thank you for what you've done 12 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,900 in the past and to be expected for what you have in the future 13 00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:49,800 Lord Almighty. Would you show Yourself Strong 14 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,900 tonight? How we desperately need you to 15 00:00:52,900 --> 00:00:54,600 speak? Lord, we don't want this to just 16 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,900 be another Bible study. We want this to be a touch from 17 00:00:56,900 --> 00:00:58,800 heaven. Give it to us. 18 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,500 Lord, we pray, let Satan and his schemes tonight. 19 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:04,700 Fail miserably in light of your goodness. 20 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:07,500 Lord, in your power in Jesus name we pray. 21 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:11,700 Amen. Then last week, we came to a 22 00:01:11,700 --> 00:01:15,500 pivotal moment in the Book of Numbers pivotal moment because 23 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:19,700 we have reached the transition of the first generation that 24 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:24,100 received God's judgment to be completely obliterated and to 25 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:27,700 die in the wilderness to the second generation, the new 26 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:31,700 generation that was given the promise to go into the promised 27 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:33,900 land. That was given that privilege 28 00:01:33,900 --> 00:01:36,600 and honor. And so where we touched on last 29 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,600 as we discussed the senses. Second census in the book of 30 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,600 numbers and the purpose of that census was to number the people 31 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,600 in order to know how to give out the land and appropriate 32 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,700 fashion, it was to dictate what pieces of land would be given to 33 00:01:51,700 --> 00:01:53,900 what tribes. But not only that. 34 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:57,100 It was also done so that they would know which people 20 and 35 00:01:57,100 --> 00:01:59,400 up, the men would be able to go to war. 36 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,300 Why? Because in numbers 25, we see we 37 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:03,600 can't even look there real quickly. 38 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,600 There was Baal worship caused by the midianites. 39 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,500 And so God. Wanting to take Vengeance on the 40 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:13,900 midianites, ask the people of Israel to get their army ready 41 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,200 and they do. So they go to war. 42 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,800 But before that, Joshua is ordained as the successor of 43 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:24,000 Moses and following that our laws to remind people. 44 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,600 Oh, you see the reputation in the Old Testament, especially, 45 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,500 you see, why is there so much repetition? 46 00:02:28,500 --> 00:02:31,200 And it's, because we need it, we need it. 47 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,600 You see that from 28 to 30 repetition of various laws, 48 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,800 which we won't touch on and then 31. 49 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,300 We finally see Israel going to war with Midian and God 50 00:02:42,300 --> 00:02:46,200 satisfying, his just wrath against those who have 51 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,400 instigated and tempted his people to fall into sexual 52 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,200 immorality. And this is that chapter in 31, 53 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:58,800 where Balaam finds himself to be caught in that judgment because 54 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:03,000 he was the one who whispered that suggestion. and so, as the 55 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,400 readers reading, The holy spirit is writing this. 56 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,000 The author is writing is inspired by the spirit and the 57 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,900 reader is anticipating something after chapter 31. 58 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:13,700 What's the reader anticipating all? 59 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:16,200 Here we go. Were finally coming into the 60 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,800 promised land. It's been thirty eight long 61 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,000 years and now all we can smell the milk and honey. 62 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,900 Or do we? Something happens in chapter 32 63 00:03:31,900 --> 00:03:37,600 and again, I praise the Lord. Jesus Christ that through 32 and 64 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:43,800 33 especially Is it such a relevant text? 65 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,500 Especially as we are on the border of the new year. 66 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:51,700 Let's read verse 1 from 32 down. Now, the people of Reuben and 67 00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:55,000 the people of God had a very great number of livestock, and 68 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,400 they saw remember that word. They saw the land of jazz are in 69 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,300 the land of Gilead and behold the place was a place for 70 00:04:03,308 --> 00:04:06,300 livestock. So the people of God and the 71 00:04:06,308 --> 00:04:10,300 people of Reuben came and said to Moses and Eleazar the priest 72 00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:12,800 and to the chiefs of the congregation begins to list 73 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,700 these names and verse 4 says the land that the Lord struck down. 74 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:19,700 Before the congregation of Israel is a land for livestock 75 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:23,800 and your servants have livestock and they said, if we have found 76 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,200 favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants 77 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,900 for a possession. Do not take us across the 78 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:32,700 Jordan. Is that sound good? 79 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:35,900 Boost? Who thinks this is a good idea. 80 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:38,400 Who thinks this is a very bad idea. 81 00:04:38,700 --> 00:04:41,900 Yes, it's a very bad idea. Why is this a bad idea? 82 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:49,500 Isaac precisely. So we have to understand where 83 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:51,000 we're at right now. Geographically. 84 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,100 And I wish we had a picture for but we don't have time for that 85 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:55,300 right now. If you look at the map you see 86 00:04:55,300 --> 00:04:58,000 that they are on pretty much the border of the land of Canaan. 87 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,300 So we know the Jordan River is right there. 88 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:04,200 They are right there and they're just moments away of Crossing 89 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,700 into the promised land. But they look around, you know, 90 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:10,400 they see and they go, hey, this is, this is kind of good. 91 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:13,000 This is neat. This is there's a lot of room 92 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,600 here. You know what, let's try to 93 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:19,500 convince Moses. To park here and I go over 94 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:23,500 there. And it all stems down to this 95 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:27,200 one unfortunate reality. The human nature. 96 00:05:27,300 --> 00:05:30,900 They saw. You know how much troubles your 97 00:05:30,900 --> 00:05:35,700 eyes and my eyes give us? They saw that, it was plentiful, 98 00:05:35,700 --> 00:05:39,100 they saw that it was good and they failed to trust that what 99 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:41,300 was beyond that River was better than what they could see with 100 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:44,700 their eyes. How do you think Moses reacted 101 00:05:44,700 --> 00:05:47,400 to this? Let's find out in verse 6. 102 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,800 But Moses said to the people of God, and to the people of 103 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:56,000 Reuben, shall your brother's go to the war while you sit here. 104 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,100 Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel 105 00:06:00,100 --> 00:06:02,200 from going over into the land that the Lord has given them, 106 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:05,900 your father's did this. When I sent them from Kadesh 107 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:09,900 barnea to see the land, for when they went up to the valley of 108 00:06:09,900 --> 00:06:12,400 eshkol and saw the land, they discourage the heart of the 109 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,700 people of Israel from going into the land that the Lord had given 110 00:06:15,700 --> 00:06:19,400 them not a favorable response. In fact, it's not just the 111 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:24,700 reaction, it's a rebuke. What's going on here in essence? 112 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,900 You know what's happening to Moses right now flashback? 113 00:06:29,300 --> 00:06:31,900 Flashback. He's like I've been here before 114 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,900 I've seen this before and it doesn't take much room. 115 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,100 And you can almost sympathize with the man from the 116 00:06:37,100 --> 00:06:40,700 immediately, going to rebuke mode, because he realizes that 117 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:44,900 something is about to happen that can almost as you're about 118 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:49,100 to find out. Press the reset button on the 119 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:52,800 whole Wilderness Journey. Again, this is a very scary 120 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,800 suggestion by these tribes and Moses comes to them and says 121 00:06:56,900 --> 00:07:02,000 listen, Yes, I'm a question. Are you seriously gonna let 122 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,700 these other tribes your brother's go to war while you 123 00:07:04,700 --> 00:07:09,900 sit here? And Moses main concern is that 124 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,400 you're going to discourage them by this decision. 125 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,400 And you can learn so much on a practical level for Moses 126 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,100 response here. And I want to pull out three 127 00:07:22,100 --> 00:07:26,700 main things. Number one, one of the greatest 128 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:32,400 hindrances to the people of God, moving forward into God's will 129 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,600 is discouragement. Discouragement. 130 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,900 Now if encouragement is one of the greatest methods and means 131 00:07:41,900 --> 00:07:45,900 by, which God has instituted his people to be propelled into 132 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:49,000 moving forward, you can guarantee that discouragement 133 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,900 has the same effect, but in the opposite direction, what is 134 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:58,100 discouragement do? It is an emotion that drain 135 00:07:58,100 --> 00:08:02,300 somebody from Confidence. From Hope, from faith. 136 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:08,600 discouragement to the soul is, What it is like in the physical 137 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,800 was somebody literally get sucker punch in the stomach and 138 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,700 loses their wind. It's like that to the soul. 139 00:08:13,700 --> 00:08:16,300 It literally. Extinguishes any sense of 140 00:08:16,300 --> 00:08:20,500 Desire, almost all desire to take another step into what God 141 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,900 has called them to do. And listen, discouragement can 142 00:08:22,900 --> 00:08:26,600 be experienced in many ways, especially in a spiritual way. 143 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:31,100 Because there are spiritual Pursuits that God has called us 144 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:34,600 to and we can be encouraged to move forward in those Pursuits 145 00:08:34,799 --> 00:08:37,900 or we can be discouraged and paralyzed due to something 146 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:40,000 called discouragement. Now here's a question that we 147 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,500 can all just be vulnerable as the family of God. 148 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:44,800 What are some ways in the spiritual? 149 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:46,600 Can we be discouraged from advancing? 150 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,200 Spiritually is anybody know. Any ideas? 151 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:54,600 Not seeing immediate fruit. That's a huge one. 152 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:57,300 Why do I keep investing in this ministry? 153 00:08:57,300 --> 00:08:58,700 When I don't see Souls getting saved? 154 00:08:58,700 --> 00:09:01,500 Why do I keep doing this? When nobody else is being fired 155 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:03,000 up for this ministry? Absolutely. 156 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,900 That's one of the greatest ones anything else. 157 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:12,100 Sometimes your spiritual walk is it won't. 158 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,200 Yeah. And that's the main one. 159 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:16,500 We're going to get to the next point. 160 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:20,700 So there's people and that's the main one, but there's other 161 00:09:20,700 --> 00:09:24,000 things too. Not trusting. 162 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,600 God shirt, failing, maybe ants. Lack of answer to prayer. 163 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,900 I've been I've been pleading with God. 164 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:31,700 I've been interceding and I'm not seeing anything. 165 00:09:32,100 --> 00:09:38,500 Yes. So many things can discourage 166 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:42,700 the people of God. And it's sing a simple language 167 00:09:42,700 --> 00:09:43,800 though. There are many ways that 168 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,700 somebody can be discouraged, it all boils down to this one. 169 00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:49,900 Reoccurring thought? No matter where the 170 00:09:49,900 --> 00:09:52,400 discouragement is coming from whether circumstance or 171 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,800 whatever. I don't want to do this anymore. 172 00:09:58,300 --> 00:10:01,500 I'm tired. I'm exhausted. 173 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,900 I rather give my energy to something else. 174 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:09,500 And listen discouragement can do so many things to somebody, it 175 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:14,000 can make somebody bitter. It can make somebody extremely 176 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,400 frustrated. Like the Israelites 177 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,700 discouragement the first time from going to the promised land. 178 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:21,600 You know what it made them do, it made them want to actually go 179 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,000 back. Like what is this whole thing 180 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,200 about? Let me just go back to what I 181 00:10:26,208 --> 00:10:30,500 was doing before. Instead of doing this, it can 182 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:32,300 paralyze. You, you know what? 183 00:10:32,300 --> 00:10:34,400 I can get so scary and Ministries that you can get so 184 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,600 discouraged that you just begin to go with the motions. 185 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,000 And you're not believe in God anymore, for something new. 186 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,500 You're not believing God to touch his people. 187 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:44,800 You're not believing God for the things that you've been 188 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,500 believing for when you first started and it just like, let's 189 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:49,600 just do this thing and just go and see what happens. 190 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,500 And you just lose Zeal and passion happens to so many 191 00:10:52,500 --> 00:11:00,500 people. pray for the spiritual leaders that, you know, as I 192 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:02,400 said earlier, it can even cause somebody to just say, let me 193 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:06,900 just Let me just go back to what I first took in the first place 194 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:13,600 for this whole thing. Discouragement number two, In 195 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,900 this text shows me that it is the strongest when it comes from 196 00:11:16,900 --> 00:11:20,700 within listen, discouragement from outside. 197 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:23,800 The household of God is something to be expected. 198 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,300 It's called persecution it when the family that there's no God, 199 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:30,300 when your friends, I don't know, God, your boss doesn't know, 200 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:36,100 God, when they come In different ways to discourage your 201 00:11:36,100 --> 00:11:38,500 spiritual Pursuit and advancement. 202 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:41,500 That is to be expected. But this is also, what is to be 203 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:44,400 expected that in light of all of that craziness happening? 204 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,200 We should be able to come to the Refuge in the house of God to 205 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:51,400 find encouragement. Now, listen, that's not always 206 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,100 true, unfortunately, because sometimes people experience 207 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:56,200 discouragement from outside and they come inside and all they 208 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,700 find is more discouragement. That's a whole different level 209 00:12:00,700 --> 00:12:02,900 of waiting anise. That's a whole different 210 00:12:02,900 --> 00:12:07,100 challenge in itself because when you and I come together like 211 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:09,400 what we're doing now, you know what, we should feel every time 212 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,000 we come into this place, no matter what, you're going 213 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,100 through at least some surge of Hope and Faith to say, you know 214 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:20,900 what, serving Jesus is worth it. Serving with my brothers and 215 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:26,300 sisters is worth it. Worshipping him is worth it. 216 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:30,300 You reminded in the place of God that. 217 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:33,100 Yes, I know. Why did this in the first place? 218 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,100 And my prayer. I just studying this this week, 219 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:39,900 my prayer saying Lord, I pray that this house would never be, 220 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,700 never fail to be a source of life for the people of God 221 00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:48,200 because we are all susceptible to feeling discouraged. 222 00:12:49,500 --> 00:12:52,500 From everything outside. It should not come from within 223 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:54,600 listen. Let's just let's just pause here 224 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,900 and I've been going through the book of Acts and I've been 225 00:12:57,900 --> 00:13:00,500 seeing something and it may be a simple thing but I just I fell 226 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:03,900 in love with the book of Acts in this one little detail and we 227 00:13:03,908 --> 00:13:05,200 need to just look at it together. 228 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,600 Just turn to the book of Acts beginning in verse 14, I want to 229 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,400 I want to see something very simple but very beautiful, 230 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:14,100 concerning the life and the breadth of the early church. 231 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:31,500 Look at Acts 14:22. Acts 14:22, strengthening The 232 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:35,600 Souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in 233 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,100 the faith and saying that through many tribulations. 234 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:40,800 We must enter the kingdom of God here. 235 00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:42,000 I just want to let you know today. 236 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,000 People of God we're going to go through many tribulations be 237 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,200 reminded as hopeful as 2019 is going to be. 238 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,600 There's going to be some things that might knock the wind out of 239 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,100 us. But behold he is with us. 240 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:59,100 And he will strengthen us go to acts 15:32 the next chapter. 241 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,200 And Judas and Silas who were themselves prophets encouraged 242 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,700 and strengthened the brothers. With many words, depending on 243 00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:08,400 your translation, you might get eggs sorted. 244 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,900 Encourage. And strengthen the brothers, 245 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:16,000 with many words, their words, encourage the people of God, go 246 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:21,600 to the next chapter, ax, 1640 So they went out of the prison and 247 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,700 visited Lydia. And when they had seen the 248 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:26,400 brothers, they encourage them and departed. 249 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:31,900 Go to acts 1827. You guys see this axe 1827? 250 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:37,200 And when wish to Across the K of the brothers encourage them and 251 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,100 wrote to the disciples to welcome him, when he arrived, he 252 00:14:40,100 --> 00:14:42,300 greatly help. Those who through Grace had 253 00:14:42,300 --> 00:14:49,500 believed, go to acts, 21 and 22. After the Uproar ceased, its 254 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:53,600 after a riot. Paul sent for the disciples and 255 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,200 after encouraging them, he said, farewell and departed. 256 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,100 The Macedonia, when he had gone through those regions and given 257 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:02,800 them much and encouragement, he came to Greece people of God, we 258 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,800 need to know how to encourage one another. 259 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,700 This was literally encouragement, was pumping 260 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:10,000 through the veins of the church in the book of Acts. 261 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,500 It's what kept Him going. It was fresh breath every time 262 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:16,800 and how is it done? My words, your presence, my 263 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,200 presence. When we come together, I can't 264 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,100 tell you how many times I'm encouraged when I come on a 265 00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:22,600 Wednesday night. Or Friday, or Sunday. 266 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,500 And I just see the people of God and I know that they're here for 267 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:29,100 God. Instant life comes to my soul, I 268 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:33,000 hope it does for you. I hope it does for you now, it's 269 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,700 not General encouragement, the world knows how to encourage 270 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:38,300 people in a general sense, we're talking about encouragement. 271 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:42,000 In the things of God, talking about being encouraged to 272 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,400 continue to zealously, pursue the Lord and serve the Lord, 273 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,600 that kind of encouragement. A Divine encouragement, a holy 274 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:55,700 spirit-inspired encouragement, Going back to number 32. 275 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:58,300 If there's a third lesson in this amongst many, there's this 276 00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:04,200 that I see here that there are two ways that We can be a source 277 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,700 of discouragement to one another. 278 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:11,200 Now remember he's reminding them of their fathers. 279 00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:15,900 He's saying, hey, I've seen this before and it's not going to end 280 00:16:15,900 --> 00:16:18,500 up good. If you do this, you're going to 281 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:21,300 discourage the people, the rest of the tribes from moving in, 282 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,500 just like the spies did with the whole nation. 283 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,200 But what's interesting is, when you compare this to numbers 13 284 00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:31,300 though, discouragement was the final result. 285 00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:33,700 The means of discouragement was different. 286 00:16:33,900 --> 00:16:37,000 How did the people get discouraged from the spies in 287 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,700 numbers 13? What happened? 288 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:48,800 You're right. So it was a direct verbal 289 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:52,600 assault to their faith. It was them coming and saying we 290 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,900 can't do this. This is impossible. 291 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,600 And it worked, they lost heart. They said These Giants are too 292 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,400 big. It's just, it's just not going 293 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:03,700 to work. The walls are too great. 294 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,599 It's not going to happen. And actually unfortunately 295 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:11,000 worked but then here we see a different means of 296 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,099 discouragement. We don't see a direct verbal. 297 00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:19,400 Disheartening statement being made, what do we see? 298 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:26,900 What are we seeing this in this sea of stronger, you're trying 299 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:35,300 to send some isolated bingo. In this case, it's passivity. 300 00:17:37,100 --> 00:17:42,400 In this case, what you have is two tribes that are so content 301 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:46,300 with their current state, that their contentment and their lack 302 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:50,900 of Desire of wanting to go further in the will of God was 303 00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:54,800 actually contagious to the others who wanted to move 304 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:56,600 forward to actually say, you know what, maybe this is better. 305 00:17:57,500 --> 00:18:00,100 Oh man. That's scary. 306 00:18:00,300 --> 00:18:03,700 So I can, I can discourage people in my own words, right? 307 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:06,500 I can discourage my fellow brothers and Ministry by saying, 308 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:08,300 oh, this isn't worth it, all God's, not going to do that all. 309 00:18:08,300 --> 00:18:09,900 That's just too much. I'll be realistic. 310 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:13,400 That can happen. But I believe this version, this 311 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,700 means of discouragement. It's more prevalent and more 312 00:18:15,700 --> 00:18:19,100 real than we actually think it's a greater threat. 313 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:24,500 What is it is that when you have people within a people group who 314 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:28,000 don't want to grow in God, and that kind of mindset and posture 315 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:34,600 can actually, in fact, The rest of the people of God from moving 316 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,500 forward, in the things of God. Although it's so real. 317 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:39,000 It's scary. And you don't have to be here on 318 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,900 the pulpit to be that kind of a person. 319 00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:49,900 Reuben, Gad I thought to themselves that their decision 320 00:18:49,900 --> 00:18:52,500 wouldn't affect others. It's completely selfish here. 321 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:54,700 Right there are saying we want this land. 322 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,600 They're not thinking about the Battle, they're not thinking 323 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,800 about the war, they're not even thinking about the glory of God. 324 00:18:58,900 --> 00:19:01,600 All they're thinking about is we have all this cattle. 325 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,000 We have all this stuff and we want to be able to be sustained. 326 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,000 And taking care of, this is about my well, being a Moses as 327 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,300 a good leader, does remind them. Hey, this is not just about you. 328 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:16,900 This is bigger than you. And we might hear this and say 329 00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:21,200 well it's not a big deal if I don't do my part in serving the 330 00:19:21,208 --> 00:19:25,600 lord it's not a big deal. If my spiritual state is not 331 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,600 intact the way it should be, according to the word of God. 332 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:31,500 You're right. It's not a big deal. 333 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:36,700 If you're not a part of a local body, If you are a part of a 334 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:43,200 local body, it is a big deal. Let's give an illustration here. 335 00:19:43,300 --> 00:19:49,100 That's like saying, Look at your own body and let's say you're 336 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:52,400 right hand stops working all for a sudden it becomes lifeless. 337 00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:56,700 And every other part of your body is working just fine and 338 00:19:56,700 --> 00:19:59,800 you can be thankful that everything else is working for. 339 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:01,900 I can speak. I can see, I can move but your 340 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:04,400 right hand is that and you have the ability to bring it back to 341 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:11,200 life but you choose not to That's like saying in the 342 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,900 spiritual, it's not important if I'm not active and I'm a part of 343 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:16,900 my it's like saying with your physical body, doesn't matter of 344 00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:19,500 my right hands, not working, would you say that with your own 345 00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:22,700 body? Would you say that if your ear 346 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:24,200 stop hearing, would you say that's fine? 347 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,300 Everything else is, it doesn't effect the rest. 348 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,400 Everything else is working. Just fine. 349 00:20:28,900 --> 00:20:31,300 We have another year, we have another hand. 350 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:33,900 Nobody would dare to say that if they had the opportunity to 351 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:37,100 actually bring about some restitution and some Revival to 352 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:39,300 those nerve endings and to those muscles. 353 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,700 And if you are a part of a body, guess what? 354 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,200 No matter what you're automatically, a member of a 355 00:20:45,208 --> 00:20:47,500 body. So, you know what you are, 356 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:51,200 you're something that offers some operational benefits. 357 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,500 The rest of the body and we can as a body be thankful that we 358 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:56,800 have everything else functioning but you know, it's much better. 359 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,700 If everything is functioning, it's much better of all my 360 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:01,100 fingers are working, it's much better. 361 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:05,300 If all my nerves are in tight, it's much better instead of 362 00:21:05,300 --> 00:21:07,700 trying to justify. And so this is the reality here 363 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:14,900 is that if you are plugged in You have a contribution to make. 364 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,600 And your spiritual Vitality, your spiritual discipline your 365 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,400 spiritual love for the Lord Jesus Christ. 366 00:21:26,300 --> 00:21:29,400 Has a consequence of how the rest of the body functions. 367 00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:33,600 We might not like that but it's true. 368 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:38,400 Nonetheless. And so this is a question we can 369 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,500 ask yourself. Am I a body part that's 370 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:48,200 functioning? Well, Or am I lifeless? 371 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,300 And there's some body parts. Actually bring disease. 372 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,100 That's a whole nother thing, but just talking about life, this 373 00:21:56,100 --> 00:21:58,200 talk about something, that's not moving, something that's not 374 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,200 functioning. The experience of the body could 375 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,300 be different if everything was alive. 376 00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:10,400 Why are Reuben and Gad wrong in this request? 377 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,200 What does it reveal about their hard work by asking Moses for 378 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,200 this? Anybody have an idea. 379 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,000 Why I mentioned it earlier but there's two things being said, 380 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,300 here by them requesting to Moses. 381 00:22:26,300 --> 00:22:30,200 We want to stay on this side of the river because of what they 382 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,900 saw because of what they perceive because of what they 383 00:22:32,900 --> 00:22:35,200 calculated in their own natural understanding. 384 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,300 What they were saying in directly to God was, I don't 385 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:41,000 believe that what you have to offer across this river is 386 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,400 better. I don't believe that what you 387 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,300 have for me on this other side of the river will actually 388 00:22:46,300 --> 00:22:48,800 provide for my flock and my hair is my family. 389 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:54,400 God your plan seems nice but it seems like it's a little tight 390 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,700 in there. And right now right here this 391 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:59,900 seems just fine. So I'm going to stay somewhat 392 00:22:59,900 --> 00:23:04,500 connected to you but I'm not going to go full on in and it's 393 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:08,900 a very powerful image in a physical sense of a spiritual 394 00:23:08,900 --> 00:23:12,100 parallel reality. This is where the wrong. 395 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:14,500 Yes. It's a declaration of unbelief 396 00:23:15,100 --> 00:23:18,100 but it is motivated by a sense of contentment again and a 397 00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:25,000 selfishness. I, I'm more concerned about my 398 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,100 stuff and my family more than the glory of God and the 399 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:31,300 well-being of my brothers. That's what they're saying here. 400 00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:34,900 That's why Moses was so angry. That's why Moses was so ignited 401 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:43,000 with passion when he responded. And we should not dare to fail, 402 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,100 to think that their temptation is not a Temptation that we can 403 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:50,000 experience. Listen guys, the promised land 404 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:54,400 was God's will for the people of God to go in there. 405 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,200 To experience. Those blessings was God's desire 406 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,500 to pull them into. And what they're saying here is, 407 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,400 I don't want to be in the center of God's will. 408 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,300 I want to be right on the fringes. 409 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,200 You how many people are like that and what was their 410 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,700 motivation is materialism? What they are Desiring is not 411 00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:13,700 inherently evil, they're not like Lord. 412 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:16,200 We love the midianites woman and we want to hang around the 413 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,200 these. No, they're not saying That's 414 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,200 directly sinful. It's not a wrong thing to care 415 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,100 for your flock and to care for your stuff. 416 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,600 When it Trump's over the will of God and God's desire for your 417 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:31,200 life, it is an idol and this is where they've come to they said 418 00:24:31,900 --> 00:24:33,900 we want to be somewhat connected and we're going to find that out 419 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:35,600 of the moment. We want to be somewhat connected 420 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,700 but we don't want to be in that. We don't want to live in the 421 00:24:37,700 --> 00:24:41,100 center of your will Lord. We don't want to pitch our tents 422 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,100 in the promised land. We want to just see it from afar 423 00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:49,300 be neighbors with it. Maybe visit sometimes but not 424 00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:53,800 live in it. So many people like that today. 425 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:59,400 So many people like that today. That have put these things that 426 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,300 God cares about God will provide for so high up that they are 427 00:25:03,308 --> 00:25:05,400 literally forfeiting milk and honey. 428 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:11,400 Is what they see in the Now is better than what God has for 429 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:17,000 them just moments away. The here's a question in this 430 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,900 Bible study, are you Desiring to live in the center of God's 431 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:22,700 will? Or are you satisfied to live on 432 00:25:22,700 --> 00:25:28,100 the fringes? Because Reuben Gad were 433 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:31,900 satisfied. You can see where their mindset, 434 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:33,500 as you can see, where their Ambitions are. 435 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:37,800 They're not, they're not thinking like how God wanted 436 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,900 them to think they're not thinking, oh we're going to see 437 00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:42,400 God's glory manifested. Yeah, it's going to get bloody 438 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:46,900 in there but oh what an exciting thing, it's going to be to go to 439 00:25:46,900 --> 00:25:50,600 war with our brothers to see God, give us what he promises. 440 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,400 What are we going to know when we plant the Tabernacle? 441 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,300 What are we going to? Censor the presence of God? 442 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:59,600 What we have for the know? Nothing about the glory of God? 443 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,900 Nothing about the testimonies that God wants to give them 444 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,100 nothing about any of that. My house. 445 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:13,100 And my sheep my family. Like really. 446 00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:19,300 And we asked ourselves the same question. 447 00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:22,300 Do you think there are consequences to Ruben and gads 448 00:26:22,300 --> 00:26:26,500 decision here. Didn't go smoothly for Reuben 449 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:29,100 and Gad by making this decision, that's the question. 450 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:41,600 No, is the answer. You know what, they forfeited 451 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:46,200 and wanting their way, and their version of Christianity, of just 452 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,100 kind of being right at the border of giving it all in. 453 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,300 Oh, you know, any people are like that. 454 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,900 Like, here's the cliff and to jump off as to say I'm going 455 00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:56,100 all-in and they're going like this. 456 00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:01,800 Taking pictures of it and I almost did it. 457 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:03,400 No, no, they just the right there. 458 00:27:05,900 --> 00:27:09,400 You know what they forfeited. Three things. 459 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,700 Number one, they forfeited the reality of The Nearness of the 460 00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:16,900 presence of God. Where was the tabernacle 461 00:27:16,900 --> 00:27:20,000 supposed to be in the Promised Land? 462 00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:26,000 And they were going to see that they actually put themselves 463 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:31,300 away from the glory of God. And it cost them generationally 464 00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:35,800 go to Joshua. Go to Joshua 22. 465 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,600 Anybody know where we're going here with Joshua. 466 00:27:38,700 --> 00:27:42,200 If you've read the book of Joshua, You know that these 467 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:47,200 tribes resurfaced again? Joshua 22. 468 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:49,400 It's just read the first few verses. 469 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,300 Then, we'll scroll down the latter part so guess what? 470 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,400 They actually went in to help their brothers. 471 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:56,700 I'm going to read that in the second. 472 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,600 And this is where they help their brothers and they finalize 473 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,300 everything by doing what they were supposed to do at that 474 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:06,800 time, Joshua summoned, the Reuben nights, and the gadites, 475 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,500 and a half tribe of Manasseh and said to them, you have kept all 476 00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:11,700 that Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded you and of 477 00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:14,400 obeyed my voice and all that. I have commanded you, you have 478 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,000 not forsaken your brother's these many days down to this 479 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,700 day, but I've been very being careful to keep the charge of 480 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:22,600 the Lord, your God, so they did it and they're now returning. 481 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,400 Remember, they cross the Jordan River to help their brothers. 482 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,300 Now they're about to go back. To what they wanted. 483 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,100 And they do something that almost caused the Civil War. 484 00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:37,200 Does anybody know What do they do with our reading? 485 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:40,300 What did they do? That almost caused an all-out 486 00:28:40,300 --> 00:28:44,500 civil breakout they built an altar. 487 00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:46,500 So scroll down. What do they do? 488 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:49,600 They built an altar. This huge altar on the other 489 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,100 side of the river and the tribes here of it. 490 00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:53,400 They go. Hold on. 491 00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:56,200 What do they think they're doing now? 492 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:57,900 Why is that a problem? Because they're so strong to be 493 00:28:57,900 --> 00:29:01,300 one altar in the Tabernacle one place of worship then we're 494 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:04,000 supposed to duplicate or replicate none of that was 495 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,900 allowed and they did it. Rumor comes in, they bear their 496 00:29:07,900 --> 00:29:10,900 arms and they're ready to exterminate two-and-a-half 497 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:13,700 tribes. And what happens when they hear 498 00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:17,900 the scroll down to verse 23, Verse 24. 499 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:21,800 So they explain a down to verse 20. 500 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,800 They go. Whoa, we did not, we're not, 501 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,000 we're not trying to build a place to sacrifice, we 502 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,300 understand the rules far. Be it from us, their clarifying, 503 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,400 and then they give the reason for why they did it. 504 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:38,200 No, but we did it from fear that in time to come your children, 505 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,400 might say to our children. What have you to do with the 506 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,000 Lord, the god of Israel for the Lord has made the Jordan, a 507 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:48,000 boundary between us and you, you people of Reuben in the people 508 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,600 of God, you have no portion in the Lord. 509 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,400 So your children might make our children cease to Worship the 510 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:59,800 Lord. They realized that they were 511 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:04,500 forfeiting something in parking in that side, the east side of 512 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:07,300 the Jordan, what were they forfeiting the spiritual 513 00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:08,800 well-being of their own children? 514 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,400 By being so far from the Tabernacle, from the place of 515 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,400 worship, they would have to replicate something in order for 516 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,200 the future Generations that when these other tribes see Ruben 517 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,800 Gallego, who do you think you are? 518 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,900 You're not part of us, this is a boundary between us and you and 519 00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:26,100 they go. No, but there's an altar. 520 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:27,700 Here we are part of the Israelites. 521 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,600 We are part of your brethren. Do you see what risk? 522 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,800 They put themselves in? and the same goes today, even 523 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:40,300 with parents, they don't choose to live this wholehearted life 524 00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:43,000 for Christ, and you know, who suffers for down the down, the 525 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:49,300 road, the children. Instead of bringing them into 526 00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:51,700 their inheritance that have bring them into, introducing 527 00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:54,600 them, to the presence of God, to the people of God to Fellowship, 528 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,800 their just neighbors. They're just on the fringes. 529 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,300 They're just there to see from a distance. 530 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,400 They have an idea of it but they don't have the fullness of it. 531 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:06,900 because they were so concerned about their sheep, and their 532 00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:09,300 flock, and their well-being, and their houses, and their children 533 00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:13,200 in the moment and not choosing to go into the will of God, they 534 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,000 were forfeiting the reality of the presence of God, number 2, 535 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:21,200 Think about this geographically. What kind of a risk that they 536 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,500 put themselves in by planting themselves on the other side of 537 00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:27,700 the Jordan River? Think about it in terms of War. 538 00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:30,500 Who's going to be affected first? 539 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:36,600 When the enemies try to come in? These tribes, these tribes would 540 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,500 be the first to be taken into captivity. 541 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,900 These tribes are more susceptible, they're more 542 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:45,700 vulnerable to the attacks of the enemy and we can turn there. 543 00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:49,000 But we won't for the sake of time in Judges chapter 10 where 544 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:53,800 they come in, and they inflict their pain upon these tribes 545 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:55,600 before they go into the promised land. 546 00:31:55,700 --> 00:31:58,500 So, you know, what happens when you and I choose to live on the 547 00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:01,300 bow Injuries of the fullness of the will of God we open 548 00:32:01,300 --> 00:32:03,400 ourselves up to Greater attacks of the enemy. 549 00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:09,300 We open ourselves up to. A failure to see God's 550 00:32:09,300 --> 00:32:11,700 protection and provision. Like it could be if we go full 551 00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:14,800 in. Happens all the time. 552 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:16,800 People wonder why? Because you're not in the 553 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:20,300 promised land, my friend, you're outside your on the fringes and 554 00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:22,700 God wants you to cross that River. 555 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:27,400 And thirdly the obvious one. They forfeited. 556 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:31,900 God's best. They thought that they had their 557 00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:35,100 idea of Life, their idea of their plans, their idea of what 558 00:32:35,100 --> 00:32:37,200 this whole thing is all about. They thought that they can come 559 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,100 up with something better than what God had promised them from 560 00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:41,400 long ago, and I wonder what it would have been like if they had 561 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:46,500 gone in, we'll never know. We'll never know. 562 00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:50,800 Who knows what kind of profits could have come out of these 563 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:56,200 two, who knows? unfortunately, it's only down 564 00:32:56,200 --> 00:33:01,200 the road, where you realize and I realize that As glamorous as 565 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,900 it looked in the moment to give up my young years to go full out 566 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:08,100 for God. Only later, will you realize 567 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,600 what it could have been God Almighty? 568 00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:13,600 Protect me from such a foolish decision. 569 00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:18,400 Ruben and God unfortunately, made that decision. 570 00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:23,300 And then he goes on to, let's go back to number 32. 571 00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:29,800 He goes on from verse 10, down to verse 15 to describe how the 572 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,800 first generation did not wholly. Follow the lord. 573 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:35,300 Accept two people verse 12, men except Caleb. 574 00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:38,900 The son of jephunneh a they can, as I and Joshua, the son of nun 575 00:33:38,900 --> 00:33:41,400 for they have wholly, followed the Lord. 576 00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:45,400 I've read the numbers so many times, but this time, this verse 577 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:49,200 in verse 14, 15 popped out to me in a way that it just struck my 578 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:52,300 heart. Look at verse 14 and behold, you 579 00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:54,000 have risen in your father's place. 580 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,300 A brood of sinful men to increase still more. 581 00:33:57,300 --> 00:33:59,400 The fierce anger of the Lord against Israel. 582 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:03,400 Look at this receiving, this is scary stuff for a few turn. 583 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,900 Away from following him, he will again, abandon them in the 584 00:34:05,908 --> 00:34:07,900 wilderness and you will destroy all this people. 585 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,300 You don't read the story about the first generation. 586 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:15,300 The second generation, we automatically almost think like 587 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,800 the second generation is going to directly go into the promised 588 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,500 land, no matter what. That was not the case. 589 00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:24,300 This verse shows that God was willing to restart the whole 590 00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:28,400 thing over again. If they were unfaithful But if 591 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,800 they did not comply and Obey, and cling to the Lord, this 592 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,300 verse shows, Moses, listen, we could have done another 40 593 00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:36,900 years. What are you guys thinking? 594 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:42,100 That's crazy. I just wonder if they did, it 595 00:34:42,100 --> 00:34:44,699 would have been like how many generations until one really 596 00:34:44,699 --> 00:34:45,900 got. It said, let's do this. 597 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,000 And so it's just it's just a strong reminder that God is not 598 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:56,900 a respecter of persons. It's a strong reminder that I 599 00:34:56,900 --> 00:34:59,000 do. Although God is so faithful. 600 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,400 He is so faithful. We need to be faithful to 601 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,100 experience what he wants us to experience. 602 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:11,700 So, what happens? Verse 16 down, they agree to 603 00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:14,000 fight. They said, well do it will go 604 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,200 in, will help the brothers and then we'll come back out. 605 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:23,500 And in verse 20, Moses agrees and says, okay, you do this, he 606 00:35:23,500 --> 00:35:26,600 reminds them. And then he says these words 607 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,800 here in verse 21, says verse 20. So Moses said to him, if you 608 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,600 will do this, if you'll take up arms and go before the Lord for 609 00:35:33,607 --> 00:35:37,200 the war and every armed, man of you will pass over the Jordan 610 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:38,800 before the Lord, until he is driven out. 611 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,400 His enemies from before, Amanda A subdued before the Lord. 612 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,200 Then after that, you shall return in free and be free of 613 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,400 obligation to the Lord. And to Israel, and this land 614 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:47,700 shall be your possession before the Lord. 615 00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:50,200 Now, look at this verse. We've heard it before, but if 616 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:53,300 you will not do so behold, you have sinned against the Lord and 617 00:35:53,300 --> 00:35:55,100 be sure your sin will find you out. 618 00:35:56,300 --> 00:35:58,800 Famous verse who here has never heard this verse. 619 00:36:02,300 --> 00:36:07,400 So 99.5% of us have heard that verse and it's even more 620 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,600 powerful. When you understand this verse 621 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,300 in its context, it's powerful enough. 622 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:15,300 When you isolate it from its surrounding text, be sure your 623 00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:18,900 sin will find you out, but it's even more impactful when you 624 00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:24,800 understand what Moses trying to say, remember, Moses is going to 625 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,700 die, he's not going into the Promised Land. 626 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,700 He's not following in with them. And so as he's making this 627 00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:35,100 agreement with Reuben, Gad Reuben. 628 00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:36,500 Gad could have given false Assurance. 629 00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:39,400 Yeah, we'll do it. We'll go in and bear arms, wait 630 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:40,800 till he dies, and we'll just park here. 631 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,800 Forget all that bloody mess. They could have, you know what 632 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:47,500 Moses trying to say. Hey, I might be off the scene, 633 00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:50,500 but know this be sure your sin will find you out. 634 00:36:51,100 --> 00:36:52,900 I don't have to be here for that to happen. 635 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,700 It's not dependent upon spiritual leaders is not depend 636 00:36:55,700 --> 00:36:59,000 upon who's accountable to you, none of that that helps But in 637 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:03,700 the end, God has established a law in the universe. 638 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,600 Be sure your sin will find you out. 639 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:07,800 Now what does that mean? Exactly? 640 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,700 Because we've kind of centralized it to Define it as 641 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,100 if you sin and secret it's going to come out one way or another, 642 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:17,100 that's partly true. But that's not the core meaning 643 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:18,400 because this is not a secret sin. 644 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:24,200 It's not a secret sin now, that implies that implies something 645 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,800 greater than that though, that whether its private sin or 646 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:31,700 Publix in, there is a rule concerning sin being entertained 647 00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:35,700 that eventually whether sooner or later sin will come and it 648 00:37:35,700 --> 00:37:38,600 will bring the check for the payment of you participating in 649 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:43,100 it. Always always, it's just a rule. 650 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,300 And so another way to interpret this is be sure that if you will 651 00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:51,400 engage in sin, that sin will come And require payment for 652 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:57,600 your participation. whether it's private or public, And so in a 653 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,800 holy way, Moses as a leader, is trying to instill the fear of 654 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,700 the Lord and these men as he's about to depart from the scene 655 00:38:03,700 --> 00:38:05,800 of the earth until he gathered to his people to say, Hey 656 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:09,900 listen. I might not be here but God sees 657 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:14,600 I might not be here, but sin has a law that it will come. 658 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,800 Hey, remember you entertain me? Here's the payment. 659 00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:24,400 Always Always. I love the fear of God. 660 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:31,700 It's the beginning of wisdom. I love the fear of God because 661 00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:35,500 it is a Fountain of Life. I love the fear of God because 662 00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:38,700 those who fear the lord are friends with the Lord. 663 00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:44,000 I want it more and more my life. I pray that you would have to be 664 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,700 sure your sin will find you out. This is why he says, what is he 665 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:50,400 saying here? Behold, you have sinned against 666 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:51,700 the Lord. Not against Moses. 667 00:38:51,900 --> 00:38:53,700 Not against your brothers, do you have? 668 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,000 But ultimately it's against the Lord. 669 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,800 Remember that, Ruben remember that God, if you really are 670 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:04,700 going to do this, keep your word, keep your word and that is 671 00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:07,300 the secret, to victory in Holiness. 672 00:39:07,500 --> 00:39:11,600 That when you understand that, despite Moses watching my life 673 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,800 or Aaron Riley azer, all these guys that I'm account. 674 00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:19,900 If that is the main motivation for you to live, holy and to 675 00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:23,800 live in righteousness, you'll find a loophole around it 676 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,100 because when Moses is not on the scene, well, that's fine. 677 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,800 But when you understand that, the Lord nothing is hidden from 678 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,100 him. Oh, it's awesome. 679 00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:35,300 I'm reminded of Thomas when the boys told him. 680 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:39,200 Hey, Jesus appears, as he said, yeah, he's like listen until I 681 00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:40,800 see his marks and put my fingers there. 682 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,300 Then, I'll believe it. He didn't even pray it. 683 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,300 It's not like you said, Lord, let me put my Using your marks 684 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,500 and I'll believe in you, he just said it in a comment, you know, 685 00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:51,300 heard it but wasn't there physically Jesus. 686 00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:53,800 He's like, all right. And he shows up and he goes, I'm 687 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:57,000 here, so cool. I don't even pray about it. 688 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,100 Yeah, because when you talk, he's there. 689 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,500 When you sit, he's there when you're driving, he's there. 690 00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:06,000 The Lord was listening to Thomas, even though he wasn't 691 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,600 directly talking to Jesus. I think Lord, let me live with 692 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,600 that conscious awareness that you are always with me. 693 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,200 Always with me, always watching me. 694 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:22,500 So we see here, that Moses says in a very Godly way, be careful 695 00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:26,300 with your words. Now we come down to verse 33, 696 00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:30,700 Moses tells Joshua. Hey, this is what they said. 697 00:40:30,700 --> 00:40:33,100 He's giving them the instructions because he knows 698 00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:34,000 that he's not going to be on the scene. 699 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:39,800 And look at this reader, slowly in verse 33, And Moses gave to 700 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:43,400 them to the people of God, and to, the people of Reuben and to 701 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:47,000 the half tribe of Manasseh. What's interesting about that? 702 00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:50,100 Where does the minister come from? 703 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:55,100 Up to this point, it's only been Reuben, Gad, Reuben, Gad, Reuben 704 00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:57,400 and got ruined. Again, offer said in verse 33. 705 00:40:57,500 --> 00:41:01,200 Once the deal was made, once the contract was side, Vanessa comes 706 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,900 on the scene and now his joy in them and many people have 707 00:41:03,900 --> 00:41:08,200 different explanations. But I believe this is the one of 708 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,300 them at least you could disagree with it. 709 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:13,600 That when Vanessa was watching and hearing this conversation, 710 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:15,900 he eventually was persuaded and joined them. 711 00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:17,900 And it goes back to our first point. 712 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,700 It goes back to our first point that you and I based on our own 713 00:41:21,700 --> 00:41:24,600 Pursuit after the Lord can either influence others to be 714 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:28,700 stirred up to run after Christ or to just be content where you 715 00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:32,400 are and I exhort you Brothers and Sisters in Christ, which one 716 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:36,000 are you? You don't have to be a pastor, 717 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,200 you don't have to be a leader to have influence. 718 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,400 Just who you are. Whether you believe it or not 719 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:43,100 your love. For Christ. 720 00:41:43,900 --> 00:41:49,500 The Heat Of Your Passion can affect others even who are cold 721 00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:52,600 when they sense the warmth of your Devotion to the Lord. 722 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:58,600 It's trust me when I say it. You may not see it immediately, 723 00:41:58,700 --> 00:42:02,200 but there is nothing more attractive than when a person is 724 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,900 on fire, for God. It Comforts those who are on 725 00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:10,100 fire for God and it can fix those who are not doesn't 726 00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:12,000 condemn them. It convinced them. 727 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,900 It challenges them to say, oh this person lives for Christ and 728 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:17,300 they're not even in full-time Ministry. 729 00:42:17,300 --> 00:42:20,600 How much more can I? I love seeing people on fire for 730 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,400 God, that don't have the excuse that they have learned. 731 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:26,900 History and I have to do this so that people can see my example. 732 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,700 I love when I see the businessman on fire for God. 733 00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:33,100 I love when I see the father on fire for God, I love when I see 734 00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:34,900 the person. Working the hospital, the 735 00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:38,200 student blazing for the lord. It's it's one of the most 736 00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:42,600 awesome sights. And it's contagious. 737 00:42:43,700 --> 00:42:46,500 Just like, when we read early and numbers that complaining was 738 00:42:46,500 --> 00:42:49,200 contagious, you had a few Rivals that were complaining and guess 739 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,100 what everybody else is. Give me either one, reminder, 740 00:42:52,300 --> 00:42:54,800 either one can affect for the good of for the -. 741 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,300 And unfortunately, because of Reuben Gad where they thought 742 00:42:57,300 --> 00:42:59,700 that their decisions only affected them, a reuben, and go. 743 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:05,800 Hey, let's just do this for us and Vanessa joined in, This is 744 00:43:05,808 --> 00:43:07,600 exactly what Moses was worried about. 745 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,600 So we got another tribe down now. 746 00:43:11,300 --> 00:43:13,100 You know what the crazy part is when I'm reading this. 747 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:18,600 The Lord lets him do it. See if you don't want to go full 748 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,300 in for the Lord, is not going to twist your arm to do it if you 749 00:43:21,300 --> 00:43:22,500 want to live on the fringes, okay? 750 00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:24,000 Lemon. The fringes and this is what 751 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,800 they're basically saying. They're saying this will do will 752 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,300 do what you call this to do. Will do the bare minimum. 753 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:31,400 You want us to fight? We'll fight. 754 00:43:32,900 --> 00:43:36,900 But to live in there. Nah, well sir, at the bare 755 00:43:36,900 --> 00:43:39,900 minimum will scrape the bottom of the barrel and we'll have our 756 00:43:39,900 --> 00:43:41,200 part right? Well what we want. 757 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,300 Yeah sure. If you want to you can have not 758 00:43:43,300 --> 00:43:48,000 going to force you. So we all have to make that same 759 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:49,500 decision. I think this is what this text 760 00:43:49,500 --> 00:43:52,600 is teaching us and our understanding of our spiritual 761 00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:55,900 State and this is the thought that I want us to leave with as 762 00:43:55,900 --> 00:44:00,000 we go into chapter 33 very quickly, if it was God's will 763 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,800 for every tribe to go into the promised land. 764 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,100 Don't you think that it's God's will for every single one of us 765 00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:10,400 to go in fully? If it's God's will for each of 766 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:15,800 them to go in, how much more us? Every single one of us, God 767 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:20,600 says, come in and live here. Don't visit live in the center 768 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:26,500 of my will for your life. And unfortunately, because of 769 00:44:26,500 --> 00:44:29,600 Ruben and God hear me very carefully because of their 770 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,900 selfishness, because of their contentment because of their 771 00:44:32,900 --> 00:44:36,400 love for materialism. What could have been a different 772 00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:38,800 experience for the whole nation of Israel? 773 00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:44,400 Was not. Listen, this experience 774 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:48,800 corporately is so much different when everybody's burning for 775 00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,800 God. When everybody's burning for 776 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,500 God, when you have some better. And I and some that are, we're 777 00:44:54,500 --> 00:44:56,900 thankful for the ones that are. We pray for the ones that are 778 00:44:56,908 --> 00:45:01,100 not, but it's not the same. It's not the same. 779 00:45:02,300 --> 00:45:06,500 For them, it wasn't the same. Then we come to chapter 33. 780 00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,500 Are you guys doing? Okay, good. 781 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,500 Chapter 33 is an interesting chapter. 782 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,200 Because this decisions made and then you almost get this other 783 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:23,900 sense that you okay, we got that whole kerfuffle figured out. 784 00:45:24,100 --> 00:45:27,200 Let's now go in and all of a sudden, there's a pause, there's 785 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:30,000 a pause in The Narrative of the book of numbers and it's this 786 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:33,800 interesting chapter, that's dedicated to one simple thing to 787 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:37,800 recounting the journey of the Israelites from Egypt to this 788 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,900 moment. Now, look at it, we're not going 789 00:45:39,900 --> 00:45:42,100 to read it, just look at the chapter and skim through it, and 790 00:45:42,100 --> 00:45:47,300 you'll realize something. From verse 5, down to verse 49, 791 00:45:47,300 --> 00:45:50,200 you know what it is, and they were from this place to this 792 00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:51,400 place. I'm from that place to this 793 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:52,500 place. And from that place to this 794 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:57,300 placement in every detail, there are 49 verses dedicated to 795 00:45:57,300 --> 00:46:01,000 Simply describing how they went from one post to the other, and 796 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,300 you go. Why would the Lord by the holy 797 00:46:03,300 --> 00:46:07,000 spirit gives so much attention to that? 798 00:46:08,300 --> 00:46:12,700 let's read the first few verses and we'll find out why these are 799 00:46:12,700 --> 00:46:15,600 the stages of the people of Israel when they went out of the 800 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,200 land of Egypt by their companies, under the leadership 801 00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,900 of Moses. And Aaron Moses wrote down, 802 00:46:20,900 --> 00:46:24,700 their starting places stage by stage by what command of the 803 00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:26,600 Lord. And these are the stages 804 00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:28,100 according to their starting places. 805 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:30,400 Then it goes down to describe it. 806 00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:34,000 Does anybody have an idea why God would give this? 807 00:46:35,100 --> 00:46:40,300 Especially at this point? Isaac, 808 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:53,900 I believe there's the fact that this chapters planted right 809 00:46:53,900 --> 00:46:56,000 here. So strategic because they're 810 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:59,100 about to go into the promised land and before going into the 811 00:46:59,100 --> 00:47:01,700 promised land, he wants to think about the Wilderness Journey. 812 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:07,600 They're about to transition into a new phase of life and before 813 00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,500 they do. So you know, what he says stop 814 00:47:09,500 --> 00:47:11,300 and think about where it brought you from before. 815 00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:17,500 And it's an awesome practical reality before you move forward. 816 00:47:17,500 --> 00:47:21,100 Think about my faithfulness I want you to think about every 817 00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:23,300 single step that I've LED you through now. 818 00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:27,600 Listen, This is a strategic timing, they're about to move 819 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:30,600 forward into something brand-new and before he does that it's 820 00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:33,000 almost as those to say stop. And just think about his 821 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:35,500 goodness before that because this is scary. 822 00:47:35,500 --> 00:47:37,400 You're going to bump into new territory. 823 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,300 You're going to bump and see new battles. 824 00:47:39,300 --> 00:47:43,300 And before that just pause and reflect of how I've been with 825 00:47:43,300 --> 00:47:45,700 you. Not in a general sense, look at 826 00:47:45,700 --> 00:47:49,400 the wisdom of the Holy Spirit but step by step, by step by 827 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:52,700 step. If you read this, if you take 828 00:47:52,700 --> 00:47:54,800 the time to read this you'll realize that there's a 829 00:47:54,808 --> 00:47:57,000 recounting of the moments that God has intervened. 830 00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:02,600 Look at verse 8 in verse 8, And they set out from before hair 831 00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:04,600 Roth and passed through the midst of the sea Into the 832 00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:05,900 Wilderness. And they went to Three Day's 833 00:48:05,900 --> 00:48:08,000 Journey Into the Wilderness of etham at camp tomorrow. 834 00:48:08,500 --> 00:48:11,900 So there's there's a reminder that God has made a way where 835 00:48:11,900 --> 00:48:15,300 there was no way. And you come down to verse 14, 836 00:48:15,300 --> 00:48:17,300 what does it say? And they set off from alloush 837 00:48:17,300 --> 00:48:21,000 and can't that referred them? Where there was no water for the 838 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:23,300 people of drink. When there was no provision God, 839 00:48:23,300 --> 00:48:26,900 made provision, you come down to verse 38 and 39, what does it 840 00:48:26,900 --> 00:48:30,800 say and Aaron? The priest went up Mount hor at 841 00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,500 the command of the Lord and died there in the 40th year, after 842 00:48:33,500 --> 00:48:35,500 the people of Israel, came out of the land of Egypt. 843 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:38,800 So they reminded how God comforted them. 844 00:48:40,100 --> 00:48:44,300 When somebody, a great significance to them died, you 845 00:48:44,300 --> 00:48:49,400 come down and see him verse 40, the Canaanite the king of Arad 846 00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:51,400 who lived in an egg up, in the land of Canaan, heard of the 847 00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:52,300 coming. The People Israel. 848 00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:55,100 They stopped and reflect how God dealt with their enemies. 849 00:48:55,100 --> 00:48:56,600 Do you see what God is trying to show me? 850 00:48:58,100 --> 00:49:00,900 That in critical moments of your life and desperate moments in 851 00:49:00,908 --> 00:49:02,400 your life. You remember when I came but 852 00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:04,600 this is the beauty part because we think of those things, but 853 00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:06,700 that's not all that God does. He doesn't just bring the 854 00:49:06,700 --> 00:49:10,000 highlights. There are many names here of 855 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,100 places that they've been through that. 856 00:49:11,100 --> 00:49:14,200 We haven't even heard of in the whole Bible nowhere. 857 00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:17,000 These things. There are stretches of verses 858 00:49:17,100 --> 00:49:18,900 that say, they go from this place to this place is made me 859 00:49:18,908 --> 00:49:22,400 go, what happened there? But it shows to me that God 860 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:25,300 doesn't just lead us in the, you know, God is Not Just in heaven. 861 00:49:25,300 --> 00:49:27,500 And he says, I'll figure out when there's desperate times, 862 00:49:27,500 --> 00:49:31,300 then I'll come in, he's with you in the mundane, he's with a 863 00:49:31,300 --> 00:49:34,000 step, by step, day by day, when you go in on your nine to five 864 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:37,000 Monday to Friday, he's there because you remember how they 865 00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:40,000 were LED, right by the pillar fire night. 866 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,200 The cloud by day each one of those stops. 867 00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:44,000 Every time they stop it was that cloud. 868 00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,600 His presence was always with him and with you and me. 869 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,100 So it's not just think about the highlights of your life. 870 00:49:52,100 --> 00:49:54,500 All I remember when God provided that moment, I remember when 871 00:49:54,500 --> 00:49:56,900 God's presence was so real, that tragic season, my life. 872 00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:58,300 No, he was with you throughout it all. 873 00:49:59,100 --> 00:50:00,100 That's what he's trying to show them. 874 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:03,400 Every moment I was there. Every step I was with you. 875 00:50:05,300 --> 00:50:07,800 So remember the faithfulness of God but not just the 876 00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:11,900 faithfulness of God dwelling on on God's unmerited, favor. 877 00:50:11,900 --> 00:50:13,200 That's what God wanted them to do. 878 00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:16,900 Why I wonder if you read this chapter, you'll notice something 879 00:50:16,900 --> 00:50:19,600 very special about God, commanded, Moses. 880 00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,800 He commanded him verse by verse you write down. 881 00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:25,700 What I'm telling you concerning these past few years about how 882 00:50:25,700 --> 00:50:27,400 I've LED my people. You'll notice something. 883 00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,400 I wonder if anybody's noticed it just look through it quickly. 884 00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:31,100 I'll give a couple seconds that way. 885 00:50:31,100 --> 00:50:35,800 My throat can take a breath too, and just think, Is going on here 886 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,400 that God's doing strategically? It's not direct. 887 00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:42,700 Its indirect. Or obvious, at least. 888 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:00,400 You know what, you notice. And I encourage you, if you 889 00:51:00,408 --> 00:51:04,000 haven't read this chapter, take sometime this weekend or 890 00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:07,600 something, to read chapter 33, as he's recounting. 891 00:51:08,900 --> 00:51:12,900 There's no. Mention of the failures. 892 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:20,000 Subtle at most, but no blatant obvious mention of how they've 893 00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:23,200 messed up. And when God wanted them to 894 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:27,400 recount it, when God commanded Moses to do that he intended to 895 00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:35,400 leave out those details. He did that on purpose, not so 896 00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:38,200 that they would not learn from their past failures for the 897 00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:42,000 future, but to reflect that in spite of their failures, God is 898 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:46,400 merciful and gracious. And I see a hint of God's mercy. 899 00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:49,100 In this chapter, though, it's a list of place to put it. 900 00:51:49,107 --> 00:51:52,500 You know, what it is, your sins? I remember no more. 901 00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:55,200 I've cast them into the heart of the sea. 902 00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:57,800 I don't reflect on. I don't remember them. 903 00:51:59,100 --> 00:52:01,200 You know, how many people can't move forward because of the 904 00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:04,100 things that happen in the past. You know many people can't 905 00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:06,500 believe God for a greater things because of how they've messed up 906 00:52:06,500 --> 00:52:09,000 in the past. And when God chooses at this 907 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:12,800 transitional moment of life. He says, I want you to recount 908 00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:16,100 something and I want you to count on my grace mercy, not on 909 00:52:16,100 --> 00:52:20,500 your failures. It's a powerful illustration of 910 00:52:20,500 --> 00:52:24,800 God's immutable, mercy and Grace. 911 00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:28,400 And then he comes down to verse 50. 912 00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:30,300 As we close in this chapter, we're not going further than 913 00:52:30,300 --> 00:52:35,000 this. And the Lord spoke to Moses in 914 00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:38,400 the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho saying speak to the 915 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:39,700 people of Israel and say to them. 916 00:52:40,100 --> 00:52:43,100 When you pass over the Jordan, into the land of Canaan then you 917 00:52:43,100 --> 00:52:45,100 shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from 918 00:52:45,100 --> 00:52:47,400 before you destroy. All their figured stones and 919 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:49,800 destroy all their mental images in the plate, demolish, all 920 00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:57,400 their high places we're here. And I believe this portion is so 921 00:52:57,500 --> 00:53:01,300 awesome for us at this point of Our Lives. 922 00:53:02,900 --> 00:53:07,600 As we're on the border of a new year. if you're convinced that 923 00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:10,800 the end, this Bible study, And all, what you've heard, then 924 00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:12,900 just go out one ear and out the other. 925 00:53:13,100 --> 00:53:16,800 If you're convinced, if you had a place in your life, Were you 926 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:18,500 like man? I've been living on the fringes. 927 00:53:21,500 --> 00:53:23,700 He might be a truly safe person, but you've been living on the 928 00:53:23,700 --> 00:53:27,000 fringes. Listen, let me testify to this 929 00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:30,100 in a moment. I can this is real to me because 930 00:53:30,100 --> 00:53:33,200 for 19 years of my life, I had my own version of Christianity. 931 00:53:34,500 --> 00:53:39,400 And it was live close enough to the Border but still do my own 932 00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:42,600 thing. Have an altar so I can remember 933 00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:45,600 yeah I grew up Christian and yeah I'll take my kids to church 934 00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:49,600 when I'm 30 and I have my own family, I want to do my own 935 00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:52,900 thing. That was my idea of 936 00:53:52,900 --> 00:53:54,300 Christianity. You know what, for the longest 937 00:53:54,300 --> 00:53:58,000 time it was the best plan. I thought I had hear me. 938 00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,000 I'm not lying to you. I'm not exaggerating. 939 00:54:00,300 --> 00:54:04,500 I literally thought those thoughts in college that I'm not 940 00:54:04,500 --> 00:54:06,900 going to go so far where I forget about God, but I'm going 941 00:54:06,900 --> 00:54:10,300 to go and do my own thing and still have some kind of symbol 942 00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:13,200 in some kind of way to remember that he is there and he forgave 943 00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:15,300 me. Oh yeah, and I thought this plan 944 00:54:15,300 --> 00:54:23,300 is brilliant. Let me testify to you. 945 00:54:24,700 --> 00:54:26,500 It's so much better when you cross over. 946 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:36,200 So much better. When you hear and you see what 947 00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:41,400 this book says to be true. And it took the Holy Spirit to 948 00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:43,700 rebuke me hard like Moses, that would rebuke them. 949 00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:48,200 And I had a choice to either. Convince myself, I'll do the 950 00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,800 bare minimum and just stay here to say, you know what, I'm going 951 00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,400 to go over and I can tell you this the past eight years. 952 00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:55,300 And this is a special moment. I might try to talk about 953 00:54:55,300 --> 00:54:56,400 myself. I'm just trying to testify and 954 00:54:56,408 --> 00:54:57,900 be real night of this Bible study. 955 00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:02,900 I know Peter and Tim are here and they had their own 956 00:55:02,900 --> 00:55:09,300 experience in New Year's 2011. Correct me if I'm wrong but he 957 00:55:09,300 --> 00:55:12,200 and Tim, they had their own moment without that make that 958 00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:17,700 choice too. it was New Year's 2011 for me this time of the 959 00:55:17,700 --> 00:55:22,000 year where it's just like, okay, it's either all or nothing and I 960 00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:26,100 can tell you in the past 8 years, Has it been that long? 961 00:55:27,100 --> 00:55:28,800 Yeah, seven. Eight years. 962 00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:33,800 It's so much better in the Promised Land. 963 00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:40,300 If you're holding on to your own version, if you're holding on to 964 00:55:40,300 --> 00:55:42,500 your own idea, if you know, you're on the fringes, you know, 965 00:55:42,500 --> 00:55:45,000 if your heart's not fully surrendered, you're missing out. 966 00:55:45,900 --> 00:55:48,100 No matter how much land you have it, no matter how much structure 967 00:55:48,100 --> 00:55:51,100 you have, no matter how many ideas you have it pales in 968 00:55:51,100 --> 00:55:54,700 comparison, To the land flowing with milk and honey. 969 00:55:54,700 --> 00:55:58,200 Trust, God on it. Trust the Lord on it. 970 00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:02,700 And if you want to, if you wanted to and brothers and 971 00:56:02,700 --> 00:56:04,500 sisters, if you're here, you already made that decision and 972 00:56:04,500 --> 00:56:07,000 you want to go into this new year with that same mindset. 973 00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:08,900 This is what we have to expect. There's going to be some 974 00:56:08,900 --> 00:56:13,700 battles. 51 says that there's going to be battles, you're 975 00:56:13,700 --> 00:56:16,400 going to fight some Idols, you're going to fight some 976 00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:19,800 Temptations. You can experience pushback from 977 00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:22,200 different things, but it's going to be worth it. 978 00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:27,100 And this is the warning and verse 55. 979 00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:30,000 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from 980 00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:33,500 before you, then those of them who you let remain shall be as 981 00:56:33,500 --> 00:56:36,000 barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides and they shall 982 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:39,000 trouble you in the land where you dwell and I will do to you 983 00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:42,200 as I thought I do to them. What is he saying there? 984 00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:45,300 It's a scary truth because initially they could have gone 985 00:56:45,300 --> 00:56:49,300 and saying we're right. There's to do it cross over the 986 00:56:49,300 --> 00:56:50,900 river to be in the middle of the promised land. 987 00:56:50,900 --> 00:56:52,400 I'm in God's will. Yes. 988 00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:55,600 And that can be the initial excitement after a Bible study 989 00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:59,700 like this, after a message after initial response, and then when 990 00:56:59,700 --> 00:57:01,900 you go in, you realize, it's tougher than you thought. 991 00:57:01,900 --> 00:57:04,600 And you want to give up and you start to make neighbors with the 992 00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:06,300 things that God called you to kill. 993 00:57:07,500 --> 00:57:10,100 And so, here's my strong exhortation that if you've 994 00:57:10,100 --> 00:57:12,800 decided to go into this new year to fully, give yourself. 995 00:57:12,800 --> 00:57:16,200 If you feel encouraged and like this Bible study to not just a 996 00:57:16,207 --> 00:57:19,700 Content but to believe Got four more, don't give up. 997 00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:23,400 Don't give up. Don't make neighbors. 998 00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:25,600 Don't make friends with the things that God's called you to 999 00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:29,700 destroy. So don't let up even if you 1000 00:57:29,700 --> 00:57:32,000 didn't, initially made that cry out to the Lord. 1001 00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:34,400 Because I tell you something, I've seen many people made that 1002 00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:39,400 initial decision, but then, they go in, and they end up letting 1003 00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:42,200 loose and they're miserable just like God warned them. 1004 00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:43,900 You have thorns on your side's Barb's and that's not 1005 00:57:43,900 --> 00:57:47,000 comfortable. That's painful, it's painful. 1006 00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:52,300 So if you're making that initial don't give up Going strong. 1007 00:57:53,500 --> 00:57:56,100 And it's a new testament old testament version of the New 1008 00:57:56,100 --> 00:57:58,900 Testament. Verse, does, anybody know what 1009 00:57:58,900 --> 00:58:01,800 the last verse of the first book of the book of First, John is 1010 00:58:04,100 --> 00:58:08,200 That awesome Epistle of love that tells us God is love. 1011 00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:13,400 You know what the last verse is who knows Little children. 1012 00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:19,700 Keep yourself from Idols. Once a keep yourself from Idols. 1013 00:58:20,500 --> 00:58:25,000 So what God is saying here, As you go in, keep yourself from 1014 00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:27,700 Idols. Keep your eyes focused on me, 1015 00:58:27,900 --> 00:58:30,500 believe me. When I say that, what I have for 1016 00:58:30,500 --> 00:58:33,300 you is better than what you could whip up on your own. 1017 00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:36,600 That's what I believe at the Lord and lighted. 1018 00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,700 This Bible study has to say to us that as we come up to this 1019 00:58:39,700 --> 00:58:42,600 new year, we have a choice to make and that's the call for 1020 00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:46,400 this Bible study tonight. Will you choose to be like Ruben 1021 00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,000 and Gad? Or you choose to go in across. 1022 00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:53,300 Even if the fight I could tell you, it's much more comfortable 1023 00:58:53,300 --> 00:58:55,300 to stay with Ruben and then Reuben, Gad area. 1024 00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:57,600 But there are greater consequences. 1025 00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:01,000 I rather go in and fight those battles to know that I have the 1026 00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:04,300 presence of God. You know that I have is 1027 00:59:04,300 --> 00:59:06,600 protection and blessing on my life to know that I have is 1028 00:59:06,600 --> 00:59:10,400 intimacy than to be void of the battle but to forfeit all of 1029 00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:14,100 that. The choice is all of ours. 1030 00:59:15,300 --> 00:59:20,900 The choice is all of ours. Pray with me, please. 1031 00:59:20,900 --> 00:59:24,900 As we ask the Lord for this new year, for God, to bless it, to 1032 00:59:24,900 --> 00:59:26,500 stir our hearts into that direction. 1033 00:59:30,500 --> 00:59:33,700 Father, we praise you for the way that you've helped us end 1034 00:59:33,700 --> 00:59:37,800 this book at the end of this year, Lord we magnify you for 1035 00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:41,400 your wisdom and your Providence in this Bible study, thank you 1036 00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:44,500 for your word for us to reflect on. 1037 00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:48,300 And Lord like Moses was commanded. 1038 00:59:48,300 --> 00:59:52,100 We somehow choose to do the same thing and to record your 1039 00:59:52,100 --> 00:59:56,100 goodness. And we think about the past. 1040 00:59:57,900 --> 01:00:02,000 Thank you for 2018. Thank you that you don't rub our 1041 01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:03,500 failures in our faces. Lord. 1042 01:00:04,200 --> 01:00:06,300 Thank you that you just remind us of how good you are. 1043 01:00:07,300 --> 01:00:09,800 And Lord, if you've been good to us up to this point, you will be 1044 01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:14,500 get to us in the year to come. and Lord, we choose to say yes, 1045 01:00:14,500 --> 01:00:19,600 the cross And yes to remain, and yes, to continue to fight, and 1046 01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:23,000 not to give up. Lord, we pray by the spirit. 1047 01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,500 That you would keep this house is a house of encouragement. 1048 01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:28,100 Lord, that we would be able to know how to speak into each. 1049 01:00:28,100 --> 01:00:30,600 Other's lives. Lord, that when people are being 1050 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:34,000 beaten and bruised by life, they can come here and find bomb and 1051 01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:36,900 love. We ask father that in this new 1052 01:00:36,900 --> 01:00:41,200 year we would truly see greater things than we ever expected. 1053 01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:46,500 And Lord, we choose tonight to say, thank you for this family. 1054 01:00:47,700 --> 01:00:49,400 Thank you for every person that loves you. 1055 01:00:50,300 --> 01:00:52,100 Thank you for every person that has not given up. 1056 01:00:52,100 --> 01:00:55,800 And for those who have Lord, strengthen them and breathe life 1057 01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:57,800 into them. For those who have maybe gone 1058 01:00:57,800 --> 01:01:01,100 astray Lord, call them home, call them home. 1059 01:01:01,100 --> 01:01:07,500 Lord, Lord May Our Lives. Not be content, maybe not Park 1060 01:01:07,500 --> 01:01:12,900 here but believe that there's so much that we have yet to 1061 01:01:12,900 --> 01:01:15,700 experience. And God. 1062 01:01:15,700 --> 01:01:19,300 Right now we just come on and see before you, we don't try to 1063 01:01:19,300 --> 01:01:23,200 pretend We said, Lord ignite my heart again. 1064 01:01:24,700 --> 01:01:26,900 Oh God, I can easily get so cold. 1065 01:01:26,900 --> 01:01:29,300 They can easily get so distracted by things. 1066 01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:32,100 I can see things and be so drawn to things. 1067 01:01:32,100 --> 01:01:36,700 I feel to realize that you not only want to provide for me, you 1068 01:01:36,707 --> 01:01:41,200 want to give me more More than what I can build for myself. 1069 01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:44,900 Lord, help us not be like these Men Who Built for themselves and 1070 01:01:44,900 --> 01:01:46,800 forfeited way. You wanted to build for them. 1071 01:01:47,100 --> 01:01:53,400 We say yes to your will. We say yes to your will Lord as 1072 01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:57,700 this church has been together for these past few years? 1073 01:01:58,200 --> 01:02:05,300 We say together We give 2019 to you, Lord for your namesake, use 1074 01:02:05,300 --> 01:02:08,300 us, and protect us guide us and sanctify us. 1075 01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:12,700 Lord, you are worthy. If there's anybody in here, 1076 01:02:12,700 --> 01:02:14,600 father that has lost the joy of the Lord. 1077 01:02:14,900 --> 01:02:19,800 Anybody if anybody in here is feeling like giving up, anybody 1078 01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:21,700 feels like they don't want to just give it all. 1079 01:02:21,700 --> 01:02:23,900 They just want to kind of cruise control. 1080 01:02:25,000 --> 01:02:31,700 Oh, Lord, touch our hearts. So now even now Lord, we choose 1081 01:02:31,700 --> 01:02:33,800 to sing to you because you have been faithful. 1082 01:02:40,900 --> 01:02:43,500 In the, we choose to thank you, not just for the past but for 1083 01:02:43,500 --> 01:02:44,900 what you will do in the days to come. 1084 01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:50,900 Thank you God. Shepherd of shepherds lover of 1085 01:02:50,900 --> 01:02:50,900 our souls. Shepherd of shepherds lover of 1086 01:02:50,900 --> 01:02:51,600 our souls.