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Could you clap your hands to the
Lord this morning and thank Him 

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Amen. 
Amen. 

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If you have your Bibles this 
morning, turn with me to the 

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book of Numbers, Numbers chapter
26. 

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Give honor to our Bishop and 
Sister McGee. 

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Give honor to our pastor and his
wife is there. 

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Not here today, but want to 
honor them and appreciate them 

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for their leadership. 
Honor my wife and love and 

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appreciate her so very much. 
She's the better part of our duo

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and I'm thankful for her. 
My son and daughter-in-law and 

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of course the best of us. 
Piper, the Queen of the family 

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man. 
She makes me a happy pops. 

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My favorite people on earth. 
I love and appreciate them. 

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Numbers 26 and 11 very long 
verse very lengthy reading this 

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morning says notwithstanding the
children of Korah died not Lord 

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bless you. 
You may be seated today. 

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I want to talk to you this 
morning for a few minutes of 

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time today on a subject the sons
of Kora died not. 

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And this might be a subject that
takes me 30 minutes to, as we 

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say, lay the foundation or 
provide context. 

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It might be 5 minutes of 
preaching after that, I don't 

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know, but we'll see. 
The Sons of Korah died. 

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Not in many modern 
organizations. 

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The most dangerous power 
struggles often don't come from 

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outsiders, they come from 
insiders. 

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It's the long tenured leader who
feels overlooked, the trusted 

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team member who starts 
questioning every decision, or 

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the influential voice who 
quietly gathers agreement in 

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hallways before addressing 
leadership directly. 

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What begins is just asking 
questions slowly shifts into 

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influence building, alliance 
forming, coalition building, and

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eventually a court coordinated 
challenge to establish 

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authority. 
On the surface it can sound like

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a push for fairness or reform, 
but underneath it's often a 

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something much deeper. 
It's pride addressed as 

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principle or ambition disguised 
as accountability. 

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It's a power play. 
It's a play for position. 

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That same dynamic is not new. 
Matter of fact, the ideology of 

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corporate takeovers is ancient. 
It often shows up, or it shows 

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up vividly in numbers. 
Chapter 16 where a respected 

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Levite by the name of Cora, 
along with two men named Dathan 

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and Abiram step forward to 
challenge Moses and Aaron, not 

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because they lacked opportunity,
but because they wanted more 

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than what had been assigned to 
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What follows is not just a 
leadership dispute, but a full 

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scale rebellion that reveals how
quickly discontent can escalate,

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when ambition overrides 
alignment, and how seriously God

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treats the disruption of 
divinely established order. 

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Numbers Chapter 16 tells the 
story of three people who played

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pivotal roles in an uprising 
that occurred against Moses and 

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Aaron, challenging their 
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First there was Cora, the chief 
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it's core leader. 
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this is referred to as Cora's 
rebellion. 

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Cora already had a significant 
role in ministry, serving in the

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Tabernacle, but instead of 
honoring that calling, he turned

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it into a competition. 
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but confused access with 
authority. 

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Cora did not appreciate the 
weight of what he had or the 

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boundaries that God had set to 
top all this bad off. 

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It was as if it wasn't bad 
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Cora refused correction. 
Let me just pause right there 

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and say outside of my notes this
morning, you're it's a sad life 

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to live when you can't take 
correction. 

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You you have to be able to take 
correction both in the spiritual

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and the natural realm. 
His pride kept him away from 

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repentance. 
Carnal ambition was the fight 

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for authority rank position 
against the spiritual order of 

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God. 
In concert with Cora were two Co

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conspirators, Dathan and Abiram,
who worked to amplify the revolt

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against God's appointed leaders 
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Cora, Dathan and Abyram gathered
250 leaders of Israel who were 

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prominent leaders of Israel who 
chose to side with the rebellion

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and support the uprising against
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Corin, Cora, Dathan, and Abyram 
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challenged Aaron's priesthood. 
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and became a public challenge 
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Leadership from a natural 
perspective has immense value 

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and is a major determining 
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business, A-Team, a project, or 
a relationship. 

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God appointed. 
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same value and strength, adds to
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that brings with it anointing, 
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Ladies and gentlemen, much like 
we do not get to pick our 

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leaders in the natural world, we
also do not get to pick who God 

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chooses and who God appoints and
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That's His job, not ours. 
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with Cora and the rebellion he 
originated, at its core is an 

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issue of pride, jealousy, and a 
desire for position rather than 

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submission to God's order. 
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They wanted power and authority.
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the position that they expected,
they questioned those that were 

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in that position, and they 
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their calling. 
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order of God and the calling 
that He put in place, and they 

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failed to understand that their 
extreme disrespect for God's 

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chosen ministers was a slap in 
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So God responds very decisively 
in #16 and verse #32 the Bible 

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tells us. 
And the earth opened her mouth. 

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The earth opened up and 
swallowed them up, and their 

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houses, and all the men that 
have pertained unto Cora and all

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their goods. 
That's a pretty bad ending to 

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such a circumstance that could 
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had privately had a conversation
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disagreement. 
The earth opened and swallowed 

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Cora and those that aligned with
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It was a dramatic judgment that 
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views rebellion against his 
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But something else very 
remarkable happened. 

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Numbers 26 and 11, I read to you
one more time, says 

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notwithstanding the children of 
Korra died not despite their 

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father's rebellion, the sons 
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Now I need to pause here and and
spend maybe 5 minutes to provide

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some context to the word 
children that we read in numbers

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26 and 11, because I believe 
it's important. 

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I believe it's important to 
understand how this translates 

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from the original text and how 
it applies to us today. 

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There are nuances and cultural 
implications to language. 

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Any student of language here 
today, at any level, beginner or

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fluent, understands that 
translation is not always A1 for

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one word swap there there's 
there's influence, there's 

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meaning, there's culture, 
there's all kinds of nuance 

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involved in translating. 
And when you're going from 

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Hebrew to English, there's times
that can be quite difficult. 

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Numbers 26 and 11 says the 
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I presented you with a message 
titled today called The Sons of 

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Cora Died Not. 
The first question is why? 

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And the second question is, why 
is this important? 

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To answer these, I'm going to 
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the words in translation. 
So give me 5 minutes here. 

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I'm not going to spend a lot of 
time. 

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I'm not trying to teach you 
Hebrew and I'm not trying to 

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convince you to learn it, but 
there's an application here that

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I believe is important or I 
wouldn't share it with you 

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today. 
In the Hebrew language, the 

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words for children are starting 
with the first one is tough. 

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It means little ones or 
dependents, and it's only used 

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in the Bible whenever it's an 
it's a reference to men, women 

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and children. 
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have that kind of reading the 
men, the women and the children 

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were present. 
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children in that context is 
tough. 

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The the primary word for child 
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It is a child that is a boy. 
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boys. 
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memorize these words but just 
stay with me for a moment or 

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two. 
Yalda is a child that is a girl.

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Yella Dope is children that are 
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You have to understand Hebrew is
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And Spanish is gender specific. 
There are multiple languages 

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throughout the world that are 
not similar to English that are 

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gender specific in nature. 
This is not a full list of 

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Hebrew references for child or 
children, but I want to keep the

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list short today. 
I don't want to get bogged down 

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in the words as much as I do the
application. 

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It is important to note that 
there are masculine and feminine

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forms of words in Hebrew for 
almost every noun. 

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Adjectives always mirror the 
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Numbers and verbs and pronouns. 
They are very specific, so when 

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translating from that to 
English, English does not mirror

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that. 
And there is no general word in 

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Hebrew for children. 
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children. 
It could be male or female, it 

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could be, it could be Reese and 
Alex. 

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If you're old enough and you 
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there's generalities that could 
be used in that. 

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That is not the case in Hebrew 
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Again, this is in the Hebrew 
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today on the slide. 
And I'm, I'm sharing this with 

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you for context as proof. 
OK, I'm not asking you just take

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my word for it. 
I want to validate what I'm 

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telling you, especially if this 
is something that you don't 

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know, but what you see on the 
screen reads as UVNE Koraklo 

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metu, and it translates as the 
sons of Kora died. 

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Not now. 
If you listen to if you listen 

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to it phonetically, you didn't 
hear any of the Y words that I 

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used. 
Yell at yella deem y'all die 

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Yella dope. 
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What we heard is the plural 
masculine construct of the 

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Hebrew word Ben. 
I've got a nephew named Ben, so 

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it's very easy to remember. 
Ben is the Hebrew word for son. 

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When this verse was translated, 
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capture, that nuance. 
Coming to English, I'm spending 

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this much time on this because I
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what children means. 
Even though in English it's a 

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generalized term, the target 
audience of the word in numbers 

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2611 is very specific. 
The children of kora that were 

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written about were the sons of 
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This is important. 
You know what? 

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You're probably wondering, why 
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I want to share it with you and 
I hope that I can get this 

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across that you believe it's 
just as important as as I do. 

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But I believe it's important 
today because you don't build 

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legacy without sons. 
You don't build lineage without 

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sons. 
I'm sorry to point out the 

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obvious, but for families that 
have all girls, the father of 

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that family, at some point his 
name is going to drop off, 

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right? 
So it's important that we 

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understand we weren't just 
generalizing a word of children.

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We're not looking to just see 
Kora die off. 

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There's a purpose that 1415 
chapters later we see a verse in

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the Bible that says, oh by the 
way, the sons of Kora didn't 

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die, Kora messed up. 
Kora had a severe rebellion. 

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Kora didn't appreciate his God 
calling and he wanted more. 

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He almost sounds like a natural 
story of the spiritual story in 

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Genesis of Lucifer. 
Kora was coveting a position 

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that God didn't position him 
for. 

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It's important today that we 
follow the calling God has given

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us in the position He wants us 
in. 

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I've seen too many people in 
life mess their life up because 

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they won't step into their God 
calling, but they'll step into 

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something they want and that's 
dangerous for us to do. 

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So Cora. 
Cora has died. 

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We've already established that 
Cora has died. 

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All the people that aligned with
him, they've died. 

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Their houses are gone, their 
goods are gone. 

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They've all been swallowed up by
the earth. 

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They no longer exist. 
But oh, by the way, his sons 

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didn't die. 
So the children reference is 

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very specific in translation to 
let us to allow us to know the 

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nuance that children there is 
sons, it's the heritage, it's 

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the carrying on of what was 
established. 

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And this is important today. 
So let's quickly circle back to 

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our opening verse. 
Numbers 2611 notwithstanding, 

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the children of Cora died, not 
now we understand the context of

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the verse. 
So let's get a little bit more 

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to the heart of the matter. 
Cora, their father died. 

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We've established that, but I 
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about his death. 
Cora didn't die of the old age. 

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He didn't fade out peacefully. 
He didn't leave behind a stable 

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inheritance. 
He didn't have a life insurance 

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policy that kicked in after he 
was gone. 

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He died in a way that fractured 
his legacy instead of finishing 

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well. 
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died not from illness but from 
insurrection, not from weakness 

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but willful rebellion, not from 
accident but intentional 

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defiance to divine order. 
Not from an external attack, but

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he died from his internal pride.
He didn't just lose his life, he

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discredit his his leadership. 
Cora didn't just fall, he pulled

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others down with him. 
He didn't just die, he 

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redefined. 
This is important. 

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This morning, Cora didn't just 
die. 

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He redefined his family's 
legacy. 

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He redefined his family's 
identity. 

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We've all done it. 
If we're honest with ourselves. 

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Somebody mentions a family name.
Yeah, I know that family. 

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They all fill in the blank. 
They all Alcoholics, they all 

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whatever. 
They're all this. 

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They're all trouble. 
They're right. 

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We've all done it. 
And we we make those general 

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sweeping statements off of the 
knowledge of what the family 

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name represents. 
Cora altered the identity of his

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family so that the name of Cora 
did not represent a leader in 

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the Tabernacle. 
The name of Kora did not 

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represent a God called Servant. 
The name of Kora represented 

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rebellion, pride, negative 
things, the list could go on and

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on. 
Defiance. 

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He discredited his family. 
His name became synonymous with 

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rebellion, and the name of the 
family line became a public 

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disgrace and a divine judgement 
because God responded to his 

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disgrace by opening up the 
earth, swallowing him up. 

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Cora traded assignment for 
ambition. 

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He exchanged calling for 
comparison. 

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If only we had time to talk 
about the comparison trap today.

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But we don't. 
Just don't fall in it. 

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He abandoned stewardship for 
status. 

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He confused access to God's work
with authority over God's order.

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Cora didn't just make a bad 
decision. 

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He normalized rebellion, he 
organized opposition, and he 

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attempted to replace what God 
put in place. 

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As a matter of fact, today I 
believe Cora may have been a 

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type and shadow of a modern day 
problem in society because 

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today's society has a very 
popular way of thinking. 

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If I don't agree with you, I'll 
just take you out. 

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That's a problem in today's 
society, that we can no longer 

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disagree and still walk 
together. 

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So there's a principle of 
consequence here. 1 moment of 

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unchecked pride can echo across 
generations. 

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One leader's rebellion can 
reshape how a family name is 

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remembered. 
One refusal to submit can create

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a culture of instability behind 
you. 

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And yet his story does not end 
in total generation collapse. 

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His sons did not die with him. 
The Bible says the sons of Korah

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died not that's not just a 
simple statement letting us know

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that they avoided death. 
We are. 

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We are being instructed here 
that the sons of Korah were 

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preserved for purpose. 
Korah's lineage was not erased. 

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His name was not only associated
with failure, but his 

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descendants, excuse me, later 
became voices of worship. 

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The sons of Korra became voices 
of worship. 

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They became voices of 
instrumentation. 

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They became worship leaders in 
the presence of God in the 

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nation of Israel. 
They also became authors to 

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portions of the Psalms. 
The sons of Korra, even when at 

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this I'm telling you this means 
today that even when a father or

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a mother fractures their legacy,
God can still redeem the line 

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and refuse to repeat the 
pattern. 

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You do not have to follow after 
what happened the generation 

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before you. 
The sons of Korah show and 

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demonstrate to us that you do 
not have to repeat what you come

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from. 
The sons of Korra broke the 

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cycle, but they did not break 
the covenant. 

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They chose not to inherit their 
father's rebellion. 

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They chose not to imitate his 
ambition. 

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They chose not to align with his
resistance. 

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They chose not to adopt his 
posture toward authority. 

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All choices that they had to 
make for themselves. 

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They separated themselves from 
the spirit of Korra without 

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losing their identity. 
They were still Kora's 

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descendants, but they're 
reframing the name, they're 

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reshaping the family line, and 
they're re establishing 

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something that is more akin to 
how Kora started. 

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They refused to normalize what 
their father modelled. 

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They refused to make rebellion a
family trait. 

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They refused to let pain become 
permission. 

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They refused to confuse heritage
with destiny. 

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While others pursued position, 
they pursued God's presence. 

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While others fought for status 
and position, they stayed 

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committed to the service that 
was before them. 

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While others challenged 
authority, they embraced their 

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assignment. 
While others were out building 

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carnal influence, the sons of 
Korra built worship. 

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They built an opportunity to get
in the presence of God. 

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So instead of being known for 
rebellion, they became known for

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worship. 
Leaders in Israel, gatekeepers 

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to sacred places, authors and 
carriers of psalms that has 

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shaped our lives for 
generations. 

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Let me pause here and remind us 
this morning that Second 

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Corinthians 5 and 17 says, 
therefore, if any man be in 

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Christ, he is a new creature. 
Somebody shout new creature. 

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Old things are passed away. 
Behold, all things are become 

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new. 
My family might be Alcoholics, 

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but I'm a new creature. 
My family might be drug addicts,

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but I'm a new creature. 
My family might have 

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relationship issues, but thank 
God I'm a new creature. 

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My family might have anger 
issues, they might be known for 

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bar fighting and all kinds of 
destruction, but I can stand 

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before God and say I'm a new 
creature. 

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My family might have set me up 
for failure in life with the 

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name they've established, but I 
am a new creature. 

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I don't have to repeat. 
You don't have to repeat what 

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was handed down. 
I will tell you today that there

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is no St. without a past, but 
there is also no Sinner without 

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a future. 
We have hope today. 

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What began as tainted lineage 
became a trusted voice in 

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worship. 
The sons of Korra became 

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associated with some of the most
powerful declarations in 

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scripture. 
Many of them we know, Many of 

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them some of you can probably 
quote from by heart. 

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You just may not recognize that 
the sons of Korah authored them 

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Psalms 42 and one. 
As the heart panteth after the 

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water brooks, so panteth my soul
after the Oh God. 45 and 17 I 

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will make thy name to be 
remembered in all generations. 

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Therefore shall the people 
praise thee forever and ever. 46

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And one God is our refuge and 
strength, a very present help in

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trouble. 46 and seven, the Lord 
of hosts is with us. 

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The God of Jacob is our refuge. 
47 And one we quoted often. 

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Oh, clap your hands, all you 
people, shout unto God with a 

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voice of triumph. 
Can you imagine that the person 

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of sons of Kora, the lineage of 
Kora the, the, the descendants 

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of Kora who authored this, who 
know Kora's reputation, who know

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what Kora tried to do to the 
family line, who know the way 

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that Kora tainted the name of 
the family. 

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But yet they stand before God in
his temple, in grace and in 

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mercy and in worship. 
And they're so excited about the

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opportunity that God has laid 
before them that they can't help

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but say, oh, clap your hands. 
It's a day to rejoice. 

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It's a day to give thanks to 
God. 

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It's a day to understand I'm not
where my family was. 

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So I will shout unto God with a 
voice of triumph for all that 

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God has done. 
Psalms 84 and 10 for a day in 

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thy courts is better than 1000. 
I had rather be a doorkeeper in 

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the House of my God. 
Bishop. 

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I've heard this voice, this 
verse all my life. 

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We've got songs that sing about 
this verse. 

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Better is one day in your 
courts. 

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Better is one day right? 
We've got we've got songs 

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authored off of this passage. 
We sing them. 

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I like it. 
I like it in moderation. 

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It's a little bit repetitive, 
but that's all right. 

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I like it. 
It's got good meaning. 

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A Bishop when I when I 
understood the correlation to 

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authorship to chorus family and 
I read verse 10 again that it 

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says for a day in thy courts is 
better than 1000. 

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It's taking on new meaning now. 
This is not just anybody with a,

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a pen and a a scroll, just just 
writing that God is good and a 

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day in his courts is good and, 
and, and all thanks be to God. 

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And this is all just great and 
grand. 

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This has a meaning today that is
so much richer and deeper than 

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what I had originally 
understood. 

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Because the people that are 
writing it, they could have been

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in somebody else's court if they
had followed family line and 

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family name. 
They might not be in God's 

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court. 
They might not be in God's 

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presence. 
And they're saying rather than 

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rather than meet rebellion, 
rather than follow my father of 

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old, rather than follow the 
things of my family, I'd rather 

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just be a simple doorkeeper in 
the House of God. 

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I don't need status. 
I don't need position because 

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that's what Cora was chasing. 
Kora wanted the publicity. 

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Kora wanted the stars and the 
the fame and the popularity. 

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Kora wanted the pulpit ministry.
Kora wanted to stand under the 

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lights in front of everybody. 
We get the sons of Kora who are 

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worship leaders in Israel 
generations later with a lineage

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of blood that ties back to him, 
as their father said. 

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You know what? 
I don't need status. 

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I don't need position. 
I don't need popularity. 

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Just let me be a doorkeeper. 
Just let me open the door for 

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somebody else. 
Just let me have the opportunity

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to welcome somebody else into 
the courts of God. 

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My God. 
That's powerful today. 

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That provides so much context 
and meaning to why that verse is

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even necessary to begin with. 
I'd rather be a doorkeeper in 

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the House of God than to do well
in the tents of wickedness. 

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For the Lord God is a son and 
shield. 

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The Lord will give grace and 
glory. 

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No good thing will he withhold 
from them that walk uprightly or

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correctly. 
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the 

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man that trusteth in thee. 
The same family name that once 

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echoed rebellion, that once 
echoed a desire to do everything

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for himself regardless and 
despite what God had set in 

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place, now echoes trust and a 
longing for God's presence in 

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worship. 
But here's what's important 

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today. 
The sons of Cora, they didn't 

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choose their origin. 
You don't choose your family. 

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You don't choose your last name,
or at least not the one that 

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you're born with. 
It's given to you. 

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You don't choose the orientation
or the the what the 

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representation of that name is. 
You don't choose the reputation 

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of your family line. 
You're born into that. 

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But you do have a choice in 
determining your destiny. 

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What do I do with my name? 
Where do I take this? 

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Do I repeat old habits or do I 
make different choices? 

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That is our choice. 
I have heard people, I have 

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heard countless people, I've 
probably even said it numerous 

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times myself in my lifetime, 
talk and excuse people's 

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behavior because, well, they're 
just like their dad, or they're 

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just like their grandpa, or 
they're just like their aunt, or

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they're just like their mother. 
They're just like their Whoever 

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we say it, I'm not going to ask 
you to admit to it. 

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I know you probably said it. 
We have all said it, We'll 

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probably all continue to say it 
because it's just something that

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we do. 
But I want to circle back to 2nd

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Corinthians 517 for a spiritual 
reflection for us this morning. 

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Because in the things that we 
say, well, they're just like, 

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and they're just like, and 
they're just like. 

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If those things are behaviors 
that go against the character of

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the Christian that is walking a 
walk with God. 

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Let's go back to 2nd Corinthians
and be reminded that if we are 

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in Christ, we are a new creature
That overrides Sister Margaret, 

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That overrides my natural 
bloodline, that blood of Christ 

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on Calvary, That makes me new. 
That overrides me being just 

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like my grandfather. 
That overrides my attitude, my 

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bad attitude, being just like my
uncles. 

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That overrides all of that 
because if I am in Christ, I'm 

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new. 
Old things, old things are 

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passed away. 
Behold, all things are become 

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new. 
It's important for us to 

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remember that today because it's
important for us to not excuse 

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ourselves out of choices that we
need to make when it comes to 

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following God. 
You may inherit dysfunction, but

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you don't have to distribute it.
You don't have to live in it, 

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you don't have to repeat it. 
You may come from broken homes, 

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broken relationships, broken 
leadership, but you don't have 

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to reproduce it. 
You may carry a difficult name, 

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but you can define a different 
future. 

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The sons of Korra built their 
lives to build worship, proving 

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that legacy is not just what you
inherit, but it's what you 

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choose to continue. 
I remember for the Alex will 

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come to the keyboard this 
morning. 

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I remember as a child, I 
remember being places with my 

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parents. 
Of course, anybody that knows me

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knows that my father pastored 
for 4040 years or so and I was a

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child. 
And of course not just because 

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they were pastor even before 
they were pastoring. 

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When the family, when my parents
went to church, the family went 

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to church. 
So we kids went to church. 

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I'll not go down a rabbit hole 
this morning, but let me just 

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pause and say that's how it's 
supposed to be. 

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But I remember them engaging in 
conversations with people that 

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were not of the church and I 
would be standing there and they

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would be having adult 
conversation. 

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And I remember, Brother Fred, 
times where people would say, 

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well, do your kids go to church 
with you? 

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My parents would say, of course.
And those ladies or gentlemen 

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would respond with, well, just 
just wait till they get out of 

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your house. 
Just wait till they can make 

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their own decisions. 
Just just wait. 

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We'll see. 
We'll see if they still go to 

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church then. 
What a sad life that must be, 

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number one, to have said that in
front of their children. 

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I find that very distasteful 
today as an adult. 

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But my point is, yes, when I got
to a certain age and I was 

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outside of their house, I had 
choice. 

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Whether you are choosing not to 
repeat something or choosing to 

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repeat something, you have to 
make a choice. 

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And I am thankful today that up 
until now and and prayerfully by

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the grace of God, continuing 
from now, my choice is to serve 

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God. 
My choice is to continue to 

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further the legacy and name that
was built before me. 

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00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:26,480
But if you're here today and you
are chasing and running away 

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from something, there's someone 
you can run to. 

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We can run to the arms of Jesus.
One of my favorite verses in the

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Bible I recognize now are 
written by the sons of Korra. 

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And that is God is my refuge and
strength. 

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When I don't know where to go, I
can go to Him when I'm running, 

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when I'm out of options. 
And yeah, I know today we 

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shouldn't wait until we're out 
of options and choose Him last. 

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But in our humanity, sometimes 
that's what we do. 

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00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,840
We try to do it all on our own 
and then we go to God. 

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It happens to every one of us. 
But thanks be to God that versus

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just as real, if He's your last 
choice as it is is, He's your 

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first choice. 
He is our refuge and He is our 

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strength. 
I can only imagine what the sons

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of Korah needed refuge from. 
They had a bad family name. 

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They had they had. 
They had to prove themselves at 

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some point that they were not 
like their father. 

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The Apostle Paul had a similar 
fight and struggle When he got 

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saved. 
He had to prove that he was not 

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like his former name. 
His name was changed by choice 

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because he was building a new 
future. 

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He was building a new legacy. 
Would you stand with me this 

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morning? 
It is possible that the chorus 

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sons could have been the same 
worship leaders and temple 

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00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:20,000
servants that they were If Korah
had not rebelled. 

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The destiny of Korah's sons 
could have been the same because

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the family line was already in 
temple service. 

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00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:34,800
What's important that we 
recognize today is that despite 

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what happened, they ended up in 
service to God. 

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Everything I've said for the 
last 36 minutes all comes down 

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to this. 
Your past does not have to 

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00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:56,000
define you. 
The story that has been written 

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00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,600
in your life does not have to be
the final chapter. 

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If we will come before the 
presence of God and allow God to

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help us rewrite our story. 
He's a good author. 

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00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:13,400
He's a good writer. 
He knows how to pin the story 

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00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:18,120
just right. 
The sons of Korah died not. 

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00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:23,280
I'm thankful for that today, 
because it gives me hope. 

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00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,680
It gives me hope that for every 
mistake in my family, for every 

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00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:31,440
mistake in my life, for 
generations that preceded me, 

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00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,400
things that were not right, that
they did not have to be perfect 

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for God to use me, for God to 
welcome me, for God to save me. 

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Your past doesn't have to define
your future. 

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00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,680
Only God can do that if we will 
allow it. 

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Would you lift your hands, bow 
your head? 

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Whatever you want to do right 
now to pray. 

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00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:57,880
This altar is open this morning.
I feel a sweet presence of the 

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00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,960
Holy Ghost here today. 
I want to encourage someone 

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00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:05,320
today in the Spirit. 
Focus more on your today and 

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your future in God than your 
past. 

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Once God has forgiven you, your 
past is redeemed. 

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You don't have to repeat that. 
You don't have to walk in the 

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steps of your forefathers if 
they were not what God ordained.

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Don't allow the name of whatever
is hanging over you to define 

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you. 
Allow God to come into your life

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00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:30,160
and define your steps. 
Allow God to order your steps. 

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The Bible says that the steps of
a good man are ordered by the 

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Lord. 
I don't know that I can say in 

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and of myself and my flesh that 
I'm good. 

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Only God can define goodness in 
my life. 

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00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:47,600
But I must surrender to Him so 
that He can define, that He can 

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00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:51,520
order my steps, and He can allow
me to make right choices, 

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whether at your seat, at your 
couch, at home, at this altar 

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00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:01,640
this morning. 
Let's take a moment. 

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Let's take a moment here as we 
sing. 

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Let's take a moment to lift up 
the name of Jesus and just 

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00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:11,240
prayerfully talk to Him about 
where we're at in our destiny 

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00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:17,000
and our walk with him because 
God is able today to rewrite 

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your story.