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Perry, just so you know, it's 
Ruth, not Ruth. 

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Two very different things. 
Good morning. 

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Turn to the book of Ruth. 
As we saw in our new series, 

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while you're turning there, just
a bit of a disclaimer, not so 

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much a sermon today. 
I don't think what I want to do 

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would best be described as 
preaching, but more of painting 

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a picture. 
I want to show you what and why 

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the book of Ruth was written or 
what what God is after in our 

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hearts, I believe as we go 
through the series. 

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So just so you know, that's 
that's kind of the angle we're 

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going to take today. 
A little bit different than 

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usual. 
But if you haven't found it yet,

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it's an Old Testament. 
I know we're going to need it 

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tonight with the students, but 
it's you have Joshua, Judges, 

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Ruth and then one and two 
Samuel. 

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Actually, there's a whole bunch 
of 1 and twos coming after that.

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So if you're still looking for 
it, I'll say they're not to be 

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facetious. 
I'll say it because as part of 

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the picture I want you to see 
today, there's actually their 

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strategy and there's a picture 
being painted even in where Ruth

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fits into the biblical 
narrative. 

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So on one side you've got 
Judges, then you've got Ruth and

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then you've got one and two 
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And we're going to basically be 
looking at this picture. 

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Firstly, if you are in Ruth, if 
you turn back one page, the very

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last line of Judges, Judges 
2125, says in those days Israel 

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had no king and everyone did as 
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This is where the story comes. 
Israel has no king and everyone 

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did as they saw fit. 
It's a Hebrew word, Yashar. 

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It's kind of like Disney 
nemesis, you know, you've got to

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say it with a Yashar. 
To Yashar means pretty much you 

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do as you please, you do as you 
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convenient, or you do you. 
So that's where we find the book

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of Ruth, and we're going to take
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consequences of Yashar when we 
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But on the other side, just past
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Samuel, because it's believed 
that Samuel actually wrote this 

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account, went through the books,
the historical books, and found 

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the story and penned the book of
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Samuel stands as his prophets 
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The king is in the room. 
The king is coming, see, because

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on this side where there is no 
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But over here, he says the king,
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rescue, restore and redeem. 
It's a beautiful picture. 

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And we're going to just take a 
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kind of the bookends of the Book
of Ruth. 

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So just touching on Ruth chapter
1 and verse one, it says the 

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following. 
So it's in the days when the 

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judges ruled there was a famine 
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So a man from Bethlehem and 
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and two sons, went to live for a
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I just want to touch on that 
because there's a lot in there. 

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I want to actually pick the 
bones of this because Samuel, 

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who wrote it, assumes that, you 
know, the historical context and

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the backdrop to every word that 
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But I just want to pick out a 
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essentially he starts, he says, 
in the days when the judges 

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ruled, in other words, in the 
time of Yashar, you just do 

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whatever feels good to you, 
whatever is convenient. 

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You do you. 
At that time there was a famine 

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in the land. 
So a man from Bethlehem and 

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Judah, we find his name in the 
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He's eliminate. 
He's actually a descendant of 

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one of the Princess of Judah. 
Even the best of the best, he's 

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he's known as a wealthy, well 
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man. 
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when he goes by Yashar, his own 
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decides to do the worst thing 
possible and that's he heads off

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to Moab. 
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Moab, but we do find a lot in 
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So if we rewind a little bit, I 
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about what this guy decided to 
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himself with what the fruit of 
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It looks like Moab. 
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should know the name Abraham 
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So these two guys, Abraham was 
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journeying together. 
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going on in his heart because he
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Gomorrah. 
You might have heard that story,

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which ends up with God sending 
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wickedness of Sodom and 
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Him and his two daughters flee 
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like his daughters thought they 
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because they had to plan some 
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They caught the Yashara of their
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to do was get their dad pregnant
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it seems to them like there's no
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to keep the lineage going. 
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from the same descended, you 
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family that couldn't be further 
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On the one side you've got 
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Israel, that the child of 
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On this side, you've got a lot. 
He's the father of Moab, the 

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child of perversion. 
And then comes the Book of Ruth,

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and we get told about a God who 
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perverse, deborced, broken 
fruits of your and my Yashad and

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bring it back to redemption. 
Because the king is in the room.

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They're also known as being 
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So they had their own kings, 
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had their own worship ceremonies
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Doesn't sound familiar to you 
unless I say we have our own 

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genders, our own marriage 
parameters, our own permissions 

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when it comes to sex. 
See what the Bible says about a 

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Moab mindset is there is a way 
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it's end is the way of death. 
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comes to Moab. 
Not only for eliminate but for 

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the Moabites. 
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they worship their God with 
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That should be a stench to us, 
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It should have been a stench to 
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But still he takes his entire 
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grandchildren there. 
Now, we don't have youth child 

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sacrifice or do we? 
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wife and I had the privilege of 
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many years ago. 
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remember hearing about one of 
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grade 10 or 11 at the stage and 
his parents both got happened to

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get promotions. 
They were working in, in Joburg.

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They both got promotions and it 
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businessmen and women. 
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they decided they're going to 
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little flat in Joburg. 
And then they'll come back on 

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weekends to be with their 
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But during the week they're 
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But of course, you know, it's 
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And he ended up living on his 
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card. 
Talk about child sacrifice. 

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You know what that guy got up to
the, you know, the mess and the 

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stuff that we had to draw out 
and care for and counsel. 

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I don't know if you know this. 
I discovered this yesterday. 

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I was on my back listening to a 
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I heard that apparently, 
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I don't know if you know, 
Australia has banned social 

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media for children under the age
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You know where it comes from. 
It comes from a study that was 

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done where they found that if 
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a smart device, a cell phone or 
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age of five to look up, you 
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Why? 
Because, well, it's convenient. 

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Yes, you are. 
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at the age of 5, by the age of 
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they will have suicidal ideation
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The fruits of Yashar. 
Ah, yeah, but you don't 

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understand the high pressure. 
OK, but the king is in the room 

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and Ruth points us to one that 
comes to rescue and redeem and 

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intercept and maybe bring you to
church on a Sunday so you can 

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hear the statistic and take that
out of your little kids hand, 

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give it back to them when they 
can buy their own relentless 

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military conflict. 
This was another one of the 

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things, one of the things that 
they were well known for 

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actually, the quotas. 
They had a willingness to resort

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to extreme measures. 
The Moabites. 

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It was sort of you guys are the 
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The Moabites, Yeah, they had a 
willingness to resort to any 

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measure, sort of guerrilla 
warfare, kind of think Middle 

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East today. 
That was the Moabites then. 

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And the lemon left decides, no, 
that's a great place to take my 

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family. 
I mean, we are talking fear, 

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oppression, opposition, No 
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Baroness. 
Everything gets destroyed. 

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Have you, have you seen the 
photos, the results of the 

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oppression of the Hamas? 
Have you seen the aerial photos 

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of the decimation? 
Think Moabites. 

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That's where it leads his 
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Maybe. 
Maybe you look at your life, 

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some of the decisions you made, 
the fruit of some of the 

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decisions you made. 
Maybe it looks like that. 

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Today I have the privilege of 
introducing you to someone who 

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walks in midst the ruins and 
brings restoration and 

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redemption. 
They're also known as being a 

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seductive and corrupting people.
We're going to going to have 

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some good news just now, but for
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I won't say much except that 
houses for a question will 

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always take you further than you
wanted to go, keep you longer 

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than you wanted to stay, and 
demand more from you than you 

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wanted to pay. 
Sin will always take you further

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than you wanted to go, keep you 
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and demand more from you than 
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Elimelech paid with his life and
his sons lives, but that line 

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there says keep you longer than 
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My Bible says that in verse 2, 
it says that Elimelech went for 

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a while. 
They stayed in Moab for a while.

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Some say they sojourned there. 
I went to look. 

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I'm like, what is it? 
Yeah. 

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What? 
What does it mean to to sojourn 

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or to spend a little while in 
Moab? 

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And it says Hebrew word 
translated into English simply 

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means abide. 
He decided to abide in Moab. 

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I don't know if you've heard 
that word before in a biblical 

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context. 
John 15 abide in me, and I in 

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you see, that's what Yashar 
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there is no king, there's no 
Kingdom come. 

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You do you, and this is the 
fruit. 

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Why on earth would he do this, 
knowing all of that? 

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And he did. 
Plus he had all the counsel and 

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godly wisdom, and he had the 
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have said, but what are you 
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I see you packing where you're 
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Why would he do this one word? 
In the days when the judges 

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ruled, this is Ruth 11, there 
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Famine exposes the Yashar in our
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So you got famine in business. 
You do a little bit of a Yashad.

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This seems like a great idea. 
He seems quite successful and 

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I'll bring him on board as a 
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And he single handedly has 
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There's famine in your business 
and you think, well, that's a 

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great brand. 
I want to associate myself with 

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that brand. 
And you give them some equity 

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and you dilute your company that
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Famine. 
Well, you got famine in your 

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personal life, relationships, 
Single Ladies. 

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And he looks OK You're getting a
little old. 

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And so you, you're Shar. 
And you're sitting there in the 

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car, clap a cop, you know, 
overlooking the city. 

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And his hand starts going a 
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than than you used to. 
And he says, baby, we were meant

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to be together. 
Now you have a baby and you're 

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still not together. 
Famine You're Shar Moab. 

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Maybe in your marriage. 
Famine, you know, she likes me, 

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but I don't know if she loves 
me. 

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And so now you have a work 
girlfriend or boyfriend. 

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Is there's a way that seems good
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even in ministry. 
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really genuinely believe someone
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Even in ministry, Famine in 
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You called, or maybe you were in
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famine and it just seems like 
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And so you decide, well, this is
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find that actually you're not 
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you're walking a road with a 
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And a cousin here is a Moabite 
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And then there's further famine.
Carry the shirt, his shadows and

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burdens of guilt. 
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happening on this side. 
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This is where the story actually
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So Samuel, all these years 
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and going like, OK, there's a 
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How did that start? 
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of judges, and he finds a story.
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Born in a place of famine. 
Maybe you're in famine, you 

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know, if you are. 
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there's no judgment. 
There's kind of the more I 

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looked in Scripture, the more I 
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man. 
We just run off the famine. 

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I mean, take a look at this 
Genesis, Abraham, Tom of famine,

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where does he go? 
Egypt. 

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Here's a son, Isaac, Tom of 
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The Philistines. 
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good friends of the Israelite 
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Elimelech, Tama famine, where 
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Moab and then second Samuel 21 
Tama famine. 

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But David sought the face of the
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It's such a small difference. 
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wisdom, my ways, whatever is 
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shortcuts on this side. 
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Redeemer and the rest, as they 
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And what's amazing is on this 
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painted is of something that 
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like it's called a kinsman 
Redeemer. 

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I want to tell you just a little
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So a kinsman Redeemer was 
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He put it in Scripture so that 
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as a kinsman Redeemer. 
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foreshadowing of Jesus who comes
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narrative, but a powerful 
foreshadowing of the redemptive 

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work that Jesus does in our 
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So I don't know what translation
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Sometimes it says kinsman 
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or or a guardian Redeemer. 
My favorite is covenant Redeemer

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because that's really is what 
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But it's it's kind of like a 
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means to you're obligated to 
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So it's kind of like you're 
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come up against or the reason 
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famine, the reason why we found 
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Well, someone came on the scene 
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covenant covenanter. 
And it's a funny word to see how

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they're trying to translate it 
because it's like they're trying

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to stuff into this single word 
so much of who God is as a 

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Redeemer because essentially 
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representative. 
You'll be a very foreshadow of 

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Jesus who's coming. 
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fact that he's going to rescue, 
he's going to redeem, but he's 

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not only going to make a 
covenant, he's going to keep the

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covenant on your behalf. 
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this single person, earthy human
bleeds when he's got so much 

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power in a kinsman Redeemer in 
biblical history that that say 

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because of this, and this is a 
human foreshadowing the heavenly

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Father so much power in it. 
They say there's the single 

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reason why the Babylonian Empire
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Empire came and went, the Greco 
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But the people of Israel 
weathered those storms because 

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in and amongst them we're 
wandering these kinsmen 

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redeemers. 
You know, you might be thinking 

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my marriage is going to come and
go. 

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My business seems to be my 
children come up. 

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There's no hope. 
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The only hope we have is that 
there's a kinsman Redeemer 

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wandering in our midst. 
And the beautiful thing is, the 

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last thing I want to say about 
this guy is that he was 

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obligated to redeem to the 
uttermost. 

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I don't know. 
If you remember in Romans 

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chapter 8, we discovered Jesus 
who says I've come that you 

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might have life and life to the 
full Zoe life. 

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And that Zoe, life means nothing
missing, nothing broken, 

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redeemed to the uttermost. 
So it doesn't matter how 

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blistered and broken the fruit 
of your Yashar has produced, 

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there is one who says journey 
with me through the story and I 

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will redeem to the uttermost. 
Now that's wonderful when the 

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pastor says that. 
But what does your past say 

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about that? 
Yeah, that's all. 

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That's great. 
Yeah, I know. 

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Lovely. 
You and your your pastor's wife,

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you know, bless you. 
But me, I have the marks to show

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for my past. 
I'm living in ruins. 

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Could he even redeem me? 
I'll answer that question with a

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story I heard the ghost of a 
shadow of a whisper of a 

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redemption story that I thought,
like, that's too good to be 

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true. 
So I asked someone if I could 

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sit with them and find out for 
myself, you know, because I'm 

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incredibly faith and, you know, 
positive as a person. 

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I put my cynical investigative 
journalism to work. 

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And I sat them down. 
I was, I want to hear the story 

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you tell me. 
And what I heard was astounding.

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So this couple did coffee this 
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Been together for 21 years and 
they start telling me this 

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story, they said but the last 
few years and here are the words

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that they used in the last few 
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We got distracted, career 
driven, selfish, independence of

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one another. 
And while they're talking, I'm 

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thinking I've genuinely got 
goosebumps. 

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I'm like, that's the language of
Moab. 

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And then they said eventually we
just became too busy for church.

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And she said this was our 
undoing. 

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We ended up. 
With deep emptiness that this is

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the result of Yassar, the fruit 
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It's an emptiness depression. 
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got divorced. 
So she moves us going to pursue 

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making money, owning it as a 
businesswoman. 

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He stays put with his own home, 
own life. 

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Off we go. 
Thank you very much. 

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Moab famine. 
Except there was 1 complication,

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one little problem. 
They thought maybe a problem. 

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You would think maybe a problem.
All part of God's plan. 

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They'd had a child together. 
And I don't know what the 

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paperwork is, I didn't ask. 
But I could imagine when the 

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lawyers were sitting and writing
it out, you know, it's like, OK,

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on these weekends you and on 
these weekends you, and then 

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you've got to drive across and 
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And so they just figured, you 
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easiest way to handle all of 
these particulars is we just 

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come to church together. 
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They'd come daughter and toe. 
And they said during the week, 

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it's like lawyers letters hating
on each other, right? 

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And then they come on a Sunday 
and they sit lifting holy hands.

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You see, because I don't know if
you know this, but when you walk

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into the building our steps on 
straight, we got crooked steps 

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because you are welcome to come 
in all your crooked Moabites 

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wisdom here. 
God will straighten, rescue, 

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restore and redeem. 
Not at home. 

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That was key. 
So they started coming into 

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church every single Sunday 
because they needed to do this 

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whole transfer whatever thing 
every Sunday set on the word 

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every Sunday. 
And then he discovered and 

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trying to get rid of all 
evidence that they ever lived 

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together. 
He discovered a primary school 

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Bible and I don't know how, but 
it seems to have taken a photo 

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and sent it to her. 
Like, do you want this or can I 

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burn it? 
And she responded like, this is 

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private and it's personal. 
And he's like, I've got a 

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response. 
So he took another photo and 

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sent it. 
And then he decided actually I'm

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going to find a verse because 
what she would do is she would 

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write, this is a primary school 
Bible, right? 

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What God was saying next to that
verse. 

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And so he would send it to her. 
Started as a dig, but she says, 

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I kid you not, it's like God 
came into this man's heart and 

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changed him and he just started 
walking the walk and that's when

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my heart began to soften, She 
says he was walking the walk, 

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but the Redeemer was in the 
room. 

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You won't believe what happened 
next. 

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They started having Bible study 
together. 

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Now that's crazy, but just wait,
there's more. 

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They weren't living together, so
they would make a cup of coffee,

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video call and have a Bible 
study together every morning. 

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But there's more that did that 
at 4 AMI know, right? 

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I'm not. 
You don't have to tell me. 

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That's like, I don't think I've 
ever had a quiet time with my 

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wife, he said. 
We've been together 21 years 

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now. 
We've never done that in our 

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whole entire relationship. 
I said 4:00 AM. 

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But have you lost your mind? 
He said. 

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This, I don't know, I just felt 
God needed me on my knees. 

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Carriers in Moab, God gets him 
on his knees. 

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Then Fast forward a few weeks, 
months, we start our series on 

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Ecclesiastes and there's one 
that we preached on God's time 

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and place, that God's purposes 
unfold at the intersection of 

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his time and place. 
I don't know if we can get it on

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camera, but there was 1 cross in
front of our sound desk. 

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We had crosses all over the 
place. 

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But at the end of the service, 
she had gone out because she was

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like cunning me, any corporal. 
She was chatting to a friend, 

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she says, actually putting on 
sunglasses, trying to hide the 

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tears. 
And she said I want out. 

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And her friend said to her, 
there is such a thing as 

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redemption. 
And a few minutes later, her ex 

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came around, grabbed her by the 
hand and said, come, we're doing

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this. 
Walked her back. 

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And then they stood on that 
cross and all this hit was rude.

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We're in Moab properly. 
But if you can walk into the 

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room, if you can redeem, would 
you do that? 

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Fast forward a little bit. 
Lots of pray, lots of patience, 

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lots of coffee dates, lots of 
discussions. 

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And on the 23rd of August 2025, 
she moved back in. 

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And then the first day home, he 
proposed and she said yes, but 

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there's more, there's more. 
Wait, wait, wait. 

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You know how he proposed? 
Having quiet time. 

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So this is where redemption 
started. 

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This is where redemption will 
continue. 

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He said, will you be my wife 
again? 

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And she said yes, but here's 
more. 

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They're here today. 
Can the engaged couples stand 

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for us? 
But there's more. 

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Remember I said I just wanted to
present a picture of what Ruth 

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is all about. 
You know, she gets married in 

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the end. 
So I'm going to ask the engaged 

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couple to make their way down to
the cross and we're going to let

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them get married. 
Can I ask that you stay 

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standing? 
Can we honor what God is doing 

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in the picture that He wants to 
present during the series by 

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just remaining standing for this
moment? 

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We'll have it on camera so 
you'll be able to see Eugene 

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over to you. 
Thank you for allowing us into 

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your story. 
It's absolutely, absolutely mind

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blowing. 
So, Viand Mikaela, it's our 

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privilege to lead you into the 
vows, and this is holy ground. 

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I want you to know many, many, 
many, many, many marriages I 

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touched here this morning 
because of your obedience. 

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Thank you. 
So would you face one another? 

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Please To you, Vian Albert from 
Vaik, declare that as far as you

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know, there's no lawful 
impediment to your proposed 

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marriage to Michaela von Vaik 
here present, and that you call 

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all of us to witness that you 
take her as your only lawful 

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wife. 
What is your answer? 

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I do, yes. 
Do you, Michaela von Vaik, 

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declare that as far as you know,
there's no lawful impediment to 

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your proposed marriage to Vian 
Albert from Vaikya present, and 

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that you call all of us here 
present to witness that you take

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him as your only lawful husband?
What is your answer? 

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Yes. 
Vian, will you take me, Kayla, 

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to be your wife? 
Do you promise that you would 

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love her, cherish her honor and 
protect her and forsake all 

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others and be faithful to her 
for as long as you both shall 

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live? 
What is your answer? 

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Yes, Michaela. 
Will you take Fian to be your 

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husband? 
Do you promise that you will 

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love him, cherish him, honor and
protect him and forsake all 

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others, and be faithful to Him 
for as long as you both shall 

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live? 
What is your answer? 

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I do. 
I do. 

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Where's Mia? 
Mia. 

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Why'd you bring us the rings? 
Please? 

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This is their beautiful 
daughter. 

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Friends give their. 
Give her a hand. 

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Please. 
Lift up the microphone with this

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ring with. 
This ring, Ivan, take you 

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Mikayla take you, Mikayla to be.
My wedded wife. 

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To be my wedded wife to. 
Heaven too old to. 

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Heaven too old from. 
This day forward from. 

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This day, forward for better. 
For worse for. 

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Better for worse for. 
Richer for, poorer for. 

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Richer for poor in. 
Sickness and in health in. 

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Sickness and in health to. 
Love to love and. 

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To cherish and. 
To cherish. 

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Till death do us part till. 
Death do us part, I say. 

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These things I. 
Say these things not out of 

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mine, but. 
Knowing but. 

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Knowing God. 
Is with us. 

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That God is with us every step 
of. 

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The way. 
Every step of the way. 

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With this ring. 
With this ring. 

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I'm Michaela. 
I'm. 

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Michaela Take. 
You vian take. 

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You vian to be my. 
Wedded husband to be. 

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My wedded husband to. 
Heaven to hold to. 

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Heaven to hold from this. 
Day forward from. 

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This day forward better for 
better, for worse, for worse, 

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for richer, for richer for poor 
in sickness or in health. 

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In sickness and in health to. 
Love to. 

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Love and to. 
Cherish and. 

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To cherish. 
To a spot to. 

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Death to a spot. 
Say these things I. 

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Say these things not out of my 
own, not out of my own, but I 

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believe, but I believe that God.
Is with us that. 

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God is with us every. 
Step. 

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Of the way, every step of the 
way. 

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Wow and. 
Now it gives me the remarkable 

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privilege to declare that Vien, 
Albert von Weich and Michaela 

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von Weich, here present, have 
been lawfully married. 

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You may kiss your bride. 
Why do you stretch on your hands

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as we pray blessing over them? 
So, Father, may you bless them, 

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May you keep them. 
May you make your face shine 

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upon them, May you turn your 
face towards them. 

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King, may you be gracious to 
them. 

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May you provide for them, May 
you protect them, and above all,

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may you either give him peace 
that surpasses all understanding

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in Jesus mighty name. 
And everybody say Amen. 

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Congratulations. 
Thank you. 

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We are done. 
Let's trust that in the week and

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the weeks to come that that 
happens 1000 times over in our 

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businesses and our personal 
lives and our kids and our 

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futures and our faith.