1 00:00:14,119 --> 00:00:17,339 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,379 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,660 --> 00:00:27,019 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:35,020 All right. 5 00:00:36,380 --> 00:00:37,780 How's everybody doing today? 6 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:39,899 Good, good. 7 00:00:40,659 --> 00:00:45,500 So for those of you who don't know me, my name is Danny and I've been going to this 8 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:53,159 church for quite a long time since 2016, but you haven't seen me for that 9 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:57,259 a whole period because part of that time, my wife and I were serving in Turkey. 10 00:00:57,820 --> 00:01:01,140 Those of you who know, who knows Sarah, so we weren't here. 11 00:01:01,659 --> 00:01:05,019 So sometimes I see people I'm like, Oh, have you been going here like less now? 12 00:01:05,099 --> 00:01:08,480 But when we came back from Turkey two years ago, I was like, Oh, have you 13 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,219 been going here, you know, a long time. 14 00:01:10,420 --> 00:01:11,719 And they're like, yeah, two years. 15 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:12,319 What about you? 16 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,200 It was like, yeah, quite a kind of a long time. 17 00:01:15,359 --> 00:01:18,840 It's get a little confusing without diving into the whole story. 18 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,560 So, but for those of you who I don't know that well, I'm looking forward 19 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,260 to getting to know you guys and tonight we're going to be in Joshua 11. 20 00:01:26,519 --> 00:01:31,379 So if you have your Bibles or your phone, if you can tolerate all the 21 00:01:31,379 --> 00:01:37,280 messages on there and stay focused, you can open up your phones to Joshua 11 as 22 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:44,040 well, and my title for tonight's, uh, teaching is the holy war. 23 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:50,159 And so, uh, going back just a little bit, I'll recap a little bit of the 24 00:01:50,319 --> 00:01:53,319 historical context so that I can kind of set the message. 25 00:01:54,420 --> 00:02:00,920 Uh, but during this time in Joshua, the Israelites are basically realizing 26 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,040 the covenant given to Abraham to possess the land. 27 00:02:04,739 --> 00:02:09,379 And as you probably all know, God's story is so much about covenant and his 28 00:02:09,379 --> 00:02:11,599 covenant relationship with people. 29 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:15,199 And particularly in this stage of the story with Israel. 30 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,780 And so God had promised Abraham to possess the land. 31 00:02:18,780 --> 00:02:24,000 And then in Joshua three, Jamie covered this like about a month ago, Joshua 32 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:30,860 three, they cross over the Jordan and into the promised land. 33 00:02:32,020 --> 00:02:36,659 And one important thing there that struck me as I was reading through 34 00:02:36,659 --> 00:02:42,479 Joshua was the Lord says, consecrate yourselves for tomorrow. 35 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,819 Uh, and Jamie touched on this point when he went over the chapter, but 36 00:02:46,819 --> 00:02:51,120 this is incredibly important, setting yourselves apart for tomorrow. 37 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,219 The Lord will do wonders among you. 38 00:02:55,280 --> 00:03:02,560 And this whole, this whole message tonight is really centering around 39 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,840 holiness and consecrating yourself to the Lord. 40 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,039 Now to consecrate, it just means to set yourself apart. 41 00:03:11,460 --> 00:03:15,740 Basically another translation would say sanctify to make yourself 42 00:03:16,260 --> 00:03:21,259 holy. Well, holy has been such a, uh, talked about term in church. 43 00:03:21,820 --> 00:03:27,360 It just means to set yourself apart or reserve yourself for something. 44 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,620 And so that's the same word in there is make yourself holy. 45 00:03:31,139 --> 00:03:33,060 And so what is Joshua saying? 46 00:03:33,219 --> 00:03:37,699 He's saying, make yourself holy unto the Lord because you're going to go 47 00:03:37,699 --> 00:03:42,419 in and conquer the land and you need to be consecrated to the Lord. 48 00:03:43,100 --> 00:03:46,800 And does anybody know, just call it out. 49 00:03:47,180 --> 00:03:53,180 Does anybody know what crossing over the Jordan symbolizes in the 50 00:03:53,180 --> 00:03:54,159 Christian life today? 51 00:03:59,140 --> 00:04:02,099 No takers. So symbolizes baptism. 52 00:04:03,539 --> 00:04:06,060 And so they cross over the Jordan. 53 00:04:06,419 --> 00:04:10,800 So now they've been baptized and the promised land symbolizes anybody 54 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,699 want to take a shot at that? 55 00:04:13,599 --> 00:04:16,899 What does the promised land symbolize for us today as believers? 56 00:04:19,339 --> 00:04:20,639 New life, salvation, exactly. 57 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,759 And so you're baptized. 58 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:25,519 You consecrate yourself to the Lord. 59 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,899 You enter covenant with the Lord and Israel's entering covenant. 60 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,120 They've already entered into covenant with the Lord, but now they're 61 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,620 about to realize that covenant. 62 00:04:34,819 --> 00:04:35,980 And so they set themselves apart. 63 00:04:36,180 --> 00:04:37,180 They go through baptism. 64 00:04:37,779 --> 00:04:39,879 Baptism is ritual purification. 65 00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:46,160 So they're purifying themselves for the covenant and then they're 66 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:52,560 readying themselves to actually lay hold of that promised land of 67 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:58,399 that salvation that God has promised Abraham through the covenant. 68 00:04:58,980 --> 00:05:04,680 So it's really important to just frame this whole chapter within 69 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,399 that narrative. 70 00:05:06,399 --> 00:05:09,079 And then they go through Jericho, you know, the walls. 71 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,959 Come tumbling down and then they go through a couple of other 72 00:05:13,959 --> 00:05:17,000 battles and we're not going to really hit on that too much. 73 00:05:17,220 --> 00:05:19,620 But then they come. 74 00:05:19,759 --> 00:05:25,420 We come to Joshua chapter 11 and I'm not going to read through 75 00:05:25,420 --> 00:05:28,259 exactly the whole chapter, but I'll touch on a few verses. 76 00:05:29,199 --> 00:05:35,420 But basically, Joshua chapter 11 is just a series of 77 00:05:36,959 --> 00:05:40,279 decisive God ordained victories. 78 00:05:41,519 --> 00:05:44,339 And so it's just victory after, after victory, after victory. 79 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:46,759 I just, I forgot to pray. 80 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:48,060 So let me just pray real quick. 81 00:05:48,959 --> 00:05:52,540 So Lord, we just ask you for just your power to come tonight. 82 00:05:53,019 --> 00:05:54,379 Lord, we ask you for your presence. 83 00:05:55,439 --> 00:06:00,199 We ask you that you would change and transform us tonight. 84 00:06:01,579 --> 00:06:05,040 Lord, we just invite your presence to come and rest on us. 85 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:13,720 Lord, I pray that this wouldn't be just a message, but it would 86 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,399 be something that changes and transforms us. 87 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,579 Lord, if we come here and don't meet you and aren't changed by 88 00:06:20,579 --> 00:06:22,699 you, Lord, what are we doing? 89 00:06:23,579 --> 00:06:27,800 So God, we just ask you to come, change us, transform us, and 90 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:32,699 let us leave knowing you more and sanctify more in Jesus' name. 91 00:06:33,519 --> 00:06:33,680 Amen. 92 00:06:35,420 --> 00:06:35,759 Amen. 93 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,620 So Joshua 11. 94 00:06:39,319 --> 00:06:44,040 So Joshua has a lot of military momentum. 95 00:06:45,540 --> 00:06:48,360 Verse one and two, the kings are organizing against them. 96 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:49,699 They're making alliances. 97 00:06:52,079 --> 00:06:57,199 Versus four, or verse four says, they came out, all the 98 00:06:57,199 --> 00:07:00,360 kings in that region came out with their troops, a great 99 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:05,420 horde in number like the sand that is on the seashore, with 100 00:07:05,420 --> 00:07:07,519 very many horses and chariots. 101 00:07:07,620 --> 00:07:10,439 And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped 102 00:07:10,439 --> 00:07:13,540 together at the waters of Marom to fight Israel. 103 00:07:14,220 --> 00:07:16,779 And the Lord said to Joshua, do not be afraid of them, for 104 00:07:16,779 --> 00:07:21,040 tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain 105 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,699 to Israel, you shall hamstring their horses and burn their 106 00:07:24,699 --> 00:07:25,540 chariots with fire. 107 00:07:26,079 --> 00:07:28,879 So Joshua and all his warriors came suddenly against them by 108 00:07:28,879 --> 00:07:31,519 their ways by the waters of Marom and fell upon them. 109 00:07:31,899 --> 00:07:34,519 And the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel who struck them 110 00:07:34,519 --> 00:07:40,000 and chased them as far as great Sidon, Mishrifoth, Mayim, and 111 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,120 Eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpah, and they struck them 112 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,180 until they left none remaining. 113 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,500 So they go through here and they basically just rout all 114 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:50,939 the kings. 115 00:07:51,879 --> 00:07:56,360 Not going to read every verse in here, but if we look at 116 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:03,300 verse 23 at the end says, so Joshua took the whole land 117 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:07,540 according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses and 118 00:08:07,540 --> 00:08:11,139 Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to 119 00:08:11,139 --> 00:08:15,279 their tribal allotments and the land had rest from war. 120 00:08:16,199 --> 00:08:22,620 So God had given this land for the Israelites and they 121 00:08:22,620 --> 00:08:25,220 are basically walking it out. 122 00:08:25,220 --> 00:08:28,980 And according to these verses, it looks like everything is 123 00:08:28,980 --> 00:08:29,500 going great. 124 00:08:30,339 --> 00:08:31,240 They're obeying the Lord. 125 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,500 They're they're having courage in battle. 126 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,059 I'm sure they lost some men fighting. 127 00:08:37,460 --> 00:08:42,519 These are bloody close contact wars like you see in the 128 00:08:42,519 --> 00:08:43,500 old movies. 129 00:08:44,059 --> 00:08:46,379 You know, they're probably hacking each other. 130 00:08:46,539 --> 00:08:47,279 Blood is everywhere. 131 00:08:47,580 --> 00:08:49,120 I'm sure Israelites died. 132 00:08:49,539 --> 00:08:52,320 We don't have any record of that, but we can assume that 133 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:52,899 some people died. 134 00:08:52,899 --> 00:08:54,519 So it's it's real. 135 00:08:54,799 --> 00:08:59,919 This is real life and there's a lot of enemies, but the 136 00:08:59,919 --> 00:09:03,600 Lord is just with them and they're mowing it down, doing 137 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:03,919 great. 138 00:09:04,779 --> 00:09:08,659 So one one piece that I want to just deal with real quick, 139 00:09:08,659 --> 00:09:13,200 which I think this can be a stumbling block for a lot of 140 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:13,500 people. 141 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,580 And I know I wrestled with this before in my journey with 142 00:09:17,580 --> 00:09:17,919 the Lord. 143 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,919 Like when I was, you know, first wrestling with a lot of 144 00:09:21,919 --> 00:09:25,120 faith topics and developing my own personal walk with 145 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,820 the Lord, but as to the idea of judgment, people a lot of 146 00:09:28,820 --> 00:09:32,179 times will say like, well, why did God just go and wipe 147 00:09:32,179 --> 00:09:34,820 out all these people's right? 148 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:36,100 I mean, you've probably heard that before. 149 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,779 Like, oh, the Old Testament is so bloody or, you 150 00:09:39,779 --> 00:09:41,539 know, God changed. 151 00:09:41,779 --> 00:09:43,980 He was like one way then now he's another way. 152 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:47,559 And it can be kind of confusing, but I used to 153 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:48,379 struggle with that too. 154 00:09:48,379 --> 00:09:51,799 And people say, you know, that's like not just whatever. 155 00:09:52,179 --> 00:09:56,720 Let me just say that God is just and we want to start 156 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,879 there and everything he does is just and true. 157 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,919 And God's command is that they are to be completely 158 00:10:06,919 --> 00:10:07,700 wiped out. 159 00:10:08,379 --> 00:10:10,580 And many people have and do struggle with the level 160 00:10:10,580 --> 00:10:13,139 of judgment and violence that is present throughout the 161 00:10:13,139 --> 00:10:15,340 Old Testament, particularly in these verses. 162 00:10:15,340 --> 00:10:22,120 You can look at verses 11 through basically 17 and 163 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,379 then verse 20, they're basically wiped them out and 164 00:10:25,379 --> 00:10:26,460 put them all to death. 165 00:10:27,379 --> 00:10:30,220 And verse 20 says, for it was the Lord's doing to 166 00:10:30,220 --> 00:10:32,539 harden their hearts that they should come against 167 00:10:32,539 --> 00:10:34,820 Israel in battle in order that they should be 168 00:10:34,820 --> 00:10:37,679 devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy 169 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,340 but be destroyed just as the Lord commanded Moses. 170 00:10:41,060 --> 00:10:46,240 And so before you throw up your hands and protest 171 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,299 and say, hey, this is I didn't know that was in 172 00:10:49,299 --> 00:10:52,139 there, blah, blah, blah, like maybe this is not my 173 00:10:52,139 --> 00:10:52,559 vibe. 174 00:10:54,419 --> 00:10:58,759 If you look at Genesis 15, 16, you can see that God 175 00:10:58,759 --> 00:11:01,440 is promising Abraham the land. 176 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,139 And he says, in four generations, you're going 177 00:11:04,139 --> 00:11:05,759 to have the land of the Amorites, which is the 178 00:11:05,759 --> 00:11:08,259 land basically synonymous with the Canaanites. 179 00:11:08,379 --> 00:11:09,360 It's basically these people. 180 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:15,120 But he says the sin of them is not complete yet. 181 00:11:15,899 --> 00:11:17,240 The iniquity is not complete. 182 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:21,480 So there's, there's this idea that God is not 183 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,419 judging the people there at the time of Abraham 184 00:11:23,419 --> 00:11:25,940 because their sin is not sufficient where he is 185 00:11:25,940 --> 00:11:29,299 giving them time to repent of their sin because 186 00:11:29,299 --> 00:11:32,019 we know that God is also merciful as he is just. 187 00:11:32,860 --> 00:11:36,240 But he also knows that they're not going to 188 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,659 repent. So therefore he's knows that this 189 00:11:39,659 --> 00:11:41,159 battle is going to happen. 190 00:11:41,820 --> 00:11:44,340 And let me just paint this picture because this 191 00:11:44,340 --> 00:11:47,559 is one thing that has helped me to kind of 192 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:51,340 understand the context of who these people 193 00:11:51,340 --> 00:11:52,200 actually were. 194 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:55,840 So does anybody know, maybe we don't ask the 195 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,700 questions, but there's three things here that I 196 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:03,299 have that were dominant factors within these 197 00:12:03,299 --> 00:12:06,440 cultures that were embedded in the cultures that 198 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,879 were very, very wicked things. 199 00:12:09,179 --> 00:12:10,919 Does anybody want to throw one out? 200 00:12:13,259 --> 00:12:14,759 Yeah. Child sacrifice, right? 201 00:12:15,299 --> 00:12:18,179 Making your child walk through the fire. 202 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:19,580 Have you guys ever heard that? 203 00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:22,299 It's referenced several times in the Bible, but 204 00:12:22,299 --> 00:12:24,860 the Canaanite kings and the Phoenicians, 205 00:12:25,279 --> 00:12:27,679 which they're a little bit further up along 206 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:31,240 the Mediterranean coast, Tyre and Sidon. 207 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:35,100 But they were famous for making their children 208 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,200 walk through a fire and burning them alive in 209 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:44,139 sacrifice to Molech was the regional deity at 210 00:12:44,139 --> 00:12:47,179 the time. And so this was something that the 211 00:12:47,179 --> 00:12:51,039 Lord God abhorred and was something that was 212 00:12:51,039 --> 00:12:53,059 regular. Now, can you imagine if there is a 213 00:12:53,059 --> 00:12:57,379 society that was hell bent on maintaining that 214 00:12:57,379 --> 00:12:59,200 practice of child sacrifice? 215 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:05,120 I don't know any society today that does it that 216 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,299 way. Now, you could argue that America has a 217 00:13:07,299 --> 00:13:09,320 version of that with abortion for sure. 218 00:13:09,539 --> 00:13:13,840 The spiritual stronghold over one of them over 219 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,039 America is the spirit of Molech per se. 220 00:13:17,580 --> 00:13:18,960 I don't know if that's what it's called, but 221 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,279 it's that in that same spirit of rebellion 222 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:26,899 against God and against life to commit, you 223 00:13:26,899 --> 00:13:28,519 know, it's what, tens of millions of 224 00:13:28,519 --> 00:13:31,179 abortions. That's not really the topic of 225 00:13:31,179 --> 00:13:35,820 the sermon today, but just imagine like babies 226 00:13:35,820 --> 00:13:37,700 are alive and they're being burned alive. 227 00:13:38,940 --> 00:13:40,100 And people are like, that's good. 228 00:13:40,279 --> 00:13:41,659 That's worship to these Gods. 229 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,000 Second thing is ritual prostitution tied to 230 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,460 cult Gods such as Baal and Ashira. 231 00:13:49,899 --> 00:13:53,059 You can reference this in Deuteronomy 23, 17 232 00:13:53,059 --> 00:13:56,879 and 18. And so it was common that you would 233 00:13:56,879 --> 00:13:59,059 have like they have this in India today, too. 234 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:03,000 There's just women living in a temple and men 235 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,379 go in there and they have relations with them. 236 00:14:05,580 --> 00:14:07,000 And that's considered to be worship. 237 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:08,139 They're cult prostitutes. 238 00:14:08,899 --> 00:14:11,740 And so this was also a common thing that 239 00:14:11,740 --> 00:14:12,439 they would have. 240 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,559 Other examples and clues into what these 241 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,320 cultures practice were incest, homosexuality. 242 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:23,279 Like, do you guys remember that story with 243 00:14:23,309 --> 00:14:27,210 Lot and how when those two angels came to see 244 00:14:27,210 --> 00:14:30,690 Lot, this is nuts, and then they, the people 245 00:14:30,690 --> 00:14:36,210 from the town in Sodom and Gomorrah or Sodom, 246 00:14:36,269 --> 00:14:38,610 they were banging the door down saying, we 247 00:14:38,610 --> 00:14:42,110 want to have relations with these angels. 248 00:14:42,970 --> 00:14:45,070 Right. And Lot was like, no, please take my 249 00:14:45,070 --> 00:14:47,610 daughter. And you're thinking, oh my gosh, if 250 00:14:47,610 --> 00:14:51,789 this is the relation of Abraham, you know, how 251 00:14:51,789 --> 00:14:53,909 much more depraved are these other guys? 252 00:14:54,409 --> 00:14:56,110 And so this is happening for four 253 00:14:56,110 --> 00:14:57,929 generations. And the Lord is saying, even at 254 00:14:57,929 --> 00:15:01,450 this point, like this level of, well, Sodom 255 00:15:01,450 --> 00:15:03,730 and Gomorrah got judged, but this kind of 256 00:15:03,730 --> 00:15:06,750 level of perversion of child sacrifice, ritual 257 00:15:06,750 --> 00:15:11,610 cult prostitution, incest, homosexuality, is the 258 00:15:11,610 --> 00:15:14,570 Lord is still giving leeway for repentance 259 00:15:15,190 --> 00:15:17,610 there. And so this is kind of just to set 260 00:15:17,610 --> 00:15:21,289 the frame of that. If, if there is no 261 00:15:21,289 --> 00:15:25,110 repentance at this level, then this is a kind 262 00:15:25,110 --> 00:15:28,649 of a clue as to when society deteriorates so 263 00:15:28,649 --> 00:15:32,330 much that the only thing left God has to do 264 00:15:32,330 --> 00:15:36,389 is to actually just basically send an army to 265 00:15:36,389 --> 00:15:39,850 judge that society. And the Lord says, I'm 266 00:15:39,850 --> 00:15:42,009 going to use you, Israel, to do that because 267 00:15:42,009 --> 00:15:46,149 I'm just, and if you do these things, I'm going 268 00:15:46,149 --> 00:15:48,529 to raise up an army and send them to judge 269 00:15:48,529 --> 00:15:52,289 you. And he actually does that twice. The 270 00:15:52,289 --> 00:15:58,289 Assyrians come in, what is it, 733, and they 271 00:15:58,289 --> 00:16:00,009 take the Northern tribes because the 272 00:16:00,009 --> 00:16:01,690 Northern tribes had walked away from the 273 00:16:01,690 --> 00:16:04,049 Lord. And then the Babylonians come in 274 00:16:04,049 --> 00:16:07,909 something like 571, I think, and they take the 275 00:16:07,909 --> 00:16:10,730 Southern Kingdom and they exile them. And 276 00:16:10,730 --> 00:16:13,389 because the Lord says, I'm just, I did this 277 00:16:13,389 --> 00:16:17,169 to the people living in the land. And so 278 00:16:17,169 --> 00:16:19,590 now I'm going to do it to you if you also 279 00:16:19,590 --> 00:16:22,529 walk down those ways. So a lot of times 280 00:16:22,529 --> 00:16:24,190 we don't think of that other side of the 281 00:16:24,190 --> 00:16:27,509 coin where the Lord is judging his own 282 00:16:28,849 --> 00:16:31,090 covenant people with the same standard 283 00:16:31,090 --> 00:16:33,830 that he's judging the people of. Well, 284 00:16:33,889 --> 00:16:35,330 he has a little bit of a different standard, 285 00:16:35,370 --> 00:16:37,110 but he says, I'm going to judge you as 286 00:16:37,110 --> 00:16:39,870 well. So I hope, I don't want to make 287 00:16:39,870 --> 00:16:41,490 that the focal, whole focal point of 288 00:16:41,490 --> 00:16:42,669 the message, but I wanted to deal with 289 00:16:42,669 --> 00:16:45,549 that quickly because I think that that 290 00:16:45,549 --> 00:16:48,269 provides a little bit of context and a 291 00:16:48,269 --> 00:16:50,830 little bit of a window into God's heart. 292 00:16:51,070 --> 00:16:54,090 He's not just, he's not just wiping out 293 00:16:54,090 --> 00:16:57,470 like a relatively like decently nominally 294 00:16:57,470 --> 00:17:01,090 Christian population. He's, these are 295 00:17:01,090 --> 00:17:03,330 literally like wicked people who are 296 00:17:03,330 --> 00:17:05,990 burning their own children alive and 297 00:17:05,990 --> 00:17:08,650 they think it's worship. And so the 298 00:17:08,650 --> 00:17:11,869 Lord wants these people out of Canaan 299 00:17:11,869 --> 00:17:14,890 so that the Israelites don't fall into 300 00:17:14,890 --> 00:17:19,789 these same kinds of practices. Okay. 301 00:17:20,210 --> 00:17:23,250 So God is just, if we start there, 302 00:17:23,349 --> 00:17:24,950 one other thing I just about God's 303 00:17:24,950 --> 00:17:27,670 justice. One other quick point is we, 304 00:17:27,809 --> 00:17:29,509 I got this question just so many times 305 00:17:29,509 --> 00:17:31,950 over the last five, six years in the 306 00:17:31,950 --> 00:17:35,029 ministry, but people are like, well, 307 00:17:35,529 --> 00:17:37,230 how can you know God is just? And I 308 00:17:37,230 --> 00:17:38,730 just tell them, well, we know that 309 00:17:38,730 --> 00:17:40,609 scripture says it, bears witness to it. 310 00:17:40,609 --> 00:17:43,829 But also I just say, listen, you will 311 00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:46,470 not get, I guarantee you that we will 312 00:17:46,470 --> 00:17:49,670 not get to the last day where God is 313 00:17:49,670 --> 00:17:51,049 judging everyone at the great white 314 00:17:51,049 --> 00:17:53,910 throne of judgment and see the way he 315 00:17:53,910 --> 00:17:58,049 judges and think, wow, that is not good 316 00:17:58,049 --> 00:18:00,670 judgment. That was a lot, but 317 00:18:00,670 --> 00:18:03,049 basically we will be happy with the 318 00:18:03,049 --> 00:18:05,029 way God judges. We will, we will 319 00:18:05,029 --> 00:18:07,029 agree with the way God judges when 320 00:18:07,029 --> 00:18:09,549 we know and we have the same 321 00:18:09,549 --> 00:18:11,089 information that he knows. Does 322 00:18:11,089 --> 00:18:13,430 that make sense? Because we, part of 323 00:18:13,430 --> 00:18:15,890 the problem with courts is the 324 00:18:15,890 --> 00:18:16,930 courts are trying to do a lot of 325 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:18,569 discovery. God doesn't have to do 326 00:18:18,569 --> 00:18:20,150 discovery for information. He knows. 327 00:18:20,890 --> 00:18:21,970 And so he will judge what is 328 00:18:21,970 --> 00:18:25,930 according to his own justice as 329 00:18:25,930 --> 00:18:28,170 well. So anyway, we will all agree 330 00:18:28,170 --> 00:18:29,650 with his judgments on that last 331 00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:31,549 day. That's what I cling to. If I 332 00:18:31,549 --> 00:18:33,990 get to be like, well, maybe this, 333 00:18:34,109 --> 00:18:35,990 maybe that, but no, you just stick 334 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:37,309 with what the Bible says. Anyway, 335 00:18:37,309 --> 00:18:40,890 does that make sense? So getting 336 00:18:40,890 --> 00:18:44,230 back to the main narrative, the 337 00:18:44,230 --> 00:18:46,470 Lord commands the conquest of 338 00:18:46,470 --> 00:18:47,970 Canaan. And on the one hand, this 339 00:18:47,970 --> 00:18:49,289 looks like a brilliantly executed 340 00:18:49,289 --> 00:18:51,130 campaign. It's commanded by God. 341 00:18:51,410 --> 00:18:52,670 It accomplishes all of his 342 00:18:52,670 --> 00:18:54,609 purposes of expunging the people 343 00:18:54,609 --> 00:18:57,730 from the land. And you know, 344 00:18:57,849 --> 00:18:59,170 verse 23, like we talked about 345 00:18:59,170 --> 00:19:00,750 Joshua took the whole land 346 00:19:00,750 --> 00:19:02,089 according to all that God 347 00:19:02,089 --> 00:19:03,950 committed Moses and the land had 348 00:19:03,950 --> 00:19:06,490 rest from war. So it seems like 349 00:19:07,049 --> 00:19:09,089 everything's good, right? Smooth 350 00:19:09,089 --> 00:19:11,170 sailing, mission accomplished, 351 00:19:11,710 --> 00:19:12,789 could send the boys home. 352 00:19:13,349 --> 00:19:14,509 Actually, this is not how it 353 00:19:14,509 --> 00:19:17,990 ends. Turn with me if you want 354 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:23,309 to, to Judges chapter one and 355 00:19:23,309 --> 00:19:25,750 look at verse 27. Now this 356 00:19:25,750 --> 00:19:28,950 always perplexed and puzzled me. 357 00:19:30,309 --> 00:19:34,289 And so I want to make sure, I 358 00:19:34,289 --> 00:19:35,670 want to make sure to deal with 359 00:19:35,670 --> 00:19:38,690 it and kind of we'll wrap up 360 00:19:38,690 --> 00:19:39,769 with this. And then we have some 361 00:19:39,769 --> 00:19:41,109 questions that we'll go over. 362 00:19:44,369 --> 00:19:51,069 But in Joshua 11, you see that it 363 00:19:51,069 --> 00:19:54,130 seems like Joshua and the 364 00:19:54,130 --> 00:19:56,549 soldiers, they complete the 365 00:19:56,549 --> 00:19:59,049 victory. You turn to Judges 366 00:19:59,049 --> 00:20:02,230 chapter one, and you look at 367 00:20:02,230 --> 00:20:04,549 verse 27. And in my ESV Bible, 368 00:20:05,109 --> 00:20:07,930 it says as the heading failure 369 00:20:07,930 --> 00:20:10,670 to complete the conquest. And 370 00:20:10,670 --> 00:20:12,390 then we'll just do a quick tick 371 00:20:12,390 --> 00:20:15,250 down line by line. It says the 372 00:20:15,250 --> 00:20:17,490 tribe of Manasseh did not drive 373 00:20:17,490 --> 00:20:19,089 out the inhabitants of Beth 374 00:20:19,089 --> 00:20:21,670 She'an and its villages. And the 375 00:20:21,670 --> 00:20:23,109 Canaanites persisted in dwelling 376 00:20:23,109 --> 00:20:25,089 the land. Verse 28, Israel 377 00:20:25,089 --> 00:20:27,210 grew strong, and they put the 378 00:20:27,210 --> 00:20:30,210 Canaanites to forced labor, but 379 00:20:30,210 --> 00:20:31,450 did not drive them out 380 00:20:31,450 --> 00:20:34,049 completely. And Ephraim did not 381 00:20:34,049 --> 00:20:35,369 drive out the Canaanites who 382 00:20:35,369 --> 00:20:37,410 lived in Giza. So the 383 00:20:37,410 --> 00:20:38,910 Canaanites lived in Giza among 384 00:20:38,910 --> 00:20:40,490 them. And you can see, if you 385 00:20:40,490 --> 00:20:42,710 just kind of scan down through 386 00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:49,710 verse 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, it 387 00:20:49,710 --> 00:20:52,750 basically seems like it's 388 00:20:52,750 --> 00:20:54,990 contradicting Joshua chapter 389 00:20:54,990 --> 00:20:59,089 11. So Christian and Jewish 390 00:20:59,089 --> 00:21:01,049 scholars alike have been 391 00:21:01,049 --> 00:21:03,789 aware of this sort of tension 392 00:21:04,529 --> 00:21:06,529 and where most of them end up, 393 00:21:06,829 --> 00:21:08,650 and this is where I end up too, 394 00:21:09,730 --> 00:21:11,289 but feel free to, you know, 395 00:21:11,309 --> 00:21:12,589 conduct your own due diligence 396 00:21:13,129 --> 00:21:16,549 is that in Joshua, they're 397 00:21:16,549 --> 00:21:19,230 referring to the military side 398 00:21:19,230 --> 00:21:22,190 of the campaign completed and 399 00:21:22,190 --> 00:21:24,589 the victory and the battle has 400 00:21:24,589 --> 00:21:26,630 been won and the Canaanites 401 00:21:26,630 --> 00:21:28,309 have laid down all of their 402 00:21:28,309 --> 00:21:31,549 arms. And then what actually 403 00:21:31,549 --> 00:21:34,730 is happening here in Judges is 404 00:21:34,730 --> 00:21:37,750 that they are not fulfilling 405 00:21:38,309 --> 00:21:41,690 the mandate to exile them all 406 00:21:41,690 --> 00:21:43,789 out of the land and the 407 00:21:43,789 --> 00:21:45,309 territory. And something 408 00:21:45,309 --> 00:21:47,910 really interesting here happens. 409 00:21:49,970 --> 00:21:53,609 It's a failure to completely 410 00:21:53,609 --> 00:21:57,190 obey God, but also there's a 411 00:21:57,190 --> 00:21:58,730 really interesting twist and 412 00:21:58,730 --> 00:22:00,089 you guys probably picked up on 413 00:22:00,089 --> 00:22:03,309 it. But instead of either 414 00:22:03,309 --> 00:22:05,470 putting them to death, the 415 00:22:05,470 --> 00:22:06,849 Canaanites to death or 416 00:22:06,849 --> 00:22:08,930 exiling them, just sending them 417 00:22:08,930 --> 00:22:10,910 away, they do something very 418 00:22:10,910 --> 00:22:13,450 interesting. And this this 419 00:22:13,450 --> 00:22:15,730 stuck out to me. But it's in 420 00:22:15,730 --> 00:22:18,049 verse 28 in Judges chapter one 421 00:22:18,049 --> 00:22:20,069 says when Israel grew strong, 422 00:22:20,349 --> 00:22:21,990 they put the Canaanites to 423 00:22:21,990 --> 00:22:24,630 forced labor, but they did 424 00:22:24,630 --> 00:22:25,930 not drive them out completely. 425 00:22:27,190 --> 00:22:28,210 And we're going to we're going 426 00:22:28,210 --> 00:22:30,150 to come back to some of this 427 00:22:30,629 --> 00:22:32,250 to some of this stuff. But 428 00:22:33,549 --> 00:22:35,089 isn't that interesting? God 429 00:22:35,089 --> 00:22:38,089 had a command for them and it 430 00:22:38,089 --> 00:22:39,150 looked like things were going 431 00:22:39,150 --> 00:22:41,170 well, but then they had a they 432 00:22:41,170 --> 00:22:43,250 had a pivot and they thought, 433 00:22:43,390 --> 00:22:44,309 whoa, what? Wait, wait, 434 00:22:44,309 --> 00:22:45,990 wait, why would we why would 435 00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:47,730 we dispose or send these people 436 00:22:47,730 --> 00:22:51,109 away? How about we use them 437 00:22:51,109 --> 00:22:52,690 to make our lives easier, 438 00:22:53,789 --> 00:22:55,950 making them our slaves. And 439 00:22:55,950 --> 00:22:57,730 this is only one or two 440 00:22:57,730 --> 00:23:00,450 generations after Egypt. So 441 00:23:00,450 --> 00:23:01,829 that's that's the backdrop 442 00:23:01,829 --> 00:23:04,049 here. And I relate this to 443 00:23:05,709 --> 00:23:08,750 basically holiness. Like 444 00:23:08,750 --> 00:23:09,950 there's the historical truth 445 00:23:09,950 --> 00:23:11,490 of the story. But for us 446 00:23:11,490 --> 00:23:14,390 today, this this story to me 447 00:23:14,990 --> 00:23:18,769 is is really analogous to our 448 00:23:18,769 --> 00:23:20,529 Christian lives and the holiness 449 00:23:20,529 --> 00:23:22,289 that the Lord is asking us to 450 00:23:22,289 --> 00:23:23,630 have. The Lord gives us a 451 00:23:23,630 --> 00:23:25,910 command to fully possess the 452 00:23:25,910 --> 00:23:28,250 land, to fully possess your 453 00:23:28,250 --> 00:23:30,829 body, soul and spirit, and to 454 00:23:30,829 --> 00:23:33,109 rid your body, soul and spirit, 455 00:23:33,269 --> 00:23:35,250 to rid your entire being of 456 00:23:35,250 --> 00:23:37,789 sin. Just like He commanded 457 00:23:37,789 --> 00:23:40,049 the Canaanites, the Israelites 458 00:23:40,049 --> 00:23:41,970 to rid the promised land of 459 00:23:41,970 --> 00:23:43,130 the Canaanites because they 460 00:23:43,130 --> 00:23:45,970 had wicked practices. The Lord 461 00:23:45,970 --> 00:23:48,329 after we are saved and 462 00:23:48,329 --> 00:23:49,970 baptized, we cross over the 463 00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:51,390 Jordan. Now we are to possess 464 00:23:51,390 --> 00:23:53,170 the land and we are to live 465 00:23:53,170 --> 00:23:55,170 in the covenant promise that 466 00:23:55,170 --> 00:23:57,210 God has given us. And we are 467 00:23:57,210 --> 00:24:00,089 to live in in the land flowing 468 00:24:00,089 --> 00:24:02,630 with milk and honey. And we 469 00:24:02,630 --> 00:24:05,849 are to actually clear out 470 00:24:06,470 --> 00:24:08,349 everything in our life that is 471 00:24:08,349 --> 00:24:11,049 not of God. And so this is 472 00:24:11,049 --> 00:24:13,190 what I mean. You obviously you 473 00:24:13,190 --> 00:24:15,049 understand when I say holy war, 474 00:24:15,089 --> 00:24:16,829 what I mean in the natural 475 00:24:16,829 --> 00:24:18,549 historically what happened, it 476 00:24:18,549 --> 00:24:20,829 was a holy war. God was was 477 00:24:20,829 --> 00:24:22,589 saying, hey, wages this war 478 00:24:22,589 --> 00:24:24,569 for me so that you can have a 479 00:24:24,569 --> 00:24:25,549 home and we can live in 480 00:24:25,549 --> 00:24:27,730 covenant together. But for us, 481 00:24:28,049 --> 00:24:31,450 it's to wage war against sin. 482 00:24:31,930 --> 00:24:35,190 It's to wage war in the, in 483 00:24:35,190 --> 00:24:37,829 the upward pursuit of fully 484 00:24:37,829 --> 00:24:39,769 giving ourselves to the Lord. 485 00:24:40,930 --> 00:24:43,250 And so how do we do that? If 486 00:24:43,250 --> 00:24:45,349 you look at, well, let me 487 00:24:45,349 --> 00:24:47,230 ask you guys this. Anybody 488 00:24:47,230 --> 00:24:48,250 know real quick, there's a 489 00:24:48,250 --> 00:24:49,349 specific verse I'm thinking of. 490 00:24:49,529 --> 00:24:51,230 What is the will of God for 491 00:24:51,230 --> 00:24:54,130 our lives? Anyone got it on the 492 00:24:54,130 --> 00:24:59,410 top of their head? Sorry, 493 00:25:00,589 --> 00:25:02,230 anyone? What did you say that 494 00:25:02,230 --> 00:25:06,230 or Roger? Yeah, that's, that's 495 00:25:06,230 --> 00:25:07,569 part of it. That's not exactly 496 00:25:07,569 --> 00:25:08,869 what I'm thinking of, but 497 00:25:08,869 --> 00:25:11,329 that is, that is part of the 498 00:25:11,329 --> 00:25:14,509 will of God. But there's a 499 00:25:14,509 --> 00:25:16,650 verse, it's 1 Thessalonians 4 500 00:25:16,650 --> 00:25:20,289 3 and it says, for this is 501 00:25:20,289 --> 00:25:22,170 the will of God, your 502 00:25:23,669 --> 00:25:25,049 sanctification, basically you 503 00:25:25,049 --> 00:25:26,650 abstain from sexual immorality 504 00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:27,890 that each one of you know how 505 00:25:27,890 --> 00:25:29,750 to control his or his own 506 00:25:29,750 --> 00:25:31,509 body in holiness and honor, 507 00:25:31,529 --> 00:25:33,049 not in the passion of lusts 508 00:25:33,049 --> 00:25:34,670 like the Gentiles. You can 509 00:25:34,670 --> 00:25:35,869 think of the Canaanites who 510 00:25:35,869 --> 00:25:37,970 do not know God and the Lord 511 00:25:37,970 --> 00:25:38,990 is an Avenger of these 512 00:25:38,990 --> 00:25:40,289 things. God has not called us 513 00:25:40,289 --> 00:25:42,089 to impurity, but to holiness. 514 00:25:42,650 --> 00:25:45,349 And so, Roger, to your point, 515 00:25:45,609 --> 00:25:47,750 one of the ways that we, that 516 00:25:47,750 --> 00:25:49,250 we enjoy God is actually 517 00:25:49,250 --> 00:25:51,809 through being holy unto him. 518 00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:53,990 Now holiness, depending on 519 00:25:53,990 --> 00:25:55,690 your background, might not be 520 00:25:55,690 --> 00:25:57,930 like the most cuddly word to 521 00:25:57,930 --> 00:25:59,589 you, right? The holiness 522 00:25:59,589 --> 00:26:01,390 movement, you know, or, or 523 00:26:01,390 --> 00:26:04,410 like, uh, the old Pentecostals, 524 00:26:04,410 --> 00:26:07,170 you know, um, or like the 525 00:26:07,170 --> 00:26:09,769 Baptists, right? Be holy, be 526 00:26:09,769 --> 00:26:11,450 thou holy, Moses, you are 527 00:26:11,450 --> 00:26:13,009 on holy ground, right? But 528 00:26:13,930 --> 00:26:15,930 really holiness is about 529 00:26:16,490 --> 00:26:18,809 enjoying God and being fully 530 00:26:19,829 --> 00:26:22,529 set apart for him. Like you 531 00:26:22,529 --> 00:26:23,809 can think of it like marriage. 532 00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:26,990 Like when you get married, you 533 00:26:26,990 --> 00:26:31,369 forsake all other lovers. And 534 00:26:31,369 --> 00:26:35,269 the wedding vows, um, read 535 00:26:35,269 --> 00:26:36,549 like this. Do you promise to 536 00:26:36,549 --> 00:26:38,650 love her, comfort her, honor 537 00:26:38,650 --> 00:26:41,690 her, keep her in sickness and 538 00:26:41,690 --> 00:26:45,430 in health and forsaking all 539 00:26:45,430 --> 00:26:48,150 others? To be faithful unto 540 00:26:48,150 --> 00:26:49,630 her as long as you both shall 541 00:26:49,630 --> 00:26:50,990 live. And this is the essence 542 00:26:51,509 --> 00:26:54,569 of covenant holiness. It's the 543 00:26:54,569 --> 00:26:57,190 essence of setting your life, 544 00:26:58,230 --> 00:26:59,930 your mind, your body, your 545 00:26:59,930 --> 00:27:02,809 spirit apart, disconnecting 546 00:27:02,809 --> 00:27:04,210 from everything in the world 547 00:27:04,210 --> 00:27:07,170 and throwing it on God and 548 00:27:07,170 --> 00:27:08,829 covenanting with, covenanting 549 00:27:08,829 --> 00:27:11,549 with him and, and saying, God, 550 00:27:12,069 --> 00:27:13,170 you are going to be my chief 551 00:27:13,170 --> 00:27:14,970 pleasure. Now, this can 552 00:27:14,970 --> 00:27:16,130 either, you can either make 553 00:27:16,130 --> 00:27:17,930 this, you can either do this 554 00:27:17,930 --> 00:27:19,009 the right way or the wrong way. 555 00:27:19,490 --> 00:27:21,349 You can do holiness two ways, 556 00:27:21,410 --> 00:27:22,230 the right way and the wrong 557 00:27:22,230 --> 00:27:23,970 way. Okay. The wrong way is 558 00:27:23,970 --> 00:27:25,890 you just try really hard. Okay. 559 00:27:26,170 --> 00:27:27,450 You just try to live your life 560 00:27:27,450 --> 00:27:28,789 good. You try to please God. 561 00:27:29,210 --> 00:27:30,430 Right. This is just not the 562 00:27:30,430 --> 00:27:32,289 gospel. I think we all can 563 00:27:32,289 --> 00:27:34,450 realize that, but we realize 564 00:27:35,050 --> 00:27:37,250 to do it the right way that we 565 00:27:37,250 --> 00:27:40,549 are positionally already holy 566 00:27:41,089 --> 00:27:42,750 because of Jesus's blood and 567 00:27:42,750 --> 00:27:44,970 his sacrifice on the cross and 568 00:27:44,970 --> 00:27:47,289 what he did for us. And so we 569 00:27:47,289 --> 00:27:49,890 walk in our positional holiness. 570 00:27:50,730 --> 00:27:52,150 Right. We've already been 571 00:27:52,150 --> 00:27:54,529 justified. We've already been 572 00:27:54,529 --> 00:27:57,009 saved. Right. But this 573 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:59,250 salvation and this positional 574 00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:01,349 holiness at its beginning is 575 00:28:01,349 --> 00:28:04,450 like a seed and the seed must 576 00:28:04,450 --> 00:28:07,269 also grow. And just like the 577 00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:08,970 seed, when you put it in the 578 00:28:08,970 --> 00:28:10,829 ground and you cover it with 579 00:28:10,829 --> 00:28:12,509 soil and you begin to tend it, 580 00:28:12,549 --> 00:28:14,390 it doesn't seem like much. 581 00:28:14,970 --> 00:28:17,349 Over time, it grows into this 582 00:28:17,349 --> 00:28:19,009 big, beautiful tree. And so 583 00:28:19,009 --> 00:28:23,349 that's really the, that's 584 00:28:23,349 --> 00:28:25,430 really the trajectory that God 585 00:28:25,430 --> 00:28:28,609 has us on. And so we do 586 00:28:29,549 --> 00:28:32,809 holiness through relying on the 587 00:28:32,809 --> 00:28:35,109 Lord's grace. There's a verse 588 00:28:35,109 --> 00:28:36,509 in Titus that says you will 589 00:28:36,509 --> 00:28:39,609 be, the grace of God trains 590 00:28:39,609 --> 00:28:41,910 us in all Godliness. And so 591 00:28:41,910 --> 00:28:44,150 it's actually the grace of God 592 00:28:44,150 --> 00:28:47,430 that empowers us to say no to 593 00:28:47,430 --> 00:28:49,849 sin and say no to, and to root 594 00:28:49,849 --> 00:28:51,230 out all of the areas in our 595 00:28:51,230 --> 00:28:53,230 life that are, you know, so 596 00:28:53,230 --> 00:28:54,930 called Canaanites in our 597 00:28:54,930 --> 00:28:57,150 lives and our promised land. And 598 00:28:57,150 --> 00:28:58,710 all these things actually, they 599 00:28:58,710 --> 00:29:00,190 keep us from enjoying God. 600 00:29:01,329 --> 00:29:02,769 Because when you're so caught 601 00:29:02,769 --> 00:29:04,569 up in sin, you can't actually 602 00:29:04,569 --> 00:29:09,529 enjoy God. I remember just in 603 00:29:09,529 --> 00:29:11,410 in when I was in college, I 604 00:29:11,410 --> 00:29:13,950 used to think like, well, if I 605 00:29:13,950 --> 00:29:16,009 if I give up certain things, 606 00:29:16,009 --> 00:29:18,470 then like, I'm gonna lose 607 00:29:18,470 --> 00:29:19,869 those things and my life isn't 608 00:29:19,869 --> 00:29:21,769 gonna be as good as I thought 609 00:29:21,769 --> 00:29:24,250 it was. But if you've been 610 00:29:24,250 --> 00:29:25,210 following the Lord for a little 611 00:29:25,210 --> 00:29:27,289 bit, you know that it's 612 00:29:27,289 --> 00:29:29,289 inverse is that when you give 613 00:29:29,289 --> 00:29:31,430 those things up, and you give 614 00:29:31,430 --> 00:29:33,269 them to the Lord, and you put 615 00:29:33,269 --> 00:29:35,170 yourself in a position where 616 00:29:35,170 --> 00:29:36,750 you're receiving God's grace 617 00:29:36,750 --> 00:29:38,250 and his love and his 618 00:29:38,250 --> 00:29:41,109 faithfulness, then he actually 619 00:29:41,690 --> 00:29:43,490 gives you satisfaction and 620 00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:45,190 pleasure from him, you get to 621 00:29:45,190 --> 00:29:46,470 enjoy him and glorify him 622 00:29:46,470 --> 00:29:49,670 forever. And he also gives you 623 00:29:49,670 --> 00:29:52,430 these side gifts too. Like I 624 00:29:52,430 --> 00:29:53,769 never thought honestly, I was 625 00:29:53,769 --> 00:29:55,230 the Lord called me to be a 626 00:29:55,230 --> 00:29:58,690 missionary in 2014. I hemmed 627 00:29:58,690 --> 00:30:00,009 and hauled didn't get on the 628 00:30:00,009 --> 00:30:02,309 field until 2016. And I 629 00:30:02,309 --> 00:30:03,170 thought I was never going to 630 00:30:03,170 --> 00:30:05,309 get married. That was it. I 631 00:30:05,309 --> 00:30:07,490 was just like, I guess I'm 632 00:30:07,490 --> 00:30:08,470 just not going to get married. 633 00:30:09,369 --> 00:30:10,450 And I wanted to be married. 634 00:30:12,289 --> 00:30:14,549 But through that, I gave that 635 00:30:15,209 --> 00:30:17,710 desire up. And the Lord just 636 00:30:17,710 --> 00:30:19,329 gave me a beautiful wife. She's 637 00:30:19,329 --> 00:30:20,789 a great, great woman. A lot of 638 00:30:20,789 --> 00:30:22,049 you know her. Now we have two 639 00:30:22,049 --> 00:30:23,710 little kids and my life is 640 00:30:23,710 --> 00:30:26,170 amazing. And it's just, but I 641 00:30:26,170 --> 00:30:28,230 was willing to give that up in 642 00:30:28,230 --> 00:30:30,369 order to let the Lord do 643 00:30:30,369 --> 00:30:32,089 something greater in my life. 644 00:30:32,230 --> 00:30:33,230 And then the Bible, like the 645 00:30:33,230 --> 00:30:34,690 Bible says, he just adds it 646 00:30:34,690 --> 00:30:36,309 back. You know, all these seek 647 00:30:36,309 --> 00:30:37,250 first the kingdom of God and 648 00:30:37,250 --> 00:30:37,990 all these things would be 649 00:30:37,990 --> 00:30:42,750 added unto you. So, but 650 00:30:42,750 --> 00:30:44,549 holiness, really the essence of 651 00:30:44,549 --> 00:30:47,650 it is, and, and I don't have a 652 00:30:47,650 --> 00:30:48,950 verse for this, but it's my 653 00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:50,490 personal experience and 654 00:30:50,490 --> 00:30:52,849 conviction that the more you 655 00:30:52,849 --> 00:30:55,250 grow in holiness, the more 656 00:30:55,250 --> 00:30:57,369 you put yourself, just the 657 00:30:57,369 --> 00:30:58,710 more you just hook yourself to 658 00:30:58,710 --> 00:31:00,369 the Lord, latch yourself to 659 00:31:00,369 --> 00:31:01,890 the Lord and pursue him in 660 00:31:01,890 --> 00:31:03,210 covenant faithfulness by his 661 00:31:03,210 --> 00:31:04,950 grace, knowing that you're 662 00:31:04,950 --> 00:31:09,049 already positionally holy and 663 00:31:09,049 --> 00:31:10,970 you just disconnect from the 664 00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:12,730 world and those habits that 665 00:31:12,730 --> 00:31:14,569 you have, the more you 666 00:31:14,569 --> 00:31:16,450 actually enjoy God and the 667 00:31:16,450 --> 00:31:18,049 more you enjoy life. So I 668 00:31:18,049 --> 00:31:19,230 think there's a, there's a 669 00:31:19,230 --> 00:31:20,769 correlation in life between 670 00:31:20,769 --> 00:31:23,710 the level of holiness, actual 671 00:31:23,710 --> 00:31:25,910 holiness that you receive and 672 00:31:25,910 --> 00:31:27,150 the level that you actually 673 00:31:27,150 --> 00:31:30,769 enjoy God. And when I talk 674 00:31:30,769 --> 00:31:32,009 about levels of holiness, 675 00:31:32,529 --> 00:31:33,710 what I really mean is like, 676 00:31:33,710 --> 00:31:34,950 I'm just using this in the 677 00:31:34,950 --> 00:31:36,789 scale of like Paul talks about 678 00:31:36,789 --> 00:31:38,789 being mature and complete in 679 00:31:38,789 --> 00:31:41,289 the Lord. And so I don't 680 00:31:41,289 --> 00:31:43,250 personally believe in, you 681 00:31:43,250 --> 00:31:44,890 know, perfect sanctification 682 00:31:44,890 --> 00:31:46,589 where like you lose the 683 00:31:46,589 --> 00:31:50,190 capacity to sin, which I 684 00:31:50,190 --> 00:31:51,049 don't really know if anyone 685 00:31:51,049 --> 00:31:51,829 believes that, but some 686 00:31:51,829 --> 00:31:53,170 people believe in like a 687 00:31:53,170 --> 00:31:57,049 higher level of personal 688 00:31:57,509 --> 00:31:58,349 sanctification. But I do 689 00:31:58,349 --> 00:31:59,309 believe there is a place 690 00:31:59,309 --> 00:32:00,910 where you arrive with the 691 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,720 Lord, where you are entering 692 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,759 into his rest and you stay 693 00:32:06,759 --> 00:32:08,460 there for a while and you're 694 00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:11,599 not caught in these cycles of 695 00:32:11,599 --> 00:32:14,779 sin, like we see happening 696 00:32:14,779 --> 00:32:16,480 in the book of judges. So 697 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:17,500 the interesting thing is, 698 00:32:18,299 --> 00:32:20,599 and we'll wrap up with this 699 00:32:20,599 --> 00:32:21,259 and then we'll have some 700 00:32:21,259 --> 00:32:22,640 questions. But the 701 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,579 interesting thing is the 702 00:32:24,579 --> 00:32:26,480 Israelites, they disobey 703 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,319 God's commands, which is 704 00:32:28,319 --> 00:32:30,920 also important part of, of 705 00:32:31,639 --> 00:32:32,920 growing in holiness is to 706 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,579 read his word and obey God. 707 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,519 Those who obey me love me, 708 00:32:38,519 --> 00:32:42,859 he says, but they trade the 709 00:32:42,859 --> 00:32:44,200 commandment of God for their 710 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,099 own idea. And I thought that 711 00:32:47,099 --> 00:32:48,079 was really interesting. Like 712 00:32:48,079 --> 00:32:49,359 a lot of times the Lord 713 00:32:49,359 --> 00:32:50,539 will speak something to us 714 00:32:50,539 --> 00:32:52,380 or he'll highlight something 715 00:32:52,380 --> 00:32:54,400 in scripture that we should 716 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,799 do or change. And then we 717 00:32:56,799 --> 00:32:57,680 maybe do it for a little 718 00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:58,819 bit, but then we kind of 719 00:32:58,819 --> 00:33:02,740 pivot. And what this creates, 720 00:33:02,740 --> 00:33:04,079 what we see in the biblical 721 00:33:04,079 --> 00:33:06,740 narrative is this creates in 722 00:33:06,740 --> 00:33:08,339 judges what is called the 723 00:33:08,339 --> 00:33:10,400 sin cycle. And you guys 724 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:11,599 ever hear of the sin cycle 725 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:16,099 in judges. So after Joshua, 726 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,059 there come judges and 727 00:33:19,059 --> 00:33:20,440 there's 12 judges in the 728 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:21,359 book of judges and Israel 729 00:33:21,359 --> 00:33:23,579 goes through this cycle of 730 00:33:23,579 --> 00:33:25,720 rebellion and then they, they 731 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:27,920 fall into trouble and it's 732 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:29,220 it's sin. And then the Lord 733 00:33:29,220 --> 00:33:30,660 raises up a judge and he 734 00:33:30,660 --> 00:33:31,920 saves them. And it's just 735 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:32,960 kind of like you, if you 736 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:33,720 look it up on Google, 737 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,099 there's like a, it's like a 738 00:33:35,099 --> 00:33:36,359 flywheel that goes around 739 00:33:36,359 --> 00:33:37,559 and around. And this 740 00:33:37,559 --> 00:33:42,200 happens 12 times. And if 741 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,160 you've ever, you know, if 742 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:45,460 you're caught in cycles of 743 00:33:45,460 --> 00:33:47,480 sin, you, it's probably 744 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,200 because at some point you 745 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:52,319 didn't clear out all the 746 00:33:52,319 --> 00:33:54,299 Canaanites in your life. 747 00:33:56,659 --> 00:33:59,559 And the Lord, his desire for 748 00:33:59,559 --> 00:34:00,680 us is not to be caught in 749 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,380 these cycles of sin. And 750 00:34:02,380 --> 00:34:04,779 what we see is Israel, they 751 00:34:04,779 --> 00:34:07,519 don't get out of this sin 752 00:34:07,519 --> 00:34:09,059 cycle. The sin cycle is not 753 00:34:09,059 --> 00:34:13,099 broken until the Messiah 754 00:34:13,099 --> 00:34:16,059 comes. And I mean, small 755 00:34:16,059 --> 00:34:19,380 M Messiah, which is David. 756 00:34:20,699 --> 00:34:22,099 Because Messiah just means 757 00:34:22,099 --> 00:34:23,480 anointed one. And Samuel 758 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,719 anoints David in order to 759 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,119 lead the people. And Saul 760 00:34:27,119 --> 00:34:28,239 was anointed before David, 761 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,539 yes, technically. But David 762 00:34:30,539 --> 00:34:31,780 was the one who really 763 00:34:31,780 --> 00:34:34,119 led the kingdom forward and 764 00:34:34,119 --> 00:34:37,619 was representing Christ in 765 00:34:37,619 --> 00:34:39,900 that capacity. But he even 766 00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:41,039 fell short. And so the 767 00:34:41,039 --> 00:34:42,000 whole testament up to 768 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,599 Christ is basically like 769 00:34:43,599 --> 00:34:44,739 pointing to Jesus, but 770 00:34:44,739 --> 00:34:46,380 everyone falling short. And 771 00:34:46,380 --> 00:34:48,860 then Jesus comes and he is 772 00:34:48,860 --> 00:34:51,480 the one who fully redeems 773 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:57,940 us. But the thing is, if 774 00:34:57,940 --> 00:34:58,780 we're caught in a sin cycle, 775 00:34:58,940 --> 00:34:59,840 the only one who can get us 776 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,840 out of it is Christ. And if 777 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,099 you're caught in a sin cycle, 778 00:35:04,659 --> 00:35:06,219 you just need to call it to 779 00:35:06,219 --> 00:35:08,519 the Lord, repent and Jesus 780 00:35:08,519 --> 00:35:10,059 will come and help you. But 781 00:35:10,059 --> 00:35:12,880 you also have to, by his 782 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,360 grace, partner with the 783 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:15,539 Holy Spirit in order to 784 00:35:15,539 --> 00:35:18,159 clear out the Canaanites in 785 00:35:18,159 --> 00:35:22,320 your life. And so that is 786 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,440 basically the end of where 787 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:29,820 the message is going to be. 788 00:35:30,039 --> 00:35:33,679 That's basically the end. But 789 00:35:33,679 --> 00:35:37,179 yeah, we wage a holy war, a 790 00:35:37,179 --> 00:35:38,500 Holy Spirit, grace-filled 791 00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:40,539 holy war on sin. And we 792 00:35:40,539 --> 00:35:42,960 don't stop until we reach 793 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:44,519 what Paul calls maturity or 794 00:35:44,519 --> 00:35:46,019 completeness. And even then 795 00:35:46,019 --> 00:35:48,880 you don't stop because at 796 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:49,579 that point you're just 797 00:35:49,579 --> 00:35:51,019 enjoying God so much. Like 798 00:35:51,019 --> 00:35:52,599 there's two ways to do it. 799 00:35:52,679 --> 00:35:53,599 Like I said, you can do it 800 00:35:53,599 --> 00:35:55,579 the one way holiness where 801 00:35:55,579 --> 00:35:57,199 you resist and then you 802 00:35:57,199 --> 00:35:58,579 just try hard and that 803 00:35:58,579 --> 00:35:59,920 never works. You'll just 804 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:03,420 fall into the cycle of 805 00:36:03,420 --> 00:36:05,679 sin, probably, or you can 806 00:36:05,679 --> 00:36:07,260 rely on the Lord and you 807 00:36:07,260 --> 00:36:12,400 can ask him to basically 808 00:36:13,059 --> 00:36:15,699 just teach you what covenant 809 00:36:15,699 --> 00:36:17,400 holiness means, teach you 810 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,039 what intimacy means, teach 811 00:36:19,039 --> 00:36:21,659 you what being set apart to 812 00:36:21,659 --> 00:36:22,900 the Lord actually means. 813 00:36:23,340 --> 00:36:24,940 And how you can, and he 814 00:36:24,940 --> 00:36:25,920 will teach you how you 815 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,039 can actually obey him in 816 00:36:28,039 --> 00:36:31,099 order to root out all the 817 00:36:31,099 --> 00:36:32,139 different areas in your 818 00:36:32,139 --> 00:36:33,880 life that are not yet 819 00:36:34,579 --> 00:36:36,280 submitted to him. Does 820 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:40,219 that make sense? So it's 821 00:36:40,219 --> 00:36:42,159 kind of a bit of a lot in 822 00:36:42,159 --> 00:36:44,579 there. But I do have a 823 00:36:44,579 --> 00:36:47,940 couple of questions for us 824 00:36:47,940 --> 00:36:50,780 to go over. So I think we 825 00:36:50,780 --> 00:36:53,480 could get into groups. I 826 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,780 have six papers. Oh, it 827 00:36:56,780 --> 00:36:57,679 actually didn't bring, 828 00:36:59,099 --> 00:36:59,880 didn't bring all the 829 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:01,480 papers. Is there like, like 830 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,460 a group chat or does 831 00:37:03,460 --> 00:37:05,579 anybody want to write some 832 00:37:05,579 --> 00:37:07,019 of these down? I think we 833 00:37:07,019 --> 00:37:07,800 can break up into groups, 834 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:08,400 right? Do you guys still 835 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:09,420 do that? Break up into 836 00:37:09,420 --> 00:37:11,539 groups? Okay. Yeah. Yeah. 837 00:37:11,579 --> 00:37:12,519 Yeah. We'll pass, we'll 838 00:37:12,519 --> 00:37:13,699 pass the paper around. But 839 00:37:13,699 --> 00:37:15,219 the questions are, what 840 00:37:15,219 --> 00:37:16,659 does your personal holiness 841 00:37:16,659 --> 00:37:19,719 journey look like? How are 842 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:20,619 you seeking to grow in 843 00:37:20,619 --> 00:37:22,320 holiness? Are there any 844 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:23,639 Canaanites left in your 845 00:37:23,639 --> 00:37:25,719 personal promise land? What 846 00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:26,920 commands of God do you 847 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:28,079 find enjoyable and easy? 848 00:37:28,219 --> 00:37:29,039 Which ones do you find 849 00:37:29,039 --> 00:37:30,780 hard and difficult? And 850 00:37:30,780 --> 00:37:31,900 what are your thoughts on 851 00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:33,159 holiness as it relates to 852 00:37:33,159 --> 00:37:34,900 our covenant with God? And 853 00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:36,179 these are just guidelines. 854 00:37:36,460 --> 00:37:37,159 If there are other things 855 00:37:37,159 --> 00:37:39,320 in the text or in the 856 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,099 message that you want to 857 00:37:41,099 --> 00:37:43,360 talk about or discuss, you 858 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,019 guys can feel free to do 859 00:37:45,019 --> 00:37:47,380 that as well. So yeah, 860 00:37:48,139 --> 00:37:49,300 let's just pray. Lord, or 861 00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:51,400 do you want to, yeah, that's 862 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,960 a good point. Um, and the 863 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,820 Bible, this is a common 864 00:37:55,820 --> 00:37:57,280 saying, but the Bible was 865 00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,800 written for us, but not to 866 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,159 us. And a lot of the 867 00:38:01,159 --> 00:38:03,139 language in there that's 868 00:38:03,139 --> 00:38:05,659 used, we just miss a lot of 869 00:38:05,659 --> 00:38:07,159 it because it's in 870 00:38:07,159 --> 00:38:09,440 English, a, but also a 871 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,199 lot of it's most, at 872 00:38:11,199 --> 00:38:12,780 least all of it is 2000 873 00:38:12,780 --> 00:38:14,420 years removed from us. So 874 00:38:14,420 --> 00:38:15,260 we're removed from the 875 00:38:15,260 --> 00:38:16,320 culture. We're removed 876 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:17,940 from the idioms. We're 877 00:38:17,940 --> 00:38:19,639 removed from the nuance 878 00:38:19,639 --> 00:38:21,800 of the conversations of 879 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,840 the day. And then the old 880 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,300 Testament is even more 881 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:27,139 difficult because one of 882 00:38:27,139 --> 00:38:28,539 the things is they have 883 00:38:28,539 --> 00:38:29,820 a paradigm. Like we 884 00:38:29,820 --> 00:38:30,940 question whether or not 885 00:38:30,940 --> 00:38:33,239 God exists in our culture, 886 00:38:33,599 --> 00:38:35,119 not us anymore, hopefully. 887 00:38:35,699 --> 00:38:37,739 But, um, if you do, 888 00:38:37,780 --> 00:38:38,559 that's okay. We could 889 00:38:38,559 --> 00:38:42,000 talk, but yeah, we should 890 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,719 talk. But one interesting 891 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:47,000 point is that when we do 892 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:47,760 history, we're very 893 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:49,619 focused on accuracy. Like 894 00:38:49,619 --> 00:38:51,179 tonight we would say, you 895 00:38:51,179 --> 00:38:52,280 know, we would count every 896 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:53,280 person in the room and we 897 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:54,239 would make sure we got the 898 00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:55,420 number correct. Right. 899 00:38:56,119 --> 00:38:57,559 But they, in the ancient 900 00:38:57,559 --> 00:38:59,239 world, um, they weren't 901 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:00,599 so much focused on what 902 00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:01,659 actually happened in 903 00:39:01,659 --> 00:39:03,179 history. They were 904 00:39:03,179 --> 00:39:04,380 focused on the events, 905 00:39:04,380 --> 00:39:05,480 but it was all about 906 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,239 what were the Gods or 907 00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,599 what was God trying to 908 00:39:09,599 --> 00:39:10,599 communicate through 909 00:39:10,599 --> 00:39:12,300 history because they had a 910 00:39:12,300 --> 00:39:13,500 paradigm in a worldview 911 00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:15,599 that God was always 912 00:39:15,599 --> 00:39:17,840 moving through history or 913 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:19,079 that the Gods, depending 914 00:39:19,079 --> 00:39:20,719 on their religion at the 915 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:21,880 time and the different 916 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:23,219 culture, obviously the 917 00:39:23,219 --> 00:39:24,960 Hebrews were, uh, 918 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:26,539 worshiping Yahweh most of 919 00:39:26,539 --> 00:39:28,119 the time. So they had a 920 00:39:28,119 --> 00:39:29,920 view that God exists and 921 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,320 he is making everything 922 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:33,400 happen. His sovereign 923 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,260 hand is in everything. So 924 00:39:35,260 --> 00:39:36,619 they were operating from 925 00:39:36,619 --> 00:39:38,320 quite a different historical 926 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,139 paradigm than we were, 927 00:39:40,139 --> 00:39:42,599 which also lends itself 928 00:39:42,599 --> 00:39:44,800 to, um, like sometimes you 929 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,539 can see the numbers don't 930 00:39:46,539 --> 00:39:48,699 completely match up like 931 00:39:48,699 --> 00:39:50,139 in certain senses, 932 00:39:50,500 --> 00:39:52,119 censuses and that kind of 933 00:39:52,119 --> 00:39:53,139 thing. But that's also 934 00:39:53,139 --> 00:39:54,380 because they just weren't 935 00:39:54,380 --> 00:39:57,239 as, um, focused on those 936 00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:58,440 details. And, you know, 937 00:39:58,500 --> 00:39:59,739 there are ways to 938 00:39:59,739 --> 00:40:01,019 reconcile those as well, 939 00:40:01,039 --> 00:40:04,059 but so cool. Well, why 940 00:40:04,059 --> 00:40:05,460 don't we quick pray and 941 00:40:05,460 --> 00:40:06,800 then we can have 942 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:08,599 discussion groups and I'll 943 00:40:08,599 --> 00:40:10,300 let you guys just take 944 00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:12,340 photo of these questions. 945 00:40:12,519 --> 00:40:13,099 But Lord, we thank you 946 00:40:13,099 --> 00:40:14,420 for this time. We thank 947 00:40:14,420 --> 00:40:16,219 you just for your word. 948 00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:18,059 And Lord, we thank you 949 00:40:18,059 --> 00:40:19,179 that you would just help 950 00:40:19,179 --> 00:40:20,940 us to grow in love for 951 00:40:20,940 --> 00:40:23,619 you, grow in love for 952 00:40:23,619 --> 00:40:25,820 each other. And Lord, we 953 00:40:25,820 --> 00:40:27,619 pray that you would just 954 00:40:27,619 --> 00:40:28,699 help us to understand 955 00:40:28,699 --> 00:40:31,420 what it means to be fully 956 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:34,139 holy and devoted to you, 957 00:40:34,139 --> 00:40:35,659 Lord, Jesus. Amen. 958 00:40:40,039 --> 00:40:41,760 Thanks for joining us at 959 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:43,219 Lansdale Life Church as 960 00:40:43,219 --> 00:40:44,440 we praise God and 961 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,400 discuss his word. Don't 962 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,619 forget to join us for 963 00:40:47,619 --> 00:40:48,840 Worship Live Sunday 964 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:50,300 mornings at 10 a.m. 965 00:40:50,579 --> 00:40:52,679 Eastern on YouTube. Be 966 00:40:52,679 --> 00:40:54,320 blessed and have a great 967 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:54,699 day.