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Gideon And The 300 Chosen Men, The Screening Process & Its implications
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Feb 20, 2025
The book of Judges is as contemporary as it gets; it is marked with a repeated pattern that we see in the current world we live in. The people cry out to God and in His faithfulness and mercy He provides them with a deliverer. The people then obey God until the death of the deliverer and fall back into the old habits again. The 6th chapter of the Book of Judges presents the instance of Gideon, a very unlikely hero of the faith that becomes God's instrument to deliver the Israel from the midianites's oppression. As I read the narrative, God's screening in the choosing of the 300 men became the object of my contemplation. And this is what we'll be discussing today. Visit http://tayibs.com/ for more related posts
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good morning guys this is Taibbi and we
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are up for another diving into
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scriptures basically that's what I want
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to call it basically I've been looking
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at the book of Judges on the seventh
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chapter and if what it involves um
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Gideon and actually before I get into it
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I just want to say like the book of
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Judges and a lot of the other stories
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that took place they are so contemporary
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you know it's just like what we have
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today and then people cry out a guide
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because they've been like literally
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doing their own thing and then they run
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into a lot of problems and then they
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write the color to God and in an in his
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faithfulness hehe Anna mercy provides
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them with a deliverer and then the PPO
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bit obey God until the death of the
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deliverer and then they fall back into
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their old habits again so the sixth
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chapter of the book of Judges I'm
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presenting instance of Gideon and he's a
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very unlikely hero of the faith that
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becomes God's instrument to deliver
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Israel from the Midianites oppression so
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as I read a narrative like God's
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cleaning in the chosen of the 300 men
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that fought with alongside Gideon is
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what really caught my attention and
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that's what I contemplated for like
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almost two months now and you know
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anxious it was really really tough to
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look at and I still don't think I quite
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have captured the essence of the passage
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but one of the things that motivate me
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to do this thing is this in in second PR
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Timothy we are told to correctly divide
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the Word of God you know I don't want to
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come off here saying oh this is my
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interpretation that is not what we are
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supposed to do as believers we really
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need to know by the help of the Holy
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Spirit show to people what God is really
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saying the passage so basically
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understand what the author was trying to
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say it's not up to our personal
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interpretation that is not what we're
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supposed to us as believers we need to
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really present the Word of God for what
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it is the Word of God and to do that we
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need to study
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you know it involves really spending
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quality time looking at his scriptures
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we can't just look at it for like a day
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or two or whatever and think are in our
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own little head using our own brain to
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think oh this is what this is saying
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really we need to study on the entire
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passage in its entirety and really take
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our time and ask God as we read the
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scriptures open our minds to understand
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what the author is trying to say that is
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the main goal okay so I just want to lay
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laid out before I get into the the
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passages really by the help of the Holy
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Spirit we got God said ask and I will
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give it to you you know so we ask and we
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wait and we study and we read and we
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dissect the scriptures and we take our
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time to do so all right okay let's get
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into it so basically I'll see you can
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see my screen right so Gideon and his
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300 men and and I called I called the
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entire thing on the screening and his
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implication so basically I'll give you
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the background so they seen so we're
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gonna read our judges seven one to nine
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and I've already opened a scripture for
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you so then the rouble wit is Gideon and
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all the people who work with him rose
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early and camped beside a spring of
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Herod and the camp of median was north
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of them by the hill of Moreh in the
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valley now the Lord said to Gideon the
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people with you are too many for me to
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give the media night into their hand
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last Israel boast over me saying my own
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hand have saved me now therefore
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proclaim in the ears of the people
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saying whoever is fearful and trembling
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let him return home and hurry away from
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among Eliot
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then twenty-two thousand other people
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returned and ten thousand remained and
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the Lord said again to Gideon the people
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are still too many take them down to the
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water and I will test them for you there
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and any one of whom are said to you this
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one shall go with you shall go with you
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and any one of whom I said to you this
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one shall not go with you shall not go
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so he brought the people down to the
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water and the Lord said to Gideon
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everyone will last the water with his
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tongue I said as a dog laughs which are
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set by himself likewise everyone
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Neal started drink and the number of
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those who laughed putting their hands to
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their mouth was 300 main but all they
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were sort of people net down to drink
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the water
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and the Lord said to Gideon with the
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three other men we laughed I will save
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you and give the media night into your
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hand and let all the others go home
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every man to his house to his home so
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the people took provisions in their
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hands and their trumpets and his shanem
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is and all the rest of Israel every man
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to stand but retained the 300 men and
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the camp of Midian was below him in the
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valley that same night the Lord said to
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Gideon arise go down against the camp
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before I've given it into your hand all
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right so we read the passage and we're
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gonna go back to the slides so basically
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I give you a quick background so at this
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one Israel has been under the heavy
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oppression of the media night and a band
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their banner flag refrigerators and
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finally Israel cries out to the Lord who
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then reminds the nation about his
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Providence and there are these obedience
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you know he always God always tells them
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I told you so
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he didn't listen to me and this is the
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result of you not listening but in His
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grace he raises up a deliverer for them
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in Gideon so judges 6 6 I'm not gonna
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read the entire passage but I'm gonna
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tell you exactly who he is I was getting
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on his background and he is the son of
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joash and Joe are seasoned up years
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right if I'm saying that right let's go
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to the next slide so this is key to
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understanding the rest of the passage so
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Gideon's description of himself is
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exactly why God chose him right what did
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Gideon say about himself is recorded in
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judges 6:15 and he said whom please Lord
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how can I save Israel behold my clan is
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the weakest and Manasseh and I am the
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least in my father's house now Gideon
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acknowledged a reality he knew that his
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claim of his right was the weakest plane
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in Manasseh towers a reality and he also
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knew that he was the least likely mandar
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fortune his family my father's house who
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consider us a deliverer
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so he had an honest look about himself
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and his claim
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where God had other brains right so
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we're going to the next light and we're
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gonna read judges 634 where the Spirit
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of the Lord clothed Gideon and he
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sounded a trumpet and they have gears
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right where call out to follow him and
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he sent messengers 12 an assay and did
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to a caller to follow him and he said
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messengers to assure Zebulun and
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Naphtali and they went up to meet
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Gideon basically so now the rest of the
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people I wanted to follow Gideon because
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of the key thing they realized that he
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was clothed with the Spirit of the Lord
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this is what he says here so the people
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they have been convinced that he wasn't
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being delusional so I think most men and
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fighting men from the surrounding areas
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where all galvanize and they wanted
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freedom for no question so and they
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realized look Gideon is clover the
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Spirit of God so we're gonna follow this
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guy and this is basically the same type
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of thing that takes place in countries
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where people have been so pressed for so
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long until one person starts a
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revolution and it becomes contagious
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everybody want to join in and I'm
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bringing a software specific reason I've
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mentioned on the next slide basically so
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now I've said earlier that folks were
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mobilized to join the battle right I
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just said that for liberation and which
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implies that this included fighting men
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and guys that had never been trained
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properly to fight civilians and with
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that comes a range of attitudes and
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emotions such as overconfidence in one's
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ability fear trembling and carelessness
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and you know you have a natural people I
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want to be heroes and stuff like that so
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in light of all these god helps Gideon
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in judges 7 and 2 to 3 the people who
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are too many for me to give the media
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night into their hands lest
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Israel boast over me saying my own hand
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are saved me now therefore proclaim in
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the ears or people saying whoever is
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fearful and trembling that ever return
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home and hurry away from one Gilead and
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22 thousand other people return in ten
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thousand remained right now here's the
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key thing God will not share his glory
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with anyone remember I mentioned that it
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32
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recruit included people with all sorts
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of our gender Morrison and mindset so
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now we are left with like 10,000 and God
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tells Gideon that this number is still
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too much and he does more screening he
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meaning God and this is my main focus
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today like I said but before I get into
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it let me talk about 22,000 people they
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were fearful and tremble they were
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trembling right now fear can become
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contagious and I think the Lord didn't
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want this fall to poison the minds of
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the other people and remember when Moses
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centrally spiced and if 12 is right it
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was a bunch of him and 12 him and then
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two came back with a good report it was
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Joshua and Caleb and then the other 10
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were like yes the land is indeed from
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milk and honey but these people are
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giant and we are like grasshoppers so
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they kind of poison him and our people
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and the people are like you know what
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we're not gonna go fight these people we
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are scared so God is like look if
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there's anyone who's scared go home
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so fear is the first thing that God
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wanted to weed out so 22,000 people left
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and there's still 10,000 left
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and God says there's still too many
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people I'm gonna do more screening right
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again we need to keep this in the back
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of our head God wants the glory for
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himself and that's the goal do you have
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to keep that in mind as you read this
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passage alright so he's saying that
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there's still too many people and he
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tells Gideon take them down to the water
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and then he says I would test them for
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you there and any one of whom I say to
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you
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this one shall go with you he shall go
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and then and then Gideon begin the
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people down through water and then the
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Lord said Gillian
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everyone will last the water with his
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tongue as a dog laughs you shall set by
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himself likewise everyone who kneels
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down to drink and the number of those
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who laugh to put in their hands a time
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as was three hundred men but all the
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rest of the people net down to drink
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water and the Lord said of Gideon with
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the other men we laughed I will save you
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and give the Midianite into your hand
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and let all the other people go home
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now this is what I read like a few
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commentaries and I wasn't satisfied what
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I saw like some people claimed were the
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300 people who laughed they were kind of
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careful because they were
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using your hands to drink the water so
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they can keep their eyes and then
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watching there's 10,000 people so I
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don't know how all 10,000 people can
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drink water at the same time so I don't
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think that's what is going on there I
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don't think that's what's going on there
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because when I read this everyone would
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laugh at the water with his tongue as a
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dog laughs first of all man can not
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technically laugh like a dog we can't do
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that and and I'll show to you now we
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need to understand the mechanism of
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laughing water like a dog
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now dogs laugh because they have
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incomplete chicks they can't really suck
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the water right and I'll show you some
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pictures here before we go on let's
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let's do it let's do this see most like
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I asked my my my son I said hey Cyrus he
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likes to go hunting
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he goes and he does deer hunting you
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know all that kind of stuff for us
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sometimes when you go if you were to
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drink out of a creek how would you drink
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it and he said this way this is what he
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said he was gonna do I thought that was
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interesting right and I'll get back to
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you in a second so let's go back to the
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slide so basically like I was saying
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like dogs
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they lot because they have incomplete
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chicks hence they have to use a
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different method to drink water right
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and this is amazing because when I
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realized it I thought I was crazy
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because God knew something the
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researchers have discovered recently
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dogs can't use their tongues to drink
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water so what they do is this they lap
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it they lapped water and they turned
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their tongue into a cup basically they
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curl the tongue backward so they can
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bite the water they actually bite the
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water when they are drinking water
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that's what they do
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when you see them using their tongue
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they actually curling the tongue and the
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tongue becomes almost like a cup so this
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cook the water when it didn't impact the
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water so they can drink it so now keep
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that in the back of your head now let's
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go and let's look at this this is I saw
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this video I thought that was cool look
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see what they're doing
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you see what the dog is doing here some
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researcher she what he's doing he's
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banging the water she like he's biting
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they're like look at it this is crazy
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now you can kind of understand the
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mechanism so this is what's going on
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here right
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but it
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you go back to the passage can people
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actually bite can people actually laugh
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like dog they can't really do that I
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must stop this because it's interfering
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with our video they can't really do so
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but God was trying to make a point there
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people can't technically use their
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tongue to drink
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they can't curly like a dog but this is
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what God say it here see if you go down
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a little further down he's saying and
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the number of those who lapped putting
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their hands to their mouths
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where's 300 men I'm gonna get back to
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this now here's the thing
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those doesn't guarantee our needs to
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drink the water painting a picture like
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I say inadequacy no confidence in their
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own ability keep in mind the first group
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of people that would send back home
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where those that were fearful and
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trembling right and I've said in the
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beginning there's all kind of people
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there were all kind of motives and
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mindsets there are people that are like
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so scared of death and there are peuta
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overconfident thinking yes we got this
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man let's go so God first took out the
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people that were kind of like fearful
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and trembling because they can poison
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the mind of the people and the second
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group is another group there that's like
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overconfident so what he did is this
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like he cuz I again I looked at a lot of
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commentaries and and then I wanna stay
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consistent with a background God always
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chooses most for most part the weak
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things to shame the wise and when he
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chose Gideon each was because he was
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part of the weakest clan in Manasseh in
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and they abused right part of the
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weakest guy Manasa he was the least
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likely man forgot to choose because God
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wants the going for himself and the only
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way God can get a glory for himself in
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his situation is if you use the most
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unlikely people to do so so those 300
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people at the water it was only 300
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people so let's let's let's read the
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next slide and maybe they'll share for
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more light now I looked at dogs
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references in the scripture and you know
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in Matthew 7:6 he says do not give dogs
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what is holy and do not throw your
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pearls before pigs let's say trample
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them on the foot and turn to attack you
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and now I wanted I wanted to look at
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Matthew or 1526
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and this is an interesting instance is a
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Gentile woman who sees Jesus and she
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tells him my daughter is sick please can
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you come and heal my daughter and Jesus
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tells her this is I'm gonna take it take
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from me I read it but he did not answer
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a word and his disciple came and begged
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him saying send away for she's crying
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out after us he answered because she was
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a Gentile woman so they they were kind
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of like aggravated with a lady and Jesus
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answers
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I was sent only to the lost sheep of the
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house of Israel but she came and knelt
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before him saying Lord helped me and
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then he answered it is not right to take
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the children's bread and throw it to the
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dogs now people see this and they get
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kind of like aggravated they say where
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Jesus was being rude that's because they
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don't really understand what is taking
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place here she said yes I agree with the
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Lord yet even the dogs eat the crumbs
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that fall from their master's table
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right and then jesus answered her a
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woman great is your faith be it down to
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you as you desire and her daughter was
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healed instantly now the emphasis here
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is on what faith right the gentlewoman
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understood that though she wasn't of the
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house of Israel by birth she was of the
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house of Israel by faith what does the
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scripture say they just shall live by
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faith
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so she's trusted in Jesus and for that
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her daughter was healed so the emphasis
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is on faith so what does that have to do
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with the 300 men who laugh like like
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dogs this is what I've seen here oh my
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goodness they were the least likely to
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be chosen for the battle I believe they
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were inadequate
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it shows how inadequate they were maybe
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they never learned how to survive in the
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wild right maybe they never drink out of
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a river before like if you throw them
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into the Amazon forest I won't know how
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to survive there now if I survive you'd
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be like it's only by a miracle only God
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could have saved you tae-hee because you
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don't know how to survive in a wild now
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she throws through Cyrus in there he
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might be able to last like ten days
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because he has some skills I don't have
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those skills but if I survive everybody
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will infer that a solely by miracle
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because tie Eve does not know how to
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survive in
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why right so scriptures say nothing
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about their background but from their
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actions we can infer that they when
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these when typical like military guys
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that's what I'm thinking those guys are
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were lapping the water maybe they've
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never been in a while before so that's
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why they were doing what they were doing
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my life in the water with their hands
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scooping it up right okay so now let's
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let's go to the next slide now like I
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say the weak things of shame their wives
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the Lord wanted everyone to know that he
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was the one added that defeated the
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Midianites so if you put this passage in
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today's world you will see myself God
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will use average guys like you and I
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instead of Navy SEALs to fight a
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terrorist group right if we win people
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be like there's no way you guys could
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have won that borrow only by a miracle
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so that's the emphasis here God is
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choosing the least likely main to do
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that now those that love the water
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we're the ones who went to the to this
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bar by faith they didn't go into the bar
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thinking that they were capable of
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defeating medium with their with their
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own abilities and this showed it by the
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way they drank the water in our Equus II
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you know what I'm saying like they went
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into the barrel trusting God's power
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alone and not their own hands if I would
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say that with our faith is impossible to
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please God so they please God but they
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have faith right now I want to show you
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some interesting here today I can and
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you know why I'm saying that because I
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yesterday I was driving home I thought
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about it I'm like okay now I make sense
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look you says here that same night and
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the Lord said to Gideon arise go down
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against the camera for I've given into
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your hand I have given it into your hand
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for if you are afraid to go down go down
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to the camp with cool rah
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your servant puah your servant so
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pora was part of the 300 men that were
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chosen now you see I was like why's that
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name being mentioned and now it makes
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sense to me who was there with Gideon so
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I bet it was part of the 300 man maybe
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that was the first one you know so there
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was 299 I stayed in the camp so he went
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down there with Gideon so who I was his
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servant now
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I think the word servant there means
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maybe he worked for Gillian at Gideon's
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house because he doesn't say it I don't
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think it's just like because the Bible I
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said he picked one of the man names
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portnow he picked poor his servant your
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servant so that means poorer is not a
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typical military guy
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but God is using even poorer to defeat a
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median and now you see the emphasis -
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the reason why I'm saying those three
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hundred people that actually like the
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water bye-bye Bryce you're scooping it
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with their hane they were the least
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likely people now what is a servant
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doing in a war he's not military got
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people and I'm sure the 9700 people die
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like left they had some choice words for
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forgetting saying you gonna take these
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people to win this battle
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good luck now pour like I said here shed
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some light on it right and we're gonna
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go to the next light treasure in Jars of
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Clay now in second Corinthians 4:7 but
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we have this treasure in Jars of Clay to
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show that it's surpassing power belongs
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to God and not to us now the 300 men
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understood that their confidence was not
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in themselves but in God and I'm sure
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the remaining nine seven hundred we went
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was enough some choice words for Gideon
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and his band of 300 I'm a mathematician
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so I like I went into okay now if 300
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people are chosen 9700 I going back home
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and they're probably like are you
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kidding you gonna choose these 300
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people that can't even drink water the
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proper way you don't even know they've
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never been around its terrain before cuz
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I don't think this is 300 people which
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well I used to be in in a wild you know
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what I'm saying so this is what I'm
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thinking
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and again I've studied this like for a
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while so I'm not just trying to put my
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own interpretation because we have to
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stay consistent with a theme or the
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passage and this is where I why I'm
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saying
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pure was a proof to me like he is the
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servant of Gideon and he's going to the
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battle so put Daddy
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think about it for a second okay next
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next slide so how was the part one and
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we need to look at it as well now prior
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to going through borrow Gideon might
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have been a little apprehensive and the
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Lord knew it and to strengthen him God
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sends getting on a reconnaissance
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mission
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a skirt of the enemy's camp and Gideon
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listens to a dream and and and he hear
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the interpretation of the dream and from
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then his confidence in the Word of God
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and the promise of God is sealed now
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let's check out the dream and his
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element like we're gonna read on Georgia
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7 9 and 15 so this is what I read
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earlier so now as Gideon gets close to
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the camp he listens to his dream so when
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Gideon can behold a man was telling a
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dream to his comrade and he said Behold
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I dreamed a dream and behold a cake of
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barley bread tumbled into the camp of
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median and came to retain instruct it so
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that he fell and turned it upside down
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so that eternally the tent lay flat and
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its core is calm it answered this is no
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other than the sword of Gideon the son
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of George a man of Israel God has given
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into his hand median and all the camp as
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soon as given her the telling of the
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dream and its interpretation he
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worshipped every and he returned to the
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camp of Israel and said arise for the
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Lord has given the host of medium into
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your hand all right let's go back so why
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was the valley Brady using his dream the
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significance so bolli was the cheapest
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of green and in the dream he probably
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represented the fact that Gideon's forts
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were small and unimpressive right
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interesting isn't it now there's more
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stuff to element under any battle those
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elements I'm sorry guys
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losing my words here now the trumpet and
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I say probably the silver trumpets were
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used and then the next thing was the
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jars of click containing a torch right
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now the trumpets we're gonna read
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numbers 10 verses 9 and god says to the
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people when you go to war in your land
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against the adversary will passes you
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then you shall sound an alarm with the
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trumpet and probably the silver trumpet
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that you may be remembered before the
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Lord your God and you shall be saved
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from your enemies so Gideon would and
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his 300 men were being faithful to the
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Word of God they didn't question it
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I betcha date 9700 a bill I look we need
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weapons we're not gonna use this trumpet
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you see what I mean so they were being
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obedient to the Word of God God said in
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numbers 10 verse 9 this is why you need
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to do and Gideon and his 300 men were
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being faithful to the Word of God they
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applied what he had told him he had
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specifically said to blow the silver
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trumpet when they went to war and that's
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what he did did follow the instructions
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and this is the importance of hearing
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and doing what the word says don't just
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be a hero do what he says do what he
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says next thing they could've argued
24:46
about a method like I say maybe some
24:48
argue the body and suggested bringing
24:49
sword bows arrows and sometimes God may
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use those things but in this example he
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wanted to show that this Pharaoh is mine
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so do what I said in numbers 10 verse 9
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this Shiva Trump is being used alright
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so this is the importance of being in
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line with a holy spirit of god is key to
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getting victory in our daily battles
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against the enemy of our soul and we
25:13
must be acquainted we're aware of God
25:15
which is the sword of the Spirit you
25:17
can't separate both of them alright we
25:19
don't go to the next element which is
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the jars of clay and it torches inside
25:23
now the jars of clay and what does that
25:26
mean like jars of clay I really really
25:28
really like frog easily broken they're
25:31
fragile and easily broken right now the
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key to this jar is what's inside the jar
25:36
the torch right and we're gonna look at
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some verses that shed some light on it
25:40
now I'm not going to read I mean Genesis
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1517 actually let's go and read that
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Genesis 1517 will type that so in
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Genesis 15 and 17 this is where when God
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is making a covenant with Abraham any
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say to him or when the Sun had gone down
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and was dark behold a smoking fire fire
26:04
fire and in flaming torch pass between
26:06
the police places all right and let's go
26:08
back to the slide
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Isaiah 62 one two three let me read that
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to Isaiah 62 one two three
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for Zions sake I would not keep silent
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and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be
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quiet until her righteousness goes forth
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as brightness and her salvation has a
26:26
burning torch the nation's ash shall see
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Oh your righteousness and shall and the
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Kings your glory and shall be called by
26:33
a new name that the mouth of the Lord
26:35
will give you shall be a crown of beauty
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in the land of the Lord and a royal
26:39
diadem in the hand of your God let's go
26:42
back now Paul gives us like a vivid
26:45
picture of what this passage actually
26:47
meant in 2nd Corinthians 4:7 the one
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with Gideon and everything else but we
26:53
have this power and his treasure in Jars
26:55
of Clay to show that the surpassing
26:57
power belongs to God and not to us jars
27:00
of clay fragile right now basically the
27:05
jars are us we are like fragile people
27:08
we need God's power for victory we can
27:13
do it on our own and that's why it's
27:15
good to be humble and to recognize who
27:17
we are it's not our own power
27:19
right and these are my concluding
27:21
thoughts now God's grace is sufficient
27:23
and his power is made perfect in our
27:25
weakness that's when God smiles made
27:28
perfect when we are weaker and when we
27:30
are weak and that's what God said in 2nd
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Corinthians I think I can record
27:35
recorder the instance the second friend
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and I my power is made perfect in your
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weakness now God's battles are won prove
27:42
and by obeying His Holy Spirit as he
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leads us to do his word now God's word
27:47
is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto
27:49
our path right and to live a victorious
27:52
life we must surrender our wheels
27:54
abilities and everything that we claim
27:56
to be our heart and our have the
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lordship of Christ
28:01
so basically who is the lord of your
28:03
life he's a guard you know what I'm
28:06
saying and God would not share his blood
28:08
with anyone and he wants to bring us to
28:10
a place of complete humility and
28:12
dependence on his provisions only to
28:14
live give us our daily bread and the
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trumpets are falling in the trumpets
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were representative of prayers and the
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jaws of table the torches inside we're
28:24
us and being in the world with the Holy
28:26
Spirit of God and this is how we win our
28:29
battles and as we get acquainted with a
28:31
word
28:31
and call him call on his promises like
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in in and that's where Gillian did he
28:36
went back to the world of guy numbers 10
28:38
verse 9 and we are lie the Holy Spirit
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to lead us in our borrows all right this
28:45
is all I have to say today guys
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and you know less you should go ahead
28:48
and actually if you want know more read
28:50
more read up that scripture more is the
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book of Judges and go start with George
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6 and 7 and read the entire passage and
28:57
and meditate on it think about it and
28:59
see what God is really trying to say
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there it's gonna tell you if she really
29:04
wait and then be patient alright that's
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a lot to say today you guys have a good
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day and God bless you
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