325: Sam Bailey – The Tribe’s Response

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Let’s talk more about this

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week’s talk.
Hi everyone, it’s Jason Hensley

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and this week we’re going to be
listening to a class by brother

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Sam Bailey given at the
Cumberland Ecclesia for their

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special effort in 2023.
This is one of the

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recommendations given to us this
whole series and in listening to

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them, I really, really enjoyed
this 4th class.

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And one of the reasons that it
resonated with me so much is

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because at the end of the class,
Brother Sam has a big emphasis

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on the importance of getting
involved and doing things in the

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ecclesia.
He talks about how much we have

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to volunteer, we have to say,
hey, I have this time, what can

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I do with it and why that
matters so much.

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And I think sometimes we can
really just get into this way of

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thinking where we feel like
going to the ecclesia is meant

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to serve us and meant to build
us up.

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And while that’s good, right, we
should be built up by the

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ecclesia, but really our job in
the ecclesia is to serve other

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people.
We want to be thinking, what can

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we do to help these other
people?

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And I really felt like Brother
Sam brought that out in a great

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way in this class.
So we are jumping here into the

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middle of this series on on
Deborah and Barrick.

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We’re going to be looking
specifically at the song of

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Deborah in Judges chapter 5.
And that’s the song where you’re

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really going to hear this theme
come out of those who were

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willing to act and those who
weren’t.

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So I hope you enjoy it.
Here it is the tribes response

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by brother Sam Bailey.
All right, so where are we at in

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our studies?
Well, we’ve been taken on a

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journey back in history to see
the times of Deborah and

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Bayrack.
Obviously a time of bloodshed

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and violence marked by a lack of
faithless leadership.

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And as such of of that they,
they, they fell it into disarray

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and turned to idols and God sold
them into the hand of Jaben King

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Canaan, who mightily oppressed
them.

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And so in the distress, they
sought God’s help in their

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activities.
And of course, God’s going to

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work through the remarkable
woman in this chapter, both

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Deborah and jail.
And it’s going to bring about a

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work amongst the nation
inspiring Bayrack to step

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forward in his in his God-given
role as the judge who was

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appointed and to lead the nation
and to take captivity captive.

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And we’ll have a little bit of a
look at that in our exhortation

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in terms of the title.
But we see a woman, Deborah,

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stand up who was the the
support, the nourisher of the

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nation, the mother in Israel to
stand up and guide a failing

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nation to inspire change.
And we left Bayrek on the

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battlefield, coming across the
gruesome scene with jail with a

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hammer dangling down her side,
covered in blood, opening the

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tent door and ushering Bayrek in
and saying, have a look in there

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because in here is I think the
man that you seek, right?

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It must have been such a shock
and such a sight.

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And so he comes into the tent.
And as we said in our final

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closing it remarks, we saw him
understand for the first time,

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has not Yahweh gone out before
thee?

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And he sees that Yahweh will
sell Sisera into the hand of a

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woman.
And he it all dawns on him that

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God is in control, that God has
the power, that God can work

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with anyone.
And he comes into an

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understanding of all of this.
And it says therefore in verse

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23 of Judges chapter 4.
So God subdued on that day Jabin

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the king of Canaan, before the
children of Israel, in the hand

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of the children of Israel
prospered and prevailed against

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Jabin king of Canaan, until they
had destroyed Jabin king of

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Canaan.
Now brothers and sisters, we

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could read that very quickly and
skip the significance of that

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few verses because brothers and
sisters, who has Beiraf been

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fighting Bayrac wasn’t fighting
Jabin king of Canaan as such in

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this story in the previous few
verses who had been fighting?

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The answer was he’d been been
fighting Sisera and his entire

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army.
Why does the record now say so

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God subdued on that day Jabin
king of Canaan.

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Well, you see I think what
happens next is remarkable BC

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the battle against Sisera was
actually just a prelude to the

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main event.
It was the the the battle

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against Sisera was the main
cause dessert remained.

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And it was dessert that was
reserved for Jabin, king of

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Canaan.
Because you see, what now

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happens is Bayrak sees God’s
hand amongst the nation and now

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he’s inspired beyond belief to
rally the troops to take back

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the entire territory that Jabin
had stolen and that they might

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seize their inheritance that
their parents had failed to

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grasp.
And so Javen as a catalyst now

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sees the opportunity to finish
once and for all what his

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parents had failed to achieve.
And so it says in the record,

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the hand of the children of
Israel prospered and prevailed.

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And really means like it says in
the margin was going they as

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they were going, they went and
it was hard and it was hard

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against Jaber, king of Canaan.
Why?

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You see, because the initial
battle had been won, but the war

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was not over.
And the Bairac now with the with

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the help of the nation of Israel
that now joined him, now

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reverses the 20 year oppression
that they had been mightily

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oppressed by.
And Bairac led his people from

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being a hesitant commander to
being the ultimate leader to

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overthrow Jaben, king of Canaan.
It didn’t end brothers and

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sisters and young people with
sister’s death.

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It ended when they finally had
taken all their faithless

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parents had failed to take.
But I want you to notice

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something remarkable because
this is true leadership.

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Other sisters, you read
carefully what it says in verse

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23 and 24 again.
So God subdued on that day, you

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see, they now could see God’s
hand, and he subdued the Jabin

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king of Canaan before who?
Before the children of Israel

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and the hand of the children of
Israel prospered.

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You see, this wasn’t Bairat
brothers and sisters and young

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people, of course Bayreq’s
there, of course Deborah’s

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there.
But Bayreq’s leadership had now

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inspired a nation to stand up
themselves and to take control.

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See the power of what we’re
reading in Genesis and Judges

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chapter 4.
You see, where’s Bayreq in the

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verse?
The answer was, well, he was

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leading them.
But the Record wants to point

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out for us that Bayreq had
learnt his lesson on what

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leadership was all about, and
the children of Israel had

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understood their role in what it
was all about because they

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stepped forward like Bayrek
could step forward and execute

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exactly what God wanted.
Bayrek had learned the

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fundamental lesson of true
leadership, hadn’t he?

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That true leadership is all
about service, not glory.

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He had led his people.
Deborah and Yahweh taught

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Bayrack on that day that in
order for God to be honoured,

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for order God to be glorified,
self, human pride and human

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achievement had to be taken to a
back seat and thrown under the

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bus, brought under subjection so
that others might be motivated

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to lead, so that others might
take their role and

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responsibility, so that others
might understand the purpose of

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God.
You see, true leadership is

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about service, not glory, and to
Bayrack’s credit, brothers and

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sisters and young people, he
understood that for the first

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time, it wasn’t about him.
Bayrack told the whole thing was

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about him at the beginning, but
now everything was obvious and

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motivated by Yahweh’s
deliverance.

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On that day, He steps aside as
he leads the nation and they

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take their position.
It’s a remarkable story, isn’t

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it?
Brothers and sisters of what

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true leadership can really do
and inspire.

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And so now Deborah and Bayrick
come back and judges Chapter 5

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after the the battle against
Jabin, King of Canaan, after

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they had seized their
inheritance.

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And Deborah and Bayrack sing a
song fully inspired by their

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victory over both Sisera and all
his hosts, and narrow against

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over Jabin and his entire
empire.

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Having secured all that
territory, they come back to

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open their mouth and to praise
their God and to bless the

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people that had offered
themselves willingly in God’s

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service.
And this song is a both song of

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praise.
Praise to God for what he

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accomplished.
It was a song of thanks, Thanks

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to the brethren who volunteered
and jeopardised their lives.

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It’s going to be a song of
reprimand where reprimanding

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those who refused and ignored to
help their brethren.

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It’s going to be a song of
blessing to bless jail for her

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courage and her zeal.
And it’s going to be a finally

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at the very end of petition,
requesting for God’s enemies to

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be annihilated into the support
all those who fight to seize

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their inheritance.
And that’s really the breakdown

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of the song buzzing sisters,
praise, thanks, reprimand,

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blessing and petition.
And so we’re introduced in verse

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2 to the theme of volunteer
leadership.

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And in verse three to five,
we’re going to see the power of

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God’s presence like in times of
old, like in past times.

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And then verses 6 to 8, we’re
going to see the context that

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have arrived, that the battles
nestled within.

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What was it like during the
time?

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So what was it so remarkable
about their work and their

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achievement?
Then we’re going to see the

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blessing that Deborah gives and
Bayrack gives for those that

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volunteered and the cursing.
Therefore, in verses 15 to 20,

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three of those that did not, the
slackers that chose to ignore

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the call.
And verses 24 to 27 is the

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blessing for jail’s heroic
actions.

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Verses 28 to 30 is the picture
of the ultimate destruction of

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Caesar’s bum, which we’ll
consider on Thursday night.

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And then finally, the summary
that God might totally support

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all those who fought their
enemies.

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And so we pick up the story in
this song in verse one then sang

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Deborah and Bayrak, the son of
Abenom on that same on that day

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saying praise ye Yahweh for the
avenging of Israel when the

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people willingly offered
themselves.

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Do you know we’ll come back to
this if you want this breakdown,

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we’ll put it up at the end.
OK, So I’ll carry on.

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Otherwise, we might be here a
bit later than we need to, and I

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want to stick to time tonight if
we can.

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So there’s a connection between
the leadership and the

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volunteers and for how it work,
you see.

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So praise Yahweh for the
avenging of Israel when the

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people willingly offered
themselves.

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And it’s better translated for
the revealing of leadership in

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Israel, for the volunteering of
the people.

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It’s better translated that way
for the revealing of leadership

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in Israel, for the volunteering
of the people.

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And so hopefully you can see
that I’m not just making it up

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that this whole thing’s about
leadership because Deborah’s

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telling us exactly that that was
a challenge.

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That was the issue.
It’s all about leadership.

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And what God did on this in this
particular occasion is reveal

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the leadership that was required
amongst the people.

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And they responded by
volunteering.

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And Deborah sees these two
things go hand in hand together

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as to how this victory was
actually accomplished.

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And she wants to thank or they
both want to thank Yahweh, that

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in this leadership vacuum that
God had supported people to

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stand up, to inspire one another
so that they volunteered and a

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response amongst His people
occurred.

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And what was the thing that she
was so thankful for outside of

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just God, but that the people
willingly offered themselves?

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You see, it was when leadership
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that faithful examples also came
up of courage and that stirred a

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response amongst the people that
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And I want you to notice
something.

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Those are sisters.
Look what she sees when the

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people, she praised the Yahweh
for the avenging of Israel, when

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the people willingly offered
themselves.

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You see, we’ve got to read that
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it means more than what it sees.
Because when it sees they

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offered themselves, they didn’t
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What does it mean that they
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They didn’t just volunteer.
That means they volunteered

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their lives.
That’s what it really means.

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They volunteered their they
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They put themselves up as a
sacrifice.

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They willingly gave themselves,
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And the point among the sisters
is that Deborah and Bayrack and

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JB’s example had inspired others
to stand up in the to join that

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fight to eradicate Jabin’s army
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the territory that they had
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And I want you to notice
carefully who Deborah and

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Bayrack are singing the song to.
Who are they singing the song

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to?
Verse 3 here, O ye kings and

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give ear, O ye Princess, even I,
I will sing unto Yahweh, I will

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sing praise to Yahweh.
Elohim of Israel.

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Who’s she singing to?
To kings and to Princess.

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Now hang on a minute.
There’s no kings in Israel at

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this time.
Therefore there’s no Princess in

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Israel at this time.
So who’s she singing to?

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Brother and sisters, well I
think that Deborah Vayrak were

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singing not to the people of
Israel, but a warning to every

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other neighbouring oppressive
nation that their kings and

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their Princess might listen up
to what was about to hit them.

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Next.
They wanted them and all the

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enemies of Yahweh to stand up
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this was coming to their
territory.

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Next.
They wanted to inspire all the

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others tribes across the nation
of Israel to fulfil the mission

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that they’d failed to finish and
Joshua 23 and judges won to

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seize their inheritance
completely.

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Deborah and Berek wanted to put
the kings and Princess of the

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Philistines, the Canaanites, the
Sidonians and the Hivites on

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notice because their days were
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Do you know that’s true?
You know how I know that’s true?

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Brothers and sisters, you turn
to the last verse of the song.

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Look what Deborah says is he
finishes the song.

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So let all thine enemies perish,
O Yahweh, but let them that love

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him be as the Son when he goes
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You see, this song wasn’t a song
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This was a song sung to all the
nations around them.

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There’s a warning to what was
about to be seen on the back

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door.
If only this inspiration might

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occur that Judah and and
Benjamin might continue the

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fight, and that all the rest of
the nations might now roll back

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on their inheritances.
And the singing to Yahweh Elohim

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of Israel, the memorial name of
Yahweh, the memorial name that

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represented God’s faithfulness
to maintain His promises and the

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fact that He would protect His
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Yahweh, Elohim of Israel, given
at the burning Bush, that Israel

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would never be consumed.
And so now, brothers and

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sisters, Deborah and Bayrek
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Verse 4.
Yahweh, they say, when thou

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wintest out of seer, when thou
marchest out of the field of

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Edom.
The earth trembled, and the

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heavens dropped in the clouds,
though they’d also dropped water

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in the mountains mounted from
before Yahweh, even that Sinai,

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from before Yahweh, Elohim of
Israel.

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And Deborah now builds a picture
of what had happened as God

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arrives at Mount Tabor.
And yet in a way, brothers and

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sisters, as we saw in our last
class, she’s alluding to another

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song of another remarkable
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And the song of Moses in
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I want you to come back with me
now to Deuteronomy chapter 33.

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And I’m going to show you how
Deborah is using the song of

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Moses and the and the
environment and the context to

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which Moses sings the song in
the way in which Deborah sees

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how this all links as part of
God’s purpose, Deuteronomy 33.

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What’s the context of
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Doesn’t it says this?
Well, Jeremy 32 has got Moses

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just finishing singing The
Nation and and just talking

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about the situation at the end
of the wilderness wanderings on

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the borders of the promised
land.

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And he’s just finished telling
them what was going to happen.

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He’s been telling them about
their deliverance from Egypt,

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the way in which God provided
for provided for them in the

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food and how that he brought
them into a fruitful land and

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the promotion, therefore, of
Israel was going to be as the

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head of the nations and that
they were going to ride on the

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high places of the earth as
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And that’s the the point of
chapter 32 is look at what God

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can do for you and he turns in
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And he tends to bless the
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Look what he says in verse one.
And this is the blessing, where

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with Moses the man of God
blesses the children of Israel

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before his death.
And what does he say?

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And he said, Yahweh came from
Mount Sinai, and rose up from

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from seer unto them.
He shined forth from Mount

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Proran and came with 10,000 of
his Saints, and from his right

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hand went a fiery law for them.
Yeah, he loved the people.

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All his Saints are in thy hand,
and they sat down at thy feet.

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Everyone shall receive of thy
words.

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And So what Moses does, brother
and sisters, is he blesses the

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people.
He says, Oh, I see Israel about

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to embark upon the escapades
amongst the nation right there

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they are on the borders of the
promised land and he sees them

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about to burst out.
He says to them, He says, oh

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you’re this, I see this working
in exactly the same way.

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As they came out of Egypt they
they were going to burst forth

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in full glory, even as Yahweh
came from Mount Sier and

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descended upon Mount Sinai and
he came with 10,000 of Saints in

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full glory to give them the
fiery law.

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Now we see brothers and sisters,
why perhaps God asks Bayrak to

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go and collect.
Why 10,000 men and go up to the

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top of Mount Table?
Why did God ask Bayrak to

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collect 10,000 men?
The answer was, brothers and

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sisters, is that Deborah and
Bayrak saw what transpired as

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the nation left the bondage of
Egypt and they threw off the

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shackles of the Pharaoh that had
oppressed them and pursued

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across the wilderness into
seizing their inheritance.

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As this flood that came out and
the majesty and the splendor

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that came as Yahweh was seen and
His Saints was going to be seen

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once more amongst the nation to
save His people and that God

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would restore His law amongst
them once again.

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That’s how they received the
song.

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You see the parallel as stark,
isn’t it?

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Here’s the similarities to the
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You see Judges chapter 4 and
verse 3.

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The people’s deliverance occurs
from bondage and oppression.

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It’s exactly the same.
In the time of Moses.

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There was a reluctance of a
leader to respond, just as it

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was in the time of Bayrak, and
as with Moses and Aaron, it was

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therefore the support that would
be provided for them in the

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wilderness by the Kenites.
In exactly the same way as the

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story of Judges.
She saw that there would be a

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deliverance from horsemen and
Chariots and Chariots being

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rendered useless by water just
like it was in the Exodus, and

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that God’s promise of
deliverance would actually

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happen.
And there was foretold just like

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it had done during the time of
Moses as in the time of Bayrak.

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And now there was complete
destruction on that battlefield.

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There was not a man left, quote
UN quote.

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Exodus 14, verse 28.
You couldn’t miss it, brothers

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and sisters, see Deborah and
Bayrak.

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See all of the story of Judges
4:00 and 5:00 as a repeat, a

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rinse and repeat by God of the
events of Yahweh’s majestic

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deliverance in the establishment
of His Kingdom and law and order

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being put once more amongst His
people.

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It’s remark wasn’t by the
sisters what Deborah and Bayrack

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could see as they looked at the
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We see it all over again that
God will always look out for His

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people.
And back in the story in Judges

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chapter 5, Deborah and Berak
look back at the nation.

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And I wanted to compare both the
state that they saw that Yahweh

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would create and manage for them
versus the state that they had

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been in.
And you couldn’t get a more

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stark contrast, could you?
Because they come back in Judges

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chapter 4 and verse 6, when they
go in the days of Shamgar the

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son of Ainath, in the days of
jail, the highways are

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unoccupied.
The travellers walked through

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byways, leadership ceased.
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villages, the word villages as
chief of rulers.

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There was no rulership seen in
Israel.

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They ceased all over the land
until that I, Deborah arose.

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I arose a mother in Israel.
There was no one to be seen, no

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volunteers, no people, no
Saints, no 10,000 men, no Yahweh

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manifesto, No, it was a disaster
what they saw.

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Highways were empty, no
travellers could be seen,

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everyone was hiding.
It was so bad that any form of

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leadership had ceased until
Deborah stood up.

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The mother in Israel, as we’ve
already looked at before, the

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nourisher of the nation.
And so Deborah saw that need for

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leadership.
Examples of faith were trying to

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stand, stand up, Sham Guard
stood up and Sloon, me and Ehad

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had stood up.
But the nation had fallen into

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disarray.
No one following.

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The people were unresponsive.
Why?

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Why were they unresponsible?
Verse 8 tears.

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Well, they’d chosen new gods.
They went following Yahweh

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Elohim of Israel, They’d chosen
new gods and there was war in

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the gates.
They’d chosen new Goss.

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They’d disregarded the warning
of Moses in Jeremy 32 verses 16

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to 21 where he had said to them,
you be careful else and not

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don’t turn to idolatry else
there’ll be war amongst you.

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Sure enough, bang, here it was,
war was now there in their

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gates.
Brothers and sisters is a

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massive lesson for us, isn’t
there?

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And that if we’re not
contributing to our ecclesiades

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and volunteering, we have to ask
ourselves the question, why not?

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If we’re not doing anything in
Araclesia, you have to cross the

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question, why not?
Do you know the number one

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reason why we often don’t
volunteer is, quite simply,

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we’re serving ourselves.
We’re not serving others and

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we’ve got to remove self and
we’ve got to serve.

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We’ve got to check which God
we’re actually serving.

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What are we doing in Aracleses,
other sisters and young people

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if they’re not contributing to
Aracleses?

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The answer is we’re choosing new
Gods and there will be war in

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the gate.
There’s another reason for the

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reluctance to volunteer.
What does it say in verse 8?

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They chose New Gods.
There was war in the gates.

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Was there a shield or a spear
seen amongst 40,000 in Israel?

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They had no weapons of war.
As we said, they were fighting

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tanks with toothpicks.
Why was there no Why was there

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no weapons of war amongst the
nation?

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We know why because they’re
chosen other gods.

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But they’re simple because in
the face of this sort of

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opposition and challenge, they
stepped up to show great

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leadership and gave of
themselves.

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They gave their lives willingly.
And look at who these people

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were.
Bell and sisters.

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Verse 9 sees My heart is toward
the governors of Israel that

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offered themselves willingly
among the people.

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Bless ye Yahweh, who were these
willing volunteers.

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My heart is towards every word
for governors means to cut or to

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engrave, or to inscribe or to
mark out.

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It’s probably better translated,
the law givers.

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00:28:38,440 –> 00:28:40,760
It’s the same word in in verse
14.

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00:28:40,760 –> 00:28:43,880
When we’re given more detail,
when he says in verse 14 or she

436
00:28:43,880 –> 00:28:51,640
says, those that handle the pen
of the writer, those that handle

437
00:28:51,640 –> 00:28:55,120
the pen of the writer, who were
these people?

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00:28:55,920 –> 00:29:01,040
We see these were the scribes
who, like Israel, were the

439
00:29:01,040 –> 00:29:05,680
recorders of history and
therefore were the Bible

440
00:29:05,680 –> 00:29:08,560
students of the law and an
understanding of the truth.

441
00:29:08,720 –> 00:29:11,920
These are the ones that kept the
record of the history and that

442
00:29:11,920 –> 00:29:15,520
wrote out the law and expounded
its measure message for the

443
00:29:15,520 –> 00:29:18,960
people.
Why is that fascinating?

444
00:29:18,960 –> 00:29:22,640
Building systems?
Well, what’s fascinating about

445
00:29:22,640 –> 00:29:30,760
that is that the governors put
down their pens, pens to pick up

446
00:29:31,000 –> 00:29:35,360
swords, just in case you were
wondering what we were talking

447
00:29:35,360 –> 00:29:37,600
about.
They put down their pens to pick

448
00:29:37,600 –> 00:29:40,080
up swords for the sake of the
tree.

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00:29:41,320 –> 00:29:45,880
And they did this to stand up
for what was right against Sisra

450
00:29:45,880 –> 00:29:49,040
and his army, to get rid of the
surrounding tribes in the

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00:29:49,040 –> 00:29:52,800
residue of Jabin’s iron grip and
restore the land and its

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00:29:52,800 –> 00:29:59,000
territory back to its rightful
owners in the magnificent spirit

453
00:29:59,000 –> 00:30:03,240
of their willingness to offer
their lives and sacrifice of God

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00:30:03,240 –> 00:30:06,240
and their brethren is is
something that was amazing.

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00:30:08,200 –> 00:30:11,160
They understood the need for
sacrifice.

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00:30:12,480 –> 00:30:14,320
But I want to notice something
else about these governors.

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00:30:14,320 –> 00:30:16,560
Look at this.
They they offered themselves and

458
00:30:16,560 –> 00:30:20,640
look what it sees in the word
among the people.

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00:30:20,640 –> 00:30:23,960
Do you know what that word is?
One single word in the Hebrew

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00:30:23,960 –> 00:30:27,840
that means they offered
themselves as a unit.

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00:30:28,680 –> 00:30:31,720
They offered themselves as a
congregation.

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00:30:32,880 –> 00:30:34,880
What’s the point of the record,
brothers and sisters?

463
00:30:35,000 –> 00:30:38,840
Well, the point of the record is
that this group of scribes and

464
00:30:38,840 –> 00:30:44,680
Bible students came and gave
themselves as a unified

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00:30:44,680 –> 00:30:48,760
congregation.
They’d agreed as a group to

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00:30:48,760 –> 00:30:53,120
respond, and with a common
purpose and a common goal.

467
00:30:53,760 –> 00:30:56,920
Together they marched at
Bayrak’s request to assist in

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00:30:56,920 –> 00:31:01,080
the destruction of Sisera and
Jabin, prepared to give their

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00:31:01,080 –> 00:31:03,440
lives as an offering for the
cause.

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00:31:07,360 –> 00:31:13,520
This spirit is what made Deborah
and Bayrak sing their hearts out

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00:31:14,760 –> 00:31:17,960
and to call out to everyone in
Israel to have a look at these

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00:31:17,960 –> 00:31:22,280
wonderful examples who willingly
gave their lives.

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00:31:24,920 –> 00:31:28,840
And Deborah Barek now call to
all the classes of Israel so

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00:31:28,840 –> 00:31:31,680
that they might understand now
the freedom and acknowledge the

475
00:31:31,680 –> 00:31:35,000
freedom that they all now
experienced from being bound and

476
00:31:35,000 –> 00:31:38,720
bondage and not able to walk
around to now that now they say

477
00:31:38,720 –> 00:31:41,440
to all those that ride and those
that sit and those that walk.

478
00:31:41,440 –> 00:31:44,400
You, you guys that have got
freedom, I want you to now

479
00:31:44,400 –> 00:31:48,840
understand where this came from.
I want you to attribute the

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00:31:48,840 –> 00:31:52,920
freedom and praise those who
have volunteered and look at the

481
00:31:52,920 –> 00:31:58,040
class That’s that they call out
to the upper class, to the rich

482
00:31:58,080 –> 00:32:00,960
and to the travellers.
There’s three classes in verse

483
00:32:00,960 –> 00:32:06,880
10, speak ye that ride on white
asses, that ride on these costly

484
00:32:06,880 –> 00:32:11,120
animals, the upper class, the
ones that are riding around and

485
00:32:11,120 –> 00:32:16,040
enjoying their freedom.
The horse riders, the pony club

486
00:32:16,040 –> 00:32:19,800
people.
Sorry if you’ve got ponies, I’ve

487
00:32:19,800 –> 00:32:24,200
got one, but I’m not one of
these, but these are the but

488
00:32:24,200 –> 00:32:27,520
those that ride on white horses,
I’ve got a dray 1, so my way up.

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00:32:27,560 –> 00:32:31,280
So it’s all good.
The rich, the second class,

490
00:32:31,720 –> 00:32:35,080
those that sit in judgement,
actually the word judgements

491
00:32:35,080 –> 00:32:40,200
better translated garments,
those that sit on garments,

492
00:32:40,200 –> 00:32:42,880
these are the ones that were
resting at home on the splendid

493
00:32:42,880 –> 00:32:49,240
tapestry and carpets, the rich
in their sealed houses.

494
00:32:51,200 –> 00:32:54,040
And those that walk by the way,
this is the travellers, those

495
00:32:54,040 –> 00:32:56,480
the common people that walked
around the around the world,

496
00:32:56,480 –> 00:32:59,160
around all over Israel.
Now the freedom that they could

497
00:32:59,160 –> 00:33:02,120
experience the riding, the
sitting and The Walking.

498
00:33:02,320 –> 00:33:07,160
They had a freedom now and they
were all now to ponder why they

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00:33:07,160 –> 00:33:12,120
were free.
And so they say in verse 11,

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00:33:12,600 –> 00:33:14,880
they that are delivered from the
noise of the arches in the

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00:33:14,880 –> 00:33:17,400
places of the drawing of water
there shall they rehearse the

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00:33:17,400 –> 00:33:20,240
righteous acts of Yahweh, even
the righteous acts towards the

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00:33:20,240 –> 00:33:23,400
inhabitants of his villages in
Israel.

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00:33:24,160 –> 00:33:27,200
And this verse has puzzled many
of the translators.

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00:33:28,760 –> 00:33:30,960
And so trying to piece it
together, I think it’s, it’s

506
00:33:31,080 –> 00:33:34,320
it’s quite difficult, but I
think in the context, the best

507
00:33:34,520 –> 00:33:40,800
way to translate that sort of
reads as best as as this from

508
00:33:40,800 –> 00:33:48,000
the sound of those who have been
liberated at the watering holes

509
00:33:48,280 –> 00:33:54,520
there they celebrate and recall
the righteous acts of Yahweh,

510
00:33:54,880 –> 00:33:59,480
the righteous acts of leaders in
Israel.

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00:34:00,000 –> 00:34:02,400
I think that’s the best way to
translate that verse and what

512
00:34:02,680 –> 00:34:05,840
Debra and Babe are trying to
say, that the sound of

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00:34:05,840 –> 00:34:09,600
everyone’s singing was supposed
to be done at the meeting place

514
00:34:09,600 –> 00:34:12,400
where they all got together at
the watering holes and they

515
00:34:12,400 –> 00:34:16,199
could there celebrate and recall
the the wonderful things that

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00:34:16,199 –> 00:34:19,320
got the righteous acts that
Yahweh had done and the

517
00:34:19,320 –> 00:34:22,639
righteous acts of the leaders in
Israel was both God’s acts and

518
00:34:22,639 –> 00:34:27,639
those that had volunteered.
You see, the whole nation had

519
00:34:27,639 –> 00:34:32,440
good reason to reflect as the
leaders and warriors returned

520
00:34:32,440 –> 00:34:37,920
home to consider the mighty acts
that Yahweh had achieved that

521
00:34:37,920 –> 00:34:41,520
had performed amongst them, and
the wonderful example that these

522
00:34:41,520 –> 00:34:46,520
warriors had given in standing
up for what was right and for

523
00:34:46,520 –> 00:34:50,480
fighting the cause so that the
nation might be liberated and to

524
00:34:50,480 –> 00:34:52,719
enjoy the freedom that they now
experienced.

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00:34:53,840 –> 00:35:01,280
Then she sees shall the people
of Yahweh go down to the gates.

526
00:35:01,760 –> 00:35:04,880
And the transition is so, so
obvious, isn’t it?

527
00:35:04,880 –> 00:35:08,800
Between the fact and verse 8,
when there was war in the gates,

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00:35:09,120 –> 00:35:13,480
now there’s freedom so that they
can easily travel to the gates.

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00:35:14,320 –> 00:35:18,080
In verse 11, they can sing it to
the watering hogs outside and

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00:35:18,080 –> 00:35:21,560
they can all now meet the gate
of the city, the place where

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00:35:21,560 –> 00:35:27,400
everything happened, because now
they could go and inherit the

532
00:35:27,400 –> 00:35:33,360
cities that they had lost.
They truly had reason to sing to

533
00:35:33,360 –> 00:35:36,280
my brothers and sisters and
young people for the wonderful

534
00:35:36,280 –> 00:35:42,760
things that Yahweh had done.
But now Deborah and Bayrack turn

535
00:35:42,760 –> 00:35:46,960
their attention to the willing
volunteers, the the people’s

536
00:35:46,960 –> 00:35:49,440
response to the calling for
help.

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00:35:49,440 –> 00:35:53,760
There were two types of
responses, brothers and sisters.

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00:35:54,560 –> 00:35:58,840
There were those who came and
there were those that didn’t.

539
00:36:01,480 –> 00:36:06,680
And when the call came in verse
12 and 13, it came starkly

540
00:36:06,760 –> 00:36:09,600
awake.
Verse 12 awake Deborah awake,

541
00:36:09,600 –> 00:36:14,120
awake, other song arise Bayrak
and lead thy captivity captive

542
00:36:14,400 –> 00:36:16,280
their son of Amandol.
And then what happens?

543
00:36:16,280 –> 00:36:21,600
His verse 13 Then he made him
that remaineth have dominion

544
00:36:21,600 –> 00:36:23,160
over the nobles among the
people.

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00:36:23,160 –> 00:36:27,120
Yahweh made me have dominion
over the mighty.

546
00:36:27,120 –> 00:36:30,600
And you see, this is Bayrak now
singing, I believe, of what

547
00:36:30,600 –> 00:36:35,880
actually happened in the story.
Bayrak was to lead those who

548
00:36:35,880 –> 00:36:38,960
were both shook and awake, and
Bayrak now was to lead those

549
00:36:39,120 –> 00:36:43,360
that had held them in captivity
and to lead them captive.

550
00:36:44,040 –> 00:36:47,600
God’s people had been held in
captivity by Jabin, by Sisera,

551
00:36:47,800 –> 00:36:51,040
and now the cool came to take
those that had held them

552
00:36:51,040 –> 00:36:55,920
captive, captive themselves, and
we saw this.

553
00:36:56,120 –> 00:36:58,560
Well, sorry.
We will see that this wonderful

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00:36:58,560 –> 00:37:01,440
expression in our final exhort
captures the remarkable

555
00:37:01,440 –> 00:37:05,520
symbology and work of our Lord
Jesus Christ and how Paul says

556
00:37:05,520 –> 00:37:09,800
it should drive us to respond in
volunteering amongst our

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00:37:09,800 –> 00:37:13,600
ecclesias.
So who did Bayrak lead?

558
00:37:13,760 –> 00:37:19,040
Who did responded to the core?
Well, verse 13 says it was him

559
00:37:20,080 –> 00:37:25,080
that remaineth.
Not everybody responded, only a

560
00:37:25,080 –> 00:37:28,760
portion of people came, but
those people he sees, look what

561
00:37:28,760 –> 00:37:31,960
it says.
They are noticed as calling the

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00:37:32,200 –> 00:37:39,440
people of Yahweh, the people of
Yahweh, that’s who came.

563
00:37:40,480 –> 00:37:44,920
Yahweh made him that remaineth
have dominion over the people.

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00:37:44,920 –> 00:37:48,400
A remnant are going to come, a
faithful remnant who

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00:37:48,400 –> 00:37:51,960
volunteered, who were going to
put their life on the line to

566
00:37:51,960 –> 00:37:56,320
save their brethren and brothers
and sisters throughout time.

567
00:37:56,840 –> 00:37:59,920
This is forever been true,
hasn’t it?

568
00:38:00,600 –> 00:38:04,280
It’s always a remnant that has
responded and remained faithful

569
00:38:04,280 –> 00:38:06,480
to Yahweh.
Have the Levites who turn in

570
00:38:06,480 –> 00:38:10,280
Exodus chapter 32, the Nethanum
and the time of Nehemiah, Daniel

571
00:38:10,280 –> 00:38:12,520
and his three friends and the
friends surrounding them in

572
00:38:12,520 –> 00:38:14,360
captivity.
The remnant that came in the

573
00:38:14,360 –> 00:38:19,400
Exile is always a remnant that
returns and that are motivated.

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00:38:19,400 –> 00:38:24,120
It’s not everybody.
So where did these people come

575
00:38:24,120 –> 00:38:27,520
from and what was their
motivation?

576
00:38:27,560 –> 00:38:34,040
Well, verse 14 says it came
first out of Ephraim.

577
00:38:37,520 –> 00:38:43,720
You see, it first came from the
tribe of Ephraim, but only a few

578
00:38:43,720 –> 00:38:47,520
of them, a root of them, a root
out of Ephraim.

579
00:38:47,520 –> 00:38:49,360
Verse 14.
Out of the root of Ephraim was

580
00:38:49,360 –> 00:38:51,680
there a root of them against
Amalek.

581
00:38:52,120 –> 00:38:56,480
After the Benjamin among thy
people out of Maker came down

582
00:38:56,480 –> 00:38:59,760
the governors, out of Zebulun,
them that handled the pen and

583
00:38:59,760 –> 00:39:02,920
the Princess of Iska with
Deborah, even Iska and also

584
00:39:03,320 –> 00:39:07,800
Baedrick, and they were sent,
well, he was sent on foot into

585
00:39:07,880 –> 00:39:10,640
the valley.
But it was this, it was a

586
00:39:10,840 –> 00:39:14,200
remnant of the tribe of Ephraim.
It was a few who had been

587
00:39:14,200 –> 00:39:17,480
instrumental that had taken
their own inheritance.

588
00:39:18,280 –> 00:39:20,640
There was a root of them against
Amalek.

589
00:39:21,240 –> 00:39:23,240
Why are we told that detail?
Brill and scissors.

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00:39:23,560 –> 00:39:27,240
So we’re told that there was a
group of men that were

591
00:39:27,600 –> 00:39:30,400
constantly fighting Amalek
amongst their own tribe and

592
00:39:30,400 –> 00:39:36,040
their own inheritance.
They’ve been battling Amalek and

593
00:39:36,040 –> 00:39:38,960
they choose to respond.
If there was anyone busy, it was

594
00:39:38,960 –> 00:39:46,800
these guys and they stood up and
realised the need of what was

595
00:39:46,800 –> 00:39:50,640
going to be required.
They’re the 1st to come because

596
00:39:50,640 –> 00:39:54,120
they’ve got the experience first
hand in fighting against the

597
00:39:54,120 –> 00:39:56,680
Canaanites out of the root of
Amalek.

598
00:39:56,680 –> 00:40:00,480
Those that come see they had
seen the need and the benefits

599
00:40:00,520 –> 00:40:02,920
of removing and eradicating the
enemies from their own

600
00:40:02,920 –> 00:40:05,160
territories.
And so they’re the first ones

601
00:40:05,160 –> 00:40:09,120
who respond to help those to
fight against the Canaanites.

602
00:40:09,760 –> 00:40:13,520
And their example of leadership
and their experience now

603
00:40:13,520 –> 00:40:17,440
inspires and encourages the
tribe of Benjamin to join the

604
00:40:17,680 –> 00:40:21,480
and to join and respond because
it says and after thee.

605
00:40:22,160 –> 00:40:26,240
Benjamin among thy people you
see they stood up as a unit.

606
00:40:26,520 –> 00:40:29,960
Benjamin is an entire unit comes
as the same word in verse nine

607
00:40:30,240 –> 00:40:33,160
among the people they stand up
as a congregation.

608
00:40:33,160 –> 00:40:37,240
Benjamin come unified and one
accord to assist their brethren

609
00:40:38,240 –> 00:40:42,160
and not only hit Ephraims
example encouraged Benjamin who

610
00:40:42,160 –> 00:40:46,400
are South of them.
It also now conspires the half

611
00:40:46,400 –> 00:40:51,280
tribe of Manassa next to next to
them on the West side of of

612
00:40:51,280 –> 00:40:58,200
Jordan, because from Mercur it
says came those down the

613
00:40:58,200 –> 00:41:01,920
governors and out of Zebulun
then that handled the pen from

614
00:41:01,920 –> 00:41:05,840
the Kurds, See Manasseh has two
inheritance, one on the eastern

615
00:41:05,840 –> 00:41:07,440
side and one on the western
side.

616
00:41:07,520 –> 00:41:10,360
Only 1/2 is going to respond,
the other half is not.

617
00:41:11,200 –> 00:41:14,360
And so those that were living on
the western side of the river

618
00:41:14,360 –> 00:41:17,280
Jordan, those that were there
with Benjamin and with Ephraim

619
00:41:17,280 –> 00:41:21,000
and the half tribe of Manasseh
all come to respond.

620
00:41:21,720 –> 00:41:24,520
And Zebulun, they come forth,
the governors of those that

621
00:41:24,520 –> 00:41:27,080
handle the pen.
And whilst they weren’t

622
00:41:27,080 –> 00:41:29,760
necessarily rulers, brothers and
sisters in their tribe.

623
00:41:30,160 –> 00:41:32,080
The word for governors being the
writers.

624
00:41:32,800 –> 00:41:37,480
The example of Ephraim had
inspired Bible students who

625
00:41:37,560 –> 00:41:41,240
understood their history and
appreciated the law.

626
00:41:42,720 –> 00:41:46,240
They came to fight out the
Canaanites.

627
00:41:46,680 –> 00:41:50,000
It was the inspired Bible
students who understood what

628
00:41:50,000 –> 00:41:54,240
needed to be done.
And they drop the pen and pick

629
00:41:54,240 –> 00:41:58,640
up the sword, willing to respond
to the call.

630
00:42:00,760 –> 00:42:02,440
This is what Bayreq had
mustered.

631
00:42:02,680 –> 00:42:06,080
This is who we have now
encouraged and on foot.

632
00:42:06,200 –> 00:42:11,240
This group, 10,000 men are going
to March down Mount Table and

633
00:42:11,240 –> 00:42:15,080
begin a battle and willingly
offer themselves and their

634
00:42:15,080 –> 00:42:19,120
lives.
And Deborah had inspired the

635
00:42:19,120 –> 00:42:23,320
leaders with Ithaca to be with
her, and together they all

636
00:42:23,320 –> 00:42:26,560
assembled to take out Sisera and
his army.

637
00:42:28,200 –> 00:42:30,840
You know what, brothers and
sisters, it’s a remarkable

638
00:42:30,840 –> 00:42:36,040
response, isn’t it?
That cascades when true

639
00:42:36,040 –> 00:42:42,240
leadership often occurs.
You see, Deborah stanza inspires

640
00:42:42,720 –> 00:42:47,240
Bayrek inspires Ephraim.
Ephraim inspires Benjamin,

641
00:42:47,240 –> 00:42:49,320
Benjamin inspires the half tribe
of America.

642
00:42:49,520 –> 00:42:52,520
Zebulun come and the Princess of
Iska.

643
00:42:54,320 –> 00:42:56,240
And you see, this is what
leadership does.

644
00:42:56,240 –> 00:43:00,400
It inspires people to go with
them, and they assemble and go.

645
00:43:01,240 –> 00:43:04,880
The remarkable response of
courageous Ephraim sent an

646
00:43:04,880 –> 00:43:08,360
inspirational message to the
remnant of the faithful who

647
00:43:08,360 –> 00:43:12,360
rallied around Isika and Zebulun
with Deborah and Bayrack and

648
00:43:12,360 –> 00:43:18,880
marched as a unified body in
mind and spirit and purpose into

649
00:43:18,880 –> 00:43:24,440
battle, volunteering their
lives, brothers and sisters, for

650
00:43:24,440 –> 00:43:29,680
the salvation of their people.
How could God not respond to

651
00:43:29,680 –> 00:43:32,240
that, Brothers and sisters, Of
course He does.

652
00:43:33,560 –> 00:43:35,800
There’s a massive lesson for us,
isn’t there, brothers and

653
00:43:35,800 –> 00:43:39,280
sisters?
How is our volunteering spirit

654
00:43:41,360 –> 00:43:46,400
when we’re called to help?
How do we respond when people

655
00:43:46,400 –> 00:43:48,280
stand up and call for
assistance?

656
00:43:49,800 –> 00:43:56,120
Do we have that kind of
volunteering spirit amongst our

657
00:43:56,120 –> 00:44:00,640
ecclesians?
How far are we prepared to go

658
00:44:01,440 –> 00:44:03,200
for the salvation of our
brothers and sisters?

659
00:44:04,400 –> 00:44:06,560
These people were going to give
their lives.

660
00:44:06,960 –> 00:44:10,920
How far are we prepared to go?
Can we give a bit more?

661
00:44:12,000 –> 00:44:16,040
Probably.
Do we have the hair my send me

662
00:44:16,040 –> 00:44:19,280
spirit?
Well, the here am I pleasing

663
00:44:19,280 –> 00:44:25,040
someone else?
You see, leadership is all about

664
00:44:25,040 –> 00:44:28,360
service.
It requires us to have a

665
00:44:28,360 –> 00:44:32,960
volunteering spirit that is
prepared to give because we know

666
00:44:33,160 –> 00:44:36,800
and because we love and because
we understand just how much God

667
00:44:36,800 –> 00:44:41,440
has done for us.
We understand it’s good for the

668
00:44:41,440 –> 00:44:43,640
truth.
We understand it enhances God

669
00:44:43,640 –> 00:44:47,880
purpose and so therefore we
serve, even albeit reluctantly,

670
00:44:47,880 –> 00:44:50,080
to give that God might be
honoured.

671
00:44:52,960 –> 00:44:55,080
God’s purpose is about people,
brothers and sisters.

672
00:44:56,160 –> 00:45:01,360
That requires volunteers.
But not everyone will respond.

673
00:45:02,960 –> 00:45:05,440
Not everyone responds at all
times.

674
00:45:05,440 –> 00:45:08,560
In fact, it didn’t happen here
either, because now Deborah and

675
00:45:08,560 –> 00:45:14,760
Bayrek turn to call out the
slackers who chose not to come,

676
00:45:16,360 –> 00:45:18,800
and they’re going to represent
brothers and sisters.

677
00:45:18,800 –> 00:45:23,800
All the types of excuses and
responses that we give when we

678
00:45:23,800 –> 00:45:27,720
decide not to respond to stand
up and volunteer.

679
00:45:27,760 –> 00:45:31,400
And the first ones are
unfortunately the ones that

680
00:45:31,400 –> 00:45:35,680
should have been the leaders.
Reuben here’s Reuben, Gad and

681
00:45:35,680 –> 00:45:39,400
the half tribe of Manasseh, the
40,000 who went over armed in

682
00:45:39,400 –> 00:45:42,960
front of Israel now disasters
because they choose to not come.

683
00:45:43,520 –> 00:45:46,200
Look what it sees.
Reuben the first born of Jacob’s

684
00:45:46,200 –> 00:45:48,920
sons ought to be the leaders now
show their lack of leadership

685
00:45:48,920 –> 00:45:51,160
and direction.
So it sees in the record in

686
00:45:51,160 –> 00:45:54,160
verse 16 for the divisions of
Reuben.

687
00:45:55,360 –> 00:46:01,120
There was great searchings of
Harp Oh, brothers and sisters.

688
00:46:01,720 –> 00:46:05,160
There was great searchings of
heart, the divisions of Reuben,

689
00:46:05,320 –> 00:46:09,520
the thoughts, the the intentions
or the resolutions.

690
00:46:10,240 –> 00:46:11,760
There were great thoughts of
heart.

691
00:46:12,000 –> 00:46:14,320
There were divisions that that
there were different groups

692
00:46:14,320 –> 00:46:16,480
having differing opinions of
whether they should or shouldn’t

693
00:46:16,480 –> 00:46:19,160
come.
And the point I think Deborah

694
00:46:19,160 –> 00:46:21,400
makes in this story is well,
that had plenty of meetings

695
00:46:21,640 –> 00:46:25,120
about Bayreq’s request that held
a number of differing views

696
00:46:25,120 –> 00:46:27,680
amongst their community and some
wanted to respond.

697
00:46:27,680 –> 00:46:30,040
In fact, others were resolved
that they should go.

698
00:46:30,760 –> 00:46:36,000
They had great intentions to go.
When it came to it, they failed

699
00:46:36,000 –> 00:46:42,840
to do anything at all.
Instead it says in verse 16, Why

700
00:46:43,080 –> 00:46:46,240
abodus, thou among the
sheepfolds, to hear the

701
00:46:46,240 –> 00:46:49,480
bleatings of the flock.
They remained there with the

702
00:46:49,480 –> 00:46:52,720
sheep.
See, Reuben were renowned for

703
00:46:52,720 –> 00:46:55,680
the great pastors, the
magnificent flocks that they

704
00:46:55,680 –> 00:46:57,720
had.
Once they wanted to help, or at

705
00:46:57,720 –> 00:47:00,960
least some of them wanted to.
Life was pretty busy.

706
00:47:00,960 –> 00:47:03,480
We got lots going on.
And look, we’ve got the sheep to

707
00:47:03,480 –> 00:47:05,360
look after and there’s things
that have to be done.

708
00:47:05,360 –> 00:47:09,920
And oh, look, we should go.
We really should go these things

709
00:47:09,920 –> 00:47:11,160
on.
We should be part of.

710
00:47:13,440 –> 00:47:19,560
They wanted to, they intended
to, but they failed.

711
00:47:19,560 –> 00:47:24,400
To your brothers and sisters,
it’s a great lesson in that

712
00:47:24,400 –> 00:47:29,720
isn’t your brothers and sisters
warning fact, Intention isn’t

713
00:47:29,720 –> 00:47:34,800
action.
Intention isn’t action.

714
00:47:34,840 –> 00:47:36,520
We’ve got to follow through,
brothers and sisters, and

715
00:47:36,520 –> 00:47:39,400
execute exactly what the call
is.

716
00:47:41,120 –> 00:47:45,480
Oh, and that wasn’t all Gillian,
Dan and Asheville.

717
00:47:45,480 –> 00:47:49,560
They didn’t even have intentions
to respond to the core Gilead,

718
00:47:49,560 –> 00:47:53,640
it says abode beyond Jordan.
Dan remained in their ships.

719
00:47:53,800 –> 00:47:56,640
Asha continued on the seashore
and abode in his in his

720
00:47:56,640 –> 00:47:59,840
breeches.
So Gilead the the other half

721
00:47:59,840 –> 00:48:02,760
tribe of Manasseh on the east
side of Jordan and that’s the

722
00:48:02,760 –> 00:48:05,120
record.
It says beyond Jordan.

723
00:48:06,240 –> 00:48:08,920
It’s a bit far for us to travel.
I’m so sorry.

724
00:48:10,480 –> 00:48:13,840
We’ve got a it would be a bit of
difficult for us to work out how

725
00:48:13,840 –> 00:48:16,040
to get across and then and then
we’re going to come all the way

726
00:48:16,040 –> 00:48:18,840
over to see you and it’s a bit
oh, look, it’s a bit far really

727
00:48:18,840 –> 00:48:21,440
for us at this point in time.
Thanks for the offer, but no,

728
00:48:22,840 –> 00:48:24,520
it’s not really affecting us
over here.

729
00:48:24,520 –> 00:48:25,920
We’ve we’ve actually quite
comfy.

730
00:48:25,920 –> 00:48:30,360
Thanks.
It’s not our problem, Dan.

731
00:48:31,360 –> 00:48:34,280
Dan remained in ships.
The air territory in the north

732
00:48:34,280 –> 00:48:36,760
was included all the seaports
and the coasts and the

733
00:48:36,760 –> 00:48:39,080
mediterration.
The tribe made their money from

734
00:48:39,080 –> 00:48:42,840
fishing.
Their livelihood was of more

735
00:48:42,840 –> 00:48:45,040
relevance to them.
So sorry.

736
00:48:45,840 –> 00:48:49,800
We’re we’re fishing today.
We’re fishing next week as well.

737
00:48:49,800 –> 00:48:52,120
And the week after.
We look, we’re, we’re too busy

738
00:48:52,120 –> 00:48:55,600
to come and help.
Look, the weather’s so good we

739
00:48:55,600 –> 00:48:57,040
can’t listen.
You’ll understand.

740
00:48:57,040 –> 00:49:05,800
I’m sure the brethren were
dying, brothers and sisters, but

741
00:49:05,800 –> 00:49:08,080
they’re too busy to help.
It’s disgraceful behaviour,

742
00:49:08,080 –> 00:49:10,800
brothers and sisters, but we can
do it too.

743
00:49:13,440 –> 00:49:14,800
Asha.
Well, he continues on the

744
00:49:14,800 –> 00:49:16,760
seashore.
He bowed in his breeches.

745
00:49:17,160 –> 00:49:18,560
They weren’t even out on their
boats.

746
00:49:18,560 –> 00:49:20,040
At least down we’re out on their
boats.

747
00:49:20,320 –> 00:49:22,120
These guys are bowed on the
seashore.

748
00:49:22,800 –> 00:49:26,080
They just refused to respond.
As they continued, they

749
00:49:26,080 –> 00:49:30,000
continued on the seashore to
dwell permanently.

750
00:49:30,400 –> 00:49:34,440
Asha just kept on doing what
they’re doing and they just

751
00:49:34,440 –> 00:49:36,520
refused to even acknowledge that
there was even a problem.

752
00:49:37,160 –> 00:49:38,600
It’s not ours, it’s not our
battle.

753
00:49:38,680 –> 00:49:40,560
Life’s perfect where we are.
Sorry.

754
00:49:40,560 –> 00:49:41,960
This battle’s not ours, it’s
yours.

755
00:49:41,960 –> 00:49:47,000
Go away.
For these tribes, it was either

756
00:49:47,000 –> 00:49:51,680
too far to go, or life is too
busy, or employment was too more

757
00:49:51,680 –> 00:49:54,520
important, or it wasn’t really
their battle to fight.

758
00:49:54,520 –> 00:49:59,520
It wasn’t their problem and they
show a complete and utter

759
00:49:59,520 –> 00:50:04,560
disregard for the lack and lack
of care and no concern, mother

760
00:50:04,560 –> 00:50:07,960
and sisters for the plight of
their brethren whatsoever.

761
00:50:10,560 –> 00:50:13,600
This is in stark contrast, says
Deborah in verse 18.

762
00:50:13,800 –> 00:50:17,560
To Zebulun and NAFTA lie, they
say, a people that jeopardise

763
00:50:17,560 –> 00:50:21,840
their own lives under the death
in the high places of the field.

764
00:50:22,040 –> 00:50:24,320
You couldn’t get a stark of
contrast, could you?

765
00:50:27,800 –> 00:50:31,440
Brothers, Sisters, That’s the
lesson, isn’t it?

766
00:50:33,120 –> 00:50:36,360
We’re defined in these moments,
aren’t we?

767
00:50:37,800 –> 00:50:41,520
It’s when we’re busy that God
tests us.

768
00:50:42,160 –> 00:50:45,760
It is when we are tired that God
tries us.

769
00:50:45,880 –> 00:50:51,520
It is when we are stressed that
we truly see who we really are

770
00:50:53,080 –> 00:50:57,080
and how much we’re prepared to
sacrifice for one another.

771
00:50:59,040 –> 00:51:02,120
It is through these moments and
through trial and life, brothers

772
00:51:02,120 –> 00:51:09,080
and sisters, that God moulds and
shapes us and we find out what

773
00:51:09,080 –> 00:51:14,760
we really are made of.
We’ve got to give to others as

774
00:51:14,760 –> 00:51:19,960
we have been given by God.
God has called us brothers and

775
00:51:19,960 –> 00:51:24,200
sisters to respond, to assist
his brethren to fight against

776
00:51:24,200 –> 00:51:28,080
the enemies.
So how are you going to respond?

777
00:51:30,720 –> 00:51:33,200
You see, true leadership,
brothers and sisters, requires

778
00:51:33,200 –> 00:51:38,520
the ultimate spirit of love and
willing sacrifice, the spirit of

779
00:51:38,520 –> 00:51:45,360
a volunteer who stands up and
says, here am I see me.

780
00:51:48,760 –> 00:51:55,360
Because if we refuse to show
care or show love or respect for

781
00:51:55,360 –> 00:52:03,880
our buzzing sisters in need, we
truly haven’t understood or

782
00:52:03,880 –> 00:52:09,520
appreciated or valued the love
that God has showed us.

783
00:52:10,960 –> 00:52:15,280
You see, God gave his only
begotten Son, who laid down his

784
00:52:15,280 –> 00:52:21,440
life as a willing volunteer, who
jeopardised his life, brothers

785
00:52:21,440 –> 00:52:28,280
and sisters, that whilst we as
yet sinners might have the hope

786
00:52:28,280 –> 00:52:36,560
of salvation and eternal life.
And He left us not a request,

787
00:52:37,840 –> 00:52:41,120
not an option, not even a
suggestion.

788
00:52:41,120 –> 00:52:46,880
Brother and sisters, He left us
a commandment that we love one

789
00:52:46,880 –> 00:52:54,280
another as he has loved us.
How much do we value that

790
00:52:54,280 –> 00:52:57,360
sacrifice, brothers and sisters
and young people?

791
00:52:57,640 –> 00:53:01,880
How much does his example of
leadership inspire you to

792
00:53:01,880 –> 00:53:04,880
respond?
Well, only you can answer that

793
00:53:04,880 –> 00:53:09,120
question, but it demands an
answer.

794
00:53:09,120 –> 00:53:14,160
It’s your choice.
You have to make the right one.

795
00:53:15,920 –> 00:53:17,640
You know, it’s remarkable,
brothers and sisters, because

796
00:53:18,720 –> 00:53:21,960
through the work of two
remarkable women, God showed He

797
00:53:21,960 –> 00:53:28,280
would work with anyone to
restore his promised

798
00:53:28,280 –> 00:53:31,040
inheritance.
And through the work of these

799
00:53:31,040 –> 00:53:36,120
wonderful 2 ladies, God restores
a land that was condensed with

800
00:53:36,120 –> 00:53:41,040
no, no food, no inheritance,
nothing, to a land that flows

801
00:53:41,040 –> 00:53:45,400
with milk and honey.
Because these two stood up, a

802
00:53:45,400 –> 00:53:50,640
bee and a goat, and through
faithful service the land is

803
00:53:50,640 –> 00:53:55,080
restored and returned to a state
that God’s blessings might more

804
00:53:55,080 –> 00:53:58,360
once more be flowed down upon
His people.

805
00:53:58,360 –> 00:54:02,240
May brothers and sisters, we be
inspired and encouraged and

806
00:54:02,240 –> 00:54:05,800
strengthened by these examples
of faith who in their distress

807
00:54:06,280 –> 00:54:08,680
and in their oppression, in
their time of trial they learnt

808
00:54:08,680 –> 00:54:12,480
to trust in their Heavenly
Father and who put their hand up

809
00:54:13,440 –> 00:54:16,680
to serve and help their brothers
and sisters.

810
00:54:16,720 –> 00:54:20,360
Brothers and sisters, they will
weak make enough and open minded

811
00:54:20,360 –> 00:54:24,160
enough to be inspired by others
who then inspired the next

812
00:54:24,160 –> 00:54:27,080
generation who inspired the rest
of their people and inspired

813
00:54:27,080 –> 00:54:32,360
others to come.
Let’s be those of the tribe who

814
00:54:32,360 –> 00:54:37,080
respond to the call and not
those who didn’t.

815
00:54:52,020 –> 00:54:54,140
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