{"id":1065,"date":"2024-01-28T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/280-ron-houben-exhortation-rules-and-boundaries\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:43:17","slug":"280-ron-houben-exhortation-rules-and-boundaries","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/280-ron-houben-exhortation-rules-and-boundaries\/","title":{"rendered":"280: Ron Houben – Exhortation: Rules and Boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation by Brother Ron Houben titled \u201cRules and Boundaries\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Chris Selfie and
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\nthis week’s talk.
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\nAdelphian Talks podcast.
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\nThis week’s talk is an
\nexhortation that was given by <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Ron Hoopin at the
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\nZealand.
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\nrequests for more material by
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\nup pretty well on its own.
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\nthem.
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\nWe’re grateful to our community
\nworldwide for the mutual support<\/p>\n

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\nfeedback that we can share with
\none another on our walk to the <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom.
\nThe excerpt is called Rules and <\/p>\n

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\nBoundaries and the premise is
\nhow sometimes breaking or <\/p>\n

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\nchanging or finding the
\nexception to the rules actually <\/p>\n

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\nhelps us to discover the true
\nprinciple behind the rule. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then the main story that the
\nexhortation revolves around is <\/p>\n

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\nthe Numbers 21 account that
\nJesus referenced to Nicodemus <\/p>\n

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\nwhen he said Just as Moses
\nlifted up the servant serpent in<\/p>\n

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\nthe wilderness, so must the Son
\nof Man be lifted up and whoever <\/p>\n

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\nbelieves on him will be saved.
\nWell, when examining the story, <\/p>\n

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\nyou see how problematic the
\naspects of this account were. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was outside the Tabernacle.
\nIt was separate from any <\/p>\n

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\npriestly duty, as well as making
\na graven image of a creature <\/p>\n

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\nthat they were forbidden to.
\nBut yet all the people had to do<\/p>\n

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\nis to have faith that if they
\nsimply looked, they’d be healed.<\/p>\n

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\nHow can this be reconciled?
\nThere’s some really cool tidbits<\/p>\n

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\nregarding the staff of Moses and
\nultimately a fantastic walk off <\/p>\n

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\npoint about lifting up Christ in
\nour own lives, but I will leave <\/p>\n

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\nthat for you to discover.
\nSo as always, we hope that this <\/p>\n

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\nstrengthens your faith and
\nbrightens your day. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Ron Hubin Rules and
\nboundaries. <\/p>\n

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\nSo thank you very much the
\nRobert for choosing that praise <\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord item because it’s
\nprobably going to be the crux of<\/p>\n

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\nthe expectation in the end the
\ntake home point I guess to see <\/p>\n

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\nless of me and to see more of
\nyou or in the words of John the <\/p>\n

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\nBaptist, I must decrease, he
\nmust increase. <\/p>\n

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\nSo first of all just a a quick
\nthank you to this Ecclesia in so<\/p>\n

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\nmany ways for supporting us to
\nbe able to go to Pakistan <\/p>\n

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\nrecently.
\nYour encouragement and support <\/p>\n

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\nthrough your prayers and your
\nencouragement financially helped<\/p>\n

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\nus to enjoy a wonderful
\nexperience in Pakistan. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is one of four Bible weeks,
\n4 consecutive Bible weeks that <\/p>\n

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\ngo on in Pakistan.
\nSo quite an experience and and I<\/p>\n

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\nknow it was very valuable.
\nSo just to thank you for that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo a number of years ago in Fang
\nand Ray, somebody mysteriously <\/p>\n

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\nleft an article on Brother Ray’s
\ndesk at work. <\/p>\n

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\nHe didn’t know where it came
\nfrom, but this article was an <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting article which Ray
\nread and then passed it on to me<\/p>\n

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\nto read.
\nAnd the article was called Wells<\/p>\n

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\nand Fences.
\nAnd since that time I’ve used <\/p>\n

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\nthe cracks of the idea of this
\narticle a number of times <\/p>\n

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\nbecause it was a very well
\nwritten article. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the idea quickly behind this
\narticle was that, you know, in <\/p>\n

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\nNew Zealand we’re used to
\nfarming or shepherding or or <\/p>\n

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\nherding cattle by means of
\nkeeping control, by putting them<\/p>\n

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\nin fences and moving them to
\ndifferent paddocks. <\/p>\n

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\nBut in Outback farming or
\nshepherding or even in the land <\/p>\n

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\nof Israel, Outback shepherding,
\nyou couldn’t have fences because<\/p>\n

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\nin order to find food or the
\nanimal, the cattle or the sheep,<\/p>\n

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\nyou had to cover a lot of
\nmileage. <\/p>\n

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\nSo how do you keep control
\nwithout fences? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, the answer is the well.
\nAnd like the story of the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nis my shepherd the idea that the
\nshepherd follow the the sheep <\/p>\n

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\nfollow the shepherd because they
\ntrust the shepherd and hear his <\/p>\n

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\nvoice, but they also trust in
\nwhat the shepherd leads them to,<\/p>\n

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\nthe provision of life.
\nHe leads me beside Quiet Waters.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd the concept behind this is
\nthe difference between law and <\/p>\n

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\ngrace is that of course law was
\nabout governing with rules and <\/p>\n

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\ngoverning with fences.
\nEverybody likes rules, don’t <\/p>\n

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\nthey?
\nAnd And you need rules for <\/p>\n

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\nchildren in particular because
\nyou need boundaries. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the difference between grace
\nand while Christ came to teach <\/p>\n

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\nis that the law or or the
\nprinciple of grace is dynamic, <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s even moving forward.
\nThe problem with the fence is <\/p>\n

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\nlike this picture.
\nShe tend to navigate to the edge<\/p>\n

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\nof the boundary all the time.
\nAnd as humans, when we have a <\/p>\n

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\nboundary, we tend to be the
\nsame. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ll push the limits of that
\nboundary. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it can get annoying, can’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

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\nBecause sometimes you’ve got
\nthese rules and when somebody <\/p>\n

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\ndoes this, that can be really
\nannoying, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nLike somebody, this guy’s pushed
\nthe boundaries because there’s <\/p>\n

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\nrules and there’s lines here and
\nand and this man’s taken up four<\/p>\n

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\ncar parks.
\nAnd that is like terribly <\/p>\n

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\ninconsiderate.
\nBecause behind this, of course, <\/p>\n

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\nis there’s a principle is that
\nmaybe somebody had to park 2 <\/p>\n

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\nkilometers down the street who
\nwas disabled and could now no <\/p>\n

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\nlonger park close to the shop
\nand had to walk 2 kilometers <\/p>\n

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\nbecause some guy took up four
\ncar parks. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat Jesus came along is he
\ntaught the principle of <\/p>\n

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\ncompassion and care.
\nAnd when you understand the <\/p>\n

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\nprinciple, that’s when all of a
\nsudden you get this idea where <\/p>\n

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\nwhen you understand the
\nprinciple and care for somebody <\/p>\n

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\nelse, take away the lines and
\npeople will suddenly say, ah, <\/p>\n

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\nlet’s pack as close as possible
\nbecause you understand the <\/p>\n

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\nprinciple behind it, the
\nprinciple of love. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, of course, in our meeting
\nwe have a few people that push <\/p>\n

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\nthe boundaries a little bit on
\nthe lines they get. <\/p>\n

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\nThey get rather close, don’t
\nthey, to the lines. <\/p>\n

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\nSome of these cars you might
\nrecognize. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s other ones that actually
\nreally sort of crossover the <\/p>\n

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\nboundary.
\nAnd well, they even have sign <\/p>\n

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\nwriting on their car, so it
\ncan’t really be hidden as to who<\/p>\n

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\nthey are.
\nAnd you may identify some of <\/p>\n

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\nthese.
\nSo these are really starting to <\/p>\n

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\npush the boundaries of the
\nrules, really starting to push <\/p>\n

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\nthe boundaries of the rules,
\nreally starting to push the <\/p>\n

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\nboundaries of the rules. close,
\nbut not close enough. <\/p>\n

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\nOf course, this one’s got an
\nexemption. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s permitted to have an extra
\ncar spot, so that one’s allowed.<\/p>\n

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\nThis one’s really crossing the
\nboundaries, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then of course there’s this,
\nwhich really has no sense <\/p>\n

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\nwhatsoever, a total breaking of
\nall the rules. <\/p>\n

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\nBut sometimes breaking the
\nrules, or changing the rules or <\/p>\n

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\nfinding the exception to the
\nrule helps us to discover the <\/p>\n

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\ntrue principle behind the rule.
\nNow the Bible’s full of these. <\/p>\n

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\nYou get these stories.
\nFor instance, Jesus talks about <\/p>\n

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\nthe Sabbath and he says, did not
\nDavid go in and partake of the <\/p>\n

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\nshow, breed on the Sabbath,
\nwhich it’s not lawful to do. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Jesus highlights an
\nexemption. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when you see an exemption,
\ngo back and look carefully, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause you’ll find a greater
\nprinciple, a greater principle <\/p>\n

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\nto the rule which overrides the
\nrule. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is the story of Hezekiah’s
\nPassover. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Hezekiah had a Passover in
\nthe second month instead of the <\/p>\n

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\nfirst month, and he prayed that
\nGod would accept the overriding <\/p>\n

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\nprinciple of why he did this.
\nOne of the greatest stories of <\/p>\n

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\nan exception to the rule is the
\nstory of Nicodemus, which we’ve <\/p>\n

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\njust read in John Chapter 3.
\nAnd this was such a confronting <\/p>\n

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\nstory for this man because when
\nit came to rules, this man had a<\/p>\n

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\nlot of them.
\nIt was all about rules. <\/p>\n

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\nNicodemus, it says, was a
\nteacher, a ruler of the Jews. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, in the Greek it’s quite
\nspecific. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was the teacher and many
\nbelieved that meant he was like <\/p>\n

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\nthe third ranking official
\nwithin the Sanhedrin and he was <\/p>\n

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\nknown as the Didascalos, the
\nteacher. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as such he was responsible
\nfor accurately disseminating the<\/p>\n

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\nlaw of Moses.
\nAnd what they had was they <\/p>\n

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\ncalled the mitzvah, which was
\nthe Jewish counting of all the <\/p>\n

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\nlaws in the law of Moses.
\nSo Nicodemus’s favorite number <\/p>\n

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\nwas 613.
\nThat’s his favorite number <\/p>\n

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\nbecause there was 613 rules laws
\nthat Nicodemus was responsible <\/p>\n

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\nfor keeping.
\nSo when Jesus came and talked to<\/p>\n

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\nNicodemus, he really challenged
\neverything that Nicodemus stood <\/p>\n

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\nfor.
\nNicodemus was a man of God. <\/p>\n

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\nHe stood for trying to uphold
\nthe law in all its <\/p>\n

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\nrighteousness.
\nAnd so when you get into this <\/p>\n

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\nconversation between Nicodemus
\nand Jesus, you see something <\/p>\n

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\nreally confronting.
\nJesus says to Nicodemus, you <\/p>\n

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\ncan’t even see the Kingdom of
\nGod unless you’re going to be <\/p>\n

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\nborn again, Nicodemus says, How
\ncan that be? <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t understand this.
\nWhat are you talking about? <\/p>\n

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\nThis seems so confusing It makes
\nno sense. <\/p>\n

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\nHow can you be born again?
\nNow, Nicodemus wasn’t a fool. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was a very clever man.
\nAnd I believe Nicodemus knew the<\/p>\n

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\nprinciple of proselytes who had
\nto be born again and seen as, <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, like a gentile would
\nhave to go through and be washed<\/p>\n

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\nand be born again as an adopted
\nson in Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nUnderstood that.
\nBut when Jesus said to <\/p>\n

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\nNicodemus, you must be born
\nagain, it’s very confronting. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat are you saying, what Jesus
\nwas saying? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, sometimes you have to
\nactually take away everything <\/p>\n

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\nthat you know and start from the
\nbeginning. <\/p>\n

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\nYou have to be born of water and
\nborn of spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then Jesus says, well, if
\nyou think that’s confronting <\/p>\n

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\nNicodemus, then this one’s
\nreally going to do your hidden <\/p>\n

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\nthink about this.
\nThis is one of the greatest <\/p>\n

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\nexceptions that you can see in
\nthe story of the Old Testament. <\/p>\n

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\nAs Moses lifted up the serpent
\nin the wilderness, so must the <\/p>\n

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\nSon of Man be lifted up.
\nWhoever believes on him Now <\/p>\n

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\nwhere are the rules in that?
\nYou know, like Jesus are saying <\/p>\n

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\nit’s not about the rules,
\nNicodemus. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is an act of faith.
\nWhat’s the exceptions? <\/p>\n

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\nSo when you look at this story,
\nand we’re going to go back to it<\/p>\n

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\nin numbers, Chapter 21, because
\nI think it’s worthwhile, as we <\/p>\n

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\nconsider the power of the
\nemblems before us, the power of <\/p>\n

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\nthe story of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, this was a confronting <\/p>\n

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\nstory.
\nIt was definitely exception to <\/p>\n

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\nthe rules.
\nThere’s a lot of things that are<\/p>\n

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\ngoing on here that don’t make
\nsense now. <\/p>\n

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\nIt seems like a simple thing to
\ndo. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy can’t we just look up?
\nIf you look at that serpent on a<\/p>\n

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\npole, you’re going to be saved.
\nYou know the story of course, <\/p>\n

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\njust quickly they came.
\nThey they came into an area of <\/p>\n

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\nland and they had a big whinge
\nbecause they were hungry and <\/p>\n

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\nthey were thirsty And they said
\nwe want some more food and we’re<\/p>\n

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\nsick of this manner.
\nAnd God got angry with them. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd a whole of snakes suddenly
\nstarted coming and attacking <\/p>\n

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\npeople and these snakes started
\nbiting people. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen they bit them, all of a
\nsudden they started dying, had <\/p>\n

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\nrespiratory problems, And then
\nGod said to Moses, go and get a <\/p>\n

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\nserpent, forge a serpent.
\nSo he had to go and forge a <\/p>\n

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\nserpent, put it on a pole and
\nlift it up and put it in front <\/p>\n

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\nof the people.
\nAnyone that’s been bitten, all <\/p>\n

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\nthey have to do is look at that.
\nNow if you’re in amongst the <\/p>\n

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\nchildren of Israel, there’s a
\nlot of things going on here that<\/p>\n

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\nis like, hang on a second, I
\ndon’t understand. <\/p>\n

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\nThis does not make sense one
\nevery example under the law for <\/p>\n

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\nwhen somebody transgressed and
\nneeded to go through the process<\/p>\n

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\nof being forgiven, they had to
\nbring an offering. <\/p>\n

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\nThey had to bring a sacrifice to
\nthe Tabernacle. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is outside the Tabernacle.
\nThis is no mention of any <\/p>\n

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\nsacrifice.
\nThey’re not having to do <\/p>\n

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\nanything.
\nThey’re not having to find an <\/p>\n

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\nanimal.
\nA priest isn’t doing anything. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd not only that, this doesn’t
\nmake sense now. <\/p>\n

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\nGod says you shall not make the
\nlikeness of any creature. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the second commandment.
\nYou shall not make the image of <\/p>\n

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\nthe likeness of any creature
\nthat crawls on the earth or that<\/p>\n

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\nflies in the air and worship it.
\nSo if you were in the children <\/p>\n

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\nof Israel at the moment this is
\nconfronting, this doesn’t make <\/p>\n

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\nsense.
\nIt’s outside the law. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s all gone wrong and do you
\nknow what’s just happened in <\/p>\n

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\nNumbers chapter 22?
\nThings have happened. <\/p>\n

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\nAaron has died.
\nThey’ve just had a month long <\/p>\n

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\nstate funeral.
\nThe high priest of Israel has <\/p>\n

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\ndied.
\nAnd the story also just before <\/p>\n

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\nthat is that of Moses striking
\nthe rock and God saying to Moses<\/p>\n

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\nyou will not enter the land
\nbecause you’ve done this, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause you’ve not glorified me.
\nSo now think about this in the <\/p>\n

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\nlight of the children of Israel.
\nYou know what? <\/p>\n

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\nAaron’s died.
\nMoses. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s not on God’s good side.
\nI think he’s lost the plot. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat?
\nWhat’s he doing? <\/p>\n

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\nPutting a serpent on a pole?
\nThis is outside the law. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what have we got to do?
\nLook at that and be saved. <\/p>\n

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\nHow’s this going to work?
\nAn enormous test of faith. <\/p>\n

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\nThe other reason It’s a test of
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

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\nNo, there’s a there’s a there’s
\na movie recently called Don’t <\/p>\n

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\nLook Up.
\nThis is this is the story of <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t look down because because
\nwhen they’re being bitten by <\/p>\n

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\nsnakes all around their feet,
\nthe lesson of this is don’t look<\/p>\n

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\ndown.
\nYou fix your eyes up and and <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t look down.
\nNow that’s a challenge when <\/p>\n

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\nsnakes are biting your feet
\nbecause you’re sitting there <\/p>\n

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\nterrified and you imagine a
\nfather with his kids saying, <\/p>\n

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\ndad, dad, dad, they’re snakes.
\nAnd they’re saying to the kids, <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t look down, just look
\nthere, look there. <\/p>\n

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\nSo this was a, this was a huge
\nchallenge. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we need to kind of explain
\nit a little bit as to why many <\/p>\n

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\npeople died, but why many people
\nhad faith to do exactly what <\/p>\n

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\nMoses said and why this
\nexception actually explains the <\/p>\n

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\nrule.
\nWell, first of all, in the story<\/p>\n

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\nof the Egyptians of where they
\nhad come out of every Egyptian <\/p>\n

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\npharaoh, every leader of Egypt
\ncarried with him a sceptre. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you’ll see the image of the
\nsceptre has a fork on the <\/p>\n

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\nbottom.
\nYou know what that was for <\/p>\n

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\nsnakes.
\nThat was for snakes. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you’ll find that the history
\nis most of the Pharaohs had <\/p>\n

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\nexactly this type of sceptre on
\nthe bottom to deal with snakes <\/p>\n

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\nand and they had different
\nimages on their head. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the greatest of all the
\nEgyptian gods, rather sun God <\/p>\n

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\nhad a serpent wrapped around the
\nsun on his head. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the picture of the serpent
\nand the sceptre always donated <\/p>\n

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\ndonate denoted the authority of
\nthe Pharaoh that the gods of <\/p>\n

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\nEgypt were empowering the
\nPharaoh. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s why he carried the
\nsceptre. <\/p>\n

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\nThe gods of Egypt worked through
\nthis and God the gods had given <\/p>\n

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\nhim this power.
\nWhen God called Moses Exodus <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 4, Moses already had a
\nstaff and we know Moses was <\/p>\n

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\nshepherd, so he was shepherding.
\nBut there is a question, a <\/p>\n

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\ntheory that this may have
\nactually been because Moses was <\/p>\n

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\nbrought up in the House of
\nPharaoh. <\/p>\n

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\nThis may have been one of the
\nthings that he carried out of <\/p>\n

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\nEgypt, a star that was an
\nEgyptian * and he carried it <\/p>\n

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\nwith him.
\nAnd in Exodus chapter 4, Moses <\/p>\n

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\nsaid to God, how am I going to
\nbe able to how is the people <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to be able to know that
\nyou’ve sent me? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd God said to Moses, what have
\nyou got in your hand? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Moses said a * and he says
\nwe’ll throw it on the ground. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Moses threw the staff on the
\nground. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what did it become?
\nSnake. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he says pick it back up
\nagain. <\/p>\n

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\nHe picked it back up again and
\nit became a star. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was a snake on the ground
\nand a staff in his hand and that<\/p>\n

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\nwas amazing.
\nAnd of course the first miracle <\/p>\n

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\nthat all the children of Israel
\nwould have known about is the <\/p>\n

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\npower of this rod, the staff in
\nMoses hand. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause Moses is told to go into
\nthe House of Pharaoh and he <\/p>\n

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\nthrows this staff down and
\nbecomes a snake. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was a common Egyptian trick
\nto be able to do this. <\/p>\n

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\nApparently.
\nWhat you could do is you could <\/p>\n

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\nget a snake and you can whack
\nthem around and whip it and the <\/p>\n

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\nblood rushes to the head and
\nthen they become as stiff as a <\/p>\n

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\nboard.
\nAnd then you could drop it down <\/p>\n

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\non the ground and as the blood
\nstarted to flow again the snake <\/p>\n

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\nwould start to move.
\nSo the magicians could actually <\/p>\n

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\ndo this with snakes, apparently
\ntoday you can still do exactly <\/p>\n

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\nthe same thing.
\nSo it wasn’t uncommon. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what was uncommon of course
\nis when these snakes come alive,<\/p>\n

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\nMoses snake suddenly turned
\naround and ate the snakes. <\/p>\n

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\nNow that suddenly was a
\nterrifying thing for the all the<\/p>\n

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\nEgyptians and it demonstrated of
\ncourse that God’s authority was <\/p>\n

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\nthrough Moses and this was the
\nway God was going to use it. <\/p>\n

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\nNow that staff, that staff in
\nMoses hand become an amazing <\/p>\n

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\ninstrument and when it was
\nlifted up, the enemies were <\/p>\n

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\ndefeated.
\nYou remember this story. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the story that defeated
\nthe Amalekites with Joshua and <\/p>\n

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\nher holding up Moses arms
\nbecause he’s got the staff <\/p>\n

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\nthere.
\nAnd when the staff was in the <\/p>\n

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\near, the Amalekites are
\ndefeated. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen the staff started to come
\ndown, the Israelites were <\/p>\n

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\ndefeated.
\nAnd so when we come back to the <\/p>\n

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\nstory of Moses, just before this
\nevent, Moses had just taken this<\/p>\n

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\nstaff and God had said to Moses
\nspeak to this rock and Moses <\/p>\n

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\ngrabbed the star.
\nThis is angry Moses. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was angry at the people and
\nhe grabbed the * and he whacked <\/p>\n

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\nthe rock.
\nThat was going to be the moment <\/p>\n

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\nthat Moses was going to lose his
\nposition of leading the children<\/p>\n

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\nof Israel into the land from
\nthat moment, because the symbol <\/p>\n

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\nof the star was God’s authority
\nin Moses hand. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen Moses took the star and it
\nsays in Numbers chapter 21 that <\/p>\n

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\nMoses said to the people he
\ngathered the assembly. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Numbers 20, verse 10 he
\ngathered the assembly before the<\/p>\n

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\nrock And he says, listen you
\nrebels, shall we bring water out<\/p>\n

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\nof the rock for you?
\nShall we bring water out of the <\/p>\n

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\nrock for you?
\nThis is now Moses acting in his <\/p>\n

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\nown authority, and using the
\nstaff that God had given him in <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:56,640 –> 00:23:00,160
\nhis own authority.
\nAnd so he struck the star, the <\/p>\n

329
\n00:23:00,160 –> 00:23:03,600
\nrock twice.
\nAnd MO and God said to Moses, <\/p>\n

330
\n00:23:03,840 –> 00:23:10,040
\nbecause you did not believe me
\nand listen to me, therefore he <\/p>\n

331
\n00:23:10,040 –> 00:23:13,000
\nsays, you shall not bring this
\nassembly into the land. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:23:14,720 –> 00:23:18,600
\nThat becomes a powerful story.
\nIn the story of this serpent on <\/p>\n

333
\n00:23:18,640 –> 00:23:24,280
\na pole spear, the rod spoil the
\nchild. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:23:25,720 –> 00:23:30,720
\nThere’s a there’s there’s a a
\nbelief within the Jewish history<\/p>\n

335
\n00:23:31,160 –> 00:23:33,880
\nthat at the beginning of the
\nwilderness wanderings God had <\/p>\n

336
\n00:23:33,880 –> 00:23:38,640
\ntold Moses to smite the rock,
\nand at the end of the wilderness<\/p>\n

337
\n00:23:38,640 –> 00:23:41,480
\nwanderings he told Moses to
\nspeak to the rock. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:42,480 –> 00:23:47,800
\nThe difference being that at the
\ntime when at the beginning of <\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:47,800 –> 00:23:50,080
\nthe wilderness wanderings, the
\nchildren of Israel didn’t know <\/p>\n

340
\n00:23:50,080 –> 00:23:51,440
\nGod.
\nThey were like children. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:23:51,480 –> 00:23:54,640
\nThey needed boundaries, they
\nneeded laws, they needed <\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:54,640 –> 00:23:57,080
\ninstruction and they needed
\ndiscipline. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:57,560 –> 00:24:01,960
\nAnd so the use of the rod at the
\nbeginning of the wilderness <\/p>\n

344
\n00:24:02,160 –> 00:24:07,120
\njourney was something which
\nMoses was instructed to do, and <\/p>\n

345
\n00:24:07,120 –> 00:24:12,000
\nto use the rod in that way at
\nthe end, by after 40 years, they<\/p>\n

346
\n00:24:12,000 –> 00:24:14,800
\nought to have come to know God.
\nI’ve spent 40 years. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:24:14,800 –> 00:24:16,920
\nGod’s been with them.
\nHe’s been teaching them in the <\/p>\n

348
\n00:24:16,920 –> 00:24:18,880
\nwilderness.
\nThey’ve learnt the ways of God. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:24:19,440 –> 00:24:25,040
\nYes, they’ve rebelled.
\nBut you don’t discipline an <\/p>\n

350
\n00:24:25,040 –> 00:24:29,280
\nadult with a rod, you discipline
\na child with a rod. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:29,680 –> 00:24:32,080
\nAt least you shouldn’t have to
\ndiscipline an adult with a rod. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:32,080 –> 00:24:36,720
\nAnd what it says of Moses and
\nAaron, it says this. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:36,720 –> 00:24:43,440
\nHe’s it says that in Psalm 77,
\nverse 20, it says you led your <\/p>\n

354
\n00:24:43,440 –> 00:24:48,920
\npeople like a flock by the hand
\nof Moses and Aaron. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:24:49,400 –> 00:24:54,880
\nSo there were two shepherds in
\nIsrael, Moses and Aaron, and <\/p>\n

356
\n00:24:54,880 –> 00:24:58,440
\nthey led the children of Israel
\nlike a flock through the <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:58,440 –> 00:25:03,200
\nwilderness.
\nInteresting that in Psalm 23 we <\/p>\n

358
\n00:25:03,200 –> 00:25:06,000
\nget the story of the staff and
\nthe rod. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:25:07,880 –> 00:25:13,560
\nThere’s many debates as to
\nwhether Moses and Aaron’s rod <\/p>\n

360
\n00:25:13,760 –> 00:25:18,600
\nwas the same, but most Jewish
\nscholars believed they were <\/p>\n

361
\n00:25:18,600 –> 00:25:23,320
\nactually different, that Aaron’s
\nrod was different to Moses star.<\/p>\n

362
\n00:25:23,920 –> 00:25:27,200
\nPart of the reason why is
\nbecause look where Aaron’s rod <\/p>\n

363
\n00:25:27,200 –> 00:25:30,720
\nends up.
\nAaron’s rod blossoms and becomes<\/p>\n

364
\n00:25:30,720 –> 00:25:36,320
\nlike a branch and it was put
\ninside the ark of the testimony.<\/p>\n

365
\n00:25:37,320 –> 00:25:40,440
\nNow our staff wouldn’t fit in
\nthere unless they cut Moses <\/p>\n

366
\n00:25:40,440 –> 00:25:45,120
\nstaff in half.
\nSo we know what happens to <\/p>\n

367
\n00:25:45,120 –> 00:25:49,440
\nAaron’s rod, but what happens to
\nMoses rod or staff? <\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:49,440 –> 00:25:54,560
\nAnd I’m going to suggest to you,
\nand this is hypothesis, you <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:54,560 –> 00:25:57,360
\nnever hear of Moses staff from
\nthis time forward. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:57,880 –> 00:26:02,840
\nI believe Moses staff was used
\nfor the hanging of the serpent <\/p>\n

371
\n00:26:02,840 –> 00:26:07,520
\non a pole because his
\nresponsibility with that staff <\/p>\n

372
\n00:26:07,600 –> 00:26:12,400
\nhad just been taken from him.
\nAnd then God says to Moses, I <\/p>\n

373
\n00:26:12,400 –> 00:26:17,520
\nwant you to take a serpent and I
\nwant you to put it on a staff <\/p>\n

374
\n00:26:18,200 –> 00:26:21,600
\nand lift it up.
\nAnd the word that’s used for <\/p>\n

375
\n00:26:21,600 –> 00:26:25,880
\nMoses staff is like a banner.
\nIt’s a It’s not referring to the<\/p>\n

376
\n00:26:25,920 –> 00:26:30,760
\nobject, It’s referring to the
\naction to lift it like a banner,<\/p>\n

377
\n00:26:31,360 –> 00:26:34,760
\nNissan, like a like a flag that
\nwaves in the wind. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:26:34,760 –> 00:26:39,520
\nPut it high so everyone can see.
\nAnd here’s our expectation. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:26:40,800 –> 00:26:45,920
\nGod is teaching us that he can
\ndeal with the serpents, not us. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:26:46,520 –> 00:26:50,080
\nAnd the way God deals with the
\nserpent, of course, like an <\/p>\n

381
\n00:26:50,080 –> 00:26:53,400
\neagle, he takes it away from his
\nbattleground. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:54,200 –> 00:26:57,320
\nHe lifts it up away from the
\nbattleground. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:57,440 –> 00:26:59,160
\nThe serpent’s powerful on the
\nground. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:26:59,520 –> 00:27:03,600
\nIt’s pretty useless in the ear.
\nAnd when Jesus turns to <\/p>\n

385
\n00:27:03,600 –> 00:27:08,640
\nNicodemus and says as Moses
\nlifted up the serpent in the <\/p>\n

386
\n00:27:08,640 –> 00:27:12,960
\nwilderness, so must the Son of
\nMan be lifted up. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:27:13,520 –> 00:27:17,560
\nThat’s used four times in John’s
\ngospel and every time it’s <\/p>\n

388
\n00:27:17,560 –> 00:27:21,680
\nreferring to the action of Jesus
\nbeing lifted up. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:27:22,680 –> 00:27:25,920
\nAnd the word that’s used is
\nactually the same word used to <\/p>\n

390
\n00:27:25,920 –> 00:27:28,480
\nexalt somebody to make someone
\nlike a king. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:27:30,960 –> 00:27:34,040
\nBut all four times it’s used of
\nJesus crucifixion. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:27:35,520 –> 00:27:39,720
\nIt’s kind of the inglorious
\nglorification. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:27:40,760 –> 00:27:45,160
\nHe’s going to be glorified above
\nall in the most inglorious way, <\/p>\n

394
\n00:27:45,160 –> 00:27:48,280
\nthe most horrific way to be
\nlifted up. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:27:49,720 –> 00:27:56,920
\nAnd he says if as the Son of Man
\nmust be lifted up like Moses <\/p>\n

396
\n00:27:56,920 –> 00:28:00,480
\nlifted up the surf and in the
\nwilderness so that anyone, <\/p>\n

397
\n00:28:00,960 –> 00:28:05,160
\nanyone who looks can be saved
\nfrom the serpent. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:28:07,120 –> 00:28:13,840
\nYou know the that phrase lifting
\nup is used in one other place in<\/p>\n

399
\n00:28:13,840 –> 00:28:17,200
\nthe Old Testament and the
\nSeptuagint. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:28:17,200 –> 00:28:23,640
\nIt’s worth having a quick look
\nIsaiah chapter 52 as we bring <\/p>\n

401
\n00:28:23,640 –> 00:28:28,680
\nthis expectation to a close.
\nIsaiah chapter 52. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:28:31,560 –> 00:28:36,920
\nIt says, Behold, my servant and
\nverse 13 shall act wisely, and <\/p>\n

403
\n00:28:36,920 –> 00:28:42,240
\nhe shall be high and lifted up,
\nand he shall be exalted. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:28:43,160 –> 00:28:47,320
\nIn the Greek that’s the same
\nword that’s used of Jesus and <\/p>\n

405
\n00:28:47,320 –> 00:28:50,440
\nJohn’s Gospel four times.
\nThe Son of Man must be lifted <\/p>\n

406
\n00:28:50,440 –> 00:28:54,520
\nup, as many were astonished at
\nyou. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:28:54,520 –> 00:28:58,160
\nHis appearance was so marred
\nbeyond human semblance, This <\/p>\n

408
\n00:28:58,160 –> 00:29:01,200
\nform beyond that of a child,
\nchildren of mankind. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:29:01,720 –> 00:29:04,560
\nAnd he shall sprinkle many
\nnations and kings shall shut <\/p>\n

410
\n00:29:04,560 –> 00:29:08,000
\ntheir mouths at him For that
\nwhich has not been told them <\/p>\n

411
\n00:29:08,000 –> 00:29:10,760
\nthey shall see.
\nAnd that which they have not <\/p>\n

412
\n00:29:10,760 –> 00:29:15,200
\nheard, they shall suddenly
\nunderstand this incredible <\/p>\n

413
\n00:29:15,200 –> 00:29:19,480
\nprinciple that Jesus is talking
\nabout in terms of God’s means of<\/p>\n

414
\n00:29:19,480 –> 00:29:25,120
\nsalvation.
\nSo Nicodemus was going to be <\/p>\n

415
\n00:29:25,120 –> 00:29:28,520
\nintimately involved with the
\nstory of this crucifixion. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:29:28,600 –> 00:29:31,800
\nBecause remember, it’s Nicodemus
\nthat actually carries Jesus down<\/p>\n

417
\n00:29:31,800 –> 00:29:34,960
\nfrom the cross.
\nSo it might have taken him three<\/p>\n

418
\n00:29:34,960 –> 00:29:36,720
\nyears to understand what Jesus
\nmeant. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:29:36,720 –> 00:29:39,200
\nWhat do you mean?
\nThe Son of Man must be lifted <\/p>\n

420
\n00:29:39,200 –> 00:29:43,680
\nup, He says.
\nWhen the Son of Man is lifted <\/p>\n

421
\n00:29:43,760 –> 00:29:47,840
\nup, I’ll draw all men unto me.
\nAnd Nicodemus went with Joseph <\/p>\n

422
\n00:29:47,840 –> 00:29:53,400
\nArimathea, and he took a dead
\nbody down from a pole. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:29:54,080 –> 00:29:58,440
\nAnd Nicodemus literally carried
\nthat body down from the cross. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:29:59,280 –> 00:30:02,200
\nSo he understood the words of
\nJesus more than anything. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:30:04,360 –> 00:30:07,280
\nHere’s the lesson for all of us
\nas we come to the emblems. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:30:10,440 –> 00:30:14,960
\nWe need to lift Jesus as high as
\nwe can in our lives. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:30:15,280 –> 00:30:18,840
\nDo you lift Jesus high?
\nHere’s the challenge for the <\/p>\n

428
\n00:30:18,840 –> 00:30:22,640
\nweek ahead.
\nCan you lift Jesus higher? <\/p>\n

429
\n00:30:23,840 –> 00:30:26,120
\nCan you lift Jesus higher in
\nyour own life? <\/p>\n

430
\n00:30:27,480 –> 00:30:31,640
\nCan you lift Jesus higher in the
\nlife for somebody else whilst <\/p>\n

431
\n00:30:31,640 –> 00:30:35,440
\nobscuring somebody from seeing
\nJesus? <\/p>\n

432
\n00:30:36,080 –> 00:30:41,040
\nMaybe it’s us.
\nMaybe we’re in the way and we’re<\/p>\n

433
\n00:30:41,040 –> 00:30:45,720
\nblocking someone’s view.
\nHe must increase. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:30:45,800 –> 00:30:50,680
\nI must decrease.
\nSo we need to lift Jesus higher <\/p>\n

435
\n00:30:51,520 –> 00:30:55,360
\nin our lives and the lives of
\nthe other people. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:30:56,320 –> 00:31:00,320
\nAnd the way we do that is we
\nbring ourselves lower. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:31:01,880 –> 00:31:06,200
\nOur final quote as we come to
\nthe emblems Romans chapter 5, <\/p>\n

438
\n00:31:06,200 –> 00:31:09,080
\nverse 21.
\nSo that just as sin reigned unto<\/p>\n

439
\n00:31:09,080 –> 00:31:17,280
\ndeath, so also grace will reign
\nthrough righteousness unto <\/p>\n

440
\n00:31:17,320 –> 00:31:33,480
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