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This week we are listening to the second class titled “Shechem The Place of Decision” infroma series by Ryan King, the series is titled “Geography of the Holy Land”, the entire series will also be shared on the GCT Extended Podcast. Slides from this class can be viewed HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Chris Elfion
\nTalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian.
\nThank you for joining us this <\/p>\n

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\nweek.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntalk a week to help us get the
\nBible in our Daily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post a new episode at the
\nstart of each week with the <\/p>\n

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\nshort intro beforehand to kind
\nof set the stage for the talk <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re about to listen to.
\nAnd now, let’s talk more about <\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHi, everyone. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s Jason Hensley.
\nAnd this week we are going to be<\/p>\n

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\nlistening to a class by brother
\nRyan King called Shechem, the <\/p>\n

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\nplace of Decision.
\nAnd there’s a lot of things I <\/p>\n

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\nreally like about this class.
\nOne of my favorite things about <\/p>\n

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\nit is that it’s about something
\nwe don’t talk about very much. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen was the last time you heard
\na class about a place maybe for <\/p>\n

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\nyou?
\nThat’s something you hear about <\/p>\n

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\na lot just for me and my
\nexperience. <\/p>\n

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\nWe don’t talk about places that
\noften. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, we’ll do book studies,
\ncharacter studies, thematic <\/p>\n

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\nstudies, but a place.
\nSo I think that’s kind of neat <\/p>\n

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\nto be able to trace Shechem
\nthroughout the Bible. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is actually class 2IN an
\nentire set that Brother Ryan did<\/p>\n

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\ncalled Geography of the Holy
\nLand. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the whole set is about
\nvarious things that we learn <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the land of Israel and
\nplaces that it shows up in the <\/p>\n

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\nBible.
\nSo I think the whole set is <\/p>\n

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\ngreat.
\nIf you get the chance, I highly <\/p>\n

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\nrecommend listening to it.
\nThe only thing is, you might <\/p>\n

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\nwant to also have a map.
\nNow I recognize a lot of you <\/p>\n

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\nlisten to this while you’re
\ndriving, so I’m not please don’t<\/p>\n

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\nlook at a map while you’re
\ndriving, but you might just find<\/p>\n

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\nit helpful to spend a little bit
\nof time just looking online at a<\/p>\n

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\nmap of Israel.
\nNot saying you need to be <\/p>\n

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\nlooking at it while you’re
\nlistening to the classes, but <\/p>\n

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\njust spend some time to get it
\nin your mind. <\/p>\n

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\nNow in addition to that, I want
\nto also note that this series of<\/p>\n

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\nclasses was given at the Terra
\nNova Bible School in <\/p>\n

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\nNewfoundland.
\nNow I think that’s just kind of <\/p>\n

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\ncool because you know, that’s
\nlike exotic. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in addition to that, I say
\nthat because when you hear <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Ryan mention new fees,
\nhe’s talking about people from <\/p>\n

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\nNewfoundland.
\nMaybe you know that already. <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe you don’t need me to tell
\nyou that. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I feel like that’s just an
\nimportant thing because he’s <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to mention new fees in the
\nclass. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if you’re just listening to
\nit and you’re like, what? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is that?
\nI just wanted to, you know, let <\/p>\n

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\nyou know.
\nThat’s what he’s talking about. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s referring to people from
\nNewfoundland. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I hope you enjoy this class.
\nIt’s Brother Ryan, King Shechem,<\/p>\n

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\nthe place of decision.
\nIn our study yesterday, we <\/p>\n

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\nendeavored to just give you a
\nnice layout of the Land of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael with its various
\nsections. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we saw that the Land of
\nIsrael is divided up into a hump<\/p>\n

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\nwith two planes on either side.
\nIt sort of follows a a hump like<\/p>\n

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\nshape across the breadth of its
\nterritory. <\/p>\n

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\nYou may have remembered that
\nthere are three ranges of hills <\/p>\n

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\nalong this hump.
\nThere are the Galilee hills in <\/p>\n

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\nthe north.
\nThere are the Samaritan hills in<\/p>\n

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\nthe center.
\nThat’s where we’ll be this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning at Shechem and the
\nJudean hills in the South and on<\/p>\n

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\nthe other side of these plains.
\nThis is known as the Hill <\/p>\n

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\nCountry.
\nJerusalem happens to be right <\/p>\n

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\nabout here.
\nThis morning will be at Shechem,<\/p>\n

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\nwhich is about here along these
\nhills. <\/p>\n

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\nThey range about 3 to 3 1\/2
\nthousand feet high. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then when you go on either
\nside, you drop down to the <\/p>\n

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\nfloor.
\nSo on either end of the hump <\/p>\n

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\nthere are two famous plains.
\nThere is the Plain of Sharon, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is on the western side,
\nand then there is what’s known <\/p>\n

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\nas the Arabah.
\nIt’s on the eastern side, which <\/p>\n

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\nis the term that the scripture
\nuses for the depression of the <\/p>\n

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\nJordan Valley as it slopes down
\ntowards the Dead Sea. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Dead Sea in certain parts of
\nscripture is called the Sea of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Arabah.
\nIt appears in the AV as the Sea <\/p>\n

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\nof the plain.
\nSo it’s very, very easy to <\/p>\n

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\nremember.
\nYou’ve got 3 ranges of hills <\/p>\n

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\ndown the center and then plains
\non either side. <\/p>\n

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\nThis morning we want to look at
\na very famous place which is <\/p>\n

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\nright in the center of the land
\nat Shekel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnother fact that we pointed out
\nyesterday, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n

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\nwas, is that the land reinforces
\nthe principles of Scripture that<\/p>\n

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\nwe know to be true.
\nIt serves as a confirmation, if <\/p>\n

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\nyou like, of what we know to be
\ntrue in the faith. <\/p>\n

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\nBoth our doctrinal principles as
\nwell as our moral principles are<\/p>\n

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\nverified by the Land of Israel.
\nAnd one of the principles that <\/p>\n

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\nwe have to come to grips with
\nwhen we come to a knowledge of <\/p>\n

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\nthe truth is this, that every
\nday is a struggle. <\/p>\n

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\nEvery day we have to make a
\nchoice. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord Jesus Christ says that
\nif you’re going to follow after <\/p>\n

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\nme, you must take up your cross
\ndaily. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it just so happens that
\nthere is a place in the land of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael that reminds us of that
\nvery important principle. <\/p>\n

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\nThis morning I’d like to take
\nyou. <\/p>\n

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\nThe place is known as Shechem.
\nNow check em. <\/p>\n

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\nJust looking at that map, what
\ndo you notice about it straight <\/p>\n

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\naway?
\nWell, it’s the physical center <\/p>\n

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\nof the land.
\nIt’s right in the very heart of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Hill Country, and it’s about
\nthe same distance to either end <\/p>\n

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\neither to the Plain of Sharon or
\ndown to the Arabah. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s right in the middle.
\nIt’s the physical centre of the <\/p>\n

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\nland which thereby highlights
\nit’s important. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it’s obvious that if there’s
\ngoing to be anything significant<\/p>\n

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\nabout this place, it must be
\nvery, very important because God<\/p>\n

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\nput it right in the centre.
\nNow I’d like to open our studies<\/p>\n

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\nin First Kings Chapter 12.
\nVery, very quickly we’re going <\/p>\n

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\nto see a principle established
\nwith Shechem that you and I have<\/p>\n

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\nto make every day.
\nYou know in the truth we’re <\/p>\n

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\nnever able to be content with
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nEvery day has to be a struggle.
\nFirst Kings chapter 12. <\/p>\n

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\nWe read something peculiar that
\nwhat they did with the new king <\/p>\n

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\nRehoboam.
\nNow we’re told in first Kings <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 12 and Rehoboam went to
\nShechem, for all Israel will <\/p>\n

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\ncome to Shechem to make him
\nking. <\/p>\n

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\nNow Rehoboam was going to be the
\nking over the Kingdom of Judah. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Kingdom of Judah, of course,
\nits capital was Jerusalem, and <\/p>\n

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\nhe was going to go back to
\nJerusalem, and he was going to <\/p>\n

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\nsit on David’s throne.
\nBut that wasn’t where they <\/p>\n

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\nanointed.
\nIn order that they might make <\/p>\n

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\nrehoboam king over all Israel,
\nthey took him to Shechem. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, why would they take him to
\nShechem when he’s going to go <\/p>\n

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\ndown to Jerusalem and sit on
\nDavid’s throne? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, establishes here once
\nagain a very important principle<\/p>\n

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\nfor which Shechem stand, and
\nwe’d like to look at that <\/p>\n

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\nprinciple right now.
\nThe first person to ever come to<\/p>\n

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\nthis place, quite appropriately,
\nwas Abraham. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s the father of the faith.
\nHe’s the one that we’re supposed<\/p>\n

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\nto, So he is the first that
\ncomes to Shechem. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in Genesis chapter 12, we
\nsee an important principle set <\/p>\n

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\ndown when Abraham comes to this
\nplace. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’ll figure out from this
\nwhy it was that they took <\/p>\n

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\nRehoboam to Shechem, of all
\nplaces, to be anointed king over<\/p>\n

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\nIsrael.
\nIf we come back to Genesis <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 12, the first stop by
\nAbraham in the land, and he must<\/p>\n

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\nhave come to many different
\nplaces as he went, came down <\/p>\n

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\nfrom Haran, way up in the north,
\nand he was removed, as Stephen <\/p>\n

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\nsays in Acts Chapter 7, into the
\nland. <\/p>\n

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\nNow there must have been many
\nplaces that he would have come <\/p>\n

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\nto.
\nHe came from, from way up here <\/p>\n

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\nin Haran, down into the land of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

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\nHe might have had many stops
\nalong that journey, but the <\/p>\n

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\nBible only points out one It was
\nAbraham’s first stop when he <\/p>\n

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\nentered the Promised Land.
\nHe came to Shechem. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, as we’ve said before, good
\nBible study is based upon good <\/p>\n

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\nBible reading.
\nVery few of us will ever become <\/p>\n

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\nexperts at Greek or Hebrew.
\nBut we can be good contextual <\/p>\n

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\nstudents of the Bible, and we
\ncan be careful readers. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd sometimes the Bible says so
\nmuch by just reading. <\/p>\n

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\nNotice how Genesis chapter 12
\nand verse five reads it says <\/p>\n

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\nthere in Genesis 12 verse 5.
\nAnd Abram took Suraya, his wife,<\/p>\n

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\nand Lot his brother’s son, and
\nall their substance that they <\/p>\n

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\nhad gathered and the souls that
\nthey had gotten in Hereun. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they went forth to go into
\nthe land of Canaan and into the <\/p>\n

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\nland of Canaan.
\nThey came. <\/p>\n

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\nSo you notice how the end of
\nverse five is almost redundant. <\/p>\n

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\nThey went to go into the land of
\nCanaan. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, I would expect that they
\nwent into the land of Canaan <\/p>\n

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\nthen.
\nBut the rest of the verse says, <\/p>\n

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\nAnd into the land of Canaan they
\ncame. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:04,800 –> 00:10:07,800
\nAnd Abram passed through the
\nland unto the place of Shechem, <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:07,800 –> 00:10:12,800
\nunto the oak of Moray.
\nAnd the Canaanite was then in <\/p>\n

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\nthe land.
\nWell, wouldn’t you expect that <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:14,640 –> 00:10:18,480
\nif they went into the land of
\nCanaan verse five, that it’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:18,480 –> 00:10:22,040
\nlogical that the people that you
\nwould find would be Canaanite? <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:23,040 –> 00:10:26,920
\nYeah, I arrived here on Friday
\nnight in the land of <\/p>\n

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\nNewfoundland.
\nI expected that when I got to <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:30,040 –> 00:10:32,920
\nNewfoundland I would find
\nnewfies. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:33,600 –> 00:10:37,160
\nOf course, when he’s going into
\nthe land of Canaan, he’s going <\/p>\n

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\nto find Canaanites.
\nWhy is the record emphasizing <\/p>\n

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\nthis?
\nWell, it says at the end of <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:42,320 –> 00:10:44,920
\nverse 6.
\nAnd the Canaanite was then in <\/p>\n

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\nthe land.
\nAnd then verse 7, Yahweh <\/p>\n

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\nappeared unto Abram and said
\nunto Thy seed, will I give this <\/p>\n

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\nland?
\nBut it’s absolutely swarming <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:57,720 –> 00:11:00,400
\nCanaan.
\nSo what are you going to do, <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:00,720 –> 00:11:03,480
\nAbram?
\nAre you going to believe God, <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:03,520 –> 00:11:07,920
\nwho’s told you that he will give
\nyou this land as a possession? <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:09,520 –> 00:11:11,640
\nOr you can look around you and
\nsee all the Canaanites. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re going to look around and
\nsee all the people in the world <\/p>\n

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\nand everything seemingly so
\npermanent. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:18,880 –> 00:11:21,280
\nAre you going to mingle
\nyourselves with the Canaanites, <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:21,960 –> 00:11:25,400
\nor are you going to believe God
\nand the promise that he has <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:25,400 –> 00:11:30,800
\nmade, and he made that
\nparticular choice at Shechem. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:30,800 –> 00:11:33,320
\nWhat did Abraham decide?
\nWell, it says there at the end <\/p>\n

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\nof verse 7.
\nAnd there Bill did he an altar <\/p>\n

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\nunto Yahweh who appeared unto
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:40,400 –> 00:11:42,800
\nHe had a choice.
\nHe could either separate from <\/p>\n

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\nthe Canaanites, or he could
\nassimilate with the Canaanite. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:47,640 –> 00:11:49,920
\nAnd there Abram made that
\ndecision. <\/p>\n

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\nKeep separate.
\nHe builded an altar unto Yahweh.<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:56,080 –> 00:12:01,120
\nAnd so enshrined in this place
\nof Shechem is the principle of <\/p>\n

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\ndecision.
\nGod created this place on to <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:05,840 –> 00:12:11,120
\nteach this important lesson and
\never after, Whenever anybody <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:11,120 –> 00:12:15,200
\ncame to Shechem in the record of
\nScripture, we find that they had<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:15,200 –> 00:12:21,760
\nan important decision to make,
\neither to choose life or to <\/p>\n

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\nchoose death.
\nAbraham comes here in Genesis <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 12.
\nHe’s got a choice. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:28,480 –> 00:12:29,800
\nThe Canaanite is then in the
\nland. <\/p>\n

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\nWe believe God.
\nOr do we mingle with the <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:33,200 –> 00:12:37,760
\nCanaanites?
\nIn Genesis chapter 34 and 35, <\/p>\n

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\nJacob and his family came.
\nThey were coming back from Paden<\/p>\n

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\nArum after he had served in his
\nuncle Laban’s house for 40 <\/p>\n

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\nyears, and he said to his family
\nat Shechem, put away the strange<\/p>\n

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\ngods that are among you.
\nDo it here at Shechem. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:56,400 –> 00:12:59,960
\nOf course they were coming back
\nwith some Lucky Charms that they<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:59,960 –> 00:13:02,160
\nhad gotten in the land of
\nPedenarim. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jacob said to his family,
\nWe’re going up to the House of <\/p>\n

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\nGod, We’re going up to Bethel,
\nPut him away right here at <\/p>\n

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\nShechem.
\nIt was, of course, at Shechem <\/p>\n

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\nwhere Dinah made her decision to
\ngo out and see the daughters of <\/p>\n

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\nthe lamb.
\nIn Genesis Chapter 37, Joseph <\/p>\n

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\nwent to keep his father’s flock
\nat Shechem, the record set. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:22,800 –> 00:13:24,920
\nAnd he goes to find his
\nbrothers. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:24,920 –> 00:13:26,440
\nAnd.
\nAnd they’ve disappeared. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:27,560 –> 00:13:31,040
\nThey had gone to Dothan, a word
\nwhich means two wells. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:31,040 –> 00:13:32,400
\nYou see, they wanted it both
\nway. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:33,600 –> 00:13:36,960
\nThat took place in Genesis
\nchapter 37 at Shechem. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:37,680 –> 00:13:41,040
\nHe came to seek his brethren,
\nand he didn’t find them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:42,800 –> 00:13:47,240
\nWhen the children of Israel came
\ninto the land, Moses gave Joshua<\/p>\n

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\na very clear instructions.
\nHe says The day you crossover <\/p>\n

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\ninto the land, you take the
\npeople to Shechem and there you <\/p>\n

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\nchant the blessings and the
\ncursings and you tell Israel <\/p>\n

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\nthat they’ve got to make up
\ntheir mind. 6 Tribes on Evil 6 <\/p>\n

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\non Gerizim Make up your mind.
\nWho is it that you are going to <\/p>\n

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\nserve?
\nWe’re not done yet. <\/p>\n

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\nJoshua Chapter 24.
\nWhen Joshua was giving his <\/p>\n

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\nfamous farewell speech to the
\npeople, he took the people back <\/p>\n

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\nto Shechem.
\nAnd there he said, choose you <\/p>\n

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\nthis day whom ye will serve.
\nPut away the strange gods that <\/p>\n

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\nyour father served on the other
\nside of the flood, Choose you <\/p>\n

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\nthis day.
\nAnd he told them that here at <\/p>\n

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\nShechel in Judges Chapter 9,
\nwe’re going to read about a man <\/p>\n

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\nnamed Jotham, whose name means
\nYahweh is upright. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:46,640 –> 00:14:50,560
\nThis Bramble King Abimelech had
\nmade himself king after the <\/p>\n

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\ndeath of Gideon.
\nHe’d slain the 69 sons of <\/p>\n

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\nGideon, proclaimed himself a
\nking, and Jotham escaped. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:59,880 –> 00:15:02,200
\nAnd he ran up on top of Mount
\nGerizim, and he gave the men of <\/p>\n

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\nShechem a charge.
\nWho do you want? <\/p>\n

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\nDo you want to follow in the
\nways of my father, or do you <\/p>\n

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\nwant this Bramble king Abemola?
\nAnd in order to do that, he <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:12,000 –> 00:15:16,080
\ncalled out from the top of Mount
\nGerizim at Shechem, and the men <\/p>\n

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\nof Shechem there had to make up
\ntheir mind. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:20,440 –> 00:15:25,600
\nIs it any wonder then why when
\nRehoboam was crowned king, they <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:25,600 –> 00:15:29,800
\ntook him to Shechem?
\nEven though he was going to go <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:29,800 –> 00:15:33,360
\ndown to Jerusalem and sit on
\nDavid’s throne, they took him to<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:33,360 –> 00:15:39,320
\nthat place, to Shechem, that
\nthere he might be made king. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:40,600 –> 00:15:42,360
\nThat was where Jesus met the
\nwoman of Samaria. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:43,560 –> 00:15:45,800
\nAnd she said to him, our father
\nsaid, it was in that mountain <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:45,800 –> 00:15:47,760
\nthat you ought to worship.
\nWhat do you say? <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:47,760 –> 00:15:52,320
\nAnd he said, salvation is of the
\nJew. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:53,480 –> 00:15:56,720
\nYou need to make up your mind
\nwho it is that you’re going to <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:56,720 –> 00:15:59,920
\nworship, whether it’s the
\nplethora of the gods of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:59,920 –> 00:16:03,400
\nSamaritans or the one true God
\nof Israel. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:04,080 –> 00:16:06,240
\nShe had to make up her mind in
\nthat place. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:06,240 –> 00:16:09,960
\nSo in both Old and New
\nTestaments, we see that this <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:09,960 –> 00:16:14,840
\nprinciple is made very, very
\nclear at this one little place <\/p>\n

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\nright in the middle of the land
\ncalled shekel. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:18,240 –> 00:16:22,200
\nAnd it reminds us, brothers and
\nsisters, that each day we also <\/p>\n

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\nhave to come to Shekel.
\nWe have to make up our minds who<\/p>\n

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\nit is that we are going to
\nfollow, whether we’re going to <\/p>\n

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\nfollow our own instincts, the
\ngods that we served before we <\/p>\n

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\nwere baptized, or whether we’re
\ngoing to pitch our tent and <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:41,160 –> 00:16:45,440
\nbuild an altar unto Yahweh as
\nAbram did. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you know, you’ll find that
\nin all of these events, there <\/p>\n

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\nare connection.
\nIt’s not just that they happened<\/p>\n

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\nin the same place, but there are
\nword connections. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:56,400 –> 00:17:01,480
\nThere are thematic connections
\nbetween all of these events. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ll find that Jacob in
\nGenesis chapter 35 draws on the <\/p>\n

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\nincident of Genesis chapter 12.
\nYou’ll find that Joshua and <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:09,599 –> 00:17:14,319
\nJoshua 24 quotes from Jacob in
\nGenesis chapter 35. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ll find that Abimelech in
\nJudges Chapter 9. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:19,079 –> 00:17:22,839
\nWhen he wanted to make himself
\nking, he went back to Genesis 12<\/p>\n

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\nin order to give his New Kingdom
\nquote, UN quote, some <\/p>\n

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\nlegitimacy.
\nAnd so they’re all connected. <\/p>\n

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\nSo God took this one place in
\nthe land right in the very <\/p>\n

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\ncenter, and memorialized this
\nprinciple. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s something that we all
\nunderstand, but God gave us all <\/p>\n

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\nof these events at Shechem to
\nremind us of what we must do <\/p>\n

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\neach and every day.
\nLet’s just look at some of the <\/p>\n

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\nparallels that we find in these
\nincidents come firstly to that <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:54,520 –> 00:17:56,960
\none there in the center in
\nJoshua, Chapter 24. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know the Tabernacle during
\nthe time of Joshua and Judges <\/p>\n

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\nwas at Shiloh.
\nShiloh is maybe about 20 miles <\/p>\n

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\nSouth of Shechem.
\nSince that was where the <\/p>\n

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\nTabernacle was.
\nYou would think that Joshua <\/p>\n

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\nwould have gathered all the
\npeople together to Shiloh. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:16,160 –> 00:18:18,720
\nBut Joshua chapter 24 and verse
\none tells us. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:20,360 –> 00:18:27,120
\nAnd Joshua gathered all the
\ntribes of Israel to Shechem, and<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:27,120 –> 00:18:31,760
\ncalled for the elders of Israel,
\nand for their heads, and for <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:31,760 –> 00:18:33,240
\ntheir judges, and for their
\nofficers. <\/p>\n

291
\n00:18:33,240 –> 00:18:36,480
\nAnd they presented themselves
\nbefore God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:37,640 –> 00:18:40,520
\nJoshua said unto all the people.
\nThus saith Yahweh Elohim of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael, your father’s dwelt on
\nthe other side of the flood in <\/p>\n

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\nold time, even Terah, the father
\nof Abraham, the father of Nahor.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd they served other gods.
\nSo he takes them back here to <\/p>\n

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\nthe initial call of Abraham in
\nGenesis chapter 12. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:54,320 –> 00:18:57,400
\nAnd where was the 1st place that
\nAbram came to in Genesis chapter<\/p>\n

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\n12?
\nIt was Shechem. <\/p>\n

299
\n00:19:00,400 –> 00:19:04,360
\nLook down at verse 14.
\nHe now gives them a charge, <\/p>\n

300
\n00:19:04,360 –> 00:19:07,960
\nhaving recounted some of their
\nhistory to them in verses 2 to <\/p>\n

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\n14.
\nVerse 14 says Now, therefore, <\/p>\n

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\nfear Yahweh and serve him in
\nsincerity and in truth, and put <\/p>\n

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\naway the gods which your father
\nserved on the other side of the <\/p>\n

304
\n00:19:22,960 –> 00:19:26,680
\nflood in Egypt, and serve ye
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n

305
\n00:19:26,680 –> 00:19:29,320
\nIt’s very similar to the choice
\nthat Abraham had to make in <\/p>\n

306
\n00:19:29,320 –> 00:19:33,040
\nGenesis chapter 12.
\nIsn’t it either the Canaanite or<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:33,040 –> 00:19:35,720
\nYahweh?
\nAnd if it seemed evil unto you <\/p>\n

308
\n00:19:35,720 –> 00:19:40,560
\nto serve Yahweh choose you this
\nday whom ye will serve? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he said that here, Shechem,
\nthis Shechem’s all about having <\/p>\n

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\nto make a choice, whether the
\ngods which your father served <\/p>\n

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\nthat were on the other side of
\nthe flood, or the gods of the <\/p>\n

312
\n00:19:50,480 –> 00:19:55,520
\nAmorites in whose land ye dwell.
\nBut As for me and my house, we <\/p>\n

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\nwill serve Yahweh.
\nSo we told the people there in <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:59,000 –> 00:20:04,880
\nverse 14 to serve God in
\nsincerity and in truth. <\/p>\n

315
\n00:20:04,880 –> 00:20:12,160
\nNow those two were very often
\ncome up in the history of <\/p>\n

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\nShechem, serve him in sincerity.
\nThe the word actually means to <\/p>\n

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\nbe without whack, to be
\ncompletely crystal clear. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in truth, the word means to
\nbe straight up and down. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s where you’ve got to make a
\nfirm choice. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat you want to do now?
\nJust come over a few pages to <\/p>\n

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\nJudges Chapter 9.
\nLet’s come to the next event <\/p>\n

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\nthat took place there at
\nShechel. <\/p>\n

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\nGideon has died and one of his
\nsons, Abimelech, now makes <\/p>\n

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\nhimself a king.
\nYou know, we want to to learn in<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:47,520 –> 00:20:50,280
\nSunday school and and we teach
\nour, our Sunday school students <\/p>\n

326
\n00:20:50,280 –> 00:20:52,720
\nthat Saul was the first king of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:20:53,280 –> 00:20:56,800
\nAnd of course he was.
\nHe was the first divinely <\/p>\n

328
\n00:20:56,880 –> 00:20:58,920
\nappointed king of Israel.
\nBut you know, there was a king <\/p>\n

329
\n00:20:58,920 –> 00:21:00,640
\nin the land of Israel long
\nbefore Saul. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:01,880 –> 00:21:04,440
\nHe was an impostor, a self
\nappointed king. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:04,440 –> 00:21:08,000
\nHis name was Abimelech.
\nIn the the cycle of the judges <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:08,000 –> 00:21:14,400
\nhe happens to be the 6th judge
\nbecause he represents the man of<\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:14,400 –> 00:21:16,840
\nSid.
\nHe stands up and he proclaims <\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:16,840 –> 00:21:19,480
\nhimself a king.
\nAnd he says in verse two of <\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:19,480 –> 00:21:22,440
\nJudges Chapter 9, Speak, I pray
\nyou in the ears of all the men <\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:22,440 –> 00:21:25,720
\nof Shechem, whether it’s better
\nfor you either that all the sons<\/p>\n

337
\n00:21:25,720 –> 00:21:30,000
\nof Jared Bell, which are 70,
\nreign over you, or that one <\/p>\n

338
\n00:21:30,200 –> 00:21:32,520
\nreign over you.
\nRemember that also that I am <\/p>\n

339
\n00:21:32,520 –> 00:21:36,520
\nyour bone and your flesh.
\nYou know, do we really need 70 <\/p>\n

340
\n00:21:36,520 –> 00:21:38,760
\npeople to to lead us?
\nWhy can’t we just have one? <\/p>\n

341
\n00:21:39,760 –> 00:21:41,960
\nSo he stands up and he makes
\nhimself a king. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:21:42,720 –> 00:21:46,160
\nAnd in order to give some sort
\nof legitimacy to this new quote,<\/p>\n

343
\n00:21:46,160 –> 00:21:50,640
\nUN quote Kingdom that Abimelech
\nwas establishing, look where he <\/p>\n

344
\n00:21:50,640 –> 00:21:55,400
\ngo verse 6.
\nAnd all the men of Shechem <\/p>\n

345
\n00:21:55,640 –> 00:22:00,560
\ngathered together and all the
\nHouse of Millow and wint, and <\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:00,560 –> 00:22:07,000
\nmade Abimelech king by the plain
\nof the pillar that was in <\/p>\n

347
\n00:22:07,160 –> 00:22:10,360
\nShechem.
\nNow if you have a margin for <\/p>\n

348
\n00:22:10,360 –> 00:22:14,640
\nthat phrase by the plain of the
\npillar, you’ll see that the <\/p>\n

349
\n00:22:14,640 –> 00:22:22,400
\nmargin has #5 or by the oak of
\nthe pillar. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:22:22,840 –> 00:22:27,800
\nSo he was made king by the oak
\nof the pillar. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:22:28,400 –> 00:22:32,080
\nNow where have we read in
\nscripture about an oak at <\/p>\n

352
\n00:22:32,080 –> 00:22:35,200
\nShechem?
\nWell, it was back in Genesis <\/p>\n

353
\n00:22:35,200 –> 00:22:39,160
\nchapter 12 and verse 6 where it
\nsays Abram passed through the <\/p>\n

354
\n00:22:39,160 –> 00:22:46,400
\nland unto the place of Shechem
\nunto the oak of Moray. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:22:46,920 –> 00:22:49,680
\nThe word plain as it is in the
\nAV really should be rendered as <\/p>\n

356
\n00:22:50,080 –> 00:22:52,920
\noak.
\nSo it was likely that same oath <\/p>\n

357
\n00:22:53,840 –> 00:22:58,000
\nthat Abimelech now comes and he
\nmakes himself king over the <\/p>\n

358
\n00:22:58,000 –> 00:23:00,040
\nland.
\nHe wanted to give some sort of <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:00,040 –> 00:23:02,640
\nlegitimacy to his Kingdom.
\nSo he goes back to the very <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:02,640 –> 00:23:09,040
\nplace where Abraham was first
\ncalled and 1st brought that he <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:09,040 –> 00:23:13,040
\nmight say.
\nNow I am king, will the men of <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:13,040 –> 00:23:14,400
\nShechem have to make up their
\nmind? <\/p>\n

363
\n00:23:15,880 –> 00:23:16,880
\nWho is it are you going to
\nserve? <\/p>\n

364
\n00:23:16,880 –> 00:23:18,840
\nIs it this new Bramble king
\nAbimelech? <\/p>\n

365
\n00:23:20,280 –> 00:23:23,080
\nOr is it going to be Yahweh who
\nour father Gideon stood with? <\/p>\n

366
\n00:23:23,320 –> 00:23:28,720
\nGideon said, I’m not going to
\nrule over you, Yahweh shall rule<\/p>\n

367
\n00:23:28,720 –> 00:23:32,080
\nover you.
\nAnd so when Jotham who’s the one<\/p>\n

368
\n00:23:32,080 –> 00:23:38,400
\nson left, the other 69 are dead,
\nJotham, whose name means Yahweh,<\/p>\n

369
\n00:23:38,400 –> 00:23:41,120
\nis upright.
\nHe stands up in verse 7 And he <\/p>\n

370
\n00:23:41,120 –> 00:23:45,320
\ngoes to the top of Gerizim, and
\nlifted up his voice, and cried, <\/p>\n

371
\n00:23:45,320 –> 00:23:49,560
\nand said, Hearken unto me, ye
\nmen of Shechem, that God may <\/p>\n

372
\n00:23:49,560 –> 00:23:53,200
\nhearken unto you.
\nVerse 17. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:23:53,200 –> 00:23:56,520
\nMy father fought for you, and
\nhazarded his life, and delivered<\/p>\n

374
\n00:23:56,520 –> 00:24:00,480
\nyou out of the hand of Midian
\nverse 18 And you are risen up <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:00,480 –> 00:24:02,800
\nagainst my father’s house.
\nTo say, see, Abimelech was <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:02,800 –> 00:24:06,600
\nrebelling against the House of
\nGideon, and have slain his sons,<\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:06,600 –> 00:24:09,720
\n3 score and 10 persons upon one
\nstone, and have made Abimelech <\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:10,280 –> 00:24:14,040
\nthe son of his maidservant king
\nover the men of Shechem, because<\/p>\n

379
\n00:24:14,040 –> 00:24:18,200
\nhe is your brother.
\nIf then Now where do these words<\/p>\n

380
\n00:24:18,200 –> 00:24:23,800
\ncome from?
\nIf then ye have done truly and <\/p>\n

381
\n00:24:23,800 –> 00:24:27,760
\nsincerely with Jeroboel and with
\nhis house this day, then rejoice<\/p>\n

382
\n00:24:27,800 –> 00:24:29,400
\nye with Abimelech.
\nIf that’s who you want to serve,<\/p>\n

383
\n00:24:29,920 –> 00:24:33,440
\nserve him.
\nBut if not, verse 20 Let fire <\/p>\n

384
\n00:24:33,440 –> 00:24:35,680
\ncome out from Abimelech and
\ndevour the men of Shechem. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:24:36,600 –> 00:24:39,040
\nAnd Jotham ran away in verse 21,
\nand he flees. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:24:39,440 –> 00:24:42,040
\nSo he left the men of Shechem
\nbefore he went away with that <\/p>\n

387
\n00:24:42,040 –> 00:24:44,600
\nchoice.
\nDo you want to serve this <\/p>\n

388
\n00:24:44,600 –> 00:24:49,680
\nBramble King Abimelech?
\nOr do you want to serve God in <\/p>\n

389
\n00:24:49,680 –> 00:24:51,680
\nsincerity?
\nAnd in truth? <\/p>\n

390
\n00:24:52,200 –> 00:24:57,480
\nHe was quoting from Joshua’s
\nspeech in Joshua chapter 24. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:24:57,800 –> 00:25:01,040
\nSo not only is there the
\nprinciple of choice here at <\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:01,040 –> 00:25:05,040
\nShechem, but you’ve also got to
\ndo it in sincerity and in truth.<\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:05,640 –> 00:25:10,400
\nNot in malice or in wickedness,
\nbut in sincerity and in truth. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:10,840 –> 00:25:13,120
\nAnd as we’ll see in a moment,
\nthere are consequences to that <\/p>\n

395
\n00:25:13,120 –> 00:25:17,920
\ndecision, as there are
\nconsequences to all of the <\/p>\n

396
\n00:25:17,920 –> 00:25:20,480
\ndecision that we make.
\nAnd we need to take those in <\/p>\n

397
\n00:25:20,480 –> 00:25:24,080
\nmind when we make the decisions
\nthat we do. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:25:25,200 –> 00:25:28,840
\nJohn Chapter 4.
\nIf the Lord Jesus Christ said <\/p>\n

399
\n00:25:29,680 –> 00:25:34,720
\nwith all of this history in
\nmind, I must needs go through <\/p>\n

400
\n00:25:35,440 –> 00:25:39,400
\nSamaria, you know that wasn’t
\nthe normal route that you would <\/p>\n

401
\n00:25:39,400 –> 00:25:45,080
\ntake to go back home to Galilee.
\nYou would go over it to Perea, <\/p>\n

402
\n00:25:45,360 –> 00:25:49,160
\nto the land across, and then go
\nup the eastern side of the <\/p>\n

403
\n00:25:49,160 –> 00:25:52,280
\nJordan.
\nBut he said, I must needs go <\/p>\n

404
\n00:25:52,280 –> 00:25:56,080
\nthrough Samaria.
\nI’ve got to go through Shechem <\/p>\n

405
\n00:25:57,160 –> 00:26:03,800
\nJohn, chapter 4 and verse three.
\nHe left Judea and departed again<\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:03,800 –> 00:26:08,680
\ninto Galilee.
\nAnd he must needs go through <\/p>\n

407
\n00:26:09,040 –> 00:26:12,880
\nSamaria, Then cometh he to a
\ncity of Samaria, which is called<\/p>\n

408
\n00:26:13,440 –> 00:26:15,160
\nCycar.
\nBut that should be rendered <\/p>\n

409
\n00:26:15,160 –> 00:26:17,240
\nShechem.
\nAnd we know that it’s Shechem, <\/p>\n

410
\n00:26:17,240 –> 00:26:21,960
\nbecause it says it’s near to the
\nparcel of ground that Jacob gave<\/p>\n

411
\n00:26:21,960 –> 00:26:24,720
\nto his son Joseph.
\nAnd of course, the the parcel of<\/p>\n

412
\n00:26:24,720 –> 00:26:28,160
\nground that Jacob bought where
\nJoseph was buried, according to <\/p>\n

413
\n00:26:28,160 –> 00:26:30,200
\nGenesis, chapter 33 was up there
\nat Shechem. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:26:31,720 –> 00:26:37,160
\nNow Jacob’s well was there.
\nJesus, therefore, being wearied <\/p>\n

415
\n00:26:37,160 –> 00:26:41,240
\nwith his journey, SAT thus on
\nthat well, look. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:26:41,240 –> 00:26:45,400
\nLook at how that’s put.
\nHe sat thus on that well, <\/p>\n

417
\n00:26:45,400 –> 00:26:48,000
\nknowing that this place was
\nsaturated with history. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:26:48,840 –> 00:26:55,840
\nHe comes there and he sits down,
\nand he contemplates the history <\/p>\n

419
\n00:26:55,840 –> 00:26:59,000
\nof that place, knowing all that
\nwe’ve said this morning and a <\/p>\n

420
\n00:26:59,000 –> 00:27:05,800
\nwhole lot more.
\nAnd then a woman comes out, a <\/p>\n

421
\n00:27:05,800 –> 00:27:14,160
\nwoman of Samaria, whose life was
\nan absolute mess, and he starts <\/p>\n

422
\n00:27:14,160 –> 00:27:16,760
\nspeaking to her about water.
\nAfter all, he’s sitting upon <\/p>\n

423
\n00:27:16,760 –> 00:27:21,880
\nJacob’s well, and he’s going to
\nput before her the choice that <\/p>\n

424
\n00:27:21,880 –> 00:27:25,880
\nshe has to make.
\nHe says in verse 13. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:27:27,240 –> 00:27:29,920
\nWhosoever drinketh of this water
\nshall thirst again. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:27:31,600 –> 00:27:33,800
\nBut whosoever drinketh of the
\nwater that I shall give him <\/p>\n

427
\n00:27:33,800 –> 00:27:37,160
\nshall never thirst, but the
\nwater that I shall give him <\/p>\n

428
\n00:27:37,160 –> 00:27:41,840
\nshall be in him a well of water
\nspringing up into everlasting <\/p>\n

429
\n00:27:41,840 –> 00:27:45,160
\nlife.
\nThe woman said unto him, Sir, <\/p>\n

430
\n00:27:45,960 –> 00:27:49,720
\ngive me this water, that I
\nthirst not neither come, hit her<\/p>\n

431
\n00:27:49,720 –> 00:27:51,400
\nto draw.
\nYou see, she wants the water of <\/p>\n

432
\n00:27:51,400 –> 00:27:56,600
\nlife, so that she won’t thirst
\nagain, and that she won’t have <\/p>\n

433
\n00:27:56,600 –> 00:28:00,040
\nto keep coming back here and
\ndrawing water. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:28:00,040 –> 00:28:01,560
\nSee she?
\nShe’s trying to come to grips <\/p>\n

435
\n00:28:01,560 –> 00:28:03,160
\nwith just what the Lord is
\nsaying here. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:28:03,160 –> 00:28:08,160
\nWhat is he talking about?
\nThe water that I shall give, if <\/p>\n

437
\n00:28:08,160 –> 00:28:10,800
\nyou drink it, you will never
\nthirst again. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:28:11,080 –> 00:28:13,960
\nWhat does he mean by that?
\nSo she says, I I want the water.<\/p>\n

439
\n00:28:16,480 –> 00:28:18,040
\nBut we don’t get something for
\nnothing. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:28:18,040 –> 00:28:21,880
\nIn the truth, everything come
\nwith a price. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:28:23,160 –> 00:28:26,680
\nEverything come with probation
\nand testing. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:28:27,680 –> 00:28:31,800
\nSo Jesus gives her a test.
\nAnd he says go get your husband.<\/p>\n

443
\n00:28:35,760 –> 00:28:38,480
\nMy husband?
\nYes, go get your husband. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:28:38,640 –> 00:28:41,960
\nVerse 16 And and come hit her.
\nSo what’s she going to do? <\/p>\n

445
\n00:28:44,040 –> 00:28:46,400
\nShe’s got quite a checkered
\nhistory. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:28:48,560 –> 00:28:50,800
\nWell, she decided to tell the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:28:53,120 –> 00:28:56,960
\nVerse 17.
\nThe woman answered, and said, I <\/p>\n

448
\n00:28:56,960 –> 00:29:01,200
\nhave no husband.
\nJesus said unto her, Thou hast <\/p>\n

449
\n00:29:01,200 –> 00:29:04,760
\nwell said, I have no husband,
\nfor thou hast had five husbands.<\/p>\n

450
\n00:29:04,760 –> 00:29:10,040
\nAnd he whom thou now hastest not
\nthy husband, in that thou <\/p>\n

451
\n00:29:10,040 –> 00:29:16,720
\nsaidest.
\nNow notice this word truly in <\/p>\n

452
\n00:29:16,760 –> 00:29:23,040
\nthat said, St. thou truly?
\nShe had a choice. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:29:24,200 –> 00:29:29,680
\nShe could either tell the truth,
\nor she could spin a lie. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:29:31,160 –> 00:29:37,840
\nShe decided to tell the truth.
\nI have, he said, You’ve said <\/p>\n

455
\n00:29:37,960 –> 00:29:40,400
\ntrue.
\nAnd of course the great issue of<\/p>\n

456
\n00:29:40,400 –> 00:29:43,280
\nthe day was, where is the true
\nplace of worship? <\/p>\n

457
\n00:29:43,760 –> 00:29:47,840
\nIs it in Samaria here, or is it
\nin Jerusalem? <\/p>\n

458
\n00:29:48,440 –> 00:29:51,480
\nHe says to in verse 22, Woman,
\nye worship. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:29:51,480 –> 00:29:55,400
\nYe know not what we know.
\nWhat we worship for salvation is<\/p>\n

460
\n00:29:55,400 –> 00:30:01,000
\nout of the Jew.
\nNot that it’s restricted only to<\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:01,000 –> 00:30:03,880
\nJews, but that it’s only
\navailable to Gentiles through <\/p>\n

462
\n00:30:03,880 –> 00:30:07,800
\nthe Jewish Channel, and you need
\nto come to grips with that <\/p>\n

463
\n00:30:07,800 –> 00:30:12,000
\nSalvation is out of the Jew.
\nBut the hour cometh in. <\/p>\n

464
\n00:30:12,000 –> 00:30:17,280
\nNow is when the notice this true
\nworshippers shall worship the <\/p>\n

465
\n00:30:17,280 –> 00:30:21,720
\nFather in spirit and in truth.
\nJoshua and Jotham said in <\/p>\n

466
\n00:30:21,720 –> 00:30:27,360
\nsincerity and in truth.
\nFor the Father seeketh such to <\/p>\n

467
\n00:30:27,360 –> 00:30:33,720
\nworship him God is spirit.
\nThey that worship Him must do so<\/p>\n

468
\n00:30:33,720 –> 00:30:36,720
\nin spirit and in truth, and they
\nhad to. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:30:37,320 –> 00:30:42,880
\nHe said that she had to make up
\nher mind here in Shechem, in <\/p>\n

470
\n00:30:42,880 –> 00:30:48,440
\nthis place serve him in
\nsincerity and truth. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:30:49,040 –> 00:30:51,920
\nSo it should come as no surprise
\nto you, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

472
\n00:30:52,680 –> 00:30:57,920
\nthat the word Shechem literally
\nmeans burden bearer. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:30:58,640 –> 00:31:01,840
\nIf you were to sort of boil it
\ndown to its actual Hebrew, it <\/p>\n

474
\n00:31:01,840 –> 00:31:04,480
\nmeans between the shoulders.
\nAnd if you look at Shechem here,<\/p>\n

475
\n00:31:04,880 –> 00:31:09,000
\nsee, it looks like 2 shoulders.
\nThere’s evil, there’s Gerizim, <\/p>\n

476
\n00:31:09,600 –> 00:31:12,640
\nthere’s Shechem in the middle.
\nIt looks like 2 shoulder. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:31:13,880 –> 00:31:16,520
\nWhere you’ve got to make up your
\nmind, you’ve got to bear <\/p>\n

478
\n00:31:16,680 –> 00:31:19,960
\nresponsibility.
\nLife is not about avoiding our <\/p>\n

479
\n00:31:19,960 –> 00:31:22,960
\nresponsibilities.
\nLife is about accepting our <\/p>\n

480
\n00:31:22,960 –> 00:31:27,120
\nresponsibility.
\nAnd Shechem reminds us of that. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:31:27,440 –> 00:31:30,440
\nThe word is only used a handful
\nof times in Scripture. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:31:30,440 –> 00:31:33,640
\nIt’s first used of Shem and
\nJapheth who who put a garment <\/p>\n

483
\n00:31:33,640 –> 00:31:39,080
\nupon their shoulder and covered
\nthe the nakedness of their <\/p>\n

484
\n00:31:39,080 –> 00:31:41,680
\nfather.
\nAnd it’s a word that speaks <\/p>\n

485
\n00:31:41,680 –> 00:31:45,360
\nbrothers and sisters about
\naccepting responsibility. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:31:47,600 –> 00:31:54,840
\nBut saying yes, here am I send
\nme the way might be difficult, <\/p>\n

487
\n00:31:55,800 –> 00:31:59,120
\nbut I’m going to accept my
\nresponsibilities. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:31:59,200 –> 00:32:02,240
\nThat’s the principle of Shechem,
\nand perhaps its most famous <\/p>\n

489
\n00:32:02,240 –> 00:32:06,160
\noccurrence is in Isaiah Chapter
\n9 in a passage that I think we <\/p>\n

490
\n00:32:06,160 –> 00:32:11,560
\nall know, Isaiah Chapter 9,
\nspeaking about the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

491
\n00:32:11,560 –> 00:32:15,680
\nChrist and his Kingdom, where he
\nwill faithfully accept the <\/p>\n

492
\n00:32:15,680 –> 00:32:19,480
\nresponsibilities that his father
\nhas committed into his hand. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:32:20,360 –> 00:32:24,240
\nAnd the word that Isaiah chooses
\nhere, spirit through Isaiah <\/p>\n

494
\n00:32:24,240 –> 00:32:30,320
\nchooses fittingly, is Shekel.
\nFirstly, he’s going to have to <\/p>\n

495
\n00:32:30,320 –> 00:32:36,080
\ndeal, as we know, with the
\nAssyrian the Russian Isaiah, <\/p>\n

496
\n00:32:36,080 –> 00:32:39,280
\nChapter 9 and verse four.
\nFor thou hast broken the yoke of<\/p>\n

497
\n00:32:39,280 –> 00:32:44,600
\nhis burden and the staff of his
\nShechem the word shoulder there.<\/p>\n

498
\n00:32:44,600 –> 00:32:48,200
\nAnd verse four is Shechem the
\nrod of his oppressor, as in the <\/p>\n

499
\n00:32:48,200 –> 00:32:53,960
\nday of Midian verse 6.
\nFor unto us a child is born, and<\/p>\n

500
\n00:32:53,960 –> 00:32:58,320
\nunto us a son is given, and the
\ngovernment the government of the<\/p>\n

501
\n00:32:58,320 –> 00:33:03,920
\nKingdom Age will be upon his
\nshechem, his shoulder. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:33:04,320 –> 00:33:09,000
\nHe will faithfully bear the
\nresponsibilities of the Kingdom <\/p>\n

503
\n00:33:09,000 –> 00:33:12,600
\nof the millennial age.
\nHe will be the father of the <\/p>\n

504
\n00:33:12,600 –> 00:33:16,080
\nmillennial age, as the phrase
\neverlasting Father there means <\/p>\n

505
\n00:33:16,240 –> 00:33:20,480
\nthe Father of the age, and the
\nLord Jesus Christ will deal <\/p>\n

506
\n00:33:20,480 –> 00:33:25,600
\nfaithfully.
\nHe will bear on his Shechem the <\/p>\n

507
\n00:33:25,600 –> 00:33:31,440
\nresponsibility that his Father
\nhas given to it until the end of<\/p>\n

508
\n00:33:31,440 –> 00:33:35,000
\nthe thousand years, when he will
\nhand that back over to the <\/p>\n

509
\n00:33:35,000 –> 00:33:39,240
\nFather, that the Father might be
\nall and in all. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:33:40,640 –> 00:33:42,600
\nSo I think we see that
\nprinciple, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n

511
\n00:33:42,600 –> 00:33:45,640
\nvery clearly before us.
\nWe have to make up our mind who <\/p>\n

512
\n00:33:45,640 –> 00:33:52,080
\nit is that we’re going Sir.
\nThe land reinforces all of the <\/p>\n

513
\n00:33:52,080 –> 00:33:57,960
\nprinciples of our daily life.
\nWhenever I’m in difficulty, you <\/p>\n

514
\n00:33:57,960 –> 00:34:02,120
\ncan almost think about a place
\nin the land that reminds you of <\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:02,120 –> 00:34:05,400
\nthe decision that you have to
\nmake or the position that you’re<\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:05,400 –> 00:34:07,960
\nin.
\nGod has given us the land to <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:07,960 –> 00:34:12,040
\nremind us of our lesson.
\nNow with every choice as we <\/p>\n

518
\n00:34:12,040 –> 00:34:17,600
\nknow, they are constant.
\nWe don’t just make decisions and<\/p>\n

519
\n00:34:17,600 –> 00:34:22,159
\nthen nothing happens.
\nGod is going to judge us based <\/p>\n

520
\n00:34:22,159 –> 00:34:26,120
\nupon the decisions that we make.
\nWell, in order that we might be <\/p>\n

521
\n00:34:26,120 –> 00:34:30,560
\nreminded of that, There are two
\nMount at Shechem, you’ll see <\/p>\n

522
\n00:34:30,560 –> 00:34:35,000
\nhere, this is Mount Ebel and
\nthis is Mount Gerizim. <\/p>\n

523
\n00:34:36,920 –> 00:34:40,719
\nAnd Mount Ebel is the hill of
\ncursing. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:34:42,040 –> 00:34:45,560
\nMount Gerizim, here is the hill
\nof blessing. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:34:45,560 –> 00:34:48,239
\nYou know in Genesis chapter 12,
\nwhen Abraham comes to Shechem, <\/p>\n

526
\n00:34:49,239 –> 00:34:53,320
\nhe comes to Shechem right after
\nhe’s told I will bless them, <\/p>\n

527
\n00:34:53,320 –> 00:34:56,840
\nthat bless thee and curse him
\nthat curseth thee. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:34:56,840 –> 00:34:58,480
\nAnd there we find those two
\nmountains. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:34:58,920 –> 00:35:02,560
\nSo the Israelites, when they
\ncame into the land, put 6 tribes<\/p>\n

530
\n00:35:02,560 –> 00:35:07,360
\non evil, 6 on Gerizim, and in
\nthe middle they were able to <\/p>\n

531
\n00:35:07,760 –> 00:35:12,120
\nhear each other and echo the
\nblessings and the cursings of <\/p>\n

532
\n00:35:12,120 –> 00:35:14,560
\nthe law.
\nLet’s look at Mount Evil <\/p>\n

533
\n00:35:17,200 –> 00:35:20,400
\nappropriately.
\nEvil means to be bald. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:35:21,320 –> 00:35:24,240
\nSo if we make the wrong
\ndecisions in our lives, if we <\/p>\n

535
\n00:35:24,240 –> 00:35:27,280
\ndon’t produce fruit, we’re like
\nthis mountain. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:35:27,280 –> 00:35:34,800
\nHere evil means to be bald, and
\nyou can see that most of it is <\/p>\n

537
\n00:35:34,800 –> 00:35:38,520
\ndry and airy.
\nWhen you go there today, it <\/p>\n

538
\n00:35:38,520 –> 00:35:42,080
\nlooks exactly the same as it
\nwould have in the days when <\/p>\n

539
\n00:35:42,080 –> 00:35:47,800
\nJoshua took the tribes.
\nNo life, no vegetation. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:35:49,280 –> 00:35:54,800
\nIt’s the hill of cursing.
\nWe can either have a blessing or<\/p>\n

541
\n00:35:54,800 –> 00:35:58,960
\na curse.
\nYou know, when Joshua, following<\/p>\n

542
\n00:35:58,960 –> 00:36:01,280
\nthe instructions of Moses, took
\nthe tribes there, he put the <\/p>\n

543
\n00:36:01,280 –> 00:36:04,320
\naltar here.
\nOn Garrison. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:36:04,560 –> 00:36:06,440
\nI mean, I’m sorry.
\nOn evil, not on Garrison, <\/p>\n

545
\n00:36:07,160 –> 00:36:10,160
\nbecause he knew the choice that
\nthe people would make, You know,<\/p>\n

546
\n00:36:10,160 –> 00:36:12,400
\nMoses said after my departing.
\nI know that you’ll corrupt <\/p>\n

547
\n00:36:12,400 –> 00:36:15,720
\nyourselves until he put the
\naltar here on the hill of <\/p>\n

548
\n00:36:15,720 –> 00:36:18,320
\ncursing.
\nKnowing, of course, <\/p>\n

549
\n00:36:19,160 –> 00:36:26,200
\nprophetically what choice the
\npeople would make, And evil is <\/p>\n

550
\n00:36:26,680 –> 00:36:31,880
\ntaller, slightly taller, maybe a
\nfew 100 feet taller than gerizy,<\/p>\n

551
\n00:36:33,280 –> 00:36:38,600
\nbecause as we know many are
\ncalled, few are chosen more <\/p>\n

552
\n00:36:38,600 –> 00:36:43,800
\nchoose cursing than blessing.
\nMany there be that go the <\/p>\n

553
\n00:36:43,800 –> 00:36:47,840
\nBroadway of destruction.
\nFew that there be that find the <\/p>\n

554
\n00:36:47,840 –> 00:36:52,880
\nnarrow way to life.
\nSo Ebel is higher than Garrison.<\/p>\n

555
\n00:36:53,880 –> 00:36:55,760
\nNow I wanted to show you
\nsomething interesting about <\/p>\n

556
\n00:36:55,920 –> 00:37:00,040
\nMount Ebel.
\nHere is a map and as you can see<\/p>\n

557
\n00:37:00,040 –> 00:37:04,200
\nhere we’ve got Mount Ebel.
\nWe find Mount Gerizim. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:37:05,080 –> 00:37:10,160
\nNablus, which is the modern name
\nfor Shechem, is right here in <\/p>\n

559
\n00:37:10,160 –> 00:37:13,280
\nthe middle.
\nNablus was meant to be the <\/p>\n

560
\n00:37:13,280 –> 00:37:18,680
\nequivalent of Naples in Italy.
\nNow, because the Arabs can’t say<\/p>\n

561
\n00:37:18,680 –> 00:37:23,160
\nPAH, they can only say Bah
\nNablus. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:37:23,280 –> 00:37:26,640
\nThe Naples became Nablus.
\nIt’s a it’s an Arab town today. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:37:27,120 –> 00:37:31,640
\nNow you’ll notice that just not
\nfar from Shechem is this place <\/p>\n

564
\n00:37:31,640 –> 00:37:35,560
\ncalled Samaria.
\nSo you can be here in Samaria <\/p>\n

565
\n00:37:35,560 –> 00:37:40,280
\nand look right down the valley
\nto the town of Shechem. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:37:40,920 –> 00:37:45,000
\nNow Samaria, as we know, became
\nthe northern, the capital of the<\/p>\n

567
\n00:37:45,000 –> 00:37:52,560
\nnorthern Kingdom of Israel, and
\nit was where a very famous king <\/p>\n

568
\n00:37:52,560 –> 00:37:54,400
\nlived.
\nI’d like you to come to 1st <\/p>\n

569
\n00:37:54,400 –> 00:37:57,600
\nKings, chapter 22 and just show
\nyou something about the the <\/p>\n

570
\n00:37:57,600 –> 00:38:01,600
\ntopography of the land, which
\nwas almost as an indictment to <\/p>\n

571
\n00:38:01,600 –> 00:38:05,600
\nthis evil king.
\nHis name was Ahab here in <\/p>\n

572
\n00:38:05,600 –> 00:38:08,520
\nSamaria.
\nOf course, Ahab had many of <\/p>\n

573
\n00:38:08,520 –> 00:38:11,800
\nthese palaces.
\nHe had one up here in Jezreel by<\/p>\n

574
\n00:38:11,800 –> 00:38:15,520
\nNaboth, and he had one here in
\nSamaria. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:38:16,920 –> 00:38:19,800
\nAmos refers to them in his
\nprophecy as the Winter House and<\/p>\n

576
\n00:38:19,800 –> 00:38:25,320
\nthe Summer House.
\nWhen First Kings chapter 22 and <\/p>\n

577
\n00:38:25,320 –> 00:38:28,600
\nverse 39 we’re told about this
\npalace that Ahab built. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:38:30,240 –> 00:38:35,320
\nNow the rest of the acts of Ahab
\nand all that he did and the <\/p>\n

579
\n00:38:35,320 –> 00:38:40,000
\nIvory house which he made and
\nall the cities that he built, <\/p>\n

580
\n00:38:40,000 –> 00:38:42,840
\nare they not written in the book
\nof the Chronicles of the kings <\/p>\n

581
\n00:38:43,520 –> 00:38:45,720
\nof Israel?
\nNow the interesting thing about <\/p>\n

582
\n00:38:45,720 –> 00:38:51,320
\nthat palace is, is they’ve
\nactually found it, the one in <\/p>\n

583
\n00:38:51,320 –> 00:38:57,080
\nSamaria, Ahab’s ivory palace.
\nThey’ve actually discovered this<\/p>\n

584
\n00:38:57,080 –> 00:38:59,200
\nis the walls of Ahab’s palace in
\nSamaria. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:39:00,360 –> 00:39:03,040
\nThat is Ahab’s palace.
\nArchaeologists have proven that <\/p>\n

586
\n00:39:03,040 –> 00:39:06,840
\nbeyond all dispute.
\nAnd you know when you stand here<\/p>\n

587
\n00:39:07,360 –> 00:39:11,240
\nat Ahab’s palace in Samaria and
\nyou look down that valley as we <\/p>\n

588
\n00:39:11,240 –> 00:39:16,840
\njust did on our map, you look
\ndown towards Shechem and you <\/p>\n

589
\n00:39:16,840 –> 00:39:19,000
\nlook for the two mountains, Ebel
\nand Garazy. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:39:19,880 –> 00:39:23,480
\nGuess which mountain is glaring
\nright at Ahab’s palace? <\/p>\n

591
\n00:39:24,440 –> 00:39:28,600
\nGuess which mountain you cannot
\nsee from Ahab’s pal. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:39:29,880 –> 00:39:33,720
\nYou can’t see Garazy.
\nThe Hill of Cursing is just <\/p>\n

593
\n00:39:33,720 –> 00:39:38,280
\nglaring right at him, looking
\nright at him as an indictment to<\/p>\n

594
\n00:39:38,280 –> 00:39:42,600
\nthat evil king who, who brought
\nin all this ivory from Africa, <\/p>\n

595
\n00:39:43,280 –> 00:39:46,400
\nhad taxed the people heavily so
\nthat he, he and his wife could <\/p>\n

596
\n00:39:46,400 –> 00:39:47,080
\nlive.
\nLavish. <\/p>\n

597
\n00:39:49,080 –> 00:39:51,840
\nWhen you look down the valley
\nfrom Ahab’s palace, you can see <\/p>\n

598
\n00:39:51,840 –> 00:39:55,560
\nevil.
\nCan’t see Gary, almost as an <\/p>\n

599
\n00:39:55,560 –> 00:40:00,880
\nindictment to that King was the
\nland staring right at him. <\/p>\n

600
\n00:40:02,760 –> 00:40:07,400
\nSo we can have cursing.
\nWe all know that sin brings <\/p>\n

601
\n00:40:07,400 –> 00:40:11,120
\nsuffering.
\nIf we serve the flesh, it will <\/p>\n

602
\n00:40:11,120 –> 00:40:15,360
\nonly make us miserable.
\nIn the end, our lives will be a <\/p>\n

603
\n00:40:15,360 –> 00:40:17,600
\nmess.
\nWe’ll be torment. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:40:18,760 –> 00:40:22,560
\nOr we can have peace.
\nAnd that comes through gerizy. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:40:23,160 –> 00:40:26,000
\nAnd the word gerizy means to be
\nSep. <\/p>\n

606
\n00:40:27,440 –> 00:40:32,040
\nIt’s used of sort of of hedging
\noff something, of separating one<\/p>\n

607
\n00:40:32,040 –> 00:40:35,200
\nthing from another, which is
\nreally the choice that Abram had<\/p>\n

608
\n00:40:35,200 –> 00:40:41,560
\nto make, separate or assimilate.
\nIt’s the choice that Jacob gave <\/p>\n

609
\n00:40:41,560 –> 00:40:44,720
\nhis family.
\nPut away the strange God and you<\/p>\n

610
\n00:40:44,720 –> 00:40:47,480
\ncan go through all of the events
\nat Shechem and you’ll see that <\/p>\n

611
\n00:40:47,960 –> 00:40:50,920
\nit’s blessing that comes through
\nseparation. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:40:51,080 –> 00:40:58,000
\nIt’s greener than Mount Evil.
\nThis is actually a a drawing of <\/p>\n

613
\n00:40:58,120 –> 00:41:00,280
\nGarrison.
\nIf you go there today, there’s <\/p>\n

614
\n00:41:00,280 –> 00:41:03,400
\nmore greenery on Gerizim than
\nthere is on evil. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:41:03,400 –> 00:41:06,120
\nIt’s very easy to detect evil
\nbecause it’s just bald as can <\/p>\n

616
\n00:41:06,120 –> 00:41:11,320
\nbe, but Gerizim is a little bit
\nmore lush, a little bit more <\/p>\n

617
\n00:41:11,520 –> 00:41:17,960
\nvegetation on it.
\nIt’s the Hill of Blessing, and <\/p>\n

618
\n00:41:17,960 –> 00:41:20,560
\nwe’ll have a little bit to say
\nabout the hill of Blessing here <\/p>\n

619
\n00:41:20,560 –> 00:41:24,400
\nin a moment.
\nJotham went to the top of <\/p>\n

620
\n00:41:24,600 –> 00:41:31,040
\nGerizim, not Evil, to invite the
\nmen of Shechem to share in <\/p>\n

621
\n00:41:31,040 –> 00:41:33,440
\nblessing.
\nYou know he didn’t call out from<\/p>\n

622
\n00:41:34,080 –> 00:41:37,080
\nevil, he called out from Gerizim
\nbecause he wanted the men of <\/p>\n

623
\n00:41:37,080 –> 00:41:41,040
\nShechem to separate themselves
\nfrom that Bramble king, that <\/p>\n

624
\n00:41:41,040 –> 00:41:46,120
\nthey might not be consumed.
\nAnd it’s shorter than evil <\/p>\n

625
\n00:41:48,000 –> 00:41:49,760
\nbecause fewer people choose
\nlife. <\/p>\n

626
\n00:41:50,040 –> 00:41:51,880
\nMore people choose cursing than
\nblessing. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:41:52,640 –> 00:41:56,080
\nAnd so this hill is just a
\nlittle bit shorter, although <\/p>\n

628
\n00:41:56,080 –> 00:41:59,960
\nit’s right next to it.
\nIt’s a little bit shorter. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:42:01,560 –> 00:42:04,120
\nSo we have the consequences of
\nour decisions. <\/p>\n

630
\n00:42:04,120 –> 00:42:07,320
\nWe can either have blessing or
\nwe can have cursing. <\/p>\n

631
\n00:42:07,600 –> 00:42:09,800
\nNow, of course, we would all say
\nto ourselves, we don’t want to <\/p>\n

632
\n00:42:09,800 –> 00:42:11,840
\nbe.
\nWe all want life. <\/p>\n

633
\n00:42:12,560 –> 00:42:14,200
\nWe all want to be in God’s
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:42:14,200 –> 00:42:19,280
\nWe all want to receive blessing.
\nWell, Shechem reminds us of <\/p>\n

635
\n00:42:19,280 –> 00:42:24,840
\nsomething else that helps us to
\nchoose life, that helps us to <\/p>\n

636
\n00:42:24,840 –> 00:42:29,360
\nchoose blessing and not cursing.
\nIf you come back to Deuteronomy,<\/p>\n

637
\n00:42:29,360 –> 00:42:34,320
\nchapter 27 and the readings that
\nwe had were given, the list of <\/p>\n

638
\n00:42:34,320 –> 00:42:43,600
\ntribes that were to be on Mount
\nGerizim, the six tribes on <\/p>\n

639
\n00:42:43,600 –> 00:42:48,200
\nGerizim, and the six tribes that
\nwere to be upon Mount Eve. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:42:50,200 –> 00:42:52,960
\nVerse 12 of Deuteronomy, Chapter
\n27. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:42:54,280 –> 00:43:00,160
\nThese shall stand upon Mount
\nGerizim to bless people when <\/p>\n

642
\n00:43:00,160 –> 00:43:06,760
\nthey are come over Simeon and
\nLevi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph <\/p>\n

643
\n00:43:06,760 –> 00:43:09,920
\nand Benjamin.
\nAnd these shall stand upon Mount<\/p>\n

644
\n00:43:09,920 –> 00:43:17,600
\nEvil to curse Reuben, and Gad,
\nand Asher and Zebulun, Dan and <\/p>\n

645
\n00:43:17,600 –> 00:43:20,400
\nNaphtala.
\nNow, have you ever wondered, <\/p>\n

646
\n00:43:20,400 –> 00:43:24,520
\nbrothers and sisters, why
\ncertain tribes are on the hill <\/p>\n

647
\n00:43:24,520 –> 00:43:28,480
\nof Blessing and certain tribes
\nare on the Hill of Cursing? <\/p>\n

648
\n00:43:28,480 –> 00:43:32,720
\nI mean, why were those tribes
\npicked in verse 13 to be on the <\/p>\n

649
\n00:43:32,720 –> 00:43:35,680
\nHill of Cursing?
\nAnd why was it that, you know, <\/p>\n

650
\n00:43:35,680 –> 00:43:38,000
\nSimeon that had such a rotten
\nhistory? <\/p>\n

651
\n00:43:39,360 –> 00:43:41,400
\nWhy is Simeon on the hill of
\nBlessing? <\/p>\n

652
\n00:43:42,920 –> 00:43:46,840
\nI mean a few pages over in
\nDeuteronomy chapter 33, when the<\/p>\n

653
\n00:43:46,840 –> 00:43:49,920
\nblessings are given upon the
\ntribes, Simeon’s not even <\/p>\n

654
\n00:43:49,920 –> 00:43:55,240
\nmentioned.
\nWhy is it that Simeon is placed <\/p>\n

655
\n00:43:55,240 –> 00:43:57,400
\nin verse 12 with those tribes
\nthat are on the Hill of <\/p>\n

656
\n00:43:57,400 –> 00:43:59,760
\nBlessing?
\nWell, I think that there’s <\/p>\n

657
\n00:43:59,800 –> 00:44:03,880
\nthere’s an important principle
\nhere in these tribes. <\/p>\n

658
\n00:44:03,880 –> 00:44:08,000
\nI’d like to do a little exercise
\nnow if I got to have a volunteer<\/p>\n

659
\n00:44:08,000 –> 00:44:12,000
\npass out some maps, what we’re
\ngoing to do is just going to <\/p>\n

660
\n00:44:12,240 –> 00:44:16,560
\nhave a look at these tribes and
\nsee if we can find why certain <\/p>\n

661
\n00:44:16,560 –> 00:44:19,320
\ntribes are on the Hill of
\nBlessing and certain tribes are <\/p>\n

662
\n00:44:19,320 –> 00:44:23,320
\non the Hill of Cursing.
\nIf everyone could just take a <\/p>\n

663
\n00:44:23,320 –> 00:44:25,680
\nmap and if you had a colored
\npencil. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:44:25,680 –> 00:44:28,600
\nIf you have a colored pencil or
\na marker or something like that,<\/p>\n

665
\n00:44:29,560 –> 00:44:33,080
\nwe’ll just do a little exercise
\nwith these tribes. <\/p>\n

666
\n00:44:34,960 –> 00:44:38,120
\nMost of you will recognize that
\nthis is a map of the 12 tribes <\/p>\n

667
\n00:44:38,720 –> 00:44:40,360
\nin the land in their various
\nportion. <\/p>\n

668
\n00:44:42,240 –> 00:44:48,720
\nThanks for doing that.
\nNow let’s just note Buzz and <\/p>\n

669
\n00:44:48,720 –> 00:44:57,440
\nSisters verse 13.
\nLet’s note the tribes that are <\/p>\n

670
\n00:44:57,440 –> 00:45:00,200
\non the hill of Cursing.
\nThe first tribe on the hill of <\/p>\n

671
\n00:45:00,200 –> 00:45:05,040
\nCursing is Reuben.
\nNow where was Reuben located? <\/p>\n

672
\n00:45:05,280 –> 00:45:07,400
\nWe know they were one of the
\ntribes that were on the other <\/p>\n

673
\n00:45:07,400 –> 00:45:10,400
\nside.
\nReuben is located right here. <\/p>\n

674
\n00:45:11,920 –> 00:45:15,720
\nSo with a coloring in pencil or
\nany sort of marker, just mark <\/p>\n

675
\n00:45:16,320 –> 00:45:19,560
\nReuben.
\nThe next tribe is Gad. <\/p>\n

676
\n00:45:19,920 –> 00:45:23,400
\nNow Gad is just north of Reuben.
\nAlso on the other side of the <\/p>\n

677
\n00:45:23,400 –> 00:45:29,080
\nJordan Mark GED.
\nNext tribe is Asher. <\/p>\n

678
\n00:45:29,080 –> 00:45:32,120
\nNow Asher is on the northwestern
\nside. <\/p>\n

679
\n00:45:34,960 –> 00:45:38,080
\nLongmount, Carmel all the way up
\nto tire right here. <\/p>\n

680
\n00:45:39,160 –> 00:45:44,440
\nFar north is Asher color in Ash.
\nThe next tribe is Zebulon. <\/p>\n

681
\n00:45:45,080 –> 00:45:48,880
\nZebulon next to Asher right
\nhere. <\/p>\n

682
\n00:45:50,080 –> 00:45:53,960
\nColor in Zebulon.
\nDan is next. <\/p>\n

683
\n00:45:53,960 –> 00:45:55,920
\nNow, Dan is an interesting tribe
\nbecause remember, their <\/p>\n

684
\n00:45:55,920 –> 00:45:59,840
\ninheritance initially was down
\nhere in the northern part of the<\/p>\n

685
\n00:45:59,840 –> 00:46:05,040
\nShephilah, right where Jabba is.
\nBut what did the tribe of Dan <\/p>\n

686
\n00:46:05,040 –> 00:46:07,400
\nend up doing?
\nWell, they abandoned the <\/p>\n

687
\n00:46:07,400 –> 00:46:10,800
\ninheritance that God had given
\nthem, and they went all the way <\/p>\n

688
\n00:46:10,800 –> 00:46:15,680
\nup here in the north to laish to
\na people that were weak and easy<\/p>\n

689
\n00:46:15,680 –> 00:46:18,400
\nto fight and overcome.
\nThe tribe of the Danites <\/p>\n

690
\n00:46:18,640 –> 00:46:22,400
\nabandoned this area here and
\nthey ended up all the way up <\/p>\n

691
\n00:46:22,400 –> 00:46:26,640
\nhere.
\nSo this little part up here, <\/p>\n

692
\n00:46:28,280 –> 00:46:32,320
\nwhich the map I believe actually
\nhighlights this Dan color in <\/p>\n

693
\n00:46:32,320 –> 00:46:34,920
\nthat little area up there,
\nyou’ll recall that that’s the <\/p>\n

694
\n00:46:34,920 –> 00:46:36,480
\ngreat conflict of Samson’s
\nlight. <\/p>\n

695
\n00:46:37,360 –> 00:46:40,440
\nThis tribe of the Danites had
\nfailed to take their inheritance<\/p>\n

696
\n00:46:40,440 –> 00:46:44,200
\ndown here, and they went way up
\nin the north of the land where <\/p>\n

697
\n00:46:44,200 –> 00:46:47,320
\nthe pickings were easy.
\nThe coloring Dan right up there <\/p>\n

698
\n00:46:47,320 –> 00:46:54,720
\nat the very, very top.
\nAnd then lastly, the tribe of <\/p>\n

699
\n00:46:54,720 –> 00:46:59,880
\nNaftalai, Naftalai is right next
\nto Dan here in the very, very <\/p>\n

700
\n00:46:59,880 –> 00:47:06,000
\nnorth in the Galilee hills.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n

701
\n00:47:06,480 –> 00:47:10,160
\nNow look at your map.
\nWhere are the tribes that are on<\/p>\n

702
\n00:47:10,160 –> 00:47:14,920
\nthe Hill of Cursing?
\nThey’re all on the perimeter. <\/p>\n

703
\n00:47:16,080 –> 00:47:20,000
\nThey’re all on the outside or
\nthey’re on the other side of the<\/p>\n

704
\n00:47:20,000 –> 00:47:25,280
\nJordan.
\nWhere are the tribes that are on<\/p>\n

705
\n00:47:25,280 –> 00:47:28,000
\nthe hill of blessing?
\nThey’re right in the very <\/p>\n

706
\n00:47:28,000 –> 00:47:32,040
\ncentre.
\nEven Simeon really belongs to <\/p>\n

707
\n00:47:32,040 –> 00:47:35,680
\nJudah because they were put in
\nthe inside, the tribe of of <\/p>\n

708
\n00:47:35,680 –> 00:47:37,960
\nJudah.
\nAs punishment, divide them in <\/p>\n

709
\n00:47:37,960 –> 00:47:41,280
\nJacob, scatter them in Israel.
\nSo Simeon, even though it had a <\/p>\n

710
\n00:47:41,280 –> 00:47:44,240
\nvery checkered past, is on the
\nhill of Blessing, of course, <\/p>\n

711
\n00:47:44,240 –> 00:47:47,960
\nbecause it belongs to Judah,
\nwhich is right in the very heart<\/p>\n

712
\n00:47:48,960 –> 00:47:51,160
\nof the land.
\nSo if you look at the tribes, <\/p>\n

713
\n00:47:51,760 –> 00:47:55,200
\nthe borders of the tribes on the
\nhill of Blessing Gerizim, their <\/p>\n

714
\n00:47:55,200 –> 00:48:00,040
\nborders all converge around the
\ncenter around Shechem. <\/p>\n

715
\n00:48:02,000 –> 00:48:04,000
\nWhere are the tribes that are on
\nthe Hill of Cursing? <\/p>\n

716
\n00:48:04,560 –> 00:48:08,480
\nThey’re all on the perimeter on
\nthe outskirts. <\/p>\n

717
\n00:48:09,840 –> 00:48:14,320
\nNow, Shechem is all about
\nchoosing life, and the best way <\/p>\n

718
\n00:48:14,320 –> 00:48:20,720
\nthat we can find blessing in our
\nlives is to be active at the <\/p>\n

719
\n00:48:20,720 –> 00:48:24,560
\ncenter of our ecclesias, with
\nGod as the basis of our lives. <\/p>\n

720
\n00:48:26,440 –> 00:48:29,600
\nThat’s the principle of why
\nthese tribes, I believe, are on <\/p>\n

721
\n00:48:29,600 –> 00:48:32,400
\nthe Hill of Blessing and why
\nother tribes are on the Hill of <\/p>\n

722
\n00:48:32,400 –> 00:48:36,320
\nCursing, because geographically,
\nthey teach us a lesson. <\/p>\n

723
\n00:48:36,600 –> 00:48:39,280
\nThe tribes that are on the Hill
\nof Cursing are all on the <\/p>\n

724
\n00:48:39,280 –> 00:48:42,000
\noutskirts.
\nThey’re all on the perimeter. <\/p>\n

725
\n00:48:42,480 –> 00:48:45,440
\nThe tribes that are on the Hill
\nof Blessing are right in the <\/p>\n

726
\n00:48:45,440 –> 00:48:50,360
\nmiddle.
\nAnd so the best way to choose <\/p>\n

727
\n00:48:50,360 –> 00:48:55,840
\nlife is to be active at the
\ncenter of our Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

728
\n00:48:56,080 –> 00:48:58,920
\nWhen the Ecclesia needs a job
\ndone. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:49:00,760 –> 00:49:02,520
\nYou don’t say, well, I’ve got to
\nwalk the dog. <\/p>\n

730
\n00:49:03,560 –> 00:49:06,480
\nI’m not qualified.
\nYou put your hand up and you say<\/p>\n

731
\n00:49:06,760 –> 00:49:11,720
\nI will do it.
\nActive at the heart of the <\/p>\n

732
\n00:49:11,720 –> 00:49:13,600
\nEcclesia.
\nWe have these two references up <\/p>\n

733
\n00:49:13,600 –> 00:49:16,560
\nhere which for lack of time we
\nwon’t look at. <\/p>\n

734
\n00:49:16,560 –> 00:49:20,720
\nBut Numbers Chapter 11 verse one
\nand Deuteronomy chapter 25, <\/p>\n

735
\n00:49:20,720 –> 00:49:24,920
\nverses 17 to 19.
\nWhere were the complainers in <\/p>\n

736
\n00:49:24,920 –> 00:49:29,240
\nthe camp of Israel in Numbers
\nChapter 11, Tabara? <\/p>\n

737
\n00:49:29,720 –> 00:49:33,480
\nWell, it says they were in the
\noutside parts of the camp, in <\/p>\n

738
\n00:49:33,480 –> 00:49:36,280
\nthe uttermost parts of the camp.
\nThat was where complaining <\/p>\n

739
\n00:49:36,280 –> 00:49:39,800
\noriginated, and it’s very often
\nwhere complaining in the <\/p>\n

740
\n00:49:39,800 –> 00:49:42,720
\nEcclesia originates from the
\nfringes. <\/p>\n

741
\n00:49:43,560 –> 00:49:47,360
\nDeuteronomy chapter 25 is
\nspeaking about Amalek. <\/p>\n

742
\n00:49:47,640 –> 00:49:51,840
\nAnd who did Amalek attack?
\nIt was those that were on the <\/p>\n

743
\n00:49:51,840 –> 00:49:54,440
\noutside, the stragglers at the
\nback. <\/p>\n

744
\n00:49:55,400 –> 00:49:58,160
\nThey didn’t go after Aaron and
\nher and Moses and the people at <\/p>\n

745
\n00:49:58,160 –> 00:50:01,160
\nthe front, the fighting men,
\nthey didn’t go after those that <\/p>\n

746
\n00:50:01,160 –> 00:50:03,760
\nwere active in the center, they
\nwent after the weakling. <\/p>\n

747
\n00:50:06,000 –> 00:50:09,920
\nAnd the tribes that are on the
\noutside are the tribes that are <\/p>\n

748
\n00:50:09,920 –> 00:50:13,280
\non the hill of curse.
\nThe tribes that are on the <\/p>\n

749
\n00:50:13,760 –> 00:50:17,080
\ninside are on the hill of
\nblessing. <\/p>\n

750
\n00:50:17,080 –> 00:50:22,040
\nSo where are you in in your
\ncliche outside? <\/p>\n

751
\n00:50:23,600 –> 00:50:26,560
\nJust show up on Sunday morning
\nand then don’t see your brothers<\/p>\n

752
\n00:50:26,560 –> 00:50:27,840
\nand sisters again for another
\nweek? <\/p>\n

753
\n00:50:29,480 –> 00:50:34,120
\nOr are we active at the heart of
\nour cliche shouldn’t come as any<\/p>\n

754
\n00:50:34,120 –> 00:50:37,800
\nsurprise.
\nYou know that Shechem city of <\/p>\n

755
\n00:50:37,800 –> 00:50:45,480
\nrefuge, because refuge is found
\nonly to those that choose light,<\/p>\n

756
\n00:50:46,280 –> 00:50:50,200
\nand there are steadfast,
\nunmovable and always abounding <\/p>\n

757
\n00:50:50,920 –> 00:50:53,760
\nthe work of their God.
\nI’d like to close brothers and <\/p>\n

758
\n00:50:53,760 –> 00:50:56,160
\nsisters with some words from
\nZephaniah chapter 3. <\/p>\n

759
\n00:51:00,760 –> 00:51:05,320
\nShechem has some wonderful
\nthings to teach us. <\/p>\n

760
\n00:51:05,800 –> 00:51:09,920
\nWe have to choose light, We have
\nto accept our responsibilities. <\/p>\n

761
\n00:51:09,920 –> 00:51:14,640
\nAnd you know one day all the
\nworld will come to appreciate <\/p>\n

762
\n00:51:14,640 –> 00:51:17,320
\nthe importance and the
\nsignificance of this term and <\/p>\n

763
\n00:51:17,320 –> 00:51:20,480
\nthis place and the history of
\nthese things that we revel in. <\/p>\n

764
\n00:51:20,480 –> 00:51:24,760
\nNow this is the last occurrence
\nof the word Shechem in our Old <\/p>\n

765
\n00:51:24,760 –> 00:51:32,160
\nTestament.
\nIt’s in Zephaniah chapter 3, a <\/p>\n

766
\n00:51:32,160 –> 00:51:36,720
\nvery unique verses we know in
\nthe Hebrew language Zephaniah <\/p>\n

767
\n00:51:36,720 –> 00:51:39,840
\nchapter 3 and verse 9.
\nFor then, Speaking of the <\/p>\n

768
\n00:51:39,840 –> 00:51:45,000
\nKingdom age, I will turn to the
\npeople a pure language. <\/p>\n

769
\n00:51:46,560 –> 00:51:50,880
\nThey’ll all know the truth that
\nthey may all call upon the name <\/p>\n

770
\n00:51:50,880 –> 00:51:54,600
\nof Yahweh.
\nRemember Abraham? <\/p>\n

771
\n00:51:55,800 –> 00:51:58,480
\nHe pitched his tent and he
\ncalled upon the name of Yahweh. <\/p>\n

772
\n00:51:58,640 –> 00:52:02,800
\nHe built an altar to serve him
\nwith one consent. <\/p>\n

773
\n00:52:02,800 –> 00:52:07,240
\nNow the word consent there, as
\nthe margin indicates, is the <\/p>\n

774
\n00:52:07,240 –> 00:52:14,680
\nword shoulder or shekel.
\nAll the earth will one day call <\/p>\n

775
\n00:52:14,680 –> 00:52:18,880
\nupon the name of Yahweh and
\nserve him with one Shechem. <\/p>\n

776
\n00:52:19,280 –> 00:52:22,040
\nThey will accept their
\nresponsibilities, which the Lord<\/p>\n

777
\n00:52:22,040 –> 00:52:25,920
\nJesus Christ and the Saints will
\nput upon them, and they will <\/p>\n

778
\n00:52:25,920 –> 00:52:29,080
\nlearn the importance of the
\nplace that we have considered <\/p>\n

779
\n00:52:29,080 –> 00:52:33,200
\nthis morning.
\nBrothers and sisters, let us <\/p>\n

780
\n00:52:33,360 –> 00:52:50,160
\nchoose life.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

781
\n00:52:50,160 –> 00:52:51,800
\ngood Crystal Adelphian Talks
\nPodcast. <\/p>\n

782
\n00:52:52,600 –> 00:52:55,040
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\nyour walk and brightened your <\/p>\n

783
\n00:52:55,040 –> 00:52:57,400
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784
\n00:52:57,400 –> 00:52:59,160
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788
\n00:53:08,360 –> 00:53:09,800
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\n00:53:09,800 –> 00:53:13,680
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\n00:53:40,080 –> 00:53:42,000
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