{"id":1242,"date":"2024-12-29T22:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T22:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/328-eric-mckelvie-exhortation-the-pattern-of-midnight-salvation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T01:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T01:24:24","slug":"328-eric-mckelvie-exhortation-the-pattern-of-midnight-salvation","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/328-eric-mckelvie-exhortation-the-pattern-of-midnight-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"328: Eric McKelvie – Exhortation: The Pattern of Midnight Salvation"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening an exhortation by Bro. Eric McKelvie entitled \u201cThe Pattern of Midnight Salvation\u201d that was given at the Moorestown Ecclesia on November 17, 2024. <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good Chris
\nAdelphian Talks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is Brother Brian.
\nThis week’s talk is an <\/p>\n

13
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\nexhortation that was given at
\nthe old Morristown Chapel in <\/p>\n

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\nNovember by Brother Eric
\nMckelvey. <\/p>\n

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\nThe title and theme is both The
\nPattern of Midnight Salvation <\/p>\n

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\nand Brother Eric walks us
\nthrough the numerous examples of<\/p>\n

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\nwhen God’s faithful followers
\nfound themselves being set free <\/p>\n

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\nor experiencing His grace at a
\ntime of day when we might least <\/p>\n

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\nexpect it.
\nOr perhaps when we do expect it,<\/p>\n

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\nbecause it is at midnight, when
\nour situations may seem as dark <\/p>\n

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\nas they have ever been and the
\npromise of dawn breaking just <\/p>\n

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\ncan’t come quick enough.
\nBrother Eric reminds us that <\/p>\n

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\njust as Christ will come as a
\nthief in the night, we can <\/p>\n

24
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\nexpect that his return will be
\nwhen this world is at its <\/p>\n

25
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\ndarkest point spiritually.
\nAnd that we should continue to <\/p>\n

26
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\nkeep our lamps burning bright
\nwith as much reserves of faith <\/p>\n

27
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\nas possible so that we are able
\nto watch and be ready to greet <\/p>\n

28
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\nthe Master of the house when he
\nreturns. <\/p>\n

29
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\nThis expectation resonated
\nbecause we’ve recently found our<\/p>\n

30
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\nprayer list for those who are
\nsuffering to be growing <\/p>\n

31
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\nexponentially.
\nAnd it’s a harsh reminder of the<\/p>\n

32
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\nneed for our Lord’s return for
\njust so many families and the <\/p>\n

33
\n00:02:29,440 –> 00:02:30,760
\ntruth that we know are
\nstruggling. <\/p>\n

34
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\nSo as we sing in hymn 284 now
\nwhen the night seems darkest, <\/p>\n

35
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\ncome in like glory bright come
\nto redeem thine Israel and turn <\/p>\n

36
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\nour faith to sight.
\nSo as always, we hope that this <\/p>\n

37
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\nstrengthens your faith and
\nbrightens your day. <\/p>\n

38
\n00:02:55,600 –> 00:02:59,280
\nBrother Eric Mckelvey, The
\npattern of midnight salvation. <\/p>\n

39
\n00:03:03,360 –> 00:03:07,680
\nMorning brothers and sisters,
\nhere we are again. <\/p>\n

40
\n00:03:07,680 –> 00:03:11,000
\nDo you remember our Lord Jesus
\nChrist and His sacrifice for us,<\/p>\n

41
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\nHis life, death and
\nresurrection? <\/p>\n

42
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\nAnd we do so now with a new
\nsister in Christ. <\/p>\n

43
\n00:03:16,240 –> 00:03:19,240
\nSo please allow me to
\ncongratulate you on this life <\/p>\n

44
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\nchanging decision as we witness
\nanother person taking on the <\/p>\n

45
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\nname of Christ.
\nIt draws our minds back to our <\/p>\n

46
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\nown baptisms, doesn’t it?
\nIt reminds us of the zeal and <\/p>\n

47
\n00:03:31,240 –> 00:03:35,200
\nthe excitement which we felt
\nupon that day when we were <\/p>\n

48
\n00:03:35,200 –> 00:03:39,360
\nbaptized, Excitement for the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

49
\n00:03:39,640 –> 00:03:44,080
\nExcitement we feel after baptism
\nbecause we now have access to <\/p>\n

50
\n00:03:44,080 –> 00:03:48,280
\nGod’s Kingdom, to immortal life
\nin a world which will be ruled <\/p>\n

51
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\nby King Jesus in peace.
\nWitnessing another baptism <\/p>\n

52
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\nreminds us of those things and
\ngives us joy that another has <\/p>\n

53
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\nchosen to be a part of that
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

54
\n00:04:03,040 –> 00:04:06,200
\nPutting on Christ’s name sets us
\napart from the world. <\/p>\n

55
\n00:04:06,680 –> 00:04:09,080
\nIt gives us something to look
\nforward to. <\/p>\n

56
\n00:04:10,040 –> 00:04:13,720
\nWe can be optimistic and joyful
\ndespite the tragedy of how the <\/p>\n

57
\n00:04:13,720 –> 00:04:15,320
\nworld is falling apart around
\nus. <\/p>\n

58
\n00:04:16,279 –> 00:04:19,000
\nPutting on Christ’s name and
\nleaving behind the old life of <\/p>\n

59
\n00:04:19,000 –> 00:04:21,720
\nsin should fill us all with
\npeace. <\/p>\n

60
\n00:04:23,320 –> 00:04:27,360
\nDespite the war’s inequality,
\nsocial issues, sickness, and <\/p>\n

61
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\ndeath, we can have joy and peace
\nbecause we are sure of the <\/p>\n

62
\n00:04:32,880 –> 00:04:36,880
\npromises made in Scripture that
\nthey will shortly come to pass. <\/p>\n

63
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\nSo please turn with me in your
\nBibles now to Acts chapter 16. <\/p>\n

64
\n00:04:51,920 –> 00:04:55,480
\nIn Acts chapter 16, we find a
\nvery commendable example to be <\/p>\n

65
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\nfollowed.
\nAnd this chapter records part of<\/p>\n

66
\n00:04:58,520 –> 00:05:02,120
\nthe story of Paul’s second
\nmissionary journey. <\/p>\n

67
\n00:05:03,320 –> 00:05:07,560
\nHe and Silas are in Philippi,
\nthe biggest city in that part of<\/p>\n

68
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\nMacedonia, a Greek Gentile city.
\nAnd there they preached and ran <\/p>\n

69
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\ninto a servant girl who made her
\nmaster’s money by fortune <\/p>\n

70
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\ntelling.
\nAnd in verse 17 of Acts chapter <\/p>\n

71
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\n16, it says he followed Paul and
\nus crying out, These men are <\/p>\n

72
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\nservants of the most high God,
\nwho proclaimed to you the way of<\/p>\n

73
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\nsalvation.
\nAnd this she kept doing for many<\/p>\n

74
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\ndays.
\nAnd Paul having become greatly <\/p>\n

75
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\nannoyed, turned and said to the
\nSpirit, I command you in the <\/p>\n

76
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\nname of Jesus Christ to come out
\nof her. <\/p>\n

77
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\nAnd it came out the very hour.
\nBut when her owners saw that <\/p>\n

78
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\ntheir hope of gain was gone,
\nthey seized Paul and Silas and <\/p>\n

79
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\ndragged them into the
\nmarketplace before the rulers. <\/p>\n

80
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\nAnd when they had brought them
\nto the magistrates, they said, <\/p>\n

81
\n00:05:59,120 –> 00:06:03,080
\nthese men are Jews, and they are
\ndisturbing our city. <\/p>\n

82
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\nThey advocate customs that are
\nnot lawful for us as Romans to <\/p>\n

83
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\naccept or practice.
\nThe crowd joined in attacking <\/p>\n

84
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\nthem, and the magistrates tore
\nthe garments off them and gave <\/p>\n

85
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\norders to beat them with rods,
\nand when they ended had <\/p>\n

86
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\ninflicted many blows upon them.
\nThey threw them in prison, <\/p>\n

87
\n00:06:22,320 –> 00:06:26,320
\nordering the jailer to keep them
\nsafely, and having received this<\/p>\n

88
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\norder, he put them in the inner
\nprison and fastened their feet <\/p>\n

89
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\nin the stocks.
\nAnd about midnight Paul and <\/p>\n

90
\n00:06:34,120 –> 00:06:37,880
\nSilas were praying and singing
\nhymns to God, and the prisoners <\/p>\n

91
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\nwere listening to them.
\nPaul and Silas had been dragged <\/p>\n

92
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\naway from their own purposes,
\nattacked, beaten and abused and <\/p>\n

93
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\nthrown in prison, and they began
\nto sing praises to God. <\/p>\n

94
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\nSo despite the terrible
\nsituation they were now in, the <\/p>\n

95
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\nfirst thing we read about them
\ndoing is singing praise to God <\/p>\n

96
\n00:07:00,520 –> 00:07:01,920
\nwhile the other prisoners
\nlistened. <\/p>\n

97
\n00:07:01,920 –> 00:07:06,080
\nAnd they surely would not have
\nbeen our first instincts, at <\/p>\n

98
\n00:07:06,080 –> 00:07:09,440
\nleast mine, and probably not
\nwhat the other prisoners were <\/p>\n

99
\n00:07:09,440 –> 00:07:14,200
\nexpecting.
\nThey did not see men wallowing <\/p>\n

100
\n00:07:14,200 –> 00:07:16,520
\nin pity or shouting at the
\ninjustice. <\/p>\n

101
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\nThis would have been quite the
\npreaching effort in itself, to <\/p>\n

102
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\nsee men singing praises to their
\nGod after being beaten and <\/p>\n

103
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\nthrown in prison.
\nIndeed, it must have had an <\/p>\n

104
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\neffect, because after an
\nearthquake shook the foundations<\/p>\n

105
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\nof the prison, the keeper of the
\nprison came to them, and fell <\/p>\n

106
\n00:07:34,560 –> 00:07:37,480
\ndown before them, and brought
\nthem out, and said, Sirs, what <\/p>\n

107
\n00:07:37,480 –> 00:07:40,760
\nmust I do to be saved?
\nAnd they said, Believe on the <\/p>\n

108
\n00:07:40,760 –> 00:07:45,080
\nLord Jesus Christ, and thou
\nshalt be saved, and thy house. <\/p>\n

109
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\nAnd they speak unto him the word
\nof the Lord, and to all that <\/p>\n

110
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\nwere in his house.
\nAnd he took them the same hour <\/p>\n

111
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\nof the night, and washed their
\nstripes, and was baptized, he <\/p>\n

112
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\nand all his straight away.
\nYou can imagine Paul’s empathy <\/p>\n

113
\n00:08:01,920 –> 00:08:06,440
\ntowards this jailer as he washed
\nhis stripes, the wounds <\/p>\n

114
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\ninflicted upon his back from
\nbeing whipped. <\/p>\n

115
\n00:08:10,560 –> 00:08:13,120
\nPaul knew this feeling of guilt
\nand shame. <\/p>\n

116
\n00:08:14,120 –> 00:08:17,840
\nPaul had been in this man’s
\nposition in Acts 8. <\/p>\n

117
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\nIt tells us that Saul was
\nravaging the ecclesia and <\/p>\n

118
\n00:08:22,040 –> 00:08:26,760
\nentering house after house.
\nHe dragged off men and women and<\/p>\n

119
\n00:08:26,760 –> 00:08:31,040
\ncommitted them to prison.
\nPaul had thrown his brothers and<\/p>\n

120
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\nsisters into prison and yet
\nreceived compassion and <\/p>\n

121
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\nforgiveness in return.
\nSo it must have been very easy <\/p>\n

122
\n00:08:41,400 –> 00:08:46,520
\nto forgive this jail keeper who
\nhad whipped him and beaten him. <\/p>\n

123
\n00:08:48,040 –> 00:08:51,080
\nAnd so we read in verse 34.
\nAnd when he had brought them <\/p>\n

124
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\ninto his house, he set meat
\nbefore them and rejoiced, <\/p>\n

125
\n00:08:55,640 –> 00:08:59,160
\nbelieving in God with all his
\nhouse. <\/p>\n

126
\n00:09:01,160 –> 00:09:05,680
\nPaul and Silas had inner joy and
\npeace within them because of <\/p>\n

127
\n00:09:05,680 –> 00:09:10,840
\nGod’s message of salvation.
\nAnd earlier in the chapter we <\/p>\n

128
\n00:09:10,840 –> 00:09:14,920
\nalso gained the context that
\nthey were instructed to go to <\/p>\n

129
\n00:09:14,920 –> 00:09:17,640
\nMacedonia.
\nSo in verse 9, if you look <\/p>\n

130
\n00:09:17,640 –> 00:09:20,600
\nthere, it says a vision appeared
\nto Paul in the night. <\/p>\n

131
\n00:09:21,160 –> 00:09:25,280
\nThere stood a man of Macedonia
\nand prayed him saying, come over<\/p>\n

132
\n00:09:25,280 –> 00:09:30,480
\ninto Macedonia and help us.
\nGod had given Paul this vision. <\/p>\n

133
\n00:09:31,440 –> 00:09:34,480
\nTherefore, Paul and Silas knew
\nthat they were exactly where God<\/p>\n

134
\n00:09:34,480 –> 00:09:38,480
\nwanted them.
\nI think being told where to go, <\/p>\n

135
\n00:09:39,040 –> 00:09:41,960
\nthey would have found it much
\neasier to endure this trial, <\/p>\n

136
\n00:09:42,240 –> 00:09:46,520
\nthis hardship, knowing that they
\nwere on the right path, the path<\/p>\n

137
\n00:09:46,520 –> 00:09:51,360
\nthat God wanted them to be on.
\nWe too are told that it will not<\/p>\n

138
\n00:09:51,360 –> 00:09:55,480
\nbe easy for us.
\nIn the Beatitudes, Jesus tells <\/p>\n

139
\n00:09:55,480 –> 00:09:58,760
\nus, Blessed are you when men
\nshall revile you and persecute <\/p>\n

140
\n00:09:58,760 –> 00:10:02,640
\nyou, and shall say all manner of
\nevil against you falsely. <\/p>\n

141
\n00:10:02,640 –> 00:10:09,160
\nFor my sake rejoice and be
\nexceeding glad, for your reward <\/p>\n

142
\n00:10:09,160 –> 00:10:11,880
\nwill be great in heaven.
\nFor so persecuted they the <\/p>\n

143
\n00:10:11,880 –> 00:10:16,840
\nprophets which were before you.
\nThe path of a follower of Christ<\/p>\n

144
\n00:10:16,840 –> 00:10:19,960
\nis not easy.
\nWe may have to endure hardships <\/p>\n

145
\n00:10:20,760 –> 00:10:23,560
\nbecause of, excuse me, because
\nof our faith. <\/p>\n

146
\n00:10:25,240 –> 00:10:28,960
\nWe may have to cut ties with
\nfriends who are ungodly. <\/p>\n

147
\n00:10:29,480 –> 00:10:33,840
\nWe may have to make difficult,
\npainful decisions to ensure that<\/p>\n

148
\n00:10:33,840 –> 00:10:35,920
\nwe stay on the path of
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n

149
\n00:10:36,840 –> 00:10:42,640
\nYes, we can have joy and peace
\nbecause of the promise of our <\/p>\n

150
\n00:10:42,640 –> 00:10:46,040
\nreward and because we know that
\nwe are on the path that God <\/p>\n

151
\n00:10:46,040 –> 00:10:50,320
\nwants us to be on.
\nWe know the truth of the gospel <\/p>\n

152
\n00:10:50,320 –> 00:10:53,040
\nand know that we may have to
\nface hardship. <\/p>\n

153
\n00:10:53,880 –> 00:10:58,240
\nYet God will save us and loose
\nus from the bonds of sin, just <\/p>\n

154
\n00:10:58,240 –> 00:11:01,000
\nas Paul and Silas were loosed
\nfrom their bonds. <\/p>\n

155
\n00:11:02,000 –> 00:11:05,760
\nWhen we get baptized, we choose
\nto break off the bonds of sin <\/p>\n

156
\n00:11:06,600 –> 00:11:09,000
\nand to serve God instead of
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

157
\n00:11:10,400 –> 00:11:13,520
\nRomans 6 says, Know ye not that
\nto whom ye yield yourselves <\/p>\n

158
\n00:11:13,520 –> 00:11:18,920
\nservants, to obey his servants?
\nYe are to whom ye obey, whether <\/p>\n

159
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\nof sin unto death, or of
\nobedience unto righteousness. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:24,480 –> 00:11:28,680
\nWhen we get baptized, we choose
\nto serve God rather than our own<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:28,840 –> 00:11:34,920
\nfleshly tendencies.
\nI don’t know if you notice what <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:34,920 –> 00:11:39,000
\ntime of day this event occurred
\nin that Macedonian prison, but <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:39,000 –> 00:11:41,800
\nif you look in verse 25, it
\ntells us that it was about <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:41,800 –> 00:11:47,160
\nmidnight when they were singing
\npraises and praying unto God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:49,440 –> 00:11:53,080
\nPaul and Silas were not singing
\nquietly to themselves either. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:54,160 –> 00:11:56,840
\nThe other prisoners heard them
\nand were listening. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:58,520 –> 00:12:01,560
\nAnd I’m sure the other prisoners
\nall love this little midnight <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:01,560 –> 00:12:04,040
\ncantata keeping them from
\nsleeping. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:04,920 –> 00:12:06,640
\nBut isn’t that what we’re called
\nto do? <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:08,040 –> 00:12:13,240
\nWe’re called to be voices in the
\nwilderness, voices waking others<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:13,240 –> 00:12:21,000
\nfrom their state of spiritual
\nsleep. 1st Thessalonians 5 tells<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:21,000 –> 00:12:24,480
\nus so.
\nThen let us not sleep as others <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:24,520 –> 00:12:27,400
\ndo, but let us keep awake and be
\nsober. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:29,840 –> 00:12:33,160
\nIn Mark 13 Jesus tells us,
\ntherefore stay awake. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:33,520 –> 00:12:36,240
\nFor you do not know when the
\nmaster of the house will come in<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:36,240 –> 00:12:40,400
\nthe evening, or at midnight, or
\nwhen the rooster crows are in <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:40,400 –> 00:12:43,880
\nthe morning.
\nThe world at the moment is in <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:43,880 –> 00:12:50,400
\nthe spiritual state of darkness.
\nIt is spiritual midnight. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:51,800 –> 00:12:54,440
\nYet we are called to be awake
\nand to be sober. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:55,400 –> 00:12:58,160
\nWe are called to wake others
\nfrom their sleep until loudly <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:58,160 –> 00:13:01,480
\nproclaim the Gospel and the
\ncoming Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:02,040 –> 00:13:06,920
\nThis is our duty as in ecclesia,
\nas a lampstand for God’s word of<\/p>\n

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\ntruth.
\nMay we not be as Israel’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:11,320 –> 00:13:15,480
\nleaders who neglected this duty.
\nIn Isaiah 56 it says that his <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:15,480 –> 00:13:19,240
\nWatchmen were blind.
\nThey are all ignorant. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:19,760 –> 00:13:22,000
\nThey’re all dumb dogs.
\nThey cannot bark. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:22,320 –> 00:13:29,880
\nSleeping, lying down, loving to
\nslumber. 1st Thessalonians 5 <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:29,880 –> 00:13:34,560
\nalso tells us, But ye, brethren,
\nare not in darkness, that the <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:34,560 –> 00:13:36,240
\nday should overtake you as a
\nthief. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:37,280 –> 00:13:42,360
\nYe are the children of light and
\nthe children of the day. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:43,600 –> 00:13:46,320
\nWe are not of the night nor of
\ndarkness. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:46,320 –> 00:13:51,560
\nTherefore let us not sleep as do
\nothers, but let us watch and be <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:51,560 –> 00:13:55,000
\nsober.
\nAnd Jesus again tells us in <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:55,000 –> 00:13:58,040
\nMatthew 24.
\nTherefore stay awake, for you do<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:58,040 –> 00:14:00,520
\nnot know on what day your Lord
\nis coming. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:01,640 –> 00:14:04,480
\nBut know this, if the master of
\nthe house had known in what part<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:04,480 –> 00:14:07,840
\nof the night the thief was
\ncoming, he would have stayed <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:07,840 –> 00:14:11,200
\nawake and would not have let his
\nhouse to be broken into. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:11,960 –> 00:14:14,920
\nTherefore you also must be
\nready, for the Son of Man is <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:14,920 –> 00:14:17,880
\ncoming at an hour you do not
\nexpect. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:23,000 –> 00:14:26,880
\nThe Scriptures tell us over and
\nover again that Christ’s return <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:26,880 –> 00:14:31,960
\nwill take many by surprise.
\nChrist implores us to be ready, <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:32,320 –> 00:14:36,400
\nwatching and waiting, so that we
\nare not found to be asleep when <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:36,400 –> 00:14:39,280
\nHe does return.
\nAnd much of the world around us <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:39,280 –> 00:14:42,400
\nis asleep, unconscious to God’s
\nways. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:42,840 –> 00:14:47,840
\nIn this time of spiritual
\ndarkness, we are told that a new<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:47,840 –> 00:14:52,280
\nday is coming.
\nSecond, Peter tells us that the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:52,280 –> 00:14:54,480
\nday of the Lord will come as a
\nthief. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:56,160 –> 00:14:59,880
\nJoel chapter 1 tells us, alas
\nfor the day, the day of Yahweh <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:00,440 –> 00:15:04,800
\nis near, and as destruction from
\nthe Almighty it comes. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:06,080 –> 00:15:08,040
\nPaul wrote to the Philippians in
\nchapter 1. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:08,880 –> 00:15:11,720
\nIt is my prayer that your love
\nmay abound more and more with <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:11,720 –> 00:15:14,960
\nknowledge and all discernment,
\nso that you may approve what is <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:14,960 –> 00:15:18,720
\nexcellent, and so be pure and
\nblameless for the day of Christ.<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:20,120 –> 00:15:25,120
\nA new day is coming, the day of
\nsalvation for the Saints and <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:25,120 –> 00:15:29,560
\njudgements upon the nation’s.
\nBut we need to be ready because <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:29,560 –> 00:15:34,640
\nit is before this day comes that
\nwe will be called away to be <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:34,640 –> 00:15:36,800
\nwith Christ.
\nThe world will still be fast <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:36,800 –> 00:15:41,760
\nasleep in spiritual darkness.
\nIt is that spiritual midnight <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:42,200 –> 00:15:43,960
\nthat we are told salvation will
\ncome. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:45,200 –> 00:15:49,200
\nWe find this to be a theme when
\nwe look for other instances of <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:49,200 –> 00:15:53,160
\nthe word midnight in Scripture.
\nLet’s turn over to Acts chapter <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:53,160 –> 00:16:09,880
\n20 now.
\nSo Acts 20 records part of <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:10,040 –> 00:16:13,560
\nPaul’s third missionary journey
\nand he’s back in Macedonia now. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:14,360 –> 00:16:19,160
\nAnd in verse 7, it says we
\nsailed away from Philippi after <\/p>\n

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\nthe Days of Unleavened Bread and
\ncame unto them to Troas in five <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:23,040 –> 00:16:27,640
\ndays, where we abode 7 days.
\nSo he was just left visiting <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:27,640 –> 00:16:32,920
\nPhilippi, the city where he was
\nbeaten and thrown in prison a <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:32,920 –> 00:16:36,800
\nfew years earlier.
\nAnd he would have surely visited<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:36,800 –> 00:16:40,760
\nthe jail keeper’s family of
\nbelievers, and would have had <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:40,760 –> 00:16:45,240
\nthe memories of being saved by
\nGod’s earthquake at midnight <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:45,440 –> 00:16:49,280
\ncome rushing back.
\nAnd now he sails to a nearby <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:49,280 –> 00:16:52,280
\ntown.
\nAnd we’re told upon the first <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:52,280 –> 00:16:56,200
\nday of the week when the
\ndisciples came together to break<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:56,200 –> 00:17:01,120
\nbread, Paul preached unto them,
\nready to depart on the Morrow, <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:01,120 –> 00:17:03,600
\nand continued his speech until
\nmidnight. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:04,800 –> 00:17:08,520
\nAnd there were many lights in
\nthe upper chamber where they <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:08,560 –> 00:17:11,160
\nwere gathered together.
\nAnd there sat in a window a <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:11,319 –> 00:17:14,760
\ncertain young man named Eudicus
\nbeing fallen into a deep sleep. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:16,160 –> 00:17:18,800
\nAnd as Paul was long preaching,
\nhe sunk down with sleep, and <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:18,800 –> 00:17:22,000
\nfell down from the third loft,
\nand was taken up dead. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:22,640 –> 00:17:25,960
\nAnd Paul went down and fell on
\nhim, and embracing him said, <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:26,680 –> 00:17:29,640
\ntrouble not yourselves, for his
\nlife is in him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:32,040 –> 00:17:34,800
\nWhen he therefore was come up
\nagain, and had broken bread, and<\/p>\n

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\neaten, and talked a long while,
\nuntil even until break of day, <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:39,040 –> 00:17:41,800
\nhe departed, and they brought
\nthe young man alive. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:41,800 –> 00:17:43,400
\nAnd we’re not a little
\ncomforted. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:45,840 –> 00:17:49,200
\nPaul holds the high honor of
\ntalking someone to death. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:49,720 –> 00:17:53,560
\nI’ll try not to do that today,
\nbut he also holds the honor of <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:53,560 –> 00:17:57,160
\nbeing the vessel through which
\nGod’s Holy Spirit resurrected <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:57,160 –> 00:18:02,360
\nthat person from death.
\nIt was at the same time of day <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:02,440 –> 00:18:07,680
\nmidnight that this event
\noccurred that Paul showed God’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:07,680 –> 00:18:10,960
\npower to raise the dead.
\nAnd think of what that miracle <\/p>\n

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\nwould have done for the faith of
\nthe rest of that ecclesia, <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:14,440 –> 00:18:17,040
\nseeing the resurrection of the
\ndead at their breaking of bread <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:17,040 –> 00:18:20,400
\nservice.
\nDuring the time when they were <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:20,400 –> 00:18:24,840
\nbreaking bread in remembrance of
\nChrist’s resurrection, His life,<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:24,920 –> 00:18:28,680
\ndeath, and resurrection.
\nA young man died and was brought<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:28,680 –> 00:18:31,440
\nback to life by the power of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:32,360 –> 00:18:35,280
\nNot only would that have given
\nthem assurance of Christ’s <\/p>\n

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\nresurrection in the firm
\nfoundation of their beliefs, but<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:39,640 –> 00:18:42,560
\nit would have solidified their
\nfaith in their own resurrection.<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:43,640 –> 00:18:46,240
\nThis young man, Eutechus,
\ndepicts for us the resurrection <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:46,240 –> 00:18:51,280
\nthat all God’s Saints we’ll
\nexperience, Those who are <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:51,280 –> 00:18:53,880
\nsleeping, we’ll experience when
\nChrist returns. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:55,000 –> 00:18:58,480
\nAnd this event occurs during the
\ndarkness of midnight. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:00,280 –> 00:19:03,400
\nGod depicts His salvation
\nthrough resurrection for us <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:04,160 –> 00:19:06,000
\nagain during the darkness of
\nnight. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:08,920 –> 00:19:12,280
\nIn Judges chapter 16 we’ll see
\nanother instance of this theme, <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:13,360 –> 00:19:19,960
\nand this is the story of Samson,
\nand it says in verse 2 of Judges<\/p>\n

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\n16.
\nAnd it was told the Gazites <\/p>\n

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\nsaying, Samson has come hit her,
\nand they can pass him in, and <\/p>\n

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\nlay wait for him all night in
\nthe gate of the city. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’re quiet all the night,
\nsaying in the morning, when it <\/p>\n

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\nis day, we shall kill him.
\nAnd Samson lay till midnight, <\/p>\n

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\nand arose at midnight, and took
\nthe doors of the gate of the <\/p>\n

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\ncity in the two posts, and went
\naway with them, bar and all, and<\/p>\n

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\nput them upon his shoulders, and
\ncarried them up to the top of <\/p>\n

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\nthe hill that is before Hebron.
\nSo Samson here uses his <\/p>\n

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\nGod-given strength to literally
\npossess and deliver the gate of <\/p>\n

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\nhis enemies.
\nThis is something that God <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:00,880 –> 00:20:05,200
\npromised Abraham in Genesis 22.
\nAfter Abraham offers his son <\/p>\n

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\nIsaac, God blesses him for his
\nfaith, and one of the blessings <\/p>\n

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\nis thy seed shall possess the
\ngate of his enemies. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:15,280 –> 00:20:17,560
\nIn Scripture, the gate
\nrepresents the authority. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:18,120 –> 00:20:20,280
\nDefense and power of the place
\nitself. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:20,280 –> 00:20:24,080
\nIt was a place where the elders
\nand leaders of the city convened<\/p>\n

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\nto govern.
\nThis was therefore a great <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:27,360 –> 00:20:29,920
\nblessing of victory over one’s
\nenemies. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:29,920 –> 00:20:33,480
\nAnd this applies to Samson as he
\nliterally carried the gate of <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:33,480 –> 00:20:36,360
\nhis enemies back to Judah,
\nshowing in symbol God’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:36,360 –> 00:20:40,680
\nauthority and ability to control
\nall nations. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:42,120 –> 00:20:45,120
\nAnd this blessing spoken to
\nAbraham not only applies to <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:45,320 –> 00:20:51,640
\nSamson, but perhaps even more so
\nto Christ, of whom Isaiah 9 says<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:52,040 –> 00:20:57,440
\nthe government will be upon his
\nshoulder in Abraham’s blessing. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:57,440 –> 00:21:00,360
\nThy seed shall possess the gate
\nof his enemies. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:01,000 –> 00:21:04,560
\nThe word His is singular.
\nSpeaking of a specific <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:04,560 –> 00:21:08,640
\nindividual, I believe this is a
\nreference to the power and <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:08,640 –> 00:21:13,040
\nauthority with which Christ will
\nwill yield over the nation’s. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:13,880 –> 00:21:17,560
\nAfter Christ’s resurrection, He
\nappears through his disciples in<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:17,560 –> 00:21:20,760
\nMatthew 28.
\nAnd Jesus came and spake unto <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:20,760 –> 00:21:25,120
\nthem, saying, All power and
\nauthority is given unto me in <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:25,120 –> 00:21:31,760
\nheaven and in earth.
\nWe’re also told that Christ will<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:31,760 –> 00:21:34,440
\nsubdue the nations after his
\nreturn. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:35,440 –> 00:21:39,600
\nPsalm 2 tells us, As for me, I
\nhave set my Kingdom on Zion, my <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:39,600 –> 00:21:42,960
\nholy hill.
\nI will tell the decree Yahweh <\/p>\n

307
\n00:21:42,960 –> 00:21:47,320
\nsaid to me, You are my Son today
\nI have begotten you ask of me, <\/p>\n

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\nand I will make the nations your
\nheritage, and the ends of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:51,280 –> 00:21:54,560
\nearth your possession.
\nYou shall break them with a rod <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:54,560 –> 00:21:58,360
\nof iron and dash them in pieces
\nlike a Potter’s vessel. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:00,120 –> 00:22:03,040
\nChrist upon his return will rule
\nthe nations. <\/p>\n

312
\n00:22:03,800 –> 00:22:06,960
\nHe will set up a Kingdom that
\nwill grow to consume all others,<\/p>\n

313
\n00:22:08,040 –> 00:22:10,840
\nand He will have dominion over
\nall the world. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:12,320 –> 00:22:14,720
\nHe will truly carry the
\ngovernment and authority upon <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:14,720 –> 00:22:18,080
\nhis shoulders and will possess
\nthe gate of his enemies. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:19,080 –> 00:22:23,320
\nThe depiction of this salvation
\ncomes through Samson, who rises <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:23,320 –> 00:22:25,640
\nat midnight to deliver the gate
\nof his enemies. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:32,500 –> 00:22:34,940
\nLet’s turn again in our Bibles
\nto another instance of this <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:34,940 –> 00:22:37,740
\ntheme, which we’ll find in Ruth
\nchapter 3. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:50,720 –> 00:22:56,720
\nRuth was a poor widow who would
\nglean food from Boaz’s field and<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:56,720 –> 00:23:01,400
\nher mother-in-law, Naomi
\nencouraged her to present <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:01,400 –> 00:23:05,440
\nherself as willing to to accept
\na marriage proposal from Boaz <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:05,640 –> 00:23:11,040
\nand so be redeemed.
\nAnd it says in Ruth chapter 3, <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:11,080 –> 00:23:16,560
\nverse 6.
\nAnd she went down onto the <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:16,560 –> 00:23:18,880
\nfloor, and did according to all
\nthat her mother-in-law begged <\/p>\n

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\nher.
\nAnd when Boaz had eaten and <\/p>\n

327
\n00:23:22,280 –> 00:23:24,680
\ndrunk, and his heart was merry,
\nhe went down. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:23:25,320 –> 00:23:27,440
\nHe went to lie down at the end
\nof the heap of corn. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:23:28,040 –> 00:23:31,800
\nAnd she came softly and
\nuncovered his feet, and laid her<\/p>\n

330
\n00:23:31,800 –> 00:23:34,760
\ndown.
\nAnd it came to pass at midnight <\/p>\n

331
\n00:23:35,440 –> 00:23:37,440
\nthat the man was afraid, and
\nturned himself. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:23:38,040 –> 00:23:39,600
\nAnd behold, a woman laid his
\nfeet. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:23:40,200 –> 00:23:44,040
\nAnd he said, Who art thou?
\nAnd she answered, I am Ruth <\/p>\n

334
\n00:23:44,400 –> 00:23:48,280
\nthine handmaid.
\nSpread therefore thy skirt over <\/p>\n

335
\n00:23:48,280 –> 00:23:51,160
\nthy handmaid, for thou art and
\nnear kinsmen. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:23:51,400 –> 00:23:55,880
\nAnd he said, Blessed be thou of
\nYahweh, my daughter, for thou <\/p>\n

337
\n00:23:55,880 –> 00:23:58,400
\nhas showed more kindness in the
\nlatter end than at the <\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:58,400 –> 00:24:02,240
\nbeginning, and as much as thou
\nfollowest not young men, whether<\/p>\n

339
\n00:24:02,240 –> 00:24:06,080
\npoor or rich.
\nAnd now, my daughter, fear not, <\/p>\n

340
\n00:24:06,600 –> 00:24:10,840
\nI will do to thee all that thou
\nrequirest, for all the city of <\/p>\n

341
\n00:24:10,840 –> 00:24:14,320
\nmy people doesn’t know that thou
\nart a virtuous woman. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:24:16,440 –> 00:24:22,040
\nSo because of how Ruth had
\nbehaved herself virtuously, Boaz<\/p>\n

343
\n00:24:22,040 –> 00:24:27,920
\ndecides he will redeem her.
\nShe had been living a difficult <\/p>\n

344
\n00:24:27,920 –> 00:24:32,840
\nlife, poverty with a bleak
\nfuture, but now she would be <\/p>\n

345
\n00:24:32,840 –> 00:24:35,920
\nmarried to a righteous man who
\nwould provide for all her needs.<\/p>\n

346
\n00:24:37,960 –> 00:24:40,320
\nIsn’t this similar to our
\nsituation as well? <\/p>\n

347
\n00:24:40,320 –> 00:24:44,000
\nWithout Christ, we would have a
\nvery bleak future. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:24:45,680 –> 00:24:50,240
\nAs Boaz says, those of the world
\nchoose to follow the young men <\/p>\n

349
\n00:24:50,680 –> 00:24:52,800
\nof this world.
\nBut we choose Christ. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:24:53,680 –> 00:24:58,600
\nHe will redeem us from a bleak
\nfuture, from this World of <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:58,600 –> 00:25:01,680
\nDarkness.
\nAgain, this event occurs at <\/p>\n

352
\n00:25:01,680 –> 00:25:04,840
\nmidnight.
\nRuth did not wait until morning <\/p>\n

353
\n00:25:04,840 –> 00:25:09,080
\nto seek her redemption.
\nThose who would be the Saints of<\/p>\n

354
\n00:25:09,080 –> 00:25:12,680
\nGod must behave themselves
\nvirtuously that Christ would <\/p>\n

355
\n00:25:12,680 –> 00:25:17,120
\nfind them to be an acceptable
\npart of his ecclesial bride. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:25:18,320 –> 00:25:20,440
\nAnd so we are redeemed from
\namong men. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:25:24,080 –> 00:25:26,560
\nFinally, let’s turn to Exodus
\nchapter 12. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:25:42,720 –> 00:25:46,560
\nThis is the account of the 10th
\nplague upon Egypt and the first <\/p>\n

359
\n00:25:46,560 –> 00:25:49,760
\nPassover.
\nThe people of Israel were <\/p>\n

360
\n00:25:49,760 –> 00:25:53,560
\ninstructed to put blood on their
\ndoorposts, and any house that <\/p>\n

361
\n00:25:53,560 –> 00:25:56,320
\ndid not have this would have
\ntheir first born son killed. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:25:56,320 –> 00:26:00,080
\nAnd in verse 29 we read, And it
\ncame to pass that at midnight <\/p>\n

363
\n00:26:00,080 –> 00:26:04,400
\nYahweh smote all the first born
\nin the land of Egypt, from the <\/p>\n

364
\n00:26:04,400 –> 00:26:06,920
\nfirst born of Pharaoh that sat
\nupon his throne, unto the first <\/p>\n

365
\n00:26:06,920 –> 00:26:10,280
\nborn of the captive that was in
\nthe dungeon, and all the first <\/p>\n

366
\n00:26:10,280 –> 00:26:13,320
\nborn of cattle.
\nAnd Pharaoh rose up in the <\/p>\n

367
\n00:26:13,320 –> 00:26:16,360
\nnight, he and all his servants
\nand all the Egyptians. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:26:16,920 –> 00:26:20,040
\nAnd there was a great cry in
\nEgypt, for there was not a house<\/p>\n

369
\n00:26:20,040 –> 00:26:24,720
\nwhere there was not one dead.
\nAnd he called Moses and Aaron by<\/p>\n

370
\n00:26:24,720 –> 00:26:28,720
\nnight, and said, Rise up, and
\nget you forth from among my <\/p>\n

371
\n00:26:28,720 –> 00:26:32,920
\npeople, both ye and the children
\nof Israel, and go serve Yahweh <\/p>\n

372
\n00:26:33,000 –> 00:26:37,280
\nas he have said.
\nSo the people of Israel were <\/p>\n

373
\n00:26:37,280 –> 00:26:40,120
\nsaved from their oppressors at
\nmidnight. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:26:41,000 –> 00:26:43,800
\nThey were not told to leave.
\nThe next morning when they woke <\/p>\n

375
\n00:26:43,800 –> 00:26:47,880
\nup, there was a cry during the
\nnight, and they picked up and <\/p>\n

376
\n00:26:47,880 –> 00:26:51,520
\nleft.
\nAn important aspect of the <\/p>\n

377
\n00:26:51,520 –> 00:26:56,440
\nPassover was that it was being
\nit must have been eaten in <\/p>\n

378
\n00:26:56,440 –> 00:26:58,800
\nhaste.
\nIt tells us in verse 11. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:26:58,840 –> 00:27:02,080
\nThus shall you eat it with your
\nloins girded, your shoes on your<\/p>\n

380
\n00:27:02,080 –> 00:27:05,560
\nfeet, and your staff in your
\nhand, and shall eat it in haste.<\/p>\n

381
\n00:27:07,120 –> 00:27:09,880
\nThey had to be ready at any
\ntime, because the cry could come<\/p>\n

382
\n00:27:09,880 –> 00:27:12,320
\nat any time that it was time to
\ngo. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:27:14,600 –> 00:27:19,080
\nLet this be a lesson to us as
\nwell, that Christ could come at <\/p>\n

384
\n00:27:19,080 –> 00:27:21,200
\nany time.
\nThe cry could come that Christ <\/p>\n

385
\n00:27:21,200 –> 00:27:26,640
\nhas returned at any moment.
\nThe trumpet could sound, not at <\/p>\n

386
\n00:27:26,640 –> 00:27:29,560
\nthe breaking of day, but during
\nthe night. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:27:29,640 –> 00:27:33,680
\nWe will be called.
\nWe come now to remember our <\/p>\n

388
\n00:27:33,680 –> 00:27:39,200
\nPassover Lamb, Christ, the
\nsacrificial Lamb slain on our <\/p>\n

389
\n00:27:39,200 –> 00:27:43,480
\nbehalf, that we might have life.
\nAnd the people of Israel were <\/p>\n

390
\n00:27:43,480 –> 00:27:47,840
\nsaved by the blood of the Lamb
\non their doorposts, saved from <\/p>\n

391
\n00:27:47,840 –> 00:27:50,840
\nthe destroyer.
\nThey were then delivered from <\/p>\n

392
\n00:27:50,840 –> 00:27:53,880
\nthe land of Egypt, the spiritual
\nland of sin. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:27:55,120 –> 00:27:58,880
\nAnd we too are saved by the
\nblood of the Lamb and will be <\/p>\n

394
\n00:27:58,880 –> 00:28:03,640
\ndelivered.
\nWe remember his life, his <\/p>\n

395
\n00:28:03,640 –> 00:28:08,680
\nsacrifice, and his resurrection.
\nWe remember the hope that we <\/p>\n

396
\n00:28:08,680 –> 00:28:11,280
\nhave access to because of his
\nsacrifice. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:28:13,640 –> 00:28:16,760
\nWe have hope that we will be
\npermanently freed from our bonds<\/p>\n

398
\n00:28:16,760 –> 00:28:22,560
\nof sin like Paul and Silas.
\nWe can have comfort knowing that<\/p>\n

399
\n00:28:22,560 –> 00:28:26,400
\nour brethren and sisters who now
\nsleep will be resurrected like <\/p>\n

400
\n00:28:26,400 –> 00:28:28,760
\nEutychus.
\nAnd should we 2 fall asleep <\/p>\n

401
\n00:28:28,760 –> 00:28:32,560
\nbefore that day, we will be
\nresurrected to life as well. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:28:34,600 –> 00:28:37,640
\nLike Samson, Christ will possess
\nthe gate of his enemies until <\/p>\n

403
\n00:28:37,640 –> 00:28:39,720
\nthe Kingdom stretches from shore
\nto shore. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:28:40,760 –> 00:28:45,800
\nLike Ruth, we have a future.
\nWe have a hopeful future because<\/p>\n

405
\n00:28:46,000 –> 00:28:48,400
\nour husband Christ has redeemed
\nus. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:28:49,840 –> 00:28:53,280
\nColossians, one says, giving
\nthanks unto the Father, which <\/p>\n

407
\n00:28:53,280 –> 00:28:56,960
\nhath made us meet to be
\npartakers of the inheritance of <\/p>\n

408
\n00:28:56,960 –> 00:29:00,880
\nthe Saints in light, who hath
\ndelivered us from the power of <\/p>\n

409
\n00:29:00,880 –> 00:29:05,560
\ndarkness, and hath translated us
\ninto the Kingdom of His dear <\/p>\n

410
\n00:29:05,560 –> 00:29:10,240
\nSon, in whom we have redemption
\nthrough His blood, even the <\/p>\n

411
\n00:29:10,240 –> 00:29:14,760
\nforgiveness of sins.
\nSo as with these thoughts and <\/p>\n

412
\n00:29:14,760 –> 00:29:17,480
\nminds that we remember the the
\nlesson of the midnight pattern. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:29:17,760 –> 00:29:22,480
\nSalvation came during the night.
\nWe do not know the day nor the <\/p>\n

414
\n00:29:22,480 –> 00:29:25,840
\nhour, but we see the signs of
\nthe times, and they suggest that<\/p>\n

415
\n00:29:25,840 –> 00:29:29,240
\nthe day is near.
\nHowever, we should expect our <\/p>\n

416
\n00:29:29,240 –> 00:29:33,400
\nsalvation to come during this
\ntime of spiritual darkness. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:29:34,840 –> 00:29:38,520
\nWe learned from the parable of
\nof the 10 virgins that as the <\/p>\n

418
\n00:29:38,520 –> 00:29:41,600
\nbridegroom was delayed, they all
\nbecame drowsy and slept. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:29:41,920 –> 00:29:46,360
\nBut at midnight there was a cry.
\nHere is the the bridegroom come <\/p>\n

420
\n00:29:46,360 –> 00:29:52,040
\nout to meet him.
\nLet us not become drowsy because<\/p>\n

421
\n00:29:52,040 –> 00:29:56,360
\nhis his return is surely near.
\nLet us be found watching, <\/p>\n

422
\n00:29:56,800 –> 00:30:01,000
\nwaiting and ready with oil in
\nour lamps, or even singing <\/p>\n

423
\n00:30:01,000 –> 00:30:04,840
\npraises to our God when we hear
\nthat same midnight cry. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:30:04,840 –> 00:30:07,160
\nHere is the bridegroom come out
\nto meet him. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:30:22,180 –> 00:30:24,260
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