Nothing can happen unless God allows it.
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Sometimes God will allow Satan to do something, because God
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has a higher purpose in mind.
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today, modern-day
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Christians, that don’t have
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a grounding in the theology
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of the Old Testament, think
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that everything that’s bad
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that happens happens from
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Satan and God has nothing to
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do with that.
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And everything that good
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that happens happens from God.
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And they’re in no way able
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to understand oftentimes
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that some of the bad things that
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happen that they think are bad
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are actually part of God’s plan.
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And that even though they
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seem bad in the temporal,
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ultimately, there’s an
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eternal purpose of God
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that’s going on in which God
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is using the bad things, the
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things that we perceive as
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bad for something good. And we
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could not enter into the higher
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good without the temporal,
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bad things that happen,
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so that even what we perceive
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to be bad is oftentimes,
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beloved ones, a blessing.
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So I laid a huge theological
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foundation for that last week.
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And in conjunction with
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that, I talked about the
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fact that we need to
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understand as Christians
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that God’s judgment is
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oftentimes a gift.
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Because for example, if
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someone has a child that’s
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rebellious, it is oftentimes
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because the child has never
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been disciplined or judged
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for bad behavior.
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So sometimes God, because
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He’s a moral God, will bring
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a judgment into the lives of
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His godly ones in order
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to correct them.
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So God’s judgments are
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necessary and needed.
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And not only that.
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If God was not to bring His
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judgment upon sin like we
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see so many times
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illustrated in the Hebrew
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Bible, then God would not be
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a moral God.
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Because in order for God to
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be the God who He is, a
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holy, moral God, sin has
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to be punished. And
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that’s why God poured forth His
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judgment upon His Son, Yeshua
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the Messiah, for our sins.
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I talked about all those
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things last week, because
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Hannah understood both of
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these dimensions of God.
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She understood that when
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seemingly good things
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happened to her, it was a
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blessing from the Lord.
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But she also submitted when
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things were hard as part of
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God’s sovereign purposes for
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her life. So, once again,
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before we move on today, 1
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Samuel opens up in chapter 1,
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verse 6 with the writer of
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Scripture saying that it was the
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Lord that closed Chana’s womb.
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They were willing to say,
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“You know what?
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God is involved in this.
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It’s hard that Hannah’s
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womb is closed.
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She’s suffering a lot of
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pain.” In fact, the book of
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1 Samuel opens up with
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Hannah in the temple weeping
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in her heart, talking to
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God, praying to God, begging
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God, asking God for a child,
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committing that you would
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dedicate the child to the
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Lord if He would open her womb.
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But she once again
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attributed everything that
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was going on in her life as
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part of God’s sovereign
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reign over the host of
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heaven and the inhabitants
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of the earth.
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The scripture continues that
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the Lord heard her prayer.
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And it wasn’t long after
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that until she did conceive
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and she bought forth Samuel
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and dedicated him to the Lord.
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And he became one of the
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mightiest prophets that
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Israel ever saw.
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But the time that Hannah’s
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wound was closed, although
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it was painful, it was a
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time of preparation.
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Because Hannah was brought
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to a place in her life that
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she said, “Lord, if you give
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me a child, I’m going to
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totally dedicate him to
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you.” So let’s not separate
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our conception of life in
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the sense that all the bad
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things that happen are from
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the devil, and God has
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nothing to do with them.
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But let’s when bad things
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happen, say to the Lord, “Lord,
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how am I to interpret this?
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What does this mean?
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How does this seemingly bad
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situation that I’m in right
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now or that I’m
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experiencing, how does this
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filter into your purposes
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for my life?” Isaiah 45,
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verse 5 and 7 says this.
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“I am the Lord, and there is
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no other; besides me there
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is no God…
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The One forming light and
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creating darkness, causing
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well-being and creating
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calamity…” The King
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James says evil.
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“I am the LORD who does all
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these things.” You see,
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beloved ones, His ways are above
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our ways, even as the heavens
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are higher than the earth.
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He has an eternal perspective.
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We can only see in the here
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and the now.
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The writers of scripture
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understood that all of life
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had a purpose.
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For example, when the
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Israelites lost a battle, it
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wasn’t just because the
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enemy overpowered them.
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There was something wrong.
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There was a lesson they
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needed to learn.
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Oftentimes, it was because
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they had made allegiances
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with foreign nations.
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Depending on the might of
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the flesh to win the battle
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rather than them on just
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depending on the arm
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of the Lord.
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And so I’m just trying to bring
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you back to Hebraic mindset.
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God is sovereign.
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He is God and there is no other.
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No matter what we’re walking
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through in life, like
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Hannah, let’s look to the
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Lord and get His mindset on it.
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Let’s not just blame it
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on the devil.
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But let’s recognize that
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even beyond that, even if
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the devil is involved, he
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can only be involved if
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God allows him.
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Just like Jesus said to
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Pilate, when Jesus said to
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Pilate, “You would have no
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power over me unless it were
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given to you from above.” So
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in our life, nothing can
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happen unless God allows it.
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The scripture says, “Not a
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sparrow falls to the ground
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apart from the Father.” So
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we always need to be looking
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to God alone rather than
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having this dualistic
6:30
mindset about the devil
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being over here, God being over
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here. The two processes of what
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the actions are never can meet.
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Sometimes God will allow
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Satan to do something
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because God has a higher
6:46
purpose in mind, just like
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in the life of the Apostle
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Paul, where Paul said there
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was a messenger of Satan,
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Paul said, “that was given
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to him, that was given to
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Paul to torment him in his
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flesh, in his body.
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And Paul prayed to the Lord,
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“Lord, take it away.
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Take it away.
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Lord, take away this pain,
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this torment, this messenger
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of Satan, this thorn in the
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flesh from the enemy.” And
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Paul said that it was
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revealed to him that God was
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the one that sent this thorn
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in the flesh, this messenger
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of Satan, to keep Paul from
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exalting himself because of
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the abundance of the revelation
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that Paul had received.
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You see, the natural
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tendency of the flesh is
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that when we receive such
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revelation, our natural
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disposition is to get puffed up.
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But to keep Paul from
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getting puffed up, to
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protect him, God sent this
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messenger of Satan.
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Notice how the two are working.
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God is sovereign but God is
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using Satan for His own purpose.
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Satan just is taking
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glee in the
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fact that he’s causing
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torment to Paul, but God’s
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got a higher purpose in it,
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and God’s purpose is for good.
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So this messenger of Satan
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comes to keep Paul
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from exalting himself.
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Paul show praise to the Lord.
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“Lord, take this away.”
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Finally, God says, “No,
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Paul, My power will be
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perfected in your weakness
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and My strength will be
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sufficient for you.” Then
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Paul goes on.
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He says, “Therefore, I’d
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rather boast in my weakness
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because in my weakness His
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strength is being
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perfected.” So do you see,
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beloved one, what I’m
8:27
wanting to impart to your
8:28
soul right now?
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Don’t have this dualistic
8:31
mindset of the devil did this.
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No. Let’s whatever happens
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to us in life…
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I’m not saying the devil
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never does anything.
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But whatever happens, let’s
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say, “Lord, what are you
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saying in this?
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What’s your mind in all this?
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Because I know that You
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cause all things to work
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together for good.”
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RABBI SCHNEIDER>> Back to our
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text. The song of Chana or the
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song of Hannah, we started
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out in chapter 1, verse 6.
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That her womb was closed.
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And the author of the text
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says that the Lord had
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closed her womb.
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And then after going to the
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temple and praying and
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saying, “Lord, if you open
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my womb,” Chana said to the
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Lord, “I’ll dedicate my
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child to you.” And sure enough,
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the Lord opens her womb, she
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conceives the Prophet Samuel.
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After she had weaned him,
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she brought him to the temple.
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And that’s where we pick up
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now in chapter 2, which is
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the point of our sermon
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series here, the Song of
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Chana or Hannah.
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Last week I looked at verse 1.
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“Then Hannah prayed and
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said, ‘My heart exults in
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the LORD; my horn is exalted
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in YHWH the LORD…
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My mouth speaks boldly
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against my enemies, because
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I rejoice in Your
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salvation.” You see, what
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the devil meant for evil,
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God used for good.
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In other words, the devil might
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have an assignment against us.
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She said, “Because I rejoice
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now against my enemy…” She
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might have understood that
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it was the enemy at work
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that was keeping her womb close.
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But now she understood that
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what he meant for evil, God
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meant for good.
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He was ultimately involved
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in all of it.
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And now she had victory
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over her enemy.
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So she said, “My mouth
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speaks boldly against my
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enemies, because I rejoice
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in Your salvation.” Did you
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know, beloved one, that
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Yeshua promised you that as
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you continue to cling to
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Him, as you continue to make
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Him your God and Savior, He
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is going to bring you to a
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place where you will exalt
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over your enemies, over all
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those that accused you, over
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every spirit that’s
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condemned you, over
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everybody that’s laughed at you.
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You will have the last laugh
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in Messiah Yeshua.
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Notice what Hannah says.
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“My mouth speaks boldly
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against my enemies…” Jesus
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said, “I will cause those
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that accused you to bow down
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and to know that I have loved
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you,” in the book of Revelation.
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So I want you to know you’re
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going to do what Chana did.
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As you continue to put
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Yeshua first in your life,
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you’re going to come to a
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place in your life where
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every accusing voice that
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has been brought against you,
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you will condemn. This is the
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Word of the Lord and His story
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written over your life. You
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will have the ultimate victory.
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You will have the last laugh.
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Hold on, be strong because
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God is going to bring you to
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a victorious conclusion
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in your life.
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You may lose some battles,
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beloved child of God, but
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you will win the war.
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It looked like Jesus had
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lost when He was on the
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cross and they were laughing
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at Him and mocking Him and
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spitting on Him, when they
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thrust the spear on His
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side, when they thrust the
11:51
thorn of crowns on His head.
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It might have looked like
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they had the last laugh.
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But Yeshua rose from the dead.
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And now He sits at the right
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hand of God.
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Every knee will bow, every
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tongue confess that Yeshua
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HaMashiach is Lord, to the
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glory of God the Father.
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And beloved, the same thing
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is going to happen in your life.
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Every mouth that has accused
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you in judgment, you will
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condemn and you continue to live
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for Jesus unto the very end.
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Baruch Hashem. Blessed
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be the name of the Lord.
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Victory is over your life.
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Chana continues in verse 2.
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“There is no one holy like YHWH.
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There is no one holy like
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LORD…” Once again, YHWH is
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God’s holy, personal
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covenant name used 7,000
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times in the Hebrew Bible.
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“There is no one holy like
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YHWH, indeed,” she
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continues, “there is no one
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besides You, nor is there
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any rock like our God.”
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Notice, again, her filter.
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“There is no one besides
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you,” She said.
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This is what I’ve been
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trying to hammer last week
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and this week.
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Please, again, listen to
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last week’s message.
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We have to interpret life
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only through the
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filter of the fact that
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there is one sovereign God.
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And even when bad things happen,
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we have to ask God, “What
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are you saying to me in this?
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What can I learn from this?
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How can I respond to this?
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How can I put my foot
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down over this?
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How can I handle this so
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that it will be used for
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good in my life?”
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Because at the end of the
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day, there’s only one God.
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Every knee will bow and
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every tongue confess that
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Yeshua HaMashiach is Lord.
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So Hannah interpreted both
13:42
the hard times in her life
13:43
and the good times in her
13:44
life through the fact that
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there was only one sovereign.
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“…there is no one like
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you, there’s no one besides
13:51
you, nor is there any rock
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like our God.” Let’s
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continue in verse 3.
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“Boast no more so very
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proudly, do not let
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arrogance come out of your
14:03
mouth; for the LORD is
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God…” Yahweh is God.
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He is Elohim.
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“…the LORD is a God of
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knowledge, and with Him actions
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are weighed.” Notice the first
14:15
point she’s making here. Boast
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no more so very proudly… for
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the Lord Yahweh alone is God.
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You know, today, when I look
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at secular television, and I
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see all the moves that people
14:28
are making, you know, like
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this all about me. Everything
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is me, me, me, me. me.
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“Look at me.
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Look at me.
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Look at this.
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Look at this.
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Look at this cute, little
14:36
gesture. Look at this dance
14:38
move. Look at this style.”
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Notice it’s all focused on the
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exultation and the pushing
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forth of me.
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But Chana had a revelation
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of the Holy One.
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And her response in this
14:52
revelation was “there is no
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one holy like the LORD,
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indeed, there’s no one beside
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You… Boast no more so very
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proudly.” I wonder how many,
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when the whole world is
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standing before Yahweh naked
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and transparent in His
15:14
power, in the revelation of
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His glory, I wonder how many
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will be acting before Him
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like they do now.
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I wonder how many will have
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the same personality that
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they have right now.
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No, it’ll be completely,
15:31
absolutely radically change.
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Because you know what the
15:36
best response is to have before
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God, first of all? Silence.
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Just to be silent before Him.
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That’s what Job did.
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When God finally brought Job
15:50
into the fullness of
15:51
revelation, Job was trying
15:52
to interpret what had
15:53
happened in his life.
15:55
The bad things that had
15:56
happened, he started
15:57
speaking about this and that
15:58
and accusing God, and all
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the counselors of his started
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giving him advice.
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Finally, when God showed up, you
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know what their response was?
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They put their hand over
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their mouth. Silence.
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So I want you to ask yourself
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for a second, is the way that
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you act, is your personality,
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is it exalting self?
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Is it proud?
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Is it like, “Look at me,
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look at me, look at me”?
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You know, with the cutesy
16:33
moves that everybody has
16:34
today, and the fancy
16:35
gestures and the eye
16:36
movements and the face
16:37
movements, the expressions.
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How are you going to feel
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when you stand before the Lord?
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Will that type of
16:49
personification, of your
16:50
essence, of who you are, be
16:52
holy and acceptable and
16:54
clear and cleansed?
16:56
I mean, is what you’re doing
16:57
now, is it going to be able
16:59
to stand before the Lord in
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the fullness of His
17:03
glory and power?
17:05
And if the way that you
17:06
behave now, or if that what
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you’re receiving into your
17:10
life, the shows that you’re
17:11
watching on television, the
17:13
types of personalities and
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the types of energy that
17:16
you’re receiving, which is
17:18
centered in the me, in the
17:20
individual sense of exalting
17:23
self and in pride, if what
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you’re doing now and what
17:28
you’re receiving now will
17:30
not be able to hold up when
17:31
you stand before God in the
17:33
day of His power, what that
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says is we have to change
17:37
what we’re doing now, so
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that what we’re doing now
17:41
will stand in His power as if
17:43
it was the day of God’s power.
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In an essence, what I’m
17:46
saying to you, beloved, is
17:47
we need to repent.
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Hannah realized that all
17:52
proudness needs to be
17:54
abyssed, because there’s
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only one that’s holy.
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He’s God in heaven above and
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the earth beneath.
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Whether her womb was opened
18:03
or closed, she had to give
18:04
honor to the Lord and filter
18:06
all her life through Him and
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walk before Him with a sense
18:11
of His Holiness, a sense of
18:13
His beauty, and a sense
18:14
of His glory.
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So I want to challenge you
18:16
and I today, beloved one,
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let’s lead a life that
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reflects something similar
18:23
to the Spirit and
18:24
disposition of Hannah.
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God is holy, and he’s
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calling you and I to be holy.
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Now is the day of salvation.
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If today you’re hearing His
18:34
voice, repent and
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change your life.
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RABBI SCHNEIDER>> God’s love
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demands a response.
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In other words, the love of
18:42
God is calling us to respond.
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This is why Jesus said, “If
18:48
you love me,” He said,
18:49
“you’ll keep My
18:50
commandments.” So as I think
18:53
about this in my own life, I
18:54
think of three areas in my
18:56
life that the love of God is
18:58
demanding a response from:
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what I do with my time, what
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I do with my talent, and
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what I do with my treasure.
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And I’m always trying to
19:06
examine myself as to whether
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I’m giving myself
19:10
fully to the Lord.
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As we come to the end of the
19:12
broadcast today, I would
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simply ask you, if the Holy
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Spirit is feeding you through
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this ministry, and you feel
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him leading, you urging you
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to sow your financial gifts
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unto the Lord through
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Discovering the Jewish Jesus
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today, just be obedient.
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Because when we’re obedient,
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a channel is opened up in
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our heart for the Spirit of the
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Lord to take possession of us.
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And beloved, not only that.
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By sowing to the Lord
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through this ministry,
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you’ll be a channel that
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will be used to the Lord
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to bless others.
