1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:29,980 Let's pray. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:59,980 Let's pray. 3 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:29,980 Let's pray. 4 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:59,980 ...with a word of prayer. So let's go ahead and pray together. Father in heaven, I thank you for Jesus, and I thank you for grace, and I thank you for this opportunity to worship this morning, to spend some time. 5 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:15,000 ...to be nourished at the table, to spend some time in your word. We just thank you for our brothers and sisters in Christ. Be with us this morning, as we have gathered together. It is in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 6 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:29,000 If you would be standing, we're going to read from the book of Psalms before we sing, "This is our God." So we're going to be reading from the 59th Psalm. So just read together with me. 7 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:58,000 "But I will sing of your strength. I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. O my strength, I will sing praises to you. For you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love." 8 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Let's start this morning by singing, "This is our God," followed immediately by "10,000 Reasons." Bless the Lord. 9 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Let's pray. Let's pray. Let's pray. Let's pray. 10 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:26,000 The giants are dead now. This is our God. This is who he is. He loves us. This is our God. This is what he does. He saves us. He bore the cross, beat the grave. Let heaven and earth proclaim. This is our God, King Jesus. 11 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Remember that fear that took our breath away? Faith so weak that we could barely pray. But he heard every word, every whisper. Now those altars in the wilderness tell the story of his faithfulness. 12 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Never once did he fail, and he never will. This is our God. This is who he is. He loves us. This is our God. This is what he does. He saves us. He bore the cross, feed the grave. Let heaven and earth proclaim. This is our God. 13 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:50,000 King Jesus. Who pulled me out of that pit? He did. He did. Who paid for all of our sin? Nobody but Jesus. Who pulled me out of that pit? He did. He did. Who paid for all of our sin? Nobody but Jesus. 14 00:08:50,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Who rescued me from that grave? Yahweh, Yahweh. Who gets the glory and praise? Nobody but Jesus. Who rescued me from that grave? Yahweh, Yahweh. Who gets the glory and praise? Nobody but Him. This is our God. This is who He is. He loves us. 15 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:46,000 This is our God. This is what He does. He saves us. He bore the cross. Beat the grave. Let heaven and earth proclaim. This is our God, King Jesus. He bore the cross. Beat the grave. Let heaven and earth proclaim. This is our God, King Jesus. 16 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul. Worship His holy name. 17 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul. Worship His holy name. 18 00:09:53,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul. Worship His holy name. 19 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Sing like never before, O my soul. Worship His holy name. 20 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:29,000 The sun comes up. It's a new day dawning. It's time to sing your holy name. 21 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:35,000 Sing like never before, O my soul. Worship Your holy name. 22 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Sing like never before, O my soul. I'll worship Your holy name. 23 00:10:42,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Time to sing Your song again. Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me, let me be singing when the evening comes. 24 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, Worship His holy name, Send like never before, O my soul, I'll worship Your holy name. 25 00:11:36,000 --> 00:12:05,000 You're rich in love And you're slow to anger Your name is great And your heart is kind For all your goodness I will keep on singing Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find 26 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:35,000 "Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul Worship His holy name Sit like never before O my soul I'll worship Your holy name" 27 00:12:36,000 --> 00:13:05,980 And all that day when my strength is failing The end draws near and my time has come Still my soul will sing Your praise unending Ten thousand years and then forever 28 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Lord. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O my soul. Worship His holy name. Sing like never before. O my soul, I'll worship Your holy name. 29 00:13:34,000 --> 00:14:02,000 I'll worship Your holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O my soul. Worship His holy name. Sing like never before. O my soul, I'll worship Your holy name. 30 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Yes, I will worship Your holy name. Lord, I'll worship Your holy name. 31 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Lord, I'll worship Your holy name. 32 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Lord, I'll worship Your holy name. 33 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Amen. 34 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Amen. 35 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Amen. 36 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:20,000 As we come to the table, we're going to sing how deep the Father's love for us. 37 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:55,000 How deep the Father's love for us, how vast beyond all measure, that He should give His only Son to make a wretch His treasure. 38 00:24:55,000 --> 00:25:18,000 How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turns His face away, as wounds which mother chosen one, bring many sons to glory. 39 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Behold the man upon a cross, my sin upon His shoulders. Ashamed I hear my mocking voice call out among the scoffers. 40 00:25:41,000 --> 00:26:04,000 It was my sin that held Him there until it was accomplished. His dying breath has brought me alive. I know that it is finished. 41 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:27,000 I will not boast in anything, no gifts, no power, no wisdom, but I will boast in Jesus Christ, His death and resurrection. 42 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:50,000 Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer, but this I know in all my heart, His wounds have paid my ransom. 43 00:26:50,000 --> 00:27:13,000 Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer, but this I know in all my heart, His wounds have paid my ransom. 44 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:38,000 In Isaiah, the 40th chapter, it ends with a very well-known passage. It says, "Have you not known? Have you not heard? 45 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:54,000 The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary. His understanding is not to faint, and to him who has no might, he increases strength. 46 00:27:54,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Even youth shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted, but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength. 47 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,760 They shall mount up with wings like eagles. 48 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:10,340 They shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not be weary. 49 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:53,840 Let the people renew their strength. And we understand the idea of renewal. We can see it around us, right? 50 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:58,260 We got to the middle of the summer, and the rain stopped, and what happens to the grass, right? 51 00:28:58,260 --> 00:29:09,300 It all turns brown, and it dries up, and it takes a significant amount of rain at this point to renew that and bring it back to greenness. 52 00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:23,520 So it is, I think, with our souls that if we are not continuing to seek renewal in the goodness and the grace of God, we end up feeling weak and broken and dried out. 53 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:34,560 Spurgeon shared a little bit of this in a short devotional he wrote. There's one for the morning and one for the evening. And he writes this: 54 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:50,720 "As it is necessary to repair the body by the frequent meal, so we must we repair the soul by feeding upon the book of God, or by listening to the preached word, or by the soul-fattening table of the ordinances. 55 00:29:50,720 --> 00:30:02,720 How depressed are our graces when the means are neglected? What poor, starving souls they are who live without the diligent use of the word of God and prayer." 56 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:17,920 And he'll continue on like this: "If we suffer the good to grow weaker, if we are not nourished, evil will surely gather strength and struggle desperately for mastery over us. 57 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:23,920 And as a result, a painful desolation and a lamentable disgrace may follow." 58 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:43,120 So here's what Spurgeon says based on this passage in Isaiah: "Let us draw near to the footstool of divine mercy in humble entreaty, and we shall realize the fulfillment of the promise: those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength." 59 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:55,120 Father in heaven, we ask this morning that You would renew our strength through Your Word, through Your people, and through this table. 60 00:30:55,120 --> 00:31:05,120 That You would strengthen our hearts, that You would strengthen our consciences, that You would call us into repentance for our sins. 61 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:15,120 That You would help us to find mercy and to find grace to help in our time of need. 62 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:20,120 We thank You for Jesus. It's in His name we pray. Amen. 63 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:27,120 If you would, take the bread, as Jesus shared with His disciples, and as they eat it... 64 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:50,120 ...and Jesus taking the cup, that in the Passover meal was symbolic of God's redemption of His people, and in being about to redeem His people, He says, "Do this as often as you drink it." 65 00:31:50,120 --> 00:32:17,120 So we eat, and we drink, and we are nourished by the strength, and the grace, and the goodness, not just for ourselves, but to proclaim this goodness, to glorify things other than you, and that you would strengthen us with the hope of Jesus. 66 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:21,120 It's in His name we pray. Amen. 67 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:34,120 So before we look at this text, and we're going to kind of look at it verse by verse here in just a few minutes, I want to, instead of talking from the text, talk about the text. 68 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:42,120 And so if you've ever ridden, you know, a carnival ride, or done one of those buses that weaves through sort of an open-air car, 69 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:49,120 they say, "Keep your hands and feet inside the vehicles. Keep your safety belt securely fastened." Those kinds of instructions. 70 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:59,120 I want to do a little bit of that with this text before we dive into it. Maybe to help us understand it a little bit more deeply, 71 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:06,120 but also to sort of warn and encourage us as we get ready to look at this text. 72 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:11,120 And so the three things we're going to look at as we begin by sort of way of introduction is we want to see that the Bible 73 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:18,120 is a book of books. This text is both dark and difficult, but it is for good reason. 74 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:24,120 And then third, we're going to take a look from the book of Hebrews at a warning and an encouragement. 75 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:31,120 And so the Bible, I think, as probably most of us know, is not just a book, but it is a book of books. 76 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:38,120 And it contains 66 books, 39 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New Testament. 77 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:48,120 And this is more than just a little bit of trivia, but it has a direct impact on how you and I understand the Bible. 78 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:56,120 So think about it like this. If we go to the library, we're going to read poetry differently than we read a reference book, right? 79 00:33:56,120 --> 00:34:01,120 We're going to read a book for kids differently than we would read a book for adults. 80 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:05,120 And we're going to read biography different than we would read any of those. 81 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:12,120 And so what happens is we understand in our world there's different types of books, and we read them differently accordingly. 82 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:16,120 And the same is true when we come to the Word of God, right? 83 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:22,120 The Bible contains different genres. There's the law of God laying out his purposes and laws for his people. 84 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:26,120 There's history about what God has done and what his people have been through. 85 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:32,120 There's wisdom and there's poetry. And so we would read these in different ways. 86 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:38,120 For example, we would read history differently than we're going to read wisdom literature. 87 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,120 And if we try to read everything the same way, it kind of gets a little weird. 88 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:45,120 Let me give you an example from the Song of Solomon. 89 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:52,120 This is in Song of Solomon chapter 4. It's Solomon talking to his beloved. 90 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,120 I don't know if I have it for the screen or not. I do not. 91 00:34:55,120 --> 00:35:00,120 It says, "Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful." 92 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,120 So it sounds like he's starting out pretty well so far. 93 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:10,120 "Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead. 94 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:19,120 Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from washing, all of which bear twins, and not one among them has lost its young." 95 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:23,120 Now, it's pretty easy for us to understand that Solomon is saying she's real pretty, right? 96 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:31,120 He's not saying you're a monster with doves for eyes and goats for hair, and your teeth are sheep. 97 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:35,120 When he's talking about her teeth, he's saying, "Hey, they're nice and white, and you're not missing any." 98 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:41,120 He's saying that she's pretty, not that she literally has sheep jumping around on her head. 99 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,120 You say, "Well, that's pretty common sense." 100 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:51,120 We understand what Solomon is saying because he's speaking of the beauty in sort of a picturesque and poetic way. 101 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:55,120 So we read poetry different than we read the law of God. 102 00:35:55,120 --> 00:36:01,120 So 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel, all one book in the Hebrew Bible is a book of history. 103 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:14,120 And it's recording specifically in Samuel the history of this transition from being sort of governed and guided by judges to being ruled over by kings. 104 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:20,120 And we need to understand very clearly that biblical history is factual events. 105 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:27,120 But more than just the events, right? These events are recorded for a purpose. 106 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:33,120 That we would see a history of God's work and His purposes in the world. 107 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:44,120 And so as we come to this text, we are talking about real people, we're talking about real history, and we're talking about real things that God has done. 108 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,120 And the writers of this history are aware of this, right? 109 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:53,120 They understand that they are showing what God is doing in these events. 110 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,120 They're showing that God is at work. 111 00:36:55,120 --> 00:37:00,120 One of the places where we see this so clearly, right, think about the life of Joseph. 112 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:09,120 The 11th out of 12 children, hated by his brothers, and perhaps maybe because he, as a young man, was a little proud of his position in the family. 113 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,120 We aren't sure, but he is sold into slavery. 114 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:23,120 In slavery he does well, eventually falsely accused, thrown into prison, works his way up in prison, is forgotten by people he has helped in prison. 115 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:29,120 Ultimately, through all these years of suffering, he ends up second in command of all of Egypt. 116 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:37,120 And his family comes, and when his fathers die, his brothers who have sold him into slavery, they're afraid of vengeance. 117 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:42,120 And so Joseph comes to them, and he says this very famous thing in Genesis 50: 118 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:53,120 "As for you, you meant it as evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive as they are today." 119 00:37:53,120 --> 00:38:04,120 And so you see, in this book of history, there are real factual events recorded, but they are recorded with the purpose that we would see God's work through them, 120 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:13,120 and God's purpose developed through them, whether they are joyful events or whether they are events that were intended for evil. 121 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:19,120 And this is true in Samuel, and we'll see it a little bit this morning in some subtle ways. 122 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:25,120 I want us to understand these are real things with real people, and there's real feelings. 123 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:30,120 And so in a few moments, we're going to read through this text, and I want you to sort of notice as we're going through these verses, 124 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:38,120 one of the things is this is a text where the ark of God is sort of central. It's repeated over and over again. 125 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:51,120 And these events are recorded in such a way that we see the spiritual reality of what is happening behind the scenes reflected in the physical events of the story. 126 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:59,120 Next, we're going to see that this text is sort of a dark, and it's a dark and difficult day. 127 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:07,120 And as we read this text, we're going to come across a lot of loss and a lot of sorrow. 128 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:13,120 And if we come to this text without some context, it's a little bit like jumping into a really cold pool. 129 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:19,120 It's sort of shocking, and it sort of takes your breath away for a moment. 130 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:26,120 If you come to this text without understanding what surrounds it, our first response might be a lost battle, some death. 131 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:33,120 It's rough, and it's terrible. These verses this morning are filled with hurt and with pain. 132 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:42,120 And they are demonstrating, especially in the central part of this text about the house of Eli, 133 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:50,120 the result of a life lived seeking glory for self rather than seeking God's glory. 134 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:57,120 We're seeing in this text the judgment of God against the priesthood of Eli and against his sons. 135 00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:01,120 These events are not sudden, nor are they surprising. 136 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:08,120 God has given his law to his people that includes both blessings and curses. 137 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:15,120 When we talk about curses, what we mean is the consequences or the results of not following the law of God. 138 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:24,120 And so the law of God has been given, and in 1 Samuel 2, God explains his judgment against the house of Eli, 139 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:32,120 against his family and his descendants. He says, "I've blessed you, I've revealed myself to you, I've chosen you, I've provided for you, 140 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:40,120 and you," and literally in the Hebrew it says, "You have kicked at my offerings, that you've treated me with contempt, 141 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:48,120 that Eli has put his sons in a place of honor above God." And Eli is not in trouble for loving his kids, 142 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:55,120 he's in trouble because he has diminished God and lifted up the evil desires of his sons. 143 00:40:55,120 --> 00:41:03,120 He cares more about the opinion of his children than he does about God, and his sons are not good priests. 144 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:10,120 We find in 1 Samuel 2:15 they have henchmen. They're stealing from God by using threats of violence. 145 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:16,120 They're abusing the people of God by sleeping with women who have come to serve in the temple. 146 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:23,120 And so when you see the darkness and the difficulty in this text, this has been a long time coming. 147 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:32,120 God has warned through the law of Moses. They've seen it in examples of those who have tried to serve God in the wrong way in the wilderness. 148 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:40,120 The people have complained. Eli has warned. And God has promised judgment. 149 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:45,120 And we sometimes struggle with the judgment of God, but this should not, I think, be one of those places. 150 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:51,120 Imagine driving down a road, and you see a sign that says, "20 miles ahead, and the bridge is out." 151 00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:55,120 And you drive a little further, and it says, "15 miles ahead, the bridge is out." 152 00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:58,120 And you drive a little farther, "10 miles, and the bridge is out." 153 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:03,120 And then it starts going every mile, right? "9 miles, 8 miles, 7 miles." 154 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:09,120 And then at five miles, every half mile says, "Warning, detour, bridge is out." 155 00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:13,120 And that last mile, every few hundred yards, right? "The bridge is out." 156 00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:18,120 "Stop, stop now, take a detour." And you just keep the cruise control set, 157 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:25,120 and you find yourself sitting in the river with your car going, "Well, why didn't somebody warn me?" 158 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,120 That's the situation in this text. 159 00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:33,120 They have not just been warned, but by the very book, they are supposed to proclaim to God's people. 160 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:36,120 And proclaiming it, they're declaring their own guilt. 161 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:40,120 And it's not that they don't have the instructions or have been warned. 162 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:43,120 It's simply they said, "We're going to do what we do, and we don't care." 163 00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:48,120 And this text is where the car ends up in the river. 164 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:56,120 What you find is that Eli and his sons have lived for their own glory. 165 00:42:56,120 --> 00:43:09,120 And one of the most dangerous things, and one of the most terrifying things and heartbreaking things is when God finally looks at our desires and said, "I'll give you what you want." 166 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:17,120 That's what happens here. God says, "You want to serve yourselves rather than following me?" Okay. 167 00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:23,120 And the presence of God, it seems, departs from the people. 168 00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:28,120 Which brings us to this third thing that we need to know. 169 00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:36,120 There is in this text for us, I think, both a warning and an encouragement. 170 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:44,120 And I want us to read and walk through these verses in light of this warning and this encouragement we find in Hebrews chapter 3. 171 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:56,120 And the book of Hebrews is filled with this purpose of reminding those who are struggling that Jesus is far superior to anything else that you could glorify in your life. 172 00:43:56,120 --> 00:44:05,120 The very situation we see here in 1 Samuel chapter 4, God's judgment in the family of Eli who has not glorified. 173 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:09,120 The author of Hebrews says, "We're here so that you don't glorify something else." 174 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:16,120 One of the illustrations he uses is Israel in the wilderness. And in Hebrews chapter 3, you hear these words. 175 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:29,120 "Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion on the day of testing in the wilderness." 176 00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:34,120 The book of Hebrews looks back to the rebellion of God's people before they get to the promised land. 177 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:41,120 The plan is to guard your hearts. Watch out for your hearts. Protect your hearts. Focus your hearts on the goodness of God. 178 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:46,120 You say, "Well, how can I do that?" A few verses later comes the encouragement. 179 00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:56,120 But exhort, or encourage, or stir one another up. Help each other. Exhort one another every day as long as it is called today. 180 00:44:56,120 --> 00:45:02,120 How many days are we supposed to exhort and encourage and help each other? Is it today? Then yes. 181 00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:11,120 Here's the purpose. That none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 182 00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:18,120 And there is a warning in this text to not harden your hearts, but there is also an encouragement. 183 00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:25,120 One of the ways that we do that is by encouraging and strengthening and being near to each other. 184 00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:36,120 So, with all that being said, we're going to spend some time taking a look at this day that is filled with a deep loss. 185 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:46,120 And so, because this is history, and it's a story of real events, not embellished, just a simple account of history. 186 00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:54,120 And it's written as such. I want to take this piece by piece. I want to begin in verses 12 and 13. 187 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:58,120 A man of Benjamin, if you remember the context, Israel has gone to battle. 188 00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:03,120 They've lost several thousand, gotten scared, ran, and gotten the ark of God, 189 00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:08,120 contrary to the word of God, who has said that the people are to come to the ark, 190 00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:14,120 not that the ark was to go out and be brought to them, and they bring the ark as a good luck charm. 191 00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:20,120 And the Philistines defeat them to the tune of 30,000 people dying, and they take the ark. 192 00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:28,120 And so here, a man of Benjamin, and this oftentimes signals a new section in Samuel, 193 00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:32,120 and you hear this unnamed man, or in some cases, a named man announced. 194 00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:39,120 The book begins in 1 Samuel 1:1 with a man, the prophecy against Eli's family that begins this section, 195 00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:44,120 begins with a man, a prophet, and now we have a man of Benjamin. 196 00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:53,120 "Ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head." 197 00:46:53,120 --> 00:47:00,120 And this text will reflect in physical appearance the circumstances of the spiritual reality. 198 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:08,120 So in this time period, and through much of the Bible, torn clothes and dirt are not the result of being in a battle and getting all beaten up, 199 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:15,120 but rather a picture of what you are feeling inside, and so in deep grief and anguish you would tear your clothes, 200 00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:22,120 you would pour dirt on your head, the purpose of which is to show through outward appearance what you are feeling inside. 201 00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:29,120 And so right away, this messenger we know from the previous part carries bad news, 202 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:36,120 but anyone who sees him would know that this is not a good news messenger. 203 00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:43,120 When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching. 204 00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:54,120 For his heart trembled for the ark of God, and when the man came into the city and told the news, the city cried out. 205 00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:59,120 So this man comes into the city and cries. 206 00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:04,120 And the people cry out, and you say, "Well, what happens to Eli? Why doesn't Eli hear? 207 00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:11,120 Why doesn't Eli see what is happening?" If you read a little further, when Eli heard the sound of the outcry. 208 00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:16,120 Remember, he's sitting, and he's watching, and he's guarding. He said, "What is this uproar?" 209 00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:22,120 Then the man hurried and came and told Eli, and now we get an explanation for why Eli hasn't seen. 210 00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:28,120 Now Eli was 98 years old, and his eyes were set so that he could not see. 211 00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:32,120 Eli is sitting by the road watching, but we learn now that he can't see. 212 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:37,120 Eli is a blind watchman, and he is a blind shepherd of Israel. 213 00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:42,120 Once again, you see the physical reality is reflected in the spiritual realities. 214 00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:44,120 Or the spiritual reality is reflected in the spirit. 215 00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:52,120 Here's a blind watchman and a blind guard in the same way he has been a blind watchman and a blind guard over God's people. 216 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:55,120 Now his physical reality reflects that. 217 00:48:55,120 --> 00:49:00,120 The one who is supposed to watch over the lives of God's people can't see. 218 00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:06,120 I am he who has come from the battle. 219 00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:11,120 I fled from the battle today, about 20 miles is what this distance would have been. 220 00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:16,120 And he said, this is Eli, "How did it go, my son?" 221 00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:20,120 So I think at 98 years old, you're allowed to call anybody you want son, right? 222 00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:23,120 Sometimes, depending on who you are, somebody goes, "Hey, son." 223 00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:28,120 It's like, "I'm not your son." But at 98 years old, I think you're allowed to do that. 224 00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:32,120 But I don't think Eli is being conciliatory. 225 00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:36,120 I think Eli knows that it is bad news for several reasons. 226 00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:42,120 One, he is heard as the messenger comes to town, and the people scream out in anguish. 227 00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:47,120 But secondly, this guy says, "I am the one who has come from the battle." 228 00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:50,120 And then he says, "I fled from the battle today." 229 00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:53,120 You generally don't have to flee from battles that are going well. 230 00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:57,120 And so Eli knows that this is bad news. 231 00:49:57,120 --> 00:49:59,120 And he says, "How did it go, my son?" 232 00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:04,120 I don't think he is being like, "How did it go, my son? I care for you. I'm worried about you." 233 00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:10,120 He is going, "Spit it out, kid. Like, tell me what has happened. 234 00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:14,120 I know it is not good news." 235 00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:21,120 And he, who brought the news, answered and said, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, 236 00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:25,120 and there has been great defeat among the people." 237 00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:30,120 So there's defeat. "Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead." 238 00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:35,120 Worst news. "And the ark of God has been captured." 239 00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:38,120 The worst news. 240 00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:41,120 And as soon as he mentioned the ark of God, 241 00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:45,120 remember, Eli has been trembling over what would happen. 242 00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:50,120 Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate. 243 00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:53,120 His neck was broken, and he died. 244 00:50:53,120 --> 00:51:00,120 For the man was old and heavy, and he had judged Israel for forty years." 245 00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:06,120 Okay, so before we talk a little bit about this. 246 00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:09,120 Every time I'd tip in my chair at dinner growing up, 247 00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:13,120 my grandma would go, "I've got a Bible story for you about that. 248 00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:16,120 Maybe don't tip in your chair at dinner time. You want to end up like Eli?" 249 00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:22,120 Now that's not the point of this, but it does bring up that memory from Grandma. 250 00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:28,120 This messenger reveals the losses starting with the battle 251 00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:33,120 and ending with the catastrophic loss of the ark. 252 00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:39,120 And I want to zoom in on what he says here in verse 18, 253 00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:44,120 where this messenger will say this as soon as he mentioned the ark of God. 254 00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:51,120 "Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken, and he died, for the man was old and heavy, 255 00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:56,120 and he judged Israel for 40 years." 256 00:51:56,120 --> 00:52:05,120 Remember the importance of the ark is that it's symbolic. 257 00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:12,120 It's the ark of the covenant, the promises of God, the word of God, the provision of God, the presence of God. 258 00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:20,120 It contains the manna, which shows how God provided in the wilderness, the staff of Aaron, which shows the chosen priesthood, 259 00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:29,120 the law of God. And there is a spiritual reality to this physical loss. 260 00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:37,120 The ark is in the center here, and for the rest of the chapter, and God, it seems, has said to the house of Eli and to Israel, 261 00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:41,120 "If you don't want to follow me, if you don't want to listen, okay?" 262 00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:49,120 If that's what you want, then so be it. And there is a play on words in this text, 263 00:52:49,120 --> 00:53:00,120 that really reveals the heart of the problem. We read here where it says that Eli was heavy. 264 00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:06,120 One of the reasons that he is heavy is because in 2:29 it says that they are fattening themselves 265 00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:18,120 or making themselves heavy on the offerings for God. And for us in English, it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense, but in Hebrew, the word for heavy 266 00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:29,120 that's used of Eli is kabed. And the word for glory is kabod. And what you see in this text 267 00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:39,120 is that because Eli has taken that glory and made himself heavy, kabed, that the glory, 268 00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:47,120 taking that which was meant for God's glory to make himself heavy, leads to the kabod, the departing of 269 00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:54,120 God's glory. In fact, you see it in the name Ichabod, right? The loss of the glory. And the writer 270 00:53:54,120 --> 00:54:00,120 is making a play on words here by saying, "Eli, by taking what is intended for God's glory and 271 00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:08,120 putting it into yourself, you've gotten it backwards." And because of this, we're going to see the departing 272 00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:16,120 of the glory of God. Because Eli takes what is God's, glorifies himself to that. 273 00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:25,120 There's a consequence to that. Eli has chosen himself instead of God's glory, and it has catastrophic 274 00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:30,120 consequences, not just for Eli, but for all of God's people. And in his death, and in the 275 00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:37,120 fact this guy points out his heaviness, we're reminded how we got here. And there is this 276 00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:45,120 lie that fills our world and our culture that my decisions only impact me. My sin is a private 277 00:54:45,120 --> 00:54:53,120 matter between me and myself and no one else. And it's not. When we exchange the 278 00:54:53,120 --> 00:55:00,120 glory of God and glorify something else, it's catastrophic. We come next to probably 279 00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:08,120 the saddest part, but also the part that maybe shows that not everybody in the 280 00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:14,120 house of Eli is as spiritually devoid of seeking God's glory. Now his 281 00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:19,120 daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant, about to give birth. Notice 282 00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:24,120 how the news now is reversed, right? It starts with the battle with Eli and his 283 00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:29,120 sons and the ark, but she hears it in the reverse. When she heard the news that 284 00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:34,120 the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law Eli and her husband were 285 00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:41,120 dead, she bowed down and gave birth for her pains came upon her. This is the wife of 286 00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:46,120 Phineas, and we don't know much about her, but from the way she is written 287 00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:52,120 about and from what she says as almost her last words, it seems that she cares 288 00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:59,120 deeply for God's glory. She is proud of her and suffering for the loss that 289 00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:04,120 Israel has encountered and the loss in her family, but it seems from the way it 290 00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:08,120 is written and emphasized, and we see the quotation marks around her words in the 291 00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:15,120 end that ultimately her heart was focused on the glory of God. Now, we 292 00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:21,120 don't know her story, but I can't imagine being married to one of 293 00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:28,120 Eli's sons is easy, right? He's an immoral guy. Imagine the whispers. If 294 00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:32,120 you are his wife, and we've learned in Scripture that he's been sleeping with 295 00:56:32,120 --> 00:56:37,120 these women at the tabernacle, and she goes out through town, and in her 296 00:56:37,120 --> 00:56:40,120 life she would have heard these whispers. There she goes, the wife of 297 00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:46,120 Phineas. She's nice, but have you heard about her husband? And the shame that 298 00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:51,120 followed her from her husband. But she seems more than anything to care about 299 00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:58,120 God's glory. And this moment shocks her into this tragic moment of giving 300 00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:03,120 birth. And when the time of her death, the women attending to her said, "Do not be 301 00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:10,120 afraid. You have born a son." But she did not answer or pay attention. She 302 00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:15,120 named the child Ichabod, the word for glory, saying the glory has 303 00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:20,120 departed from Israel. That's her quote. The quote from the author says, "Because 304 00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:23,120 the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her 305 00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:28,120 husband." And then she clarifies even further, "The glory has departed from 306 00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:36,120 Israel, for the ark of God has been captured." Not an easy moment, but her 307 00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:42,120 last words are a lament for the glory of God. And those around try to comfort 308 00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:48,120 her. You achieved what you had wanted to achieve. There is a son, but her 309 00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:54,120 concern is for God's glory. And the name Ichabod simply means the glory 310 00:57:54,120 --> 00:58:00,120 is gone. The glory has departed from Israel. And so in this dark and 311 00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:05,120 difficult day, the question is, is there any good news? The priesthood is 312 00:58:05,120 --> 00:58:11,120 toppled, quite literally, Eli in his chair. A baby born named that God's 313 00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:16,120 glory has departed. There is funerals and loss, and in the midst of this darkness 314 00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:20,120 and difficulty, what good is there? We have a guy who shows up specifically to 315 00:58:20,120 --> 00:58:29,120 bring the bad news. In the midst of all of this, God is at work. You might say, "Well, how 316 00:58:29,120 --> 00:58:38,120 do you know?" This book begins with another child being born. It begins with another 317 00:58:38,120 --> 00:58:46,120 birth. Another mom who names this child based on her worship of God, who names 318 00:58:46,120 --> 00:58:55,120 him Samuel, because I have asked of him from the Lord. And we see that God hears. And 319 00:58:55,120 --> 00:59:01,120 God hears Hannah. And it's not just that he hears, the child grows up to hear and to listen 320 00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:10,120 to God. In 1 Samuel 4:1 says, "The word of Samuel came to all Israel." That God's word 321 00:59:10,120 --> 00:59:15,120 has taken up residence in the life of Samuel and stands as a contrast. Now, we won't see 322 00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:22,120 Samuel again until chapter 7. But God has provided him as an answer to prayer in 323 00:59:22,120 --> 00:59:28,120 chapter 1. God has prepared him and God has speak to him. And we see him again. He's 324 00:59:28,120 --> 00:59:34,120 leading the people in repentance. And we've moved from Ichabod. The glory has 325 00:59:34,120 --> 00:59:44,120 departed to Ebenezer. God is my rock and my help. That even in this dark moment, God has worked and 326 00:59:44,120 --> 00:59:49,120 has prepared an answer to the spiritual brokenness of Israel and the one who would 327 00:59:49,120 --> 00:59:54,120 lead them to repentance. And I want you to know that even in the darkness and the 328 00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:58,120 difficulty and the grief and the sorrow and the hurt and the uncertainty and the 329 00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:06,120 brokenness of the world, God is at work. And maybe this morning we feel a little bit 330 01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:13,120 like Ichabod, right? I'm empty. It's departed. I've chased my own 331 01:00:13,120 --> 01:00:18,120 glory and I've come up left for me. What's left is that the emptiness and the 332 01:00:18,120 --> 01:00:26,120 departing. About a thousand years later, from this moment, another baby is born. And 333 01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:35,120 we learn of this child as the angels sing, "Glory to God in the highest." And in 334 01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:44,120 John, we find these words, the word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we have seen 335 01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:51,120 His glory, "Glory as of the only Son, from the Father, full of grace and truth." And 336 01:00:51,120 --> 01:00:59,120 as Jesus begins His ministry, this, the first of His signs, that Jesus did at Cana in 337 01:00:59,120 --> 01:01:06,120 Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him. In Samuel, you 338 01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:12,120 have this picture, and this child that speaks to the heart of our souls, that it 339 01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:17,120 seems as if glory has departed. All of those things that I have sought for a hope 340 01:01:17,120 --> 01:01:23,120 and meaning in my life have left me empty. That the glory has departed, the joy has 341 01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:29,120 departed. And here comes another child born, not with glory departing, but with 342 01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:36,120 glory arriving. And He comes with grace and truth, and the angels proclaim His 343 01:01:36,120 --> 01:01:42,120 glory, and He demonstrates His glory through His ministry. And you see this 344 01:01:42,120 --> 01:01:48,120 child, Jesus, grow into a man. And He brings glory into the lives of the 345 01:01:48,120 --> 01:01:55,120 broken and the hurting, to a leper and to an outcast, to a demon-possessed man, to 346 01:01:55,120 --> 01:02:03,120 a woman sick and hurting, to those in darkness who needed a great light. In 347 01:02:03,120 --> 01:02:08,120 Jesus, the glory comes into the Ichabod, to the emptiness, the withdrawal of glory in 348 01:02:08,120 --> 01:02:14,120 our life, and restores, not just for those who are outside the church, but for 349 01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:21,120 those of us who are inside, it might be calling us to repentance. Those things 350 01:02:21,120 --> 01:02:30,120 that we have glorified and chased after and found empty, only can our hearts be 351 01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:37,120 satisfied in Jesus. And for those in the church, this is a call to repentance, to turn 352 01:02:37,120 --> 01:02:46,120 our eyes to Jesus, to see his glory, to proclaim his glory, to live for his glory. And 353 01:02:46,120 --> 01:02:55,120 for those who are separated from Jesus, this is an invitation to come to his glory, not 354 01:02:55,120 --> 01:03:04,120 in fear, but in hope for transformation, to turn our eyes toward Jesus. Let's pray. Father 355 01:03:04,120 --> 01:03:13,120 in heaven, I thank you for Jesus and for grace. Forgive us where we have chased after our 356 01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:21,120 glory, or the glory of things, or experiences, or prestige, or power. Help us to see that 357 01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:31,120 in the end, all these things disappear, but your glory does not. So instill in our hearts 358 01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:39,120 a longing and a desire and satisfy us with your glory. Help us to see Jesus. Thank 359 01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:44,120 you for the hope that we have in him. It's in his name we pray. Amen. 360 01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:48,120 We're going to stand and sing "Turn Our Eyes." 361 01:04:01,120 --> 01:04:22,120 We're going to stand and sing "Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus." 362 01:04:22,120 --> 01:04:28,120 Turn your eyes upon Jesus. 363 01:04:28,120 --> 01:04:35,120 Look full in His wonderful face. 364 01:04:35,120 --> 01:04:43,120 And the things of earth will grow strangely dim 365 01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:49,120 In the light of His glory and grace. 366 01:04:55,120 --> 01:05:01,120 Turn your eyes to that hillside 367 01:05:01,120 --> 01:05:08,120 Where justice and mercy embrace 368 01:05:08,120 --> 01:05:15,120 There the Son of God gave His life for us 369 01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:22,120 And our measureless death was erased 370 01:05:22,120 --> 01:05:30,120 Jesus, to You we lift our eyes 371 01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:37,120 Jesus, our glory and our prize 372 01:05:37,120 --> 01:05:41,120 We adore You, behold You 373 01:05:41,120 --> 01:05:45,120 Our Savior ever true 374 01:05:45,120 --> 01:05:51,120 Oh Jesus, we turn our eyes to You 375 01:05:51,120 --> 01:06:10,120 Turn your eyes to the morning 376 01:06:10,120 --> 01:06:16,120 And see Christ the Lion away 377 01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:21,120 What a glorious dawn 378 01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:24,120 Fear of death is gone 379 01:06:24,120 --> 01:06:31,120 For we carry his life in our veins 380 01:06:31,120 --> 01:06:39,120 Jesus, to you we lift our eyes 381 01:06:39,120 --> 01:06:45,120 Jesus, our glory and our prize 382 01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:47,120 We adore you 383 01:06:47,120 --> 01:06:49,120 Behold you 384 01:06:49,120 --> 01:06:52,120 Our Savior ever true 385 01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:54,120 Oh, Jesus 386 01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:58,120 We turn our eyes to you 387 01:06:58,120 --> 01:07:10,120 Turn your eyes to the heavens 388 01:07:10,120 --> 01:07:17,120 Our King will return for His own 389 01:07:17,120 --> 01:07:21,120 Every knee will bow 390 01:07:21,120 --> 01:07:25,120 Every tongue will shout 391 01:07:25,120 --> 01:07:29,120 All glory to Jesus 392 01:07:29,120 --> 01:07:40,120 Jesus, to You He lifts our eyes 393 01:07:40,120 --> 01:07:46,120 Jesus, our glory to our eyes 394 01:07:46,120 --> 01:07:54,120 We adore You, behold You, our Savior ever true 395 01:07:54,120 --> 01:08:02,120 Oh, Jesus, we turn our eyes to You 396 01:08:02,120 --> 01:08:09,120 Jesus, to You He lifts our eyes 397 01:08:09,120 --> 01:08:15,120 Jesus, our glory and our prize 398 01:08:15,120 --> 01:08:23,120 We adore You, behold You, our Savior ever true 399 01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:30,120 Oh, Jesus, we turn our eyes to You 400 01:08:30,120 --> 01:08:42,120 Oh, Jesus, we turn our eyes to You 401 01:08:49,120 --> 01:09:17,120 We'll be back Wednesday night, 6 p.m. I wrote down the time to make sure I got it right this week. We are studying through the book of Colossians on Wednesday nights, also right after our service. I think everybody knows we're having lunch, so we can go down and kind of get things set up and ready to go and share a meal together. So we're thankful for that. So I'm going to pray and read a verse of Scripture, and then we will sing the doxology. 402 01:09:17,120 --> 01:09:35,120 Father in heaven, we thank you for Jesus and for grace, and we ask that in a world filled with distractions and worries and cares that you would help us to turn our eyes to you. We thank you for the good news of the gospel. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 403 01:09:35,120 --> 01:10:01,120 At the end of the book of Revelation, it ends after John's vision with all of those things happening and ultimately seeing the victory of God over all things. It says this, "He who testifies to these things says, 'Surely I am coming soon.'" And John's response to that is, "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all." 404 01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:32,120 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him, all creatures here below. Praise Him, above ye heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 405 01:10:32,120 --> 01:10:37,120 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 406 01:11:02,120 --> 01:11:32,100 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 407 01:11:32,120 --> 01:11:44,120 Father, Son, Holy Ghost.