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Chronic complaining and grumbling.

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This is what the Israelites did.

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I mean, here they were getting ready

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to get into Canaan and they send some

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people in,

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some men to go investigate,

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look at it, bring back a report,

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and they come back and many of them who

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came back,

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report that we are like

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grasshoppers and compare to these giants

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that are there.

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We can't trust that the Lord is going to

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help us or deliver us or save us from

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this.

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This is impossible.

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We just can't do anything.

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God has led us again to

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something that is just impossible to

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enter into.

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They went around and gossiped about this.

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They told everyone else in the camp and

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sure enough,

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before long, you have all the Israelites

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now grumbling about Canaan and what's

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going on,

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and grumbling against Moses and Aaron and

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God

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himself, what an ordeal.

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In fact, they start suggesting

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that maybe they need some different

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leaders.

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They need new leadership, new bloods,

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someone to take them maybe back to Egypt

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because things are so much better there.

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They grumbled, were there not enough

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graves in Egypt,

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and that's why you brought us out here in

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the desert to die,

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all the grumbling that took place.

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In fact, there were a handful of

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people who rose up and said,

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hey, we'll be your new leaders.

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You don't have to follow Moses and Aaron.

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There were about 250 other leaders

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as well in the community who rose up and

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said,

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yeah, you follow us, come this way.

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All the grumbling that took place.

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We grumbled, I grumbled.

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I grumbled about a lot of things.

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I'm always grumbling about this thing or

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that.

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In fact, before coming out here,

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I was grumbling about the fact that I

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have to wear

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this microphone.

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I remember the old days when you just had

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a lapel thing

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because it's always falling off, it

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doesn't feel right.

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I grumbled.

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I grumbled about things that don't meet

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my desires,

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the things that I want to happen and

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they're not happening,

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they're not taking place, and then I

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grumbled about them.

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I grumbled to my family about it,

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I grumbled to my coworkers about it.

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I'm always grumbling.

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And then I'll say something like this,

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especially when I was in ministry,

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well, someday when I become the senior

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pastor,

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this is what we're gonna do.

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This is what it's gonna look like,

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and in my desires, my agenda will be

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accomplished.

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Or maybe someday when I become the

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Synodical president,

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you know, these things will happen.

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My desires will be met, my agenda will be

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met.

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Oh, if only I could be the leader,

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if only I could be in control,

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if only I could be the one to make all

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these changes

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and do all these things.

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Oh, we grumbled.

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We grumbled a lot.

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And I was pondering how much of my life

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is really been structured to meet my

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desires.

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And it's been done so by kind of the

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culture

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and the society that we live in.

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So for example, I have some streaming

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services

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and I have a profile on there.

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That's my profile.

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You know, the shows that I watch are

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and I can stop a show, come back to my

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profile,

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open it up again and kind of continue on

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with the show

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wherever I leave off.

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It's wonderful.

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I have my own profile and I can watch all

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these shows.

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I can even binge watch shows if I want.

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And you see, you have to understand,

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I was raised in a day where we only had

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one TV in our house

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and everyone in the family had to agree

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what we were gonna watch and you only had

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networks.

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So you only have a few networks you could

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choose from.

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There was no binge watching.

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You had to wait a week or two weeks

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to be able to see the next show that came

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up.

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And now in my life, oh my goodness, it's

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so wonderful.

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Things are structured to care for me,

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to meet my desires, to have my life

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fulfilled

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even in regards to just simply streaming

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shows

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that has happened.

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I can sit on my couch and I can open up

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my phone

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and I can order stuff that's delivered to

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my house

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whether it's food or items.

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Oh, but I grumble about it sometimes

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because sometimes it doesn't always show

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wrong thing

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and I'll grumble about it.

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Oh, and with my profile, yeah, you know,

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sometimes what some of my family members

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they go on my profile and mess everything

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and oh, I grumble about that.

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You have your own profile on this

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streaming network.

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Why are you using mine?

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You're messing everything up.

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I have a car that I drive.

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I have the driver's seat exactly where I

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want it.

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So when I get in, it is designed for me.

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And then someone will decide that they

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wanna drive my car,

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they get in it and the next time I get in

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it,

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it's all messed up and I grumble about

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I do a lot of grumbling when my seat in

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my car

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is all messed up and it's no longer

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meeting my desires

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and the things that I want.

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Oh, I grumble about all kinds of things.

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But you know, social media, it's all

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designed for me.

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I can post whatever I want and I can be

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the star

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of my social media posts, whichever

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social media thing

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that I choose to do.

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All the algorithms are designed to meet

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my desires,

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to meet my needs and my wants.

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Even advertisements are designed to be

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able to,

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are designed specifically for me and the

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things I want.

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I don't have to look at things or be

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advertised about things

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that I have no interest in at all.

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But every once in a while, the algorithm

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gets it wrong

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and I grumble about that or I'm seeing

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things

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that I just don't wanna see and I grumble

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about it.

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I grumble about a lot of things.

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I'm a grumbler.

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I am no different really from the

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Israelites

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who grumbled about things that they were

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grumbling about

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during their particular time.

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that you grumble about as well.

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And if you're unsure what you grumble

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about,

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just ask your spouse, ask your friends,

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ask your family members.

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They will probably be able to tell you

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exactly the things

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that you grumble about and you're not

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satisfied with.

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grumbling

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about those things is because your

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personal desires

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are not being met.

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met,

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then you wouldn't have to grumble about

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all this stuff.

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Well, what should God do to such a person

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like myself

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who's only interested in my own desires,

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who's not interested in trusting God

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and what He desires for my life?

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What should God do with such a person

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like myself

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who sometimes even ignores God's word

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and His desires for my life?

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And sometimes I even think God just got

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it wrong.

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You know, he should be listening to me.

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I mean, God really should be structuring

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instead of me trying to structure my life

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around Him.

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If I'm honest about it, you know, we have

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those thoughts.

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So what should God do to such a person

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such as me?

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Well, maybe He should open up the earth

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and swallow me up.

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Maybe He should send fire and turn me

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into ash.

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Maybe He should send venomous snakes to

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bite me

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and have a cruel, miserable death.

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Indeed, that did happen to people,

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happened to those who refuse to listen to

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God,

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refuse to repent of their sinfulness.

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But God does not desire to turn us to ash

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or to destroy us.

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His real desire is to deliver us, to save

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us.

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God wants to deliver us,

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but sometimes we can be kind of stubborn

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with that,

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where we're only focused on our own

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desires

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rather than the desires of God,

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when we will not trust in God,

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but we only trust in ourselves.

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But God really wants to deliver us from

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that.

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He wants to deliver us from our sinful

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of focusing just upon ourselves

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and creating our own little kingdoms

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that simply just make us king

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and get very frustrated and grumbling

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when other people want to enter our

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and do things that we don't agree with.

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God wants to deliver us from those

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things.

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You know, when God is speaking to Moses

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and wants him to go and stand before

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Pharaoh

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and say, let my people go,

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Moses was very hesitant.

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He didn't want to do it.

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He grumbled a little bit about it.

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And God said, take your staff,

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throw it on the ground and see what

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happens

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and turn into a snake.

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He says, take a hold of the tail,

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hold it back up and turn it back into a

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staff.

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And what God was saying to him, he says,

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I'm going to go with you.

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You trust in me.

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You desire the things I desire

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to get these people out of the slavery

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that they are in

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and I will provide for you.

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Don't trust in yourself, trust in me.

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You go and you stand before Pharaoh

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and you speak on my behalf.

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And so Moses goes.

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The people eventually are let go.

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They come up against the sea.

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And again now there's all this grumbling

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that's taking place now by all the

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Israelites

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because they thought they were doomed.

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Oh, we should just go back to Egypt.

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Oh my goodness, this is terrible.

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Moses puts his staff up and the waters

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part

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so they can walk through on dry ground.

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And this is what Moses said to the people

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at that time.

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He says to them, do not be afraid, stand

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firm

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and you will see the deliverance

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the Lord will bring you today.

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God is all about delivering His people.

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And so when the people start grumbling

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against Aaron

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and grumbling against Moses,

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well, God now says to Moses,

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he says, have all the people in the

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tribes

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bring their staff.

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We're gonna put Aaron's name on one of

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them.

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And this is what it says.

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The staff belonging to the man I choose

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will sprout.

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And I will rid myself of this constant

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grumbling

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against you by the Israelites.

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It was Aaron's.

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produced almonds.

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And what God was demonstrating and saying

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is

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this is the one who speaks on my behalf.

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He is the one who's gonna speak to you,

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my desires, my word and you are to trust

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in that.

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You trust in anything else and there'll

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be destruction.

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You trust in yourself, there'll be

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destruction.

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You think that you're gonna save

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yourself.

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should be met all the time.

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Well, that's just destruction, that's

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sinful.

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But trust in the word of God

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and trust in the word of God that is

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spoken to you

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by those who are chosen to preach it, to

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speak it

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and to share it.

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In particular, those who are pastors,

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who bring that word of God for the

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purpose of deliverance.

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That word of God that is spoken to us to

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say

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that our sins are forgiven.

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I need to know that my sins of grumbling

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are forgiven.

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I need to know that my sins of desiring

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things for myself

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and ignoring God are forgiven.

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I need to know that my sin of not

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trusting God is forgiven.

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And you need to know that as well.

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God has provided deliverance for His

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people.

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God has provided deliverance for sinful

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people

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who structure their lives to meet their

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own desires

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and who ignore God and do not trust in

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God.

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God has provided a deliverer.

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That deliverer was born into the world on

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Christmas.

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Was crucified for the world on Good

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Friday

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and was risen on Easter morning.

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Our deliverer has come.

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Our deliverer is here.

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Your deliverer is Jesus Christ,

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our Lord, our Savior and our God.

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Amen.