Dr. Tony Evans

Tony Evans - The Mother Who Saved Her Husband

May 10, 2026 | 27:29

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Dr. Tony Evans | Tony Evans - The Mother Who Saved Her Husband | May 10, 2026

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Tony evans: "if you not gonna lead
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This family, i will.
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If you not gonna man up, i'll be the man in the house.
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If you not gonna own it, i'll own it.
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But i'm not gonna let satan have his way in this house.
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I'm gonna make sure my kids are covered
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Even when daddy is not taking responsibility."
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Tony: a mother who saved her husband.
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We read in exodus chapter 4,
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Verse 24 to 26 these words: "and it came about
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At the lodging place on the way
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That the lord met him," moses, "and sought to put him
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To death.
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Then zipporah took a flint and cut off
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Her son's foreskin
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And threw it at moses's feet and said,
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'you are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me.'
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So he let--god let him," moses, "alone.
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At that time, she said, 'you are a bridegroom of blood,'
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Because of the circumcision."
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Moses was a failed father and husband.
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He had refused to circumcise his son,
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And it was bringing the anger of god on him.
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We're told that god sought to kill him.
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Now, if god wants you dead, it ain't that hard.
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So when it says god sought to kill him,
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It meant that he put in motion, he put in motion
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Something that would bring death upon him
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Like an illness,
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That once the time frame was covered,
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Moses would have lost his life.
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So god sought to put him to death--
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Or to put things in motion
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That would wind up taking his life.
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It was like god told jonah
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In 40 days nineveh will be destroyed.
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There would be a 40-day window
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For the issue to be reversed.
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So god sought to kill him
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Because he had not circumcised his son.
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This dad had failed with regard to his boy child.
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Now, this is a big deal for a couple of reasons.
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When you go back to verse 21, it says,
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"the lord said to moses, 'when you go back to egypt,
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See that you perform before pharaoh
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All the wonders which i have put in your power,
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But i will harden his heart
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So that he will not let the people go.
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Then you shall say to pharaoh, "thus saith the lord,
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'israel is my son, my firstborn.'
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I said to you, 'let my son go
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That he may serve me,'
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But you have refused to let him go.
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Behold, i will kill your son, your firstborn."'"
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So god had given moses a job,
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And moses was to go tell pharaoh
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To let god's first son go.
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God's first son is israel.
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God has so constructed history
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That how you relate to israel determines
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How god relates to you.
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That's why god could say to abraham,
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"those that bless you, i will bless.
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Those that curse you, i will curse."
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And israel is called in the bible
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The apple of god's eye.
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It is the centerpiece of history.
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That is why all of history will wind up in the middle east.
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That is why the bible says
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All the nations will come against israel.
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That is why the bible says when jesus comes,
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He's gonna return to jerusalem
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And set up his worldwide throne
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Because that is his firstborn son,
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And how nations relate to that son
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Determines how god relates to him.
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So he was to tell pharaoh, "this is my firstborn son.
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You are to let them go that they might serve me."
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Moses was then supposed to go and circumcise
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His firstborn son.
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Now, the reason that moses was to circumcise
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His firstborn son
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Was circumcision was a sign of the covenant.
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The covenant was the mechanism god used
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To cover his people.
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The reason why the son was circumcised is
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As a spiritual principle because through the son
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The covenant would be renewed.
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Over and over god says in his word,
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"i am the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob."
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He never says, "i am the god of sarah, rebekah, and rachel."
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That's not because he was against the women,
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But it was because he would hold the men responsible.
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And so that act of circumcision says
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You are responsible to oversee the covenant,
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Maintain the covenant, guard the covenant,
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Guide the covenant; and you are to have
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The boy child, the firstborn especially
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Because the firstborn would be highest in rank.
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The mechanism god used because god is
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A generational god and he operates generationally,
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And the men were responsible for making sure
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That the generational transfers occurred,
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The son would be key.
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That's why so many men get disappointed
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When that first child is not their son.
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They get--begin a little nervous because they know
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That that may mean they may lose their name
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Because when the girl gets married,
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She takes on the name of the husband.
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And so the idea was the transfer of the covenant.
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So when you refuse to circumcise your son,
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That meant that you weren't taking
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Your covenantal responsibility seriously,
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You were not taking
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Your manhood responsibility seriously.
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"and i had a job for moses to do.
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My job for moses was he was supposed to go to pharaoh
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And he was supposed to let my people go.
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But if you can't even take care of your own house,
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How am i gonna use you to take care
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Of my kingdom program?"
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One of the crises we have today is men
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Who don't wanna take care of their crib,
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Men who don't wanna own responsibility
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To make sure that the children
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Become what god created them to be
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Because in the bible it is the man's responsibility
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To raise the children, not the woman.
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Ephesians 6:4 says, "fathers, raise your children."
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The wife is supposed to help, come alongside to assist,
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But never to replace.
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God always looks to the man and says,
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"what have you done in raising the kids?
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What have you done in teaching the kids?
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What have you done in guiding the kids?
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What have you done in governing the kids?"
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That is your spiritual responsibility.
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So if you were the devil, what will you do
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When you know that the kingdom covenant
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Is to be transferred primarily through men?
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You would get rid of the men.
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You would cause the men to abandon their roles,
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To abandon their families,
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To break down and walk away from their marriages,
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To abandon their children,
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To get women pregnant and offer an abortion
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Rather than responsibility.
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With all this abortion stuff that's now hitting the fan
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And we're talking about it;
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Number one, if you're a christian,
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That shouldn't be a hard issue.
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It shouldn't be that deep.
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Psalm 139, verse 16 says
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That god is crafting the child in the womb
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And that the child he is crafting in the womb,
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He has a purpose and a destiny for that child.
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So when you attack-- and the only people attacking
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Are people who are already been born, by the way.
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When you attack the unborn child in the womb,
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You are attacking the purpose of god for a person, okay?
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When jesus was in the womb
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And john the baptist was in the womb,
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The bible says they were children in the womb.
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And so the bible is clear, and, of course,
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That should transfer to dignity of the life to the tomb.
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But the problem is on this whole abortion thing,
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The woman gets the bad rap for having an abortion.
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We don't get enough bad raps for men for causing
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The pregnancy in the first place.
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And so while women have to bear
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18 years of responsibility, far too men are walking away
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And abandoning their own
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And ownership of the responsibility.
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Don't pay for the abortion, pay for the child rearing.
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That's what you should be paying for.
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And so he was failing in his responsibility
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As a father, and the bible says
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That the land was cursed because the fathers
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Had neglected the children.
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So moses is in trouble, and god sought to kill him.
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One of the reasons why many men
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Are not getting their prayers answered
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Is why would god give you something bigger
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If you're not taking anything--taking care
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Of responsibility in your own house?
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"give me a bigger business, give me more money,
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But i ain't gonna take care of business at home."
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So god sought to kill him.
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God sought to take his life
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Because he jeopardized the covenant,
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And the covenant is the key phrase in scripture.
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It is the way god operates his kingdom,
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And through a covenant you are covered.
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The umbrella of god hovers over
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That which is under the covenant.
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So if you're not operating underneath the covenant,
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If you're not operating according to divine precepts,
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Guidelines, and governance, then you are not covered.
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And so he didn't cover his family.
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And if god killed him, his wife now is a widow
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And his son is now an orphan.
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So we have the crisis in our society today
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Of single woman--women and orphaned kids
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'cause daddy didn't accept the responsibility.
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So god sought to kill him because the covenant--
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On the other side, the covenant is a powerful thing
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Because when the covenant is enacted,
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When the covenant is invoked,
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When the man owns that-- supported by the woman, yes--
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But when the man owns that covenantal responsibility,
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God can now open up the umbrella over their home,
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Over their lives, over their dreams,
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Over their desires, over their calling.
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He called him to a great task,
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But he says, "i'll kill you first
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And i'll find somebody else."
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You remember what i told you about david and goliath.
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1 samuel chapter 17, verses 26 and 36,
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David says, "who is this uncircumcised philistine
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That taunts the armies of the living god?"
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In verse 36, "who is this uncircumcised philistine
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That taunts the armies of the living god?"
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Goliath is 9 foot, 6 inches tall.
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He scared all the men of israel.
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That's 'cause all the other men were looking up here.
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David was looking down there and saying
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He ain't been to the doctor.
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When you understand that to operate
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Under the covenant in the new testament
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That is inaugurated with baptism,
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It is renewed with communion,
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But it is to place yourself under divine authority,
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Under divine rule, under divine covering
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In a sense, the man would be responsible for leading
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In the reproductive mechanism.
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He was cut because he was responsible.
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And because this man would not accept
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The responsibility,
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Because he did not take seriously
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The calling that god gave him,
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It says god sought to kill him.
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But verse 25 introduces his wife, a woman,
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An african woman, a woman named zipporah.
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She's the daughter of jethro, who is the priest of midian,
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Which was an african tribe.
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His daughter.
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In my book on race, "oneness embraced,"
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I talk about the fact
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That people of african-american descent
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Can find all the identity they need in the bible
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'cause there's plenty of illustrations
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Of people from african descent,
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But that's true for any group.
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But to find roots how god can use
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People from different hues, different colors,
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Different backgrounds
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Who are operating on his covenantal agenda.
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So zipporah--this is an interracial marriage
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Between this african woman and the leader of israel, moses.
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It says, "then zipporah took a flint,"
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A sharp edge of a rock, "and cut off her son's foreskin
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And threw it at moses's feet."
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This is called substitutionary atonement.
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The wrath of god, "i'm gonna kill him,"
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Her husband.
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She steps in between the two
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And she invokes the covenant that he hadn't done.
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She stepped in and she stood between the wrath of god,
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Her husband who she cared for because she was also looking
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For the future, not losing her son,
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Not wanting her son to go without divine covering.
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We're living in a day
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And a generation of children uncovered
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Because either the father didn't cover them,
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The mother didn't step in,
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So they're out there on their own
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And satan has his way with them.
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It says she stepped in and she circumcised him,
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Cut the foreskin.
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She circumcised him.
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"if you not going to lead this family, i will.
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If you not gonna man up, i'll be the man in the house.
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If you not gonna own it, i'll own it.
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But i'm not gonna let satan have his way in this house.
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I'm not gonna let satan have his way
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And then--i'm gonna make sure my kids are covered
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Even when daddy is not taking responsibility."
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Now, i know many of you ladies would have just stepped back
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And said, "go ahead, god.
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Do what you gotta do."
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It reminds me of the-- it reminds me of the lady--
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There is a magic frog,
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And the frog was-- asked the lady,
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"now, i give you three wishes."
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It was a frog that could do--you know,
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Answer wishes and stuff.
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"i'll give you three wishes.
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What's wish number one?
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And whatever you wish,
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I'll make it ten times that for your husband."
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She said, "oh."
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Wish number one.
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"okay, make me beautiful.
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Make me beautiful."
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She became beautiful, and he says,
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"your husband will be ten times
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The handsomest man in the world."
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Wish number two, "give me $1 million."
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Bam, she got $1 million.
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"your husband will now get $10 million."
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Wish number three, "give me a mild heart attack."
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[congregation laughing]
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Tony: "i'll wait."
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Here's a woman who was determined
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To save her family.
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And where would we be if women
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Hadn't stepped up to the plate to fill in the gap
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When so many of us as men have fallen short?
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She saved his life.
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She covered her son.
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Now, this also ought to help you understand, ladies,
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The limits of submission.
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She said to him, "you are a husband of blood guiltiness.
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You failed.
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I had to cut the son that you
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Should have been responsible for.
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I am taking this bloody piece of skin.
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I'm throwing it at your feet 'cause you failed."
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It is not illegitimate to hold a man responsible
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For the role that he is to play in that home.
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Submission does not mean
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Kowtowing to anything a man says.
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The bible does teach submission
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To legitimate authority, not to illegitimate authority.
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The bible says, "wives, submit to your husband
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As to the lord."
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So when he rebels against god,
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He has lost his authority over you.
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He cannot demand you disobey god
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Just 'cause he the husband
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Because god calls everybody to submit.
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He calls the man to submit, 1 corinthians 11:3.
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He calls the woman to submit based on the man's submission.
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So we have a lot of men who are using their manhood
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For illegitimate authority.
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You cannot make godless demands
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And then demand submission 'cause you the man.
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She says, "you are a blood-guilty husband.
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You have failed in your role to our son
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And you have jeopardized the house.
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'cause if god kills you, i'm a widow.
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If god kills you, our son is an orphan.
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So you put me in the place where i gotta be the man
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So that i don't wind up being a widow
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And your son doesn't wind up being an orphan."
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But at the same time i praise god
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For the women who stepped in.
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It's called the doctrine of interposition,
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Where someone imposes themselves between two realities,
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And that's what jesus did on the cross.
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It was the doctrine of interposition,
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Where the wrath of god against sinful men,
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But jesus stepped in the middle and said,
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"hold up, father.
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I will take the blood guilt so that they can be saved
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And safe."
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It's the principle of representation,
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And it was because she
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Was willing to step up to the plate
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When moses refused to step up to the plate.
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The bible does teach legitimate submission.
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And if there is illegitimate rebellion
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Against your head,
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Your husband, if you're married,
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Then the bible views you as a rebel,
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But at the same time
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The bible doesn't expect you to keep quiet if he's the rebel.
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"you are a husband of blood guiltiness
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Because look at the condition you've put the family in."
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She saved his life, she also saved his future
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Because now he can go to pharaoh and take care of his business.
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Now he could go to pharaoh and see
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The power of god operating.
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He could go to pharaoh and see god move.
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And so the challenge today in this chaotic world is
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For people to take up their post.
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God calls all men to accept the responsibility of manhood,
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And that means overseeing the well-being of the children,
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To be able to say like joshua 24:15,
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"as for me and my crib, as for me and my house,
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This is how we roll up in here, up in here, up in here,"
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To own that.
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Joshua didn't ask, "everybody vote.
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What's your opinion?"
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He said, "it's me and my house. this is how we do it.
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I represent god.
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I'm gonna find out what god says.
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I'm gonna transfer that to you
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In a loving, kind, responsible way.
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This is how we roll."
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The wife comes along and she supports that,
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She encourages that, she enhances that.
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And yes, if she has to, she steps in the middle
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So that she preserves the family
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'cause whoever owns the family owns the future.
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The reason why all these divorces
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And all these--this chaos
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And all this is going on in the culture
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Is because people don't wanna be under divine covering.
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They wanna do what they think, what the culture says,
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How they feel
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When god has spoken and has not stuttered.
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And so, here's a mother and a wife who saves her family
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Because she does what god commanded
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When he wouldn't,
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And in the process saved his life.
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By the way, a lot of us in this room who are men,
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You need to know the only reason you're still alive
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Is 'cause she took care of something
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'cause i'm sure the lord been after a lot of us
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And he ain't killed us yet
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'cause somebody stood in the gap.
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She stood in the gap and her son was saved.
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It wasn't just about moses, it was about her son.
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Her son was delivered.
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You know, when you buy a new car
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Or you buy appliances, they give you a warranty, right?
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You know, the warranty basically says you're covered.
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If something goes wrong, you're covered.
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Something breaks down, you're covered.
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A warranty is a covering
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For whatever period of time the warranty stands.
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But now you go acting a fool with the car,
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You go doing stuff with the appliance
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It was never created to do and you can void out a warranty.
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You can cancel a warranty
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Not 'cause the warranty isn't legitimate,
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It's 'cause you aren't.
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You're operating outside of the warranty.
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When you operate outside of the warranty,
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You're no longer covered.
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Too many of us are living lives uncovered
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'cause we're out of warranty.
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God has specified the warranty,
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But we've decided to use the life or the family
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Or whatever it is in a different way
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And we are not covered.
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We are out of warranty.
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And when you are out of warranty,
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You must pick up the tab for the repair yourself.
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And so so many people today are picking up
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Their own price tag for the repair of their lives
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'cause the warranty is no longer in vogue.
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And so you pray, but they say
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That's not the-- under the warranty.
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You come to church,
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But you're not under the warranty.
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You read your bible,
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But you're not under the warranty.
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The warranty is void until you get back
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Underneath the covenant and the covering.
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Because as soon as zipporah did what she needed to do,
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Moses got covered
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And he got reinstituted and restored.
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So thank you mothers who have been salvific
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For your families.
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Thank you fathers who have not abandoned
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Your estate.
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If christ doesn't come, this next generation
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Is a hot mess, is a hot mess
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'cause there are no rules anymore.
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Anything goes.
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Social media tells you what to believe.
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So if you don't own that-- the church cannot replace you.
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It can support you, but if you don't own that--
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If you don't own
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What the teachers are teaching them,
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What the books are that they're reading,
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What's on the media
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That's trying to change their mindset or identity;
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If you don't own that, hell will.
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If you don't own it, satan will pick them off.
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So by god's grace, men, take the lead;
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But if they don't, women, put on the pants
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For the sake of the next generation.
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♪♪♪
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Tony Evans - The Mother Who Saved Her Husband

May 10, 2026 | 27:29

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