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 Genesis chapter 11.

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 We come to the end of our series in Genesis, these foundational chapters.

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 If we want to understand the story of the Bible, we really need to start at the beginning,

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 and we've been looking at these first foundational chapters, which really shape and help us understand the whole of the story.

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 So if you've missed any of the talks, maybe you've been teaching on Sunday School and you've missed them,

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 they're all recorded for you, they're all online, and they're there for you to follow up and to go over.

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 So we're going to read this morning our last part of the beginning of Genesis.

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 We're going to start chapter 11, verse 27, through to chapter 12 and verse 5.

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 Let's read, let's hear God's Word.

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 This is the account of Terah's family line.

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 Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Aaron, and Aaron became the father of Lot.

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 While his father Terah was still alive, Aaron died in Ur of the Chaldeans in the land of his birth.

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 Terah, Abram, and Nahor, both married.

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 The name of Abram's wife was Sarai.

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 The name of Nahor's wife was Milcah.

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 She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

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 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.

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 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson, Lot of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the father of his son Abram.

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 And together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan.

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 But when they came to Aaron, they settled there.

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 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

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 And the Lord said to Abram,

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 Go from your country, your people, and from your father's household to the land I will show you.

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 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you.

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 And I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

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 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse.

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 And all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.

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 So Abram went as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him.

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 Abram was 75 years old when he set out from Aaron.

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 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot,

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 All the possessions they had accumulated, and the people they had acquired in Aaron.

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 And they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.

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 Well, great words.

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 Let's pray and ask for God's help.

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 Father, we thank you for this account of beginnings.

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 The beginnings of the true story about God our Creator,

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 God our Redeemer.

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 Father, we pray that as we look at these words together,

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 they would shape us afresh to understand who you are,

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 and the people you have called us to be.

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 Would you open up our hearts and our minds

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 to receive your word?

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 Make us attentive.

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 And may we be obedient to what we hear.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, little Johnny sat down for his art class.

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 And in his excitement,

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 he accidentally put a streak of paint across his page.

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 So he put up his hand,

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 and he asked teacher for a clean new page.

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 You can have another sheet of paper,

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 but you must be more careful.

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 Johnny took the page,

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 promising that he was going to do better.

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 Well, it wasn't long into his painting

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 that Johnny got distracted again,

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 and he used green paint instead of blue paint for his sky.

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 So once again, he put up his hand,

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 and he asked teacher for a new clean page.

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 Teacher came down.

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 This is not good.

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 I warned you.

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 I told you to be careful.

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 I'm going to give you another sheet of paper,

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 but this is the last one.

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 Johnny was grateful,

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 and he promised teacher

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 that he wouldn't make any more mistakes again.

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 So being extra careful,

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 Johnny painted away,

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 and he was just putting his finishing touches

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 to his picture

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 when he knocked the water

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 for cleaning the brushes

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 all over the page.

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 Poor Johnny didn't even bother

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 putting his hand up.

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 Can you relate with little Johnny?

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 I can.

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 We promise, don't we,

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 that we're going to do better.

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 I promise I'm going to be more careful.

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 I'm going to try harder.

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 But we just keep messing up.

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 Using up all our chances,

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 we blow it again,

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 and again,

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 and again.

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 Well, that's been the story of Genesis,

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 hasn't it?

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 New beginnings

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 and failure.

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 Fresh starts

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 and falling.

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 Of course,

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 there's always the hope

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 that the next son,

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 the next generation,

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 is going to be better

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 than the one before.

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 But it seems,

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 no matter how many times

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 there's a restart,

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 it ends up

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 the same.

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 Humanity,

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 individually

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 and collectively,

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 insist

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 on living their own way.

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 Instead of representing

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 God's goodness

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 and reflecting

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 his greatness,

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 we've replaced

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 God with self.

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 We've put our self

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 at the centre

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 of the universe.

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 How is God

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 going to respond?

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 Is he going to give up?

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 Is he like

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 a teacher

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 who comes down

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 wagging his finger

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 and says,

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 I've given you

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 your last chance,

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 that's it,

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 no more?

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 Well,

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 thankfully,

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 God does

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 as he always does.

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 He responds

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 in grace.

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 He gives us

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 a clean,

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 fresh start.

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 A fresh start

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 that lasts

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 for an eternity.

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 Follow on screen.

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 No matter

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 how drastic

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 human sin

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 becomes,

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 destroying

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 what God

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 has made good

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 and bringing

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 the world

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 to the brink

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 of uncreation,

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 God's grace

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 never fails

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 to deliver

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 humankind

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 from the consequences

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 of their sin.

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 That summarises

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 the story

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 of Genesis.

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 Let me read

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 it again.

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 No matter

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 how drastic

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 human sin

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 becomes,

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 destroying

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 what God

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 has made good

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 and bringing

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 the world

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 to the brink

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 of uncreation,

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 God's grace

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 never fails

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 to deliver

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 mankind

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 from the

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 consequences

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 of their sin.

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 So in our text

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 this morning

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 we're going

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 to see

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 that God

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 acts

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 through one

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 man,

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 through Abraham,

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 later to become

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 Abraham,

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 to show us

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 that God

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 does not

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 give up.

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 Just as

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 Genesis

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 opened up

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 the words

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 with the words

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 of,

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 and God

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 said,

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 and brought

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 about the

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 creation of

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 the world,

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 this new

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 beginning,

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 so God

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 now speaks

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 again,

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 chapter 12

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 verse 1,

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 the Lord

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 said

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 to Abraham.

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 God's

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 word to

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 Abraham

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 signals

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 a restart,

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 a new

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 beginning,

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 but not

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 just to

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 Abraham

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 and his

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 family,

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 but to

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 all humanity,

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 to all

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 nations,

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 to all

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 people,

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 including

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 you and

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 I.

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 And

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 together

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 we're

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 going to

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 see

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 that

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 God

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 saves

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 by grace

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 through

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 faith

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 in God's

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 promise.

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 God

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 saves

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 by grace

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 through

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 faith

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 in God's

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 promise.

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 So let's

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 look at

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 each of

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 those in

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 turn.

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 First,

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 called

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 by God's

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 grace.

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 God's

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 act of

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 salvation

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 always

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 starts

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 with grace.

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 In other

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 words,

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 salvation

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 begins

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 with God's

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 initiative.

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 Look at

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 verse 1.

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 The Lord

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 said to

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 Abraham,

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 go from

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 your country,

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 your people,

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 and your

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 father's

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 household to

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 the land

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 I'm going

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 to show

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 you.

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 Now,

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 why

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 would God

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 choose

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 and call

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 Abraham?

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 Of all

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 the people

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 that there

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 are from

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 the family

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 line of

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 terror,

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 why

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 would God

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 choose

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 Abraham?

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 Well,

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 the answer

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 to that

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 is both

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 surprising

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 and shocking.

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 Keep your

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 finger in

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 Genesis 12

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 and go

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 forward to

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 the book

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 of Joshua.

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 So it's

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 Genesis,

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 Exodus,

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 Leviticus,

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 Numbers,

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 Deuteronomy,

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 Joshua.

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 Joshua

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 chapter 24.

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 Joshua.

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 Joshua.

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 And here

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 at the end

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 of Joshua,

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 he's reminding

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 God's people

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 of the

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 account

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 of Abraham.

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 We're

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 giving an

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 insight into

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 his calling.

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 So chapter

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 24,

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 and we're

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 going to

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 pick it up

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 in verse

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 2.

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 Joshua

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 said to

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 all the

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 people,

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 this is

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 what the

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 Lord,

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 the God

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 of Israel

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 said,

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 Long ago

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 your

00:11:44.239 --> 00:11:45.120
 ancestors,

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 including

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 Terah,

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 the father

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 of Abraham

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 and Nahor,

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 lived beyond

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 the river

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 Euphrates

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 and worshipped

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 other gods.

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 But I

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 took your

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 father Abraham

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 from the

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 land of

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 the Euphrates

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 and led

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 them throughout

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 Canaan and

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 gave him

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 many

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 descendants.

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 Now just

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 from these

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 couple of

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 verses we

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 learn three

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 things about

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 Abraham.

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 Here's the

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 first one.

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 He was

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 from a

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 family,

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 verse 2,

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 who worshipped

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 other gods.

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 They had

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 replaced the

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 one true

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 creator god

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 with their

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 own gods.

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 Gods whom

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 they could

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 manipulate and

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 control,

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 gods who

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 weren't going

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 to interfere

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 with them and

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 tell them what

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 to do.

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 They set up

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 their own

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 gods.

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 But not

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 only that,

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 second,

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 Abraham was

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 not seeking

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 the one

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 true god.

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 As we saw

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 back in

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 Genesis 11

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 as the

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 people increased,

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 they settled

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 down.

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 They were

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 meant to

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 scatter,

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 but they

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 settled down

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 building their

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 own life,

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 seeking to

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 establish a

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 name for

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 themselves.

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 And that's

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 what Abraham

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 and his

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 family were

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 doing.

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 They were

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 settling down.

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 building a

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 name for

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 themselves.

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 He's not

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 looking for

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 God.

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 He's not

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 seeking God.

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 He's not

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 calling out

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 for God.

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 But yet,

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 third,

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 he's

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 confronted by

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 God and

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 called by

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 God.

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 Look at

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 verse 3.

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 God

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 took

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 Abraham

00:13:30.699 --> 00:13:31.860
 from the

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 land beyond

00:13:32.819 --> 00:13:33.399
 the

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 Euphrates.

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 I took

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 him.

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 Literally,

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 God is

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 saying,

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 I turned

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 his heart

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 towards me.

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 I

00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:45.299
 intervened

00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:45.879
 into his

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 life in

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 such a

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 way that

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 he was

00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:49.039
 compelled

00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:50.279
 to follow

00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:50.620
 me.

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 It wasn't

00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:53.019
 Abraham's

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 will,

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 but it

00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:55.580
 was God's

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 will to

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 change his

00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:57.960
 heart and

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 to turn

00:13:58.460 --> 00:13:59.019
 him around

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 so that

00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:00.879
 he would

00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:01.720
 follow God.

00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:02.740
 You see,

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 the thing

00:14:03.220 --> 00:14:03.560
 is,

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 there was

00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:04.940
 nothing

00:14:04.940 --> 00:14:06.019
 special

00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:07.220
 about

00:14:07.220 --> 00:14:07.759
 Abraham.

00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:08.980
 There was

00:14:08.980 --> 00:14:09.580
 nothing in

00:14:09.580 --> 00:14:10.200
 his family

00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:10.840
 background,

00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:11.919
 nothing in

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.620
 his religious

00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:13.279
 practice.

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 The only

00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:14.899
 thing that

00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:15.419
 he had

00:14:15.419 --> 00:14:16.200
 going for

00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:17.019
 him was

00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:17.420
 that he

00:14:17.420 --> 00:14:17.800
 was a

00:14:17.800 --> 00:14:18.480
 rebellious

00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:19.399
 sinner who

00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:19.899
 was neither

00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:20.680
 looking for

00:14:20.680 --> 00:14:21.639
 God nor

00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:22.639
 wanting God

00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:23.299
 and yet

00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:24.620
 God intervened

00:14:24.620 --> 00:14:25.319
 into his

00:14:25.319 --> 00:14:25.720
 life.

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 Doesn't that

00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:27.799
 surprise you

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 and doesn't

00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.279
 it shock

00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:29.580
 you?

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 You see,

00:14:32.179 --> 00:14:32.860
 we work

00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:34.059
 and we

00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:35.340
 live on

00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:36.019
 the basis

00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:37.080
 of merit.

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 It's all

00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:39.039
 about our

00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:40.059
 past performance.

00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:41.000
 It's all

00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.539
 about our

00:14:41.539 --> 00:14:42.639
 family pedigree.

00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:43.419
 It's all

00:14:43.419 --> 00:14:43.980
 about your

00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:45.139
 looks and

00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:46.039
 your success.

00:14:46.439 --> 00:14:46.879
 Everything

00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:47.480
 that we

00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:48.399
 have is

00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:49.439
 earned and

00:14:49.439 --> 00:14:49.980
 deserved.

00:14:50.580 --> 00:14:51.100
 Merit,

00:14:51.100 --> 00:14:51.920
 merit,

00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:52.700
 merit.

00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.220
 God

00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:57.720
 works on

00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:58.240
 the basis

00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:58.980
 of grace.

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 It's got

00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:01.240
 nothing to

00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:01.740
 do with

00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:02.680
 anything we

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 do or

00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.820
 anyone who

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 we are.

00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.600
 In fact,

00:15:06.680 --> 00:15:07.139
 it's not

00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:07.940
 even based

00:15:07.940 --> 00:15:08.379
 on our

00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:08.899
 future

00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:09.620
 performance

00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:10.540
 because if

00:15:10.540 --> 00:15:11.080
 we were to

00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.740
 take time

00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:12.259
 to read

00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:12.680
 through the

00:15:12.680 --> 00:15:13.139
 life of

00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.540
 Abraham,

00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:14.560
 we will

00:15:14.560 --> 00:15:15.779
 discover he's

00:15:15.779 --> 00:15:16.399
 a liar,

00:15:17.040 --> 00:15:17.560
 he's a

00:15:17.560 --> 00:15:18.040
 coward,

00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:19.060
 he's a

00:15:19.060 --> 00:15:19.560
 cheat,

00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.440
 he's a

00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:20.920
 doubter.

00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:21.820
 He's a

00:15:21.820 --> 00:15:23.040
 failure just

00:15:23.040 --> 00:15:23.620
 like you

00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.060
 and I.

00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:26.320
 But God's

00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:27.019
 grace to

00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:28.340
 Abraham is

00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:28.820
 one of

00:15:28.820 --> 00:15:30.820
 God intervening

00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:32.139
 by his

00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:32.620
 love,

00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:33.940
 giving to

00:15:33.940 --> 00:15:34.420
 him what

00:15:34.420 --> 00:15:35.220
 he doesn't

00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:35.759
 deserve.

00:15:36.300 --> 00:15:37.320
 It's God's

00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:38.300
 action to

00:15:38.300 --> 00:15:39.200
 save sinners

00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:40.440
 who cannot

00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:41.580
 even save

00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:42.240
 themselves.

00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.240
 You see,

00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:44.840
 the account

00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:45.680
 of Abraham

00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:48.299
 reminds us

00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:50.179
 that our

00:15:50.179 --> 00:15:51.000
 salvation,

00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.359
 the new

00:15:52.359 --> 00:15:53.719
 beginning and

00:15:53.719 --> 00:15:54.299
 the fresh

00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:55.039
 start that

00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.979
 we receive

00:15:55.979 --> 00:15:57.379
 is all

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:59.299
 by grace.

00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:00.959
 It's not

00:16:00.959 --> 00:16:01.620
 your past

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.139
 action,

00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:03.459
 it's not

00:16:03.459 --> 00:16:04.219
 your present

00:16:04.219 --> 00:16:04.819
 behavior,

00:16:05.359 --> 00:16:05.959
 it's not

00:16:05.959 --> 00:16:06.500
 even your

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.299
 promise of

00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:08.319
 future goodness.

00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:10.219
 God calls

00:16:10.219 --> 00:16:11.120
 us and

00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.019
 God chooses

00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:13.000
 to show

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.560
 grace towards

00:16:14.560 --> 00:16:15.960
 us simply

00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:17.120
 because he

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:18.519
 delights and

00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:19.100
 he takes

00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:20.399
 great pleasure

00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:21.779
 in saving

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.600
 broken,

00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.799
 messed up

00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:25.120
 people like

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.639
 you and

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:25.879
 I.

00:16:27.340 --> 00:16:28.500
 God saves

00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:30.080
 by grace

00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:32.120
 through faith

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:33.940
 in God's

00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:34.419
 promises.

00:16:35.700 --> 00:16:36.240
 Isn't that

00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:36.700
 wonderful?

00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:36.800
 wonderful.

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.379
 It's

00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:38.960
 amazing.

00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:40.460
 So,

00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.140
 first,

00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.920
 God calls

00:16:42.920 --> 00:16:44.420
 by grace.

00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:46.580
 Second,

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.520
 he does

00:16:48.520 --> 00:16:49.920
 it to

00:16:49.920 --> 00:16:50.620
 receive

00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.600
 God's

00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:52.460
 promise.

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.220
 God calls

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:55.160
 Abraham by

00:16:55.160 --> 00:16:55.540
 grace,

00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:56.020
 let's go

00:16:56.020 --> 00:16:56.540
 back to

00:16:56.540 --> 00:16:56.960
 Genesis

00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:58.480
 chapter 12,

00:16:59.140 --> 00:17:00.080
 God calls

00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:00.860
 Abraham by

00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:01.980
 grace so

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:02.600
 that he

00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.500
 might know

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:05.180
 and experience

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:06.200
 God's

00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.680
 great

00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:07.600
 promises.

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.400
 And what

00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:09.880
 are those

00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.360
 promises?

00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:10.740
 Well,

00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.320
 let's read

00:17:11.320 --> 00:17:11.960
 again chapter

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.460
 12,

00:17:12.580 --> 00:17:13.140
 verse 1.

00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.759
 The Lord

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.259
 said to

00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:15.660
 Abraham,

00:17:15.820 --> 00:17:16.320
 go from

00:17:16.320 --> 00:17:16.900
 your country,

00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:17.560
 your people,

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.019
 and from

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.759
 your father's

00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.860
 household to

00:17:19.860 --> 00:17:20.560
 the land I

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 will show

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 you.

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 And I

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 will make

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 you into

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 a great

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 nation,

00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:24.779
 and I

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 will bless

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 you,

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 and I

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 will make

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 your name

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 great,

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 and you

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 will be

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 a blessing.

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 I will

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 bless those

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 who bless

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 you,

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 and whoever

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 curses you,

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 I will curse.

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 And all

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 peoples on

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 earth will

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 be blessed

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 through you.

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 Now,

00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:42.900
 there's different

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 ways we can

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 approach these

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 promises,

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.240
 different ways we

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 can divide them

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 up or look at

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 them.

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 But broadly

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 speaking,

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 there are two

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 great promises

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 from God

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 to Abram.

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 We're going to

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 look at them

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 each in turn.

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 Here's the first

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 one.

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 Here's the first

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 promise.

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 Blessing

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 instead of

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 curse.

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 blessing

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.740
 instead of

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 curse.

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 Remember Adam

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 and Eve,

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 right back

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 at the very

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 beginning,

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 living life

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 with God

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 in the

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 garden,

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 a perfect

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 life,

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 a good

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 life,

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 enjoying

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 his presence,

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 living under

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 God's rule.

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 But all

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 that changed

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 when they

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 followed the

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 desires of

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 their own

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 heart,

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 and they

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 believed the

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 lie of

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 Satan,

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 when Satan

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 came to

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 them and

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 said,

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 you can be

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 like God.

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 And they

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 started living

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 as if they

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 were God.

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 And by

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 taking God's

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 place,

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 everything

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 broke.

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 Everything

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 went out

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 of sync.

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 Disorder

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 and chaos.

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 And God's

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 response was

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 to curse

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 the world

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 and its

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 people.

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 They were

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 removed from

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 the land

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 of the

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 garden,

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 where everything

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 was beautiful

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 and good,

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 and brought

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 into a land

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 that produced

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 thorns and

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 thistles.

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 Not only

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 that,

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 they would

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 suffer

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 conflict.

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 Conflict

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 with each

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 other,

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 husband and

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 wife,

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 siblings,

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 and child

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 bearing

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 would become

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 hard and

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 difficult.

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 And now

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 God comes

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 to Abraham

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 and he

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 says to

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 him,

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 I am

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 now going

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 to bless

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 you,

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 not curse

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 you.

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 God

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 promises

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 a new

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 land,

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 verse 1

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 of chapter

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 12,

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 go to

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 the land

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 that I

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 will show

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 you.

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 I am

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 going to

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 bring you

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 into a

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 new place

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.220
 to live,

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 a place

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 where you

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 can enjoy

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.180
 God's

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 presence,

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 where he

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 will dwell

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 with you

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 once again.

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 And God

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 promises to

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 Abraham,

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 verse 2,

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 I am

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 going to

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 make you

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 into a

00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:53.600
 great nation,

00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:54.460
 I am

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 going to

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 give you

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 a great

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.400
 name,

00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:57.180
 you are

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 going to

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 have

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 many

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.160
 children,

00:19:59.559 --> 00:19:59.799
 your

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.620
 family is

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 going to

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 grow and

00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:03.200
 to expand.

00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.840
 God is

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 going to

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:06.660
 undo what

00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.340
 is broken

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 and he is

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 going to

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:08.940
 put it

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 right,

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 he is

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.380
 going to

00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:11.240
 reverse the

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.340
 curse and

00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:13.480
 bring the

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:13.960
 blessing.

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 Because

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.160
 knowing

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:17.080
 God's

00:20:17.080 --> 00:20:18.840
 grace is

00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.980
 to receive

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:21.880
 unnumbered,

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.779
 countless

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.420
 blessings

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.820
 from God.

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 so that's

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:26.899
 the first

00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.439
 promise,

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.379
 I am

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:28.759
 going to

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.019
 bring

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.720
 blessing

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:31.179
 instead of

00:20:31.179 --> 00:20:31.599
 curse.

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:33.619
 And here is

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.079
 the second

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 big promise,

00:20:36.139 --> 00:20:37.099
 this blessing

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:38.500
 is going to

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.119
 be for

00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:40.759
 all nations.

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:41.720
 Look at

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.279
 verse 3,

00:20:43.679 --> 00:20:44.240
 I will

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:45.000
 bless those

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.539
 who bless

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.720
 you and

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.099
 whoever

00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:47.879
 curses you

00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:48.279
 I will

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.619
 curse and

00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.919
 all peoples

00:20:50.919 --> 00:20:51.559
 on earth

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.500
 will be

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.879
 blessed

00:20:52.879 --> 00:20:53.500
 through you.

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.319
 God's

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:54.779
 desire,

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.539
 God's

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:55.980
 intention

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.900
 is not

00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.400
 just to

00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:57.960
 bless this

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 one man

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 Abram and

00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.660
 his family

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.319
 but he is

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.740
 going to

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.960
 bless all

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.640
 the nations

00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.019
 of the

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.380
 world

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:04.500
 through

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.700
 Abram.

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.079
 All the

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.680
 peoples of

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.119
 China,

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.119
 all the

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.700
 peoples of

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.599
 Russia and

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.200
 Afghanistan,

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.799
 Iran and

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:14.339
 Sudan and

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.460
 Fiji and

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.460
 Ireland and

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.000
 all the

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.440
 nations,

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.319
 they are to

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.259
 be blessed.

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.420
 All peoples,

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:23.000
 every language,

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.460
 every culture,

00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.940
 every tribe,

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:26.940
 God will

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:28.099
 pour out his

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:29.259
 goodness and

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.019
 his kindness

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:31.339
 and his love

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:32.819
 on all peoples.

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.259
 No nation is

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.319
 to be excluded

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:37.359
 or barred or

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.920
 forgotten.

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:41.339
 What amazing

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:42.700
 great big

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.259
 promises

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.559
 that God

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.140
 makes.

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.319
 But you

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.640
 know what,

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.180
 if we've been

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:49.500
 attentive to

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.380
 reading Genesis,

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:50.580
 promises,

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:52.180
 we'll know

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.780
 that these

00:21:52.780 --> 00:21:53.200
 are not

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:54.240
 new promises.

00:21:55.560 --> 00:21:56.060
 These are

00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:56.960
 promises from

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.680
 God that he

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.400
 had stated

00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.360
 and he had

00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:00.600
 given right

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:01.040
 from the

00:22:01.040 --> 00:22:01.980
 beginning and

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.300
 they are

00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:02.980
 beginning to

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.000
 be worked

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.500
 out.

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.020
 Let's have a

00:22:06.020 --> 00:22:06.660
 look back at

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.540
 Genesis chapter

00:22:07.540 --> 00:22:08.060
 3.

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:12.100
 Genesis chapter

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:13.380
 3 recounts

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:14.500
 how the curse

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.300
 came,

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:17.300
 the disobedience

00:22:17.300 --> 00:22:17.960
 of Adam and

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.560
 Eve and how

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.539
 God responded.

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.819
 And in the

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.500
 middle of all

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.319
 the cursing

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.619
 that God

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.159
 does,

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.440
 God makes

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.279
 a promise

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.559
 that will

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.240
 shape the

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:30.519
 history of

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.259
 the entire

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.119
 world for

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:33.419
 all eternity.

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.779
 And here's

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.319
 the promise

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.940
 that he makes.

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.679
 The whole

00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:37.519
 Bible is

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.659
 founded on

00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:39.779
 this one

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.759
 promise.

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.460
 Chapter 3

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.299
 verse 15.

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.480
 God is

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.200
 speaking to

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.099
 Satan and

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.659
 he says to

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:46.980
 Satan,

00:22:47.139 --> 00:22:47.759
 verse 15,

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.680
 I will put

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.700
 enmity between

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.640
 you and the

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.779
 woman and

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.460
 between your

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.680
 offspring and

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.240
 hers.

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:56.079
 And he,

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.859
 that is one

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.119
 of the

00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:58.740
 offspring of

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.140
 the woman,

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.519
 will crush

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.799
 your head

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:03.940
 Satan and

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.359
 you will

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.059
 strike his

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.400
 heel.

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.640
 A victorious

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:10.779
 champion has

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.579
 been promised.

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:12.720
 Do you see

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.500
 what God says

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.220
 to Satan at

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.619
 the end of

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.299
 verse 15?

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:17.299
 He will

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.980
 crush your

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.419
 head.

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.879
 He, that

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.839
 is a seed

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.579
 from the

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:21.919
 woman.

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:22.839
 One of

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.839
 her offspring

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.419
 is going

00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:24.940
 to come.

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:26.059
 The woman's

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.680
 seed will

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.220
 be one

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.139
 just like

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:29.180
 Adam, a

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.779
 man, the

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.460
 son of a

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:30.700
 woman.

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.859
 But unlike

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.819
 Adam, he

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.519
 will love

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.480
 God and be

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.139
 loyal to

00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.440
 God.

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.220
 He's not

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.759
 going to

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.720
 sin and

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.559
 mess up.

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.279
 Instead, he's

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.740
 going to

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.539
 inflict a

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.500
 blow that

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.379
 will ultimately

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:45.040
 crush Satan's

00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:45.280
 head.

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.420
 The seed of

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.040
 this woman

00:23:47.040 --> 00:23:47.840
 will be

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:49.280
 victorious and

00:23:49.280 --> 00:23:50.780
 defeat Satan.

00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:51.640
 He will

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.840
 destroy his

00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:53.540
 hold over

00:23:53.540 --> 00:23:54.160
 humanity.

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.100
 He will

00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:55.860
 take the

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.820
 curse and

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:57.700
 break the

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.780
 curse and

00:23:58.780 --> 00:24:00.180
 bring the

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.760
 blessing.

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:04.140
 That's the

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.840
 promise of

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.280
 God.

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.720
 Go back to

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.640
 chapter 12.

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:10.880
 So with that

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.640
 in mind, we

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.220
 ask the

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:14.299
 question, who

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:15.920
 is this

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.440
 promised

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.940
 seed?

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.860
 Who is

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.600
 this son

00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:19.600
 who's going

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.140
 to come

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.700
 from the

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.620
 woman to

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.680
 bring the

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.240
 blessings?

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.000
 Well, at

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.779
 first reading,

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.360
 as we get

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:27.000
 into chapter

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:28.019
 12, it

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.779
 seems like,

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.380
 it appears

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.980
 like, that

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.079
 it's Abraham,

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.200
 that he's

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.900
 the long

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.519
 awaited

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.140
 promised

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.400
 son.

00:24:34.600 --> 00:24:35.200
 After all,

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.880
 God makes

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.360
 him lots

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.019
 of promises.

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.720
 But as

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.200
 we've seen

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.860
 already, if

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.500
 we're to

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.279
 read on in

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.980
 the story

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.639
 of Abraham,

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.859
 he fails

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.259
 and he

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.859
 sins and

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.500
 he messes

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.960
 up the

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.680
 whole time.

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.639
 You see, the

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.500
 promises are

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.619
 made not

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.200
 just to

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:52.460
 Abraham, but

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.240
 to Abraham

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.399
 and his

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:55.539
 family.

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.839
 Look at the

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.200
 end of

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.799
 verse 3.

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.420
 And all

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.559
 peoples on

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.940
 earth will

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.720
 be blessed

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:05.859
 through you.

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.440
 Go down

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.899
 to verse

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.360
 7.

00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.680
 The Lord

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.420
 appeared to

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.120
 Abraham and

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:13.080
 said, to

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:14.580
 your offspring,

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.519
 and the

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.120
 note there

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:17.380
 at the

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.800
 bottom of

00:25:17.800 --> 00:25:18.400
 your page

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.519
 is singular,

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.900
 to your

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:22.120
 seed,

00:25:22.780 --> 00:25:24.120
 meaning one

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:25.860
 person, I

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.480
 will give

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.980
 this land.

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.360
 In other

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:32.019
 words, one

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.700
 from the

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.460
 family line

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.120
 of Abraham

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:35.560
 would come

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.700
 and bring

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.220
 blessing.

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.819
 The New

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.639
 Testament, of

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.319
 course, makes

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.240
 that abundantly

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.980
 clear to

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.359
 us.

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.000
 Let's go to

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.799
 Galatians

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:46.359
 chapter 3.

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.980
 Turn with

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.319
 me to

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.899
 Galatians

00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:49.859
 chapter 3 in

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.200
 the New

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.720
 Testament.

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.319
 Galatians

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.220
 chapter 3

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.339
 chapter 3.

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.579
 And

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.680
 verse 16.

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.140
 Galatians

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.860
 3 verse

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.480
 16.

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.839
 So we're

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.400
 thinking of

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.200
 the promise

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:22.500
 that God

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.000
 had made

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.700
 that one

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.319
 would come

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.940
 from the

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.700
 woman.

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.940
 Is it

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.519
 Abram?

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.019
 Well, it's

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.799
 certainly one

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.279
 from his

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.059
 family line.

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.160
 Here we

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.879
 come, chapter

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.539
 3 verse

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.059
 16.

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.400
 The promises

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:36.000
 were spoken

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.960
 to Abraham

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.859
 and to

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.859
 his seed.

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:40.000
 Scripture

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.680
 does not

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.519
 say and

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.619
 to seeds,

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.960
 meaning many

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:45.000
 people, but

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.139
 and to

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:47.420
 your seed,

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:49.019
 meaning one

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:50.480
 person who

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.259
 is Christ.

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.720
 You see,

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.200
 God uses

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.240
 the family

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.879
 line of

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.839
 Abraham to

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.699
 lead us

00:26:57.699 --> 00:26:58.379
 to the

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:58.779
 promised

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.199
 son.

00:26:59.199 --> 00:26:59.799
 Because

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:01.220
 Jesus Christ

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.299
 is the

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.259
 promised seed

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.759
 from the

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:05.179
 woman that

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.679
 God had

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.639
 said all

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.779
 along, right

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.319
 back from

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.099
 Genesis 3

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.639
 15.

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.559
 He is the

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.279
 faithful,

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.899
 obedient son

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:13.339
 who will

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:13.759
 live the

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.720
 perfect life

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.899
 for us so

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:16.740
 that we can

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.519
 receive the

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.879
 blessings from

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.299
 him.

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:21.019
 Because all

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.779
 the blessings

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:23.519
 are now

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:25.019
 in Christ.

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.819
 So how do

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.500
 we get to

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.119
 receive all

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.599
 the blessings

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.079
 if they're

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.579
 now in

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:29.980
 Christ?

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.119
 Well, go to

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.279
 verse 26.

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.379
 Galatians 3

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:35.500
 verse 26.

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:38.839
 So, in

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.859
 Christ Jesus

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:41.779
 you are all

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.779
 children of

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.480
 God through

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.059
 faith.

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.039
 For all of

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.440
 you were

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.720
 baptized into

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.440
 Christ, have

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.079
 clothed

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.940
 yourself with

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.420
 Christ.

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.519
 there is

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.440
 neither Jew

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.820
 nor Gentile,

00:27:54.300 --> 00:27:55.360
 neither slave

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:56.060
 nor free,

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.320
 nor is there

00:27:57.320 --> 00:27:58.140
 male and

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:59.380
 female, for

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.259
 you are all

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.779
 one in

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.620
 Christ Jesus.

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:03.380
 If you

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.240
 belong to

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:06.200
 Christ, then

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.500
 you are

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.440
 Abraham's

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.740
 seed and

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.500
 heirs

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.900
 according to

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.600
 the promise.

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:16.560
 Anyone who

00:28:16.560 --> 00:28:17.259
 comes to

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.840
 Christ, anyone

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:20.000
 who trusts in

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.180
 Christ, whatever

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:22.380
 their nationality,

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.400
 whatever your

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.339
 past might

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:24.859
 have been,

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:27.140
 become the

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.940
 children of

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:29.299
 God, brothers

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:31.039
 and sisters of

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.019
 the Lord Jesus.

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:34.119
 So all that

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:35.240
 now belongs to

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:37.559
 Christ, now

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:39.180
 belongs to

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.680
 us.

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.680
 We become

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.799
 co-heirs with

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.259
 Christ.

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:45.539
 We receive the

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.599
 promised blessings

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:48.640
 because we are

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.700
 now through

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:51.200
 faith in

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.720
 Christ.

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.580
 Can you see

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.320
 what God is

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:54.720
 doing?

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.340
 In Christ,

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.200
 God is

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.000
 bringing about

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.780
 a new

00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:02.440
 nation, a

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.240
 new people

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.140
 who are

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:05.200
 brought together

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.880
 just as

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.740
 God had

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.259
 promised

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.100
 Abraham.

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:10.840
 And in

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:12.220
 Christ, God

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.060
 is bringing a

00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:13.920
 people together

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:15.100
 who can know

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:16.259
 God and who

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.759
 can enjoy his

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.500
 presence

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:20.839
 forever, just

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.240
 as he

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.779
 promised.

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.819
 So as we

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.400
 come to

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.660
 Christ, we

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.559
 are united

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.420
 together to

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.779
 be the

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.440
 family of

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.779
 God.

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.559
 There is

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.680
 no superiority,

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.379
 there is no

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:33.660
 inferiority.

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:34.460
 We are

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:36.000
 children under

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.779
 God who've

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.559
 been forgiven,

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.579
 who are

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.779
 loved, who

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.799
 are treasured.

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.779
 We become

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.740
 co-heirs with

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:44.019
 Christ, all

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.480
 that is

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:47.759
 his, now

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.539
 becomes

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.779
 ours.

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.079
 Every

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:52.819
 blessing that

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.599
 belongs to

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:56.319
 Christ is

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.259
 now ours.

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:01.039
 God saves

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.779
 by grace

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:04.680
 through faith

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:06.299
 in God's

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.700
 promise.

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:06.840
 promise.

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:10.680
 So, number

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:13.580
 three, we've

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:13.960
 looked at

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.819
 grace, we've

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.160
 looked at

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.779
 the promise,

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.319
 and it

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.000
 comes through

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.360
 faith in

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:19.759
 God.

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.799
 God calls

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.580
 Abraham by

00:30:22.580 --> 00:30:23.980
 grace so

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.400
 that he

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:25.559
 might receive

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.420
 the great and

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.180
 good promises.

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.620
 But if

00:30:28.620 --> 00:30:29.240
 Abraham is

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.779
 going to

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.799
 know and

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.620
 experience

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.680
 these promises,

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.680
 he's got to

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.559
 believe it.

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.679
 faith.

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:37.019
 There's got

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.519
 to be

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.159
 faith.

00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:39.639
 And his

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.240
 faith is

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.359
 seen in

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:42.399
 three ways.

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.700
 Let's look at

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.159
 it together.

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.679
 We need to

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.099
 go back

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:46.179
 again to

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:46.619
 Genesis

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.659
 chapter 12.

00:30:48.659 --> 00:30:49.500
 Let's see

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:51.099
 Abraham's

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.899
 faith.

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.720
 Here's the

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.339
 first one.

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:57.399
 Faith is

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:59.059
 expressed in

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.619
 obedience.

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.500
 Look at

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.059
 verse 1.

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.559
 The Lord

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.119
 said to

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.679
 Abraham,

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:03.799
 Abraham,

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.420
 go from

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.140
 your country

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:07.160
 and from

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.820
 your people.

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:11.080
 Verse 4.

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:14.299
 So Abraham

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.779
 went as

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.440
 the Lord

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.600
 told him.

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.720
 You see,

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.600
 faith is not

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:20.160
 a feeling.

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.660
 It's not an

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.180
 idea.

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:23.279
 It's not a

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.799
 philosophy.

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.279
 Faith is

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.160
 obeying

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.519
 what God

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.060
 says.

00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:28.880
 It's

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.400
 active.

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.700
 God said

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.279
 to Abraham,

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.319
 Abraham,

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.059
 go.

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:32.779
 This is

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.399
 my promise

00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:33.839
 to you.

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.539
 Go.

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.259
 And he

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.420
 went.

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.160
 It's a

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.799
 call to

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.559
 respond to

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.019
 God's

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:42.039
 word with

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.579
 obedience.

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.200
 Abraham

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.819
 didn't know

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.180
 where he

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.759
 was going.

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.920
 God

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.500
 didn't give

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.779
 him the

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.460
 full plan

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.259
 of what

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.799
 the years

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.180
 were going

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.759
 to be like

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.099
 as they

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.940
 unfolded or

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.740
 what the

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.279
 land was

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.700
 going to

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:53.899
 be.

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:55.039
 He didn't

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.539
 know what

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.019
 was going

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.319
 on.

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.139
 Scripture

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.920
 even tells

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.359
 us that.

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.759
 Look at

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.519
 the screen.

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.859
 By faith,

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.619
 Abraham,

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.519
 when called

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.160
 to go to

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.619
 a place

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:03.980
 he would

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.839
 later receive

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.259
 as his

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.920
 inheritance,

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.900
 obeyed

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:09.039
 and went

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:10.559
 even though

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.299
 he didn't

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.839
 know where

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.319
 he was

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.759
 going.

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.400
 Now that's

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:15.099
 what faith

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.559
 is.

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:17.240
 Faith is

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.220
 expressed in

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.359
 obedience all

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.940
 the time.

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.019
 And throughout

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.759
 Scripture,

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.460
 God continually

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.480
 confronts us

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.859
 with the

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.240
 word of

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.680
 his son.

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.099
 Jesus says

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.680
 to us,

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.580
 the word

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:29.259
 comes to

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.640
 us and

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:29.920
 says,

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.080
 come to

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.440
 me,

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.759
 all you

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.220
 who are

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.640
 weary,

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.560
 and I

00:32:34.560 --> 00:32:34.980
 will give

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.680
 you rest.

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.539
 How are

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.900
 you going

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.720
 to experience

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.600
 that rest?

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.920
 By obeying

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.600
 the word.

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.940
 Go to

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.380
 Jesus.

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.640
 And Jesus

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.259
 says to

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.640
 us,

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.940
 come,

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.480
 follow me,

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.420
 and I

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.860
 will make

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.420
 you fishers

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.759
 of men.

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:55.019
 How are

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.440
 we going

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.320
 to experience

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.439
 that change

00:32:57.439 --> 00:32:58.179
 and direction

00:32:58.179 --> 00:32:58.639
 in our

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:58.980
 life?

00:32:59.679 --> 00:33:00.799
 By obeying

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.700
 the word

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.259
 and what it

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.639
 says.

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.779
 Go to

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.179
 Jesus.

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:07.019
 Of course

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.460
 we'll have

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.019
 questions.

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.019
 We don't

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.480
 know the

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.939
 plan of

00:33:09.939 --> 00:33:10.379
 our life

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:10.779
 and all

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.179
 what it's

00:33:11.179 --> 00:33:11.619
 going to

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.019
 entail

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.359
 and what

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.579
 it's

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:12.980
 going to

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.439
 look like.

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.200
 Yes,

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.679
 we will

00:33:14.679 --> 00:33:15.379
 have fear,

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.119
 but that's

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.679
 what faith

00:33:17.679 --> 00:33:18.159
 is.

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.740
 It's

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.439
 obeying

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:21.099
 God's

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:21.599
 word

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.659
 because

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.339
 God

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:24.599
 said it.

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:26.099
 He's

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.279
 the

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.879
 creator.

00:33:28.199 --> 00:33:28.539
 We're

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:28.699
 the

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:29.259
 created.

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.179
 Faith

00:33:31.179 --> 00:33:32.000
 is always

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.699
 expressed

00:33:32.699 --> 00:33:33.000
 in

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.500
 obedience.

00:33:35.679 --> 00:33:36.179
 Second,

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:36.839
 faith

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:38.699
 is

00:33:38.699 --> 00:33:39.399
 treasuring

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:40.079
 God

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:41.259
 more than

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.740
 anything

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.319
 else.

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:43.500
 It's

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.000
 treasuring

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.399
 God

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:44.819
 more than

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.139
 anything

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.419
 else.

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:46.000
 Look at

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.439
 verse 1

00:33:46.439 --> 00:33:46.759
 again.

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.159
 The

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.379
 Lord

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.819
 said to

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.179
 Abraham,

00:33:49.639 --> 00:33:50.299
 go from

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.519
 your

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.099
 country,

00:33:51.959 --> 00:33:52.399
 from

00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:52.619
 your

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.139
 people,

00:33:53.719 --> 00:33:54.179
 and from

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.420
 your

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.000
 father's

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.519
 household,

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.340
 to the

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.840
 land I

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.019
 will

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.299
 show

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.600
 you.

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.539
 Now,

00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.019
 that to

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.720
 me sounds

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.080
 a little

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:01.660
 bit like

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.140
 a call

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.380
 to

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.259
 discipleship,

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:03.620
 doesn't

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:03.900
 it?

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:05.560
 Put

00:34:05.560 --> 00:34:06.019
 yourself

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.259
 in

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.779
 Abraham's

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.060
 shoes

00:34:07.060 --> 00:34:07.420
 for a

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.720
 minute.

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.760
 Out of

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.240
 the blue,

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.639
 God

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.159
 says,

00:34:12.680 --> 00:34:14.760
 I want

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.820
 you to

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.119
 leave

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.539
 Ireland.

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.500
 I'm

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.760
 going to

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.500
 send you

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.639
 to another

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.220
 country.

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.000
 Say

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.440
 goodbye

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.920
 to your

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.380
 family.

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.400
 Sell

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.639
 your

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.079
 house

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.719
 because

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:26.980
 you're

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.239
 not

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.599
 coming

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.960
 back

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.300
 here.

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.320
 Or

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.639
 maybe

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.139
 God

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.519
 comes

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.800
 along

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:31.980
 and

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.260
 says,

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.239
 I

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.539
 want

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:33.900
 you

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.760
 to

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.219
 leave

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.820
 Cork

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:37.219
 because

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.579
 I'm

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.099
 sending

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.739
 you to

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.199
 help

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:40.019
 in a

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.360
 church

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.860
 plant

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.719
 somewhere

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.260
 else

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.980
 in

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.340
 Ireland.

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.719
 You're

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.380
 not going

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.679
 to know

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.059
 anyone

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.460
 where you

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.739
 go,

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.880
 and you're

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.099
 going to

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.619
 feel like

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.320
 an outsider.

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.320
 Or

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.579
 maybe

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:54.940
 God

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.400
 says,

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.719
 I want

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.079
 you to

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.539
 leave your

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.059
 career

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:59.079
 for another

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.380
 one.

00:34:59.619 --> 00:34:59.900
 It's

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.360
 going to

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.019
 mean less

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.500
 pay,

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.320
 but it's

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.559
 going to

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.019
 give you

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.639
 more

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.099
 time.

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.380
 You're

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:05.519
 going to

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.880
 have to

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.599
 downsize

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.820
 your

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.219
 house

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:08.199
 and move

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.559
 to a

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.739
 new

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.280
 place.

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.679
 Where

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:10.940
 you're

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.159
 going to

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.579
 go is

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.820
 going to

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.260
 be really

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.980
 strange,

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.719
 but I

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.019
 want you

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.460
 to go.

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.239
 How

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.400
 are you

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.619
 going to

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.159
 respond?

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:23.079
 You

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.259
 see,

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:23.539
 you don't

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.920
 get it,

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.239
 do you?

00:35:24.879 --> 00:35:25.440
 Life

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.539
 is good

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.159
 here right

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.480
 now.

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.519
 I've

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.920
 got my

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.339
 family.

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:29.879
 My

00:35:29.879 --> 00:35:30.719
 family are

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.879
 all around

00:35:31.879 --> 00:35:32.239
 me.

00:35:32.799 --> 00:35:33.239
 And I've

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.559
 got a

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:33.960
 job.

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.460
 I've

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.019
 just got a

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.460
 promotion.

00:35:35.839 --> 00:35:36.379
 I'm doing

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:37.059
 quite well.

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:37.799
 I've got a

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:38.440
 good salary.

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:39.379
 We're doing

00:35:39.379 --> 00:35:39.819
 well.

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.279
 And my

00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:41.799
 kids,

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.739
 they're all

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.139
 settled.

00:35:43.279 --> 00:35:43.699
 They're in a

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.519
 great school.

00:35:44.899 --> 00:35:45.299
 They've got

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:45.799
 lots of

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:46.159
 friends.

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.719
 and I

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.519
 mean all

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.019
 the different

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.659
 clubs and

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:48.980
 all the

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.219
 different

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:50.059
 activities they

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.599
 go to.

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.339
 We're not

00:35:52.339 --> 00:35:52.899
 going there.

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.839
 In other

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.319
 words, what

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:56.859
 we're saying

00:35:56.859 --> 00:35:58.879
 is, I

00:35:58.879 --> 00:36:00.719
 treasure my

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:02.559
 comfort and

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:04.819
 my security and

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:07.480
 my familiarity more

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.039
 than anything

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.519
 else.

00:36:09.399 --> 00:36:10.539
 That's what's

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:11.279
 important to

00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:11.559
 me.

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.000
 How did

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.960
 Abram respond?

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:17.539
 Abram, I

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.119
 want you to

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.500
 go.

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.980
 And he

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.460
 went.

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.179
 Why?

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:26.059
 Because he

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:27.299
 treasured God

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.899
 more than

00:36:27.899 --> 00:36:29.219
 anything else

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:30.039
 or anyone

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.420
 else.

00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:31.199
 In other

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:31.719
 words, he

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.960
 trusted that

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.940
 following God

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.599
 and stepping

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.079
 out in

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.539
 faith,

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:37.579
 whatever the

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.099
 cost,

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.819
 whatever the

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.399
 hardship,

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.159
 whatever the

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.599
 suffering,

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:44.239
 was nothing

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:46.679
 compared to

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.339
 walking in

00:36:47.339 --> 00:36:48.839
 obedience and

00:36:48.839 --> 00:36:49.919
 all the

00:36:49.919 --> 00:36:51.279
 blessings that

00:36:51.279 --> 00:36:51.699
 he would

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:53.079
 receive from

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.500
 God.

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:55.239
 Nothing could

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:55.879
 compare to

00:36:55.879 --> 00:36:56.159
 it.

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:00.719
 It's what God

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.519
 continues to

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.399
 say to us.

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.199
 Remember the

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.679
 words of

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.139
 Jesus?

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:07.219
 Whoever wants

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:08.419
 to save their

00:37:08.419 --> 00:37:10.199
 life will

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:10.919
 lose it.

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:12.619
 but whoever

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.659
 loses their

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.800
 life for me

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.579
 and for the

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:17.000
 gospel will

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.820
 save it.

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.559
 What good

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.639
 is it for

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.420
 someone to

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.900
 gain the

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:23.000
 whole world

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:25.079
 yet forfeit

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.639
 their soul?

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:28.360
 So let me ask

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.039
 a challenging

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:30.380
 question to you

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.260
 and to me.

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:33.900
 What is it

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:35.639
 that you

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.260
 treasure

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:37.500
 more than

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.880
 God?

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:39.680
 what do

00:37:39.680 --> 00:37:40.400
 you treasure

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.720
 more than

00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:42.140
 God?

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:43.800
 What comfort

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.980
 and security

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:46.059
 are you

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.780
 holding on

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.000
 to?

00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:47.780
 Is it your

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.260
 family?

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.340
 Is it your

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:51.840
 job?

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.640
 Is it your

00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:55.000
 home?

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:57.180
 Lord,

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.960
 you can have

00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.039
 anything you

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.519
 want,

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.900
 but you

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.440
 are not

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.000
 having

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:05.380
 you fill

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.660
 in the

00:38:05.660 --> 00:38:06.039
 blank.

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:07.820
 you're not

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.619
 touching it.

00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:12.840
 Faith is

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.539
 treasuring

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.079
 God

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:15.679
 above

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.599
 anything

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.159
 else.

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:22.259
 And third,

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.259
 faith is

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:24.079
 trusting the

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:25.440
 one who

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.099
 is faithful.

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.940
 You see,

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.639
 I read this

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.039
 account

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:31.119
 and I look

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:31.619
 at the life

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.119
 of Abram

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.779
 and I say,

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:33.980
 this call

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.360
 of him,

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.039
 go leave

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.500
 your country,

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.980
 go to

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.199
 another

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.500
 place,

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:36.940
 go do

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.340
 this.

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.280
 Well,

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:39.159
 that's great

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:39.920
 for Abram,

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.420
 but you

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.760
 know what,

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.800
 I just

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.559
 don't have

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.300
 that kind

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:44.920
 of faith.

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.000
 I'm just

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:47.340
 not in

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:48.199
 his category.

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.179
 He's up

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:49.480
 there,

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:50.360
 I'm down

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:50.639
 here.

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.559
 I'm just

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.199
 not able

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.639
 for this

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.400
 stepping out

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:53.920
 business.

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.440
 I just

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:56.019
 can't do

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.300
 it.

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.719
 I try,

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:00.840
 but I just

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.380
 fail and

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.079
 fall all

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.559
 the time.

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:05.360
 Abram's

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:07.039
 faith was

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:11.880
 not great

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:13.199
 because of

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.880
 how big

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.299
 and how

00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:15.159
 strong his

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:16.139
 faith was.

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.139
 His

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:18.079
 faith is

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.739
 great

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:20.719
 because his

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:21.539
 faith is in

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.759
 the faithfulness

00:39:22.759 --> 00:39:24.059
 of God.

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.639
 His

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.440
 faith is in

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:27.420
 the faithfulness

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.320
 of God.

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:29.840
 He was

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.400
 sinful,

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.559
 he was

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.039
 weak,

00:39:32.740 --> 00:39:33.139
 he was

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:34.260
 disobedient

00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:35.519
 and fearful.

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:37.519
 He simply

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:39.039
 trusted in

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.740
 what God

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:40.599
 said he

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.139
 will do.

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.300
 And what

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:42.820
 does God

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.320
 say he

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:43.760
 will do?

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.480
 Look at

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.039
 the promises,

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:45.500
 look at

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.980
 verse 2

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.460
 with me.

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.400
 Listen to

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:47.900
 what God

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.420
 said to

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.599
 him.

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.180
 Go,

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:52.780
 I will

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:54.079
 make you

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.559
 into a

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.280
 great nation

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:56.880
 and I

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:58.080
 will bless

00:39:58.080 --> 00:39:59.260
 you and

00:39:59.260 --> 00:40:00.620
 I will

00:40:00.620 --> 00:40:01.220
 make your

00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:01.940
 name great

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.820
 and you

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:04.060
 will be a

00:40:04.060 --> 00:40:05.040
 blessing and

00:40:05.040 --> 00:40:06.260
 I will

00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:06.940
 bless those

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.820
 who bless

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:08.560
 you and

00:40:08.560 --> 00:40:09.380
 whoever curses

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:10.340
 you I

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.360
 will curse

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:12.180
 and all

00:40:12.180 --> 00:40:12.920
 peoples on

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.280
 the earth

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.680
 will be

00:40:13.680 --> 00:40:14.120
 blessed

00:40:14.120 --> 00:40:15.240
 through you.

00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:17.019
 I will

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.760
 do it.

00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.920
 Don't

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.240
 worry

00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:22.720
 Abraham,

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:24.599
 I know

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.480
 exactly what

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.000
 your life

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.500
 is like,

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:27.259
 I know

00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:27.679
 what your

00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:28.259
 faith is

00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:28.579
 like,

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.759
 but I

00:40:30.759 --> 00:40:31.379
 am faithful

00:40:31.379 --> 00:40:31.939
 to you.

00:40:33.859 --> 00:40:34.639
 Just as

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.299
 God knows

00:40:35.299 --> 00:40:35.980
 Abraham's

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.339
 heart,

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:38.219
 so God

00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:38.819
 knows your

00:40:38.819 --> 00:40:39.399
 heart and

00:40:39.399 --> 00:40:39.799
 he knows

00:40:39.799 --> 00:40:40.519
 my heart.

00:40:41.399 --> 00:40:42.259
 It's never

00:40:42.259 --> 00:40:42.939
 about the

00:40:42.939 --> 00:40:43.599
 strength of

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.439
 my faith,

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:46.839
 but God's

00:40:46.839 --> 00:40:47.879
 faithfulness

00:40:47.879 --> 00:40:48.859
 to me.

00:40:50.319 --> 00:40:51.939
 I will

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.519
 do it.

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.820
 I will

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.480
 do it.

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:57.340
 I will

00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:58.059
 bless you.

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:00.179
 Don't

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:00.840
 believe me?

00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:02.679
 Well,

00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:03.159
 listen to

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:03.820
 the Apostle

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.440
 Paul because

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:05.340
 he picks it

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:06.159
 straight up

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:06.960
 and he

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.780
 applies it

00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:08.480
 right to

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.059
 our heart.

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.480
 Look at

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:10.780
 what it

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.159
 says.

00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:13.440
 Therefore,

00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:15.820
 the promise

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:17.079
 comes by

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.760
 faith,

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:19.840
 so that

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.280
 it may

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:21.640
 be by

00:41:21.640 --> 00:41:22.320
 grace

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:23.760
 and

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.460
 may be,

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.980
 can you

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.420
 read that

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:26.800
 word?

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:29.940
 Guaranteed

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:31.680
 to all

00:41:31.680 --> 00:41:32.920
 Abraham's

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.600
 offspring.

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:36.220
 Guaranteed.

00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:38.740
 It all

00:41:38.740 --> 00:41:39.300
 comes

00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:40.519
 from the

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.000
 guarantee

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:42.400
 of what

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.280
 God will

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:43.860
 do for

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.579
 you and

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.019
 for me.

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 God

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:46.699
 saved

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:47.280
 Abraham

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:48.639
 and

00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:49.059
 through

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:49.480
 him

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:49.920
 he

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:50.139
 would

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:50.739
 save

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:51.199
 the

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:51.719
 nations

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:52.500
 of the

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:52.800
 world

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.420
 for all

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:53.579
 who

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:53.759
 will

00:41:53.759 --> 00:41:54.039
 turn

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:54.239
 to

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:54.539
 him.

00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:55.480
 He

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:55.739
 has

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:56.119
 saved

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:56.519
 me

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:58.099
 and

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.239
 I

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:58.480
 know

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.699
 he

00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:58.900
 has

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.219
 saved

00:41:59.219 --> 00:41:59.480
 some

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.679
 of

00:41:59.679 --> 00:41:59.960
 you

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.480
 and

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:00.739
 maybe

00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:01.000
 you

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.119
 are

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:01.440
 sitting

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.699
 here

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.059
 today

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.259
 and

00:42:02.259 --> 00:42:02.500
 saying

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.000
 can

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.159
 he

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:03.480
 save

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:03.840
 me?

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.579
 Yes

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:05.780
 he

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:06.119
 can.

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:07.639
 By

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:08.280
 grace

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:09.940
 through

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.559
 faith

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:12.019
 in

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.440
 God's

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.940
 promise

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:15.079
 I

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:16.219
 will

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:16.460
 do

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:16.779
 it

00:42:16.779 --> 00:42:17.420
 for

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:17.759
 you.

00:42:19.299 --> 00:42:19.900
 Let's

00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:20.179
 pray.

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:36.299
 Amazing

00:42:36.299 --> 00:42:36.980
 grace

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:41.820
 incredible

00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:42.740
 promises

00:42:42.740 --> 00:42:47.900
 simple

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:49.059
 failing

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.980
 faith.

00:42:52.179 --> 00:42:53.019
 Thank

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.320
 you

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:53.980
 Father

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.440
 God

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:56.780
 that

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:56.980
 you

00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:57.199
 are

00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:57.659
 faithful

00:42:57.659 --> 00:42:58.260
 to

00:42:58.260 --> 00:42:58.719
 us.

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:01.019
 You

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:01.199
 are

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:01.780
 faithful

00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:02.619
 in all

00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:02.900
 that you

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:03.360
 say

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:04.559
 and all

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:04.860
 that you

00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:05.159
 do.

00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:07.440
 as

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:07.819
 weak

00:43:07.819 --> 00:43:08.019
 as

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.219
 we

00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:08.519
 are

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:11.460
 we

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.899
 trust

00:43:11.899 --> 00:43:12.179
 in

00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:12.460
 your

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:13.259
 faithfulness

00:43:13.259 --> 00:43:13.500
 to

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.819
 keep

00:43:13.819 --> 00:43:14.239
 us

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:15.339
 to

00:43:15.339 --> 00:43:15.719
 hold

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:16.199
 us

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:17.799
 so

00:43:17.799 --> 00:43:18.000
 that

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.219
 we

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:18.519
 might

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:18.779
 know

00:43:18.779 --> 00:43:19.039
 your

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.500
 blessing.

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:22.899
 Thank

00:43:22.899 --> 00:43:23.079
 you

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.399
 Father

00:43:23.399 --> 00:43:24.139
 for all

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:24.539
 that we

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:24.759
 have

00:43:24.759 --> 00:43:25.159
 learned

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:25.739
 together

00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:27.559
 through

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:27.819
 this

00:43:27.819 --> 00:43:28.239
 account

00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:28.460
 of

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:28.920
 Genesis

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:31.159
 of

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:31.339
 the

00:43:31.339 --> 00:43:31.819
 almighty

00:43:31.819 --> 00:43:32.239
 God

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:32.440
 that

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:32.639
 you

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:32.960
 are

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:34.960
 the

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:35.260
 God

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:35.440
 who

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:35.780
 gives

00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:36.099
 new

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:36.599
 beginnings

00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:38.380
 the

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:38.639
 God

00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:38.840
 who

00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:39.199
 gives

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.599
 a

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:40.400
 restart

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:42.420
 that

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:43.019
 lasts

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.380
 not

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:43.679
 just

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:44.199
 today

00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:46.179
 but

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:46.400
 for

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.659
 all

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:47.280
 eternity

00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:49.340
 dealing

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:49.659
 with

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:50.220
 every

00:43:50.220 --> 00:43:50.659
 single

00:43:50.659 --> 00:43:50.920
 one

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.059
 of

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.260
 my

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:51.860
 failures

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:52.440
 past

00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:52.920
 present

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.159
 and

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:53.619
 future

00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:55.679
 nothing

00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:56.800
 will

00:43:56.800 --> 00:43:57.159
 hinder

00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:57.500
 what

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:57.900
 God

00:43:57.900 --> 00:43:58.480
 promises

00:43:58.480 --> 00:43:58.800
 to

00:43:58.800 --> 00:43:59.079
 do.

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.720
 Help

00:44:01.720 --> 00:44:02.000
 us

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.260
 to

00:44:02.260 --> 00:44:02.679
 walk

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:03.599
 in

00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:04.139
 obedient

00:44:04.139 --> 00:44:04.839
 faith

00:44:04.839 --> 00:44:06.899
 treasuring

00:44:06.899 --> 00:44:07.239
 you

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:07.679
 above

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.399
 all

00:44:08.399 --> 00:44:08.980
 else

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:11.019
 stepping

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:11.480
 out

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:13.099
 and

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:13.419
 doing

00:44:13.419 --> 00:44:13.899
 as you

00:44:13.899 --> 00:44:14.299
 command.

00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:17.199
 Amen.

00:44:21.199 --> 00:44:21.739
 We're

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:21.980
 going to

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.239
 sing.

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:22.359
 Amen.

00:44:22.359 --> 00:44:22.799
 Amen.

00:44:22.799 --> 00:44:23.199
 Amen.

00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:23.500
 Amen.

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:23.519
 Amen.

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:23.579
 Amen.

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:23.980
 Amen.

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.480
 Amen.

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:25.519
 Amen.

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:25.559
 Amen.

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:25.579
 Amen.

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:25.639
 Amen.

00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:25.659
 Amen.

00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:25.699
 Amen.

00:44:25.699 --> 00:44:25.739
 Amen.

00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:25.859
 Amen.

00:44:25.859 --> 00:44:26.359
 Amen.

00:44:26.359 --> 00:44:26.440
 Amen.

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:26.980
 Amen.

00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:27.519
 Amen.