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 Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess.

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 But she was unhappy because she'd been locked in a tower by a wicked witch.

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 A fierce dragon guarded the tower.

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 He roared and breathed fire at anyone who came near.

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 Everyone was afraid of the dragon.

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 Until one day, a handsome prince in bright shining armour

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 came riding by on his white stallion.

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 He heard the princess crying,

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 and he slew the dragon with his mighty sword,

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 broke down the door, and rescued the princess.

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 He took the princess back to his kingdom, where he married her,

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 and they all lived happily ever after.

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 You frequently come across people who try and dismiss the Bible as mere fairy stories.

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 And while there are many other reasons why we would reject that claim,

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 the one that seems most obvious to me

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 is that the characters and events in biblical narrative

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 are not remotely like those that you find in the typical fairy story.

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 In your typical fairy story, everything is simple and clear.

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 There are goodies, and you know exactly who they are.

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 There are baddies, and you know exactly who they are.

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 And after some challenge or other,

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 the goodies clearly and comprehensively win.

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 Good triumphs, evil is defeated,

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 and they all live happily ever after.

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 But when we look at the Bible,

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 we find something completely different.

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 We keep seeing it again and again,

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 whether it's in these studies we've been doing in Abraham,

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 or the studies we've been doing in the morning in Luke's Gospel,

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 or throughout the Bible,

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 just everything is a lot messier.

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 The heroes of the faith are often complete failures.

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 They stumble from folly to folly to outright rebellion.

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 And likewise, the enemies of God,

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 well, they're often shown to act nobly and rightly.

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 And when there are those victories,

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 those times when good seems to win through,

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 they're short-lived and incomplete.

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 At least until that future,

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 final, ultimate, literally apocalyptic victory

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 over evil and the making of all things new.

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 But until then, in all these messy stories,

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 there is one character that we find faultless,

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 and one thing we find constant.

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 God and his grace towards people.

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 Messy, broken, ordinary people,

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 like me, like you,

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 like all the people out there.

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 And I want us to look in this passage

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 at God's grace towards four categories of people.

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 To the stumbling believer,

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 to the unbeliever,

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 to the rejected,

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 and finally, to the world.

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 Don't worry if you think I'm going to take as long

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 on all the points as on the first point.

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 There just seems to be so much to say there.

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 And credit to my sister for the illustrations.

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 As we've studied Abraham's life

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 over the past couple of months,

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 we've seen a complex man.

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 A man at once of great faith

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 and of great doubt,

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 of obedience and of sin.

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 And in the first part of our passage here,

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 in chapter 20,

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 we don't see him in his finest hour.

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 After the dramatic events of the previous chapters,

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 you would think it was fairly clear

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 that he would want to follow God

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 and follow God's way clearly.

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 Clearly, but he moves into the region ruled by Abimelech,

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 a Philistine king.

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 And knowing that his wife is beautiful,

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 he fears that Abimelech will kill him

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 so as to take Sarah as his wife.

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 And so therefore he lies

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 and pretends that Sarah is his sister

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 so as to protect himself.

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 While on a technicality this is true,

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 she is his half-sister,

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 he's blatantly intending to deceive here.

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 While we in a few weeks ago

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 tried to let Abraham off lightly

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 and find the mitigating factors in his behaviour,

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 we can't do the same here.

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 Instead, when we read this,

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 we can't help wanting to cry out to Abraham

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 No, stop, don't do it, you stupid idiot.

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 Because Abraham's sin here is repeated.

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 Just a few chapters back,

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 he tried the same trick in Egypt.

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 And that didn't work out well.

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 The first time we can maybe excuse

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 as a stupid mistake,

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 but to do it again?

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 That's inexcusable.

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 Surely he should have known better.

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 But we also see here

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 that his sin is premeditated.

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 This is not accidental.

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 This is not a spur-of-the-moment decision.

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 Because he tells Abimelech

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 down in verse 13

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 that this is the plan

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 that he agreed with Sarah

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 when he left Haran

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 about 25 years earlier.

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 He's had plenty of time to realise

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 that this is not a good idea.

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 And yet,

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 he still goes ahead with his plan.

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 And his sin

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 put several people in danger.

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 First,

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 and most obviously,

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 it put Sarah in danger

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 so as to protect himself.

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 Basically,

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 he's saying to Sarah,

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 you know,

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 all that stuff I said to you

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 about

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 for better,

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 for worse,

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 or whatever

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 Bronze Age,

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 Middle Eastern wedding vows

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 were like.

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 Well,

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 actually,

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 if you'd just be willing

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 to sacrifice yourself

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 and your honour

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 for my safety,

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 I'm not willing

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 to take any risk

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 on behalf of you.

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 But his sin

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 also puts Abimelech

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 in danger.

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 He puts Abimelech

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 in danger

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 of sin

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 because his deception

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 leads Abimelech

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 to believe

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 that Sarah is unmarried

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 and that therefore

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 his intentions,

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 if not quite

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 in line with

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 21st century niceties,

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 are essentially honourable.

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 But his sin

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 also puts his

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 unborn child

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 in danger.

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 It's not clear

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 whether at this point

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 Sarah is pregnant.

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 But if she's not,

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 she will be soon.

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 Just before

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 the events

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 in Sodom and Gomorrah,

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 Abraham was told

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 that a year

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 from now,

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 Sarah will have

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 a son.

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 If Abimelech

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 had followed through

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 with his plan,

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 there could be

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 uncertainty raised

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 about whose son

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 is this?

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 Is this

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 the promised

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 son of Abraham

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 through whom

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 all the nations

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 will be blessed?

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 Or is this

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 just

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 the son of

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 some

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 minor Philistine

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 king?

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 But ultimately,

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 Abraham's sin

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 demonstrates

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 a total

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 lack of faith

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 in God.

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 He says that

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 the fear of God

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 is not in this

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 place,

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 and yet

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 there is far

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 greater fear

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 of God

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 shown by

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 Abimelech,

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 a pagan,

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 than by Abraham.

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 He doesn't

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 trust God

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 to protect him

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 and his family.

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 Instead,

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 he relies on

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 his own cunning

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 and deception

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 to protect himself

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 at the expense

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 of others.

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 I'd love to say

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 that we were

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 somehow different,

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 that Abraham

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 was an oddity,

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 an exception,

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 an outlier,

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 but I know

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 that's not true,

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 and you know

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 that's not true.

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 All too often,

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 our sin

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 is repetitive

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 and habitual.

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 Every time

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 we think

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 we've learned

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 our lesson,

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 we won't go

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 there again,

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 and we do.

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 All too often,

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 we know in advance

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 exactly

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 what we're going

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 to do.

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 Maybe not 25

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 years in advance,

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 but still

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 long enough

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 to have worked

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 out

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 that our plan

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 is wrong,

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 but also

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 long enough

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 to make up

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 enough excuses

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 as to why

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 actually

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 it's okay.

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 And while

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 we like

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 to pretend

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 that our sin

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 is a private

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 thing,

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 we like

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 to follow

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 the mantra

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 of the world

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 around us

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 that says

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 if it doesn't

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 harm anyone,

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 then it's okay.

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 The reality

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 is none

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 of us

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 are hermits.

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 Our lives

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 are all

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 intertwined

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 and interdependent,

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 whether in our

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 families,

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 in our workplaces,

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 or even more

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 in the church.

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 when I am

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 not in a

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 right relationship

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 with my

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 Father,

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 how can I

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 be there

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 to exhort

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 and encourage

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 you,

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 to worship

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 beside you,

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 to raise

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 my voice

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 with you

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 and strengthen

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 you?

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 And when I

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 sin,

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 and particularly

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 when you see

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 me sin,

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 will I lead

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 you into

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 temptation

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 and sin

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 yourself?

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 So often

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 I've heard

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 the gospel

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 presented

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 in such

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 a nice,

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 simple way

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 that sounds

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 great,

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 but leads

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 people to

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 believe that

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 after accepting

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 salvation,

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 sin is not

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 something they

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 should expect

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 to struggle

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 with.

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 Andrew

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 Peterson,

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 an American

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 singer-songwriter,

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 in one of his

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 songs says,

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 and I

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 thought

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 that all

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 my struggles

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 would be

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 victories by

00:11:42.059 --> 00:11:42.379
 now,

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 but I

00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:44.679
 confess

00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:45.720
 that the

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 mess

00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:47.159
 is there.

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 Or as

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 the Apostle

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 John says

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 in his

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 letter,

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 if we

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 claim to

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 be without

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 sin,

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 we deceive

00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:57.879
 ourselves

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 and the

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 truth is

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 not in

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 us.

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 We must

00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:03.879
 not deny

00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:05.120
 the reality

00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:05.799
 of the

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 sin within

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 us.

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 Instead,

00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:09.539
 as the

00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:09.820
 Book of

00:12:09.820 --> 00:12:10.399
 Common Prayer

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 would say,

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 we acknowledge

00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:13.700
 and confess

00:12:13.700 --> 00:12:15.240
 the grievous

00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:16.000
 sins and

00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:16.659
 wickedness

00:12:16.659 --> 00:12:17.740
 which we

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 have so

00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:18.560
 often

00:12:18.560 --> 00:12:19.200
 committed

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 by thought,

00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:21.580
 word,

00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:22.659
 and deed.

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 But while

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 Abraham's

00:12:26.100 --> 00:12:26.899
 actions were

00:12:26.899 --> 00:12:27.720
 completely

00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:28.159
 wrong,

00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:29.899
 it seems

00:12:29.899 --> 00:12:30.240
 that his

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 fears were

00:12:30.899 --> 00:12:31.799
 not totally

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 unfounded.

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 abimelech

00:12:34.739 --> 00:12:35.519
 does indeed

00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:36.459
 consider

00:12:36.459 --> 00:12:36.779
 Sarah

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 beautiful,

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 even though

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 she's about

00:12:39.179 --> 00:12:39.739
 90 years

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 old,

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 and he

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 sins for

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 her.

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 And despite

00:12:45.359 --> 00:12:45.959
 the fact

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 that these

00:12:46.359 --> 00:12:47.459
 events were

00:12:47.459 --> 00:12:48.039
 brought about

00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:48.839
 by Abraham's

00:12:48.839 --> 00:12:49.339
 willful

00:12:49.339 --> 00:12:50.179
 disobedience,

00:12:51.419 --> 00:12:52.059
 God still

00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:53.279
 demonstrates his

00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:54.099
 grace towards

00:12:54.099 --> 00:12:54.359
 him.

00:12:56.359 --> 00:12:57.019
 God

00:12:57.019 --> 00:12:57.619
 demonstrates

00:12:57.619 --> 00:12:58.299
 his grace

00:12:58.299 --> 00:12:59.699
 by appearing

00:12:59.699 --> 00:13:00.979
 to Abimelech

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 to stop

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 him from

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 taking his

00:13:03.979 --> 00:13:04.839
 unwitting sin

00:13:04.839 --> 00:13:05.839
 any further.

00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:08.079
 He intervenes

00:13:08.079 --> 00:13:08.740
 to protect

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 Sarah when

00:13:10.099 --> 00:13:10.740
 Abraham is

00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:11.459
 ducked out of

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 his responsibilities.

00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:15.939
 Abraham may

00:13:15.939 --> 00:13:16.559
 not be willing

00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:17.419
 to protect

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 Sarah's

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 honour,

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 but God

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 once again

00:13:21.199 --> 00:13:22.519
 steps in.

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 But God

00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:26.919
 also shows

00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:27.819
 his grace

00:13:27.819 --> 00:13:28.259
 towards

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 Abraham

00:13:28.699 --> 00:13:29.759
 by bringing

00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.379
 him favour

00:13:30.379 --> 00:13:31.480
 in the eyes

00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:32.199
 of Abimelech.

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 I don't

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 really know,

00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:37.340
 and I'm

00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:38.000
 sure probably

00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:39.860
 no one

00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:40.600
 really knows,

00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:41.079
 can only

00:13:41.079 --> 00:13:41.620
 speculate

00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:42.899
 exactly what

00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:43.539
 customs at

00:13:43.539 --> 00:13:43.879
 the time

00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:44.379
 were like,

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 but it

00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:46.159
 seems that

00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:46.340
 it would

00:13:46.340 --> 00:13:46.559
 have been

00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:46.960
 perfectly

00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:47.519
 natural

00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:48.779
 for Abimelech

00:13:48.779 --> 00:13:49.539
 to be furious

00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:49.879
 here,

00:13:50.659 --> 00:13:51.620
 to send

00:13:51.620 --> 00:13:52.419
 Abraham away

00:13:52.419 --> 00:13:53.699
 or worse.

00:13:55.379 --> 00:13:56.279
 But he

00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:57.219
 sees that

00:13:57.219 --> 00:13:58.039
 God is

00:13:58.039 --> 00:13:58.779
 with Abraham,

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 and so

00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:00.759
 rather than

00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:01.039
 seeking

00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:01.539
 compensation

00:14:01.539 --> 00:14:02.539
 from Abraham,

00:14:03.579 --> 00:14:04.299
 he instead

00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:05.120
 is the one

00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:05.979
 that gives

00:14:05.979 --> 00:14:07.079
 lavish gifts

00:14:07.079 --> 00:14:08.419
 and welcomes

00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:09.699
 Abraham to

00:14:09.699 --> 00:14:10.479
 stay in his

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 land.

00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:13.639
 And despite

00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:14.379
 Abraham's

00:14:14.379 --> 00:14:14.659
 sin,

00:14:15.699 --> 00:14:16.059
 God

00:14:16.059 --> 00:14:16.719
 graciously

00:14:16.719 --> 00:14:17.399
 gives him

00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:18.699
 the responsibility

00:14:18.699 --> 00:14:20.519
 to intercede

00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:21.159
 in prayer

00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:22.399
 for Abimelech.

00:14:22.419 --> 00:14:23.939
 for the man

00:14:23.939 --> 00:14:24.439
 that he

00:14:24.439 --> 00:14:25.159
 has wronged.

00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:27.579
 He shows

00:14:27.579 --> 00:14:27.959
 Abraham

00:14:27.959 --> 00:14:29.120
 that he

00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:29.979
 still has

00:14:29.979 --> 00:14:30.319
 a job

00:14:30.319 --> 00:14:30.659
 for him

00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:31.000
 to do.

00:14:32.319 --> 00:14:33.339
 He uses

00:14:33.339 --> 00:14:33.879
 Abraham

00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:35.099
 as the

00:14:35.099 --> 00:14:35.479
 means

00:14:35.479 --> 00:14:36.419
 for taking

00:14:36.419 --> 00:14:36.819
 away

00:14:36.819 --> 00:14:37.819
 the punishment

00:14:37.819 --> 00:14:38.659
 that was

00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:39.379
 hanging over

00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:40.299
 Abimelech

00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:41.059
 and his

00:14:41.059 --> 00:14:41.539
 household.

00:14:41.539 --> 00:14:42.539
 God

00:14:42.539 --> 00:14:43.819
 and he

00:14:43.819 --> 00:14:44.259
 continues

00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:45.399
 to use

00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:45.659
 him

00:14:45.659 --> 00:14:46.799
 to show

00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.059
 his

00:14:47.059 --> 00:14:47.480
 greatness

00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:47.799
 to

00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:48.719
 Abimelech

00:14:48.719 --> 00:14:49.879
 so that

00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:50.199
 he can

00:14:50.199 --> 00:14:50.599
 say

00:14:50.599 --> 00:14:51.899
 in chapter

00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.860
 21,

00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:55.120
 God

00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.719
 is with

00:14:55.719 --> 00:14:56.039
 you

00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:57.179
 in everything

00:14:57.179 --> 00:14:57.740
 you do.

00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:00.799
 He

00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:01.259
 continues

00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:02.059
 to use

00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:02.639
 Abraham

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:04.000
 as an

00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.500
 ambassador

00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:05.620
 to the

00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:06.219
 world around

00:15:06.219 --> 00:15:06.519
 him.

00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:09.299
 God

00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:09.639
 also

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.019
 shows

00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:10.220
 his

00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:10.500
 grace

00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:10.699
 to

00:15:10.699 --> 00:15:11.039
 Abraham

00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:12.620
 by not

00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:12.840
 going

00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:13.159
 back

00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:13.299
 on

00:15:13.299 --> 00:15:13.480
 his

00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:13.899
 promise.

00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:15.939
 As we'll

00:15:15.939 --> 00:15:16.600
 see later,

00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:17.799
 all the

00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:18.240
 promises

00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:18.620
 he had

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:18.939
 made

00:15:18.939 --> 00:15:19.240
 to

00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:19.659
 Abraham

00:15:19.659 --> 00:15:21.079
 will

00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:21.460
 still

00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:21.879
 be

00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:22.240
 fulfilled.

00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:25.019
 Abraham's

00:15:25.019 --> 00:15:25.379
 failure

00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:26.419
 does not

00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:27.079
 mean that

00:15:27.079 --> 00:15:27.500
 God will

00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:27.919
 not do

00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:28.379
 what he

00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:28.879
 had said

00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.439
 he will

00:15:29.439 --> 00:15:29.639
 do.

00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:31.319
 God's

00:15:31.319 --> 00:15:31.679
 plans

00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:32.299
 were not

00:15:32.299 --> 00:15:32.879
 dependent

00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.759
 on

00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.340
 Abraham's

00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:34.759
 strength.

00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:38.059
 And then

00:15:38.059 --> 00:15:38.460
 right at

00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:38.700
 the end

00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:38.960
 of the

00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:39.399
 passage

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.779
 we see

00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.519
 God

00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:41.840
 showing

00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:42.039
 his

00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:42.379
 grace

00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:42.639
 to

00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.080
 Abraham

00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:44.159
 by

00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:44.439
 bringing

00:15:44.439 --> 00:15:44.720
 him

00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:45.139
 back

00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.899
 to a

00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:46.120
 place

00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.259
 of

00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:46.559
 worship.

00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:49.519
 It's

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.100
 interesting

00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:51.019
 to see

00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:51.259
 that

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:51.679
 following

00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:51.860
 the

00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.200
 previous

00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:52.620
 incident

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:52.860
 in

00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:53.299
 Egypt

00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:54.860
 Abraham

00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.419
 waited

00:15:55.419 --> 00:15:56.379
 until

00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:56.679
 he got

00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:56.940
 back

00:15:56.940 --> 00:15:57.120
 to

00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:57.559
 Bethel

00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:58.399
 the

00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:58.659
 place

00:15:58.659 --> 00:15:58.820
 where

00:15:58.820 --> 00:15:58.919
 he

00:15:58.919 --> 00:15:59.019
 had

00:15:59.019 --> 00:15:59.379
 worshipped

00:15:59.379 --> 00:15:59.659
 God

00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:00.120
 before.

00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:01.940
 It

00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:02.179
 seems

00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:02.319
 that

00:16:02.319 --> 00:16:02.419
 in

00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:02.679
 some

00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:02.959
 way

00:16:02.959 --> 00:16:04.019
 he

00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:04.279
 felt

00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:04.479
 he

00:16:04.479 --> 00:16:04.879
 couldn't

00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:05.199
 worship

00:16:05.199 --> 00:16:05.559
 God

00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:05.799
 where

00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:05.979
 he

00:16:05.979 --> 00:16:06.379
 was.

00:16:08.459 --> 00:16:08.959
 But

00:16:08.959 --> 00:16:09.079
 in

00:16:09.079 --> 00:16:09.299
 this

00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:09.620
 case

00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:09.859
 we

00:16:09.859 --> 00:16:10.979
 see

00:16:10.979 --> 00:16:11.519
 him

00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:11.939
 worshipping

00:16:11.939 --> 00:16:12.359
 God

00:16:12.359 --> 00:16:13.399
 there

00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:13.939
 in

00:16:13.939 --> 00:16:14.459
 Beersheba

00:16:14.459 --> 00:16:15.539
 in

00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:15.699
 the

00:16:15.699 --> 00:16:15.919
 land

00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:16.079
 of

00:16:16.079 --> 00:16:16.199
 the

00:16:16.199 --> 00:16:16.839
 Philistines.

00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:18.539
 I'm

00:16:18.539 --> 00:16:18.699
 not

00:16:18.699 --> 00:16:18.979
 really

00:16:18.979 --> 00:16:19.239
 sure

00:16:19.239 --> 00:16:19.479
 what

00:16:19.479 --> 00:16:19.639
 the

00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:20.120
 significance

00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:20.439
 of

00:16:20.439 --> 00:16:20.659
 the

00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:21.319
 planting

00:16:21.319 --> 00:16:21.500
 of

00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:21.620
 the

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:21.899
 trees

00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:22.259
 is.

00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:23.579
 Commentators

00:16:23.579 --> 00:16:23.859
 seem

00:16:23.859 --> 00:16:24.059
 to

00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:24.319
 come

00:16:24.319 --> 00:16:24.459
 up

00:16:24.459 --> 00:16:24.719
 with

00:16:24.719 --> 00:16:25.919
 widely

00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:26.379
 varying

00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:27.139
 views

00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.379
 on

00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:27.519
 it

00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:27.719
 but

00:16:27.719 --> 00:16:28.599
 it

00:16:28.599 --> 00:16:28.839
 seems

00:16:28.839 --> 00:16:29.059
 to

00:16:29.059 --> 00:16:29.240
 me

00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:29.519
 that

00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:30.500
 it's

00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:30.639
 in

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:30.919
 some

00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.219
 ways

00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:32.040
 an

00:16:32.040 --> 00:16:32.279
 act

00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:32.420
 of

00:16:32.420 --> 00:16:33.139
 placemaking

00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:33.820
 that

00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:34.160
 Abraham

00:16:34.160 --> 00:16:34.560
 is

00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:35.240
 making

00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:35.440
 a

00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:35.759
 statement

00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:36.160
 saying

00:16:36.160 --> 00:16:36.360
 that

00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:36.700
 here

00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:38.160
 as a

00:16:38.160 --> 00:16:38.639
 nomad

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 in a

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 foreign

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 land

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 as a

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 sinner

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 I

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 will

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 worship

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 the

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 Lord

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 here.

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 so

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 when we

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 see

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 God's

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 grace

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 shown

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 like

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 this

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 to

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 a

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 stumbling

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 believer

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 there

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 is the

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 obvious

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 risk

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 of

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 thinking

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 well

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 sin's

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 okay

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 then

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 we

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 don't

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 need

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 to be

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 concerned

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 about

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 it

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 we

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 don't

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 need

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 to

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 seek

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 daily

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 to

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 put

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 to

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 death

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 the

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 sin

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 within

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 us

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 it

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 would

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 be

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 easy

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 to

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 take

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 the

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 verse

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 we

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 read

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 in

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 first

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 John

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 to

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 say

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 that

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 because

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 sin

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 is

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 inevitable

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 it's

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 unimportant

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 but

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 John

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 goes on

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 to say

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 a few

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 verses

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 later

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 I

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 write

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 this

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 to

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 you

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 so

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 that

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 you

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 will

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 not

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 sin

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 but

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 if

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 anyone

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 does

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 sin

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 we

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 have

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 an

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 advocate

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 with

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 the

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 Father

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 the

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 righteous

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 one

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 atoning

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 sacrifice

00:17:45.600 --> 00:17:46.680
 for

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 our

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 sins

00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:48.840
 you

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 see

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 there's

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 no

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 suggestion

00:17:49.840 --> 00:17:50.240
 here

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:51.000
 that

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 sin

00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:51.480
 isn't

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 a

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 big

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 deal

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 that

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 it

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 doesn't

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 matter

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 there's

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 no

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 suggestion

00:17:57.940 --> 00:17:58.360
 that

00:17:58.360 --> 00:17:58.920
 it

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 can

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 just

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 be

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 swept

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 under

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 the

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 carpet

00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:03.620
 but

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 it

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 is

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 a

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 great

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 problem

00:18:05.820 --> 00:18:07.640
 but

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 Christ's

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 sacrifice

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 for

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 us

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 is

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 even

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 greater

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 as

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 one

00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:14.360
 hymn

00:18:14.360 --> 00:18:14.759
 puts

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 it

00:18:15.080 --> 00:18:16.100
 grace

00:18:16.100 --> 00:18:17.480
 grace

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:19.160
 God's

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:19.640
 grace

00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:21.000
 grace

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 that is

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 greater

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 than

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 all

00:18:23.320 --> 00:18:23.700
 our

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 sins

00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:26.660
 and

00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:26.900
 like

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 Abraham

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 our

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 past

00:18:29.360 --> 00:18:29.960
 failures

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:31.040
 do not

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 disqualify

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 us

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 from

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 being

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 used

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 by

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 God

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 John

00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:37.020
 Piper

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 in

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 one

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 of

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 his

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 sermons

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 speaks

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 about

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 how

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:39.940
 there

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 are

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 so

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 many

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 young

00:18:41.340 --> 00:18:41.900
 Christians

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 who are

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 filled

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 with

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 radical

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 passionate

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 zeal

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 to give

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 their

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 lives

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:47.700
 for

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 Christ

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 but

00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:50.880
 then

00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.040
 they

00:18:51.040 --> 00:18:51.240
 fall

00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:51.500
 into

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 sin

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.840
 and

00:18:52.840 --> 00:18:53.660
 despite

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.820
 repentance

00:18:54.820 --> 00:18:56.380
 they're

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 never

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 the same

00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.340
 again

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 he

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 says

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 the

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 tragedy

00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.460
 is

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:02.600
 that

00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:02.920
 Satan

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.340
 uses

00:19:03.340 --> 00:19:03.620
 the

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:03.880
 guilt

00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.080
 of

00:19:04.080 --> 00:19:04.300
 these

00:19:04.300 --> 00:19:04.800
 failures

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.639
 to

00:19:05.639 --> 00:19:05.960
 strip

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.240
 you

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.700
 of

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.079
 every

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.500
 radical

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:07.980
 dream

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.619
 you

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:08.879
 ever

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.319
 had

00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:09.879
 or

00:19:09.879 --> 00:19:10.139
 might

00:19:10.139 --> 00:19:10.500
 have

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 and

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:12.460
 in

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 its

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.039
 place

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.279
 give

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.379
 you

00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:13.519
 a

00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:13.859
 happy

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.819
 safe

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.720
 secure

00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:16.480
 American

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.000
 life

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.440
 of

00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:17.960
 superficial

00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:18.480
 pleasure

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:21.419
 but

00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:21.940
 last week

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.220
 in the

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:22.599
 morning

00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.639
 we looked

00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:23.879
 at

00:19:23.879 --> 00:19:24.299
 Jesus

00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:24.720
 words

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:24.980
 to

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 Peter

00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:26.159
 at

00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:26.279
 the

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 last

00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:26.899
 supper

00:19:26.899 --> 00:19:28.980
 when

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.500
 you

00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:29.659
 have

00:19:29.659 --> 00:19:29.940
 turned

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.399
 back

00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:31.559
 strengthen

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:31.839
 your

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 brothers

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:34.220
 Jesus

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.679
 knew

00:19:34.679 --> 00:19:35.039
 of

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.500
 Peter's

00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:35.879
 imminent

00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.379
 failure

00:19:36.379 --> 00:19:38.679
 but

00:19:38.679 --> 00:19:38.819
 he

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.200
 still

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.679
 had

00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:39.799
 a

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.039
 mission

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.359
 for

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:40.579
 him

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.279
 to

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:41.480
 do

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:41.639
 in

00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:41.759
 the

00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.159
 future

00:19:42.159 --> 00:19:46.399
 but

00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:46.559
 if

00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:46.679
 in

00:19:46.679 --> 00:19:46.980
 this

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.879
 passage

00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:48.179
 we've

00:19:48.179 --> 00:19:48.439
 seen

00:19:48.439 --> 00:19:49.059
 the

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.399
 amazing

00:19:49.399 --> 00:19:49.939
 grace

00:19:49.939 --> 00:19:50.159
 that

00:19:50.159 --> 00:19:50.359
 God

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:50.720
 shows

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:50.899
 to

00:19:50.899 --> 00:19:51.299
 stumbling

00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.799
 believers

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:53.279
 we also

00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.659
 see

00:19:53.659 --> 00:19:54.419
 the

00:19:54.419 --> 00:19:54.720
 grace

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:54.879
 that

00:19:54.879 --> 00:19:55.019
 he

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.339
 shows

00:19:55.339 --> 00:19:55.740
 to

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:55.859
 the

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.460
 unbeliever

00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:59.419
 because

00:19:59.419 --> 00:19:59.700
 we've

00:19:59.700 --> 00:19:59.899
 read

00:19:59.899 --> 00:20:00.200
 about

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.899
 Abimelech

00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:01.639
 a

00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.240
 Philistine

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.519
 presumably

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.019
 pagan

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.500
 king

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:07.620
 and

00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:07.720
 it

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:07.819
 would

00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:07.960
 be

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.299
 easy

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:08.720
 therefore

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.920
 for

00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.079
 us

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.220
 to

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.599
 think

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.579
 if

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:11.740
 the

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:11.980
 Bible

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.620
 was

00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.819
 a

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.120
 simple

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:14.460
 fairy

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:14.940
 story

00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:15.819
 with

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 nice

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 clear

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 categories

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.099
 of

00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:17.380
 people

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:17.700
 that

00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.900
 Abimelech

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.460
 falls

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:19.700
 into

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 the

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 category

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.500
 of

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.519
 baddie

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.599
 enemy

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:22.839
 of

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 God

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.259
 and

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.420
 his

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 people

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:25.140
 and

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.440
 therefore

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:25.720
 when

00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:25.859
 he

00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:26.099
 comes

00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.279
 up

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.599
 against

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 God

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.680
 God

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:27.839
 will

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.259
 destroy

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:28.620
 him

00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:29.799
 in

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 righteous

00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:30.579
 anger

00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:33.000
 but

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.220
 that's

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.379
 not

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:33.579
 what

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.019
 happens

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.759
 instead

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.079
 God

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.240
 is

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:36.619
 gracious

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:39.099
 because

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.299
 he

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.939
 recognizes

00:20:39.939 --> 00:20:41.019
 that

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.619
 Abimelech

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.179
 has

00:20:42.179 --> 00:20:42.659
 acted

00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:42.899
 in

00:20:42.899 --> 00:20:43.439
 ignorance

00:20:43.439 --> 00:20:45.699
 and

00:20:45.699 --> 00:20:46.000
 instead

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.220
 he

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.579
 reveals

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.039
 himself

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.240
 to

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.740
 Abimelech

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:47.879
 in

00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:47.980
 a

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.179
 dream

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:50.119
 he

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.559
 warns

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:50.779
 him

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.379
 of

00:20:51.379 --> 00:20:51.659
 what

00:20:51.659 --> 00:20:52.220
 he

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.359
 is

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:52.619
 about

00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:52.839
 to

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.139
 do

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:54.359
 warns

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.480
 him

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:54.599
 that

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:54.740
 if

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:54.859
 he

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.500
 continues

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.039
 on

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.159
 the

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:56.480
 path

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:56.659
 he's

00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:56.980
 on

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:58.319
 then

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.440
 he

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:58.579
 will

00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:58.900
 die

00:20:58.900 --> 00:21:01.720
 and

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.120
 although

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:03.279
 Abimelech

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.839
 is a

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.140
 pagan

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.380
 who

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:04.460
 had

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:04.940
 probably

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.700
 never

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.500
 given

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.839
 God

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.059
 a

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.339
 thought

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.860
 before

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:10.700
 God

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.140
 listens

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:12.099
 as he

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.400
 pleads

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.579
 his

00:21:12.579 --> 00:21:13.000
 case

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:15.480
 but

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.620
 he

00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.000
 clearly

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.360
 sets

00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:16.579
 out

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:16.740
 to

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.259
 Abimelech

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.440
 the

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:17.900
 choice

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:19.000
 that

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.220
 lies

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.559
 before

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:19.819
 him

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:21.799
 he

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:21.980
 can

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.160
 turn

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.559
 back

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:22.779
 from

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.000
 what

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.120
 he

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.339
 has

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:24.279
 started

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.620
 on

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:26.000
 and

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.120
 he

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.259
 will

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.539
 live

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:28.740
 or

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:28.859
 he

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.000
 can

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.299
 ignore

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.480
 the

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:29.819
 warning

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.980
 continue

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:32.379
 and

00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:32.500
 he

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:32.639
 will

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:32.920
 die

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:36.940
 I

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.139
 think

00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:37.339
 when

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.500
 we

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:37.879
 ponder

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.220
 the

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:39.480
 question

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.819
 of

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.480
 evil

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:40.700
 in

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:40.859
 our

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.319
 world

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:41.659
 we

00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:43.279
 often

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.619
 look

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.059
 forward

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.299
 to

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:44.579
 how

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.159
 God

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.319
 will

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.619
 one

00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:45.879
 day

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.240
 put

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.460
 all

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:46.759
 things

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.220
 right

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:49.119
 and

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.339
 then

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.639
 that

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.420
 now

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:51.359
 through

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:51.599
 his

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.079
 grace

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.480
 he

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.599
 is

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:53.879
 holding

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.339
 back

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:54.839
 judgment

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:56.980
 he

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.039
 is

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.099
 at

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:57.599
 time

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:59.039
 he

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.980
 is

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:01.039
 at

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.480
 time

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.799
 he

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:04.980
 is

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.500
 actively

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.179
 restraining

00:22:06.179 --> 00:22:06.519
 it

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:08.740
 his

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.220
 grace

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:10.039
 is

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.439
 at

00:22:10.439 --> 00:22:10.779
 work

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.179
 in

00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:11.339
 the

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.579
 lives

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:11.759
 of

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.399
 unbelievers

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:13.720
 holding

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:13.980
 them

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.339
 back

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.579
 from

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:14.779
 the

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.119
 full

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.779
 expression

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:15.980
 of

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.579
 depravity

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:18.339
 most

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:18.579
 of the

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:18.819
 time

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:18.919
 it

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.039
 will

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.279
 not

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.459
 be

00:22:19.459 --> 00:22:19.639
 by

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:19.899
 such

00:22:19.899 --> 00:22:20.379
 dramatic

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:20.799
 means

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.000
 as

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.359
 this

00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:22.559
 although

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.299
 there

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.459
 are

00:22:23.459 --> 00:22:23.879
 several

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.479
 occurrences

00:22:24.479 --> 00:22:25.379
 in the

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:25.679
 Bible

00:22:25.679 --> 00:22:26.379
 where

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:26.659
 God

00:22:26.659 --> 00:22:27.099
 does

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.799
 speak

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.559
 to

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.139
 pagans

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.879
 through

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.359
 dreams

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.459
 to

00:22:31.459 --> 00:22:31.779
 warn

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.039
 them

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.719
 of

00:22:32.719 --> 00:22:33.319
 what

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.459
 he

00:22:33.459 --> 00:22:33.579
 is

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:33.759
 going

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:33.919
 to

00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:34.199
 do

00:22:34.199 --> 00:22:36.419
 but

00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:36.619
 he'll

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:36.879
 often

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.139
 use

00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:37.299
 his

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.619
 people

00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:39.299
 to

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.500
 bring

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:39.759
 about

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.159
 good

00:22:40.159 --> 00:22:40.919
 and

00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:41.079
 to

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.619
 restrain

00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:42.039
 evil

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.079
 in

00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.199
 a

00:22:43.199 --> 00:22:43.639
 government

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.199
 in

00:22:44.199 --> 00:22:44.339
 a

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.899
 society

00:22:44.899 --> 00:22:46.319
 in

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.439
 a

00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:46.819
 workplace

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:47.339
 where

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:48.319
 they

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.479
 have

00:22:48.479 --> 00:22:48.619
 been

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.119
 called

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:49.759
 to be

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.159
 salt

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.639
 and

00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:51.059
 light

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:52.879
 in

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.099
 other

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.679
 times

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.639
 he

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:54.799
 will

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.259
 restrain

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.679
 people

00:22:55.679 --> 00:22:56.299
 by

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.579
 speaking

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:56.819
 to

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.019
 them

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.220
 through

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.419
 their

00:22:57.419 --> 00:22:58.000
 conscience

00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:00.220
 yes

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:01.200
 this

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.559
 world

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.319
 is

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.200
 currently

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.559
 under

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:04.799
 the

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:04.960
 rule

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.139
 of

00:23:05.139 --> 00:23:05.480
 Satan

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.879
 but

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.019
 he

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.179
 is

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:07.659
 far

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:08.240
 from

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.500
 having

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.899
 complete

00:23:08.899 --> 00:23:09.359
 control

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.599
 God

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.099
 is

00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:11.799
 very

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.279
 clearly

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.019
 still

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.220
 on

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.339
 the

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.619
 throne

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:16.639
 but

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.200
 Abimelech

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.799
 was still

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.240
 left with

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.700
 a choice

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:20.980
 and

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.340
 although

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:22.340
 Abraham

00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:22.779
 thought

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.160
 that there

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.480
 was no

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.900
 fear of

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.120
 God

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.380
 in the

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:24.759
 place

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:26.500
 when

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:26.740
 God

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.059
 revealed

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.680
 himself

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:29.160
 Abimelech

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.720
 did

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.080
 fear

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:31.259
 and

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.680
 obeyed

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.019
 God

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.519
 and

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.700
 God

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:33.860
 was

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.220
 gracious

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.539
 to

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:34.759
 him

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:36.080
 and

00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:36.340
 took

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:36.680
 away

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:36.960
 the

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.319
 judgment

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.000
 that

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.140
 was

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.380
 hanging

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:38.660
 over

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:38.960
 him

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:40.380
 and

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:40.600
 brought

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:41.080
 about

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:42.140
 reconciliation

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:43.360
 with

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:43.740
 Abraham

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:47.660
 God

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.200
 was also

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.819
 gracious

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.900
 in

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.259
 revealing

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.839
 himself

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.120
 to

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:51.579
 Abraham

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:54.079
 through

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.339
 his

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.799
 dealings

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.000
 with

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.359
 Abraham

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:57.039
 he

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.240
 could

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.519
 see

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:57.720
 that

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:57.940
 this

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.240
 was

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.220
 not

00:23:59.220 --> 00:23:59.420
 your

00:23:59.420 --> 00:23:59.980
 ordinary

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.880
 tribal

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.359
 deity

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:03.279
 but

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.440
 that

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.019
 Abraham's

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.420
 God

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.500
 had

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.660
 a

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:05.980
 real

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.720
 effect

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.279
 on

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.759
 Abraham's

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.180
 life

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:10.539
 because

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.019
 of this

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.400
 we see

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:11.839
 in the

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.920
 last part

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.059
 of

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.359
 chapter

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.959
 21

00:24:13.959 --> 00:24:14.359
 a

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.079
 quite

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.679
 strange

00:24:15.679 --> 00:24:16.279
 occurrence

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:18.439
 Abimelech

00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:19.679
 seeks

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:20.079
 a peace

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.439
 treaty

00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:21.119
 from

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.579
 Abraham

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.859
 now

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.479
 Abimelech

00:24:23.479 --> 00:24:23.899
 is the

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.159
 king

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:24.639
 in this

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:25.039
 place

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:26.359
 Abraham

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:26.939
 is just

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.819
 a

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.240
 nomad

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.419
 who

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:28.740
 happens

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.139
 to be

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:29.779
 camping

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.139
 on his

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.559
 land

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:32.059
 okay

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.379
 a

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:32.879
 quite

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.199
 rich

00:24:33.199 --> 00:24:33.659
 nomad

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:33.919
 with

00:24:33.919 --> 00:24:35.019
 quite

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.159
 a

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:35.339
 number

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:35.500
 of

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.699
 people

00:24:35.699 --> 00:24:36.000
 with

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.199
 him

00:24:36.199 --> 00:24:36.599
 but

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.859
 still

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:39.500
 it

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.659
 should

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:39.819
 be

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.199
 Abraham

00:24:40.199 --> 00:24:41.039
 that

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.159
 is

00:24:41.159 --> 00:24:41.459
 going

00:24:41.459 --> 00:24:41.859
 to

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.500
 Abimelech

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.299
 seeking

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.819
 peace

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:45.980
 but

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.619
 Abimelech

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.759
 recognises

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:49.039
 that

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.440
 God

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.339
 is on

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.900
 Abraham's

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.240
 side

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.900
 and so

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.279
 therefore

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:55.039
 he sees

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.819
 that he

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.180
 is the

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.440
 one

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.160
 in the

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.500
 position

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.799
 of

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.220
 weakness

00:24:58.220 --> 00:25:01.039
 we

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.279
 don't

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.519
 really

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.740
 know

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.220
 what

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.039
 Abimelech

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.519
 believed

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:05.000
 we

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.220
 don't

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.400
 know

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.759
 what

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.099
 he

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.319
 thought

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.539
 about

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.920
 God

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:08.839
 did

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.019
 he

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.440
 just

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.420
 add

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:10.579
 him

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:10.779
 into

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.039
 his

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.519
 pantheon

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.660
 of

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.019
 gods

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:13.139
 as

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:13.500
 yet

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.839
 another

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.119
 one

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.279
 to

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.440
 be

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.960
 appeased

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:16.359
 or

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.539
 did

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.680
 he

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.079
 acknowledge

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.400
 him

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.440
 as

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:18.559
 the

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.740
 one

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:18.980
 true

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.400
 God

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:21.779
 like

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:21.980
 so

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.220
 many

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.480
 other

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.900
 things

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.759
 the

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:23.980
 Bible

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.400
 doesn't

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.759
 tell

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.139
 us

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:28.500
 but

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.639
 as

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:28.779
 we

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.019
 walk

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.200
 out

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.339
 of

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.519
 here

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.139
 tonight

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.960
 into

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.139
 the

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.299
 week

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.779
 ahead

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:33.579
 let's

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:33.859
 not

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.279
 for a

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.660
 moment

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.579
 think

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:35.779
 that

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.099
 God's

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.419
 grace

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:36.659
 is

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:36.899
 only

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.159
 for

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:37.519
 us

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:39.960
 that

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.119
 we

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.339
 are

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.659
 in

00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.099
 any

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.339
 way

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.220
 special

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.720
 other

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.179
 than

00:25:43.179 --> 00:25:43.759
 that

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:43.980
 God

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.159
 has

00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:44.399
 shown

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:44.619
 his

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:44.919
 grace

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.139
 to

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.399
 us

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:48.179
 let's

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.379
 go

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:48.679
 into

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.299
 a

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.740
 world

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.619
 where

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.139
 God's

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.559
 grace

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.619
 stays

00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:52.839
 the

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.319
 hand

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.720
 of

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.039
 many

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.220
 that

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.359
 would

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:54.539
 do

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:54.919
 evil

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:56.779
 and

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.039
 see

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.579
 how

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:57.779
 we

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.039
 might

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.259
 be

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.659
 used

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:59.480
 to

00:25:59.480 --> 00:25:59.720
 bring

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.139
 good

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.960
 and

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.079
 to

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.240
 bring

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.639
 God

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:01.819
 and

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.039
 his

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.559
 grace

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.199
 to

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:03.319
 the

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.679
 world

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:04.299
 around

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.699
 us

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.680
 and

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:05.779
 to

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:05.920
 the

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.160
 people

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.340
 that

00:26:06.340 --> 00:26:06.480
 we

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.860
 meet

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:08.840
 we

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.039
 may

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.299
 never

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.660
 know

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.000
 how

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.160
 they

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.640
 respond

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:12.400
 but

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.740
 let's

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.080
 pray

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:13.799
 that

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.160
 God

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.640
 might

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.039
 display

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.600
 himself

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.360
 through

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.759
 us

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:20.340
 and

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:20.640
 then

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.819
 in

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:21.940
 the

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.140
 middle

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.299
 of

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.420
 our

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:22.960
 passage

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.160
 from

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.480
 verse

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.799
 8

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.120
 in

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.400
 chapter

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.140
 21

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:28.019
 we

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.220
 come

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.680
 across

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.860
 an

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.279
 awkward

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.700
 and

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.720
 rather

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.220
 uncomfortable

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.960
 story

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.240
 that

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.859
 doesn't

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.240
 really

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.640
 nicely

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:35.940
 fit

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.220
 in

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.700
 the

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.079
 story

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.359
 of

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.759
 Hagar

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.299
 and

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.759
 Ishmael

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:42.539
 I

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:42.779
 wish

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:42.900
 I

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.059
 could

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.420
 spend

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.900
 more

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.240
 time

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.400
 on

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.579
 this

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:44.920
 because

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:46.039
 I

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.220
 think

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.420
 there's

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.839
 actually

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.779
 a lot

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.500
 to say

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.799
 about

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.160
 it

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.460
 but

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.359
 essentially

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:51.900
 this

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.220
 story

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.640
 shouldn't

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:52.839
 be

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.140
 there

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.359
 at

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.660
 all

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:55.960
 this

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.480
 family

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.000
 this

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.480
 conflict

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.799
 these

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.420
 events

00:26:58.420 --> 00:27:00.100
 were

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.400
 all

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.620
 a

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:00.980
 result

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.380
 of

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:01.920
 Abraham's

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.259
 folly

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:04.000
 of

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.200
 him

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.539
 trying

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:04.779
 to

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.279
 fulfill

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.120
 God's

00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:06.519
 plan

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.360
 in

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:07.519
 his

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:07.720
 own

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:07.980
 way

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:10.580
 this

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:10.740
 is

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:10.960
 not

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.140
 the

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.320
 way

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:11.560
 that

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:11.800
 it

00:27:11.800 --> 00:27:12.640
 should

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:12.840
 have

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:13.279
 happened

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.700
 although

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.240
 of

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.720
 course

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.360
 God

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.600
 knew

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:17.200
 exactly

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.840
 what

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:17.940
 he

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.100
 was

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.400
 doing

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:20.960
 we

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.180
 see

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.480
 here

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.080
 Ishmael

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:23.300
 who

00:27:23.300 --> 00:27:23.380
 has

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.560
 been

00:27:23.560 --> 00:27:24.200
 displaced

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.480
 from

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.660
 his

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.060
 position

00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:25.259
 of

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.539
 honour

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:27.180
 he

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.940
 on

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.059
 the

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.319
 verge

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.460
 of

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.000
 manhood

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.779
 probably

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:31.639
 15

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.099
 16

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.720
 17

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.139
 that

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.480
 sort

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.659
 of

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.019
 age

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.700
 must

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:35.899
 now

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.180
 take

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.539
 second

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.000
 place

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.279
 to

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.000
 a

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.159
 mere

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:38.639
 toddler

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.799
 Isaac

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:42.000
 and

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.480
 naturally

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.259
 he

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.539
 doesn't

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:43.740
 take

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:43.940
 this

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.119
 too

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.399
 well

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:46.200
 unlike

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.659
 all

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.440
 teenagers

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.119
 he

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.339
 mouths

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.559
 off

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.859
 about

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.180
 it

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:53.119
 Sarah

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.139
 will

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:54.399
 not

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:54.619
 have

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.139
 anyone

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:56.020
 questioning

00:27:56.020 --> 00:27:56.940
 the honour

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.200
 due

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.380
 to

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.600
 her

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:57.880
 son

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:59.900
 and

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.100
 so

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.440
 she

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.600
 will

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:00.840
 not

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.180
 have

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.460
 them

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.880
 in

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.060
 her

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.560
 household

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:02.920
 any

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.280
 longer

00:28:03.280 --> 00:28:04.680
 and

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:04.860
 so

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.020
 they

00:28:05.020 --> 00:28:05.140
 are

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.400
 sent

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.759
 away

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:09.040
 if

00:28:09.040 --> 00:28:09.160
 we

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.580
 started

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:09.980
 tonight

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.300
 looking

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:10.560
 at a

00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:11.060
 situation

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:11.960
 where

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.259
 God

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.480
 was

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.860
 gracious

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.140
 to

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.620
 Abraham

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:15.660
 in

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:15.820
 the

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.140
 mess

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.320
 that

00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:16.480
 he

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.660
 had

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:16.840
 got

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.240
 himself

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.640
 into

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:19.840
 here

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.040
 we

00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:20.220
 see

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.520
 God

00:28:20.520 --> 00:28:20.800
 showing

00:28:20.800 --> 00:28:21.020
 his

00:28:21.020 --> 00:28:21.420
 grace

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.259
 to

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.600
 Hagar

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:22.880
 and

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.420
 Ishmael

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.780
 who

00:28:23.780 --> 00:28:25.020
 although

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.420
 far

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.619
 from

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.240
 perfect

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:28.440
 are

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:28.720
 really

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:28.920
 the

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.379
 victims

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.119
 in

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.259
 a

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.779
 situation

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.799
 that

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:31.960
 was

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.279
 not

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.480
 of

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.619
 their

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:32.779
 own

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.160
 making

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:35.779
 and

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:35.940
 at

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.299
 first

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:37.139
 it

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.519
 seems

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.920
 that

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:39.119
 God

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.279
 is

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.500
 being

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.099
 harsh

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.660
 and

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.200
 callous

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.740
 he

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:42.980
 seems

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.119
 to

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.240
 be

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.559
 taking

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:45.539
 Sarah's

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.879
 side

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:47.139
 and

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.460
 telling

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.879
 Abraham

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.279
 that

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.299
 despite

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.720
 any

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.259
 reservations

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.019
 he

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.420
 has

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.519
 he

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.700
 should

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.019
 send

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.180
 them

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.480
 away

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:56.299
 and

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.640
 yes

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.620
 God

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:57.860
 is

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.279
 saying

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.440
 that

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.620
 this

00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.759
 is

00:28:59.759 --> 00:28:59.960
 not

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.120
 the

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.339
 place

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.539
 for

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:00.960
 them

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.079
 that

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.200
 they

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.299
 are

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.519
 not

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.839
 part

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:02.980
 of

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.240
 this

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.660
 plan

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:05.860
 but

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.079
 God

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.240
 is

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.579
 still

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.420
 gracious

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.740
 to

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:07.960
 them

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.299
 God

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.680
 still

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.400
 has

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.539
 a

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:10.920
 plan

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.400
 for

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:11.740
 them

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:14.839
 you

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:14.960
 see

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.279
 first

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.460
 of

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.759
 all

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.120
 he

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.440
 shows

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.900
 grace

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.120
 to

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.380
 them

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:19.539
 by

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:19.880
 showing

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.079
 them

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.279
 the

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.700
 resources

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.000
 that

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.099
 he

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.259
 has

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.720
 provided

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:23.259
 they

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.339
 are

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.779
 wandering

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.360
 without

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:24.660
 a

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.059
 guide

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.700
 in

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:25.839
 the

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.200
 wilderness

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.500
 that

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.620
 they

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:26.880
 don't

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.220
 know

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.420
 and

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.539
 they

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.759
 can't

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.000
 find

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.220
 any

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.620
 water

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:31.819
 Hagar

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.059
 is

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.259
 in

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.900
 desperation

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:34.480
 she

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.860
 believes

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.079
 they're

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.259
 going

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.420
 to

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.779
 die

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:39.579
 and

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.940
 although

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.779
 she

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:40.920
 has

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.059
 been

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.339
 sent

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:41.660
 away

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.240
 from

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.720
 Abraham

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.940
 and

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.480
 Abraham's

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.980
 household

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.660
 and

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.360
 protection

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:48.400
 Abraham's

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.799
 God

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.940
 is

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.160
 still

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.420
 with

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.700
 her

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:52.720
 and

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:52.860
 he

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.259
 shows

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.519
 her

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.120
 the

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.460
 well

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.519
 where

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.680
 they

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:55.880
 can

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.220
 find

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.059
 refreshment

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.759
 for

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:57.920
 the

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.180
 journey

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.720
 ahead

00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:00.580
 but

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:00.720
 he

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.039
 also

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.400
 shows

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.600
 them

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:02.039
 grace

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.259
 by

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.759
 promising

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.500
 a

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.900
 blessing

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.180
 to

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.600
 Ishmael

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:07.680
 a

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.100
 blessing

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.840
 in many

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.100
 ways

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.559
 similar

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.299
 to

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.519
 that

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.779
 he

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.200
 promised

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.420
 to

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.840
 Isaac

00:30:11.840 --> 00:30:13.799
 it's

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.080
 not

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:14.340
 the

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:14.580
 same

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:15.039
 blessing

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.980
 it

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.180
 does

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.420
 not

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.759
 have

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.779
 everything

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.059
 that

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.259
 came

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.460
 with

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.759
 that

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:20.859
 but

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.079
 it's

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.279
 still

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.440
 a

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.720
 promise

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:21.940
 to

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.379
 bless

00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:24.299
 like

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.819
 Isaac

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:26.039
 he

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.240
 would

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.599
 become

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:26.819
 the

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.119
 father

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.619
 of

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:27.920
 twelve

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.460
 tribes

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.779
 and

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.119
 God

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.859
 would

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.160
 make

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.460
 him

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.019
 a

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.259
 great

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.680
 nation

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:35.559
 and

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.740
 then

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.319
 eventually

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.700
 God

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.059
 brings

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.279
 about

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.680
 some

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.059
 sort

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.200
 of

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.839
 reconciliation

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:41.319
 don't

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.460
 know

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.960
 exactly

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.379
 how

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:43.460
 but

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.720
 at the

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.019
 death

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.180
 of

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.619
 Abraham

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:46.279
 Isaac

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:47.859
 and

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.319
 Ishmael

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.959
 together

00:30:48.959 --> 00:30:49.799
 bury

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.379
 Abraham

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:52.299
 so in

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.599
 some

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:52.959
 ways

00:30:52.959 --> 00:30:53.219
 that

00:30:53.219 --> 00:30:53.779
 relationship

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.819
 is

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.299
 restored

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:57.919
 and

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.159
 although

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:58.399
 in

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:58.719
 many

00:30:58.719 --> 00:30:59.219
 ways

00:30:59.219 --> 00:31:00.219
 the

00:31:00.219 --> 00:31:01.000
 Ishmaelites

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.539
 become

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.039
 a

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.619
 thorn

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:03.979
 in the

00:31:03.979 --> 00:31:04.259
 side

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.500
 of

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.279
 the

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.779
 Israelites

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:07.519
 God

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:07.939
 still

00:31:07.939 --> 00:31:08.779
 continues

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.439
 to use

00:31:09.439 --> 00:31:09.699
 them

00:31:09.699 --> 00:31:10.859
 to bring

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.139
 about

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.439
 his

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:11.739
 will

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:13.680
 in

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.240
 particular

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:15.380
 it's

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:15.960
 Ishmaelite

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.519
 merchants

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:18.120
 that

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.400
 take

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.740
 Joseph

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.099
 to

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.480
 Egypt

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:22.920
 because

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:24.160
 none

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.680
 of this

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.720
 is happening

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.359
 without

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.720
 God

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.059
 knowing

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.400
 what

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:27.599
 he's

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:27.859
 doing

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:31.140
 I

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.339
 don't

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.620
 know

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.859
 some

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.039
 of

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.299
 you

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.640
 may

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.039
 consider

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.500
 yourself

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.859
 to be

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.339
 rejected

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:38.299
 to be

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.660
 victims

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.440
 of events

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.420
 out with

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.559
 your

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.120
 control

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:42.059
 whether

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.500
 through

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.359
 family

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.039
 breakdown

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.079
 redundancy

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:46.279
 unemployment

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.579
 or other

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.459
 circumstances

00:31:48.459 --> 00:31:49.719
 you feel

00:31:49.719 --> 00:31:50.500
 unneeded

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.519
 and

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.039
 unwanted

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:54.359
 I

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.699
 really

00:31:54.699 --> 00:31:55.379
 want to

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:55.679
 avoid

00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:56.039
 saying

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.359
 anything

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:56.719
 trite

00:31:56.719 --> 00:31:57.000
 here

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:59.719
 it would

00:31:59.719 --> 00:32:00.139
 be easy

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.539
 to say

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:00.859
 something

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.159
 that

00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:01.979
 hurts

00:32:01.979 --> 00:32:02.379
 more

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:02.979
 and

00:32:02.979 --> 00:32:03.479
 helps

00:32:03.479 --> 00:32:04.259
 but I

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.399
 think

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:04.839
 the key

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.319
 message

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.739
 here

00:32:05.739 --> 00:32:06.659
 is that

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.039
 however

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.779
 abandoned

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.479
 you may

00:32:08.479 --> 00:32:08.739
 think

00:32:08.739 --> 00:32:09.139
 you are

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:10.440
 you're

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.840
 not

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.420
 abandoned

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.440
 by God

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.560
 and his

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:14.040
 grace

00:32:14.040 --> 00:32:16.100
 but

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.640
 secondly

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:18.700
 I hope

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.980
 that church

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:21.060
 is somewhere

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:22.540
 that you find

00:32:22.540 --> 00:32:22.980
 you can

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.400
 belong

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:25.140
 no

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:26.080
 it won't

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.580
 always be

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:26.920
 easy

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.200
 but

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.600
 we are

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.280
 a collection

00:32:30.280 --> 00:32:30.500
 of

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:30.980
 misfits

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:33.680
 a collection

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.100
 of people

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.400
 that have

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:34.820
 nothing

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.679
 ties

00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:35.899
 us

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.319
 together

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:37.980
 other

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.359
 than

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:38.899
 being

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.379
 saved

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:39.939
 from

00:32:39.939 --> 00:32:40.339
 broken

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.859
 lives

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.480
 by

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.980
 outrageous

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.619
 grace

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:45.460
 try and

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.159
 forgive us

00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:47.439
 when we

00:32:47.439 --> 00:32:47.960
 let you

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.299
 down

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:49.279
 I'm

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.480
 sure

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:49.679
 we

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:49.939
 will

00:32:49.939 --> 00:32:53.439
 but

00:32:53.439 --> 00:32:53.919
 finally

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:56.419
 we get

00:32:56.419 --> 00:32:56.700
 to the

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.039
 central

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.519
 event

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.879
 of the

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.339
 passage

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.519
 which

00:32:59.519 --> 00:32:59.700
 I've

00:32:59.700 --> 00:32:59.819
 been

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.039
 sort

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.240
 of

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.819
 skirting

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.240
 around

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:03.880
 strangely

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.380
 it's

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.960
 only

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.240
 given

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.640
 seven

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.079
 verses

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.420
 it's

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.660
 just

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.000
 given

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.799
 a little

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.099
 bit

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.599
 in here

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.960
 and yet

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.319
 it's the

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.680
 climax

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.920
 of the

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.120
 whole

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:12.500
 story

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.660
 of

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.019
 Abraham

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:14.200
 everything

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.620
 has been

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.000
 pointing

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.599
 towards

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.140
 this

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.640
 event

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:18.220
 the

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.559
 birth

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.859
 of

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.299
 Isaac

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:20.079
 to

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.440
 Abraham

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.720
 and

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.000
 Sarah

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:23.140
 has

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.420
 taken

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.079
 decades

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:25.940
 to

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.299
 Abraham

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.819
 and

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.220
 Sarah's

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.640
 faith

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:27.819
 in

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.120
 God's

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.579
 promises

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:30.380
 has

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.940
 wavered

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.140
 all

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.360
 over

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.519
 the

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.900
 place

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:33.400
 but

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.759
 God

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.559
 does

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:34.900
 what

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.160
 he

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.480
 says

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.660
 he

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:35.880
 will

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:37.220
 in

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.620
 his

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:37.960
 own

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.620
 good

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.160
 timing

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:42.059
 Sarah

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.279
 had

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.539
 very

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.160
 naturally

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:44.259
 laughed

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.860
 when

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.220
 told

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.620
 she

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:45.779
 would

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:45.900
 have

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.039
 a

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.220
 son

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.360
 of

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.500
 her

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.759
 own

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:49.180
 despite

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.920
 her

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.580
 longings

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:51.400
 she

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.559
 had

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.920
 always

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.160
 been

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.799
 childless

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.620
 and

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:53.779
 now

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:53.960
 was

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.100
 an

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.299
 old

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.660
 woman

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:56.220
 well

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.620
 past

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:56.779
 the

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.019
 age

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.220
 where

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.320
 it

00:33:57.320 --> 00:33:57.460
 was

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.160
 biologically

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.740
 possible

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.440
 for

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.600
 her

00:33:59.600 --> 00:33:59.740
 to

00:33:59.740 --> 00:33:59.880
 have

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.279
 children

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:02.559
 her

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.039
 laughter

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.859
 had

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.000
 been

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.200
 one

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.420
 of

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:05.539
 dismissal

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.940
 but

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.160
 quite

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.599
 probably

00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:07.960
 also

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.480
 bitterness

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:11.179
 but

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.360
 her

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.659
 laughter

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.139
 here

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:13.300
 is

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.619
 laughter

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:13.840
 of

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.239
 joy

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:15.300
 and

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:16.039
 amazement

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.860
 at

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.000
 the

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.340
 miracle

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.699
 that

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:17.860
 had

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.239
 happened

00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:20.840
 people

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.259
 like to

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.719
 tell us

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.039
 that

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:23.440
 we

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.659
 know

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.139
 today

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.519
 that

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.000
 miracles

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.519
 aren't

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.119
 scientifically

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.699
 possible

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:28.439
 yeah

00:34:28.439 --> 00:34:30.319
 that's

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:30.419
 the

00:34:30.419 --> 00:34:30.619
 whole

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.119
 point

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:33.899
 according

00:34:33.899 --> 00:34:34.139
 to

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.519
 laws

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:34.819
 of

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:34.960
 the

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.399
 universe

00:34:35.399 --> 00:34:36.039
 these

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.339
 things

00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:36.939
 can't

00:34:36.939 --> 00:34:37.319
 happen

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:38.960
 but

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.119
 to

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.259
 the

00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:39.539
 god

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:39.739
 who

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.039
 spoke

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.239
 the

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.619
 universe

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:40.879
 into

00:34:40.879 --> 00:34:41.619
 existence

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:43.460
 what's

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.759
 a little

00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:43.980
 thing

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.579
 like that

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.059
 going

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.239
 to

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.539
 stop

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:45.739
 him

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:48.480
 and

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.599
 so

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:48.759
 we

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.119
 see

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.019
 god

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.659
 fulfilling

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.039
 his

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.480
 promise

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.179
 to

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.539
 Abraham

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:52.859
 and

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.179
 Sarah

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:55.480
 and

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.739
 giving

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:55.940
 them

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.119
 the

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.539
 child

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:56.899
 that

00:34:56.899 --> 00:34:57.039
 they

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.399
 longed

00:34:57.399 --> 00:34:57.659
 for

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:58.899
 the

00:34:58.899 --> 00:34:59.259
 child

00:34:59.259 --> 00:34:59.460
 whose

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.899
 name

00:34:59.899 --> 00:35:01.099
 laughter

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:03.119
 was

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.379
 always

00:35:03.379 --> 00:35:03.659
 going

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:03.839
 to

00:35:03.839 --> 00:35:04.259
 remind

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:04.599
 them

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:06.099
 how

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.539
 foolish

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:06.799
 it

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.099
 is

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.599
 to

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.000
 dismiss

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.399
 god's

00:35:08.399 --> 00:35:08.819
 promises

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:10.839
 even

00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:11.460
 when

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.639
 they're

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.139
 clearly

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:13.199
 impossible

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:16.799
 but

00:35:16.799 --> 00:35:18.039
 this

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.399
 is

00:35:18.399 --> 00:35:19.239
 about

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.639
 far

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:19.960
 more

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.500
 than

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.659
 the

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:20.919
 gift

00:35:20.919 --> 00:35:21.219
 of a

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.480
 baby

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.319
 to a

00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:22.719
 childless

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.059
 couple

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:25.179
 one

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:25.639
 important

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.900
 thing

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.299
 here

00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:26.980
 is that

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.259
 god

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:27.699
 has

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.219
 not

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.840
 made

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.000
 a

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.400
 general

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.920
 promise

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.400
 to

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.739
 provide

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.019
 us

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.239
 with

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.400
 what

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:31.539
 we

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:31.880
 want

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:33.299
 with

00:35:33.299 --> 00:35:33.500
 what

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.659
 we

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:33.920
 long

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.279
 for

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:36.719
 a

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.039
 son

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.480
 or

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.840
 whatever

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.159
 other

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.420
 thing

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.599
 you

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:38.880
 deeply

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.199
 long

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.559
 for

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:41.059
 is

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.420
 not

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.920
 what

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.159
 god

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.340
 has

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.779
 promised

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:44.099
 he

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.360
 may

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.519
 or

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.719
 may

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.219
 not

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:47.019
 in

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.179
 his

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.360
 good

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:47.779
 timing

00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:48.079
 give

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.199
 you

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.440
 what

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.559
 you

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.019
 want

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:51.039
 but

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.219
 what

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.360
 we

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:51.659
 can

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.099
 depend

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.440
 on

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.800
 is

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:53.900
 that

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:53.980
 he

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.159
 will

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:55.019
 fulfill

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.280
 the

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:55.599
 things

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:55.840
 that

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.000
 he

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.420
 has

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.220
 promised

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:59.240
 and

00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.500
 here

00:35:59.500 --> 00:35:59.659
 he

00:35:59.659 --> 00:35:59.800
 had

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.200
 promised

00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:00.679
 something

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.599
 far

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:01.880
 more

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.179
 than

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.320
 a

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.639
 child

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:04.440
 he

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:04.579
 had

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:04.920
 promised

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.119
 the

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.440
 father

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.079
 of

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.200
 a

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.440
 great

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.900
 nation

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:08.519
 of

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.039
 descendants

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.380
 that

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.539
 could

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.720
 not

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:09.880
 be

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.260
 counted

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:11.039
 like

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.240
 the

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:11.519
 stars

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:11.700
 of

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:11.840
 the

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.159
 sky

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:13.940
 through

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.380
 which

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.200
 all

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:15.659
 nations

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:15.880
 would

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.019
 be

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.460
 blessed

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:18.619
 and

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.039
 indeed

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.820
 within

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.260
 just

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:20.400
 a

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.539
 few

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.159
 centuries

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:22.179
 his

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.659
 descendants

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.300
 numbered

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:24.079
 somewhere

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.559
 around

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:24.820
 two

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.179
 million

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:27.740
 a

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:27.980
 great

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.380
 nation

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.940
 yes

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.980
 but

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.380
 one

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:30.619
 that

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.500
 demonstrably

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.720
 could

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:31.860
 be

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.220
 counted

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:32.860
 because

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.300
 they

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.539
 did

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:36.559
 and

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:36.699
 yet

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:36.860
 we

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.000
 see

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.179
 a

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.519
 similar

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.119
 prophecy

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:39.539
 towards

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:39.720
 the

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:39.860
 end

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:39.960
 of

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.079
 the

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.380
 Bible

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:42.539
 in

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:42.980
 Revelation

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.480
 7

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:43.760
 we

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.140
 read

00:36:44.140 --> 00:36:44.940
 of

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.440
 a

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.820
 great

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.380
 multitude

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.500
 that

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:47.720
 no

00:36:47.720 --> 00:36:47.880
 one

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.059
 could

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.539
 count

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:50.099
 from

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.579
 every

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.220
 nation

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:52.440
 tribe

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:53.220
 people

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.740
 and

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.320
 language

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:55.140
 standing

00:36:55.140 --> 00:36:55.579
 before

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:55.820
 the

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.200
 throne

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:56.660
 and

00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:56.980
 before

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.200
 the

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.519
 lamb

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:59.380
 because

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.680
 as

00:36:59.680 --> 00:36:59.840
 the

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.059
 song

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.480
 goes

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.720
 father

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.180
 Abraham

00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:02.860
 had

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.160
 many

00:37:03.160 --> 00:37:03.559
 sons

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.940
 many

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.300
 sons

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.579
 had

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:05.920
 father

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.360
 Abraham

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:08.140
 I

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:08.440
 am

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.740
 one

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:08.900
 of

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.099
 them

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:10.119
 and

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.319
 so

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:10.460
 are

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:10.679
 you

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:12.119
 so

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.440
 let's

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.659
 all

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.000
 praise

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.159
 the

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.480
 Lord

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.500
 and

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.699
 no

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:16.059
 as

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.400
 far

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:16.619
 as

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:16.819
 I

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:17.139
 know

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:18.159
 I

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.279
 am

00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:18.579
 not

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:18.779
 a

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.259
 biological

00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:19.940
 descendant

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.059
 of

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.400
 Abraham

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:22.339
 although

00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.679
 actually

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.239
 statistically

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.480
 it's

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:23.739
 likely

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:24.019
 but

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.359
 anyway

00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:26.880
 but

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.000
 I

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.139
 am

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.519
 counted

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:27.940
 among

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.259
 his

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:28.519
 true

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.000
 children

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:30.519
 because

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:30.759
 of

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:30.960
 one

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.119
 of

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.279
 his

00:37:31.279 --> 00:37:31.839
 descendants

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:33.539
 the

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:33.739
 one

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:33.900
 who

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:33.960
 had

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.099
 been

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.420
 promised

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:34.739
 right

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:34.920
 from

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.059
 the

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.380
 beginning

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:37.139
 Jesus

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.759
 Christ

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:39.900
 because

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.320
 as we're

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.660
 thinking

00:37:40.660 --> 00:37:40.920
 this

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:41.280
 morning

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:43.000
 as we

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.200
 think

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:43.380
 about

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.740
 every

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.059
 week

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.380
 and

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:45.320
 we'll

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.800
 especially

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.079
 be

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.480
 focusing

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:47.019
 in on

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.619
 in the

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:47.860
 next

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.160
 couple

00:37:48.160 --> 00:37:48.400
 of

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:48.720
 weeks

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:49.720
 it's

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:50.000
 because

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.180
 of

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:50.480
 him

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.940
 because

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.280
 of

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.519
 his

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.039
 sacrifice

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.840
 for

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.200
 us

00:37:54.200 --> 00:37:55.160
 that

00:37:55.160 --> 00:37:55.300
 we

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:55.500
 can

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:56.200
 experience

00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:56.519
 this

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:56.960
 grace

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.019
 that

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.160
 we

00:37:58.160 --> 00:37:58.320
 are

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:58.639
 brought

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.019
 into

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.619
 this

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.079
 family

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:03.099
 it's

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.660
 because

00:38:03.660 --> 00:38:04.340
 the

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.539
 son

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.700
 of

00:38:04.700 --> 00:38:05.119
 God

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:06.340
 stooped

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.740
 down

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.199
 to

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.519
 become

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:07.759
 the

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:07.939
 son

00:38:07.939 --> 00:38:08.099
 of

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:08.519
 Abraham

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:10.119
 to

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.699
 identify

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.419
 himself

00:38:11.419 --> 00:38:12.059
 with

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.219
 his

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.619
 brothers

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:14.339
 to

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:14.679
 become

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:15.259
 both

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:15.779
 our

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.079
 great

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.379
 high

00:38:16.379 --> 00:38:16.799
 priest

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:17.979
 and

00:38:17.979 --> 00:38:18.179
 our

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:18.739
 sacrificial

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.179
 lamb

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:20.219
 that

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:20.419
 we are

00:38:20.419 --> 00:38:20.639
 here

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:21.019
 today

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:23.599
 it's

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:23.959
 because

00:38:23.959 --> 00:38:24.419
 of him

00:38:24.419 --> 00:38:25.279
 that

00:38:25.279 --> 00:38:25.779
 we find

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.339
 grace

00:38:26.339 --> 00:38:27.979
 whether

00:38:27.979 --> 00:38:29.259
 we are

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:29.719
 stumbling

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.239
 believers

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:32.139
 whether

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.459
 we are

00:38:32.459 --> 00:38:33.199
 unbelievers

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:35.379
 whether

00:38:35.379 --> 00:38:35.799
 we feel

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:36.179
 ourselves

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.500
 to be

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:37.460
 rejects

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:39.480
 he

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:39.939
 came

00:38:39.939 --> 00:38:41.359
 and

00:38:41.359 --> 00:38:41.519
 he

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.799
 lived

00:38:41.799 --> 00:38:42.119
 among

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.500
 us

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.379
 he

00:38:43.379 --> 00:38:43.779
 became

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.139
 like

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.399
 us

00:38:44.399 --> 00:38:44.619
 in

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.359
 everything

00:38:45.359 --> 00:38:46.859
 except

00:38:46.859 --> 00:38:47.199
 sin

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:48.799
 he

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:49.079
 went

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.419
 about

00:38:49.419 --> 00:38:50.079
 rejected

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:51.019
 by

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.219
 his

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:51.500
 own

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:51.899
 people

00:38:51.899 --> 00:38:53.759
 and

00:38:53.759 --> 00:38:53.919
 he

00:38:53.919 --> 00:38:54.239
 died

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:54.480
 for

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:54.819
 them

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:56.059
 and

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.219
 he

00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:56.899
 graciously

00:38:56.899 --> 00:38:57.719
 walks

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.079
 with

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.439
 us

00:38:58.439 --> 00:38:59.119
 every

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.500
 day

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:02.719
 all

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.199
 afternoon

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:04.099
 I've

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.219
 been

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:04.519
 listening

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:04.739
 to

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:04.980
 one

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.320
 hymn

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:06.360
 over

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:06.940
 and

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.280
 over

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:07.960
 again

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.679
 as

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.059
 performed

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.500
 by a

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.880
 multitude

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.260
 of

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:11.400
 different

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.119
 singers

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:13.000
 choirs

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.579
 etc

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:15.179
 earlier

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:15.519
 we

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.380
 we

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:16.579
 sang

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:16.800
 a

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.300
 modern

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:17.699
 take

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:17.940
 on

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.179
 it

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:19.059
 to

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.260
 just

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:19.480
 want

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.619
 to

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:19.940
 finish

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.159
 with

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.539
 this

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:23.280
 I

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.619
 need

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:23.920
 thee

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.920
 every

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.519
 hour

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:27.199
 most

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.719
 gracious

00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:28.340
 Lord

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.660
 no

00:39:29.660 --> 00:39:30.200
 tender

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:30.760
 voice

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.079
 like

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.579
 thine

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.200
 can

00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:32.620
 peace

00:39:32.620 --> 00:39:33.140
 afford

00:39:33.140 --> 00:39:35.000
 I

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.320
 need

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:35.620
 thee

00:39:35.620 --> 00:39:36.400
 every

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:36.860
 hour

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:38.280
 stay

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:38.700
 thou

00:39:38.700 --> 00:39:39.420
 nearby

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:41.100
 temptations

00:39:41.100 --> 00:39:41.600
 lose

00:39:41.600 --> 00:39:41.860
 their

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.320
 power

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:43.240
 when

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:43.460
 thou

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.660
 art

00:39:43.660 --> 00:39:44.019
 nigh

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:46.380
 I

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:46.660
 need

00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:46.820
 thee

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.100
 every

00:39:47.100 --> 00:39:47.500
 hour

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.440
 in

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:48.900
 joy

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:50.100
 or

00:39:50.100 --> 00:39:50.539
 pain

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:52.039
 come

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.960
 quickly

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.660
 and

00:39:53.660 --> 00:39:54.160
 abide

00:39:54.160 --> 00:39:55.320
 or

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:55.780
 life

00:39:55.780 --> 00:39:56.460
 is

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:56.840
 vain

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:58.039
 I

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.400
 need

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:58.720
 thee

00:39:58.720 --> 00:40:00.019
 oh

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.500
 I

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:00.800
 need

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:01.140
 thee

00:40:01.140 --> 00:40:02.860
 every

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.300
 hour

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:04.059
 I

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.380
 need

00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:04.680
 thee

00:40:04.680 --> 00:40:06.000
 oh

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.500
 bless

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:06.740
 me

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.059
 now

00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:07.680
 my

00:40:07.680 --> 00:40:08.180
 saviour

00:40:08.180 --> 00:40:09.220
 I

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:09.539
 come

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:09.820
 to

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.100
 thee

00:40:10.100 --> 00:40:11.079
 amen