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 One, Genesis chapter 26, right at the beginning of the Bible.

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 Now as I read, we're going to read all of chapter 26.

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 As I do, I want you to think a little bit with me.

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 You know we've been looking at the life of Abraham from Genesis 12 through to chapter 25.

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 Just think about all that you learnt about Abraham.

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 And as we read chapter 26, I want you to compare and contrast the life of Abraham and Isaac.

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 So see if you can see any differences between the two.

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 And see if you can spot anything similar or the same experiences that they went through.

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 So as I read, try and do a bit of comparing, contrasting work.

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 Let's read chapter 26, starting at verse 1.

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 Now there was a famine in the land.

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 Besides the previous famine in Abraham's time.

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 And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines in Gerar.

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 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said,

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 Do not go down to Egypt.

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 Live in the land where I tell you to live.

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 Stay in this land for a while and I will be with you and will bless you.

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 For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands

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 and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.

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 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky

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 and will give them all these lands

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 and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed.

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 Because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him

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 keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.

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 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

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 When the men of that place asked him about his wife,

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 he said,

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 She is my sister.

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 Because he was afraid to say,

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 She is my wife.

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 He thought,

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 The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah

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 because she is beautiful.

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 When Isaac had been there a long time,

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 Abimelech, king of the Philistines,

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 looked down from a window

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 and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

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 So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said,

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 She is really your wife.

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 Why did you say she is my sister?

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 Isaac answered him,

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 Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.

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 Then Abimelech said,

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 What is this you have done to us?

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 One of the men might have slept with your wife

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 and you would have brought guilt upon us.

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 So Abimelech gave orders to all the people,

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 Anyone who harms this man or his wife

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 shall surely be put to death.

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 Isaac planted crops in that land

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 and in the same year

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 reaped a hundredfold

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 because the Lord blessed him.

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 The man became rich

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 and his wealth continued to grow

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 until he became very wealthy.

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 He had so many flocks and herds and servants

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 that the Philistines envied him.

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 So all the wells that his father's servants

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 had dug in the time of his father Abraham,

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 the Philistines stopped up,

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 filling them with earth.

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 Then Abimelech said to Isaac,

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 Move away from us.

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 You have become too powerful for us.

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 So Isaac moved away from there

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 and camped in the valley of Gerar

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 where he settled.

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 Isaac reopened the wells

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 that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham,

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 which the Philistines had stopped up

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 after Abraham had died

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 and gave them the same names

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 his father had given them.

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 Isaac's servants dug in the valley

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 and discovered a well of fresh water there.

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 But the herdsmen of Gerar

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 quarrelled with those of Isaac

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 and said,

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 The water is ours.

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 So he named the well

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 Essek

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 because they disputed with him.

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 Then they dug another well

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 but they quarrelled over that one also.

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 So he named it Sitna.

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 He moved on from there

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 and dug another well

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 and no one quarrelled over it.

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 He named it Rehoboth

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 saying,

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 Now the Lord has given us room

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 and we will flourish in the land.

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 From there he went to Beersheba.

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 That night the Lord appeared to him and said,

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 I am the Lord God of your father Abraham.

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 Do not be afraid

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 for I am with you

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 and I will bless you,

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 will increase the number of your descendants

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 for the sake of my servant Abraham.

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 Isaac built an altar there

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 and called on the name of the Lord.

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 There he pitched his tent

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 and there his servants dug a well.

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 Meanwhile,

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 Abimelech came to him from Gerar

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 with Ahuzah,

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 his personal advisor

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 and Fickle,

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 the commander of the forces.

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 Isaac asked them,

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 Why have you come to me

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 since you were hostile to me

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 and sent me away?

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 They answered,

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 We saw clearly

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 that the Lord was with you.

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 So he said,

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 There ought to be a sworn agreement

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 between us,

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 between us and you.

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 Let us make a treaty with you

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 that you will do to us no harm,

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 just as we did not harm you,

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 but always treated you well

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 and sent you away peacefully.

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 And now you are blessed

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 by the Lord.

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 Well, Isaac then made a feast for them

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 and they ate and drank.

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 Early in the next morning,

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 the men swore an oath to each other.

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 Then Isaac sent them on their way

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 and they went away peacefully.

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 That day Isaac's servants came

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 and told them about the well

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 they had dug

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 and they said,

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 We found water.

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 He called it Sheba.

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 And to this day,

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 the name of the town

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 has been Beersheba.

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 Well, let's pray

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 and ask for God's blessing to us

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 as we think about this scripture.

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 Father, thank you.

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 Thank you for this ancient account

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 of the life of Isaac

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 and his relationship with you.

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 And we pray that as we look at it together,

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 we would encounter the same living God

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 who continues to bless his people.

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 Father, we do not want to go out of this building

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 being the same as what we came into it.

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 But we want to leave encouraged,

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 filled with confidence

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 in our trust in you,

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 changed in how we live our lives,

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 living for your glory.

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 So help us now

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 by the power of your Holy Spirit,

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 we pray.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, how did you get on

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 in your compare and contrast?

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 It sounds a bit like

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 kind of class time again,

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 doesn't it?

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 What was the difference

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 and what was the same

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 about the life of Isaac and Abraham?

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 Well, the only real difference is

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 their names.

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 One was called Abraham

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 and one was called Isaac.

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 Yes, they had wives

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 and their wives' names were different too,

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 but the rest is virtually the same.

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 That's what we're to see

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 in chapter 26.

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 Isaac's experience

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 is the same as Abraham's experience.

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 And to help you,

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 I've got a little chart

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 on the screen

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 that you can follow along.

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 This is what we're to see,

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 that they were the same.

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 They had the same experiences.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Now there was a famine in the land

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 beside the previous famine

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 in Abraham's time.

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 So they both faced the same crisis.

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 No food and no water.

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 In fact, we'll discover

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 as we go through the account

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 that Isaac also faces

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 the same fears.

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 He's afraid his wife

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 will be taken

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 and he will be killed.

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 So he pretends

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 that Rebecca

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 is his sister.

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 The exact same thing

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 as his father had done.

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 And they also face

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 the same opposition

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 as locals fight

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 over access to water

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 and to wells.

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 And Isaac,

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 just like Abraham,

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 makes an agreement

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 with the surrounding nations.

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 So it seems that

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 there is a pattern

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 to life.

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 A pattern that can be

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 common to us all.

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 You see,

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 we might live in different times

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 and different places,

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 but there's a familiarity

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 to life.

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 We all face

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 different crises.

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 We all have

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 different kinds of fears.

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 We all have opposition.

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 But that's not all.

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 The main comparison

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 between Abraham

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 and Isaac

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 is God's

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 faithfulness.

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 God was faithful

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 to Abraham

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 and God is faithful

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 to Isaac.

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 In the familiarity

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 of life,

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 God is relentlessly

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 faithful.

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 You see,

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 generations may come

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 and go,

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 but God

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 remains the same.

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 He is consistently

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 and persistently

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 faithful.

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 He's loyal

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 and dependable.

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 You can count

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 on this God.

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 He's not going

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 to let you down.

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 He is the same God

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 yesterday,

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 today,

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 and forever.

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 So in the familiarity

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 of life,

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 let's see how God

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 is relentlessly

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 faithful.

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 four things

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 we're going to look

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 at.

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 Here's the first one.

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 Whoops,

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 how did that happen?

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 Well,

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 there you've got

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 them all at once.

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 No surprises.

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 So what's the crisis

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 as we remember

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 God's promise

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 in a crisis?

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 What's the crisis?

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 Well,

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 it's there in verse 1,

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 isn't there?

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 Now there was a famine

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 in the land.

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 Now we might

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 deface famine

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 ourselves,

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 but back in our

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 history,

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 in the nation of Ireland,

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 there was a terrible famine.

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 Thousands died

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 and over a million

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 people travelled

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 to the US

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 in search of a better life.

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 It's a normal

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 and understandable

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 response.

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 When you haven't

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 got food,

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 you move out

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 to go find it

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 somewhere else.

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 And that's exactly

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 what Isaac did.

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 Look at the rest

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 of verse 1.

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 He went to Abimelech,

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 king of the Philistines,

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 in Gerar.

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 But it seems

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 this was just

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 a stop-off point.

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 Isaac had plans

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 to take his family

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 down to Egypt

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 where food grew

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 in abundance

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 and water flowed

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 freely.

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 Now while understandable

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 to go down

00:12:29.259 --> 00:12:30.059
 to Egypt,

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 going down

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 to Egypt

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 was to walk

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 away

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 from God.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 Look at the warning.

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 The Lord

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 appeared to Isaac

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 and said,

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 Do not go down

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 to Egypt.

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 Live in the land

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 where I tell you

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 to live.

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 You see,

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 God had made

00:12:49.019 --> 00:12:49.679
 the promise

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 to Isaac's

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 father Abraham

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 that he would

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 have a land

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 for himself

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 and for his people.

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 So if they were

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 to head off

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 down to Egypt,

00:12:59.339 --> 00:12:59.860
 it would be

00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.459
 an act of

00:13:00.459 --> 00:13:01.419
 disobedience.

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 Egypt might have

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 solved an immediate

00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:04.919
 problem.

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 It would have put

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 food in the belly.

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 But it would

00:13:08.699 --> 00:13:09.799
 create a deeper

00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:10.379
 crisis

00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:12.000
 in his relationship

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 with God.

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 God

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 faithfully

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 reminds

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 Isaac

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 of his

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 promises.

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 That he is

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 a faithful

00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:21.799
 God.

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 In fact,

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 the same

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 promises he

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 had given

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 to his father

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 are now

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 repeated

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 personally

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 to Isaac.

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 Let's review

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 them very quickly.

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 Verse 3.

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 God says,

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 Stay in the land.

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 I will be

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 with you

00:13:37.060 --> 00:13:38.440
 and I will

00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:39.639
 bless you.

00:13:40.180 --> 00:13:41.300
 God promises

00:13:41.300 --> 00:13:43.100
 to be present

00:13:43.100 --> 00:13:44.379
 with his

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 people.

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 The rest of

00:13:46.680 --> 00:13:47.259
 verse 3.

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 Second promise

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 for you,

00:13:49.340 --> 00:13:49.940
 to you and your

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 descendants,

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 I will give

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 all these

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 lands.

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 So God

00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:54.480
 promises to

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 be present

00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:56.580
 and he promises

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 to give them

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 a place

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 to live.

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 There's a

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 third promise

00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.440
 in verse 4.

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 He says,

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 I will make

00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:06.940
 your descendants

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 as numerous

00:14:07.800 --> 00:14:08.580
 as the stars

00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:09.300
 in the sky.

00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:10.320
 So God

00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:11.200
 will be present,

00:14:12.260 --> 00:14:12.860
 he gives them

00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:13.540
 a place,

00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.860
 and he promises

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 them a big

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 people.

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 They will be

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 a great

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 people.

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 And then the

00:14:19.760 --> 00:14:20.780
 end of verse 4,

00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:21.800
 the last

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 promise.

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 And through

00:14:23.780 --> 00:14:24.720
 your offspring

00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:26.540
 all nations

00:14:26.540 --> 00:14:27.800
 on earth

00:14:27.800 --> 00:14:28.680
 will be

00:14:28.680 --> 00:14:29.200
 blessed.

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 Did you get

00:14:30.760 --> 00:14:31.440
 the promise?

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 God says,

00:14:32.800 --> 00:14:33.660
 I am going

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 to have a

00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:36.080
 people and

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 they will

00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.120
 be in

00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:37.720
 God's

00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:38.259
 place,

00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:39.180
 enjoying

00:14:39.180 --> 00:14:39.840
 God's

00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:40.360
 presence,

00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:41.159
 who in

00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:41.700
 turn are

00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:42.139
 going to

00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:42.460
 be a

00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:43.139
 blessing to

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.759
 all the

00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:44.200
 nations

00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:45.220
 around them.

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 This is

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 the kind

00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:47.300
 of God

00:14:47.300 --> 00:14:47.759
 I am.

00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.639
 I made

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:49.340
 that promise

00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:50.320
 to Abraham

00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:51.220
 and I'm

00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:51.960
 keeping that

00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:53.000
 promise and

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.800
 this promise

00:14:53.800 --> 00:14:54.659
 is for you,

00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:55.300
 Isaac.

00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:56.840
 It's as if

00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:57.680
 God is coming

00:14:57.680 --> 00:14:58.279
 to Isaac

00:14:58.279 --> 00:14:59.120
 personally and

00:14:59.120 --> 00:14:59.420
 saying,

00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:01.019
 I am

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 your God

00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:02.779
 to.

00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:04.379
 I'm not

00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:04.899
 going to

00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:05.620
 fail you,

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 I'm not

00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.000
 going to

00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.720
 forget you

00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:08.519
 in your

00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.080
 crisis.

00:15:13.340 --> 00:15:14.220
 I wonder

00:15:14.220 --> 00:15:14.720
 what kind

00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:15.299
 of crisis

00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:15.940
 you are

00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:16.379
 facing

00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:17.279
 today.

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 Some

00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:20.419
 change in

00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:20.639
 your

00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.620
 experience

00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.340
 of life,

00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:23.940
 a trouble,

00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:24.759
 a concern.

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:26.700
 And

00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:27.179
 sometimes

00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:27.799
 the only

00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:28.559
 option we

00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:29.080
 can see,

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:29.860
 the only

00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.639
 solution we

00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.059
 can come

00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:31.580
 up with is

00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:32.139
 to do the

00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:32.819
 Isaac thing

00:15:32.819 --> 00:15:33.500
 and head

00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.240
 for Egypt.

00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:36.360
 Turn away

00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:37.000
 from God

00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:38.059
 and trust

00:15:38.059 --> 00:15:38.860
 our own

00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:39.759
 direction.

00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:41.679
 Well,

00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.100
 the right

00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:42.980
 response is

00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:43.960
 always to

00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:44.740
 obey God,

00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:45.759
 even if it

00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.279
 doesn't make

00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:46.899
 sense to

00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:47.340
 us.

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 So,

00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:49.360
 end of

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.980
 verse 6,

00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:51.000
 or verse 6,

00:15:51.419 --> 00:15:52.539
 Isaac stayed

00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:53.759
 in Gerar.

00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.899
 He did

00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.480
 what God

00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:56.019
 had said.

00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:57.100
 He settled

00:15:57.100 --> 00:15:58.100
 down and

00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:58.840
 he confronted

00:15:58.840 --> 00:15:59.659
 his crisis

00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:00.759
 head on with

00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.460
 the promises

00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:02.139
 of God

00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:02.819
 ringing in

00:16:02.819 --> 00:16:03.399
 his ears.

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.299
 And we

00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:04.840
 need to

00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:05.299
 hear that

00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:06.120
 same promise

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:07.159
 today as

00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:07.700
 we go

00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:08.340
 through life,

00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:08.759
 whatever

00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:09.720
 crisis may

00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:10.080
 come,

00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.179
 listen to

00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:11.860
 the promise,

00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:13.179
 I will be

00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:13.819
 with you,

00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:15.299
 I will

00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:16.159
 never leave

00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:16.379
 you,

00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:17.000
 and I will

00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:18.080
 never forsake

00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:18.319
 you.

00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:19.360
 I am the

00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:20.399
 same yesterday,

00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:21.240
 today,

00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:23.000
 and forever.

00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:25.419
 You see,

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:25.759
 in the

00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.259
 familiarity

00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:27.419
 of life,

00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:29.319
 God is

00:16:29.319 --> 00:16:30.379
 relentlessly

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.580
 faithful.

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:32.899
 He does

00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:34.019
 not forget

00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:35.360
 his people.

00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:37.960
 So,

00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:38.899
 remembering

00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:39.720
 God's promise

00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.439
 in a crisis.

00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:41.319
 Number two,

00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:43.240
 seeing God's

00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:43.779
 sovereignty

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:45.039
 in our

00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:45.740
 fears.

00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:48.100
 As Isaac

00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.939
 settles down

00:16:48.939 --> 00:16:49.519
 in Gerar

00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.080
 with his

00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:50.899
 family,

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:52.039
 he faces

00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:52.539
 another

00:16:52.539 --> 00:16:53.299
 challenge.

00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.399
 It seems

00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:54.939
 that the

00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:55.539
 kings in

00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.079
 that place

00:16:56.079 --> 00:16:56.559
 were known

00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:57.019
 to take

00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.639
 the wives

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.340
 of visitors

00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:59.340
 and kill

00:16:59.340 --> 00:16:59.720
 off the

00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:00.139
 husbands.

00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:01.659
 So,

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.399
 Isaac comes

00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:02.779
 up with

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.199
 an old

00:17:03.199 --> 00:17:04.139
 family plan.

00:17:04.639 --> 00:17:05.059
 He did

00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:05.839
 exactly

00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.819
 what his

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.480
 father had

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:07.759
 done.

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:08.920
 He told

00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.779
 porkies,

00:17:09.879 --> 00:17:10.339
 didn't he?

00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:11.000
 Look at

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.680
 verse 7.

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:12.980
 When the

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.519
 men of that

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:14.259
 place asked

00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:14.639
 him about

00:17:14.639 --> 00:17:15.180
 his wife,

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:15.660
 he said,

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:16.879
 oh,

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:17.440
 she's my

00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.019
 sister.

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:19.420
 because he

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:19.960
 was afraid

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.559
 to say,

00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:21.759
 she is

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.500
 my wife.

00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:24.079
 He thought

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:25.160
 the men

00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:25.539
 of this

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.200
 place might

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.740
 kill me

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.259
 on account

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:27.799
 of Rebecca

00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.799
 because she

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.500
 was beautiful.

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.019
 I mean,

00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:31.420
 that's what

00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:32.139
 happens when

00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:33.319
 men abuse

00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.079
 their powers

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.720
 of position.

00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:35.779
 They take

00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.160
 as they

00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:36.740
 please.

00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:37.660
 So,

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.119
 naturally

00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:38.579
 enough,

00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:39.339
 Isaac is

00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:39.839
 afraid

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.759
 for his

00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.259
 life.

00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.139
 And we

00:17:43.139 --> 00:17:43.759
 might think,

00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:44.379
 well,

00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:45.079
 wasn't that

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.480
 a clever

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.259
 plan on

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.839
 Isaac's

00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:47.240
 part?

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.420
 No,

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.619
 don't be

00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:51.519
 fooled by

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.180
 his plan.

00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:53.299
 It's wrong

00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:54.480
 on two

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.039
 counts.

00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:55.879
 First,

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:56.460
 it seems

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:56.819
 that he's

00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:57.500
 quite happy

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:57.879
 to put

00:17:57.879 --> 00:17:58.279
 his own

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:58.859
 wife in

00:17:58.859 --> 00:17:59.379
 danger

00:17:59.379 --> 00:18:00.359
 with all

00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:00.819
 these other

00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:01.779
 men to

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.299
 save his

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:03.000
 own bacon.

00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:04.039
 Not very

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:04.440
 loving.

00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:05.319
 It seems

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:06.119
 he's forgotten

00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:06.839
 his wedding

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:07.500
 vows to

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 protect and

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 to cherish.

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 Second,

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 he's just

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 had a

00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:13.160
 personal

00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:13.639
 commitment

00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:14.379
 from God

00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:15.180
 who came

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:15.519
 to him

00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:15.900
 and said,

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 I will

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.660
 be with

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 you and

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 I will

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 bless

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 you.

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 And as

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.400
 soon as

00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:21.980
 the challenge

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.519
 comes,

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 it seems

00:18:23.340 --> 00:18:24.080
 he's forgotten

00:18:24.080 --> 00:18:24.880
 that promise

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 too.

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 His fears

00:18:27.300 --> 00:18:27.960
 are real,

00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:29.580
 but his

00:18:29.580 --> 00:18:30.560
 response to

00:18:30.560 --> 00:18:31.340
 those fears

00:18:31.340 --> 00:18:32.880
 are sinful.

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 Rather than

00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:35.519
 speak the

00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.160
 truth about

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:36.720
 his wife,

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.779
 rather than

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.720
 trust God's

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.080
 promise,

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 he does

00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:40.400
 what he

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 thinks is

00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:42.279
 best for

00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:42.800
 himself.

00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:45.339
 well,

00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:45.839
 so far

00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:46.379
 so good.

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 It seems

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 to be

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.460
 working,

00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:47.859
 doesn't

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.079
 it?

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:48.980
 He's

00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:49.279
 keeping

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.919
 his life.

00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:51.059
 However,

00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:51.720
 his plan

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.159
 is about

00:18:52.159 --> 00:18:52.919
 to unravel.

00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.079
 Verse 8,

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 when Isaac

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:55.899
 had been

00:18:55.899 --> 00:18:56.259
 there a

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:56.779
 long time,

00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:57.159
 so this

00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:57.519
 has gone

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.519
 over years,

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 Abimelech,

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.440
 king of the

00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:01.079
 Philistines,

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.700
 looked down

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.059
 from the

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.359
 window,

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 and what

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.299
 did he

00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:03.619
 see?

00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:05.220
 Isaac

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.799
 caressing

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.599
 his wife,

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.480
 Rebecca.

00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:09.660
 It seems

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.420
 Isaac and

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.019
 Rebecca's

00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.360
 secret

00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:12.160
 rendezvous

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:13.160
 had raised

00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:13.799
 suspicion.

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.620
 That's not

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:16.039
 the way

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.740
 brothers and

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.620
 sisters behave

00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:18.120
 with each

00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:18.400
 other.

00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:20.160
 The game

00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:21.380
 was up.

00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.539
 Verse 9,

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:24.059
 so Abimelech

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.980
 summoned Isaac

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.539
 and said,

00:19:26.120 --> 00:19:27.259
 she is really

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:28.000
 your wife.

00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.299
 Why did

00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:29.960
 you say

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:31.220
 she is

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.940
 my sister?

00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:34.900
 His heart

00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:35.940
 has been

00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:36.680
 exposed.

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.480
 Isaac is

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.240
 a selfish,

00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:39.900
 out for

00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:40.380
 himself,

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.339
 I know

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.000
 better than

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.759
 God sort

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.319
 of guy.

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.980
 But what

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.559
 we need to

00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:47.360
 see here is

00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:48.000
 not just

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.660
 his sinful

00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.519
 response to

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.120
 his fears.

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.680
 What we're

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.380
 to see is

00:19:52.380 --> 00:19:52.940
 God's

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.860
 sovereign care

00:19:53.860 --> 00:19:54.900
 over his

00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:56.539
 people despite

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.880
 their sin.

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:58.900
 Look at

00:19:58.900 --> 00:19:59.599
 verse 11,

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.480
 so Abimelech

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.220
 gave orders

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.920
 to all the

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.339
 people,

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.640
 anyone who

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.480
 harms this

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.200
 man or

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.019
 his wife,

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.599
 shall be

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.099
 put to

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.480
 death.

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.599
 The order

00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.120
 could have

00:20:12.120 --> 00:20:12.640
 been so

00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.319
 different from

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:13.759
 the king.

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.500
 The king

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.140
 could command

00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:15.680
 anything.

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.559
 He could

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.059
 have said,

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.380
 let's put

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:19.000
 Isaac to

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.640
 death and

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.420
 we'll take

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:20.880
 Rebecca.

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.400
 But no,

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.880
 God in his

00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.500
 sovereignty

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:27.380
 preserves and

00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:28.940
 protects Isaac

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:30.180
 and Rebecca.

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:31.759
 in some

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.140
 ways it

00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.640
 shouldn't

00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.440
 happen but

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.140
 it does

00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:35.259
 because this

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:35.920
 is the kind

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.360
 of God

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:36.880
 we have

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.519
 who is

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.560
 watching over

00:20:38.560 --> 00:20:39.240
 his people.

00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:42.920
 Now don't

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.480
 you and I

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.240
 have our own

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.640
 fears?

00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:46.660
 We might

00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.299
 fear our

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:48.080
 spouse being

00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:48.940
 taken by

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:50.060
 somebody in

00:20:50.060 --> 00:20:50.740
 the town we

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.180
 visit.

00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.240
 But don't

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.980
 we have fears

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.840
 about speaking

00:20:54.840 --> 00:20:56.259
 the truth and

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.220
 declaring what

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.059
 we believe.

00:20:59.360 --> 00:21:00.220
 Fearing how

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.839
 people will

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.600
 respond to

00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:02.039
 us.

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.839
 Fears about

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.819
 trusting God

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.720
 to deliver on

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.500
 his promises.

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.120
 And like

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.900
 Isaac, ashamed

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.579
 to say it,

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.380
 we've not

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.319
 always responded

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:11.860
 rightly.

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.380
 Instead of

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:14.420
 asking God to

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.660
 strengthen our

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.299
 faith and

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:17.480
 enable us to

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.579
 trust, well

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.279
 we've adopted

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.400
 the Isaac plan

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:21.000
 haven't we?

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.940
 We've told

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.559
 lies.

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.799
 But to our

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.680
 astonishment

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:28.340
 as we look

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.019
 back over

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:30.039
 our life, we

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.100
 see God's

00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:32.140
 sovereign hand

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:33.259
 of care upon

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:35.000
 us, watching

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:36.180
 out for us.

00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:37.680
 Of course, this

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.500
 doesn't mean it's

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.420
 a free pass to

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:39.900
 sin and go,

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.600
 it doesn't matter

00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:41.580
 what I do, God's

00:21:41.580 --> 00:21:42.440
 looking after me.

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:44.360
 No, but doesn't

00:21:44.360 --> 00:21:45.519
 it amaze you?

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.039
 Aren't you

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:48.500
 amazed at how

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.640
 God watches

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.820
 over our life

00:21:50.820 --> 00:21:52.160
 even when we

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:53.140
 make sinful

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:54.100
 choices and

00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:55.220
 selfish decisions?

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.940
 This is the

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.820
 kind of God

00:21:58.820 --> 00:21:59.960
 we have who's

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.980
 faithful to his

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.420
 people.

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:04.140
 You see, in the

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:05.279
 familiarity of

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:07.980
 life, God is

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:09.019
 relentlessly

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:10.340
 faithful.

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:15.140
 Third,

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:18.259
 experiencing God's

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:20.060
 flourishing in the

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:20.640
 opposition.

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:20.700
 salvation.

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.660
 Well, despite

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.940
 Isaac's wobbles,

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:27.500
 God continues to

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:27.960
 bless.

00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.360
 This is the

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:30.200
 faithfulness of

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.560
 God.

00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:31.720
 Verse 12,

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.300
 Isaac planted

00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:34.120
 crops in the

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:34.720
 land and the

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.500
 same year reaped

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.360
 a hundredfold

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:37.440
 because the

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.680
 Lord blessed

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:38.980
 him.

00:22:40.040 --> 00:22:40.960
 The man became

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.860
 rich and his

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.759
 wealth continued

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.660
 to grow until

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:45.460
 he became very

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.259
 wealthy.

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.900
 Now, that's

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.759
 great for Isaac,

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.440
 but there's a

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.079
 problem when

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.599
 you become

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.339
 successful.

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.019
 It breeds

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.500
 enemies.

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.440
 People don't

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.000
 like you

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.480
 anymore.

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.460
 The locals

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:56.900
 have had

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.299
 enough.

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.519
 Verse 14,

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.500
 he had so

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.259
 many flocks

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.819
 and herds,

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.400
 the servants

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:01.859
 from the

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.819
 Philistines

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.680
 envied him.

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.799
 So all the

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.460
 wells that his

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.299
 father's servant

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.879
 had dug,

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:07.960
 well, they

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.599
 just filled

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.200
 them up with

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.500
 earth.

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.500
 A little bit

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.079
 of skull

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.960
 duggery was

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.640
 going on.

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.319
 The message

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.019
 was crystal

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.420
 clear.

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.900
 Isaac, pack

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.940
 your bags and

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.580
 get out of

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:18.900
 town.

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.799
 We don't

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.340
 want your

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:20.960
 sort round

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.299
 here.

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.240
 In fact, he

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.640
 got his

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.500
 marching orders

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.920
 from the

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.620
 king himself.

00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:26.559
 Verse 16,

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.900
 Abimelech said,

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:29.279
 move away from

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.759
 us, you've

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.440
 become too

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.980
 powerful.

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:33.039
 So Isaac

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:34.100
 moved away

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:35.400
 from the

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.779
 people.

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.700
 We would

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.380
 think that's

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:40.960
 the end of

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.779
 the situation,

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.380
 but it's

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.820
 not.

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.039
 It seems

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.740
 the locals

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.380
 wouldn't let

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.940
 him settle.

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.799
 Wherever

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.820
 Isaac went,

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.740
 they followed

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.500
 as he

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.120
 began to

00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:50.700
 dig wells

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.360
 for water.

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.380
 No sooner

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:52.779
 had he

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.559
 started than

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.420
 the protesters

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.120
 arrived.

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.600
 No wells

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.100
 here.

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.799
 Down with

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.360
 Isaac.

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.279
 Save our

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.000
 planet, or

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.600
 whoever else

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.080
 happened to

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.500
 be there.

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.019
 In fact, the

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.980
 hostility was

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.860
 so severe,

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.200
 Isaac named

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.720
 the wells,

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.360
 we see this

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.240
 in verse 19

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.900
 and 20,

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.140
 Essek and

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.519
 Sitna.

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.720
 Or in

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.240
 English, we

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.740
 would say

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:15.779
 disruption and

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.380
 opposition.

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:19.180
 Now it's

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.700
 not like

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.320
 Isaac could

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:20.820
 just head

00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:21.300
 off into

00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:21.880
 town and

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.340
 buy some

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:22.720
 water

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.240
 himself.

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:24.060
 No, this

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:24.760
 was serious.

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.420
 The water

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.100
 supply had

00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:26.560
 been cut

00:24:26.560 --> 00:24:26.840
 off.

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.960
 No water,

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:28.800
 no life.

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.220
 What's he

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.680
 going to

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.020
 do?

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.680
 Well, he

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.020
 would do

00:24:33.020 --> 00:24:33.440
 the thing

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:33.820
 that we

00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:34.240
 would do

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.520
 in a

00:24:34.520 --> 00:24:34.820
 desperate

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.520
 situation,

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.680
 dig another

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.120
 well.

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.540
 Would it

00:24:38.540 --> 00:24:39.000
 be different

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.680
 this time?

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.360
 Well, let's

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:40.880
 see, verse

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.480
 22.

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.360
 He moved

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.840
 on from

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:44.460
 there and

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.320
 dug another

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.599
 well and

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.119
 no one

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.619
 quarreled

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.220
 over it.

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.460
 He named

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:51.179
 it Rehoboth

00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:51.859
 saying,

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.099
 now the

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.639
 Lord has

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.179
 given us

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:55.439
 room or

00:24:55.439 --> 00:24:56.019
 given us

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.740
 space and

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.200
 we will

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.980
 flourish in

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.500
 the land.

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.319
 You see,

00:25:02.419 --> 00:25:03.019
 once again,

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.679
 we see the

00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:04.679
 faithfulness of

00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:05.439
 God at work

00:25:05.439 --> 00:25:06.019
 in the life

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.679
 of Isaac.

00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:08.179
 All the

00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.779
 opposition,

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.519
 but yet God

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.599
 remains true.

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.200
 But God

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.720
 does even

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.240
 more than

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.500
 this.

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.460
 He digs

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.839
 him out

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.120
 of an

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:17.839
 even bigger

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.259
 hole.

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:18.980
 You see,

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.420
 this is

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.519
 God being

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.620
 faithful to

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.720
 his plan.

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.539
 You see,

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.160
 there was a

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.700
 time when

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.620
 God's people

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.839
 were in

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.799
 God's place

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.660
 and they

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.880
 enjoyed God's

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.279
 presence.

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.779
 They were

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.440
 given all

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.880
 that they

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.440
 needed and

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.740
 more.

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.500
 All the

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.980
 food they

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.360
 wanted,

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.140
 all the

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.700
 water they

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.059
 wanted.

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.880
 In fact,

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.839
 they flourished

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.620
 in that land,

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.259
 didn't they?

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:43.299
 we know

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.759
 it as

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.079
 the

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:45.180
 Garden

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.779
 of Eden.

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.980
 Adam and

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.420
 Eve were

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.980
 given those

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.940
 clear instructions

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.779
 to be

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.920
 fruitful and

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.539
 increase,

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.720
 to fill the

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.200
 earth and

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.980
 to subdue it.

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.920
 Man and

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.720
 woman together

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.200
 were to

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.299
 expand the

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.920
 borders of

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.700
 Eden so

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.559
 that humanity

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.640
 might flourish

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:03.059
 enjoying God

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.799
 and displaying

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.519
 his glory.

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.379
 That was

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:06.019
 the plan.

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:09.059
 But enter

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.940
 the opposition,

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.019
 the serpent.

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.079
 Instead of

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.660
 flourishing,

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.319
 the man and

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.079
 woman failed.

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.619
 Instead of

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.700
 displaying God's

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.279
 glory, they

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.059
 rebelled and

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.879
 took the glory.

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.980
 But despite

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.059
 all of the

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.639
 opposition,

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.200
 God remains

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.220
 faithful to

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.940
 his plan.

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.180
 Fast forward

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.680
 from the

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.420
 Garden of Eden

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.099
 to Isaac

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.980
 digging wells

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.079
 and we see

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.799
 something of

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.920
 God's faithfulness

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.579
 being worked

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:34.900
 out.

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:36.240
 God's people

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.540
 in God's

00:26:37.540 --> 00:26:38.000
 place,

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.519
 enjoying God's

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.000
 presence.

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.759
 They have

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.259
 been given

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.940
 room,

00:26:42.300 --> 00:26:42.519
 they have

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.940
 been given

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:44.200
 space to

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.460
 flourish in

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.080
 the land

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.940
 just as

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.420
 God had

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:47.840
 said.

00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:50.820
 You see,

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:52.740
 sometimes we

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.480
 see God's

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.500
 faithfulness up

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.160
 close and

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.640
 personal.

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.460
 Other times

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.080
 we need to

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.759
 take a bigger

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.660
 step back and

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.400
 see the bigger

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.500
 picture and

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.400
 see how God

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.660
 is stubbornly

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.820
 fulfilling his

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:06.119
 plan for the

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:07.139
 world because

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:08.279
 he will always

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.939
 have his

00:27:08.939 --> 00:27:10.019
 people in

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.859
 his place,

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.259
 enjoying his

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.419
 presence so

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:13.879
 that they

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:15.279
 might flourish.

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.700
 You see,

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.039
 in the

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.259
 familiarity of

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:21.240
 life, God

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.960
 is relentlessly

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.039
 faithful.

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.119
 people.

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.220
 Fourth,

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:31.700
 celebrating God's

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.339
 blessing in

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.859
 the nations.

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.839
 So Isaac and

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.420
 his family

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.319
 continue to

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.839
 flourish.

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.359
 They live and

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.379
 enjoy God's

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:40.819
 presence.

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.859
 His blessing is

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.740
 being poured out

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.339
 upon them.

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.980
 But guess what?

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:47.319
 God's blessing was

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.139
 never to be

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.980
 restricted to

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.319
 Isaac.

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:51.379
 God's promise

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:52.939
 was always to

00:27:52.939 --> 00:27:54.179
 bless the

00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:54.720
 nations.

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.259
 At first,

00:27:57.439 --> 00:27:57.939
 it seems

00:27:57.939 --> 00:27:59.460
 trouble is on

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.179
 the horizon.

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.039
 This time,

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.939
 the heavy gang

00:28:02.939 --> 00:28:03.700
 have arrived,

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.700
 verse 26.

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.799
 The protesters

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.779
 have gone home.

00:28:07.439 --> 00:28:08.139
 Now the big

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:08.939
 guns have come

00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:10.139
 out, verse 26.

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.220
 Meanwhile,

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.079
 Abimelech had

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:13.099
 come to him

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.859
 from Gerar,

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:15.460
 with Ahuzah,

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.299
 his personal

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.939
 advisor,

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:18.000
 and fickle

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.660
 the commander

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.100
 of his

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.539
 forces.

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.059
 The military

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:24.039
 might are

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.400
 there.

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.160
 Isaac asked

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.320
 them,

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.200
 why have you

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.840
 come to me

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.299
 since you

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.840
 were hostile

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.500
 to me and

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.279
 sent me away?

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.240
 Are you

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.000
 looking for a

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.299
 fight?

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.980
 What's going

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.559
 on here?

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.039
 But Abimelech

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.860
 hasn't come to

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.240
 fight.

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.420
 He's come to

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.660
 be blessed.

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.120
 Look at

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.779
 verse 28.

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.920
 They answered,

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.180
 we saw

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.279
 clearly that

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.820
 the Lord

00:28:45.820 --> 00:28:46.920
 was with

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.440
 you.

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.320
 End of

00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:50.180
 verse 29.

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:53.039
 And now

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.539
 you are

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.300
 blessed

00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:55.620
 by the

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.019
 Lord.

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.580
 Abimelech

00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:57.960
 has been

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.700
 watching

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.560
 Isaac's

00:28:59.560 --> 00:28:59.900
 life,

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.680
 and he's

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.539
 seen God's

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.240
 goodness and

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.960
 kindness to

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.320
 Isaac,

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.440
 and Abimelech

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.960
 wants a

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.440
 piece of

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.960
 the pie.

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.100
 You see,

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.039
 God's people,

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.539
 when they're

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.000
 blessed,

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.259
 and when

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.900
 people look

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.560
 in and see

00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:13.240
 the blessing

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.700
 of God

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.320
 upon them,

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.140
 they are

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.200
 also drawn

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.039
 to God.

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.720
 In Abimelech's

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.180
 case, he

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.539
 has a

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:20.900
 plan.

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.140
 Let's

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.559
 read verse

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.200
 28.

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.140
 He

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.500
 answered,

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.000
 we saw

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.720
 clearly that

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.120
 the Lord

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.660
 was with

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:27.940
 you,

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.759
 so we

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.140
 said,

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.160
 there ought

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.660
 to be a

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.559
 sworn agreement

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.440
 between us

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:34.340
 and you.

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.360
 Let us

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:35.840
 make a

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.319
 treaty

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.500
 with you.

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:41.680
 So promises

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.299
 are given

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.880
 one to

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.440
 each other,

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.319
 agreements

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:45.079
 are made,

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.960
 documents

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.779
 are signed.

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.440
 Verse 30,

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.299
 Isaac then

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.779
 made a

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.240
 feast for

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.420
 them,

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.400
 they ate

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.079
 and drank.

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.380
 Early the

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.079
 next morning

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.579
 the men

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.480
 swore an

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.940
 oath to

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.480
 each other,

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.519
 then Isaac

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.140
 sent them

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.559
 away,

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.799
 and they

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.440
 went

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:02.099
 peacefully.

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.900
 It seems

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.759
 something of

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.839
 God's blessing

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.839
 has begun

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.480
 to rub

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.459
 off on

00:30:08.459 --> 00:30:09.099
 Abimelech.

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.019
 He now

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.899
 leaves a

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.740
 blessed man.

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:12.579
 He now

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.480
 goes home

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.639
 peacefully.

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.119
 Abimelech

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:17.099
 leaves having

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.619
 tasted

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:19.039
 something of

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:20.039
 God's goodness

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:21.240
 and kindness.

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.599
 Now this

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.179
 encounter

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:24.980
 mightn't seem

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.959
 much to us,

00:30:26.459 --> 00:30:26.899
 but on

00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:27.779
 reflection it

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.359
 is something

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:29.419
 huge to

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:30.019
 celebrate.

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.319
 The nations

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.299
 are now

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.980
 beginning to

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.699
 be blessed

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:35.179
 through Isaac,

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.120
 through his

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.620
 family,

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.600
 as they

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:38.100
 come into

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:39.019
 contact with

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.440
 God's

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.840
 people.

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.180
 And what

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.860
 Abimelech

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.440
 has just

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.920
 experienced is

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.960
 a foretaste

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.720
 of the

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.200
 ultimate

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.279
 peace that

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.820
 we can

00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:49.340
 have and

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:49.759
 that we

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.519
 can enjoy.

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.900
 You see,

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.380
 God had

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.960
 made these

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.720
 promises to

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.160
 Abraham,

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.180
 now he's

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.700
 made these

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.420
 promises to

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.820
 Isaac,

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.680
 that the

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.440
 nations of

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.920
 the world

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.380
 would be

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.840
 blessed

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.820
 through their

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.299
 family.

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.100
 Look back

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:03.640
 with me to

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.279
 verse 4.

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:08.440
 Remember

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.940
 God's

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.400
 promise,

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:09.980
 the end

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.360
 of verse

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.740
 4?

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.140
 God

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.580
 says,

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.519
 all

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.279
 nations

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:17.500
 on earth

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.640
 will be

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.080
 blessed.

00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:19.799
 Through

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.340
 your

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:21.060
 offspring,

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.240
 all

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.900
 nations

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.900
 on earth

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.259
 will be

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.720
 blessed.

00:31:26.080 --> 00:31:26.519
 God

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.960
 is saying

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.340
 through

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.620
 their

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.060
 offspring,

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.940
 a seed

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.200
 would

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.580
 come,

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.620
 a son

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.120
 who

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.279
 would

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.519
 bring

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.720
 the

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.180
 blessing

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.960
 of peace

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.519
 to

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.200
 all

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.900
 nations.

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.900
 The New

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.340
 Testament

00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:37.059
 makes that

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.640
 clear to

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:37.860
 us.

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.140
 You can

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.500
 see the

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.440
 verse on

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.059
 the screen.

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.759
 The promises

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.500
 were spoken

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.660
 to Abraham

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.960
 and to

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.819
 his seed.

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.860
 Scripture

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.420
 does not

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.720
 say,

00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.140
 and to

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.579
 seeds,

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:48.920
 meaning

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.340
 many

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.860
 people,

00:31:50.600 --> 00:31:50.940
 but,

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.140
 and to

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.600
 your

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.200
 seed,

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.180
 meaning

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.600
 one

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.220
 person

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.319
 who is

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.819
 Christ.

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.299
 You see,

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.079
 the promise

00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:00.180
 of blessing

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.000
 and peace

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.660
 is to

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.360
 be found

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:03.460
 in our

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.100
 relationship

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:05.060
 to Jesus

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:05.660
 Christ.

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.320
 You see,

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:07.900
 it's as we

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.480
 encounter

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.380
 Jesus,

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.299
 as we

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.820
 come to

00:32:10.820 --> 00:32:11.220
 him,

00:32:11.560 --> 00:32:12.220
 we find

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.799
 peace.

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.920
 Through

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.480
 Jesus,

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.140
 through his

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:16.039
 death for

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.620
 our sins,

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.279
 we gain

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.259
 peace with

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.779
 God and

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.140
 we are

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:20.220
 filled with

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.960
 his peace.

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.500
 So when

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.120
 we face

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.740
 into our

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.240
 crisis,

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.140
 when we're

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:25.580
 overcome

00:32:25.580 --> 00:32:26.560
 by fears,

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.320
 when we

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:28.140
 experience

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.820
 opposition,

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.720
 we can

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.240
 turn to

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.620
 one who

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.440
 fills us

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.160
 with peace

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.819
 and he

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.799
 sends us

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.539
 with his

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.120
 peace.

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.839
 Abimelech

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.720
 saw in

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.339
 Isaac

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:42.120
 something of

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.579
 God's

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.100
 blessing

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:44.559
 and he

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.220
 was drawn

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.000
 to it.

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.519
 He

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.160
 sought it

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.519
 out.

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.480
 He

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.039
 longed

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.440
 that he

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.019
 could know

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.400
 this

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.120
 God

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.539
 too.

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.480
 I

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.740
 wonder

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.140
 what it

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.980
 is as

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.400
 people

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:57.200
 look in

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.279
 at the

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.860
 community

00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.119
 of

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.799
 Carigalline

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.219
 Baptist

00:33:00.219 --> 00:33:00.839
 Church.

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.859
 What do

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.419
 they see?

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.500
 Are they

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.119
 drawn?

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:05.639
 Are they

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.319
 attracted

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.479
 by what

00:33:07.479 --> 00:33:08.019
 the people

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.539
 have?

00:33:09.959 --> 00:33:10.439
 You see,

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:11.039
 as we

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.019
 run to

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.500
 Jesus,

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.199
 we are

00:33:14.199 --> 00:33:14.740
 receiving

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.519
 that peace

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.899
 in our

00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:16.459
 guilt and

00:33:16.459 --> 00:33:16.779
 shame.

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.019
 We enjoy

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:19.319
 peace with

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.919
 one another

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.439
 as we

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:21.119
 forgive

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.119
 one another.

00:33:22.479 --> 00:33:22.740
 We

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.559
 experience

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.139
 peace

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.719
 within our

00:33:24.719 --> 00:33:25.339
 own lives

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:25.799
 as we

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.699
 pray it

00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:27.139
 back to

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.560
 God and

00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:28.320
 he fills

00:33:28.320 --> 00:33:28.720
 us

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.380
 with

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.880
 peace.

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.320
 We

00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:31.720
 are a

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.060
 people

00:33:32.060 --> 00:33:32.360
 who

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:32.600
 are

00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:33.800
 flourishing

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:34.520
 under

00:33:34.520 --> 00:33:35.080
 God's

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:35.540
 blessing.

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.759
 Through

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.500
 Jesus we

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.020
 have become

00:33:38.020 --> 00:33:38.820
 a community

00:33:38.820 --> 00:33:39.480
 of peace

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.240
 where the

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.940
 lost and

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.500
 the broken

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.900
 and the

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.240
 hurting

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:43.320
 are welcome

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:44.100
 and can

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:45.220
 come and

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.220
 meet the

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.880
 risen Lord

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.580
 Jesus for

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.200
 themselves.

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.380
 The church

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:50.220
 becomes a

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:51.040
 refuge for

00:33:51.040 --> 00:33:51.740
 the nations

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:53.560
 because the

00:33:53.560 --> 00:33:54.020
 church,

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.120
 the people

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.319
 of

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.879
 Carigoline

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.359
 Baptist

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.059
 Church in

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.979
 this context,

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.379
 we are

00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.039
 God's

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.259
 people in

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.759
 God's

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.279
 place,

00:34:02.739 --> 00:34:03.619
 experiencing

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.339
 God's

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.599
 presence so

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.479
 that through

00:34:06.479 --> 00:34:07.359
 the church

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.960
 the blessings

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.719
 of Christ

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.059
 might flow

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:12.079
 to the

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.619
 community

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:14.019
 around us.

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.639
 You see

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.039
 in the

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.559
 familiarity

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.659
 of life

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:20.400
 God

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.199
 is

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.099
 relentlessly

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:23.199
 faithful.

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:24.739
 He

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.219
 doesn't

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.859
 give up.

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:26.739
 He

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.199
 doesn't

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.559
 forget.

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:28.599
 He has

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.299
 made His

00:34:29.299 --> 00:34:30.399
 promises and

00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.659
 He has

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.239
 kept His

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.679
 promises

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.419
 throughout the

00:34:32.419 --> 00:34:33.639
 generations and

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:33.919
 He is

00:34:33.919 --> 00:34:34.619
 keeping His

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.299
 promise to

00:34:35.299 --> 00:34:35.939
 us today.

00:34:36.399 --> 00:34:37.539
 He is

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.599
 faithful

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:41.279
 and He

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:42.079
 will cause

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.679
 His people

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:43.259
 to flourish.

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.559
 We are

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.119
 blessed.

00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:49.519
 Let's

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.799
 pray.

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:49.879
 Amen.

00:34:53.199 --> 00:35:07.299
 Father God,

00:35:07.379 --> 00:35:07.819
 we look

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.419
 back over

00:35:08.419 --> 00:35:09.219
 our lives

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:12.299
 and we

00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:12.839
 can see

00:35:12.839 --> 00:35:13.480
 so much

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.559
 that is

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:14.980
 perhaps

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.579
 repeated,

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.279
 so much

00:35:17.279 --> 00:35:17.919
 the same,

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.699
 the endless

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.539
 cycle of

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.339
 familiarity,

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:24.760
 the routine,

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.860
 but yet

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.320
 in every

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:28.059
 step that

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.720
 we take,

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.700
 in all

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:30.100
 that we

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:30.460
 do,

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.140
 you are

00:35:32.140 --> 00:35:32.780
 constant.

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.340
 You never

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:35.059
 change.

00:35:36.100 --> 00:35:36.620
 You are

00:35:36.620 --> 00:35:37.680
 persistently

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:39.039
 and consistently

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:40.260
 faithful.

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.120
 You are

00:35:42.120 --> 00:35:43.000
 doing what

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.400
 you have

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 promised.

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 You have

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 caused a

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:47.300
 people to

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 exist

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 for your

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:49.760
 glory.

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:51.940
 help us

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.440
 that we

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 might live

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:54.260
 out this

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:55.060
 life well,

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 that we

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.860
 would become

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.720
 an attractive

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.960
 community

00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:00.280
 as we

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 share the

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.060
 peace of

00:36:02.060 --> 00:36:03.540
 Christ with

00:36:03.540 --> 00:36:04.200
 those around

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:04.700
 us.

00:36:05.540 --> 00:36:06.180
 Father,

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 we long

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.240
 that by

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 your Holy

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 Spirit,

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.760
 the lost,

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.960
 the broken

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:12.140
 and the

00:36:12.140 --> 00:36:12.600
 hurting

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 will find

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 a refuge

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 and a

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 place of

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 peace

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.840
 amongst

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 your

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 people.

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.760
 We pray

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.180
 for your

00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:22.820
 Spirit to

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 be at

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 work and

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 we ask

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 it,

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 Lord,

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:26.800
 for our

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:28.260
 good and

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.720
 for your

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 glory alone.

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.539
 In

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:30.880
 Jesus'

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:31.380
 name,

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.880
 Amen.

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:32.980
 Amen.

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.539
 Well,

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.780
 we're going

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 to sing

00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:40.619
 together

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 one hymn

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.720
 that

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.700
 summarises

00:36:43.700 --> 00:36:44.220
 what we've

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.740
 been thinking

00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:45.180
 about.

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 Great is

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:47.940
 thy

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.800
 faithfulness,

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 O God,

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.240
 my Father.

00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:52.340
 He is the

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:53.059
 faithful God.

00:36:53.140 --> 00:36:53.700
 If you know

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:54.340
 this God,

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.340
 then I

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.900
 encourage you

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.619
 to sing it

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.820
 out to

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.460
 encourage

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.940
 those around

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.260
 you.

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:01.460
 Let's

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.740
 stand

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.240
 together

00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:03.160
 as we

00:37:03.160 --> 00:37:03.440
 sing.