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 We have challenges as a church, as every church does, and I praise God that that is not one of our challenges.

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! It's a great blessing and privilege to be a church with young, crying children. We're thankful. So we give God all the praise for that.

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 He grows his church by bringing folks from outside. He grows his church by giving us children inside. We're grateful for all of those.

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 Good morning.

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 And we are doing that for two reasons.

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 First, it prepares us to go back into our series in the book of Romans.

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 Romans chapter 4 will be about Abraham.

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 And second, it allows us to ask this question,

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 what does it look like to follow God in faith?

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 The last several weeks, we've sort of had this side quest.

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 In chapters 13 and 14, we've been in the story of Lot.

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 You'll remember that Lot is captured.

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 Abraham rescues him.

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 Has a great victory over multiple kings.

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 And then last week, we saw Abraham comes back.

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 He gives all praise and honor and glory to God.

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 Now we're on the other side of the Lot quest,

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 although we will come back to Lot next month.

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 This week, though, we're back to the main plot.

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 The main plot of Abraham and Sarai

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 and what is going to happen with the promises that God has made to them.

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 So our question this week is this.

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 What is the foundation of our relationship with God?

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 What is the foundation of our relationship with God?

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 I invite you to turn with me to Genesis chapter 15.

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 You can turn in your Bible.

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 You can turn on your phone.

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 You can turn in your worship guide.

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 No matter where you turn, remember that this is God's word.

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 And Proverbs chapter 30, verse 5 tells us,

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 every word of God proves true.

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 He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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 And so that's why we read now Genesis chapter 15.

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 After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision.

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 Fear not, Abram.

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 I am your shield.

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 Your reward shall be very great.

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 But Abram said, O Lord God, what will you give me?

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 For I continue childless,

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 and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus.

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 And Abram said,

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 Behold, you have given me no offspring,

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 and a member of my household will be my heir.

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 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him.

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 This man shall not be your heir.

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 Your very own son shall be your heir.

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 And he brought him outside and said,

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 Look toward heaven and number the stars,

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 if you are able to number them.

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 Then he said to him,

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 So shall your offspring be.

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 And he believed the Lord,

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 and he counted it to him as righteousness.

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 Verse 7.

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 And he said to him,

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 I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans

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 to give you this land to possess.

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 But he said,

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 O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?

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 He said to him,

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 Bring me a heifer, three years old,

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 a female goat, three years old,

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 a ram, three years old,

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 a turtle dove,

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 and a young pigeon.

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 And he brought him all of these,

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 cut them in half,

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 and laid each half over against the other.

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 But he did not cut the birds in half.

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 And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses,

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 Abram drove them away.

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 Verse 12.

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 As the sun was going down,

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 a deep sleep fell on Abram.

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 And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.

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 Then the Lord said to Abram,

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 Know for certain that your offspring

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 will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs,

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 and will be servants there,

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 and they will be afflicted for 400 years.

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 But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve,

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 and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.

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 As for you,

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 you shall go to your fathers in peace.

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 You shall be buried in a good old age,

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 and they shall come back here in the fourth generation,

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 for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.

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 Verse 17.

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 When the sun had gone down and it was dark,

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 behold,

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 a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch

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 passed between these pieces.

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 On that day,

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 the Lord made a covenant with Abram,

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 saying,

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 To your offspring I give this land,

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 from the river of Egypt

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 to the great river,

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 the river Euphrates,

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 the land of the Kenites,

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 the Kenizzites,

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 the Kadmonites,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Perizzites,

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 the Rephaim,

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 the Amorites,

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 the Canaanites,

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 the Girgashites,

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 and the Jebusites.

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 I invite you to pray with me

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 as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 we do praise you

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 for this church that you have planted

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 and established here

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 before it was ever known to any of us.

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 We thank you even more than that

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 for your word

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 that you have given to us

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 to show us

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 the way to walk in this world

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 and even more

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 to show us the great salvation

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 that you have for us in Jesus Christ.

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 We ask that you would send your spirit now

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 to help us do what we can't do on our own,

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 that we would be able to understand your word,

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 that you would speak clearly to us in it,

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 that we would see you

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 and we would see Christ.

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 We ask these things

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 in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 I know of a man

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 who has four children,

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 and at one point,

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 when his kids were young,

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 they had this ritual at bedtime

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 when he would ask his kids this question,

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 do you know that mommy and daddy love you?

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 It was an easy question,

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 and so they would just say,

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 yes, we know that mommy and daddy love us.

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 And then he would follow it up

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 with a second question,

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 do you know why mommy and daddy love you?

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 And they would go through

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 this set of answers each time.

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 The kids would say,

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 do you love us because we're good at baseball?

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 No.

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 Do you love me because I caught such a big fish?

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 No.

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 Do you love me because I'm so obedient?

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 No.

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 Maybe they're not.

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 Do you love me because I got good grades?

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 No.

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 No.

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 I'll tell you their final answer at the end.

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 The real question they're asking, though, is this.

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 What is the basis of our relationship?

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 What is the foundation?

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 Is it your baseball?

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 Is it your grades?

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 Is it your behavior?

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 What is really at the bottom of all of it?

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 Genesis 15 presents that same question to us.

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 What is the foundation of our relationship with God?

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 Why is it that God loves us?

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 It's going to take us a little bit to get to the end,

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 the bottom of that answer,

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 but I want you to jump in with me

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 at the very beginning of chapter 15.

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 You have to remember that we're coming off of chapter 14.

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 And what happens at the very end of that chapter?

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 Abraham refuses to receive the spoils

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 offered to him by the king of Sodom.

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 The king of Sodom offers all of the spoils.

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 Abraham rejects all of the spoils.

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 And that helps us understand what's going on in verse 1.

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 God comes to him and says,

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 Fear not, Abram.

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 I am your shield.

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 Your reward shall be very great.

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 Which raises the question for us,

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 why is God saying this to Abram?

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 And why is he saying it now?

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 Of all the times in the narrative,

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 why is it this specific point

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 that God decides to tell him,

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 By the way, don't be afraid.

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 I'm your shield.

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 Your very great reward.

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 Well, it's very simple.

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 Abraham's just sacrificed for God's glory.

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 He's given up all these things that were his right.

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 Of course he's entitled to take the spoils

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 from rescuing Sodom, right?

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 And so God's saying,

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 Look, I see you.

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 I've seen the sacrifices that you've made.

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 I will take care of you.

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 Yes, you gave up everything from Sodom.

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 But, and,

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 your reward shall be very great.

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 Don't worry.

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 You gave it up.

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 I will take care of you.

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 Last week I told you about a family trip

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 that I went on in the year 2000

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 to Easley, South Carolina.

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 August of 2000 when I turned 11.

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 And you'll remember we went to help

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 an older relative with her house and her yard.

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 And when we did that trip,

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 that trip cost my family something.

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 But my dad took off a couple days of work,

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 which we know is precious, right?

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 Cost my parents the money for a hotel and gas.

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 And we did it.

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 My parents were happy to do that.

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 We got back home.

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 And within a couple of days,

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 a few days,

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 out of the blue,

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 my dad received an award at work.

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 And for that award,

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 he was given

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 two days of vacation

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 and $200.

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 The exact amount,

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 almost to the penny,

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 of the hotel and the gas.

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 And my mom said,

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 God just handed it right back.

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 Christian,

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 whatever you give,

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 God gives it all back.

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 It may not,

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 it probably won't be as direct

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 or immediate as it was

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 for my parents in that story.

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 And it may not be in this life.

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 But he will restore

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 whatever you give.

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 Abraham,

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 you've sacrificed,

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 you've rescued Lot,

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 you gave up the plunder,

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 you gave up the glory.

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 Don't worry.

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 I am your shield.

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 Your reward shall be very great.

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 Have you lost things

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 for following Jesus?

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 Have you given things up?

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 Have you sacrificed something?

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 Fear not.

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 God is your shield.

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 Your reward

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 shall be very great.

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 What does it look like

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 to follow God in faith?

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 Whatever we give,

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 we receive so much more.

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 If not in this life,

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 then in the life to come.

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 It turns out,

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 Jesus says something like this too.

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 Mark chapter 10,

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 truly I say to you,

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 there is no one

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 who has left house

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 or brothers

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 or sisters

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 or mother

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 or father

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 or children

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 or lands

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 for my sake

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 and for the gospel

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 who will not receive

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 a hundredfold now

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 in this time

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 houses

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 and brothers

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 and sisters

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 and mothers

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 and children

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 and lands

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 with persecutions

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 and in the age to come

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 eternal.

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 life.

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 Never underestimate

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 God's generosity.

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 The Lord loves his people.

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 Christian,

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 he loves you.

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 Your sacrifice

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 is not in vain.

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 There's a foundational question

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 that we have to get straight

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 for the rest of life.

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 If you're a Christian,

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 this question matters more

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 than almost any other.

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 Do you believe

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 that God will care for you

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 or do you not?

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 Do you believe

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 that God means it

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 and he'll do it

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 and he'll do it

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 when he says,

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 I will never leave you

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 nor forsake you?

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 Do you believe Jesus

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 when he says,

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 not a hair

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 can fall

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 from your head

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 without your father

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 in heaven

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 knowing?

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 And underneath that,

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 there's an even more

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 important question,

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 which is this.

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 did Jesus

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 rise from the dead

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 or did

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 he not?

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 Romans chapter 8,

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 verse 32.

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 He who did not

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 spare his own son

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 but gave him up

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 for us all,

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 how will he not

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 also with him

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 graciously give us

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 all things?

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 Christian,

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 whatever you have lost,

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 do not fear.

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 God is your shield.

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 Your reward

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 shall be very great.

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 All that is good

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 and true.

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 we've been on a mountaintop.

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 It's now time

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 to go back

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 straight down

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 to sea level

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 in verse 2.

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 Abraham says,

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 okay God,

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 that is really cool.

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 I'm so glad

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 you're going to be

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 my shield

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 and my very great reward

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 but guess what?

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 That doesn't really matter

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 and it doesn't matter

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 because I don't have

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 a child.

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 Who cares

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 that you can replace

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 all this spoil?

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 I have no one

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 to give it to.

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 I don't have a kid.

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 This is verse 3

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 and I don't have a kid

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 because you haven't

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 given me one

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 and so

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 I have this problem.

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 Any spoil you give me

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 it's going to go

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 to Eliezer

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 of Damascus

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 and he's referring

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 most likely

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 to a servant here.

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 Hey,

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 there's this person

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 in my household.

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 Sarai and I

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 have no child.

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 What

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 does it matter?

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 This takes us back

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 to the very beginning

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 of the Abram story.

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 The very first thing

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 we learn about Sarai

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 in chapter 11

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 is this.

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 She is not able

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 to have children.

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 The promise

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 in chapter 12

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 is that despite that

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 they're going to be

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 a great nation, right?

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 And yet we find out

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 also chapter 12,

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 Abraham is 74 years old

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 and none of it

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 has come true.

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 And so Abraham says,

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 so what?

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 So what that

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 you're my shield?

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 I don't have

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 what matters

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 most.

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 And so God

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 tells him here

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 in verse 4,

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 you don't have it now

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 but you will.

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 Not only

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 will you have

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 your very own son,

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 verse 4,

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 verse 5,

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 number the stars.

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 And you can

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 number the stars,

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 you will know

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 the size

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 of your offspring.

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 And so we get

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 to verse 6,

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 one of the most

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 shocking

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 and important

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 verses

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 in the entire

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 Bible.

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 And it is shocking

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 for two reasons.

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 First,

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 I don't want you

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 to lose here

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 how staggering

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 it is

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 the difference

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 between the reality

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 and the promise.

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 The reality

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 is that Sarai

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 cannot have children

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 and that Abraham

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 is very old

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 and they actually

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 don't have any

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 children right now.

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 The promise

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 is that they

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 are going to

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 have more children

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 than the stars

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 in the sky.

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 God tells

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 this staggering

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 thing to Abraham

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 and what does he say?

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 Oh, okay.

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 And he believed

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 the Lord.

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 Why is Abraham

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 our great father

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 in the faith?

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 Because God

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 comes and gives

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 him something

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 that seems

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 completely impossible,

00:18:36.540 --> 00:18:36.700
 right?

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 And Abraham

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 says,

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 yes,

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 I believe that.

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 I'll take that,

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 I'll live on that,

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 I'll act on that.

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 Okay,

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 that's shocking.

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 What's even

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 more shocking

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 is the second

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 half of the verse.

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 And he counted

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 it to him

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 as righteousness.

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 Now to understand

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 how shocking

00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:57.940
 this is

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 and to understand

00:18:58.540 --> 00:18:59.400
 what he means

00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:00.200
 by righteousness,

00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:01.480
 we have to go

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:02.680
 back in the story

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 all the way back

00:19:03.340 --> 00:19:04.759
 to Genesis chapter 3.

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 Remember,

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.940
 Adam and Eve

00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:08.120
 rebel against God

00:19:08.120 --> 00:19:08.920
 in the garden

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 and they take part

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.700
 of the forbidden fruit.

00:19:11.600 --> 00:19:12.920
 In that moment,

00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:14.040
 Adam and Eve

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:15.440
 lose their righteousness.

00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:17.019
 They lose their

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:18.059
 standing with God,

00:19:18.159 --> 00:19:18.940
 their relationship

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.579
 with him.

00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.659
 That lack

00:19:20.659 --> 00:19:21.359
 of righteousness

00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:23.319
 as sons and daughters

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:24.200
 of Adam and Eve

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 is passed on to us.

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.480
 Okay?

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:28.119
 We also don't have

00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:29.220
 right standing with God.

00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:30.519
 And we don't have that

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.799
 because we daily

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:33.139
 do not love him,

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.819
 serve him,

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:34.599
 obey him,

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.579
 worship him

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.759
 as we should.

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.779
 And so the whole

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:40.000
 plot of the Bible

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:41.579
 turns on this question.

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:43.440
 How will righteousness

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.600
 be restored?

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:47.279
 One man puts the story

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.980
 of the Old Testament

00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.680
 in this way.

00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:50.500
 How will God's people

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:53.779
 return to God's presence

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:55.480
 in God's land?

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.880
 How will God's people

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:59.880
 return to God's presence

00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:01.180
 in God's land?

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.400
 Which is a way of asking

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.360
 how is righteousness

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.460
 going to be restored

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:06.259
 in light of humanity's

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.779
 rebellion against God?

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:12.399
 What's going to happen

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:14.639
 now that we live

00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:16.240
 east of Eden?

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:19.160
 And verse 6 says,

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.440
 you know,

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.480
 it's actually going to be

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:21.660
 really simple.

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.019
 Believe.

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:28.420
 Believe that God's promises

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:30.019
 are true.

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:36.799
 that is part of the answer.

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:42.039
 I've told you before

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:43.619
 about the English writer

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.420
 Samuel Johnson

00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.500
 from the 18th century

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.400
 who says people need

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:47.259
 to be reminded

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:49.200
 more often than they need

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.980
 to be instructed.

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 And so I'm going to remind you

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.859
 of some things this morning.

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:57.119
 You live in a world

00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:59.339
 full of voices

00:20:59.339 --> 00:21:00.000
 that are not

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.940
 telling you

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:02.779
 about various things

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:04.079
 you need to do

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:05.460
 to be loved

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.240
 and lovable

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:07.039
 and okay.

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:10.160
 Some of those voices

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:11.279
 tell you that you need

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.299
 to take Botox

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:13.639
 to look young enough.

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.200
 Some of them

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.799
 are telling you

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.299
 that you need

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.740
 to wear the right thing

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.940
 and go to the right school

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:21.700
 and be powerful enough.

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.740
 Some of those voices

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.440
 tell you you need

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.299
 to be funny enough,

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.139
 athletic enough,

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.059
 have enough friends,

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:28.039
 hold the right beliefs

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:29.240
 for your social group.

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.299
 hope.

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:33.059
 Genesis chapter 15

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:34.079
 says something

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:35.220
 radically different.

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:37.420
 What do you need

00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:37.920
 to do

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:39.099
 to be okay,

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.880
 to be right with God?

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.839
 Believe.

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:48.799
 That is what God

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.519
 offers.

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:54.740
 Christianity is the only way

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:57.639
 to get off the treadmill

00:21:57.639 --> 00:22:01.099
 of justifying your right

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:02.220
 to exist.

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:06.460
 Christianity is the only way

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:08.000
 to get off the treadmill

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:10.259
 of justifying your right

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.400
 to exist.

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.319
 I'm going to ask you

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:12.920
 to go back with me

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.639
 to page three

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.579
 of your worship guide.

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.639
 Jim already read this

00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:16.200
 for us.

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.920
 He's talking about

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:19.059
 Abraham and his belief.

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.779
 Verse 7,

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.580
 blessed are those

00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:22.740
 whose lawless deeds

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.420
 are forgiven

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.920
 and whose sins

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.620
 are covered.

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.819
 Blessed is the man

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.559
 against whom

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.080
 the Lord

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:30.580
 will not count

00:22:30.580 --> 00:22:31.700
 his sin.

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:35.740
 How are your lawless deeds

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.720
 going to be forgiven?

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:39.920
 Believe.

00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:42.940
 How are your sins

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:44.080
 going to be covered?

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.919
 Believe.

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:49.139
 How will the Lord

00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:50.399
 not count against you

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:51.099
 your sin?

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.819
 Believe.

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.599
 Of course,

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.079
 belief,

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.199
 our belief,

00:23:02.439 --> 00:23:03.419
 is not the foundation

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:04.259
 of a relationship

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.819
 with God.

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.799
 Your faith

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.699
 is not some sort

00:23:07.699 --> 00:23:08.179
 of work

00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:10.000
 that justifies you.

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.579
 And so we have

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.500
 to keep digging

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.500
 even more

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.539
 into this passage.

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:15.299
 God's promise

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.279
 is believing them

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.559
 part of the answer.

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.799
 God calls us

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.659
 to believe them.

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.579
 He credits that

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.079
 to us

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:22.299
 as righteousness.

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:24.240
 But we also have

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:25.099
 in this passage

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:27.559
 God's sacrifice.

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.259
 Verse 8,

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:33.119
 Abraham believes

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:34.659
 and he needs

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.519
 assurance.

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.720
 Verse 7,

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.279
 God's promised

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.000
 him to land.

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:39.799
 Land and descendants

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.460
 are part of what's

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.119
 happening here.

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.379
 Verse 8,

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:51.160
 Abraham believes,

00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:52.040
 God credits that

00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:52.540
 belief to him

00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:53.120
 as righteousness

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:55.900
 and as a feeble,

00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:56.400
 falling,

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.340
 frail person.

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:58.280
 He is looking

00:23:58.280 --> 00:23:59.260
 for reassurance.

00:24:00.260 --> 00:24:01.340
 What happens here

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:02.460
 in verses 9

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.120
 through 17,

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:03.720
 there's a lot

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.340
 going on,

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.200
 so I'm going to

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.100
 summarize it for you

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:06.700
 very briefly.

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.960
 Abraham takes

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:10.240
 five animals.

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.559
 Three of those

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.759
 animals get cut

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.319
 in half.

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.539
 Those halves

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.299
 are placed

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.279
 on opposite

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:19.180
 sides

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.740
 of basically

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.360
 a path

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:21.019
 that someone

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.079
 can walk

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.340
 through.

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.680
 So I want you

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.160
 to imagine

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.819
 a path

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.600
 or a road

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.779
 and on each

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.180
 side

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.660
 there's the

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.059
 halves

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.660
 of the animals.

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.220
 So on one

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.600
 side you've

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.059
 got heads

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.400
 and the other

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.779
 side you've

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.240
 got tails.

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.120
 I'm assuming

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.480
 that's how

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:32.880
 the animals

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.240
 were cut.

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:35.079
 And this

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.500
 sounds like

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.019
 a strange

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.500
 practice

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.140
 to most

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.460
 of you.

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.660
 Maybe some

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.019
 of you do

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.359
 this from

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:39.700
 time to

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:39.940
 time.

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.880
 The reason

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.299
 is this.

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.839
 In the ancient

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.500
 Near East,

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.380
 if you were

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.279
 making a

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.680
 covenant,

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.460
 an agreement,

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.359
 you would

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.079
 chop animals

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.660
 in half

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.279
 like this

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.200
 and then

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.279
 both parties

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.880
 would walk

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.299
 down the

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.680
 path.

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.359
 And you

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.220
 were acting

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.880
 out the

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.700
 consequences

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.380
 of breaking

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:58.180
 your agreement.

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:58.779
 So you

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.319
 were essentially

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.920
 saying,

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.880
 if I don't

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.460
 keep my

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.099
 word on

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.539
 this,

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.639
 may I

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.359
 be like

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.639
 these

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.059
 animals.

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.879
 If I

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.439
 break my

00:25:08.439 --> 00:25:09.000
 promise,

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.619
 may I

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.359
 be cut

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.419
 in half.

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.439
 Okay,

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.779
 so that's

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.000
 what's

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.299
 happening.

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:14.899
 There's a

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.159
 covenant

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.799
 being made

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.139
 between

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.539
 Abraham

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.339
 and God,

00:25:18.219 --> 00:25:19.500
 animals on

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:19.839
 each side

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.039
 of the

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.619
 path to

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.039
 represent

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.699
 the curse

00:25:21.699 --> 00:25:22.579
 for anyone

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.359
 who breaks

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.399
 the agreement.

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.559
 Verse

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.199
 17,

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.279
 a smoking

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.219
 fire pot

00:25:30.219 --> 00:25:31.019
 and a

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.379
 flaming

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:31.959
 torch

00:25:31.959 --> 00:25:32.619
 passed,

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.299
 between

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.639
 these

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.079
 pieces.

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.119
 So the

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.679
 fire pot

00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:35.959
 and the

00:25:35.959 --> 00:25:36.279
 torch

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.739
 represent

00:25:36.739 --> 00:25:37.179
 God.

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.899
 God is

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:38.359
 passing

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.819
 through the

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.219
 animals

00:25:39.219 --> 00:25:39.859
 and saying,

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.479
 if I

00:25:40.479 --> 00:25:41.000
 don't keep

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.639
 my word,

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:42.839
 if I

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.359
 break the

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:43.679
 covenant,

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:44.859
 may I

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.419
 become like

00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:45.619
 these

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:45.899
 animals.

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.599
 Now,

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:47.979
 did you

00:25:47.979 --> 00:25:48.539
 notice

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.539
 where

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.099
 Abraham

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.659
 walks

00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:51.000
 between

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.199
 the

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:51.559
 animals?

00:25:53.959 --> 00:25:54.539
 No,

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.000
 you didn't

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.539
 because he

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.139
 doesn't.

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:57.640
 Abraham

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.820
 is

00:25:58.820 --> 00:26:13.000
 left off the

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.259
 hook.

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.880
 That's the

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.720
 wrinkle here

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.520
 is that

00:26:16.520 --> 00:26:17.060
 God

00:26:17.060 --> 00:26:18.140
 upholds

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.860
 both

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.780
 sides.

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:21.740
 God

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.119
 breaks

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.359
 it.

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.720
 God

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.039
 is cut

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.460
 in half.

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.740
 If

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.200
 Abraham

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.680
 breaks

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:26.940
 it,

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.839
 God

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.680
 is cut

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.139
 in half.

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.079
 Of course,

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.339
 that is

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.960
 exactly

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:37.700
 what happens,

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.139
 right?

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:41.940
 the story

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.360
 of Israel

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.620
 and of

00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:42.900
 mankind

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.500
 is that

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.660
 they

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.200
 continue

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.880
 to fail

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.560
 to worship,

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.060
 love,

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.560
 serve,

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.140
 and obey

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.620
 God.

00:26:47.780 --> 00:26:48.140
 God

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:49.040
 upholds

00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:49.580
 his side

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:49.840
 of the

00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:50.380
 agreement.

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.540
 Mankind

00:26:51.540 --> 00:26:52.360
 does not.

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:53.940
 But who

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.240
 does the

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.600
 punishment

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:55.240
 fall on?

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.120
 It

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.600
 doesn't

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:58.340
 fall on

00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:58.740
 man.

00:26:59.400 --> 00:26:59.980
 It

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.680
 falls

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.400
 on

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.900
 God.

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.960
 Because

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.880
 he is

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.420
 the only

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.920
 one

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.420
 who

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.000
 walked

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.860
 between

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.599
 the

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.240
 halves.

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:13.859
 Mind

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.259
 blowing.

00:27:15.219 --> 00:27:15.859
 At this

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.159
 point,

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.619
 Abraham

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.379
 is probably

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:18.099
 shaking

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.059
 with how

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.699
 overwhelmed

00:27:19.699 --> 00:27:20.899
 he is.

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.319
 We

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.659
 don't get

00:27:25.659 --> 00:27:26.000
 cut in

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.379
 half.

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.599
 God

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.939
 does.

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.579
 I invite

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:29.799
 you to

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.079
 turn with

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.419
 me to

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:30.899
 the back

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.979
 of your

00:27:31.979 --> 00:27:32.299
 worship

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.679
 guide.

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.259
 You'll

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.839
 see this.

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.139
 In

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:35.579
 Jesus,

00:27:36.219 --> 00:27:36.899
 God

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.679
 himself

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:39.039
 bears the

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.600
 punishment

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:40.900
 of being

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.380
 almost

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:41.880
 literally

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.680
 torn apart

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.560
 by the

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:43.920
 whips,

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.320
 the

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:44.799
 thorns,

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.100
 the

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.560
 nails,

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.620
 and the

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.160
 spear for

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.720
 our sin

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.799
 so that

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.019
 he could

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.660
 be faithful

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.240
 to his

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.860
 promise to

00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:51.259
 be our

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.640
 God,

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.779
 that we

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.160
 might be

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.880
 his people

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.180
 through

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.740
 simple

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:56.320
 faith in

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:56.560
 him.

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.340
 What is

00:27:59.340 --> 00:28:00.240
 the foundation

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.000
 of our

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.779
 relationship

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.920
 with God?

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:02.920


00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.700
 First of

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:04.860
 all,

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.039
 it's

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.900
 belief in

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.120
 his

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.660
 promises

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.200
 which he

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.779
 credits to

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.180
 us as

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.660
 righteousness.

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.519
 Second,

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.120
 it is the

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:11.200
 sacrifice that

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.120
 God takes

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.900
 upon himself

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.740
 that Jesus

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.620
 dies the

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.120
 death that

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.759
 we deserve

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.240
 for our

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.060
 sins and

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.539
 lives the

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.160
 perfect life

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.440
 that we

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.779
 should have

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.080
 lived.

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.600
 But I

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:19.980
 want you to

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.500
 dig underneath

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.080
 that even

00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:21.860
 deeper because

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.539
 there is a

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.779
 deeper

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.420
 foundation.

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.340
 If we

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:26.080
 say that

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:26.680
 Christ's

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.340
 death is the

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:27.860
 foundation

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:28.500
 ultimately,

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.900
 then we have

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.340
 to say in

00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:30.900
 some ways that

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.460
 Jesus was

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.759
 convincing God

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.519
 to love

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:33.880
 us.

00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:35.280
 But what

00:28:35.280 --> 00:28:35.740
 does John

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.380
 chapter 3

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 tell us?

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 For God

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 so loved

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 the world

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 that he

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 gave his

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 only son

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 that whoever

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 believes in

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 him should

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 not perish

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 but have

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 eternal life.

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 You notice

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 the sequence?

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 God loved

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 the world

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 first,

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 sent his

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 son.

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 I told you

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 at the

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 beginning I

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 know a man

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 who has

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 four kids.

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 and when

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 he puts

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 his kids

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 to bed

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 he has

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 a ritual

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 with them

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 and he

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 asks them

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 do you

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 know that

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 mommy and

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 daddy love

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 you?

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 And they

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 say yes.

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 And then

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 he asks

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 them do you

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 know why

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 mommy and

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 daddy love

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 you?

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 And they

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 go through

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 all the

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 reasons that

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 are not

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 true.

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 It's not

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 because you

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 bought a

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 big fish.

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 It's not

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 because you're

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 so obedient.

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 You're probably

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 not.

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 It is not

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 because you're

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 good at

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 school.

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 It's not

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 because you're

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 so funny.

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 They get to

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 the end of

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 the questions

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 and the dad

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 finally says

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 this.

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 We love

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 you because

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 you are

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 our child

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 and that

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 will never

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 change.

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 Christian,

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 what is the

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 foundation of

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 your relationship

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 with God?

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 He loves

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 you because

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 you're his

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 child and

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 that will

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 never change.

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 love.

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 Let's

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 pray.

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 Our

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 Father in

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 heaven,

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 we do

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 praise you

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 and thank

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 you for

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 your great

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 love,

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 love beyond

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 what we

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 can

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 comprehend

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 and

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 understand.

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 We ask

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 that we

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 would turn

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 to you

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 rather than

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 all the

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 other things

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 that offer

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 to make

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 us okay

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 because we

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 know that

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 you and

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 you alone

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 can give

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 us the

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 righteousness

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 that matters.

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 We ask

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 these things

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 in Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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