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 If you have your Bibles, I want you to turn to Genesis chapter 15.

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 Genesis chapter 15, the other day, or yesterday actually, as I was reading, I read numbers and I read some numbers.

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 And I read about Paul preparing to speak to Agrippa.

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 And then I turned to Proverbs 18.

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 And I read Proverbs 18, 24, a man of many companions may come to ruin, but there's a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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 I posted that, and one time I posted that before on social media, and somebody asked me in the comments, is that talking about Jesus?

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 I said, it sure is.

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 Now, the reality is Solomon didn't know the details of Christ when he wrote that.

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 He didn't know what we know about him, but that's who he was speaking of.

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 He was talking about this friendship that we can have with the Lord.

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 And we see that kind of friendship with the Lord in our passage today in Genesis 15.

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 I want you to see this morning how that friendship with God played out for Abram and how also it plays out for us.

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 Now, there's a lot in this passage of Scripture.

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 We're not going to cover it all today.

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 I know where my cutoff point is.

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 I want to focus on the faithful friend that we have in God.

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 Genesis 15, beginning in verse 1.

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 It says, after these things, remember what these things are?

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 Abram went to rescue Lot with 318 men.

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 Lot's been going on.

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 He's fought a battle.

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

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 For I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eleazar of Damascus.

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 And Abram said, Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.

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 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, 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, Look toward heaven and number the stars, if you're able to number them.

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 Then he said to him, So shall your offspring be.

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 And he believed the Lord, and God counted it to him as righteousness.

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 Now let me just say this.

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 Let me just make a commercial here, okay?

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 Although we have modern technology that is excellent, there is value, and I'm going to show you what it is.

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 There is value in bringing a copy of God's word with you.

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 There is.

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 And I want to encourage you to do that.

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 That's not a chastisement.

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 It's just an encouragement, okay?

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 And one of the reasons why is because when you get to a verse like verse 6, you need to underline it.

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 Because it is crucial to understand the relationship that God had with Abram and what he gave to Abram.

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 And how that relates back to us.

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 And every time you come across that passage, it needs to beam in your life.

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 He goes on and says,

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 And he said to him, I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.

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

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 He said to him, bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtle dove, and a young pigeon.

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 And he brought him all these, cut them in half, 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, Abram drove them away.

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 And as the sun was going down, a deep sleet fell on Abram.

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 And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.

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 And then the Lord said to Abram,

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 Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and will be servants there.

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 And they will be afflicted for four hundred years.

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 But I'll 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, 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 iniquities of the Amorites is not yet complete.

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 When the sun had gone down, and it was dark,

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 Behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

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 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,

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 To your offspring I give this land,

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 From the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

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 The land of the Kenites,

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 The land of the Kenizzites,

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 The Kamanites,

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 The Hittites,

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 The Perizzites,

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 The Rephram,

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 The Amorites,

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 The Canaanites,

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 The Gerbushites,

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 The Jebusites,

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 And the Termites.

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 That's why you need a copy of God's Word.

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 The covenants of the Bible are precious.

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 And there's a difference in the covenants and a contract.

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 A contract can be breached.

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 But God's covenants are kept and fulfilled by the Lord.

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 He's faithful.

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 He made a covenant with Noah

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 And promised the earth would never be destroyed by a flood again.

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 And he put a rainbow in the sky to mark it.

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 He made a covenant with Moses that actually reestablished and backed up the one that we have here.

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 He made one with David to establish the Davidic throne which would be fulfilled through Christ.

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 Which is also promised in the new covenant that is found in Jeremiah 31, 31-34.

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 This covenant is the promise for the nation of Israel.

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 And it is carried out in a profound manner.

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 And we'll get there.

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 But more than that, I want you to just know today three truths about God that are blessings.

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 I really just want you to be blessed today to know what a friend you have in the Lord.

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 It is quite precious, the opportunity that we have in God.

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 God is a comforting friend.

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 God is a comforting friend.

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 God is a comforting friend.

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 He knows there will still be battles.

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 He knows there will still be battles.

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 And no king that goes to war likes to lose.

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 And this was an alliance of kings.

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 So you knew they were coming back.

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 There was going to be more battles.

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 That's why this begins in verse 1 by saying,

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 After these things.

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 and in the midst of that not knowing what the future would hold and not knowing what battles

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 that Abram would continue to face and knowing that he just came through a very difficult one

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 but yet God was with him and empowered him beyond measure in order to succeed after these things

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 after the successes there's still things that you have to face and God responds by saying I am your

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 shield so when you come combine that the word of the Lord came and you see the shield there it is used

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 numerous times in scripture but this is the first time it's used Abram needed to be comforted

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 one because he didn't know what was ahead the other thing is is because he's waiting

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 for 10 years he has waited it has been a decade since God had promised him a bunch of stuff and

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 yet he hadn't got any of it yet he he waits he's not possessed the land not not any of it he has

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 not started a nation he did not have his promised son he didn't have anything that God had promised

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 him and God comes to him I am so glad that when it seems like God's silent his word will come through

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 and speak just in the nick of time I'm so glad the word came to Abram that tells me that we don't all

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 always have to come to God let me go further than that we don't come to God he comes to us he always

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 comes to us he may require a step of faith on our behalf but he is always the one that initiates that

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 he didn't come to God on his own you didn't come to God on your own he came to you Romans tells us we

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 were dead in our trespasses and sins we could not come to God thank God he met us where we were and

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 brought us to where we are and we'll continue thank God as a shield he'll go before us you remember the

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 disciples in the midst of the storm in the midst of the storm Jesus told them in Matthew 14 verse 27

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 take heart it is I it is I don't be afraid yeah yeah but what about the storm I'm going through

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 what about that alliance of kings that we just defeated that will continue what about the fact

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 that I haven't conquered the nation that you told me that I was going to get and I haven't taken on

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 those properties yet what about all that what about and in the midst of that God says he brings his

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 word and says I'm your shield in the midst of the storm Jesus said don't be afraid they didn't recognize

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 Jesus at first in that storm but just because they didn't recognize him does not mean that he was not

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 there I want you to understand that even when you don't recognize the hand of God upon you even when

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 you don't recognize his presence even when you don't recognize the movement of God around you he

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 is there he is a shield that is spoken of again and again and this is the first time but it's spoken of

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 again and again and again in scripture and I want you to notice how it's spoken of in Psalm 28 verse 7

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 it says the Lord is my strength and my shield in him my heart trust and I am helped my heart exhorts and

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 with my song I give thanks to him in Proverbs chapter 30 verse 5 says every word of God proves true

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 he is a shield to those who take refuge in him so I'm telling you today that God is a shield he's a

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 protector he's a guard he's a defender he's a shelter he's a screen and I love the way Proverbs 30 verse 5

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 puts that every word of God puts the word of God in there as well as the shield not only is God a shield

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 a protector a guide a defender a shelter a screen of protection but thank God his word is

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 if you'll hide the word of the Lord in your heart and you'll live by it he'll keep you out of a bunch

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 of mess that you would otherwise go into he protects you from that every word proves true and you can rest in

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 the word of God when you have difficulty run to it when you get confused by the sways of the world

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 run to it when your life gets hit by a blizzard of heartache and difficulty run to the word of God

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 even better yet just start the day with the word of God let it be implanted in your life before the

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 junk of the junk of the day hits you you'll be amazed but in those times of distress and in those

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 times of hurt and in those times of difficulty you run to the word of God trust him at his word

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 the lack of clarity in our country today is absolutely amazing you know what clears up all the mess

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 the word of God it's clear it's clear yeah but preacher I just don't feel I don't it don't really

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 matter what you feel it's based on the word of God period he is a comforting friend but not only that

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 but God's a faithful friend he's faithful from the time God told him that he would not only bear a son

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 but that a nation would come through him I want you to hear me today it was 25 years until he saw the

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 signs of pregnancy in his wife 25 years last time I looked that's a long time

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 we can glorify that all we want to I'm gonna tell you the truth it was tough

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 it's tough waiting a decade

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 and that's what he waited for to hear the word that we're reading today it's tough to wait two and a

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 half decades for the promises of God to come through but that's what he did it's tough

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 but holding on to the promises of God when you see no evidence of his moving that's tough

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 but God's movement is not based on what we see

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 God's movement is not based on what we recognize

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 it's based upon his faithfulness

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 but the silence of God which I want you to understand

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 the silence of God is not connected to his absence

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 he is present whether you hear him or not

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 the silence of God is broken when the word of God comes and the first thing that Abram asked him

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 is what about that air remember what you promised me

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 and God pointed him to the sky

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 and he said as numerous as the stars is in the sky so will your offspring be

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 Abraham never thought that children would call him father Abraham and would sing father Abraham had many sons

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 and many sons had father Abraham man he didn't feel like it that day

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 so where's my hair

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 and God then said and

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 and not only that I'm going to give you this land

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 and Abram asked how will I know and God showed him and and what he described in verses 9 and 10 and 17 is a covenant

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 it was to be a pact between two usually in front of their own people

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 and he took these animals that God instructed him and he laid them out in a systematic fashion

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 and typically when a covenant was made both parties would walk through

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 those those animals that had been split and divided

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 both parties would walk through that and they would form a bond

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 the best way I know how to describe it is it was as if they were saying if I break this covenant with you

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 I'll be like one of these animals

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 I'm dedicated to to what I'm doing it was a public event

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 it was a lot more elaborate than just signing a piece of paper

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 a lot more elaborate than a handshake

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 although it meant the same thing it was just weightier

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 but I want you to notice the difference in this covenant that God made with Abram

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 Abram didn't walk through the split animals

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 only God did

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 and his presence was made known through a flaming torch

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 it was God's way of saying I won't break my promise

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 Abram didn't participate

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 it was based on God entirely

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 God makes unbreakable promises

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 and that's the grace of God

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 God doesn't do what he does for us based on us

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 God does what he does for us based on who he is

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 and God keeps his promises

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 we break our promises

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 God keeps his promises

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 and we misuse what God has entrusted to us

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 but thank God

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 in response

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 God is steady

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 he is faithful

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 he walks alone

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 when no one else walks with him

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 I want you to notice two more things about God's faithfulness

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 one is

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 he works on his timetable

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 not ours

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 now that bothers me

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 but that's the truth

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 verse 13 and 14 says

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 then the Lord said to Abram

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 get this now

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 know for certain that your offspring 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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 in other words

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 it's going to take a long time Abram

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 for the promises that I've made to you to be fulfilled

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 the Egyptians will overtake them

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 they will become slaves for 400 years

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 that's easy to get past when you just turn the page from Genesis 50 to Exodus 1

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 but I got news for you

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 America is 246 and a little over half years old

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 246 years old

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 and they were in slavery for 400

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 and God raised up Moses to deliver them

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 and Abram

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 he says I will give you the land

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 and more descendants than you can count

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 on my timetable

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 the second thing about God's faithfulness is this

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 he works even when we can't see him work

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 now

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 I've said this before

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 and I'll probably say it again

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 because we got to get this

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 God was going to fulfill his promise

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 but Abram wouldn't see the fullness of those promises in his lifetime

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 but God's faithful

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 God's faithful

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 you do what you do for the Lord

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 you trust the Lord

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 you live for the Lord

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 you honor the Lord

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 you sacrifice yourself and your own desires

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 and you serve the Lord and do what he'd have you do

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 do what you do for the Lord

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 and you trust him for the results

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 because God

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 is faithful

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 he's faithful

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 and lastly

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 God is a saving friend

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 it's the best part

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 God's a saving friend

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 James chapter 2 verse 23

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 when he talks about this passage

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 he says

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 and the scripture was fulfilled

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 that says Abraham

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 Abraham believed God

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 and it was counted to him

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 as righteousness

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 and he was called a friend of God

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 now if you notice chapter 15 closely

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 you'll see the dialogue back and forth

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 between God and Abram

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 it was friend to friend

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 that's how God communicates with us too

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 but he does it through his word

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 when we share our burdens with the Lord in prayer

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 and then we open up the word of God

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 asking him to lead us

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 just like in verse 1

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 it says

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 the word of God will come

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 he will dialogue with us

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 through the Holy Spirit of God

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 leading us in his word

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 just like a friend

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 but I want you to notice the best thing

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 and there is so much more here

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 Genesis 15 verse 6 says

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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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 God credited him with the righteousness

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 it's not that Abram got it right

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 he didn't get it all right

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 he messed up again and again

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 but he believed the Lord

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 and he trusted him with things

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 that he could not see

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 and when he did not know

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 how it was all going to go down

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 he trusted God

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 he trusted him

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 his trust and his faith

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 is what he needed

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 to get him the credit

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 that God would give him

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 with the righteousness of God

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 that is just like the salvation

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 that we find in Christ

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 as a matter of fact

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 all of this scene

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 prophesies to our hope in Christ

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 the sacrificing of those animals

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 that led to the covenant

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 with the Lord

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 speaks of the sacrifice of Christ

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 that gives us opportunity

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 the Lord working through

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 the sacrifice alone

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 points to the fact

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 that our salvation

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 is in Christ alone

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 the promises of God

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 being beyond what Abram could see

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 and beyond his lifetime

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 speaks to the eternal promises

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 that we have in God

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 the credit of righteousness

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 speaks to having faith

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 to believe in the Lord

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 and in return

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 the Lord bless us

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 with the righteousness of Christ

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 in other words

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 he washes all of our sins away

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 that's a friend

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 a friend that is willing to comfort

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 a friend that is faithful

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 thank God

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 a friend and a Lord

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 that saves

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 as I was pondering

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 on all this yesterday

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 thought of an old hymn

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 that says this

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 have we trials and temptations

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 is there trouble anywhere

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 we should never be discouraged

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 take it

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 to the Lord

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 in prayer

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 can we find

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 a friend so faithful

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 who will all our sorrows share

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 Jesus knows

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 our every weakness

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 take it

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 to the Lord

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 in prayer

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 are we weak

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 are we heavy laden

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 cumbered with a load of care

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 precious Savior

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 still our refuge

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 take it to the Lord

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 in prayer

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 do your friends

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 despise and forsake you

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 take it to the Lord

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 in prayer

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 in his arms

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 he'll take

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 and shield you

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 you'll find

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 a solace there

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 friend today

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 I don't want to

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 chase you

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 I don't want to

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 correct you

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 I don't want to

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 try to convict you

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 I just want to

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 bless you

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 to tell you

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 you've got a wonderful

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 friend

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 in the Lord

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 and he'll walk with you

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 through the valleys

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 that you walk through

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 and he'll comfort you

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 and I'll let you down

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 and the person sitting next to you

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 will let you down

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 and anybody else you know

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 will sometimes let you down

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 but I know one

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 that will never let you down

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 and that's the Lord

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 he loves you

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 but not only that

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 but he'll meet you

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 where you are today

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 and he'll change your life

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 for all eternity

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 if you're here today

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 and you don't know

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 the Lord Jesus

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 I didn't ask you

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 if you was a member

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 of this church

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 I didn't ask you

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 if you came from

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 a different denomination

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 I didn't ask you

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 if you've been in church

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 all your life

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 or how much

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 your grandpa loved God

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 if there's never been

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 a time in your life

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 when you surrender your life

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 to the Lord Jesus

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 and ask him to

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 cleanse you of your sins

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 to come into your life

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 and to change you

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 I want you to know

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 today's the day of salvation

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 he'll do that

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 he is your friend

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 he meets you where you are

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 he'll make you

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 what he'd have you to be

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 and you come to him

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 are you burdened today

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 you come to this altar

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 and you lay it down before him

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 he's your friend

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 he'll meet you here

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 he'll walk with you

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 he loves you dearly

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 I don't know about you

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 but when somebody

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 loves you that much

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 and is always there for you

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 you want to do

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 everything you can for him

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 you know what we can do

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 for him

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 we can live for him

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 we can celebrate him

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 we can share him

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:04.160
 thank God for a friend

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 that we have in Jesus

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 every head bowed

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 and every eye closed

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 I just want you to

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 obey God

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.960
 this morning

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 no matter what he'd have

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 to say to you

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:15.840
 what he'd have you to do

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:18.640
 just be faithful

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 Lord Jesus

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.819
 let your sweet spirit

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:23.840
 move and work in this place

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.720
 as only you can

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:27.039
 God have your will

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 and your way

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 in our midst

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 bless us with the power

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 of your presence

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 God save the lost

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 convict the saved

00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:36.300
 as needed

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 help each one of us

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 to simply be obedient

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.960
 to follow you

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:42.519
 as you lead us

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.320
 oh God I pray

00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:45.300
 in Jesus precious name

00:28:45.300 --> 00:28:46.100
 Amen

00:28:46.099 --> 00:29:04.119
 marvelous

00:29:04.719 --> 00:29:04.980
 you

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 you

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:06.199
 you