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 Please take your copy of God's Word this morning and join me in Hebrews chapter 11.

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 Amen.

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 This morning, after an extended break, we will take back up our study of the book of Hebrews.

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 Recall with me that this letter was written to a church of Greek-speaking Jewish converts

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 that had suffered much and that would likely suffer much more.

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 The text gives us evidence that some of them had already abandoned the faith

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 and that this remnant being written to was being tempted to do the same.

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 The author of Hebrews takes great pains throughout this letter to show his readers

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 that Jesus as the Christ is more excellent than any faith system the world can offer

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 with a particular backdrop of Judaism.

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 Today, we find ourselves just eight verses into the famous faith chapter of Hebrews

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 in which its author is making the case that it is those who persevere by faith

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 who save their souls.

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 He wrote in Hebrews chapter 10, verses 35 and following,

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 Do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

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 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God,

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 you may receive what is promised.

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 For yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay.

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 But my righteous one shall live by faith.

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 And if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.

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 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed,

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 but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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 Chapter 11, he goes on, contains a biographical description

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 of this soul-preserving, persevering faith.

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 He begins in chapter 11, verse 1 and 2.

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 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,

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 the conviction of things not seen.

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 For by it the people of old receive their commendation or approval.

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 And he proceeds with many examples,

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 beginning with Genesis 4, the example of Abel.

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 Then he speaks of the faith of Enoch,

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 which can be discovered in Genesis chapter 5,

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 and the faith of Noah, found in Genesis chapter 6.

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 You see, he has his original Jewish listeners in mind

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 as he is walking through the history of their patriarchs

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 to make his point.

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 Their history is also our history.

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 So this point is not lost on us.

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 This weekend, next, Lord willing,

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 we will consider the paramount faith of Abraham and his family.

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 So join me as we read today's text,

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 Hebrews chapter 11, verses 8 through 16.

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 Before I read it, let me remind you, beloved,

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 that this is God's word to us.

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 It's written for his glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place

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 that he was to receive an inheritance.

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 And he went out not knowing where he was going.

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 By faith, he went to live in the land of promise,

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 as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob,

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 heirs with him of the same promise.

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 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations,

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 whose designer and builder is God.

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 By faith, Sarah herself received power to conceive,

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 even when she was past the age,

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 since she considered him faithful who had promised.

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 Therefore, from one man and him as good as dead,

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 were born descendants, as many as the stars of heaven

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 and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

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 These all died in faith,

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 not having received the things promised,

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 but having seen them and greeted them from afar

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 and having acknowledged that they were strangers

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 and exiles on the earth.

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 For people who speak thus make it clear

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 that they are seeking a homeland.

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 If they had been thinking of that land

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 from which they had gone out,

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 they would have had opportunity to return.

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 But as it is, they desire a better country,

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 that is, a heavenly one.

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 Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God,

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 for he has prepared for them a city.

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 Remember that the book of Hebrews is written

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 in the finest Greek in all the New Testament.

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 So as we labor together to work out its meaning,

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 we will do so in the following outline,

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 which I hope is not overly simplistic,

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 but helpful to us

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 as we consider the faith of Abraham and his family.

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 Number one, faith in the promised land.

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 And we will talk about faith obeying,

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 faith costing,

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 and faith tearing under that initial point.

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 Secondly, faith in the promised son.

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 We will also discuss faith is certain

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 and faith is rewarded.

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 And then finally, faith perseveres to the end.

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 So first, faith in the promised land.

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 We can see in verse 8 that faith obeys.

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 Faith obeys.

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 By faith, Abraham obeyed

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 when he was called to go out to a place,

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 that he was to receive an inheritance,

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 and he went out.

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 We can read of this in Genesis chapter 12,

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 verses 1 through 3,

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 which says,

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 Now the Lord said to Abraham,

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 Go from your country and your kindred

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 and your father's house

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 to the land I will show you.

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 And I will make of you a great nation,

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 and I will bless you and make your name great

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 so that you will be a blessing.

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 I will bless those who bless you

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 and him who dishonors you.

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 I will curse.

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 And in you,

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 all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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 And then Genesis 12 and verse 4 says,

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 So Abram went as the Lord had told him.

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 He went.

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 And he went,

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 the Greek suggests immediately.

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 In fact,

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 the particular tense of the Greek

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 in Hebrews 11, 8

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 suggests that even as God was speaking,

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 he went.

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 Abraham did not act and gain faith.

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 Abraham acted because he had faith.

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 He believed that what God said was true,

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 and therefore he acted.

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 It is this faith that the author of Hebrews tells us

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 what gave Abraham his commendation

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 in verse 2 of chapter 11.

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 Similarly,

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 our activity does not

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 and could never save us,

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 but saving faith acts.

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 Saving faith is evidenced by activity.

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 It is this very point that James makes

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 when he asks the rhetorical question

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 of James chapter 2 verse 14.

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 What good is it, my brothers,

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 if someone says he has faith

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 but does not have works?

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 Can that faith save him?

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 Saving faith is evidenced by obedience

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 to God's commands.

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 Not perfect obedience,

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 as we'll see soon.

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 None of us can claim that.

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 But a saving faith does in fact work.

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 Desires to follow God

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 and to be sent by him

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 wherever he would have us go.

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 Faith also,

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 and most often,

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 costs.

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 Faith costs.

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 It costs us something.

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 The last part of verse 8 says,

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 And he went out,

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 not knowing where he was going.

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 It wasn't until later

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 that Abraham's destination

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 was revealed to him

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 as he stood and overlooked

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 the land of Canaan.

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 He had no real idea

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 where he was going,

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 and yet he went.

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 Abraham was willing

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 to abandon his home

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 for the sake

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 of a better promise.

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 Martin Luther wrote

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 of Abraham's faith.

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 It was hard to leave

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 his native land,

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 which it is natural

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 for us to love.

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 Indeed,

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 love for the fatherland

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 is numbered among

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 the greatest virtues

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 of the heathen.

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 Furthermore,

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 it is hard to leave friends

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 and their companionship,

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 but most of all,

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 to leave relatives.

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 And then it is clear

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 that with his obedience of faith,

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 Abraham gave a supreme example

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 of an evangelical life

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 because he loved everything

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 and followed the Lord,

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 preferring the word of God

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 to everything

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 and loving it

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 above everything.

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 We do not get

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 to negotiate

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 the terms

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 of following God.

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 We must come to him

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 on his terms,

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 by faith

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 But to do so

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 without counting

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 the costs

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 is foolish.

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 Faith requires

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 our everything.

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 If you would have God,

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 you will have him

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 by following

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 the way of Jesus.

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 And the way of Jesus

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 was to give

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 everything

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 that he would

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 please the father.

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 Jesus says

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 in Mark chapter 8,

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 verse 34 and 35,

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 If anyone would come

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 after me,

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 follow him,

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 be his disciple.

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 If anyone would come

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 after me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 and follow me.

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 You need to read there

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 that this idea

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 of cross

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 is not a momentary

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 and light thing,

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 but a place of death.

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 This is the call

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 to follow Christ,

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 that we would die

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 to ourselves

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 in order that we may

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 gain him.

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 And then in verse 35

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 of Mark 8,

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 For whoever would save

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 his life

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 will lose it.

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 Whoever loses his life

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 for my sake

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 and the gospels

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 will save it.

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 So faith costs.

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 And do you find yourself

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 trying to negotiate

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 the terms with God?

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 Well, God,

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 I will give you

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 this and such,

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 but not

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 this and such.

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 I'm willing to go

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 this far,

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 but only this far.

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 We must come to God

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 on his terms.

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 Faith also tarries.

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 Verse 9 and 10

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 say,

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 By faith he went

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 to live in the land

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 of promise

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 as in a foreign land,

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 living in tents

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 with Isaac and Jacob,

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 heirs with him

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 of the same promise.

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 Abraham

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 never took possession

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 of the land

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 that was promised

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 to him.

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 Neither did his son

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 or his grandson.

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 The only land

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 that Abraham ever owned

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 was a tomb

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 for his wife

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 that he purchased

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 near Hebron.

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 You can see that

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 in Genesis chapter 23.

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 He owned

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 a small bit

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 of alcove

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 and a rock.

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 But that was it.

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 He didn't take

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 any other possession

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 of this promised land.

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 Stephen in his

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 wonderful sermon

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 in Acts chapter 7

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 in verse 4

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 and part of verse 5

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 stated,

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 Then Abraham

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 went out

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 from the land

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 of the Chaldeans

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 and lived in Haran.

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 And after his father died,

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 God removed him

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 from there

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 into this land

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 in which you are now living.

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 Yet he gave him

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 no inheritance in it,

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 not even a foot's length.

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 Abraham

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 was a sojourner.

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 He and his family

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 lived in tents.

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 Just imagine

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 that God made a promise

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 to you

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 to give you

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 the land of

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 California.

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 Trying to think

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 of a strange place

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 for us to go.

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 So you pack up

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 your whole family,

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 you leave behind

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 all that you know

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 and many that you love.

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 You take a nephew

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 with you.

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 And you go

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 and live

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 amongst a strange

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 people.

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 This analogy

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 is working out

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 great now

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 in my mind.

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 I couldn't have

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 written a better one.

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 Who do not worship

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 God

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 that you worship,

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 right?

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 Who will not grant

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 you the rights

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 of citizenship

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 and you dwell there

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 until the day

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 that you die

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 in a tent.

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 This is the faith

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 of Abraham

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 practiced.

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 I think we look

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 over the fact

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 that he had

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 no permanent

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 dwelling place.

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 In fact,

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 in our reading

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 of Genesis,

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 he is constantly

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 moving and being

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 moved

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 by others.

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 God is faithful

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 to him all along

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 but never completes

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 the promise

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 that was made.

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 Would you stay?

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 Would you at some

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 point say,

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 God has not

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 been faithful to me.

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 He said he would

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 do a thing.

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 He's not doing it.

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 I'm packing up

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 and I'm headed

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 back to Georgia.

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 I think many of us

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 would.

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 Would you believe

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 in the promise

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 of God

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 even when you

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 could not see

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 it with your

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 own eyes?

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 How was Abraham

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 able to do

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 such a thing?

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 Our text tells us.

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 He was looking

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 forward,

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 this is verse 10,

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 to the city

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 that has

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 foundations,

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 right?

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 His tents had

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 no foundations,

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 dirt or grass

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 floors.

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 He was looking

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 forward to the

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 city that has

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 foundations,

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 whose designer

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 and builder

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 is God.

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 He was looking

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 to a permanent

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 dwelling place,

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 a place beyond

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 this world.

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 Beloved,

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 our experience

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 is not as

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 unlike Abraham's

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 as we may

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 think.

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 It seems that

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 we make many

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 efforts to keep

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 our experience

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 from being at

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 all like Abraham's.

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 We're doing

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 lots of things

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 to try to show

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 our permanency

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 here.

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 But the truth

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 is simply

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 this.

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 We are

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 sojourners

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 and we are

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 exiles

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 and our

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 faith must

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 tarry.

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 There's many

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 promises that

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 God has made

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 for us

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 that are going

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 to be past

00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:06.919
 this life.

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 The greatest

00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.679
 promises that

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 God has made

00:14:09.100 --> 00:14:09.639
 for us are

00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:10.659
 past this

00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:11.679
 life.

00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:12.419
 Our faith

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 must

00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:14.259
 tarry.

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 It must

00:14:14.939 --> 00:14:15.799
 endure.

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 We are

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 sustained

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 here in

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 temporal

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 dwellings

00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:23.639
 by faith

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 in a future

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 city.

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 A city

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 that has

00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:27.399
 foundations.

00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:28.500
 A city

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 that is

00:14:28.819 --> 00:14:29.339
 built

00:14:29.339 --> 00:14:30.220
 and designed

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 by God.

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 Paul writes

00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:33.740
 in Philippians

00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.220
 chapter 3

00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:34.819
 verse 20

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 Our citizenship

00:14:35.740 --> 00:14:36.519
 is in heaven

00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:37.259
 and from it

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 we await

00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:38.500
 a Savior

00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:39.620
 the Lord

00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:41.000
 Jesus Christ.

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 This place

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 is not

00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:44.139
 our home.

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 And in a few

00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:45.919
 months we will

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 study Hebrews

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 chapter 13

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 verse 14

00:14:48.319 --> 00:14:49.079
 which states

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 for here

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 we have

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 no lasting

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 city

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 but we

00:14:53.920 --> 00:14:54.420
 seek

00:14:54.420 --> 00:14:55.400
 the city

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 that is

00:14:56.580 --> 00:14:57.060
 to come.

00:14:58.520 --> 00:14:59.080
 So Abraham

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 and his

00:14:59.440 --> 00:14:59.920
 family

00:14:59.920 --> 00:15:00.960
 express for

00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:01.400
 us this

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 wonderful

00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:03.220
 paramount

00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:03.840
 faith

00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:05.180
 in the

00:15:05.180 --> 00:15:05.660
 promised

00:15:05.660 --> 00:15:06.820
 land.

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 And we

00:15:07.980 --> 00:15:08.620
 can see

00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:09.580
 that it

00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:10.520
 means so

00:15:10.520 --> 00:15:11.320
 much more

00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:11.879
 than just

00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.840
 the promise

00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:13.900
 of Canaan.

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 It means a

00:15:15.040 --> 00:15:15.540
 permanent

00:15:15.540 --> 00:15:16.200
 place

00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:17.040
 that we

00:15:17.040 --> 00:15:17.300
 will dwell

00:15:17.300 --> 00:15:17.860
 with God

00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:19.120
 forever.

00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:21.100
 Secondly

00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:23.060
 Abraham and

00:15:23.060 --> 00:15:23.360
 his family

00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:23.940
 had faith

00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:24.360
 in the

00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:25.000
 promised

00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:26.340
 son.

00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:27.700
 Faith

00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:28.060
 in the

00:15:28.060 --> 00:15:28.420
 promised

00:15:28.420 --> 00:15:29.379
 son.

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 In verse

00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.320
 11 we

00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:30.620
 can see

00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:31.100
 that by

00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:31.460
 faith

00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:31.940
 Sarah

00:15:31.940 --> 00:15:32.400
 herself

00:15:32.400 --> 00:15:32.800
 received

00:15:32.800 --> 00:15:33.220
 power

00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:33.759
 to conceive

00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.100
 even

00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:34.580
 when she

00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:35.060
 was past

00:15:35.060 --> 00:15:35.980
 the age

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 since she

00:15:36.920 --> 00:15:37.300
 considered

00:15:37.300 --> 00:15:38.000
 him faithful

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:39.100
 who had

00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:39.480
 promised.

00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:40.820
 So faith

00:15:40.820 --> 00:15:41.580
 is

00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:43.040
 certain.

00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.400
 There is

00:15:44.400 --> 00:15:44.620
 a

00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:45.799
 certitude

00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:46.840
 to

00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:47.220
 faith.

00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.340
 Sarah

00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:49.200
 was most

00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:49.700
 likely

00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:50.440
 91

00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:50.899
 years

00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:51.200
 old

00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:51.560
 when she

00:15:51.560 --> 00:15:51.759
 gave

00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:52.120
 birth

00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.759
 to

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.120
 Isaac.

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.259
 His

00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:54.820
 conception

00:15:54.820 --> 00:15:56.259
 full-term

00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:56.960
 gestation

00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.360
 and

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:57.919
 healthy

00:15:57.919 --> 00:15:58.500
 delivery

00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.820
 let me

00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.279
 remind you

00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:00.580
 in a

00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:00.940
 tent

00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:02.600
 were not

00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.200
 only

00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:04.200
 improbable

00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:05.539
 but

00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:06.060
 impossible

00:16:06.060 --> 00:16:07.100
 in human

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:07.580
 terms.

00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:09.159
 However

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.820
 Abraham and

00:16:09.820 --> 00:16:10.000
 Sarah

00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.399
 weighed

00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:10.860
 the human

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.480
 impossibility

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:11.960
 of having

00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:12.480
 a son

00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:13.340
 against

00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:14.060
 the divine

00:16:14.059 --> 00:16:14.739
 impossibility

00:16:14.739 --> 00:16:15.259
 that God

00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:15.839
 would not

00:16:15.839 --> 00:16:16.319
 be true

00:16:16.319 --> 00:16:16.719
 to his

00:16:16.719 --> 00:16:17.139
 word

00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:18.319
 and they

00:16:18.319 --> 00:16:18.599
 believed

00:16:18.599 --> 00:16:18.819
 him.

00:16:19.739 --> 00:16:20.199
 We put

00:16:20.199 --> 00:16:20.539
 those two

00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:21.019
 things on

00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.419
 a scale

00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:21.899
 together

00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:23.299
 and God

00:16:23.299 --> 00:16:24.000
 not being

00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.459
 a liar

00:16:24.459 --> 00:16:25.399
 highly

00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:26.000
 outweighs

00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:26.539
 any of

00:16:26.539 --> 00:16:26.919
 our

00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:28.739
 conception

00:16:28.739 --> 00:16:29.319
 of what

00:16:29.319 --> 00:16:29.559
 he has

00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:29.959
 promised

00:16:29.959 --> 00:16:31.379
 to accomplish.

00:16:32.659 --> 00:16:32.979
 Thomas

00:16:32.979 --> 00:16:33.379
 Watson

00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:33.899
 Puritan

00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.519
 once wrote

00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:34.879
 this is on

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.379
 your bulletin

00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.199
 where reason

00:16:36.199 --> 00:16:36.659
 cannot

00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.339
 wade

00:16:37.339 --> 00:16:37.679
 their

00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:38.359
 faith

00:16:38.359 --> 00:16:39.459
 may

00:16:39.459 --> 00:16:39.959
 swim.

00:16:40.959 --> 00:16:41.439
 The author

00:16:41.439 --> 00:16:41.759
 of Hebrews

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.259
 tells us

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:42.980
 in chapter

00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.340
 11

00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:43.779
 verse

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:44.379
 6

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:44.659
 without

00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:45.179
 faith

00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:45.919
 it is

00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:46.519
 impossible

00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:46.960
 to

00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:47.259
 please

00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:47.519
 him

00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:48.240
 for

00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:48.519
 whoever

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:48.720
 would

00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.879
 draw

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.240
 near

00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:49.399
 to

00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:49.759
 God

00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.319
 must

00:16:50.319 --> 00:16:50.899
 believe

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.659
 that

00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:51.779
 he

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.460
 exists

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.200
 and

00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:53.319
 that

00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:53.460
 he

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:54.080
 rewards

00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:54.720
 those

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.240
 who

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:55.500
 seek

00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:55.740
 him.

00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:57.179
 Abraham

00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:57.460
 and

00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:57.659
 Sarah

00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:58.240
 believed

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.460
 in the

00:16:58.460 --> 00:16:58.740
 promise

00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.220
 of God

00:16:59.220 --> 00:16:59.519
 and

00:16:59.519 --> 00:16:59.679
 they

00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:00.100
 had

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 a

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 son.

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 But

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 allow

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 me

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 to be

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 of

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 encouragement

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 to

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 you

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 this

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 morning.

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 The

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 faith

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 of

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 Abraham

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 and

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 Sarah

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 was

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 not

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 a

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 perfect

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 faith.

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 We

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 read

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 of

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 the

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 birth

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 of

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 Isaac

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 in

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 Genesis

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 chapter

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 21

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 but

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 before

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 that

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 in

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 Genesis

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 chapter

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 16

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 verse

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 1

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 and

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 following

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 we

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 read

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 now

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 Sarah

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 Abraham's

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 wife

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 excuse me

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 Abram's

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 wife

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 they're

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 getting

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 new

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 names

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 soon

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 had

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 born

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 him

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 no

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 children

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 she's

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 not

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 believing

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 the

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 promise

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 she

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 had

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 born

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 him

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 no

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 children

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 she

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 had

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 a

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 female

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 Egyptian

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 servant

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 whose

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 name

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 was

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 Hagar

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 and

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 Sarah

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 said

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 to

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 Abram

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 behold

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 me

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 from

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 bearing

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 children

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 go

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 into

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 my

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 servant

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 it

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 may

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 be

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 that

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 I

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 shall

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 obtain

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 children

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 by

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 her

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 and

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 Abram

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 listened

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 to the

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 voice

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 of

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 Sarah

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 so

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 after

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 Abram

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 had

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 lived

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 in

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 ten

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 years

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 in

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 the

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 land

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 of

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 Canaan

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 Sarah

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 Abram's

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 wife

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 took

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 Hagar

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 the

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 Egyptian

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 her

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 servant

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 and

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 gave

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 her

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 to

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 Abram

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 her

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 husband

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 as

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 a

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 wife

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 I'll

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 encourage

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 you to

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 read

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 that

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 chapter

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 all

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 kinds

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 of

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 things

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 happen

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 that

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 are

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 not

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 favorable

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 because

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 of

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 the

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 unfaithfulness

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 of

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 Sarah

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 and

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 Abraham

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 later

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 we can

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 read

00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.039
 in

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 Genesis

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 chapter

00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:13.339
 18

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 verse

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 11

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 and

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 following

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 now

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 Abraham

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 and

00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:16.839
 Sarah

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 were

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 old

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 advanced

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 in

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 years

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 the

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 way

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 of

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 women

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 had

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 ceased

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 to be

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 with

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 Sarah

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 this

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 is

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 this

00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:22.680
 is

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 a

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 funny

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 episode

00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:24.059
 in

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 the

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 book

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 of

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 Genesis

00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:26.140
 so

00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:26.480
 Sarah

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 laughed

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 to

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:27.480
 herself

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:27.980
 saying

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 after

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 I

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 am

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 worn

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 out

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 and

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 my

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 Lord

00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:32.019
 is

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 old

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 shall

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 I

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 have

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 pleasure

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 that's

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 funny

00:18:35.600 --> 00:18:38.080
 maybe

00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:38.320
 when you

00:18:38.320 --> 00:18:38.440
 get

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:38.700
 older

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.019
 you'll

00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:39.140
 get

00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:39.340
 it

00:18:39.340 --> 00:18:39.700
 the

00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:39.940
 Lord

00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.180
 said

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.299
 to

00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:40.700
 Abraham

00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.240
 why

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.440
 did

00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:41.640
 Sarah

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.039
 laugh

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 and

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.440
 say

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 shall

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 I

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 indeed

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:43.360
 bear

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 a

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 child

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.080
 now

00:18:44.080 --> 00:18:44.259
 that

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.519
 I

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:44.740
 am

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.200
 old

00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:45.759
 is

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 anything

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 too

00:18:46.600 --> 00:18:47.100
 hard

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 for

00:18:47.820 --> 00:18:47.980
 the

00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.299
 Lord

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 at

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 the

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 point

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:49.900
 in

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 time

00:18:50.080 --> 00:18:50.220
 I

00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.320
 will

00:18:50.320 --> 00:18:50.600
 return

00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:50.759
 to

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:50.860
 you

00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:51.080
 about

00:18:51.080 --> 00:18:51.299
 this

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:51.560
 time

00:18:51.560 --> 00:18:51.799
 next

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.039
 year

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.220
 and

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:52.519
 Sarah

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.320
 shall

00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:54.500
 have

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:54.660
 a

00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.000
 son

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.200
 those

00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:56.519
 chapters

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:56.779
 are

00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:57.519
 riddled

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.299
 with

00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.420
 doubt

00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:00.820
 as a

00:19:00.820 --> 00:19:01.039
 side

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.200
 note

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.400
 some

00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:01.660
 people

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.460
 use

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:02.779
 this

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.119
 little

00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:03.399
 bit

00:19:03.399 --> 00:19:03.920
 of

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.539
 Sarah

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:04.980
 laughing

00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:06.579
 as a

00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:07.460
 context

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:07.680
 for

00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:07.940
 something

00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:08.200
 called

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.440
 holy

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:08.759
 laughter

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:10.339
 you

00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:10.500
 need

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.599
 to

00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:10.859
 ignore

00:19:10.859 --> 00:19:11.279
 that

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:13.279
 this

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.559
 was

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.319
 not

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.680
 holy

00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:14.899
 at

00:19:14.899 --> 00:19:15.200
 all

00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:15.519
 right

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:15.759
 this

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.099
 was

00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.899
 Sarah

00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:17.559
 doubting

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.200
 fully

00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:18.579
 doubting

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:18.720
 that

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:18.920
 God

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.079
 would

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.240
 do

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.399
 what

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:19.639
 he

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:19.859
 had

00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.240
 said

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.119
 that

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:21.420
 he

00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:22.240
 would

00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:22.599
 do

00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.240
 and

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.359
 can

00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:24.500
 we

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:24.759
 blame

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.059
 them

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:26.359
 they

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:26.740
 they've

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:26.899
 been

00:19:26.899 --> 00:19:27.039
 in

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.180
 the

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:27.440
 land

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:28.000
 quite

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.500
 some

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.220
 time

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:30.019
 now

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.899
 the

00:19:30.899 --> 00:19:31.160
 promise

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:31.480
 doesn't

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:31.859
 seem

00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.099
 like

00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:32.279
 it's

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:32.539
 coming

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:32.859
 to

00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:33.339
 pass

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:33.660
 right

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:34.119
 they're

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.579
 waiting

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:34.799
 and

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:34.980
 they

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.119
 are

00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:35.500
 waiting

00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:35.720
 I'm

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.240
 astounded

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:36.539
 in my

00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:36.819
 reading

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.299
 of the

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:37.680
 Old Testament

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.039
 at how

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.579
 impatient

00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:39.460
 I am

00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:40.139
 as God

00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.660
 works out

00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:40.839
 his

00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.579
 faithfulness

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:41.859
 with

00:19:41.859 --> 00:19:42.680
 his

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.039
 people

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:43.240
 I

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.460
 kind of

00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:43.660
 snap

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:43.879
 my

00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:44.220
 fingers

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 and see

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:44.899
 things

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 happen

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 I

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 don't

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 want

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 to

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 wait

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 10

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 years

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 40

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 years

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 to see

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 promises

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 come

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 to

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 pass

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 I

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 don't

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 really

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 want

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 to

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 wait

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 for

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 promises

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 to

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 come

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 to

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 pass

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 after

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 I

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 pass

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 the

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 faith

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 of

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 Abraham

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 and

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 Sarah

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 was

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 not

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 perfect

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 faith

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 but

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 it

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 was

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 sufficient

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 faith

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 this

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 text

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 reminds

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 me

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 of

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 the

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 father

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 of

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 the

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 demon

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 possessed

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 son

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 who

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 says

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 to

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 Jesus

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 in

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 Mark

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 chapter

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 9

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 and

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 verse

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 22

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 and

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 following

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 if

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 you

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 can

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 do

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 anything

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 have

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 compassion

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 on

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 us

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 and

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 help

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 us

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 and

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 in

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 verse

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 23

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 Jesus

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 said

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 to

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 him

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 if

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 you

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 can

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 all

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 things

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 are

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 possible

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 for

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 one

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 who

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 believes

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 and

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 then

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 in

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 verse

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 24

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 immediately

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 the

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 father

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 of

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 the

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 child

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 cried

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 out

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 and

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 said

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 I

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 believe

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 help

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 my

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 unbelief

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 I

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 feel

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 that

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 way

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 often

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 you

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 may

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 find

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 yourself

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 with

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 faltering

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 faith

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 this

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 morning

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 find

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 solidarity

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 in the

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 life

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 of

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 Abraham

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 and

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 Sarah

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 find

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 solidarity

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 with

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 every

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 Christ

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 follower

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 in

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 my

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 hearing

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 and

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 know

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 that

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 God

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 is

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 abundantly

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 merciful

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 and

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 a

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 steadfast

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 love

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 endures

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 forever

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 be

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 comforted

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 this

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 morning

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 with a

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 text

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 like

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 Isaiah

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 chapter

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 42

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 verse

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 3

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 a

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 bruised

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 reed

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 he

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 will

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 not

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 break

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 and

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 a

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 faintly

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!

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 burning

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 wick

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 he

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 will

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 not

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 quench

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!

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 do

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 do

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 you

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 feel

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 like

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 your

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 flame

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 is

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 just

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 about

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 to

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 go

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 out

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 this

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 morning

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 if

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 you

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 are

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 God's

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 in

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 Christ

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 what

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 I

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 can

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 promise

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 you

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 is

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 that

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 he

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 will

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 fan

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 it

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 back

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 into

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 flame

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 be

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 encouraged

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 God

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 does not

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 expect of

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 us

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 a

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 perfect

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 faith

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 but a

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 sufficient

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 faith

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 so

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 faith is

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 certain

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 or

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 maybe one

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 should say

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 in time

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 finds

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 certitude

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 and

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 faith

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 is

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 rewarded

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 verse 12

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 therefore

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 from one

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 man

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 and him

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 as good

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 as dead

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 I like

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 that

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 interjection

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 there

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 Abraham

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 was quite

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 old

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 at the time

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 they conceived

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 were born

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 descendants

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 as many

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 as the

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 stars

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 of heaven

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 and as

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 many

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 as the

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 innumerable

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 grains

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 of sand

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 by the

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 seashore

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 beloved

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 that's

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 us

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 in part

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 we are

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 counted

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 amongst

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 those

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 many

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 that by

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 faith

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 are

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 grafted

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 in

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 to the

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 family

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 of God

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 I want to

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 read to you

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 just briefly

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 Kent Hughes

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 commentary

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 on this

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 he wrote

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 this

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 I just

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 thought

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 this was

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 a

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 great

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 insertion

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 here

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 he wrote

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 George

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 Sweeting

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 a past

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 president

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 of Moody

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 Bible

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 Institute

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 once gave

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 this

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 memorable

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 definition

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 of

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 optimism

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 he said

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 optimism

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 is when

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 an 85

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 year old

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 man

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 marries

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 a 35

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 year old

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 woman

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 and moves

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 into a

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 12 room

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 house

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 next to

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 an

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 elementary

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.620
 school

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.880
 inappropriate

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 but you

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 get his

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 point

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 but I

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 have a

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 better

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:55.519
 definition

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.080
 for him

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 optimism

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 is when

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 a 90

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:58.759
 year old

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 man

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 and his

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 90

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 year old

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 bride

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 hear God

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 say

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 they're going

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 to be

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 parents

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 and believe

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 their offspring

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 will fill

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 not a

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 schoolhouse

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 but the

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 whole

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 earth

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 that they

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 will be

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 as many

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 as the

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:12.900
 stars

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.300
 of heaven

00:23:13.300 --> 00:23:13.660
 and as

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 many

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.400
 as the

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 innumerable

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 grains

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.879
 of sand

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 by the

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 seashore

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 praise God

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 that now

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 Abraham and

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 Sarah

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 in glory

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.579
 with God

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.940
 can see the

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 promise

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 fulfilled

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 and being

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 fulfilled

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 and it

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 started by

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 their faith

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 in the

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 promised

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 son

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 faith

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 and

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.519
 faith

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 perseveres

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:41.559
 to the

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:41.839
 end

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.079
 faith

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.740
 perseveres

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 to the

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 end

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 verse 13

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 these

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 all died

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 in

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 faith

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 not having

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 received the

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 things promised

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 but having

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 seen them

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 and greeted

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 them from

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 afar

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 and having

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 acknowledged

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 that they

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 were strangers

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 and exiles

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 on the

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 earth

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 that is to

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 say

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 these all

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 died

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 in faith

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 Abraham

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 Sarah

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 Isaac

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 and Jacob

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 all

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 finished

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 well

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.579
 they

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 persevered

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.680
 in faith

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 to the

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 end

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 and not

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 only did

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 they finish

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 well

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 but they

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 lived

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 well

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 how

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 how did

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 they live

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 and finish

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 by

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 faith

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 the text

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 tells us

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 verse 14

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 for people

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 who speak

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 thus

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 acknowledging

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 is what he's

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 talking about

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 acknowledging

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.759
 that they're

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 strangers

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.799
 and exiles

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.799
 acknowledging

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.160
 that this

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 place is

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 not our

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 home

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 acknowledging

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.079
 that there

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 are

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 promises

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 for us

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 that are

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 beyond

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 this

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:41.140
 place

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 people

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.120
 who speak

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 like

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.079
 that

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.180
 make it

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.680
 clear

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 that they

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.720
 are seeking

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 a homeland

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 beloved

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 this world

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.000
 is not

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 our home

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.539
 we

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.099
 persevere

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:52.039
 by faith

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:53.839
 in recognizing

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 that

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.059
 in knowing

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 this is not

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 where we

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 belong

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 there's a

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 new place

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.819
 being made

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 for us

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.639
 to dwell

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.119
 with God

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.559
 forever

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:04.539
 verse 15

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 if they had

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 been thinking

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.079
 of that land

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.440
 from which

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.700
 they had

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.119
 gone out

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.460
 they would

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:07.920
 have had

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.440
 opportunity

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.879
 to return

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 but as it

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 is

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:12.319
 they desire

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.740
 a better

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.139
 country

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 that is

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.399
 a heavenly

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 one

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.579
 therefore

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.220
 God is not

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.460
 ashamed

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.879
 to be called

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.359
 their God

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 for he has

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.200
 prepared for

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 them

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 a city

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:22.159
 they looked

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.379
 to the

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.839
 promise

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:24.099
 they looked

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.459
 to the

00:25:24.459 --> 00:25:24.799
 future

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:26.019
 reward

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:27.779
 they knew

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:29.019
 that the

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.379
 promised

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:29.899
 inheritance

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.899
 was sure

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.959
 and they

00:25:31.959 --> 00:25:32.619
 ran

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.559
 with endurance

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.299
 the race

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.539
 that was set

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.079
 before them

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:37.619
 we are asked

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.099
 to do the

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.719
 very same

00:25:38.719 --> 00:25:39.159
 thing

00:25:39.159 --> 00:25:39.519
 as we

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.019
 live

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.419
 in a

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:40.839
 place

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.939
 that is

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.779
 uncomfortable

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:44.059
 and growing

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.359
 in discomfort

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.099
 right

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.839
 this is not

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.359
 our home

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.859
 beloved

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.359
 right

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.819
 we are

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.319
 strangers

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.699
 and we

00:25:49.699 --> 00:25:49.899
 are

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.919
 exiles

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.959
 and God

00:25:51.959 --> 00:25:52.479
 is preparing

00:25:52.479 --> 00:25:53.339
 for us

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.819
 a city

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:56.779
 and so in

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.139
 these few

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:57.639
 verses this

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:58.079
 morning we

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.679
 see faith

00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:58.879
 in the

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.199
 promised

00:25:59.199 --> 00:26:00.019
 land

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.339
 and that

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:00.719
 faith

00:26:00.719 --> 00:26:01.359
 obeys

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:01.659
 that it

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.159
 costs

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.699
 something

00:26:02.699 --> 00:26:03.139
 that it

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:04.059
 tarries

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.039
 faith in

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.399
 the promised

00:26:05.399 --> 00:26:05.819
 son

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.259
 that faith

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.199
 finds its

00:26:07.199 --> 00:26:08.019
 certitude

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.419
 and that

00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:09.719
 is rewarded

00:26:09.719 --> 00:26:10.939
 and that

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.339
 faith

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.779
 saving

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.299
 faith

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.599
 perseveres

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.719
 to the

00:26:14.719 --> 00:26:14.899
 end

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:16.620
 the author

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.000
 of Hebrews

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.420
 was charging

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.080
 his original

00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:19.580
 readers

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:20.680
 and the

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.060
 Lord is

00:26:21.060 --> 00:26:21.600
 using his

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:22.140
 pen to

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.680
 charge us

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.180
 today to

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.620
 take up

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.160
 the example

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.759
 of Abraham

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:26.160
 and his

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.519
 family

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:28.180
 in closing

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:29.340
 listen to the

00:26:29.340 --> 00:26:29.840
 remarks of

00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:30.120
 Hebrews

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:31.040
 chapter 12

00:26:31.040 --> 00:26:32.120
 and verse

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.460
 1

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:34.080
 therefore

00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:35.640
 since we

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.440
 are surrounded

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.340
 by so great

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:38.080
 a cloud

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:38.860
 of witnesses

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:40.780
 let us also

00:26:40.780 --> 00:26:41.300
 lay aside

00:26:41.300 --> 00:26:41.920
 every weight

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.519
 and sin

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.240
 which clings

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.220
 so closely

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.380
 and let us

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.240
 run with

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.799
 endurance

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:48.059
 the race

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.059
 that is set

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.700
 before us

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.759
 let's pray

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.059
 together