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 Chapter 24, verses 1 to 28, and that's on page 23 of the Red Bible.

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 So, Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.

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 He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had,

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 put your hand under my thigh. I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth,

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 that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

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 but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.

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 The servant asked him, what if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land?

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 Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?

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 Make sure that you do not take my son back there, Abraham said.

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 The Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land,

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 and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, to your offspring I will give this land.

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 He will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.

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 If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine.

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 Only do not take my son back there.

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 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

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 Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and left, taking with him all kinds of good things from his master.

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 He sent out for Aram Naharim and made his way to the town of Nahor.

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 He made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town.

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 It was well towards evening, the time for women to go out and draw water.

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 Then he prayed, O Lord, God of my master Abraham, give me success today and show kindness to my master Abraham.

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 See, I am standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

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 May it be that when I say to a girl, please let down your jar that I may have a drink, and she says, drink, and I'll wash your camels too.

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 Let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac.

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 By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.

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 Before he had finished praying, Rebecca came out with her jar on her shoulder.

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 She was the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, and was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.

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 The girl who was very beautiful, a virgin, no man had ever lain with her.

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 She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.

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 The servant hurried to meet her and said, please give me a little water from your jar.

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 Drink, my lord, she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

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 After she had given him a drink, she said, I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have finished drinking.

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 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.

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 Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the lord had made his journey successful.

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 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.

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 Then he asked, whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?

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 She answered him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.

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 And she added, we have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.

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 Then the man bowed down and worshipped the lord, saying,

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 Praise be to the lord, the god of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master.

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 As for me, the lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives.

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 The girl ran and told her mother's household about these things.

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 Thank you, Kate.

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 Just ask Michael now to come up and bring God's word to us.

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 Thank you, Michael.

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 It's nice to be back with you once again in Cargilline.

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 Always enjoy coming over and sharing the word with you.

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 And as we've heard, we want to look this morning at Faith in Action,

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 as it's seen in the lives of the characters that are mentioned in the story that we've read together.

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 It's a tremendous story.

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 It begins with Abraham, and it goes on through his servant,

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 and on to Rebecca, who would become the wife of Isaac.

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 Abraham is a man of faith,

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 and his faith continues right to the end of his days.

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 In the next chapter, we read about his death.

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 But right up until that time, he continued to live by faith,

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 and it's no mistake that the writer to the Hebrews refers to this faith.

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 I was surprised when I looked at Hebrews 11 again

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 that nearly a quarter of that chapter,

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 that catalogue, that photo of men and women of faith,

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 that a quarter of that chapter is taken up with the life of Abraham

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 and how he lived for the Lord.

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 So here is this man, Abraham.

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 He's getting on in years.

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 He's nearing the end of his life,

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 but he wants a wife for his son Isaac, the son of promise.

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 And he sends his servant, Eliezer,

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 to go out and to find a wife for his son.

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 And this story, although written in the Old Testament,

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 is so demonstrative of what faith really is.

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 We see faith in action right the way through.

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 We have the story of how Rebecca does indeed come back with the servant

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 and become Isaac's wife.

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 Paul, when he's writing to Timothy,

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 reminds us in his second epistle, chapter 3 and verse 16,

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 that all Scripture is God-breathed

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 and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting,

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 and training in righteousness.

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 And certainly this story, which is part of Scripture,

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 does indeed train us in righteousness.

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 It does show us the right way in which we ought to go.

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 It's also, of course, a beautiful love story, isn't it?

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 It's fascinating to read these customs of days gone by.

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 I think it's far better than a Mills and Boone faith in action

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 in this beautiful love story.

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 So let's look at these three characters

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 and see what they teach us about faith,

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 about trust in the Lord.

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 So the first one we look at is Abraham,

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 and we see his faith in God.

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 When old age comes,

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 of course there is a temptation, isn't there,

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 to sit back.

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 Most of you would not know about that being young,

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 but the temptation is to take things easy,

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 to let life go on by.

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 But that didn't happen as far as Abraham was concerned.

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 The years had taken their toll.

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 He was full of years.

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 He was getting on.

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 He didn't have the energy that he once had.

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 But he did remember the promises

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 that God had made to him.

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 The promise that God was going to send a seed,

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 and that seed had come in the form of Isaac.

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 And God had said to him

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 that through his seed all the earth would be blessed.

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 And this had, by definition,

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 had to have a son to be born to his son Isaac.

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 He needed a wife.

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 And so we have Abraham looking down through the years,

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 seeing what's going to happen in the future,

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 and knowing that the purposes of God will be fulfilled,

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 but they will be fulfilled in a wife for Isaac

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 and for other children being born.

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 Put your hand, he says, to his servant,

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 verse 2,

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 under my thigh.

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 I want you to swear by the Lord God of heaven,

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 the God of earth.

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 Something very important is about to take place.

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 Go and find a wife for my son Isaac.

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 The plan to us may seem very strange.

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 An arranged marriage.

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 But this arranged marriage

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 had its authority in heaven itself.

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 And it did meet the approval of God himself.

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 And we will see the hand of God through all the events.

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 But how do we see Abraham's faith?

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 Well, we see it

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 in that he's obedient to God's revealed will.

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 Abraham's faith in what God had made known.

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 That God would bring to pass what he had promised.

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 Remember that Abraham is living in a land that isn't his.

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 He's surrounded by unbelievers who worship a multiplicity of God's.

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 But he couldn't allow his son to marry any of these women.

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 He was a man of faith.

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 And he knew that it would be wrong for a believer to be unequally yoked with an unbeliever.

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 So he says,

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 verse 3,

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 You will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living.

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 He sends him out to find one who worshipped the true God.

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 The God who had made the world.

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 The God who lived.

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 The God who was active.

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 Abraham knew what was required of him.

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 He knew that through the seed of his son,

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 the nations of the world would be blessed.

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 So he sends his servant back to his relatives

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 that a wife might be found for Isaac.

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 Abraham's faith, if you like, is seen in his works.

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 His one desire is to be pleasing to God.

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 And how could he be pleasing to God

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 if he was disobedient to the revealed will of God?

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 And, accordingly, there's an application for each one of us here this morning.

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 Age, ill health,

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 prevents us from doing what we would like to do.

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 But we never reach that age in our lives

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 when we stop being obedient to the will of God.

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 We should always be committed to what God has made known to us

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 in his word.

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 No matter what our age might be.

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 Abraham knew what was required of him.

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 And we know what is required of us

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 if we are Christians this morning.

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 We have it here in the scriptures.

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 God has made known

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 how we should live our lives.

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 What we should do.

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 The whole revealed will of God is there for us to see.

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 And if we are committed to God

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 and if God has spoken to us through his word

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 then we must be obedient to that word.

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 We can never retire from this commitment.

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 We have his commands to obey.

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 And his commands, we're told, are not burdensome.

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 When I was a young child

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 I used to go along to

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 an organization which was called

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 the Bible Club Movement.

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 And they had a motto.

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 And it went like this.

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 God said it.

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 I believe it.

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 And that settles it.

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 And that should always be our motto.

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 God has said it.

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 God told Abraham

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 I'm going to bless

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 through the seed

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 that you are going to bring into the world.

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 And through his seed

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 the nations of the world

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 will be blessed.

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 And we are blessed

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 because we are children of Abraham

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 by faith.

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 So what took place all those years ago

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 has relevance to us today.

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 as God calls us

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 to live this life of faith.

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 Of being obedient

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 to what God has made known

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 in his words.

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 That Abraham's faith is also seen.

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 And that he believed

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 and submitted himself

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 to the overruling providence of God.

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 See what's happening here.

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 Abraham gives his servant

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 his instructions.

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 Verse 4

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 Go to my country

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 and to my relatives

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 and get a wife

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 for my son Isaac.

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 He'd left his family

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 almost a hundred years previously.

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 He'd left that land

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 because God brought him

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 into the land of Canaan

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 and God showed him that land

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 and God said to him

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 I'm going to give you this land.

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 I'm going to bless you.

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 So a hundred years later

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 he sends his servant back

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 in order to find

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 his family

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 to find a woman

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 who would be willing

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 to leave home

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 and family

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 and marry his son.

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 One who worshipped

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 one true God.

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 It was a big thing to do.

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 But Abraham is committed

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 to the will of the Lord

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 and he's also committed

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 to the overruling providence of God.

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 What if the woman doesn't come

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 says the servant?

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 What if she's not willing

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 to follow me?

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 It was a legitimate question.

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 Well whatever else happens

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 says Abraham

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 don't take my son back there.

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 We have left that old life.

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 We're committed to God's will

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 and we're committed

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 to his providence.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 The Lord, the God of heaven

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 who brought me out

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 of my father's household

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 and my latest land

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 and who spoke to me

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 and promised me on oath

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 saying to your offspring

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 I will give this land.

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 He will send his angel before you

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 so that you will get a wife

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 for my son from there.

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 Abraham was too far

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 in his walk with God

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 to lack confidence in God.

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 God wasn't going to let things

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 go wrong.

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 Is there doubt

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 in Abraham's mind?

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 What does he say in verse 8?

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 It appears at first reading

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 that there's some doubt

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 in Abraham's mind.

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 If the woman

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 is unwilling to come back

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 with you

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 then you will be released

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 from this oath of mine.

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 Only do not take

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 my son back there.

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 Now I don't believe

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 this is doubt at all.

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 We've emphasised the fact

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 that he believes

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 in the revealed will of God.

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 But he's also believing

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 that God is able

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 to providentially overrule

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 in all things

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 even if things

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 don't turn out

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 as expected.

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 If things don't turn out

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 as expected

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 if the woman

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 isn't ready

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 to go back

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 then obedience

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 must be the hallmark.

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 Obedience is required.

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 Isaac is not

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 to return

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 even if things

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 don't turn out

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 as we expect.

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 You see here is a man

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 who was saying

00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:52.340
 in effect

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 that if things

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 go wrong

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 I am there

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 for you.

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 I trust in you

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 the living God.

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 And you are

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 the living God

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 who can be trusted

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 regardless

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:10.740
 as to the way

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 things turn out.

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 Abraham

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 wouldn't have known

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 Romans 8

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:17.700
 and verse 28

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 but he surely

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 believed it

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 that all things

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 work together

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 for good

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 to those

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 that love God

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 and to those

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 that are the called

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 according to his purpose.

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 Of course

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 we know the end

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 of the story

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 but Abraham

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 at this time

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 remained in ignorance

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 as to how

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 things were going

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 to turn out.

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 But he believes God

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:42.139
 he trusts God

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 and he recognized

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 that even if things

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 didn't turn out

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 as he expected

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 them to

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 that God still

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 had to be

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 obeyed.

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 He still

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 trusted.

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 And surely

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 this is a principle

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 that is vitally

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 important

00:18:00.800 --> 00:18:02.920
 as we face

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:04.020
 the circumstances

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 of life.

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 We commit

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 ourselves

00:18:07.580 --> 00:18:08.300
 to a life

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 of obedience

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 to the Lord's

00:18:10.199 --> 00:18:10.519
 will

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 if we are

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 Christians.

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 We take

00:18:14.459 --> 00:18:15.199
 the Lord Jesus

00:18:15.199 --> 00:18:15.759
 Christ

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.319
 as our

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 Saviour

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 and our

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 Lord

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 and we ask

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 him to

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 direct our

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 paths.

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 And we need

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 to constantly

00:18:24.679 --> 00:18:25.459
 exercise

00:18:25.459 --> 00:18:26.519
 our faith

00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.139
 in him

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 when things

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.939
 don't turn out

00:18:28.939 --> 00:18:29.899
 as we expect

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 them to.

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 Abraham

00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:35.399
 believed God.

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 Do we believe

00:18:36.959 --> 00:18:37.339
 God?

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 Do we trust

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 him if things

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:41.059
 are not going

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:42.339
 as we expect?

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 Are we going

00:18:45.219 --> 00:18:46.019
 on being

00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:46.719
 obedient?

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 Or do we

00:18:49.219 --> 00:18:49.679
 say,

00:18:50.139 --> 00:18:50.519
 alright,

00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.339
 as Abraham

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:52.959
 might have

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 said,

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 if the woman

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.159
 won't go,

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 then I'll

00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:56.740
 send Isaac

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.299
 back.

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 But that

00:18:58.699 --> 00:18:59.519
 couldn't happen

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 because he

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.500
 knew God's

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.039
 will for

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.679
 his life.

00:19:03.459 --> 00:19:03.799
 And we

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.500
 know God's

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:04.959
 will for

00:19:04.959 --> 00:19:05.819
 our lives.

00:19:06.199 --> 00:19:06.839
 We're called

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.679
 to be obedient

00:19:07.679 --> 00:19:08.319
 to this

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:08.720
 word.

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 So even

00:19:10.179 --> 00:19:10.959
 when things

00:19:10.959 --> 00:19:11.720
 go wrong,

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.220
 even when

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:13.819
 things are

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.319
 difficult,

00:19:14.959 --> 00:19:15.759
 we are to

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.539
 trust him.

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:17.839
 Faith

00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:19.179
 in action.

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:20.740
 But that

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.619
 faith of

00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.000
 Abraham

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.959
 is also

00:19:22.959 --> 00:19:23.879
 seen in

00:19:23.879 --> 00:19:24.699
 the servant.

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:27.079
 The servant

00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:28.339
 was one

00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:29.419
 who evidently

00:19:29.419 --> 00:19:30.199
 knew God

00:19:30.199 --> 00:19:31.459
 for himself.

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.419
 That God

00:19:33.419 --> 00:19:34.259
 could be

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.879
 trusted.

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 So we

00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.660
 look at

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.680
 the servant's

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.480
 faith in

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:38.900
 God.

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 This man

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.580
 who was

00:19:40.580 --> 00:19:41.140
 sent out

00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:41.640
 to find

00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:42.180
 a wife

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.960
 for Isaac.

00:19:44.860 --> 00:19:45.420
 Isaac

00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:46.380
 from whom

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:46.920
 would come

00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.700
 blessing for

00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.140
 the whole

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:48.640
 world,

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.380
 I remind

00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:49.660
 you.

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 We've

00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:51.660
 never been

00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:52.160
 given a

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:52.980
 responsibility

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:54.340
 like that.

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 But we

00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:56.180
 are given

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:57.180
 responsibilities

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:58.340
 to live

00:19:58.340 --> 00:19:58.880
 for the

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.120
 Lord.

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.180
 And how

00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:00.640
 can we

00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.260
 live for

00:20:01.260 --> 00:20:01.600
 the Lord?

00:20:01.800 --> 00:20:02.000
 Well,

00:20:02.040 --> 00:20:02.360
 we can

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.840
 live for

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:03.340
 the Lord

00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:04.040
 as a

00:20:04.040 --> 00:20:04.440
 servant

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:04.820
 did.

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:07.540
 Notice

00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:08.460
 his faith

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:08.840
 as it

00:20:08.840 --> 00:20:09.460
 is seen

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.180
 in his

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.900
 praying.

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:13.040
 How he

00:20:13.040 --> 00:20:13.740
 is totally

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.560
 dependent

00:20:14.560 --> 00:20:15.600
 upon God.

00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:16.800
 Look at

00:20:16.800 --> 00:20:17.780
 verses 12

00:20:17.780 --> 00:20:18.700
 to 14.

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:19.800
 He's

00:20:19.800 --> 00:20:20.080
 travelled

00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:20.740
 out through

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.340
 the desert.

00:20:22.260 --> 00:20:22.460
 He's

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.040
 come to

00:20:23.040 --> 00:20:23.620
 the well.

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:24.780
 And we

00:20:24.780 --> 00:20:25.200
 read,

00:20:25.280 --> 00:20:25.840
 Then he

00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:26.400
 prayed,

00:20:26.560 --> 00:20:27.100
 O Lord

00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:27.780
 God of

00:20:27.780 --> 00:20:28.580
 my master

00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:29.240
 Abraham,

00:20:29.600 --> 00:20:30.300
 give me

00:20:30.300 --> 00:20:31.000
 success

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.480
 today,

00:20:31.860 --> 00:20:32.400
 and show

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:33.300
 kindness to

00:20:33.300 --> 00:20:33.920
 my master

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.500
 Abraham.

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.319
 See,

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:35.740
 I am

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.279
 standing

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.839
 beside

00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.160
 this

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.619
 spring,

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.440
 and the

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:38.740
 daughters

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.220
 of the

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.960
 townspeople

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.420
 are coming

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:40.880
 out to

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.579
 draw water.

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.619
 May it

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:43.059
 be that

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.420
 when I

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.880
 say to

00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.339
 a girl,

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.400
 please let

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.099
 down your

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.700
 jar that

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.039
 I may

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.420
 have a

00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:47.680
 drink,

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.099
 and she

00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.460
 says,

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:48.900
 drink,

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.740
 and I'll

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.299
 water your

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.759
 camels

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.099
 too.

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.019
 Let her

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.420
 be the

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:52.819
 one you

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.500
 have chosen

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.039
 for your

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.420
 servant

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:54.940
 Isaac.

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:56.160
 By this

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.559
 I will

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.799
 know that

00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.299
 you have

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:58.660
 shown

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.279
 kindness

00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:00.819
 to my

00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:01.599
 master.

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:02.980
 He's

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.660
 seeking

00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.539
 God

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.200
 for

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:06.119
 himself.

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:07.680
 It's

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.099
 not a

00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:09.099
 second-hand

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.599
 faith,

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:09.960
 for we

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.639
 find him

00:21:10.639 --> 00:21:11.339
 in verse

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.399
 26 and

00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:13.259
 verse 52,

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.000
 as we

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.519
 will refer

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.180
 to again

00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:15.519
 in a

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:15.819
 moment,

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.680
 bowing

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.619
 down and

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.200
 worshipping

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:18.619
 the Lord.

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.700
 He knew

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.779
 this God.

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.740
 He went

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.480
 out on

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.279
 his journey

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.359
 knowing that

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:26.740
 there were

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.420
 difficulties

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.779
 to overcome.

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.120
 He doesn't

00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:30.660
 know where

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:32.440
 Abraham's

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:33.340
 family are.

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.360
 He knows

00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:36.019
 the danger

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.680
 of going

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.539
 ahead of

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.000
 God.

00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:39.600
 Will God

00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:40.660
 direct him?

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.680
 And so

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.500
 he seeks

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.460
 God in

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:44.860
 prayer,

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.440
 because the

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.519
 girl of

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.019
 God's

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.580
 choice

00:21:48.580 --> 00:21:50.820
 must be

00:21:50.820 --> 00:21:51.539
 found.

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:52.580
 It must

00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:53.180
 not be

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:54.420
 his choice.

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.600
 So he

00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:56.160
 leaves it

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:56.580
 in the

00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:57.360
 hands of

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.740
 God.

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.619
 He's

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.419
 asking God

00:21:59.419 --> 00:22:00.079
 to direct

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:01.019
 his steps.

00:22:01.699 --> 00:22:01.899
 He's

00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.619
 asking God

00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.679
 to clearly

00:22:03.679 --> 00:22:04.479
 show him

00:22:04.479 --> 00:22:05.019
 the girl

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.459
 who will

00:22:05.459 --> 00:22:05.819
 be the

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.439
 wife of

00:22:06.439 --> 00:22:06.899
 Isaac.

00:22:07.479 --> 00:22:08.259
 And as

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.240
 he prays,

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.479
 he expects.

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.059
 Of course,

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.699
 this man

00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.299
 had seen

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.699
 the good

00:22:14.699 --> 00:22:15.639
 hand of

00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:16.399
 God upon

00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:17.359
 his master

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:17.919
 Abraham.

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.719
 And his

00:22:19.719 --> 00:22:20.619
 prayer is

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.879
 that God

00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.679
 would continue

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 to be

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 gracious.

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 O Lord

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 God of

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 my master

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.000
 Abraham,

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 give me

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 success

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 today and

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 show kindness

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 to my

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 master

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 Abraham.

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 And a

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:39.299
 girl comes

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 to the

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 well.

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 Is this

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 the girl

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.539
 that God

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.779
 has chosen?

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:47.059
 we have

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.559
 here an

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.139
 example

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:48.759
 don't we

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.579
 of

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.160
 believing

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.079
 prayer

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.240
 and the

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.899
 importance

00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.599
 of prayer

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.279
 in the

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.639
 life

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:55.500
 of faith.

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:57.859
 I remember

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:59.279
 when we

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.799
 had our

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 children a

00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:01.019
 long time

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.359
 ago

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 but when we

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 had our

00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:03.839
 children

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:05.559
 Rosemary,

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.139
 my wife,

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.619
 knew

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:12.679
 that there was a fair chance,

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 and I use a chance in inverted commas,

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 that those who they would marry

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:21.639
 were also being born at that particular time.

00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:24.639
 And so she began to pray

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:27.459
 when the children were very small

00:23:27.459 --> 00:23:31.799
 that they would be led to the right partners,

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:35.299
 that they would be led to the right people

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:39.559
 that would become their wives, their husband.

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:44.339
 And how God has graciously overruled in our lives,

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:46.980
 and I thank God for a praying wife.

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 The Lord granted her her request,

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:55.339
 and as I joined with her also in prayer.

00:23:56.919 --> 00:24:02.200
 James Montgomery, a hymn writer, wrote this,

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:06.519
 Prayer is the simplest form of speech

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:09.620
 that infant lips can try,

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:14.759
 but prayer is the sublimest strains that reach

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:17.140
 the majesty on high.

00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:19.900
 Prayer is saying,

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:23.799
 Lord, you work out your sovereign purposes.

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 And we have this man waiting upon God,

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:32.480
 seeking God in prayer.

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:35.619
 And then waiting upon God,

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:37.359
 for we read in verse 21,

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:39.379
 Without saying a word,

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:41.539
 the man watched her closely

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:44.220
 to learn whether or not the Lord

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:47.099
 had made his journey successful.

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.039
 Prayer.

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 Are we a praying people?

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:56.940
 Have we this kind of attitude

00:24:56.940 --> 00:25:00.920
 as we seek the Lord's will for our lives?

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:05.139
 Are we seeking him daily in prayer?

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:09.399
 Of course, there's a greater example

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:13.039
 of a praying life in the Lord Jesus,

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:16.259
 who was also the servant.

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:22.400
 Remember how he comes into the world.

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:26.680
 And we know that he is going to bring blessing

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.700
 through the world,

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.000
 through his death,

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:31.200
 and through his resurrection.

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:37.879
 We know that he was the seed of Abraham.

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 And as he comes to the cross,

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:43.039
 how does he pray?

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:46.879
 Lord, not my will,

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:49.599
 but yours be done.

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:55.460
 He submits himself to the sovereign will of God,

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:59.240
 and waits patiently upon God,

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:04.440
 and triumphs through his death and resurrection.

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:08.120
 The servant's faith in God

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:12.019
 ought to be our faith as well.

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:14.820
 And as we learn from the servant,

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:17.340
 so we must learn from that greater servant,

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:19.759
 the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:24.340
 But the servant's faith is also seen

00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:25.900
 in his earnestness.

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:28.620
 Now, I don't know whether you will find

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:31.200
 the word earnestness in the dictionary.

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:34.200
 If you like, put it zeal.

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:36.340
 But you know what I mean.

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:40.140
 There was a practice, of course,

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:42.080
 in the East to show hospitality.

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.920
 And we find eventually

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:47.620
 the servant is taken to Rebecca's home.

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:49.340
 We didn't have time to read

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:50.720
 the whole story this morning,

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:53.160
 but I do recommend that you read it through,

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:55.380
 because it is a beautiful story,

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:58.480
 right from the whole of the chapter.

00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:03.599
 But food is set before this servant.

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.019
 Verse 33.

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:07.299
 Then food was set before him,

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.380
 but he said,

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:10.160
 I will not eat

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:12.339
 until I have told you

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.759
 what I have to say.

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:17.220
 Now let's remember that here's a man

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:19.599
 who's been traveling in the desert.

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.819
 He's been under the hot sun,

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.900
 desert sun.

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:27.839
 He's been sleeping under the stars at night.

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:31.199
 And there's a feast spread out before him.

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:33.199
 And we would expect him,

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.679
 and even excuse him,

00:27:36.459 --> 00:27:40.240
 if he sat down and enjoyed his meal.

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:45.959
 But here is a man who is on his Lord's business.

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:49.500
 Here is a man who is on God's business.

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:53.680
 He knows that his father,

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:57.440
 his master's son needs a wife,

00:27:58.619 --> 00:28:01.319
 that God's promise might be fulfilled.

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:06.460
 And we find him earnestly pursuing that business,

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:08.599
 and he doesn't really rest

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:11.759
 until Rebecca is on the way home.

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:17.279
 Rebecca's relations want her to stay for a while.

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.140
 But he says,

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.220
 verse 56,

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:22.019
 Do not detain me

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:24.799
 now that the Lord has granted success

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:26.160
 to my journey.

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:29.599
 His faith was such

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:31.680
 that he was ready even

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:34.299
 to put the legitimate to one side

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:37.759
 in order that the purposes of God

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:39.639
 might be worked out.

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:43.359
 Do we have a faith like that?

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.940
 There's so many things

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:48.159
 that are legitimate and okay.

00:28:51.659 --> 00:28:52.839
 But faith

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:56.240
 is ready to put aside the legitimate

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:58.960
 in order to serve God.

00:28:58.960 --> 00:29:02.420
 Is not our life

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.900
 more than food?

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.360
 Said the Lord Jesus

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:06.799
 in the Sermon on the Mount.

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:09.480
 Did not the Lord Jesus

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:11.400
 put this into practice

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.559
 when he says

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:14.420
 that the well

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:17.579
 my meat is to do the will

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:19.440
 of him who sent me?

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:22.420
 Are we not reminded again

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:24.019
 in the Sermon on the Mount

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:27.340
 that we should seek first

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:28.860
 his kingdom

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:30.699
 and his righteousness?

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:34.399
 What is our priority?

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:37.259
 How earnest are we

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:39.779
 in the Lord's business?

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.319
 There's a temptation

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.699
 as we've already said

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.740
 to give up.

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:48.019
 But we're called to endure

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:49.119
 to the end.

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:51.319
 And we're called to be zealous.

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.879
 We're called to be earnest

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:55.579
 in our walk with the Lord

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:58.379
 as this man was.

00:29:58.859 --> 00:30:00.899
 And we capture something

00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:02.179
 of the urgency,

00:30:02.679 --> 00:30:03.619
 this longing

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:05.379
 to do what God

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:07.000
 required of him.

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:10.039
 But the servant's faith

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.519
 in God

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.439
 is not only seen

00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:12.339
 in his praying,

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:14.319
 in his earnestness,

00:30:14.699 --> 00:30:16.919
 but also in his worship.

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:20.620
 I think here is a man

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.820
 who worships

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:23.000
 in spirit

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.840
 and in truth.

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:28.300
 Rebecca comes

00:30:28.300 --> 00:30:30.259
 and she draws water

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.860
 for him

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.779
 and his camels.

00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:34.279
 And he discovers

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.660
 that she comes

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:37.360
 from the right family.

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:40.340
 That God has indeed

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:42.360
 directed his footsteps.

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:44.240
 That God has brought him

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.819
 to this particular place.

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:47.180
 But what does he do?

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.220
 Does he give himself

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:51.519
 a pat on the back

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.019
 and say,

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.059
 I've made it?

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.900
 I've done it?

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:58.079
 No, he worships.

00:30:58.079 --> 00:31:00.099
 He gives all glory

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.859
 to God

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.299
 and faith does that.

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.079
 Verse 26,

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:07.439
 Then the man bowed down

00:31:07.439 --> 00:31:09.119
 and worshipped the Lord.

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:12.339
 Praise be to the Lord.

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:14.779
 He gives glory to God

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:16.139
 and true faith

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:17.480
 always does that.

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:20.079
 We find it again

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.399
 in verse 48.

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.619
 Then he bowed down

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:25.099
 and worshipped the Lord.

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.879
 I praise the Lord,

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:28.879
 the God of my master Abraham,

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.419
 who has led me

00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:31.579
 on the right road

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:33.220
 to get the granddaughter

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.740
 of my master's brother

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:36.519
 for his son.

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.179
 True faith

00:31:39.179 --> 00:31:42.279
 gives glory to God.

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:45.220
 The man takes no credit

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.639
 to himself.

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.919
 The servant

00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:52.859
 was all that he ought to be.

00:31:54.159 --> 00:31:55.279
 We live, don't we,

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:57.740
 in a very man-centered world.

00:31:57.740 --> 00:32:00.900
 And that man-centered world

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:03.220
 can enter into the church

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:05.319
 where our worship

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:07.140
 becomes man-centered.

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:09.200
 It's all about us.

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.299
 But no,

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:14.380
 the Lord blesses us

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:16.339
 in so many different ways

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:18.000
 as he blessed this servant.

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:22.940
 But as he gave glory to God,

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:25.220
 so we must give glory to have.

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:27.259
 All that we have,

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.440
 all that we are,

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.740
 all that we are able

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.900
 to accomplish,

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:33.180
 all that we're unable to do

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.940
 is of him.

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:38.019
 And to him must be

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:39.079
 all the glory.

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:41.319
 How dare we take the glory

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:43.000
 to ourselves?

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.339
 The faith

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.960
 of the servant.

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.559
 But finally,

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.559
 let's look at

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:53.240
 Rebecca's faith

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.980
 in God.

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.819
 How do we see that

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.579
 manifested

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.500
 in the pages

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:59.519
 of Scripture?

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.740
 Well,

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.319
 we see it,

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.160
 first of all,

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:05.299
 in her purity.

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:07.299
 Verse 16.

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.500
 The girl was

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.720
 very beautiful,

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.099
 a virgin.

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.720
 No man

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.200
 had ever

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:15.299
 laid with her.

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.059
 Her beauty

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.940
 was more

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:19.299
 than skin deep.

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:22.700
 There was a purity.

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.759
 There'd be no

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:26.220
 sexual laxity.

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:29.000
 She was all

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.039
 that a young woman

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.299
 ought to be.

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.859
 And it demonstrated,

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.259
 I would suggest to you,

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.799
 her faith in God.

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:40.359
 Do we have

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:41.799
 that kind of faith?

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.299
 How pure

00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:44.619
 are our lives?

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:47.119
 young men,

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.739
 young women

00:33:47.739 --> 00:33:49.779
 who are here

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.439
 this morning.

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.799
 You're living

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.579
 in a world

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.459
 where you're being

00:33:53.459 --> 00:33:54.539
 pressurized

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:56.139
 into a mold

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:58.579
 to live

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.219
 your lives

00:33:59.219 --> 00:33:59.779
 in this

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.839
 particular way

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.839
 as the world

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.519
 lives.

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:06.000
 But oh,

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.639
 when the time

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.599
 comes for your

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.059
 marriage,

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.960
 may it be able

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.639
 to be said

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.239
 of you

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:12.719
 that you

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.500
 are pure.

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.359
 that there's been

00:34:15.359 --> 00:34:16.420
 no sexual

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.319
 laxity.

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.659
 A faith

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.319
 in God

00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:21.420
 will show

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.319
 itself in the

00:34:22.319 --> 00:34:23.119
 life that is

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.079
 lived in

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:25.019
 a world

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:27.000
 which is

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.799
 promiscuous.

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.679
 But Rebecca's

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.699
 faith in God

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.819
 is also seen

00:34:32.819 --> 00:34:34.000
 in her works.

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.579
 Look at

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.900
 verse 17

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.940
 to 20.

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.799
 We believe

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.380
 that a man

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.159
 is justified

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.960
 by faith

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.380
 alone

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:43.219
 in Christ

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:43.819
 alone

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:45.019
 for salvation.

00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:46.300
 It is faith

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.980
 plus nothing

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:48.220
 that saves us.

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:49.940
 But faith

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.920
 without works

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.700
 is dead.

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.300
 Works

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.980
 shows

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:55.100
 our faith.

00:34:58.100 --> 00:34:59.100
 And faith

00:34:59.100 --> 00:34:59.860
 is put

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.720
 to test

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:02.019
 by the servant.

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.059
 Give me

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.620
 something

00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:05.559
 to drink.

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:05.619
 drink.

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.380
 And she

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.039
 runs and

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.820
 gets water

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.960
 for him

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:14.480
 and offers

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.920
 to get

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.440
 water

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.000
 for the

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.579
 camels

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.340
 as well.

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.360
 The story

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.059
 tells us

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.360
 that there

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:21.000
 were 10

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.579
 camels.

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.699
 And I

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.159
 looked up

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.699
 some few

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.400
 facts and

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.759
 figures.

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.159
 Do you

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.759
 know a

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.179
 camel

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:31.199
 can drink

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:32.000
 25

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.739
 gallons

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.599
 of water?

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.959
 So she's

00:35:35.959 --> 00:35:36.639
 not offering

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.339
 him a

00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:37.799
 glass of

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:38.159
 orange,

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:38.659
 is she?

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.939
 She's going

00:35:40.939 --> 00:35:41.839
 beyond the

00:35:41.839 --> 00:35:42.500
 call of

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.159
 service.

00:35:44.459 --> 00:35:45.000
 This was

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.699
 commitment.

00:35:47.399 --> 00:35:47.859
 And she's

00:35:47.859 --> 00:35:48.500
 not doing

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.979
 it for

00:35:48.979 --> 00:35:49.579
 reward.

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:49.919
 Yes,

00:35:49.959 --> 00:35:50.379
 there was

00:35:50.379 --> 00:35:51.079
 a reward

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.399
 of bracelets,

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.000
 etc.

00:35:53.779 --> 00:35:54.519
 But she

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.159
 didn't know

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.679
 that at

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.339
 the time.

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.000
 She is

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.919
 showing true

00:35:59.919 --> 00:36:00.759
 hospitality,

00:36:01.359 --> 00:36:02.319
 true love.

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:05.319
 she doesn't

00:36:05.319 --> 00:36:05.759
 know the

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.419
 reason for

00:36:06.419 --> 00:36:06.719
 it at

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.419
 this time.

00:36:09.419 --> 00:36:10.259
 Yet she

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:11.219
 walks in

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:12.299
 obedience to

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:12.859
 the Lord.

00:36:13.439 --> 00:36:14.079
 Not only

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.000
 in purity,

00:36:16.419 --> 00:36:16.859
 but she

00:36:16.859 --> 00:36:17.519
 goes the

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.500
 extra mile.

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.179
 And faith

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:21.099
 is ready

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:22.039
 to go the

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.339
 extra mile.

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.819
 It's ready

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:25.319
 to do

00:36:25.319 --> 00:36:26.079
 more

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.599
 than what

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.419
 is asked.

00:36:29.359 --> 00:36:30.139
 Give me

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.719
 a drink

00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:31.339
 of water.

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.380
 water.

00:36:32.680 --> 00:36:33.079
 Yes,

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.760
 and I'll

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.180
 give the

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.740
 camels

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.860
 as well.

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.559
 But finally,

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.300
 Rebecca's

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.660
 faith is

00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:42.059
 seen not

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.440
 only in

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.140
 her purity

00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:44.579
 and in

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:44.960
 her good

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.559
 works,

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.519
 but in

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.579
 her submission

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.300
 to the

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.880
 will of

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.240
 God.

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.559
 If you

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.000
 read the

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.920
 story carefully,

00:36:54.120 --> 00:36:54.400
 you will

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.160
 see that she

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.820
 sees the

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.400
 hand of

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.200
 God in

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.660
 all that

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.360
 has happened,

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.460
 in all that

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.019
 has taken

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.639
 place.

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.579
 So when

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.079
 she is

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:05.360
 asked in

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.460
 verse 58,

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.019
 will you

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.900
 go with

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.800
 this man,

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.800
 this servant,

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.659
 she says,

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:14.340
 I will

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.119
 go.

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.639
 She

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.599
 recognises

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.320
 that this

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.820
 is the

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.300
 will of

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:19.539
 God,

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.280
 and off

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:20.840
 she goes

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.639
 to Canaan

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.920
 to become

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.900
 Isaac's

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.300
 wife.

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.400
 love.

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.660
 And a

00:37:27.660 --> 00:37:27.900
 fitting

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:29.400
 postscript

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.160
 is provided

00:37:30.160 --> 00:37:30.700
 for us

00:37:30.700 --> 00:37:31.320
 in verse

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:32.140
 67.

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.039
 Isaac

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:35.100
 brought her

00:37:35.100 --> 00:37:35.880
 into the

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.420
 tent of

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:36.880
 his mother

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.320
 Sarah,

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:38.560
 and he

00:37:38.560 --> 00:37:38.900
 married

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.380
 Rebecca.

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:41.000
 So she

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.780
 became his

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.220
 wife,

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.720
 and he

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:43.300
 loved her,

00:37:44.060 --> 00:37:44.600
 and Isaac

00:37:44.600 --> 00:37:45.640
 was comforted

00:37:45.640 --> 00:37:47.160
 after his

00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:47.660
 mother's

00:37:47.660 --> 00:37:47.980
 death.

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.700
 Rebecca's

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:51.360
 faith,

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:52.300
 her

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:52.980
 commitment

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.880
 to her

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.320
 God,

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:55.640
 is seen

00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:56.579
 in all

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.099
 of her

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:58.019
 actions.

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.880
 And our

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.660
 commitment,

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.099
 our faith,

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.480
 will be

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.599
 seen in

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:04.740
 ours also.

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:07.419
 I think

00:38:07.419 --> 00:38:08.079
 of another

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.559
 man,

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.799
 a heavenly

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:11.639
 bridegroom.

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.099
 Will you

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.879
 go with

00:38:14.879 --> 00:38:15.419
 this

00:38:15.419 --> 00:38:16.339
 bridegroom?

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:17.500
 It's

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.919
 something,

00:38:18.319 --> 00:38:18.879
 a question

00:38:18.879 --> 00:38:19.659
 we all

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.179
 have to

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.759
 ask

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:21.659
 ourselves.

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:22.839
 Will you

00:38:22.839 --> 00:38:23.379
 go with

00:38:23.379 --> 00:38:23.639
 this,

00:38:23.819 --> 00:38:24.519
 our heavenly

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.179
 bridegroom?

00:38:25.379 --> 00:38:25.759
 Will you

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:26.399
 go with

00:38:26.399 --> 00:38:26.619
 him?

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.459
 Will you

00:38:28.459 --> 00:38:28.879
 become

00:38:28.879 --> 00:38:29.679
 his bride?

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:31.599
 Will you

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.239
 know that

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:33.019
 over you

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:34.159
 is banner

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:35.819
 is love?

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:37.679
 Will you

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:38.239
 go with

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:39.779
 him in

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.259
 the life

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:41.139
 of faith?

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.599
 And it's

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:43.239
 a challenge

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:43.859
 for each

00:38:43.859 --> 00:38:44.279
 one of

00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:44.980
 us today,

00:38:45.359 --> 00:38:45.819
 from the

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:46.539
 youngest to

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.279
 the oldest.

00:38:48.319 --> 00:38:48.739
 Will we

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:49.359
 walk the

00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:50.219
 path of

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.699
 faith?

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.079
 Will we

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:53.039
 walk according

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.739
 to his

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.420
 revealed

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.960
 will?

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:56.179
 Will we

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.960
 walk that

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.599
 life of

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.000
 faith,

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.379
 recognising

00:38:59.379 --> 00:39:00.519
 his overruling

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.219
 providence

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.819
 in our

00:39:01.819 --> 00:39:02.139
 life?

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.219
 Will we

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.719
 walk the

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.339
 life of

00:39:04.339 --> 00:39:05.059
 faith in

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.619
 prayer?

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:07.039
 Will we

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.679
 have that

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.339
 faith that

00:39:08.339 --> 00:39:09.039
 earnestly

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:10.679
 desires God's

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.359
 will to be

00:39:11.359 --> 00:39:12.000
 carried out

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:13.339
 above everything

00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:13.919
 else?

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.059
 Will we

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:15.619
 have that

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:16.259
 faith that

00:39:16.259 --> 00:39:17.039
 gives God

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.879
 the glory

00:39:17.879 --> 00:39:19.219
 and causes

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:19.839
 us to

00:39:19.839 --> 00:39:20.539
 bow in

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.000
 worship?

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.639
 Will we

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.179
 have that

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.779
 faith that

00:39:23.779 --> 00:39:24.239
 will show

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:25.039
 itself in

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:26.059
 purity of

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.500
 life?

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.039
 Will we

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:28.519
 have that

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.879
 faith that

00:39:29.879 --> 00:39:30.699
 shows itself

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.339
 in good

00:39:31.339 --> 00:39:31.939
 works?

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:33.579
 will we

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:34.119
 have that

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:35.960
 faith that

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.700
 says I

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.260
 will go

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:38.380
 with this

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:39.559
 man, the

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.139
 Lord Jesus

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:41.579
 Christ, to

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:43.059
 the end of

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:44.179
 my days.

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.139
 I will

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.840
 trust him.

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.240
 May the

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:47.860
 Lord give

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.320
 us that

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:49.840
 kind of

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.980
 faith that

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.559
 his name

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:52.760
 might be

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.400
 glorified.

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:54.880
 Amen.

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.700
 Let's pray

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:57.119
 together.

00:39:57.119 --> 00:40:00.519
 Father, we

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.980
 thank you

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.380
 for the

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:02.059
 continual

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:03.039
 challenge of

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.719
 your word

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:05.940
 and we

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.779
 pray that

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:08.799
 the word

00:40:08.799 --> 00:40:09.319
 that has

00:40:09.319 --> 00:40:10.319
 been spoken

00:40:10.319 --> 00:40:11.179
 this morning

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.759
 and read

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:14.519
 will indeed

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:16.500
 enter into

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:17.440
 not only

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.219
 our minds

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:19.079
 but also

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.920
 into our

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.440
 hearts.

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:22.619
 We pray

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:23.059
 that the

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:23.699
 evil one

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:24.219
 will not

00:40:24.219 --> 00:40:25.219
 snatch away

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:25.899
 the seed

00:40:25.899 --> 00:40:27.919
 but rather

00:40:27.919 --> 00:40:28.339
 it will

00:40:28.339 --> 00:40:29.299
 bear fruit.

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.339
 And if

00:40:31.339 --> 00:40:31.859
 oh Lord

00:40:31.859 --> 00:40:32.399
 we have

00:40:32.399 --> 00:40:33.119
 been tempted

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.559
 in the

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.379
 past week

00:40:34.379 --> 00:40:35.179
 or will

00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:35.699
 be tempted

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:36.119
 in the

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.579
 week that

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.319
 lies ahead

00:40:37.319 --> 00:40:37.679
 or the

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:38.239
 month that

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.859
 lie ahead

00:40:38.859 --> 00:40:41.159
 grant that

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.500
 we will

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:42.519
 remember what

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:42.839
 we have

00:40:42.839 --> 00:40:43.579
 heard today

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 and continue

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 to walk

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 by faith

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 and not

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 by sight.

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 Help us

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 to this

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 end we

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 pray in

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 Jesus name.

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 Amen.