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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise. We're singing in Psalm 16,

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 in the Sing Psalms version, Psalm 16 on page 16. We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 7.

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 Protect me, O my God, you are my refuge through. I said, you are my Lord, I have no good apart

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 from you. The godly in the land for holiness renowned, they are the glorious ones in whom

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 all my delight is found. We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 7, and the tune is Selma.

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 Amen.

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 My Lord, I have no good apart from you. The godly in the land for holiness renowned, they are the glorious ones in whom

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 all I delight is found. Their sorrows will increase, who on force God's divine.

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 I will not sacrifice to them, their worship I define.

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 O Lord, you are to me, my cup and portion sure. The shame that is assigned to me, you God and he,

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 the Lord, I have no good apart from you. The Lord, I have no good apart from you. The Lord, I have no good apart from you.

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 The Lord, I have no good apart from you. The Lord, I have no good apart from you. The Lord, I have no good apart from you.

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 the appointed

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 To me is God divine.

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 I'll praise the Lord my God, whose counsel guides my choice.

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 And be there in the land of my heart, bring all the expressions of joy.

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 Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer. Let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 our people to yourself. And so we thank you that as your call is here this evening, it is also all

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 around us, that you are a God who is calling our people near and far to come and follow you. For we

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 see that your voice is heard, not just through your word as we have it before it, although we

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 acknowledge that that is your special revelation to us. But we thank you too that you reveal

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 yourself to us through your very creation, through the heavens and the earth and all that we see of

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 your glory around us. For it reminds us that you are our maker, that you are our keeper, that you are

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 the one who has made all things, that you are the one who will call all things to an end, that you are

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 the one who has given our days to number them and to be wise with them. And so we pray this night,

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 O Lord, that as we see and hear your call to us, that you will give us the heart to be obedient to

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 that call, to hear it and to follow you. To follow you, Lord, through whatever paths you have in store,

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 to follow you in whatever work you have for us, to call you above all to look to Jesus and to put

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 our trust in him. And to know in him the one who is our security and our salvation,

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 now and for eternity. And so we praise you for your call. We praise you for your word. And we ask

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 your blessing anew on it this evening, that you will speak to each of us, not just collectively as a

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 congregation, but individually, whether we are sitting here in the building, whether we are listening

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 online, whenever we might hear your voice, that you would give us an ear to hear and a heart to respond.

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 And so we pray, Lord, that you would bless us and watch over us as a people. We do pray, O Lord,

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 that as we go forward from here, that you will be a God who leads us and guides us. We thank you for,

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 as we come to your word this evening, the reminder of Abraham, who was one who you called,

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 but also one who you led, one who you showed the way he was to go, the one who was able to look,

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 not to the cities of this world, but to a city whose maker and builder was God. And we ask, O Lord,

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 that you will give us the eyes of faith that Abraham had, and so many like him as well, that we would

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 continue to fix our eyes on you, that you would be the one that would guide our every step and lead us

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 in every way. And especially as we enter into a period of change as a congregation, as we think of a time

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 of vacancy and the need to be led by you, we pray that you will give us a spirit of prayer,

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 that you will fill our hearts, O Lord, with that longing to know you, to worship you, first and foremost,

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 and then to seek you and to know your guidance, to know your help, to know you speaking to us as a

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 people, as a congregation, as a community, that you would guide us, O Lord, that the vacancy would be

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 filled in your time and by your person. So we ask, O Lord, that in all things we will look to you,

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 and we thank you for all that we have around us to help and to encourage, that you give us that

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 spirit of prayer, that spirit of unity, that bondness of encouragement to one another and

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 loving one another. And we pray that you will increase these things in our midst, so that we

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 will be a congregation that would be said of, that see how they love him, see how they love Christ,

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 and how they love one another. And so we pray, Lord, for you to lead us in these ways. And we pray

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 for the Reverend Colin McLeod as he will become into the moderator. We ask, O Lord, for help and

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 strength to him in his own congregation and back, and also as he assists here as well. May he know your

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 help and your strength throughout these days and months ahead. We pray too, Lord, for our leadership as

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 a Kirk session and as a deacon's court. We pray, Lord, for you to give us wisdom and guidance

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 and help in all our discussions going forward as well. We pray that you will unite us together.

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 We pray for a vacancy committee as it's formed. We ask, O Lord, for your wisdom in that

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 and for guidance among all of us as a congregation to consider prayerfully who will come and preach,

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 who we would long to have among us, who would be a shepherd over us. So, Lord, we pray for your

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 blessing and your help in that. We thank you, Lord, that your promise is that you will be with us, and we

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 pray that we will keep hold of your promises at all times. And we ask above all, Lord, for your ministry,

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 for your gospel work to flourish in our midst. As was once said, there is no such thing as a vacant

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 congregation when God is in their midst. And we thank you for that, that your work goes on,

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 that we are a people serving you in the gospel. And we pray that that good news, that glorious news

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 of Jesus will be proclaimed by us all far and wide, that throughout our homes and our communities, that we

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 will share that word with one another and those who come around us as well, whether it's in our homes,

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 in our workplaces, in our communities at large, even those who pass us by at times, who we maybe only

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 see for a glimpse in a moment. Give us that boldness to speak. As we think of the gospel needs that are

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 around us, Lord, we thank you for all who serve in our midst, and we pray that you will strengthen

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 and encourage men and women, boys and girls who help in so many different ways. We thank you for

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 that willing spirit in our midst, and we pray that that will increase all the more, that we will be

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 united together for your cause here. We pray for your wider churches as well. We thank you for

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 your kingdom as it is being built. We pray for congregations throughout our own presbytery,

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 each one, O Lord, that they may know your blessing and your presence in their midst. We particularly

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 remember other congregations coming into vacancy at this time as well. We remember the congregation

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 in Grava. We ask your blessing on them, that they will again know your leading and guiding in these

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 days ahead. We pray for Reverend David McLeod, who is to be intermoderated over them. May you bless

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 them and uphold him. May you guide them and bless them too. And we remember Iamacritchie and his

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 induction on Friday evening, last Friday evening, to Greyfriars and Inverness. We thank you for that

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 occasion as we enjoyed our time here, that they enjoyed that time as well. And we pray for him

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 as he takes up the ministry there, and that the congregation and preacher would be blessed by you.

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 May you encourage them and be with them throughout these days ahead as well. We pray for our

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 denomination as a whole, O Lord. We pray for the ministry of your word throughout our land and far and

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 wide, that you would bless it to all ends of the earth, that the promises of your word would be

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 fulfilled to all ends, to the north, the south, the east and west, that you would call a people to

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 yourself. Remember all who minister in so many different ways. We think of Muriel in Cambodia.

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 We again commit her to your care and keeping. Thankful for the opportunities to meet with her over the

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 soon. We pray for that meeting on Tuesday, God willing, that you will bless it, that you will

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 bless her and hear our prayers for her and answer according to your will. Remember all our people,

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 and especially our schools and children at this time, as a time of holiday is upon us. May you watch

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 over people as they travel to and fro, our own as they go away, and visitors who come into our midst.

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 We pray for safety and blessing. We pray for refreshing and encouragement in these weeks of

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 holiday. We thank you for our schools, and we thank you for all the teachers. We pray for each one of

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 them, Lord, to know your spirit upon them, to know your goodness with them. We pray for our schools to be

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 a place of refuge, a place of your spirit abiding and the beauty of the Lord being seen. We know we hear

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 so often different stories, but Lord, we pray that you'd be pleased to visit us in our communities in

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 a special way, to watch over our young people, to draw them to yourself. We ask, O Lord, that you would

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 bless us now as we continue in our worship, remember us in all our needs, in our homes and families,

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 those who are unwell, those who grieve and mourn, those who are heavy in heart or cast down in spirit

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 at this time, those who feel discouraged or even dismayed. We pray, O Lord, for your spirit to be

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 with them, for your love and your grace to surround them, and your peace to be upon them. And Lord,

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 we ask you'll continue with us now in our time of worship as we open up your word, as we sing your

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 praise. May we do all to your glory and help us to hear you speaking to us as we ask all confessing

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 our sins anew, seeking your goodness and mercy to be upon us as we ask everything in Jesus' precious

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 name and for his glory. Amen.

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 We'll again sing to God's praise this time in Psalm 89 in the Scottish Psalter, page 344.

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 Psalm 89 on page 344. We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 5. The tune is New London.

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 Psalm 89 at verse 1. God's mercies I will ever sing, and with my mouth I shall. Thy faithfulness

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 make to be known to generations all. For mercy shall be built, said I, forever to endure. Thy

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 faithfulness even in the heavens thou wilt establish sure. We'll sing from verse 1 to 5 to God's praise.

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 God's mercies I will ever sing, and with my mouth I shall. Thy faithfulness came to the Lord, to be warm, to be

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 my God's merciful. The Lord's mercies I will ever sing, and with my mouth I shall. Thy faithfulness came to be born, to be

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 to generations on.

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 For mercy shall be blessed

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 and I forever to endure.

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 Thy faithfulness yield in the hands

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 thou wilt be sadly sure.

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 I with my chosen one have made

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 a covenant gracious thee.

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 And to my servant

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 whom I love

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 to thee is for my.

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 But I thy seed is salvation

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 forever to remain.

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 And will to generations of life

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 both build and maintain.

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 The gracious hope I want

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 for the heavens shall express.

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 And in the congregation

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 all sakes my faithfulness.

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 Can we turn together to read God's word

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 now in the book of Genesis?

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 The first book of the Bible, Genesis.

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 And we'll take up our reading in chapter 11

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 and at verse 27.

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 Genesis chapter 11, taking up our reading

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 at verse 27, we read down into chapter 12

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 and verse 9.

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 Now these are the generations of Terah.

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 Terah fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran.

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 And Haran fathered Lot.

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 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah

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 in the land of his kindred

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 in Ur of the Chaldeans.

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 And Abram and Nahor took wives.

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 The name of Abram's wife was Sarai.

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 And the name of Nahor's wife Milcah,

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 the daughter of Haran,

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 the father of Milcah and Iscah.

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 Now Sarai was barren.

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 She had no child.

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 Terah took Abram his son

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 and Lot the son of Haran,

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 his grandson,

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 and Sarai his daughter-in-law,

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 his son Abram's wife.

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 And they went forth together

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 from Ur of the Chaldeans

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 to go into the land of Canaan.

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 But when they came to Haran,

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 they settled there.

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 The days of Terah were 205 years,

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 and Terah died in Haran.

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 Now the Lord said to Abram,

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 Go from your country

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 and your kindred

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 and your father's house

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 to the land that I will show you.

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 And I will make you a great nation.

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 And I will bless you

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 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 all the families

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 of the earth

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 shall be blessed.

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 So Abram went

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 as the Lord had told him.

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 And Lot went with him.

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 Abram was 75 years old

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 when he departed from Haran.

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 And Abram took Sarai,

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 his wife,

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 and Lot,

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 his brother's son,

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 and all their possessions

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 that they had gathered,

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 and the people

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 that they had acquired in Haran.

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 And they set out

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 to go to the land of Canaan.

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 When they came

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 to the land of Canaan,

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 Abram passed through the land

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 to the place at Shechem,

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 to the oak of Moreh.

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 At that time,

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 the Canaanites were in the land.

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 Then the Lord appeared

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 to Abram and said,

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 To your offspring

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 I will give this land.

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 So he built there

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 an altar to the Lord

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 who had appeared to him.

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 From there he moved

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 to the hill country

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 on the east of Bethel

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 and pitched his tent

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 with Bethel on the west

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 and I on the east.

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 And there he built

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 an altar to the Lord

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 and called upon

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 the name of the Lord.

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 And Abram journeyed on,

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 still going towards the Negev.

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 And so on.

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 May God bless that reading

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 from his word.

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 Before we turn back

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 to this passage,

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 we're going to sing again

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 to God's praise.

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 This time Psalm 105

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 in the Scottish Psalter version.

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 Psalm 105, page 375.

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 We'll sing from verse 6

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 to verse 10.

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 And the tune is Glasgow.

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 O ye that are of Abraham's race,

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 his servant well approved,

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 and ye that Jacob's children are,

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.859
 whom he chose for his own,

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:45.180
 because he and he only is

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:46.799
 the mighty Lord our God,

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.779
 and his most righteous judgments

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:51.779
 are in all the earth abroad.

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 We'll sing from verse 6

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:55.000
 down to verse 10

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:56.680
 to God's praise.

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:56.799
 Amen.

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 O ye that are of Abraham's race,

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:17.180
 his servant well approved,

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:26.840
 and he that Jacob's children are,

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:34.180
 and he chose for his own.

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:43.920
 Because he and he only is,

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:51.180
 the mighty Lord our God,

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:53.500
 and his bosque's wife with his own.

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 And his bosque's life with her dr hár,

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:03.759
 and his use of water.

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:05.380
 And his bosque'sesis are,

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:35.360
 God bless you.

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:42.380
 The word he did, O my.

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:52.380
 Which covenant he firmly laid

00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:59.040
 With faithful Abraham.

00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:09.039
 And unto Isaac by his soul

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:17.039
 He did renew the same.

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:26.039
 And unto Jacob for a law

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:33.039
 He made it firm and true

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:42.039
 A covenant to Israel

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:49.039
 Which ever should endure

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:58.779
 We can turn back to our reading in Genesis chapter 12.

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:04.099
 And the beginning of that chapter, we'll look at verse 1 to 4 together this evening.

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:06.779
 Genesis chapter 12.

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:10.339
 And here we have God's call to Abraham.

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.720
 We can just read at the beginning there.

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:14.360
 Now the Lord said to Abraham,

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:20.559
 Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:23.039
 And I will make you a great nation.

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:28.039
 And I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:33.980
 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse.

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:38.839
 And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:44.480
 So Abraham went, as the Lord had told him.

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:51.940
 There's a question we're often asked when we meet somebody, especially for the first time.

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:55.019
 And that question is, where are you from?

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:58.920
 It's one of the most natural questions to ask.

00:26:59.120 --> 00:27:03.420
 But the response you give will depend where you are when you're being asked,

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:05.880
 or maybe who you are speaking to.

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:10.019
 If you just meet someone locally around the town,

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:15.079
 the question might be focused just on Stornoway itself or another village in the island.

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:17.460
 It might be, you know, what street are you from?

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.240
 Where's your house?

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.700
 What house do you belong to?

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:23.519
 Maybe you're speaking to someone who's just from another part of the island.

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:25.279
 It'd be, what village are you from?

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:29.779
 Or if you're in Scotland, maybe you're away from the island.

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:32.200
 They'd be asking, where are you from?

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:35.980
 They might just say the Isle of Lewis or the Western Isles.

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:38.819
 Or if you're abroad and someone hears your accent

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:40.159
 and ask, where are you from?

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:42.279
 You might just respond, Scotland.

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:46.399
 There's all kinds of answers that we can give to the question,

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:48.879
 depending on our circumstances.

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:51.799
 That question, where are you from?

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:57.099
 Tonight we're looking at this passage where God calls Abram.

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.839
 And as we're looking at this passage,

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:04.079
 we're considering Abram and God's call to him.

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:08.419
 And just thinking of Abram, we could ask that question of him.

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.740
 Who is he?

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:12.779
 And where is he from?

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:17.139
 You often hear Abraham mentioned.

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:20.000
 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:23.639
 These names keep appearing throughout the scriptures.

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:27.759
 Abram is seen as the father of the faith.

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:32.220
 As we sang in Psalm 105 there in verse 6,

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.480
 it speaks of Abram.

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:35.720
 O ye that are of Abram's race,

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:38.019
 his servant well approved.

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:40.440
 He's faithful Abram.

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:43.000
 He's described as there in that psalm as well.

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:46.139
 He's such an important figure in the scriptures.

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:48.319
 The covenant that was made with him,

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.500
 that God made with him,

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:51.879
 the promise that God gave to him,

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:55.759
 as you see in Genesis 12 through to Genesis 17.

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:58.460
 Abram is a father figure,

00:28:58.940 --> 00:29:01.480
 an important figure in the scriptures,

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:03.639
 referred to again and again in the Old

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:05.700
 and into the New Testament.

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:07.759
 But who is he?

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:10.020
 And where is he from?

00:29:12.020 --> 00:29:17.060
 He would be one who would be blessed by God

00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:20.120
 and through whom blessings would come.

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:24.119
 But if you were to meet Abram in his time

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:25.399
 and ask him,

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.799
 where are you from?

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:30.899
 I wonder what kind of answer he would have given.

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:33.339
 Because as you read of him,

00:29:33.719 --> 00:29:35.519
 you often find that he is someone

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:38.219
 who is constantly on the move.

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:41.939
 He's a wanderer in so many ways.

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:45.320
 And the question to Abram is not so much,

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.160
 where are you from?

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:49.080
 But ultimately,

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:51.000
 where are you going?

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:55.720
 And that is perhaps the way Abram would answer.

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:58.740
 That where he is going.

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:01.980
 We think of our own culture

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:05.299
 and how many songs have been written

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:07.299
 about our homeland,

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.240
 our town,

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.380
 our villages,

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:11.560
 our islands.

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:14.860
 Through generations of people

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:16.560
 having to leave our island,

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.660
 whether it's for work

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:20.020
 or moving to another country,

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:22.120
 so many songs were written

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:23.640
 looking back to the place

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:25.280
 they would call home.

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:27.740
 The Durukin on Friday night

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:29.160
 is always full of requests

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:31.120
 from people who have moved away

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:32.440
 or who are living away now,

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:35.680
 requesting songs about where they have come from,

00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:37.080
 remembering home.

00:30:37.760 --> 00:30:38.780
 A longing for home

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:40.339
 is something that is instilled

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:42.299
 in so many people.

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:46.819
 But what about where we are going?

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:50.799
 For ourselves and for Abraham,

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:54.019
 that's a question that we have to ask ourselves as well.

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.700
 Not just where are we from,

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.960
 but ultimately,

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:59.819
 where are we going?

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:03.259
 And as we read of Abraham here,

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:05.679
 we see that through faith,

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.799
 he went forward.

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:10.000
 He left, as it were,

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:12.159
 his home place behind

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:14.559
 because God called him

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:17.039
 to go to another place.

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:20.759
 And it's amazing how it is described

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:22.559
 as you go through the Scriptures

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:24.700
 that it becomes not just a place

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:26.139
 looking to this world,

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:28.460
 but a place beyond.

00:31:29.800 --> 00:31:31.900
 For he longed for a place

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:33.620
 that one day he would see

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.620
 in all its fullness

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:36.540
 and all its glory.

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:39.020
 A place that many others

00:31:39.020 --> 00:31:40.960
 since then have longed for

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:43.360
 and to this day long for as well.

00:31:44.020 --> 00:31:45.060
 And you read of this,

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.980
 especially in the book of Hebrews.

00:31:47.780 --> 00:31:49.320
 And in that amazing chapter,

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.820
 chapter 11 of Hebrews,

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:53.660
 where it speaks about the people of faith.

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:56.840
 And just hear what it says about Abraham.

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:59.920
 In chapter 11 of Hebrews,

00:32:00.060 --> 00:32:00.640
 verse 8,

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:03.500
 By faith, Abraham obeyed

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:05.620
 when he was called to go out

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:07.660
 to a place that he was to receive

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.519
 as an inheritance.

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.519
 And he went out,

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:12.880
 not knowing where he was going.

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:15.360
 By faith, he went to live

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:16.540
 in the land of promise,

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:18.340
 as in a foreign land,

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.540
 living in tents

00:32:19.540 --> 00:32:21.560
 with Isaac and Jacob,

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.680
 heirs with him

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:24.440
 of the same promise.

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.500
 But then it says this,

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:29.120
 For he was looking forward

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:30.700
 to the city

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:32.580
 that has foundations,

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:34.299
 whose designer

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.539
 and builder

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.900
 is God.

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:40.080
 That was not just a city

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.960
 here,

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:43.120
 but an eternal city.

00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:45.220
 A city whose designer,

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.960
 whose maker

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:47.299
 and builder

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.940
 is God.

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.980
 So it wasn't just about

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.940
 where he was from.

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.539
 You see there,

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.740
 he was a wanderer.

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:55.100
 He lived in tents.

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:57.720
 But he was looking forward.

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.920
 He was looking forward

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:01.180
 to a city

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:02.519
 whose maker

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.140
 and builder

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:04.440
 is God.

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.940
 And what about

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.920
 for ourselves?

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.539
 When we consider

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:11.100
 where we're from,

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.660
 when we think to ourselves,

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:12.920
 well,

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.920
 where are we going?

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.340
 And what does that mean

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:16.940
 to us

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.880
 this evening?

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.820
 Where are we going?

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:20.740
 Where are our lives

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.759
 taking us?

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.539
 Not just in the sense

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:25.119
 of here in this world,

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:27.399
 but eternally.

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:30.319
 And how do we find

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.519
 our way?

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.279
 Well,

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.119
 how would Abraham

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:35.659
 find this city?

00:33:36.419 --> 00:33:37.339
 How would Abraham

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.619
 find this home

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:39.899
 for himself

00:33:39.899 --> 00:33:41.619
 and for all of God's people?

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.859
 Well,

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:44.239
 we see it here.

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:46.459
 How he would come

00:33:46.459 --> 00:33:47.679
 to enjoy it.

00:33:47.719 --> 00:33:48.559
 How he would come

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.779
 to find it.

00:33:50.239 --> 00:33:51.579
 It's through God's

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:53.119
 gracious call.

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:55.500
 God calling him

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.879
 and the promise

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:58.159
 of his covenant

00:33:58.159 --> 00:33:58.839
 of grace

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.539
 to him

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.759
 that we see

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.559
 beginning here

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.739
 in chapter 12

00:34:02.739 --> 00:34:03.219
 of Genesis

00:34:03.219 --> 00:34:04.299
 and it really goes through

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.859
 to chapter 17

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.619
 of Genesis

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.319
 as well.

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.319
 But ultimately

00:34:08.319 --> 00:34:08.900
 we see it

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.920
 running through

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.699
 scripture.

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.079
 The seed is here

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:14.400
 but it bears

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:15.099
 its fullness

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:17.000
 in Jesus Christ.

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.259
 And it is through

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.880
 faith

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:21.299
 in him

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:22.799
 and listening

00:34:22.799 --> 00:34:23.980
 to his call

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:25.059
 to us

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:26.579
 that we experience

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:26.960
 and know

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.699
 the blessings

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.500
 promised

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.539
 to Abraham

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.119
 here.

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.420
 And as we read,

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.559
 he would make it

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.119
 a blessing

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:34.539
 to all the nations,

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.619
 to all the families

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.539
 of the earth

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.860
 shall be blessed

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:39.139
 through him.

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.779
 It's an amazing promise.

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:43.300
 It's an amazing call.

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:45.440
 It's an amazing experience

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.659
 that God would call

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.340
 his people

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.679
 to himself.

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.880
 And we just want

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.880
 to look at this call

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.360
 to Abraham

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.940
 and see

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:53.000
 how the blessing

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:54.440
 flows to ourselves.

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.480
 We want to see it

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.400
 in four ways.

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.599
 First of all,

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.219
 just to see

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:59.880
 Abraham's background

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:01.920
 and then the call

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.659
 to Abraham

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:04.179
 and then the blessing

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:04.980
 to Abraham

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:06.659
 and then the blessing

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.880
 through Abraham.

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.079
 I want to go through

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.099
 these four things.

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.880
 And first of all,

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:12.000
 the background

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:13.380
 of Abraham.

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:16.240
 We read at the end

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:17.940
 there of chapter 11

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.599
 which kind of

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.780
 sets the scene

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.740
 for us

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.619
 when we read

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.900
 the generations

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:24.760
 of who his father was

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.320
 and brothers

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:26.199
 and family.

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.260
 And we read

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:28.360
 a number of names

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.760
 there.

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.240
 And there we find

00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:31.360
 the background

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:32.500
 of Abraham,

00:35:32.620 --> 00:35:33.300
 where he lived

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:34.380
 and how he moved.

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:36.320
 But more importantly

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.740
 maybe,

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:38.660
 the kind of people

00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:39.860
 that they were.

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.340
 And the immediate

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:44.320
 context of chapter 11

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:46.280
 is the Tower

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:47.340
 of Babel.

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.820
 If you read

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:50.039
 in verse 4

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:51.079
 of chapter 11,

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.440
 there it says,

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.519
 Then they said,

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.360
 Come,

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:56.000
 let us build

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.620
 ourselves

00:35:56.620 --> 00:35:57.340
 a city

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.960
 and a tower

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.840
 with its top

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.840
 in the heavens

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:01.019
 and let us

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.800
 make a name

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.820
 for ourselves.

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.539
 This is where

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.500
 the people were at

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.380
 and this is not long

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.760
 after the flood.

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.860
 You see,

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.760
 the people's heart

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.920
 were still inclined

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:12.039
 to make a name

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.800
 for themselves

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:14.440
 and not praise

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.980
 the name

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:16.039
 of God.

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.300
 But in the midst

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.740
 of this,

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.680
 God came.

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:21.120
 Came into the midst

00:36:21.120 --> 00:36:22.340
 and scattered them.

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.700
 Scattered them

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.660
 to all ends

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:25.960
 of the earth.

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.260
 It was not about

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:28.220
 making their name

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:28.700
 great.

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:30.539
 But that God's name

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.960
 would be made great.

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.660
 And so this was

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.940
 a time when

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.579
 the people

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:36.500
 had been scattered

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.440
 to all ends

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:38.600
 of the earth.

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.480
 And Abraham

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:42.420
 finds himself

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.539
 along with his family

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:45.600
 in Ur of the Chaldeans.

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.320
 Now you maybe

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:49.079
 think of Abraham.

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.740
 You hear this name,

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:52.079
 Mighty Abraham,

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:53.300
 Faithful Abraham,

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:53.880
 Abraham,

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:55.620
 the servant of God,

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.539
 a godly man,

00:36:57.620 --> 00:36:58.620
 you say to yourself.

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.420
 And he was.

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:01.960
 But where was he from?

00:37:03.279 --> 00:37:03.980
 Well, you think

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:05.059
 he must have had

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:06.659
 a godly family.

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:08.400
 He must have come

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.799
 from a godly line.

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.599
 And yet what you find

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.639
 as you look into it,

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.239
 as you see

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:14.319
 his father

00:37:14.319 --> 00:37:15.279
 who was Terah,

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:17.099
 what you find is

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:18.659
 that Terah lived

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.639
 among a people

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.759
 who had no word

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.759
 of God.

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:23.820
 in chapter 24

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.740
 of Joshua,

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.960
 just a wee bit

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.560
 further on

00:37:26.560 --> 00:37:27.180
 in the scriptures,

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.040
 it says that

00:37:28.040 --> 00:37:28.700
 Terah,

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:29.880
 the father of Abraham

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.420
 and Nahor,

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.700
 just as we have here,

00:37:32.700 --> 00:37:33.860
 it says that they lived

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:35.040
 in this place

00:37:35.040 --> 00:37:36.040
 out of the Chaldeans.

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.400
 But what does it say?

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.800
 It says,

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:39.060
 they served

00:37:39.060 --> 00:37:40.680
 other gods.

00:37:41.600 --> 00:37:42.860
 They didn't live

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.500
 in a place

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.260
 where God

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:45.019
 was worshipped.

00:37:45.660 --> 00:37:46.960
 They lived in a place

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:48.080
 that worshipped

00:37:48.080 --> 00:37:49.519
 other gods.

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:51.840
 And Ur of the Chaldeans

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.980
 was a place

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:54.300
 known for this.

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.920
 It was known

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:56.220
 for moon worshipping.

00:37:56.600 --> 00:37:57.280
 It was known

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:58.100
 for idols

00:37:58.100 --> 00:37:58.780
 and a place

00:37:58.780 --> 00:38:00.180
 of many gods.

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.940
 And yet that is

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.679
 where Abraham

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.839
 was from.

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:04.079
 That is his background.

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:07.480
 And he was in the midst

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.679
 of all of that.

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.299
 But doesn't that

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:12.359
 remind us

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:14.219
 of how remarkable

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:15.879
 God's grace is?

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.859
 Of how remarkable

00:38:17.859 --> 00:38:18.759
 God is

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.960
 in the abundance

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.679
 of grace

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:22.000
 he shows to people.

00:38:22.899 --> 00:38:23.839
 That no one

00:38:23.839 --> 00:38:25.219
 is too far

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:26.159
 from God

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:27.399
 to be saved.

00:38:28.419 --> 00:38:29.460
 Here is Abraham

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.539
 caught up

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.619
 in all of this.

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:33.639
 Gods of all kinds

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.460
 all around.

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.820
 And yet God

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:37.300
 calls him.

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.820
 It's an amazing

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:41.760
 thing to think

00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:42.579
 that when we think

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:43.179
 of our own

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.539
 place today,

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.820
 our own nation today,

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.460
 how God

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.300
 can be calling

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:47.920
 people,

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:49.220
 not just who sit

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:50.360
 under his word,

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:52.260
 but even people

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:53.260
 who are out there

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:54.280
 with no thought

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:54.820
 of God

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.619
 at this time.

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:57.300
 When you think

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.699
 of even ministers

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.440
 and preachers,

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.440
 of the gospel,

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:02.320
 future ministers

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:03.199
 may be tonight

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:04.720
 sitting in a pub

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:06.199
 watching the football.

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:07.699
 They may have

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.519
 no thought

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.320
 for God

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:10.740
 and in our eyes

00:39:10.740 --> 00:39:11.420
 they are far

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.380
 from God

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:13.980
 and yet God

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.920
 may be calling

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.240
 them.

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:17.300
 That is the wonder

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:18.900
 of God's grace.

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.960
 That is the abundance

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:22.480
 of God's grace.

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.639
 Here we see it

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.059
 with Abraham.

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:24.860
 We think Abraham

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:26.119
 must have been

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:27.059
 from a godly

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.460
 background,

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.659
 a godly family,

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:29.480
 and yet they

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.239
 were so far

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:31.059
 from God

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:32.399
 and yet God

00:39:32.399 --> 00:39:33.619
 calls them.

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:36.299
 And that is the

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:37.639
 beauty of the

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:38.119
 scriptures.

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.099
 It's not about

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:41.319
 our ability

00:39:41.319 --> 00:39:42.319
 to make things

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:42.779
 great,

00:39:43.299 --> 00:39:44.299
 but it's about

00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:45.399
 God's ability

00:39:45.399 --> 00:39:46.960
 to make a people

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.460
 great,

00:39:47.879 --> 00:39:49.019
 to make a people

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:50.259
 believe.

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:52.319
 That is the grace

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:54.519
 that is seen

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:56.440
 through Abraham.

00:39:58.120 --> 00:39:59.200
 His background

00:39:59.200 --> 00:40:00.280
 is maybe not

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:01.640
 what we expect.

00:40:02.740 --> 00:40:03.420
 And when we look

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:03.940
 at our own

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.539
 background,

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:06.080
 did we expect

00:40:06.080 --> 00:40:07.800
 God to call us?

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:09.360
 So often

00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:10.019
 not.

00:40:11.240 --> 00:40:12.340
 But yet God

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:13.580
 is a God

00:40:13.580 --> 00:40:14.980
 of promise.

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.660
 He is a God

00:40:16.660 --> 00:40:17.580
 who remembers

00:40:17.580 --> 00:40:18.440
 his people,

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:19.240
 who calls

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:19.900
 his people,

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:21.440
 and who promises

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:22.780
 to be with

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.059
 them.

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.400
 And so this

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.480
 Abraham,

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.340
 who lived

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:27.740
 in our

00:40:27.740 --> 00:40:28.019
 of the

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.660
 Chaldeans,

00:40:29.180 --> 00:40:29.639
 he became

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:30.220
 the father

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:31.079
 of the faith.

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:32.099
 One who

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:32.940
 God's covenant

00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:33.760
 came through,

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:34.720
 God's promise

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:36.059
 came through.

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:38.160
 It's a

00:40:38.160 --> 00:40:39.340
 remarkable thing

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:40.539
 and a

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:41.039
 remarkable

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.720
 reminder

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.700
 of the

00:40:42.700 --> 00:40:43.059
 God

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.960
 of all

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.460
 grace.

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.300
 It doesn't

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:46.680
 matter

00:40:46.680 --> 00:40:47.519
 our

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:48.119
 background.

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:49.619
 when God

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.380
 calls,

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:51.500
 we are

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.380
 to listen.

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.839
 And that's

00:40:55.839 --> 00:40:56.239
 the second

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.880
 thing we want

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.779
 to see here

00:40:57.779 --> 00:40:58.279
 as well,

00:40:58.359 --> 00:40:58.779
 is the

00:40:58.779 --> 00:40:59.420
 call

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:00.779
 to Abraham.

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:02.739
 So here

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.179
 he was,

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.880
 the background

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:05.279
 is basically

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:06.239
 in the midst

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:07.179
 of idolatry

00:41:07.179 --> 00:41:08.299
 and worshipping

00:41:08.299 --> 00:41:09.279
 false gods.

00:41:09.359 --> 00:41:09.759
 But into

00:41:09.759 --> 00:41:10.659
 this comes

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.819
 the call

00:41:11.819 --> 00:41:12.920
 of Abraham.

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:14.199
 And to be

00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:14.859
 part of

00:41:14.859 --> 00:41:15.900
 his covenant

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:16.579
 of grace,

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.980
 there was

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.219
 to be

00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:19.099
 obedience

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:20.299
 from

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:21.460
 Abraham.

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:24.199
 God's

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:24.699
 covenant

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.519
 as it

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.079
 was made,

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:27.119
 God keeps

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:27.860
 his side

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.420
 at all

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:29.159
 times.

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.179
 It's not

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:30.559
 like a

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:31.099
 contract

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:31.539
 that we

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:32.239
 might make

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:33.319
 where if

00:41:33.319 --> 00:41:34.039
 one side

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:34.299
 of the

00:41:34.299 --> 00:41:34.739
 party

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:36.019
 fails in

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.539
 payments

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:37.480
 or repayments,

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:38.460
 the contract

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:39.239
 is broken.

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.539
 God's

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:40.940
 covenant

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:41.679
 is different.

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.079
 God

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.779
 will always

00:41:43.779 --> 00:41:44.299
 keep

00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:45.299
 his side.

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:46.900
 but it

00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:47.240
 does

00:41:47.240 --> 00:41:47.820
 call

00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:48.400
 for

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:49.000
 obedience

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.680
 on

00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:50.280
 Abraham's

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:50.560
 side

00:41:50.560 --> 00:41:50.820
 here

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:50.960
 and

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.260
 our

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:51.760
 side

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:52.620
 tonight

00:41:52.620 --> 00:41:53.360
 as well.

00:41:54.600 --> 00:41:55.280
 God

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:56.120
 calls

00:41:56.120 --> 00:41:56.620
 Abraham

00:41:56.620 --> 00:41:57.860
 and you

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.200
 might

00:41:58.200 --> 00:41:59.620
 expect

00:41:59.620 --> 00:42:00.320
 that call

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.760
 would maybe

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:01.700
 come once

00:42:01.700 --> 00:42:02.519
 Abraham

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:03.180
 has sorted

00:42:03.180 --> 00:42:03.760
 his life

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:04.000
 out,

00:42:04.080 --> 00:42:04.360
 once he

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:04.700
 has maybe

00:42:04.700 --> 00:42:05.840
 moved away

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:06.440
 from out

00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:06.660
 of the

00:42:06.660 --> 00:42:07.180
 Chaldeans

00:42:07.180 --> 00:42:07.920
 and moved

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.380
 into a

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:09.000
 better place,

00:42:09.080 --> 00:42:09.519
 moved away

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.260
 from idols

00:42:10.260 --> 00:42:11.000
 and false

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.500
 gods

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.500
 and false

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.120
 worship.

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:14.699
 But no,

00:42:15.839 --> 00:42:16.599
 it comes

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.319
 right into

00:42:17.319 --> 00:42:17.940
 the midst

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.460
 of where

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:19.099
 he is.

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.719
 In verse

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:20.359
 1 of

00:42:20.359 --> 00:42:21.199
 chapter 12,

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:21.980
 Now the

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:22.739
 Lord said

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:23.480
 to Abraham,

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:25.000
 Go from

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.659
 your country

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:26.019
 and your

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.460
 kindred

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:26.779
 and your

00:42:26.779 --> 00:42:27.319
 father's

00:42:27.319 --> 00:42:27.659
 house

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.500
 to the

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:28.960
 land

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.920
 that I

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.819
 will show

00:42:30.819 --> 00:42:31.119
 you.

00:42:32.839 --> 00:42:33.139
 His

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:33.559
 God

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:34.279
 comes

00:42:34.279 --> 00:42:35.219
 in the

00:42:35.219 --> 00:42:35.659
 midst

00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:36.859
 of all

00:42:36.859 --> 00:42:37.159
 that was

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:37.719
 happening

00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:38.619
 in his

00:42:38.619 --> 00:42:39.119
 life.

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:41.279
 And that's

00:42:41.279 --> 00:42:41.839
 so often

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:42.539
 the case.

00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:43.940
 We think

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.660
 to ourselves

00:42:44.660 --> 00:42:45.240
 we have

00:42:45.240 --> 00:42:46.240
 to sort

00:42:46.240 --> 00:42:46.820
 ourselves

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:47.460
 out before

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.120
 God will

00:42:48.120 --> 00:42:48.700
 speak to

00:42:48.700 --> 00:42:48.880
 me.

00:42:49.240 --> 00:42:49.680
 We have

00:42:49.680 --> 00:42:50.160
 to sort

00:42:50.160 --> 00:42:50.760
 our lives

00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:51.240
 out before

00:42:51.240 --> 00:42:51.880
 God can

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:52.539
 use me

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.300
 or call

00:42:53.300 --> 00:42:53.700
 me to

00:42:53.700 --> 00:42:54.100
 something

00:42:54.100 --> 00:42:54.539
 else.

00:42:56.180 --> 00:42:56.760
 But God

00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:57.820
 says here

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.300
 to Abraham

00:42:58.300 --> 00:42:58.559
 in the

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:58.960
 midst of

00:42:58.960 --> 00:42:59.140
 everything,

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:00.720
 Go from

00:43:00.720 --> 00:43:01.420
 your country

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:02.260
 and your

00:43:02.260 --> 00:43:02.800
 kindred and

00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:03.480
 your father's

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.320
 house to

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:04.900
 the land

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.559
 that I

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:06.100
 will show

00:43:06.100 --> 00:43:06.340
 you.

00:43:07.140 --> 00:43:07.539
 And later

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:07.960
 on in

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:08.440
 scripture in

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:08.620
 the book

00:43:08.620 --> 00:43:09.079
 of Acts

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:09.920
 chapter 7,

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:10.360
 we see a

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:10.860
 little more

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.260
 of this.

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:11.780
 It says

00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:12.700
 in verse

00:43:12.700 --> 00:43:13.160
 2 of

00:43:13.160 --> 00:43:13.800
 Acts 7,

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.440
 The God

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:15.080
 of glory

00:43:15.080 --> 00:43:15.680
 appeared

00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:16.420
 to our

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.880
 father

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:17.360
 Abraham

00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:17.660
 when he

00:43:17.660 --> 00:43:18.020
 was in

00:43:18.020 --> 00:43:18.920
 Mesopotamia

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:19.960
 before he

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.440
 lived in

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:20.920
 Haran and

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:21.400
 said to

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:21.540
 him,

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.420
 Go out

00:43:22.420 --> 00:43:22.680
 of your

00:43:22.680 --> 00:43:23.220
 land and

00:43:23.220 --> 00:43:23.520
 from your

00:43:23.520 --> 00:43:24.120
 kindred and

00:43:24.120 --> 00:43:24.460
 go into

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:25.000
 the land

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.620
 that I

00:43:25.620 --> 00:43:26.180
 will show

00:43:26.180 --> 00:43:26.400
 you.

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:27.160
 Then he

00:43:27.160 --> 00:43:27.600
 went out

00:43:27.600 --> 00:43:27.860
 from the

00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:28.280
 land of

00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:28.420
 the

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:29.040
 Chaldeans

00:43:29.040 --> 00:43:30.100
 and lived

00:43:30.100 --> 00:43:30.800
 in Haran.

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:31.940
 The God

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:32.580
 of glory

00:43:32.580 --> 00:43:33.420
 appeared.

00:43:34.540 --> 00:43:35.240
 He appeared

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.660
 to him

00:43:35.660 --> 00:43:36.880
 here in

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.460
 the hour

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:37.780
 of the

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.540
 Chaldeans,

00:43:38.680 --> 00:43:39.400
 this place

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:40.440
 of idolatry.

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:41.159
 He appeared

00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:41.900
 to him

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.240
 there.

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:44.700
 And there's

00:43:44.700 --> 00:43:45.119
 a wonderful

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.980
 reminder to

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.659
 ourselves,

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:47.679
 even here

00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:48.320
 this evening

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:49.000
 or wherever

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.440
 we might

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:50.000
 hear this

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.460
 message,

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:51.340
 that God

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:52.139
 speaks to

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.559
 us in

00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:53.019
 our very

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:54.159
 circumstances

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.920
 here and

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:55.200
 now.

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:57.480
 Whatever our

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:58.000
 lives are

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.179
 like,

00:43:58.240 --> 00:43:58.780
 whatever is

00:43:58.780 --> 00:43:59.300
 going on

00:43:59.300 --> 00:43:59.800
 around us,

00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:00.300
 whatever is

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:01.179
 going on in

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.800
 our hearts,

00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:02.840
 God is

00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:03.380
 calling.

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:05.519
 God is

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.380
 calling us

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:07.559
 to come

00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:08.559
 and follow

00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:08.920
 him.

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.700
 He doesn't

00:44:10.700 --> 00:44:11.400
 wait for us

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:11.960
 to sort

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.539
 our lives

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:12.820
 out.

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:13.500
 He doesn't

00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:14.059
 wait for us

00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:14.539
 to make

00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:15.099
 ourselves

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.660
 better,

00:44:16.200 --> 00:44:17.059
 because his

00:44:17.059 --> 00:44:17.700
 grace is

00:44:17.700 --> 00:44:18.880
 realizing we

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:19.740
 are dead in

00:44:19.740 --> 00:44:20.579
 our trespasses

00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:21.240
 and sins,

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:21.980
 like we were

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.619
 thinking of

00:44:22.619 --> 00:44:23.619
 this morning

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:24.820
 in Habakkuk.

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:27.720
 Our sins,

00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:28.220
 they are

00:44:28.220 --> 00:44:28.420
 many,

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:28.960
 but his

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.780
 mercy is

00:44:29.780 --> 00:44:30.140
 more.

00:44:30.139 --> 00:44:33.339
 And he

00:44:33.339 --> 00:44:33.960
 has come

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:34.960
 to give us

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.500
 life.

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:36.980
 And so here

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:37.559
 we see

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.519
 Abraham is

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:39.219
 called to

00:44:39.219 --> 00:44:39.699
 leave his

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:40.019
 home,

00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:40.659
 his people,

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:41.819
 his father's

00:44:41.819 --> 00:44:42.019
 house,

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:42.339
 and there's

00:44:42.339 --> 00:44:42.940
 a great

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:43.679
 challenge in

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:43.980
 this,

00:44:44.839 --> 00:44:45.400
 a challenge

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:46.000
 to Abraham

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:46.359
 here.

00:44:46.679 --> 00:44:47.079
 He is to

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:47.739
 leave everything

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:48.839
 behind and

00:44:48.839 --> 00:44:49.819
 trust God,

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:51.219
 to listen to

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:51.759
 God and

00:44:51.759 --> 00:44:52.480
 think,

00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:52.719
 well,

00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:53.599
 can this

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:54.460
 God provide?

00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:55.099
 Can this

00:44:55.099 --> 00:44:55.839
 God keep

00:44:55.839 --> 00:44:56.019
 me?

00:44:56.379 --> 00:44:56.839
 Can this

00:44:56.839 --> 00:44:57.519
 God really

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:58.699
 fulfill all

00:44:58.699 --> 00:44:59.500
 these promises

00:44:59.500 --> 00:44:59.980
 that he's

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:00.420
 telling me

00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:00.980
 about through

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.840
 me and

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:02.340
 my wife

00:45:02.340 --> 00:45:02.940
 Sarah?

00:45:03.880 --> 00:45:04.340
 Sarah,

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:04.800
 who it

00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:05.800
 says is

00:45:05.800 --> 00:45:06.340
 barren,

00:45:07.019 --> 00:45:07.400
 and yet

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:07.960
 God is

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.280
 saying,

00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:08.860
 I will

00:45:08.860 --> 00:45:09.579
 bless you

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:10.000
 and make

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:10.300
 you a

00:45:10.300 --> 00:45:11.099
 great nation.

00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:12.519
 His

00:45:12.519 --> 00:45:13.420
 trust is

00:45:13.420 --> 00:45:13.980
 put to

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:14.619
 the test

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:15.400
 straight

00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:15.840
 away.

00:45:17.740 --> 00:45:18.139
 And that's

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:18.679
 a challenge

00:45:18.679 --> 00:45:19.340
 to ourselves

00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:19.800
 as well.

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.179
 Do we

00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:21.199
 trust God?

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.280
 Do you

00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:23.099
 trust God

00:45:23.099 --> 00:45:23.699
 this evening

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:24.440
 with your

00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:25.179
 whole heart,

00:45:25.280 --> 00:45:25.519
 with your

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.320
 whole life,

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:27.199
 to say,

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:27.559
 Lord,

00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:28.420
 I cannot

00:45:28.420 --> 00:45:28.980
 do this

00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:29.719
 by myself.

00:45:29.719 --> 00:45:29.959
 If I

00:45:29.959 --> 00:45:30.779
 cannot go

00:45:30.779 --> 00:45:31.659
 forward in

00:45:31.659 --> 00:45:32.079
 this way,

00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:32.799
 I have

00:45:32.799 --> 00:45:33.439
 my doubts,

00:45:33.539 --> 00:45:33.799
 I have

00:45:33.799 --> 00:45:34.559
 my fears,

00:45:34.879 --> 00:45:35.259
 I have

00:45:35.259 --> 00:45:36.179
 my questions.

00:45:38.439 --> 00:45:39.139
 But when

00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:40.099
 God calls,

00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:40.819
 it's decision

00:45:40.819 --> 00:45:41.299
 time.

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:43.079
 It's

00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:43.599
 something we

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:44.159
 face in

00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:44.779
 this world

00:45:44.779 --> 00:45:45.659
 again and

00:45:45.659 --> 00:45:46.239
 again when

00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:47.259
 God calls

00:45:47.259 --> 00:45:47.579
 us.

00:45:48.259 --> 00:45:48.459
 And we

00:45:48.459 --> 00:45:48.899
 so often

00:45:48.899 --> 00:45:49.639
 weigh things

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.059
 up and

00:45:50.059 --> 00:45:50.879
 we think

00:45:50.879 --> 00:45:51.059
 of,

00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:51.239
 well,

00:45:51.379 --> 00:45:52.719
 what will I

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:53.239
 lose out

00:45:53.239 --> 00:45:53.519
 and what

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:53.739
 will I

00:45:53.739 --> 00:45:54.019
 miss,

00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:54.539
 what will I

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:54.859
 gain?

00:45:54.980 --> 00:45:55.739
 We weigh

00:45:55.739 --> 00:45:56.299
 things in

00:45:56.299 --> 00:45:57.119
 the balance.

00:45:59.439 --> 00:46:00.019
 And tonight,

00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:00.519
 if you're not

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:01.259
 heeding this

00:46:01.259 --> 00:46:01.599
 call,

00:46:01.899 --> 00:46:02.379
 what is

00:46:02.379 --> 00:46:03.039
 keeping you

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.619
 back?

00:46:04.479 --> 00:46:05.079
 What is

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:05.719
 keeping you

00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:06.219
 back from

00:46:06.219 --> 00:46:06.659
 being a

00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:07.179
 part of

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:07.959
 the same

00:46:07.959 --> 00:46:08.699
 promise to

00:46:08.699 --> 00:46:09.139
 Abraham,

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:10.279
 the promise

00:46:10.279 --> 00:46:10.699
 that he

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:11.099
 says,

00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:11.479
 and you

00:46:11.479 --> 00:46:12.259
 all families

00:46:12.259 --> 00:46:12.619
 of the

00:46:12.619 --> 00:46:13.039
 earth will

00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:13.739
 be blessed,

00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:16.219
 the same

00:46:16.219 --> 00:46:16.899
 promise that

00:46:16.899 --> 00:46:17.319
 was given

00:46:17.319 --> 00:46:17.759
 to him,

00:46:17.859 --> 00:46:18.439
 that by

00:46:18.439 --> 00:46:19.199
 faith he

00:46:19.199 --> 00:46:19.699
 would see

00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:20.559
 these promises

00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:21.299
 fulfilled.

00:46:21.300 --> 00:46:22.080
 What is

00:46:22.080 --> 00:46:22.780
 keeping you

00:46:22.780 --> 00:46:23.580
 back tonight?

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:25.740
 Do you

00:46:25.740 --> 00:46:26.360
 not trust

00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:26.920
 God to

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:27.460
 be able to

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:28.660
 fulfill all

00:46:28.660 --> 00:46:29.500
 these promises?

00:46:31.180 --> 00:46:31.880
 In the

00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:32.560
 New Testament

00:46:32.560 --> 00:46:33.539
 Jesus met

00:46:33.539 --> 00:46:34.580
 with a man

00:46:34.580 --> 00:46:34.860
 who was

00:46:34.860 --> 00:46:35.400
 called the

00:46:35.400 --> 00:46:35.940
 rich young

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:37.660
 ruler and

00:46:37.660 --> 00:46:38.660
 Jesus challenged

00:46:38.660 --> 00:46:40.440
 him, you

00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:40.840
 know, go

00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:42.080
 and sell all

00:46:42.080 --> 00:46:42.640
 that you have

00:46:42.640 --> 00:46:43.460
 and then come

00:46:43.460 --> 00:46:44.440
 and follow

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:44.780
 me.

00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:46.580
 And he

00:46:46.580 --> 00:46:46.940
 weighed it

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:47.320
 up and he

00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:47.640
 says I've

00:46:47.640 --> 00:46:48.060
 got too

00:46:48.060 --> 00:46:48.600
 much to

00:46:48.600 --> 00:46:49.100
 lose.

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:50.460
 He was

00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:51.000
 just looking

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:51.659
 at it in

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:52.280
 the temporal

00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:53.039
 things of

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:53.579
 this world

00:46:53.579 --> 00:46:53.900
 and not

00:46:53.900 --> 00:46:54.579
 the eternal

00:46:54.579 --> 00:46:55.780
 things of

00:46:55.780 --> 00:46:56.500
 this world.

00:46:57.559 --> 00:46:57.880
 And he

00:46:57.880 --> 00:46:58.639
 decided no,

00:46:59.159 --> 00:46:59.920
 my wealth

00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:00.380
 is too

00:47:00.380 --> 00:47:00.880
 great,

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:02.420
 the cost

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:02.860
 is too

00:47:02.860 --> 00:47:03.659
 dear to

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:04.099
 leave all

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:04.760
 that behind

00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:05.340
 and follow

00:47:05.340 --> 00:47:05.820
 Jesus.

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:08.739
 And it's

00:47:08.739 --> 00:47:09.739
 something we

00:47:09.739 --> 00:47:10.099
 have maybe

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:10.679
 done or

00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:11.199
 maybe something

00:47:11.199 --> 00:47:11.820
 we are doing

00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:12.380
 right now,

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:13.000
 we are saying

00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:13.679
 no, I

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:14.019
 have too

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:14.519
 much to

00:47:14.519 --> 00:47:15.159
 lose in

00:47:15.159 --> 00:47:15.860
 this world.

00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:18.559
 Well, you

00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:19.280
 have more

00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:19.980
 to lose

00:47:19.980 --> 00:47:20.539
 in

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:21.199
 eternity.

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:24.840
 What

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:25.199
 shall it

00:47:25.199 --> 00:47:25.820
 profit a

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:27.019
 man to

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.500
 gain the

00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:28.420
 whole world

00:47:28.420 --> 00:47:29.340
 and yet

00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:30.320
 lose his

00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:30.740
 soul?

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:34.360
 Abraham is

00:47:34.360 --> 00:47:34.900
 challenged

00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:35.320
 here.

00:47:36.539 --> 00:47:37.019
 The Lord

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.639
 said to

00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:38.039
 Abraham,

00:47:38.519 --> 00:47:39.480
 go from

00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:40.240
 your country,

00:47:41.280 --> 00:47:42.000
 trust me

00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:42.420
 and go

00:47:42.420 --> 00:47:43.699
 forward with

00:47:43.699 --> 00:47:44.039
 me.

00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:45.760
 The burden

00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:46.420
 on Abraham

00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:46.980
 was,

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:48.039
 will you

00:47:48.039 --> 00:47:48.340
 go?

00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:50.840
 And what

00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:51.199
 was his

00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:52.000
 response?

00:47:52.960 --> 00:47:53.300
 Well, you

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:54.279
 see it in

00:47:54.279 --> 00:47:54.860
 verse 4,

00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:55.619
 so Abraham

00:47:55.619 --> 00:47:57.420
 went as

00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:57.920
 the Lord

00:47:57.920 --> 00:47:58.519
 had told

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:58.820
 him.

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:00.440
 Abraham

00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:01.199
 went.

00:48:03.199 --> 00:48:04.279
 How do

00:48:04.279 --> 00:48:05.119
 we respond

00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:06.320
 to God's

00:48:06.320 --> 00:48:06.679
 call?

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:08.320
 Will you

00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:08.639
 go?

00:48:10.099 --> 00:48:10.659
 Abraham

00:48:10.659 --> 00:48:11.199
 went.

00:48:12.300 --> 00:48:12.559
 When you

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:12.860
 think of the

00:48:12.860 --> 00:48:14.440
 disciples and

00:48:14.440 --> 00:48:15.159
 Jesus called

00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:15.460
 them and

00:48:15.460 --> 00:48:16.199
 said, lay

00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:16.719
 down your

00:48:16.719 --> 00:48:18.019
 nets, leave

00:48:18.019 --> 00:48:18.619
 them behind

00:48:18.619 --> 00:48:19.239
 and come

00:48:19.239 --> 00:48:20.039
 and follow

00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:20.539
 me and I

00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:21.019
 will make

00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:21.659
 you fishers

00:48:21.659 --> 00:48:22.139
 of men.

00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:23.679
 They dropped

00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:24.279
 them there

00:48:24.279 --> 00:48:24.719
 and then.

00:48:25.319 --> 00:48:25.839
 They left

00:48:25.839 --> 00:48:26.460
 them behind

00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:27.239
 and they

00:48:27.239 --> 00:48:27.699
 followed

00:48:27.699 --> 00:48:28.419
 Jesus.

00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:29.739
 Has

00:48:29.739 --> 00:48:30.359
 anybody ever

00:48:30.359 --> 00:48:31.139
 lost out

00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:31.980
 in doing

00:48:31.980 --> 00:48:32.359
 that?

00:48:32.739 --> 00:48:32.980
 No.

00:48:34.699 --> 00:48:35.099
 And if you

00:48:35.099 --> 00:48:35.439
 have any

00:48:35.439 --> 00:48:36.119
 doubts this

00:48:36.119 --> 00:48:37.099
 evening as

00:48:37.099 --> 00:48:37.899
 to the cost

00:48:37.899 --> 00:48:38.819
 of losing

00:48:38.819 --> 00:48:39.239
 out on

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:39.839
 anything and

00:48:39.839 --> 00:48:40.259
 following

00:48:40.259 --> 00:48:40.799
 Jesus,

00:48:41.500 --> 00:48:42.279
 you will

00:48:42.279 --> 00:48:42.779
 only lose

00:48:42.779 --> 00:48:43.319
 out if you

00:48:43.319 --> 00:48:43.759
 don't.

00:48:43.760 --> 00:48:45.700
 the call

00:48:45.700 --> 00:48:46.700
 is to

00:48:46.700 --> 00:48:47.460
 come and

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:47.820
 follow.

00:48:48.920 --> 00:48:49.600
 The question

00:48:49.600 --> 00:48:51.220
 is, will

00:48:51.220 --> 00:48:51.720
 you go?

00:48:52.780 --> 00:48:53.400
 Will you

00:48:53.400 --> 00:48:54.460
 go with

00:48:54.460 --> 00:48:54.720
 him?

00:48:56.840 --> 00:48:57.680
 Well, Abraham

00:48:57.680 --> 00:48:58.460
 went.

00:48:59.500 --> 00:48:59.960
 And what we

00:48:59.960 --> 00:49:00.720
 see then is

00:49:00.720 --> 00:49:01.380
 the blessing

00:49:01.380 --> 00:49:02.700
 to Abraham.

00:49:03.800 --> 00:49:04.400
 Blessing

00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:05.080
 follows

00:49:05.080 --> 00:49:06.000
 obedience.

00:49:06.220 --> 00:49:06.520
 We hear

00:49:06.520 --> 00:49:07.400
 that phrase.

00:49:08.280 --> 00:49:08.620
 But too,

00:49:08.700 --> 00:49:09.360
 often we think

00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:10.020
 of blessings

00:49:10.020 --> 00:49:10.920
 as everything

00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:11.640
 is going to

00:49:11.640 --> 00:49:12.200
 be well

00:49:12.200 --> 00:49:13.220
 in life.

00:49:13.760 --> 00:49:14.760
 But blessing

00:49:14.760 --> 00:49:15.500
 is knowing

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:16.500
 that God

00:49:16.500 --> 00:49:17.040
 is with

00:49:17.040 --> 00:49:17.800
 you through

00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:18.880
 all things.

00:49:20.360 --> 00:49:20.940
 Honor me

00:49:20.940 --> 00:49:21.560
 and I

00:49:21.560 --> 00:49:22.200
 will honor

00:49:22.200 --> 00:49:22.940
 you, God

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:23.300
 says.

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:23.820
 And Abraham

00:49:23.820 --> 00:49:25.020
 went in

00:49:25.020 --> 00:49:25.520
 obedience.

00:49:26.740 --> 00:49:27.300
 And as he

00:49:27.300 --> 00:49:27.700
 went in

00:49:27.700 --> 00:49:28.380
 obedience, he

00:49:28.380 --> 00:49:29.000
 found every

00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:30.260
 promise of

00:49:30.260 --> 00:49:31.420
 God to be

00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:31.860
 true.

00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:33.620
 How God

00:49:33.620 --> 00:49:34.280
 would provide.

00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:34.760
 It wasn't

00:49:34.760 --> 00:49:35.600
 always easy.

00:49:35.720 --> 00:49:35.940
 There were

00:49:35.940 --> 00:49:36.820
 challenges along

00:49:36.820 --> 00:49:37.340
 the way.

00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:38.640
 But God

00:49:38.640 --> 00:49:39.660
 provided for

00:49:39.660 --> 00:49:39.960
 him.

00:49:41.120 --> 00:49:41.620
 In verse

00:49:41.620 --> 00:49:42.120
 two,

00:49:42.119 --> 00:49:43.400
 here it

00:49:43.400 --> 00:49:43.579
 says,

00:49:43.679 --> 00:49:43.960
 I will

00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:44.659
 make you

00:49:44.659 --> 00:49:45.659
 a great

00:49:45.659 --> 00:49:46.059
 nation.

00:49:46.179 --> 00:49:46.400
 And I

00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:47.019
 will bless

00:49:47.019 --> 00:49:47.400
 you and

00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:48.319
 make your

00:49:48.319 --> 00:49:49.139
 name great

00:49:49.139 --> 00:49:49.679
 so that

00:49:49.679 --> 00:49:50.119
 you will

00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:51.119
 be a

00:49:51.119 --> 00:49:51.500
 blessing.

00:49:52.980 --> 00:49:53.559
 This is

00:49:53.559 --> 00:49:53.900
 the very

00:49:53.900 --> 00:49:55.219
 thing that

00:49:55.219 --> 00:49:55.480
 they were

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:56.239
 looking for

00:49:56.239 --> 00:49:57.319
 in Babel

00:49:57.319 --> 00:49:58.119
 in chapter

00:49:58.119 --> 00:49:58.579
 11,

00:49:58.759 --> 00:49:59.359
 verse 4.

00:50:00.119 --> 00:50:00.619
 They said,

00:50:00.880 --> 00:50:01.359
 come, let

00:50:01.359 --> 00:50:01.880
 us build

00:50:01.880 --> 00:50:02.699
 ourselves a

00:50:02.699 --> 00:50:03.679
 city, a

00:50:03.679 --> 00:50:04.279
 tower with

00:50:04.279 --> 00:50:06.099
 its tops

00:50:06.099 --> 00:50:06.380
 in the

00:50:06.380 --> 00:50:06.699
 heaven, and

00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:06.980
 let us

00:50:06.980 --> 00:50:07.839
 make a

00:50:07.839 --> 00:50:08.679
 name for

00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:09.420
 ourselves.

00:50:09.420 --> 00:50:09.720
 themselves.

00:50:10.920 --> 00:50:11.820
 They wanted

00:50:11.820 --> 00:50:12.500
 to make a

00:50:12.500 --> 00:50:13.320
 name for

00:50:13.320 --> 00:50:13.840
 themselves.

00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:14.420
 But here

00:50:14.420 --> 00:50:14.820
 in verse

00:50:14.820 --> 00:50:16.800
 2, we

00:50:16.800 --> 00:50:18.880
 see Abraham

00:50:18.880 --> 00:50:19.500
 here.

00:50:20.099 --> 00:50:20.760
 His name

00:50:20.760 --> 00:50:21.500
 is going

00:50:21.500 --> 00:50:21.820
 to be

00:50:21.820 --> 00:50:22.039
 made

00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:22.340
 great.

00:50:23.240 --> 00:50:23.980
 I will

00:50:23.980 --> 00:50:24.680
 bless you

00:50:24.680 --> 00:50:25.680
 and make

00:50:25.680 --> 00:50:26.360
 your name

00:50:26.360 --> 00:50:27.320
 great.

00:50:28.159 --> 00:50:28.780
 God will

00:50:28.780 --> 00:50:29.240
 do it.

00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:31.659
 This time,

00:50:32.200 --> 00:50:32.900
 both here in

00:50:32.900 --> 00:50:33.639
 the UK and

00:50:33.639 --> 00:50:34.119
 also in

00:50:34.119 --> 00:50:34.559
 America,

00:50:35.019 --> 00:50:35.800
 politics is

00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:36.480
 all to the

00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:36.780
 fore.

00:50:36.780 --> 00:50:38.120
 all these

00:50:38.120 --> 00:50:38.840
 slogans

00:50:38.840 --> 00:50:39.519
 come out

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.060
 just now

00:50:40.060 --> 00:50:40.760
 of how

00:50:40.760 --> 00:50:41.420
 Britain is

00:50:41.420 --> 00:50:41.780
 going to

00:50:41.780 --> 00:50:42.320
 be great

00:50:42.320 --> 00:50:43.040
 once again,

00:50:43.640 --> 00:50:44.019
 or how

00:50:44.019 --> 00:50:45.160
 America is

00:50:45.160 --> 00:50:45.560
 going to

00:50:45.560 --> 00:50:46.019
 be great.

00:50:46.120 --> 00:50:46.380
 Put your

00:50:46.380 --> 00:50:47.560
 trust in

00:50:47.560 --> 00:50:48.300
 these people

00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:48.620
 and they

00:50:48.620 --> 00:50:49.120
 will make

00:50:49.120 --> 00:50:49.720
 the nation

00:50:49.720 --> 00:50:50.560
 great again.

00:50:51.340 --> 00:50:51.860
 That is the

00:50:51.860 --> 00:50:52.580
 promises that

00:50:52.580 --> 00:50:52.920
 are being

00:50:52.920 --> 00:50:53.420
 put out

00:50:53.420 --> 00:50:53.720
 there.

00:50:54.040 --> 00:50:54.460
 But all

00:50:54.460 --> 00:50:54.860
 it is,

00:50:54.880 --> 00:50:55.140
 it's like

00:50:55.140 --> 00:50:55.640
 the Tower

00:50:55.640 --> 00:50:56.300
 of Babel

00:50:56.300 --> 00:50:57.140
 back in

00:50:57.140 --> 00:50:57.820
 these days.

00:50:58.360 --> 00:50:58.660
 They want

00:50:58.660 --> 00:50:59.560
 their name

00:50:59.560 --> 00:51:00.200
 to be

00:51:00.200 --> 00:51:00.640
 great.

00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:02.300
 But the

00:51:02.300 --> 00:51:02.860
 answer to

00:51:02.860 --> 00:51:03.580
 greatness for

00:51:03.580 --> 00:51:04.060
 a nation

00:51:04.060 --> 00:51:04.420
 and for

00:51:04.420 --> 00:51:05.019
 a people,

00:51:05.460 --> 00:51:05.860
 it's not

00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:06.440
 about making

00:51:06.440 --> 00:51:07.039
 our name

00:51:07.039 --> 00:51:07.440
 great,

00:51:07.860 --> 00:51:08.700
 but making

00:51:08.700 --> 00:51:09.280
 God's

00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:09.559
 name

00:51:09.559 --> 00:51:10.039
 great.

00:51:10.760 --> 00:51:11.340
 Because only

00:51:11.340 --> 00:51:12.420
 God can

00:51:12.420 --> 00:51:12.880
 make a

00:51:12.880 --> 00:51:13.320
 nation

00:51:13.320 --> 00:51:13.800
 great and

00:51:13.800 --> 00:51:14.380
 a people

00:51:14.380 --> 00:51:14.900
 great.

00:51:15.599 --> 00:51:16.099
 And God

00:51:16.099 --> 00:51:17.019
 will humble

00:51:17.019 --> 00:51:17.639
 the proud

00:51:17.639 --> 00:51:18.440
 and he'll

00:51:18.440 --> 00:51:19.159
 exalt the

00:51:19.159 --> 00:51:19.559
 humble.

00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:21.460
 And so we

00:51:21.460 --> 00:51:21.780
 need to

00:51:21.780 --> 00:51:22.159
 humble

00:51:22.159 --> 00:51:22.700
 ourselves

00:51:22.700 --> 00:51:23.659
 before God.

00:51:24.700 --> 00:51:25.119
 And in

00:51:25.119 --> 00:51:25.619
 many ways

00:51:25.619 --> 00:51:26.139
 what Abraham

00:51:26.139 --> 00:51:27.300
 is doing

00:51:27.300 --> 00:51:27.780
 here is

00:51:27.780 --> 00:51:28.539
 humbling

00:51:28.539 --> 00:51:29.019
 himself

00:51:29.019 --> 00:51:30.019
 before God.

00:51:30.980 --> 00:51:31.280
 Being

00:51:31.280 --> 00:51:32.340
 obedient to

00:51:32.340 --> 00:51:32.740
 God.

00:51:33.639 --> 00:51:34.119
 Go from

00:51:34.119 --> 00:51:34.760
 your country,

00:51:35.139 --> 00:51:35.659
 your kindred,

00:51:35.659 --> 00:51:36.359
 your father's

00:51:36.359 --> 00:51:36.739
 house to

00:51:36.739 --> 00:51:37.119
 the land

00:51:37.119 --> 00:51:37.420
 that I

00:51:37.420 --> 00:51:37.879
 will show

00:51:37.879 --> 00:51:38.039
 you.

00:51:38.259 --> 00:51:38.940
 And I

00:51:38.940 --> 00:51:39.599
 will make

00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:39.920
 you a

00:51:39.920 --> 00:51:40.500
 great nation

00:51:40.500 --> 00:51:41.039
 and I

00:51:41.039 --> 00:51:41.679
 will bless

00:51:41.679 --> 00:51:42.379
 you and

00:51:42.379 --> 00:51:42.960
 make your

00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:43.599
 name great

00:51:43.599 --> 00:51:43.980
 so that

00:51:43.980 --> 00:51:44.420
 you will

00:51:44.420 --> 00:51:44.759
 be a

00:51:44.759 --> 00:51:45.099
 blessing.

00:51:46.239 --> 00:51:46.759
 And so

00:51:46.759 --> 00:51:47.239
 Abraham

00:51:47.239 --> 00:51:48.099
 went.

00:51:50.619 --> 00:51:51.179
 But when

00:51:51.179 --> 00:51:51.519
 you look at

00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:52.039
 Abraham as

00:51:52.039 --> 00:51:52.379
 he goes

00:51:52.379 --> 00:51:52.779
 on,

00:51:53.839 --> 00:51:54.279
 as he's a

00:51:54.279 --> 00:51:54.799
 blessing to

00:51:54.799 --> 00:51:55.000
 many,

00:51:55.059 --> 00:51:55.379
 you still

00:51:55.379 --> 00:51:55.859
 see him

00:51:55.859 --> 00:51:56.779
 traveling

00:51:56.779 --> 00:51:57.299
 around,

00:51:57.659 --> 00:51:58.139
 moving from

00:51:58.139 --> 00:51:58.699
 one place

00:51:58.699 --> 00:51:59.079
 to another,

00:51:59.219 --> 00:51:59.719
 living in

00:51:59.719 --> 00:52:00.199
 tents.

00:52:00.960 --> 00:52:01.339
 And yet

00:52:01.339 --> 00:52:01.719
 he knew

00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:02.319
 the blessing

00:52:02.319 --> 00:52:03.000
 of God

00:52:03.000 --> 00:52:03.679
 as he

00:52:03.679 --> 00:52:04.159
 worshipped

00:52:04.159 --> 00:52:04.400
 him.

00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:06.000
 He knew

00:52:06.000 --> 00:52:06.619
 the presence

00:52:06.619 --> 00:52:07.380
 of God

00:52:07.380 --> 00:52:08.579
 and God

00:52:08.579 --> 00:52:09.360
 blessed him

00:52:09.360 --> 00:52:10.099
 and a

00:52:10.099 --> 00:52:10.519
 people

00:52:10.519 --> 00:52:11.539
 through him.

00:52:12.000 --> 00:52:12.300
 He was

00:52:12.300 --> 00:52:12.980
 a man of

00:52:12.980 --> 00:52:14.659
 faith and

00:52:14.659 --> 00:52:15.099
 God

00:52:15.099 --> 00:52:16.480
 rewards that

00:52:16.480 --> 00:52:17.000
 faith as

00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:17.739
 we see in

00:52:17.739 --> 00:52:19.119
 Hebrews 11.

00:52:20.599 --> 00:52:20.960
 And what

00:52:20.960 --> 00:52:21.300
 was his

00:52:21.300 --> 00:52:21.739
 greatest

00:52:21.739 --> 00:52:22.719
 reward?

00:52:23.739 --> 00:52:23.960
 His

00:52:23.960 --> 00:52:24.340
 greatest

00:52:24.340 --> 00:52:26.099
 reward was

00:52:26.099 --> 00:52:26.480
 to be

00:52:26.480 --> 00:52:27.320
 looking forward

00:52:27.320 --> 00:52:28.159
 and to see

00:52:28.159 --> 00:52:29.699
 that city

00:52:29.699 --> 00:52:30.960
 that has

00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:31.699
 foundations,

00:52:31.699 --> 00:52:32.559
 whose

00:52:32.559 --> 00:52:33.559
 designer and

00:52:33.559 --> 00:52:34.899
 builder is

00:52:34.899 --> 00:52:35.399
 God.

00:52:36.719 --> 00:52:37.139
 That is

00:52:37.139 --> 00:52:37.879
 what faith

00:52:37.879 --> 00:52:38.679
 rewards,

00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:40.379
 to bring us

00:52:40.379 --> 00:52:40.819
 into the

00:52:40.819 --> 00:52:42.299
 presence of

00:52:42.299 --> 00:52:42.779
 God.

00:52:44.480 --> 00:52:45.099
 I was

00:52:45.099 --> 00:52:45.659
 going round

00:52:45.659 --> 00:52:46.679
 the castle

00:52:46.679 --> 00:52:47.480
 grounds this

00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:47.699
 week,

00:52:47.759 --> 00:52:48.379
 walking down

00:52:48.379 --> 00:52:49.179
 by the

00:52:49.179 --> 00:52:49.460
 Creed.

00:52:50.339 --> 00:52:50.799
 And as I

00:52:50.799 --> 00:52:51.299
 was walking

00:52:51.299 --> 00:52:51.639
 down,

00:52:51.719 --> 00:52:52.039
 there was a

00:52:52.039 --> 00:52:52.539
 group of

00:52:52.539 --> 00:52:53.719
 four tourists

00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:54.059
 who had

00:52:54.059 --> 00:52:54.599
 obviously come

00:52:54.599 --> 00:52:55.079
 off one of

00:52:55.079 --> 00:52:55.539
 the cruise

00:52:55.539 --> 00:52:55.980
 ships that

00:52:55.980 --> 00:52:56.299
 were in.

00:52:57.099 --> 00:52:57.579
 And they'd

00:52:57.579 --> 00:52:58.399
 come round

00:52:58.399 --> 00:52:58.739
 the new

00:52:58.739 --> 00:52:59.519
 pathway there

00:52:59.519 --> 00:53:00.159
 across the

00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:00.539
 bridge on

00:53:00.539 --> 00:53:00.899
 the Creed

00:53:00.899 --> 00:53:01.119
 and they

00:53:01.119 --> 00:53:01.259
 were

00:53:01.260 --> 00:53:02.140
 standing at

00:53:02.140 --> 00:53:02.720
 a sign

00:53:02.720 --> 00:53:03.320
 with a

00:53:03.320 --> 00:53:03.820
 map on

00:53:03.820 --> 00:53:04.060
 it.

00:53:05.060 --> 00:53:05.320
 And as

00:53:05.320 --> 00:53:05.540
 you come

00:53:05.540 --> 00:53:05.860
 over the

00:53:05.860 --> 00:53:06.120
 bridge,

00:53:06.260 --> 00:53:06.960
 there's three

00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:07.540
 ways to

00:53:07.540 --> 00:53:07.800
 go.

00:53:08.560 --> 00:53:08.800
 You can

00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:09.220
 go left,

00:53:09.300 --> 00:53:09.440
 you can

00:53:09.440 --> 00:53:09.880
 go right,

00:53:10.260 --> 00:53:10.520
 and you

00:53:10.520 --> 00:53:10.800
 can go

00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:11.580
 straight ahead.

00:53:12.020 --> 00:53:12.260
 And they're

00:53:12.260 --> 00:53:12.660
 looking at

00:53:12.660 --> 00:53:13.260
 this map and

00:53:13.260 --> 00:53:13.640
 they're seeing

00:53:13.640 --> 00:53:14.500
 me coming

00:53:14.500 --> 00:53:15.240
 towards them

00:53:15.240 --> 00:53:15.660
 and they

00:53:15.660 --> 00:53:16.420
 stop me and

00:53:16.420 --> 00:53:16.820
 they ask

00:53:16.820 --> 00:53:17.040
 me,

00:53:17.500 --> 00:53:18.080
 excuse me

00:53:18.080 --> 00:53:18.360
 sir,

00:53:18.580 --> 00:53:18.980
 could you

00:53:18.980 --> 00:53:19.400
 tell us

00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:19.960
 the way to

00:53:19.960 --> 00:53:20.500
 the city?

00:53:21.820 --> 00:53:22.220
 I say,

00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:22.480
 well I'm

00:53:22.480 --> 00:53:22.960
 not sure

00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:23.340
 where you

00:53:23.340 --> 00:53:23.820
 think you're

00:53:23.820 --> 00:53:24.100
 going,

00:53:24.220 --> 00:53:24.980
 but Stornow

00:53:24.980 --> 00:53:25.340
 is not

00:53:25.340 --> 00:53:25.980
 much of a

00:53:25.980 --> 00:53:27.040
 city compared

00:53:27.040 --> 00:53:27.520
 to some of

00:53:27.520 --> 00:53:27.920
 the cities

00:53:27.920 --> 00:53:28.360
 that you've

00:53:28.360 --> 00:53:28.640
 seen.

00:53:29.680 --> 00:53:30.060
 But I

00:53:30.060 --> 00:53:30.260
 said,

00:53:31.260 --> 00:53:31.560
 I can

00:53:31.560 --> 00:53:32.080
 point them

00:53:32.080 --> 00:53:32.500
 in different

00:53:32.500 --> 00:53:33.560
 directions here.

00:53:33.780 --> 00:53:34.140
 They're looking

00:53:34.140 --> 00:53:34.640
 at the map

00:53:34.640 --> 00:53:35.020
 and probably

00:53:35.020 --> 00:53:35.360
 thinking,

00:53:35.780 --> 00:53:36.260
 the shortest

00:53:36.260 --> 00:53:36.920
 way is

00:53:36.920 --> 00:53:37.780
 straight ahead,

00:53:38.680 --> 00:53:39.340
 but it's

00:53:39.340 --> 00:53:39.840
 just going

00:53:39.840 --> 00:53:40.360
 into the

00:53:40.360 --> 00:53:40.620
 woods.

00:53:40.760 --> 00:53:40.980
 And I'm

00:53:40.980 --> 00:53:41.260
 thinking,

00:53:41.420 --> 00:53:42.280
 if they go

00:53:42.280 --> 00:53:42.660
 in there and

00:53:42.660 --> 00:53:43.040
 they find

00:53:43.040 --> 00:53:44.480
 more ways

00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:44.880
 to go,

00:53:44.960 --> 00:53:45.220
 they're just

00:53:45.220 --> 00:53:45.460
 going to

00:53:45.460 --> 00:53:45.820
 end up

00:53:45.820 --> 00:53:46.260
 lost.

00:53:47.240 --> 00:53:47.500
 So I

00:53:47.500 --> 00:53:47.580
 said,

00:53:47.640 --> 00:53:47.820
 well your

00:53:47.820 --> 00:53:48.420
 best way

00:53:48.420 --> 00:53:48.720
 is to

00:53:48.720 --> 00:53:49.180
 follow the

00:53:49.180 --> 00:53:50.340
 river down

00:53:50.340 --> 00:53:50.640
 to the

00:53:50.640 --> 00:53:51.540
 mouth and

00:53:51.540 --> 00:53:52.120
 then follow

00:53:52.120 --> 00:53:52.700
 around the

00:53:52.700 --> 00:53:53.380
 path along

00:53:53.380 --> 00:53:53.800
 by the

00:53:53.800 --> 00:53:54.100
 sea.

00:53:55.040 --> 00:53:55.360
 At least

00:53:55.360 --> 00:53:55.620
 you'll have

00:53:55.620 --> 00:53:56.180
 something to

00:53:56.180 --> 00:53:56.640
 keep you

00:53:56.640 --> 00:53:57.060
 right.

00:53:57.840 --> 00:53:58.520
 But as I

00:53:58.520 --> 00:53:59.000
 left them

00:53:59.000 --> 00:53:59.480
 behind,

00:54:00.020 --> 00:54:00.640
 I thought to

00:54:00.640 --> 00:54:01.020
 myself,

00:54:01.019 --> 00:54:01.460
 what a

00:54:01.460 --> 00:54:02.259
 question that

00:54:02.259 --> 00:54:02.639
 is.

00:54:03.300 --> 00:54:03.639
 Can you

00:54:03.639 --> 00:54:04.259
 tell me the

00:54:04.259 --> 00:54:05.159
 way to

00:54:05.159 --> 00:54:05.679
 the city?

00:54:07.599 --> 00:54:08.159
 And that's

00:54:08.159 --> 00:54:08.659
 the question

00:54:08.659 --> 00:54:09.259
 that's behind

00:54:09.259 --> 00:54:10.219
 Abraham here

00:54:10.219 --> 00:54:10.820
 as well.

00:54:11.440 --> 00:54:11.719
 And the

00:54:11.719 --> 00:54:12.219
 question that's

00:54:12.219 --> 00:54:12.780
 behind our

00:54:12.780 --> 00:54:13.360
 own thinking

00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:13.820
 tonight,

00:54:14.380 --> 00:54:15.239
 what is the

00:54:15.239 --> 00:54:16.239
 way to

00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:16.880
 the city?

00:54:17.960 --> 00:54:18.519
 And what is

00:54:18.519 --> 00:54:19.099
 the city

00:54:19.099 --> 00:54:20.159
 that we are

00:54:20.159 --> 00:54:21.000
 looking for?

00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:23.280
 We think of

00:54:23.280 --> 00:54:23.800
 where we're

00:54:23.800 --> 00:54:24.280
 from,

00:54:25.139 --> 00:54:25.619
 but what

00:54:25.619 --> 00:54:26.599
 about where

00:54:26.599 --> 00:54:27.300
 we're going?

00:54:27.300 --> 00:54:29.820
 they may

00:54:29.820 --> 00:54:30.060
 have been

00:54:30.060 --> 00:54:30.720
 disappointed,

00:54:30.860 --> 00:54:31.400
 I hope not,

00:54:31.460 --> 00:54:31.700
 when they

00:54:31.700 --> 00:54:32.140
 came into

00:54:32.140 --> 00:54:32.660
 the town

00:54:32.660 --> 00:54:33.440
 of Stornoway.

00:54:34.440 --> 00:54:34.960
 But there's

00:54:34.960 --> 00:54:35.420
 one thing

00:54:35.420 --> 00:54:36.019
 for sure,

00:54:36.580 --> 00:54:37.340
 that if we

00:54:37.340 --> 00:54:38.060
 find this

00:54:38.060 --> 00:54:39.120
 city whose

00:54:39.120 --> 00:54:39.780
 maker and

00:54:39.780 --> 00:54:40.420
 builder is

00:54:40.420 --> 00:54:40.840
 God,

00:54:41.680 --> 00:54:42.180
 there will

00:54:42.180 --> 00:54:42.900
 be no

00:54:42.900 --> 00:54:44.039
 disappointment.

00:54:45.519 --> 00:54:45.840
 There will

00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:46.400
 be no

00:54:46.400 --> 00:54:47.580
 regret of

00:54:47.580 --> 00:54:48.280
 leaving anything

00:54:48.280 --> 00:54:48.880
 behind,

00:54:49.560 --> 00:54:50.460
 because we

00:54:50.460 --> 00:54:51.160
 will truly

00:54:51.160 --> 00:54:51.860
 see that

00:54:51.860 --> 00:54:53.360
 faith in

00:54:53.360 --> 00:54:54.560
 God and

00:54:54.559 --> 00:54:55.320
 in Christ

00:54:55.320 --> 00:54:56.400
 has a

00:54:56.400 --> 00:54:57.340
 great reward.

00:54:58.199 --> 00:54:58.679
 No matter

00:54:58.679 --> 00:54:59.400
 our journey

00:54:59.400 --> 00:55:00.059
 through this

00:55:00.059 --> 00:55:00.480
 life,

00:55:00.940 --> 00:55:01.340
 no matter

00:55:01.340 --> 00:55:01.880
 the ups

00:55:01.880 --> 00:55:02.659
 and downs

00:55:02.659 --> 00:55:03.679
 along the

00:55:03.679 --> 00:55:04.000
 way,

00:55:04.619 --> 00:55:05.299
 we are to

00:55:05.299 --> 00:55:06.299
 look to

00:55:06.299 --> 00:55:06.920
 a city

00:55:06.920 --> 00:55:08.299
 whose

00:55:08.299 --> 00:55:09.039
 maker and

00:55:09.039 --> 00:55:09.420
 builder

00:55:09.420 --> 00:55:10.779
 is God.

00:55:11.679 --> 00:55:12.179
 That is

00:55:12.179 --> 00:55:12.779
 the blessing

00:55:12.779 --> 00:55:14.199
 that Abraham

00:55:14.199 --> 00:55:14.980
 knew.

00:55:16.159 --> 00:55:16.460
 And just

00:55:16.460 --> 00:55:16.779
 as we

00:55:16.779 --> 00:55:17.320
 conclude,

00:55:17.420 --> 00:55:18.059
 just briefly,

00:55:18.579 --> 00:55:18.880
 I want to

00:55:18.880 --> 00:55:19.380
 think of the

00:55:19.380 --> 00:55:20.799
 blessing through

00:55:20.799 --> 00:55:21.340
 Abraham.

00:55:22.420 --> 00:55:23.159
 I will

00:55:23.159 --> 00:55:24.460
 bless those

00:55:24.460 --> 00:55:25.199
 who bless

00:55:25.199 --> 00:55:25.599
 you,

00:55:26.260 --> 00:55:26.900
 and in

00:55:26.900 --> 00:55:27.699
 you all

00:55:27.699 --> 00:55:28.760
 families of

00:55:28.760 --> 00:55:29.380
 the earth

00:55:29.380 --> 00:55:30.340
 shall be

00:55:30.340 --> 00:55:30.840
 blessed.

00:55:31.699 --> 00:55:32.079
 There is

00:55:32.079 --> 00:55:32.800
 an ongoing

00:55:32.800 --> 00:55:33.960
 promise

00:55:33.960 --> 00:55:34.720
 here,

00:55:35.340 --> 00:55:36.119
 that through

00:55:36.119 --> 00:55:37.380
 his covenant

00:55:37.380 --> 00:55:38.740
 with Abraham,

00:55:39.320 --> 00:55:40.099
 God would

00:55:40.099 --> 00:55:42.280
 bless all

00:55:42.280 --> 00:55:43.960
 families of

00:55:43.960 --> 00:55:44.659
 the earth,

00:55:45.240 --> 00:55:46.220
 all who

00:55:46.220 --> 00:55:46.720
 put their

00:55:46.720 --> 00:55:48.380
 trust in

00:55:48.380 --> 00:55:48.720
 him.

00:55:51.720 --> 00:55:53.000
 Go back

00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:53.280
 to the

00:55:53.280 --> 00:55:53.840
 question,

00:55:54.460 --> 00:55:54.920
 where are

00:55:54.920 --> 00:55:55.519
 you from,

00:55:56.059 --> 00:55:57.199
 and who

00:55:57.199 --> 00:55:58.199
 do you

00:55:58.199 --> 00:55:59.139
 belong to?

00:56:00.820 --> 00:56:01.519
 I

00:56:01.519 --> 00:56:02.000
 mentioned

00:56:02.000 --> 00:56:03.679
 how often

00:56:03.679 --> 00:56:04.280
 we hear

00:56:04.280 --> 00:56:05.579
 songs sung

00:56:05.579 --> 00:56:06.480
 in our

00:56:06.480 --> 00:56:07.659
 own culture.

00:56:08.920 --> 00:56:09.260
 And one

00:56:09.260 --> 00:56:09.920
 of the songs

00:56:09.920 --> 00:56:10.559
 that will

00:56:10.559 --> 00:56:11.460
 always catch

00:56:11.460 --> 00:56:12.260
 my attention

00:56:12.260 --> 00:56:13.179
 is the

00:56:13.179 --> 00:56:13.820
 song about

00:56:13.820 --> 00:56:14.639
 Shobost.

00:56:15.639 --> 00:56:16.500
 Shashiabost

00:56:16.500 --> 00:56:16.720
 is

00:56:16.719 --> 00:56:17.279
 Boehelam.

00:56:18.279 --> 00:56:18.959
 And there's

00:56:18.959 --> 00:56:19.679
 one line,

00:56:20.359 --> 00:56:20.919
 or some

00:56:20.919 --> 00:56:21.719
 lines in

00:56:21.719 --> 00:56:22.519
 that song

00:56:22.519 --> 00:56:23.179
 that speak

00:56:23.179 --> 00:56:24.339
 about a

00:56:24.339 --> 00:56:25.199
 generation of

00:56:25.199 --> 00:56:26.359
 people who

00:56:26.359 --> 00:56:26.719
 are no

00:56:26.719 --> 00:56:27.500
 longer living.

00:56:28.779 --> 00:56:29.379
 But yet you

00:56:29.379 --> 00:56:30.339
 still see

00:56:30.339 --> 00:56:31.699
 their mark

00:56:31.699 --> 00:56:32.579
 left behind.

00:56:33.639 --> 00:56:34.579
 The gardens

00:56:34.579 --> 00:56:35.799
 and the

00:56:35.799 --> 00:56:36.339
 fields,

00:56:37.179 --> 00:56:37.879
 they speak

00:56:37.879 --> 00:56:38.199
 of a

00:56:38.199 --> 00:56:39.139
 people no

00:56:39.139 --> 00:56:39.500
 more.

00:56:40.179 --> 00:56:41.039
 The marks

00:56:41.039 --> 00:56:41.399
 that are

00:56:41.399 --> 00:56:41.819
 there.

00:56:42.879 --> 00:56:43.179
 And we

00:56:43.179 --> 00:56:43.500
 think of

00:56:43.500 --> 00:56:43.859
 them as we

00:56:43.860 --> 00:56:44.200
 see it

00:56:44.200 --> 00:56:45.140
 around our

00:56:45.140 --> 00:56:46.039
 island in

00:56:46.039 --> 00:56:46.440
 so many

00:56:46.440 --> 00:56:46.860
 different

00:56:46.860 --> 00:56:47.280
 places.

00:56:47.480 --> 00:56:47.780
 You think

00:56:47.780 --> 00:56:48.460
 of the

00:56:48.460 --> 00:56:49.260
 lazy beds.

00:56:50.220 --> 00:56:50.640
 You see

00:56:50.640 --> 00:56:51.280
 them everywhere

00:56:51.280 --> 00:56:51.980
 throughout our

00:56:51.980 --> 00:56:53.059
 island and you

00:56:53.059 --> 00:56:54.099
 think, how on

00:56:54.099 --> 00:56:54.620
 earth did

00:56:54.620 --> 00:56:55.480
 something grow

00:56:55.480 --> 00:56:55.820
 there?

00:56:56.920 --> 00:56:57.320
 And yet they

00:56:57.320 --> 00:56:58.220
 are a mark

00:56:58.220 --> 00:56:59.460
 to us of

00:56:59.460 --> 00:57:00.280
 the life

00:57:00.280 --> 00:57:00.900
 that once

00:57:00.900 --> 00:57:01.460
 was.

00:57:02.260 --> 00:57:02.800
 Or the

00:57:02.800 --> 00:57:03.440
 peat banks

00:57:03.440 --> 00:57:04.180
 that so many

00:57:04.180 --> 00:57:04.900
 now are not

00:57:04.900 --> 00:57:05.500
 used.

00:57:06.099 --> 00:57:06.420
 They're a

00:57:06.420 --> 00:57:07.140
 reminder to

00:57:07.140 --> 00:57:07.760
 us of what

00:57:07.760 --> 00:57:09.039
 people relied

00:57:09.039 --> 00:57:10.240
 on in the

00:57:10.240 --> 00:57:10.780
 past.

00:57:11.460 --> 00:57:11.940
 But they're a

00:57:11.940 --> 00:57:12.700
 reminder to us

00:57:12.699 --> 00:57:12.980
 of the

00:57:12.980 --> 00:57:14.319
 potential that

00:57:14.319 --> 00:57:14.939
 is still

00:57:14.939 --> 00:57:15.339
 there.

00:57:17.139 --> 00:57:17.859
 Places that

00:57:17.859 --> 00:57:18.359
 are now

00:57:18.359 --> 00:57:19.559
 overgrown.

00:57:21.359 --> 00:57:21.699
 And yet

00:57:21.699 --> 00:57:21.960
 when we

00:57:21.960 --> 00:57:22.439
 think of

00:57:22.439 --> 00:57:22.919
 that in

00:57:22.919 --> 00:57:23.379
 light of

00:57:23.379 --> 00:57:24.379
 God's

00:57:24.379 --> 00:57:24.839
 covenant

00:57:24.839 --> 00:57:25.839
 with Abraham,

00:57:26.679 --> 00:57:27.379
 it can be

00:57:27.379 --> 00:57:27.879
 something we

00:57:27.879 --> 00:57:28.519
 think is

00:57:28.519 --> 00:57:29.179
 forgotten.

00:57:30.339 --> 00:57:31.039
 Something that

00:57:31.039 --> 00:57:31.659
 in many ways

00:57:31.659 --> 00:57:32.000
 that we have

00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:32.939
 left to the

00:57:32.939 --> 00:57:33.379
 side and

00:57:33.379 --> 00:57:34.239
 has become

00:57:34.239 --> 00:57:35.179
 overgrown.

00:57:35.960 --> 00:57:36.339
 And yet

00:57:36.339 --> 00:57:37.119
 the marks

00:57:37.119 --> 00:57:37.859
 are still

00:57:37.859 --> 00:57:38.519
 there for

00:57:38.519 --> 00:57:38.919
 us.

00:57:40.039 --> 00:57:40.619
 The wonder

00:57:40.619 --> 00:57:41.339
 of God's

00:57:41.339 --> 00:57:42.460
 grace is

00:57:42.460 --> 00:57:43.159
 still there

00:57:43.159 --> 00:57:43.960
 for us.

00:57:44.699 --> 00:57:45.260
 And at

00:57:45.260 --> 00:57:45.760
 the heart

00:57:45.760 --> 00:57:46.420
 of this

00:57:46.420 --> 00:57:47.240
 is the

00:57:47.240 --> 00:57:47.820
 fulfillment

00:57:47.820 --> 00:57:48.440
 of this

00:57:48.440 --> 00:57:48.900
 covenant

00:57:48.900 --> 00:57:50.199
 in Christ.

00:57:51.699 --> 00:57:52.059
 And where

00:57:52.059 --> 00:57:52.659
 we see

00:57:52.659 --> 00:57:53.720
 the marks

00:57:53.720 --> 00:57:54.880
 on Christ.

00:57:56.119 --> 00:57:56.740
 The marks,

00:57:56.880 --> 00:57:57.559
 the wounds

00:57:57.559 --> 00:57:58.579
 that bore

00:57:58.579 --> 00:57:59.320
 our sin

00:57:59.320 --> 00:58:00.300
 on the

00:58:00.300 --> 00:58:00.800
 cross.

00:58:02.360 --> 00:58:02.800
 And the

00:58:02.800 --> 00:58:03.519
 promise that

00:58:03.519 --> 00:58:04.380
 Abraham had

00:58:04.380 --> 00:58:05.019
 of a rich

00:58:05.019 --> 00:58:05.599
 land,

00:58:06.220 --> 00:58:07.579
 a blossoming

00:58:07.579 --> 00:58:08.260
 land,

00:58:08.800 --> 00:58:09.659
 that is the

00:58:09.659 --> 00:58:10.260
 promise that

00:58:10.260 --> 00:58:10.880
 is ours

00:58:10.880 --> 00:58:12.200
 in Christ.

00:58:13.660 --> 00:58:14.119
 Of a

00:58:14.119 --> 00:58:14.500
 greater

00:58:14.500 --> 00:58:15.099
 place,

00:58:15.559 --> 00:58:16.500
 a better

00:58:16.500 --> 00:58:17.140
 place,

00:58:18.039 --> 00:58:18.599
 a place

00:58:18.599 --> 00:58:19.160
 that Jesus

00:58:19.160 --> 00:58:19.860
 said in

00:58:19.860 --> 00:58:20.740
 John 14,

00:58:21.480 --> 00:58:22.280
 I go

00:58:22.280 --> 00:58:23.420
 to prepare

00:58:23.420 --> 00:58:24.039
 a place

00:58:24.039 --> 00:58:24.579
 for you.

00:58:25.340 --> 00:58:26.000
 And if I

00:58:26.000 --> 00:58:26.420
 go to

00:58:26.420 --> 00:58:27.019
 prepare a

00:58:27.019 --> 00:58:27.539
 place for

00:58:27.539 --> 00:58:27.680
 you,

00:58:27.840 --> 00:58:28.280
 I will

00:58:28.280 --> 00:58:29.000
 come again

00:58:29.000 --> 00:58:29.579
 and take

00:58:29.579 --> 00:58:29.940
 you to

00:58:29.940 --> 00:58:30.480
 myself,

00:58:30.820 --> 00:58:31.400
 that where

00:58:31.400 --> 00:58:32.000
 I am,

00:58:32.440 --> 00:58:32.900
 you may

00:58:32.900 --> 00:58:33.680
 be also.

00:58:33.679 --> 00:58:36.239
 a city,

00:58:36.799 --> 00:58:37.559
 a place

00:58:37.559 --> 00:58:38.379
 whose

00:58:38.379 --> 00:58:39.639
 maker and

00:58:39.639 --> 00:58:40.039
 builder

00:58:40.039 --> 00:58:41.299
 is God.

00:58:42.619 --> 00:58:43.179
 So the

00:58:43.179 --> 00:58:43.960
 question for

00:58:43.960 --> 00:58:44.940
 us tonight

00:58:44.940 --> 00:58:46.679
 is not

00:58:46.679 --> 00:58:47.759
 just where

00:58:47.759 --> 00:58:48.039
 are you

00:58:48.039 --> 00:58:48.500
 from,

00:58:49.460 --> 00:58:50.839
 the question

00:58:50.839 --> 00:58:52.399
 is where

00:58:52.399 --> 00:58:52.699
 are you

00:58:52.699 --> 00:58:53.099
 going?

00:58:55.179 --> 00:58:55.559
 And do

00:58:55.559 --> 00:58:56.119
 you long

00:58:56.119 --> 00:58:57.099
 for that

00:58:57.099 --> 00:58:57.619
 place?

00:58:58.839 --> 00:58:59.559
 Are the

00:58:59.559 --> 00:59:00.019
 things of

00:59:00.019 --> 00:59:00.639
 this world

00:59:00.639 --> 00:59:01.399
 taking hold

00:59:01.399 --> 00:59:01.719
 of your

00:59:01.719 --> 00:59:02.559
 heart so

00:59:02.559 --> 00:59:02.799
 that your

00:59:02.799 --> 00:59:03.299
 heart is

00:59:03.299 --> 00:59:04.299
 overgrown

00:59:04.299 --> 00:59:05.420
 with all

00:59:05.420 --> 00:59:06.039
 the pressures

00:59:06.039 --> 00:59:06.639
 of this

00:59:06.639 --> 00:59:07.099
 world?

00:59:08.360 --> 00:59:08.679
 Or are

00:59:08.679 --> 00:59:09.360
 you hearing

00:59:09.360 --> 00:59:10.219
 the call

00:59:10.219 --> 00:59:10.840
 of God

00:59:10.840 --> 00:59:11.719
 as it

00:59:11.719 --> 00:59:12.380
 was to

00:59:12.380 --> 00:59:12.799
 Abraham?

00:59:14.179 --> 00:59:14.519
 In the

00:59:14.519 --> 00:59:15.199
 midst of

00:59:15.199 --> 00:59:16.199
 idolatry

00:59:16.199 --> 00:59:16.739
 and everything

00:59:16.739 --> 00:59:17.299
 else that

00:59:17.299 --> 00:59:17.659
 was going

00:59:17.659 --> 00:59:18.199
 on around

00:59:18.199 --> 00:59:18.480
 him,

00:59:18.579 --> 00:59:19.360
 God called

00:59:19.360 --> 00:59:20.239
 him out

00:59:20.239 --> 00:59:20.679
 of that

00:59:20.679 --> 00:59:22.059
 place and

00:59:22.059 --> 00:59:22.579
 gave him

00:59:22.579 --> 00:59:23.340
 the promise

00:59:23.340 --> 00:59:24.219
 of a

00:59:24.219 --> 00:59:24.799
 blessing to

00:59:24.799 --> 00:59:25.219
 him and

00:59:25.219 --> 00:59:25.579
 being a

00:59:25.579 --> 00:59:26.219
 blessing to

00:59:26.219 --> 00:59:27.799
 others and

00:59:27.799 --> 00:59:28.440
 a faith

00:59:28.440 --> 00:59:29.219
 that had

00:59:29.219 --> 00:59:30.039
 its reward.

00:59:31.779 --> 00:59:32.320
 Abraham,

00:59:32.559 --> 00:59:33.460
 was a

00:59:33.460 --> 00:59:33.799
 man,

00:59:34.619 --> 00:59:36.219
 just a

00:59:36.219 --> 00:59:36.900
 person like

00:59:36.900 --> 00:59:37.239
 you and

00:59:37.239 --> 00:59:37.500
 I,

00:59:38.579 --> 00:59:38.860
 and yet

00:59:38.860 --> 00:59:39.759
 God called

00:59:39.759 --> 00:59:40.619
 him in

00:59:40.619 --> 00:59:41.019
 the same

00:59:41.019 --> 00:59:41.420
 way as

00:59:41.420 --> 00:59:42.380
 God calls

00:59:42.380 --> 00:59:42.739
 us,

00:59:42.820 --> 00:59:43.299
 each one

00:59:43.299 --> 00:59:43.799
 of us.

00:59:44.599 --> 00:59:45.400
 Abraham may

00:59:45.400 --> 00:59:46.139
 be seen

00:59:46.139 --> 00:59:47.000
 as the

00:59:47.000 --> 00:59:48.059
 father of

00:59:48.059 --> 00:59:48.759
 the faith,

00:59:49.900 --> 00:59:50.400
 but through

00:59:50.400 --> 00:59:51.759
 him and

00:59:51.759 --> 00:59:52.219
 ultimately

00:59:52.219 --> 00:59:52.799
 through his

00:59:52.799 --> 00:59:53.199
 seed,

00:59:53.360 --> 00:59:53.960
 through Christ

00:59:53.960 --> 00:59:54.500
 Jesus,

00:59:55.360 --> 00:59:55.860
 there is a

00:59:55.860 --> 00:59:56.440
 blessing to

00:59:56.440 --> 00:59:56.860
 all the

00:59:56.860 --> 00:59:58.099
 families of

00:59:58.099 --> 00:59:58.679
 the earth.

00:59:59.299 --> 01:00:00.119
 If we have

01:00:00.119 --> 01:00:01.940
 faith that

01:00:01.940 --> 01:00:02.480
 we too

01:00:02.480 --> 01:00:03.220
 will see

01:00:03.220 --> 01:00:04.019
 this city

01:00:04.019 --> 01:00:05.039
 whose

01:00:05.039 --> 01:00:05.460
 maker,

01:00:05.639 --> 01:00:05.720
 whose

01:00:05.720 --> 01:00:06.380
 designer

01:00:06.380 --> 01:00:07.700
 and builder

01:00:07.700 --> 01:00:09.039
 is God.

01:00:10.700 --> 01:00:11.280
 Tell me

01:00:11.280 --> 01:00:11.619
 the way

01:00:11.619 --> 01:00:12.000
 to the

01:00:12.000 --> 01:00:12.280
 city.

01:00:13.579 --> 01:00:14.059
 The way

01:00:14.059 --> 01:00:14.400
 to the

01:00:14.400 --> 01:00:15.599
 city is

01:00:15.599 --> 01:00:16.380
 by faith

01:00:16.380 --> 01:00:17.559
 in Christ.

01:00:18.480 --> 01:00:18.960
 So let's

01:00:18.960 --> 01:00:19.579
 hear his

01:00:19.579 --> 01:00:21.000
 call and

01:00:21.000 --> 01:00:21.280
 let's

01:00:21.280 --> 01:00:22.400
 follow him.

01:00:22.960 --> 01:00:23.460
 Let us

01:00:23.460 --> 01:00:23.679
 pray.

01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:26.639
 Our

01:00:26.639 --> 01:00:27.320
 father in

01:00:27.320 --> 01:00:27.619
 heaven,

01:00:27.780 --> 01:00:28.079
 we do

01:00:28.079 --> 01:00:28.659
 thank you

01:00:28.659 --> 01:00:29.059
 for your

01:00:29.059 --> 01:00:29.639
 word and

01:00:29.639 --> 01:00:29.960
 for the

01:00:29.960 --> 01:00:30.700
 promises we

01:00:30.699 --> 01:00:31.279
 find in

01:00:31.279 --> 01:00:31.439
 them.

01:00:32.199 --> 01:00:32.699
 We think

01:00:32.699 --> 01:00:33.259
 of the

01:00:33.259 --> 01:00:34.059
 fear that

01:00:34.059 --> 01:00:34.799
 these names

01:00:34.799 --> 01:00:35.259
 can so

01:00:35.259 --> 01:00:35.779
 often put

01:00:35.779 --> 01:00:36.219
 in us.

01:00:36.799 --> 01:00:37.239
 Abraham,

01:00:37.519 --> 01:00:38.179
 Isaac and

01:00:38.179 --> 01:00:38.739
 Jacob and

01:00:38.739 --> 01:00:39.460
 how unworthy

01:00:39.460 --> 01:00:40.139
 we are.

01:00:41.099 --> 01:00:41.319
 And yet

01:00:41.319 --> 01:00:41.579
 when we

01:00:41.579 --> 01:00:42.059
 see their

01:00:42.059 --> 01:00:42.579
 background,

01:00:42.759 --> 01:00:43.059
 when we

01:00:43.059 --> 01:00:43.500
 see where

01:00:43.500 --> 01:00:43.699
 they're

01:00:43.699 --> 01:00:44.939
 from and

01:00:44.939 --> 01:00:45.399
 ultimately

01:00:45.399 --> 01:00:45.899
 where they're

01:00:45.899 --> 01:00:46.299
 going,

01:00:46.980 --> 01:00:47.460
 we thank

01:00:47.460 --> 01:00:47.659
 you that

01:00:47.659 --> 01:00:48.239
 it reminds

01:00:48.239 --> 01:00:48.599
 us that

01:00:48.599 --> 01:00:49.099
 your call

01:00:49.099 --> 01:00:49.439
 is the

01:00:49.439 --> 01:00:49.899
 same to

01:00:49.899 --> 01:00:50.299
 us.

01:00:50.919 --> 01:00:51.419
 To heed

01:00:51.419 --> 01:00:51.960
 the call

01:00:51.960 --> 01:00:52.519
 of God

01:00:52.519 --> 01:00:53.419
 and to

01:00:53.419 --> 01:00:54.079
 follow you

01:00:54.079 --> 01:00:55.000
 that we

01:00:55.000 --> 01:00:55.460
 might by

01:00:55.460 --> 01:00:56.480
 faith see

01:00:56.480 --> 01:00:57.559
 that great

01:00:57.559 --> 01:00:58.439
 city whose

01:00:58.439 --> 01:00:59.079
 maker and

01:00:59.079 --> 01:00:59.919
 builder is

01:00:59.920 --> 01:01:00.340
 God.

01:01:00.980 --> 01:01:01.400
 So Lord,

01:01:01.480 --> 01:01:02.039
 guide us

01:01:02.039 --> 01:01:02.559
 along the

01:01:02.559 --> 01:01:02.780
 way,

01:01:02.940 --> 01:01:03.440
 keep us

01:01:03.440 --> 01:01:03.920
 and protect

01:01:03.920 --> 01:01:05.119
 us and

01:01:05.119 --> 01:01:05.400
 give us

01:01:05.400 --> 01:01:05.920
 ears to

01:01:05.920 --> 01:01:07.059
 hear and

01:01:07.059 --> 01:01:07.659
 to respond

01:01:07.659 --> 01:01:08.139
 to your

01:01:08.139 --> 01:01:09.340
 call as

01:01:09.340 --> 01:01:09.740
 we ask

01:01:09.740 --> 01:01:10.260
 it all in

01:01:10.260 --> 01:01:10.599
 Jesus'

01:01:10.880 --> 01:01:11.079
 name.

01:01:11.599 --> 01:01:12.000
 Amen.

01:01:15.260 --> 01:01:15.780
 We're

01:01:15.780 --> 01:01:16.220
 going to

01:01:16.220 --> 01:01:16.960
 conclude by

01:01:16.960 --> 01:01:17.740
 singing to

01:01:17.740 --> 01:01:18.180
 God's

01:01:18.180 --> 01:01:18.820
 praise in

01:01:18.820 --> 01:01:20.019
 Psalm 16

01:01:20.019 --> 01:01:20.760
 in the

01:01:20.760 --> 01:01:20.980
 same

01:01:20.980 --> 01:01:21.460
 psalms,

01:01:21.500 --> 01:01:21.880
 the same

01:01:21.880 --> 01:01:22.440
 psalm as

01:01:22.440 --> 01:01:22.840
 we had at

01:01:22.840 --> 01:01:23.440
 the start,

01:01:24.440 --> 01:01:25.440
 page 17

01:01:25.440 --> 01:01:26.019
 of the

01:01:26.019 --> 01:01:26.360
 psalm

01:01:26.360 --> 01:01:26.680
 books.

01:01:29.920 --> 01:01:32.340
 Psalm 16

01:01:32.340 --> 01:01:32.940
 at verse

01:01:32.940 --> 01:01:33.500
 8,

01:01:33.639 --> 01:01:34.079
 we'll sing

01:01:34.079 --> 01:01:34.500
 down to

01:01:34.500 --> 01:01:34.920
 the end

01:01:34.920 --> 01:01:35.860
 of the

01:01:35.860 --> 01:01:36.180
 psalm,

01:01:36.240 --> 01:01:36.599
 the tune

01:01:36.599 --> 01:01:37.260
 is Golden

01:01:37.260 --> 01:01:37.700
 Hill.

01:01:38.740 --> 01:01:39.019
 It's a

01:01:39.019 --> 01:01:39.480
 psalm that

01:01:39.480 --> 01:01:40.380
 reminds us

01:01:40.380 --> 01:01:40.860
 of our

01:01:40.860 --> 01:01:41.380
 ultimate,

01:01:41.880 --> 01:01:42.680
 our blessing

01:01:42.680 --> 01:01:43.380
 in God

01:01:43.380 --> 01:01:43.639
 as we

01:01:43.639 --> 01:01:44.139
 set the

01:01:44.139 --> 01:01:44.960
 Lord always

01:01:44.960 --> 01:01:45.800
 before us.

01:01:46.340 --> 01:01:46.820
 Because he

01:01:46.820 --> 01:01:47.460
 is at my

01:01:47.460 --> 01:01:48.079
 right hand,

01:01:48.139 --> 01:01:48.480
 I'll not

01:01:48.480 --> 01:01:49.320
 be overthrown.

01:01:49.440 --> 01:01:49.700
 Therefore,

01:01:49.900 --> 01:01:50.440
 my heart

01:01:50.440 --> 01:01:51.039
 is glad,

01:01:51.599 --> 01:01:52.139
 my tongue

01:01:52.139 --> 01:01:52.780
 with joy

01:01:52.780 --> 01:01:53.380
 will sing,

01:01:53.480 --> 01:01:53.960
 my body

01:01:53.960 --> 01:01:54.500
 too will

01:01:54.500 --> 01:01:55.599
 rest secure

01:01:55.599 --> 01:01:56.860
 in hope

01:01:56.860 --> 01:01:58.200
 unwavering.

01:01:58.280 --> 01:01:58.640
 We'll sing

01:01:58.640 --> 01:01:59.099
 from verse

01:01:59.099 --> 01:01:59.539
 8 to

01:01:59.539 --> 01:02:00.519
 11 to

01:02:00.519 --> 01:02:00.940
 God's

01:02:00.940 --> 01:02:01.340
 praise.

01:02:01.340 --> 01:02:01.840
 Amen.

01:02:26.860 --> 01:02:27.860
 God's

01:02:27.860 --> 01:02:28.860
 love

01:02:28.860 --> 01:02:28.880
 and my

01:02:28.880 --> 01:02:31.099
 right hand,

01:02:31.420 --> 01:02:33.880
 I'll not

01:02:33.880 --> 01:02:37.860
 be overthrown.

01:02:39.519 --> 01:02:40.620
 Therefore,

01:02:42.099 --> 01:02:44.300
 my heart

01:02:44.300 --> 01:02:47.079
 is glad,

01:02:47.599 --> 01:02:50.220
 my tongue

01:02:50.220 --> 01:02:52.400
 with joy

01:02:52.400 --> 01:02:55.260
 will sing,

01:02:55.260 --> 01:02:58.900
 my body

01:02:58.900 --> 01:03:01.660
 too will

01:03:01.660 --> 01:03:04.820
 rest secure

01:03:04.820 --> 01:03:08.040
 in hope

01:03:08.040 --> 01:03:12.260
 unwavering.

01:03:12.260 --> 01:03:15.700
 For you

01:03:15.700 --> 01:03:18.820
 will not

01:03:18.820 --> 01:03:20.140
 die

01:03:20.139 --> 01:03:24.619
 my soul

01:03:24.619 --> 01:03:25.779
 in death

01:03:25.779 --> 01:03:29.519
 to stay

01:03:29.519 --> 01:03:32.619
 nor will

01:03:32.619 --> 01:03:35.159
 you leave

01:03:35.159 --> 01:03:37.699
 your holy

01:03:37.699 --> 01:03:39.420
 one

01:03:39.420 --> 01:03:41.460
 to see

01:03:41.460 --> 01:03:42.920
 the

01:03:42.920 --> 01:03:44.059
 wounds

01:03:44.059 --> 01:03:45.339
 decay.

01:03:45.340 --> 01:03:56.660
 you

01:03:56.660 --> 01:03:58.660
 are

01:03:59.260 --> 01:03:59.500
 lost

01:03:59.500 --> 01:03:59.880
 …

01:03:59.880 --> 01:04:03.700
 to me

01:04:03.699 --> 01:04:13.939
 Which shall I go at your right hand?

01:04:14.379 --> 01:04:21.519
 Joy come, your face will shine.

01:04:23.359 --> 01:04:26.439
 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my right.

01:04:26.500 --> 01:04:27.819
 We'll close the benediction.

01:04:27.820 --> 01:04:38.800
 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. Amen.