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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 My name is Lance Cooper. I'm one of the elders here at Southwood. Don't worry, I'm not preaching.

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 I know some of you, like Alan Judge, are probably pretty nervous.

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 But Derek called me this week and asked if I would read Scripture before he preached today.

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 So I'd ask that you just kind of listen to one of these old, old stories.

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 A story that's thousands of years old that's been listened to and read generation after generation after generation of people who have hoped and trusted in God's providence.

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 And this is Genesis 22, verses 1 through 14.

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 After these things, God tested Abraham and said to him,

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 Abraham, and he said, here I am.

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 He said, take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.

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 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac.

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 And he cut wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

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 On the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.

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 Then Abraham said to his young men, stay here with the donkey.

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 I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.

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 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac, his son.

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 And he took in his hand the fire and the knife.

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 So they went both of them together.

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 And Isaac said to his father, Abraham, my father.

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 And he said, here I am, my son.

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 He said, behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?

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 Abraham said, God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.

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 So they went both of them together.

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 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there.

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 And laid the wood in order and bound Isaac, his son, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

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 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

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 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham.

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 And he said, here I am.

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 He said, do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him.

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 For now I know that you fear God.

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 Seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.

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 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked.

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 And behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.

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 And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

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 So Abraham called the name of that place the Lord will provide.

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 As it is said to this day, on the mount of the Lord, it shall be provided.

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 One of the most famous passages in scripture has a lot to take in.

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 There's a lot of different ways we could look at this.

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 But hopefully we can find encouragement today from this passage.

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 That's one of my jobs as a preacher is to encourage you from the word of God with what it says.

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 So before we jump in, looking at that passage and picking it apart, I want to start with a story of a guy named Luke Akins.

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 Has anybody ever heard of Luke Akins?

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 No?

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 I hadn't either.

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 But just a few years ago, he stepped into history as the first person ever to jump from an airplane at 25,000 feet without a parachute.

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 A 42-year-old skydiver has made history.

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 Luke Akins became the first person to jump from a plane without a parachute and land in a net on Saturday, falling 25,000 feet.

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 Here is Mireya Villarreal.

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 Doors open. Here we go.

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 You could call him Luke's sky jumper.

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 Luke Akins' death-defying leap unlike anything anyone seen in this galaxy.

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 Beginning at 25,000 feet, he soars through the air without a parachute for two minutes.

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 Other skydivers stay by his side before removing his oxygen mask for his final descent.

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 There goes the chutes.

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 Luke is on his own.

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 Seconds later, he hits his mark, a 100-by-100-foot net.

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 He's in!

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 His wife and teammates rush to greet him.

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 I'm almost levitating. It's incredible.

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 The words I want to say can't even get out of my mouth.

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 He and I have

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 Aikens has been jumping since he was 12 and has made more than 18,000 jumps with a parachute.

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 But as a father and husband, he says this stunt needed to be more than just a leap of faith.

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 There's an inherent risk with what I'm doing, but I feel like it's a calculated risk.

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 When you're out in the air after you exit, the feeling is awesome.

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 There's no going back. That's the feeling that I love. That's what I do this for.

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 Mireya Villarreal, CBS News, Los Angeles.

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 you could call him Luke's sky jumper did you hear that one unlike anyone seen in this galaxy

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 that was a lame line but for two full minutes he's falling he trained for two years I guess

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 you could say his whole life really but two years just for that jump and all he had no plan b

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 and all he was trusting was that everyone who had talked to him about it being safe and catching him

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 that that net would catch him trusting that they were telling the truth and that's a lot of what it

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 can feel like when God calls us to do something okay you don't get all the steps outlined up front

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 he had a few more you don't see every turn ahead but you do have just enough information to take

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 the first leap and you had to trust that you're going to land exactly where he promises in the

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 scriptures can you think of a time maybe in your life when God nudged you or called you somewhere

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 and did you have every single bit of information that you needed about every step of the way

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 I remember when I first was called into ministry I was painting houses I was out of college and it

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 was like this song stuck in my head go talk to so and so at this church and ask him if they have a job

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 and I knew he would say no but later that led to the call in ministry and I just knew I had to go do it

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 I can also recall vividly when God called us to leave Washington DC where we're serving in a church

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 for nine years it was an undeniable clear answer that it was time to go take a next step

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 at a new church and it was incredible I was like God's in this for about two years and then it was awful

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 and then confusion set in and then something wasn't right and little did I know we were entering into

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 some of the the more challenging years of our life and it didn't make sense and sometimes that's

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 exactly how God's call feels clear enough to step out but confusing enough to require faith beyond what

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 we can see ourselves because God's call can seem confusing it really can't we want a GPS right with

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 all of the details but so many times most all of the time actually God hands us a compass and he just

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 says go that way I saw this fun video on the internet that uh that kind of like captures I

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 think the heart of how confusing it could be my child this is God yes God quit your job you will

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 not miss any money you will get a check every week for ten thousand dollars and become a millionaire

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 okay yes God my child this is God yes God I need you to quit your job and then what

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 hello

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 you you ever been there

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 so Abraham had been there he'd been there many times okay and now we get to enter into another

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 one of those moments where God gives him a compass and not a GPS I'm going to read the first eight

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 verses again after these things God tested Abraham and said to him Abraham and he said here I am

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 he said take your son your only son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah there's the compass

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 and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you

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 so Abraham rose early in the morning saddled his donkey and took two of his young men with him and his

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 son Isaac and he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told

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 him on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar then Abraham said to his

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 young men stay here with the donkey I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you

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 and Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son and he took in his hand the

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 fire and the knife so they went both of them together and Isaac said to his father Abraham my father and he

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 said here I am my son he said behold the fire and the wood but where's the lamb for a burnt offering

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 Abraham said God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering my son so they went both of them

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 together

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 in this passage Abraham gets another compass and God's call can seem confusing but this call seems horrific

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 doesn't it

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 and it's even more horrific if you understand the backstory okay so in Genesis 12 Abraham was handed a compass

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 and he was told by God go to the land that I'll show you just head that way

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 and then in Genesis 15 God gives him a little more info he says hey look at all the stars

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 if you can count all those stars

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 that's how many your offspring will be

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 and then in Genesis 17

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 God makes the promise to Abraham that he will be a father of a multitude of nations

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 but how can he be father Abraham of a multitude of nations if he doesn't have a son

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 so he's got more info but he still doesn't have all of the information so Abraham and his wife Sarah they

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 try to have a baby and they wait and they wait and they trust and they trust and they grow older and they

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 grow older and then after 10 years of waiting

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 they get desperate

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 you ever been there

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 where you're waiting but you get desperate and you try to fix things yourself

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 I think that's where they were

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 okay

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 and they wanted to wait but they wanted the promise

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 and they believe the promise

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 so Sarah says I've got an idea

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 I think Abraham what God may have meant

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 was that you should have a child with our servant Hagar

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 maybe that's how he's going to provide the son

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 because I can't have a child for you

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 and so he did that

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 and they named the child Ishmael

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 but that shortcut only created more resentment

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 and more brokenness in the family

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 and just like in Eden

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 what followed

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 was shame

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 and broken relationships

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 there was sin involved

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 but God's plan was not undone

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 and his plan's not undone

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 in our brokenness either

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 you can take heart there

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 and the good news is he doesn't run away from broken people

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 this was a very messy family

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 you ever thought your family's too messy for God

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 well just take a little look here

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 dig a little deeper

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 you're not alone

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 okay

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 15 years later

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 25 years after Abraham and God had had that conversation

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 God's promise shows up

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 and Sarah

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 she has a son

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 at the youthful age of 90

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 and Abraham was the 100 year old dad

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 and they named him Isaac

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 and it's through Isaac

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 that God's promises to Abraham

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 and to us

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 would be fulfilled

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 the end

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 they lived happily ever after

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 let's pray

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 plot twist

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 the tension between Sarah and Hagar

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 got so bad

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 that Sarah

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 sends Hagar away

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 with Ishmael forever

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 boom

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 get out of here

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 right

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 this already broken family

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 becomes

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 more broken

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 except

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 for the joy over Isaac

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 the miracle baby

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 their only son

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 and now Isaac

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 the son that they've been waiting 25 years for

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 who they love with all their heart

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 the promised one

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 God says

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 Abraham

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 put him on the altar

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 kill the promise

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 this call seems horrific

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 now

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 what's happening here

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 and

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 was this horrific to Abraham

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 does it seem as horrific to him

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 as it does to us

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 I don't think so

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 I don't think it was as horrific to Abraham

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 as it seems to us reading this right now

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 because Abraham had seen God

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 keep his promise

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 all right

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 and provide him

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 and now he's trusting him to do it again

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 I think something developed there

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 even if it meant raising Isaac from the dead

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 if you look at Hebrews 11

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 it says

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 he considered that God was able

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 even to raise him from the dead

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 which figuratively speaking

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 he did receive him back

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 there it is

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 okay

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 that's what I want you to hang on today

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 resurrection faith

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 resurrection faith

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 he knew the God who made the promise

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 was trustworthy

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 and God's promise was Abraham's net

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 beneath him

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 always present

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 always secure

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 even when he couldn't see it

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 okay

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 remember he had wiggled in his faith

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 a little bit

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 when he took matters into his own hands

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 they had Ishmael

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 it didn't work out so well

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 and I think that he realized though

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 if God still loves me through this brokenness

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 he really loves me

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 and he always had that destination

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 in mind

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 which you read about earlier in the bulletin

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 that heavenly mountain

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 that house that God's building

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 so

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 why does this feel more horrific to us today

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 than I think it felt to Abraham

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 first would be this

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 we forget that this is a test

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 if you look at the text

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 it says it's a test

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 and even in Hebrews it says it's a test

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 you think about training

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 there's no

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 Navy SEAL that's going into training

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 thinking

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 man this is probably going to be pretty easy

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 now they get in there

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 and the tougher the mission

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 the tougher the test

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 this is father Abraham

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 and God's speaking a language

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 that makes sense to him

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 do you remember where there were

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 baby sacrifices on mountains

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 there's a God called Molech

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 this would have been all around

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 God's speaking a language that makes sense

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 and he's about to make a statement

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 that I'm different than these other gods

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 so it's a test first of all

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 I think Abraham would have seen this as a test

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 and he would have signed up for this

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 right

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 he knew that he was on a special mission

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 I think the other reason why this may seem so horrific to us

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 is because

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 we've been shaped by a lie

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 a little bit

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 we'll dig down on that just for a second

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 and that lie detours how we trust God

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 in America

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 what I mean by that

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 we don't really have a lot of room for God

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 to call us to uncomfortable things

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 in our lifestyles

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 so when we open a passage like Genesis 22

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 and we hear God say

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 lay your son on the altar

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 we flinch more

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 not just because it's heavy

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 which it is

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 but because it confronts the false heavens

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 that we are constantly trying to build here on earth

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 now in the west

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 we have crafted this version of Christianity

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 that is more about comfort

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 than it is about calling of God

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 and it's more about escaping reality

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 than it is about being transformed by it

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 it's more about control

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 than it is about surrender

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 and we don't leave any room for tough things to happen

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 in our plan

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 let me try to give you a little picture

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 of what this looks like

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 okay imagine this desktop is your life

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 okay

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 it's more than just clutter

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 it's the world we're trying to manage

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 missed promotion

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 will I ever retire

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 broken relationships

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 does anybody really like me

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 the folder of regrets

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 trying to be enough

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 things I worry about

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 shame I keep secret

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 pressure to be the cool mom or dad

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 parenting guilt

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 and somewhere off to the side

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 you're going to see this Jesus folder

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 we say

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 Jesus is the center of my life

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 but the live screen says completely otherwise

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 we spend most of our days

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 opening every other file

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 trying to manage everything ourselves

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 controlling it

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 and fixing everything

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 no margin

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 no surrender

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 just survival

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 but watch what happens

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 when we begin taking it all

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 the weight of managing it all

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 the mess

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 the pressure

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 the pain

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 into one place

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 into Jesus

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 it's surrender

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 and what happens

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 more space

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 space to breathe

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 space to rest

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 space to trust

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 space to be near Jesus

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 and somehow

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 the very things

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 that were holding us back

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 the clutter

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 and the fear

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 and the noise

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 they become the doorway

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 to Jesus

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 the doorway

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 to trust him

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 with everything

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 and that

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 that's the healthy rhythm

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 of the Christian life

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 not knowing every outcome

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 but every day

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 every moment

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 surrendering and saying

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 this

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 belongs to you

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 all of this

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 so freedom isn't found

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 in asking Jesus

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 to bless our kingdoms

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 that's where we get stuck

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 okay

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 it's found in surrendering

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 and sacrificing

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 our kingdoms

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 to his

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 that's why the scriptures say

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 to offer your bodies

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 as a living sacrifice

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 offer your lives

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 everything

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 because the truth is

00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:08.160
 any heaven

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 that we build

00:20:09.120 --> 00:20:10.580
 apart from Jesus

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 is eventually

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 going to end up

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 in the trash bin

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 deleted forever

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:16.840
 you ever believe

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 this lie

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 I have

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 I love God

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 but I spend most of my time

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 building a life

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 that's free from need

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 or worry

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 or suffering

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 and it's focused

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 on never being bored

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 looking the best

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 all the time

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 having all the best things

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 I've ever dreamed of

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 avoiding and ignoring

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 suffering

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 or hard things

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 at all costs

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 that is the current

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 that we live in

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 in America

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 in American churches

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 and underneath

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.500
 all of that

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 paradise building

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 is a longing

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 for a real paradise

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 and that's the destination

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 that God's compass

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 is always pointing toward

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 if you expect

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 paradise now

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 suffering

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:06.039
 or heartache

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.019
 or anything like that

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.160
 that God calls us to

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 is always going to make you

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.680
 feel like God's

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 betraying you

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 okay

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:15.740
 Abraham did not expect

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.600
 paradise now

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 and I don't think

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 he felt betrayed

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 by God's request

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 either

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 because he knew

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 that it was a test

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 a holy test

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 and he had room

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 in his world view

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.720
 for hard things

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 and he knew

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 that God was going

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 to call him

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 to hard things

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 and he had seen

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 God provide

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 through all those

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.860
 hard things

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:37.019
 so to Abraham

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 when he walked

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:38.480
 into this situation

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.460
 Isaac was never

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 even truly lost

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 you see it in the text

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 he says

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:43.860
 we'll come back

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 to you

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 when they go up there

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 we'll come back

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 we're going to go over there

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 and worship

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 and we'll be back

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 and the promise of God

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 was more real to him

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 than even the fear

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.319
 of that unknown

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 so don't you want

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 faith like that

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 I want faith like that

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 the resurrection faith

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 and that's what it is

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.340
 it's not the absence

00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:04.140
 of fear

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:05.340
 or the absence

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:06.259
 of bad things

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.960
 or the absence

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.720
 of suffering

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:09.180
 or the absence

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.059
 of discomfort

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 it's not having

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.660
 all the answers

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.240
 and knowing how

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.980
 everything's going

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.680
 to work out

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:16.620
 but it's the presence

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.880
 of a net

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:21.259
 always underneath us

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:22.819
 always sure

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:24.620
 a net made

00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:25.819
 of God's

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:27.180
 unbreakable promises

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:29.519
 wherever you go

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:31.480
 whatever you're going

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.799
 through

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:34.220
 so what about us

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.819
 okay

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:36.200
 what do we do

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.879
 when God's call

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.619
 doesn't match

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.879
 our curated versions

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:41.419
 of the good life

00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:43.619
 when the call

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.720
 seems horrific

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.879
 or even just

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.439
 uncomfortable

00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:48.480
 what do we do

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.259
 when the very thing

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:50.439
 that we love the most

00:22:50.439 --> 00:22:52.339
 is placed on the altar

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:54.559
 what if the thing

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.379
 that you treasure

00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:56.079
 the most

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:57.019
 becomes the thing

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.039
 that God invites you

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.679
 to surrender

00:22:58.680 --> 00:23:02.200
 I think that you

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:04.440
 you keep the destination

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.160
 in mind

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.380
 that's what I think

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.400
 we do in those moments

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:09.140
 because for Abraham

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.320
 and for us

00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:11.960
 it's the destination

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:14.140
 that makes the difference

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.360
 in everything else

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.259
 okay

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:18.720
 when they came

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.420
 to the place

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.080
 of which God

00:23:20.080 --> 00:23:20.720
 had told him

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.960
 Abraham built

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.759
 the altar there

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:24.740
 and he laid the wood

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.120
 in order

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:25.880
 and bound Isaac

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.380
 his son

00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:26.920
 and he laid him

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.460
 on the altar

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.440
 on top of the wood

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.600
 then Abraham

00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:30.660
 reached out his hand

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.400
 and took the knife

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.620
 to slaughter his son

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.980
 but the angel

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.360
 of the Lord

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.940
 called to him

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.340
 from heaven

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.779
 and said

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.500
 Abraham

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.059
 Abraham

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.700
 and he said

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.340
 here I am

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:39.360
 he said

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:40.240
 do not lay

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.860
 your hand

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.440
 on the boy

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.600
 or do anything

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.120
 to him

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:44.259
 for now I know

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.200
 that you fear God

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.799
 seeing you've not

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.740
 withheld your son

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.539
 your only son

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.039
 from me

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.620
 and Abraham

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.680
 lifted up his eyes

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.080
 and looked

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.559
 and behold

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.160
 behind him

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.680
 was a ram

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.559
 caught in a thicket

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.420
 by his thorns

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.160
 his horns

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:57.600
 and Abraham

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:59.039
 went

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.579
 and took

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.039
 the ram

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.559
 and offered

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:00.859
 it up

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.319
 as a burnt

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.659
 offering

00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:02.599
 instead of his son

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.899
 so Abraham

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:04.639
 called the name

00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:05.359
 of that place

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.219
 the Lord

00:24:06.219 --> 00:24:06.859
 will provide

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:08.119
 as it is said

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.639
 to this day

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.119
 on the mount

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.679
 of the Lord

00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.939
 it shall be

00:24:10.939 --> 00:24:11.599
 provided

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:14.539
 the mountains

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.240
 of Moriah

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:17.240
 that's where he was

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.539
 that was the

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.159
 destination

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:20.199
 the compass

00:24:20.199 --> 00:24:21.299
 that God

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.899
 had given him

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.699
 in this particular

00:24:22.699 --> 00:24:23.819
 text

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.919
 and the destination

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.919
 is the difference

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.839
 in this story

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.740
 and the destination

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:29.220
 is the difference

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.200
 in our story

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:32.859
 God is always

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:34.720
 always always

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.599
 writing a much

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.299
 bigger story

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:37.200
 than we can see

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.799
 and here we get

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.159
 a glimpse

00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:40.099
 of all of it

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:41.059
 right

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.980
 this is where

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.539
 the compass

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.759
 is always pointing

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.839
 the mount

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.599
 of the Lord

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:47.039
 that New Testament

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.879
 reading earlier

00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:49.439
 you see it

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:51.120
 it says

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.960
 that by faith

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.039
 he went to live

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.559
 in a land

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.279
 of promise

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.279
 as in a foreign

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.559
 land

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.340
 living in tents

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.940
 for he was

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.640
 looking forward

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.500
 to the city

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:01.059
 that has

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.799
 foundations

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.759
 whose designer

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.279
 and builder

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.960
 is God

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:06.539
 on the mount

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.279
 of the Lord

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.220
 it shall be

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.779
 provided

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.340
 the net

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:10.140
 underneath us

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.940
 when we can't

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.660
 see and don't

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.320
 know the next

00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:12.840
 steps

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.920
 Abraham

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:15.059
 wasn't walking

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.660
 blind

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.180
 okay

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.660
 he was walking

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.740
 toward a promise

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.460
 and that's

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.200
 what resurrection

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.079
 faith does

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.660
 and that's

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.180
 what I want

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.819
 us to have

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.539
 that's what

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.339
 I want to have

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.680
 it sees beyond

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.220
 the altar

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.579
 and it hears

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.779
 past the silence

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.740
 and it knows

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.480
 that even when

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.180
 God's call

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.000
 is confusing

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.420
 his promises

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.519
 are still true

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:37.000
 and it says

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.880
 this belongs

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.559
 to you

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:41.980
 so here's

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.500
 the question

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:44.039
 was it really

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.660
 just about

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.220
 Isaac

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:46.980
 or was it

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.620
 about something

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.079
 bigger

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:49.220
 and something

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.699
 eternal

00:25:49.699 --> 00:25:52.159
 when Isaac

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.899
 I remember

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.439
 reading this

00:25:53.439 --> 00:25:53.859
 in Hebrew

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.599
 when we took

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:54.960
 Hebrew

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.439
 and when

00:25:55.439 --> 00:25:56.039
 this part

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.559
 particularly

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.079
 stuck with me

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.599
 when Isaac

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.139
 looks at his

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.579
 dad and he

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.079
 says where's

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.559
 the lamb

00:25:59.559 --> 00:25:59.879
 for the

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.299
 offering

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:02.059
 something about

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.519
 the Hebrew

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.919
 it like

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:04.019
 really

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:06.059
 guts you

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:07.799
 and Abraham

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.460
 says God

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.079
 will provide

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:10.980
 on the mount

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.599
 of Moriah

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.139
 he did

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:13.419
 but it was

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:13.939
 a ram

00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:15.059
 not a lamb

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:17.940
 because the

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.399
 lamb came

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:18.720
 later

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.200
 didn't it

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:21.899
 this whole

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.480
 story isn't

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.019
 just about

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.419
 Abraham

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:24.119
 and Isaac

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:25.460
 it's about

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.019
 Jesus

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.579
 and us

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:29.379
 and it's a

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:29.799
 preview

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.480
 of the

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.159
 destination

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:32.339
 that makes

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.700
 all the

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.159
 difference

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.859
 and here's

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.220
 why that

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.599
 matters

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.440
 because Jesus

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:35.879
 is the

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.419
 difference

00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:37.839
 because Jesus

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.259
 is the

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.819
 resurrection

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.700
 and the

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.059
 resurrection

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.099
 is the

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.740
 destination

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.839
 okay

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:44.120
 centuries

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.680
 later

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.759
 on the

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.339
 same

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.779
 mountain

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.480
 range

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.579
 mind you

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.920
 another

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.420
 beloved

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.839
 son

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.039
 would

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.299
 carry

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.720
 wood

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.079
 on his

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.500
 back

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:54.160
 he'd

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.539
 ascend

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.120
 alone

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.440
 he'd cry

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.819
 out my

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.120
 God

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.319
 my

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.640
 God

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.019
 why have

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.140
 you

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.680
 forsaken

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.019
 me

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.160
 and this

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.579
 time the

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.819
 knife

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.160
 wouldn't

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.519
 stop

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:01.880
 would it

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:03.660
 there

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:03.920
 would be

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.160
 no

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.420
 ram

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:04.660
 in the

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:04.980
 thicket

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.279
 either

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.819
 because

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.400
 he was

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.640
 the

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.079
 lamb

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:09.140
 that

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.460
 God

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.620
 will

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.079
 provide

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:12.119
 and the

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.619
 true

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.279
 and the

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.599
 better

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.319
 Isaac

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.079
 who

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.419
 wouldn't

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:15.899
 just be

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:16.359
 spared

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.659
 but

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.399
 slain

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:18.879
 with

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.319
 Jesus

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.819
 so that

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.299
 we

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.480
 the

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.839
 guilty

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.379
 ones

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.439
 might

00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:24.939
 live

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:27.740
 and think

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.179
 if you

00:27:28.179 --> 00:27:28.559
 were able

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.099
 to stand

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.379
 at the

00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:29.599
 foot of

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.039
 the cross

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.639
 next to

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.059
 Abraham

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:32.579
 and look

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:32.919
 up

00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:35.359
 I imagine

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.699
 he would

00:27:35.699 --> 00:27:36.259
 say this

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.619
 is the

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.099
 lamb he

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.639
 was talking

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.000
 about

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.819
 this is

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.579
 how much

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.460
 God loves

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:40.759
 me

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:42.059
 he doesn't

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.699
 ask us

00:27:42.699 --> 00:27:43.639
 to sacrifice

00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.419
 our loved

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:44.919
 ones like

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:45.399
 the other

00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:45.960
 gods of

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.599
 Abraham's

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:46.960
 time

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.139
 he gives

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.759
 his own

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:50.460
 so that

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.099
 through faith

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.679
 in him

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.579
 we may

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.179
 become

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:54.439
 children

00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:55.819
 of promise

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.879
 okay

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.659
 that's what

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.399
 this passage

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:58.939
 is about

00:27:58.939 --> 00:27:59.419
 if you look

00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.179
 in Galatians

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.779
 and Romans

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.839
 Paul

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:03.460
 exegetes

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.019
 this passage

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.439
 a bit

00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:07.059
 the son

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.299
 of the

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.779
 slave

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.519
 woman

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.279
 this is

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.519
 talking

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.700
 about

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:09.839
 the

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.279
 Ishmael

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.579
 line

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.480
 was born

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.819
 according

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.099
 to the

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:12.519
 flesh

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.400
 the son

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.619
 of the

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:13.819
 free

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.099
 woman

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.019
 born

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.200
 through

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.660
 promise

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.680
 you

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.220
 like

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.680
 Isaac

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.339
 are

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.639
 children

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:18.839
 of

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.279
 promise

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:21.359
 and

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.559
 then

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:21.759
 in

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.259
 Romans

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:24.240
 through

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.680
 Isaac

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.000
 shall

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.180
 your

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.579
 offspring

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.980
 be

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.460
 named

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.240
 okay

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.200
 says

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.400
 that

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.819
 not

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.039
 all

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.200
 who

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.319
 are

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.660
 descended

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:29.900
 from

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.180
 Israel

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.539
 belong

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:30.740
 to

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:30.960
 Israel

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.200
 not

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.480
 all

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.619
 are

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:31.839
 children

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.039
 of

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.339
 Abraham

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.819
 but

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.639
 through

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.539
 Isaac

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.579
 your

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.039
 offspring

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.379
 shall

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:36.559
 be

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.779
 named

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.000
 this

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.259
 means

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.399
 that

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:37.539
 it's

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:37.720
 not

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:37.899
 the

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.180
 children

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.339
 of

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.440
 the

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.759
 flesh

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:38.899
 who

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:38.980
 are

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.099
 the

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.319
 children

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.519
 of

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:39.700
 God

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:39.859
 but

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.059
 the

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.480
 children

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.639
 of

00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:42.119
 the

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.799
 promise

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.980
 okay

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:45.180
 Paul

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.379
 is

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:45.639
 teaching

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:45.859
 us

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.039
 what

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.440
 everything

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.740
 means

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:46.879
 here

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.039
 that

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.759
 Israel's

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.180
 line

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.220
 Israel's

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.480
 line

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.899
 represents

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.220
 the

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.659
 flesh

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:52.399
 what

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:52.559
 we

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:52.759
 do

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:52.899
 in

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.059
 our

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.279
 own

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.819
 strength

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:55.399
 Isaac's

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.759
 line

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.559
 who

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.879
 came

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.139
 through

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.599
 Isaac's

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:57.799
 line

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.339
 Jesus

00:28:58.339 --> 00:29:00.180
 represents

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.519
 the

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.019
 spirit

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.519
 trusting

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:01.899
 only

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.220
 in what

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.579
 God

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.099
 has done

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.819
 and

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.259
 provided

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.179
 okay

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.559
 where

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:05.819
 are

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.119
 you

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:08.099
 this

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:10.199
 is

00:29:10.199 --> 00:29:10.379
 the

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.839
 difference

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:12.519
 okay

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:14.159
 see

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.559
 Paul's

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:14.899
 contrast

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.319
 isn't

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.599
 just

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.199
 theological

00:29:16.199 --> 00:29:16.639
 it's

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.119
 very

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:17.659
 personal

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.679
 one

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.000
 path

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.240
 ends

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.419
 in

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:20.000
 chains

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.339
 the

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.539
 other

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:21.799
 ends

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:21.980
 in

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.339
 joy

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:24.019
 okay

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:26.759
 death

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.559
 entered

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:27.919
 the world

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.099
 through

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.359
 one

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.659
 man

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:30.879
 and

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.039
 that

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.299
 death

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.740
 is also

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.219
 eternal

00:29:32.219 --> 00:29:32.779
 and

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:32.919
 y'all

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.220
 that's

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.360
 what

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.519
 we're

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.740
 born

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.100
 into

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.980
 children

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.160
 of

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.480
 slavery

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.060
 that's

00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.180
 what

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.300
 it

00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:36.560
 means

00:29:36.560 --> 00:29:36.759
 to

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:36.940
 be

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.100
 a

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.340
 slave

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.560
 to

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:37.860
 sin

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:39.140
 okay

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.420
 and

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.820
 enslaved

00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:40.039
 by

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.200
 the

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.400
 fear

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.560
 of

00:29:40.560 --> 00:29:40.840
 death

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:42.340
 but

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:42.539
 what's

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:42.660
 the

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:42.940
 difference

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.240
 between

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.480
 these

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:43.740
 two

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.500
 Jesus

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.960
 he's

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.100
 the

00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:46.640
 destination

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:46.920
 that

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.100
 makes

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.259
 the

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.680
 difference

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.940
 Jesus

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.200
 is

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.360
 the

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.920
 resurrection

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.640
 and

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:50.800
 the

00:29:50.800 --> 00:29:51.300
 resurrection

00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:51.519
 is

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.640
 the

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.140
 destination

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.420
 for

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.680
 those

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:52.820
 who

00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:53.060
 move

00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:53.240
 from

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.460
 that

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.420
 chain

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.240
 to

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.720
 joy

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.720
 and

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:56.840
 so

00:29:56.840 --> 00:29:57.080
 how

00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:57.220
 do

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.380
 you

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.640
 move

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:57.860
 from

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.420
 chains

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.880
 to

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.220
 joy

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:01.140
 we

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.259
 have

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:31.240
 to

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.500
 altar

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.079
 first

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.339
 we

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.539
 put

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.700
 our

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.000
 lives

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.160
 there

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.380
 not

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.539
 as

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.900
 victims

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.180
 but

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.319
 as

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.660
 living

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.500
 sacrifices

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.940
 offered

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.120
 to

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.240
 the

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.500
 one

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.039
 who

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.200
 gave

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.579
 everything

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:37.880
 for

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.380
 us

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:40.620
 through

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:40.940
 faith

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.160
 in

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.480
 Jesus

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.859
 then

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.079
 you're

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.620
 adopted

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:42.920
 into

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.140
 his

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.519
 family

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.720
 and

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:43.859
 you

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.079
 move

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.279
 down

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.400
 to

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.579
 that

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:44.859
 bottom

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.180
 line

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.460
 there

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.039
 and

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.200
 what

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.380
 is

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.819
 faith

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.960
 the

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.740
 assurance

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:48.960
 of

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.079
 the

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.359
 things

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:49.680
 hoped

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:49.960
 for

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.160
 the

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.660
 certainty

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:50.940
 of

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.059
 the

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.359
 things

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.680
 not

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.259
 seen

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.720
 right

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:54.339
 the

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.799
 net's

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.019
 not

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.200
 going

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.319
 to

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.740
 break

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.519
 it's

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:56.900
 there

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:58.059
 the

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.400
 final

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.000
 destination

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.319
 is

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.500
 no

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.700
 in

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.019
 that

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.500
 direction

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.720
 as

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.160
 vessels

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.420
 of

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.819
 mercy

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.059
 as

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.579
 instruments

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:05.920
 of

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.500
 righteousness

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.900
 on

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.120
 the

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.539
 mountain

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.839
 of

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.000
 the

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.299
 Lord

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.500
 it

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.660
 shall

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:08.880
 be

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.420
 provided

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.579
 Jesus

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:10.799
 is

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:10.940
 the

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.359
 provision

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:12.579
 Jesus

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:12.819
 is

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:12.960
 the

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.400
 promise

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:13.799
 the

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.180
 joy

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.539
 the

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.079
 resurrection

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.579
 and

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.720
 the

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.259
 destination

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.000
 and

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.120
 if

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.299
 he's

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.440
 the

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.039
 destination

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:19.460
 then

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.140
 everything

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.839
 belongs

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.160
 to

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.660
 him

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.420
 okay

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:24.079
 now

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.319
 remember

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.660
 earlier

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.120
 I told

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.380
 you

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.720
 about

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.059
 leaving

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.440
 DC

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:27.960
 and

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.240
 stepping

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.599
 out

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.480
 into

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.700
 what

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.000
 felt

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.339
 like

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:31.119
 a

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.359
 God

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:31.720
 ordained

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.220
 call

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:33.740
 only

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:33.919
 to

00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:34.119
 find

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.599
 myself

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:34.819
 in

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:34.939
 one

00:31:34.939 --> 00:31:35.019
 of

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.139
 the

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:35.399
 hardest

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:35.939
 seasons

00:31:35.939 --> 00:31:36.099
 of

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.240
 my

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.519
 life

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.839
 ever

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:38.379
 well

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.759
 after

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.139
 that

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.859
 confusion

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:41.399
 after

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:41.659
 those

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:42.000
 years

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.179
 that

00:31:42.179 --> 00:31:42.399
 felt

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:42.619
 like

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:42.740
 it

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:42.859
 was

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.039
 a

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.439
 wilderness

00:31:43.439 --> 00:31:45.019
 we

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.220
 ended

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.439
 up

00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:45.799
 here

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:47.359
 washed

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.579
 up

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:47.720
 on

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:47.899
 the

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.240
 shores

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.459
 of

00:31:48.459 --> 00:31:48.919
 Southwood

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:49.659
 Presbyterian

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:50.179
 Church

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:51.959
 Will

00:31:51.959 --> 00:31:52.339
 Spink

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.619
 came

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:52.799
 out

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:52.899
 of

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.039
 his

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.519
 house

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.139
 with

00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:54.319
 his

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.799
 broom

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.679
 he

00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:56.139
 scooped

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.319
 me

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.740
 up

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.480
 and

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:57.599
 he

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:57.899
 walked

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.319
 over

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.259
 and

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.399
 he

00:31:59.399 --> 00:31:59.740
 said

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:01.099
 preach

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.259
 on

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.559
 Abraham

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.779
 and

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.160
 Isaac

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:05.640
 right

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.420
 but

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:06.700
 looking

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.140
 back

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.539
 now

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.880
 I

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.140
 see

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.319
 what

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.460
 I

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.759
 couldn't

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.099
 see

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.579
 then

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:12.120
 God

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.500
 wasn't

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.980
 punishing

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.599
 me

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.799
 he

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.039
 didn't

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.579
 abandon

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.200
 me

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:17.420
 his

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.819
 compass

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.160
 never

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.539
 lost

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:18.759
 its

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.420
 destination

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.819
 even

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.039
 when

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.799
 I

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.220
 did

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.460
 and

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.680
 maybe

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:22.980
 right

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.220
 now

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.380
 I

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.599
 got to

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:23.759
 think

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.000
 some

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.180
 of

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.519
 you

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.759
 are

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:25.940
 in a

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.440
 situation

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.660
 that

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:26.840
 could

00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:27.039
 be

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.340
 like

00:32:27.340 --> 00:32:27.700
 that

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.180
 right

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.360
 where

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:28.779
 God's

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.100
 calling

00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:29.320
 you

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:29.480
 to

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.720
 put

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:29.940
 your

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.340
 kingdom

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:31.480
 on

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.640
 the

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:31.980
 altar

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:33.420
 or

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.740
 something

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.000
 that

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.160
 you

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.580
 love

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:34.759
 on

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:34.920
 the

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.279
 altar

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.779
 and

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.000
 maybe

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.259
 he's

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.460
 been

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.799
 nudging

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.039
 you

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.320
 towards

00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:38.759
 something

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.100
 new

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.340
 or

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:39.700
 something

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.299
 uncertain

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.200
 or

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.799
 confusing

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:43.039
 or

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.480
 stretching

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.960
 and

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:45.000
 you've

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.440
 got only

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.840
 a compass

00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.259
 in your

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.660
 hand

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.799
 and

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.120
 knowing

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.460
 that

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.620
 you've

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:48.799
 got to

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:48.980
 take

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.120
 the

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.380
 first

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:49.799
 step

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:51.240
 I

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.400
 want

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.500
 you

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:51.620
 to

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:51.840
 remember

00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:52.259
 this

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.500
 his

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.059
 promises

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:55.119
 are

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.359
 underneath

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.779
 every

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.119
 step

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:56.279
 that

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.420
 you

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.839
 take

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:58.640
 he's

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:58.900
 with

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.019
 you

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.180
 on

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.319
 the

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.680
 road

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:01.119
 you

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:01.299
 can

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:01.680
 call

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:01.839
 him

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.000
 into

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.160
 the

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.660
 chaos

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.599
 you

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.779
 can

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.019
 put

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.240
 the

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.819
 folders

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:06.079
 away

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:07.660
 and

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:07.799
 you

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:07.920
 can

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.079
 go

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.240
 be

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.460
 with

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.740
 Jesus

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.000
 and

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.160
 sit

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.259
 at

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.400
 his

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.660
 feet

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:09.980
 and

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.079
 say

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.379
 take

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:10.799
 this

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:14.079
 and

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.420
 remember

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.619
 that

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:14.799
 the

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.259
 path

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.980
 underneath

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.319
 your

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.819
 feet

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.799
 is

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.240
 paved

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.460
 with

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.920
 God's

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.400
 promises

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.960
 and

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.079
 that

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.259
 the

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.700
 end

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:21.859
 of

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.059
 your

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.539
 journey

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:24.259
 is

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.439
 the

00:33:24.439 --> 00:33:24.740
 same

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:24.939
 end

00:33:24.939 --> 00:33:25.059
 of

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.619
 Abraham's

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:25.939
 journey

00:33:25.939 --> 00:33:26.699
 it's

00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:26.899
 called

00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.179
 Mount

00:33:27.179 --> 00:33:27.539
 Zion

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.719
 in

00:33:27.719 --> 00:33:27.799
 the

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:27.939
 Old

00:33:27.939 --> 00:33:28.279
 Testament

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.519
 but

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:28.699
 it's

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:29.039
 heaven

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.719
 and

00:33:29.719 --> 00:33:29.839
 think

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:29.919
 of

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:30.099
 this

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.459
 Abraham

00:33:30.459 --> 00:33:30.839
 looked

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.240
 ahead

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:32.359
 to

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.839
 Jesus

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:34.059
 his

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.419
 faith

00:33:34.419 --> 00:33:34.599
 was

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:34.959
 credited

00:33:34.959 --> 00:33:35.199
 to

00:33:35.199 --> 00:33:35.379
 him

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.519
 as

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:35.979
 righteousness

00:33:35.979 --> 00:33:37.079
 we

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.319
 look

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.740
 back

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:37.899
 to

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:38.099
 what

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.399
 Jesus

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:38.719
 did

00:33:38.719 --> 00:33:39.319
 and

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:39.740
 ahead

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:39.939
 to

00:33:39.939 --> 00:33:40.059
 the

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.240
 Mount

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.619
 Zion

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:40.859
 so

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.059
 we

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.359
 unite

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.539
 with

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:41.919
 Abraham

00:33:41.919 --> 00:33:43.079
 in

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.199
 the

00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:43.759
 destination

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:46.119
 God

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.299
 might

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.479
 be

00:33:46.479 --> 00:33:46.799
 testing

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.099
 us

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.439
 too

00:33:47.439 --> 00:33:48.959
 right

00:33:48.959 --> 00:33:50.759
 he

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:50.919
 might

00:33:50.919 --> 00:33:51.079
 be

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.359
 testing

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.619
 us

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:51.919
 too

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.500
 but

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.939
 remember

00:33:52.939 --> 00:33:53.959
 he

00:33:53.959 --> 00:33:54.279
 loves

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.500
 you

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.799
 and

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.119
 underneath

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.439
 that

00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:56.000
 your

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.539
 feet

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:56.959
 are

00:33:56.959 --> 00:33:57.199
 a

00:33:57.199 --> 00:33:57.759
 path

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.619
 paved

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:58.759
 with

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:58.939
 his

00:33:58.939 --> 00:33:59.399
 promises

00:33:59.399 --> 00:34:00.119
 and

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:00.500
 one

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.859
 day

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:02.559
 we're

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:02.759
 going to

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:02.899
 be

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.240
 together

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.419
 in

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:03.679
 heaven

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:04.059
 if you

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.359
 put your

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.599
 faith

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:04.759
 in

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.059
 Christ

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.359
 right

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.740
 we're

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:05.819
 going to

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.000
 be able

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.279
 to look

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.599
 back

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:06.919
 and talk

00:34:06.919 --> 00:34:07.099
 about

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.359
 you remember

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.939
 that time

00:34:07.939 --> 00:34:08.179
 we were

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.539
 in church

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.799
 and we

00:34:08.799 --> 00:34:09.019
 talked

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.420
 about how

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.659
 we were

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:09.880
 going to

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.619
 look

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:10.920
 back

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.119
 one

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.339
 day

00:34:11.339 --> 00:34:11.659
 and talk

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:11.839
 about

00:34:11.839 --> 00:34:12.259
 that time

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:12.599
 in church

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.839
 when you

00:34:12.839 --> 00:34:13.039
 talk

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.440
 about it

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.199
 we're

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.299
 going to

00:34:14.299 --> 00:34:14.440
 do

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.799
 that

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.980
 in heaven

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:17.019
 it's a

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.400
 reality

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.080
 and you're

00:34:18.080 --> 00:34:18.100
 going to

00:34:18.100 --> 00:34:18.300
 be able

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.640
 to look

00:34:18.640 --> 00:34:19.060
 back

00:34:19.060 --> 00:34:19.860
 and you're

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.000
 going to

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.320
 see what

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.660
 you can't

00:34:20.660 --> 00:34:21.160
 see now

00:34:21.160 --> 00:34:22.840
 that God

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.500
 isn't punishing

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.940
 you

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:25.080
 okay

00:34:25.080 --> 00:34:26.460
 he's preparing

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.080
 you

00:34:27.080 --> 00:34:28.019
 for

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.720
 eternity

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:30.939
 the life

00:34:30.939 --> 00:34:31.439
 that's way

00:34:31.439 --> 00:34:31.739
 bigger

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.139
 than this

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.539
 life

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:34.639
 and he

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:34.959
 hasn't

00:34:34.959 --> 00:34:35.480
 abandoned

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.000
 you

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.859
 he's

00:34:36.859 --> 00:34:37.159
 leading

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.359
 you

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:37.699
 home

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:39.079
 his

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.599
 compass

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.679
 never

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.059
 loses

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.359
 its

00:34:41.359 --> 00:34:41.919
 destination

00:34:41.919 --> 00:34:42.919
 you can

00:34:42.919 --> 00:34:43.399
 be certain

00:34:43.399 --> 00:34:43.839
 of that

00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:44.819
 because

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.299
 of Jesus

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.919
 all

00:34:46.919 --> 00:34:47.619
 of this

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.919
 belongs

00:34:48.919 --> 00:34:50.119
 to you

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:51.379
 let's

00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:51.659
 pray

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:53.159
 father

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:54.759
 so much

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:55.099
 in this

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.639
 text

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:57.639
 but may

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.000
 we just

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.339
 pause

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.600
 for a

00:34:58.600 --> 00:34:58.740
 minute

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:58.920
 and

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.240
 remember

00:34:59.240 --> 00:34:59.440
 that

00:34:59.440 --> 00:34:59.660
 you're

00:34:59.660 --> 00:34:59.800
 in

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.260
 control

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:01.760
 and

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.100
 wherever

00:35:02.100 --> 00:35:02.380
 we

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:02.740
 are

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.460
 Lord

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.800
 Jesus

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:05.539
 would

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:05.660
 you

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:05.880
 enter

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.160
 into

00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:06.360
 the

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.920
 space

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:08.960
 enter

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.120
 into

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:09.280
 our

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.700
 spaces

00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:10.059
 by

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.220
 your

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:10.420
 Holy

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.840
 Spirit

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.340
 and

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:11.559
 people

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:11.740
 here

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.039
 don't

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.260
 know

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.440
 you

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.620
 would

00:35:12.620 --> 00:35:12.720
 you

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.000
 please

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.320
 save

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.480
 them

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.480
 would

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.600
 they

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:14.880
 look

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.160
 to

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.500
 you

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.420
 and

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.600
 what

00:35:16.600 --> 00:35:16.780
 you

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:16.980
 put

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.100
 on

00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:17.220
 the

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:17.500
 altar

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:17.740
 to

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:17.940
 give

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.160
 them

00:35:18.160 --> 00:35:18.480
 eternal

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.840
 life

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.019
 Lord

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.280
 Jesus

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.519
 would

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.660
 they

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:19.980
 move

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.280
 from

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.720
 chains

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.000
 to

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.400
 joy

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.559
 from

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.940
 death

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.160
 to

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:24.539
 life

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.740
 by

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.000
 just

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.340
 saying

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.380
 adopt

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.460
 all

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.180
 this

00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:29.780
 belongs

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.220
 to

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.579
 you

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.760
 father

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:31.920
 to

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.140
 those

00:35:32.140 --> 00:35:32.280
 of

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:32.460
 us

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.579
 who

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:32.700
 have

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:32.920
 done

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.059
 it

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.160
 and

00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:33.360
 getting

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.760
 so

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.039
 caught

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.220
 up

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:34.360
 in

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:34.720
 managing

00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:34.980
 our

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.460
 lives

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.600
 and

00:35:35.600 --> 00:35:35.740
 the

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:35.980
 good

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.400
 life

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.559
 and

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.760
 getting

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.000
 all

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.140
 the

00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:37.600
 things

00:35:37.600 --> 00:35:37.840
 and

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.460
 don't

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.680
 ask

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:38.820
 me

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:38.940
 to

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.079
 do

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.340
 this

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.460
 or

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.700
 that

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:40.100
 because

00:35:40.100 --> 00:35:41.140
 I've

00:35:41.140 --> 00:35:41.280
 got

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:41.400
 a

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.559
 big

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.860
 life

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.059
 to

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.440
 live

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.760
 may

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:43.920
 we

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.260
 stop

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:44.400
 and

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.780
 remember

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.380
 the

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.620
 real

00:35:45.620 --> 00:35:45.880
 life

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.019
 is

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.140
 the

00:35:46.140 --> 00:35:46.320
 one

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.740
 ahead

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:48.019
 and

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.120
 the

00:35:48.120 --> 00:35:48.260
 one

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.420
 we're

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.660
 living

00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:48.860
 in

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.200
 now

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:50.039
 is

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.160
 a

00:35:50.160 --> 00:35:50.640
 preparation

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 for

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 eternity

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 these

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 things

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 for

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 me

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 that

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 I

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 would

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 do

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 these

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 things

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 struggle

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 with

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 all

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 of

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 these

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 things

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 that

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 I'm

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 talking

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 about

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 so

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 we

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 give

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 it

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 to

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 you

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 and

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 ask

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 you

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 to

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 bless

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 this

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 church

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 by

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 we

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 offer

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 ourselves

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 to

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 you

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 as

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 living

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 sacrifices

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 would you

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 do

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 something

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 special

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 and give

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 us

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 that

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 resurrection

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 faith

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 would

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 you

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 be

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 the

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 difference

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 it's

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 in

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 Christ's

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 name

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 I

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