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 He visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised.

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 And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him.

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 Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac.

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 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

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 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

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 And Sarah said, God has made laughter for me.

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 Everyone who hears will laugh over me.

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 And she said, who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children?

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 Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.

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 And the child grew and was weaned.

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 And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

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 But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing.

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 So she said to Abraham, cast out this slave woman with her son.

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 For the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.

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 And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.

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 But God said to Abraham, be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman.

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 Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you.

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 For through Isaac shall your offspring be named.

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 And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also.

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 Because he is your offspring.

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 So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar.

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 Putting it on her shoulder along with the child and sent her away.

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 And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the child under one of the bushes.

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 And then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bow shot.

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 For she said, let not me look on the death of the child.

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 And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.

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 And God heard the voice of the boy.

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 And the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her,

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 What troubles you, Hagar?

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 Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

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 Up.

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 Lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand.

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 For I will make him into a great nation.

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 And then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water.

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 And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

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 And God was with the boy and he grew up.

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 He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow.

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 He lived in the wilderness of Paran.

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 And his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

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 At that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham,

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 God is with you in all that you do.

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 Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity.

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 But as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned.

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 And Abraham said, I will swear.

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 When Abraham reproved Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized,

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 Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing.

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 He did not tell me and I have not heard of it until today.

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 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech.

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 And the two men made a covenant.

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 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart.

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 And Abimelech said to Abraham,

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 What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?

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 And he said, These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand that this may be a witness for me that I dug this well.

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 Therefore, that place was called Beersheba because there both of them swore an oath.

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 So they made a covenant at Beersheba.

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 Then Abimelech and Thichol, the commander of his army, rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

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 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

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 And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines.

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 Abraham!

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 Good to see you, Chelsea.

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 Yeah, there you are.

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 Good to see you, Chelsea.

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 Well, will you pray with me as we come to God's Word?

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 Come to God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, as we sang in our first song, that this is God's only plan.

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 I pray that as we read Genesis and sit under Genesis 21,

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 fill us with the conviction that this is your only plan to bring life and blessing and salvation to us and the whole world.

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 So give us understanding and faith, in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, Genesis is the first book in the Bible.

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 Profound, isn't it?

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 You're starting to think, what are we paying this guy for?

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 We ask him to go study so that he could share what he's found with us.

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 Genesis is the first book.

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 Now, it is profound, okay?

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 It sets the foundation, the framework for understanding the rest of the Bible.

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 This is God's only plan.

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 As we come to the birth of Isaac, the heir of all God's promises, of God's plan,

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 we've got to remember the larger story going on here.

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 Sin entered the world and brought God's curse, God's judgment, instead of blessing.

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 We've seen in Noah's flood, we've seen the fire at Sodom,

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 that the judge of all the earth must do what is right.

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 He is just.

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 How will God redeem and save his world?

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 Enter Abraham.

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 Not because Abraham is any better than the rest of the world,

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 but God graciously calls him.

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 He makes a covenant with him.

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 God is creating his own family,

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 calling them out of the world,

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 a people for himself of all nations.

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 He says all the nations will be blessed through him,

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 through this family.

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 Now how will God's saving purposes for the world be achieved?

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 The tension in Abraham's story has been,

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 there's no son, there's no heir.

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 How can God's purposes be achieved if there's no heir to carry out God's purposes?

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 And here in Genesis 21,

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 we're going to see three crucial things to understand about God keeping his promise

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 in providing an heir to save the whole world.

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 Here's what we're going to see.

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 In verses 1 to 7,

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 the Lord keeps his promise by doing himself what's humanly impossible.

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 In verses 8 to 21,

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 the one who is going to inherit everything is the son of promise,

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 not the son of human ability.

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 And then in verses 22 to 34,

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 the inheritance is just a matter of time.

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 It's coming because God's everlasting.

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 So that's where we're headed.

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 So with the birth of Isaac,

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 we're coming to the climax,

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 one of the climaxes in the story.

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 And there's something obvious.

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 If we know the story well,

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 you've heard it lots of times,

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 we can take it for granted.

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 We're told in verse 5,

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 Abraham was 100 years old

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 when his son Isaac was born to him.

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 It is repeated a few more times,

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 so we get the point.

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 Verse 2,

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 in his old age.

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 Verse 7,

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 in his old age.

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 When we're first introduced to Abraham and Sarah,

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 back in chapter 11,

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 we're told she has no children,

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 and she is now 90 years old.

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 She's past menopause.

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 The way of women has ceased,

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 we heard earlier.

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 And yet it's repeated here

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 as if it's kind of

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 offending our intelligence.

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 It's just repeated so much.

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 Verse 3,

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 Sarah,

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 Sarah conceived

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 and bore Abraham a son.

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 Verse 3,

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 who was born to him,

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 to Abraham,

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 whom Sarah bore him.

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 We get the point, right?

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 At the end,

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 verse 7,

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 it finishes with Sarah's astonishment.

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 Who would have said to Abraham

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 that Sarah would nurse children?

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 Yet I have borne him a son

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 in his old age.

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 We get it.

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 It's Sarah and Abraham's child.

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 Abraham was 75

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 when God first called him,

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 back in chapter 12.

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 What if God had given Abraham and Sarah

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 the heir straight away

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 when they were 75?

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 They would have rejoiced,

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 wouldn't they?

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 They were no newlyweds.

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 They'd had a lot of heartache already.

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 They would have been rejoicing.

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 Wow.

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 Instead,

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 God keeps showing up

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 and just

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 reaffirms his promise.

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 You will have a son.

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 Look toward heaven.

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 Number the stars.

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 If you're able to,

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 so shall your offspring be.

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 And Abraham believed the Lord

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 and it was counted to him

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 as righteousness.

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 Still no child.

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 At 86,

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 they get sick of waiting.

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 They want to help God

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 keep his promise

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 by their own ability,

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 using Hagar as a surrogate.

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 And they make an absolute mess

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 of things.

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 Then at 99 years old,

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 the Lord makes the covenant

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 in chapter 17,

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 and Abraham,

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 the man of faith,

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 hears Yahweh's promise again,

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 I will give you a son

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 by Sarah,

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 and he laughed.

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 He laughs

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 in disbelief.

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 Chapter 18,

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 the Lord promises Sarah,

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 she laughs.

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 They can't believe it.

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 They're very much like us,

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 aren't they?

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 They can only imagine

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 that God can do

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 what they think is possible.

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 How much are we anxious today?

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 Because we just can't see

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 how it could possibly,

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 how he could possibly

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 look after us.

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 They're just like us.

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 They're too afraid to hope.

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 It just hurts.

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 It actually hurts too much

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 when you just cling

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 to God's promises

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 and they don't come true

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 for 25 years.

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 They can't believe it anymore.

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 So what are we meant

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 to be seeing here?

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 What would they have known

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 now that they're holding

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 Isaac in their hands?

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 What would they have known

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 that day?

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 I think they would have known this.

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 They had nothing,

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 we had nothing to do

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 with the birth of this child

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 whatsoever.

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 We had nothing to do with it.

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 And nothing is too wonderful

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 for the Lord.

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 He can do anything.

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 This is impossible.

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 When things seem hopeless,

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 Yahweh visited.

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 He did it.

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 He did it himself.

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 Mercifully.

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 Impossibly.

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 The Lord has done this

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 and it is wonderful

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 in our eyes.

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 every time they

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 or someone else

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 use Isaac's name.

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 Remember,

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 it means laughter.

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 Hey, laughter,

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 come wash your hands

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 before dinner.

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 Laughter,

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 tidy up your tent.

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 It would have reminded them

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 every day

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 about two things.

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 When they heard

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 God's promise,

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 they both laughed.

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 They didn't believe God.

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 It would have reminded them

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 of Hagar incident.

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 It would have reminded

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 of putting Sarah

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 in danger

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 with Abimelech,

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 what we saw last week.

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 If God had left it up

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 to them

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 and their faith,

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 Abraham would have

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 stuffed it up.

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 Every day

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 they would have had

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 that reminder.

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 They laughed.

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 But the second thing

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 and the more important thing,

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 every time they heard

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 laughter,

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 his name is a daily

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 reminder of the Lord's

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 gracious faithfulness

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 to keep his word,

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 his promise.

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 Let's emphasize here,

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 verse 1,

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 as he had said,

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 as he had promised

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 at the time

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 of which

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 God had spoken

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 to him.

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 And here we see

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 Sarah laughing again.

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 She's laughing.

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 This is the laugh

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 that God's grace

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 gives you.

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 God has made

00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:02.280
 laughter for me.

00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:06.660
 What's the right response

00:16:06.660 --> 00:16:07.840
 to God keeping his promise?

00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:08.860
 I think we see here

00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:09.860
 in Sarah and Abraham.

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 If you see how wonderful

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 God keeping his word is,

00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:15.460
 you praise.

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 You just,

00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:17.000
 wow,

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 that you are a God

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 who keeps your word

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 so graciously

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 despite my lack of faith

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 and lack of obedience.

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 You praise.

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 You make me laugh

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 and the right response

00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:30.840
 is obedience.

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 Abraham obeys.

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 He names and circumcises

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 Isaac in covenant obedience.

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 Praise and obedience.

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 So what are we seeing

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 here in Genesis,

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 the first book

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 of the Bible?

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 How will God save

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 all the nations

00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:51.440
 of the earth?

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 He will graciously

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 keep his covenant promises

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 by doing what's

00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:58.259
 humanly impossible,

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 visiting himself.

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 There's a trend

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 at the moment

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 of evangelical,

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 I don't know

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 if you know or not,

00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:14.000
 we're an evangelical church.

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 We're all about

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.519
 the message,

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 the promise

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 fulfilled in Jesus.

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 That's at the heart

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 of evangelical Christianity.

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 There's a trend

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 of evangelicals

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 going to Catholicism

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.380
 and Eastern Orthodox,

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 just that tradition

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 way of doing church.

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 Are we just

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 one different branch

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 of all the different

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 types of Christianity

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 out there

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 in the marketplace?

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 Is this just

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 one way

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 of doing Christianity?

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 I'm going to say no

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 because Genesis

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 is the first book

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 of the Bible.

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 John Woodhouse,

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 he's the former principal

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 of Moore College.

00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:01.960
 He came and spoke

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 at our church camp

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 a number of years ago.

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 He wrote a tiny book

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 but it was profound

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 in my understanding.

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 It's called

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 God of Word

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 and he says this,

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 it is not that we

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 evangelicals

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 emphasize the Word

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 of God

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 while Catholics

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 emphasize sacraments

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 and charismatics

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 emphasize the Holy Spirit

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 and liberals

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 emphasize good works.

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 God of God

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 Woodhouse says this,

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 this is really simple

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 but it's profound.

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 Where you have

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 the Word of God

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 creating faith

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 in God,

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 there is all

00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:45.639
 of biblical Christianity.

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 That's what we're

00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.319
 seeing here.

00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.740
 It's God

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:51.259
 keeping His Word.

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 That is Christianity.

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 That is how

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 He's going to

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 fulfill His promise.

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 Well,

00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:05.600
 verse 8,

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 the second thing,

00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:10.140
 the second foundation

00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:12.360
 we learn here.

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 How many,

00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:16.560
 how common is it

00:19:16.560 --> 00:19:17.160
 at weddings

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 or special family events,

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 Christmas Day

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 or something,

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 at some point

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 there's some family

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 bust up,

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.120
 isn't there?

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 Like,

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 there's something

00:19:26.459 --> 00:19:27.359
 about those

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:28.679
 special days

00:19:28.679 --> 00:19:29.439
 that,

00:19:29.679 --> 00:19:30.139
 I don't know,

00:19:30.219 --> 00:19:30.659
 emotion,

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.779
 maybe it is because

00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.819
 it's the special day.

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 Emotions are high

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:35.919
 and just those

00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:37.299
 old jealousies

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:38.179
 and grudges,

00:19:38.439 --> 00:19:38.979
 they can't,

00:19:39.459 --> 00:19:40.159
 they just wait

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:40.839
 for that day.

00:19:41.899 --> 00:19:42.500
 Here we've got

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.500
 that day,

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.219
 verse 8,

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:46.139
 this is Abraham

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 and Sarah's

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:48.239
 greatest celebration

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.900
 in their life.

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 They're throwing

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 a party

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 with the birth

00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.940
 of Isaac

00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:55.420
 when he's weaned.

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:57.099
 In our culture,

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:57.839
 it might be the first

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.559
 birthday party

00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:00.319
 but Isaac here

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:01.079
 is probably two,

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.819
 maybe three,

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:04.200
 little infant.

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:06.160
 Ishmael would be

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:07.720
 13 or 14

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:10.100
 and just as

00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.600
 Hagar

00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:11.299
 taunted

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:11.880
 Sarah

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.860
 back in

00:20:12.860 --> 00:20:13.579
 chapter 16,

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.200
 here we've got

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.960
 Ishmael

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:17.019
 laughing,

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:20.460
 maybe mocking.

00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:21.839
 It's not quite,

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.160
 it's hard to know

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:23.819
 what to imagine

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.140
 here.

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.440
 The word laughing

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.140
 is different

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:28.839
 to previous verses.

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 It's the same

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.319
 word that

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:31.039
 when Lot

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.720
 was warning

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:33.299
 his sons-in-law

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:34.319
 get out of Sodom,

00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.019
 they thought

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.839
 he was jesting.

00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:37.959
 And then Potiphar's

00:20:37.959 --> 00:20:38.220
 wife,

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:38.720
 which we see

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.500
 later in Genesis,

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.000
 she uses this

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.419
 word as

00:20:41.419 --> 00:20:42.519
 Joseph was

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.980
 making sport

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.919
 of her.

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.119
 So jesting,

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.019
 making sport,

00:20:47.179 --> 00:20:47.859
 something's going

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.359
 on here.

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.679
 It's Isaac's

00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.720
 big celebration,

00:20:51.919 --> 00:20:52.899
 he's the heir

00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:56.299
 and Sarah

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.559
 sees Ishmael

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:59.099
 doing something

00:20:59.099 --> 00:20:59.579
 that's,

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:01.379
 it's just not

00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:01.980
 befitting the

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.980
 moment and she

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.779
 flips out.

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:07.119
 Drive out.

00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.519
 This is

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.459
 forceful language,

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.819
 drive that

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.879
 slave woman

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.279
 out.

00:21:13.399 --> 00:21:13.879
 Like she can't

00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.459
 even use her

00:21:14.459 --> 00:21:14.799
 name,

00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.279
 like even

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.740
 though she

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:17.079
 used Hagar

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:18.039
 as a surrogate,

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.879
 she can't

00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:20.419
 even use her

00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:20.759
 name.

00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:21.439
 This is

00:21:21.439 --> 00:21:23.279
 deep anger.

00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.240
 With her

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.779
 son.

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.079
 It's also

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.740
 Abraham's

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:27.959
 son.

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.619
 Now verse

00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:31.980
 11,

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.119
 Abraham is

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.659
 deeply

00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:34.480
 distressed.

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.920
 He has

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:38.700
 deep affection

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.460
 for Ishmael.

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.539
 But the

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:41.980
 shock,

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.860
 isn't the

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.200
 shock,

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.759
 verse 12,

00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:45.319
 what God's

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.019
 response is?

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:48.380
 Be not

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:49.140
 displeased

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:49.759
 because of

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.140
 the boy

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.620
 and because

00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:50.940
 of your

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.740
 slave woman.

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.720
 Whatever Sarah

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.440
 says to you,

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.960
 do as she

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.500
 tells you,

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.140
 for through

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:56.000
 Isaac

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.779
 shall your

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:59.019
 offspring be

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.640
 named.

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:01.640
 God's

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.020
 love.

00:22:02.020 --> 00:22:02.100
 The Lord

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:02.940
 agrees with

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.460
 the wisdom

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:03.920
 of these

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:05.120
 boys parting

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:05.580
 ways but

00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:06.020
 he's not

00:22:06.020 --> 00:22:07.600
 agreeing with

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.840
 Sarah's

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:10.340
 jealousy or

00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:11.200
 pettiness.

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.520
 We shouldn't

00:22:12.520 --> 00:22:13.200
 equate those

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.840
 two things.

00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:18.660
 Now this

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.840
 feels so

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.220
 wrong,

00:22:20.300 --> 00:22:20.640
 doesn't it,

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.100
 to send

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:21.820
 off a child

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.460
 in the care

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:22.759
 of his

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.280
 mother like

00:22:23.280 --> 00:22:23.600
 this.

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:26.839
 It must

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.299
 have hurt

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.799
 Abraham

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.679
 incredibly,

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.759
 likely never

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.299
 to see

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.139
 them again.

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.419
 But he

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:35.740
 did have

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:35.980
 this

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.619
 reassurance

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.000
 that the

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.699
 Lord would

00:22:37.699 --> 00:22:38.339
 look after

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:38.639
 him.

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.139
 He would

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.699
 become a

00:22:40.699 --> 00:22:41.379
 great nation.

00:22:45.719 --> 00:22:46.439
 If we

00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:46.939
 look at the

00:22:46.939 --> 00:22:47.539
 end of this

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:47.959
 section,

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.179
 I suspect

00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:50.480
 a lot of

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.959
 people would

00:22:50.959 --> 00:22:51.459
 be happy

00:22:51.459 --> 00:22:51.819
 with the

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.279
 blessings

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:53.579
 Ishmael

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.279
 receives.

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.939
 If you

00:22:56.939 --> 00:22:57.439
 got this

00:22:57.439 --> 00:22:58.639
 from God

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.079
 in life,

00:22:59.139 --> 00:22:59.500
 I think a

00:22:59.500 --> 00:22:59.740
 lot of

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.179
 people would

00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:00.720
 be content.

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.379
 He gets

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:02.939
 a family,

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.199
 his name,

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:06.759
 he's got a

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.139
 legacy,

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.759
 he's going

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.099
 to have a

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.799
 nation after

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.319
 his name,

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.980
 he's protected

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.819
 from disaster,

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.919
 that's pretty

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:17.199
 good,

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.259
 he gets

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.259
 provided for,

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.419
 we're told

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:23.139
 God is with

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.500
 him in

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.079
 all he

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.559
 does,

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.819
 so somehow

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.400
 God gives

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.819
 him a

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.279
 measure of

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.460
 success in

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.019
 his life,

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.160
 he becomes

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:32.200
 even an

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.900
 expert with

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.339
 the bow,

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.140
 like he's

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.299
 powerful,

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.819
 don't mess

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.480
 with Ishmael,

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:39.819
 he becomes

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.440
 powerful.

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.980
 I think a lot

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.500
 of people would

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.059
 be happy with

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.660
 those blessings.

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:43.779
 things.

00:23:54.560 --> 00:23:55.400
 So what are

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.740
 we meant to

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.540
 see here?

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.200
 How are we

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.640
 meant to make

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.519
 sense of

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.420
 Ishmael being

00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:01.300
 sent off?

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.880
 It's hard

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.980
 for us to

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.040
 understand today,

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.060
 but the

00:24:08.060 --> 00:24:09.040
 firstborn back

00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:09.600
 then in a

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.600
 patriarchal,

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.759
 agrarian time,

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:13.740
 the firstborn

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.440
 became the

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.519
 heir of

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.799
 the land

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:18.640
 and as

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.200
 the heir,

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.759
 as the

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.099
 head of

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.680
 the family,

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.640
 it was the

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.500
 heir's job to

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.339
 look after the

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:23.759
 family.

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:25.059
 The problem

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.500
 we've got

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.859
 here,

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.119
 we've got

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.839
 two

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:30.000
 heirs.

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:32.000
 firstborns.

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.039
 It's a

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.640
 problem of

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.420
 their sinful

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.920
 making,

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:39.599
 by trying to

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.119
 take matters

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.579
 into their

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.440
 own hands.

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.759
 We've got

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:43.140
 two firstborns.

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:45.240
 One is

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.279
 chosen ahead

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.920
 of time by

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:48.079
 God, the

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.799
 one provided

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:50.039
 by God

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.519
 himself,

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.339
 impossibly

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:51.859
 provided,

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.859
 simply because

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.579
 God promised.

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.980
 The other is

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.559
 the son of

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.359
 Abraham and

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.839
 Sarah, what

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.259
 they could

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.099
 humanly do.

00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:01.240
 Ishmael is

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.879
 the son of

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.939
 human effort,

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.819
 Isaac is

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:06.299
 the son of

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.599
 God's

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.099
 promise.

00:25:07.219 --> 00:25:07.459
 We've got

00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:08.359
 two heirs.

00:25:10.459 --> 00:25:11.119
 Now, Ishmael

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:12.019
 is blessed

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:13.659
 a lot with

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.399
 earthly things,

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.740
 but he

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.679
 doesn't have

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.859
 the covenant

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.959
 promises.

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.439
 Now, if

00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:21.759
 we've got a

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.379
 problem with

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.379
 this not

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.279
 being equally

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:27.019
 distributed,

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.159
 I think we

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.959
 don't get how

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.519
 free.

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.420
 God choosing

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.140
 Abraham in

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.480
 the first

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.000
 place is,

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.860
 it's totally

00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:34.460
 free, he

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:34.819
 didn't have

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.120
 to do

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.380
 that.

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:37.259
 His covenant

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.940
 with Abraham,

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.680
 it's free,

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.019
 he didn't

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.480
 have to do

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.779
 that.

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.799
 Choosing

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.940
 Isaac, it's

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.539
 God's free

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.680
 choice to

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.500
 choose Isaac.

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.539
 The promise

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.259
 is God's

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.000
 free choice,

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.880
 it's his

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.380
 choice.

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.819
 But here

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.480
 in Genesis,

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:56.259
 Ishmael

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.039
 and Isaac

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:58.220
 represent two

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.519
 polar opposites

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.400
 and the

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.019
 Apostle Paul

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.740
 picks this up

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.539
 in Galatians

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.860
 4.

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.460
 He says,

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.940
 the sending

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.140
 off of Ishmael

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.920
 is a picture

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.700
 illustration,

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:11.000
 salvation by

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:12.019
 human ability

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:13.559
 and salvation

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.779
 by faith in

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.400
 God's promise.

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.480
 They are

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.319
 incompatible,

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:19.039
 they can't

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.680
 dwell together.

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:23.340
 this isn't

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:24.120
 some later

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.980
 theology of

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.420
 the Bible.

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.120
 This isn't

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:28.039
 evangelicals

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.240
 imposing the

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.000
 whole, it's

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.600
 just faith.

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.660
 It's right

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.360
 here in

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:33.740
 Genesis.

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.740
 Only by

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.720
 promise, only

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.700
 by faith in

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.299
 the promise,

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.320
 is there

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:43.640
 blessing and

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.080
 inheritance.

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:47.019
 It is not

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:48.240
 the son of

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.100
 human ability

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:50.939
 that will

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:51.359
 inherit.

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.899
 Well, at the

00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:00.679
 start of the

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.899
 Great Awakening,

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:05.379
 mass, mass

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.500
 revivals in

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.500
 America and

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:07.980
 the UK,

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:09.980
 there was a

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:11.039
 group who

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.539
 met together

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.099
 one night,

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:14.500
 John and

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.299
 Charles Wesley,

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:18.740
 we sing some

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.259
 of Charles

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.180
 Wesley hymns

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.940
 still today

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:22.119
 and they're

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.960
 reading the

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.519
 preface of

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:27.659
 Martin Luther's

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.419
 commentary on

00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:29.480
 Galatians and

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.220
 they're reading

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.799
 aloud this

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.500
 sentence.

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.139
 When it

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.480
 comes to

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.879
 salvation,

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.819
 what have

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.559
 we then

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.419
 nothing to

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:37.779
 do?

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:40.819
 know nothing.

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.559
 Only to

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.799
 accept of

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:46.720
 him who

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.539
 of God

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.259
 is made

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.279
 unto us

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.639
 our

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.240
 wisdom

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:51.240
 and

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:52.019
 righteousness,

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.180
 sanctification

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:55.460
 and redemption.

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.180
 And William

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.759
 Holland, who

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.240
 was there that

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.579
 night, he

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:57.799
 said,

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.680
 at those

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.299
 words there

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.819
 came over

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.319
 me such

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.779
 a power

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.139
 that I

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:01.379
 cannot

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:01.680
 well

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.160
 describe.

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.920
 My

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.259
 great

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.660
 burden

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.420
 fell off

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.700
 in an

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.040
 instant.

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.320
 My

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.680
 heart

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.120
 was so

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.500
 filled

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.720
 with

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.279
 peace

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.900
 and

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.300
 love

00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:08.480
 I

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:08.880
 burst

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.140
 into

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.779
 tears.

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.040
 I

00:28:10.040 --> 00:28:10.380
 almost

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.660
 thought

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:10.840
 I

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.019
 saw

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.300
 my

00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:11.840
 saviour.

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.700
 My

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.259
 companions

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.880
 perceiving

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.340
 me so

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:14.779
 affected

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.340
 fell on

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.500
 their

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.740
 knees

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:15.940
 and

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.320
 prayed

00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:16.860
 and

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.000
 when

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.160
 I

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.519
 afterwards

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.460
 went

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.620
 into

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:18.840
 the

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.100
 street

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.279
 I

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.460
 could

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.019
 scarcely

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.300
 feel

00:28:20.300 --> 00:28:20.460
 the

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:20.940
 ground

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.160
 I

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.440
 trot

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.779
 upon.

00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:27.540
 No one

00:28:27.540 --> 00:28:27.779
 will

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.180
 ever

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.759
 inherit

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.560
 salvation

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:30.740
 by human

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.460
 abilities.

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.519
 salvation

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.799
 we're

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.120
 seeing

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.340
 here

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:33.819
 salvation

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.440
 is by

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.799
 the

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.019
 son

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.160
 of

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:35.579
 promise.

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:35.880
 It's

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.319
 always

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.720
 been

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.519
 faith

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.700
 in

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.819
 the

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.240
 promise

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.799
 of

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.100
 those

00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:39.259
 who

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.660
 inherit

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.140
 everything.

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.740
 Have

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:40.880
 we

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.019
 got

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.380
 nothing

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.559
 to

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.799
 do?

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.299
 Nothing.

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.779
 Nothing.

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.559
 Just

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.360
 accept

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:46.960
 of

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.299
 him.

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.440
 Here

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.720
 it is

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.279
 right in

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.620
 the first

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:52.880
 book of

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:52.980
 the

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.259
 Bible.

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.299
 The

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.600
 third

00:28:59.600 --> 00:28:59.900
 thing

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:01.079
 verses

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.759
 22

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:01.939
 to

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.419
 34

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:03.799
 we've

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:03.899
 got

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.059
 this

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.460
 abrupt

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.879
 scene

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.359
 change

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.659
 where

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.199
 Bimelech

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:07.419
 turns up

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:07.679
 again

00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:09.220
 who we

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.699
 saw last

00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:09.960
 week.

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.559
 What's

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.859
 he doing

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.119
 here?

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.039
 Twice

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.259
 we're

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.659
 told

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:16.119
 verse

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:16.579
 24

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:16.939
 and

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:17.079
 then

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.179
 at

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:17.319
 the

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.579
 end

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:17.799
 in

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.059
 verse

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.859
 34

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:20.899
 Abraham

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:22.379
 he has

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:23.399
 no rights

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.759
 he's

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.500
 not a

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.899
 citizen

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:27.039
 he's a

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.720
 sojourner

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:30.140
 he's

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.480
 got a

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.799
 temporary

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.220
 work

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.539
 visa

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.120
 to put

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.319
 it in

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.880
 today's

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:34.000
 language.

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.500
 We've

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.920
 just seen

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.319
 one

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:38.000
 exile

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.279
 so

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.900
 Abimelech

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.460
 turning up

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.819
 with his

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.279
 commander

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.799
 by his

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.160
 side

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.799
 you might

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.319
 start to

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.660
 think this

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:44.960
 could be

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.700
 intimidation

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.079
 he's

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.380
 another

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:46.860
 exile

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:47.120
 but

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:48.539
 he's

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.819
 got his

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.180
 muscle

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.839
 next to

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:49.980
 him

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.200
 but

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.860
 no

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.339
 this

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.819
 king

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.940
 wants

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.420
 to make

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.160
 a

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.620
 treaty

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.240
 with

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.500
 this

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.920
 foreigner

00:29:55.920 --> 00:30:00.600
 Abraham

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.160
 owns

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.480
 no

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.920
 land

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:03.279
 and

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.519
 yet

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.300
 Abimelech

00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:05.580
 seems

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.360
 concerned

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:06.940
 for his

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.500
 people's

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:07.940
 future

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.300
 his

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:09.100
 posterity

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:11.220
 he

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.440
 even

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.860
 mentions

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.080
 the

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.519
 land

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:14.980
 so

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.580
 Abimelech

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.080
 as we

00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:16.240
 saw

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.480
 last

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.660
 week

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:16.860
 he's

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.720
 experienced

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.240
 God's

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.700
 blessing

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:18.920
 of

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.259
 Abraham

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.200
 first

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.640
 hand

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.080
 even

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.279
 when

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.840
 Abraham

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.120
 didn't

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.580
 deserve

00:30:22.580 --> 00:30:22.820
 it

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:24.259
 he'd

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.419
 been

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:24.839
 taught

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.299
 to

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.720
 submit

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:25.960
 to

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.240
 Abraham

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.639
 as a

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.000
 prophet

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.240
 to

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.980
 intercede

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:29.039
 for him

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.619
 to be

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.039
 blessed

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:32.000
 perhaps

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.639
 he saw

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.179
 Abraham

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:33.859
 still

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.639
 prospering

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:34.879
 perhaps

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.319
 he heard

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.799
 the news

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.179
 of this

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:37.159
 child

00:30:37.159 --> 00:30:37.419
 that

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:37.819
 that

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.000
 is

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.720
 impossible

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.679
 if

00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:40.000
 God

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.139
 is

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.379
 with

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.579
 him

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.259
 in

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.519
 giving

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.779
 this

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.139
 air

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:43.460
 I

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:45.000
 better

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.299
 do

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.599
 something

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:45.759
 for

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:45.939
 my

00:30:45.939 --> 00:30:46.359
 people

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:48.659
 Abimelech

00:30:48.659 --> 00:30:49.220
 a king

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.460
 of the

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.819
 nations

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.119
 is

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.839
 seeing

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.279
 this

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.740
 foreigner

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.119
 with

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.279
 the

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.639
 eyes

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:52.820
 of

00:30:52.820 --> 00:30:53.140
 faith

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.740
 God

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.160
 is

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.520
 with

00:30:54.520 --> 00:30:55.020
 Abraham

00:30:55.020 --> 00:30:55.860
 I

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.820
 think

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:57.320
 he's

00:30:57.320 --> 00:30:57.600
 like

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:57.980
 Psalm

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.300
 2

00:30:58.300 --> 00:30:58.940
 urges

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.880
 kings

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.180
 be

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.840
 wise

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.480
 kiss

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.900
 kiss

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.280
 in

00:31:03.280 --> 00:31:03.920
 peace

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:05.720
 God's

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.100
 chosen

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.460
 one

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:09.100
 I

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.259
 think

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.780
 we're

00:31:09.780 --> 00:31:10.060
 starting

00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:10.420
 to see

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.980
 God's

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.420
 promises

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.620
 to

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.000
 Abraham

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:13.660
 come

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:13.980
 true

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.800
 he is

00:31:14.800 --> 00:31:14.920
 a

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.259
 nation

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.259
 coming

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.460
 for

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.880
 peace

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.140
 and

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.500
 blessing

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:19.900
 then

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.000
 we've

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.079
 got

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.339
 this

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.460
 grievance

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:21.859
 Abraham

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.339
 raises

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.539
 a

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.980
 grievance

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.200
 about

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.400
 a

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.640
 well

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:24.140
 that

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.259
 he

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.539
 dug

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.500
 and

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.619
 so

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:25.740
 he's

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:25.839
 got

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:25.980
 the

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.180
 right

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.339
 to

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.619
 use

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:26.759
 it

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:26.880
 but

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.359
 Abimelech

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.839
 servants

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.059
 have

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.460
 taken

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.799
 it

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:30.720
 Abraham

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.819
 is

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.079
 not

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:33.019
 content

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.279
 with

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.640
 peace

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.200
 faking

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.140
 he's

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.299
 not

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.480
 going

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.579
 to

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:35.779
 make

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:35.920
 a

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.299
 peace

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.819
 treaty

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.059
 and

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.220
 just

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.599
 ignore

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:37.859
 this

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.319
 grievance

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.519
 he's

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.779
 not

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.279
 breaking

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.519
 he's

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:39.680
 not

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.259
 refusing

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.519
 to

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.700
 enter

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:40.940
 this

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.200
 peace

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.519
 agreement

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.519
 they

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.079
 reconcile

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.700
 and

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:43.839
 they

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.160
 make

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.400
 this

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:45.279
 peace

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.779
 treaty

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:50.039
 I

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.500
 think

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.759
 the

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.079
 emphasis

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:52.180
 is

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:53.779
 on

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:53.960
 the

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.359
 land

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.700
 here

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.819
 they

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.279
 made

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.500
 a

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.879
 covenant

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.400
 at

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.440
 Bathsheba

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:58.940
 verse

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.500
 32

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:01.099
 Bathsheba

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.500
 is at

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.720
 the

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.059
 southern

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.539
 end

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:02.779
 of

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:02.920
 the

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.299
 promised

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.799
 land

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:06.819
 now

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.319
 maybe

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.079
 I'm

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.220
 not

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.400
 quite

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.680
 sure

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:08.960
 but

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.359
 maybe

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.879
 that's

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.160
 the

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.639
 significance

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:10.900
 of

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.279
 planting

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.639
 a

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:11.899
 tree

00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:13.319
 it

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.639
 takes

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.200
 decades

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.980
 generations

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.519
 for a

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:15.779
 tree

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.059
 to

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.319
 fully

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.660
 grow

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:19.220
 and

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.599
 here

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.139
 Abraham

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.579
 is

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.139
 calling

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.539
 on

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:21.680
 the

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:21.960
 name

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.139
 of

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.480
 God

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.980
 calling

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.220
 him

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.420
 the

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.319
 everlasting

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.920
 God

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:26.119
 he's

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.740
 worshipping

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:28.559
 he's

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:28.899
 saying

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.839
 Yahweh

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.599
 history

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.039
 is in

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.299
 your

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.740
 hands

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.740
 the

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.160
 nations

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.440
 are

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.579
 in

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:33.839
 your

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.319
 hands

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.920
 the

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.240
 earth

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.700
 belongs

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:35.980
 to

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.319
 you

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:38.019
 my

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.819
 offspring

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.299
 my

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.740
 future

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.660
 it's

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.080
 it's

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:41.300
 you

00:32:41.300 --> 00:32:41.600
 you're

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:41.740
 the

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.240
 everlasting

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.759
 God

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:46.980
 I

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.200
 think

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.820
 calling

00:32:47.820 --> 00:32:48.140
 God

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.300
 the

00:32:48.300 --> 00:32:48.860
 everlasting

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.300
 God

00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:50.080
 makes

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:50.240
 us

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.620
 recall

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:50.820
 the

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.180
 covenant

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.420
 in

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.600
 chapter

00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.160
 17

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.460
 verse

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.740
 8

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.700
 I

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.000
 will

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.320
 give

00:32:55.320 --> 00:32:55.540
 to

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:55.740
 you

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:55.880
 and

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:55.980
 to

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.140
 your

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.519
 offspring

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:56.960
 after

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.120
 you

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.279
 the

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.980
 land

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.279
 of

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.500
 your

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.500
 sojournings

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.660
 all

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:00.900
 the

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.180
 land

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.320
 of

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:01.759
 Canaan

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.019
 for

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.259
 an

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.900
 everlasting

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.580
 possession

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.160
 and I

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.320
 will

00:33:04.320 --> 00:33:04.519
 be

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.759
 their

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.160
 God

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:08.259
 I

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.580
 think

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:08.740
 what

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:08.900
 we're

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.019
 meant

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.080
 to

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.220
 be

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.560
 seeing

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:09.860
 here

00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.320
 he's

00:33:10.320 --> 00:33:10.480
 got

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.680
 the

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.120
 air

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:12.940
 he's

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.140
 got

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.340
 the

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.880
 nations

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.360
 coming

00:33:14.360 --> 00:33:14.860
 for

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.300
 peace

00:33:15.300 --> 00:33:15.500
 and

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.900
 blessing

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:17.900
 and

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.660
 here

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.100
 he's

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:19.480
 planting

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.940
 a tree

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.360
 and he's

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.880
 worshipping

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.060
 the

00:33:21.060 --> 00:33:21.519
 everlasting

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.540
!

00:33:21.540 --> 00:33:22.000
 God

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.180
 he doesn't

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.380
 own

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.840
 land

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:24.100
 yet

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.519
 but he's

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:24.860
 basically

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.100
 going

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:26.920
 it's

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.240
 as good

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.720
 as mine

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.240
 already

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:35.799
 the

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.240
 inheritance

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.720
 is

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.140
 just a

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.279
 matter

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.440
 of

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.779
 time

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:40.460
 if

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.660
 the

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.299
 everlasting

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.900
 God

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.099
 has

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.319
 made

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:42.480
 a

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.779
 covenant

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.079
 with

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.400
 me

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:46.220
 it's

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.339
 just

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.500
 a

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.640
 matter

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:46.819
 of

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.200
 time

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:51.559
 the

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.839
 full

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.259
 inheritance

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.279
!

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.559
 is

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.839
 coming

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:58.699
 if

00:33:58.699 --> 00:33:58.799
 you

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:58.919
 could

00:33:58.919 --> 00:33:59.319
 imagine

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.919
 going

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.099
 up

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.240
 to

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.579
 Abraham

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.240
 in

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.439
 this

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:01.799
 moment

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.099
 he's

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.759
 worshipping

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.659
 beside

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:03.959
 this

00:34:03.959 --> 00:34:04.339
 tree

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:04.639
 he's

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.039
 planted

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:06.079
 and

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.240
 just

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.500
 asking

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.759
 what

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.059
 are

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.159
 you

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.500
 doing

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:11.340
 I

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.699
 think

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.239
 this

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.739
 foreigner

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.099
 might

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.420
 say

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.719
 I'm

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:13.799
 going

00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:13.900
 to

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.279
 possess

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:14.519
 all

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:14.699
 this

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.019
 land

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.259
 one

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.519
 day

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:17.340
 further

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.559
 than

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:17.739
 your

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.059
 eyes

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.259
 can

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:18.599
 see

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:20.900
 like

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.039
 he's

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.159
 got

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.319
 a

00:34:21.319 --> 00:34:21.599
 well

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.719
 that's

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.039
 great

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:25.839
 that's

00:34:25.839 --> 00:34:25.980
 all

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.139
 he's

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.439
 got

00:34:26.439 --> 00:34:27.980
 would

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.079
 you

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.279
 think

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:28.459
 he's

00:34:28.459 --> 00:34:28.919
 crazy

00:34:28.919 --> 00:34:32.959
 Abimelech

00:34:32.959 --> 00:34:33.319
 took him

00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:33.799
 seriously

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:37.619
 he saw

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:37.899
 God

00:34:37.899 --> 00:34:38.079
 was

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.279
 with

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:38.500
 him

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:42.019
 now

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.199
 that

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.559
 promise

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.039
 becomes

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.279
 even

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:43.739
 clearer

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.099
 later

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.980
 on

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.179
 in

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.539
 Psalm

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:45.859
 2

00:34:45.859 --> 00:34:46.099
 verse

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.379
 8

00:34:46.379 --> 00:34:46.939
 the

00:34:46.939 --> 00:34:47.179
 Lord

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.559
 says

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.759
 to

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:47.980
 his

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.439
 son

00:34:48.439 --> 00:34:49.719
 ask

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:49.899
 of

00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:50.079
 me

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.299
 I

00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:50.459
 will

00:34:50.459 --> 00:34:50.699
 make

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:50.859
 the

00:34:50.859 --> 00:34:51.599
 nations

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:51.899
 your

00:34:51.899 --> 00:34:52.439
 heritage

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.579
 the

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.179
 ends

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.340
 of

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.480
 the

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.880
 earth

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:56.340
 your

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.800
 possession

00:34:56.800 --> 00:35:00.720
 in

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.420
 Israel's

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.780
 history

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.119
 they

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.340
 were

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.559
 a

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:02.920
 small

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.360
 player

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.659
 on

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:03.780
 the

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.019
 world

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.619
 stage

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.440
 like

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:05.639
 you

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:05.940
 take

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.200
 even

00:35:06.200 --> 00:35:06.420
 the

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.940
 highest

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.420
 points

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.559
 of

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:07.720
 their

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.139
 history

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:09.260
 it would

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:09.700
 still be

00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:10.179
 crazy

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.679
 to believe

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:10.880
 that

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.320
 promise

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:13.500
 but

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.200
 especially

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:15.000
 when their

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.460
 land got

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.860
 conquered

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.700
 they had

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.019
 no

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.340
 king

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.639
 no

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:17.900
 heir

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.059
 on

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.179
 the

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.519
 throne

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:21.280
 is it

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:21.780
 crazy

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:23.980
 to believe

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.699
 that God's

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.199
 heir

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:26.159
 is coming

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:28.880
 he will

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:30.159
 possess

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:31.679
 the whole

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.119
 earth

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:37.259
 it's not

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:37.719
 crazy

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:38.219
 if it's

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.579
 by the

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.000
 Lord's

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.639
 impossible

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.099
 doing

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.619
 because he

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.099
 keeps his

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.440
 promise

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.840
 and he's

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.480
 the everlasting

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.480


00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.980
 God

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:50.539
 he visits

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.360
 again

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.079
 at the

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.500
 exact

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.000
 appointed

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.539
 time

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.179
 saying

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.420
 to

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:54.800
 Mary

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.260
 a young

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.719
 virgin

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:57.699
 more

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.179
 impossible

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.539
 than

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:58.960
 Sarah

00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:01.079
 behold

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.539
 you will

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:01.940
 conceive

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.400
 in your

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:02.740
 womb

00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.139
 and bear

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.619
 a son

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.559
 and you

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:04.740
 shall

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.079
 call

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.280
 his

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:05.539
 name

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.039
 Jesus

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:07.500
 he

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.980
 will

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.240
 be

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:08.780
 great

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:09.199
 and will

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.360
 be

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.619
 called

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:09.800
 the

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.179
 son

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:10.320
 of

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.460
 the

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.760
 most

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.219
 high

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.840
 of

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.300
 his

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.960
 kingdom

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.300
 there

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:13.440
 will

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.620
 be

00:36:13.620 --> 00:36:14.140
 no

00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:14.740
 end

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:16.120
 everlasting

00:36:16.120 --> 00:36:21.060
 we

00:36:21.060 --> 00:36:21.380
 find

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:21.660
 another

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:22.120
 man

00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:22.840
 calling

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.180
 on the

00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:23.400
 name

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.519
 of

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:23.660
 the

00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:24.000
 Lord

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.380
 in

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:24.660
 Luke

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:25.000
 chapter

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.580
 23

00:36:25.580 --> 00:36:26.160
 beside

00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:27.680
 another

00:36:27.680 --> 00:36:28.220
 tree

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:30.200
 Jesus

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:30.660
 is being

00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:31.300
 crucified

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.800
 on a

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.120
 tree

00:36:32.120 --> 00:36:34.140
 and God

00:36:34.140 --> 00:36:34.300
 the

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.580
 father

00:36:34.580 --> 00:36:35.340
 is not

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:36.120
 with

00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:36.560
 him

00:36:36.560 --> 00:36:39.900
 he's

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.360
 cursing

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.620
 him

00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:41.200
 he's

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:41.780
 casting

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.060
 him

00:36:42.060 --> 00:36:42.380
 out

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.260
 and this

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:43.800
 criminal

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.600
 dying

00:36:44.600 --> 00:36:44.920
 beside

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.440
 him

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.300
 looks

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.640
 at

00:36:46.640 --> 00:36:46.880
 that

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.300
 guy

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:48.440
 and

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.740
 says

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.160
 remember

00:36:49.160 --> 00:36:49.820
 me

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.100
 when

00:36:50.100 --> 00:36:50.460
 you

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.840
 come

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.140
 into

00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:51.600
 your

00:36:51.600 --> 00:36:52.120
 kingdom

00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:53.280
 is

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.460
 he

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.000
 crazy

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:58.060
 is he

00:36:58.060 --> 00:36:58.540
 right

00:36:58.540 --> 00:36:59.040
 to think

00:36:59.040 --> 00:36:59.300
 this

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.820
 cursed

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.240
 man

00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:00.560
 is the

00:37:00.560 --> 00:37:01.040
 promised

00:37:01.040 --> 00:37:01.500
 son

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:02.060
 who

00:37:02.060 --> 00:37:02.280
 will

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:02.580
 inherit

00:37:02.580 --> 00:37:02.800
 the

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.140
 earth

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:06.280
 and

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:06.420
 does

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.560
 he

00:37:06.560 --> 00:37:06.940
 really

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.420
 think

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.800
 after

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.080
 all

00:37:08.080 --> 00:37:08.300
 the

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.860
 sins

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.620
 he

00:37:09.620 --> 00:37:09.980
 is

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.320
 guilty

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.620
 of

00:37:10.620 --> 00:37:10.760
 he

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:11.120
 admits

00:37:11.120 --> 00:37:11.420
 that

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.800
 that

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.240
 he

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.780
 has

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.099
 any

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.620
 share

00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:13.820
 in

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:13.960
 that

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.420
 inheritance

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:15.000
 is he

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.440
 crazy

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:17.420
 are we

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:17.920
 crazy

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.340
 this

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:18.640
 morning

00:37:18.640 --> 00:37:19.900
 worshipping

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.400
 the name

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:20.599
 of

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:20.980
 Jesus

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.300
 as

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.840
 Yahweh

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:23.360
 that he

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.680
 is the

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:24.140
 heir of

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:24.440
 all the

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:24.720
 earth

00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.220
 that we

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:25.420
 are

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.120
 co-heirs

00:37:26.120 --> 00:37:26.440
 of the

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:26.700
 world

00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:26.880
 to

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.200
 come

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:31.019
 not

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.880
 we're

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.079
 not

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.519
 crazy

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.380
 if we

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.639
 see

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:33.860
 who

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.099
 God

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.340
 is

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:34.519
 in

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.900
 Genesis

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:39.500
 the

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:39.880
 son

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.059
 of

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.539
 human

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.960
 ability

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.219
 will

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:41.780
 not

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.460
 share

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.639
 in

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:42.780
 the

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:43.239
 inheritance

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:43.259
!

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:43.659
 It's

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.239
 always

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:44.539
 and

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.139
 forever

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.519
 been

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.759
 by

00:37:45.759 --> 00:37:46.259
 faith

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:46.460
 in

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:46.840
 God's

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.259
 promise

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:47.559
 when

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:47.920
 he

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.340
 visits

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.639
 and

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.139
 he

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.519
 does

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.659
 it

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:49.860
 it's

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.179
 all

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.780
 his

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.139
 doing

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.320
 and

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.480
 it's

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.900
 impossible

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.199
 and

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.400
 he's

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:52.579
 the

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.199
 everlasting

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.699
 God

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.599
 whose

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:55.019
 plan

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.239
 to

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.539
 rescue

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:55.739
 the

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:56.019
 whole

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.460
 world

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.500
 is

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.820
 doing

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.039
 what

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.159
 is

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.619
 impossible

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:58.940
 for

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.079
 you

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.199
 and

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.360
 I

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.519
 can

00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.800
 do

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:02.340
 and

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.480
 we

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.660
 are

00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:03.079
 caught

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.340
 up

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.480
 in

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.800
 God's

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.240
 story

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:07.100
 simply

00:38:07.100 --> 00:38:07.400
 by

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:08.039
 faith

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.820
 in

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:08.940
 the

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.300
 promised

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.600
 son

00:38:09.600 --> 00:38:09.920
 that

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.320
 all

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.579
 the

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:10.880
 covenant

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.400
 promises

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.680
 are

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.160
 yes

00:38:12.160 --> 00:38:12.340
 and

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.680
 amen

00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:12.940
 they're

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.280
 yours

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.539
 they're

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.940
 mine

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:17.200
 whether

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:17.519
 our

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.079
 story

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.640
 is

00:38:18.640 --> 00:38:19.740
 dull

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.300
 or

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.700
 full

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:20.880
 of

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.340
 darkness

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:23.780
 we

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:23.940
 can

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.500
 laugh

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.760
 with

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.240
 joy

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:26.680
 and

00:38:26.680 --> 00:38:27.260
 wonder

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:28.960
 our

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.340
 life

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:29.500
 and

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:29.840
 future

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.059
 is

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.340
 bound

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.539
 up

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:30.820
 with

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.140
 this

00:38:31.140 --> 00:38:31.600
 son

00:38:31.600 --> 00:38:31.780
 of

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:32.300
 promise

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:33.060
 because

00:38:33.060 --> 00:38:33.320
 God

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:33.580
 does

00:38:33.580 --> 00:38:33.720
 the

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:34.200
 impossible

00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:36.600
 he

00:38:36.600 --> 00:38:37.019
 always

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.380
 keeps

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:37.560
 his

00:38:37.560 --> 00:38:37.980
 word

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:42.000
 where

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.200
 we

00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:42.560
 have

00:38:42.560 --> 00:38:43.080
 God's

00:38:43.080 --> 00:38:43.519
 promise

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:43.800
 and

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.280
 faith

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:44.480
 in

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.780
 God's

00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:45.080
 promise

00:38:45.080 --> 00:38:45.600
 that's

00:38:45.600 --> 00:38:46.060
 all

00:38:46.060 --> 00:38:46.680
 that's

00:38:46.680 --> 00:38:47.320
 all

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:47.900
 biblical

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.620
 Christianity

00:38:48.620 --> 00:38:50.980
 the

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.480
 inheritance

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.500
!

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:51.700
 It's

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:51.960
 just a

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.120
 matter

00:38:52.120 --> 00:38:52.280
 of

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:52.560
 time

00:38:52.560 --> 00:38:53.440
 it's

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:53.680
 coming

00:38:53.680 --> 00:38:56.260
 plant a

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:56.460
 tree

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.780
 if that

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.060
 helps

00:38:57.060 --> 00:38:57.340
 I don't

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.500
 know

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:57.680
 but

00:38:57.680 --> 00:38:57.960
 it's

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.280
 coming

00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:58.580
 it's

00:38:58.580 --> 00:38:58.700
 a

00:38:58.700 --> 00:38:58.860
 matter

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.019
 of

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.300
 time

00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:00.160
 we

00:39:00.160 --> 00:39:00.460
 pray

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:00.480
!

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.180
 Let's

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:01.420
 pray!

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:12.800
 Father

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.160
 some

00:39:13.160 --> 00:39:13.440
 of us

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.620
 this

00:39:13.620 --> 00:39:14.000
 morning

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:15.880
 are

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.500
 doubting

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:18.260
 whether

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.640
 we are

00:39:18.640 --> 00:39:19.000
 worthy

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.420
 enough

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:19.920
 to

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:21.019
 be

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.420
 saved

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:21.680
 by

00:39:21.680 --> 00:39:21.900
 you

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.120
 we

00:39:22.120 --> 00:39:22.360
 know

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:22.600
 our

00:39:22.600 --> 00:39:22.980
 faith

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.600
 is

00:39:23.600 --> 00:39:25.380
 regularly

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:26.060
 failing

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:28.820
 our

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.420
 worship

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.820
 is

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.320
 often

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:30.699
 half

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.219
 hearted

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:32.739
 we're

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.320
 ashamed

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.619
 of

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:33.860
 things

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.019
 we've

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.219
 done

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.480
 this

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:34.779
 week

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:36.799
 there's

00:39:36.799 --> 00:39:37.139
 others

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.799
 of us

00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:37.960
 who

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.159
 are

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:39.159
 pretty

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.659
 proud

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:41.899
 we

00:39:41.899 --> 00:39:42.119
 think

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:42.279
 we're

00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:42.500
 better

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:42.719
 than

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:42.980
 other

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.619
 Christians

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:43.940
 we

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.199
 think

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:45.859
 we

00:39:45.859 --> 00:39:46.099
 have

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.399
 some

00:39:46.399 --> 00:39:46.879
 rights

00:39:46.879 --> 00:39:47.279
 on

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:47.599
 you

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.819
 Lord

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:48.940
 I

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.099
 pray

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.379
 for

00:39:49.379 --> 00:39:49.940
 wherever

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.259
 we're

00:39:50.259 --> 00:39:50.500
 at

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.460
 that

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:51.679
 you

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:51.819
 would

00:39:51.819 --> 00:39:52.079
 help

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.259
 us

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.440
 to

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:52.759
 see

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:54.420
 it's

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:54.599
 all

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:54.819
 you're

00:39:54.819 --> 00:39:55.099
 doing

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.480
 it's

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:55.899
 all

00:39:55.899 --> 00:39:56.279
 your

00:39:56.279 --> 00:39:56.980
 promise

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.819
 you

00:39:57.819 --> 00:39:58.119
 doing

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:58.299
 the

00:39:58.299 --> 00:39:58.739
 impossible

00:39:58.739 --> 00:39:59.099
 by

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.319
 your

00:39:59.319 --> 00:39:59.639
 son

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:01.359
 please

00:40:01.359 --> 00:40:02.039
 press

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.359
 that

00:40:02.359 --> 00:40:02.779
 truth

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.179
 deep

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:03.500
 into

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.719
 our

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.039
 hearts

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.259
 so

00:40:04.259 --> 00:40:04.399
 that

00:40:04.399 --> 00:40:04.539
 you

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:04.739
 would

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.259
 at

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.419
 the

00:40:05.419 --> 00:40:05.679
 same

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.000
 time

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.419
 humble

00:40:06.419 --> 00:40:06.679
 us

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.079
 and

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:07.379
 lift

00:40:07.379 --> 00:40:07.579
 us

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:07.799
 up

00:40:07.799 --> 00:40:08.099
 with

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:08.699
 confidence

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:10.699
 do

00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:10.959
 this

00:40:10.959 --> 00:40:11.159
 so

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.279
 that

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:11.419
 we

00:40:11.419 --> 00:40:11.679
 will

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:12.299
 respond

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.519
 in

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:13.059
 praise

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.259
 and

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:13.639
 obedience

00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:13.979
 to

00:40:13.979 --> 00:40:14.219
 you

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:15.000
 in

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.259
 Jesus

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:15.579
 name

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:16.179
 Amen