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 Welcome to the

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 Apple Stocks

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 So Genesis chapter 16.

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 If you miss any of the talks,

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 they're on the website.

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 You can find them there.

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 And I do commend to you again

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 the opportunity to study further,

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 to engage with God's Word.

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 Consider MBC.

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 It's a bank holiday.

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 What else would you be doing?

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 Come along.

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 It'll be great for you.

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 Genesis 16, we're going to read

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 verses 1 through to 16.

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 Let's hear God's Word together.

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 Now Sarai, Abram's wife,

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 had borne him no children.

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 But she had an Egyptian slave,

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 named Hagar.

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 So she said to Abram,

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 The Lord has kept me from having children.

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 Go sleep with my slave.

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 Perhaps I can build a family through her.

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 Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

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 So after Abram had been living in Canaan 10 years,

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 Sarai, his wife,

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 took her Egyptian slave, Hagar,

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 and gave her to her husband to be his wife.

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 He slept with Hagar,

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 and she conceived.

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 When she knew she was pregnant,

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 she began to despise her mistress.

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 Then Sarai said to Abram,

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 You are responsible for the wrong I'm suffering.

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 I put my slave into your arms,

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 and now that she knows she is pregnant,

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 she despises me.

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 May the Lord judge between you and me.

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 Your slave is in your hands,

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 Abram said.

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 Do with her whatever you think best.

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 Then Sarai ill-treated Hagar,

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 so she fled from her.

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 The angel of the Lord found Hagar

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 near a spring in the desert.

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 It was a spring that is beside the road to shore.

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 And he said,

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 Hagar, slave of Sarai,

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 where have you come from?

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 Where are you going?

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 I'm running away from my mistress Sarai,

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 she answered.

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 Then the angel of the Lord told her,

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 Go back to your mistress and submit to her.

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 The angel added,

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 I will increase your descendants so much

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 that they will be too numerous to count.

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 The angel of the Lord also said to her,

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 You are now pregnant,

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 and you will give birth to a son.

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 You shall name him Ishmael,

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 for the Lord has heard of your misery.

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 He will be a wild donkey of a man.

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 His hand will be against everyone,

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 and everyone's hand against him.

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 And he will live in hostility towards all his brothers.

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 She gave this name to the Lord,

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 who spoke to her.

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 You are the God who sees me.

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 For she said,

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 I have now seen the one who sees me.

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 That is why the well was called

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 Beer-lehai-Roi.

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 It is still there between Kadesh and Beret.

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 So Hagar bore Abram a son,

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 and Abram gave the name Ishmael

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 to the son she had born.

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 Abram was 86 years old

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 when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

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 Well, we get all the nitty-gritty of life,

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 don't we, in Scripture.

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 Let's hear what God has to say to us,

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 and we're going to ask for his help as we pray.

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 Father, you are the God who sees us.

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 You see each one of us individually.

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 You see us together as your body.

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 You know our hearts.

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 You know what we're feeling,

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 what we're thinking.

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 You know where our minds are tempted to go.

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 And you know what is right and best for us.

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 And so we pray that your word

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 would penetrate deep into our life

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 and would give to us

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 what we most need.

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 That we would hear from you today

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 that would cause us to be at peace

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 and at rest with you.

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 So help us, we ask.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 One of my first jobs on leaving school

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 was working on a barge

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 with a friend called Bart.

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 Now what you must understand is

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 there was the harbour wall,

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 the harbour area,

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 and next to that was the pontoon

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 which was in the water.

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 And if you know anything about pontoons,

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 they rise with the tide

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 and they'll go down with the tide.

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 Now connecting the land side,

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 the harbour, to the pontoon

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 was a series of electric cables.

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 And designed in such a way

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 with a certain amount of length

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 that when the tide went down,

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 the cables would stretch

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 and when the tide came up,

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 they would be all okay.

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 Well, Bart couldn't help himself, could he?

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 He had to make things better.

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 He looked one evening

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 and saw that the cables

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 going from the harbour to the pontoon

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 were slack.

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 And he thought to himself,

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 I could tighten these

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 and it would make it better.

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 And it all looked really well

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 until the tide began to fall.

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 You could imagine what happened.

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 You see, sometimes things

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 are better left alone.

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 Our interference is exactly that,

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 an interference.

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 And it seems that in our text this morning,

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 Sarai and Abram

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 just couldn't help themselves.

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 They had to interfere.

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 They had to try and make things better.

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 Well, before we get to that particular incident,

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 let's first see the difficult situations

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 that lead to testing times.

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 Difficult situations that lead to testing times.

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 God's promise has been clear.

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 Childless Abram and Sarah

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 would become a great nation

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 and in turn,

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 they would be a blessing

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 to the nations of the world.

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 But the great expectation

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 soon becomes a difficult situation.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Now Sarai, Abram's wife,

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 had borne him no children.

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 Things were getting increasingly difficult

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 for this ageing couple.

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 In fact, verse 3 tells us

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 that 10 years have passed

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 since God had made the promise.

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 Now I don't mind how strong

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 you think your theology is.

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 That's just painful.

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 Husbands and wives want to graduate

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 to being dad and mum.

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 Not having children

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 is always going to be hard.

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 And many couples

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 have sleepless,

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 tearful nights.

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 And what makes this particular situation worse?

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 Look at verse 2.

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 She said to Abram,

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 the Lord has kept me

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 from having children.

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 God who had promised us children

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 is keeping us from having children.

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 Now in our medical orientated world,

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 we tend to put these disappointments

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 and heartaches down to

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 biology and our DNA.

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 But behind it all,

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 Sarai knows that the pitcher-patter

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 of tiny feet

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 ultimately lies

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 in the hands of God.

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 So what's going on here?

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 Well, not only is it painful,

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 the pressure is beginning to build.

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 Sarai is getting desperate.

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 What are they going to do?

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 Now we're not immune

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 to these painful testing times,

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 are we?

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 Life has the habit

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 of throwing us curveballs

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 and they hurt.

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 They knock us down.

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 The pressure gets to us.

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 Maybe you're a single person

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 and you've come on your own

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 and you would love the idea

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 of getting married.

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 But nothing's happening.

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 God's not providing.

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 Perhaps you've witnessed

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 and prayed for a friend

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 or a family member

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 over many years

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 and, well,

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 nothing seems to change.

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 And you think,

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 God's not working.

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 You see,

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 we can write our own

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 disappointments into this.

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 Maybe you're thinking

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 of them right now.

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 Perhaps it's a struggling marriage

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 that you would just love

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 to be different.

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 Maybe it's an ongoing illness.

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 Or maybe an unfulfilled dream.

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 And yes,

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 you know that behind it

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 there's reasons

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 for the reason

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 why things are like it.

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 There are explanations.

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 But behind it all

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 is our sovereign God

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 who is in control

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 of all things

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 but yet nothing

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 seems to happen.

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 And the years roll by.

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 Five years.

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 Ten years.

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 Twenty years.

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 And nothing's changing.

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 What's going on?

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 Well, we don't always know

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 what is going on.

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 But as Christians,

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 we know how we should respond.

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 Patient obedience.

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 We don't always understand

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 God's ways

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 but we know

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 we can trust him.

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 It's not that God

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 is making things

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 as difficult

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 as they possibly can be

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 just to see

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 how we're going to respond.

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 No, God's ways

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 are just simply

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 not always clear to us

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 and that means

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 it tests our faith.

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 Difficult situations

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 lead to testing times.

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 And the danger is

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 as we'll see in a moment

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 we can begin

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 to take things

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 into our own hands

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 can't we?

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 Well, we don't have a husband

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 so we'll marry

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 an unbeliever

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 in the hope

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 that they will become

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 a believer.

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 Maybe we just

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 adjust the gospel message

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 slightly

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 so that it becomes

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 more accessible

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 in the hope

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 that our friend

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 or family member

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 will believe.

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 We begin to turn

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 to other things

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 and people

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 to somehow

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 fulfil what we

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 all desperately want

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 and God

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 doesn't seem

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 to deliver.

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 But maybe

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 these hard

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 and difficult

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 situations

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 can also be used

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 to pull us

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 deeper into God

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 and realise that

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 well,

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 he is sufficient.

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 he is

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 enough.

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 The writer

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 of Psalm 16

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 understood this.

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 Listen to his words.

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 Keep me safe,

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 my God,

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 for in you

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 I take refuge.

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 I say to the Lord,

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 you are my Lord.

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 Apart from you

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 I have no good thing.

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 I could have

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 everything else

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 but not have

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 what I most

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 desperately need.

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 Those who run

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 after other gods

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 will only suffer

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 more

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 and more.

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 So difficult

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 situations

00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:56.060
 can lead

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 to testing

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 times

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 in our life.

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 well,

00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:03.100
 second,

00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:03.700
 sinful

00:14:03.700 --> 00:14:04.679
 solutions

00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:06.879
 can lead

00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.139
 to

00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:07.899
 disastrous

00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:09.060
 consequences.

00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:12.480
 Sarai

00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:13.379
 and Abraham's

00:14:13.379 --> 00:14:14.399
 situation

00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:15.720
 is difficult.

00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:16.759
 God

00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:17.480
 had promised

00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:18.240
 them a family

00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:19.600
 through whom

00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:20.700
 the nations

00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:21.360
 of the world

00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:22.120
 will be blessed

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 but they

00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:23.720
 don't have

00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:24.379
 a child.

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 well,

00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:28.139
 simples.

00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:29.980
 Let's give

00:14:29.980 --> 00:14:30.960
 God a hand.

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 Let's help

00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:33.939
 things along

00:14:33.939 --> 00:14:34.299
 a bit.

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 God seems

00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.200
 to be in a bit

00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:36.720
 of a mess

00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.299
 and he just

00:14:37.299 --> 00:14:38.019
 needs some

00:14:38.019 --> 00:14:38.820
 of our help.

00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:39.840
 Isn't that

00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:40.279
 true?

00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.500
 God helps

00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:42.059
 those who

00:14:42.059 --> 00:14:42.860
 help themselves?

00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:45.100
 Who says

00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:45.340
 that?

00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:45.919
 Is it Jesus

00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:46.500
 or Paul?

00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:50.039
 No,

00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:50.419
 it's not

00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:51.019
 in your Bible.

00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.500
 Don't go

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:51.799
 looking.

00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:52.220
 It's not

00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:52.539
 there.

00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:54.339
 playing

00:14:54.339 --> 00:14:55.099
 God is

00:14:55.099 --> 00:14:55.899
 always

00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:57.019
 rebellious.

00:14:57.980 --> 00:14:58.620
 It's sin

00:14:58.620 --> 00:14:59.379
 and sinful

00:14:59.379 --> 00:15:00.120
 solutions

00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:01.419
 always lead

00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:02.539
 to disastrous

00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:03.620
 consequences.

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 Let's look

00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:05.959
 at the three

00:15:05.959 --> 00:15:06.659
 characters

00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:08.099
 involved

00:15:08.099 --> 00:15:08.819
 in this

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 account.

00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:10.980
 First,

00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:11.459
 there's

00:15:11.459 --> 00:15:11.980
 Sarai

00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:13.679
 and the

00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:14.079
 sin of

00:15:14.079 --> 00:15:14.639
 taking

00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:15.839
 what you

00:15:15.839 --> 00:15:16.360
 want.

00:15:17.939 --> 00:15:18.559
 Sarai

00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:19.399
 wants a

00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:19.779
 child

00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:21.199
 so she

00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:22.039
 takes matters

00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:22.620
 into her

00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:23.120
 own hands.

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 I know

00:15:24.079 --> 00:15:25.659
 maybe

00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:26.459
 Hagar

00:15:26.459 --> 00:15:27.799
 could help.

00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:29.579
 Verse 2,

00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:30.719
 so she

00:15:30.719 --> 00:15:31.139
 said to

00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:31.599
 Abram,

00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:32.459
 the Lord

00:15:32.459 --> 00:15:32.879
 has kept

00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.240
 me from

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.539
 having

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:34.000
 children.

00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.339
 Go sleep

00:15:35.339 --> 00:15:35.819
 with my

00:15:35.819 --> 00:15:36.339
 slave.

00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:37.399
 Perhaps I

00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:37.839
 can build

00:15:37.839 --> 00:15:38.299
 a family

00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:39.079
 through her.

00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:41.039
 Now,

00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:41.539
 given the

00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.259
 reality of

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:42.899
 the situation,

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 we might

00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:43.740
 have some

00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:44.159
 kind of

00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:44.679
 sympathy

00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:45.019
 for

00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.480
 Sarai.

00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:46.179
 After

00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:46.500
 all,

00:15:46.839 --> 00:15:47.360
 God's

00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:47.839
 blessing

00:15:47.839 --> 00:15:48.199
 on the

00:15:48.199 --> 00:15:48.480
 world

00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:49.399
 depends on

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 them having

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 a child.

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 I mean,

00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:51.779
 what could

00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.620
 possibly be

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:53.100
 wrong with

00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:53.720
 her plan?

00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:56.120
 Well,

00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.920
 nothing's wrong

00:15:56.920 --> 00:15:57.259
 with the

00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:57.960
 plan except

00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.840
 Genesis 2

00:15:58.840 --> 00:15:59.659
 tells us

00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:00.639
 that a man

00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:01.399
 leaves his

00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:02.000
 father and

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.960
 mother and

00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.920
 is united to

00:16:03.920 --> 00:16:04.600
 his wife and

00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.220
 they become

00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:07.460
 one flesh.

00:16:09.060 --> 00:16:10.019
 Marriage is

00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:10.840
 permanent,

00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:13.019
 exclusive,

00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:14.860
 and isn't

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.519
 open to

00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:16.320
 other partners.

00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:16.560
 others.

00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:18.540
 You see,

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.040
 when we

00:16:19.040 --> 00:16:19.980
 desperately

00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:20.640
 want

00:16:20.640 --> 00:16:21.180
 something,

00:16:21.540 --> 00:16:22.160
 we begin

00:16:22.160 --> 00:16:22.940
 to disengage

00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:23.680
 with what

00:16:23.680 --> 00:16:24.460
 God says

00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:25.520
 and respond

00:16:25.520 --> 00:16:26.240
 with what

00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:28.240
 I want.

00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:32.100
 So,

00:16:32.180 --> 00:16:32.379
 there's

00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:33.020
 Sarai and

00:16:33.020 --> 00:16:33.560
 the sin of

00:16:33.560 --> 00:16:34.220
 taking what

00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:34.820
 you want.

00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:36.740
 Then there's

00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:39.180
 Abram and

00:16:39.180 --> 00:16:39.720
 the sin of

00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.620
 ignoring what

00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.300
 is right.

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.500
 How's

00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:44.220
 Abram going

00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:45.220
 to respond to

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:45.660
 such a

00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:46.180
 suggestion?

00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:46.560
 Well,

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:46.900
 look at the

00:16:46.900 --> 00:16:47.280
 rest of

00:16:47.280 --> 00:16:47.780
 verse 2.

00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.440
 Abram

00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.700
 agreed to

00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:51.379
 what Sarai

00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:51.860
 said.

00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:53.180
 So,

00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:53.900
 after Abram

00:16:53.900 --> 00:16:54.220
 had been

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:54.720
 living in

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.020
 Canaan

00:16:55.020 --> 00:16:55.660
 ten years,

00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:56.200
 Sarai,

00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:56.740
 his wife,

00:16:56.920 --> 00:16:57.740
 took her

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.120
 Egyptian

00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.620
 slave,

00:16:58.720 --> 00:16:58.980
 Hagar,

00:16:59.400 --> 00:16:59.840
 gave her

00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.160
 to her

00:17:00.160 --> 00:17:00.740
 husband to

00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.080
 be his

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.420
 wife.

00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:02.680
 He slept

00:17:02.680 --> 00:17:03.379
 with Hagar

00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:04.880
 and she

00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:05.480
 conceived.

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.360
 Well,

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.660
 it's

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.440
 understandable,

00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:10.180
 isn't it?

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.779
 I mean,

00:17:11.840 --> 00:17:12.200
 they've been

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.519
 waiting so

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:13.860
 long.

00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:14.400
 It's been

00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:15.420
 ten

00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:16.380
 long

00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:17.240
 years.

00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.019
 Surely

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.960
 God doesn't

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.560
 want it to

00:17:19.560 --> 00:17:20.259
 take that

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.720
 long.

00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.180
 I mean,

00:17:23.300 --> 00:17:24.100
 what else am

00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:24.660
 I supposed

00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:25.200
 to do?

00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.140
 And it

00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:28.519
 will keep

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.019
 the missus

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.420
 happy.

00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:29.980
 Sarai

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.539
 wants,

00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:32.080
 Sarai

00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:32.580
 gets.

00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:35.659
 Well,

00:17:35.679 --> 00:17:35.980
 it might

00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.799
 reflect many

00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.299
 a sad

00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:37.740
 marriage,

00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:38.220
 but this

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.740
 isn't going

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.220
 to do.

00:17:40.099 --> 00:17:40.659
 The author

00:17:40.659 --> 00:17:41.839
 wants us

00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.220
 to see

00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:42.539
 this.

00:17:42.679 --> 00:17:42.980
 It's

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.720
 underlined

00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:44.299
 for us.

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:44.579
 If you

00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:44.819
 look at

00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:45.099
 the middle

00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:45.480
 of verse

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:45.839
 three,

00:17:46.679 --> 00:17:47.240
 Sarai,

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.779
 his wife,

00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:50.099
 took her

00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:50.559
 Egyptian

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.079
 slave,

00:17:51.199 --> 00:17:51.519
 Hagar,

00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:52.099
 and gave

00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:52.599
 her to

00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:54.059
 her husband

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:55.399
 to be

00:17:55.399 --> 00:17:56.539
 his wife.

00:17:59.899 --> 00:18:00.359
 Sarai

00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:00.879
 has a

00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:01.260
 husband.

00:18:02.520 --> 00:18:03.160
 His name's

00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:03.640
 Abram,

00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.280
 and Abram

00:18:04.280 --> 00:18:04.560
 has a

00:18:04.560 --> 00:18:04.860
 wife.

00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:05.580
 Her name

00:18:05.580 --> 00:18:06.300
 is Sarai.

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:06.940
 No,

00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:07.700
 none of

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:07.880
 them.

00:18:08.020 --> 00:18:08.400
 Abram

00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:08.960
 can't

00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:09.300
 plead

00:18:09.300 --> 00:18:09.940
 ignorance

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.800
 to God's

00:18:10.800 --> 00:18:11.520
 good design.

00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:12.420
 He knows

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:12.800
 what's

00:18:12.800 --> 00:18:13.220
 right.

00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.720
 And then

00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:19.000
 there's

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.520
 Hagar,

00:18:20.560 --> 00:18:21.160
 and the

00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:21.560
 sin of

00:18:21.560 --> 00:18:21.840
 running

00:18:21.840 --> 00:18:22.340
 from her

00:18:22.340 --> 00:18:22.760
 guilt.

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.039
 we

00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:25.220
 don't

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:25.539
 need to

00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:25.720
 be

00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.140
 marriage

00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:26.819
 counsellors

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.240
 to guess

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.599
 what's

00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:27.839
 going to

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.079
 happen

00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:28.519
 next,

00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:28.920
 do we?

00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:30.720
 Look at

00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:31.079
 the end

00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:31.420
 of verse

00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:31.799
 four.

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.700
 When

00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:34.019
 Hagar

00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.759
 knew she

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.000
 was

00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.480
 pregnant,

00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:35.839
 she

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.200
 began

00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:36.500
 to

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.359
 despise

00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:37.660
 her

00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:38.039
 mistress.

00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:40.000
 What's

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:40.420
 the matter,

00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:40.980
 Sarai?

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.480
 Can't

00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:42.920
 give what

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.400
 your husband

00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:43.940
 wants?

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:46.920
 Well,

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.319
 Sarai

00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:48.000
 repaid the

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.440
 compliment,

00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:48.819
 didn't

00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:49.039
 she?

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.359
 Look at

00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:49.640
 the end

00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:49.980
 of verse

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.400
 six.

00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:52.019
 Sarai

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.880
 ill-treated

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.380
 Hagar,

00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:54.700
 so she

00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:55.380
 fled from

00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:55.620
 her.

00:18:57.120 --> 00:18:57.360
 No,

00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:58.000
 Hagar

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:59.000
 isn't an

00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.540
 innocent

00:18:59.540 --> 00:19:00.600
 bystander

00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:00.900
 in all

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.180
 of this.

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.720
 She

00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.100
 knows

00:19:02.100 --> 00:19:02.580
 the deal,

00:19:03.300 --> 00:19:04.019
 and she's

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.860
 quite happy

00:19:04.860 --> 00:19:05.380
 to go

00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:05.940
 along with

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.080
 it.

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:06.720
 Maybe

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.040
 it will

00:19:07.040 --> 00:19:07.400
 kind of

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:07.680
 get her

00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.000
 up the

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.340
 pecking

00:19:08.340 --> 00:19:08.900
 order a

00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.180
 bit.

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.240
 But when

00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:11.620
 it all

00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.140
 gets a

00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:12.600
 little bit

00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:13.380
 messy and

00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:13.960
 too close

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.300
 to the

00:19:14.300 --> 00:19:14.620
 bone,

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.560
 she

00:19:15.560 --> 00:19:16.120
 ups and

00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:16.600
 leaves.

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 Rather

00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:18.940
 than face

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.580
 the sin

00:19:19.580 --> 00:19:19.900
 and the

00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:20.240
 trouble,

00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:21.720
 she runs

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.400
 away from

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:22.759
 it.

00:19:24.600 --> 00:19:25.019
 You see,

00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:25.980
 all three,

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.000
 Sarai,

00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.620
 Abram,

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.220
 Hagar,

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.380
 they're all

00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:30.500
 responsible for

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.320
 playing God.

00:19:31.600 --> 00:19:32.160
 They all

00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:32.980
 take matters

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.580
 into their

00:19:33.580 --> 00:19:34.180
 own hands.

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:34.860
 And what

00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:35.500
 seemed to

00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:35.860
 be a

00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.120
 clever

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.800
 solution

00:19:36.800 --> 00:19:37.780
 turned out

00:19:37.780 --> 00:19:38.160
 to have

00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:39.040
 disastrous

00:19:39.040 --> 00:19:39.960
 consequences.

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.620
 They all

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.320
 begin to

00:19:43.320 --> 00:19:43.680
 start

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.500
 fighting.

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:45.680
 Verse

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.220
 five,

00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:47.640
 Sarai

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.080
 said to

00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:48.400
 Abram,

00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.019
 Hugh,

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.879
 you're

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.440
 responsible

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:50.920
 for the

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.139
 wrong

00:19:51.139 --> 00:19:51.400
 I'm

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:51.859
 suffering.

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:53.859
 Verse

00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.240
 six,

00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:54.920
 no,

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.599
 your

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.220
 slave is

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:56.680
 in your

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:57.160
 hands,

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:57.839
 Abram

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.299
 said.

00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.480
 Do

00:19:59.480 --> 00:19:59.799
 with her

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.139
 whatever

00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:00.680
 you think

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:01.059
 best.

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:01.700
 And

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.180
 Sarai

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.960
 ill-treated

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.460
 Hagar,

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:03.900
 and

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.660
 Hagar

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.299
 fled from

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:05.559
 her.

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:08.920
 Playing

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.460
 God is

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:09.960
 all so

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.400
 familiar,

00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:11.059
 isn't it?

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.740
 It's how

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.220
 the first

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.980
 marriage in

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.460
 the Bible

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:14.839
 that we

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.420
 come across

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.180
 started out.

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:16.900
 remember

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.440
 Adam and

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:17.720
 Eve?

00:20:19.600 --> 00:20:20.320
 All

00:20:20.320 --> 00:20:20.700
 this is

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.060
 yours.

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:21.940
 You can

00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.820
 enjoy all

00:20:22.820 --> 00:20:23.519
 this fruit,

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.259
 but not

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.720
 this.

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.240
 Well,

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.900
 Eve wanted

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:29.680
 and Eve

00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:30.180
 got.

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:31.880
 And she

00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.580
 gave some

00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:33.080
 to her

00:20:33.080 --> 00:20:34.019
 husband and

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.660
 he took.

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.580
 Just as

00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:38.500
 Sarai gave

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.519
 Hagar to

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.519
 Abram and

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.880
 he took.

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:44.220
 And when

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.620
 it all

00:20:44.620 --> 00:20:45.140
 just got

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:45.920
 so messy,

00:20:46.800 --> 00:20:47.480
 Adam and

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.300
 Eve hid

00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:49.380
 and ran

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:50.020
 from their

00:20:50.020 --> 00:20:50.380
 sin.

00:20:51.780 --> 00:20:52.440
 And then

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.880
 the blame

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.700
 game started.

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.500
 Her,

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.260
 him,

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:55.960
 no,

00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:56.700
 Satan.

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.060
 Of course,

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:00.680
 the actions

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.180
 of that

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:02.140
 first marriage

00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:02.480
 in the

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.020
 Garden of

00:21:03.020 --> 00:21:03.560
 Eden had

00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:04.200
 disastrous

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:05.020
 consequences,

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:05.880
 and it

00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:06.660
 seems our

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.280
 sinful

00:21:07.280 --> 00:21:08.500
 solutions to

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.000
 it all are

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.480
 not much

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:09.880
 better.

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:13.460
 think about

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:13.840
 our own

00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:14.400
 lives for

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.700
 a minute.

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.660
 I want

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:16.980
 to be

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.420
 happy.

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.160
 I'll make

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:20.120
 myself happy.

00:21:21.260 --> 00:21:22.020
 I want

00:21:22.020 --> 00:21:22.540
 to live as

00:21:22.540 --> 00:21:23.000
 I like.

00:21:23.280 --> 00:21:24.000
 I'll do

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.780
 as I like.

00:21:26.300 --> 00:21:27.140
 I want

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.860
 to...

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:29.360
 You fill

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:29.620
 in the

00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:29.980
 blank.

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.320
 What are

00:21:31.320 --> 00:21:31.920
 you desperately

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.680
 wanting right

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:32.860
 now?

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.760
 I want

00:21:33.760 --> 00:21:35.540
 and I'll

00:21:35.540 --> 00:21:36.040
 have.

00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:39.040
 And we

00:21:39.040 --> 00:21:39.920
 just ignore

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.500
 God's

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.740
 word.

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.640
 We twist

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.140
 the truth.

00:21:42.280 --> 00:21:42.900
 We reject

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.280
 what's

00:21:43.280 --> 00:21:43.560
 right.

00:21:44.060 --> 00:21:44.560
 And like

00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.100
 it always

00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:45.520
 does,

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:45.840
 well,

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.300
 it just

00:21:46.300 --> 00:21:46.900
 goes from

00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.480
 bad to

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:47.880
 worse.

00:21:49.320 --> 00:21:49.720
 Instead

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.580
 of confronting

00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:51.100
 our sin,

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.540
 we begin

00:21:51.540 --> 00:21:52.060
 to run

00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:52.700
 and hide

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.280
 from it.

00:21:54.060 --> 00:21:54.700
 We blame

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.100
 others.

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.720
 It's not

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:55.960
 me,

00:21:56.040 --> 00:21:56.500
 it's them.

00:21:56.780 --> 00:21:57.320
 We blame

00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:57.980
 our past.

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.700
 It's my

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.220
 parents.

00:21:59.360 --> 00:21:59.580
 It was

00:21:59.580 --> 00:22:00.460
 my education.

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.420
 We blame

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.280
 our childhood.

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:04.160
 We blame

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:05.060
 the church.

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.120
 The only

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.620
 thing we're

00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.140
 absolutely

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.900
 certain of

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.620
 is it's

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.320
 not my

00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:10.940
 fault.

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:16.720
 Hagar

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.320
 did have

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:17.820
 a child

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:18.480
 but life

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:18.880
 was not

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.300
 going to

00:22:19.300 --> 00:22:19.860
 be easy.

00:22:20.020 --> 00:22:20.280
 Look at

00:22:20.280 --> 00:22:20.700
 the end

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:20.900
 of,

00:22:21.060 --> 00:22:21.380
 look at

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:22.100
 verse 12.

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.660
 God

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.300
 said that

00:22:25.300 --> 00:22:25.740
 her son

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.080
 would be

00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:26.580
 a wild

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.060
 donkey

00:22:27.060 --> 00:22:27.380
 of a

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:27.660
 man.

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.000
 His

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.300
 hand

00:22:29.300 --> 00:22:29.660
 will be

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.040
 against

00:22:30.040 --> 00:22:30.560
 everyone

00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:30.759
 and

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.500
 everyone's

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.780
 hand

00:22:31.780 --> 00:22:32.200
 against

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.540
 him

00:22:32.540 --> 00:22:32.800
 and

00:22:32.800 --> 00:22:33.480
 he

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:33.680
 will

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:33.920
 live

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.100
 in

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.820
 hostility

00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.500
 towards

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.980
 all

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.440
 his

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.120
 brothers.

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.359
 others.

00:22:39.479 --> 00:22:40.079
 The

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.719
 children of

00:22:40.719 --> 00:22:41.299
 Hagar

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.539
 and the

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.139
 children of

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.579
 Sarai

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:43.959
 would be

00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:44.779
 in conflict

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.739
 all their

00:22:45.739 --> 00:22:46.359
 years.

00:22:47.719 --> 00:22:48.239
 In fact,

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.759
 if we know

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.299
 anything of

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.839
 our history,

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.399
 it's still

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:51.000
 going on

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.359
 today,

00:22:51.439 --> 00:22:51.959
 isn't it?

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.639
 It's being

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.439
 played out in

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:54.819
 the Middle

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.799
 East every

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.639
 single day.

00:22:58.679 --> 00:22:59.019
 You see,

00:22:59.179 --> 00:22:59.799
 sin has

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.199
 this

00:23:00.199 --> 00:23:01.539
 disastrous

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.439
 consequence.

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.700
 It's like

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.259
 the first

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.920
 flick of

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.720
 a domino.

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.840
 One push

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:09.460
 and there's

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.080
 no end

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:10.519
 to its

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.100
 destruction.

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:15.279
 So we

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:16.140
 have sinful

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.860
 solutions

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.660
 that lead

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:17.940
 to

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.940
 disastrous

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:20.480
 consequences.

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.779
 But then

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.200
 there's a

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.519
 God

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.220
 intervention

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:28.620
 that leads

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.039
 to

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.820
 redeemed

00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:30.759
 lives.

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:32.000
 God

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.720
 interventions

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:34.140
 lead to

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.579
 redeemed

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.259
 lives.

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.599
 I mean,

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.259
 the account

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.160
 is such a

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:39.200
 terrible mess,

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.779
 isn't it?

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:42.259
 How do you

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.019
 begin to

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:44.000
 untangle

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.460
 it all?

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.420
 Well,

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.480
 the point

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.859
 is you

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.579
 can't.

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.740
 Sin has

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.619
 deep

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.700
 consequences

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.460
 that you

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.859
 and I

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.519
 can't

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.059
 undo.

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.819
 However,

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.480
 there is

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.000
 one who

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.579
 can deal

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.039
 with our

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.740
 past and

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.620
 give us

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.140
 a future,

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.140
 one who

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.759
 redeems

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.700
 and restores

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.940
 broken lives.

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.700
 Now,

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.240
 before we

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.599
 look at

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.319
 how God

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.599
 redeems,

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.279
 we've got

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.599
 to ask

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.339
 this question,

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.160
 who is

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.400
 the angel

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:15.880
 of the

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.180
 Lord?

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.279
 He appears

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.720
 in verse

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.079
 seven,

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.200
 the angel

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.920
 of the

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.279
 Lord.

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.700
 In verse

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.059
 nine,

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:25.200
 the angel

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.599
 of the

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.220
 Lord told

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.480
 her.

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.299
 Verse

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.660
 eleven,

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.420
 the angel

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:28.759
 of the

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.539
 Lord also

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.079
 said to

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.279
 her,

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.099
 well,

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.940
 it's

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.599
 not just

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.119
 any

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.659
 angel.

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.700
 It seems

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.079
 to be

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.559
 that the

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.259
 angel of

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.839
 the Lord,

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.480
 and if we

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.440
 find this

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.899
 out more

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.359
 as we go

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:40.779
 through the

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.399
 Old Testament,

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.579
 seems to be

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.460
 a manifestation

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.639
 of God

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:45.200
 himself.

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.940
 That's what

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.799
 Hagar points

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.240
 to if you

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.519
 look at

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.740
 verse

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.319
 thirteen.

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:53.039
 so she

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.899
 gave this

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.779
 name to

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.000
 the

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.559
 Lord

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:57.059
 who

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.439
 spoke

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:57.919
 to her.

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:58.779
 You

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.019
 are the

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.299
 God

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.519
 who

00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.980
 sees

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.240
 me.

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.939
 The

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:02.279
 angel

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.659
 of the

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:02.960
 Lord

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.960
 is a

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.539
 manifestation

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.539
 of God

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.099
 himself

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.619
 who

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.220
 comes

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.779
 in

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.559
 person

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:10.240
 to deal

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.519
 with

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.899
 Hagar.

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:14.680
 So let's

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.040
 look at

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:15.480
 God's

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.259
 personal

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:17.519
 and gracious

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.300
 intervention

00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:19.560
 into the

00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:20.060
 life of

00:25:20.060 --> 00:25:20.460
 Hagar.

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.280
 We're going

00:25:22.280 --> 00:25:22.600
 to see

00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:23.380
 three things

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.680
 that relate

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.360
 to our

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:25.960
 lives as

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.160
 well.

00:25:26.300 --> 00:25:26.720
 First,

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.519
 God seeks

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.320
 the lost.

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.759
 Look at

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:30.980
 verse

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.340
 seven.

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:32.820
 The

00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:33.640
 angel of

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.320
 the Lord

00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:35.900
 found

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.680
 Hagar

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.380
 near a

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.880
 spring in

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.380
 the desert.

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.980
 It's a

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.340
 beautiful

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.820
 picture,

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.420
 isn't it?

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.680
 We can

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.140
 picture

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.760
 Hagar

00:25:43.760 --> 00:25:44.900
 wandering

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.660
 around in

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.220
 the desert

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.420
 trying to

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.120
 find some

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.960
 respite by

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.580
 a spring

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:51.360
 lost

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:53.080
 and alone

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:55.340
 and God

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:56.080
 calls her

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:56.720
 by name.

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.140
 Verse

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.520
 eight.

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.260
 Hagar

00:25:59.260 --> 00:26:01.600
 slave of

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:02.140
 Sarai

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:03.900
 where have

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.300
 you come

00:26:04.300 --> 00:26:04.680
 from?

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.300
 Where are

00:26:05.300 --> 00:26:05.800
 you going?

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.140
 You see

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.660
 this is the

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.100
 kind of

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.580
 God we

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:09.880
 have.

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.880
 He never

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.759
 waits for

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.240
 us to

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.660
 come to

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:12.920
 him.

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.100
 God takes

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:14.720
 the initiative

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.780
 and moves

00:26:15.780 --> 00:26:16.580
 out towards

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:16.920
 us.

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.460
 God loves

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.440
 to redeem

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.400
 sinners.

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.940
 Isn't that

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.700
 what we see

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.080
 in the

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.640
 person of

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.020
 Jesus?

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.200
 The God

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.820
 man who

00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:27.540
 comes into

00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:28.100
 the mess

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.940
 and brokenness

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.259
 of our

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.580
 lives,

00:26:30.020 --> 00:26:30.940
 reaching out

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.600
 to us,

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.400
 searching us

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.960
 until he

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:35.000
 finds us,

00:26:36.040 --> 00:26:36.700
 looking for

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.640
 the prodigal,

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.600
 as Jesus

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.740
 himself reminds

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.140
 us,

00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:41.900
 for the

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.320
 son of

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:43.020
 man came

00:26:43.020 --> 00:26:43.740
 to seek

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.640
 and to

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.259
 save

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.700
 the lost.

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.080
 Maybe you

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:50.759
 feel you're

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.560
 wandering in

00:26:51.560 --> 00:26:52.040
 the desert.

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.660
 Maybe you're

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.400
 running from

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.420
 certain things

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.120
 in the past

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.460
 that have

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.100
 never ever

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.920
 been addressed.

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.600
 Well,

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.120
 God is

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.920
 seeking you

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:04.660
 because he

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.240
 loves you.

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:09.120
 God

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.799
 seeks the

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.200
 lost

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:12.859
 and God

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.460
 hears

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.400
 the

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.180
 repentant.

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.920
 Look at

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.400
 verse 8

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:17.759
 again.

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.599
 God said,

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.160
 Hagar,

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.940
 slave of

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.420
 Sarai,

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:22.940
 where have

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.359
 you come

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.720
 from?

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.279
 Where are

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.720
 you going?

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.480
 Well,

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.359
 it's not

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.900
 that God

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.660
 doesn't know

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.259
 where she's

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.779
 come from

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.140
 or where

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.859
 she's going.

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.200
 He knows.

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.160
 So why

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.819
 would God

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.519
 ask a

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:34.980
 question?

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:36.740
 Well,

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.319
 he asks the

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.039
 question because

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.460
 it's an

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.380
 invitation to

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.019
 Hagar to

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.480
 come and

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.600
 speak and

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.500
 engage with

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:42.880
 the living

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.319
 God.

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.500
 God is a

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.980
 listener.

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.900
 He hears

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.380
 us.

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.400
 He's

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.200
 concerned for

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.620
 you and

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.160
 for me.

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.559
 Hagar

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.220
 responds,

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.720
 end of

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.140
 verse 8,

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.960
 I'm

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.460
 running

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.140
 away.

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.340
 I'm

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:56.360
 running

00:27:56.360 --> 00:27:56.380
 away.

00:27:56.380 --> 00:28:01.020
 Hagar

00:28:01.020 --> 00:28:01.880
 admits to

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.440
 what she's

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.780
 doing.

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.220
 She's on

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.740
 the run.

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.640
 She knows

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.160
 the mess

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.700
 she's left

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.360
 behind and

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:09.000
 she's turned

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.920
 her back and

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.680
 she's getting

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.340
 out of there.

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.660
 So God

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.480
 in his grace

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.780
 calls her

00:28:15.780 --> 00:28:16.940
 back again.

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.020
 Verse 9,

00:28:18.020 --> 00:28:18.780
 then the

00:28:18.780 --> 00:28:19.520
 angel of the

00:28:19.520 --> 00:28:20.060
 Lord told

00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:20.240
 her,

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.220
 go back

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.000
 to your

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.420
 mistress

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:25.160
 and submit

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.700
 to her.

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.700
 Of course,

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.580
 Hagar has

00:28:28.580 --> 00:28:29.400
 no idea

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.000
 how she's

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.360
 going to

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:30.900
 be treated

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.500
 but,

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:33.680
 it's what

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.140
 she must

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.460
 do.

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.980
 She must

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.820
 obey what

00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:37.800
 God says

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:38.900
 and she

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.980
 turns back.

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:42.880
 You see,

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.600
 maybe there's

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:45.880
 stuff in

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.580
 your past

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:49.060
 today and

00:28:49.060 --> 00:28:49.400
 you don't

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:49.800
 want to go

00:28:49.800 --> 00:28:50.400
 back there.

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.360
 You're not

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:54.380
 wanting to

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:55.080
 face up to

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:55.360
 it.

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:57.680
 But maybe

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.000
 there's

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.600
 relationships

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:59.220
 we need

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.640
 to deal

00:28:59.640 --> 00:28:59.900
 with.

00:29:00.020 --> 00:29:00.620
 We must

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.760
 obey

00:29:01.760 --> 00:29:03.720
 and trust

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.520
 all things

00:29:04.520 --> 00:29:05.020
 to him.

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.860
 You see,

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.620
 God hears

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.220
 your cry.

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.560
 He hears

00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.360
 your longings

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:11.540
 to change

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:11.840
 and be

00:29:11.840 --> 00:29:12.240
 different.

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.360
 He hears

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.920
 about your

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.400
 regrets.

00:29:14.800 --> 00:29:15.400
 He sees

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:15.940
 your failing.

00:29:16.260 --> 00:29:16.740
 He knows

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.300
 your sin

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:18.060
 and in

00:29:18.060 --> 00:29:18.700
 response,

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.440
 God is

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.600
 calling us

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.000
 back.

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.200
 Go back.

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.220
 Come back

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.799
 to me.

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.319
 The Bible

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.920
 calls it

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.500
 repentance.

00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:30.500
 We never

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.400
 ever stop

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.279
 repenting.

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:35.100
 And so

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.519
 that we

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.120
 know he

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.860
 hears us,

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.220
 look at

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.860
 verse 11,

00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:39.339
 the angel

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.860
 of the Lord

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.620
 also said

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:40.960
 to her,

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:41.700
 you are

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.440
 now pregnant

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.319
 and you

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.720
 will give

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.319
 birth to a

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.480
 son.

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:44.759
 You'll

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.220
 call him

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.900
 Ishmael.

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:48.700
 Ishmael

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.259
 means

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.600
 the Lord

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.400
 has heard

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.660
 of your

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.100
 misery.

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.220
 You see,

00:29:55.300 --> 00:29:55.600
 we can

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.120
 come to

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.680
 God with

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.480
 all our

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.040
 misery

00:29:58.040 --> 00:29:59.360
 and all

00:29:59.360 --> 00:30:00.080
 our mess

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:01.720
 and he

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.620
 hears you

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:04.100
 and he

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.660
 will answer

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.040
 you.

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.400
 So God

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.920
 seeks,

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.340
 God

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.920
 hears

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:12.259
 and then

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.660
 we know

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.400
 this next

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.700
 one,

00:30:13.820 --> 00:30:14.140
 God

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:14.880
 sees

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.920
 the needy.

00:30:16.020 --> 00:30:16.840
 Verse 13,

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.200
 Hagar

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:20.100
 gave this

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.780
 name to

00:30:20.780 --> 00:30:21.220
 the Lord

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.860
 who spoke

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.320
 to her,

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.000
 you are

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.560
 the God

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:25.720
 who sees

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.200
 me.

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.640
 For she

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.040
 said,

00:30:28.520 --> 00:30:29.100
 I have

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:29.720
 now seen

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.360
 the one

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:31.720
 who sees

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:31.980
 me.

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.540
 So who's

00:30:34.540 --> 00:30:35.200
 seeing who?

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.560
 Well,

00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:37.900
 there's a

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.600
 double truth

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.080
 here that

00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:40.060
 both encourages

00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:40.620
 us and

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:41.240
 blesses us.

00:30:41.560 --> 00:30:42.040
 At one

00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:42.400
 level,

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.760
 Hagar

00:30:42.760 --> 00:30:43.440
 can say,

00:30:44.040 --> 00:30:44.380
 God

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.260
 sees me.

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.340
 God

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:48.180
 sees me.

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.340
 Rather

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:50.940
 than her

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.340
 sin

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:52.440
 putting her

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.060
 out of

00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:53.820
 sight of

00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:54.200
 God,

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.140
 it's her

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.840
 sin that

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.360
 puts her

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:56.780
 in the

00:30:56.780 --> 00:30:57.360
 direct

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.020
 vision

00:30:58.020 --> 00:30:58.400
 and

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.140
 sight of

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.540
 God.

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.800
 You see,

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.280
 no one

00:31:02.280 --> 00:31:02.820
 is so

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.600
 messed up

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.520
 that God

00:31:04.520 --> 00:31:05.160
 cannot

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:06.360
 see them.

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.320
 Isn't that

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:08.880
 encouraging?

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.220
 with

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.960
 his piercing

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.640
 eyes,

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.480
 he

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.400
 penetrates

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.940
 beneath

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.180
 the

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.800
 facade

00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:16.160
 and the

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.640
 masks

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.080
 that we

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.480
 carry

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.040
 with us

00:31:18.040 --> 00:31:18.800
 and he

00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.180
 sees

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.400
 our

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:19.840
 heart.

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.520
 But at

00:31:23.520 --> 00:31:23.860
 another

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.360
 level,

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:24.900
 Hagar

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.660
 can say,

00:31:26.780 --> 00:31:27.200
 I have

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.820
 now seen

00:31:27.820 --> 00:31:28.340
 God,

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.840
 the one

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.400
 who sees

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.700
 me.

00:31:32.260 --> 00:31:32.900
 Hagar

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:34.420
 can now

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.020
 see God

00:31:35.020 --> 00:31:35.380
 in the

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.940
 sense that

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.500
 she can

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.740
 know God

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.960
 personally

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.420
 and

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.500
 intimately.

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.640
 Through her

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.440
 repentance,

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.240
 through her

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.160
 engagement,

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.980
 her encounter

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.640
 with God,

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.759
 she can

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.519
 now see

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.120
 the God

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.600
 who is

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.340
 holy

00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:51.320
 and pure.

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.039
 That's

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.440
 the God

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.120
 we have.

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.620
 The one

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.080
 who not

00:31:59.080 --> 00:31:59.920
 only sees

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.259
 us,

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.460
 but invites

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.240
 people like

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.700
 us to

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.320
 see him,

00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:04.180
 to know

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:05.140
 him and

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.940
 to enjoy

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.320
 him.

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:11.020
 You see,

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.920
 God doesn't

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:13.680
 need our

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.500
 interventions.

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:17.220
 We need

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.820
 a God

00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.320
 intervention

00:32:18.320 --> 00:32:19.100
 in our

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.560
 life.

00:32:20.780 --> 00:32:21.300
 God

00:32:21.300 --> 00:32:21.700
 doesn't

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.080
 need

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.700
 Sarai

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.240
 and Abram

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.680
 to do

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.500
 his job.

00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:26.140
 God

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.759
 had promised

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.160
 that he

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.700
 would bless

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.360
 the nations

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.060
 and he

00:32:29.060 --> 00:32:29.720
 will continue

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.240
 to bless

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.820
 the nations.

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.800
 Even a

00:32:31.800 --> 00:32:32.420
 woman from

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.280
 Egypt,

00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:34.259
 an outsider

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.759
 called

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.420
 Hagar.

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.140
 And if

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.440
 he can

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.079
 bless her

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.559
 too,

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.460
 he can

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.039
 bless you

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.500
 and me.

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.539
 You see,

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.000
 sin and

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.200
 its

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.059
 consequences

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:48.759
 may be

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.180
 deeply

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.879
 engraved

00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:50.240
 in our

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.799
 lives.

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.420
 And we

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.839
 can't

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.200
 undo

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.640
 what's

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.000
 broken.

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.460
 But we

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.019
 have one

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.240
 who

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.839
 redeems

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.500
 and

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.420
 intervenes.

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:01.400
 so even

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.019
 in our

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.640
 mess,

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.539
 even in

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.120
 the depth

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.560
 of our

00:33:04.560 --> 00:33:05.039
 despair,

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.019
 when we

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.539
 give up

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.279
 on ourselves,

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.420
 when everybody

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:09.200
 else gives

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:10.200
 up on us,

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.279
 there is

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.740
 one who

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.580
 delights in

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:14.100
 saving

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:15.320
 wanderers like

00:33:15.320 --> 00:33:15.820
 us.

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.720
 The God

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.340
 who seeks

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:19.120
 the lost,

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.019
 hears the

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.800
 repentant,

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.660
 and sees

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.400
 the needy.

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:30.000
 Let's

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.440
 just take

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.000
 a moment

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:32.820
 to reflect

00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:33.420
 together.

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.420
 Let's

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:35.420
 just

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:36.420
 take

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.420
 a moment

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:38.420
 to reflect

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.420
 together.

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:59.700
 Lord God,

00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.140
 we're

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:01.340
 sorry for

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:01.980
 the times

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.660
 we have

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:04.140
 rushed

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.780
 things

00:34:04.780 --> 00:34:05.240
 along,

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.519
 taken

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.079
 things

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.420
 that

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.420
 aren't

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.000
 ours,

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.980
 trying

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.420
 to do

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.780
 your

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.320
 job.

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.639
 Father,

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.059
 please

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.840
 forgive us.

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.480
 Help us

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:22.920
 to know

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.539
 a fresh

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:25.300
 the God

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.920
 who comes

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:27.400
 to rescue

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:27.940
 us and

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.739
 redeem us,

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.519
 dealing

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.980
 with our

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.579
 past,

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.360
 and giving

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.779
 us a

00:34:33.779 --> 00:34:34.159
 glorious

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.759
 future.

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.880
 Thank you

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.400
 that through

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.960
 faith in

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.659
 Christ we

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.219
 can say

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.719
 we can

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:41.320
 see you

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.739
 and know

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.019
 you.

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.539
 And thank

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.900
 you that

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.440
 one day

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:47.559
 we will

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.179
 see you

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.719
 face to

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.139
 face.

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:51.500
 We will

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.360
 be with

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.639
 you.

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:56.420
 and you

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.820
 will know

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.320
 us and

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.739
 we will

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.500
 know you

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.320
 in all

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.519
 its

00:34:59.519 --> 00:34:59.820
 fullness.

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.920
 Thank you

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.259
 God.

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.059
 Amen.

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.139
 Amen.

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:16.940
 song we're

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.339
 going to

00:35:17.339 --> 00:35:17.679
 sing.

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.759
 I once

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:19.400
 was lost

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.139
 in darkest

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:20.579
 night.

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.159
 I thought

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.559
 I knew

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.019
 the way.

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.639
 There's

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.099
 only one

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.539
 way and

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.859
 that's

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.259
 always

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:26.039
 returning

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.440
 to

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.920
 Christ.

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.599
 He is

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:28.940
 enough.

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.379
 He is

00:35:29.379 --> 00:35:29.839
 sufficient

00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:31.239
 for all

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.619
 things.

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.159
 So I

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.659
 invite you

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:32.920
 if you're

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.139
 able to