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 it's really good to see a couple visitors and those of you who have been with us for a little

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 bit just want you to know you are in our prayers we pray for each one of you every week and for

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 those that God will continue to bring as well it's only because he's alive and he's ministering

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 among us that we come come here that's the only reason so to give you a place of kind of the place

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 where we're at with our teaching series is that we have preached through the book of John in the fall

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 we'll continue preaching through a book of the Bible that'll be our normal pattern but we've had

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 a special treat I think this spring which is to do a series on covenant theology our confession

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 states that God was pleased to reveal himself by way of covenant and so we're seeing through the

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 Bible how God has revealed himself the first covenant happened between Father Son and Holy Spirit outside

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 of time and space and that's the covenant of redemption then we saw how the Lord made a

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 covenant with mankind with Adam as the first federal head after Adam we saw the covenant that the Lord

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 made with Noah and all the earth and now we're going to continue with the covenant that the Lord makes

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 with Abraham the covenant with Abraham begins earlier like in Genesis chapter 12 and it continues

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 really till Genesis 22 27 it just keeps going but we're picking one key passage one key chapter as

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 our focus for today so today's sermon text is all of Genesis chapter 15 Genesis 15 verses 1 through 21

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 I read this believing that this is God's inspired inerrant infallible clear and sufficient word it's God's

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 very own word for his very own word for his people when I'm done reading I'll say this is the word of the

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 Lord if you receive it as that you can say thanks be to God

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 Genesis 15 after these events the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision do not be afraid Abram

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 I am your shield I am your exceedingly great reward but Abram said Lord God what can you give me

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 since I am childless in the air of my house is Eleazar of Damascus Abraham continued look you have

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 given me no offspring so a slave born in my house will be my heir now the word of the Lord came to him

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 this one will not be your heir instead one who comes from your own body will be your heir he took

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 him outside and said look at the sky and count the stars if you are able to count them then he said to

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 him your offspring will be that numerous Abram believed the Lord and he credited it to him as righteousness

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 he also said to him I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to

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 possess but he said Lord God how can I know that I will possess it he said to him bring me a three-year-old

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 cow a three-year-old female goat a three-year-old ram a turtle dove and a young pigeon so he brought

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 all these to him cut them in half and laid the pieces opposite each other but he did not cut the

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 birds in half birds of prey came down on the carcasses but Abram drove them away as the sun was

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 setting a deep sleep came over Abram and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him then the

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 Lord said to Abram know this for certain your offspring will be resident aliens for 400 years and in

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 land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed however I will judge the

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 nation they serve and afterward they will go out with many possessions but you will go to your fathers

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 in peace and be buried at a good old age in the fourth generation they will return here for the iniquity

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 of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure when the sun had set and it was dark a smoking pot

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 and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals on that day the Lord made a

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 covenant with Abram saying I give you this land to your offspring from the book brook of Egypt to the

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 great river the Euphrates river the land of the Kenites Kenizzites Kadmonites Hethites Perizzites

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 Rephaim Amorites Canaanites Gergashites and Jebusites this is the word of the Lord

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 thanks be to God you may be seated

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 the grass withers the flower fades but the word of the Lord endures forever amen let's pray

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 Lord we believe in the Holy Spirit

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 we believe that the Spirit of God dwells in the people of God

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 we ask that your Holy Spirit will illumine our minds help us to see your truth in these words

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 that we've read from the Bible that you inspired that you breathed out through Moses

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 we pray Lord that as we see your truth we see the gospel being revealed by further steps

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 that it will be cut to the heart that we will repent and that we will come to you again Lord

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 in trusting faith today we ask this for your glory for our good for Christ's sake amen

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 I'm going to read you something off my phone from National Geographic

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 the article said TikTok specifically hashtag witch talk is fueling interest in the spiritual movement called neo-paganism

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 inviting you to immerse yourself in full moon rituals spellcasting and more

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 a resurgence in interest in pagan practices

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 reconstruction reconstruction reconstructing ancient pagan practices that includes crystals tarot cards

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 astrology and herbal magic has brought paganism from the fringes to the center

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 in 2001 134,000 practice paganism openly like that

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 now the number is over 1.5 million Americans

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 a pagan is a follower of a polytheistic or pantheistic nature

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 worshiping religion

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 you're worshiping the creatures the creation

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 anyone who denies that the triune God of the Bible

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 Yahweh the great I am is the only true God is a pagan

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 a pagan is anyone who worships something less than the true God

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 anyone who worships an idol is a pagan

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 even if they wrap that idol in biblical language

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 there's an ancient God with a lowercase g a fake God an idol

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 that was the head of the Sumerian pantheon

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 the name of this idol was sin

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 this this idol was represented by the moon

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 and the the moon changes throughout the month

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 so this God was a lowercase g God that changed

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 this was a fake God that was hungry for the offerings of grain and cattle and flocks

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 that would be given to the pagan priests

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 specifically if a woman was barren or a couple would child were childless

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 they would pray to this fake God

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 this was a God that was needy

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 a God that wanted you to bring things to that God

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 and to those priests so that in turn you would receive a favor from that fake God

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 it was transactional relationship

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 what's interesting is that the temple to this fake God of the Sumerian pantheon

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 it was located in Ur of the Chaldeans

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 this was the dominant God of the land that Abram and his father Lamech were from

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 in 1 Corinthians 10 20 we read

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 Paul's warning to the church

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 the things which the Gentiles sacrifice to

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 they sacrifice to demons

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 if you are not worshiping the one true God of the Bible

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 you are worshiping a demon

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 there's no other options available

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 so beloved congregation of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 this is probably the longest title I've ever picked for a sermon

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 here it is

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 only pagan idols need

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 what you and I have to offer

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 that's my message for you today

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 because I believe that's the point of Genesis 15

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 the true God is not like any of these idols

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 only pagan idols need

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 what you and I have to offer

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 I'm going to set up five contrasts as we walk through this passage

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 here's the first one

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 idols bait you with what you want

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 idols bait you with what you want

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 but Yahweh

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 He gives you all that you need

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 Yahweh gives you all that you need

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 notice how this chapter begins

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 we read in verse 1

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 after these things

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 Yahweh's word came in a vision

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 so is it a sound or is it a sight?

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 this is similar to the book of Revelations

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 I heard and then I saw

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 it's a sound and a sight

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 it's a revelation from the spiritual realm

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 to a man like Adam that has senses

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 and he's a spirit

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 and it's Yahweh's word

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 it's Yahweh's message in this vision

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 Yahweh

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 maybe we should use this word more

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 Yahweh means

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 I am who I am

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 creator of all that exists

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 the first mover

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 above all

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 that is not God

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 that's what Yahweh means

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 and Yahweh's message

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 came to Abram

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 in a vision

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 Yahweh knows

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 the heart of man

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 he knew Abram's heart

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 we can infer

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 Abram was feeling

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 Lord

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 I have no shield on earth

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 well this is during the bronze age

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 of history

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 you can look up online

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 a Sumerian shield

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 in the bronze age

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 it would be a large

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 bronze shield

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 that would give you

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 an extreme advantage

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 in hand to hand combat

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 in other words

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 if you don't have a shield

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 you have no chance

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 at winning

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 the Lord says

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 don't be afraid Abram

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 I am your shield

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 in the chapter right before this

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 the Lord had already given

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 Abram

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 a Gideon like victory

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 over these four wicked kings

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 that had swept through

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 the plain

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 of the land of Canaan

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 the Lord

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 the Lord had shown his power

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 he had been his deliverer

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 and Abram

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 Abram's heart is still

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 fearful

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 isn't that true for us

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 we can look

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 and see very recently

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 ways that God has answered

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 so many prayers

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 he has been

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 so faithful

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 every morning

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 his mercies are new

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 but yet

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 for some reason

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 our hearts fear

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 and there is much

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 that we can fear

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 every day

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 there's plenty to fear

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 but these fears

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 are like

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 artillery from hell

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 and each little fear

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 it has an effect on us

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 in this body

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 even just in our brain

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 our amygdala

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 get inflamed

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 our focus

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 is taken hostage

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 we're unable

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 to absorb

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 truth

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 no wonder

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 this is such a strategic

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 weapon

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 of Satan

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 through these little

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 darts of fear

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 he can render

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 believers

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 essentially useless

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 unless the Lord

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 becomes your shield

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 this is why

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 Paul wrote to the church

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 in Ephesus

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 Ephesians 6

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 16

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 take up

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 the shield

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 what is the shield

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 take up

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 the shield

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 of faith

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 with which

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 you will be able

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 to quench

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 all the fiery

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 darts

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 of the evil one

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 and the psalmist

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 testifies

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 this is real

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 Psalm 1830

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 Yahweh's word

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 is tested

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 he is

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 a shield

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 to all those

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 who run

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 to him

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 Abram

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 is surrounded

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 in this land

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 his last

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 interaction

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 was with

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 the king

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 of Sodom

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 Sodom

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 was a land

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 of wickedness

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 and he's

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 the king

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 over all

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 that wickedness

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 he stood

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 there

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 protecting

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 the ability

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 of these people

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 to be extremely

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 wicked

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 and after

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 the Lord

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 gave Abram

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 this great

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 victory

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 the king

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 of Sodom

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 said

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 Abram

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 you keep

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 the loot

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 Abram

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 said

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 no

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 I don't

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 want you

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 to have

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 anything

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 over me

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 to be able

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 to say

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 I'm the one

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 who made

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 Abram

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 rich

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 that's

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 just like

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 the gods

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 of the

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 nations

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 that's

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 how demons

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 work

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 it's

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 quid pro quo

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 bring me

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 a sacrifice

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 and I'll

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 have your

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 back

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 that's

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 the mindset

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 of the king

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 of Sodom

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 and the Lord

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 is showing

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 Abram

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 you're a man

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 of faith

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 following my

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 call on your

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 life

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 you are not

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 like the

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 world

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 I am not

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 like those

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 idols

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 the Lord

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 ministered to

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 Abram

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 through

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 Melchizedek

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 his name

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 means the

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 king of

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 righteousness

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 and the

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 city over

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 which he

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 ruled as

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 king and

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 priest is

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 Salem

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 which means

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 peace

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 and here

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 the Lord

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 is saying

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 Abram

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 not only

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 am I

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 your shield

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 I am

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 your exceedingly

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 great reward

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 how so

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 Melchizedek

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 a priest

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 of God

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 most high

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 he's a

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 shadow

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 of the air

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 that will

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 come through

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 you

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 he's a

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 shadow

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 of the

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 great

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 I am

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 who will

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 take on

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 flesh

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 from your

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 line

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 that's how

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 I will

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 be

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 your

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 exceedingly

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 great

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 reward

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 and he

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 blessed

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 you

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 he blessed

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 you in

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 this land

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 your

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 heir

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 the great

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 I am

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 from my

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 line

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 he will

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 bless

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 the

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 nations

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 including

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 those of

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 wicked ones

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 who are

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 now under

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 the

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 binding

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 of

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 Satan

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 reward

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 is also

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 covenantal

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 language

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 covenants

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 require more

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 than one

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 party

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 a covenant

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 is more

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 loving and

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 more personal

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 than a mere

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 contract

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 and it's also

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 more binding

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 and there's

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 more at stake

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 than a mere

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 relationship

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 and a covenant

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 sets up

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 obligations

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 it sets up

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 sanctions

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 there are

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 terms that

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 must be

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 fulfilled

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 those are

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 the covenant

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 obligations

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 and then there

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 are sanctions

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 that are

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 positive or

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 negative

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 there are

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 blessings

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 for obedience

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 and there are

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 curses

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 for disobedience

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 and this

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 first verse

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 is really a

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 thesis statement

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 of what the

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 Lord will

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 illustrate in

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 the rest of

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 this chapter

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 Abraham

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 I am

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 your shield

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 in this

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 covenant

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 I am

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 your reward

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 in this

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 covenant

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 I am

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 all that

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 you need

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 and he's

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 about to

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 show

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 Abraham

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 how this

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 is so

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 our

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 confession

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 states

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 God was

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 pleased

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 to stoop

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 down

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 so to

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 speak

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 and express

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 his saving

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 grace

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 by way

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 of covenant

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 John Gill

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 took this

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 interpretation

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 as well

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 the Lord

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 would reward

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 Abraham

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 in a way

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 of grace

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 with greater

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 and better

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 things

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 than Abraham

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 could even

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 know to ask

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 for and

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 want

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 God

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 would give

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 Abraham

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 himself

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 as

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 reward

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 see

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 idols

00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.179
 want to

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 bait

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 you and

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 me

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 they want

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 to dangle

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 something

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 that we

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 want

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 or at least

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 our flesh

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 thinks we

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 want

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 and the

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 Lord

00:17:20.139 --> 00:17:21.399
 gives you

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 himself

00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:23.879
 to meet

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 all of

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 your vast

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 needs

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 to have

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 the Lord

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 himself

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 as your

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 reward

00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.660
 it's

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 exceedingly

00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:31.279
 great

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 that's the

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 language in

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 verse 1

00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:34.940
 to have

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 God himself

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 as our

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 reward

00:17:36.820 --> 00:17:37.480
 it is

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 vastly

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.960
 superior

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 it's

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 hugely

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 better

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 it's

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 enormously

00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:43.559
 advantageous

00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.100
 it's

00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:44.580
 awfully

00:17:44.580 --> 00:17:45.400
 good

00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:48.120
 you and

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 I have

00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:48.559
 had

00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:48.980
 pagan

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.420
 thoughts

00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:50.000
 of God

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.420
 we've

00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.120
 thought

00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:54.120
 that God

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 needs

00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.059
 something

00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:56.019
 from us

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 I'm sure

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 that even

00:17:59.240 --> 00:17:59.839
 in our

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 flesh

00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:00.679
 we have

00:18:00.679 --> 00:18:01.019
 thought

00:18:01.019 --> 00:18:01.259
 that we

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.099
 can leverage

00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:03.139
 our

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 obedience

00:18:03.679 --> 00:18:04.480
 or something

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.159
 we give

00:18:05.159 --> 00:18:07.240
 in exchange

00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:07.720
 for a

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.039
 reward

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:08.559
 that God

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.039
 would give

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:09.599
 us back

00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:11.759
 God is

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.099
 teaching

00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:12.659
 Abram

00:18:12.659 --> 00:18:13.000
 and he

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.319
 wants to

00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:13.720
 teach me

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.039
 and you

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:15.279
 I am

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:15.779
 who I

00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.119
 am

00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:17.119
 I am

00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:17.759
 not like

00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:18.339
 any

00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:18.899
 other

00:18:18.899 --> 00:18:19.279
 God

00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:19.819
 or pagan

00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:20.139
 idol

00:18:20.139 --> 00:18:21.339
 I am

00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:21.839
 eternal

00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.679
 infinite

00:18:22.679 --> 00:18:23.720
 I am

00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:23.899
 the

00:18:23.899 --> 00:18:24.539
 unchanging

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.180
 creator

00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:26.519
 and I

00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:26.980
 stoop

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.440
 down

00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.279
 near to

00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:28.539
 you

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:28.920
 to be

00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:29.099
 your

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:29.480
 shield

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.159
 and your

00:18:30.159 --> 00:18:30.619
 reward

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:32.500
 oh

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:32.899
 believer

00:18:32.899 --> 00:18:35.779
 I am

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.000
 your

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.500
 creator

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.240
 all

00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.659
 heaven

00:18:37.659 --> 00:18:38.259
 and earth

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:39.000
 is mine

00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.579
 already

00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:42.159
 I am

00:18:42.159 --> 00:18:42.779
 not in a

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.740
 transactional

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.519
 relationship

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.099
 with any

00:18:45.099 --> 00:18:45.440
 of my

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.920
 followers

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:47.279
 I am

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.680
 who I

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.099
 am

00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:49.619
 and in

00:18:49.619 --> 00:18:49.920
 Christ

00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.480
 you get

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.159
 me

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:52.580
 you

00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:52.820
 you get

00:18:52.820 --> 00:18:53.140
 the

00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:53.480
 greatest

00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:54.200
 reward

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.980
 you get

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.400
 all that

00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:55.920
 you need

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:58.440
 idols

00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:58.900
 bait you

00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.259
 with what

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.680
 you want

00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.500
 but Yahweh

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.720
 he gives

00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:01.980
 you

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:02.920
 all that

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.360
 you need

00:19:03.360 --> 00:19:07.340
 the second

00:19:07.340 --> 00:19:07.960
 contrast

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.600
 is that

00:19:08.600 --> 00:19:08.960
 idols

00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:10.820
 can only

00:19:10.820 --> 00:19:11.400
 barter

00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.259
 they're

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.800
 creaturely

00:19:12.800 --> 00:19:13.720
 and that's

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:13.940
 all they

00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.279
 have to

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:14.720
 work with

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.019
 that's

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:15.320
 their only

00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:15.740
 currency

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.200
 is to

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.620
 barter

00:19:16.620 --> 00:19:17.600
 and trade

00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:18.939
 to

00:19:18.939 --> 00:19:19.219
 barter

00:19:19.219 --> 00:19:19.659
 means to

00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:19.980
 swap

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.459
 one thing

00:19:20.459 --> 00:19:20.980
 for another

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:23.439
 some of

00:19:23.439 --> 00:19:23.659
 you are

00:19:23.659 --> 00:19:23.959
 following

00:19:23.959 --> 00:19:24.500
 the NBA

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:26.379
 would you

00:19:26.379 --> 00:19:27.039
 trade one

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.559
 Jokic

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.199
 basketball

00:19:28.199 --> 00:19:28.619
 card

00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:29.339
 for three

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 Jason Tatum

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 cards

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 no

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 maybe five

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:33.639
 right

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 would you

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 trade ten

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 chickens

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 for one

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 piglet

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 you gotta

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 weigh the

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 cost

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 you gotta

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 measure it

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 out

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 that's

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 how a

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 relationship

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.699
 works

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 with an

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 idol

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 idols

00:19:45.939 --> 00:19:46.599
 can only

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 barter

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:48.400
 but

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:48.940
 Yahweh

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:50.539
 Yahweh

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 alone

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 can

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 freely

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 bless

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 Yahweh

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:54.579
 alone

00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:54.880
 can

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 freely

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 bless

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 we know

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 what's on

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 Abraham's

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 heart

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 here

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 he says

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 Lord

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 is my

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 slave

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 gonna be

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 the one

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 who gets

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 the inheritance

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 think of it

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 from Abraham's

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 point of view

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 he had left

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 this land

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 of his

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 fathers

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 in Ur

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 his father

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 went partway

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 and stopped

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 then Abram

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 left them

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 as well

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 so here

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 he is

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 a sojourner

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 without

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 relatives

00:20:17.439 --> 00:20:18.039
 and family

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 all alone

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 trusting

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 by faith

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 in God

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 and he

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 thought

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 he had

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 Lot

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 Lot's

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 dad had

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 died

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 and here's

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 his nephew

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 who could

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 get his

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 inheritance

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 and now

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.719
 Lot

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 left him

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 went to

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 live in

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 Sodom

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 instead

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 so Abram's

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 all alone

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 but God

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 had already

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 told Abram

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 in Genesis

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 13

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 I will

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 make your

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 offspring

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 as the

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 dust

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 of the

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 earth

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 more than

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 any man

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 can count

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 you can turn

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 back to that

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.339
 look at

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 Genesis

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 13

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:47.680
 verse 16

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 Yahweh

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.539
 promised

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:53.980
 Abraham

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 to have

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 offspring

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 like dust

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 and now

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 in verse 2

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 Abram

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 says

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 Lord

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.279
 Yahweh

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.279
 what will

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 you give

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 me

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 since I

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 go

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 childless

00:21:10.080 --> 00:21:11.840
 the pagan

00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:12.180
 gods

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:12.480
 in Ur

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 I would

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.080
 barter

00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:13.500
 with them

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.000
 we would

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.299
 go and

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.559
 we would

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.059
 ask the

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.279
 God

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.559
 at the

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:15.840
 temple

00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:16.620
 to please

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:16.960
 give us

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.480
 a child

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.680
 I go

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 childless

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.620
 following

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:20.000
 you by

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.500
 faith

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:24.400
 well the

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:24.720
 Lord had

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.180
 promised

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.900
 children

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:26.299
 like

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.900
 dust

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:28.059
 the particles

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:28.460
 of dust

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:28.799
 are so

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.080
 small

00:21:29.080 --> 00:21:29.539
 you can't

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:29.940
 count them

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.400
 it's going

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:30.600
 to be

00:21:30.600 --> 00:21:30.960
 numerous

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.559
 and vast

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.059
 dust

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.460
 but when

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:32.740
 you hear

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.159
 dust

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.539
 you also

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:33.940
 think

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.859
 of a man

00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.179
 who was

00:21:35.179 --> 00:21:35.679
 made from

00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:36.019
 dust

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.440
 you think

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:36.940
 of a mortal

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.319
 man

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.099
 on this

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.480
 earth

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.359
 an earthly

00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:39.859
 blessing

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:43.460
 in our

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.099
 confession of

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.659
 faith we read

00:21:44.659 --> 00:21:45.279
 that God's

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.879
 covenant is

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.940
 revealed in the

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.919
 gospel first of

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.779
 all to Adam

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:50.240
 in the promise of

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.159
 salvation by the

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.759
 seed of woman

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:53.200
 and afterwards by

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:54.179
 further steps

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:55.339
 until the full

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.639
 discovery was

00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.960
 completed in the

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.500
 New Testament

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.799
 so here we

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.140
 have the

00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:01.420
 Lord revealing

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.680
 his promise

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.480
 to save

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.740
 men made

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.220
 of dust

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.880
 like Adam

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:07.099
 being fully

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.740
 revealed and

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.740
 taken even

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.180
 higher

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.339
 being elevated

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:12.019
 look at verse

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:13.480
 4 so back in

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.140
 our sermon text

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.500
 Genesis 15

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.220
 verse 4

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.819
 behold Yahweh's

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.539
 word came

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:20.259
 when we see the

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.180
 word behold

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:22.339
 pay special

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:22.900
 attention

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:24.099
 this is like

00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:24.759
 underlining

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.619
 making it bold

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.000
 get your

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.480
 attention

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.319
 verse 4

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:29.039
 the Lord

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.279
 says one

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:31.139
 who will

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.879
 come out

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.599
 of your

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.559
 own body

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.720
 will be

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.619
 your heir

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:38.159
 yes the

00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:38.460
 Lord will

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.759
 give him

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.139
 Isaac

00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:39.980
 the Lord

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.259
 will give

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.439
 him a

00:22:40.439 --> 00:22:40.980
 great nation

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.359
 of Israel

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:41.679
 but he's

00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:42.359
 talking about

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.159
 one here

00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:44.339
 who will

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.939
 be a

00:22:44.939 --> 00:22:45.539
 great heir

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:47.619
 and as

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:47.980
 he's giving

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.299
 him this

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.839
 promise of

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.179
 a great

00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:50.019
 heir from

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.779
 his own

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.179
 body

00:22:51.179 --> 00:22:51.799
 from his

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.359
 own line

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.480
 the Lord

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.839
 gives him

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.399
 an illustration

00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:54.919
 of this

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.299
 in verse

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.779
 5

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.480
 Yahweh

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:56.960
 brought him

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.639
 outside and

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.200
 said look

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.200
 now toward

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.840
 the sky

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:01.100
 and count

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:01.740
 the stars

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.240
 if you are

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.240
 able to

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.840
 count them

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:05.360
 he's saying

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:06.259
 consider these

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.059
 stars study

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:08.019
 them intently

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.240
 so as to

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.799
 learn from

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.080
 them

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:12.299
 and the

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.819
 Lord says

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.920
 so your

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.420
 offspring

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.640
 will be

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:19.319
 he had

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.779
 first said

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.220
 your offspring

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.900
 will be like

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.600
 the dust

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.319
 of the earth

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.039
 creaturely

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:24.220
 formed by

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.720
 God's own

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.319
 hand like

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:25.720
 Adam

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:27.059
 having a

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.360
 body

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.980
 now he's

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.519
 adding to

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.120
 that promise

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.600
 he says

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.339
 the offspring

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.720
 from the

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.360
 air that's

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:34.140
 coming from

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.860
 your line

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:36.000
 this great

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.559
 offspring will

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.339
 not only be

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:37.779
 like the

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.200
 dust

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.420
 they will

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.480
 also be

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.900
 like the

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.339
 stars

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:43.500
 they will

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.839
 have a

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.120
 body

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.400
 they will

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.940
 be mortal

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.980
 but look

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.480
 up at these

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.579
 celestial signs

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.140
 that rule

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.600
 the night

00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:51.100
 they revolve

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.539
 around the

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:51.880
 sun

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:53.380
 that's

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:54.340
 how the

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:54.740
 offspring

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.240
 will be

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.800
 this great

00:23:55.800 --> 00:23:56.320
 nation

00:23:56.320 --> 00:23:57.220
 that are

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.780
 spiritual

00:23:57.780 --> 00:23:58.540
 that are

00:23:58.540 --> 00:23:59.380
 lifted up

00:23:59.380 --> 00:23:59.920
 to God

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:02.600
 the Lord

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.180
 the creator

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.940
 of the stars

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.360
 and all

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:04.960
 he will

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.480
 take on

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.040
 a man's

00:24:06.040 --> 00:24:06.400
 body

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.220
 and a

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.540
 soul

00:24:07.540 --> 00:24:08.660
 unto the

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.160
 person

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:10.140
 of God

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.840
 the son

00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:12.700
 God was

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.180
 promising

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:14.180
 Christ

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:15.740
 to Abraham

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:17.180
 and he was

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.880
 promising it

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.440
 freely

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:20.120
 Abraham

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.980
 believed in

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.559
 the promised

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.220
 seed

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.900
 just like

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.360
 Eve

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:25.880
 by faith

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:27.380
 our confession

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.259
 clarifies this

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.960
 that justification

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.900
 of believers

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.559
 under the

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.140
 Old Testament

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:32.339
 was in all

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.079
 respects the

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.400
 same as

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.960
 justification

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.799
 of believers

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 under the

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.079
 New Testament

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:40.539
 God freely

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.299
 offers sinners

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.099
 life and

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.819
 salvation by

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.620
 Jesus Christ

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.019
 and God

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.539
 requires faith

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.380
 in him

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.519
 to be saved

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.360
 the Lord

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:49.200
 gives to all

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.599
 those he

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 ordained to

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.940
 eternal life

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:52.259
 his Holy Spirit

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.220
 making them

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 willing and

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:55.440
 able to

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.259
 believe

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:58.080
 the Lord

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.700
 is promising

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 these great

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.420
 blessings

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.680
 to Abraham

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:03.400
 and he only

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.299
 requires one

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.340
 thing from

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 Abraham in

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.620
 response

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 and that is

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.500
 faith

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:11.620
 Abraham

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.980
 obeys God

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.620
 by believing

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.340
 this promise

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 receiving it

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.220
 by faith

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 look at verse

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 six

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:19.460
 Abraham

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 believed in

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.960
 Yahweh

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:22.920
 Yahweh I

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.440
 believe you

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 can take

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 dust like

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 me and

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 make me an

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 air like the

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 stars a

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 spiritual being

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 in the heavens

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 and God

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:32.140
 credited this

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 faith to

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 Abraham for

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 righteousness

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 this is the

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 same promise

00:25:38.060 --> 00:25:38.960
 and the same

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.060
 offer that God

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:40.580
 gives you and

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 me today

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 Galatians 3

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 7 says

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 you who are

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 of faith

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 are children

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.240
 of Abraham

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 we are

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 fulfilling

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 the prophecy

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 that was

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.879
 clarified again

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.379
 in Daniel

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 12 3

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 we who

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.579
 receive Christ

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.259
 by faith

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 we are those

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.919
 who shine

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 as the brightness

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 of the expanse

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 those who turn

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.119
 many to righteousness

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:03.379
 who shine

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.619
 as the stars

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.659
 forever and

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:05.879
 ever

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:08.280
 the Lord

00:26:08.280 --> 00:26:09.060
 promises that

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:10.240
 if you put

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.720
 your faith

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.400
 in Christ

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 he will bless

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.640
 you spiritually

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.320
 he will lift

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.860
 you up with

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.300
 Christ

00:26:15.300 --> 00:26:16.700
 and he requires

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.800
 one thing of

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:17.980
 you

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:19.240
 that's faith

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:21.500
 believe him

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.720
 respond in

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 obedience

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 he says

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 oh believer

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.880
 I am the

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.680
 giver of life

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 and I am

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.020
 building a

00:26:29.020 --> 00:26:29.800
 great nation

00:26:29.800 --> 00:26:31.700
 I'm taking

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 dust

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 and I'm making

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.520
 it into

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 stars

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:36.839
 you bring

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.379
 your sin

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:38.879
 and I give

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.299
 you my

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.799
 righteousness

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 in exchange

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:43.579
 I love that

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.039
 hymn that we

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.539
 just sing

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.139
 all the

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:45.459
 fitness

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:46.679
 God requires

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:48.299
 is that we

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.099
 confess our

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.759
 need of

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.039
 him

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:52.339
 idols can

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:53.099
 only barter

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:55.259
 but Yahweh

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.759
 alone

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.500
 he can

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.559
 freely bless

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 the third

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 contrast is

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.359
 that idols

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.979
 can only

00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.619
 disappoint

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:04.719
 but Yahweh's

00:27:04.719 --> 00:27:05.119
 word

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.899
 stands

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.500
 forever

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:08.419
 idols

00:27:08.419 --> 00:27:09.059
 can only

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.719
 disappoint

00:27:09.719 --> 00:27:10.439
 they bait

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:10.759
 you with

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.099
 what you

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.419
 want

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:12.359
 and your

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.159
 expectations

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:13.859
 will never

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.359
 be met

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:15.719
 but Yahweh's

00:27:15.719 --> 00:27:16.099
 word

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:17.159
 by contrast

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:18.079
 it stands

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.500
 forever

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.519
 when he gives

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.159
 himself with

00:27:20.159 --> 00:27:20.759
 his word

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.879
 he will never

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.559
 disappoint

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.759
 his steadfast

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.539
 love endures

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:24.959
 forever

00:27:24.959 --> 00:27:26.519
 look at verse

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:26.879
 seven

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:30.580
 Yahweh said

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.200
 to Abram

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:32.080
 I am

00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.480
 Yahweh

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.000
 who brought

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.560
 you out

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:34.100
 of Ur

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.380
 of the

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.900
 Chaldees

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.340
 to give

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:35.700
 you this

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.120
 land

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.920
 to inherit

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.280
 it

00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:38.460
 Abram

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:38.720
 said

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.020
 Lord

00:27:39.020 --> 00:27:39.520
 Yahweh

00:27:39.520 --> 00:27:40.160
 how will

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.560
 I know

00:27:40.560 --> 00:27:40.860
 that I

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.460
 will inherit

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.720
 it

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:43.520
 with the

00:27:43.520 --> 00:27:43.980
 focus on

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.420
 the land

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.920
 I want

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.160
 you to

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.540
 drop your

00:27:45.540 --> 00:27:45.900
 eyes down

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.260
 to verse

00:27:46.260 --> 00:27:46.840
 18

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:48.020
 in that

00:27:48.020 --> 00:27:48.360
 day

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:48.960
 we are

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.160
 told

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.680
 Yahweh

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.460
 made a

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.760
 covenant

00:27:50.760 --> 00:27:51.200
 with

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.680
 Abram

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.080
 saying

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:54.059
 I have

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.419
 given

00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:55.559
 this land

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.419
 to your

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:56.879
 offspring

00:27:56.879 --> 00:28:00.799
 so this

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.199
 covenant

00:28:01.199 --> 00:28:01.819
 in Genesis

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.439
 15

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:03.679
 it is

00:28:03.679 --> 00:28:04.399
 mediated

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.379
 with

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.899
 Abram

00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:06.419
 as the

00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:06.819
 federal

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.139
 head

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.939
 representative

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:09.379
 and it's

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:10.000
 a promise

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.799
 of land

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.539
 this land

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.039
 of Canaan

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:13.059
 that the

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.439
 Lord is

00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:14.179
 promising

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:14.779
 to Abram

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:16.659
 and the

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.279
 Lord fulfills

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.839
 this on

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.399
 one level

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:18.879
 with the

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.319
 people of

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.659
 Israel

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.779
 but we

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.159
 also need

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:21.500
 to take

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.019
 all of

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.180
 the

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.579
 counsel

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:22.940
 of the

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.180
 Lord

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.740
 and shed

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.119
 it back

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.559
 on this

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.380
 the Bible

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.960
 says that

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.799
 once the

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.240
 Lord has

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.859
 ratified

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.519
 a covenant

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.140
 nothing else

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.720
 can be added

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.140
 or taken

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.799
 away from

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.059
 that

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:32.059
 so let's

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.380
 turn in

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.720
 our Bible

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.500
 to Galatians

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.220
 chapter 3

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.500
 Jeremy

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.900
 read this

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.240
 for us

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.579
 earlier

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.140
 Galatians

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.440
 3

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:56.500
 we read

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.980
 in Genesis

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.599
 15

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.099
 in that

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.339
 day

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.839
 Yahweh

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.319
 made

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.539
 a

00:28:59.539 --> 00:28:59.880
 covenant

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.500
 with

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.019
 Abram

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.519
 saying

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.240
 I

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.480
 have

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.839
 given

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.579
 this

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.079
 land

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.839
 to

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.039
 your

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.559
 offspring

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:07.980
 Galatians

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.680
 chapter 3

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.000
 verse

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.880
 15

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:14.200
 says

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.779
 once a

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.119
 covenant

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.740
 has been

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.420
 confirmed

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.820
 no one

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.380
 makes it

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.759
 void

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.539
 or adds

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.000
 to it

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.539
 now

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.800
 the promises

00:29:22.800 --> 00:29:24.140
 were spoken

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:24.600
 this is

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.259
 verse 16

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.000
 to Abraham

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.880
 and his

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.700
 offspring

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:29.300
 he doesn't

00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:29.700
 say

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:31.000
 to descendants

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.320
 as of

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.680
 many

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.240
 but as

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.800
 one

00:29:33.800 --> 00:29:35.380
 to your

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:36.019
 offspring

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:37.800
 which is

00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:38.700
 Christ

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:42.480
 the Lord

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.920
 is making

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.600
 a covenant

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.940
 with

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.519
 Abram

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.240
 and

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.880
 Christ

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.460
 who will

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.900
 come from

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.279
 Abram

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.660
 that's the

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.279
 interpretation

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.960
 Galatians

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.240
 3

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.720
 16

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:53.059
 gives us

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.259
 so now

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.539
 we need

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.259
 to understand

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.620
 this covenant

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.080
 of God

00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:57.460
 that can't

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.900
 have anything

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.460
 added or

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.000
 taken away

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.440
 from it

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.400
 promising

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.140
 the land

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:02.120
 ultimately

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.980
 to Christ

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:05.080
 it's an

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.620
 inheritance

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:06.799
 a possession

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:08.440
 that will

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.940
 last

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.900
 forever

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.340
 and ever

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:12.000
 and it's

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.380
 a covenant

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.820
 that God

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.160
 makes

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.519
 that is

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.120
 gracious

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:15.600
 Abram

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:16.240
 is receiving

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.880
 this freely

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.559
 by God's

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:17.960
 grace

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.720
 now

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.019
 I'm going

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.480
 to pull

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.220
 a catechism

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.620
 question

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.299
 from the

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.740
 Westminster

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.279
 larger

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.880
 catechism

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.259
 because

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.360
 it summarizes

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:26.240
 this truth

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.840
 very well

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.340
 I believe

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:28.519
 the question

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.080
 is this

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:30.200
 with whom

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.860
 was this

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.220
 covenant

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.799
 of grace

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.259
 made

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.779
 the answer

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.140
 is the

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.480
 covenant

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.019
 of grace

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.580
 was made

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:36.480
 with Christ

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.380
 as the

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:37.700
 second

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.180
 Adam

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:39.160
 and in

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.660
 him

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.960
 all

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.340
 the

00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:41.779
 elect

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.759
 as his

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.420
 seed

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:45.900
 so as we

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.320
 search our

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.880
 Bibles and we

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.580
 see what is the

00:30:47.580 --> 00:30:48.080
 offspring

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:49.140
 all of the

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.960
 promises attached

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.840
 to you and

00:30:50.840 --> 00:30:51.480
 your offspring

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:54.019
 we're told that

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.700
 even in this

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.580
 first promise

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:56.539
 of a land

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.220
 by grace

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.060
 it's given to

00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:59.180
 Abram by faith

00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:00.000
 in Christ

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:01.759
 in Christ's

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.080
 seed

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.700
 as the

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.160
 offspring

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:05.860
 the

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.340
 conclusion

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.680
 I believe

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.200
 we have to

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.740
 draw from

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.040
 this

00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:09.660
 covenant

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.320
 transaction

00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:10.740
 is that

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:10.920
 the

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.220
 covenant

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.740
 of grace

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.540
 is made

00:31:12.540 --> 00:31:12.940
 between

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.180
 the

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.640
 triune

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.019
 God

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:15.279
 and his

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.880
 elect

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.620
 in Christ

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.400
 that's what

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.820
 the covenant

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.279
 of grace

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.620
 is

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.460
 so the

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.820
 only

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.380
 souls

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.240
 in the

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.519
 covenant

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.160
 of grace

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:23.340
 are those

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:24.140
 to whom

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.040
 Christ's

00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:25.480
 redemption

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.460
 has been

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.040
 applied

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:28.519
 are you

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.799
 in the

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.039
 covenant

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.659
 of grace

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:30.639
 you are

00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.359
 if Christ

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.159
 has applied

00:31:32.159 --> 00:31:32.899
 his redemption

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.579
 his finished

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:33.920
 work

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.700
 to you

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.319
 you're

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.920
 receiving

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.980
 his grace

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:39.379
 Romans 8

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:39.779
 19

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.200
 says

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.799
 for the

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.559
 creation

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:43.119
 waits

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.859
 with eager

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.339
 longing

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.819
 for the

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.319
 revealing

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.879
 of the

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.240
 sons

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.940
 of God

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:48.579
 all of

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.000
 creation

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.539
 wants to

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:49.980
 see who

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.460
 are these

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.000
 who will

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.480
 be heirs

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.980
 of God

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.220
 who will

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.500
 be like

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.139
 the stars

00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:54.180
 who are

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.619
 those that

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:54.940
 Christ

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.720
 purchased

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:55.920
 their

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.299
 redemption

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.099
 and how

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.339
 do you

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.579
 know

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.119
 you know

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.339
 when the

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.779
 Holy Spirit

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.519
 applies this

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.960
 redemption

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.940
 to these

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.480
 believers

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:03.399
 Acts 3

00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:03.859
 25

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.419
 we read

00:32:04.419 --> 00:32:04.960
 that God

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.440
 promised

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.919
 Abraham

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.639
 through your

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.259
 offspring

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.720
 all peoples

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.779
 on earth

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.579
 will be

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.019
 blessed

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:13.099
 this is only

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.700
 possible

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:15.059
 through Jesus

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.619
 Christ

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:17.039
 through Jesus

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.579
 Christ

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.399
 who comes

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.740
 from the

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.180
 line of

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.480
 Abraham

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.339
 all the

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.759
 peoples

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.539
 of the

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:21.879
 world

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.359
 will be

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.759
 blessed

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.379
 who believe

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.839
 in him

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:28.459
 while you're

00:32:28.459 --> 00:32:28.740
 there in

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.199
 Galatians

00:32:29.199 --> 00:32:29.480
 would you

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.919
 look back

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.339
 at verses

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.839
 2 and

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.119
 3

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:32.519
 Galatians

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.240
 chapter 3

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.619
 verses

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.859
 2 and

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.119
 3

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:37.299
 what Paul

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.679
 is getting

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.000
 at with

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.480
 the church

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.439
 in Galatia

00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:39.980
 is this

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:42.119
 you know

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.500
 from the

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.879
 story of

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.179
 Abraham

00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:44.119
 he's justified

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.839
 by faith

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:46.059
 not by

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.439
 works

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:47.099
 you know

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.399
 that

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:48.619
 but look

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:48.859
 at what

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.359
 Paul writes

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.720
 in verses

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.159
 2 and

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:50.419
 3

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.600
 did you

00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.120
 receive

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.600
 the spirit

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.100
 by works

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.360
 of the

00:32:53.360 --> 00:32:53.620
 law

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.460
 or by

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.840
 hearing

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.580
 of faith

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:56.720
 you

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.480
 received

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.360
 the word

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:58.980
 you received

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.420
 the gospel

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.940
 you first

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.259
 believed

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.460
 and were

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.900
 justified

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.400
 the same

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.680
 way as

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.000
 Abraham

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.340
 are you

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:04.120
 so foolish

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.720
 having

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.320
 begun

00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:05.660
 in the

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:05.960
 spirit

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.680
 are you

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.039
 now

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.920
 completed

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.640
 in the

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.060
 flesh

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:10.840
 the same

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.080
 God

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.259
 who

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.940
 justifies

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.100
 you

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.700
 by faith

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.460
 he wants

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:13.900
 to grow

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.080
 you

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.800
 and sanctify

00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:15.080
 you

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.740
 by that

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.039
 same

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.580
 principle

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:17.560
 of faith

00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:18.480
 and grace

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.340
 not by

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:20.080
 your works

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:21.379
 your works

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:22.259
 don't get

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.839
 you into

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.339
 the covenant

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:23.899
 of grace

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.259
 or the

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.480
 kingdom

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.019
 of God

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.139
 and your

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.500
 works

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.059
 are not

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.720
 what keep

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.279
 you in

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.799
 the covenant

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.919
 of grace

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:31.559
 why is that

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.919
 it's because

00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:33.740
 you are

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.980
 Christ's

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.539
 reward

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.740
 Christ is

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.119
 the one

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.399
 who will

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:39.079
 receive the

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.439
 land

00:33:39.439 --> 00:33:40.000
 and the

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.460
 nations

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.399
 based on

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:41.819
 his

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.679
 personal

00:33:42.679 --> 00:33:43.720
 perfect

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.699
 and perpetual

00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.539
 obedience

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:48.339
 the only way

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:48.679
 that the

00:33:48.679 --> 00:33:49.139
 word of the

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.599
 Lord can

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:49.980
 stand

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.380
 forever

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:50.819
 in this

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.180
 covenant

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.720
 as if

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.539
 Christ

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.240
 fulfills

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.460
 it

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.779
 Christ

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.120
 is the

00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:55.299
 one

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.620
 who has

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:55.839
 to

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.799
 merit

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.240
 and

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.539
 fulfill

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.740
 the

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.039
 covenant

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.720
 obligations

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.180
 in order

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.759
 to receive

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.299
 the blessings

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.720
 so that

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.140
 the word

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.640
 of God

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.480
 will stand

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.839
 true

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:04.500
 idols

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.120
 can only

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.700
 disappoint

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.839
 but

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.400
 Yahweh's

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.779
 word

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.940
 it stands

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.579
 forever

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:12.519
 the fourth

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.019
 contrast

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.579
 is this

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.059
 idols

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:15.099
 make you

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.820
 slave

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:17.200
 for

00:34:17.200 --> 00:34:17.360
 your

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.840
 worth

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:19.220
 to

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.500
 them

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.800
 you

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:20.960
 have

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.080
 to

00:34:21.080 --> 00:34:21.420
 slave

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.580
 and

00:34:21.580 --> 00:34:21.940
 work

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.260
 to

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.440
 make

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.559
 an

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:22.720
 idol

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.100
 happy

00:34:23.100 --> 00:34:23.280
 to

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.420
 get

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:23.720
 something

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.160
 back

00:34:24.160 --> 00:34:24.940
 but

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.420
 Yahweh

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.559
 he gives

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:26.720
 you

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:27.300
 terms

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.620
 that you

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:28.980
 cannot

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.500
 keep

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.219
 all his

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:30.519
 terms

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.699
 do

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:30.860
 is

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.199
 humble

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.500
 you

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:33.039
 as

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.659
 unworthy

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:35.480
 when you

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.800
 hear the

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.380
 high stakes

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.739
 of the

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.019
 holiness

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.559
 of God

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.199
 and what

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:39.039
 he requires

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:40.860
 the effect

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.219
 it should

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:41.500
 have

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.960
 is not

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:43.139
 I can

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.599
 do that

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:43.960
 better

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.159
 than

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.380
 anyone

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.739
 else

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.619
 it should

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:45.820
 be

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.460
 I cannot

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.059
 do that

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.679
 just like

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:47.940
 anyone

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.320
 else

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:49.519
 I can't

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.840
 I'm

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.260
 unworthy

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:51.000
 I have

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.739
 to receive

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.519
 from him

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.900
 freely

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:54.900
 let's

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.159
 look at

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.739
 verse 9

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:58.099
 the Lord

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.619
 says to

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.019
 Abraham

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.960
 bring me

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.400
 a heifer

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.639
 that's a

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.360
 female cow

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.679
 that's

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.079
 three years

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.320
 old

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.719
 and a

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:04.420
 female goat

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.420
 a ram

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.639
 a turtle

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.019
 dove

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.860
 and a

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.059
 young

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.480
 pigeon

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.739
 these are

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.159
 the exact

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.480
 same

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.820
 animals

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.679
 that God

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.059
 will later

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.579
 require

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.219
 in the

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.759
 sacrificial

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.259
 system

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:16.219
 he's

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:17.119
 foreshadowing

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.900
 how he

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.280
 will make

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.019
 atonement

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.400
 and give

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.780
 the people

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.280
 a picture

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.000
 of the

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.460
 sacrifice

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.059
 that would

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.980
 wipe away

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.420
 sins

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.000
 in the

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.239
 finished

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:24.659
 work of

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.000
 Christ

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.820
 in verse

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.139
 10

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.559
 Abraham

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.119
 obeyed

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.360
 he brought

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.880
 these things

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.460
 and divided

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.759
 them in

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.000
 the middle

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.179
 and laid

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.920
 each half

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.639
 opposite the

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:31.900
 other

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.780
 but he

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.039
 didn't

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.420
 divide

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.619
 the

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.000
 birds

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:36.579
 so

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:36.780
 Abraham

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.099
 takes

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.440
 these

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.980
 animals

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.219
 he cuts

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.599
 them in

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:39.940
 half

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.340
 and he

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:40.579
 lays

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.380
 one half

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.900
 on either

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.380
 side

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.059
 of this

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.380
 aisle

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.900
 just like

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.159
 we have

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.440
 an aisle

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.800
 down the

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:44.940
 middle

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.219
 here

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:47.019
 and the

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.260
 blood

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.599
 from these

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:47.920
 animals

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.480
 is draining

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.980
 down into

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.500
 the center

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:51.219
 so there's

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:52.059
 going to be

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.579
 a little

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.239
 pond of

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:53.639
 blood

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.159
 from all

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.300
 these

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.559
 different

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:54.920
 animals

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:56.059
 mixing

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.519
 together

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.900
 right in

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.239
 the middle

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.880
 but the

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.159
 animals

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.659
 cut in

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:58.899
 two

00:35:58.899 --> 00:36:00.019
 set side

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.519
 by side

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:03.559
 this is

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.259
 not a

00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:05.139
 sacrifice

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.659
 for the

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.019
 forgiveness

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.599
 of sins

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:06.960
 this is

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.359
 different

00:36:07.359 --> 00:36:07.719
 what's

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.219
 going on

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:09.000
 this is

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.639
 a covenant

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.639
 sealing

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.219
 ceremony

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.779
 it's how

00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:12.159
 we're going to

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.779
 ratify a

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:12.980
 covenant

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.599
 between two

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:13.980
 parties

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.920
 this is what

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.659
 kings would do

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.199
 when one king

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:16.679
 would conquer

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:17.039
 another

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.000
 they would set

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.460
 this up

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.279
 as a

00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:19.899
 picture

00:36:19.899 --> 00:36:21.019
 of the

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.199
 maledictions

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.960
 of covenant

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.379
 breaking

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:24.579
 if you

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:24.900
 break

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.680
 this covenant

00:36:25.680 --> 00:36:26.039
 that we're

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.599
 making between

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:26.960
 me and

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.180
 you

00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:28.140
 may what

00:36:28.140 --> 00:36:28.559
 happened to

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.119
 these pieces

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.680
 be done to

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:30.099
 you and your

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.700
 family and your

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.380
 houses turned to

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.059
 rubble and

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.780
 everything burned

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.880
 and that's what's

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.420
 going on

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:36.640
 the one who

00:36:36.640 --> 00:36:37.640
 passes through

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:39.599
 stamping in the

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.180
 blood and letting

00:36:40.180 --> 00:36:41.039
 that blood splash

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.920
 up on your legs

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:43.640
 takes on the

00:36:43.640 --> 00:36:45.340
 obligations to

00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:46.460
 fulfill the

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:47.360
 covenant that you

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.940
 just made

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:50.220
 let's turn to

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:51.139
 Jeremiah 34

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:53.039
 you can see for

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.780
 yourselves this

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:55.119
 principle of

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.840
 covenant

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.619
 obligations

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.619
 Jeremiah chapter

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.200
 34

00:36:58.200 --> 00:37:01.579
 the reason this is

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.159
 important is

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:04.420
 because the

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.059
 covenant that the

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.700
 Lord makes

00:37:05.700 --> 00:37:07.220
 it's more correct

00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:07.920
 if we say that

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.920
 it is conditional

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:10.920
 it is conditional

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:12.179
 upon someone

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.860
 keeping the

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.400
 terms of the

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.700
 covenant

00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:16.260
 when the

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.780
 Lord makes a

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.380
 covenant with

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:18.360
 the nation of

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.740
 Israel

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:20.559
 it's on a

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.140
 principle of

00:37:21.140 --> 00:37:21.500
 works

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:23.240
 and that's what

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:23.700
 we see in

00:37:23.700 --> 00:37:24.420
 Jeremiah chapter

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.099
 34

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:27.960
 verses 18

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.640
 through 20

00:37:28.640 --> 00:37:30.119
 the Lord makes

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:31.380
 a covenant with

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.119
 the nation of

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.500
 Israel

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:35.180
 we get a

00:37:35.180 --> 00:37:36.019
 description of the

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.579
 leaders of

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.360
 Israel the

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:38.880
 princes the

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.940
 priests the

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.940
 representative heads

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.420
 of all the

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:43.240
 people look at

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:44.320
 what verse 19

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.840
 says

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:46.860
 Jeremiah 34

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.780
 19

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:50.440
 all Israel

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:52.420
 has transgressed

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.180
 my covenant

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:54.920
 they have not

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:56.620
 performed the

00:37:56.620 --> 00:37:57.460
 words of the

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.980
 covenant which

00:37:58.980 --> 00:38:00.220
 they made before

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:01.280
 me when they

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.599
 cut the calf

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:04.360
 in two and

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:05.500
 passed through

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.059
 the parts

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:09.180
 Israel was

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:10.019
 submitting

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.820
 themselves to

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:11.360
 keeping the

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:12.180
 terms of God's

00:38:12.180 --> 00:38:13.500
 covenant and

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.140
 they represented

00:38:14.140 --> 00:38:14.860
 that by cutting

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.700
 an animal in two

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.639
 passing through

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.599
 letting that

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.519
 blood splash up

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.039
 on them may

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.719
 the blood of

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.599
 this this

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.339
 covenant curse

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:22.099
 be on us if

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.719
 we break it

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:24.039
 and now

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.980
 Jeremiah is a

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:26.039
 covenant prosecutor

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:27.480
 he's saying the

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.119
 people of God

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.939
 have failed to

00:38:28.939 --> 00:38:30.059
 keep what they

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.819
 promised me they

00:38:30.819 --> 00:38:32.339
 would keep and

00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:32.939
 so I'm going to

00:38:32.939 --> 00:38:33.599
 punish them by

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.239
 sending them into

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.719
 exile

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:37.359
 now notice back

00:38:37.359 --> 00:38:38.059
 in our passage

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:39.119
 Genesis 15

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:41.699
 the next verse is

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.279
 surprising

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:43.719
 Genesis 15

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.579
 verse 11

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:48.500
 we read that

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.299
 the birds of

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:50.559
 prey came down

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:52.000
 on the carcasses

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:53.539
 and Abram

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.659
 drove them away

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:56.759
 birds of

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:57.279
 prey are like

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:57.779
 vultures

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.339
 things that are

00:38:58.339 --> 00:38:58.980
 going to eat a

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.719
 dead animal that's

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:00.399
 just sitting there

00:39:00.399 --> 00:39:01.779
 and it takes a

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.419
 while before they

00:39:02.419 --> 00:39:03.239
 can smell that

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:04.579
 before the aroma

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.319
 is blowing on

00:39:05.319 --> 00:39:06.519
 the desert plains

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:07.579
 and these animals

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:08.119
 will come

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:10.219
 so time is

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:10.679
 passing

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.839
 Abraham set up

00:39:11.839 --> 00:39:12.419
 this covenant

00:39:12.419 --> 00:39:13.479
 ceremony

00:39:13.479 --> 00:39:15.039
 but time is

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.439
 passing

00:39:15.439 --> 00:39:16.419
 the animals are

00:39:16.419 --> 00:39:17.099
 coming down

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:18.399
 Abraham has to

00:39:18.399 --> 00:39:19.179
 drive them away

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:21.019
 and that's because

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.679
 Abraham

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:23.399
 he refuses

00:39:23.399 --> 00:39:24.839
 to pass through

00:39:24.839 --> 00:39:25.359
 the pieces

00:39:25.359 --> 00:39:27.439
 he's not

00:39:27.439 --> 00:39:28.419
 disobeying God

00:39:28.419 --> 00:39:29.959
 he's humbled

00:39:29.959 --> 00:39:31.479
 he's being

00:39:31.479 --> 00:39:31.899
 meek

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:34.039
 he knows

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.480
 that if I

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:34.980
 pass through

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.579
 these pieces

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:36.200
 I'm

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:37.139
 obligated

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.559
 to keep

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.119
 the terms

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:39.039
 of a covenant

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.900
 with the

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.579
 holy God

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:43.800
 the Lord

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.619
 said in the

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.200
 sermon on the

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:45.440
 mount

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:46.320
 blessed

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:47.139
 are the

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.519
 meek

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:49.099
 the lowly

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.860
 the modest

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.480
 the humble

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:52.180
 the ones

00:39:52.180 --> 00:39:52.700
 who know

00:39:52.700 --> 00:39:53.579
 they need

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:54.420
 God's grace

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.680
 the ones

00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:56.059
 who know

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.539
 they need

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:57.099
 an alien

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.680
 righteousness

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:58.380
 not their

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:58.700
 own

00:39:58.699 --> 00:40:00.339
 and what

00:40:00.339 --> 00:40:00.639
 is the

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.059
 promise

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.679
 attached to

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.239
 that blessing

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:03.519
 they shall

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:04.119
 inherit

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:05.319
 the earth

00:40:05.319 --> 00:40:08.059
 believer

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:09.739
 you and I

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:10.500
 deserve the

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.819
 sword

00:40:10.819 --> 00:40:12.119
 we deserve

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.739
 to be cut

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:15.519
 we deserve

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:16.319
 God's wrath

00:40:16.319 --> 00:40:17.019
 for our sin

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.819
 for breaking

00:40:17.819 --> 00:40:18.399
 his covenant

00:40:18.399 --> 00:40:20.139
 we cannot

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:21.159
 fulfill the

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:22.480
 terms of the

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:23.039
 covenant of

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.439
 grace

00:40:23.439 --> 00:40:24.699
 on our own

00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:27.559
 and that's

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.819
 how the

00:40:28.819 --> 00:40:29.379
 covenant with

00:40:29.379 --> 00:40:30.219
 Yahweh works

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:31.039
 it's not like

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:31.599
 the idols

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.500
 the idols

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.059
 want to keep

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.500
 you on the

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.759
 hook

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.199
 you're my

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:34.699
 slave

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.859
 you gave

00:40:35.859 --> 00:40:36.019
 me

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.659
 you promised

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:36.919
 you would

00:40:36.919 --> 00:40:37.279
 do this

00:40:37.279 --> 00:40:37.659
 now you

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:38.019
 owe me

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.939
 that's not

00:40:38.939 --> 00:40:39.339
 Yahweh

00:40:39.339 --> 00:40:40.719
 Yahweh wants

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:41.119
 you to be

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.439
 humble

00:40:41.439 --> 00:40:42.219
 he wants

00:40:42.219 --> 00:40:42.500
 you to

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:42.919
 confess

00:40:42.919 --> 00:40:43.779
 I am

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.639
 unworthy

00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:45.599
 I am

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:46.219
 unable

00:40:46.219 --> 00:40:46.759
 to keep

00:40:46.759 --> 00:40:47.799
 your law

00:40:47.799 --> 00:40:48.319
 perfectly

00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:49.000
 for myself

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.939
 I need

00:40:49.939 --> 00:40:50.759
 your righteousness

00:40:50.759 --> 00:40:52.039
 put on me

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:54.900
 the last

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.559
 contrast

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:58.340
 is how

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:59.019
 it ends

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.500
 for those

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.980
 who follow

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:00.300
 idols

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.960
 versus those

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.500
 who follow

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:01.980
 Yahweh

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:04.860
 idols

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.679
 and pagans

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.759
 those who

00:41:06.759 --> 00:41:07.039
 worship

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.719
 something less

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:08.019
 than the

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.420
 one true

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:08.779
 God

00:41:08.779 --> 00:41:10.320
 they will

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:10.860
 face

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:12.019
 Yahweh's

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:12.400
 judgment

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:13.059
 one day

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:15.119
 he is a

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.659
 just God

00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:15.960
 and he

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:17.079
 will punish

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.759
 all those

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.659
 who worship

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.500
 something less

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:22.019
 by contrast

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:24.139
 if you are

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.699
 in the covenant

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.239
 of grace

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:25.860
 by Christ's

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:26.519
 finished work

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.539
 Yahweh

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:28.099
 himself

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:28.860
 is your

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:29.340
 shield

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:31.420
 I am

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:32.679
 shields you

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:33.360
 from the

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:33.820
 wrath you

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.320
 deserve

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:37.619
 back in our

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:38.179
 sermon text

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:39.059
 Genesis 15

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:40.719
 we get

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.840
 another vision

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.420
 in the middle

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:43.019
 of the night

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:44.780
 in verses

00:41:44.780 --> 00:41:45.400
 15

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:45.860
 14

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:47.699
 and 13

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:50.119
 God is

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:50.800
 foretelling

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:51.460
 the rest

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.080
 of Abraham's

00:41:52.080 --> 00:41:52.380
 life

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:53.260
 in the

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:53.660
 exact

00:41:53.660 --> 00:41:54.160
 history

00:41:54.160 --> 00:41:55.420
 of the

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:55.920
 people of

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.280
 faith

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:57.800
 before Joshua

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:58.760
 leads the

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:59.539
 next generation

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:00.360
 into this

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.039
 very land

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:03.180
 I want to

00:42:03.180 --> 00:42:03.720
 draw special

00:42:03.720 --> 00:42:04.300
 attention to

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:05.000
 verse 16

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:06.539
 it's unusual

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:07.660
 I think for a

00:42:07.660 --> 00:42:08.200
 very important

00:42:08.200 --> 00:42:08.700
 reason

00:42:08.700 --> 00:42:11.200
 Genesis 15

00:42:11.200 --> 00:42:11.980
 verse 16

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:13.620
 God is

00:42:13.620 --> 00:42:13.920
 saying

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:14.560
 at my

00:42:14.560 --> 00:42:15.060
 time

00:42:15.060 --> 00:42:16.140
 in the

00:42:16.140 --> 00:42:16.620
 fullness of

00:42:16.620 --> 00:42:16.920
 time

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:18.500
 my kingdom

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:19.099
 of priests

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:19.780
 this nation

00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:20.099
 that used

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:20.400
 to be

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:20.860
 slaves

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.180
 they used

00:42:21.180 --> 00:42:21.400
 to be

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:21.740
 dust

00:42:21.740 --> 00:42:22.039
 and now

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.220
 they're

00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:22.700
 stars

00:42:22.700 --> 00:42:23.639
 they're a

00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:23.940
 nation

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.200
 of

00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:25.220
 priests

00:42:25.220 --> 00:42:27.220
 they will

00:42:27.220 --> 00:42:27.840
 enter this

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.300
 land

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:29.519
 and they

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.260
 will judge

00:42:30.260 --> 00:42:31.300
 those who

00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:31.780
 live there

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:32.980
 but it will

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.440
 only be at

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:33.840
 my right

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.159
 time

00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:34.559
 because

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.940
 for now

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.900
 the iniquity

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.659
 of the

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:38.320
 Amorite

00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:39.260
 is not

00:42:39.260 --> 00:42:39.880
 yet full

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.940
 that's a

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:41.460
 little unusual

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:41.840
 right

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:42.559
 why the

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:43.000
 iniquity

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.400
 of the

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:43.860
 Amorite

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:46.440
 well Deuteronomy

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.140
 chapter 1

00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:47.880
 verse 44

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:49.160
 tells us

00:42:49.160 --> 00:42:49.500
 that the

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.180
 mountains of

00:42:50.180 --> 00:42:50.660
 Judea

00:42:50.660 --> 00:42:51.240
 so the

00:42:51.240 --> 00:42:51.840
 southern part

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:52.340
 of Israel

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:53.320
 where Judea

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:53.640
 is

00:42:53.640 --> 00:42:54.539
 the tribe

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:55.000
 of Judah

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:56.720
 that is

00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:57.539
 Amorite

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:58.460
 hill country

00:42:58.460 --> 00:43:00.680
 Moses referred

00:43:00.680 --> 00:43:01.420
 to Og

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:01.860
 the king

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.519
 of the Amorites

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.059
 as a very

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:03.740
 tall man

00:43:03.740 --> 00:43:04.500
 whose bed

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:04.900
 of iron

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:06.260
 was 13

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:07.019
 and a half

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:08.240
 feet long

00:43:08.240 --> 00:43:09.780
 in Deuteronomy

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:10.420
 3 11

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:12.920
 and the

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.220
 Lord is

00:43:13.220 --> 00:43:13.680
 giving this

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:14.179
 vision

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:15.719
 of this

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:16.579
 great nation

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.579
 led by

00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:18.199
 Joshua

00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:19.039
 whose Hebrew

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.559
 name is

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:20.359
 Yeshua

00:43:20.359 --> 00:43:22.059
 entering

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:23.219
 to conquer

00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:24.319
 and possess

00:43:24.319 --> 00:43:25.319
 the promised

00:43:25.319 --> 00:43:25.799
 land

00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:27.379
 and as he

00:43:27.379 --> 00:43:27.919
 enters he

00:43:27.919 --> 00:43:28.460
 brings the

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:28.899
 judgment

00:43:28.899 --> 00:43:29.980
 of Yahweh

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:30.480
 the holy

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.940
 God

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:32.239
 and he

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:33.139
 takes back

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:34.639
 these hills

00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:35.899
 of Judea

00:43:35.899 --> 00:43:37.779
 he takes

00:43:37.779 --> 00:43:38.599
 Zion

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:39.759
 to be his

00:43:39.759 --> 00:43:40.379
 holy hill

00:43:40.379 --> 00:43:41.199
 and to set

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:41.899
 up the

00:43:41.899 --> 00:43:42.259
 kingdom

00:43:42.259 --> 00:43:43.239
 where there

00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:43.579
 will be a

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:44.199
 tabernacle

00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:45.419
 a temple

00:43:45.419 --> 00:43:46.319
 and also

00:43:46.319 --> 00:43:46.879
 a throne

00:43:46.879 --> 00:43:49.379
 he takes

00:43:49.379 --> 00:43:49.939
 back the

00:43:49.939 --> 00:43:50.199
 hill

00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:51.119
 of the

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:51.459
 Mount of

00:43:51.459 --> 00:43:51.979
 Olives

00:43:51.979 --> 00:43:52.779
 where the

00:43:52.779 --> 00:43:53.279
 I Am

00:43:53.279 --> 00:43:54.059
 will pray

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:55.779
 and he'll

00:43:55.779 --> 00:43:56.379
 intercede

00:43:56.379 --> 00:43:57.299
 for all those

00:43:57.299 --> 00:43:57.659
 the Lord

00:43:57.659 --> 00:43:58.199
 will draw

00:43:58.199 --> 00:44:00.599
 and another

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:00.939
 hill

00:44:00.939 --> 00:44:01.500
 that was

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:01.819
 possessed

00:44:01.819 --> 00:44:02.239
 by the

00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:02.719
 Amorites

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:03.679
 is Calvary

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:05.299
 and from

00:44:05.299 --> 00:44:05.919
 that hill

00:44:05.919 --> 00:44:07.000
 the promised

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.539
 seed from

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:08.179
 long ago

00:44:08.179 --> 00:44:09.439
 will crush

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:10.559
 the enemy's

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:10.820
 head

00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:13.099
 the great

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:13.780
 and final

00:44:13.780 --> 00:44:14.800
 Yeshua

00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:15.760
 Jesus Christ

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:20.119
 that's the

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:20.840
 end of

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:21.220
 those who

00:44:21.220 --> 00:44:22.099
 worship idols

00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:23.579
 that's the

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:23.880
 end of

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.619
 every pagan

00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:25.179
 who settles

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:25.720
 for something

00:44:25.720 --> 00:44:26.760
 less than

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:27.639
 God himself

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:29.320
 but there's

00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:29.840
 more good

00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:30.440
 news with

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:30.980
 this vision

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:31.400
 it's that

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:31.960
 Yahweh

00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:33.860
 is your

00:44:33.860 --> 00:44:34.280
 shield

00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:37.920
 this covenant

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:39.840
 is conditional

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:40.840
 someone

00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:42.080
 must fulfill

00:44:42.080 --> 00:44:42.580
 the covenant

00:44:42.580 --> 00:44:43.180
 terms

00:44:43.180 --> 00:44:44.320
 and though

00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:45.000
 it's conditional

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:45.580
 it is

00:44:45.580 --> 00:44:46.560
 unilateral

00:44:46.560 --> 00:44:47.100
 it is

00:44:47.100 --> 00:44:47.920
 one sided

00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:52.240
 and look at

00:44:52.240 --> 00:44:52.700
 verse 12

00:44:52.700 --> 00:44:53.019
 with me

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:53.660
 when the sun

00:44:53.660 --> 00:44:54.220
 was going

00:44:54.220 --> 00:44:54.660
 down

00:44:54.660 --> 00:44:56.400
 a deep

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:56.840
 sleep

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:57.640
 fell

00:44:57.640 --> 00:44:58.440
 on Abram

00:44:58.440 --> 00:45:00.960
 on top

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:01.360
 of that

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:02.600
 was terror

00:45:02.600 --> 00:45:03.840
 and great

00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:04.280
 darkness

00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:05.260
 that fell

00:45:05.260 --> 00:45:05.940
 on him

00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:08.720
 it's unilateral

00:45:08.720 --> 00:45:10.120
 because Abram

00:45:10.120 --> 00:45:11.079
 brings nothing

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:11.880
 to this covenant

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:13.539
 he's knocked

00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:13.860
 out

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.860
 he's quiet

00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:16.240
 and in this

00:45:16.240 --> 00:45:17.200
 this quiet

00:45:17.200 --> 00:45:18.539
 passive state

00:45:18.539 --> 00:45:19.140
 the Lord

00:45:19.140 --> 00:45:19.680
 acts

00:45:19.680 --> 00:45:21.559
 this is a picture

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:22.320
 of while we were

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:23.039
 sinners in

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:23.500
 darkness

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:24.620
 we were under

00:45:24.620 --> 00:45:25.160
 the terror

00:45:25.160 --> 00:45:26.079
 of God's wrath

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:27.420
 falling upon

00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:28.019
 our sin

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:29.620
 and in that

00:45:29.620 --> 00:45:30.740
 very condition

00:45:30.740 --> 00:45:31.420
 Christ

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:32.720
 died for us

00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:34.419
 look at

00:45:34.419 --> 00:45:35.219
 verse 17

00:45:35.219 --> 00:45:37.039
 it came

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.639
 to pass

00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:38.259
 that when

00:45:38.259 --> 00:45:38.779
 the sun

00:45:38.779 --> 00:45:39.679
 went down

00:45:39.679 --> 00:45:40.579
 and it

00:45:40.579 --> 00:45:41.219
 was dark

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:43.419
 it was dark

00:45:43.419 --> 00:45:44.379
 it was shadowy

00:45:44.379 --> 00:45:45.419
 this is mysterious

00:45:45.419 --> 00:45:47.159
 it's uncontainable

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:47.959
 behold

00:45:47.959 --> 00:45:49.059
 pay attention

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:50.939
 in this vision

00:45:50.939 --> 00:45:52.959
 Abram's

00:45:52.959 --> 00:45:53.599
 apprehending

00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:54.079
 something

00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:55.839
 he describes

00:45:55.839 --> 00:45:56.279
 it in his

00:45:56.279 --> 00:45:57.679
 prophetic idiom

00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:58.159
 this way

00:45:58.159 --> 00:45:59.079
 it's a smoking

00:45:59.079 --> 00:45:59.699
 furnace

00:45:59.699 --> 00:46:00.199
 furnace

00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:01.019
 and a flaming

00:46:01.019 --> 00:46:01.599
 torch

00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:02.919
 passing

00:46:02.919 --> 00:46:03.819
 between

00:46:03.819 --> 00:46:04.619
 these pieces

00:46:04.619 --> 00:46:07.559
 a smoking

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:08.019
 furnace

00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:08.639
 the furnace

00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:09.399
 in the bronze

00:46:09.399 --> 00:46:10.159
 age was used

00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:10.819
 to refine

00:46:10.819 --> 00:46:11.179
 metal

00:46:11.179 --> 00:46:12.500
 you would

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:13.119
 take metal

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.399
 that was

00:46:13.399 --> 00:46:13.899
 covered in

00:46:13.899 --> 00:46:14.299
 dross

00:46:14.299 --> 00:46:14.639
 but you

00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:14.839
 would

00:46:14.839 --> 00:46:15.839
 refine it

00:46:15.839 --> 00:46:16.599
 several times

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.000
 through the

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:17.279
 fire

00:46:17.279 --> 00:46:17.699
 you would

00:46:17.699 --> 00:46:18.059
 know that

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.299
 all the

00:46:18.299 --> 00:46:18.619
 dross

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:18.980
 had been

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:19.480
 cleared

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:19.879
 off of

00:46:19.879 --> 00:46:19.980
 it

00:46:19.980 --> 00:46:20.299
 when it

00:46:20.299 --> 00:46:20.879
 started

00:46:20.879 --> 00:46:21.439
 to shine

00:46:21.439 --> 00:46:21.859
 and serve

00:46:21.859 --> 00:46:22.239
 like a

00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:22.500
 mirror

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:25.779
 and a

00:46:25.779 --> 00:46:26.099
 flaming

00:46:26.099 --> 00:46:26.699
 torch

00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:28.379
 a torch

00:46:28.380 --> 00:46:29.460
 that's bright

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:30.240
 in this

00:46:30.240 --> 00:46:30.980
 extreme

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:31.440
 darkness

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:32.220
 it's a

00:46:32.220 --> 00:46:32.800
 blinding

00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:33.160
 light

00:46:33.160 --> 00:46:37.440
 it's a

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:37.800
 reminder

00:46:37.800 --> 00:46:38.240
 too of

00:46:38.240 --> 00:46:38.480
 this

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:39.039
 image

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.340
 of the

00:46:39.340 --> 00:46:39.660
 glory

00:46:39.660 --> 00:46:39.960
 cloud

00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:40.140
 of

00:46:40.140 --> 00:46:40.400
 God

00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:40.660
 who's

00:46:40.660 --> 00:46:40.780
 going

00:46:40.780 --> 00:46:40.900
 to

00:46:40.900 --> 00:46:41.119
 leave

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.280
 the

00:46:41.280 --> 00:46:41.519
 people

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:41.700
 of

00:46:41.700 --> 00:46:41.960
 Israel

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.220
 through

00:46:42.220 --> 00:46:42.400
 the

00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:42.760
 wilderness

00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:43.039
 the

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:43.400
 fire

00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:43.840
 cloud

00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:44.440
 and

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:44.780
 pillar

00:46:44.780 --> 00:46:45.519
 two

00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:45.960
 vertical

00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:46.440
 columns

00:46:46.440 --> 00:46:46.640
 of

00:46:46.640 --> 00:46:47.059
 smoke

00:46:47.059 --> 00:46:48.079
 that's

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:48.360
 what's

00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:48.780
 passing

00:46:48.780 --> 00:46:49.280
 through

00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:50.320
 to

00:46:50.320 --> 00:46:50.820
 ratify

00:46:50.820 --> 00:46:51.099
 this

00:46:51.099 --> 00:46:51.460
 covenant

00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:52.059
 of

00:46:52.059 --> 00:46:52.500
 grace

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:53.460
 consuming

00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:53.760
 these

00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:54.099
 separate

00:46:54.099 --> 00:46:54.599
 parts

00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:56.059
 uniting

00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:56.320
 them

00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:56.559
 into

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:57.059
 one

00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:57.980
 glorious

00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:58.500
 bright

00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:59.000
 shining

00:46:59.000 --> 00:46:59.579
 cloud

00:46:59.579 --> 00:47:00.440
 drifting

00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:00.780
 upward

00:47:00.780 --> 00:47:01.099
 toward

00:47:01.099 --> 00:47:01.480
 heaven

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:02.139
 where

00:47:02.139 --> 00:47:02.619
 angels

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:03.039
 long

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:03.280
 to

00:47:03.280 --> 00:47:03.699
 watch

00:47:03.699 --> 00:47:07.099
 it's

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:07.300
 the

00:47:07.300 --> 00:47:07.559
 Lord

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:08.119
 himself

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:09.240
 who

00:47:09.240 --> 00:47:09.539
 takes

00:47:09.539 --> 00:47:09.780
 on

00:47:09.780 --> 00:47:10.119
 all

00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:10.260
 of

00:47:10.260 --> 00:47:10.380
 the

00:47:10.380 --> 00:47:10.920
 obligations

00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:11.240
 of

00:47:11.240 --> 00:47:11.599
 covenant

00:47:11.599 --> 00:47:12.059
 keeping

00:47:12.059 --> 00:47:14.019
 the

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:14.240
 Lord

00:47:14.240 --> 00:47:14.619
 takes

00:47:14.619 --> 00:47:14.960
 you

00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:15.119
 and

00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:15.340
 me

00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:15.519
 who

00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:15.639
 are

00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:15.840
 like

00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:16.219
 dust

00:47:16.219 --> 00:47:16.380
 and

00:47:16.380 --> 00:47:16.659
 we're

00:47:16.659 --> 00:47:17.039
 we're

00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:17.480
 parts

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:17.940
 we're

00:47:17.940 --> 00:47:18.059
 all

00:47:18.059 --> 00:47:18.400
 divided

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:18.699
 up

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:19.059
 but

00:47:19.059 --> 00:47:19.240
 he

00:47:19.240 --> 00:47:19.880
 unifies

00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:20.119
 us

00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:20.280
 he

00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:20.639
 draws

00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:20.880
 us

00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:21.280
 into

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:22.000
 his

00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:22.559
 consummate

00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:22.900
 work

00:47:22.900 --> 00:47:25.119
 and

00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:25.280
 as

00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:25.460
 we're

00:47:25.460 --> 00:47:25.780
 swept

00:47:25.780 --> 00:47:26.000
 up

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:26.199
 into

00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:26.420
 the

00:47:26.420 --> 00:47:26.780
 glory

00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:27.119
 cloud

00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:27.320
 of

00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:27.619
 God

00:47:27.619 --> 00:47:27.779
 by

00:47:27.779 --> 00:47:27.980
 the

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.239
 work

00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:28.440
 of

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:28.819
 Christ

00:47:28.819 --> 00:47:29.119
 in

00:47:29.119 --> 00:47:29.279
 our

00:47:29.279 --> 00:47:29.739
 place

00:47:29.739 --> 00:47:31.279
 we're

00:47:31.279 --> 00:47:31.799
 reflecting

00:47:31.799 --> 00:47:32.079
 his

00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:32.400
 glory

00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:32.599
 to

00:47:32.599 --> 00:47:32.759
 the

00:47:32.759 --> 00:47:33.079
 world

00:47:33.079 --> 00:47:33.839
 we're

00:47:33.839 --> 00:47:34.019
 being

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:34.460
 lifted

00:47:34.460 --> 00:47:34.759
 upward

00:47:34.759 --> 00:47:35.139
 toward

00:47:35.139 --> 00:47:35.559
 God

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:36.920
 Hebrews

00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:37.279
 6

00:47:37.279 --> 00:47:37.699
 13

00:47:37.699 --> 00:47:38.039
 says

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:38.239
 that

00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:39.119
 God

00:47:39.119 --> 00:47:39.380
 made

00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:39.519
 a

00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:39.859
 promise

00:47:39.859 --> 00:47:40.079
 to

00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:40.480
 Abraham

00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:40.779
 and

00:47:40.779 --> 00:47:41.319
 since

00:47:41.319 --> 00:47:41.480
 he

00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:41.659
 could

00:47:41.659 --> 00:47:41.900
 swear

00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:42.099
 by

00:47:42.099 --> 00:47:42.380
 none

00:47:42.380 --> 00:47:42.719
 greater

00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:43.359
 he

00:47:43.359 --> 00:47:43.900
 swore

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:44.519
 by

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:45.059
 himself

00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:47.019
 how

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.159
 do

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:47.299
 you

00:47:47.299 --> 00:47:47.599
 know

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:48.460
 that

00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:48.940
 Yahweh

00:47:48.940 --> 00:47:49.159
 will

00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:49.319
 be

00:47:49.319 --> 00:47:49.519
 your

00:47:49.519 --> 00:47:49.900
 shield

00:47:49.900 --> 00:47:50.440
 and

00:47:50.440 --> 00:47:50.559
 your

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:50.799
 great

00:47:50.799 --> 00:47:51.239
 reward

00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:52.219
 it's

00:47:52.219 --> 00:47:52.599
 because

00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:53.299
 God

00:47:53.299 --> 00:47:53.920
 himself

00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:54.980
 submitted

00:47:54.980 --> 00:47:55.460
 to the

00:47:55.460 --> 00:47:55.779
 covenant

00:47:55.779 --> 00:47:56.579
 terms

00:47:56.579 --> 00:47:56.799
 that

00:47:56.799 --> 00:47:57.239
 he set

00:47:57.239 --> 00:47:57.500
 up

00:47:57.619 --> 00:47:58.059
 he

00:47:58.059 --> 00:47:58.519
 fulfilled

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:58.819
 them

00:47:58.819 --> 00:48:00.019
 by taking

00:48:00.019 --> 00:48:00.659
 on flesh

00:48:00.659 --> 00:48:01.639
 by becoming

00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:01.859
 our

00:48:01.859 --> 00:48:02.339
 righteousness

00:48:02.339 --> 00:48:03.480
 by dying

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:03.779
 on the

00:48:03.779 --> 00:48:04.039
 cross

00:48:04.039 --> 00:48:04.420
 to pay

00:48:04.420 --> 00:48:04.819
 for our

00:48:04.819 --> 00:48:05.039
 sin

00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:05.679
 and then

00:48:05.679 --> 00:48:06.319
 putting that

00:48:06.319 --> 00:48:06.960
 on you

00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:07.319
 as a

00:48:07.319 --> 00:48:07.519
 free

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:07.859
 gift

00:48:07.859 --> 00:48:08.719
 of grace

00:48:08.719 --> 00:48:09.480
 we who

00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:09.779
 simply

00:48:09.779 --> 00:48:10.639
 receive him

00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:11.839
 as Abraham

00:48:11.839 --> 00:48:12.799
 did by faith

00:48:12.800 --> 00:48:14.140
 I am

00:48:14.140 --> 00:48:14.160
 I am

00:48:14.160 --> 00:48:14.840
 who I

00:48:14.840 --> 00:48:15.160
 am

00:48:15.160 --> 00:48:16.019
 I

00:48:16.019 --> 00:48:16.320
 took

00:48:16.320 --> 00:48:16.700
 on the

00:48:16.700 --> 00:48:17.000
 covenant

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:18.060
 obligations

00:48:18.060 --> 00:48:19.080
 I

00:48:19.080 --> 00:48:19.580
 passed

00:48:19.580 --> 00:48:19.960
 through

00:48:19.960 --> 00:48:20.600
 the

00:48:20.600 --> 00:48:21.019
 wrath

00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:21.760
 and the

00:48:21.760 --> 00:48:22.120
 punishment

00:48:22.120 --> 00:48:22.500
 that you

00:48:22.500 --> 00:48:23.060
 deserved

00:48:23.060 --> 00:48:24.420
 for you

00:48:24.420 --> 00:48:27.039
 let's

00:48:27.039 --> 00:48:27.420
 spend some

00:48:27.420 --> 00:48:27.620
 time

00:48:27.620 --> 00:48:28.460
 reflecting on

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:29.400
 this word

00:48:29.400 --> 00:48:29.680
 of the

00:48:29.680 --> 00:48:29.920
 Lord

00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:30.260
 and this

00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:30.760
 picture of

00:48:30.760 --> 00:48:31.180
 Christ's

00:48:31.180 --> 00:48:31.380
 finished

00:48:31.380 --> 00:48:31.800
 work for

00:48:31.800 --> 00:48:32.120
 us

00:48:32.119 --> 00:48:32.319
 A

00:48:32.320 --> 00:49:02.300
 Thank you.