WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:22.800 So, on the table as you came in, there's a little booklet which says Genesis 12 to 50. 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:30.380 You will remember that a year or so ago we did Genesis chapter 1 to 11. 00:00:31.420 --> 00:00:38.939 So, if you want to know what Genesis 1 to 11 is all about, you can go to our website and listen to all the talks there. 00:00:39.900 --> 00:00:45.920 But we're going to be picking up the accounts, the story from chapter 12 through to the end of chapter 50. 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:55.140 And this little booklet is a little overview of some of the main characters, some of the main points that we're going to be hitting along the way. 00:00:56.079 --> 00:01:02.740 And I encourage you to read it just to give you an overview and it will help you in our studies. 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:12.359 But, of course, not to be reading it now. We're going to read the Bible, which is a sure and trustworthy word. 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:18.400 Let's read Genesis chapter 12, starting at verse 1. 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:27.879 The Lord had said to Abram, 00:01:28.060 --> 00:01:33.299 Go from your country, your people and your father's household to the land I will show you. 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:38.900 I will make you a great nation and I will bless you. 00:01:38.900 --> 00:01:42.700 I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:48.480 I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse. 00:01:48.980 --> 00:01:52.120 And all peoples on earth will be blessed through you. 00:01:53.260 --> 00:01:55.900 So Abram went as the Lord had told him. 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:58.260 And Lot went with him. 00:01:59.360 --> 00:02:03.040 Abram was 75 years old when he set out from Haran. 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:12.439 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran. 00:02:12.780 --> 00:02:14.879 And they set out for the land of Canaan. 00:02:15.620 --> 00:02:16.760 And they arrived there. 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:23.599 Abram travelled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Morah at Shechem. 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:27.060 At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:30.140 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, 00:02:30.460 --> 00:02:33.780 To your offspring I will give this land. 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:38.300 So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:42.960 From there he went on towards the hills east of Bethel 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:48.900 and pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. 00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:54.500 There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. 00:02:54.500 --> 00:02:59.080 Then Abram set out and continued towards the Negev. 00:03:00.580 --> 00:03:07.560 Now there was a famine in the land and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:12.639 As he was about to enter Egypt he said to his wife Sarai, 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:15.479 I know what a beautiful woman are you. 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:18.420 When the Egyptians see you they will say, 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:20.159 This is his wife. 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:24.639 Then they will kill me but will let you live. 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:30.120 Say you are my sister so that I will be treated well for your sake 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:32.579 and my life will be spared because of you. 00:03:33.939 --> 00:03:35.740 When Abram came to Egypt, 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:40.000 the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:42.919 And when Pharaoh's officials saw her, 00:03:43.579 --> 00:03:47.460 they praised her to Pharaoh and she was taken into his palace. 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:54.360 He treated Abram well for her sake and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, 00:03:54.980 --> 00:03:58.939 male and female donkeys and male and female servants and camels. 00:04:00.100 --> 00:04:06.920 But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife Sarai. 00:04:08.060 --> 00:04:09.780 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. 00:04:09.780 --> 00:04:12.140 What have you done to me? 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:12.780 He said. 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:15.920 Why didn't you tell me she was your wife? 00:04:16.379 --> 00:04:19.160 Why did you say she is my sister? 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:22.279 So that I took her to be my wife. 00:04:23.579 --> 00:04:25.980 Now then, here is your wife. 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:28.819 Take her and go. 00:04:30.019 --> 00:04:33.220 Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men 00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:35.620 and they sent him on his way 00:04:35.620 --> 00:04:38.800 with his wife and everything he had. 00:04:39.760 --> 00:04:42.720 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:45.280 with his wife and everything he had 00:04:45.280 --> 00:04:47.300 and Lot went with him. 00:04:48.260 --> 00:04:52.160 Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold. 00:04:53.340 --> 00:04:57.660 From the Negev he went from place to place 00:04:57.660 --> 00:04:59.720 until he came to Bethel 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:02.500 to the place between Bethel and Ai 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:04.780 where his tent had been earlier 00:05:04.780 --> 00:05:07.860 and where he had first built an altar. 00:05:08.980 --> 00:05:11.820 There Abram called on the name of the Lord. 00:05:14.320 --> 00:05:17.500 Well, let's pray and ask for God's help. 00:05:17.500 --> 00:05:30.120 Father God, thank you for this very ancient record 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:34.379 and account of a man called Abram 00:05:34.379 --> 00:05:36.899 and his wife Sarai. 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:43.019 Names may be familiar to us. 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:46.060 Some of the accounts may be. 00:05:47.500 --> 00:05:49.720 But Father, we don't just want this to be 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:52.740 some historical record of the past. 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:56.579 We trust that it is a living word 00:05:56.579 --> 00:05:58.180 speaking to us today 00:05:58.180 --> 00:06:01.540 about our lives 00:06:01.540 --> 00:06:05.000 and the God we seek to follow. 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:10.180 So Father, would you be gracious to us 00:06:10.180 --> 00:06:13.939 so that we might learn much together. 00:06:13.939 --> 00:06:17.839 that we might discover more 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:20.219 of your greatness 00:06:20.219 --> 00:06:23.060 your grace 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:26.819 and your love towards your people. 00:06:28.420 --> 00:06:30.339 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:06:31.300 --> 00:06:31.680 Amen. 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:31.780 Amen. 00:06:35.400 --> 00:06:36.759 Well, the other day 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:38.800 panic struck our house. 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:42.780 The internet went down. 00:06:43.780 --> 00:06:44.860 No wifi. 00:06:44.860 --> 00:06:48.480 Well, in our modern homes 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:51.100 and us being enslaved to wifi 00:06:51.100 --> 00:06:52.900 mobiles don't work. 00:06:53.020 --> 00:06:55.040 The landline, because it's connected now 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:56.400 to the internet, doesn't work. 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:58.560 The TV and Netflix are out. 00:06:58.860 --> 00:07:00.639 The heating system goes down. 00:07:00.960 --> 00:07:01.879 It's a nightmare. 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:02.040 There. 00:07:04.219 --> 00:07:06.839 But thankfully, as some of you will know 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:09.079 on the back of the modem 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:10.659 is a tiny little button 00:07:10.659 --> 00:07:11.659 that says 00:07:11.659 --> 00:07:13.120 reset. 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.620 All you need to do 00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:17.740 is just press that button in 00:07:17.740 --> 00:07:20.139 and hold it for 10 seconds 00:07:20.139 --> 00:07:21.899 and then release. 00:07:23.280 --> 00:07:24.120 And incredibly, 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:26.040 an orange light 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:27.939 you know what it's like, don't you? 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:29.280 Because you've done it all before. 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:31.100 It begins to flash 00:07:31.100 --> 00:07:32.720 and then it turns green 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:34.139 and then another light 00:07:34.139 --> 00:07:35.019 begins to flash 00:07:35.019 --> 00:07:35.980 and it turns green 00:07:35.980 --> 00:07:37.420 and soon you've got 00:07:37.420 --> 00:07:40.340 four bright green lights. 00:07:40.339 --> 00:07:43.519 the internet has returned. 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:45.459 Peace resumes. 00:07:48.459 --> 00:07:49.839 Now don't you wish 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:51.379 you had a reset button 00:07:51.379 --> 00:07:52.279 for your life? 00:07:54.579 --> 00:07:56.120 You see, we get ourselves 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:57.819 into such a pickle, don't we? 00:07:58.539 --> 00:08:00.319 Through our choices and decisions. 00:08:01.379 --> 00:08:03.179 When we play and act 00:08:03.179 --> 00:08:04.259 as if we are God 00:08:04.259 --> 00:08:06.099 we make a mess of our lives 00:08:06.099 --> 00:08:07.799 and everybody else around us 00:08:07.799 --> 00:08:10.039 and we long that we could just 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:11.760 press reset 00:08:11.760 --> 00:08:13.840 and start 00:08:13.840 --> 00:08:15.460 all over again. 00:08:17.400 --> 00:08:19.700 What is it that you want to 00:08:19.700 --> 00:08:21.120 restart? 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:25.300 Maybe you're wanting to 00:08:25.300 --> 00:08:27.220 restart your marriage. 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:30.340 Maybe you're wanting to 00:08:30.340 --> 00:08:31.680 restart how you've 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:32.899 parented your children. 00:08:34.560 --> 00:08:35.580 Maybe you want to 00:08:35.580 --> 00:08:36.560 restart with 00:08:36.560 --> 00:08:37.820 a relationship 00:08:37.820 --> 00:08:39.100 with somebody here 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:40.480 this morning. 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:43.940 Perhaps you want to 00:08:43.940 --> 00:08:44.920 restart 00:08:44.920 --> 00:08:47.019 your relationship 00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:47.720 with the Lord. 00:08:49.420 --> 00:08:49.960 Maybe 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:51.279 you're just thinking 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:52.639 I wish I could just 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:53.800 restart my 00:08:53.800 --> 00:08:55.139 whole life. 00:08:57.740 --> 00:08:58.540 Don't you wish 00:08:58.540 --> 00:08:59.480 you could just 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:01.379 press that button 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:04.139 and everything 00:09:04.139 --> 00:09:06.340 be put back again? 00:09:06.340 --> 00:09:09.960 Well, Genesis 12 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:11.780 is the restart 00:09:11.780 --> 00:09:12.700 that we all 00:09:12.700 --> 00:09:13.340 long for. 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:14.960 It's the button 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:15.780 that we all 00:09:15.780 --> 00:09:16.740 want to be able 00:09:16.740 --> 00:09:17.480 to press. 00:09:18.280 --> 00:09:19.360 The story of the 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:20.379 Bible so far 00:09:20.379 --> 00:09:21.460 from 1 to 11 00:09:21.460 --> 00:09:22.600 well it began 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:23.280 so well 00:09:23.280 --> 00:09:24.460 everything was good 00:09:24.460 --> 00:09:25.160 and beautiful. 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:26.440 Adam and Eve 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:27.340 the first man 00:09:27.340 --> 00:09:27.780 and woman 00:09:27.780 --> 00:09:29.259 placed in a garden 00:09:29.259 --> 00:09:29.899 of delight 00:09:29.899 --> 00:09:31.220 enjoying life 00:09:31.220 --> 00:09:32.160 and enjoying God 00:09:32.160 --> 00:09:32.840 they were 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:33.960 blessed 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:36.720 but they 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:37.340 rebelled. 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:39.120 They sought 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:39.960 to take God's 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:40.740 place and live 00:09:40.740 --> 00:09:41.620 as if they 00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:42.420 were the boss 00:09:42.420 --> 00:09:43.800 and the fall 00:09:43.800 --> 00:09:45.460 out of this 00:09:45.460 --> 00:09:46.040 rebellion 00:09:46.040 --> 00:09:46.960 against God 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:48.460 was God's 00:09:48.460 --> 00:09:49.100 cosmic 00:09:49.100 --> 00:09:50.060 curse 00:09:50.060 --> 00:09:52.019 which resulted 00:09:52.019 --> 00:09:53.080 in division 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:54.220 between people 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:56.139 conflict with 00:09:56.139 --> 00:09:56.780 creation 00:09:56.780 --> 00:09:58.920 and separation 00:09:58.920 --> 00:09:59.660 from the loving 00:09:59.660 --> 00:10:00.320 God who had 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:00.740 made them 00:10:00.740 --> 00:10:01.640 and despite 00:10:01.640 --> 00:10:02.480 all of 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:03.280 humanity's 00:10:03.280 --> 00:10:03.980 attempts to 00:10:03.980 --> 00:10:04.879 reconnect 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:06.120 and solve 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:06.540 everything 00:10:06.540 --> 00:10:07.000 and put 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:07.400 everything 00:10:07.400 --> 00:10:08.180 back together 00:10:08.180 --> 00:10:08.560 again 00:10:08.560 --> 00:10:09.340 it just 00:10:09.340 --> 00:10:09.940 descended 00:10:09.940 --> 00:10:10.940 into chaos 00:10:10.940 --> 00:10:12.020 down and 00:10:12.020 --> 00:10:12.520 down in 00:10:12.520 --> 00:10:12.980 further 00:10:12.980 --> 00:10:13.879 carnage. 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:16.360 You see 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:17.420 broken people 00:10:17.420 --> 00:10:18.800 like us 00:10:18.800 --> 00:10:20.600 can never 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:21.360 fix the 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:22.120 broken world 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:22.920 we live in 00:10:22.920 --> 00:10:24.900 and broken 00:10:24.900 --> 00:10:25.960 people like us 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:26.960 can't fix 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:28.400 our own 00:10:28.400 --> 00:10:29.460 broken lives. 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:31.500 Well in 00:10:31.500 --> 00:10:32.420 Genesis 12 00:10:32.420 --> 00:10:34.140 we have the 00:10:34.140 --> 00:10:34.780 restart 00:10:34.780 --> 00:10:36.080 that we all 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:36.680 need and it 00:10:36.680 --> 00:10:38.320 begins with 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:39.460 a man called 00:10:39.460 --> 00:10:40.440 Abraham. 00:10:41.379 --> 00:10:42.280 Later on 00:10:42.280 --> 00:10:42.940 he'll become 00:10:42.940 --> 00:10:43.879 called 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:45.400 Abraham. 00:10:47.100 --> 00:10:48.020 Three things 00:10:48.020 --> 00:10:48.660 we want to 00:10:48.660 --> 00:10:49.140 learn from 00:10:49.140 --> 00:10:49.900 what we read 00:10:49.900 --> 00:10:51.020 this morning. 00:10:52.020 --> 00:10:52.860 Very simply 00:10:52.860 --> 00:10:54.280 new beginnings 00:10:54.280 --> 00:10:56.800 old problem 00:10:56.800 --> 00:10:58.860 God's grace. 00:10:58.860 --> 00:10:58.980 grace. 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:00.519 Okay? 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:01.800 New beginnings 00:11:01.800 --> 00:11:03.720 old problem 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:05.800 God's grace. 00:11:06.919 --> 00:11:07.779 So first 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:08.360 the new 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:08.919 beginnings. 00:11:09.340 --> 00:11:10.360 New beginnings 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:12.100 always start 00:11:12.100 --> 00:11:13.759 with God's 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:14.139 word. 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:16.139 That's why we 00:11:16.139 --> 00:11:16.740 look at his 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:18.259 word every 00:11:18.259 --> 00:11:19.240 Sunday. 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:20.960 Verse 1 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:22.440 The Lord 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:23.600 had said to 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:24.159 Abraham 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:25.279 go. 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:25.379 Go. 00:11:25.379 --> 00:11:28.439 Remember 00:11:28.439 --> 00:11:29.000 back to 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:29.820 Genesis 1 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:30.539 verse 1 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:31.939 In the 00:11:31.939 --> 00:11:32.399 beginning 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:33.580 God 00:11:33.580 --> 00:11:35.259 and God 00:11:35.259 --> 00:11:35.939 said 00:11:35.939 --> 00:11:36.779 and it 00:11:36.779 --> 00:11:37.360 was so 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:38.019 God 00:11:38.019 --> 00:11:38.960 spoke 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:39.939 the beginning 00:11:39.939 --> 00:11:40.659 of the 00:11:40.659 --> 00:11:41.059 world 00:11:41.059 --> 00:11:42.279 into existence 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:43.399 with his 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:44.120 voice 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:45.120 and now 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:45.759 through his 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:46.379 voice 00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:47.759 God speaks 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:48.439 again to 00:11:48.439 --> 00:11:49.220 a man called 00:11:49.220 --> 00:11:49.679 Abraham. 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:50.700 He speaks 00:11:50.700 --> 00:11:51.399 a word 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:52.299 that is going 00:11:52.299 --> 00:11:53.059 to bring about 00:11:53.059 --> 00:11:53.559 a new 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:53.980 beginning 00:11:53.980 --> 00:11:55.019 a new 00:11:55.019 --> 00:11:55.800 creation. 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:57.740 And at 00:11:57.740 --> 00:11:58.300 the heart 00:11:58.300 --> 00:11:58.720 of this 00:11:58.720 --> 00:11:59.240 word 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:01.060 was a 00:12:01.060 --> 00:12:01.539 promise 00:12:01.539 --> 00:12:03.300 to bless. 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:07.460 A word 00:12:07.460 --> 00:12:08.139 of blessing. 00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:10.039 Look at 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:10.680 verse 2 00:12:10.680 --> 00:12:12.500 God said 00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:12.899 to him 00:12:12.899 --> 00:12:13.879 I will 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:14.320 make you 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:14.779 into a 00:12:14.779 --> 00:12:15.440 great nation 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:15.860 and I 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:17.139 will bless 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:17.500 you. 00:12:18.300 --> 00:12:18.899 I will 00:12:18.899 --> 00:12:19.320 make your 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:19.879 name great 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:20.759 and you 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.259 will be 00:12:21.259 --> 00:12:22.139 a blessing. 00:12:22.139 --> 00:12:22.259 blessing. 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:23.220 Well 00:12:23.220 --> 00:12:23.879 who's he 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:24.279 going to 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:24.559 be a 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:24.899 blessing 00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:25.379 to? 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:26.220 Well 00:12:26.220 --> 00:12:26.539 look at 00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:26.939 the end 00:12:26.939 --> 00:12:27.319 of verse 00:12:27.319 --> 00:12:27.720 3 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:30.039 and all 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:30.699 peoples 00:12:30.699 --> 00:12:31.659 on earth 00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:32.519 will be 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:33.019 blessed 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:34.580 through you. 00:12:35.439 --> 00:12:36.039 God 00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:36.720 spoke a 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:37.039 promise 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:37.960 to bless 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:38.799 Abraham 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:39.639 who in 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:40.139 turn 00:12:40.139 --> 00:12:40.879 would be 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:41.399 a blessing 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:42.159 to all 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:42.639 the nations 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:43.620 and all 00:12:43.620 --> 00:12:44.159 peoples 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:44.519 of the 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:44.819 world. 00:12:46.819 --> 00:12:47.500 Now 00:12:47.500 --> 00:12:48.200 this promise 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:48.779 of blessing 00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:49.419 is certainly 00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:50.080 not new. 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:50.780 it's an 00:12:50.780 --> 00:12:51.460 outworking 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:51.840 of a 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:52.200 promise 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:52.759 that God 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:53.280 had made 00:12:53.280 --> 00:12:54.120 right at 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:54.480 the very 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:54.920 beginning. 00:12:55.520 --> 00:12:55.940 Go back 00:12:55.940 --> 00:12:56.280 with me 00:12:56.280 --> 00:12:56.820 to chapter 00:12:56.820 --> 00:12:57.340 3 00:12:57.340 --> 00:12:59.180 Genesis 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00:35:11.059 it was 00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.400 where 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.240 Abram 00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.880 came and 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.800 did business 00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:15.019 with God 00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:16.760 where he 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.200 would come 00:35:17.200 --> 00:35:17.900 and confess 00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.400 his sin 00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.079 where he 00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:20.000 would sacrifice 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.620 an animal 00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:21.579 in that 00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.680 solemn act 00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.579 he recognised 00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.519 that something 00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.360 someone 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.739 had to die 00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.679 in his 00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.380 place 00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:32.119 for Abram 00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:33.139 it was an 00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.579 act of 00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.940 faith 00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.360 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00:36:15.459 only way 00:36:15.459 --> 00:36:16.339 to experience 00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:17.139 it is to 00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:18.000 go back 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.619 to the 00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.019 beginning 00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:20.199 back to 00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.919 the cross 00:36:20.919 --> 00:36:22.659 back to 00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.139 Jesus 00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:24.900 and there 00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.599 our sins 00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.239 are forgiven 00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:26.699 and our 00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.319 lives are 00:36:27.319 --> 00:36:27.599 made 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.259 completely 00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:28.659 new 00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.559 and there 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.099 we hear 00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.559 God 00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.539 take us 00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.059 afresh 00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.920 as his 00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.339 people 00:36:33.339 --> 00:36:34.199 and he 00:36:34.199 --> 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reset 00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.460 button 00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.079 we all 00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.559 need 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:03.239 this is 00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:03.639 where we 00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.059 begin 00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:05.659 this is 00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.039 where we 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.579 start 00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:08.519 and it's 00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.339 available to 00:37:09.339 --> 00:37:10.019 us today 00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.199 through 00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:11.759 Christ 00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:13.440 as it 00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.139 overflows 00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.920 to us 00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:18.960 what do 00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.280 you want 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:20.059 to restart 00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:21.380 about your 00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.820 life 00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:24.519 it starts 00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.240 with grace 00:37:25.240 --> 00:37:27.320 let's pray 00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:44.360 Lord God 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.059 thank you 00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:47.740 thank you for 00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:48.620 your patience 00:37:48.620 --> 00:37:51.059 thank you for 00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.780 your kindness 00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:54.580 thank you 00:37:54.580 --> 00:37:55.160 that you do 00:37:55.160 --> 00:37:55.860 not treat 00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.800 us as our 00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.680 sins deserve 00:37:57.680 --> 00:38:00.620 thank you 00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:01.180 that you are 00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:02.280 faithful forever 00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:04.720 thank you for 00:38:04.720 --> 00:38:05.300 the grace 00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:05.860 that has 00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.960 been shown 00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.800 to us 00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:09.460 poured out 00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:10.000 to us 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.500 through your 00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.260 son Jesus 00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.860 Christ 00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:14.240 thank you 00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:14.680 that in 00:38:14.680 --> 00:38:15.019 you 00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:16.500 all our 00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:17.180 past is 00:38:17.180 --> 00:38:17.480 dealt 00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:17.840 with 00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:19.480 and we 00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:19.900 are given 00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.360 a new 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:20.840 way to 00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.160 live 00:38:21.160 --> 00:38:23.360 so help 00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.059 us as 00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.780 we now 00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.340 go 00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:27.160 into our 00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:27.780 community 00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:29.420 as we 00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:30.039 go to 00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.500 people 00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.380 who do 00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.980 not know 00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.360 of the 00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.780 blessings 00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.360 that you 00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:33.800 have 00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:35.680 that we 00:38:35.680 --> 00:38:36.280 would share 00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.780 of your 00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.320 grace 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:39.220 that they 00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:39.820 would know 00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.800 that your 00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.300 mercy 00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:42.539 reaches 00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.519 even 00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:43.920 then 00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:47.420 help us 00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:47.720 Lord 00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:48.299 we pray 00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:49.679 in Jesus 00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.179 name 00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:51.439 Amen 00:38:51.439 --> 00:39:04.959 we're going 00:39:04.959 --> 00:39:05.419 to sing 00:39:05.419 --> 00:39:05.919 together 00:39:05.919 --> 00:39:07.339 a song 00:39:07.339 --> 00:39:08.079 that reminds 00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.539 us of 00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.159 God's 00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:10.659 grace to 00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:10.919 us 00:39:10.919 --> 00:39:11.279 who has 00:39:11.279 --> 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