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

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 That's a powerful clip to me. Sorry, that song earlier, I'll tell you about it.

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 I'll get into that in the sermon, but I'm Derek Harris, because I haven't met you.

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 I'm one of the pastors here, and I'm very happy to preach the Word of God this morning.

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 That video, I hope, resonates with you the way it does with me, because you can feel his pain.

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 I feel it when I see his face, and we all know what it's like to be in a situation, don't we, where it's so hopeful,

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 and then it suddenly turns out to be something so broken, right?

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 We all long for a hero to make things right, to rush out of the stands, right, and carry us.

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 Someone who will turn the bad things into good things.

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 Someone who will save us from our distresses, our loneliness, and our fear, and who will protect us forever.

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 And we look to that hero in so many things that aren't that hero, right?

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 We look for our spouses to be that hero, our image, our work, our money, our reputation.

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 And underneath all of that, we're really just longing for a hero who understands our pain, our fear,

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 and has the power to actually change our world and our distressing circumstances.

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 We want someone to walk across that ultimate finish line with us the way that dad did,

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 and not merely a hero who just makes things better or is a rainbow in our pain,

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 but one who can completely erase all pain, all death, and all suffering forever.

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 We want that ending that says he or she lived happily ever after, and we look for it in so many things.

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 Well, in our passage today, Father Abraham was also longing for that hero.

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 He was also longing for an escape from those circumstances.

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 And he trusted a God who would deliver him from the horrific circumstances that just seemed like they would drag on and drag on.

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 So let's look at these verses together from Genesis chapter 22.

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

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 Abraham, Abraham, and he said,

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 Here I am.

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 He said,

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 Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah,

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

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

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 and he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose,

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 and went to the place of which God had told him.

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

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 Then Abraham said to his young men,

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 Stay here with the donkey.

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

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

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

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 So they went both of them together,

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 and Isaac said to his father, Abraham,

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 My father.

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 And he said, Here I am, my son.

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 He said, Behold the fire and the wood,

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 but where's the lamb for a burnt offering?

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 Abraham said,

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

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 So they went both of them together.

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 And when they came to the place of which God had told them,

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 Abraham built the altar there, and he laid the wood in order.

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 And he bound Isaac, his son, and laid on him the altar,

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 laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

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

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

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 Abraham, Abraham.

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 And he said, Here I am.

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

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 for now I know that you fear God,

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

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 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and he looked,

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

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 And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up

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 as a burnt offering instead of his son.

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 So Abraham called the name of that place,

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 the Lord will provide.

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 As it is said to this day on the mountain of the Lord,

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 it shall be provided.

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 And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

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 and said, By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord,

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 because you have done this and have not withheld your son,

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 your only son, I will surely bless you.

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 And I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven

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 and as the sand that is on the seashore.

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 And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.

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 And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,

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 because you have obeyed my voice.

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 So Abraham returned to his young men,

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 and they arose and went together to Beersheba.

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 And Abraham lived at Beersheba.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 So this verse is very chilling, right?

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 It's these verses.

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 This is a story that we're all very familiar with,

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 but when we look at it very closely,

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 it's a striking story.

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 We have Abraham, the father,

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 the patriarch formerly known as Abram,

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 the promised father of all nations.

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 He and his wife Sarah have been waiting for a son

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 because Abraham and God had talked about it.

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 If we look at Genesis 15 here,

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 Behold, you've given me no offspring,

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 and a member of my household will be my heir.

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 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him.

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 This man shall not be your heir.

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 Your very own son shall be your heir.

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 And he brought him outside,

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 and he said, look toward heaven

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 and the number of the stars,

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 if you're able to number them.

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 Then he said to him,

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 so shall your offspring be.

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 And he believed the Lord,

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 and it was counted to him as righteousness.

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 So they have this conversation, right?

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 And then Abraham and Sarah wait and wait,

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 and they trust and they trust,

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 and they grow older,

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 and they grow older,

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 tick, tock, tick, tock.

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 And after 10 years of waiting,

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 Abraham gets antsy.

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 And he decides to make other arrangements for the child

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 and take matters into his own hands.

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 So he decides, well,

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 God must have meant that I need to have

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 a child with my servant Hagar.

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 I'll take it from here, God.

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 And the child was named Ishmael.

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 Now, imagine how tough this was for his wife Sarah

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 to see this happen.

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 Imagine the despair in her heart.

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 And Abraham thought that this would be his heir.

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 He had taken care of this promise that God made.

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 He trusted, but he also tweaked.

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 He tweaked God's plan.

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 He thought this was the promised child

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 who would grow into the nations as numerous as the stars.

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 But God had one plan all along.

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 And he didn't need Abraham to tweak his plan.

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 And he doesn't need us to tweak his plan either.

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 So after more waiting and more years,

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 God provides a child.

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 15 years after Ishmael was born,

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 25 years after that initial conversation

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 that Abraham had with God

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 about him giving him a child,

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 God had planned for Sarah to bear a son

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 at the youthful age of 90.

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 And Abraham was to be the 100-year-old dad.

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 That's why Sarah laughed when Isaac was born

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 because the name Isaac means laughter.

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 This son, though, would be the heir.

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 This son, Isaac, would be the seed of the nations.

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 His name that meant laughter.

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 And it's through Isaac that Abraham

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 would become a blessing

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 to all the families of the earth,

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 including us here today.

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 But right before this passage in Genesis 21,

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 Ishmael has been sent away with Hagar.

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 And God promises to take care of him

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 and to make him into a great nation as well.

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 But Abraham, he decided to push the reset button

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 and to go back and say,

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 this is the family.

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 I've messed up in some ways.

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 And push reset.

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 And he started over.

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 And he's left with Sarah and Isaac,

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 his only son.

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 So the world around us

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 drastically influences

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 how we understand our reality.

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 And if we read this passage here

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 from only our perspective,

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 we might miss the greater message.

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 When I say our perspective,

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 I mean American perspective.

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 We might get derailed

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 from the very beginning of this passage

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 because our passage begins with a request.

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 A request from God the Father

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 to Father Abraham

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 that some have called maniacal,

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 cruel,

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 and downright disgusting.

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 So if we look at verses 1 and 2,

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 we see the request.

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 Take your son, your only son,

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 whom you love,

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 and go to the land of Moriah

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 and offer him there

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 as a burnt offering

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 on one of the mountains

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 of which I shall tell you.

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 So the first thing

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 that we have to consider

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 before moving forward

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 is the nature of this request.

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 This is where I found perspective

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 outside of an American perspective

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 to be helpful.

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 And that particularly

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 the perspective of how an Israelite

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 would have heard this.

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 An Israelite would not have understood

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 this request as maniacal

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 or cruel or disgusting.

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 They wouldn't have heard this

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 as an account of God tempting Abraham

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 to do something he shouldn't

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 and to sin.

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 It's not an account of Satan

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 tempting Abraham.

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 This was actually all about God

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 and they would have known that.

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 All of it.

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 God here is testing

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 one of his beloved servants,

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 one of his prophets,

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 so to speak,

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 of which Abraham was a type

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 to come,

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 the prophets to come later,

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 were often,

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 they were often tested

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 though with the most extreme circumstances.

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 It was a part of the plight

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 in their life.

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 And their life was a difficult one.

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 And if what they said wasn't true,

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 their life was actually taken from them

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 as a penalty.

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 So the Israelites would have actually

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 understood this

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 when hearing the gospel story.

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 So the request wouldn't have seemed

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 as odd as it may seem to us

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 and our modern American minds today.

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 If you think about it,

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 I've got a picture here

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 to put up here.

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 The passage begins

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 by giving us the motive here.

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 And we hear that the request is a test.

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 So when soldiers prepare for battle,

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 they must pass tests, right?

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 They must role play

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 in the preparation for the role

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 that they're going to play

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 in the future.

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 They've got to jump out of planes,

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 shoot guns many times,

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 risk their life.

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 But their instructors

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 are always preparing them for battle.

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 And certainly and always,

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 the well-being of the soldier

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 is of utmost importance.

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 The instructor's done this before

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 and knows how to best prepare

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 the soldier that he cares for

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 for what is ahead.

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 But the greater the responsibility

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 of the soldier,

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 the more extreme the test

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 is going to be for the soldier.

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 So here we have Abraham

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 and God's request for him

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 to complete a test,

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 to sacrifice his son,

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 the son of blessing.

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 And if you remember

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 how tough this must have been,

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 God had originally asked Abraham

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 to leave everything,

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 take everything he had,

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 and go to Ur.

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 So God had asked him

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 to sacrifice his past

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 and all that he had.

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 And now he's looking to Isaac

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 to be this blessing,

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 to continue to become

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 the nation of Israel,

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 and God's asking him

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 to sacrifice his promised future.

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 So how could a good God

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 ask for something like this?

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 Like the death of a child

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 to somebody that he loves?

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 That doesn't seem very good at all.

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 It doesn't feel good.

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 Does this mean that God

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 is not good?

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 You know, as I read this passage,

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 I had to struggle

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 with this question again.

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 And I think many of you

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 probably have struggled

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 with this question

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 in your heart before.

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 To me, it brought up

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 feelings of grief in my heart.

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 I had to wrestle with

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 whether or not

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 I would be able to do

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 what Abraham did.

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 And to this day,

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 I really don't think

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 that I would.

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 Which is why I'm so glad

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 that my faith

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 doesn't rest on my obedience.

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 But on the perfect obedience

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 and provision of someone else.

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 God himself.

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 Through Jesus Christ.

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 So, it made me think back

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 to times in my life

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 when I actually

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 was challenged

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 with the question,

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 God, are you good?

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 Because it feels so bad.

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 And I've not really shared this

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 much ever

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 from the pulpit.

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 But I remember the morning

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 that I watched my wife

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 on the phone

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 as she received the news

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 that her 23-year-old brother

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 had taken his life.

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 That moment changed

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 both of our lives forever.

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 It was followed by

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 a few years later

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 by the death of her mother

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 to cancer.

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 A time in our life

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 when it literally felt like

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 God had shaved off

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 all of our skin

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 and dropped us

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 in a pool of rubbing alcohol.

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 Pain, suffering,

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 looking for light

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 and escape.

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 Yet, I believe in God.

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 I trusted Him.

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 Many of you

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 may have experienced

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 something like this

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 in your life

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 or another type of tragedy

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 that changes you forever

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 from that point forward.

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 And it may have made you ask,

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 is God good

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 just when you think

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 you're going to win that race?

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 Right?

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 Your moment of joy

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 enters this brokenness.

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 Dan Allender calls this,

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 he's an author,

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 calls this,

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 the shalom shattered,

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 the peace completely broken

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 of the fabric that you know.

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 And I won't act like

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 I have all the answers,

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 but I have found rest in this.

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 Though God,

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 the creator of life

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 as we know it,

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 has the authority

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 to give life

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 and the authority

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 to take it away,

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 to create good circumstances

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 and to eradicate bad ones,

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 and though He has

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 full authority

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 to make this sort of request

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 that He makes to Abraham,

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 He's also the one

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 who sustains those

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 who are left

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 with any loss or pain.

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 He left the stands of heaven

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 to bring us home.

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 And though we experience

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 horrific loss,

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 my family and I,

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 that I honestly would undo,

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 I believe,

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 if God said,

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 you can snap your fingers

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 and undo this,

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 I would say,

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 okay,

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 my wife and I

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 have become closer

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 through all of this.

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 God's brought us closer

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 to Him

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 through all of this,

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 and He's done it

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 through His people,

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 the church.

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 church.

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 So it's the same God

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 who promises

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 that I will be

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 with my loved ones

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 in heaven forever.

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 So He allowed this

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 to happen,

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 but He sustained me

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 in the midst

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 of it happening.

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 And my loved ones

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 will be there

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 because they had faith

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 in the God

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 who provides,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Heaven is real,

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 and when I'm there,

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 this loss

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 will no longer exist.

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 And if you have faith

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 in Jesus,

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 it won't exist

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 for you either.

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 So that gives me

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 reason to hope

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 in the midst

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 of dark circumstances.

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 And I hope

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 that it gives you

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 reason to hope.

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 I don't think you're here

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 by accident today

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 to hear this story.

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 When you find

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 that shalom shattered,

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 remember,

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 it's going to be restored.

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 The shalom will be restored

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 and it will be

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 never-ending peace.

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 Therefore,

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 it gives me faith

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 and it gives me assurance

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 of the things hoped for,

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 and that's how we keep walking.

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 And that's why we need each other.

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 And in this passage,

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 you see that hope,

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 you see that determination

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 in Abraham.

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 You see trust

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 and you see life.

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 The request is a test

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 but what is his response?

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 His response

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 is remarkable.

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 Absolutely remarkable.

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 I'm not going to read

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 all this verse

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 but I'll refer to it.

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 So when I took

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 Hebrew in seminary,

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 one of our assignments

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 was to translate

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 this chapter,

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 Genesis 22,

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 and it stuck with me.

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 When reading it

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 in the original language,

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 there is a tone

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 about commitment

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 and determination

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 and absolute heartache

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 all on the foundation

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 of unrelenting trust

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 in God

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 despite the seemingly

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 horrific situation.

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 There's something about it

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 you capture

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 when you read it

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 in the original language.

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 The faith of Abraham,

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 though,

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 it's astonishing.

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 You see it in his response here.

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 Even though all the circumstances

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 seem completely horrific,

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 go sacrifice your son.

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 I mean,

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 I don't know of a worse request.

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 He knew the true character

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 of God

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 and he knew the burden

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 that he carried

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 as Father Abraham.

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 And part of me wonders

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 if he even thought,

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 well,

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 maybe this is happening

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 as a punishment

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 because of the decision

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 I made to tweak God's plan

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 and have a child

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 with Hagar.

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 I wonder if he blamed himself

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 ever about that.

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 Have you ever thought that way?

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 Like,

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 something bad happens to you

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 because you've offended God

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 in some way,

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 even though you completely

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 don't believe

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 that's what happens

00:16:54.419 --> 00:16:55.480
 when you accept Christ?

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 But God

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 doesn't work that way.

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 He promises love

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 and blessing

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 and protection

00:17:02.199 --> 00:17:03.279
 for everyone

00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:03.959
 who trusts him

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 through faith.

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 That doesn't mean

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 that bad things

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 will not happen to us.

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 It means that bad things

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 are a part of the story

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 but that the ending

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 is greater

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 than we can possibly imagine.

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 Notice in verse 3,

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 Abraham doesn't argue.

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 He just gets up and goes,

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 at least in this account.

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 He rose early in the morning.

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 I bet he rose early in the morning.

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 I bet he didn't sleep

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 the night before.

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 Would you?

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 You know,

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 he rested in the restlessness.

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 You ever done that

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 where your mind

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 just races all night?

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 There's no mention

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 of him telling Sarah

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 what was going on,

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 what was going to happen,

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 but there's a tone

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 of that determined,

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 focused silence,

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 almost like a state of mourning.

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 So he saddles the horse.

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 He gets two of his men

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 to go with him.

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 He gets the wood

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 for the burnt offering

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 and then he and Isaac

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 set out for the mountain.

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 Mount Moriah

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 is what it was.

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 The journey took three days

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 and then at the base

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 of the mountain,

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 he asked his men to wait.

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 I don't think they knew

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 what was happening.

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 And the only person

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 that actually knew

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 the whole story

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 from beginning to end

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 at that point

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 would have been God the Father.

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 And the only person

00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:09.000
 who knew about the nature

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:10.179
 of the request at this point

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 would have been Abraham.

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 So those two,

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 the only ones who knew

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 the big picture there.

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 Verse five,

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 you can see the faith

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 and the trust of Abraham.

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 Notice he says

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 to his two workers,

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 stay here with the donkey.

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 I and the boy

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 will go over there

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 to worship

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 and come again to you.

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 See,

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 he expected to walk out

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 with Isaac.

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 Yet,

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 he was willing

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 to fulfill the request

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 to the end.

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 We know this

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 because of Hebrews 11.

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 Let's look at that together.

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 And Isaac,

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 wait,

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 go to Hebrews 11,

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 please.

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 Thank you.

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 By faith,

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 Abraham,

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 when he was tested,

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 offered up Isaac.

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 And he who had received

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 the promises

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 was in the act

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 of offering up

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 his only son

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 of whom it was said,

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 through Isaac

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 shall your offspring

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 be named.

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 He considered that God

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 was able even

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 to raise him

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 from the dead

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 from which,

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 figuratively speaking,

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 he did receive him back.

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 So,

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.840
 Abraham had

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 a resurrection faith.

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 That's what we can learn

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.680
 going into this,

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 going into this request.

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 And he trusted God

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 and he knew that

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 even if he had to go

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 the fullest degree

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 with this request,

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 he expected that God

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 would bring his child

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 back to life.

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 So,

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 are we learning

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 be good

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 and have faith

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 like Abraham?

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 Never question

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 or doubt?

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 Never wonder?

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 No.

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 That's not what,

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 if that's what

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 this passage teaches us,

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 it's an element of it,

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 have faith.

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 But if that's all

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 that we see,

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 we're missing the point

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 of this passage.

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 It's not intended

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 to be a lesson

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 of do better.

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 But we do gain

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 a little bit more insight

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 between a relationship

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 between faith and works,

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 I think.

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 We can look at that here

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 through Abraham's response.

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 See,

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 we believe that we're saved

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 by faith alone,

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 through Christ alone,

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 in Christ alone.

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 What we're taught

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 in James 2,

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 was not Abraham

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 our father justified

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 by works

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 when he offered up

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 his son Isaac

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 on the altar?

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 You see that faith

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 was active along

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 with his works

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 and faith was completed

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 by his works

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 and the scripture

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 was fulfilled

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 that says,

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 Abraham believed God

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 and it was counted

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 to him as righteousness

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 and he was called

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 a friend of God.

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 You see that a person

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 is justified by works

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 and not by faith alone.

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 And what this means

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 is this,

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.820
 our faith in Christ

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 justifies us

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 before God.

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 Our works,

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 in the case of the word

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 justify in that passage,

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 meaning demonstrates

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 our faith before men.

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 So,

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 Abraham was fully faithful

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 and God knew his heart.

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 God didn't need him

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 to show him.

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 Okay?

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 But other people

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 don't know his faith

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 and God certainly

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 knew his heart,

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 as I said,

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 but who needed

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 to see his faith?

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 We did.

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 Today.

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 And Abraham needed

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 to see the faithfulness

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 of his God,

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 our God.

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 And we need to see

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 each other's faith.

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 And we need to see

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 and hear how God

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 has sustained you

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 and me

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 and provided.

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 That's why he's

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 given us the church.

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 One of the many reasons

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 that's why he's

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 given us his word.

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 And when we live out

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 our faith

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 through our lives,

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 we tell a much larger

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 story of gospel redemption.

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 We extend the comfort

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 that God has given us

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 to those around us

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 by reminding them

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 that they're not alone.

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 And when we let others,

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 especially in our church community,

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 know us,

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 really know us,

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 the hard parts

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 and our stories,

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 our brokenness,

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 we can receive God's comfort

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 through them.

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 God is faithful

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 to provide what you need

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 when you need it.

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 And as the story continues

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 in Genesis 22,

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 verse 7,

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 Abraham gives the wood

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 to Isaac to carry.

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 He takes the knife

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 and the flint.

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 As they're traveling,

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 we read one of the most

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 sobering verses

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 in the Bible,

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 I think.

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 When we hear Isaac

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 ask his dad,

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.059
 my father,

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 and he said,

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 here I am,

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.059
 my son.

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 Behold the fire

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 and the wood,

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 but where's the lamb?

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 I don't even

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 have a category

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 in my mind

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.559
 for that conversation.

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 And I cannot imagine

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.319
 what was going

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.900
 through the mind

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 of either one of them.

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 As the narrative continues,

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 they reach the place

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 for sacrifice.

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 And Abraham's faithful

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 to the instructions.

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 He binds his son,

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 he lifts up his arm

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 to fulfill

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 his sacrificial duties.

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 And then,

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:25.420
 our hero,

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:28.140
 the trustworthy God,

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:28.980
 the one who will

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 provide for you

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 and me

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 and has provided.

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 What happens?

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.580
 The one who gives

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 life and love,

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:37.080
 he rushes from the stance

00:22:37.080 --> 00:22:38.800
 and he speaks

00:22:38.800 --> 00:22:40.120
 through his angel

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 from the sky

00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:43.720
 and resurrection light

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:46.019
 enters our dark scene

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.700
 of brokenness.

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 You see this,

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.240
 the resurrection

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.779
 is real.

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.380
 And if we are not

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.680
 talking about the resurrection

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.700
 or understanding it,

00:22:57.060 --> 00:22:58.160
 why do we have faith

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.480
 at all?

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 It's what Jesus came

00:23:01.020 --> 00:23:02.860
 to save us from,

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.560
 the resurrection

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 of the dead

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 to death.

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 He saves us

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.500
 a resurrection

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.640
 to life.

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 This is what

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.180
 the gospel

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.860
 is all about.

00:23:12.560 --> 00:23:13.560
 What an amazing

00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:14.260
 true story

00:23:14.260 --> 00:23:14.820
 we see here.

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.740
 Verse 13,

00:23:16.320 --> 00:23:17.120
 you can see

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:18.660
 God provides

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.160
 a ram

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.160
 caught in a thicket

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:21.360
 of thorns

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.880
 by its horns.

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 The ram

00:23:24.020 --> 00:23:24.560
 is provided

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:25.380
 as a substitute

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.380
 for his son.

00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:28.000
 Abraham's faith

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:29.200
 then is ratified

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:30.480
 and it's credited

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.920
 to him

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.540
 as righteousness.

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.640
 The mountain

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.060
 is named

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:34.140
 Jehovah-Jireh,

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.900
 which means

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.260
 the Lord

00:23:35.260 --> 00:23:35.880
 will provide.

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.520
 Verse 15,

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.220
 you see God

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.280
 reestablishes

00:23:39.280 --> 00:23:39.820
 his covenant

00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:41.480
 from Genesis 15

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.320
 where he says

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:44.600
 that he will

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:45.240
 bless you

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.500
 with descendants

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.060
 more numerous

00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:47.640
 than the stars.

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:47.820
 Well,

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:48.300
 he takes it

00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:48.780
 even further

00:23:48.780 --> 00:23:49.360
 and he says

00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:49.940
 they're going

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.840
 to be more numerous

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.500
 than the sand

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.240
 on the seashore.

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:54.079
 And as the words

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.939
 of that song

00:23:54.939 --> 00:23:56.799
 that owned me

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.419
 at the beginning

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:57.839
 say,

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.879
 sometimes I think

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.459
 of Abraham,

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.179
 how one star

00:24:01.179 --> 00:24:01.599
 he saw

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.139
 had been lit

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.639
 for me.

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.799
 He was a stranger

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.579
 in this land

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.699
 and I am that

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:07.839
 no less than he

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.759
 and on this road

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.480
 to righteousness

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:11.240
 sometimes the climb

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.279
 can be so steep

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.720
 I may falter

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.500
 in my steps

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:16.059
 but never beyond

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.699
 your reach.

00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:17.699
 God,

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.500
 you are my God.

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:21.099
 during the loss

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:22.279
 of our brother

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.819
 and our mother

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.740
 we would go

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.200
 to the beach

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.920
 sometimes down

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.799
 there on 30A

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.599
 if you've ever

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.039
 been there

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.680
 and there's this

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.559
 beautiful sand

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.240
 dune lake

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.720
 and I would just

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.160
 walk

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.339
 and just listen

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.839
 to that song

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:35.460
 and just step.

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.319
 So all I had to do

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.099
 was just keep walking

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:39.839
 and I don't know

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:41.240
 where you are

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:43.299
 and what you may

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.079
 be going through

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:46.220
 just keep walking

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:48.100
 and keep looking

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:49.200
 up at those stars

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:50.460
 and remembering

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.579
 that one of those stars

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.920
 is lit

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.880
 for you.

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.259
 Abraham had

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.440
 a resurrection faith

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:59.279
 and he trusted God

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.440
 but what does that

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.180
 really mean?

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.640
 It doesn't mean

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.299
 just be good.

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:05.059
 The meaning of the passage

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.620
 is this

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:07.519
 the Lord provides

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.019
 a lamb

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.079
 for a burnt offering

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.420
 so that Isaac

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.799
 who becomes Israel

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:13.400
 may live

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.660
 so that we

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.920
 may live.

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.420
 If you read

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:18.300
 Matthew 1

00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:20.060
 verse 1

00:25:20.060 --> 00:25:20.580
 we learn that

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.820
 from all of this

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:23.440
 came Jesus Christ

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.680
 the book of the genealogy

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.500
 of Jesus Christ

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.420
 the son of David

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:28.180
 the son of Abraham

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.860
 and it goes into

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.540
 great detail.

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.840
 The Lord provides

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.279
 a lamb

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.320
 for a burnt offering

00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:33.279
 so that Isaac

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.759
 so that Israel

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.480
 may live

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.800
 so that we

00:25:36.800 --> 00:25:37.640
 may live.

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.540
 The ram you see

00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:39.600
 is a type of Christ

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.759
 the lamb who was slain

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.500
 for his people

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:43.380
 are you one of his people?

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.680
 This is not a story

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.640
 about being good

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.460
 it's not a story

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.300
 about doing better

00:25:48.300 --> 00:25:49.560
 it's not a story

00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:50.620
 about a distant God

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.500
 who doesn't understand

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.860
 this is about

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.980
 Jehovah Jireh

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.220
 the God who provides

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.840
 a sacrifice

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:57.140
 for his chosen people

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:58.480
 who does not spare

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.080
 his son

00:25:59.080 --> 00:26:00.740
 as he did for Isaac

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.180
 but a loving father

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.500
 who gives his only son

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.680
 to die in our place

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.759
 as a substitute

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.480
 on the cross

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.320
 made of wood

00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:08.940
 so that we may live

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.279
 for God so loved

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 the world

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 that he gave

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:12.080
 his one and only son

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 that whoever believes

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.259
 in him

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 shall not perish

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 but have eternal life

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.299
 Abraham looked ahead

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.960
 to the Christ

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 who would save the world

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 God would provide

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.900
 God did provide

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:25.779
 God is still providing today

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:27.900
 we receive that eternal life

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.900
 through faith

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:30.480
 in Jesus' perfect life

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.839
 atoning death

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.839
 and glorious resurrection

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:34.220
 Jesus is that ram

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:35.799
 caught in the thicket

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:37.240
 of thorns

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 to be sacrificed for us

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 in our place

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 on a cross

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 on a cross made of wood

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:42.880
 wearing a crown

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 made of thorns

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 on his head

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 and as Abraham

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 and Isaac

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 journeyed

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 to Mount Moriah

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 this is amazing

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 is on that same mountain

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 over a thousand years later

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 that our lamb

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 our Lord Jesus Christ

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 would be sacrificed

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 as Isaac carried

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.259
 the wood

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.960
 for the sacrifice

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 so our Lord

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 would carry the cross

00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:01.980
 to the place

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 of his sacrifice

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 on our behalf

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 for those three days

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 on the journey

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 Father Abraham mourned

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 but through his resurrection faith

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 Isaac's life was spared

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 and in that sense

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 he was raised to life

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 off of the sacrificial altar

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 three days after

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 Jesus Christ

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 bled to death

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 for us

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 on the cross

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 made of wood

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 with the crown of thorns

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 on his head

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 he was raised to life

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 and he promises

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 that those who look to him

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 in resurrection faith

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 will have their lives

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 spared in eternity

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 because his was not

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 spared on earth

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 but on the third day

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 he rose again

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 from the dead

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 and he promises

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 that if we believe in him

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 we will not face death

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 in eternity

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 but we will receive

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 life forever

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 what then shall we say

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 to these things

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 as we said earlier

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 if God is for us

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 who can be against us

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 in all these things

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 we are more than conquerors

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 through him who loved us

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 I'm sure that neither death

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 nor life

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 nor angels

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 nor rulers

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 nor things present

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 nor things to come

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 nor powers

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 nor height

00:27:58.840 --> 00:27:59.480
 nor depth

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 nor anything else

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 in all creation

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 will be able to separate us

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 from the love of God

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 in Christ Jesus our Lord

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 the Lord provides a lamb

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 for a burnt offering

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 so that Isaac may live

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 so that Israel may exist

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:14.440
 so that Jesus Christ

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 may be provided

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.120
 and may be sacrificed

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.620
 for us

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 so that we may live

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.400
 the ram's a type of Christ

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 who was slain

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 for God's people

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 the lamb who was slain

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 are you one of his people

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 because you can be

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 through faith

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 you can be adopted

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 into his family

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 as sons and daughters

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 of God

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 I was talking with a child

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.140
 this morning

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:35.000
 who just put their faith

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.500
 in Christ

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 and we talked about this

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:38.480
 you're in the family now

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 you're adopted

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 as a child of God

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 see what kind of love

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.960
 the Father has given us

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.779
 that we should be called

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.740
 children of God

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 but what's the ending

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.440
 of the story

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:49.200
 of those who are adopted

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.200
 into God's family

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.820
 through faith in Christ

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:53.660
 what's the finish line

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:55.320
 that he carries us across

00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:57.539
 it's nothing less

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:59.880
 than victory over death

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 let's read the end

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.600
 of our story

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:06.139
 then I saw a new heaven

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.959
 and a new earth

00:29:06.959 --> 00:29:08.659
 for the first heaven

00:29:08.659 --> 00:29:09.899
 and the first earth

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.699
 had passed away

00:29:10.699 --> 00:29:11.919
 and the sea was no more

00:29:11.919 --> 00:29:13.959
 and I saw the holy city

00:29:13.959 --> 00:29:14.980
 new Jerusalem

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:16.319
 coming down out of heaven

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:16.919
 from God

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:18.399
 prepared as a bride

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:19.459
 adorned for her husband

00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:21.059
 I heard a loud voice

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:22.000
 from the throne saying

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.539
 behold the dwelling place

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.759
 of God is with man

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.480
 he will dwell with them

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:28.119
 and they will be his people

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:29.439
 and God himself

00:29:29.439 --> 00:29:30.719
 will be with them

00:29:30.719 --> 00:29:31.539
 as their God

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.980
 he will wipe away

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.700
 every tear from their eyes

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:37.639
 and death shall be no more

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:39.779
 neither shall there be mourning

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.539
 nor crying

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.259
 nor pain

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.980
 anymore

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:43.700
 for the former things

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.899
 have passed away

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:46.980
 and he who was seated

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.599
 on the throne

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.460
 said behold

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:51.240
 I'm making all things new

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.399
 also he said

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.480
 write this down

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.960
 for these words

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.359
 are trustworthy and true

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 and he said to me

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.240
 it is done

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.480
 I am the alpha

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.480
 and the omega

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.680
 the beginning and the end

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.400
 to the thirsty

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.160
 I will give

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.819
 from the spring of water

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:06.200
 of life without payment

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:07.799
 and the one who conquers

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.720
 will have this heritage

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:10.680
 and I will be his God

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:14.420
 and he will be my son

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:16.079
 are you here today

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:17.559
 stuck in the struggle

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.500
 to trust God

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:21.339
 this is the beautiful promise

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.779
 for you

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:24.000
 are you here questioning

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.279
 whether you're ready

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:27.119
 to take that step

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:28.960
 to put your faith in Christ

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.440
 for maybe the first time

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:32.519
 or maybe recommitment

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:34.180
 maybe you've lost your way

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:36.559
 this is the beautiful promise

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.440
 for you

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:39.799
 Jesus is the truth

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:41.319
 that will set you free

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:42.799
 God has provided for you

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.920
 remember

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:45.160
 this provision

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:47.099
 through faith in Christ

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:48.259
 you will be equipped

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:50.160
 whatever you're called to

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.759
 whatever test you're called to

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:54.019
 you're equipped as his saint

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.240
 to do the work of ministry

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:57.480
 this means sharing your story

00:30:57.480 --> 00:31:00.059
 letting yourself be known to him

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:01.140
 and trusted others

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:03.000
 holding his hand

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:04.940
 renovating this world

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:07.079
 one relationship at a time

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:09.339
 until he walks you

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:11.640
 across the ultimate finish line

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:13.460
 when he returns for you

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:15.460
 and makes it all brand new

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.140
 forever

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:18.460
 that day when our hero

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.879
 our dad

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:21.720
 takes us home

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:23.480
 and we live

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:25.120
 happily ever after

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:26.319
 let's pray

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:28.400
 Father in heaven

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:31.200
 may you be glorified

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:32.259
 magnified

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.779
 and receive praise

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:35.539
 thank you for providing

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:37.079
 the sacrifice

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:38.920
 of your son for us

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:40.460
 when we don't deserve it

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.940
 Lord Jesus

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:43.120
 thank you so much

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:44.319
 Father

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:46.039
 for the truth of the resurrection

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:47.100
 may we never forget

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.720
 its reality

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:49.140
 every time we take

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.740
 the Lord's Supper

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.360
 may we remember

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.439
 for the reality of you

00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:52.679
 being raised to life

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:54.339
 sitting on the throne of grace

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:56.119
 where we may receive mercy

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:57.419
 and help in our time of need

00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:58.259
 and I pray that anyone

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.000
 in this congregation

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.759
 here today

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.679
 that's hurting

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.859
 they would find their need

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.179
 in you

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.939
 they would find

00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:04.379
 the balm for their soul

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.839
 Lord Jesus

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:06.099
 and that they would run to you

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:07.679
 they would experience your grace

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:08.399
 and that the people

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:09.659
 in this congregation here

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.919
 would envelop them

00:32:10.919 --> 00:32:11.459
 with love

00:32:11.459 --> 00:32:12.559
 and that that love

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.659
 would envelop this community

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:14.079
 Father

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.339
 and this world

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.599
 thank you for the truth

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.039
 of scripture

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.480
 thank you for providing

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.899
 and it's in Jesus name we pray

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.839
 Amen

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:25.779
 For more information

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.079
 visit us online

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:28.399
 at southwood.org

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.800
 we hope to find out

00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:30.300
 next week

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:30.980
 안내와

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.140
 to the first reveille

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.500
 Queen

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.860
 week

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 dia

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 to the unknown

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:34.360
 to the last

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 he chi

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.380
 home

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.940
 or the other

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.300
 orr

00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:42.440
 to the woman

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.060
 vist

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:43.580
 to the people

00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:45.040
 in let

00:32:45.040 --> 00:32:46.300
 of the gave

00:32:46.300 --> 00:32:46.540
 vaccinated

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.280
 so

00:32:47.280 --> 00:32:47.460
 despite

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.840
 having

00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:48.100
 this

00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:49.240
 as

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.540
 Krank

00:32:49.540 --> 00:32:50.259
 a

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.380
 dream

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:51.440
 one

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.480
 who

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.540
 Wow

00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:52.840
 had

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.140
 create

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:55.000
 food

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.380
 comida