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 Well, as we head into the Advent season, we're going to spend the next four weeks of our time together in Matthew 1 and 2.

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! So I would encourage you, if you would please, to turn in your Bibles with me to Matthew 1.

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 We'll begin there right at the beginning.

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 If you're using a Pew Bible, you're going to find it on page 807.

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 807 there on your Pew Bible.

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 Those of you who are familiar with the Gospel of Matthew know that it begins, the first 17 verses of Matthew, is just a list of names.

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 So-and-so was the father of so-and-so, who was the father of so-and-so, and on and on it goes until you get to verse 17.

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 And maybe you think, how in the world are we going to have a sermon on a list of names?

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 How could it be any more boring than just a list of names?

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 And what I want to encourage you, of course, is that the list of names is not only inscripturated.

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 So it's God's idea to put that list of names there for us, and He thinks it's important.

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 But my goal this morning as we look at this list of names, we're not going to just see the names that are going to show up for us on the page.

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 But especially, I want you to understand there is a God that is in and around and through those names, creating His story,

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 and using individuals to eventually lead to His promised Son, Jesus Christ, who was the Messiah.

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 So as we work our way through Matthew chapter 1 and 2, we're going to just spotlight the promises of God

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 in the way that God has answered those promises for us, and thus provides a measure of hope,

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 a measure of confidence, and a measure of stability for us,

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 recognizing that it's God who sees through history, God who brings history about,

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 and because God is instrumental above history, we can trust Him.

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 You can trust God who is over history.

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 There has been a surge of public interest in genealogies, and I wonder, just as a show of hands,

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 how many have done a family tree in the last several years?

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 How many of you have been interested in a family tree, have done that for yourself?

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 Okay, several of you have done that.

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 There has been this surge of genealogies and finding ancestry

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 that has kind of erupted across our nation.

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 As a matter of fact, in 2014, apparently, doing family trees was the second most popular hobby of Americans,

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 second only to gardening.

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 Over 66% of Americans have reported wanting to learn more about their history, their family history.

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 And a significant portion of those people are even unable to name their grandparents or great-grandparents.

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 By the start of 2019, more than 26 million people were a part of a DNA test

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 where they would send their DNA sample into a laboratory,

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 and that laboratory would provide them with their ancestry as it relates to origins of where they were born

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 and the kinds of people groups that kind of make up the composite of who they are

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 in the various regions from which their ancestors came.

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 And it's expected that more than 100 million people will have continued that process over the next couple of years.

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 Ancestry and family trees have been a big piece of what has consumed a lot of people's time over the past several years.

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 Maybe we can understand this, especially coming off the Thanksgiving holidays.

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 I would expect that many of you had the opportunity to spend some time with family

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 and the joy of sitting around the table with people that are part of you.

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 Now, some of you may not have that experience.

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 And so there has been a growing interest in the family heritage because of that very thing.

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 Trying to discover, perhaps, their family secrets.

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 Who are those individuals who were part of their family in the past, and how can I identify them?

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 Or maybe even finding some long-lost siblings or long-lost relatives to be reacquainted with them

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 because of the broken home nature of our society.

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 Some people enjoyed doing this to gain an appreciation for the challenges and joys and struggles that their ancestors had

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 and being able to work through those struggles and especially those stories of overcoming difficulty.

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 We want to feel like we're leaving a mark in some way.

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 And so individuals want to understand who they're related to.

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 And do they have somebody in their past who has some significant contribution?

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 And I'm related to that individual, so I am significant because of them.

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 From a survey of 239 18- to 20-year-olds at seven different universities,

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 researchers found individuals who had the healthiest identity development

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 were those who had a connection and a sense of connectedness to their family.

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 We understand the significance of family.

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 We can appreciate that when we're connected to people, there is a sense of belonging.

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 There's a sense of identity.

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 There's a sense of accomplishment.

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 And there's a sense that we are connected to an individual or a group of individuals.

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 We're going to find in our passage today that there is this family tree

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 that traces its way to Jesus Christ.

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 It began and it traces back from Abraham.

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 And the promise that we'll look at this morning is that this promise that was given to Abraham

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 to make of him a great nation may include you.

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 So while you may or may not feel connected to a specific physical family,

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 because of the work of Jesus Christ, there is an invitation for you to belong.

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 An invitation for you to belong to the greatest family of history.

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 The family that includes Jesus himself.

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 To be a brother to Jesus.

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 And to have God the Father as your heavenly Father.

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 So if you're there with me in Matthew chapter 1,

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 let's begin our journey as we look through this genealogy together.

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 And we're going to see right at the outset that it is God who sets his plan in motion.

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 God is the one who takes initiative.

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 God is the one who sets this course in action.

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 It's God himself who has a plan and puts that plan to work.

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 Notice with me if you're there in Matthew chapter 1, verse 1, it says,

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 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

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 This word for genealogy is the word for beginning, the word for origin.

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 It's kind of like the word Genesis, which is the book of beginnings.

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 This is the start of Jesus Christ.

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 At least the introduction to him in the New Testament.

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 As we turn the page to the beginning of this New Testament,

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 we find this new figure that emerges, Jesus Christ.

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 He becomes the epitome, the supreme figure that marks itself throughout the New Testament.

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 Matthew begins this gospel.

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 He wants his readers to understand something significant.

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 That God's plan in history is a plan that involves people.

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 That's our first sub-point this morning.

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 That God does fulfill his plan, but he fulfills his plan through people.

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 That should be an encouragement to all of us in this room.

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 Regardless of where you are, regardless of your history,

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 regardless of how adequate or inadequate you might feel,

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 how sufficient or insufficient you may feel,

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 God delights in using people to carry out his plan.

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 Matthew lays out this history.

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 It's a history that's actually rooted in the Old Testament.

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 A history that is established on a foundation of God's promises

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 that we'll look at this morning briefly.

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 A history that's built on people and on a nation.

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 But God is the one who takes the initiative here.

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 It's God who sets things in motion.

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 It's God who chooses from among the nations

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 and establishes his purposes.

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 It's God who will set those purposes in action, in motion.

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 And that purpose that God has fundamentally is a purpose

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 not just of salvation,

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 but salvation that comes through relationship.

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 Through a people.

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 God is interested in people and relationships.

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 We'll see this as we move through our passage today.

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 That standing as prominent members on this list,

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 Abraham and David,

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 they represent distinct moments in history

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 where God showed up to initiate a relationship.

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 Not just a promise,

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 but a relationship with them and to them.

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 He's gonna provide,

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 we're gonna provide more clues as we move through this

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 that that relationship would help to invite them

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 into deliverance and salvation.

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 Even now, God is taking initiative.

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 We understand from 1 John 4, verse 19,

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 this initiating work of God.

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 We love him because he, what church?

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 He first loved us.

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 If you love God this morning,

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 it's because of God's initiating love for you.

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 He drew you in.

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 He welcomed you.

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 He invites you.

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 And if you haven't participated or enjoyed

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 or experienced that love of God,

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 God is inviting you into that experience

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 of relationship with him

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 that comes through the apex of this genealogy,

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 Jesus Christ himself.

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 He invites you to participate

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 in that community of faith,

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 that family of God.

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 God initiates also in John 3, 16,

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 you know this verse.

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 For God so loved the world

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 that he gave his only begotten son,

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 that whoever believes in him should not perish,

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 but have everlasting life.

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 That initiating work of God has a purpose.

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 That purpose of sending his son, Jesus,

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 is to draw you into salvation and forgiveness.

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 God took that initiative.

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 But that plan of deployment,

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 the plan of getting the message to the nations,

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 that plan of gospel propagation,

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 is also a plan that involves people.

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 Matthew chapter 28,

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 Jesus is telling his disciples,

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 he says,

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 go, therefore,

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 and make disciples of all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name of the Father

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 and of the Son and the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them to observe all that I've commanded you,

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 and behold,

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 I am with you always to the end of the age.

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 God's plan involves people.

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 And that's encouraging

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 because the people

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 and the lives that we're gonna look at

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 in this genealogy

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 are full of broken,

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 sinful,

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 wicked,

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 rebellious individuals.

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 And I imagine

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 that if you're honest with yourself,

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 you can identify it.

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 But you're not disqualified

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 if you put your faith in Christ,

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 that God delights

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 in forgiving,

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 in cleansing,

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 in making you one with him,

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 and then deploying you

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 in the work of gospel mission.

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 This plan of God

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 that involves people.

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 In verse 2,

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 we come to understand

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 that God delights

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 in fulfilling his plan

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 by his power.

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 It is by God's power

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 that we come to experience

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 and enjoy this plan

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 that he has put in place.

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 Verse 2 of Matthew chapter 1 says,

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 Abraham was the father of Isaac,

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 and Isaac the father of Jacob,

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 and Jacob the father of Judah,

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 and his brothers.

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 I think we often take for granted

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 the natural things

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 that happen in life,

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 especially as it relates

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 to childbearing.

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 And we think that

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 since these things

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 just seem to happen,

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 that promises that are made,

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 and names that are listed,

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 and fathers of sons

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 that continue to propagate themselves

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 is just natural.

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 But throughout the story

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 of Jesus' family line,

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 natural things like childbearing

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 proves to be a work of God,

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 and a work of God alone.

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 The three men listed in verse 2

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 had wives that were barren.

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 Any hope of establishing a legacy,

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 a family, a nation,

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 was entirely up to God

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 from the very beginning.

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 And God did that by design

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 to help these forefathers

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 to know

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 that if any nation

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 was going to be established,

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 it was going to be established

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 under His power

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 and His power alone,

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 not the power of men.

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 Beginning with Abraham and Sarah,

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 in this formation

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 of a people of God,

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 we come to Genesis chapter 12.

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 And I know we've talked about

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 Genesis chapter 12

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 several times

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 over the past couple of years,

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 but it's important for us

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 to be reminded again

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 of the work of God

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 and His power

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 in establishing His promise

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 and carrying it through.

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 In chapter 12,

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 verses 1 and 3,

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 it says,

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 Now the Lord said to Abraham,

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 Go from your country

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 and your kindred

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 and your father's house

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 to the land that I will show you,

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 and I will make of you

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 a great nation.

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 I will bless you

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 and make your name great

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 so that you will be a blessing.

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 I will bless those who bless you

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 and whom who dishonors you

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 I will curse,

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 and in you

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 all the families of the earth

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 shall be blessed.

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 In these first three verses,

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 notice that it is God

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 who takes the initiative.

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 It's God who calls

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 Abraham and Sarah

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 out of Haran.

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 It's God who establishes

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 a promise

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 and the promise

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 that rests on His power alone.

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 I will do this.

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 I will make.

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 I will show.

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 I will bless you

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 and make your name great.

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 I will make this promise

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 and the fulfillment

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 of this promise

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 depends on the power of God

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 and the power of God alone.

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 From the account,

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 there's no indication here

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 that Abraham had any inclination

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 of who God was.

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 What we find in Joshua 24, verse 2,

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 that Joshua said to all the people,

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 thus says the Lord,

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 the God of Israel,

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 long ago,

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 your fathers lived beyond Euphrates,

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 Terah, the father of Abraham,

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 and of Nahor,

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 and they served other gods.

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 It wasn't that Abraham's heart

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 was inclined to God.

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 It wasn't that Abraham

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 was searching for God

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 or pursuing God

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 or wanting God in any way.

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 His heart was distant.

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 His heart was opposed to God

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 and moving in the direction

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 of idolatry.

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 And yet,

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 God takes the initiative

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 and God draws

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 Abraham and Sarah to Himself

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 to establish a nation.

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 And the amazing part is this,

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 that God makes this promise

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 in the worst possible time,

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 where every human potential

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 of producing offspring

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 was all but gone.

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 We find in Genesis 12, verse 4,

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 So Abraham went,

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 as the Lord had told him,

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 and Lot went with him.

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 Abraham was 75 years old

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 when he departed from Haran.

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 Abraham is an old man.

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 His wife Sarah is 10 years younger,

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 but at 65,

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 and as a barren woman,

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 there is no human possibility

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 of fertility in her womb

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 of bearing children.

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 Two aged people,

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 a barren woman,

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 both way past their prime,

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 and this is when God

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 initiates His promise.

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 Why?

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 So that what would be

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 at the front of the fulfillment

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 is the power of God,

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 not the power of men.

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 So about 10 years go by,

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 and Abraham is beginning to wonder,

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 is God,

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 did I hear God right?

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 I thought God promised me a seed.

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 There's no son yet.

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 And so in his wonderings,

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 God shows up to him again

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 in Genesis chapter 15.

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 And it says this,

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 After these things,

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 the word of the Lord

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 came to Abraham,

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 or Abram,

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 in a vision.

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 Fear not, Abram.

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 I am your shield.

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 Your reward

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 shall be very great.

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 But Abram said,

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 O Lord God,

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 what will you give me?

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 For I continue childless,

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 and the heir of my house

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 is Eleazar of Damascus.

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 And Abram said,

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 Behold,

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 you have given me no offspring,

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 and a member of my household

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 will be my heir.

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 And behold,

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 the word of the Lord

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 came to him,

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 This man shall not be your heir.

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 Your very own son

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 shall be your heir.

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 And he brought him outside

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 and said,

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 Look towards heaven,

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 and number 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 he counted it to him

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 as righteousness.

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 God reaffirms his promise

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 to Abram.

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 Don't worry, Abram.

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 I will accomplish the word

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 that I gave you

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 ten years ago.

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 You will have a son.

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 It will be from your

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 very own loins.

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 And I will give you

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 a descendant.

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 Descendants that are more

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 than the stars of the sky.

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 You can count on it.

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 In the midst

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 of the impossibility,

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 it says that Abraham

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 believed God,

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 and it was accounted to him

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 for righteousness.

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 So that Abraham

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 becomes a model of faith.

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 And we're going to find

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 from this story

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 that Abraham is not

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 just to be

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 a father of nations

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 physically,

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 but that he's also

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 to be a father

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 of nations

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 spiritually.

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 And so to be part

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 of Abraham

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 is not just to be

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 a descendant of Abraham

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 in a physical way,

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 but to be part of Abraham

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 in embracing

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 the faith of Abraham.

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 Being a son

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 or daughter of Abraham

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 through faith in God

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 just the way

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 that Abraham believed.

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 Those who would be

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 true Israel

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 would be sons

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 and daughters

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 physically

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 and spiritually.

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 And as you probably remember,

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 Abraham and Sarah

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 thought they needed

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 to help God out.

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 It had been a while,

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 and so Sarah

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 gives Abraham

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 her maidservant,

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 Hagar,

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 and Abraham

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 has a son

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 through Hagar

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 named Ishmael.

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 But it would serve

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 as another spiritual lesson.

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 Hagar's son,

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 Ishmael,

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 would represent

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 those born

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 under spiritual bondage.

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 A physical descendant

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 wasn't all

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 that God had in mind.

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 He had a physical

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 and a spiritual

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 descendant in mind.

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 Those who were

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 sons of Abraham

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 physically

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 and through faith

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 in him

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 spiritually,

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 faith in God

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 spiritually.

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 Finally,

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 after 15 years,

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 Abraham was now

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 99

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 and Sarah

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 was 90.

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 25 years

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 after the original

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 promise

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 and God shows up

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 to Abraham

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 again

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 in Genesis chapter 17.

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 It says,

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 When Abraham

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 was 99 years old

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 and the Lord

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 appeared to Abraham

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 and said to him,

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 I am the God Almighty.

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 Walk before me

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 and be blameless

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 that I may make

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 my covenant

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 between me and you

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 and may multiply

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 you greatly.

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 Then Abraham fell

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 on his face

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 and God said to him,

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 Behold,

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:46.019
 my covenant

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 is with you

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 and you shall be

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 the father

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 of a multitude

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 of nations.

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 No longer

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 shall your name

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 be called Abraham

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 but your name

00:20:54.340 --> 00:20:55.600
 shall be called Abraham

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 for I have made you

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 the father

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 of a multitude

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 of nations.

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 I will make

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 you exceedingly fruitful

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!

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 And I will make you

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 into nations

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 and kings

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 shall come

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.700
 from you!

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 And God said,

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:10.900
 Abraham,

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 As for Sarai,

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 your wife,

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 you shall not

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 call her name

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 Sarai

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 but Sarah

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 shall be her name.

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 I will bless her

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 and moreover

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 I will give you

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 a son by her.

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 I will bless her

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 and she shall

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:26.059
 become nations.

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 Kings of peoples

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 shall come

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 from her.

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 Abraham,

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.440
 this should have been

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.400
 abundantly obvious

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.580
 to you from the beginning

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 that when I promised

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.860
 you a son,

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:38.000
 I promised you

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.620
 offspring,

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 it was for you

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 and your wife

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 Sarah

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 not you

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 and some other

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.559
 random stranger.

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 But let me make this clear.

00:21:47.199 --> 00:21:48.399
 This promise is to you,

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.879
 this promise is to your wife

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.419
 Sarah,

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 I will make you

00:21:51.719 --> 00:21:52.379
 into nations

00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:54.699
 and I will bring you kings.

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 As you know the story,

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 in the midst of human

00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:00.959
 impossibility,

00:22:01.679 --> 00:22:02.919
 God shows his power

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:05.080
 to provide for them

00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:06.800
 a son named Isaac.

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 It was completely

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:10.180
 dependent on the power

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.980
 of God

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 and not the power

00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:13.200
 of men.

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:16.080
 400 years would go by

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 and the people

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 of Israel

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.900
 would make their way

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.380
 to Egypt

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 and after 400 years,

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 God would send

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.779
 a deliverer,

00:22:23.120 --> 00:22:23.440
 Moses,

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 who would lead the people

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 out of Egypt

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 and they would wander

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 for 40 years

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 in the wilderness

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 awaiting the time

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 to go into the promised land.

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 Once they entered

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 the promised land

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 for 300 years

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 they would be

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.759
 delivered

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 and governed

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.720
 by judges

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:42.519
 who God would raise up

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 and provide

00:22:43.419 --> 00:22:44.899
 as those who would help

00:22:44.899 --> 00:22:46.500
 provide both spiritual

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:48.019
 and physical deliverance

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:49.619
 from the various trials

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.379
 they experienced

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.039
 as people.

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 But the moral decline

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.359
 during this period

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:54.839
 of judges

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:56.119
 is summed up

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:57.279
 at the end of Judges

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 chapter 21

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 verse 25

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 in this way.

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.039
 In those days

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:03.039
 there was no king

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.500
 in Israel.

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 Everyone did

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.480
 what was right

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.599
 in his own eyes.

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 A king had not yet come.

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 And so the people

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:11.079
 decided that they

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 were going to take

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.119
 initiative

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 and they were going

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.980
 to do for themselves

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:17.059
 what this promise

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:18.139
 to Abraham

00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:19.480
 had included.

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:21.099
 Let's have kings.

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.819
 So they took the initiative

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 and they sought out Samuel.

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 They demanded a king

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 and God gave them

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.159
 Samuel.

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 Excuse me.

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 God gave them

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 King Saul.

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 As you know

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 Saul had a heart

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 that was divided.

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 Saul was not committed

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 to the Lord.

00:23:38.959 --> 00:23:39.639
 Saul was not

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:41.399
 God's original plan

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:42.000
 for king.

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 And so

00:23:43.679 --> 00:23:44.699
 this anointed

00:23:44.699 --> 00:23:45.859
 man

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 because he was tall

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 and handsome

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 was not God's selection

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:50.039
 for his people

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 and the people

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 did not flourish

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 because of his leadership.

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 So God would take

00:23:55.179 --> 00:23:56.119
 initiative again

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 and God would raise up

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 a king for himself

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 King David.

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 And that's what leads us

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:03.340
 to our next point

00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:03.819
 this morning

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 that God will fulfill

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.980
 his plan

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 by his purpose.

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 By his purpose,

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 his plan,

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 his design alone.

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 Verses 3 to 6

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 we're back in Matthew

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 chapter 1

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 it says

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 and Judah

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 the father of

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 Moriah.

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 If we had time

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 to follow

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 the twists

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 and turns

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 and ups and downs

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 of this genealogy

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 and pursue the stories

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 that are laid out

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 for us

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 throughout the Old Testament

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 we would come

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 to see

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 that what was

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 the plan

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 of the people

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 as it related

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 to birthright

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 and blessing

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 and that being

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 established

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 through the firstborn

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 was not the plan

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.160
 of God

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:13.000
 for his people.

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 God's plan

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.779
 would not follow

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:17.079
 that normal course.

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 God had a design

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.519
 of his own

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 at least as it relates

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.759
 to Judah

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 who ended up being

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.299
 the fourth son

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.220
 of Jacob.

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 He stuck

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 towards the end

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 of the first group

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 of kids

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 that were born

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 to Leah

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 his wife.

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 Judah

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 whose story

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.880
 is marked

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:36.039
 with blatant

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.599
 sin against God

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 and yet Judah

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:40.599
 was the chosen one

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 the father

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:43.179
 of this future king.

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 Then the twists

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.679
 and the turns

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.179
 of David

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 this shepherd boy

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.919
 this youngest son

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 in a family

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.959
 of eight sons

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 the smallest

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:53.980
 in stature

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.339
 the least likely

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:55.859
 candidate

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.659
 to be king

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:58.139
 yet the one

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:59.240
 that God chose

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:01.039
 by his design

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:02.980
 it was according

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.879
 to his purposes

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:05.139
 his design

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 as God

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:07.579
 being the master

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.419
 planner.

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.220
 The centuries

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.919
 old promise

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.559
 that God made

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:11.919
 to Abraham

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 and Sarah

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 would finally

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.019
 come true

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.019
 God would

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.779
 raise up

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.259
 a king

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.259
 through Judah

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 and David

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.799
 as you know

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.539
 would be this man

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.000
 of God

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 a man after

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.279
 God's own heart

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 a man of faith

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 a man of worship

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 a man of devotion

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 and a man of patience

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:31.399
 Samuel would

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.359
 anoint David

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:32.740
 king

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.299
 but it would

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.579
 require David

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.639
 to wait

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.559
 for God's

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.059
 ultimate

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.319
 fulfillment

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.319


00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.259
 of that promise

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.579
 faithfully

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.319
 serving King

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.759
 Saul

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:43.419
 but constantly

00:26:43.419 --> 00:26:44.079
 on the run

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.960
 in danger

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.639
 of losing

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.659
 his life

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.879
 yet trusting

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.339
 in God

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.799
 and waiting

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.859
 for his timing

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.980
 and not taking

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.619
 matters into

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.319
 his own hands

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.440
 David

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.859
 trusted in God

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.679
 God's

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.919
 master plan

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:58.119
 to see it

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.480
 through

00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:00.059
 nearly a thousand

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.940
 years has

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.919
 transpired

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.799
 now since

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.299
 Abraham

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:04.440
 and that original

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:04.980
 promise

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.420
 for there

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.660
 to be

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.140
 a king

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.680
 and now

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.259
 finally

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.980
 David

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.559
 is here

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:10.400
 and David

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:10.839
 is waiting

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:12.299
 and now

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.720
 God

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.319
 brings

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.980
 a promise

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.880
 to David

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:16.059
 we find

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.420
 in 1st

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.900
 Chronicles

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.900
 chapter 17

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:19.079
 verses 7

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.620
 to 14

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:21.059
 now therefore

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.059
 thus shall

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.399
 you say

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:22.679
 to my

00:27:22.679 --> 00:27:22.959
 servant

00:27:22.959 --> 00:27:23.339
 David

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.359
 thus says

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:24.659
 the Lord

00:27:24.659 --> 00:27:25.039
 of hosts

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.559
 I took

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:25.879
 you

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.479
 from the

00:27:26.479 --> 00:27:26.919
 pasture

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:28.159
 from following

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.659
 the sheep

00:27:28.659 --> 00:27:29.079
 to be

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:30.039
 the prince

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.539
 over my

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.819
 people

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.259
 Israel

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.219
 and I have

00:27:32.219 --> 00:27:32.599
 been with

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:32.879
 you

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.359
 wherever

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.279
 you have

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.679
 gone

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.059
 and have

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.799
 cut off

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.319
 all your

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.759
 enemies

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.559
 from

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.139
 excuse me

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.679
 from before

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:38.979
 you

00:27:38.979 --> 00:27:39.959
 and I will

00:27:39.959 --> 00:27:40.500
 make for

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.319
 you a name

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.559
 like the name

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.179
 of the great

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:44.099
 ones of the

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.419
 earth

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:46.200
 when your

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.640
 days are

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.080
 fulfilled

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:47.680
 to walk

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.160
 with all

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.720
 your fathers

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.600
 I will

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:50.360
 raise up

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.519
 your offspring

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.140
 after you

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:53.120
 one of your

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.759
 very own

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.200
 sons

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.060
 and I will

00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:55.480
 establish

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.080
 his kingdom

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:56.800
 he shall

00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:57.160
 build a

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.660
 house for

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:57.900
 me

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.560
 and I will

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:58.900
 establish

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.440
 his throne

00:27:59.440 --> 00:27:59.860
 forever

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.680
 I will

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.240
 be to him

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.759
 a father

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.560
 he shall

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.180
 be to me

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.779
 a son

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.500
 I will

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.000
 not take

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.779
 my steadfast

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.340
 love from

00:28:06.340 --> 00:28:06.600
 him

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.420
 as I took

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.720
 it from

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:07.960
 him

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.220
 who is

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.600
 before

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:08.920
 you

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.759
 but I

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.240
 will

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.779
 confirm

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.120
 him

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:12.100
 in my

00:28:12.100 --> 00:28:12.519
 house

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.100
 and in

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:13.640
 my kingdom

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.100
 forever

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.159
 and his

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.500
 throne

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.119
 shall be

00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:17.000
 established

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.619
 forever

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:19.119
 David

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:20.980
 don't forget

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.339
 where you

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.819
 came from

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:23.439
 don't forget

00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:24.019
 I took

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.539
 you from

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.179
 the pasture

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:26.419
 I was

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:26.939
 the one

00:28:26.939 --> 00:28:27.619
 who took

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.219
 initiative

00:28:28.219 --> 00:28:29.619
 as a

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.059
 lowly

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.480
 shepherd

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.439
 the youngest

00:28:31.439 --> 00:28:32.059
 of your

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.539
 family

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.139
 you were

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.759
 the least

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.199
 likely

00:28:34.199 --> 00:28:34.599
 candidate

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:34.919
 to be

00:28:34.919 --> 00:28:35.219
 king

00:28:35.219 --> 00:28:35.839
 but I

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.059
 took

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.480
 initiative

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.399
 by my

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:37.859
 design

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.419
 I drew

00:28:38.419 --> 00:28:38.719
 you out

00:28:38.719 --> 00:28:39.000
 and by

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.740
 my power

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.439
 I'm

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:40.699
 making

00:28:40.699 --> 00:28:40.939
 you

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.279
 king

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.500
 I put

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.819
 you in

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.279
 place

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.319
 you were

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.899
 merely

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.480
 a shepherd

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:47.099
 but I

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.339
 raised

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.680
 you up

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.619
 and I

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.059
 fulfilled

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:50.059
 my purposes

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.879
 and my

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.240
 promise

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.759
 to you

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.859
 by establishing

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.379
 you as a

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:53.740
 priest

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.619
 and protecting

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.079
 you from

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.539
 danger

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.680
 and preserving

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.220
 your life

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.940
 by cutting

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.420
 off your

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:58.859
 enemies

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.599
 and so

00:28:59.599 --> 00:28:59.940
 because

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:01.379
 of the

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:01.980
 way in

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.399
 which

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:02.839
 I've been

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.279
 able

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.200
 to

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.859
 fulfill

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.180
 my

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.660
 promises

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.240
 to you

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.399
 you can

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:07.899
 trust

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.859
 that the

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.180
 promises

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.519
 that I'm

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.779
 making

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.339
 about your

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.019
 future

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.879
 offspring

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.119
 your

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.519
 future

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.039
 son

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.299
 it will

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.660
 be true

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.599
 you can

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.139
 trust me

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:17.339
 because

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.339
 I will

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.720
 raise up

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.119
 a seed

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.220
 verse 11

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.440
 I will

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.859
 establish

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.379
 his

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.740
 kingdom

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.779
 verse 11

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:25.180
 I will

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.619
 establish

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.339
 his throne

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.839
 forever

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:28.279
 I will

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.539
 be a

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.920
 father to

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.059
 him

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.379
 and he

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:29.759
 will be

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.220
 a son

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.799
 to me

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.920
 I will

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.379
 not take

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:32.819
 my love

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.200
 from him

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.859
 I will

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.279
 confirm

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.559
 him

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.240
 his throne

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.539
 will be

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.000
 established

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.480
 forever

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.180
 this

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:38.019
 is my

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.940
 design

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.660
 you

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.019
 can

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.400
 trust

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.620
 it

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.259
 I will

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.420
 see

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:41.539
 it

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:41.840
 through

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:44.519
 and

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.680
 throughout

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:44.840
 the

00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:44.960
 Old

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.279
 Testament

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.740
 Israel

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.400
 awaited

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.640
 this

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:46.880
 king

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:48.320
 they

00:29:48.320 --> 00:29:48.779
 anticipated

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.039
 the

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.340
 promise

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:49.580
 they

00:29:49.580 --> 00:29:49.900
 knew

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.160
 that

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.500
 God

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.100
 was

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.720
 faithful

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.120
 to

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.400
 carry

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.539
 it

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.779
 through

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.799
 and

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:53.940
 as

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.200
 God

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.440
 took

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.620
 the

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.019
 initiative

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.360
 and

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:55.700
 as

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.019
 God

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.820
 demonstrated

00:29:56.820 --> 00:29:57.059
 his

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.460
 power

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.920
 they

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.360
 knew

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.720
 that

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:58.860
 the

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.299
 promise

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.700
 keeping

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.200
 God

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.580
 was

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:00.940
 going

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.160
 to

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.620
 fulfill

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:01.640
!

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.039
 His

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.440
 promises

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:02.680
 to

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:02.960
 David

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.200
 and

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.320
 so

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:04.460
 they

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.700
 waited

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:07.900
 God

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.100
 is

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.420
 one

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.000
 we

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.140
 can

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.560
 trust

00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:10.039
 to

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.220
 keep

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.360
 his

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:10.700
 promises

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:12.100
 we

00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:12.440
 see

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.100
 not

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.400
 only

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.660
 this

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.440
 initiating

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.160
 God

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.480
 in

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.000
 this

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.880
 genealogy

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.640
 but

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.000
 we

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.380
 also

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:18.700
 come

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:18.840
 to

00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:19.360
 understand

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:19.779
 he

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:19.940
 is

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.080
 a

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.240
 God

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.400
 of

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.880
 mercy

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.560
 a

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:21.740
 God

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:21.900
 who

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.539
 includes

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:22.759
 the

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.240
 nations

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.420
 we

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:24.620
 see

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:24.759
 that

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:24.980
 here

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.140
 in

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.400
 verses

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.060
 3

00:30:26.060 --> 00:30:26.200
 to

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.620
 6

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.640
 there

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:27.740
 are

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.080
 three

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.980
 names

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.500
 of

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.060
 ladies

00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:30.360
 that

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:30.880
 stand

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.300
 out

00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:31.640
 in

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.340
 these

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:32.860
 verses

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.880
 and

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.039
 as

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.200
 we

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.720
 read

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.420
 these

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:35.960
 key

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.320
 women

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.560
 in

00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:36.800
 these

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.180
 verses

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.460
 we

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.680
 come

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:37.820
 to

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.360
 understand

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:38.859
 these

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.019
 are

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.279
 women

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.539
 of

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.799
 faith

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.179
 but

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.319
 they're

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.779
 also

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.359
 women

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.559
 of

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:41.679
 the

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:41.979
 world

00:30:41.979 --> 00:30:42.359
 they're

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.599
 women

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.459
 outside

00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:44.199
 the

00:30:44.199 --> 00:30:45.079
 people

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.319
 of

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.579
 Israel

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:45.839
 who've

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:45.979
 been

00:30:45.979 --> 00:30:46.359
 drawn

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:46.719
 in

00:30:46.719 --> 00:30:48.179
 although

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:48.740
 two of

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:48.899
 them

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:49.240
 had a

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.479
 dark

00:30:49.479 --> 00:30:49.939
 history

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:51.619
 providentially

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.719
 God

00:30:52.719 --> 00:30:52.719


00:30:52.719 --> 00:30:53.719
 incorporated

00:30:53.719 --> 00:30:54.019
 them

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.439
 into

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:55.079
 his

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.839
 genealogy

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.539
 to

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:56.739
 make

00:30:56.739 --> 00:30:56.899
 a

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.219
 statement

00:30:57.219 --> 00:30:58.039
 and

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.219
 that

00:30:58.219 --> 00:30:58.679
 statement

00:30:58.679 --> 00:30:59.079
 is

00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.279
 that

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.619
 he

00:30:59.619 --> 00:30:59.959
 would

00:30:59.959 --> 00:31:00.119
 be

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.519
 faithful

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.259
 to

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.439
 answer

00:31:02.439 --> 00:31:02.779
 the

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.279
 promise

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.939
 to

00:31:03.939 --> 00:31:04.539
 Abraham

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:04.919
 and

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:05.179
 Sarah

00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:05.679
 that

00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:05.979
 he

00:31:05.979 --> 00:31:06.319
 would

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.819
 bless

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.219
 the

00:31:07.219 --> 00:31:07.639
 nations

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:08.579
 through

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.000
 them

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.599
 all

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:09.779
 the

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.239
 families

00:31:10.239 --> 00:31:10.739
 of the

00:31:10.739 --> 00:31:10.939
 earth

00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.099
 would

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.219
 be

00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:11.639
 blessed

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:13.019
 not

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.439
 just

00:31:13.439 --> 00:31:14.119
 those

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.719
 of

00:31:14.719 --> 00:31:15.139
 Israel

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:16.500
 this

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.800
 first

00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:17.020
 woman

00:31:17.020 --> 00:31:17.180
 on

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.320
 our

00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:17.540
 list

00:31:17.540 --> 00:31:18.040
 her

00:31:18.040 --> 00:31:18.220
 name

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.360
 is

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.720
 Tamar

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:20.160
 Judah

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.400
 and

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.720
 Tamar

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.160
 we find

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.340
 their

00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:21.720
 story

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:21.920
 in

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.280
 Genesis

00:31:22.280 --> 00:31:23.340
 38

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:24.580
 Tamar

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:24.900
 is a

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.300
 Canaanite

00:31:25.300 --> 00:31:25.560
 woman

00:31:25.560 --> 00:31:26.500
 who was

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.840
 first

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.180
 given

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.500
 to

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.100
 Judah's

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:29.000
 firstborn

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.500
 son

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.060
 named

00:31:30.060 --> 00:31:30.400
 Ur

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.440
 Ur

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.660
 was

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.000
 wicked

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.680
 and so

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:32.920
 God

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.240
 killed

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.420
 him

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.460
 so

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.759
 then

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.960
 Tamar

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.140
 was

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.320
 then

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:36.520
 given

00:31:36.520 --> 00:31:36.900
 to

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.380
 his

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:37.680
 brother

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:37.980
 the

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.240
 second

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.800
 oldest

00:31:38.800 --> 00:31:39.480
 named

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.920
 Onan

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:41.060
 Onan

00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:41.460
 too

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.020
 was

00:31:42.020 --> 00:31:42.360
 wicked

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.000
 so

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.340
 God

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:43.900
 killed

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.220
 him

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.380
 now

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.920
 Tamar

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.160
 is

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.500
 left

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.140
 without

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.660
 an heir

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:47.880
 and

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.200
 without

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.860
 a son

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:50.120
 and

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.620
 at

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:50.860
 this

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.200
 point

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.000
 Judah

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.299
 is

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.600
 beginning

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:52.839
 to

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.120
 wonder

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.640
 if

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.039
 it's

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.640
 wise

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:54.920
 to

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.220
 give

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.700
 Tamar

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.220
 to

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.720
 his

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.039
 youngest

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.740
 son

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:59.339
 so

00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:00.519
 Tamar

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.920
 begins

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.140
 to

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.460
 take

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.860
 matters

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.039
 into

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.160
 her

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.299
 own

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.740
 hands

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.680
 she

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.039
 tricks

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.299
 her

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.960
 father-in-law

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.980
 and

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.220
 then

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.579
 gives

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:06.980
 birth

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.180
 to

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.319
 a

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:07.460
 set

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:07.579
 of

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.000
 twins

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.660
 named

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.100
 Perez

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.819
 and

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.240
 Zerah

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.059
 we find

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.480
 their names

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.819
 listed

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.279
 for us

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.620
 in this

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.059
 passage

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:14.339
 this

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.960
 twisted

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.859
 story

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.759
 of

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.500
 sordid

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.460
 wickedness

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.839
 and the

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.419
 details

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:20.119
 that come

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:21.019
 that help

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.259
 us

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.059
 understand

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:23.079
 that God

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:25.519
 he overcomes

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.839
 sin

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:27.539
 God

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.659
 is drawing

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:29.319
 the nations

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.659
 and God

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.559
 uses broken

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.200
 people to

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.720
 accomplish

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.579
 his purposes

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.960
 God

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.500
 delights

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.299
 in using

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.539
 brokenness

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:39.099
 to demonstrate

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.039
 that his

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.659
 plan

00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:41.419
 can continue

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.960
 to move

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.320
 forward

00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:43.200
 not on

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.539
 our

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:43.940
 strength

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.279
 but on

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.620
 his

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:45.240
 strength

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.680
 alone

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:47.160
 the next

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.779
 woman

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.259
 that comes

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.560
 in our

00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:48.860
 list

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:50.039
 we find

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.640
 her name

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.000
 in verse

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.460
 five

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.500
 Rahab

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:54.060
 we discover

00:32:54.060 --> 00:32:54.620
 is the

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.120
 mother

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:56.060
 of Boaz

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:57.180
 if we

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.500
 remember

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.100
 the nation

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.600
 of Israel

00:32:58.600 --> 00:32:59.300
 here they are

00:32:59.300 --> 00:33:00.019
 they've left

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.380
 Egypt

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.700
 and they're

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.060
 on their

00:33:01.060 --> 00:33:01.420
 way

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.140
 through

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.500
 the

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:02.960
 wilderness

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.500
 and they're

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.120
 just on

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.620
 the verge

00:33:04.620 --> 00:33:05.240
 of the

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.820
 promised

00:33:05.820 --> 00:33:06.240
 land

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:08.000
 and they're

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.820
 waiting

00:33:08.820 --> 00:33:09.620
 and looking

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.259
 over the

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.539
 Jordan

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:10.879
 and the

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.379
 first city

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.940
 they see

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.599
 is this

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.119
 city of

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.599
 Jericho

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:15.099
 this foreboding

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.660
 city

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.900
 that had a

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.799
 double walled

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.180
 system

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:19.140
 and those

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.759
 walls would

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.759
 tower over

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.900
 the landscape

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.779
 and the

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.720
 people within

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.539
 those walls

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.559
 were giants

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:27.420
 their military

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.900
 might preceded

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.180
 them

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.779
 but before

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.559
 crossing the

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.920
 Jordan

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:33.480
 Joshua

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.279
 sent two

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.640
 spies

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.859
 into the

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.140
 land

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.960
 to scope

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.579
 things out

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:39.059
 and providentially

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.759
 the spies were

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.460
 met by this

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.420
 prostitute

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.299
 named Rahab

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.460
 who took

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.180
 the spies

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.759
 into her

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.099
 home

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:46.039
 and hid

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.819
 those spies

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.559
 on her

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:47.799
 roof

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.279
 among the

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.660
 flax

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:50.180
 she tells

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.599
 them

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.779
 what actually

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.559
 was on the

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.039
 hearts

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.059
 of everyone

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.379
 in the

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:54.700
 land

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:56.359
 we find

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.879
 her account

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.440
 in Joshua

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.099
 chapter 2

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.779
 verses 8

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.140
 to 11

00:33:59.140 --> 00:34:00.059
 here's what

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.599
 she says

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.920
 before the

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.339
 men lay

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:02.640
 down

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.160
 she came

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.440
 up to

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.660
 them

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.019
 on the

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.319
 roof

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:05.200
 and said

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.420
 to the

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:05.640
 men

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.220
 I know

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:07.160
 that the

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.640
 Lord has

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.239
 given you

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:08.879
 the land

00:34:08.879 --> 00:34:09.779
 and that

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.199
 the fear

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.519
 of you

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.099
 has fallen

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.859
 upon us

00:34:11.859 --> 00:34:12.479
 and that

00:34:12.479 --> 00:34:13.059
 all the

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.559
 inhabitants

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.039
 of the

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.339
 land

00:34:14.339 --> 00:34:15.339
 melt away

00:34:15.339 --> 00:34:16.019
 before you

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:17.059
 for we

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.539
 have heard

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.299
 how the

00:34:18.299 --> 00:34:18.979
 Lord dried

00:34:18.979 --> 00:34:19.379
 up the

00:34:19.379 --> 00:34:19.739
 water of

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:19.979
 the Red

00:34:19.979 --> 00:34:20.279
 Sea

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:21.179
 before you

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.459
 when you

00:34:21.459 --> 00:34:21.799
 came out

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.199
 of Egypt

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:23.159
 and what

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.739
 you did

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.039
 to the

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.599
 two kings

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:24.859
 of the

00:34:24.859 --> 00:34:25.359
 Amorites

00:34:25.359 --> 00:34:26.079
 who were

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.839
 beyond the

00:34:26.839 --> 00:34:27.179
 Jordan

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:28.759
 to Sihon

00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:29.359
 of Og

00:34:29.359 --> 00:34:30.139
 whom you

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.479
 devoted

00:34:30.479 --> 00:34:31.459
 to destruction

00:34:31.459 --> 00:34:33.199
 and as soon

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:34.059
 as we heard

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.259
 it

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:35.039
 our hearts

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.419
 melted

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.480
 and there

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.820
 was no

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.240
 spirit

00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.780
 left in

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.059
 us

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.659
 any man

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:39.159
 because of

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.320
 you

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.860
 for the

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.180
 Lord

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:41.039
 your God

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.599
 he is

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.920
 God

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.200
 in the

00:34:42.200 --> 00:34:42.480
 heavens

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.900
 above

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.680
 and on

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.280
 the earth

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:45.159
 beneath

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:47.220
 so Rahab

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:48.099
 asks for an

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.780
 exchange of

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.139
 kindness

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:50.599
 she asks

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.059
 that when

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.700
 the people

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:52.519
 of Israel

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.039
 come and

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.500
 conquer

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.320
 Jericho

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:55.119
 that she

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.740
 and her

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.159
 family

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.559
 would be

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:56.900
 delivered

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:58.599
 she becomes

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.180
 for us

00:34:59.180 --> 00:35:00.039
 a model

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.579
 of faith

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.159
 she

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:02.639
 represents

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:04.539
 the fear

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.859
 that was

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:05.400
 on the

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.960
 entire

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:07.400
 land

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:08.019
 of Canaan

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.659
 because of

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.299
 the testimony

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:10.359
 of God's

00:35:10.359 --> 00:35:10.679
 work

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.379
 in leading

00:35:11.379 --> 00:35:11.819
 the people

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:12.139
 out of

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.519
 Egypt

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:14.059
 and then

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.359
 Matthew

00:35:14.359 --> 00:35:15.099
 here records

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.920
 the prominence

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:17.139
 of Rahab's

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.539
 faith

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.799
 in making

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.420
 her part

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.739
 of the

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.079
 line of

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.400
 David

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.519
 ultimately

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.980
 in the

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.359
 line of

00:35:22.359 --> 00:35:22.759
 Christ

00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:24.119
 the lesson

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.599
 for us

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:24.859
 is that

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.319
 regardless

00:35:25.319 --> 00:35:26.179
 of our

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.639
 background

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.839
 whether

00:35:27.839 --> 00:35:28.019
 you're

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.559
 an outsider

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.679
 whether

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.019
 you're

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.259
 a

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.839
 prostitute

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:31.119
 whether

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.879
 you have

00:35:31.879 --> 00:35:32.219
 done

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:32.559
 other

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.079
 sins

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.319
 that

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:33.480
 you

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.659
 are

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.279
 ashamed

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:34.539
 of

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.019
 whatever

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.459
 your

00:35:35.459 --> 00:35:36.039
 history

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.619
 God

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.459
 is

00:35:38.459 --> 00:35:38.879
 strong

00:35:38.879 --> 00:35:39.199
 enough

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.399
 to

00:35:39.399 --> 00:35:39.699
 forgive

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.079
 he

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.899
 overcomes

00:35:40.899 --> 00:35:41.099
 your

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.500
 sin

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.019
 by

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.579
 sending

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.279
 Jesus

00:35:43.279 --> 00:35:44.719
 who

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:44.879
 can

00:35:44.879 --> 00:35:45.159
 forgive

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.359
 your

00:35:45.359 --> 00:35:45.659
 sin

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.259
 if

00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:46.379
 you

00:35:46.379 --> 00:35:46.639
 ask

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:46.779
 for

00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:47.119
 forgiveness

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.799
 if

00:35:47.799 --> 00:35:48.099
 we

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.459
 confess

00:35:48.459 --> 00:35:48.699
 our

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:48.939
 sin

00:35:48.939 --> 00:35:49.480
 he

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.939
 is

00:35:49.939 --> 00:35:50.359
 faithful

00:35:50.359 --> 00:35:50.919
 and

00:35:50.919 --> 00:35:51.279
 just

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:51.599
 to

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:51.819
 forgive

00:35:51.819 --> 00:35:52.019
 our

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.279
 sin

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.959
 and to

00:35:52.959 --> 00:35:53.199
 cleanse

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.359
 us

00:35:53.359 --> 00:35:53.480
 from

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.639
 all

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.279
 unrighteousness

00:35:54.279 --> 00:35:54.699
 he

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:54.879
 did

00:35:54.879 --> 00:35:55.039
 that

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.199
 for

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.519
 Rahab

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.699
 Rahab

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.059
 who

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.279
 was

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.699
 marked

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.139
 out

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.359
 for

00:35:58.359 --> 00:35:58.879
 destruction

00:35:58.879 --> 00:35:59.759
 everyone

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.279
 in

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:00.839
 Jericho

00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:01.259
 was

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:01.559
 going

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:01.779
 to

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.080
 die

00:36:02.080 --> 00:36:02.500
 and

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:02.660
 yet

00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:03.180
 God

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:04.140
 rescued

00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:05.019
 Rahab

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.640
 because

00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:06.500
 of

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.960
 faith

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:08.320
 a

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.720
 model

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.060
 for

00:36:09.060 --> 00:36:09.240
 the

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.660
 entire

00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:10.080
 land

00:36:10.080 --> 00:36:10.260
 of

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.540
 Canaan

00:36:10.540 --> 00:36:11.060
 if

00:36:11.060 --> 00:36:11.340
 they

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.720
 too

00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:12.240
 had

00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:12.820
 come

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.360
 to

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:14.180
 God

00:36:14.180 --> 00:36:14.460
 in

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:14.900
 faith

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.400
 and

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.640
 had

00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:16.200
 trusted

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.420
 in

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.660
 him

00:36:16.660 --> 00:36:17.100
 like

00:36:17.100 --> 00:36:17.519
 Rahab

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.780
 they

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.220
 too

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.620
 would

00:36:18.620 --> 00:36:18.720
 have

00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:19.400
 experienced

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.680
 and

00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:20.080
 enjoyed

00:36:20.080 --> 00:36:21.320
 deliverance

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.440
 the

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.780
 question

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.340
 for us

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.700
 for

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:23.880
 you

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.120
 this

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:24.420
 morning

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.980
 have

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.100
 you

00:36:25.100 --> 00:36:25.500
 believed

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.400
 have

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:26.500
 you

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:26.820
 come

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.019
 to

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.140
 a

00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:27.560
 place

00:36:27.560 --> 00:36:28.080
 of

00:36:28.080 --> 00:36:28.560
 acknowledging

00:36:28.560 --> 00:36:28.840
 your

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.160
 sin

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.940
 of

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.280
 asking

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.500
 for

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.460
 forgiveness

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.579
 and giving

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:32.900
 your

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.340
 heart

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:33.840
 and life

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.179
 to

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:34.559
 Jesus

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.260
 Christ

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:36.480
 God

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.059
 inserts

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.800
 into

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.059
 his

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.760
 genealogy

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.559
 this

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.260
 record

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.740
 of

00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:41.340
 amazing

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:42.639
 rescue

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.119
 and

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.699
 salvation

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.340
 and

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.800
 forgiveness

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.179
 and

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.519
 faith

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.639
 then

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:46.739
 we

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:46.880
 come

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.019
 to

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.360
 Ruth

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.739
 Ruth

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.759
 we

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.099
 find

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.360
 there

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.579
 in

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:50.780
 verse

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.079
 five

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.259
 as

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.539
 well

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.500
 Boaz

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:52.679
 the

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:52.940
 father

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.119
 of

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.500
 Obed

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.059
 by

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.920
 Ruth

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.880
 Ruth

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.059
 who

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.179
 is

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.320
 one

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.420
 of

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.579
 my

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:56.900
 favorite

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.400
 characters

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.759
 in

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:57.880
 the

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.059
 Old

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.460
 Testament

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.139
 this

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.619
 young

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.500
 Moabite

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.800
 woman

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.119
 who

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.659
 for

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.320
 all

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.659
 intents

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:02.820
 and

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.139
 purposes

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.880
 had

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.320
 no

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:05.079
 right

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.699
 or

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.460
 opportunity

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.139
 to

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.500
 even

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.000
 be

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.500
 married

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.880
 by

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.360
 anyone

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.159
 in

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.759
 Israel

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:11.800
 this

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.380
 young

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.760
 Moabite

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.020
 woman

00:37:13.020 --> 00:37:13.220
 who

00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:13.400
 was

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.840
 loyal

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.280
 to

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:14.500
 her

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.720
 mother

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:14.880
 in

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.100
 law

00:37:15.100 --> 00:37:15.820
 who

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.160
 left

00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:16.340
 her

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:16.800
 family

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.340
 who

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.840
 abandoned

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.120
 her

00:37:18.120 --> 00:37:18.480
 idols

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.220
 who

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:20.220
 embraced

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:20.440
 the

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:20.600
 God

00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:20.740
 of

00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:21.080
 Israel

00:37:21.080 --> 00:37:21.860
 she

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.460
 like

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.980
 Abraham

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.480
 and

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:23.820
 Sarah

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.700
 continue

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:25.060
 to be

00:37:25.060 --> 00:37:25.400
 this

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:26.040
 example

00:37:26.040 --> 00:37:26.400
 for

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:26.740
 us

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.160
 of

00:37:27.160 --> 00:37:27.340
 what

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.500
 it

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.920
 means

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.140
 to

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:28.480
 leave

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.680
 the

00:37:28.680 --> 00:37:28.980
 things

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.720
 behind

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.040
 and

00:37:30.040 --> 00:37:30.200
 to

00:37:30.200 --> 00:37:30.680
 pursue

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:31.580
 God

00:37:31.580 --> 00:37:33.220
 in

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:33.400
 many

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:33.720
 ways

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.000
 she

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.380
 becomes

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:34.560
 this

00:37:34.560 --> 00:37:34.960
 continuing

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.660
 example

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:35.920
 of

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.300
 commitment

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:37.000
 to

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.120
 the

00:37:37.120 --> 00:37:37.380
 Lord

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.680
 knowing

00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:38.860
 that

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:38.960
 she

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.100
 was

00:37:39.100 --> 00:37:39.420
 leaving

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.820
 Moab

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:41.019
 that

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.180
 which

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.320
 was

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:41.760
 comfortable

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.019
 that

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.220
 which

00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:42.500
 was

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.039
 familiar

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.660
 leaving

00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:43.860
 her

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.380
 family

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:45.059
 behind

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.539
 and

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.780
 she

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.100
 was

00:37:46.100 --> 00:37:46.400
 coming

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:46.620
 with

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:46.760
 her

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:47.280
 mother-in-law

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:47.760
 to

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:47.980
 an

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.440
 unfamiliar

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:49.120
 place

00:37:49.120 --> 00:37:50.559
 this

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.059
 stigma

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.460
 of

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.019
 widowhood

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:53.240
 this

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.820
 looming

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.380
 feeling

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:55.000
 of being

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.700
 punished

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:56.240
 by

00:37:56.240 --> 00:37:56.660
 God

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:57.600
 not

00:37:57.600 --> 00:37:58.000
 knowing

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.519
 how

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:58.680
 they

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:58.840
 would

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.400
 survive

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.780
 but

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.220
 trusting

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:00.559
 God

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.740
 to

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.019
 carry

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.300
 them

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:01.900
 and

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.120
 this

00:38:02.120 --> 00:38:02.960
 amazing

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.559
 model

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:03.820
 of

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.160
 faith

00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:04.400
 in

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:04.740
 Ruth

00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.940
 that

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.180
 God

00:38:06.180 --> 00:38:06.519
 uses

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.460
 to

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.740
 mark

00:38:07.740 --> 00:38:08.039
 out

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.720
 this

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.059
 woman

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.320
 of

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.640
 faith

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.079
 and

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.299
 this

00:38:10.299 --> 00:38:10.639
 model

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:10.900
 for

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.279
 us

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.859
 of

00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:12.279
 those

00:38:12.279 --> 00:38:12.719
 who

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.099
 do

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.539
 what

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.099
 Ruth

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.739
 did

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.000
 can

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.359
 also

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:15.819
 enjoy

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.000
 the

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.460
 benefits

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.960
 of

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.119
 being

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.239
 a

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:17.379
 part

00:38:17.379 --> 00:38:17.500
 of

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.759
 God's

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:18.099
 family

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:19.400
 in

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:19.619
 Ruth

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:19.940
 1

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.359
 16

00:38:20.359 --> 00:38:20.559
 and

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:20.900
 17

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.179
 this

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.279
 is

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:21.420
 her

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:21.859
 confession

00:38:21.859 --> 00:38:23.079
 she

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.500
 says

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:25.259
 to her

00:38:25.259 --> 00:38:25.779
 mother-in-law

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.099
 who is

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.659
 urging her

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:27.000
 to go

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.359
 home

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:27.859
 she says

00:38:27.859 --> 00:38:28.299
 do not

00:38:28.299 --> 00:38:28.839
 urge me

00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:29.259
 to leave

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:29.559
 you

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.400
 or to

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.799
 return

00:38:30.799 --> 00:38:31.079
 from

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.480
 following

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.799
 you

00:38:31.799 --> 00:38:32.519
 for

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:32.779
 where

00:38:32.779 --> 00:38:33.000
 you

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.179
 go

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.319
 I

00:38:33.319 --> 00:38:33.440
 will

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.719
 go

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:34.460
 and

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.759
 where

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.099
 you

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.500
 lodge

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.679
 I

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:35.839
 will

00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:36.119
 lodge

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.299
 your

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:36.799
 people

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.339
 shall

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:37.519
 be

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:37.780
 my

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.200
 people

00:38:38.200 --> 00:38:38.440
 and

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.660
 your

00:38:38.660 --> 00:38:38.960
 God

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.240
 my

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:39.620
 God

00:38:39.620 --> 00:38:40.120
 where

00:38:40.120 --> 00:38:40.380
 you

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.640
 die

00:38:40.640 --> 00:38:40.840
 I

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.000
 will

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.300
 die

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:41.539
 and

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:41.900
 there

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.440
 I

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:42.600
 will

00:38:42.600 --> 00:38:42.760
 be

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.100
 buried

00:38:43.100 --> 00:38:44.160
 may

00:38:44.160 --> 00:38:44.380
 the

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.600
 Lord

00:38:44.600 --> 00:38:44.840
 do

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.019
 so

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.120
 to

00:38:45.120 --> 00:38:45.320
 me

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.519
 and

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:45.820
 more

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.260
 also

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:46.519
 if

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.019
 anything

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.480
 but

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.880
 death

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.340
 parts

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:48.640
 me

00:38:48.640 --> 00:38:49.460
 from

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.740
 you

00:38:49.740 --> 00:38:51.100
 throughout

00:38:51.100 --> 00:38:51.420
 this

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.680
 little

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:51.940
 book

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.180
 of

00:38:52.180 --> 00:38:52.360
 Ruth

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.539
 we

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.000
 see

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.980
 Ruth's

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.420
 commitment

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.800
 of

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.200
 faith

00:38:55.200 --> 00:38:56.200
 and

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:56.620
 God's

00:38:56.620 --> 00:38:57.180
 abundant

00:38:57.180 --> 00:38:57.880
 provision

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.880
 God

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.620
 cares

00:38:59.620 --> 00:39:00.039
 for

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.380
 Ruth

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:01.240
 because

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.700
 Ruth

00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:01.960
 has

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.400
 trusted

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:03.140
 in

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:03.460
 God

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:05.100
 finally

00:39:05.100 --> 00:39:05.320
 we

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.519
 come

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.680
 to

00:39:05.680 --> 00:39:06.200
 God's

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:07.639
 character

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:07.919
 of

00:39:07.919 --> 00:39:08.539
 preserving

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:08.879
 his

00:39:08.879 --> 00:39:09.219
 people

00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:09.839
 we

00:39:09.839 --> 00:39:10.019
 see

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.179
 that

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.319
 in

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:10.559
 verses

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:11.039
 7

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.259
 to

00:39:11.259 --> 00:39:11.799
 17

00:39:11.799 --> 00:39:12.759
 God

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.500
 preserves

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.759
 his

00:39:13.759 --> 00:39:14.219
 people

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:16.659
 beginning

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:16.839
 in

00:39:16.839 --> 00:39:17.019
 verse

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:17.259
 7

00:39:17.259 --> 00:39:17.419
 it

00:39:17.419 --> 00:39:17.599
 says

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:17.779
 and

00:39:17.779 --> 00:39:18.199
 Solomon

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:19.219
 the

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:19.500
 father

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.719
 of

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.319
 Rehoboam

00:39:20.319 --> 00:39:20.839
 and

00:39:20.839 --> 00:39:21.460
 Rehoboam

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.879
 the father

00:39:21.879 --> 00:39:22.019
 of

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.460
 Abijah

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:23.059
 and

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.460
 Abijah

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.960
 the father

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.179
 of

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.639
 Asaph

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:24.819
 and

00:39:24.819 --> 00:39:25.339
 Asaph

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:25.819
 the father

00:39:25.819 --> 00:39:26.299
 of

00:39:26.299 --> 00:39:27.099
 Jehoshaphat

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:28.079
 Jehoshaphat

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.480
 the father

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.019
 of Joram

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.460
 and Joram

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.839
 the father

00:39:29.839 --> 00:39:30.500
 of Uzziah

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.539
 Uzziah

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.019
 the father

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.739
 of Jotham

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.399
 and Jotham

00:39:33.399 --> 00:39:34.119
 the father

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.939
 of Ahaz

00:39:34.939 --> 00:39:35.779
 Ahaz

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.240
 the father

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:37.019
 of Hezekiah

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.860
 Hezekiah

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.300
 the father

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:38.920
 of Manasseh

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.580
 and Manasseh

00:39:39.580 --> 00:39:40.320
 the father

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:40.940
 of Amos

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.740
 Amos

00:39:41.740 --> 00:39:42.240
 the father

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:43.100
 of Josiah

00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:44.120
 and Josiah

00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:44.560
 the father

00:39:44.560 --> 00:39:45.180
 of Jeconiah

00:39:45.180 --> 00:39:46.120
 and his

00:39:46.120 --> 00:39:46.440
 brothers

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.600
 at the time

00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.120
 of the

00:39:48.120 --> 00:39:48.900
 deportation

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.740
 to Babylon

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:51.320
 we see

00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:52.100
 this list

00:39:52.100 --> 00:39:52.780
 of names

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.500
 and the

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:53.980
 stories

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.340
 that are

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:54.720
 bound

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:55.540
 to each

00:39:55.540 --> 00:39:56.140
 individual

00:39:56.140 --> 00:39:57.180
 but what

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.660
 started

00:39:57.660 --> 00:39:58.440
 so well

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.019
 with David

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.800
 a man

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:00.700
 after God's

00:40:00.700 --> 00:40:01.320
 own heart

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:02.260
 would then

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:03.019
 turn its

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:03.620
 way over

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.239
 to Solomon

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:05.159
 who initially

00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:06.119
 it seemed

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:06.539
 to be going

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.319
 so well

00:40:07.319 --> 00:40:08.239
 Solomon seemed

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:08.759
 to be so

00:40:08.759 --> 00:40:09.219
 committed

00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:09.759
 to God

00:40:09.759 --> 00:40:10.739
 asking for

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.559
 God's wisdom

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:12.839
 building the

00:40:12.839 --> 00:40:13.279
 temple

00:40:13.279 --> 00:40:14.859
 enjoying God's

00:40:14.859 --> 00:40:15.259
 peace

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:16.380
 in broadening

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.000
 the territory

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.819
 of Israel

00:40:17.819 --> 00:40:19.940
 in every

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.659
 estimation

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:21.599
 human estimation

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:22.960
 Solomon must

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.559
 be this

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.719
 promised son

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:26.420
 and yet

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:28.319
 what started

00:40:28.319 --> 00:40:28.759
 was this

00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:29.960
 slow decline

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:31.920
 into this

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.920
 deteriorating

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.860
 moral

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:35.360
 culture

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:36.699
 Solomon's

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:37.760
 many wives

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.380
 captured

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:39.280
 his heart

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:39.800
 away from

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.159
 God

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:41.440
 it was

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:41.780
 becoming

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.380
 clear that

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:42.980
 Solomon was

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.980
 not this

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.500
 promised

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.179
 son

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:46.159
 and that

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:46.920
 moral decline

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.539
 continued

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.940
 until

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.740
 eventually

00:40:49.740 --> 00:40:50.340
 the northern

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:51.159
 ten tribes

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:52.019
 they would

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.579
 be conquered

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.420
 by Assyria

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.079
 and taken

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.840
 captive in

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.420
 722

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:56.179
 BC

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:57.839
 the southern

00:40:57.839 --> 00:40:58.619
 two tribes

00:40:58.619 --> 00:40:59.500
 of Benjamin

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.019
 and Judah

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:01.159
 would be

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:01.719
 conquered by

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:02.119
 Babylon

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.960
 and taken

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.619
 into captivity

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.799
 the temple

00:41:04.799 --> 00:41:05.419
 destroyed

00:41:05.419 --> 00:41:06.159
 the capital

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:06.659
 city

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.679
 of Jerusalem

00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:08.599
 left in

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:08.960
 ruins

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.739
 the kings

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:10.279
 and princes

00:41:10.279 --> 00:41:10.859
 taken

00:41:10.859 --> 00:41:12.259
 10,000

00:41:12.259 --> 00:41:13.059
 captives

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.659
 taken

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:14.739
 into Babylon

00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:16.460
 the question

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:17.460
 has God

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:18.019
 forgotten

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:18.719
 his promises

00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:20.619
 was God

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:21.339
 finished

00:41:21.339 --> 00:41:22.159
 with Israel

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:23.779
 do they have

00:41:23.779 --> 00:41:24.519
 a continuing

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.359
 history

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:26.180
 or is God

00:41:26.180 --> 00:41:26.559
 done

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:28.579
 but we see

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.820
 from the

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:30.440
 prophecies

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:31.059
 of Jeremiah

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:32.280
 and Isaiah

00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:33.840
 and Ezekiel

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:35.079
 that God's

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.539
 promises

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:36.460
 were still

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:36.900
 intact

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.960
 as a matter

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.200
 of fact

00:41:38.200 --> 00:41:38.599
 God would

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.460
 make a

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:39.860
 promise

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:40.640
 to Jeremiah

00:41:40.640 --> 00:41:41.840
 and Ezekiel

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.840
 that not only

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:43.340
 would his

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:43.800
 promise

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.260
 would be

00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:44.620
 intact

00:41:44.620 --> 00:41:45.599
 but a new

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.140
 promise

00:41:46.140 --> 00:41:46.579
 a new

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:46.980
 covenant

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.980
 would be

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.440
 inserted

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:50.059
 a promise

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.360
 that would

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:51.000
 depend on

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.700
 God alone

00:41:51.700 --> 00:41:52.700
 that he would

00:41:52.700 --> 00:41:53.420
 bring his

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:53.800
 spirit

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.519
 he would put

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.260
 his law

00:41:55.260 --> 00:41:55.600
 in their

00:41:55.600 --> 00:41:55.900
 hearts

00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:56.460
 he would

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:56.880
 change

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.320
 the heart

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:57.880
 of stone

00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:59.020
 into a

00:41:59.020 --> 00:41:59.260
 heart

00:41:59.260 --> 00:41:59.900
 of flesh

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:00.820
 that God

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:01.400
 would save

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:02.160
 them by

00:42:02.160 --> 00:42:02.920
 his power

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.780
 and his

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:04.560
 power

00:42:04.560 --> 00:42:05.300
 alone

00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:06.240
 God would

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:06.700
 see it

00:42:06.700 --> 00:42:07.020
 through

00:42:07.020 --> 00:42:07.960
 it would

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.260
 happen

00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:08.660
 through his

00:42:08.660 --> 00:42:09.000
 power

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:10.500
 in this years

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:11.200
 of preservation

00:42:11.200 --> 00:42:12.240
 that are recorded

00:42:12.240 --> 00:42:13.520
 in verses 12

00:42:13.520 --> 00:42:14.460
 to 16

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:15.280
 of Matthew

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:15.860
 chapter 1

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:16.380
 notice

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:17.940
 after the

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.720
 deportation

00:42:18.720 --> 00:42:19.400
 to Babylon

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:49.400


00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:49.800
 Jesus

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:49.800


00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:21.519
 a kingdom

00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:21.920
 of God's

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:23.039
 a decree

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.840
 would go

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:24.300
 forth

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:25.820
 and 2

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:26.440
 a couple

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:27.160
 would make

00:43:27.160 --> 00:43:27.760
 their trip

00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:28.800
 to Bethlehem

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:30.320
 a son

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:30.680
 would be

00:43:30.680 --> 00:43:31.099
 born

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:31.680
 named

00:43:31.680 --> 00:43:32.300
 Jesus

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:33.599
 and angels

00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:34.619
 would explode

00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:35.579
 in praise

00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:36.440
 over the

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:37.380
 pasture lands

00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:38.000
 outside

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:39.039
 the outskirts

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:39.880
 of Bethlehem

00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:41.119
 a savior

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:41.980
 would be

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.400
 born

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:44.200
 and God

00:43:44.200 --> 00:43:44.780
 would fulfill

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:45.559
 his promise

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.519
 to send

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:47.380
 this seed

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:48.179
 this offspring

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:49.820
 of Abraham

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:51.019
 this seed

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:51.599
 of David

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:53.059
 so that in

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.299
 Matthew

00:43:53.299 --> 00:43:53.880
 chapter 1

00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:54.519
 verse 17

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:55.420
 all the

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.900
 generations

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:56.579
 from Abraham

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:57.219
 to David

00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:57.840
 were 14

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.340
 generations

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:59.639
 and from

00:43:59.639 --> 00:43:59.980
 David

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:00.460
 to the

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:01.179
 deportation

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.739
 to Babylon

00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:03.239
 14 generations

00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:04.299
 and from

00:44:04.299 --> 00:44:05.219
 the deportation

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:05.799
 to Babylon

00:44:05.799 --> 00:44:07.019
 to the Christ

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:08.719
 14 generations

00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:09.699
 and what

00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:10.500
 stands as

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:11.159
 the predominant

00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:11.579
 feature

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:12.559
 through these

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:13.460
 17 verses

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:15.019
 is the name

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:16.420
 Jesus Christ

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:18.280
 Jesus as

00:44:18.280 --> 00:44:18.820
 the promised

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:19.280
 seed

00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:20.460
 Jesus as

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:21.019
 the hope

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:21.840
 of Israel

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:22.860
 Jesus as

00:44:22.860 --> 00:44:23.579
 that promised

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:24.179
 king

00:44:24.179 --> 00:44:26.280
 God's

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:26.699
 promises

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:27.579
 do not

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:27.900
 fail

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:28.659
 that is

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:29.340
 the testimony

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:30.980
 of Matthew

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:31.659
 chapter 1

00:44:31.659 --> 00:44:32.280
 verses 1

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:33.219
 to 17

00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:35.199
 this prominent

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.759
 repetition

00:44:35.759 --> 00:44:36.440
 of the title

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:37.360
 of Christ

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:38.679
 in verses 1

00:44:38.679 --> 00:44:39.519
 in verse 16

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.719
 verse 17

00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:41.840
 then verse 18

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.940
 draws out

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:43.940
 this theological

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:44.759
 implication

00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:46.120
 that Christ

00:44:46.120 --> 00:44:47.000
 is the one

00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:47.860
 who is

00:44:47.860 --> 00:44:48.500
 expected

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.720
 he is this

00:44:49.720 --> 00:44:50.260
 promised

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:51.020
 seed

00:44:51.020 --> 00:44:51.880
 that was

00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:52.160
 given

00:44:52.160 --> 00:44:53.280
 to Israel

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:54.840
 so that the

00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:55.260
 angel

00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:56.160
 Gabriel would

00:44:56.160 --> 00:44:56.620
 tell Mary

00:44:56.620 --> 00:44:57.640
 in Luke

00:44:57.640 --> 00:44:57.980
 1

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:59.020
 31

00:44:59.020 --> 00:44:59.820
 to 33

00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:01.100
 behold

00:45:01.100 --> 00:45:02.440
 you will

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:03.100
 conceive in

00:45:03.100 --> 00:45:03.460
 your womb

00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:03.920
 and bear a

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.140
 son

00:45:04.140 --> 00:45:05.560
 you shall

00:45:05.560 --> 00:45:06.260
 call his

00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:06.980
 name Jesus

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:08.320
 he will be

00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:08.720
 great

00:45:08.720 --> 00:45:09.520
 and will be

00:45:09.520 --> 00:45:10.060
 called the

00:45:10.060 --> 00:45:11.000
 son of the

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:11.580
 most high

00:45:11.579 --> 00:45:12.400
 and the

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:13.039
 Lord God

00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:13.500
 will give

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:13.960
 to him

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:14.539
 the throne

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:15.239
 of his

00:45:15.239 --> 00:45:15.639
 father

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:16.319
 David

00:45:16.319 --> 00:45:16.679
 and he

00:45:16.679 --> 00:45:17.239
 will reign

00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:17.940
 over the

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.440
 house of

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:18.759
 Jacob

00:45:18.759 --> 00:45:19.239
 forever

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:20.199
 and of

00:45:20.199 --> 00:45:20.559
 his

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:21.000
 kingdom

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.659
 there will

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:22.059
 be

00:45:22.059 --> 00:45:23.340
 no end

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:26.000
 the

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:26.380
 legacy

00:45:26.380 --> 00:45:26.800
 of this

00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:28.300
 genealogy

00:45:28.300 --> 00:45:28.920
 is not

00:45:28.920 --> 00:45:30.000
 for the

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.420
 names

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:30.880
 of the

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:31.260
 list

00:45:31.260 --> 00:45:32.039
 before

00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:32.500
 Christ

00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:33.019
 but it

00:45:33.019 --> 00:45:33.500
 finds

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:34.180
 as its

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:34.660
 ultimate

00:45:34.660 --> 00:45:35.620
 crescendo

00:45:35.620 --> 00:45:36.660
 the name

00:45:36.660 --> 00:45:37.280
 Jesus

00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:38.039
 himself

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:39.340
 and because

00:45:39.340 --> 00:45:40.019
 of Jesus

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:41.600
 he invites

00:45:41.600 --> 00:45:41.960
 us

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:42.640
 and welcomes

00:45:42.640 --> 00:45:42.920
 us

00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:43.460
 into

00:45:43.460 --> 00:45:44.460
 take part

00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:44.820
 in the

00:45:44.820 --> 00:45:45.100
 same

00:45:45.100 --> 00:45:45.640
 family

00:45:45.640 --> 00:45:46.780
 that comes

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:47.079
 in the

00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:47.680
 same way

00:45:47.680 --> 00:45:48.280
 that if we

00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:48.900
 believe

00:45:48.900 --> 00:45:49.539
 in God

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:50.180
 that just

00:45:50.180 --> 00:45:50.840
 like Abraham

00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.579
 believed God

00:45:51.579 --> 00:45:51.819
 and it was

00:45:51.819 --> 00:45:52.259
 accounted to

00:45:52.259 --> 00:45:52.460
 him

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:52.799
 for

00:45:52.799 --> 00:45:53.259
 righteousness

00:45:53.259 --> 00:45:54.099
 those

00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:54.739
 of us

00:45:54.739 --> 00:45:55.440
 regardless

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:55.900
 of your

00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:56.380
 background

00:45:56.380 --> 00:45:57.139
 regardless

00:45:57.139 --> 00:45:57.579
 of your

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:58.039
 past

00:45:58.039 --> 00:45:58.719
 regardless

00:45:58.719 --> 00:45:59.719
 of your

00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:00.500
 wickedness

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:01.279
 and blatant

00:46:01.279 --> 00:46:01.779
 rebellion

00:46:01.779 --> 00:46:02.619
 against God

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:03.440
 that God

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:03.940
 has sent

00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:04.460
 Jesus

00:46:04.460 --> 00:46:05.219
 himself

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:06.319
 to welcome

00:46:06.319 --> 00:46:06.840
 you in

00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:07.480
 to be part

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:08.039
 of this

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.400
 family

00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:08.880
 and to

00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:09.599
 enjoy the

00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:10.199
 benefits

00:46:10.199 --> 00:46:10.900
 of the

00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:11.299
 family

00:46:11.299 --> 00:46:11.819
 of God

00:46:11.819 --> 00:46:12.440
 the people

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:13.259
 of God

00:46:13.259 --> 00:46:13.860
 to be called

00:46:13.860 --> 00:46:14.639
 a son

00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:15.239
 and a daughter

00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:15.960
 a child

00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:16.739
 of God

00:46:16.739 --> 00:46:17.360
 through faith

00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:18.199
 in Jesus

00:46:18.199 --> 00:46:18.619
 Christ

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:20.219
 do you

00:46:20.219 --> 00:46:20.519
 know

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:20.900
 Jesus

00:46:20.900 --> 00:46:21.359
 Christ

00:46:21.359 --> 00:46:21.759
 today

00:46:21.759 --> 00:46:23.460
 have you

00:46:23.460 --> 00:46:23.819
 come to

00:46:23.819 --> 00:46:24.259
 a place

00:46:24.259 --> 00:46:25.000
 of recognizing

00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:25.599
 your sin

00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:26.639
 have you

00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:27.179
 asked for

00:46:27.179 --> 00:46:27.619
 forgiveness

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:28.799
 have you

00:46:28.799 --> 00:46:29.500
 made Jesus

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:30.420
 the Lord

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:30.659
 of your

00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:31.099
 life

00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:32.599
 Paul

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:32.960
 will say

00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:33.219
 if you

00:46:33.219 --> 00:46:33.559
 confess

00:46:33.559 --> 00:46:34.139
 your sin

00:46:34.139 --> 00:46:35.259
 and believe

00:46:35.259 --> 00:46:35.539
 in your

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:35.739
 heart

00:46:35.739 --> 00:46:36.079
 that God

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:36.519
 raised

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:37.000
 Jesus

00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:37.400
 from the

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:37.659
 dead

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.119
 you'll

00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:38.239
 be

00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:38.619
 saved

00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:39.980
 and as

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 we

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:41.639
 turn

00:46:41.639 --> 00:46:41.960
 in

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.400
 repentance

00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:42.900
 from

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 our

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 old

00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:43.819
 way

00:46:43.819 --> 00:46:43.980
 of

00:46:43.980 --> 00:46:44.259
 life

00:46:44.259 --> 00:46:44.659
 and

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:44.900
 allow

00:46:44.900 --> 00:46:45.079
 the

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 Holy

00:46:45.259 --> 00:46:45.659
 Spirit

00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:45.880
 to

00:46:45.880 --> 00:46:46.239
 work

00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:46.960
 in a

00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:47.179
 new

00:46:47.179 --> 00:46:47.400
 way

00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:47.900
 a fresh

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:48.239
 way

00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:48.779
 in our

00:46:48.779 --> 00:46:49.059
 life

00:46:49.059 --> 00:46:49.639
 and

00:46:49.639 --> 00:46:50.359
 point

00:46:50.359 --> 00:46:50.619
 us

00:46:50.619 --> 00:46:51.059
 in the

00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:51.519
 direction

00:46:51.519 --> 00:46:51.779
 of

00:46:51.779 --> 00:46:52.299
 obedience

00:46:52.299 --> 00:46:53.000
 it will

00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:53.159
 help

00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:53.339
 to

00:46:53.339 --> 00:46:53.799
 confirm

00:46:53.799 --> 00:46:54.079
 that

00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:55.000
 saving

00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:55.359
 work

00:46:55.359 --> 00:46:55.519
 of

00:46:55.519 --> 00:46:55.799
 Christ

00:46:55.799 --> 00:46:56.019
 in

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.379
 us

00:46:56.379 --> 00:46:57.759
 and

00:46:57.759 --> 00:46:57.959
 God

00:46:57.959 --> 00:46:58.139
 has

00:46:58.139 --> 00:46:58.359
 put

00:46:58.359 --> 00:46:58.559
 us

00:46:58.559 --> 00:46:58.899
 all

00:46:58.899 --> 00:46:59.179
 on

00:46:59.179 --> 00:46:59.459
 a

00:46:59.459 --> 00:47:00.219
 unique

00:47:00.219 --> 00:47:00.619
 mission

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:02.199
 that

00:47:02.199 --> 00:47:03.339
 the

00:47:03.339 --> 00:47:03.799
 individuals

00:47:03.799 --> 00:47:04.139
 that are

00:47:04.139 --> 00:47:04.619
 represented

00:47:04.619 --> 00:47:05.099
 in this

00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:05.399
 room

00:47:05.399 --> 00:47:06.519
 may be

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:06.959
 also

00:47:06.959 --> 00:47:07.459
 a part

00:47:07.459 --> 00:47:08.000
 of a

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:08.619
 family

00:47:08.619 --> 00:47:09.199
 tree

00:47:09.199 --> 00:47:09.759
 a

00:47:09.759 --> 00:47:10.299
 spiritual

00:47:10.299 --> 00:47:10.979
 family

00:47:10.979 --> 00:47:11.399
 tree

00:47:11.399 --> 00:47:12.659
 and think

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 about

00:47:12.919 --> 00:47:13.199
 the

00:47:13.199 --> 00:47:13.779
 individuals

00:47:13.779 --> 00:47:14.379
 that God

00:47:14.379 --> 00:47:14.779
 used

00:47:14.779 --> 00:47:15.839
 instrumentally

00:47:15.839 --> 00:47:16.279
 in your

00:47:16.279 --> 00:47:16.559
 life

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:17.539
 to speak

00:47:17.539 --> 00:47:18.259
 the gospel

00:47:18.259 --> 00:47:19.000
 to you

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:19.739
 and to

00:47:19.739 --> 00:47:20.279
 lead you

00:47:20.279 --> 00:47:20.679
 into

00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:21.380
 this

00:47:21.380 --> 00:47:21.960
 family

00:47:21.960 --> 00:47:22.219
 and

00:47:22.219 --> 00:47:22.900
 God

00:47:22.900 --> 00:47:23.239
 has

00:47:23.239 --> 00:47:23.759
 given

00:47:23.759 --> 00:47:24.219
 us

00:47:24.219 --> 00:47:24.639
 the

00:47:24.639 --> 00:47:24.920
 great

00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:25.519
 privilege

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:26.360
 of being

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:27.199
 gospel

00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:27.960
 agents

00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:28.980
 to welcome

00:47:28.980 --> 00:47:29.400
 others

00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:30.079
 to take

00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:30.639
 part in

00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:31.159
 this great

00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:31.619
 family

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:32.480
 of God

00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:32.900
 to be

00:47:32.900 --> 00:47:33.320
 part of

00:47:33.320 --> 00:47:33.519
 the

00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:34.559
 genealogy

00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:35.019
 as it

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.340
 were

00:47:35.340 --> 00:47:35.960
 that we

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:36.480
 see here

00:47:36.480 --> 00:47:37.000
 even in

00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:37.320
 Matthew

00:47:37.320 --> 00:47:38.599
 this great

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 family

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 that

00:47:39.239 --> 00:47:40.400
 is possible

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 only because

00:47:41.139 --> 00:47:41.440
 of the

00:47:41.440 --> 00:47:41.699
 work

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:42.539
 of Christ

00:47:42.539 --> 00:47:42.900
 his

00:47:42.900 --> 00:47:43.759
 saving

00:47:43.759 --> 00:47:44.219
 work

00:47:44.219 --> 00:47:45.119
 of death

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 on the

00:47:45.359 --> 00:47:45.679
 cross

00:47:45.679 --> 00:47:45.899
 his

00:47:45.899 --> 00:47:46.379
 resurrection

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 from the

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 grave

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 that invites

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 us all

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:48.939
 to take

00:47:48.939 --> 00:47:49.219
 part

00:47:49.219 --> 00:47:49.899
 may God

00:47:49.899 --> 00:47:50.619
 help us

00:47:50.619 --> 00:47:52.000
 not only to

00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:52.859
 understand the

00:47:52.859 --> 00:47:53.399
 significance

00:47:53.399 --> 00:47:54.719
 of the

00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:55.139
 salvation

00:47:55.139 --> 00:47:55.500
 that we

00:47:55.500 --> 00:47:55.839
 enjoy

00:47:55.839 --> 00:47:56.319
 but the

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 great

00:47:56.919 --> 00:47:57.759
 responsibility

00:47:57.759 --> 00:47:58.419
 of the

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 mission

00:47:58.719 --> 00:47:59.419
 he's put

00:47:59.419 --> 00:47:59.759
 us on

00:47:59.759 --> 00:48:00.239
 because

00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:01.419
 God

00:48:01.419 --> 00:48:02.000
 uses

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:02.559
 people

00:48:02.559 --> 00:48:03.579
 to carry

00:48:03.579 --> 00:48:03.859
 out

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 his

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 mission

00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:05.759
 may God

00:48:05.759 --> 00:48:06.199
 help us

00:48:06.199 --> 00:48:06.439
 to be

00:48:06.439 --> 00:48:06.779
 faithful

00:48:06.779 --> 00:48:09.219
 Lord we

00:48:09.219 --> 00:48:09.639
 thank you

00:48:09.639 --> 00:48:10.079
 for this

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 word

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 this list

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:12.500
 of names

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 that seem

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 so

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:14.559
 common

00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:15.659
 seem

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 so

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 mundane

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 but we

00:48:17.579 --> 00:48:18.239
 understand

00:48:18.239 --> 00:48:18.719
 through this

00:48:18.719 --> 00:48:19.000
 list

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:19.300
 Lord

00:48:19.300 --> 00:48:20.039
 that you

00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:20.599
 delight

00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:21.260
 in using

00:48:21.260 --> 00:48:21.940
 people

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:23.519
 so help

00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:23.900
 us

00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:25.239
 as your

00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:25.699
 people

00:48:25.699 --> 00:48:26.679
 to be

00:48:26.679 --> 00:48:27.099
 faithful

00:48:27.099 --> 00:48:28.300
 faithful

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 to be

00:48:28.880 --> 00:48:29.659
 workmen

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 workmen

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 that need

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 not to be

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 ashamed

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 workmen

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 that understand

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 that we

00:48:35.539 --> 00:48:35.880
 are your

00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:36.440
 workmanship

00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:37.800
 created in

00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:38.480
 Christ Jesus

00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:39.239
 for good

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:39.599
 works

00:48:39.599 --> 00:48:40.480
 that you

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:41.079
 prepared

00:48:41.079 --> 00:48:41.659
 beforehand

00:48:41.659 --> 00:48:42.440
 that we

00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:42.639
 should

00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:42.920
 walk

00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:43.079
 in

00:48:43.079 --> 00:48:43.319
 them

00:48:43.319 --> 00:48:44.739
 so God

00:48:44.739 --> 00:48:45.039
 help us

00:48:45.039 --> 00:48:45.279
 to be

00:48:45.279 --> 00:48:45.679
 faithful

00:48:45.679 --> 00:48:46.779
 to the

00:48:46.779 --> 00:48:47.219
 objectives

00:48:47.219 --> 00:48:47.599
 that you

00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:47.899
 placed

00:48:47.899 --> 00:48:48.519
 before us

00:48:48.519 --> 00:48:49.679
 and help

00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:50.079
 us to be

00:48:50.079 --> 00:48:50.940
 filled up

00:48:50.940 --> 00:48:51.799
 with

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 this

00:48:52.879 --> 00:48:54.719
 overflowing

00:48:54.719 --> 00:48:55.480
 sense

00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:57.019
 of privilege

00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:58.039
 of being

00:48:58.039 --> 00:48:58.399
 welcomed

00:48:58.399 --> 00:48:58.819
 into your

00:48:58.819 --> 00:48:59.179
 family

00:48:59.179 --> 00:48:59.879
 may we

00:48:59.879 --> 00:49:00.539
 extend that

00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:00.960
 to others

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 through the

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 gospel

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 I pray

00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:02.980
 in Jesus

00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:03.319
 name

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 amen

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 thanks for

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 coming

00:49:05.319 --> 00:49:05.779
 this morning

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 and God

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 bless you

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 this week

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 in

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