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 Don't know about you, but these words hit a very, very raw nerve with me, and they do so

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 on two counts, and I want to tell you why. The first reason why this passage hits a really raw

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 nerve is because God says to Abraham, I want you to step out, to leave behind the things that you

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 know that you're familiar with, and I want you to step out and leave those things behind.

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 I want you to step out into a future that I know all about, but you don't. He's called to trust

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 in something that he can't see, and that hits a raw nerve with me because I know that as I read this,

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 even though it was written a long time ago to somebody in a different place, in a different

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 culture, that that story was recorded for a reason, because it is a story that I know that God wants us

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 to hear today, that whatever our situation, whatever our background, whatever our story,

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 God would place the same challenge to us. He calls us to trust in him in a future that he knows,

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 but we don't. That's what covenant means. That's our theme. We're starting this series over the next

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 few weeks. We start it today. Covenant means just that. God calls us to trust in something that he's

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 set up, that he can see, that he knows all about, but we don't. And one of the things I love about when

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 when a young child is baptised, this morning, Eden has no idea of God and God's love, but God does.

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 And there's such a powerful symbol there, that deeper meaning of covenant,

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 because it says that God knows all about it, even when we don't.

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 God looks into the future. Ultimately, God is in eternity, and God sees eternity, which we cannot see.

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 And he calls us to trust.

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 As though everything is sorted.

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 To live as though everything is in hand.

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 And that hits a raw nerve with me, because I take one look at life, and I know that the daily experience

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 makes that very difficult, because life is full of unresolvedness, and life is full of lists.

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 To-do lists.

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 I don't know what your experience is like, but I find that I'm terrible at living from one list to another.

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 I've tried all sorts of ways to try to organise my lists.

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 Every time I open up my emails, no matter how many I answer, there's more that appear.

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 The same is true of my voicemails.

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 The same is true of my just general jobs.

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 I write down lists. I write down sub-lists.

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 I've tried organising it with post-it notes, with bits of paper.

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 I've tried organising it on my iPad, in my diary, in my iPad notes.

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 All sorts of things.

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 You can get apps to organise your lists with.

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 I've tried and failed at every single one of them.

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 No matter how big a hole I feel I've whacked into the middle of that list of lists,

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 there's more lists that appear to fill that hole, and then some.

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 I even get to the point where, including in writing out my to-do lists,

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 I write lists of things I've already done,

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 so that I can have the satisfaction and sense of fulfilment of crossing something off the list.

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 It seems like it never is.

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 Everyone heard the comedian James Acaster.

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 He's sometimes on Live at the Apollo.

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 I think he's hilarious.

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 He was saying that life goes a bit like this.

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 You wake up one morning, and then just you come around,

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 and you think, jobs, jobs, jobs.

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 And so you go out and you do those jobs.

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 And then you're lying in the same place on the same pillow that night,

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 and you're thinking, no more jobs, at least for the next few hours.

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 You wake up the next day, and again, jobs.

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 A few hours later, same pillow.

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 No more jobs.

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 Next day, jobs.

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 A few hours later, no more jobs.

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 This goes on throughout your whole life.

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 Then one day, for the last time, you close your eyes.

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 No more jobs.

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 Somebody once said, it's a very well-known sort of analogy, isn't it?

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 It's like painting the fourth bridge, you know,

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 that takes so long to paint that by the time you've finished it,

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 where you started off needs redoing again,

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 except that the analogy is now dead.

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 Because in 2011, a new type of paint was formulated

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 that is set to last for 25 years.

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 So now they actually can say that they have finished painting the whole bridge.

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 Now, I guess we'll need doing it at some point,

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 but you get the analogy.

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 That life is just a continual list of things to do,

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 just to keep things going.

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 Little wonder that John Lennon wrote in that song many years ago,

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 that life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

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 Now, Abraham was not trying to paint a massive great big metal bridge.

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 Neither was he trying to clear out his emails.

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 But he was 75 years old,

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 and he was called to leave behind his country and his people

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 and the things that made him feel safe and secure and comfortable

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 and to trust that God could see something that he couldn't.

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 Covenant is when God says to us,

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 and it's a recurring theme throughout Scripture,

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 I know that it's all sorted, ultimately.

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 That's why Jesus said on the cross as he died,

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 his final words,

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 it is finished.

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 It's what the writer David Murray refers to as the gospel of done.

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 Every time we take one look at that sense of unresolvedness,

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 remember,

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 remember,

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 it's done,

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 as far as God's concerned.

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 Every time you wake up and you see just all the stuff that needs to get done

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 and the stuff you know will not get done by the end of that day,

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 it will still be there,

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 left unfinished.

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 Remember the gospel that says,

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 it is done.

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 Every time you take a look at your future

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 and that sense of unresolvedness,

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 the sense of worry,

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 the sense of panic over,

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 I just don't know how this is all going to be,

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 I've got so many questions,

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 just remember,

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 that though we can't see it,

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 God can.

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 And that though we may not feel that we can say it ourselves,

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 God can and does say,

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 it's done.

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 But it's not easy.

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 It's a challenge.

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 And that's why this story hits a raw nerve with me.

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 But there's a second reason that I mentioned to you there were two,

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 why this particular story hits a raw nerve with me,

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 and it's this.

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 That in this really important story,

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 in the whole narrative of the Judeo-Christian faith,

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 we see God at work,

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 and he chooses one man.

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 Just one guy.

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 Abraham.

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 He singles out one man and blesses him.

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 Lord said to Abraham,

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 leave your country.

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 And he says,

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 I will make you into a great nation,

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 and I will bless you,

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 and I will make your name great,

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 and you will be a blessing.

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 I will bless those who bless you,

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 and whoever curses you,

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 I will curse,

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 and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.

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 One person.

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 That hits a raw nerve with me.

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 It hits a raw nerve with me,

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 because I feel very uncomfortable

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 when I have this sense

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 that somewhere in Scripture,

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 there seems to be this selectivity at work,

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 this exclusivity.

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 This exclusivity.

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 I hate the notion of favoritism,

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 and of in some way being exclusive.

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 And yet,

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 here it is that God chooses,

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 singles out one individual to bless.

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 I feel deeply uncomfortable about that,

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 and the reason why I feel deeply uncomfortable

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 is we all know exactly what happens

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 as soon as one individual,

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 or group of individuals,

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 get it into their heads

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 that they're the chosen one,

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 or ones.

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 Because it's not very long,

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 and we don't have to look very far in history,

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 before we see that the moment that mentality exists

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 within a human being,

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 or group of human beings,

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 that they begin to say certain things

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 to themselves and to others.

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 We are the chosen ones.

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 We are special.

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 We are more important

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 than those of you that are not part of us.

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 You can become part of us,

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 but in order to do so,

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 you have to subscribe

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 to the things that we think.

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 But until that time comes,

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 we exist as the special few.

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 We occupy that moral zone.

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 We have more claim on truth,

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 more claim on land,

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 more claim on property,

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 because we are somehow

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 more important.

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 And we see how that exclusive claim

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 on truth and on the higher ground

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 actually breeds a sense

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 of hatred,

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 exclusivity,

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 violence,

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 war,

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 poverty,

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 death.

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 It happens.

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 And the story,

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 that story,

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 has been repeated

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 over and over again

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 throughout the history

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 of humanity,

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 and still prevails today.

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 So as I read this story,

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 I can't help but ask myself,

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 why did God choose

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 to deal early on in history

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 in this particular way

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 with a person?

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 By singling out one person

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 and saying,

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 I'm going to make you

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 and your people

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 blessed.

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 Why?

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 And I think to myself,

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 logically,

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 it has to mean

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 one of two things.

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 Either,

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 one,

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 God is really

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 into exclusivism

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 and intends

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 all of those

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 horrible things

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 that I've just described

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 to happen,

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 or two,

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 that there is

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 some kind of necessity

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 for God

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 to choose

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 one person

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 in this particular way.

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 So which of those

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 options can it be?

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 Well,

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 the first one

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 can't be possible

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 if it is also true,

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 and I believe it is,

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is God's

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 supreme revelation

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 to us

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 of himself.

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 If it is true,

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 and I repeat,

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 I believe it is,

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 that God has shown himself

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 more clearly

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 and more fully

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 than in any other time

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 in history

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 through the life

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 and the death

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 and the teachings

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 of Jesus,

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 Jesus,

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 then it cannot be

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 that God

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 intends

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 exclusivity.

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 Why?

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 Because we look

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 at Jesus

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 and we see

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 the man

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 who teaches us

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 to love,

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 the man who teaches us

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 to think of others

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 as better than ourselves,

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 the man who teaches us

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 and sends us out

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 to reach out

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 across those very

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 boundaries

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 of exclusivity.

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 So clearly,

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 it cannot be the case

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 that God

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 intends

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 to be exclusive.

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 Which means

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 that logically,

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 there has,

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 therefore,

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 to be a reason

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 why God

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 singles out

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 Abraham.

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 Let's do an experiment.

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 I'm going to stand

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 in front of you now

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 and make a very bold promise.

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 I want to promise

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 that I want

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 the very best for you.

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 I want to bless you.

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 And I want to bless you

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 with God's promises

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 and I want to tell you

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 that God loves you,

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 that God has your future

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 in mind

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 and that it's going

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 to be okay.

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 And I want to promise you

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 that I'm here for you

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 to pray for you

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 and to keep on blessing you

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 in my prayers.

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 Now,

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 as I say those words

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 to you,

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 you may

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 or may not

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 believe

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 in the truth

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 of what I'm saying.

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 Other than

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 simply

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 reinforcing

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 your conviction

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 that Russ

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 is a bit strange,

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 the chances are

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 you're probably

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 going to forget

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 very quickly.

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 So let me try

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 a different tack.

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 I've got a stone

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 here.

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 I want you to imagine

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 I've not only got a stone

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 but a whole bag

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 of stones.

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 Equal to the number

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 of people

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 that are within

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 this room right now.

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 I'm going to

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 randomly come to

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 Julian.

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 Julian,

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 I've got a stone here.

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 Can you stand up?

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 Sorry,

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 I wasn't going to

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 slightly embarrass you

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 for one moment

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 but this stone

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 I give to you

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 and I'm going to

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 give you this stone

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 because I want you

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 to know

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 that I'm on your side,

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 that I want to bless you,

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 that I want to pray for you

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 because I believe

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 that God

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 has your future

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 in mind,

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 that he loves you

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 more than you can

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 possibly imagine

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 and that even though

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 you look into your future

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 and you don't know

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 what lies there,

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 God does.

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 And every time

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 you look at that stone,

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 I want you to remember

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 of those words

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 that I say to you

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 this day.

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 Bless you, Julian.

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 And I want you to imagine

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 that not only that

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 but I give Julian

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 at this point

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 the big bag of stones

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 that's equal to the number

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 of people in this room

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 and I say to Julian,

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 what I've just said to you,

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 Julian,

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 I want you to go

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 to two other people,

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 I want you to split

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 that bag in half

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 and I want you to take

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 half the stones

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 and give them to one person

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 and the other half

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 to the other

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 and I want you

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 to go through

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 the same thing

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 that I've just gone

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 through with you

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 and tell them in turn

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 to go on with the stones.

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 Thanks, Julian.

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 Now,

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 that's all,

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 let's be honest,

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 a little bit weird,

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 isn't it?

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 But my guess is

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 is that if we were,

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 and I would love

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 to have done the experiment

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 with a bag of stones

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 and done it with everyone

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 but we haven't got time

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 this morning to do that

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 but imagine that we had.

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 So after a few minutes

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 or however long it takes,

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 every single one of us

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 in this room

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 is sat there clutching a stone

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 thinking of somebody

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 that has come up to us

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 as an individual

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 and spoken those words

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 of promise

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 and blessing

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 to us.

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 Chances are

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 we'd still think

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 that's a little bit

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 weird

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 but we'd still be left

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 with a stone

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 and some words of promise.

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 Is the stone

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 God?

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 No.

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 Is the stone

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 me

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 or Julian

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 or whoever

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 gave it to you

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 who spoke the words

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 of promise?

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 No.

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 Is the stone

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 the promise?

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 No.

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 The stone

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 is just a

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 stone.

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 But my guess

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 is

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 is that

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 of those

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 two different

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 presentations

00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:42.779
 of a set

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 of promises

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 if you were

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 to remember

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 one of them

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 it's going to be

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 the second one.

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 The reason being

00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:52.159
 is that stone

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:53.419
 will give weight

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 and substance

00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:55.060
 to the words

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 that have been said

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 and why is that?

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 Because you've been

00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:00.960
 singled out.

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 And because

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:04.880
 you've been

00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:05.440
 singled out

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.120
 does that make

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 the words

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:06.920
 of promise

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 in some way

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.120
 exclusive?

00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:09.000
 Of course not.

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 Through being

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 singled out

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 all that happens

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 is that

00:17:15.860 --> 00:17:16.740
 that which is

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 for everyone

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 suddenly gets

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 close up

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 and personal.

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 And that's

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 why God

00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:27.259
 had to

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:27.759
 single out

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.180
 Abraham.

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 That's why

00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:31.860
 God is in

00:17:31.860 --> 00:17:32.240
 the habit

00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:32.980
 of singling

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.900
 people out.

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 That is

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.160
 why God

00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:37.940
 calls us

00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.799
 to baptise

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.559
 not groups

00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.019
 of people

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.819
 but individual

00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:41.460
 persons.

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.680
 That is

00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.240
 why we

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.940
 share bread

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.339
 and wine

00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:44.940
 at communion

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.519
 not just

00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.000
 as groups

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.480
 but as

00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:47.160
 individuals.

00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:51.079
 You see

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.899
 God's covenant

00:17:51.899 --> 00:17:53.240
 it's an

00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:53.720
 old fashioned

00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:54.259
 word isn't

00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:54.599
 it but

00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:55.299
 call it

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:55.659
 promise

00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:56.039
 call it

00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:56.399
 whatever you

00:17:56.399 --> 00:17:56.619
 want

00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:57.279
 but you

00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:57.399
 know

00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:58.579
 those words

00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.319
 that God

00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:00.000
 says that

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.980
 he calls you

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.599
 to trust

00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:02.460
 and to know

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.740
 that he

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.399
 knows the

00:18:04.399 --> 00:18:05.179
 future for

00:18:05.179 --> 00:18:05.699
 you even

00:18:05.699 --> 00:18:06.179
 though you

00:18:06.179 --> 00:18:06.720
 don't

00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:08.220
 those words

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:08.799
 that are so

00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.199
 challenging

00:18:09.199 --> 00:18:09.839
 and hit that

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.679
 raw nerve

00:18:10.679 --> 00:18:12.099
 because they

00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:12.759
 seem to be

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.399
 such a radical

00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:14.019
 contradiction

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.639
 from daily

00:18:14.639 --> 00:18:15.220
 experience

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:16.199
 but God

00:18:16.199 --> 00:18:16.779
 has got it

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.199
 in hand

00:18:17.199 --> 00:18:17.759
 it's done

00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:18.299
 it's finished

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:18.960
 he's got it

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.299
 sorted

00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:20.179
 we just have

00:18:20.179 --> 00:18:20.599
 to trust

00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:21.019
 in him.

00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:21.899
 Know

00:18:21.899 --> 00:18:22.919
 that those

00:18:22.919 --> 00:18:23.500
 words

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:25.039
 are intended

00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:25.579
 for you

00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:25.919
 as an

00:18:25.919 --> 00:18:26.439
 individual

00:18:26.439 --> 00:18:27.579
 as much

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:27.980
 as they

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.720
 are for

00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.179
 everyone

00:18:29.179 --> 00:18:29.899
 collectively.

00:18:33.379 --> 00:18:34.500
 The question

00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:34.919
 is

00:18:34.919 --> 00:18:38.819
 knowing

00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:39.839
 that these

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.319
 words of

00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:40.779
 promise

00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:42.119
 are for

00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:42.419
 you as

00:18:42.419 --> 00:18:42.539
 an

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:42.980
 individual

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:46.879
 what are

00:18:46.879 --> 00:18:47.079
 you going

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.299
 to do

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:47.619
 with it?

00:18:47.619 --> 00:19:04.599
 are

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.199
 you

00:19:05.199 --> 00:19:06.119
 are

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:07.159
 the

00:19:07.159 --> 00:19:08.519
 word