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 Present series in Romans. We're going to pick it up again after Christmas from Romans 5.

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 But we've basically gone through from chapter 1 and we're going to finish the end of chapter 4 this morning.

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 If you want to know what we have been doing, there is a sheet at the back by the door which has an outline of Romans 1 to 8.

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 And it'll give you the big picture or the main pointers the whole way through.

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 So you can have a look there.

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 Then next Sunday, as I said, Keith Wilson will be preaching.

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 And then following that, we start a new series of four talks.

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 And the title we are giving that is Pure.

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 So we're going to be looking at issues like marriage, singleness, living in an age of purity.

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 And the other one then is on homosexuality.

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 So the title is Pure.

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 I'm looking at each of those subjects.

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 And they will be followed up by evening discussions or question time.

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 So we'll have the talk in the morning.

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 And then on Sunday evening, you will be invited, if you wanted, to join in just further discussion and question based on those talks.

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 As I'm sure there will be lots of questions.

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 Well, Romans 4 is where we are this morning.

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 And we're going to read from verse 13 to 25.

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 And it's on page 1131.

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 Romans chapter 4, verses 13 to 25.

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 It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

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 For if those who live by law are heirs, faith has no value and the promise is worthless, because law brings wrath.

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 And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

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 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham.

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 He is the father of us all.

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 As it is written, I have made you the father of many nations.

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 He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

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 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, so shall your offspring be.

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 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead, since he was about a hundred years old, and that Sarah's womb, his wife, was also dead.

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 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

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 That is why it was credited to him as righteousness.

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 The words it was credited to him were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness, for us who believe in him, who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

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 He was delivered over to death for our sins, and was raised to life for our justification.

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 Well, let's pray as we look at that passage together.

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 Our Father God, we thank you for all that we have.

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 From what we have heard and seen this morning, we recognize there are so many people, so many children in this world,

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 who do not have the basic necessities of life.

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 But we thank you, Father, that we have things available to us.

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 We have food and water and homes.

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 And not least, we also have your word in our language, that we can understand and read for ourselves.

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 But yet, you have also promised that you would pour out your Holy Spirit to those who will ask.

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 And we ask that you would pour out your Spirit upon us, so that what we hear may change our lives.

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 That it would also help us to see how your word affects the world in which we live,

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 and the attitude that we should have on the world.

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 And how we should look forward to your eternal kingdom.

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 So, Lord, please help us.

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 And be with us as we look at your word together.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Would you describe yourself as a very confident person?

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 Well, let's do a little test.

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 On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you that Liverpool are going to qualify for the Champions League?

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 Not too long ago, they were the defending champions.

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 But now, in the space of a few months, things are very unsure for the club.

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 On a more serious note, how confident are you that you are going to be living and working in Carigoline in the next 10 years?

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 A few years ago, we may have been very confident.

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 But with the recession, it makes things a little bit more uncertain.

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 How confident are you that you are going to be in good health next year?

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 Perhaps on the basis of how you feel today, you may be feeling very confident.

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 But we never know what a certain test is going to show up.

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 We all live in hope.

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 But life never guarantees any of these things.

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 So let me ask another question.

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 How confident are you that when you die, and we can be very confident we will die,

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 how confident are you that when you die, you will receive a rich welcome by God into his eternal paradise?

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 How sure are you this morning that you are going to be part of heaven?

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 That God is going to say, you can be part of my new creation?

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 Well, I think that answer will depend on how you feel the last week or the last month has gone.

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 If you've had a good week, you've been reading your Bible,

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 you've managed to pray, you've made a few people happy,

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 you've done a good deed for someone,

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 then you may feel very assured that, yeah, God is going to welcome me.

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 After all, I've sponsored a child for compassion.

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 On the other hand, if you've had a bad week,

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 and you can't even remember when the last time was you opened your Bible,

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 maybe you've had a big bust-up with your spouse,

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 you maybe even got a bit drunk at the weekend,

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 then maybe you're feeling a little bit unsure,

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 and you don't know if you're going to get to heaven.

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 Or perhaps, like me, you wonder,

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 what happens if I die in the middle of some sin?

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 Do you ever think that?

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 What if I die before I even had the opportunity to ask God to forgive me?

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 Would he let me in then?

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 Well, we all live in hope, don't we?

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 But can we be 100% confident

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 that we are going to receive a welcome into God's paradise?

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 Well, the Bible's answer is a very, very confident yes.

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 And it all starts with a promise that God has made.

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 In fact, chapter 4 is all about a promise.

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 And we're told what the promise is in verse 13.

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 It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise.

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 And what's the promise?

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 Here it is.

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 That he would be heir of the world.

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 Now, if you are an heir, you are going to receive something.

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 You inherit what has been promised to you.

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 And you really can't get anything better than this, can you?

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 The promise is to inherit the world.

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 That's astounding, isn't it?

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 That the world could be promised to one person.

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 But what does it mean to inherit the world?

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 Well, we need to go back in time to the beginning of the Bible story.

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 You see, very often we talk about the gospel and salvation in narrow terms.

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 We talk about Jesus dealing with our sins on the cross

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 and restoring our relationship back to God.

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 Now, as primary and as important as that is,

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 it's only the beginning of the story.

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 The gospel and salvation is much broader.

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 It's about not just restoring our relationship to God,

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 but it's about restoring and renewing the world.

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 So, go back to the beginning of the Bible story.

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 Go back to paradise in Genesis 1 and 2.

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 And that paints a picture for us of what paradise would look like.

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 In Genesis 1 and 2, we see that the world is perfect.

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 It's in order.

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 Everything works the way that it should do.

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 People are living under God's loving and caring rule.

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 They have everything that they need.

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 All is provided for them.

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 Adam and Eve are living in relationship with God.

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 And they're living in relationship with each other.

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 They know their roles and everything is good.

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 And not only that, they're in harmony with the world.

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 There's no death.

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 There's no disease.

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 There's no suffering.

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 There's no violence.

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 There's no need of any sponsorship program

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 because everybody is provided with all that they need.

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 The world is the way that it's meant to be.

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 But then as we move on in Genesis,

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 we come and we encounter a problem.

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 Man and woman, Adam and Eve,

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 they rebel against God.

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 They reject his loving rule.

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 And they replace God's authority

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 with their own authority.

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 And they say,

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 we want to rule the world the way we want to.

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 And what follows is what we might call

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 a cosmic curse.

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 People are cursed.

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 And as a result,

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 their relationship with God breaks.

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 They have to leave paradise.

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 They're shut out from God.

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 And their relationships with each other begin to break.

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 They begin to fight.

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 In fact, the first two brothers that existed in the world,

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 one of them killed the other.

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 But it's not just people who are cursed.

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 The world was also cursed.

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 It became disjointed and twisted.

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 The cogs that make everything go round the way it should be

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 begin to jam up.

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 And the brokenness and the pain that we see all around us today,

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 whether it's earthquakes, famines, flooding, wars, violence,

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 all of these are the results of the curse

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 that came upon the world and the people.

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 But then, and we need to turn to this,

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 in Genesis 12, God intervenes.

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 He had intervened once with Noah,

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 but things went from bad to worse.

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 And in Genesis 12,

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 God speaks and he makes a promise.

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 It's a promise to undo the curse

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 and to bring blessing.

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 So in Genesis chapter 12, verses 1 to 3,

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 he comes to, well, he's called Abram here,

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 later to be called Abraham.

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 Genesis 12, verses 1 to 3,

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 the Lord said to Abram,

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 leave your country, your people,

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 and your father's household,

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 and go to the land I will show you.

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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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 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, I will curse.

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 And all peoples,

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 all peoples on the earth

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 will be blessed through you.

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 Now, the rest of the Bible's story,

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 all the way from Genesis chapters 12,

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 right the way through to the end of Revelation,

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 is a working out of that promise.

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 It's a promise to restore man's relationship to God,

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 and the promise to renew the world.

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 It's a promise, as we've been reading,

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 to replace the curse with blessing.

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 This promise that God made

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 points forward to a new people.

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 He said he would be the father of a great nation.

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 This great nation,

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 these people of God,

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 who will live in God's paradise forever.

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 You see, it's all about reversing

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 everything that had gone wrong,

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 and re-establishing

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 the way the world should be.

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 And that's what it means

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 in Romans chapter 4, verse 13,

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 where God had made the promise to Abraham

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 to inherit the world.

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 He is saying to Abraham,

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 you can be part of God's new world order.

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 Be part of my paradise

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 where people will live once again

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 under his loving rule and care,

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 just like they did

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 at the very beginning of creation.

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 No suffering, no pain,

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 no wars and no violence.

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 Everything will be the way

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 that it was meant to be.

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 Now tell me,

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 could you get a better promise

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 than that?

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 I don't think we could.

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 Well, you see,

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 that all sounds great.

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 A wonderful promise.

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 A promise to inherit the world

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 and to live in God's paradise.

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 But who is this promise for?

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 Well, look at verse 13 again.

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 It was not through law

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 that Abraham and his offspring

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 received the promise.

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 So, the promise was made

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 to Abraham and his children.

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 Well, you say,

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 that's no good to me or to you

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 because I doubt

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 if there's anybody here

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 who can trace their family line

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 back to Abraham, is there?

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 Don't think so.

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 You see, it's not about

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 having a physical connection.

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 It's actually about

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 having a spiritual connection

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 with Abraham.

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 And we'll see how that works out.

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 Let's see how Abraham

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 received the promise.

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 Verse 13.

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 At the beginning,

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 it says it was not through law

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 or not through performance

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 that Abraham received the promise.

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 End of verse 13.

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 But through the righteousness

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 that comes by faith.

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 So, the promise wasn't received

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 because of something Abraham did

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 because he was one of the best people

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 in the world.

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 No, it was simply received by faith.

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 Trusting that God would do

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 what God said he would do.

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 Verse 14.

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 For if those who live by performance

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 are heirs,

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 faith has no value

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 and the promise is worthless.

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 You see,

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 we've heard the promise this morning

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 and I'm sure we all want the promise.

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 But we think the only way

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 to get the promise

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 is to earn it.

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 So our life becomes

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 a big religious performance,

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 a system of rules

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 that we impose on ourselves

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 and we impose on other people.

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 And we say,

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 well, if I'm a good person,

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 if I read my Bible,

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 if I go to church,

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 if I do all kinds of good deeds,

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 if I live a good moral life,

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 if I do sponsor a child,

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 then I deserve the promise.

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 But performance

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 will never give you the promise.

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 Performance will just destroy you

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 and break you.

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 As verse 15 says,

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 because law or performance

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 brings wrath.

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 We can never live up to its standard.

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 We can never be good enough.

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 It will only condemn us.

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 So the point is simple.

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 It's saying,

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 we have to have faith like Abraham.

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 And if we have faith like Abraham,

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 we too can receive the promise.

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 If we trust that God will do

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 what he said he will do,

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 we will also share in the inheritance.

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 Verse 16.

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 Therefore, the promise comes

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 by faith.

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 So if we want to have this promise,

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 we have to be people of faith,

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 but we also have to be people of grace.

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 Look at the rest of verse 16.

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 Therefore, the promise comes by faith

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 so that it may be by grace.

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 Now we often bandy that word around,

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 don't we, grace?

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 It's God's overwhelming generosity

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 towards us.

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 It's something that is unearned

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 and undeserved.

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 It's God's loving

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 and faithful intervention

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 in our lives.

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 So the promise

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 that comes from God

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 is something that originates

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 or is initiated by God

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 from him to us.

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 The promise is something

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 that God does for us.

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 It's something that he achieves for us.

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 Therefore,

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 we are people who are to rest

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 in that grace.

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 We don't try to earn it

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 or to achieve it.

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 It comes by grace

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 so that it may be,

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 verse 16, do you see,

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 may be guaranteed

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 to all Abraham's offspring.

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 And who are his children?

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 Who are those offspring?

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 Not only to those

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 who are of the law,

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 in other words,

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 those who are just Jews,

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 but also to those

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 who are of the faith

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 of Abraham.

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 He is the father of us all,

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 as it is written,

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 I have made you

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 a father of many nations.

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 So grace guarantees

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 the promise to us

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 because it's not dependent on us.

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 It's dependent on God

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 who makes the promise

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 but who also keeps the promise

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 and it can be our promise too

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 if we have the faith

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 and if we are resting

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 in the grace

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 that came to Abraham.

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 Now let's think this through

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 a little bit more.

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 What if the promise

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 depended

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 on me or you?

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 If it was all up to us?

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 Well, it would fail,

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 wouldn't it?

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 We would never receive

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 the promised inheritance.

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 But amazingly,

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 God not only makes

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 the promise to us,

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 but he is also the one

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 who is going to keep

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 the promise for us.

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 Look at verse 17.

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 Just one sentence in.

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 It says,

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 He is our father

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 in the sight of God

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 in whom he believed.

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 The God who gives life

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 to the dead

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 and calls things

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 that are not

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 as though they were.

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 Have you ever tried

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 to give life

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 to the dead?

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 Have you ever told

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 a corpse

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 to stand up,

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 instructed that corpse,

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 stand up

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 and go home?

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 Well, you'd be probably

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 locked up

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 if you tried to do that.

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 Jesus did it though,

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 didn't he?

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 He did it to a little girl.

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 He did it to Lazarus.

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 And it worked.

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 They did stand up

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 and they did go home.

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 Have you ever tried

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 to make something

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 out of nothing?

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 Things that are not

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 as though they were.

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 Commanded something

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 into existence.

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 Have you ever done that?

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 Well, Jesus did

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 when he created

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 the world.

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 He just spoke

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 and the world

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 came into existence.

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 So it's telling us

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 that Jesus can do

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 what we could never do.

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 He gives life

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 to the dead

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 and he creates

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 out of nothing.

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 And this same God

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 will also do the same

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 with the promise.

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 He will achieve for us

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 what we can never do

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 and that is

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 that he will keep

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 the promise for us

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 because we can't.

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 And Abraham

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 is our example here.

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 Look at verse 18.

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 Remember what God

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 had promised to Abraham?

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 He said he would be

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 the father

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 of a great nation.

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 Verse 18.

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 Against all hope,

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 Abraham in hope

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 believed

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 and so became

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 the father

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 of many nations

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 just as it had been

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 said to him

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 so shall your

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 offspring be.

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 Without weakening

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 in his faith

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 he faced the fact

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 that his body

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 was as good as dead

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 since he was about

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 a hundred years old

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 and that Sarah's womb

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 was also dead.

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 Now Abraham and Sarah

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 were well on in years.

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 They were making plans

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 for their retirement.

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 Perhaps they were even

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 checking out

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 their local nursing homes.

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 But whatever their future,

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:37.139
 children

00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:39.379
 were not on their agenda.

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 But God had come to them

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 and he had made

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 a promise to them.

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 He said you would be

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:47.480
 a father of a great nation.

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 Now when God made

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:51.139
 that promise

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:52.319
 to Abraham

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:54.220
 he didn't say to him

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 right Abraham

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 be the father

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 of a great nation

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 and good luck to you.

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 See how you get on.

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 And if you've got troubles

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.759
 well, you know

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.539
 just see what you can do.

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 Check out the local

00:23:09.719 --> 00:23:10.779
 fertility clinic.

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 No, he didn't say

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:15.079
 any of those things.

00:23:15.219 --> 00:23:16.419
 What God promised

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:17.899
 God would fulfill.

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.939
 He made the promise

00:23:19.939 --> 00:23:20.599
 that you would be

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.719
 a father of a nation

00:23:21.719 --> 00:23:23.199
 and he will also

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:24.159
 keep the promise.

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.339
 He does

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:27.480
 what we could never do.

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:29.599
 He literally gave life

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:31.059
 to a dead womb.

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 And he literally

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:34.519
 created a nation

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:36.099
 out of nothing.

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:39.279
 God does the impossible.

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.779
 He makes the promise

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 and he keeps the promise.

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.140
 And that's exactly

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:44.380
 what God will do for us.

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.920
 He will achieve for us

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.380
 what we can never do.

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:51.000
 And how are we

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.880
 to respond to it?

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:53.200
 Well exactly in the same way

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:54.000
 as Abraham did.

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.700
 Verse 20.

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 Yet he did not waver

00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:58.299
 through unbelief

00:23:58.299 --> 00:24:00.259
 regarding the promise

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.840
 of God

00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:02.700
 but was strengthened

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.299
 in his faith

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.660
 and gave glory to God

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:07.720
 being fully persuaded

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:10.240
 that God had the power

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.940
 to do

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:13.360
 what he had promised.

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:16.279
 So it's all about faith

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.680
 isn't it?

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:18.240
 It's trusting that God

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.840
 will do

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:20.660
 what he said he will do.

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.620
 It's not about trusting

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.720
 in what we can do.

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:24.960
 Abraham's faith

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:27.779
 was in God's faithfulness.

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.920
 And our faith

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.799
 is also to be

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:32.079
 in God's faithfulness

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.339
 to keep the promise.

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.339
 Suppose you receive

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.720
 a letter

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:40.079
 from a distant relative

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:43.220
 and in the letter

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.279
 you discover

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:45.120
 that the detail

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:46.319
 is all about a will

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:48.339
 and you stand

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:49.120
 to inherit

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:50.279
 their estate.

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:53.539
 it's quite a unique will

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.859
 because what you're

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.700
 going to inherit

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.680
 is an old

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:58.379
 16th century castle.

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.839
 A marvelous building

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:02.960
 except for there's a problem

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:04.180
 it's been left to ruin.

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.500
 But alongside

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.599
 this promise

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:09.359
 comes a list

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.079
 of conditions

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:11.359
 that you are obliged

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.059
 to fulfill.

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:14.639
 if you want

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:16.500
 that 16th century castle

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:18.299
 you must first

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.059
 restore it

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.899
 to its original

00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:20.460
 beauty

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.779
 and design.

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.079
 It's all yours.

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.399
 But first

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:27.139
 you're obliged

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:28.079
 to restore it

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.839
 to its original

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.319
 beauty.

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:30.859
 Now we know

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.759
 that's all impossible

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.279
 isn't it?

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.980
 Because we haven't got

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.099
 the financial resources

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.839
 to do anything

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.559
 to such a great

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.159
 big building

00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:37.460
 nor the skills

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.220
 nor expertise.

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:40.319
 So in some ways

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.980
 the promise

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.879
 of the inheritance

00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:43.679
 is absolutely useless

00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:45.639
 because we could

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.460
 never fulfill

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.179
 the conditions.

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.019
 Well God

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.879
 has made a promise

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.559
 to us

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:53.539
 to inherit

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.500
 the world

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:56.339
 to live with him

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.240
 to reign with him

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.220
 to rule over

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.480
 the entire universe

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.019
 one day

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.480
 in God's

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.519
 eternal paradise.

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.659
 But we can't

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.559
 keep the conditions

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:07.700
 of perfect obedience

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:09.159
 and perfect loyalty.

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:11.019
 we break it

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:12.060
 every single day.

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.360
 And that's why

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:15.980
 God

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:17.500
 makes the promise

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.900
 and he says

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.620
 I'm also going

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.240
 to keep

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.860
 the promise

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.340
 for you

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:22.500
 because you can't.

00:26:23.300 --> 00:26:24.019
 He keeps

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.759
 the promise

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:26.060
 for all those

00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:26.980
 who will have faith

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.160
 that God will do

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.279
 what he said

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.000
 he will do.

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:33.200
 Now for those of you

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.080
 who know the story

00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:34.660
 of Abraham

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:36.440
 you'll think

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.140
 in these verses

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.840
 here that he's

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.639
 painted in a very

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.279
 good light

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:41.519
 that he wavered

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.220
 he was unwavering

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.819
 in his belief.

00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:44.459
 Now we know

00:26:44.459 --> 00:26:45.359
 the story

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:47.799
 that he actually

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:49.720
 didn't believe

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.159
 fully

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.839
 completely

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:52.059
 that he would

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.799
 have a child

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:54.500
 he went off

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.220
 with somebody else

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.699
 and produced

00:26:55.699 --> 00:26:56.480
 another child

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:59.079
 so was he

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.480
 keeping

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.459
 the promise?

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:02.340
 you see

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:03.079
 it's all

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.620
 dependent

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.819
 on God

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:06.160
 even when

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.900
 our faith

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.640
 isn't what

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.519
 it ought to be

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:10.100
 and maybe

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.960
 like me

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:12.079
 your faith

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.680
 fails

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:14.319
 perhaps you

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.900
 have times

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.299
 of doubt

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.900
 and you wonder

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:17.799
 I really don't

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.360
 think I'm a

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:18.740
 Christian

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:21.380
 or maybe

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:21.920
 because of

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.940
 some particular

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.740
 behaviour

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.440
 or habit

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.980
 or some

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.400
 sin

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:27.259
 you just think

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:28.100
 my faith

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.640
 is completely

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.120
 gone

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.839
 there's no

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.439
 way

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:32.619
 he's going

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.159
 to accept

00:27:33.159 --> 00:27:33.659
 me into

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.019
 heaven

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:36.219
 well let's

00:27:36.219 --> 00:27:36.619
 remember

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.059
 that our

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.979
 response of

00:27:37.979 --> 00:27:38.399
 faith

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:40.359
 is not

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:40.939
 in the

00:27:40.939 --> 00:27:41.539
 strength

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.479
 of our

00:27:42.479 --> 00:27:43.139
 own faith

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:44.559
 it's not

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:44.919
 in our

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:45.379
 ability

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:45.979
 to keep

00:27:45.979 --> 00:27:46.739
 our faith

00:27:46.739 --> 00:27:47.979
 or in our

00:27:47.979 --> 00:27:48.799
 determination

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.819
 or a

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.479
 perseverance

00:27:50.479 --> 00:27:51.119
 to hold

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.439
 on to

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:51.819
 faith

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:53.679
 no

00:27:53.679 --> 00:27:54.599
 our faith

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.500
 is in the

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.959
 perfect

00:27:55.959 --> 00:27:56.500
 performance

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.419
 of Christ

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:59.140
 who keeps

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.880
 the conditions

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:01.000
 for us

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.640
 our faith

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.880
 is in the

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.820
 promise keeper

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:06.500
 if it relied

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.980
 on us

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.320
 and our

00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:07.840
 good will

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.160
 and our

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.940
 good intention

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.880
 it would

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.600
 fail every

00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:11.100
 time

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:12.019
 we can't

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.400
 keep it

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.019
 we can't

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.660
 do it

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:15.259
 but God

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.680
 says

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.320
 I will

00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:16.779
 keep it

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.420
 for you

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.880
 verse 21

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:21.200
 being fully

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.840
 persuaded

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:23.840
 that God

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.480
 has the

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.019
 power to

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.339
 do

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.720
 what he

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:26.900
 had

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.379
 promised

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.839
 you see

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.379
 we cannot

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.039
 keep it

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.200
 it's only

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.680
 he can

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.579
 keep it

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:35.460
 but you

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:35.799
 say

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:37.579
 how could

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:37.839
 you be

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.539
 so sure

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:40.500
 can you

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.319
 really be

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.359
 so confident

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.879
 that God

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.339
 is going to

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.879
 keep us

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.240
 and make

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.660
 sure that

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:45.940
 we are

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.379
 part of

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:46.559
 his

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:46.960
 eternal

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.400
 kingdom

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:49.220
 if only

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.599
 you were

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.019
 able to

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.500
 see what

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.940
 I was up

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.339
 to this

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:51.660
 week

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.720
 if you

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.500
 saw my

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.879
 life

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.160
 what it

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.660
 was really

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.040
 like

00:28:55.040 --> 00:28:55.660
 I'm

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.120
 claiming

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:56.480
 to be

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.640
 a

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:56.980
 Christian

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.120
 but the

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.380
 things

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:58.640
 I've

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:58.980
 said

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.180
 the

00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.460
 things

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.760
 I've

00:28:59.760 --> 00:29:00.140
 done

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:01.740
 boy

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.700
 you

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:02.940
 wouldn't

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.220
 want to

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.400
 see

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:03.780
 that

00:29:03.780 --> 00:29:06.000
 how

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.360
 can we

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.760
 be so

00:29:06.760 --> 00:29:07.160
 sure

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:08.880
 well we

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:09.280
 have been

00:29:09.280 --> 00:29:09.580
 given

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:10.200
 proof

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.320
 look at

00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:11.620
 the end

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.080
 of verse

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:13.060
 25

00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:16.200
 it tells

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.540
 us there

00:29:16.540 --> 00:29:17.240
 that Jesus

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.280
 was delivered

00:29:18.280 --> 00:29:19.100
 over to

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.500
 death

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:21.060
 for our

00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:21.620
 sins

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.799
 and was

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.479
 raised to

00:29:23.479 --> 00:29:23.859
 life

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.919
 for our

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.739
 justification

00:29:25.739 --> 00:29:27.599
 remember

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.059
 God had

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.399
 made the

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.000
 promise to

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.379
 Abraham

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:30.199
 and to

00:29:30.199 --> 00:29:30.379
 his

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:30.759
 offspring

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.419
 that they

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:32.099
 would inherit

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:33.479
 the world

00:29:33.479 --> 00:29:35.519
 the problem

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.139
 was Abraham

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.619
 and Sarah

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.019
 had no

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.459
 children

00:29:37.459 --> 00:29:38.239
 they had

00:29:38.239 --> 00:29:38.639
 no

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.199
 offspring

00:29:39.199 --> 00:29:40.899
 so God

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.299
 had to

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.039
 prove to

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.479
 them that

00:29:42.479 --> 00:29:42.879
 he would

00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:43.459
 do what

00:29:43.459 --> 00:29:43.899
 he said

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.179
 he would

00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:44.459
 do

00:29:44.459 --> 00:29:45.339
 so he

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.799
 gave

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.579
 old Abraham

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.299
 and barren

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.739
 Sarah

00:29:47.739 --> 00:29:48.659
 a son

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:49.859
 and their

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.459
 newborn

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.059
 their first

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.620
 born son

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.240
 Isaac

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.319
 was the

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.079
 proof

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:55.819
 that God

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.240
 was going

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.720
 to keep

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.460
 his promise

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:59.480
 now we

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.840
 have an

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.579
 even greater

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.120
 proof

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:03.700
 God has

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.519
 sent his

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.900
 son

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:06.319
 his only

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.779
 son

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.759
 Jesus

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.279
 Christ

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.700
 who is

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.500
 the ultimate

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.100
 proof

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:11.299
 that he

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.680
 is going

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.100
 to keep

00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:12.640
 the promise

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.400
 for us

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.500
 do you

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.759
 see what

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.140
 it says

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.400
 at the

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.640
 end

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:15.940
 of

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.500
 in verse

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.059
 25

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:18.680
 it says

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.039
 he was

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.559
 delivered

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.440
 over to

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:20.899
 death

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:22.639
 for our

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.119
 sins

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:25.839
 if you

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.379
 think that

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.859
 your sin

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.259
 is so

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.599
 great

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.039
 and so

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.399
 big

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:28.940
 that it

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.419
 keeps you

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:29.720
 out of

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.059
 heaven

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:32.259
 look back

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.579
 to the

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.000
 cross

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.899
 and remember

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.339
 that he

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.899
 was delivered

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.419
 over to

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:36.639
 death

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.179
 for our

00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:37.480
 sin

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.619
 he took

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.179
 the death

00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:39.879
 he took

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.440
 the penalty

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.559
 he took

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.200
 the blame

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:44.200
 for us

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.200
 so that it

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.759
 can never

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.299
 ever be

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.000
 held against

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.339
 us

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.940
 again

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:49.160
 it

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.539
 won't

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.000
 break

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.320
 the

00:30:50.320 --> 00:30:50.860
 promise

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:52.120
 because

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.660
 Christ

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:52.900
 has

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.320
 died

00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:53.600
 for

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:53.840
 our

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.140
 sin

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:55.840
 but

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.080
 not

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.299
 only

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.660
 did he

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.059
 die

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.340
 it

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.600
 says

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:57.740
 he

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:57.900
 was

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.259
 also

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.840
 raised

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.100
 to

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.480
 life

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.180
 for

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.420
 our

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.000
 justification

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.580
 to put

00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:01.720
 us

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:01.980
 right

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.539
 so

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:02.920
 through

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.160
 the

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.680
 resurrection

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.200
 of

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.660
 Christ

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.420
 God

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:05.600
 has

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.240
 proved

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.500
 to

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.940
 us

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:08.000
 that

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.160
 he

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.380
 would

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:08.820
 do

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.320
 what

00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:09.460
 he

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:09.799
 said

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:09.980
 he

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.160
 would

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.480
 do

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.279
 the

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.840
 resurrection

00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:12.200
 is

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.660
 God's

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.220
 proof

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.799
 that

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.240
 Jesus

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.799
 death

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.100
 on the

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.440
 cross

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.680
 was

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.180
 sufficient

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.519
 and

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.080
 complete

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.599
 God

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.139
 raised

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.539
 Christ

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:19.720
 from

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:19.859
 the

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.039
 dead

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.199
 to

00:31:20.199 --> 00:31:20.379
 say

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:20.679
 what

00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:20.879
 he

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.179
 did

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:22.099
 was

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.419
 good

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:22.859
 enough

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:24.299
 it's

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.579
 all

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:24.879
 over

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.119
 it's

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.599
 complete

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:25.939
 it's

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:26.480
 finished

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:29.019
 he's

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.480
 raised

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.659
 him

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:29.859
 to

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.259
 life

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.599
 and

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:30.759
 if

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:30.960
 your

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.379
 faith

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:31.559
 is

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.720
 in

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:31.939
 him

00:31:31.939 --> 00:31:32.480
 you

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.799
 too

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:32.980
 will

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.159
 be

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:33.480
 raised

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.699
 to

00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:34.119
 life

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:37.559
 so

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:37.759
 let

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:37.879
 me

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.079
 say

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.299
 this

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.460
 to

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.619
 us

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:38.819
 all

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.039
 this

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.419
 morning

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:41.899
 if

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.099
 you're

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.259
 a

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.619
 Christian

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.019
 here

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.179
 and

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:43.399
 you're

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:43.980
 struggling

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.539
 and

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.720
 you're

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.019
 thinking

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.279
 my

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.619
 sin

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:46.799
 is

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.059
 too

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.399
 big

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:49.219
 my

00:31:49.219 --> 00:31:49.759
 behavior

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.079
 over

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.259
 the

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.539
 last

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:50.919
 year

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.079
 or

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.339
 two

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.699
 years

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:51.859
 or

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.159
 last

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:52.519
 month

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.839
 whatever

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.079
 it

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.279
 might

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.599
 be

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:55.279
 it

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.639
 there's

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:56.879
 no

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.279
 way

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.899
 I'm

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.059
 going

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.179
 to

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:58.319
 get

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.519
 to

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.839
 heaven

00:31:58.839 --> 00:32:00.439
 well

00:32:00.439 --> 00:32:00.579
 if

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:00.739
 you're

00:32:00.739 --> 00:32:01.139
 depending

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:01.399
 on

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:01.859
 yourself

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.159
 you've

00:32:02.159 --> 00:32:02.299
 got

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.459
 it

00:32:02.459 --> 00:32:02.799
 wrong

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:04.599
 it's

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:04.839
 all

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.319
 dependent

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.679
 on

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:06.139
 God

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:07.339
 and

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.500
 if

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.639
 we

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:07.859
 want

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.279
 proof

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.500
 that

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:08.659
 we

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:08.839
 can

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.000
 be

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.199
 in

00:32:09.199 --> 00:32:09.479
 heaven

00:32:09.479 --> 00:32:10.500
 look

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.959
 back

00:32:10.959 --> 00:32:11.319
 to

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.539
 what

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.859
 Jesus

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.139
 has

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.459
 done

00:32:12.459 --> 00:32:13.199
 he

00:32:13.199 --> 00:32:13.599
 died

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:13.839
 for

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.139
 you

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:15.900
 he

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.220
 took

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.520
 the

00:32:16.520 --> 00:32:17.640
 ultimate

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.280
 curse

00:32:18.280 --> 00:32:18.920
 for you

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.240
 and for

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.400
 me

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.820
 that we

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:20.200
 might

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.980
 receive

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.380
 his

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.960
 blessings

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.840
 through

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:23.160
 his

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.759
 resurrection

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:25.800
 so by

00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:26.480
 faith in

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.840
 Christ

00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:27.200
 we can

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.420
 be

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:28.160
 absolutely

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.820
 confident

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:30.040
 that

00:32:30.040 --> 00:32:30.660
 paradise

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.840
 is

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.940
 100%

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.640
 guaranteed

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:35.259
 for all

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.700
 those

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.460
 who have

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.940
 faith

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.720
 in

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.200
 Christ

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:40.779
 that

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.080
 means

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:41.299
 there

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.420
 will

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.559
 be

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.759
 no

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.000
 more

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.500
 death

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.720
 no

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:43.940
 more

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.400
 sadness

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.779
 no

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.000
 more

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.340
 sickness

00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:45.720
 no

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:45.940
 more

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.420
 suffering

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.539
 there

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:47.680
 will

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:47.840
 be

00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:48.059
 no

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.259
 more

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.660
 need

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:48.900
 for

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.500
 compassion

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:51.900
 because

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.299
 God

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.460
 has

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.700
 made

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.299
 everything

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.740
 new

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.420
 and

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.779
 everything

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.240
 right

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.360
 and

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:56.519
 he

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:56.980
 promises

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.319
 that

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.539
 to

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.880
 you

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.539
 and

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:58.700
 to

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:58.900
 me

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.319
 today

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.580
 if

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:01.360
 we

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.620
 have

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.960
 faith

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.140
 in

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.519
 Christ

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.340
 let's

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.559
 pray

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.039
 together

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:10.259
 our

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.480
 Father

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.759
 God

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:10.940
 we

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.240
 thank

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.379
 you

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.659
 so

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:11.980
 much

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.259
 for

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.700
 your

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:14.019
 amazing

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.659
 promise

00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:16.220
 the

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.599
 promise

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:16.940
 to

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.559
 inherit

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.039
 the

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.480
 world

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.839
 to

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.000
 be

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.379
 part

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:20.559
 of

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.960
 your

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.759
 eternal

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.319
 kingdom

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:24.240
 and

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.399
 we

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:24.759
 thank

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:24.940
 you

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.119
 that

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.319
 that

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.480
 is

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.059
 dependent

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.480
 not

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.659
 on

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:27.079
 us

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:29.420
 but

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.659
 on

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:30.139
 Christ

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:31.180
 his

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.680
 perfect

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.119
 life

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.539
 for

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.019
 us

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:34.139
 his

00:33:34.139 --> 00:33:34.579
 death

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.160
 and

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.759
 resurrection

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.279
 for

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.779
 us

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:38.400
 thank

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.579
 you

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:38.779
 that

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:38.940
 you

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.160
 not

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:39.379
 only

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:39.680
 make

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:39.859
 the

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.220
 promise

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.460
 but

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.660
 that

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:40.799
 you

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.259
 keep

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.480
 it

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.839
 for

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.240
 us

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:44.039
 and

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.240
 you

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.420
 will

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.859
 assure

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.119
 and

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.759
 guarantee

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:47.539
 our

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.019
 journey

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.359
 through

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:48.700
 this

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.160
 life

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:51.059
 and

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.379
 into

00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:51.839
 your

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.900
 eternal

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.680
 paradise

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:55.599
 thank

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:55.759
 you

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:55.960
 that

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.299
 all

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.500
 that

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.720
 is

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.180
 ours

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:58.420
 and

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.559
 I

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:58.940
 pray

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.160
 that

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.319
 you

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.480
 would

00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.940
 stir

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.240
 each

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.460
 one

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.579
 of

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:00.900
 us

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:02.180
 that

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.359
 we

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:02.579
 would

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:02.819
 want

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:02.960
 to

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.199
 see

00:34:03.199 --> 00:34:03.799
 others

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.839
 have

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.059
 that

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.439
 same

00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:05.919
 faith

00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:07.259
 that

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.500
 they

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.799
 too

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:07.980
 would

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.259
 also

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:08.779
 trust

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:08.980
 in

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.259
 you

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:10.980
 and

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.319
 become

00:34:11.319 --> 00:34:11.679
 your

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.159
 children

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:13.420
 and

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.860
 gain

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:15.480
 eternal

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.000
 life

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.179
 that

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.340
 they

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.519
 would

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.940
 become

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.519
 heirs

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:18.900
 of

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.039
 the

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.460
 world

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.579
 we

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.840
 pray

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.079
 this

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.239
 in

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.500
 Jesus

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.940
 name

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:23.199
 Amen

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:25.779
 welcome

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:27.639
 our

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:27.899
 name

00:34:27.899 --> 00:34:29.719
 going

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:29.779
 we're

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:31.079
 going

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:32.019
 to

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:33.000
 sing

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.599
 together

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:33.719
 I like

00:34:33.759 --> 00:34:34.219
 to

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:36.659
 sing

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.460
 together

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.779
 and

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:39.559
 sing

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.779
 together

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:41.699
 I like

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.859
 to

00:34:42.859 --> 00:34:46.559
 sing

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.500
 into

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.980
 our

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.500
 name