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 This morning's text is Hebrews chapter 11 verses 17 through 22, where we will observe once again the faith of Abraham and his descendants.

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 Do you ever feel that way?

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 Do you ever think, why are we spending so much time in one book and therefore on one theme?

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 This feeling was punctuated by my nine-year-old Cade, who asked me last night,

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 Dad, are you preaching from Hebrews tomorrow?

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 And when I responded, yeah, he said, oh, in a slightly disappointed voice.

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 So I wanted to understand that, and I probed further, and I pressed a bit,

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 and he told me that it feels like he can only remember us ever studying the book of Hebrews.

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 I asked him what he thought the book of Hebrews is supposed to teach us,

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 and his stumbling with an answer, although he didn't totally miss the point,

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 but he stumbled around to answer me, reminded me why long expositions can be of some value to the church.

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 Now, most of us are not nine, but then I thought about my week, and I thought about likely your week,

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 and considered how many opportunities were presented to us to not persevere by faith,

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 to grow cold and listless, to forget the glorious truth of the supremacy of Jesus Christ,

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 to forget that we who are in Christ were once desperately lost, but now have been found,

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 to forget and to think, right, all the pleasures the world has to offer us are temporal and fleeting,

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 but we have an eternal reward in Jesus.

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 We should not grow tired of learning the lesson of Hebrews, because we are always in need of it.

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 The ESV Study Bible Introduction to Hebrews defines the book's theme this way,

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 Christ is greater than any angel, priest, or old covenant institution.

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 Thus, each reader, rather than leaving such a great salvation,

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 is summoned to hold on by faith to the true rest found in Christ,

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 and to encourage others in the church to persevere.

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 And I will give you a bit shorter version, and then we will get to work.

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 Followers of Jesus Christ need to persevere by faith in the absolute supremacy of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 So Hebrews chapter 11, beginning in verse 17,

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 Beloved, this is God's word to us, written for his glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it, in order to believe its promises, and to obey its commands.

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 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac.

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 And he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,

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 of whom it was said, through Isaac shall your offspring be named.

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 He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead,

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 from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.

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 By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau.

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 By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph,

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 bowing in worship over the head of his staff.

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 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites,

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 and gave directions concerning his bones.

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 So this morning, a very simple outline for our text.

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 Number one, Abraham's legendary faith.

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 And number two, Abraham's legacy of faith.

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 And then finally, I'll ask us some questions concerning our faith.

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 So Abraham's legendary faith, Abraham's legacy of faith.

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 And then I'll ask some questions concerning our faith.

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 So number one, Abraham's legendary faith.

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 We're going to break this down into some pieces as we kind of walk through a bit of this story.

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 And I want to read much of it to you from Genesis chapter 22.

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 The author of Hebrews is not trying to make a very complex point.

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 It's a simple point that he's making.

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 It's just a point that must be worked out in our lives.

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 And he's using the life of Abraham, particularly this episode,

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 to show us this very thing.

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 So we can see first, at the beginning of verse 17, the calling of faith to Abraham.

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 God asked something of him.

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 Asked him to do a very difficult something.

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 Beginning of verse 17 says,

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 By faith Abraham, when he was tested.

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 So if you will, keep your finger marking Hebrews chapter 11,

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 but turn with me to Genesis chapter 22.

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 And we'll pick up and read a bit of it and jump back into Hebrews and back and forth just a tad this morning.

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 So we see first the testing of Abraham's faith.

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 God is saying,

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 Do you really believe?

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 I've made a promise.

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 Do you really believe that I will bring the promise to pass?

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 Genesis chapter 22, beginning in verse 1.

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 God tested Abraham and said to him,

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 Abraham, and he said,

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 Here I am.

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 He said,

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 Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love,

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 and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.

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 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey,

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 and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac.

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 And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

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 Now, I think that we too quickly read these stories.

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 I don't know that we often really take the time to have some imagination for what it must have been like.

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 The overarching point of what the author of Hebrews is talking about here is the promise being fulfilled in Isaac.

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 It was said of him,

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 Through Isaac, your offspring will be named.

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 This is the large idea that he's speaking about here.

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 But just imagine for a moment,

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 God asking you to take your son, your only son,

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 the son that you love,

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 and offer him as a sacrifice.

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 I have sons.

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 And it is difficult to imagine what it must have been like for Abraham.

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 He's very eager, we see.

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 Genesis chapter 22 and verse 1, right?

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 God says to him,

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 Abraham, and he says,

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 Here I am.

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 And we don't get any clue as to the emotions that he's feeling following that,

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 but I have to imagine he's not nearly as eager as he's told what he is to do.

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 Travel to a place and offer your son as a sacrifice.

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 But we see that he goes, right?

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 He rises in the morning, saddles his donkey,

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 takes young men and his son.

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 He even does the proper preparation to go and to be obedient for this great sacrifice.

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 As we read on, we can see the journeying faith of Abraham.

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 This isn't a short trip that he takes.

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 We read on in verse 4,

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 On the third day,

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 Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.

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 Then Abraham said to his young men,

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 Stay here with the donkey.

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

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

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

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 And so they went both of them together.

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 And Isaac said to his father, Abraham,

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 My father.

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 And he said,

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 Here I am, my son.

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 He said,

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 Behold the fire and the wood,

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 but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

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 Abraham said,

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

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 So they went both of them together.

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 So again, imagine for a moment what the Lord was asking of Abraham.

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 They traveled.

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 They went on a journey.

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 And they did this with time.

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 And he has not yet informed his son of what's going to happen at this.

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 Can you just imagine?

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 What are they going to do to make a sacrifice?

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 He's aware of this, Isaac is,

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 because he asked the question.

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 I see the supplies except for the lamb.

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 And the type of faith it must have taken.

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 The type of perseverance in the promise of God

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 to travel this distance,

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 knowing what was coming at the end of that journey.

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 And then we see the sacrificing faith of Abraham.

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 We begin in verse 9.

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 When they came to the place of which God had told him,

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 Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order

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 and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

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 Now we don't know exactly the age of Isaac.

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 There's much guess to this.

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 I'm going to tend toward him being younger

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 because of kind of the naivety of his questions in the previous verses.

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 But surely he was faster than his dad.

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 His dad was getting extremely old at this point.

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 So Isaac seems to be a willing participant,

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 trusting in his father,

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 even as he's laying him on an altar to be burned.

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 Verse 10.

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 Then Abraham reached out his hand

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 and took the knife to slaughter his son.

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 And I have a hard time reading that

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 and not shuddering at the thought,

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 the measure of faith,

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 to say, right,

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 this is the Lord's will,

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 that I would sacrifice my son

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 and I'm believing in the promise.

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 So when you look in Hebrews 11, 17 and 18,

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 it says,

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 There was a specific promise

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 that it was through this son,

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 this son that he is now raising the dagger

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 in order to slaughter,

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 that all these promises of God

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 would come to pass.

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 It defies logic,

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 natural reasoning.

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 It makes no sense whatsoever.

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 And yet,

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 he is willing to act.

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 Not willy-nilly,

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 but because of what the Lord had said.

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 So we see him here at the end of verse 10,

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 ready.

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 He's taking the knife.

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 He's ready to slaughter his son.

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 And in verse 11,

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 But the angel of the Lord

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 called to him from heaven and said,

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 Abraham, Abraham.

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 And he said,

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 I imagine eagerly,

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 Here I am.

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 He said, the angel,

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 Do not lay your hand on the boy

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 or do anything to him.

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 For now I know that you fear God.

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 Seeing you have not withheld your son,

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 your only son,

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 from me.

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 Proving of his faith.

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 And Abraham lifted up his eyes

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 and looked,

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 and behold,

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 behind him was a ram

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 caught in a thicket by his thorns.

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 And Abraham went and took the ram

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 and offered it up

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 as a burnt offering

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 instead of his son.

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 So Abraham called the name of that place.

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 The Lord will provide.

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 As it is said to this day,

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 on the mount of the Lord,

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 it shall be provided.

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 This is an astounding picture.

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 And the author of Hebrews

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 places this in Hebrews chapter 11

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 as an encouragement to us

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 to persevere in faith.

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 Don't miss that.

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 Don't lose that.

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 We are meant to also believe

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 in the promises of God.

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 God likely won't.

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 I highly doubt.

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 He's going to ask you

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 to offer your son.

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 We should have a good conversation

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 if you think or are convinced

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 that he's doing so.

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 I'd have words for you.

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 But he's going to ask us

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 to do things

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 that are weighty

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 and are sacrificial,

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 believing in his promises.

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 So how is it

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 that Abraham was able

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 to have such faith?

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 It's given to him

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 as a gift from the Lord.

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 But it's not an unreasoning faith.

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 It's a reasoning faith.

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 And we see this back

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 in Hebrews chapter 11

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 and verse 19.

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 We see that Abraham

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 considered

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 his reasoning.

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 He's thinking this through.

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 He's given a command.

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 He's traveling a distance.

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 He's got to be in turmoil over it.

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 But wait a second.

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 God made a promise.

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 He made a promise

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 to bless all the nations.

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 He made a promise

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 that my descendants

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 would be as many as the stars.

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 He made a promise

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 that it would happen

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 through Isaac.

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 How does this make sense?

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 He considered

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 that God was able

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 even to raise him

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 from the dead.

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 He knew

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 that God would be sure

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 to his promise.

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 He knew somehow

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 God is going to work this through.

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 And certainly,

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 God did.

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 Instead of having him

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 sacrifice Isaac,

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 which he certainly could have

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 raised from the dead,

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 he provides

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 an alternate sacrifice

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 in the form

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 of a ram.

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 And the author says,

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 from which,

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 figuratively speaking,

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 he did receive him back.

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 Isaac was as good

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 as dead

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 to Abraham.

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 He had come to the place

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 where he was willing

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 to sacrifice

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 his own son

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 in obedience

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 to God.

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 And he did,

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 in fact,

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 receive him back,

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 figuratively,

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 from the dead.

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 Abraham's reasoning

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 was audacious.

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 It was audacious.

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 But it went something

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 like this.

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 God promised to make

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 of me

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 a great nation.

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 Therefore,

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 he gave me

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 a son

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 when I was

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 as good as dead.

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 Far too old

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 to father a son,

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 and my wife Sarah

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 far too old

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 to mother.

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 Therefore,

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 God has now

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 asked me

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 to sacrifice

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 my son

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 the only

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 reasonable way

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 that God

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 can fulfill

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 his promise.

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 Therefore,

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 God is not a liar,

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 and God

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 will make

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 a way

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 to keep

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 his promise.

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 What faith.

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 What astounding

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 faith

00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:19.139
 in God's

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 spoken

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 word.

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 God has said it.

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 It will come

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 to pass.

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 God promised it.

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 Therefore,

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 I believe it.

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 This is the type

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 of faith

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 that we are

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 asked to have

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 in our God.

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 This is the type

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 of faith

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 that the author

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 of Hebrews

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 is encouraging

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 and encouraging

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 and encouraging

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 and encouraging.

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 Did you have

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 that kind of faith

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 in this past

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 week?

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 Did God

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 ask you

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 to do anything

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 that was

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 difficult

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 but consistent

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 with his promises

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 that you failed

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 to do?

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 You just said,

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 I just don't

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 believe the promise.

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 Functionally,

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 I'm not so sure.

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 Cognitively,

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 I ascend

00:16:02.099 --> 00:16:02.879
 to these promises,

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 but functionally,

00:16:04.859 --> 00:16:05.179
 eh.

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 And as a result

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 of Abraham's

00:16:08.819 --> 00:16:09.279
 faithfulness,

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 God restates

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 the promises

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 of his covenant

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 with Abraham

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 and with his

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 descendants.

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 He says again,

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 lest anyone

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 forget in the

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 reading of this

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 story,

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 the promise

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 that came

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 and is coming.

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 Verse 15

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 down through 18

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 of Genesis 22.

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 And the angel

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 of the Lord

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 called to Abraham

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 a second time

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 from heaven

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 and said,

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 By myself

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 I have sworn,

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 declares the Lord.

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 Because you have

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 done this

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 and have not

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 withheld your son,

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 your only son,

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 I will surely

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 bless you

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 and I will surely

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 multiply your offspring

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 as the stars

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 of heaven

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 and as the sand

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 that is on the seashore.

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 And your offspring

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 shall possess

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 the gate

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 of his enemies.

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 And in your offspring

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 shall all the nations

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 of the earth

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 be blessed

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 because you

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 have obeyed

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:59.100
 my voice.

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 Abraham's

00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:02.440
 faithfulness,

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.240
 his willingness

00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.259
 to sacrifice

00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:06.620
 his only son,

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:08.319
 because of God's

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:09.000
 promise to him

00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:10.099
 made possible

00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:11.839
 another son,

00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:13.480
 the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:15.460
 His willingness

00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:16.140
 to sacrifice

00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:16.839
 his son

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 prefigures

00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:19.220
 God the Father

00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:20.400
 sacrificing

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.819
 his only son,

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:23.120
 actually sacrificing

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 his only son,

00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.860
 the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:27.339
 that all the promises

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 of the Abrahamic covenant

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 would be fulfilled.

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 And they are

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 being fulfilled

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.679
 to this day.

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 It's an astounding

00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:36.799
 faith.

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 So Abraham

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 has this

00:17:39.419 --> 00:17:40.619
 legendary

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.480
 faith,

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 but he also has

00:17:42.179 --> 00:17:42.700
 a legacy

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.679
 of faith.

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 And the author

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.500
 of Hebrews

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.359
 gives that to us

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 kind of in rapid

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 succession

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.619
 in the next

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 three verses

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 20,

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 21,

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 and 22.

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 We won't spend

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 much time on these

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 at all,

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 although we could

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 spend a whole week

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 on each and every

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 one of them.

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 But we want to get

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 to the beginning

00:17:59.039 --> 00:17:59.620
 of chapter 12

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 at some point,

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 don't we?

00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.880
 So first,

00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.220
 Isaac's faith.

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:03.660
 Verse 20,

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.200
 By faith,

00:18:04.340 --> 00:18:05.079
 Isaac invoked

00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:06.100
 future blessings

00:18:06.100 --> 00:18:06.960
 on Jacob

00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:08.240
 and Esau.

00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:09.819
 The story of Isaac's

00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:10.660
 blessing of his sons

00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.920
 is quite the debacle.

00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:12.799
 I'll encourage you

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 to read it from

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 Genesis chapter 27,

00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:15.980
 the whole chapter,

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.500
 and through the

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.259
 beginning of chapter

00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:18.120
 20,

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 but the point is,

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 the point that the

00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:20.620
 author of Hebrews

00:18:20.620 --> 00:18:21.440
 is making is that

00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.380
 he believed

00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:23.440
 that the blessings

00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:24.620
 given to his sons,

00:18:24.780 --> 00:18:25.840
 particularly the

00:18:25.840 --> 00:18:27.240
 blessing of Jacob,

00:18:27.800 --> 00:18:28.380
 would come to be

00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:28.800
 realized.

00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:30.700
 The continuing

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:32.160
 blessing of the

00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:33.980
 promise to Abraham.

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:35.000
 All that was said

00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.840
 would come to pass

00:18:35.840 --> 00:18:37.320
 through this lineage

00:18:37.320 --> 00:18:38.840
 of Jacob.

00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.580
 So we see this

00:18:39.580 --> 00:18:41.380
 example of Isaac's

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:41.760
 faith.

00:18:42.100 --> 00:18:42.780
 We also see the

00:18:42.780 --> 00:18:44.020
 example of Jacob's

00:18:44.020 --> 00:18:44.340
 faith.

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:44.920
 Verse 21,

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:45.780
 By faith,

00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.200
 Jacob,

00:18:46.320 --> 00:18:46.740
 when dying,

00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:47.560
 blessed each

00:18:47.560 --> 00:18:48.240
 of the sons of

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.680
 Joseph,

00:18:49.260 --> 00:18:50.020
 bowing in worship

00:18:50.020 --> 00:18:50.780
 over the head

00:18:50.780 --> 00:18:52.220
 of his staff.

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:52.900
 So when Jacob

00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:54.480
 was very old,

00:18:54.600 --> 00:18:55.299
 the sons of

00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:55.779
 Joseph were

00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.460
 brought to him.

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.980
 And when Jacob's

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:59.440
 sons came to be

00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.039
 blessed,

00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:00.400
 excuse me,

00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:00.900
 Joseph's sons

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.240
 came to be

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.500
 blessed,

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:03.259
 the older brother

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:03.900
 Manasseh was

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.680
 placed on his

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:06.019
 right hand to

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.480
 receive the

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.100
 greater blessing,

00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:08.420
 the younger

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:08.839
 brother,

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.620
 Ephraim,

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:11.180
 on his left,

00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:12.400
 or Ephraim.

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.900
 But Jacob,

00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:15.140
 responding to

00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:15.700
 the direction of

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.000
 God,

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.339
 crossed his

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:18.839
 hands and

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.579
 gave the

00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.279
 greater blessing

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:21.720
 to Ephraim.

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.160
 Right?

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.039
 He believed

00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.819
 what God

00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.160
 said.

00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:24.980
 Against the

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:26.120
 tradition of

00:19:26.120 --> 00:19:26.480
 giving the

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.000
 greatest blessing

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.500
 to the

00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:28.460
 eldest son,

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.059
 he instead

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.860
 gave it to

00:19:29.860 --> 00:19:30.720
 the next

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:32.500
 in order.

00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:34.539
 We also

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.019
 see the

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.519
 example of

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:36.400
 Joseph's

00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:36.839
 faith.

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.559
 Verse 22,

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.500
 By faith,

00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:38.860
 Joseph,

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.360
 at the end

00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:39.600
 of his

00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:39.900
 life,

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.559
 made mention

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:40.940
 of the

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.500
 exodus of

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:41.920
 the Israelites

00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.700
 and gave

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.660
 directions

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:45.180
 concerning his

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.660
 bones.

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:46.860
 Joseph was

00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:47.779
 confident that

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.700
 nothing could

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.579
 thwart God's

00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.799
 promise that

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.500
 his people

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.399
 would possess

00:19:52.399 --> 00:19:52.960
 the land

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.839
 of Canaan.

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:55.220
 He believed

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.559
 in the

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.180
 Abrahamic

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.500
 covenant.

00:19:56.879 --> 00:19:57.579
 He had once

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.200
 dwelt in

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.700
 that land

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.099
 and had

00:19:59.099 --> 00:19:59.980
 left that

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:01.379
 land out

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.799
 ahead of his

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.399
 brothers because

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.200
 of famine.

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:03.980
 He was quite

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.680
 forced to do

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.159
 so at the

00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:06.559
 age of 17

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.000
 to go to

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.359
 Egypt.

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.299
 He became

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:09.419
 the precursor

00:20:09.419 --> 00:20:10.099
 to his

00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:10.579
 family and

00:20:10.579 --> 00:20:11.039
 the Israelites

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.799
 all ending

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.579
 up in

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.700
 Egypt prior

00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:15.000
 to the

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.460
 exodus.

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:15.900
 and yet

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.200
 he was

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.420
 still

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:17.000
 holding

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.480
 this

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.279
 promise.

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.299
 Israel

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:19.840
 will

00:20:19.840 --> 00:20:20.400
 leave

00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.079
 Egypt.

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:21.640
 They

00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.100
 will

00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:22.400
 be

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:22.720
 settled

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:22.920
 in

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.059
 the

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.279
 land

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.440
 that

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:23.740
 God

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.340
 has

00:20:24.340 --> 00:20:25.000
 promised

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.319
 them.

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 And again,

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 just imagine

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 the faith.

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 He went to

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 Egypt at

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 the age

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 of 17.

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 He left

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 this land

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 that was

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 promised

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 to his

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 people and

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 he lived

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 there until

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 he died

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 at 110.

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 Do you

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 sometimes feel

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 like the

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:38.779
 promises of

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 God are

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 tearing?

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 Look at

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 the examples

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.880
 of these

00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.279
 people,

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 this great

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.960
 hall of

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 faith,

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 these witnesses

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 that have

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 gone before

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 us.

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 God's

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.700
 word is

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 sure.

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 And he

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 was so

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 confident of

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 this that

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 before he

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 died he

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 spoke of

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 the exodus

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 and he

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 gave them

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 instructions

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 to take

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 his body

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 with and

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 bury it

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 in that

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 place.

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 He said

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 it's going

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 to happen

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 so when

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 it happens

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 be sure

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 to take

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 me there.

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 I want

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 my body

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 to be

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 laid to

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 rest

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 in there.

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 And then

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 in fulfillment

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 of his

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 directive

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.600
 Moses carried

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 his body

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 out of

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 Egypt,

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 Exodus

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 13,

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 and was

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 buried in

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 Shechem by

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 Joshua when

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 Canaan was

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 conquered in

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 Joshua chapter

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 24.

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 So you see

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 what the author

00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:20.779
 of Hebrews is

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 doing.

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 Last week we

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 looked at the

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.779
 text prior and

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 this week the

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:26.019
 great confidence

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 in the promise

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 God made in

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 the Abrahamic

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 covenant.

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 These things

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 will come to

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 pass.

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 And the way

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 that these

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 men's lives

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 lined up with

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 a great

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.799
 belief in

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.340
 those promises.

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 So these are

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.799
 examples for

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 us of

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 persevering

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.779
 faith.

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 Faith in

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 promises that

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.180
 they had

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 yet to

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 see

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.659
 fulfilled

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 but believed

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 all the

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 same.

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 The author

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.960
 of Hebrews

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 is spurring

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 us this

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 morning on

00:21:51.419 --> 00:21:51.779
 to the

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.799
 same kind

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 of faith.

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 And frankly

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 beloved as

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 we consider

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.500
 the faith of

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.019
 these men we

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.759
 ought to have

00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:00.259
 more confidence

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:01.559
 because we

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.180
 have seen

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:03.200
 and we are

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.460
 seeing the

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:04.819
 promises

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.779
 fulfilled.

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:06.779
 We have a

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.220
 greater

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:08.200
 understanding of

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.940
 how it is that

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.579
 God is bringing

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.339
 all these

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:11.639
 promises to

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.200
 pass.

00:22:12.580 --> 00:22:13.140
 We have a

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:14.800
 greater picture

00:22:14.800 --> 00:22:15.520
 of the

00:22:15.520 --> 00:22:16.420
 revelation of

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 how things are

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.900
 coming to

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 pass because

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.780
 we are

00:22:18.780 --> 00:22:20.140
 chapters ahead

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 in the story

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 of redemption.

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 It ought to

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.500
 be that much

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.540
 easier for

00:22:25.540 --> 00:22:27.080
 us to see

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 it and to

00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:28.640
 have this

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.820
 kind of

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 faith.

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.480
 So allow

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.420
 me in a few

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.360
 moments to

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.000
 ask some

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.580
 questions

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:37.240
 concerning our

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.560
 faith.

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 Just two.

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.400
 Well,

00:22:40.520 --> 00:22:40.800
 there's some

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.259
 questions.

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.940
 Number one,

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.440
 has God

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.500
 promised it?

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.779
 Has God

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:52.559
 promised it?

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.700
 We believe in

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.639
 a closed canon.

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.220
 This means that

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:56.200
 God has spoken.

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:56.799
 We are not

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:58.000
 adding books

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:59.000
 to this text.

00:22:59.659 --> 00:23:00.419
 God has spoken.

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:00.960
 It is a

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:02.039
 completed work

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.879
 and it is

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:04.099
 God's complete

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.859
 work to mankind.

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.019
 It is inerrant

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.759
 because God has

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.299
 said it and God

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.039
 cannot lie.

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.059
 Is it

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.859
 authoritative

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.339
 book?

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:11.119
 Because he is

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.740
 the God of

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.279
 the universe,

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:12.879
 therefore what

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.500
 he says

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:15.139
 must go.

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:16.439
 It reigns

00:23:16.439 --> 00:23:17.119
 then over

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:19.079
 us and

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.720
 it is

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.819
 sufficient.

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.500
 So it

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.000
 contains within

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.819
 it all the

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.439
 promises that

00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:25.119
 we need to

00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:26.259
 know and

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.859
 to believe.

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.899
 So do you

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:30.640
 do you know

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.759
 the promises

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.800
 of God?

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:33.920
 He has made

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:35.060
 some astounding

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:36.400
 promises,

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:38.680
 life-fulfilling

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.220
 promises,

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:41.560
 some beyond-this-world

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.320
 promises.

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:44.640
 Has God

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:46.080
 promised it?

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.200
 Secondly,

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:49.519
 do we believe it?

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.840
 Do we believe it?

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:54.079
 Do we believe

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.619
 what the Bible

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:56.399
 says about

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:56.959
 salvation?

00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.240
 John 14,

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:58.699
 6,

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.279
 as Jesus

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.959
 said,

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.819
 I am the

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:02.039
 way and

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.619
 the truth

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.579
 and the

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:03.899
 life.

00:24:04.439 --> 00:24:04.899
 No one

00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:05.379
 comes to the

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.799
 Father except

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.240
 through me.

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.419
 Do we

00:24:08.419 --> 00:24:09.720
 understand,

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.279
 do we live

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.339
 in the light

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.059
 of that

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:14.439
 truth that

00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:15.319
 we can only

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.099
 be saved

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.879
 by the

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.199
 life,

00:24:17.719 --> 00:24:17.980
 death,

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.500
 and

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.919
 resurrection

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.919
 of Jesus

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:20.379
 Christ?

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.559
 Have we

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.240
 thrown

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.879
 ourselves

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.399
 on the

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.059
 mercy of

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.419
 God

00:24:24.419 --> 00:24:25.379
 found in

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:26.519
 Christ's

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.419
 life and

00:24:27.419 --> 00:24:27.899
 death for

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.159
 us,

00:24:28.199 --> 00:24:28.799
 his active

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.599
 and passive

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.199
 obedience

00:24:30.199 --> 00:24:30.839
 on our

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.799
 behalf?

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.319
 Do we

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.919
 believe what

00:24:33.919 --> 00:24:34.659
 it says about

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.919
 sanctification?

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.219
 Paul wrote

00:24:37.219 --> 00:24:37.399
 to the

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:37.879
 Philippians,

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.599
 chapter 1

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.399
 and verse 6,

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.939
 I am sure

00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:40.319
 of this,

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:40.959
 that he who

00:24:40.959 --> 00:24:41.480
 began a good

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.039
 work in you

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:43.000
 will bring it

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.919
 to completion

00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:45.419
 at the day

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.279
 of Jesus

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.720
 Christ.

00:24:47.300 --> 00:24:47.820
 Do we

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.279
 believe that

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.720
 having been

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.539
 set apart

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.000
 by the

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.360
 gospel,

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.340
 having our

00:24:51.340 --> 00:24:52.120
 souls saved,

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.539
 that we are

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:52.860
 meant to

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.420
 now be

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.220
 continuing

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.620
 in holiness

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.300
 and that we

00:24:56.300 --> 00:24:57.320
 have the

00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:58.000
 spirit of

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:59.140
 Christ who

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:01.019
 uses careful

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.000
 exacting

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.800
 application of

00:25:02.800 --> 00:25:03.340
 the word of

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:04.180
 Christ to

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.300
 bring us to

00:25:05.300 --> 00:25:06.680
 that day.

00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:08.000
 That we can

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:09.320
 in fact grow

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:09.880
 in holiness

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.460
 because we

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.180
 have in

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:12.060
 fact been

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.740
 set free

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.539
 from the

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.680
 power of

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:14.920
 sin.

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.640
 Too often

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.160
 we act like

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.120
 we're powerless

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:19.460
 when the

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.080
 truth of

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.640
 the scripture

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.420
 is that we

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.120
 have been

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.460
 given power

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.900
 to put away

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.920
 sin and to

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.440
 put on

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.660
 righteousness.

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.440
 Do we

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.680
 believe what

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.860
 it says about

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:33.120
 glorification?

00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:34.779
 2 Corinthians

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:36.320
 chapter 4

00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:37.019
 verse 16

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.560
 and following

00:25:37.560 --> 00:25:38.080
 Paul writes

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.620
 so we do

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:40.220
 not lose

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.680
 heart.

00:25:41.320 --> 00:25:41.580
 Whatever is

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.039
 going on in

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.279
 the world

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.640
 around us

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.220
 we do not

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.840
 lose heart

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.659
 though our

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.480
 outer self

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.220
 is wasting

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.559
 away our

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.299
 inner self

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.659
 is being

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.659
 renewed day

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:51.419
 by day.

00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:52.319
 Paul's talking

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.879
 about outer

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.579
 man like

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:53.980
 the part of

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.419
 us that we

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:54.959
 won't take

00:25:54.959 --> 00:25:55.579
 with us

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:57.099
 and inner

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.839
 man.

00:25:58.199 --> 00:25:58.480
 It's being

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.419
 renewed day

00:25:59.419 --> 00:26:00.659
 by day

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:02.039
 for this

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.579
 light

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.579
 momentary

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.059
 affliction

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.259
 is preparing

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.039
 for us

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:07.240
 an eternal

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.299
 weight of

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.220
 glory beyond

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.779
 all

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.720
 comparison.

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.940
 as we

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.519
 look not

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.819
 to the

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.200
 things that

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.700
 are seen

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.319
 but to

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.880
 the things

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.299
 that are

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.940
 unseen

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:17.160
 for the

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.620
 things that

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.019
 are seen

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.019
 are transient

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:20.140
 or passing

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:21.339
 away but

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.819
 the things

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.180
 that are

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.839
 unseen

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:24.720
 are eternal.

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.460
 Do we

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.420
 live in

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.680
 that way

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:30.779
 as Abraham

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.140
 and his

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.480
 descendants

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.180
 lived in

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.660
 tents

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.440
 awaiting

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.680
 the promise?

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.880
 Do we

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.600
 live in a

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:37.620
 transient

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.600
 mindset?

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:40.079
 Sojourners

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.759
 aliens

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.819
 and exiles

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.119
 in a

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.399
 place

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:42.779
 that's

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.279
 ultimately

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.119
 not our

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.939
 home?

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.359
 To

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.719
 recognize

00:26:46.719 --> 00:26:47.019
 that the

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.240
 reason

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.500
 that you

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.859
 are so

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.480
 unsettled

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.719
 with the

00:26:48.719 --> 00:26:48.980
 way the

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.179
 world

00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:49.379
 is

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:49.619
 because

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:49.799
 you

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:49.939
 were

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.119
 not

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.299
 made

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.439
 for

00:26:50.439 --> 00:26:50.579
 this

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.959
 world.

00:26:51.459 --> 00:26:51.839
 You

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:51.959
 were

00:26:51.959 --> 00:26:52.099
 made

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.240
 for

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.419
 a

00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:52.699
 new

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:53.059
 world

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.259
 that

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.699
 is

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.639
 beyond.

00:26:55.219 --> 00:26:55.399
 We

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:55.559
 get

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.119
 so

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.959
 focused

00:26:56.959 --> 00:26:57.339
 on

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.500
 the

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.099
 mess

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.339
 going

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.480
 on

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.719
 around

00:26:58.719 --> 00:26:59.139
 us

00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.819
 and

00:26:59.819 --> 00:26:59.939
 we

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:00.219
 forget

00:27:00.219 --> 00:27:00.419
 the

00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:00.899
 glorious

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:01.419
 truth

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:01.679
 that

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:01.980
 God

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.139
 is

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:02.439
 making

00:27:02.439 --> 00:27:02.839
 all

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.339
 things

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:03.839
 new.

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.439
 It's

00:27:04.439 --> 00:27:04.579
 a

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.339
 winding

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.740
 down

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.039
 of the

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.399
 world.

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:06.879
 It's

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:06.960
 the

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.119
 thing

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.259
 that's

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.399
 been

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.859
 promised

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.079
 to

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.420
 us.

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:08.799
 And

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:08.980
 beloved,

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.339
 it will

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.980
 get worse.

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:10.839
 It will

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.319
 get worse

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.899
 and worse

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.480
 and worse

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.879
 until the

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.399
 end comes.

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.019
 But the

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.539
 kingdom of

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.200
 God is

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.639
 coming to

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.019
 bear in

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.559
 the hearts

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.420
 of men

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.319
 and women.

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.180
 In that

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.480
 sense,

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:19.980
 the world

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.519
 is winding

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.240
 up.

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.019
 The

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.319
 gospel

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.759
 is going

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.139
 forth.

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:23.519
 The

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.879
 church

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.359
 is being

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:24.819
 gathered.

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.339
 The

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.700
 day

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:25.920
 will

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.299
 come

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.539
 when

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:26.859
 Christ

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.019
 will

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.279
 say

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.059
 enough.

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.139
 He

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.259
 will

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.480
 come

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.859
 back.

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.359
 He

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.460
 will

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.859
 eternally

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:31.299
 judge

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.899
 the

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.099
 living

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.639
 and

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:32.759
 the

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.019
 dead.

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.279
 We

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.460
 will

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.599
 be

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.180
 raised

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.480
 with

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.779
 him

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:35.940
 and

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.059
 we

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.180
 will

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.379
 reign

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:36.579
 with

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:36.900
 him

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.960
 forever.

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.359
 Do we

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.259
 have

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.640
 that

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.039
 kind

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.420
 of

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.720
 faith?

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.400
 Do we

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:43.039
 live

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:44.660
 in that

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:44.940
 way?

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.519
 On your

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:46.839
 bulletin,

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.200
 there's a

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.000
 William Bates

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.619
 quotations,

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.980
 Puritan,

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:50.819
 as they

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.119
 typically

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.400
 are.

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.319
 He said,

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:52.839
 God will

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.640
 try our

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.779
 faith before

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:56.079
 he satisfies

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:57.940
 our

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.379
 sight.

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.660
 Now,

00:27:59.700 --> 00:27:59.879
 I've been

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.500
 reading to

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.319
 our boys,

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.519
 the

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.980
 Chronicles of

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.339
 Narnia,

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.259
 I hope

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.419
 you're

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:03.720
 familiar

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.199
 with

00:28:04.199 --> 00:28:04.699
 this

00:28:04.699 --> 00:28:04.939
 work

00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.159
 of

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.639
 C.S.

00:28:05.699 --> 00:28:05.859
 Lewis.

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.740
 And right

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.079
 now we

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.519
 are reading

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.720
 my favorite

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.199
 of all

00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:09.599
 the books,

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.139
 which is

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.480
 The Horse

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.720
 and His

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:10.919
 Boy.

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.099
 And it

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:12.379
 is my

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.699
 favorite

00:28:12.699 --> 00:28:13.000
 of all

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.220
 of his

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.459
 books

00:28:13.459 --> 00:28:13.799
 because

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.139
 it's

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:14.659
 all about

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.419
 providence.

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.059
 It's

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.599
 all about

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.319
 the way

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.079
 in which

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.079
 Christ

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.759
 works

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.740
 in the

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.019
 world.

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.279
 And so

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.500
 I want

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.859
 to read

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.079
 a little

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.359
 bit of

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.459
 it

00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:22.720
 to

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.039
 you

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.559
 because

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:23.759
 I

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:23.980
 think

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.259
 we

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.879
 often

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.740
 find

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.119
 ourselves

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:26.679
 identifying

00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.359
 with

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.319
 one of

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.419
 the

00:28:28.419 --> 00:28:28.819
 primary

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.519
 characters,

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.539
 a young

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.439
 man,

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.080
 young boy

00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:32.900
 named

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.340
 Shasta.

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.240
 Kind of

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.519
 his,

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.519
 he has

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.140
 this very

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:38.100
 I'm the

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.440
 most

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.100
 unlucky

00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:39.500
 person

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.740
 in the

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.080
 world

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.720
 kind

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:40.840
 of

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.320
 attitude

00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:42.220
 throughout

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.440
 the

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.660
 book.

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:45.180
 And I

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.360
 don't want

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.840
 to totally

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.200
 spoil the

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.400
 entire

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.779
 story for

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:46.860
 you,

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.000
 but I

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.100
 got to

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.200
 give you

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.400
 a little

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:47.820
 bit of

00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:48.140
 a background

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:49.360
 for it.

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.779
 Shasta

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.080
 is being

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.640
 raised

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.360
 by a

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.620
 man who

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:52.920
 is not

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.160
 his

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:54.200
 father

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.360
 in a

00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:55.640
 land that

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:55.920
 is not

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.039
 his

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.279
 land,

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:56.920
 the land

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.080
 of

00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:57.519
 Calorman.

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.240
 And he

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.820
 discovers

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.640
 a talking

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.100
 horse of

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.480
 Narnia,

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.000
 all the

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.039
 horses of

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.419
 the land

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:03.779
 of Calorman

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.039
 are what

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.339
 they call

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.719
 dumb,

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:05.159
 they don't

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:05.719
 speak,

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.079
 but he

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.579
 discovers a

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.159
 talking horse

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:08.579
 of Narnia,

00:29:08.719 --> 00:29:09.139
 a war horse

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.799
 named Bree,

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.019
 and he

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.539
 decides to

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.259
 escape on

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.459
 Bree,

00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:13.059
 and they

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.639
 take off

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.199
 for Narnia.

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.099
 And along

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.519
 the way,

00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:16.199
 they meet

00:29:16.199 --> 00:29:17.419
 a young

00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:18.039
 adult woman

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.439
 named

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:18.899
 Erebus,

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.799
 and a

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.519
 talking horse

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.980
 named

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.480
 Quinn.

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.399
 And they're

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.399
 brought together

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:24.559
 through some

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.399
 providence,

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.919
 they travel

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.659
 through a

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.299
 major city

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.779
 of the land

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.240
 of Calorman,

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.859
 where they

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.339
 find out

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.980
 a plot

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:32.019
 that the

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.339
 prince of

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.640
 Calorman

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.140
 is going

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.759
 to attack

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.259
 Narnia,

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.819
 first by

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.400
 taking a

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.299
 city of

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.700
 a land

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:36.960
 called

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.660
 Archenland,

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.160
 called

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.599
 Anvert.

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:38.900
 And it

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:40.200
 lies between

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.140
 Calorman

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.720
 and the

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.779
 country of

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.079
 Narnia.

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.900
 So this is

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.160
 kind of the

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.680
 backdrop of

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.000
 what's

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.620
 happening.

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:46.980
 And so

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.819
 finding this

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.059
 out,

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.740
 they decide

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.319
 to quickly

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.880
 escape to

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.240
 Narnia,

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.779
 and to

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.720
 first warn

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.559
 King Loon

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.880
 of this

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.160
 coming

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.599
 attack.

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.720
 These guys

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.120
 are coming,

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.960
 200 horsemen,

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.319
 they're coming

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.799
 to attack,

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.039
 we must

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.740
 get across

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.779
 in order

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.359
 to be of

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:00.559
 help.

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.240
 And one

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.500
 of the

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.839
 dangers

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.119
 that they

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.519
 encounter

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.019
 along the

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:04.259
 way is

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.480
 that they're

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:04.879
 chased by

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.179
 lions.

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.460
 There's a

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.240
 number of

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.019
 circumstances

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.220
 by which

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.659
 they are

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.439
 chased by

00:30:09.439 --> 00:30:09.759
 lions.

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.839
 So as

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.279
 the story

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.700
 goes on,

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.220
 they have

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.859
 gotten to

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:14.299
 this land

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.859
 of Archenland,

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.980
 and Shasta

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.779
 has gone on

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.720
 by himself

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.519
 on a dumb

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:18.779
 horse.

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.099
 He's not

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.639
 Umbri anymore,

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.359
 he's on a

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.740
 horse that

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.899
 can't speak.

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:22.939
 And he

00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:23.720
 finds King

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.000
 Loon,

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.879
 and he warns

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.460
 King Loon,

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.620
 and King

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.079
 Loon and

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.680
 his hunting

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.160
 party that's

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.440
 with him,

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.940
 they take

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.500
 off back

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.000
 to Anver

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.860
 to raise

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.340
 the alarm

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:32.220
 and bolt

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.740
 the gates,

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.440
 and a

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.019
 deep,

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.559
 deep mist,

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:34.960
 a mist

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.539
 rolls in,

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.019
 it becomes

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.500
 night,

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:36.980
 so picture

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.240
 this,

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.420
 it's

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.039
 night time,

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.640
 it's dark,

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.259
 it's gloomy,

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:40.240
 and his

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.220
 dumb horse

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.720
 won't keep

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.000
 up,

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.660
 so he

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.200
 loses them,

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.680
 he loses

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.059
 the pack.

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.380
 So here

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:44.900
 he is again,

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.360
 the most

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:45.860
 unlucky

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:47.160
 that can

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.400
 be.

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.340
 And he

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:48.880
 hears horsemen

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.299
 riding up

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.759
 behind him,

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.120
 and this

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.940
 is the

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.779
 enemy coming

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.140
 along,

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.840
 and so he

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.319
 takes an

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.120
 alternate route,

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.439
 so he's

00:30:55.439 --> 00:30:55.779
 going by

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.079
 himself

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.419
 through the

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:56.699
 mountains

00:30:56.699 --> 00:30:57.739
 in the

00:30:57.739 --> 00:30:58.019
 dark,

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.779
 and as

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.099
 he's doing

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.459
 so,

00:30:59.739 --> 00:31:00.139
 he begins

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:00.799
 to sense

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.379
 a creature

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:02.059
 walking

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.879
 along him,

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.679
 beside him,

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:03.919
 okay,

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.739
 and this is

00:31:04.739 --> 00:31:04.919
 what I'll

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:05.199
 start reading,

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:05.619
 okay.

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:09.119
 Who are

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:09.379
 you?

00:31:09.719 --> 00:31:10.239
 he said,

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.099
 scarcely

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.479
 above a

00:31:11.479 --> 00:31:11.719
 whisper.

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.639
 One who

00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:13.959
 has waited

00:31:13.959 --> 00:31:14.739
 long for

00:31:14.739 --> 00:31:15.000
 you to

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.359
 speak,

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.159
 said the

00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:16.399
 thing.

00:31:16.719 --> 00:31:17.119
 Its voice

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.459
 was not

00:31:17.459 --> 00:31:17.819
 loud,

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.619
 but very

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.739
 large and

00:31:19.739 --> 00:31:20.099
 deep.

00:31:20.979 --> 00:31:21.479
 Are you,

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.159
 are you a

00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:22.579
 giant?

00:31:22.959 --> 00:31:23.459
 asked Shasta.

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:23.500
 Shasta?

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.019
 You might

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.480
 call me a

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.759
 giant,

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.220
 said the

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.500
 voice,

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.220
 but I am

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.620
 not like

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.120
 the creatures

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:28.720
 you call

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.240
 giants.

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.740
 I can't

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.019
 see you

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.400
 at all,

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.960
 said Shasta,

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.779
 after staring

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.720
 very hard.

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.420
 Then,

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.759
 for an even

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.240
 more terrible

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.680
 idea had

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.160
 come out

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.519
 into his

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.680
 head,

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.019
 he said,

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.640
 almost in a

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:37.880
 scream,

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:38.420
 you're not

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.240
 something dead,

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.579
 are you?

00:31:39.620 --> 00:31:39.740
 Oh,

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.079
 please do

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.480
 go away.

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.980
 What harm

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.360
 have I ever

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:41.779
 done you?

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.019
 Oh,

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.380
 I am the

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.920
 unluckiest

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.500
 person in

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.819
 the whole

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.279
 world.

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.079
 Once more,

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.600
 he felt the

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.079
 warm breath

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.600
 of the thing

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:47.940
 on his

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.579
 hand and

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.980
 face.

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.000
 There,

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.579
 it said,

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.440
 that is not

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:51.779
 the breath

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.319
 of a ghost.

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.420
 Tell me

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.140
 your sorrows.

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.799
 Shasta was a

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.480
 little reassured

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.200
 by the breath,

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.019
 so he told

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.579
 how he had

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.079
 never known

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.360
 his real

00:31:59.360 --> 00:31:59.819
 father or

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.160
 mother and

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.360
 had been

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:00.779
 brought up

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.360
 sternly by

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.839
 the fishermen.

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.660
 And then he

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.120
 told the story

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.640
 of his escape

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.000
 and how they

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.319
 were chased

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.960
 by lions and

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.339
 forced to

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.620
 swim for

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.099
 their lives,

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.960
 and of all

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.500
 their dangers

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.120
 in Tashban

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:08.500
 and about his

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:08.900
 night among

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.480
 the tombs and

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.960
 how the beast

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.539
 howled at him

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:10.900
 out of the

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.200
 desert.

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.000
 They told

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.299
 about the

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.680
 heat of the

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.019
 thirst of

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.400
 their desert

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:13.860
 journey and

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.220
 how they were

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.839
 almost at

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.319
 their goal

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.039
 when another

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.639
 lion chased

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.019
 them and

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.699
 wounded Erebus

00:32:17.699 --> 00:32:18.500
 and also how

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.240
 very long it

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.899
 was since he

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.099
 had had

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.980
 anything to

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.259
 eat.

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.699
 I do not

00:32:22.699 --> 00:32:23.019
 call you

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.439
 unfortunate,

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.539
 said the

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.119
 large voice.

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.220
 Don't you

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.559
 think it was

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.159
 bad luck to

00:32:27.159 --> 00:32:27.559
 meet so many

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:27.939
 lions,

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.459
 said Shasta?

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.699
 There was

00:32:29.699 --> 00:32:30.259
 only one

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.579
 lion,

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.139
 said the

00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:31.439
 voice.

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.500
 What on

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.740
 earth do

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.059
 you mean?

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.299
 I just

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.619
 told you

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:33.839
 there were

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.079
 at least

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:34.519
 two the

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.980
 first night

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.559
 and there

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.000
 was only

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.439
 one,

00:32:36.939 --> 00:32:37.240
 but he

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.740
 was swift

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.220
 of foot.

00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:39.299
 How do

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.740
 you know?

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.439
 I was

00:32:41.439 --> 00:32:41.939
 the lion.

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.399
 And as

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:43.699
 Shasta

00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:44.240
 gaped with

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.720
 open mouth

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.019
 and said

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.319
 nothing,

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.720
 the voice

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.220
 continued.

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.220
 I was

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.539
 the lion

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:47.960
 who forced

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.180
 you to

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.519
 join with

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.839
 Erebus.

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.539
 I was

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.940
 the cat

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.559
 who comforted

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:50.880
 you among

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.279
 the houses

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.799
 of the dead.

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.740
 I was

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.059
 the lion

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.500
 who drove

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.000
 the jackals

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.339
 from you

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.660
 while you

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.000
 slept.

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.940
 I was

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.319
 the lion

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.680
 who gave

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.100
 the horse

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.559
 the new

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.140
 strength of

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.579
 fear for

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:58.980
 the last

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.460
 mile so

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.660
 that you

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.039
 could reach

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.339
 King

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.819
 Loon in

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.180
 time.

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.360
 And I

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:02.600
 was the

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:02.779
 lion,

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.059
 you do

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.240
 not

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.579
 remember,

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.380
 who pushed

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.799
 the boat

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.160
 in which

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.539
 you lay,

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.079
 a child

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.819
 near death,

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.600
 so that it

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.240
 came to shore

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.880
 where a man

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.200
 sat,

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:14.920
 it was

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.220
 I.

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.079
 But what

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.440
 for?

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.420
 Child,

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.120
 said the

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.380
 voice,

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.259
 I am

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.720
 telling you

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.680
 your story,

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.440
 not hers.

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.299
 I tell

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.740
 no one

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.539
 any story

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.079
 but his

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.339
 own.

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.539
 Who

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.539
 are you?

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.759
 said Shasta.

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.640
 Myself,

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.400
 said the

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.720
 voice,

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.880
 very deep

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.380
 and low,

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.860
 and so

00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:33.299
 that the

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.640
 earth

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.299
 shook.

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.539
 And again

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.200
 myself,

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:37.120
 loud and

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.680
 clear and

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.079
 happy,

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.480
 and the

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.120
 third time,

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.000
 myself.

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.160
 Whispered

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.779
 so softly

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.079
 you could

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.700
 hardly hear

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:42.799
 it,

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.039
 and yet

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.360
 it seemed

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:43.660
 to come

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.180
 from all

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.880
 around you

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.600
 as if

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.240
 the leaves

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.799
 rustled

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.240
 with it.

00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:48.620
 Shasta

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:48.940
 was no

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.220
 longer

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.519
 afraid

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.740
 that the

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:49.920
 voice

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.240
 belonged

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.380
 to

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:50.620
 something

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:50.759
 that

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:50.880
 would

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.060
 eat

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:51.220
 him,

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.440
 nor

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.580
 that

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:51.660
 it

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:15.179
!

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:14.879
 He

00:34:14.879 --> 00:34:15.199
 knew

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.379
 the

00:34:15.379 --> 00:34:15.599
 night

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:15.759
 was

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.000
 over

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.179
 at

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.559
 last.

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.239
 He

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:17.419
 could

00:34:17.419 --> 00:34:17.719
 see

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:17.960
 the

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.319
 mane

00:34:18.319 --> 00:34:18.480
 and

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:18.819
 ears

00:34:18.819 --> 00:34:18.980
 and

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.179
 head

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.419
 of his

00:34:19.419 --> 00:34:19.639
 horse

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.279
 quite easily

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:20.639
 now.

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.699
 A golden

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.279
 light fell

00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:22.599
 on them

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.019
 from the

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.379
 left.

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.219
 He thought

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.460
 it was

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.919
 the sun.

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.179
 He

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.619
 turned

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.179
 and saw,

00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.039
 pacing

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.440
 beside

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.759
 him,

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.559
 taller

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.019
 than the

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.419
 horse,

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.399
 a lion.

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.480
 The

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.659
 horse

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:32.859
 did not

00:34:32.859 --> 00:34:33.039
 seem

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.219
 to be

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.480
 afraid

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.659
 of it

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.019
 or else

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.159
 he

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.299
 could

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:34.500
 not

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.759
 see

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:34.980
 it.

00:34:35.379 --> 00:34:35.480
 It

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.579
 was

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.739
 from

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:35.899
 the

00:34:35.899 --> 00:34:36.239
 lion

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:36.460
 that

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.599
 the

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.819
!

00:34:36.879 --> 00:34:37.299
 came.

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:38.100
 No

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:38.280
 one

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:38.580
 ever

00:34:38.580 --> 00:34:38.800
 saw

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.300
 anything

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:39.620
 more

00:34:39.620 --> 00:34:40.060
 terrible

00:34:40.060 --> 00:34:40.800
 or

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.620
 beautiful.

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.200
 Luckily,

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:43.539
 Shasta

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.840
 had lived

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.220
 all his

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.500
 life

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.960
 far too

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.220
 south

00:34:45.220 --> 00:34:45.340
 in

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.620
 Calamon

00:34:45.620 --> 00:34:45.840
 to have

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.000
 heard

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.160
 the

00:34:46.160 --> 00:34:46.440
 tales

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.580
 that

00:34:46.580 --> 00:34:46.700
 were

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.100
 whispered

00:34:47.100 --> 00:34:47.200
 in

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.580
 Tashpen

00:34:47.580 --> 00:34:47.760
 about

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:47.920
 a

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.320
 dreadful

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.660
 Narnian

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:48.940
 demon

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.100
 that

00:34:49.100 --> 00:34:49.380
 appeared

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:49.500
 in

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.580
 the

00:34:49.580 --> 00:34:49.780
 form

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:49.880
 of

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.000
 a

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.240
 lion.

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.120
 And

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:51.260
 of

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.460
 course

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.600
 he

00:34:51.600 --> 00:34:51.740
 knew

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:51.960
 none

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.039
 of

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.140
 the

00:34:52.140 --> 00:34:52.400
 stories

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.560
 of

00:34:52.560 --> 00:34:52.940
 Aslan,

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.120
 the

00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:53.400
 great

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.680
 lion,

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:53.880
 the

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.120
 son

00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:54.240
 of

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.380
 the

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:54.700
 emperor

00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:54.960
 over

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.160
 the

00:34:55.160 --> 00:34:55.360
 sea,

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.560
 the

00:34:55.560 --> 00:34:55.840
 king

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.000
 above

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.400
 all

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:56.720
 high

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.079
 kings

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.239
 in

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:57.599
 Narnia.

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.399
 But

00:34:58.399 --> 00:34:58.599
 after

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:58.959
 one

00:34:58.959 --> 00:34:59.359
 glance

00:34:59.359 --> 00:34:59.500
 at

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.619
 the

00:34:59.619 --> 00:34:59.959
 lion's

00:34:59.959 --> 00:35:00.199
 face,

00:35:00.279 --> 00:35:00.359
 he

00:35:00.359 --> 00:35:00.719
 slipped

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:00.980
 out

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.059
 of

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.179
 the

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:01.480
 saddle

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.039
 and

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.439
 fell

00:35:02.439 --> 00:35:02.679
 at

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:02.839
 its

00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:03.159
 feet.

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.000
 He

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.359
 couldn't

00:35:04.359 --> 00:35:04.619
 say

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.079
 anything,

00:35:05.439 --> 00:35:05.619
 but

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:05.879
 then he

00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:06.099
 didn't

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.379
 want

00:35:06.379 --> 00:35:06.539
 to

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:06.679
 say

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.159
 anything,

00:35:07.439 --> 00:35:07.759
 and

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:07.919
 he

00:35:07.919 --> 00:35:08.179
 knew

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.439
 he

00:35:08.439 --> 00:35:08.959
 needn't

00:35:08.959 --> 00:35:09.359
 say

00:35:09.359 --> 00:35:09.779
 anything.

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.019
 The

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.259
 high

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:11.519
 king

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.719
 above

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.099
 all

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.459
 kings

00:35:12.459 --> 00:35:12.959
 stooped

00:35:12.959 --> 00:35:13.199
 toward

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.379
 him,

00:35:13.439 --> 00:35:13.559
 its

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:13.959
 mane

00:35:13.959 --> 00:35:14.139
 and

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.319
 some

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:14.959
 strange

00:35:14.959 --> 00:35:15.219
 and

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.519
 solemn

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.980
 perfume

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.199
 that

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.439
 hung

00:35:16.439 --> 00:35:16.679
 about

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:16.839
 the

00:35:16.839 --> 00:35:17.019
 mane

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.199
 was

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.619
 all

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.019
 around

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.319
 him.

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.239
 It

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.559
 touched

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:26.839
 and

00:35:26.839 --> 00:35:27.039
 the

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.319
 fiery

00:35:27.319 --> 00:35:27.679
 brightness

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:27.859
 of

00:35:27.859 --> 00:35:27.959
 the

00:35:27.959 --> 00:35:28.179
 lion

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.579
 rolled

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:28.959
 themselves

00:35:28.959 --> 00:35:29.339
 together

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:29.579
 into

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:29.799
 a

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.319
 swirling

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:30.639
 glory

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:30.899
 and

00:35:30.899 --> 00:35:31.259
 gathered

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.639
 themselves

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:31.980
 up

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.519
 and

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.899
 disappeared.

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:33.919
 He

00:35:33.919 --> 00:35:34.039
 was

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.359
 alone

00:35:34.359 --> 00:35:34.579
 with

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:34.679
 the

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:34.980
 horse

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.399
 on

00:35:35.399 --> 00:35:35.519
 a

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.879
 grassy

00:35:35.879 --> 00:35:36.379
 hillside

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:37.139
 under

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.319
 a

00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:37.519
 blue

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.959
 sky

00:35:37.959 --> 00:35:38.799
 and

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:38.919
 there

00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:39.039
 were

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.359
 birds

00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:39.819
 singing.

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.199
 Hebrews

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.859
 chapter 12

00:35:42.859 --> 00:35:43.239
 verse 1

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:43.619
 and 2

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:45.779
 says

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.399
 therefore since

00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:47.039
 we are

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.599
 surrounded by

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:47.980
 so great

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.299
 a cloud

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:48.439
 of

00:35:48.439 --> 00:35:48.719
 witnesses

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:48.719


00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.139
 Let us

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.500
 also

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.699
 lay

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.019
 aside

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.299
 every

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:50.599
 weight

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:50.799
 and

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:51.039
 sin

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.239
 which

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.639
 clings

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.939
 so

00:35:51.939 --> 00:35:52.339
 closely

00:35:52.339 --> 00:35:53.219
 and

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:53.459
 let us

00:35:53.459 --> 00:35:53.719
 run

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:53.919
 with

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.280
 endurance

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.480
 the

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.800
 race

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.119
 that

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.220
 is

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:55.360
 set

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.619
 before

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:55.940
 us

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.300
 looking

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.200
 to

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:57.599
 Jesus

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.340
 the

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.760
 founder

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:58.940
 and

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.340
 perfecter

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.440
 of

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.539
 our

00:35:59.539 --> 00:35:59.800
 faith

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.019
 for

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.200
 the

00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:00.519
 joy

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.680
 that

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:00.820
 was

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.000
 set

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.300
 before

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.539
 him

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:01.920
 endured

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.139
 the

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.539
 cross

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.740
 despising

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.200
 shame

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:04.820
 and

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.000
 is

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.320
 seated

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:05.940
 at

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.059
 the

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.240
 right

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.700
 hand

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.460
 of

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:07.579
 the

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:07.760
 throne

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:07.880
 of

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.139
 God

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:09.099
 Let's

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.240
 pray

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.539
 together