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 Tables please to Genesis chapter 25.

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 Genesis chapter 25.

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 We're working our way through Genesis.

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 It's foundational, not just because it's the first book,

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 but it sets the theme for many of the plots that we come across in the Bible story.

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 And one of the great characters is Abraham.

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 And we see there even on the heading of chapter 25, Abraham has died.

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 And so the focus of the story now comes to Isaac and to his family.

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 So we're going to read a little bit about their family this morning

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 and what we can learn from them.

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 So Genesis chapter 25, starting at verse 19 through to the end of the chapter.

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 This is the account of the family line of Abraham's son, Isaac.

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 Abraham became the father of Isaac,

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 and Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah,

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 daughter of Bethuel of the Aramean from Paddan Amram,

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 and sister of Laban the Aramean.

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 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife,

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 because she was childless.

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 The Lord answered his prayer,

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 and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

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 The babies jostled each other within her,

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 and she said,

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 why is this happening to me?

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 So she went to inquire of the Lord.

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 The Lord said to her,

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 two nations are in your womb,

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 and two peoples from within you will be separated.

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 One people will be stronger than the older,

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 and the elder will serve the younger.

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 When the time came for her to give birth,

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 there were twin boys in her womb.

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 The first to come out was red,

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 and his whole body was like a hairy garment.

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 So they named him Esau.

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 After this, his brother came out,

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 with his hand grasping Esau's heel.

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 So he was named Jacob.

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 Isaac was 60 years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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 The boys grew up,

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 and Esau became a skilful hunter,

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 a man of the open country,

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 while Jacob was a content to stay at home among the tents.

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 Isaac, who had a taste for wild game,

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 loved Esau.

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 But Rebekah loved Jacob.

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 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew,

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 Esau came in from the open country famished.

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 He said to Jacob,

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 quick, let me have some of that red stew.

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 I'm famished.

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 That is why he's also called Edom.

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 Edom means red.

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 Jacob replied,

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 first sell me your birthright.

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 So look, I'm about to die,

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 Esau said.

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 What good is the birthright to me?

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 But Jacob said,

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 swear to me first.

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 So he swore an oath to him,

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 selling his birthright to Jacob.

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 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew.

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 He ate and drank,

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 and then got up and left.

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 So Esau despised his birthright.

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 Well, keep your Bibles open there,

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 and we're going to pray,

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 and we pray to ask God to help us to learn from his words.

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 So let's do that now.

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 Father, thank you for families.

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 Thank you for the family of this church.

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 We gather together because we want to learn from you.

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 We want to hear from you.

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 So as we focus our attention on this ancient family of Isaac and Rebecca,

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 would you teach us through it?

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 Would you teach us more about yourself,

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 about us,

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 and how we should respond?

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 Father, bless us, we pray,

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I'm sure you all know the Simpsons,

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 those little yellow characters on the TV program.

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 They're a bit of a dysfunctional family, aren't they?

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 They're always fighting and falling out.

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 Next door to the Simpsons lives the Flanders.

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 He's the local pastor

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 with his well-behaved children,

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 a model of perfection.

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 Well, if Isaac and Rebecca had a surname,

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 I don't know what it was, by the way,

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 but if they did have a surname,

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 it wouldn't be Flanders.

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 It would be the Simpsons.

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 They're quite the family, aren't they?

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 Not the happiest or peaceful of homes.

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 There's tension between the brothers

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 as they squabble and fight.

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 There's division between the parents.

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 Isaac loves Esau,

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 but Rebecca loves Jacob.

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 And then there's this whole deception

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 as the birthright is sold off

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 for a bowl of stew.

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 Now, what should get our attention here

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 is not just how dysfunctional they are,

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 but how central they are

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 to God's plan of salvation.

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 God had made a promise

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 that through the family of Abraham,

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 a son would come

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 who would bring redemption to the world,

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 a son who was going to bring blessing

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 to all the nations.

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 So as Abraham dies,

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 we're introduced to Isaac

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 and his family.

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 Verse 19,

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 this is the account of the family line

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 of Abraham's son Isaac.

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 Abraham became the father of Isaac

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 and Isaac was 40 years old

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 when he married Rebecca.

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 Now,

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 they're not the kind of family

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 that we might choose

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 to carry forward God's plan of salvation.

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 But as we're going to see,

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 we're shocked,

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 we're surprised

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 at the way in which God works.

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 This isn't our plan

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 and God doesn't do things our way.

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 There's much that we can learn

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 about God through this feuding family.

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 We're going to look at three things,

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 our struggle with God,

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 our surprise with God,

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 and our shock with God.

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 So first,

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 let's look at our struggle

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 with God's ways.

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 Our struggle with God's ways.

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 Isaac marries Rebecca

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 and everything seems in order.

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 But,

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 verse 21,

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 Isaac prayed to the Lord

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 on behalf of his wife

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 because she was childless.

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 Now,

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 for many couples,

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 those words are especially painful.

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 Isaac and Rebecca

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 longed to hear

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 the pitter-patter of tiny feet.

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 To hear a little one

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 call out,

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 Mum,

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 Dad.

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 And for those who face this reality,

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 and there are many,

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 it's heartbreaking.

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 We struggle because

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 this is what we so desperately want.

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 After all,

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 it's central to married life.

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 It's about building your family.

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 And for Isaac and Rebecca,

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 well,

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 they are childless.

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 not only that,

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 for Isaac and Rebecca,

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 this was a double struggle.

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 Remaining childless meant

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 that the promise

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 was in doubt.

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 Remember,

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 it's through the family line of Abraham

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 that God's blessing of salvation

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 would come to the world.

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 So,

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 if Isaac and Rebecca

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 have no children,

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 then there's no blessing.

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 And if they have no son,

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 then there's no redemption.

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 And if we do our maths correctly,

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 it's been going on for 20 years.

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 Verse 20 tells us

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 that Isaac was 40

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 when he got married.

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 Verse 26 tells us

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 that he was 60

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 when the two boys were born.

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 So,

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 20 years

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 of struggle.

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 Not just pain

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 within the family,

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 but doubting God's goodness,

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 questioning God's plan.

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 You see,

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 when things don't go

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 as we expect,

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 we struggle.

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 Maybe you plan

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 for a family

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 and it doesn't quite work out

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 the way you expect.

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 Does God not love me?

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 Perhaps you lose

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 a close friend

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 early in life

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 and we're left wondering,

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 does God not care

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 about me?

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 You see,

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 we all have our plans

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 for our life,

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 don't we?

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 Each one of us here,

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 we could write it down

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 on a piece of paper.

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 Our dreams,

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 our expectations,

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 and we have it all

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 mapped out

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 from an early age.

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 I'm going to go to college,

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 I'm going to study

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 this course,

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 then I'm going to travel

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 for a bit

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 and then I'm going to find

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 a partner,

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 a husband,

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 or a wife

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 and we're going to work

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 for three and a half years

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 and then we'll have enough

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 for our mortgage

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 and we're going to buy

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 our house

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 and then we're going to have

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 our 2.7 children

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 and then we're going

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 to retire

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 and then I'm going

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 to be able to do

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 everything I wanted to do

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 and go on all these

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 lovely sun holidays

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 and...

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 Well, life rarely goes

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 according to our plans.

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 Health issues arise,

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 an unforeseen move,

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 a loss of income

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 and we sit down

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 and we ask God,

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 what is he doing?

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 Can I trust God

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 with my life?

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 Well, it would be stupid

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 of me to pretend

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 there's answers

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 to all of these questions.

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 I certainly don't have them.

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 But what God calls us

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 to do in our struggle

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 is to turn it all

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 into prayer.

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 We cry out to him

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 because that's exactly

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 what Isaac and Rebecca do.

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 Verse 21,

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 Isaac prayed

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 to the Lord

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 on behalf of his wife

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 because she was childless.

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 The Lord answered his prayer

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 and his wife, Rebecca,

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 became pregnant.

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 Now, let's be clear here.

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 This does not mean

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 God will give us

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 everything that we ask for.

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 This isn't a quick fix solution

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 to all our wants

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 and desires.

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 Remember,

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 Isaac and Rebecca

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 had a central

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 and unique role

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 in God's plan

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 of salvation.

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 Through the family

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 would come a son

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 who was going to bring

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 salvation to the world.

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 So they begin to pray

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 according to God's promise.

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 We're not told

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 what Isaac prayed,

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 but we can picture him there

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 as he puts his arms

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 around his wife

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 to console her

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 and as they kneel

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 before God

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 morning, noon and night

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 and they cry out to him,

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 Lord,

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 you've promised

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 to bless the nations.

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 You've promised

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 that a son will come.

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 Please, God,

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 fulfill your promise.

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 In our struggle,

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 keep us faithful.

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 In our doubt,

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 keep us trusting.

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 Please sustain us.

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 Amen.

00:13:35.180 --> 00:13:36.800
 Well, God has made

00:13:36.800 --> 00:13:37.659
 many promises

00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:38.379
 to us,

00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:40.200
 his redeemed people.

00:13:41.139 --> 00:13:42.779
 In our struggles,

00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:45.200
 God has promised us

00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:45.620
 that

00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:47.639
 my grace

00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:49.120
 is sufficient

00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:50.120
 for you.

00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:52.700
 In our doubts,

00:13:53.539 --> 00:13:54.539
 God has promised

00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:55.639
 that nothing

00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:57.460
 can separate us

00:13:57.460 --> 00:13:58.360
 from the love

00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:59.420
 of God.

00:13:59.419 --> 00:14:01.819
 in our fears,

00:14:02.479 --> 00:14:03.399
 God has promised

00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:04.759
 to care for you

00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:06.620
 and to uphold you.

00:14:07.479 --> 00:14:07.860
 You see,

00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:09.599
 here is encouragement

00:14:09.599 --> 00:14:11.399
 for every one of us

00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:12.599
 in every struggle

00:14:12.599 --> 00:14:13.599
 that we go through.

00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:15.039
 Here are promises

00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:16.799
 that we can take

00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:18.500
 and we can pray them

00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:19.379
 back to God

00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:20.799
 knowing that he will

00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:22.539
 deliver on his promise.

00:14:23.059 --> 00:14:24.559
 Prayer like this

00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:26.459
 will sustain you.

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 We can cry out to him

00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:29.919
 Lord,

00:14:30.079 --> 00:14:31.500
 as you have promised,

00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:33.839
 give me your grace.

00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:37.239
 Strengthen my faith.

00:14:38.479 --> 00:14:40.199
 Supply my need.

00:14:40.739 --> 00:14:41.779
 Pick me up

00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:42.779
 when I fall.

00:14:43.339 --> 00:14:44.000
 Fill me

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.139
 with peace.

00:14:47.179 --> 00:14:48.399
 Prayers like that

00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:50.439
 will sustain you

00:14:50.439 --> 00:14:51.799
 in your struggle.

00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:54.979
 So first,

00:14:56.479 --> 00:14:57.319
 our struggle

00:14:57.319 --> 00:14:59.459
 with God's ways.

00:15:02.459 --> 00:15:03.699
 Not only is there

00:15:03.699 --> 00:15:04.359
 a struggle,

00:15:05.579 --> 00:15:07.079
 but there is also

00:15:07.079 --> 00:15:08.000
 a surprise

00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:10.459
 at God's choice.

00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:11.979
 Surprise.

00:15:13.219 --> 00:15:14.859
 So Rebecca and Isaac

00:15:14.859 --> 00:15:15.759
 gather together,

00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:16.539
 they pray,

00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:18.120
 and God,

00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:19.799
 according to his timing

00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:20.899
 and in his will,

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 provides them

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 with children.

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 She becomes pregnant.

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 And there is a surprise

00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:29.399
 with the pregnancy.

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 Not that there are two

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 instead of one,

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 but what is going on

00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:36.699
 between the two boys?

00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:38.179
 Look at verse 22.

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 The babies

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 jostled with each other

00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:42.599
 within her.

00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:44.299
 Now,

00:15:44.359 --> 00:15:45.059
 I've never had

00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:45.899
 the privilege

00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:47.019
 or the experience

00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:48.699
 of being pregnant,

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 but I know

00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.899
 babies kick

00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:51.539
 and move

00:15:51.539 --> 00:15:52.620
 and punch

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 and do all kinds

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 of things

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 inside the womb.

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 But this is

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:57.819
 something different.

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 It's like a wrestling

00:16:00.099 --> 00:16:01.479
 match is going on

00:16:01.479 --> 00:16:02.799
 inside Rebecca.

00:16:03.319 --> 00:16:04.620
 What are we to make

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.120
 of this

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:07.339
 surprising pregnancy?

00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:08.740
 Well,

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.480
 two things.

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 Let's read again

00:16:10.540 --> 00:16:11.480
 from verse 22.

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 The babies

00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:14.300
 jostled with each other

00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:15.740
 and she said,

00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:16.720
 she cries out,

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:18.000
 why is this

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.920
 happening to me?

00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:21.280
 What's going on?

00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.740
 What's the meaning?

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 And the Lord

00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:26.440
 said to her,

00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:28.580
 two nations

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 are in your womb

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 and two peoples

00:16:31.900 --> 00:16:33.060
 are within you

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 and they will be

00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:35.460
 separated.

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 one people

00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:38.160
 will be stronger

00:16:38.160 --> 00:16:38.940
 than the other

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 and the elder

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:43.040
 will serve

00:16:43.040 --> 00:16:43.759
 the younger.

00:16:46.280 --> 00:16:46.860
 Well,

00:16:46.900 --> 00:16:47.960
 what are we to make

00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:49.820
 of all of this?

00:16:51.160 --> 00:16:51.540
 Well,

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:53.040
 first it teaches us

00:16:53.040 --> 00:16:54.879
 about God's

00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.480
 gracious

00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.800
 choice.

00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:57.960
 Do you see

00:16:57.960 --> 00:16:59.480
 the end of verse 23?

00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:01.480
 the elder

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.940
 will serve

00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:03.460
 the younger.

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:04.860
 Well,

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:05.920
 that's not

00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.380
 the way

00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:07.000
 things are

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:07.640
 meant to go.

00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:08.339
 The tradition

00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:09.620
 was that

00:17:09.620 --> 00:17:10.579
 the older,

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:12.440
 the first son,

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.259
 was always

00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:14.339
 given priority.

00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.660
 The older

00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.620
 is always

00:17:16.620 --> 00:17:17.680
 chosen first.

00:17:18.120 --> 00:17:18.539
 They're the

00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.380
 firstborn.

00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:20.480
 They're the one

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:20.980
 who gets

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.799
 the inheritance.

00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:23.259
 They're the ones

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:23.700
 that get

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.480
 the blessing.

00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.440
 It's just

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:25.880
 the way

00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:26.539
 it is.

00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:28.980
 Well,

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.740
 guess what?

00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:31.599
 God doesn't

00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.400
 do tradition.

00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.339
 God doesn't

00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:35.440
 follow social

00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:35.980
 norms.

00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:37.599
 In fact,

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.279
 God does

00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:39.039
 things his

00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:39.480
 way,

00:17:39.860 --> 00:17:40.480
 not our

00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:40.740
 way.

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.920
 God chooses

00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.720
 the younger

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:44.200
 one over

00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:45.599
 the older

00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:46.059
 one.

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 Well,

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:48.779
 you say,

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.039
 well,

00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:49.559
 there must be

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 a reason for

00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:50.880
 that.

00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:52.420
 It must be

00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.079
 because the

00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:53.860
 older one

00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:54.979
 later in

00:17:54.979 --> 00:17:55.339
 life,

00:17:55.619 --> 00:17:56.019
 he must

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:56.619
 become the

00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:57.119
 baddie,

00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:57.419
 and,

00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.000
 well,

00:17:58.139 --> 00:17:58.599
 the younger

00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:58.939
 one,

00:17:59.059 --> 00:17:59.459
 he must

00:17:59.459 --> 00:17:59.879
 be the

00:17:59.879 --> 00:18:00.279
 goodie.

00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:01.399
 The older

00:18:01.399 --> 00:18:01.859
 one must

00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.319
 be kind

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:02.679
 of a

00:18:02.679 --> 00:18:03.059
 Simpson

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.579
 type,

00:18:03.659 --> 00:18:03.879
 and the

00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:04.119
 younger

00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:04.979
 one turns

00:18:04.979 --> 00:18:05.359
 out to

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:05.699
 be a

00:18:05.699 --> 00:18:06.299
 Flander,

00:18:06.379 --> 00:18:07.099
 a good

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.500
 guy.

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:08.679
 That's

00:18:08.679 --> 00:18:09.019
 how it

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.359
 works,

00:18:09.459 --> 00:18:09.779
 right?

00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:12.919
 Well,

00:18:12.979 --> 00:18:13.439
 not so

00:18:13.439 --> 00:18:13.979
 fast.

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.259
 God works

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:17.139
 by his

00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:18.159
 grace.

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:20.019
 The New

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.439
 Testament

00:18:20.439 --> 00:18:21.099
 actually

00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:22.159
 interprets

00:18:22.159 --> 00:18:23.099
 this

00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.480
 verse

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.279
 for us

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:25.219
 in

00:18:25.219 --> 00:18:25.639
 Romans

00:18:25.639 --> 00:18:26.159
 chapter

00:18:26.159 --> 00:18:26.599
 11.

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 I have

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:27.359
 it on

00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:27.559
 the

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:27.939
 screen

00:18:27.939 --> 00:18:28.319
 here.

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.079
 You can

00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:29.379
 follow

00:18:29.379 --> 00:18:30.000
 with me.

00:18:31.219 --> 00:18:32.079
 It says,

00:18:32.179 --> 00:18:32.659
 Rebecca's

00:18:32.659 --> 00:18:33.480
 children were

00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.059
 conceived

00:18:34.059 --> 00:18:34.599
 at the

00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:34.879
 same

00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:35.480
 time

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.480
 by our

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:36.899
 father

00:18:36.899 --> 00:18:37.519
 Isaac.

00:18:37.899 --> 00:18:38.279
 So,

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:39.959
 the two

00:18:39.959 --> 00:18:40.639
 boys have

00:18:40.639 --> 00:18:41.159
 the same

00:18:41.159 --> 00:18:41.599
 father,

00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.679
 no problem

00:18:42.679 --> 00:18:43.099
 there.

00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:44.799
 Yet,

00:18:44.939 --> 00:18:45.899
 before the

00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:46.639
 twins were

00:18:46.639 --> 00:18:47.240
 born,

00:18:48.159 --> 00:18:48.619
 or had

00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:49.119
 done any

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.919
 good or

00:18:49.919 --> 00:18:50.439
 bad,

00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:52.019
 in order

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.880
 that God's

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.680
 purpose in

00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:54.559
 election might

00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:55.019
 stand,

00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:55.759
 or according

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.279
 to his

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.779
 gracious

00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:57.640
 choice,

00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.660
 not by

00:18:59.660 --> 00:19:00.400
 works,

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.019
 but by

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.559
 him who

00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:03.160
 calls,

00:19:03.820 --> 00:19:04.320
 she was

00:19:04.320 --> 00:19:04.840
 told,

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.539
 the older

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.920
 will serve

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.460
 the younger.

00:19:09.820 --> 00:19:10.299
 You see,

00:19:10.600 --> 00:19:11.980
 God's choice

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:13.200
 had nothing

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.940
 to do

00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.900
 with what

00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:15.779
 Esau and

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.860
 Jacob were

00:19:16.860 --> 00:19:17.320
 like.

00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:18.579
 God

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.019
 didn't

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.539
 make his

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.039
 choice

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.720
 based on

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.240
 how they

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:22.119
 would

00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:23.220
 live,

00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:23.819
 how they

00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.299
 would

00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:25.179
 turn out.

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:25.919
 Now,

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.299
 look what

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.859
 it says,

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.799
 before

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:29.099
 the twins

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.759
 were born,

00:19:30.679 --> 00:19:31.579
 before they

00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:32.059
 had done

00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:33.000
 any good

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.960
 or bad.

00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:34.819
 In other

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.119
 words,

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.599
 it was

00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.539
 all by

00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:37.359
 God's

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.220
 gracious

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:39.939
 intervention,

00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.539
 and God's

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:41.980
 gracious

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:43.079
 choice.

00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:44.879
 And it

00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:45.379
 wasn't the

00:19:45.379 --> 00:19:45.879
 kind of

00:19:45.879 --> 00:19:46.339
 eeny,

00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:46.700
 meeny,

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.200
 miny,

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.580
 moe,

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:48.160
 I'll

00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:48.400
 just

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:48.819
 pick a

00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:49.279
 name out

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:49.500
 of the

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:49.860
 hat and

00:19:49.860 --> 00:19:50.400
 see which

00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:51.059
 one comes

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:51.400
 out.

00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.180
 No,

00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:53.140
 God's

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:53.880
 choice of

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:54.559
 Jacob to

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.299
 receive the

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.740
 blessing lies

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.819
 with God

00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:58.680
 and his

00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.240
 purposes,

00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:00.000
 and it

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.799
 has nothing

00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.880
 to do

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.779
 with Jacob.

00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.640
 It's God

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.380
 who calls

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:07.940
 us according

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:09.039
 to his

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.559
 purpose,

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.500
 and it's

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.360
 all by

00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:13.019
 his

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:14.019
 grace.

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:15.019
 God's

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:16.079
 choice.

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.460
 In fact,

00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:16.759
 there's

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.099
 another

00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:17.680
 surprise.

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.259
 Not only

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:19.619
 is it

00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:20.039
 God's

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.420
 gracious

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:21.240
 choice,

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:24.819
 but it

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.579
 seems that

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:26.139
 God's

00:20:26.139 --> 00:20:27.660
 choice is

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.259
 for sinners.

00:20:29.639 --> 00:20:29.980
 God

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.480
 chooses

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.259
 those who

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:31.819
 are sinful.

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.660
 Look how

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.299
 these two

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:34.319
 brothers are

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:35.279
 contrasted.

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:35.619
 Look at

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.440
 verse 25.

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:38.799
 The first

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.160
 to be

00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:41.539
 born came

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.220
 out red,

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.460
 and his

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.080
 whole body

00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:45.880
 was like a

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.680
 hairy garment.

00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:47.600
 I kind of

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:48.100
 read that and

00:20:48.100 --> 00:20:48.840
 think, did he

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.519
 come out like a

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.080
 monkey or

00:20:50.080 --> 00:20:50.620
 something or

00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:50.820
 what?

00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.420
 No, I

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:51.840
 just think he

00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:52.340
 had lots of

00:20:52.340 --> 00:20:52.820
 hair, like

00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.820
 some kids

00:20:53.820 --> 00:20:54.180
 when they're

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.620
 born just

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.140
 have a big

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:55.580
 head of

00:20:55.580 --> 00:20:56.140
 hair, don't

00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:56.380
 they?

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.240
 And we

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.700
 might say

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.120
 they're a

00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:58.840
 healthy one,

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.460
 a healthy,

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.000
 full of

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.700
 strength and

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.500
 vitality.

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:03.980
 So his

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.559
 name was

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.740
 given Esau,

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.660
 which means

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.799
 hairy.

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.059
 It's pretty

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.759
 obvious, isn't

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:10.940
 it?

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.680
 After this,

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.579
 verse 26,

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.200
 his brother

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.920
 came out,

00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.279
 and his

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.059
 hand was,

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:17.980
 well, it

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.460
 just wasn't

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:18.940
 normal.

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.420
 He was

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.339
 grasping,

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.119
 catching a

00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:22.059
 hold of

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.799
 Esau's

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.420
 heels, so

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:23.920
 he was

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.299
 named

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:25.400
 Jacob.

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.640
 What's this

00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.480
 unusual

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.519
 grasping all

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:30.759
 about?

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.140
 Well, you

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.480
 might have

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.759
 a little

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.319
 note at

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:32.700
 the bottom

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.059
 of your

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.480
 Bible.

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.519
 It tells

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.140
 us that,

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:36.140
 well, Jacob

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:38.539
 means deceives.

00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:40.339
 He's a

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.920
 grabber.

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.660
 In fact, as

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.860
 we walk

00:21:43.860 --> 00:21:44.440
 through the

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.180
 passages in

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.779
 Genesis and

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.400
 get to know

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.140
 Jacob a little

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.700
 bit more,

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.519
 his whole

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.500
 life is a

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.400
 broken mess.

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.039
 As the

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.640
 years go

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.220
 by, it

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.660
 seems he

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.400
 gets worse.

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.480
 He's really

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.180
 not a very

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.860
 nice guy.

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.319
 You wouldn't

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:57.920
 want him to

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.559
 be in your

00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:00.220
 social networks.

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:01.600
 God

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.200
 but yet,

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:02.660
 this is

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.240
 the son.

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:04.980
 This is

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.400
 the one

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.059
 that God

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.460
 chooses to

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.180
 receive the

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:09.039
 promised blessing.

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.819
 Now, I

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.100
 don't know

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.600
 about you,

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.079
 but that

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.680
 gets my

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.500
 back up.

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.620
 It annoys

00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:15.000
 me.

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.460
 People like

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.920
 that should

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.660
 be cursed,

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.980
 not blessed.

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.400
 Good people

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.960
 should be

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.319
 honoured,

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.420
 and bad

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.140
 people should

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.839
 be punished.

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:27.399
 doesn't God

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:28.459
 surprise you?

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.439
 He takes

00:22:30.439 --> 00:22:31.099
 the youngest

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:32.259
 and the

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.779
 weakest.

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.359
 He takes

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.720
 the one

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.679
 with no

00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:36.500
 strength and

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.359
 no status

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:38.879
 and blesses

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.220
 them.

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.859
 God chooses

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:42.039
 sinners.

00:22:44.439 --> 00:22:45.339
 But yet,

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:45.819
 we shouldn't

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.599
 be surprised

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.439
 because that's

00:22:47.439 --> 00:22:47.919
 the big

00:22:47.919 --> 00:22:49.179
 message of

00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:49.619
 all of

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.099
 scripture.

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:52.139
 Go with

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.299
 me.

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:52.719
 Keep your

00:22:52.719 --> 00:22:53.199
 finger in

00:22:53.199 --> 00:22:54.179
 Genesis 25

00:22:54.179 --> 00:22:55.519
 and jump

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.199
 forward to

00:22:56.199 --> 00:22:57.379
 1 Corinthians.

00:22:58.459 --> 00:22:59.339
 It's on

00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:01.579
 page 1145.

00:23:02.659 --> 00:23:04.319
 Page 1145.

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:19.259
 1 Corinthians

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.059
 chapter 1

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.299
 and we

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.680
 pick it

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.000
 up in

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.059
 verse 26.

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.379
 Here Paul

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:28.960
 is writing

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.519
 to a

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.000
 church,

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.720
 just like

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.160
 us,

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.160
 ordinary

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.779
 people,

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:35.400
 and he

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.180
 reminds them

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.859
 of why

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:38.299
 God called

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.539
 them,

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.519
 why God

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.700
 saved

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.039
 them.

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.740
 Chapter

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.099
 1,

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:46.099
 verse 26.

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.579
 Brothers

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.319
 and sisters,

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.059
 think of

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.419
 what you

00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:49.960
 were when

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.319
 you were

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.960
 called,

00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:51.940
 when God

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.679
 intervened

00:23:52.679 --> 00:23:53.259
 and saved

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.539
 you.

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.299
 Not many

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.659
 of you

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.519
 were wise

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.220
 by human

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.819
 standards.

00:23:58.399 --> 00:23:58.960
 Not many

00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:00.099
 were influential.

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.339
 Not many

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.740
 were of

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.599
 noble birth.

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.480
 But God

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.139
 chose the

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:06.299
 foolish things

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.039
 of the world

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.599
 to shame

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.200
 the wise.

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.440
 God chose

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.179
 the weak

00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:10.919
 things of

00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:11.339
 the world

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.879
 to shame

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.460
 the strong.

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.879
 God chose

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.700
 the lowly

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.200
 things of

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.700
 the world

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.079
 and the

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.859
 despised

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.399
 things and

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.840
 the things

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.160
 that are

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.620
 not,

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.840
 to nullify

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:20.420
 the things

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.900
 that are,

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.120
 so that

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:24.060
 no one

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:25.180
 may boast

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:26.220
 before him.

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:29.140
 It is

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.980
 because of

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.060
 him

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:32.820
 that you

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:33.200
 are in

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.000
 Christ Jesus.

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.060
 If you've

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.400
 got a

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.980
 highlighter,

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.960
 highlight that,

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.820
 verse 30.

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:42.119
 it is

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:42.899
 because of

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:44.319
 him,

00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:46.039
 not you,

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.700
 because of

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.240
 him

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:50.559
 that you

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:50.980
 are in

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.779
 Christ Jesus.

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:53.720
 Let's go

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.220
 back to

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.240
 Genesis 25.

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.579
 You see,

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.200
 it's because

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.939
 of God's

00:24:58.939 --> 00:24:59.480
 gracious

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.339
 choice

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.460
 and love

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.240
 and kindness

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.259
 towards sinners

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.399
 that any

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.059
 of us

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:06.179
 have any

00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:06.819
 hope at

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.119
 all.

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.000
 You see,

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.619
 God has

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:11.119
 no favourites

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:12.799
 and neither

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.459
 should we.

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.219
 The problem

00:25:15.219 --> 00:25:16.039
 is we do

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.759
 treat each

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.500
 other differently.

00:25:17.979 --> 00:25:18.759
 We treat

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.179
 each other

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:19.659
 differently

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.239
 within the

00:25:20.239 --> 00:25:20.779
 family of

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.439
 the church.

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:23.419
 Or perhaps

00:25:23.419 --> 00:25:24.099
 even like

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.779
 Isaac and

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.179
 Rebecca,

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.599
 parents

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:28.239
 treat their

00:25:28.239 --> 00:25:28.699
 children

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.359
 differently.

00:25:30.199 --> 00:25:30.579
 Look at

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.439
 verse 27.

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.219
 The boys

00:25:33.219 --> 00:25:34.039
 grew up.

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.179
 Esau

00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:35.899
 became a

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.419
 skillful

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:36.779
 hunter,

00:25:36.939 --> 00:25:37.439
 a man of

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:37.919
 the open

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.459
 country.

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.079
 Kind of

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.399
 the rough

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:41.000
 and tumble

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.479
 kind of

00:25:41.479 --> 00:25:41.759
 guy.

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.919
 While

00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:44.599
 Jacob was

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.319
 content to

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.739
 stay at

00:25:45.739 --> 00:25:46.379
 home among

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.099
 the tents,

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.339
 Isaac,

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.439
 who had

00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:50.919
 a taste

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.519
 for wild

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.019
 game,

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:53.399
 oh,

00:25:53.459 --> 00:25:53.979
 he loved

00:25:53.979 --> 00:25:54.500
 Esau.

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.500
 But

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.979
 Rebecca,

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.679
 no,

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.439
 she loved

00:25:59.439 --> 00:26:00.079
 Jacob.

00:26:01.979 --> 00:26:02.339
 You see,

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:02.819
 they each

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.199
 had their

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:04.199
 blind spots.

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.839
 Isaac

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.799
 loved the

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.579
 country boy.

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.559
 Rebecca

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.559
 loved the

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.139
 home boy.

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.940
 They had

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.200
 their

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.960
 favourites

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.539
 which only

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.419
 fuelled

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:14.299
 the family

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.899
 division.

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.339
 You see,

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:16.899
 if Isaac

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.500
 and Rebecca

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.119
 had just

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:19.319
 grasped and

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.139
 taken a

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.460
 little bit

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.019
 of time

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.940
 to understand

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.819
 God's

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.700
 amazing grace

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.519
 towards them,

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.399
 they would

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.940
 have no

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.680
 favourites.

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.200
 They would

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.720
 love their

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.279
 children,

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.379
 all of them,

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.220
 equally.

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:33.339
 And we

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.779
 would have

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.640
 no favourites

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.039
 either.

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.680
 So,

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.380
 parents,

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:41.299
 if you

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.519
 have

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.059
 children,

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.200
 please be

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.579
 very,

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.380
 very careful

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:45.960
 of this.

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.579
 Your

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.680
 favouritism

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.720
 can destroy

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.620
 your relationship

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.200
 with your

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.680
 children

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:53.440
 and can

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.819
 wreck

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.559
 your family.

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.819
 Instead,

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.339
 let us

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.180
 all step

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.720
 back and

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.220
 immerse

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.779
 ourselves

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.259
 afresh

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.980
 in God's

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.339
 grace

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.319
 and understand

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.039
 that he

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.839
 loves you

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.440
 in all

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.420
 your mess,

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.799
 in all

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.120
 your

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.940
 brokenness

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.620
 and with

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.039
 all of

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.680
 your sin

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.420
 and he

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.279
 loves you.

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.559
 And so

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.059
 we should

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:16.259
 love all

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.900
 the family

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:18.299
 equally,

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.559
 no

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.360
 favourites.

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.100
 So,

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.600
 our

00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:26.059
 struggle

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.799
 with God's

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.299
 ways,

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.960
 our

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.620
 surprise

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.319
 at God's

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.959
 choice

00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:33.599
 and

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.839
 then

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.079
 our

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.679
 shock

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:37.000
 over

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.739
 God's

00:27:37.739 --> 00:27:39.019
 response.

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.699
 Fast

00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.139
 forward

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:43.239
 20 years,

00:27:44.439 --> 00:27:45.159
 it seems

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.679
 just a

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:46.359
 normal day.

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.139
 Esau has

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.599
 been out

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.299
 hunting and

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.919
 is hungry.

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:50.459
 Jacob

00:27:50.459 --> 00:27:51.599
 has been

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.039
 at home

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.459
 and he's

00:27:52.459 --> 00:27:53.039
 been cooking

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.439
 in the

00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:53.759
 kitchen.

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.359
 But what

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.140
 follows is

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.559
 something

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.180
 quite

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:58.059
 shocking.

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.920
 First,

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.480
 we see

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.099
 just how

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.720
 desperate

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.960
 these

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.420
 brothers

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.180
 are.

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.379
 Their

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.879
 hearts

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.900
 are exposed

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:08.339
 before us.

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.059
 Verse

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.599
 30,

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.200
 Esau

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.660
 has come

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.119
 in and he

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.740
 says to his

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.480
 brother Jacob,

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.259
 quick,

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.299
 let me have

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.900
 some of that

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.799
 red stew.

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.900
 I'm

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.799
 famished.

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:21.759
 Well,

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.480
 Jacob being

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.559
 Jacob sees

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.500
 the opportunity,

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.079
 doesn't he?

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.879
 Verse 31,

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:28.580
 first sell

00:28:28.580 --> 00:28:29.120
 me your

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.840
 birthright.

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:31.880
 Well,

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.120
 look,

00:28:32.260 --> 00:28:33.100
 I'm about

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.840
 to die,

00:28:34.020 --> 00:28:34.720
 Esau said.

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.540
 What good

00:28:35.540 --> 00:28:35.900
 is the

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.420
 birthright

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:36.980
 to me?

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.600
 I'm

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:39.540
 starving.

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.700
 I've been

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.180
 out all

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.600
 day and

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:41.940
 if I

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.460
 don't get

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:42.860
 some of

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.520
 that stew,

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.320
 I'm going

00:28:44.320 --> 00:28:44.880
 to pass

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.320
 out here,

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:45.720
 I'm going

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.180
 to die.

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.360
 What good

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:47.740
 is the

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.200
 birthright

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.660
 going to

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:50.240
 me then?

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.120
 You can

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:51.680
 have it.

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.700
 Just give

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.160
 me some

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.520
 of your

00:28:53.520 --> 00:28:54.040
 stew.

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:57.039
 Well,

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:57.440
 of course,

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:57.799
 Esau

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.139
 wouldn't

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.299
 have

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.559
 died.

00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:58.940
 We all

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.319
 know what

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.779
 it's like

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.279
 to listen

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.799
 to kids

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.180
 or even

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.579
 ourselves

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:01.899
 come in.

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.220
 I'm

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.899
 starving.

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.200
 I'm

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.460
 going to

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.279
 die if

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.539
 I don't

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.680
 have

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:04.859
 something

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.220
 to eat.

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.720
 No,

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.159
 he wasn't

00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:06.500
 going to

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:06.940
 die.

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.019
 He was

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.440
 hungry.

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.339
 He

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.639
 wasn't

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.420
 on death's

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.680
 door.

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.079
 He was

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.319
 just

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.859
 desperate

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.139
 for

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.500
 something

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.759
 to

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.139
 eat.

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.579
 And

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:14.920
 Jacob

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.519
 senses

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.839
 the

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.259
 weakness

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.740
 and he

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.680
 closes

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.240
 in.

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.039
 Verse

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.680
 33,

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.319
 Jacob

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.740
 said,

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.460
 swear

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.899
 to me

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.500
 first.

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.519
 Let's

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.920
 make a

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.240
 deal.

00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:26.299
 Let's

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.960
 make this

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.960
 legal.

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.720
 Let's

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.359
 sign on

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:30.819
 the dotted

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.299
 line.

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.240
 So Esau

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.259
 swore an

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.700
 oath to

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.000
 him,

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.659
 selling his

00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:38.460
 birthright

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.839
 to Jacob.

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.480
 Well,

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.819
 I'm sure

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.460
 Jacob could

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.339
 hardly believe

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.960
 his luck.

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:44.819
 I mean,

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.159
 it didn't

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.740
 take much

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.460
 persuasion.

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.379
 Just a bit

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:48.079
 of his lentil

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.680
 stew was

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.180
 enough to

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.500
 get him

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:49.899
 over the

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.259
 line.

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:51.859
 seems

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.299
 Esau

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.660
 couldn't

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:52.859
 be

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.259
 bothered.

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.779
 In

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.059
 fact,

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.379
 it was

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.000
 much more

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.480
 serious

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.920
 than that.

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.480
 Look at

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.799
 the end

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.140
 of verse

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.759
 34.

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:01.700
 Esau

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:03.720
 despised

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.819
 his

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.500
 birthright.

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.140
 He

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.519
 turned

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.779
 his

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.460
 back

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:10.119
 on God's

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.539
 blessing.

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.039
 You

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.259
 see,

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.500
 the

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.160
 birthright

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.879
 was

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.519
 God's

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.900
 blessing.

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.720
 It was

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.480
 a gracious

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.480
 gift from

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.319
 God that

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.299
 only God

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.919
 could give,

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.859
 yet these

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.619
 two brothers

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.099
 show a

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.720
 complete

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.519
 disregard

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.339
 for it.

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:25.619
 Jacob

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.419
 tries to

00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:27.339
 deceive his

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.139
 way into

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.700
 the blessing.

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:29.759
 Esau,

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.119
 on the

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.599
 other hand,

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:32.099
 despises and

00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:32.799
 gives up

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.740
 the blessing.

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.980
 Now,

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.619
 before we

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.299
 go pointing

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.259
 fingers at

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.179
 this feuding

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:41.879
 family,

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.119
 I think we

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:44.740
 need to turn

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.279
 the mirror

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.819
 around,

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.359
 don't we?

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:48.339
 doesn't

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.379
 this just

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:49.899
 look a

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.399
 little bit

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:51.439
 like us?

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.439
 Maybe

00:30:53.439 --> 00:30:54.279
 like Jacob,

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:55.199
 we try to

00:30:55.199 --> 00:30:55.979
 deceive our

00:30:55.979 --> 00:30:56.819
 way into

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.279
 God's

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.699
 blessing.

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.259
 We'll use

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.939
 any means

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:00.799
 possible to

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.279
 try and

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:02.679
 force God's

00:31:02.679 --> 00:31:03.359
 hands to

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:04.459
 bless us and

00:31:04.459 --> 00:31:05.000
 make things

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.779
 go well for

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:05.979
 us.

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.799
 We might

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.399
 be making

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:08.039
 pots of

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.439
 stew,

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.599
 but we

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.639
 can try a

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.139
 bit harder

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.539
 in our

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.199
 prayers and

00:31:12.199 --> 00:31:13.259
 we can do

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.899
 a bit more

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:14.759
 serving and

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.680
 Lord,

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:15.980
 have you

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.559
 seen what

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.099
 I've done

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:18.579
 and you've

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:18.879
 got to

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.400
 bless me

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:19.839
 now?

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.000
 Or perhaps

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.539
 we're like

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:26.519
 Esau and

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.559
 we despise

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.180
 the blessings

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.819
 that God

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.640
 has already

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.460
 given us.

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.379
 Maybe

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:34.140
 you've been

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.900
 raised in a

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.339
 home where

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.759
 you've been

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.319
 taught the

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.720
 gospel.

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.059
 Maybe

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.579
 you're a bit

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.079
 older and

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.440
 you're just

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.140
 coming along

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.640
 week by

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.119
 week and

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.420
 you have

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:43.980
 the privilege

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.539
 of a good

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.200
 church to

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.980
 support you,

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:48.240
 but no,

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:48.839
 you just

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.500
 prefer the

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.039
 temporary

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:51.140
 comforts of

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:54.140
 life and

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.720
 you push

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.519
 Christ and

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.160
 his gospel

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.700
 to one

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.039
 side.

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.380
 You despise

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.599
 what you

00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:01.680
 have and

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.319
 you decide

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.960
 to go it

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.319
 alone.

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.380
 You see,

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.079
 both these

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.779
 brothers are

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.220
 saying,

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.799
 I don't

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.860
 need God.

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.120
 I can do

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.799
 it another

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.200
 way.

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.740
 I don't

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.579
 need grace.

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.660
 I'm well

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:18.000
 able.

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.940
 What's God

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.779
 going to do

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.519
 with these

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:25.380
 deceiving and

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.180
 despising

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.680
 brothers?

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.579
 More to

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.000
 the point,

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.799
 what is God

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.299
 going to do

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.920
 with us?

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.339
 Well,

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:36.059
 God's

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.759
 response

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:38.799
 is shocking

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:43.980
 because he

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.379
 doesn't

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:45.339
 treat us

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.579
 as our

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.039
 sins

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:48.180
 deserve.

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.399
 God in

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.079
 response

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:52.379
 sends a

00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:52.740
 savior.

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.740
 He would

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.960
 send his

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.460
 son,

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:57.759
 the promised

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.359
 son who

00:32:58.359 --> 00:32:58.859
 would come

00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.460
 from a

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.379
 fighting,

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.240
 feuding

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.720
 family like

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.139
 this.

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:04.019
 A son

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.799
 would come,

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.799
 not like

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.220
 Jacob,

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.860
 not like

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.380
 Esau,

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:09.579
 and thankfully

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.279
 not like

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.620
 us,

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.920
 but God's

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.779
 own son,

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.420
 his perfect

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.819
 son.

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.360
 You see,

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.940
 the blessings

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.579
 of God

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.839
 could only

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.880
 come through

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.660
 the grace

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.460
 of his

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.799
 son,

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.299
 the Lord

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.100
 Jesus Christ,

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:23.860
 the one

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.700
 who is the

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:26.220
 firstborn over

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.120
 all of

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.819
 creation,

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.600
 the one

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:30.000
 whose birthright

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.720
 means he

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.759
 owns all

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.559
 things and he

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.319
 rules all

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.039
 things and has

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.019
 power and

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.900
 authority and

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.940
 is supreme.

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:41.019
 But yet

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.900
 this son,

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.160
 who being

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:45.220
 very in

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.559
 nature God,

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.639
 didn't

00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:49.240
 consider

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.000
 equality

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.900
 with God

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:52.240
 something to

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.019
 be used

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:55.759
 or grasped

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.940
 for his

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:58.000
 own advantage.

00:33:59.379 --> 00:33:59.779
 Instead,

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.639
 he willingly

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.799
 gave up

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:03.079
 his birthright

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.839
 to enter

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.460
 into this

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.059
 world to

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.680
 serve us.

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.500
 He made

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.140
 himself

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:08.159
 nothing.

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.860
 He humbled

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:12.440
 himself by

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.960
 becoming

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:14.039
 obedient to

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.480
 death,

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.619
 even death

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.320
 on a cross.

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.260
 He died

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.820
 for our

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.740
 deceiving and

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.900
 deception so

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.420
 that we

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.940
 could be

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:22.000
 forgiven and

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.980
 become heirs

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.880
 and co-heirs

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.740
 with Christ.

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:26.240
 Jesus took

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:27.179
 the low

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.880
 position,

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.400
 the humble

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.039
 position.

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.280
 He became

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:33.300
 one with no

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.140
 status and

00:34:34.140 --> 00:34:35.000
 no strength

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:36.080
 so that we

00:34:36.080 --> 00:34:36.860
 might share

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.400
 in his

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.620
 birthright and

00:34:38.620 --> 00:34:39.900
 receive all

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.360
 of his

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:41.140
 blessings

00:34:41.140 --> 00:34:42.160
 freely.

00:34:45.600 --> 00:34:46.480
 Shocking.

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:49.320
 None of us

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:50.340
 deserve such

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.860
 grace.

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:53.320
 But God

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:54.280
 responds in

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:55.000
 grace to

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.800
 all of our

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.240
 mess.

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:56.359
 blessings.

00:34:57.359 --> 00:34:58.699
 He blesses

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.179
 us with

00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:00.139
 his salvation

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.739
 now,

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:02.359
 today and

00:35:02.359 --> 00:35:03.779
 forever because

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:05.239
 he loves

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.919
 us.

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:09.000
 How are we

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.439
 going to

00:35:09.439 --> 00:35:10.619
 experience this

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.059
 grace?

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:14.099
 Well, don't

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:15.500
 be foolish like

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.739
 Jacob and try and

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.859
 deceive your way

00:35:17.859 --> 00:35:18.839
 into God and

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:20.419
 do all kinds of

00:35:20.419 --> 00:35:21.219
 things to think

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:22.039
 that somehow you

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.939
 deserve it or

00:35:22.939 --> 00:35:23.479
 you've earned

00:35:23.479 --> 00:35:23.819
 it.

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:26.120
 don't be like

00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:27.080
 Esau and be

00:35:27.080 --> 00:35:27.840
 proud and

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:29.000
 despise what

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.940
 God has given

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.539
 to you.

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:33.200
 Instead, we

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:34.480
 humble ourselves.

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.539
 We bow in

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.100
 surrender.

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.400
 We thank him

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.539
 for his grace.

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:43.220
 And we go

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:44.539
 with a view

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.539
 of the world

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.440
 that has no

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.260
 favourites.

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.280
 But just as

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:50.120
 God has shown

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:51.039
 grace to me,

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.140
 we will show

00:35:52.140 --> 00:35:53.200
 grace to

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:54.099
 every person,

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.099
 to every

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.639
 sinner,

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.919
 just like you

00:35:56.919 --> 00:35:57.379
 and me.

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.639
 Because God

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.779
 has no favourites

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:03.239
 and he loves

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:04.139
 for people to

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.960
 turn to him.

00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:09.259
 So what can

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:09.980
 we learn from

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:11.500
 this feuding

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.119
 family?

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:14.500
 Well, we may

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.259
 struggle with

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:16.199
 God's ways,

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:19.199
 but he's given

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:20.119
 us prayer to

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.079
 sustain us.

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:23.079
 grace to

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.219
 God's grace.

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.380
 We may be

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:24.239
 surprised at

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:25.199
 God's choice,

00:36:26.279 --> 00:36:27.099
 but how

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:28.039
 wonderful that

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.799
 grace is.

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:31.340
 We may be

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:32.119
 shocked over

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.799
 God's

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:34.420
 response,

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:37.019
 but how

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.900
 thankful we

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:39.380
 are that he

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:40.019
 sent his

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:41.440
 son and

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.960
 has called

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.739
 us to be

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:44.299
 conduits of

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:45.139
 his grace

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:46.799
 to a needy

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:47.299
 and broken

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.880
 world.

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.880
 God's

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.519
 love.

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.039
 Let's pray.

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.420
 Father, we

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.200
 might look at

00:37:08.200 --> 00:37:08.940
 this family

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:11.039
 of Isaac and

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.780
 Rebecca and

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.360
 Jacob and

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:13.260
 Esau and

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.960
 point the

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.539
 finger and

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.340
 go, I'm

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:16.240
 glad I'm not

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.899
 like them.

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.979
 How wrong

00:37:20.979 --> 00:37:21.500
 we are.

00:37:24.979 --> 00:37:25.959
 Father, thank

00:37:25.959 --> 00:37:26.739
 you for your

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:27.259
 grace.

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.559
 Thank you for

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.539
 your intervention.

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:33.000
 Thank you for

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.659
 your love.

00:37:34.919 --> 00:37:35.859
 Thank you that

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:36.559
 you choose

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.739
 sinners such

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.279
 as us.

00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:40.739
 Thank you for

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:42.819
 Jesus, that

00:37:42.819 --> 00:37:43.459
 he came,

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:45.059
 giving up

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.800
 his status

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.380
 and his

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:47.119
 position of

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.699
 privilege,

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:49.880
 gladly

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.699
 surrendering

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.820
 his birthright

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:53.679
 that we

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.559
 might gain

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:56.159
 all his

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:57.099
 blessings for

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.519
 us.

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:00.380
 Father, help

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:01.760
 us to

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:02.380
 immerse

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:03.039
 ourselves

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.059
 daily in

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.800
 your grace.

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.800
 Give us

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.500
 eyes that

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.220
 see people

00:38:08.220 --> 00:38:08.920
 as you see

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.340
 them, that

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.699
 we would

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.199
 not have

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.900
 favourites,

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:12.720
 but that

00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:13.039
 we would

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.860
 love others

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.920
 as you

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.500
 have loved

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:15.940
 us.

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.220
 Help us, we

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:20.579
 pray, in

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.360
 Jesus' name.

00:38:22.180 --> 00:38:22.559
 Amen.

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:22.700
 Amen.

00:38:22.700 --> 00:38:22.740
 Amen.

00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:22.760
 Amen.

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:22.780
 Amen.

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:22.800
 Amen.

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:22.840
 Amen.

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:24.800
 Amen.

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:24.840
 Amen.

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:26.760
 Amen.

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:26.840
 Amen.

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:28.840
 Amen.

00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:30.840
 Amen.

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:32.840
 Amen.

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:34.840
 Amen.

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:36.840
 Amen.

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:38.840
 Amen.

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:38.900
 Amen.

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:40.880
 Amen.

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:42.220
 Amen.

00:38:42.220 --> 00:38:42.480
 A song we're

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.079
 going to sing,

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.700
 what love could

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.559
 remember no

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.340
 wrongs we have

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.720
 done.

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:49.220
 That's amazing

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:50.720
 love that

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:51.300
 would forgive

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:51.700
 us.

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:53.220
 Our sins may

00:38:53.220 --> 00:38:53.660
 be many,

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.640
 but his mercy

00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:56.860
 is always more.

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.480
 Let's stand

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.300
 together as we

00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:58.579
 sing.

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:58.640
 Amen.

00:38:58.640 --> 00:38:58.840
 Amen.

00:38:58.840 --> 00:39:00.640
 Amen.

00:39:00.640 --> 00:39:00.740
 Amen.

00:39:00.740 --> 00:39:01.240
 Amen.

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.300
 Amen.

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.740
 Amen.

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:02.700
 Amen.

00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:02.740
 Amen.

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.300
 Amen.

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.740
 Amen.

00:39:03.740 --> 00:39:03.800
 Amen.

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 And so we thank you.

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 We praise you.

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 Send us with your grace.

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 Fill us with your spirit's power that we might live well as your people this coming week.

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 coming week. May it be for your glory and for our good. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:51.199
 Just a reminder, a couple of things. Tea and coffee afterwards. You can catch up with

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:58.139
 Trevor and Kayla and Rua then. Tonight, I forgot to mention this, tonight at half past six in this

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 hall. There'll be a teaching on the Psalms. So how do we teach or how do we interpret the Psalms?

00:43:07.219 --> 00:43:12.480
 How do we apply it to our life in our situation? You're welcome to come along to it. It's part of

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:18.879
 the MBC courses that are offered, but it's one that you can just come to this evening from half

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 past six until half past nine. Yeah, there'll be a break in between. You don't have to say