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 Well, we've been journeying as a church over the last number of weeks through the story

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 of Abraham, and we've been looking at it through the perspective of Moses back in the record

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 that we have in Genesis.

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 This morning, we're going to be looking at it from a different perspective.

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 We're going to be looking at it through the lens of the Apostle Paul as he wrote in his

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 letter to the church at Rome.

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 Now, some of you may be wondering, why are we jumping forward into the New Testament?

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 And so I just want to give a brief explanation as to why.

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 The best way to understand anything in the Bible, any passage, is to look at it and read

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 it within its literary context, to understand what's said there in that passage and in the

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 surrounding area.

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 But it's also important that we set things in the wider context of the whole Bible and

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 look at the story of Abraham in light of the whole.

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 How does his story fit into the larger story of what God is doing in our world?

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 And so we want to take some time in the next couple of weeks to jump back and forth a little

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 bit between the Old Testament account of Abraham and the New Testament to see what's said by

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 the New Testament authors about Abraham.

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 Abraham.

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 And why do we do this?

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 One of the things that is a burden on my heart or weighs heavily on my heart as someone who preaches

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 and teaches, there are passages in the Word of God that say that those who preach and teach will be judged

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 more strictly.

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 There are passages that encourage those of us who do to watch what we teach very closely.

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 Because if we veer off and begin teaching things that are not true or not accurate from the Word of God,

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 then we become dangerous to our hearers.

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 And so with that weight, as part of my process to prepare to preach or teach,

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 I have very intentionally included consulting with good commentaries on the passages that I look at.

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 So these commentaries, basically the guys who write these, they'll look at what all the other people

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 have said about that particular passage in all the other commentaries and bring all that together.

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 And I think of it as a safeguard.

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 It's a way to check for me, is what I'm seeing in this passage what you guys in the larger church community

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 around the world are seeing?

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 Because it's totally possible for me to, by myself, misinterpret or misimply or get the wrong idea from a passage.

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 And so I want to check and see, is the larger church community as a whole also seeing that here?

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 Now, as good as these books are, these commentaries are the writings of men about the Bible.

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 Sometimes, I wonder though, if we have failed to appreciate just what we have in the New Testament writings.

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 And here's where I'm going with this.

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 The writers of the New Testament and even Jesus himself have a lot to say about the Old Testament,

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 about what happened there, what was written there.

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 And so, the writings of the New Testament are not just like these books, the words of men.

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 They are the words of men, but they have their source in God

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 and come to us through his spirit as the inspired word of God.

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 They're authoritative.

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 And so, when we look at the New Testament and what it says about those old stories,

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 like the stories of Abraham,

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 it's like we are reading the ultimate commentary

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 on what happened back in the Old Testament.

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 And the one example that I'll point to

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 is with Jesus.

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 Jesus had many run-ins with the religious leaders of his day.

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 And on one of those encounters,

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 this is what he said to the religious leaders.

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 He said,

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 You guys study the scriptures diligently

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 because you think that in them you have eternal life.

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 These are the very scriptures that testify about me.

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 Yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

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 One of the things that I take from that

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 is that it is entirely possible for us

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 to diligently study the Old Testament scriptures

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 and yet come to wrong conclusions,

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 to get it wrong,

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 to miss the whole point of what they're saying.

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 And Jesus was known for being someone

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 who corrected people's wrong ideas about the Old Testament.

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 He talked about how their ideas

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 of who the Messiah would be were wrong

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 and what the Messiah would do were off.

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 He corrected people's view on the law

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 and how it applies to our lives

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 on things like marriage and divorce

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 and a number of other things to name a few.

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 And so,

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 and really this kind of makes sense, doesn't it?

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 I mean,

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 who better to tell us

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 how to interpret and apply the Old Testament

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 than the Son of God himself?

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 And so,

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 as we look back into the Old Testament,

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 we want to do so

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 with the lens,

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 with the comments,

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 with the teaching

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 that Jesus himself

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 gives us

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 about what happened back there.

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 He is the commentary,

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 the commentator

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 on those old writings

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 that never fails,

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 that gets it right every time.

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 Not only he,

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 but the apostles as well

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 who wrote under the inspiration of the Spirit

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 and what they said

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 about what was written in the Old Testament,

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 it too

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 has the same kind of weight.

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 It's part of the ultimate commentary

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 to give us confidence,

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 to point us in the right direction

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 so that when we look at these Old Testament scriptures,

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 we don't end up coming

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 to all these weird

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 and wonky ideas

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 and conclusions

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 of what it means

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 and how it applies to our lives.

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 And so,

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 that's why for the next number of weeks

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 we're going to be going back and forth a little

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 between the old and the new.

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 We want to understand the story

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 through the lens

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 that God has given us

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 in the New Testament

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 through his Son

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 and through the apostles.

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 So this morning,

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 we're in Romans chapter 4.

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 If you have your Bible with you,

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 please open it up

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 to Romans chapter 4.

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 Paul has a lot to say here

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 in Romans chapter 4

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 about the story of Abraham.

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 But before we get to that,

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 we first have to note

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 that what he says

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 comes in the context

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 of a larger message,

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 a larger point

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 that he's making.

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 And thank you, Charles,

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 for focusing our attention

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 on chapter 3

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 and some of what was there.

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 This is kind of the context

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 of what Paul is saying here

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 in chapter 4.

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 His whole aim in this letter

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 to the Romans

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 is to set forth

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 the gospel clearly

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 so that the people

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 that are in the church in Rome

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 would understand

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 the good news of Jesus.

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 This church is a mixed church.

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 It's got Jewish believers

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 and Gentile believers in it.

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 And so he's also

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 bringing everything together

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 in a way that

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 they would understand

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 how that applies to them

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 with their different backgrounds.

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 He spent the first

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 three chapters

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 as Charles

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 kind of led us

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 through a little bit,

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 focusing

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 and proclaiming

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 on the truth

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 that

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 the just wrath of God

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 is coming

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 upon our world

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 because of our sin.

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 As we heard this morning,

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 no one is righteous.

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 No one is exempt from this.

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 He takes great pains to say,

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 even if you're Jewish

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 and have observed the law

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 as best you can,

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 you are not exempt from this.

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 Jew and Gentile,

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 all of us,

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 the verse we've all heard,

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 for all have sinned

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 and fall short

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 of the glory of God,

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 says Paul.

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 And then as we heard,

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 read already,

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 he breaks in

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 with the good news.

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 But now,

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 there is a righteousness

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 from God

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 that can be given to us,

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 that we can receive

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 from God

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 by faith.

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 For all have sinned

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 and fall short

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 of the glory of God,

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 Romans 3.23,

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 and all are justified,

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 all are made right

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 with God

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 freely

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 by his grace

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 through the redemption

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 that came by Christ Jesus.

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 And we just

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 talked about

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 and reflected

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 on how Jesus

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 became that sacrifice

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 that we needed.

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 So that Paul can say

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 in verse 22

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 of chapter 3,

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 this righteousness,

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 this right standing

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 with God

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 is given through faith

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 in Jesus Christ

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 to all who believe,

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 whether Jew or Gentile.

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 There's no difference.

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 And so then he comes down

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 to verse 27

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 and he says,

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 where then is boasting?

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 It's excluded.

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 Verse 28,

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 for we maintain

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 that a person

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 is justified,

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 they're made right

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 with God

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 by faith,

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 apart from works

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 of the law.

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 Or is God

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 the God of Jews only?

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 Is he not

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 the God

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 of Gentiles too?

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 Yes,

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 of Gentiles too.

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 Since there is

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 only one God

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 who will justify,

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 who will make

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 right with himself

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 the circumcised

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 by faith

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 and the uncircumcised

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 through that same faith,

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 Jew and Gentile.

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 His main point here

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 is that there is

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 no ground

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 for bragging

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 or for boasting

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 to others

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 that you somehow

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 got a right standing

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 with God

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 through your own

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 good works,

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 through your own

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 observing of the law.

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 because a right standing

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 with God

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 is something

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 that God

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 gives as a gift

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 to those

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 who simply believe,

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 who have faith

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 his son.

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 And that's his main point

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 as we come into

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 chapter 4

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 that he is

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 trying to

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 make clear

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 drawing on the story

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 of Abraham.

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 Both Jew

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 and Gentile

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 are made right

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 with God

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 by faith,

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 by believing

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 the gospel

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 of Jesus

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 and not by works,

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 not by ritual,

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 not by anything else,

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 by faith alone.

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 So chapter 4

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 starting in verse 1.

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 What then shall we say

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 that Abraham,

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 our forefather,

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 discovered in this matter?

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 In this whole matter

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 of getting right with God,

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 what did Abraham discover?

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 Verse 2.

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 If in fact

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 Abraham was justified

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 by works,

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 he had something

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 to boast about,

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 but not before God.

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 What does scripture say?

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 Abraham believed God

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 and it was credited

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 to him

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 as righteousness.

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 And so even with Abraham,

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 our great forefather

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 of the faith,

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 he was not made right

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 with God

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 on the basis

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 of works.

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 He was made right

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 with God

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 on the basis

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 of faith.

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 And so he has

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 no reason to boast.

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 You remember

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 from the story,

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 Abraham blew it

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 many times.

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 He sinned.

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 He was a sinner

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 just like the rest of us.

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 He was a worshiper

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 of other gods

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 back in Ur

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 of the Chaldeans

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 when God called him.

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 That's not the basis

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 of why he's

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 in favor with God.

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 He came into this

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 right standing

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 with God

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 by faith.

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 And Paul,

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 he reminds us

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 of that place

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 in the Old Testament

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 in Genesis

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 where that's

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 stated very clearly.

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 What does the scripture say?

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 Abraham believed God

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 and it was credited

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 to him

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 as righteousness.

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 For those of you

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 who were here

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 on that Sunday,

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 God took Abraham

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 out

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 and pointed him

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 up to the sky.

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 He said,

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 look at the stars.

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 As innumerable

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 as the stars are,

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 if you could count them,

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 so shall your offspring

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 be beyond numbering.

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 And then right after that,

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 it says,

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 Abraham believed God

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 and it was credited

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 to him

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 as righteousness.

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 He took the Lord's word

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 at face value

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 and trusted

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 that God would

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 actually bring that about

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 for him

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 and his offspring.

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 and God credited it

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 to him

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 as righteousness.

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 He counted him

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 as having a right

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 standing with himself

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 even though in actuality

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 he didn't.

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 He was a sinner

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 just like the rest of us.

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 And so that's

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 Paul's main point here.

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 Abraham was

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 made right with God

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 on the basis

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 of his believing,

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 his faith.

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 Not on the basis

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 of what he did

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 and it's the same

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 for you and I.

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 We are made right

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 with God

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 on the basis

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 not of what we do

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 but on the basis

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 of our believing

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 the good news

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Paul goes on

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 in verse 4

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 to help us

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 really understand

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 this

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 and clarify it.

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 Now to the one

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 who works,

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 wages are not credited

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 as a gift

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 but as an obligation.

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 However,

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 to the one

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 who does not work

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 but trusts God

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 who justifies

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 the ungodly,

00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:28.340
 their faith

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 is credited

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 as righteousness.

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 Paul says

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 you want to talk

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 about work?

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 This is how it works

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 with work.

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 When you go to work

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 you earn wages

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 and your wages

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 are given to you.

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 They're deposited

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 into your bank account

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 not as a gift

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 but as what

00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:51.339
 you are owed

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 from your employer

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 in return

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 for your work.

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 They're an obligation

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 but that's not

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 how it works

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 when it comes

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 to getting right

00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:01.399
 with God.

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 In fact,

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 it's almost

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 the opposite

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 says Paul.

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 When it comes

00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:07.959
 to getting right

00:15:07.959 --> 00:15:08.559
 with God

00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:11.359
 God gives

00:15:11.359 --> 00:15:13.199
 righteousness

00:15:13.199 --> 00:15:14.399
 a right standing

00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.299
 with himself

00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:17.659
 to those

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 who believe

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 and yet

00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:21.719
 do not work.

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 It's a gift.

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 However,

00:15:27.339 --> 00:15:27.819
 to the one

00:15:27.819 --> 00:15:29.199
 who does not work

00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:31.219
 but trusts God

00:15:31.219 --> 00:15:33.099
 their faith

00:15:33.099 --> 00:15:34.059
 is credited

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 as righteousness.

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 It's not something

00:15:35.959 --> 00:15:36.639
 you can earn.

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 You can't earn

00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:38.039
 a right standing

00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:38.600
 with God.

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 It's something

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 you receive

00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:40.879
 as a gift

00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:42.699
 on the basis

00:15:42.699 --> 00:15:45.179
 of belief

00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:46.240
 and faith.

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 Trust.

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 I love the way

00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:49.779
 that Paul describes

00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.299
 God here.

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 He is who trusts

00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:53.419
 but trusts God

00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:54.639
 who justifies

00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:55.580
 the ungodly.

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 He is the God

00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.879
 who is in the business

00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:59.159
 of making right

00:15:59.159 --> 00:15:59.860
 with himself

00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:01.860
 the ungodly.

00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:05.220
 Sinners

00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:06.700
 like you

00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:07.279
 like me

00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:08.060
 like Abraham.

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 This is the good news.

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 You don't have

00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:12.180
 to earn it.

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 In fact

00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:15.940
 it's those

00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:16.460
 who do not

00:16:16.460 --> 00:16:17.480
 try to earn it

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:19.019
 but simply trust

00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.480
 that God

00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:20.000
 will give it

00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:20.580
 as a gift

00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:22.120
 who receive

00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.120
 this right standing

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.740
 with God.

00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:26.480
 Paul goes on

00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:27.139
 to say that

00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:28.220
 David

00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:29.120
 King David

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.800
 he saw

00:16:30.800 --> 00:16:31.960
 and recognized

00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:32.740
 that this is

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.420
 how it was

00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:34.019
 with God.

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 He wrote

00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:36.339
 in the Psalms

00:16:36.339 --> 00:16:37.679
 blessed

00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:38.339
 are those

00:16:38.339 --> 00:16:39.459
 whose transgressions

00:16:39.459 --> 00:16:40.299
 are forgiven.

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:41.779
 Blessed

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.360
 is the one

00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:43.039
 whose sin

00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:43.479
 the Lord

00:16:43.479 --> 00:16:43.919
 will never

00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:44.919
 count against them.

00:16:44.979 --> 00:16:45.399
 This wasn't

00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:45.939
 just a thing

00:16:45.939 --> 00:16:46.740
 that God

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.579
 did with Abraham.

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.379
 This was something

00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:49.899
 that thousands

00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:50.679
 of years later

00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:51.740
 David recognized

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.559
 too that God

00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:53.459
 was in the business

00:16:53.459 --> 00:16:54.799
 of blessing people

00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:56.339
 of forgiving them

00:16:56.339 --> 00:16:57.779
 of their sins

00:16:57.779 --> 00:16:59.459
 of not counting

00:16:59.459 --> 00:17:00.480
 against them

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.820
 the wrong things

00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.779
 that they had

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.240
 done.

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.880
 Paul then

00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:08.339
 goes on

00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:09.640
 to ask

00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:10.319
 the question

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:11.759
 when it

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.279
 comes to

00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:13.819
 this wonderful

00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.360
 gift

00:17:14.360 --> 00:17:15.599
 of being

00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.299
 made right

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:16.980
 with God

00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:19.500
 on the basis

00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:20.180
 of faith

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:22.400
 who is this

00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:23.120
 gift for?

00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:26.099
 Verse 9

00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:26.939
 is this

00:17:26.939 --> 00:17:28.099
 blessedness

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.799
 only

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.799
 for the

00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:30.619
 circumcised

00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:32.939
 for the Jew

00:17:32.939 --> 00:17:35.719
 or also

00:17:35.719 --> 00:17:36.399
 for the

00:17:36.399 --> 00:17:37.439
 uncircumcised

00:17:37.439 --> 00:17:39.459
 for the Gentile?

00:17:41.139 --> 00:17:42.019
 We have

00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:42.599
 been saying

00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:43.439
 that Abraham's

00:17:43.439 --> 00:17:43.839
 faith was

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.719
 credited to him

00:17:44.719 --> 00:17:45.579
 as righteousness.

00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:47.039
 Under what

00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.859
 circumstances

00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:49.019
 was it credited?

00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.459
 Paul's going

00:17:50.459 --> 00:17:50.899
 to make the

00:17:50.899 --> 00:17:51.339
 case here

00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:51.919
 that this

00:17:51.919 --> 00:17:52.659
 gift

00:17:52.659 --> 00:17:54.519
 of righteousness

00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:55.059
 of being

00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:55.559
 made right

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:55.960
 with God

00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:56.359
 is for

00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:56.960
 both Jew

00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:57.900
 and Gentile

00:17:57.900 --> 00:17:59.059
 and how

00:17:59.059 --> 00:17:59.379
 is he going

00:17:59.379 --> 00:17:59.660
 to make

00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:00.220
 this case?

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:00.599
 He's going

00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:00.920
 to make

00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:01.319
 it based

00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:01.639
 on the

00:18:01.639 --> 00:18:02.119
 story of

00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:02.480
 Abraham.

00:18:03.420 --> 00:18:04.039
 He says

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:04.480
 look at

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.299
 Abraham's

00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:06.099
 life.

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.639
 At what

00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.039
 point,

00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:08.500
 in what

00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:09.119
 situation

00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:09.779
 did he

00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.839
 get a

00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.579
 right standing

00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:12.259
 with God?

00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:14.319
 Was it

00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:15.420
 after he

00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:16.359
 was circumcised

00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:18.359
 or was it

00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:18.759
 before?

00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:21.799
 It was

00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:22.960
 not after

00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.980
 but before.

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.160
 says Paul

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.960
 and he

00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:26.339
 received

00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:27.019
 circumcision

00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.579
 as a

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:27.980
 sign,

00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:29.240
 a seal

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.720
 of the

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.119
 righteousness

00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:30.559
 that he

00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:31.000
 had by

00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.339
 faith

00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:31.680
 while he

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.579
 was still

00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:33.740
 uncircumcised.

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:36.079
 It wasn't

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:37.200
 based on

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:38.279
 the ritual

00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:39.279
 of circumcision

00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:40.599
 that Abraham

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.839
 was made

00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.319
 right with

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:42.779
 God

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.779
 because

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.400
 circumcision

00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:45.000
 hadn't even

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.519
 entered the

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.139
 picture yet.

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.180
 It was

00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:48.680
 based on

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.180
 faith

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:50.220
 while he

00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.720
 was still

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.700
 uncircumcised.

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.019
 And so

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:53.119
 what's

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.899
 the

00:18:53.899 --> 00:18:54.439
 implications

00:18:54.439 --> 00:18:55.019
 of this?

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.399
 Paul

00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:56.879
 actually

00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:57.299
 lays it

00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:57.619
 out for

00:18:57.619 --> 00:18:57.859
 us

00:18:57.859 --> 00:18:58.179
 in

00:18:58.179 --> 00:18:58.819
 verse

00:18:58.819 --> 00:18:59.399
 11.

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 So then

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:03.479
 Abraham

00:19:03.479 --> 00:19:04.179
 is the

00:19:04.179 --> 00:19:04.599
 father

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.839
 of all

00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.119
 who

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.879
 believe

00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:08.019
 but have

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.379
 not

00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:08.879
 been

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.899
 circumcised

00:19:09.899 --> 00:19:11.519
 in order

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:11.859
 that

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.799
 righteousness

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.699
 might be

00:19:13.699 --> 00:19:14.179
 credited

00:19:14.179 --> 00:19:15.259
 to them.

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:16.879
 and he

00:19:16.879 --> 00:19:17.220
 is then

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:17.519
 also

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:17.759
 the

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.019
 father

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.299
 of

00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:18.460
 the

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:19.160
 circumcised

00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:19.359
 who

00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:19.920
 not

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:20.180
 only

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:20.400
 are

00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:21.140
 circumcised

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:21.500
 but who

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.940
 also

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.379
 follow

00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:22.799
 in the

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.200
 footsteps

00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:24.240
 of the

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.720
 faith

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.900
 that our

00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.220
 father

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.720
 Abraham

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.579
 had

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.599
 before

00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:29.200
 he

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.400
 was

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:30.200
 circumcised.

00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:31.220
 So

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.940
 Abraham

00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:32.759
 came into

00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.279
 this right

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.740
 standing

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:34.279
 with God.

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:34.859
 He got

00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.339
 right

00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:36.119
 with God

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:37.420
 even

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:37.960
 before

00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:39.339
 circumcision

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.879
 this kind

00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:41.440
 of ritual

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.920
 that God

00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.259
 gave

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.759
 entered

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.099
 the

00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:43.539
 picture.

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.619
 His

00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:47.379
 faith

00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:48.039
 in the

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.420
 promise

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.019
 of God

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.839
 was

00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.200
 credited

00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.660
 to him

00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:50.900
 as

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.460
 righteousness

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:51.960
 as a

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.160
 right

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:52.599
 standing

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:52.879
 with

00:19:52.879 --> 00:19:53.180
 God

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.460
 and in

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:53.599
 the

00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:53.839
 same

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:54.140
 way

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:55.379
 those

00:19:55.379 --> 00:19:55.779
 of us

00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:55.940
 who

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.220
 are

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:57.460
 circumcised

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.700
 or

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.759
 uncircumcised

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.160
 Jew

00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:00.299
 or Gentile

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:01.440
 receive it

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.799
 a right

00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:03.259
 standing

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:04.000
 with God.

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.200
 Let

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.720
 these words

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.440
 sink in.

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.400
 Abraham

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.099
 is the

00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:11.440
 father

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.160
 of all

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.400
 who

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.019
 believe

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.759
 but

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:13.980
 have

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.340
 not

00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:14.779
 been

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.880
 circumcised.

00:20:16.340 --> 00:20:17.000
 And I

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.279
 think the

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:17.620
 way Paul

00:20:17.620 --> 00:20:18.040
 is using

00:20:18.040 --> 00:20:18.660
 circumcision

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.200
 here is

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.860
 to refer

00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.160
 to

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.480
 who

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:20.600
 are

00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:20.820
 not

00:20:20.820 --> 00:20:21.259
 Jewish.

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.040
 Of

00:20:23.040 --> 00:20:23.160
 course

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:23.460
 it was

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:23.880
 practiced

00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:24.320
 in other

00:20:24.320 --> 00:20:24.720
 places

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.259
 but this

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.440
 is

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:25.900
 primarily

00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.180
 what

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.320
 he

00:20:26.320 --> 00:20:26.660
 means.

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.500
 Abraham

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.279
 is the

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.660
 father

00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:30.759
 of all

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:30.980
 who

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.640
 believe

00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.640
 but

00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:32.820
 have

00:20:32.820 --> 00:20:33.100
 not

00:20:33.100 --> 00:20:33.340
 been

00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:34.200
 circumcised.

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:37.920
 Do you

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.180
 hear what

00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:38.420
 the Lord

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:38.860
 is saying

00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.120
 there?

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:40.860
 Maybe

00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:41.220
 a way

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.940
 to say

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.100
 it

00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.539
 differently.

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:43.720
 All

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:43.960
 who

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.600
 believe

00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:46.360
 but have

00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:46.819
 not been

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.620
 circumcised

00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.220
 are the

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.720
 children

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:50.180
 of Abraham.

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.700
 He is

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.180
 their

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.600
 father.

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:55.920
 But it's

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.400
 not just

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.759
 them

00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.319
 and Paul

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:57.539
 is going

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:57.759
 to go

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.039
 on and

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.519
 talk about

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:58.920
 what this

00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.460
 means for

00:20:59.460 --> 00:20:59.860
 those of

00:20:59.860 --> 00:21:00.220
 us who

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.960
 are

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:04.019
 uncircumcised

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.799
 Gentiles.

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:06.799
 It's

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.099
 not just

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.500
 for them

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:07.720
 it's

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:07.980
 also

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.420
 for the

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:08.639
 Jewish

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.039
 people

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.400
 too.

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:10.680
 Verse

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.059
 12

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.379
 He is

00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:11.680
 also

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:11.900
 the

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.160
 father

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.379
 of

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:12.539
 the

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.319
 circumcised

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:14.160
 but notice

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.819
 the condition

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.200
 that he

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:15.680
 puts there

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:15.839
 the

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:16.559
 qualification.

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.259
 He is

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.559
 also

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:18.799
 the

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.099
 father

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.460
 of

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:19.680
 the

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.599
 circumcised

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.519
 who

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:21.900
 not

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.559
 only

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:22.900
 are

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.879
 circumcised

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.839
 but

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.000
 who

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.359
 also

00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:25.740
 follow

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.059
 in the

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.359
 footsteps

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:26.720
 of

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:26.900
 the

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:27.460
 faith

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.259
 that

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.400
 our

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:28.680
 father

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.119
 Abraham

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:29.660
 had

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.400
 before

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:30.579
 he

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:30.779
 was

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.379
 circumcised.

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:31.640
 So

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.640
 circumcision

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.420
 on its

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:33.640
 own

00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:33.920
 is

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.120
 not

00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:34.600
 enough.

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:35.740
 They

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:35.940
 have

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.060
 to

00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:36.320
 have

00:21:36.320 --> 00:21:36.760
 that

00:21:36.760 --> 00:21:38.820
 if

00:21:38.820 --> 00:21:39.040
 they're

00:21:39.040 --> 00:21:39.360
 Jewish

00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:39.580
 they

00:21:39.580 --> 00:21:39.960
 will

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:41.900
 and

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.940
 they

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.160
 have

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.300
 to

00:21:43.300 --> 00:21:43.580
 have

00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:43.940
 the

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.260
 faith

00:21:44.260 --> 00:21:44.460
 that

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:44.780
 Abraham

00:21:44.780 --> 00:21:45.340
 had

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:46.840
 just

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:47.040
 as

00:21:47.040 --> 00:21:47.220
 he

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.480
 did

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.400
 to

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:48.600
 be

00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:49.180
 considered

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.700
 Abraham's

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.760
 children

00:21:51.760 --> 00:21:53.000
 for him

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.380
 to be

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:53.880
 considered

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.280
 their

00:21:54.280 --> 00:21:55.140
 father.

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.480
 It's

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.640
 for

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.040
 both

00:21:57.040 --> 00:21:58.720
 Jew

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.560
 and

00:21:59.560 --> 00:22:00.660
 Gentile

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.000
 this

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.040
 gift

00:22:02.040 --> 00:22:02.480
 of

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:02.820
 being

00:22:02.820 --> 00:22:03.140
 made

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.380
 right

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:03.580
 with

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:03.840
 God

00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:04.060
 and

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:04.240
 it's

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.660
 not

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:04.960
 on

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.160
 the

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.500
 basis

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.320
 of

00:22:06.320 --> 00:22:06.580
 this

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:07.060
 ritual.

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.519
 It's

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.720
 not

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:07.940
 on

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.080
 the

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.420
 basis

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.820
 of

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.580
 lineage

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:09.980
 or

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.440
 descent

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:10.700
 or

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.180
 race.

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.519
 It's

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:12.620
 on

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:12.759
 the

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.060
 basis

00:22:13.060 --> 00:22:13.340
 of

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:13.740
 faith

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:15.240
 for

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.440
 Jew

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.700
 or

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.279
 Gentile.

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.580
 Paul

00:22:17.580 --> 00:22:17.820
 goes

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:18.100
 on

00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:18.460
 in

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:18.720
 verse

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.660
 13.

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.840
 He

00:22:20.840 --> 00:22:21.040
 says

00:22:21.040 --> 00:22:21.160
 it

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.300
 was

00:22:21.300 --> 00:22:21.580
 not

00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:21.820
 through

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.019
 the

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.360
 law

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:22.840
 that

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.240
 Abraham

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.700
 and

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:23.900
 his

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.320
 offspring

00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:24.960
 received

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.460
 the

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.840
 promise

00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.040
 that

00:22:26.040 --> 00:22:26.160
 he

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.320
 would

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:26.480
 be

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.680
 heir

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:26.840
 of

00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:26.980
 the

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.320
 world.

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.380
 But

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.600
 through

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:28.820
 the

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:30.920
 faith

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:32.420
 for

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:32.759
 if

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.100
 those

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.259
 who

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.600
 depend

00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:33.779
 on

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:33.920
 the

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.140
 law

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.360
 are

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:34.840
 heirs

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.880
 faith

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.200
 means

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.660
 nothing

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.880
 and

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.019
 the

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.360
 promise

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:38.580
 is

00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:38.920
 worthless

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:40.200
 because

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.460
 the

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.680
 law

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.019
 brings

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.460
 wrath.

00:22:45.300 --> 00:22:45.920
 Here

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.300
 again

00:22:46.300 --> 00:22:47.759
 Paul

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.120
 makes

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.340
 the

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:48.740
 case

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.880
 as

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.040
 he

00:22:50.040 --> 00:22:50.360
 just

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:50.600
 did.

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:50.779
 It's

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:50.980
 not

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.240
 based

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.420
 on

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.560
 the

00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:51.960
 ritual.

00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:52.420
 It's

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:52.620
 not

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:52.880
 based

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.060
 on

00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:53.300
 doing

00:22:53.300 --> 00:22:53.700
 certain

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.300
 rituals.

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.860
 It's

00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.060
 not

00:22:56.060 --> 00:22:56.320
 based

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:56.500
 on

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.620
 the

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:56.860
 law.

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.000
 It's

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.180
 not

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.420
 based

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:58.640
 on

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.240
 doing

00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.840
 good

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:00.340
 works

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:00.839
 or

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.099
 not

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.439
 doing

00:23:01.439 --> 00:23:02.179
 bad

00:23:02.179 --> 00:23:02.699
 things

00:23:02.699 --> 00:23:03.220
 that

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.339
 we

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.519
 get

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:03.659
 a

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:03.879
 right

00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.319
 standing

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:04.599
 with

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:04.899
 God

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.059
 and

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.480
 receive

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:05.679
 what

00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:05.839
 he

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.059
 has

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.539
 promised.

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.859
 The

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.099
 law

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.339
 had

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:08.579
 not

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:08.879
 even

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.119
 been

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.399
 given

00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:09.679
 yet

00:23:09.679 --> 00:23:09.879
 to

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.279
 Abraham.

00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:11.439
 He

00:23:11.439 --> 00:23:11.759
 didn't

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.179
 fully

00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:12.919
 understand

00:23:12.919 --> 00:23:13.279
 what

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.959
 God's

00:23:13.959 --> 00:23:14.319
 standard

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.579
 of

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.139
 right

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.339
 and

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:15.599
 wrong

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.220
 was.

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:19.220
 And

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.379
 yet

00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:19.539
 he

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:19.759
 was

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.459
 considered

00:23:20.459 --> 00:23:21.059
 righteous,

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.539
 counted

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.159
 righteous

00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:22.779
 by

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.220
 God.

00:23:24.959 --> 00:23:25.500
 As

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.659
 a

00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:25.899
 side

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:26.079
 note,

00:23:26.179 --> 00:23:26.299
 Paul

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:26.539
 says,

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:26.759
 if

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:26.919
 it

00:23:26.919 --> 00:23:27.199
 was

00:23:27.199 --> 00:23:27.519
 based

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:27.699
 on

00:23:27.699 --> 00:23:27.859
 the

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.139
 law,

00:23:28.459 --> 00:23:29.599
 it

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:29.720
 would

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:29.879
 be

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.220
 hopeless.

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:32.059
 He's

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.259
 already

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.619
 argued

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:32.859
 that

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.139
 in the

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:33.359
 book.

00:23:33.459 --> 00:23:33.859
 We've

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.119
 already

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.679
 failed

00:23:34.679 --> 00:23:35.579
 to

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:35.799
 live

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:35.980
 up

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.139
 to

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.839
 God's

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.899
 righteous

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:38.500
 standard.

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.799
 If it

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:39.959
 was

00:23:39.959 --> 00:23:40.259
 based

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.459
 on

00:23:40.459 --> 00:23:40.779
 that,

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.059
 all

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.259
 we'd

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.379
 be

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:41.619
 looking

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.000
 forward

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.240
 to

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.399
 is

00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:42.879
 wrath.

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.500
 God

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.940
 the

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.160
 law

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.480
 brings

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.000
 wrath.

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.280
 We

00:23:47.280 --> 00:23:47.640
 wouldn't

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:48.280
 receive

00:23:48.280 --> 00:23:48.520
 what

00:23:48.520 --> 00:23:49.140
 we've

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.280
 been

00:23:49.280 --> 00:23:49.800
 promised

00:23:49.800 --> 00:23:51.520
 if

00:23:51.520 --> 00:23:51.640
 it

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:51.780
 was

00:23:51.780 --> 00:23:52.200
 conditioned

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.520
 upon

00:23:52.520 --> 00:23:52.700
 our

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.200
 obedience

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.600
 because

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:53.840
 we

00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.040
 would

00:23:54.040 --> 00:23:54.420
 fail.

00:23:57.300 --> 00:23:57.980
 It's

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.140
 not

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.340
 through

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:58.540
 the

00:23:58.540 --> 00:23:58.840
 law.

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.340
 It's

00:23:59.340 --> 00:23:59.500
 not

00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.760
 through

00:23:59.760 --> 00:24:00.340
 works.

00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:04.360
 As we

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:04.600
 noted

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.620
 back in

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:05.960
 Genesis

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.360
 in the

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:06.740
 story of

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.200
 Abraham,

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:09.100
 this

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:10.039
 promise,

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.360
 this

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:11.000
 statement

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.340
 that

00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:11.840
 Abraham

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.259
 was

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.000
 credited

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.000
 righteousness

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.860
 to him.

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:15.900
 He

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.380
 got a

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.559
 right

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.860
 standing

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.059
 with

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.259
 God.

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.539
 That

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.080
 came

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.720
 before

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:18.900
 he

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.080
 was

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.340
 ever

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:19.720
 given

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.220
 anything

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.880
 to

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.319
 do

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.700
 by

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.080
 God

00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:22.319
 in

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.720
 connection

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:22.960
 with

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.140
 this

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.420
 covenant.

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.360
 Why?

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.100
 God

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:28.420
 did it

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:28.819
 that way

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.059
 on

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.580
 purpose.

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.059
 And

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.220
 Paul

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.660
 tells us

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:32.980
 what that

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.299
 purpose

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.660
 is

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.059
 in the

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.279
 next

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.580
 verse.

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.160
 Therefore,

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.400
 the

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:36.940
 promise

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:38.100
 comes

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:39.320
 by

00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:39.880
 faith

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:41.900
 so

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.100
 that

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.240
 it

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.420
 may

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:42.840
 be

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.539
 by

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.600
 grace

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:46.080
 and

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.259
 may

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.440
 be

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.880
 guaranteed

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.960
 to

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.320
 all

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:49.200
 Abraham's

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.720
 offspring.

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.799
 The

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.140
 promise

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:52.559
 comes

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:52.840
 by

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.200
 faith

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.420
 so

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:53.580
 that

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:53.700
 it

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:53.880
 may

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.080
 be

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.320
 by

00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:55.059
 grace

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:56.400
 and

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:56.580
 may

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:56.799
 be

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.360
 guaranteed

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:58.279
 to

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.600
 all

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:59.440
 Abraham's

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.880
 offspring.

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.059
 If

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.200
 it

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.400
 was

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:01.720
 based

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:01.960
 on

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.620
 works,

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.420
 we'd

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.519
 be

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.680
 in

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.000
 trouble.

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:07.460
 we

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:07.720
 wouldn't

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.039
 get

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.539
 what

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.740
 was

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.180
 promised.

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.539
 We

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:10.720
 would

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.019
 fail

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.240
 the

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.660
 test.

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.799
 But

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.039
 God

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.319
 didn't

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.799
 do it

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.039
 that

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.299
 way

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.920
 and

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.039
 he

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.259
 didn't

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.440
 do

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.539
 it

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.700
 on

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.180
 purpose.

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.619
 He

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:17.980
 wanted

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.180
 it

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.359
 to

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:18.660
 be

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.000
 by

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.619
 grace.

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:19.839
 He

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.259
 wanted

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.119
 us

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.339
 to

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:21.579
 get

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:21.819
 a

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.039
 right

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.480
 standing

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.779
 with

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.079
 him,

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.799
 Abraham,

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.579
 Isaac,

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.539
 those

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.980
 of us

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.380
 who

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.660
 later

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:27.920
 will

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.400
 believe

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.000
 as

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.220
 a

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.640
 gift,

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:32.700
 an

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.580
 unearned,

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.400
 undeserved

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:35.140
 gift

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.460
 of

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.020
 grace.

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.140
 And

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.259
 he

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.440
 did

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.580
 it

00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:38.800
 that

00:25:38.800 --> 00:25:39.080
 way

00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.620
 also

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:39.920
 so

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.080
 that

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.200
 it

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.340
 would

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.540
 be

00:25:40.540 --> 00:25:41.120
 guaranteed

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:42.460
 because

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.700
 if

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:42.860
 we

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.040
 had

00:25:43.040 --> 00:25:43.259
 to

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.700
 continue

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.020
 to

00:25:44.020 --> 00:25:44.320
 measure

00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:44.720
 up

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:44.980
 and

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.500
 somehow

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.120
 earn

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.460
 and

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.060
 live

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:47.860
 rightly

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.440
 enough

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.100
 to

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.400
 get

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.600
 what

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:49.820
 was

00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:50.360
 promised,

00:25:51.020 --> 00:25:51.500
 there'd

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.580
 be

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:51.780
 no

00:25:51.780 --> 00:25:52.240
 guarantee,

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:52.800
 there'd

00:25:52.800 --> 00:25:52.880
 be

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.060
 no

00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:53.600
 certainty

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:53.940
 that

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.080
 we

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:54.220
 would

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.580
 actually

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:54.860
 get

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.000
 it

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.160
 because

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.320
 what

00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:55.460
 if

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.580
 we

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:55.840
 blow

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.060
 it?

00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:56.540
 What

00:25:56.540 --> 00:25:56.680
 if

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:56.840
 we

00:25:56.840 --> 00:25:57.259
 failed?

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.980
 And

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.119
 so

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.500
 God

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:01.319
 gave

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.940
 the

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.440
 promise

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:04.579
 before

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:04.819
 he

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.140
 even

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.519
 asked

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:05.940
 Abraham

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.200
 to

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.400
 do

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:06.740
 anything,

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.220
 before

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.500
 the

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.720
 law

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:07.960
 had

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.319
 come

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:09.140
 and

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.279
 he

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.660
 credited

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.220
 righteousness

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.640
 to

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:10.940
 him

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.720
 simply

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.000
 on

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.160
 the

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.480
 basis

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:12.759
 of

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.059
 his

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:14.039
 accepting

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.339
 and

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.799
 believing

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.559
 what

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.740
 the

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.000
 Lord

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.740
 said.

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.740
 The

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.200
 promise

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.000
 comes

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.319
 by

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.799
 faith

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.460
 so

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.619
 that

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:25.759
 it

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:25.920
 may

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.059
 be

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.279
 by

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.720
 grace

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.319
 and

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.500
 may

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.680
 be

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.120
 guaranteed

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:29.100
 to

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.440
 who?

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.839
 To

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.360
 all

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:33.480
 Abraham's

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.240
 offspring.

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:34.799
 Who's

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.100
 that?

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:36.839
 Paul

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.420
 tells us,

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:37.880
 he goes

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.240
 on to

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.440
 say,

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.660
 not only

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.240
 to those

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.539
 who are

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:40.960
 of the

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.240
 law,

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.819
 but also

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.920
 to those

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.480
 who have

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.140
 the faith

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.799
 of

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.240
 Abraham.

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.799
 He

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.180
 is the

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.500
 father

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.519
 of us

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.839
 all.

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.620
 Now we

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:51.860
 have to

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.299
 be careful

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.819
 here because

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.420
 there is a

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.980
 wrong way

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.480
 to read

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.860
 this.

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:56.339
 we

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.579
 might

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:56.959
 read

00:26:56.959 --> 00:26:57.419
 to

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:57.699
 all

00:26:57.699 --> 00:26:58.319
 Abraham's

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.759
 offspring,

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.619
 not only

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.039
 to those

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.259
 who are

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.599
 of the

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:00.839
 law,

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.279
 but also

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.679
 to those

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:01.979
 who have

00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.179
 the

00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:02.519
 faith,

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.199
 to mean

00:27:03.199 --> 00:27:03.919
 that some

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:04.719
 will get

00:27:04.719 --> 00:27:05.019
 a right

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.439
 standing

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:05.919
 with God

00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.399
 and inherit

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:06.859
 all that's

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.579
 been promised

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.959
 on the

00:27:08.959 --> 00:27:09.519
 basis of

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:09.859
 keeping

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.439
 the law,

00:27:10.959 --> 00:27:12.399
 while others

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:13.359
 will do

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.179
 it by

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:14.619
 faith.

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.439
 That's not

00:27:15.439 --> 00:27:15.839
 what Paul

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.139
 means.

00:27:16.219 --> 00:27:16.599
 He's already

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.199
 spent this

00:27:17.199 --> 00:27:17.779
 whole letter

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.879
 making it

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.219
 clear.

00:27:20.219 --> 00:27:20.779
 That's not

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.240
 the case.

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.839
 you cannot

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:23.559
 earn this

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:23.960
 gift.

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.460
 It's a

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.900
 gift that

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.299
 we don't

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.720
 deserve.

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:28.920
 And so

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.240
 when he

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.240
 says not

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.799
 only to

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.279
 those of

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.660
 the law,

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.660
 who is

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.079
 he referring

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.400
 to?

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.039
 Those of

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.380
 the law

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.099
 refers to

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.579
 the Jewish

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.039
 people,

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.240
 those who

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.839
 received

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.440
 the law.

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.960
 Those who

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.319
 are not

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.660
 of the

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:43.299
 law are

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.359
 the Gentiles,

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.460
 those who

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.880
 didn't receive

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.420
 that, who

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.460
 aren't Jewish.

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:50.640
 but in

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.460
 both cases,

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.920
 it's those

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.460
 who have

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.240
 the faith

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:55.539
 of Abraham.

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.759
 Do you

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.019
 hear what

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.299
 the Lord

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.740
 is saying

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.059
 here?

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.460
 All

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.240
 Abraham's

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.740
 offspring,

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.360
 not only

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:02.860
 to those

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.200
 of the

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.500
 law,

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.400
 but also

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.120
 to those

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.840
 who are

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.460
 not of

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.980
 the law,

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.779
 but have

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.460
 the faith

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.720
 of Abraham.

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.500
 Jew

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.440
 and

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.380
 Gentile.

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.299
 Is this

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.720
 what Paul

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.140
 means?

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.579
 That Jew

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.539
 and Gentile

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.420
 are Abraham's

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.759
 children?

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.220
 The context

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.799
 seems to

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.380
 say that it

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.620
 is.

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.000
 We saw

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.460
 that back

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.880
 in chapter

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.579
 three already.

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.160
 Is God

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.620
 the God

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.120
 of Jews

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.480
 only?

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.319
 Is he

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.660
 not the

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.019
 God of

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.519
 Gentiles

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.759
 too?

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.100
 Yes,

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.920
 of Gentiles

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.460
 too.

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.380
 He will

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.160
 justify the

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.819
 circumcised

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.380
 by faith

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.059
 and the

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.880
 uncircumcised

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.319
 through that

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.440
 same faith.

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.120
 Back in

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.400
 verse

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.000
 nine,

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.559
 is the

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:43.840
 blessing

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.319
 is only

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.860
 for the

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:46.299
 circumcised

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.880
 or is it

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.320
 also for

00:28:48.320 --> 00:28:48.480
 the

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.420
 uncircumcised?

00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:50.020
 It's for

00:28:50.020 --> 00:28:50.380
 both,

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.000
 he said.

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.340
 He is

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:52.780
 the father

00:28:52.780 --> 00:28:53.320
 of all

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:54.000
 who believe

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.920
 but have

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.340
 not been

00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:55.920
 circumcised

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.340
 and also

00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:56.820
 the father

00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.320
 of those

00:28:57.320 --> 00:28:57.860
 who believe

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:59.100
 and are

00:28:59.100 --> 00:29:00.000
 circumcised.

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.520
 It's both

00:29:00.520 --> 00:29:01.300
 Jew and

00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:01.940
 Gentile.

00:29:02.060 --> 00:29:02.460
 And that's

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.360
 what he's

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:04.000
 saying here.

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.920
 The promise

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.540
 comes

00:29:06.540 --> 00:29:07.900
 by faith

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.700
 to all

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.380
 Abraham's

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:09.900
 offspring,

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:11.140
 those of

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.560
 the law

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.519
 and those

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.179
 not of

00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:13.619
 the law

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:15.159
 in both

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:15.579
 cases

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.159
 who have

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.859
 faith

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:18.639
 like

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.139
 Abraham

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.559
 did.

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:20.139
 He is

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.599
 the father

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.039
 of us

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.319
 all.

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:21.740
 And here's

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.639
 the big

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.179
 confirmation

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:24.059
 that we're

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.940
 seeing that

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.259
 right.

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:25.960
 Jew and

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.460
 Gentile,

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.279
 verse 17,

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.440
 as it is

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.740
 written,

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.659
 I have

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.139
 made you

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.639
 a father

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.240
 of many

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.700
 nations.

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.099
 He is

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.899
 our father

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:34.359
 in the

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.740
 sight of

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.079
 God

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.940
 in whom

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.159
 he

00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:36.659
 believed.

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.919
 You may

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.639
 recall back

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.560
 in the

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:40.180
 story of

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.920
 Abraham

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.759
 as we

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.120
 looked at

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.660
 it earlier

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.759
 that God

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.120
 made a

00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:44.740
 promise that

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.280
 Abraham

00:29:45.280 --> 00:29:46.060
 said,

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.440
 I will

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.000
 make you

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.880
 the father

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.380
 of a

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.820
 multitude

00:29:48.820 --> 00:29:49.180
 of

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.800
 nations.

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.580
 Paul is

00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:52.220
 here saying

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.300
 that's

00:29:53.300 --> 00:29:53.880
 fulfilled,

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:55.080
 not in

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:56.340
 the sense

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:57.259
 that your

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.080
 descendants will

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.800
 branch off

00:29:58.800 --> 00:29:59.300
 into many

00:29:59.300 --> 00:29:59.720
 nations.

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:00.740
 That's

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.300
 fulfilled in

00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:01.660
 the sense

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.400
 that all

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.520
 who are

00:30:03.520 --> 00:30:05.400
 of the

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.980
 faith that

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.560
 you have

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:07.300
 are counted

00:30:07.300 --> 00:30:07.800
 as your

00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:08.240
 offspring

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.460
 from among

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.319
 the nations

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.220
 of the

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.640
 world.

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.700
 He is

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.259
 our father

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.799
 in the

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.220
 sight of

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.660
 God.

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.420
 Just as

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.180
 Abraham was

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.599
 counted

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.140
 righteous

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.660
 though he

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.200
 wasn't,

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.480
 us

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.319
 Gentiles

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.920
 who believe

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.599
 are counted

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:30.039
 as Abraham's

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.640
 children

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.960
 or offspring

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.519
 though we

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:32.960
 aren't.

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.440
 It's a

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.799
 gift of

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.160
 God.

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.740
 The

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.120
 promise

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.960
 comes to

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.380
 all

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.160
 Abraham's

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.640
 offspring

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:43.480
 by faith

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:45.579
 Jew

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.279
 and

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.880
 Gentile.

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.160
 And what

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.539
 is that

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.000
 promise?

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.140
 We've been

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.720
 talking about

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:51.900
 it.

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.880
 The promise,

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.400
 the promise,

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.920
 the promise.

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.299
 Well Paul

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.900
 actually tells

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.339
 us what the

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.920
 promise is

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.359
 in verse

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:57.019
 13.

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:59.420
 it was

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.859
 not through

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.339
 the law

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.940
 that Abraham

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.420
 and his

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.819
 offspring

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.519
 received the

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.299
 promise that

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:04.500
 what?

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.480
 That he

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.240
 would be

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.920
 heir of

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.619
 the world.

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.220
 Do you

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.660
 hear that?

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.480
 The promise

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.859
 that he

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.259
 would be

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.720
 heir of

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.240
 the world.

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.579
 And right

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.039
 about now

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.559
 we're wondering

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.019
 is that a

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.660
 translation

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.200
 error?

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:23.059
 it seems

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.380
 as though

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:24.059
 he's talking

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.640
 about the

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:26.019
 promise about

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.740
 the land.

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:28.240
 Did he

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.580
 mean to

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:29.220
 say land?

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:31.500
 The original

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.559
 word there is

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.220
 the word for

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.580
 world.

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.000
 There's a

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.559
 different word

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.759
 for land

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.480
 or earth.

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.080
 What?

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:41.000
 the promise

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.339
 that he

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.639
 would be

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.000
 heir of

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.519
 the world.

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.099
 If you

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.500
 remember

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.139
 when Abraham

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.960
 first came

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.500
 into the

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.819
 land

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.980
 the Lord

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.740
 said to

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:50.919
 your

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.319
 offspring

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.199
 I will

00:31:52.199 --> 00:31:52.500
 give

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.319
 this land.

00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:53.799
 He hadn't

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.339
 even come

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.960
 all the way

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.460
 into the

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:55.819
 land yet.

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.099
 He hadn't

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.579
 even seen

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:56.899
 the whole

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.460
 land yet.

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.319
 This

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.699
 land.

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.159
 The land

00:31:59.159 --> 00:31:59.519
 where you're

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.859
 standing

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.480
 right now.

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.720
 But then

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.059
 the Lord

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.720
 restated

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.379
 that promise

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.839
 again.

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.599
 He said

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.099
 as far

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.419
 as your

00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:07.980
 eyes can

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.460
 see.

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.359
 From the

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.720
 place where

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:09.879
 you're

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.299
 standing.

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.079
 And the

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.500
 promised

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.899
 land

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:13.819
 seems to

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.599
 have

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.159
 expanded

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:15.679
 in its

00:32:15.679 --> 00:32:16.079
 scope.

00:32:17.659 --> 00:32:18.279
 And then

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.019
 again the

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.279
 Lord

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:21.199
 tells him

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.679
 I'm going

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.059
 to give

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.619
 this land

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.819
 to your

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.559
 offspring.

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.000
 To you

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.259
 and your

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.679
 offspring.

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:26.779
 And the

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:28.500
 promise is

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.419
 expanded again

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:29.919
 back in

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.299
 Genesis.

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.399
 Not just

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:31.759
 the land

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.039
 that you

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.460
 can see.

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:32.859
 All the

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.240
 way down

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.579
 to the

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:33.839
 river

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.339
 of Egypt

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.859
 and all

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.139
 the way

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.579
 over here

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:35.899
 to the

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.379
 Euphrates.

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:41.879
 what Paul

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.500
 is saying

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.939
 here

00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:44.480
 by the

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.079
 inspiration

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.460
 of the

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.679
 Holy

00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.059
 Spirit

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.460
 is that

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.759
 there's

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.480
 a further

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.139
 expansion

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.839
 than that.

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.699
 It's

00:32:50.699 --> 00:32:51.339
 the world.

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.199
 That's

00:32:53.199 --> 00:32:53.679
 ultimately

00:32:53.679 --> 00:32:54.220
 what this

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.879
 growing

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.539
 promise

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.199
 of

00:32:56.199 --> 00:32:57.539
 expanding

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.099
 borders

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.519
 of the

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.740
 land

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.299
 was pointing

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.659
 to.

00:32:59.759 --> 00:32:59.899
 That

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.359
 Abraham

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:00.799
 would

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.359
 inherit

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.099
 the

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.639
 world

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:05.840
 to live

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:06.080
 in.

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.100
 To have

00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:07.420
 as his

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.720
 home.

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.160
 To be

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.440
 his

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.380
 everlasting

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.780
 possession.

00:33:12.020 --> 00:33:12.520
 The

00:33:12.520 --> 00:33:12.940
 whole

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.759
 world.

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.080
 And if

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.480
 we stop

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.840
 and think

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.380
 about this

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:16.980
 it kind

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.280
 of makes

00:33:17.280 --> 00:33:17.640
 sense.

00:33:17.820 --> 00:33:18.320
 What did

00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:18.540
 God

00:33:18.540 --> 00:33:18.980
 promise

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.180
 to

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.540
 Abraham?

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.360
 He

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.680
 said I

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.060
 will make

00:33:22.060 --> 00:33:22.380
 you the

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.040
 father of

00:33:23.040 --> 00:33:24.220
 a great

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.680
 nation.

00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:26.520
 Then

00:33:26.520 --> 00:33:27.220
 when he

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.540
 renewed

00:33:27.540 --> 00:33:27.720
 the

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:27.980
 covenant

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.259
 I

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.420
 will

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.640
 make

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:28.740
 you

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:28.920
 the

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.180
 father

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.400
 of

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.640
 a

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.100
 multitude

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.460
 of

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.000
 nations.

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:32.680
 A

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.119
 multitude

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.480
 of

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.099
 nations.

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:35.920
 And

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.599
 descendants

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:36.960
 as

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.759
 innumerable

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.480
 as the

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.940
 stars in

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.259
 the sky

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.519
 and the

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.900
 dust of

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.000
 the

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.140
 earth.

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.299
 How is

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.839
 a multitude

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.160
 of

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.559
 nations?

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.900
 All

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.200
 these

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.539
 people

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:43.920
 going to

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.299
 fit in

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.519
 this

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:44.880
 tiny

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.140
 little

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.539
 parcel

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:45.799
 of

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.200
 land?

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.660
 In

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:47.779
 the

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.099
 boundaries

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.480
 that are

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:48.799
 given

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.180
 there

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.759
 in

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.200
 Genesis?

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.119
 This

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:54.119
 expanding

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:55.039
 promise

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.500
 of the

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.940
 land,

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.859
 Paul is

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.319
 under

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.660
 the

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.299
 inspiration

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.819
 of the

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.140
 Spirit

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.740
 telling

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.259
 us what

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.680
 this was

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.019
 pointing

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.339
 to.

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.519
 It

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:01.799
 was

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.099
 never

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.660
 meant

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:02.839
 to

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.039
 be

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.319
 just

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.619
 this

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:03.879
 little

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.220
 piece

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.420
 of

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:04.839
 land.

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.180
 It

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.339
 was

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.700
 always

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.160
 intended

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.460
 to

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:07.799
 grow

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.019
 and

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.480
 expand

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.760
 from

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.039
 there

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.539
 to

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.719
 the

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:09.920
 whole

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.400
 world.

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.760
 And

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.000
 that's

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.420
 precisely

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.679
 what

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.059
 Isaiah

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.719
 declares

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.199
 in his

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.659
 prophecy.

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.059
 I'm

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.280
 going to

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.440
 do

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.599
 a

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:16.780
 new

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.119
 thing.

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:17.880
 I'm

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.059
 going to

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.280
 make

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.440
 a

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:18.699
 new

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.340
 heavens

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.559
 and

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.739
 a

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:19.940
 new

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.360
 earth

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.579
 where

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.139
 righteousness

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.800
 dwells

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:21.900
 and

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.019
 it

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.139
 will

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.280
 be

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.480
 the

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:22.780
 home

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.900
 for

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.260
 you,

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.659
 my

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.400
 people.

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:30.440
 And so

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.840
 for those

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.180
 of us

00:34:31.180 --> 00:34:31.500
 who are

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.840
 still

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.320
 looking

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:34.460
 at those

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:34.860
 borders

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.380
 back in

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.740
 Genesis

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:36.099
 and

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.720
 looking at

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.460
 modern day

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.960
 national

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.420
 Israel

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.039
 and waiting

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.460
 for them

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.940
 to somehow

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.519
 get to

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.780
 those

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.220
 borders,

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.820
 perhaps we've

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.280
 locked our

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:43.940
 sights on

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:45.019
 something

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.680
 far too

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:46.240
 small.

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:48.139
 the

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.439
 Lord's

00:34:48.439 --> 00:34:48.759
 already

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.379
 expanded

00:34:49.379 --> 00:34:49.599
 the

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:49.959
 promise

00:34:49.959 --> 00:34:50.259
 way

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:50.599
 beyond

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:50.959
 that

00:34:50.959 --> 00:34:52.719
 to

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:52.899
 the

00:34:52.899 --> 00:34:53.319
 world

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:54.939
 that

00:34:54.939 --> 00:34:55.139
 his

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.699
 people,

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.179
 the

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.559
 children

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:56.759
 of

00:34:56.759 --> 00:34:57.139
 Abraham,

00:34:57.319 --> 00:34:57.439
 the

00:34:57.439 --> 00:34:57.799
 offspring

00:34:57.799 --> 00:34:58.000
 of

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.259
 Abraham

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.500
 would

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.939
 inherit

00:34:58.939 --> 00:34:59.759
 the

00:34:59.759 --> 00:35:00.239
 world.

00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:05.559
 If

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:05.779
 when

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.119
 Jesus

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.879
 returns,

00:35:07.379 --> 00:35:07.759
 he

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.179
 gives

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:09.279
 all the

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.639
 children

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:09.979
 of

00:35:09.979 --> 00:35:10.500
 Abraham,

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.339
 Jew

00:35:11.339 --> 00:35:11.659
 and

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.219
 Gentile,

00:35:12.459 --> 00:35:12.919
 all of

00:35:12.919 --> 00:35:13.259
 us who

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.819
 believe

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:15.880
 the

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.160
 whole

00:35:16.160 --> 00:35:16.600
 world

00:35:16.600 --> 00:35:17.039
 to

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.260
 live

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:17.460
 in

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.720
 as

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:17.980
 our

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.840
 everlasting

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.660
 possession,

00:35:21.600 --> 00:35:22.080
 could it

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:22.420
 not be

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:22.800
 said that

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.280
 he kept

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.559
 his

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.100
 promises

00:35:24.100 --> 00:35:24.519
 about

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.780
 the

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.080
 smaller

00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:25.559
 boundaries

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.980
 here

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.420
 and

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.760
 there

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.340
 and

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.660
 there

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.260
 in

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.380
 the

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.559
 Old

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:28.980
 Testament?

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:30.720
 Of

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.059
 course.

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.360
 Some

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.680
 of those

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.140
 who are

00:35:36.140 --> 00:35:36.820
 more

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.420
 interested

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.840
 in that

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.059
 will

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.880
 have

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.059
 been

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.340
 looking

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.880
 into

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.580
 was

00:35:40.580 --> 00:35:40.780
 there

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:40.920
 a

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.160
 point

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.380
 in

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.680
 time

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:41.880
 where

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.220
 Israel

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.800
 actually

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.580
 possessed

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.400
 the

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.759
 land

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:45.079
 according

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.279
 to

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.519
 those

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.860
 borders

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.099
 that

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.239
 were

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.539
 given

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.159
 and

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.380
 our

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.639
 best

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:47.920
 guess

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.059
 is

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.219
 we're

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.420
 not

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.699
 sure.

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.480
 It

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.679
 looks

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.179
 close

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:50.860
 during

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.019
 the

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.239
 time

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.400
 of

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.779
 Solomon

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:52.559
 when

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:52.719
 he

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.000
 reigned

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.159
 as

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.440
 king

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.779
 but

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:54.920
 it

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.259
 depends

00:35:55.259 --> 00:35:55.440
 on

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.639
 whether

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:55.860
 the

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.179
 river

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.719
 of

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.019
 Egypt

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.259
 is

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:57.440
 the

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.719
 Nile

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.059
 or

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.860
 the

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.179
 Wadi

00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.500
 of

00:35:59.500 --> 00:35:59.940
 Egypt.

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.420
 We're

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.599
 not

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:01.920
 really

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.480
 sure.

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.739
 Did

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:04.880
 they

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.139
 ever

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.480
 really

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.799
 possess

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.139
 it

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.340
 in

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:06.559
 that

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.940
 fullest

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.599
 sense?

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.799
 Especially

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.059
 when

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.179
 they

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:10.500
 had

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.159
 in

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.380
 that

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.699
 time

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.299
 Solomon's

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:12.679
 kingdom

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.359
 was

00:36:13.359 --> 00:36:13.719
 over

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.219
 other

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:15.199
 nations

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.559
 and

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.039
 peoples

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.319
 all

00:36:16.319 --> 00:36:16.639
 around

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:16.819
 them

00:36:16.819 --> 00:36:17.000
 that

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.399
 also

00:36:17.399 --> 00:36:17.759
 shared

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:17.919
 the

00:36:17.919 --> 00:36:18.119
 land

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.319
 with

00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:18.480
 them

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:18.659
 that

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:18.819
 were

00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:19.279
 not

00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:20.619
 children

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:20.879
 of

00:36:20.879 --> 00:36:21.339
 Abraham.

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.960
 Perhaps

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.179
 we're

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.480
 looking

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.679
 in the

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:25.879
 wrong

00:36:25.879 --> 00:36:26.379
 place

00:36:26.379 --> 00:36:27.359
 for the

00:36:27.359 --> 00:36:27.759
 fulfillment

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.059
 of

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.399
 this.

00:36:29.819 --> 00:36:30.539
 Perhaps

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.219
 this was

00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:31.799
 all along

00:36:31.799 --> 00:36:32.239
 intended

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.779
 to be

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.219
 fulfilled

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:34.339
 when

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:34.699
 Jesus

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.399
 returns.

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:43.119
 Paul

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.340
 goes

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.639
 on

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.280
 to

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:45.559
 explain

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:45.860
 a little

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.099
 bit

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.380
 of

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.860
 the

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.139
 story

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.320
 of

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.599
 Abraham.

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:47.940
 I'll

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.099
 just

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.460
 read it.

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:48.579
 I'm

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:48.740
 not

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:48.860
 going

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:48.960
 to

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.099
 say

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.360
 much

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.519
 on

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:49.740
 this

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:49.920
 in

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.099
 verse

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.500
 18.

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:50.700
 He

00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:50.860
 says

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.160
 against

00:36:51.160 --> 00:36:51.440
 all

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.800
 hope

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.559
 Abraham

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.079
 in

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.460
 hope

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.559
 believed

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.300
 and

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.480
 so

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:55.880
 became

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.119
 the

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.400
 father

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.680
 of

00:36:56.680 --> 00:36:56.920
 many

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.400
 nations

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.780
 just

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:57.940
 as

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.039
 it

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.200
 has

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:58.360
 been

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:58.619
 said

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:58.780
 to

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.019
 him

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.860
 so

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.139
 shall

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.320
 your

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.740
 offspring

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.180
 be

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:02.419
 without

00:37:02.419 --> 00:37:03.000
 weakening

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.179
 in

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:03.379
 his

00:37:03.379 --> 00:37:03.759
 faith

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:04.739
 he

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.039
 faced

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.219
 the

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.460
 fact

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:05.639
 that

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:05.799
 his

00:37:05.799 --> 00:37:06.099
 body

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.379
 was

00:37:06.379 --> 00:37:06.819
 as

00:37:06.819 --> 00:37:07.099
 good

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.279
 as

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:07.899
 dead

00:37:07.899 --> 00:37:09.099
 since

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.239
 he

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.399
 was

00:37:09.399 --> 00:37:09.619
 about

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:09.980
 a hundred

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.319
 years

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:10.659
 old

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.779
 and

00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:11.940
 that

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.359
 Sarah's

00:37:12.359 --> 00:37:12.619
 womb

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:12.839
 was

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.279
 also

00:37:13.279 --> 00:37:13.879
 dead

00:37:13.879 --> 00:37:15.399
 yet

00:37:15.399 --> 00:37:15.500
 he

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:15.679
 did

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:15.899
 not

00:37:15.899 --> 00:37:16.239
 waver

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.539
 through

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.239
 unbelief

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.799
 regarding

00:37:17.799 --> 00:37:18.019
 the

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.359
 promise

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:18.559
 of

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:18.779
 God

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:18.980
 but

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.239
 was

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:20.019
 strengthened

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.279
 in

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.480
 his

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:20.839
 faith

00:37:20.839 --> 00:37:21.619
 and

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:21.839
 gave

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:22.259
 glory

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.519
 to

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:22.839
 God

00:37:22.839 --> 00:37:23.119
 being

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.639
 fully

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.199
 persuaded

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.460
 that

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:24.839
 God

00:37:24.839 --> 00:37:25.319
 had

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:25.719
 power

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:25.980
 to

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.259
 do

00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:26.480
 what

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.619
 he

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:26.799
 had

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.239
 promised

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:28.539
 this

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.699
 is

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.019
 why

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.519
 it

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.679
 was

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.059
 credited

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.299
 to

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.559
 him

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.219
 as

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.779
 righteousness

00:37:31.779 --> 00:37:33.480
 so

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:33.679
 Paul

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:33.879
 just

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.079
 goes

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.399
 back

00:37:34.399 --> 00:37:34.539
 and

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:34.859
 reminds

00:37:34.859 --> 00:37:35.059
 us

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.179
 of

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.319
 the

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:35.599
 story

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:35.799
 that

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:36.119
 we've

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.539
 already

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:36.839
 looked

00:37:36.839 --> 00:37:37.039
 at

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.139
 and

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.219
 we're

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.399
 not

00:37:37.399 --> 00:37:37.539
 going

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.919
 to

00:37:37.919 --> 00:37:38.239
 say

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:38.359
 it

00:37:38.359 --> 00:37:38.500
 all

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.779
 again

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.099
 here

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.699
 but

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.099
 the

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.359
 gist

00:37:40.359 --> 00:37:40.500
 of

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:40.619
 it

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:40.819
 is

00:37:40.819 --> 00:37:41.199
 that

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:42.259
 God

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.759
 promised

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:43.259
 Abraham

00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:44.179
 that

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:44.339
 he

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:44.539
 would

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:44.899
 receive

00:37:44.899 --> 00:37:45.239
 something

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:45.460
 that

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.659
 was

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.099
 physically

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.719
 impossible

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:48.000
 he

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.179
 was

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:48.519
 old

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.379
 Sarah's

00:37:49.379 --> 00:37:49.619
 womb

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:49.879
 was

00:37:49.879 --> 00:37:50.440
 dead

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:52.579
 menopause

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.359
 has

00:37:53.359 --> 00:37:53.699
 already

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.179
 said

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.460
 in

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:56.079
 this

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.239
 is

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:56.440
 not

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:56.980
 possible

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:58.319
 and

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:58.460
 yet

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.679
 the

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:58.839
 Lord

00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:59.059
 said

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.259
 I

00:37:59.679 --> 00:37:59.799
 it

00:37:59.799 --> 00:37:59.980
 for

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.219
 you

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:01.319
 Abraham

00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:01.779
 from

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.059
 that

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.419
 moment

00:38:02.419 --> 00:38:02.739
 on

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:02.980
 from

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.139
 the

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.339
 time

00:38:03.339 --> 00:38:03.460
 he

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:03.599
 was

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:03.879
 100

00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:04.219
 on

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:04.440
 even

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.619
 though

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:04.779
 he

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.000
 had

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.839
 wavered

00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:05.940
 in

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.159
 his

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.480
 faith

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.679
 through

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:06.899
 the

00:38:06.899 --> 00:38:07.259
 surrogate

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:07.699
 motherhood

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.179
 program

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.399
 with

00:38:08.399 --> 00:38:08.719
 Hagar

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.480
 and

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.659
 through

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:09.899
 his

00:38:09.899 --> 00:38:10.659
 sojournings

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:10.919
 down

00:38:10.919 --> 00:38:11.099
 to

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.419
 Egypt

00:38:11.419 --> 00:38:11.919
 from

00:38:11.919 --> 00:38:12.219
 this

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.539
 point

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:12.919
 on

00:38:12.919 --> 00:38:13.659
 he

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.079
 believed

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.259
 that

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:14.419
 the

00:38:14.419 --> 00:38:14.579
 Lord

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:14.779
 would

00:38:14.779 --> 00:38:14.980
 do

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.460
 exactly

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.679
 what

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:15.819
 he

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.319
 promised

00:38:16.319 --> 00:38:18.460
 give

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:18.619
 him

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:18.779
 a

00:38:18.779 --> 00:38:19.059
 son

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.579
 by

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.099
 Sarah

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:21.399
 as

00:38:21.399 --> 00:38:21.539
 the

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:21.919
 beginning

00:38:21.919 --> 00:38:22.279
 of

00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:22.440
 the

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.819
 fulfilling

00:38:22.819 --> 00:38:23.039
 of

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.379
 all

00:38:23.379 --> 00:38:23.559
 of

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.859
 these

00:38:23.859 --> 00:38:24.819
 greater

00:38:24.819 --> 00:38:25.339
 promises

00:38:25.339 --> 00:38:26.500
 says

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.659
 he

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:26.980
 didn't

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.400
 waver

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:27.960
 through

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.719
 unbelief

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.780
 he

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:29.960
 was

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.460
 strengthened

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.800
 in

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:31.019
 his

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.320
 faith

00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:31.500
 he

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.679
 was

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.099
 fully

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.679
 persuaded

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.440
 that

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.699
 God

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:33.900
 had

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.260
 power

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:34.500
 to

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.800
 do

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:35.539
 what

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:35.679
 he

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:35.860
 had

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.320
 promised

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:37.159
 and

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.400
 this

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:37.579
 is

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:37.860
 why

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.420
 it

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.559
 was

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:38.880
 credited

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.079
 to

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.280
 him

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.480
 as

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:39.920
 righteousness

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.340
 this

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.519
 is

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:40.659
 the

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:40.920
 kind

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.079
 of

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.360
 faith

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:41.820
 moment

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.760
 through

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.320
 that

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.659
 we

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:43.940
 saw

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.320
 throughout

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:44.880
 Abraham's

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.159
 life

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.340
 as

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:45.519
 we've

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:45.679
 looked

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:45.840
 in

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.199
 Genesis

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:47.440
 for

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.659
 which

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:48.019
 God

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.699
 on

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:48.840
 the

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.159
 basis

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.440
 of

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:49.699
 that

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.079
 faith

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.519
 has

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:50.960
 given

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.320
 him

00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:51.579
 a

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:51.760
 right

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.260
 standing

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:53.119
 with

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.659
 himself

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:56.159
 and

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.299
 then

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:56.519
 Paul

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:56.879
 turns

00:38:56.879 --> 00:38:57.039
 and

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.420
 applies

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:57.759
 all

00:38:57.759 --> 00:38:57.920
 of

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.159
 this

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.379
 to

00:38:58.379 --> 00:38:58.739
 us

00:38:58.739 --> 00:38:59.659
 he

00:38:59.659 --> 00:38:59.899
 says

00:38:59.899 --> 00:39:00.079
 the

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.539
 words

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:00.819
 verse

00:39:00.819 --> 00:39:01.339
 23

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:01.759
 the

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.099
 words

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.319
 it

00:39:02.319 --> 00:39:02.480
 was

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.839
 credited

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:03.079
 to

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:03.339
 him

00:39:03.339 --> 00:39:03.819
 were

00:39:03.819 --> 00:39:04.059
 not

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.299
 written

00:39:04.299 --> 00:39:04.559
 for

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:04.759
 him

00:39:04.759 --> 00:39:05.159
 alone

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:06.199
 but

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:06.579
 also

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:06.859
 for

00:39:06.859 --> 00:39:07.299
 us

00:39:07.299 --> 00:39:08.179
 to

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.420
 whom

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.799
 God

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:09.019
 will

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:09.440
 credit

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:10.500
 righteousness

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.879
 for

00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:12.199
 us

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.420
 who

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:13.039
 believe

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.379
 in

00:39:13.379 --> 00:39:13.759
 him

00:39:13.759 --> 00:39:14.599
 who

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:14.980
 raised

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.559
 Jesus

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.259
 our

00:39:16.259 --> 00:39:16.619
 Lord

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.319
 from

00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:17.519
 the

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:17.739
 dead

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:17.859
 and

00:39:17.859 --> 00:39:18.099
 that's

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.239
 the

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.420
 whole

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:18.739
 point

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:19.000
 that

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.219
 Paul

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:19.379
 is

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:19.719
 making

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.139
 here

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:21.839
 when

00:39:21.839 --> 00:39:21.940
 it

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.139
 comes

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.319
 to

00:39:22.319 --> 00:39:22.960
 Abraham's

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.420
 life

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.180
 it's

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:24.420
 it's

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:24.559
 a

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:24.940
 template

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.360
 it's

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:25.500
 an

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.059
 example

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.880
 he

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.180
 got

00:39:27.180 --> 00:39:27.340
 a

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:27.539
 right

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:27.920
 standing

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:28.200
 with

00:39:28.200 --> 00:39:28.599
 God

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:29.960
 because

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:30.200
 he

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:30.780
 believed

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:32.260
 period

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:34.720
 and

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:34.900
 it's

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.079
 the

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.300
 same

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:35.539
 for

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:35.880
 us

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:37.480
 it's

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:37.639
 the

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:37.840
 same

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.059
 for

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.320
 us

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:38.760
 we

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:39.480
 too

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.000
 can

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.639
 receive

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:40.940
 a

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.200
 right

00:39:41.200 --> 00:39:41.639
 standing

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:41.940
 with

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.320
 God

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:42.860
 on

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.039
 the

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.420
 basis

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:43.800
 of

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.960
 belief

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.840
 faith

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.380
 in

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:46.539
 the

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.800
 good

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.059
 news

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.220
 of

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:47.599
 Jesus

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:49.079
 period

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:51.340
 and

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:51.639
 this

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.240
 is

00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:52.559
 good

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:52.980
 news

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.440
 for

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:53.840
 us

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.579
 there

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:54.760
 are

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:55.019
 many

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:55.240
 in

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.380
 our

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.619
 world

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.019
 today

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.219
 who

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.360
 are

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.719
 saying

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:57.340
 if

00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:57.519
 you

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:57.840
 want

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:57.980
 to

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.159
 be

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.559
 saved

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:58.780
 if

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:58.920
 you

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.099
 want

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.240
 to

00:39:59.240 --> 00:39:59.500
 get

00:39:59.500 --> 00:39:59.760
 right

00:39:59.760 --> 00:39:59.960
 with

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.320
 God

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:01.000
 you

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.199
 need

00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:01.340
 to

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:01.500
 do

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.920
 this

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.619
 you

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:02.820
 need

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:02.940
 to

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.119
 do

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.579
 that

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:05.260
 you

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:05.460
 need

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.699
 to

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:06.340
 observe

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:07.019
 certain

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:08.360
 rules

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:08.579
 and

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.179
 regulations

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.539
 you

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:09.719
 need

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:09.860
 to

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.699
 do

00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:11.079
 certain

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.679
 feasts

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:11.940
 and

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.519
 festivals

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:13.659
 rituals

00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:15.440
 dietary

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.199
 restrictions

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:16.780
 you

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:16.960
 need

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.099
 to

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:17.420
 hold

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:18.179
 a

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.599
 membership

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:18.940
 to

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:19.260
 this

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:20.019
 institution

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.300
 you

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:20.480
 need

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.619
 to

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:20.840
 give

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.239
 X

00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:21.599
 amount

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:21.820
 of

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.380
 dollars

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:22.739
 per

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:23.179
 year

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.659
 to

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:24.139
 this

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:26.280
 and

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:26.400
 the

00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:26.559
 list

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:26.800
 goes

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.039
 on

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.199
 you

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:27.380
 need

00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:27.480
 to

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.659
 have

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:28.000
 had

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:28.559
 certain

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:29.019
 kinds

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.199
 of

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.340
 experiences

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:32.199
 or

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.820
 manifestations

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:33.519
 of the

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:33.840
 spirit

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.239
 in your

00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:34.980
 life

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:37.079
 Paul

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.360
 says

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:38.500
 you

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.679
 don't

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:38.880
 need

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:39.099
 any

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.300
 of

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:39.599
 that

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:41.860
 you

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.079
 can

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.300
 have

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:42.460
 a

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:42.659
 right

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:43.059
 standing

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.320
 with

00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:43.739
 God

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:44.960
 just

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.239
 like

00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:45.659
 Abraham

00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:46.039
 did

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.239
 by

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:46.539
 just

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:47.000
 believing

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:48.179
 in

00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:48.320
 the

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:48.500
 good

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.719
 news

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:48.900
 of

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.219
 Jesus

00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:50.059
 that

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:50.260
 he

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:50.500
 has

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.800
 done

00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:51.559
 everything

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:52.159
 that's

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.559
 required

00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:53.280
 for

00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:53.679
 you

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:55.300
 through

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:55.780
 Christ

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:58.400
 that's

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.579
 the

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:58.780
 good

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.179
 news

00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:00.179
 of

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:00.340
 the

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:00.780
 gospel

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:04.159
 Abraham

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.500
 had

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:04.679
 his

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:05.119
 specific

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.619
 promises

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.139
 that he

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:06.659
 believed

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.199
 but Paul

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:07.539
 points

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:07.840
 our

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:08.340
 attention

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.780
 to

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:09.380
 the

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.739
 gospel

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:09.980
 and

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.119
 to

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.440
 Jesus

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:10.760
 as

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:10.920
 the

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.219
 place

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:11.400
 where

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:11.639
 our

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.000
 faith

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.719
 should

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:13.900
 focus

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.980
 primarily

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.719
 he

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:16.059
 ends

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.300
 off

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:16.559
 this

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:16.940
 chapter

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.220
 with

00:41:17.220 --> 00:41:17.400
 the

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.840
 statement

00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:18.700
 for

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:18.940
 us

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:19.119
 who

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.500
 believe

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:19.679
 in

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:19.880
 him

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:20.059
 who

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.639
 raised

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:21.099
 Jesus

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:21.340
 our

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:21.559
 Lord

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.760
 from

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:21.940
 the

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.240
 dead

00:41:22.240 --> 00:41:23.420
 Jesus

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:24.480
 verse

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:24.940
 25

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.320
 was

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.720
 delivered

00:41:25.720 --> 00:41:26.059
 over

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.300
 to

00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:26.579
 death

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:26.780
 for

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:27.019
 our

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:27.420
 sins

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:28.460
 and

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:28.639
 was

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:29.059
 raised

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.280
 to

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:29.539
 life

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:29.760
 for

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:30.000
 our

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.639
 justification

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.159
 so

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:31.320
 that

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:31.500
 we

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:31.659
 could

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:31.940
 have

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.179
 this

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.380
 right

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:32.780
 standing

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:33.039
 with

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.400
 God

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:34.740
 that's

00:41:34.740 --> 00:41:34.900
 the

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.099
 good

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:35.500
 news

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.900
 of

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.300
 Jesus

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:38.940
 and

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.099
 the

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:39.440
 wonderful

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.720
 thing

00:41:39.720 --> 00:41:40.000
 about

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.159
 it

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.320
 is

00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:40.579
 all

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:40.780
 we

00:41:40.780 --> 00:41:41.000
 need

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.179
 to

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.420
 do

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:41.740
 is

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.380
 believe

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:44.079
 and

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:44.220
 we

00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:44.440
 get

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:44.800
 that

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.440
 right

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.880
 standing

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:46.139
 with

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:46.500
 God

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.980
 it

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.199
 doesn't

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:48.440
 matter

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.679
 how

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:49.019
 bad

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.279
 you've

00:41:49.279 --> 00:41:49.519
 been

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:51.000
 the

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.259
 wrong

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:51.659
 things

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:51.839
 that

00:41:51.839 --> 00:41:52.039
 you

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.299
 have

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:52.980
 done

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.219
 you

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.420
 have

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:53.759
 not

00:41:53.759 --> 00:41:54.319
 blown

00:41:54.319 --> 00:41:54.500
 it

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:54.719
 too

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:55.059
 bad

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.599
 God

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:55.759
 is

00:41:55.759 --> 00:41:55.879
 the

00:41:55.879 --> 00:41:56.099
 God

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:56.259
 who

00:41:56.259 --> 00:41:56.980
 justifies

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.219
 the

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:58.039
 ungodly

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:59.359
 the

00:41:59.359 --> 00:41:59.719
 sinner

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:01.299
 and

00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:01.460
 it's

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:01.679
 by

00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:02.159
 faith

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:03.819
 and

00:42:03.819 --> 00:42:03.920
 it

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.199
 doesn't

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:04.440
 matter

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:04.779
 how

00:42:04.779 --> 00:42:05.199
 good

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.400
 you

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.699
 think

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:06.000
 you've

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.319
 been

00:42:06.319 --> 00:42:07.279
 Paul

00:42:07.279 --> 00:42:07.519
 says

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:07.699
 you

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:08.460
 you're

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:08.639
 not

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:08.900
 good

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.359
 enough

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:10.900
 in

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.260
 either

00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:11.780
 case

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:12.700
 a

00:42:12.700 --> 00:42:12.920
 right

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.320
 standing

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:13.579
 with

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:13.960
 God

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.840
 is

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.240
 offered

00:42:15.240 --> 00:42:15.559
 as

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:15.740
 a

00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:16.059
 gift

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:17.440
 to

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:17.680
 those

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:17.860
 who

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.320
 believe

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:20.240
 Jew

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:20.660
 or

00:42:20.660 --> 00:42:21.240
 Gentile

00:42:21.240 --> 00:42:23.820
 and

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:24.099
 finally

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:24.280
 to

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:24.500
 those

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.640
 of

00:42:24.640 --> 00:42:24.820
 us

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.000
 who

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.340
 are

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:26.380
 Gentiles

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:28.360
 if

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:28.700
 all

00:42:28.700 --> 00:42:28.960
 we

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.400
 got

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:30.340
 out

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:30.460
 of

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:30.640
 all

00:42:30.640 --> 00:42:30.800
 of

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.039
 this

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.240
 was

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.380
 a

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:31.559
 right

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:31.960
 standing

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.200
 with

00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:32.579
 God

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:33.240
 and

00:42:33.240 --> 00:42:33.539
 some

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:33.860
 kind

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:33.980
 of

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.320
 eternal

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:34.800
 life

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:35.800
 that

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.019
 would

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.240
 be

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:36.860
 wonderful

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:39.920
 but

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.060
 the

00:42:40.060 --> 00:42:40.260
 good

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:40.560
 news

00:42:40.560 --> 00:42:40.880
 according

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.100
 to

00:42:41.100 --> 00:42:41.380
 Paul

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:41.720
 is

00:42:41.720 --> 00:42:41.940
 not

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.280
 just

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:42.720
 that

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:42.840
 we

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.019
 get

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:43.340
 those

00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:43.780
 things

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.260
 but

00:42:44.260 --> 00:42:44.440
 that

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.780
 we

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:45.240
 too

00:42:45.240 --> 00:42:46.140
 are

00:42:46.140 --> 00:42:46.680
 considered

00:42:46.680 --> 00:42:47.440
 through

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:47.860
 Jesus

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:48.300
 Christ

00:42:48.300 --> 00:42:48.640
 by

00:42:48.640 --> 00:42:49.140
 faith

00:42:49.140 --> 00:42:49.400
 to

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:49.820
 be

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:50.700
 children

00:42:50.700 --> 00:42:51.400
 of

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:51.960
 Abraham

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:54.320
 those

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:54.560
 to

00:42:54.560 --> 00:42:54.880
 whom

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.220
 the

00:42:55.220 --> 00:42:55.660
 promise

00:42:55.660 --> 00:42:56.160
 made

00:42:56.160 --> 00:42:56.340
 to

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:56.600
 him

00:42:56.600 --> 00:42:57.039
 will

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.400
 come

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:58.480
 we

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:58.840
 too

00:42:58.840 --> 00:42:59.240
 will

00:42:59.240 --> 00:42:59.780
 inherit

00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:01.440
 this

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:02.000
 new

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.480
 earth

00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:03.920
 the

00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:04.420
 world

00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:05.240
 as

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:05.440
 our

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.800
 home

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:07.099
 as

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:07.320
 our

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:08.000
 everlasting

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:08.820
 possession

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:10.139
 when

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:10.519
 Jesus

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:11.220
 returns

00:43:11.220 --> 00:43:11.659
 along

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:12.000
 with

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.440
 those

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:12.639
 who

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:12.980
 are

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.880
 Jewish

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:16.079
 what

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.200
 a

00:43:16.200 --> 00:43:16.519
 wonderful

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:16.860
 God

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.059
 we

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:17.360
 have

00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:17.559
 that

00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:17.820
 he

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.099
 is

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:18.300
 going

00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:18.500
 to

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:18.760
 just

00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:19.220
 pour

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:19.500
 out

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:19.800
 this

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.059
 gift

00:43:20.059 --> 00:43:20.240
 of

00:43:20.240 --> 00:43:20.619
 grace

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:22.280
 to

00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:22.599
 people

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:22.880
 like

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:23.260
 us

00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:24.159
 who

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:24.380
 don't

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:24.680
 deserve

00:43:24.680 --> 00:43:24.960
 it

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:28.079
 let's

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:28.360
 pray

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:31.380
 Lord

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:31.700
 Jesus

00:43:31.700 --> 00:43:31.980
 we

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.300
 thank

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:32.519
 you

00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:33.500
 that

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:33.659
 you

00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:34.059
 came

00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:35.099
 that

00:43:35.099 --> 00:43:35.320
 you

00:43:35.320 --> 00:43:36.440
 bore

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.659
 the

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:36.960
 wrath

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.159
 of

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:37.420
 God

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:37.679
 for

00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:38.019
 us

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:39.980
 thanks

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:40.239
 that

00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:40.440
 we

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:40.679
 can

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:41.059
 be

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:41.320
 made

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:41.639
 right

00:43:41.639 --> 00:43:41.920
 with

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:42.219
 you

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:43.539
 and

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:43.659
 that

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:43.779
 we

00:43:43.779 --> 00:43:43.940
 don't

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.079
 have

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.199
 to

00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:44.360
 do

00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:44.659
 anything

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:45.039
 for

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.219
 it

00:43:45.219 --> 00:43:45.500
 except

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:46.039
 believe

00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:49.079
 we

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:49.340
 ask

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:49.519
 that

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:49.679
 you

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:49.860
 would

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:50.960
 just

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.279
 fill

00:43:51.279 --> 00:43:51.460
 our

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:51.779
 hearts

00:43:51.779 --> 00:43:52.019
 with

00:43:52.019 --> 00:43:52.340
 joy

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:52.619
 over

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:53.039
 this

00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:54.539
 praise

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:54.820
 and

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:55.259
 worship

00:43:55.259 --> 00:43:57.400
 and

00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:57.639
 help

00:43:57.639 --> 00:43:57.779
 us

00:43:57.779 --> 00:43:57.980
 to

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.420
 communicate

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:58.799
 that

00:43:58.799 --> 00:43:59.139
 same

00:43:59.139 --> 00:43:59.559
 message

00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:00.039
 clearly

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:01.880
 in

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:02.059
 this

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.500
 community

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:02.920
 to

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:03.079
 our

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:03.480
 world

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:05.599
 your

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:06.019
 gift

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:07.440
 to

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:07.840
 us

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:10.219
 by

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:10.699
 grace

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:13.119
 it's

00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:13.260
 in

00:44:13.260 --> 00:44:13.519
 Jesus

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:13.840
 name

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:14.019
 we

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.300
 pray

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:15.480
 amen

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:40.539
 50