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 This morning we're continuing on in our series in the life of Abraham.

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 This morning we come to a really hard part of Abraham's life.

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! Not hard because it is tough on Abraham,

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! But hard because of the topics that are set before us.

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 So if you have a Bible or a bulletin, turn with me to Genesis 18.

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 And we're studying the life of Abraham.

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 I'm sure as Matthew has told us,

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 because where does the first place that Paul looks to

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 when he needs an example?

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 An example of faithfulness to God?

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 An example of a well-ordered life?

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 A striving after holiness?

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 He looks to Abraham.

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 So this morning we look to Abraham in Genesis 18.

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 Starting in verse 16.

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 I will bless her.

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 Oh, excuse me.

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 Started in 18.

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 There we go.

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 Or 1816.

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 Goodness.

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 Then the men set out from there, and they looked down towards Sodom.

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 And Abraham went with them to set them on their way.

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 And the Lord said,

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 Shall I hide from Abraham what I'm about to do?

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 And seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation,

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 and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

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 For I've chosen him that he might command his children and his household after him

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 to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice,

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 so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.

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 And then the Lord said,

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 Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great,

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 and their sin is very grave,

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 I will go down and see whether they have done altogether,

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 and according to the outcry that has come to me.

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 And if not, I will know.

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 So the men turned from there and went towards Sodom,

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 but Abraham still stood before the Lord.

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 Then Abraham drew near and said,

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 Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

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 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city.

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 Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?

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 Far be it from you to do such a thing,

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 to put the righteous to death with the wicked,

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 so that the righteous fare as the wicked.

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 Far be that from you.

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 Shall not the judge of all the earth do what is just?

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 And the Lord said,

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 If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the city,

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 I will spare the whole place for their sake.

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 And Abraham answered and said,

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 Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord.

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 I who am but dust and ashes,

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 suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking.

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 Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?

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 And he said,

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 I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.

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 Again, he spoke to him and said,

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 Suppose forty are found there.

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 And he answered,

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 For the sake of forty,

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 I will not do it.

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 And then he said,

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 Oh, let not the Lord be angry,

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 and I will speak.

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 Suppose thirty are found there.

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 And he answered,

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 I will not do it if I find thirty there.

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 And he said,

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 Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord.

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 Suppose twenty are found there.

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 And he answered,

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 For the sake of twenty,

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 I will not destroy it.

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 And then he said,

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 Oh, let not the Lord be angry,

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 and I will speak again but this once.

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 Suppose ten are found there.

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 And he answered,

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 For the sake of ten,

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 I will not destroy it.

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 And the Lord went his way,

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 and he had finished speaking to Abraham,

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 and Abraham returned to his place.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, we're thankful for your word.

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 We ask that you might use it in our lives

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 to show us your glory,

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 to show us more of yourself

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 and more of who you are.

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 We ask that you might use it in this way.

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 And Father,

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 that you might use your spirit

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 to show us our need of Christ.

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 And we pray this in his name.

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 Amen.

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 During college,

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 I worked odd jobs.

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 I worked in construction.

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 I'm not very skilled in construction,

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 even to this day.

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 Well, maybe more skilled than most,

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 but not compared to my college roommate.

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 In summer,

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 during the summers of college,

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 he worked at NASA

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 on the Hubble telescope.

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 I work construction,

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 and he worked at NASA.

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 And it was during this time period,

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 he came to visit me

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 at my home in North Carolina

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 from Washington, D.C.

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 And when he did,

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 he told me this story

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 about how he went out

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 with all his new work friends,

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 scientists,

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 engineers,

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 summer interns,

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 all went out to eat dinner,

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 or what he thought.

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 They were going out

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 to a restaurant to eat dinner.

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 In fact,

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 where they ended up

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 was at a nightclub.

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 He was shocked.

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 That's not his scene.

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 That's not necessarily

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 what you think of the scene

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 for NASA employees.

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 My friend was out of place.

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 He might be a good dancer.

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 I'm not going to give him

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 that credit publicly.

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 But he's a rural kid

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 from South Georgia,

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 living in Washington, D.C.,

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 working at NASA,

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 doing these very important

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 engineering projects,

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 and here he is

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 at a nightclub.

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 He felt really out of place

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 until a song came on.

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 And everyone in the nightclub

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 set up in a frenzy,

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 in a terror,

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 and they all started

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 doing this coordinated dance.

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 And my roommate

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 had no idea

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 what the song was

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 and still doesn't know

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 to this day,

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 but he knew the dance.

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 And the dance was

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 the Father Abraham dance.

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 I'm sure there are many

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 in here by Chuckles.

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 You're familiar

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 with the song,

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 you know,

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 the hit song

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 surrounding our main character

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 today where kids

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 are reminded

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 of the promises of God.

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 And that song

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 has an accompanying dance.

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 So not only

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 does the title

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 betray the great

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 theological truth

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 of Abraham

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 that he is the father

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 of many nations,

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 but this dance

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 helped kids remember

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 and adults

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 to this day

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 remember what the dance is.

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 And so I didn't learn it

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 as a kid

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 so I'm not going

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 to do it for you

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 because I can't.

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 Ha, gotcha.

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 But here is my friend

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 as a college student

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 working at the pinnacle

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 of engineering

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 with a bunch

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 of NASA scientists

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 doing the

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 Father Abraham dance.

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 He's dancing

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 his heart out

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 to the promises

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 that God made

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 to Abraham

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 in the midst

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 of a nightclub,

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 in the midst

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 of everything

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 the world

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 could display.

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 Success,

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 fame,

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 fortune,

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 scientific achievement,

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 opulence

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 of a nightclub

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 all while doing

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 the picture

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 of the Father Abraham dance.

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 What a picture

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 of contrast.

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 God's promises

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 against the world

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 and in many respects

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 at the same time

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 in this nightclub.

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 A picture of contrast.

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 A similar contrast

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 occurs to us

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 when we read

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 this story today.

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 Immediately our minds

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 will bypass

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 this story

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 and go straight

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 to what we know

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 or what we know of

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 of Sodom

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 in chapter 19.

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 We think of judgment.

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 We think of the sin

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 of people of Sodom.

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 And yes,

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 we're going to get there.

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 We're going to do it

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 next week.

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 But this week,

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 we know it's bad.

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 We know it's so bad

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 that Sodom and Gomorrah,

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 that term

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 has even carried through

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 to our modern day

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 of their great sin.

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 But that's not

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 the only picture

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 that we have

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 in Genesis 18.

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 And if we go

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 too quickly

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 by Genesis 18,

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 we miss this contrast

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 that we see.

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 This contrast

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 of judgment

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 against sin

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 and God's mercy

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 in the process.

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 It's a picture

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 of God's judgment,

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 yes.

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 It is not less than that,

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 but it's so much more.

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 It's God's promises

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 on display.

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 Promises of mercy.

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 So the story

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 of Sodom this morning

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 is a story

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 of judgment

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 and mercy.

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 But it's done

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 in contrast.

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 And as we look

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 at that this morning,

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 we're going to see this

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 in two kind of chunks.

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 They're two conversations.

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 Really,

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 they're really

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 just two more rounds

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 of the same conversation

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 that we heard

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 last week.

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 But they're very

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 different topics

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 and they're very

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 different takeaways.

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 Instead of being

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 about Abraham

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 and Sarah

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 and this promise

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 of a child

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 or disbelief

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 or unbelief,

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 this morning,

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 it's about

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 those people

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 over there.

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 Those people

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 down the road.

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 So this morning,

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 let's turn our attention

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 to verse 16

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 and that first conversation

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 or that first rounds

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 of conversation.

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 As we look at that,

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 let's look at those characters

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 and then what they

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 actually talk about

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 and then how do we feel

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 walking away

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 from overhearing

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 this conversation.

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 First,

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 the characters.

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 The characters

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 are the same

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 in many respects

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 as what we heard

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 last week.

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 Again,

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 it's another round

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 of this continuing

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 conversation.

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 We've just kind of

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 shifted topics

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 and as they do so,

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 we're met again

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 with a little bit

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 of clarity

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 of who these

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 shadowy,

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 otherworldly

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 figures are.

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 We know that we

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 have Abraham

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 talking or listening

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 and asking questions

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 later and we know

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 that we have the Lord

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 talking but there

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 is still some mystery

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 about who they are

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 and that's intentional.

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 So those are the

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 characters that we

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 see this morning

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 and then we get

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 a little interesting

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 insight into their

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 conversation.

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 Look at verses 17

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 and following with me.

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 the Lord said,

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 shall I hide from

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 Abraham what I'm

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 about to do

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 and continuing in 18

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 seeing that Abraham

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 shall surely become

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 a great and mighty

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 nation and all the

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 nations of the earth

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 shall be blessed

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 in him.

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 That's kind of the

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 start of the content

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 of this conversation.

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 they look down

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 towards Sodom

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 and 16

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 and there's this

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 promise that they're

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 going to set out

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 from there

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 and they're going

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 to go down.

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 But then

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 as those figures

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 kind of separate

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 we get the content

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 of this conversation

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 and the content

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 starts with this

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 promise to Abraham.

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 It's that promise

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 that you dance

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 around to

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 in the song

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 Father Abraham

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 that God

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 has promised

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 even against

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 the backdrop

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 of God's

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 justice

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 towards Sodom

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 to be faithful

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 to Abraham

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 and in doing so

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 he's going to

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 make him great.

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 That's where

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 we're going.

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 But you say

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 how do we know

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 that this conversation

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 though is about

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 judgment

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 because he hasn't

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 come out and said

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 it yet

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 but we can almost

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 feel this like

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 weighty cloud

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 about what's going

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 on.

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 It's ominous

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 just like these

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 rain clouds

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 that we see

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 come across

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 the mountains.

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 We know

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 that it's coming

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 we can feel it

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 but the rain

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 hasn't fallen yet.

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 We can feel

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 something

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 is casting

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 a shadow

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 over it

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 or as the kids

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 say

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 there's a vibe

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 about it.

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 There's a vibe

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 that's not

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 really good

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 and we know

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 that from

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 that early

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 conversation

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 there's this

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 discussion

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 among these

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 characters

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 that they're

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 counseling

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 together.

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 We have

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 these shadowy

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 otherworldly

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 figures

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 angelic

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 than the

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 Lord

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 and they're

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 talking

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 Abraham

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 doesn't know

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 yet.

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 We see that

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 from 17.

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 The Lord

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 says

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 he's talking

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 about Abraham

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 and Abraham

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 isn't party

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 to this.

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 We see

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 other relationships

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 like this

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 right before

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 God's about

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 to do something

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 big in terms

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 of justice.

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 Think about

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 Abraham

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 or Jeremiah

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 we have that

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 same scene

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 so that's

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 what sets

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 up the

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 vibe

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 of judgment.

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 Now this

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 backdrop

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 of judgment

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 isn't

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 actually

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 in the

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 content

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 of the

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 conversation

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 yet

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 but it

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 will be

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 but we

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 have this

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 promise

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 it's a

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 reiteration

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 of the

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 promises

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 that we

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 already

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 have heard

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 about

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 in the

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 life of

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 Abraham

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 promises

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 that God

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 is going

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 to lavish

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 his love

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 upon him

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 not because

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 Abraham's

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 that great

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 in fact

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 he's at

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 this point

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 and in

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 many points

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 thereafter

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 he's kind

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 of a

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 knucklehead

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 Abraham

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 is loved

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 by God

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 is given

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 these promises

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 not because

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 he's smart

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 not because

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 he's important

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 not even

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 because he

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 does the

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 right thing

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 he's given

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 these promises

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 because of

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 God's love

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 that should

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 be an

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 encouragement

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 to us

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 against the

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 backdrop

00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:34.540
 of this

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 world

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 we can

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 see the

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 ominous

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 judgment

00:12:38.059 --> 00:12:38.439
 that's

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 coming

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 for in

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 this

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 world

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 we see

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 things

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 that

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 aren't

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 right

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 we know

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 that they're

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 wrong

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 we know

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 that they're

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 sin

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 we might

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 feel like

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 we're in

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 the modern

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 day

00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:49.279
 Sodom

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 but God

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 has promised

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 to lavish

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 love on

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 us

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 the promises

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 of God

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 are held

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 forth to

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 us

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 not because

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 of who

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 we are

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 not because

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 we're smart

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 not because

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 we're important

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 and not

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 even because

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 we do

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 the right

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 thing

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 but because

00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:09.480
 of God

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 just like

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 Abraham

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 now if that

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 idea sounds

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 quaint

00:13:16.560 --> 00:13:17.500
 like a

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 platitude

00:13:17.940 --> 00:13:18.920
 like kind

00:13:18.920 --> 00:13:19.680
 of bless

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 your heart

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 I'll pray

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 for you

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 kind of

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 attitude

00:13:22.040 --> 00:13:23.220
 you could

00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:23.740
 walk away

00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:24.300
 from that

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 and think

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 that

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 until

00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:27.660
 you hear

00:13:27.660 --> 00:13:28.980
 how God

00:13:28.980 --> 00:13:29.580
 reiterates

00:13:29.580 --> 00:13:30.360
 these promises

00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:30.919
 we have

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 this promise

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 from Genesis

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 17

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 but here

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 it seems

00:13:34.820 --> 00:13:35.680
 very similar

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 but there's

00:13:36.580 --> 00:13:37.620
 some reordering

00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:38.379
 of words

00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:39.259
 to emphasize

00:13:39.259 --> 00:13:40.120
 the power

00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:41.220
 God makes

00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:41.899
 these promises

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 and doesn't

00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:42.940
 say

00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:43.980
 take that

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 and walk

00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:44.840
 away

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 he says

00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:46.000
 I'm going

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 to give

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 you this

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 and I'm

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 going to

00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:48.440
 bring it

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 about

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 and he's

00:13:50.100 --> 00:13:50.379
 going to

00:13:50.379 --> 00:13:50.840
 do that

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 mightily

00:13:51.659 --> 00:13:53.039
 this promise

00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:53.700
 comes with

00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:54.080
 power

00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:54.539
 how do we

00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:55.080
 see that

00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:57.220
 it's because

00:13:57.220 --> 00:13:58.879
 the reorientation

00:13:58.879 --> 00:13:59.259
 of this

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 promise

00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:00.460
 of 17

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 what does

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 he promise

00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:02.160
 back then

00:14:02.160 --> 00:14:02.940
 descendants

00:14:02.940 --> 00:14:04.240
 his family

00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:04.520
 is going

00:14:04.520 --> 00:14:04.740
 to be

00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:05.200
 great

00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.120
 and do

00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:07.860
 this

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 do

00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:09.040
 circumcision

00:14:09.040 --> 00:14:11.340
 all the

00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:11.840
 families

00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:12.180
 of the

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 earth

00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:12.820
 would be

00:14:12.820 --> 00:14:13.240
 blessed

00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:14.100
 but here

00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:14.600
 unlike

00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:15.240
 in chapter

00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:15.840
 12

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 he says

00:14:16.920 --> 00:14:17.420
 all the

00:14:17.420 --> 00:14:18.139
 nations

00:14:18.139 --> 00:14:18.920
 of this

00:14:18.920 --> 00:14:19.780
 earth

00:14:19.780 --> 00:14:20.480
 are going

00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:20.740
 to be

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 blessed

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 through

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 you

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 God

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 is saying

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 lest you

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 be confused

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 I'm

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 coming

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 with

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 power

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 not

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 just

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 bless

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 your

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 heart

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 I'm

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 going

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 to

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 pray

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 for

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 you

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 but

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 I

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 am

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 going

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 to

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 bring

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 this

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 about

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 and so

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 as we

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 survey

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 all this

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 opulence

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 of all

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 these

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 nations

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 who are

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 doing

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 wrong

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 things

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 I'm

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 going

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 to

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 come

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 with

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 power

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 and

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 I'm

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 going

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 to

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 judge

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 them

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 now

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 you

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 might

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 be

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 saying

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 smarty

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 pants

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 families

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 nations

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 that's

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 kind

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 of

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 the

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 same

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 thing

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 it

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 is

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 and

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 it

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 isn't

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 especially

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 in

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 context

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 of

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 this

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 where

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 earlier

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 he's

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 held up

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 all

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 these

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 kings

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 especially

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 that of

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 Sodom

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 and said

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 I'm

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 going

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 to

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 use

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 Abraham

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 a

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 nobody

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 and

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 I'm

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 going

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 to

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 display

00:15:01.579 --> 00:15:01.839
 my

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 power

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 but

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 why

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 now

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 what

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 has

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 happened

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 why

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 is

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 he

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 doing

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 this

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 right

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 now

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 why

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 is

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 he

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 reorienting

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 this

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 promise

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 and

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 smashing

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 up

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 this

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 other

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 promise

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 of

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 Genesis

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 17

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 that

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 you're

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 going

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 to

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 have

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 all

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 these

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 descendants

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 and

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 you're

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 going

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 to

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 give

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 them

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 my

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 sign

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 that

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 is

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 circumcision

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 he

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 doesn't

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 say

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 that

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 here

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 in

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 terms

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 of

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 sign

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 he

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 says

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 something

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 different

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 he

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 says

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 it

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 in

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 verse

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 19

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 for

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 I've

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 chosen

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 him

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 that

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 he

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 may

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 command

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 his

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 children

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 and

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 his

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 household

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 after

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 him

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 to

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 keep

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 the

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 way

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 by

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 doing

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 righteousness

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 and

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 justice

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 so

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 that

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 Lord

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 may

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 bring

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 to

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 Abraham

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 what

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 he

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 has

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 promised

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 him

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 not

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 do

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 the

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 sign

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 yes

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 that

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 is

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 a

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 sign

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 of

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 obedience

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 he's

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 pulling

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 forth

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 and

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 saying

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 walk

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 in

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 holiness

00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:51.320
 because

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 in

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 contrast

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 to

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 Sodom

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 Abraham's

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 family

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 as he

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 instructs

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 them

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 and points

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 them back

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 to these

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 promises

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 of God

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 are to

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 be

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 faithful

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 and to

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 strive

00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:02.019
 after

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 holiness

00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:03.600
 and he's

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 going to

00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.399
 do it

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 in these

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 huge

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 two

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 huge

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 big

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 promises

00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:08.539
 to

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 Abraham

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 one

00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:09.820
 that

00:16:09.820 --> 00:16:10.039
 comes

00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:10.200
 with

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 power

00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:10.799
 to

00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:11.039
 make

00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.440
 him

00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:12.419
 rule

00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:12.720
 over

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 nations

00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.799
 that

00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:13.960
 his

00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:14.299
 family

00:16:14.299 --> 00:16:14.440
 is

00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:14.539
 going

00:16:14.539 --> 00:16:14.679
 to

00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:15.100
 bless

00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:15.980
 these

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 other

00:16:17.019 --> 00:16:17.440
 families

00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:17.720
 of the

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 earth

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.140
 and

00:16:18.140 --> 00:16:18.400
 rule

00:16:18.400 --> 00:16:18.580
 over

00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:18.800
 these

00:16:18.800 --> 00:16:19.200
 nations

00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:20.220
 and

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 to

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 give

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 them

00:16:21.760 --> 00:16:22.260
 his

00:16:22.260 --> 00:16:22.740
 family

00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:22.960
 the

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 sign

00:16:23.280 --> 00:16:23.420
 of

00:16:23.420 --> 00:16:24.040
 circumcision

00:16:24.040 --> 00:16:24.600
 and

00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:24.760
 to

00:16:24.760 --> 00:16:25.180
 walk

00:16:25.180 --> 00:16:25.520
 in

00:16:25.520 --> 00:16:26.200
 obedience

00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:28.340
 that's

00:16:28.340 --> 00:16:28.460
 a

00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:28.820
 promise

00:16:28.820 --> 00:16:29.160
 but

00:16:29.160 --> 00:16:29.280
 it's

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 not

00:16:29.400 --> 00:16:29.600
 even

00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:29.940
 new

00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:30.140
 to

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 Abraham

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 at

00:16:32.400 --> 00:16:32.580
 this

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 point

00:16:32.760 --> 00:16:32.860
 you

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 might

00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:33.160
 be

00:16:33.160 --> 00:16:33.380
 thinking

00:16:33.380 --> 00:16:33.620
 I

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 thought

00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:34.180
 this

00:16:34.180 --> 00:16:34.320
 was

00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:34.540
 about

00:16:34.540 --> 00:16:34.960
 judgment

00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.280
 it

00:16:35.280 --> 00:16:35.600
 is

00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:35.860
 about

00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.260
 judgment

00:16:36.260 --> 00:16:36.480
 we're

00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:36.720
 getting

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.000
 there

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.480
 but

00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:37.780
 we're

00:16:37.780 --> 00:16:38.220
 beginning

00:16:38.220 --> 00:16:38.520
 where

00:16:38.520 --> 00:16:38.860
 God

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.300
 begins

00:16:39.300 --> 00:16:39.320
!

00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:39.740
 He

00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.180
 begins

00:16:40.180 --> 00:16:40.180


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 with

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 the

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 promise

00:16:40.880 --> 00:16:41.260
 and

00:16:41.260 --> 00:16:41.400
 then

00:16:41.400 --> 00:16:41.940
 goes

00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:42.160
 to

00:16:42.160 --> 00:16:42.600
 judgment

00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:45.080
 it's

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 a

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 preface

00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:45.820
 of

00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.040
 what

00:16:46.040 --> 00:16:46.220
 will

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.420
 to

00:16:46.420 --> 00:16:46.840
 come

00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.639
 if

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:47.740
 we're

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.000
 thinking

00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.280
 about

00:16:48.280 --> 00:16:48.580
 where's

00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:48.700
 the

00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:49.000
 happy

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.300
 ending

00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:49.520
 to

00:16:49.520 --> 00:16:49.700
 the

00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:50.100
 story

00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:50.400
 we're

00:16:50.400 --> 00:16:50.540
 going to

00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:50.639
 be

00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:50.940
 left

00:16:50.940 --> 00:16:51.440
 wanting

00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:52.080
 because

00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:52.620
 the

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 happiness

00:16:53.060 --> 00:16:53.440
 and

00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.020
 joy

00:16:54.020 --> 00:16:54.220
 and

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:54.720
 comfort

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.300
 we've

00:16:55.300 --> 00:16:55.640
 already

00:16:55.640 --> 00:16:55.960
 gone

00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:56.280
 over

00:16:56.280 --> 00:16:56.580
 it's

00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:56.840
 God's

00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.340
 power

00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:58.000
 in

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.360
 walking

00:16:58.360 --> 00:16:58.580
 in

00:16:58.580 --> 00:16:58.920
 holiness

00:16:58.920 --> 00:16:59.360
 and

00:16:59.360 --> 00:16:59.480
 then

00:16:59.480 --> 00:16:59.620
 it

00:16:59.620 --> 00:16:59.840
 just

00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.260
 goes

00:17:00.260 --> 00:17:00.980
 bad

00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.240
 from

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.560
 there

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 read

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 with

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 me

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 in

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 verses

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 20

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 through

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 22

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 then

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 the

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 Lord

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 said

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 because

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 the

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 outcry

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 against

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 Sodom

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 and

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 Gomorrah

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 is

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 great

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 their

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 sin

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 is

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 very

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 grave

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 I

00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.180
 will

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 go

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 down

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 to

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 see

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 whether

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 they

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 have

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 done

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 all

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 together

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 according

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 to

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 the

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 outcry

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 that

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 has

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 come

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 to

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 me

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 and

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 if

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 not

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 I

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 will

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 know

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 go

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 to

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 verse

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 22

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 in

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 a

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 second

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 their

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 sin

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 is

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 great

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 it's

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 so

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 great

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 that

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 it

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 must

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 be

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 dealt

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 with

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 in

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 that

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 moment

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 just

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 like

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 when

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 the

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 Lord

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 said

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 to

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 Cain

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 after

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 he

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 asked

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 where

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 his

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 brother

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 was

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 and

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 he

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 had

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 murdered

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 him

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 what

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 the

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 rocks

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 cry

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 out

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 the

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 blood

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 is

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 crying

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 out

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 to

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 me

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 from

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 the

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 ground

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 the

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 rocks

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 cry

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 out

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 in

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 Israel

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 testifying

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 the

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 picture

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 is

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 here

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 that

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 the

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 Lord

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 must

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 do

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 something

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 their

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 wickedness

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 had

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 grown

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 to

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 a

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 level

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 that

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 he

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 can't

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 do

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 anything

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 it

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 was

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 required

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 now

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 the

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 time

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 is

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 now

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 but

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 even

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 in

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 that

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 there's

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 a

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 certain

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 degree

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 of

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 forbearance

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 a

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 certain

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 degree

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 of

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 patience

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 because

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 what

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 is

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 the

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 response

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 in

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 verses

00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:11.339
 21

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 I

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 will

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 go

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 down

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 and

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 see

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 whether

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 they

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 have

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 done

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 all

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 together

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 according

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 to

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 the

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 outcry

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.740
 he

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 already

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 knows

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 but

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 he

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 says

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 I'm

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 going

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 to

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 go

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 down

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 it's

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 part

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 of

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 his

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 nature

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 to

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 be

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 slow

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 to

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 anger

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 now

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 does

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 God

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 need

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 to

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 see

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 did

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 he

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 not

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 already

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 know

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 of

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 course

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 he

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 did

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 but

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 it's

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.460
 part

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:35.579
 of

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 his

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 nature

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 and

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 if

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 he

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 didn't

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 he

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 would

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 cease

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 to

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 be

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 God

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 if

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 he

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 didn't

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 hold

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 them

00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:40.480
 accountable

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:40.819
 for

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 his

00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.279
 sin

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.200
 and

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.299
 he

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:42.579
 also

00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:42.960
 wasn't

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.339
 slow

00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:43.559
 to

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 anger

00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:44.339
 as

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 we

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 were

00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:45.039
 reminded

00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.380
 this

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.019
 in

00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.240
 his

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.759
 justice

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.599
 he

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.039
 shows

00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:51.920
 patience

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:53.339
 there's

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 a very

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:53.900
 famous

00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.380
 theologian

00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:54.839
 that said

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 God

00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:55.720
 likes

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 to

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.319
 wait

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.720
 until

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 sinners

00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:57.420
 are

00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:57.960
 mature

00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.299
 in

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 their

00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.019
 crime

00:18:59.019 --> 00:19:01.500
 Sodom

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.759
 is

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.240
 mature

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.500
 in

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:02.660
 their

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.000
 crime

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.279
 because

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:03.460
 we

00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:03.640
 know

00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:03.880
 this

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 isn't

00:19:04.120 --> 00:19:04.359
 the

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:04.680
 first

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.059
 place

00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:05.299
 this

00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:05.460
 has

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:05.900
 happened

00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:06.880
 and

00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:07.000
 we'll

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.160
 see

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.339
 that

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:07.440
 in

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:07.559
 a

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:07.799
 minute

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:09.039
 this

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.180
 is

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.380
 a

00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:09.740
 story

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.039
 though

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.259
 that

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.539
 might

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:10.819
 sound

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.259
 familiar

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:11.579
 this

00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:12.059
 theme

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.220
 of

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.480
 great

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.120
 wickedness

00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:13.700
 God

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.220
 judging

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:14.500
 and

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:14.660
 then

00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:15.000
 holding

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.400
 forth

00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:15.980
 promises

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:17.259
 it's

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.400
 a

00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:17.640
 story

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:17.960
 that we

00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:18.280
 know

00:19:18.280 --> 00:19:18.480
 from

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.620
 the

00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:18.860
 rest

00:19:18.860 --> 00:19:19.040
 of

00:19:19.040 --> 00:19:19.400
 scripture

00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:20.820
 it's

00:19:20.820 --> 00:19:20.980
 a

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.280
 story

00:19:21.280 --> 00:19:21.620
 that

00:19:21.620 --> 00:19:21.759
 we

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:21.920
 can

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.420
 see

00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:22.720
 in

00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:22.880
 the

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.280
 image

00:19:23.280 --> 00:19:23.580
 of

00:19:23.580 --> 00:19:23.840
 something

00:19:23.840 --> 00:19:24.200
 called

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.380
 a

00:19:24.380 --> 00:19:24.700
 Russian

00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.100
 doll

00:19:25.100 --> 00:19:25.460
 does

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:25.620
 anybody

00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:25.800
 know

00:19:25.800 --> 00:19:25.920
 what

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.080
 those

00:19:26.080 --> 00:19:26.240
 are

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.440
 those

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:26.800
 wooden

00:19:26.800 --> 00:19:27.280
 dolls

00:19:27.280 --> 00:19:27.780
 or

00:19:27.780 --> 00:19:28.259
 stacking

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.800
 dolls

00:19:28.800 --> 00:19:29.500
 those

00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:29.700
 little

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.120
 guys

00:19:30.120 --> 00:19:30.320
 or

00:19:30.320 --> 00:19:30.600
 they're

00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:30.960
 gals

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.259
 most

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.360
 of

00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:31.460
 the

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:31.759
 time

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.160
 they

00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:32.460
 fit

00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:32.900
 inside

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.200
 each

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.380
 other

00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:33.520
 and

00:19:33.520 --> 00:19:33.640
 they're

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:33.840
 kind

00:19:33.840 --> 00:19:33.960
 of

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 egg

00:19:34.300 --> 00:19:34.740
 shaped

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.000
 or

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 almost

00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:35.920
 figure

00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:36.140
 eight

00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:36.460
 shaped

00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:36.880
 and

00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:37.020
 you

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 twist

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:37.620
 them

00:19:37.620 --> 00:19:37.960
 apart

00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.120
 and

00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:38.259
 there's

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.460
 one

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 inside

00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:39.259
 of

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:39.420
 that

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 times

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 they

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 can

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 all

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 be

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 uniform

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 or

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 they

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 can

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 all

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 be

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 kind

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 of

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 slightly

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 different

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 going

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 all

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 the

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 way

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 down

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 to

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 a

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 little

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 baby

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 and

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 in

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 those

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 stacking

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 dolls

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 they're

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 all

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 in

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 the

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 same

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 form

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 even

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 when

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 they're

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 painted

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 a

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 little

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 differently

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 they're

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 the

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 same

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 design

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 the

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 same

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 style

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 and

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 as

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 you

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 unlock

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 them

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 they

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 look

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 the

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 same

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 in

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 the

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 shape

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 shape

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 and

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 form

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 this

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 story

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 has

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 variations

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 but

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 it's

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 in

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 the

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 same

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 form

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 it's

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 in

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 the

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 same

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 design

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 it's

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 in

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 the

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 same

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 shape

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 of

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 stories

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 that

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 we

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 know

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 already

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 think

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 of

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 Noah

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 what's

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 held

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 forth

00:20:22.800 --> 00:20:22.960
 in

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 the

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 flood

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 God

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 brings

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 judgment

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 universal

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 destruction

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 almost

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 except

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 for

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 one

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 guy

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 who

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 holds

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 who

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 clings

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 to

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 God's

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 promises

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 a

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 picture

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 of

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 faithfulness

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 and

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 as

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 he

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 does

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 that

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 we

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 see

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 God's

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 judgment

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 against

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 sin

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 but

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 we

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 see

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 the

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 reminder

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 of

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 the

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 rainbow

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 of

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 God's

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 deliverance

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 against

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 judgment

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.339
 against

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 sin

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 it's

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 the

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 same

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 shape

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 it's

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 the

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 same

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 design

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 as

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 what

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:53.919
 we

00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.259
 see

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 in

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 this

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 story

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.980
 God's

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 judgment

00:20:57.379 --> 00:20:57.759
 against

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 sin

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:59.480
 one

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 man

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 in

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 his

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 faithfulness

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.000
 Abraham

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 and

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 one

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 person

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 will

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 see

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 in

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 a

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 second

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 his

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 faithfulness

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.099
 at

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 the

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 same

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 time

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 God's

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 judgment

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 is

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 on

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 display

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 and

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 is

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 preserving

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 his

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 people

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 and

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 holding

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 forth

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 the

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 promises

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 that

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 God

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 has

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 made

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 it's

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 a

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 different

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 scale

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 yes

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 but

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 that

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 promise

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 of

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 redemption

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!

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 His

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 covenant

00:21:22.139 --> 00:21:22.679
 to his

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 people

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 are

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 still

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 there

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 it's

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 ominous

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 because

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 we

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:27.859
 know

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 what

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.500
 happens

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.799
 in the

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 flood

00:21:29.139 --> 00:21:29.699
 that's

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 the

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 value

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.439
 in

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 having

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 the

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 same

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 design

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:31.939
 now

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 critical

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 come

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 and

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 say

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 hey

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 look

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 it's

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 just

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 the

00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:34.859
 same

00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.319
 story

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.679
 some

00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:36.019
 editor

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.299
 came

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.699
 back

00:21:36.699 --> 00:21:37.439
 and

00:21:37.439 --> 00:21:38.059
 added

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.319
 this

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 in

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 changed

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 the

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 characters

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 around

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 and see

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 it's

00:21:40.439 --> 00:21:40.599
 just

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:40.759
 the

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:40.919
 same

00:21:40.919 --> 00:21:41.379
 story

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:42.180
 but

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.600
 instead

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:43.160
 when the

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 author

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.960
 does

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.280
 this

00:21:44.280 --> 00:21:44.780
 he's

00:21:44.780 --> 00:21:45.280
 communicating

00:21:45.280 --> 00:21:46.020
 the meaning

00:21:46.020 --> 00:21:46.380
 of the

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 story

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.580
 he's

00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:47.820
 saying

00:21:47.820 --> 00:21:48.380
 you know

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:48.980
 the story

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.260
 of the

00:21:49.260 --> 00:21:49.540
 flood

00:21:49.540 --> 00:21:49.940
 and what

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.080
 will

00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.460
 come

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.960
 look what's

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 about to

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:52.840
 happen to

00:21:52.840 --> 00:21:53.160
 Sodom

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:54.180
 look at

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 Abraham

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 that's what

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 he's using

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 and that's

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 what he's

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:57.940
 communicating

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:59.700
 now

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.220
 you might

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.380
 be

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:00.620
 thinking

00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.200
 why

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.620
 in the

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:01.900
 whole

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.220
 life

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.380
 of

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:02.680
 Abraham

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.019
 are

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.240
 we

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.720
 focusing

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.200
 so

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.519
 much

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:04.660
 on

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:04.860
 what

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.360
 this

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:05.900
 24

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.480
 hour

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:06.900
 period

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.460
 after

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.860
 all

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.799
 one

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.259
 commentator

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.559
 wrote

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 this

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.880
 there's

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 no

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.340
 other

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:11.840
 24

00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:12.360
 hour

00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:12.820
 period

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:13.000
 in

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 Abraham's

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:13.759
 life

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.340
 that

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:14.460
 is

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:14.960
 related

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.279
 more

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.580
 fully

00:22:15.580 --> 00:22:15.779
 than

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.080
 what's

00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.480
 described

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:16.700
 in

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:16.960
 Genesis

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.420
 18

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:17.880
 got

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 it

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.240
 yeah

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.039
 a

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.420
 midday

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:19.720
 lunch

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:19.900
 with

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.340
 angels

00:22:20.340 --> 00:22:21.059
 transitions

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.700
 into

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:21.980
 the

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.580
 destruction

00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:23.400
 of a

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:23.620
 full

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.039
 city

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:25.019
 the

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.259
 next

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.640
 morning

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.019
 that's

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.240
 pretty

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.740
 action

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.180
 packed

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.180


00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.539
 zeroing

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:28.840
 in

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.140
 because

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.460
 it

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:29.940
 mirrors

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.320
 what

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:30.700
 happens

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:30.880
 in

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.120
 Noah

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.620
 to

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.340
 communicate

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:33.380
 God's

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:33.779
 judgment

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.180
 against

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.559
 sin

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.220
 and

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.420
 his

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.100
 faithfulness

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:36.240
 to

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.420
 his

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.860
 promises

00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:37.539
 even

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:37.840
 in

00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.080
 one

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:38.400
 man

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:39.180
 even

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.400
 in

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.580
 one

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.019
 family

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:41.400
 so

00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:41.559
 what

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:41.620
 are

00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:41.720
 we

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:41.840
 to

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 make

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.180
 of

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.340
 this

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:42.720
 story

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.360
 we

00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:43.700
 can't

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.120
 bypass

00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:45.019
 the

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.580
 signal

00:22:45.580 --> 00:22:46.019
 back

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.259
 to

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.559
 Noah

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.279
 the

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.759
 serious

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.200
 nature

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.500
 of

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.759
 sin

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:48.960
 that

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.160
 when

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.380
 we

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:49.779
 sin

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.299
 it

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.820
 pervades

00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:51.220
 all

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.380
 of

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:51.799
 life

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.559
 whether

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:52.860
 it's

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.220
 all

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.380
 of

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:53.860
 humanity

00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.279
 and

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.539
 God

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.220
 destroys

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:56.140
 humanity

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 through

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:56.940
 the flood

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 except for

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:57.940
 one

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.360
 family

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:59.180
 or

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.480
 God

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.000
 destroys

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.559
 all

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.000
 one

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.580
 city

00:23:01.580 --> 00:23:03.039
 all

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 one

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.680
 town

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.160
 because

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.420
 their

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.700
 sin

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:04.900
 is

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.279
 great

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.720
 in

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:06.960
 that

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.140
 we

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.340
 see

00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:07.539
 that

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:07.840
 God

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.580
 desires

00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:08.960
 and

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.600
 demands

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.240
 holiness

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:13.220
 you

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.380
 might

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:13.559
 be

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:13.940
 thinking

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:15.100
 phew

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:17.920
 I

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.320
 know

00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:18.680
 that

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.120
 Sodom

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.519
 still

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.039
 exists

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.360
 because

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:20.580
 I

00:23:20.580 --> 00:23:20.740
 can

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:20.980
 look

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.140
 out

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.299
 the

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:21.519
 window

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:21.920
 and

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.299
 see

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.480
 it

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:22.980
 outside

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 my

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 door

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.259
 and

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.720
 thankfully

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.160
 that's

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.720
 them

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.340
 and not

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:26.720
 me

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.799
 I

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.019
 know

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.240
 this

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.579
 story

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:28.779
 is

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.059
 true

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.360
 because

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:29.519
 I

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.660
 can

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:29.940
 watch

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.140
 the

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.579
 news

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.559
 and

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:31.680
 I

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.039
 interact

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.240
 with

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.440
 my

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.759
 neighbor

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:34.100
 that's

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:34.319
 out

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.759
 there

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:36.079
 but

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.259
 the

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.740
 reality

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.299
 is

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.180
 all

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.519
 those

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.860
 things

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.059
 of

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.519
 Sodom

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.259
 are

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.740
 also

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.500
 in

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.960
 here

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:45.200
 the

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.759
 pervasive

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.259
 nature

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:47.000
 of sin

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.880
 goes

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.380
 on

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:48.720
 in our

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:48.980
 own

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.339
 hearts

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:49.519
 that

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:49.660
 it

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.140
 goes

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.339
 in

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.839
 every

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.460
 direction

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.079
 and

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.220
 it

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.759
 goes

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.740
 finally

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.539
 completely

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.180
 and

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.359
 it

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:56.339
 goes

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:56.599
 all

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:56.720
 the

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:56.859
 way

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.159
 down

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:57.359
 to

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:57.680
 even

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:57.960
 my

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.299
 own

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.740
 core

00:23:58.740 --> 00:24:01.480
 and

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.980
 that

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:03.339
 we

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.559
 should

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.079
 feel

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.339
 the

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.659
 weight

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:04.839
 of

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.200
 that

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:08.139
 Ezekiel

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.639
 warns

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.019
 Israel

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.480
 later

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:11.259
 that

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.599
 Sodom

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:11.859
 just

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.139
 didn't

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.399
 end

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:12.619
 up

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:12.759
 in

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.059
 chapter

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.519
 19

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.139
 that

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.259
 there

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.420
 were

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:14.720
 baby

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.099
 steps

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.559
 all

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:15.960
 along

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.159
 the

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:16.359
 way

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.659
 little

00:24:16.659 --> 00:24:17.099
 things

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.319
 led

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.480
 to

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.720
 bigger

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.099
 things

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:18.259
 and

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.879
 behold

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.680
 he

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.159
 says

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.019
 your

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.400
 sister

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.940
 Sodom

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.680
 she

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:22.920
 and

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.120
 her

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.519
 daughters

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:23.759
 had

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.340
 pride

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:25.460
 excess

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:25.800
 of

00:24:25.800 --> 00:24:26.220
 food

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.400
 ease

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.940
 they

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.240
 didn't

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.600
 aid

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:28.820
 the

00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.100
 poor

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.300
 and

00:24:29.300 --> 00:24:30.019
 needy

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.560
 sin

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:30.940
 starts

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.620
 small

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:31.920
 and

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.100
 then

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.720
 grows

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.000
 and

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.640
 festers

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:33.940
 and

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.080
 then

00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:34.240
 we

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.400
 get

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.600
 the

00:24:34.600 --> 00:24:35.019
 Sodom

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:36.600
 where

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:36.900
 God

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.100
 can

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.259
 do

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.660
 only

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.779
 but

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.019
 one

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.400
 thing

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.700
 and

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:39.960
 that's

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.440
 judge

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:42.259
 but

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.400
 if

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.580
 that

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:42.940
 lives

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.240
 not

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.460
 just

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.680
 out

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.000
 there

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.259
 but

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.680
 also

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:44.920
 in

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.480
 here

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.640
 we

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:46.880
 should

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.080
 be

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.519
 warned

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.519


00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.340
 with

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.759
 that

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:52.500
 internally

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:54.720
 that

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.040
 first

00:24:55.040 --> 00:24:55.600
 conversation

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.000
 is

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.279
 about

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.720
 judgment

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.120
 God

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.440
 holds

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.720
 forth

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:57.960
 these

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.440
 promises

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.160
 and

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.600
 reminds

00:24:59.600 --> 00:24:59.820
 his

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.100
 people

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.259
 of

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.400
 these

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.779
 promises

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.320
 but

00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:01.540
 then

00:25:01.540 --> 00:25:01.900
 says

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.380
 hey

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:02.640
 this

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:02.820
 is

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:03.200
 coming

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.620
 judgment

00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:03.940
 is

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.279
 coming

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.560
 to

00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:04.920
 Sodom

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.620
 but

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:05.800
 that

00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:06.300
 third

00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:06.680
 round

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:06.800
 of

00:25:06.800 --> 00:25:06.940
 that

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.580
 conversation

00:25:07.580 --> 00:25:07.880
 or

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.040
 the

00:25:08.040 --> 00:25:08.320
 second

00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:08.620
 round

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:08.840
 this

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.180
 morning

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:10.300
 is

00:25:10.300 --> 00:25:10.700
 one

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.100
 about

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:11.620
 mercy

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.380
 look

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.560
 with

00:25:12.560 --> 00:25:12.700
 me

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:12.840
 at

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.019
 verse

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.500
 22

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:15.740
 so

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:15.980
 the

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.360
 men

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.720
 turned

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:16.960
 from

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.300
 there

00:25:17.300 --> 00:25:17.680
 and

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:17.960
 went

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.320
 towards

00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:18.779
 Sodom

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.300
 and

00:25:19.300 --> 00:25:19.700
 Abraham

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.220
 stood

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.720
 before

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.059
 the

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.440
 Lord

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.480
 there's

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.660
 some

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.059
 clarity

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.360
 as

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.580
 these

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.059
 shadowy

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.420
 figures

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.840
 depart

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.460
 we

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.740
 know

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:25.920
 that

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.080
 they're

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.319
 going

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.620
 about

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:26.819
 their

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.259
 business

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.460
 or

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.940
 angelic

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.319
 business

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.660
 because

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:28.980
 of

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.400
 Sodom's

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.620
 sin

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.180
 and

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.640
 Abraham

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:30.960
 is

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.319
 left

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.759
 before

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:31.980
 the

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.299
 Lord

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.120
 and

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.580
 now

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.019
 begins

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.299
 this

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.920
 conversation

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.240
 that

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.559
 Abraham

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:35.819
 and

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:35.940
 the

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.160
 Lord

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.700
 have

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:38.319
 and

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.500
 what

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.640
 does

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:38.779
 he

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.019
 do

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.259
 he

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.940
 pleads

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.160
 on

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.480
 behalf

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.640
 of

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:40.960
 Sodom

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.559
 now

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:41.880
 let's

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.120
 pause

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.259
 there

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.400
 for

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:42.519
 a

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.680
 second

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.100
 why

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.279
 in

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.420
 the

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.660
 world

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:43.840
 is

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.200
 Abraham

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.819
 pleading

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.079
 for

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.500
 Sodom

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:47.059
 they're

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.200
 not

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.419
 his

00:25:47.419 --> 00:25:47.819
 people

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.279
 he

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.579
 doesn't

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.779
 live

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.019
 there

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.419
 why

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:49.619
 does

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:49.740
 he

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:49.960
 care

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.220
 about

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.619
 Sodom

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.259
 now

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.419
 if

00:25:51.419 --> 00:25:51.519
 you

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.939
 remember

00:25:51.939 --> 00:25:52.240
 as

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.720
 Abraham

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.679
 and

00:25:53.679 --> 00:25:53.960
 Lot

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.460
 depart

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.359
 who

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:55.720
 goes

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:55.939
 to

00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:56.319
 Sodom

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.939
 Lot

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:58.799
 Abraham's

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.740
 family

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.179
 his

00:26:00.179 --> 00:26:00.720
 blood

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:02.579
 that's

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:02.779
 his

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.299
 connection

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.079
 he's

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.559
 pleading

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:04.859
 for

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.200
 Sodom

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.439
 because

00:26:05.439 --> 00:26:05.779
 that's

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:05.939
 where

00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:06.259
 Lot

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.659
 is

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.379
 and

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.539
 if

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.659
 you

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.079
 remember

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:08.439
 they've

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:08.700
 taken

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.099
 different

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.700
 paths

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.559
 and

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:10.759
 as

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:10.920
 they

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.200
 did

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.539
 so

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.980
 even

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.360
 back

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:12.559
 when

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:12.700
 they

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.220
 departed

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.519
 from

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:13.759
 each

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.000
 other

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.200
 we

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.460
 knew

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:14.819
 Sodom

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.000
 was

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.400
 bad

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.200
 Genesis

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.700
 13

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.120
 reminds

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.279
 us

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.420
 of

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.660
 this

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.039
 the

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.220
 men

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.380
 of

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:18.660
 Sodom

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:18.840
 were

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.180
 wicked

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.500
 great

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.819
 sinners

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.160
 against

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.380
 the

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:20.700
 Lord

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.360
 Abraham

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.160
 cares

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.740
 because

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.180
 Lot

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.460
 is

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.819
 there

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:26.380
 and

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.559
 this

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.700
 is

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:26.860
 why

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.059
 he

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.500
 asked

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.700
 in

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:27.880
 verse

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.440
 23

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.160
 Abraham

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.539
 draws

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:29.819
 near

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.019
 and

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.319
 says

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:30.819
 will

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:30.960
 you

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.319
 indeed

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.740
 sweep

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.400
 away

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:32.580
 the

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:32.880
 righteous

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.259
 with

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.420
 the

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.660
 wicked

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.360
 he

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:34.880
 appeals

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.080
 to

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:35.220
 the

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.460
 very

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.840
 nature

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.039
 of

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.299
 God

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:36.619
 saying

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.599
 hey

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.619
 you

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:38.799
 are

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.319
 merciful

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.960
 and

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.500
 slow

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.700
 to

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.019
 anger

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.579
 abounding

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:41.819
 in

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.240
 steadfast

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.539
 love

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:42.740
 as

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.159
 Moses

00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:43.399
 will

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:43.639
 plead

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.079
 later

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.720
 why

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:45.960
 are

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.059
 you

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.180
 going

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.279
 to

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.579
 wipe

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:46.960
 away

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.359
 Lot

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.579
 and

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:47.759
 his

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.180
 family

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.079
 he

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.339
 never

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.680
 says

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.039
 Lot's

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.319
 name

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.519
 and

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.639
 he

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:50.859
 never

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.159
 makes

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:51.319
 that

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.839
 request

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.279
 but

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.579
 that's

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:52.839
 what's

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.099
 going

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.440
 on

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.619
 and

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:53.720
 then

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:53.839
 we

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.019
 have

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.220
 these

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.720
 cycles

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.359
 starts

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:55.539
 with

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.980
 50

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.519
 and

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.619
 he

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:56.759
 goes

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.059
 all

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.180
 the

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.279
 way

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.480
 down

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.639
 to

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.000
 10

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.440
 and

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.559
 he

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:58.759
 keeps

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.240
!

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.440
 and

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.639
 he's

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.119
 pleading

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.419
 for

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.600
 it

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:00.920
 and

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.019
 we

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.180
 see

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.440
 little

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.019
 glimpses

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.200
 of

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.600
 Abraham

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.259
 being

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.640
 very

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.080
 sure

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.279
 and

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.440
 then

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:04.700
 less

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:04.920
 sure

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.120
 because

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:05.220
 he

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.440
 doesn't

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:05.580
 want

00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:05.640
 to

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:05.779
 be

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.140
 annoying

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.860
 it's

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.200
 not

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.580
 like

00:27:07.580 --> 00:27:08.779
 Job's

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.220
 friends

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.500
 that

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.800
 say

00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.080
 these

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:10.440
 things

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.600
 but

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:10.740
 they're

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.080
 actually

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.580
 wrong

00:27:11.580 --> 00:27:12.400
 Abraham

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.519
 stands

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.840
 before

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.200
 God

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.440
 and

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.840
 pleads

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.039
 for

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.360
 another

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:15.759
 because

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:15.960
 he

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.519
 knows

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.220
 God

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.440
 is

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.039
 merciful

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.440
 this

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.120
 conversation

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:21.039
 is

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.279
 about

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.740
 mercy

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:24.019
 it's

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.279
 not

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.880
 necessarily

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.920
 about

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.759
 saving

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.259
 Sodom

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.660
 it's

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.120
 saving

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.759
 Lot

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:30.420
 look

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.619
 with

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:30.819
 me

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:30.980
 at

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.119
 the

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.579
 end

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:31.779
 of

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.500
 verse

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.059
 25

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.920
 far

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.240
 be it

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.420
 from

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.599
 you

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:34.740
 to

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:34.920
 do

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.140
 such

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.279
 a

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.460
 thing

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:35.640
 to

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:35.839
 put

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.279
 righteous

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.559
 to

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:36.920
 death

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.279
 with

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.420
 the

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.660
 wicked

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.359
 so

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.500
 that

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.660
 the

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.019
 righteous

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.359
 fair

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:39.519
 is

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:39.660
 the

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:39.960
 wicked

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.660
 far

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:40.940
 be

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.220
 that

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.460
 from

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.720
 you

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.379
 shall

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:42.640
 not

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:42.839
 the

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.339
 judge

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.539
 of

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:43.740
 all

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:43.940
 the

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.299
 earth

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.819
 do

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.180
 what

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.400
 is

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.980
 just

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.039
 he's

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.539
 appealing

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:47.819
 to

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.299
 God's

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.579
 sense

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:48.819
 of

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.299
 judgment

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.660
 because

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.079
 even

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.440
 in

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.819
 that

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.500
 he

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.740
 has

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:51.920
 to

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.220
 hold

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.500
 he

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.819
 in

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.000
 his

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.599
 being

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:53.779
 and

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:53.940
 who

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.140
 he

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.279
 desire

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.500
 for

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.759
 all

00:27:59.759 --> 00:27:59.960
 his

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.460
 people

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.539
 to

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:01.819
 walk

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.000
 in

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.339
 holiness

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.579
 to

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:02.779
 do

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:02.920
 what

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.059
 is

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.500
 right

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.160
 for

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.359
 him

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.519
 to

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:04.900
 execute

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.519
 judgment

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.140
 because

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.359
 he

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.700
 can't

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.099
 stand

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.359
 the

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:07.539
 sin

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.700
 of

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.059
 Sodom

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.879
 and

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.140
 also

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.400
 being

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:09.819
 merciful

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.119
 to

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.259
 his

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.579
 people

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.140
 he

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.500
 can't

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.799
 kill

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.259
 a lot

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.579
 because

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:12.839
 he's

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.420
 righteous

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.500
 and

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.059
 Abraham's

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.559
 appealing

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.839
 to

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.140
 that

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:17.119
 and

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.460
 saying

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.940
 would

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.079
 you

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.359
 kill

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.599
 him

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:18.900
 too

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:20.279
 would

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.379
 you

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.579
 do

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:20.920
 that

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.859
 and

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.000
 so

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.279
 that's

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.440
 why

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.599
 we

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:22.819
 have

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.539
 later

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.339
 these

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:24.779
 commands

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.059
 to

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:26.220
 normal

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.680
 human

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.119
 judges

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.339
 in

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:27.720
 Israel

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.259
 they

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.519
 have

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.659
 to

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.059
 decide

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.359
 between

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.819
 truth

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:29.980
 and

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.319
 error

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.099
 why

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.339
 can

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.579
 God

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.119
 now

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.939
 just

00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:33.379
 execute

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:33.939
 judgment

00:28:33.939 --> 00:28:34.759
 regardless

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.119
 of

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.500
 truth

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.059
 regardless

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.779
 of

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.099
 error

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.740
 if

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:37.859
 he

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.339
 requires

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.599
 that

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:38.839
 of

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.319
 civilian

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.839
 judges

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.539
 of

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.759
 mere

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.599
 mortal

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.179
 judges

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.899
 how

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:44.059
 would

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.179
 he

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:44.399
 not

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:44.599
 do

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:44.879
 that

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.319
 on

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.839
 himself

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:47.819
 and

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:47.919
 we

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.240
 see

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.559
 these

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.039
 cycles

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.480
 get

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.399
 further

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:50.679
 in

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.119
 number

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:51.639
 starting

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:51.859
 in

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.259
 26

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.619
 I

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:52.919
 find

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.459
 50

00:28:53.459 --> 00:28:53.699
 that

00:28:53.699 --> 00:28:53.819
 are

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.099
 righteous

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.359
 in

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:54.519
 the

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.779
 city

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.399
 and

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.599
 then

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.500
 what

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.679
 about

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:56.819
 if

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:56.939
 they're

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.299
 45

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.740
 what

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:57.939
 about

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.459
 40

00:28:58.459 --> 00:28:58.740
 what

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:58.939
 about

00:28:58.939 --> 00:28:59.399
 30

00:28:59.399 --> 00:28:59.720
 what

00:28:59.720 --> 00:28:59.919
 about

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.339
 20

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.579
 what

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:00.799
 about

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.279
 10

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:04.599
 Abraham

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.039
 is

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.559
 seeing

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:07.259
 all the

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.480
 more

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.980
 clearly

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.959
 God's

00:29:08.959 --> 00:29:09.539
 holiness

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.480
 and his

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.079
 justice

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.139
 but he

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.500
 still

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.019
 pleads

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.259
 for

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.000
 compassion

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.679
 because

00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:16.119
 there

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:16.279
 is

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.639
 a lot

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:20.240
 Israel's

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.179
 prophets

00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:21.899
 do this

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.639
 but it's

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:22.939
 for their

00:29:22.939 --> 00:29:23.119
 own

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.559
 people

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.639
 people

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:24.839
 like

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.419
 Ezekiel

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.100
 Jeremiah

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:26.640
 Ezra

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.220
 they plead

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.560
 before

00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:27.779
 the

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.019
 Lord

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.580
 asking

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:28.840
 for

00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:29.200
 this

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.340
 but

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:30.580
 these

00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:30.700
 are

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:30.840
 the

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:31.160
 people

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.380
 that

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:31.640
 have

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.019
 done

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.400
 great

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.180
 wickedness

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.880
 he's

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.320
 asking

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.640
 for

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.060
 mercy

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.920
 on

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.340
 people

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:36.560
 that

00:29:36.560 --> 00:29:36.660
 are

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:36.980
 not

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.420
 God's

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.820
 people

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.680
 and

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:38.800
 they

00:29:38.800 --> 00:29:38.960
 had

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.539
 long

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.880
 been

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.320
 known

00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:40.820
 to be

00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.160
 wicked

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.980
 now

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.540
 the

00:29:43.540 --> 00:29:43.860
 question

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.080
 might

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.380
 arise

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:44.500
 in

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:44.640
 our

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.000
 minds

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.240
 is

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.580
 Abraham

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:45.980
 being

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.800
 disrespectful

00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:50.460
 if

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.540
 you

00:29:50.540 --> 00:29:50.880
 remember

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.140
 in

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.300
 verse

00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:51.840
 21

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.759
 God

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.300
 says

00:29:53.300 --> 00:29:54.240
 I'm

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.340
 going

00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:54.440
 to

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.640
 go

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:54.980
 down

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.240
 and

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.540
 see

00:29:55.540 --> 00:29:55.800
 we

00:29:55.800 --> 00:29:56.040
 see

00:29:56.040 --> 00:29:56.220
 a

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.620
 glimmer

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.500
 of

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.759
 that

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.420
 mercy

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.980
 of

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.160
 that

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.740
 patience

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.060
 with

00:30:00.060 --> 00:30:00.480
 sin

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.900
 mercy

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.120
 is

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.360
 in

00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:02.540
 the

00:30:02.540 --> 00:30:02.900
 nature

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:04.820
 of

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:05.140
 God

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.300
 and

00:30:05.300 --> 00:30:05.460
 this

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.060
 conversation

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:06.400
 just

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.880
 shows

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.220
 us

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.000
 God

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.140
 is

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.340
 not

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.820
 angered

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:08.960
 by

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.500
 Abraham's

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.019
 request

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.460
 Abraham

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.720
 is

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.119
 loved

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.359
 by

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:11.700
 God

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.180
 and

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.519
 Abraham

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.220
 speaks

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.480
 to

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.759
 him

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.720
 but

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:14.940
 God

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.059
 is

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.220
 not

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.779
 changing

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.200
 his

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.779
 mind

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.519
 if

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.639
 you

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:17.879
 will

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:19.599
 he's

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:19.960
 doing

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.319
 this

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.519
 so

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.740
 that

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.299
 Abraham

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:22.000
 sees

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.299
 this

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.460
 and

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:22.879
 Abraham

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.099
 will

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.519
 instruct

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.779
 his

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.200
 children

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.460
 as

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.660
 we're

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.079
 reminded

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:26.460
 he

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.680
 didn't

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:26.980
 have

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.160
 to

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.339
 go

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.660
 down

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:27.839
 and

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.000
 see

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.160
 what

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.339
 was

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.680
 happening

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:28.940
 in

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.279
 Sodom

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:29.500
 he

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.779
 didn't

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.099
 have

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.279
 to

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.539
 hear

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.740
 the

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.200
 request

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.400
 of

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.740
 Abraham

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.240
 he

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.619
 knows

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:32.980
 Lot

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.200
 is

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.500
 there

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.879
 but

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.039
 we

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.319
 see

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.559
 that

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.960
 picture

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.180
 of

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.759
 intimacy

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.119
 that

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.500
 Abraham

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.179
 has

00:30:38.179 --> 00:30:38.419
 with

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:38.739
 God

00:30:38.739 --> 00:30:40.819
 there's

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.119
 hope

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.279
 in

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.500
 this

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.859
 mercy

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:43.099
 but

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.419
 as

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:43.679
 this

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.359
 conversation

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:44.819
 wraps

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.159
 up

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.759
 there's

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:45.939
 that

00:30:45.939 --> 00:30:46.539
 looming

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.059
 picture

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.419
 of

00:30:47.419 --> 00:30:47.939
 judgment

00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:48.559
 against

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.039
 sin

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.500
 it's

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.159
 tragic

00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:53.419
 it's

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:53.779
 not a

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.179
 story

00:30:54.179 --> 00:30:54.459
 of

00:30:54.459 --> 00:30:55.159
 disbelief

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:55.339
 or

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.939
 unbelief

00:30:55.939 --> 00:30:56.099
 of

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.479
 Abraham

00:30:56.479 --> 00:30:56.839
 not

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.099
 doing

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.279
 the

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.459
 right

00:30:57.459 --> 00:30:57.859
 thing

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.179
 Sarah

00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:58.399
 not

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:58.859
 believing

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.359
 that

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.579
 God

00:30:59.579 --> 00:30:59.799
 could

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.139
 bless

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:00.299
 them

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.500
 with

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.919
 children

00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:02.739
 it's

00:31:02.739 --> 00:31:02.879
 the

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.139
 great

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.879
 wickedness

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.179
 of

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:04.679
 Sodom

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:05.039
 and

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.559
 Gomorrah

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.559
 now

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.759
 I

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.179
 mentioned

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.779
 when

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.200
 we

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.700
 started

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.039
 this

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.259
 this

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.399
 was

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:09.539
 a

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.819
 picture

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.119
 of

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.940
 contrast

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:13.319
 of

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.839
 God's

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.299
 judgment

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.079
 and

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.480
 God's

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.940
 mercy

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.700
 their

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.179
 sin

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:17.480
 is

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.919
 great

00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.159
 and

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.319
 we

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.759
 hear

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.019
 the

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.579
 pleas

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.139
 for

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:20.500
 God's

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.879
 mercy

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.220
 that

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.559
 Abraham

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.099
 makes

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.319
 on

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.799
 behalf

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.279
 of

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.639
 Lot

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.220
 and

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.659
 really

00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:24.919
 on

00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:25.339
 behalf

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.960
 of

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.139
 these

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.579
 people

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:28.419
 our

00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:28.879
 sin

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:29.679
 if

00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:29.819
 we

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.119
 dare

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.299
 to

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.519
 even

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.839
 call

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.019
 it

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.319
 sin

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:33.639
 needs

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.059
 great

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.500
 mercy

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.279
 the

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.660
 anger

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:35.940
 of

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.299
 God's

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.680
 wrath

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:36.900
 is

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.440
 kindled

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.920
 against

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.359
 us

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.799
 and

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.400
 satisfied

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:39.819
 in

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:39.960
 the

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.420
 cross

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.259
 that's

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.839
 merciful

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.440
 but in

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.859
 that we

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.299
 see a

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.680
 picture

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.279
 of

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.779
 mercy

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.420
 and

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.559
 of

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.140
 justice

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:47.079
 and

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.400
 just

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.680
 like

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:47.819
 in

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.019
 the

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.519
 flood

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.039
 we're

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.579
 reminded

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.539
 of

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:50.859
 God's

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.359
 promises

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.819
 to

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.339
 us

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.460
 because

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.880
 we've

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.279
 each

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.019
 sinned

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.220
 and

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.519
 broken

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.039
 God's

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.380
 law

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.319
 and

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.500
 we're

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.660
 in

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:57.900
 need

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.119
 of

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.259
 a

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.660
 redeemer

00:31:58.660 --> 00:32:00.819
 and

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.000
 it's

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.259
 held

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.740
 forth

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.039
 to

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.460
 us

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.640
 and

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:03.799
 the

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.120
 mercy

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.380
 that

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.579
 we're

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.980
 shown

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.360
 is

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:05.799
 Christ

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.360
 himself

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.759
 giving

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.380
 himself

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.740
 on

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:07.900
 the

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.319
 cross

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.200
 we're

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.620
 offered

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:09.880
 that

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:10.360
 rescue

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:10.660
 from

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.100
 sin

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.620
 rescue

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:11.900
 from

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.100
 the

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:12.539
 waters

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.180
 of

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.720
 destruction

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.400
 or

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:14.840
 rescue

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.819
 from

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.440
 destruction

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.000
 of

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.420
 Sodom

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:18.640
 because

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:18.900
 their

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.460
 wickedness

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.660
 is

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:19.960
 great

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.360
 because

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:20.840
 our

00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:21.500
 wickedness

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.720
 is

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.059
 great

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:23.140
 it's

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.319
 in

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.840
 here

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.120
 and

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.340
 not

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:24.720
 simply

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.059
 out

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.440
 there

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.299
 and

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.559
 we're

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.039
 offered

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.840
 mercy

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.600
 in

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:28.740
 the

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.259
 person

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.579
 and

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:29.900
 work

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.220
 of

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.519
 Jesus

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:33.119
 this

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.539
 morning

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.639
 for

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.200
 honest

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.859
 with

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.059
 this

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.539
 story

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.839
 this

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.299
 model

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.519
 that

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.759
 we've

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.039
 seen

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.299
 this

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.819
 design

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.019
 of

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.660
 destruction

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.660
 and

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.400
 grace

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:41.740
 and

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.200
 mercy

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.319
 this

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.799
 story

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.299
 leaves

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.500
 us

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.720
 kind

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:44.839
 of

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.139
 want

00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:45.460
 and

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.059
 hoping

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.379
 and

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.680
 wishing

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.619
 it

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:47.940
 doesn't

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.240
 end

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.519
 on a

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.779
 high

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.019
 note

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.379
 or a

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:49.799
 promising

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.299
 note

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.539
 it's

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:51.819
 because

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.079
 that

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.440
 this

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.599
 is

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:52.779
 not

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:52.980
 the

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.299
 end

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.460
 of

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.619
 the

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.160
 story

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.740
 it

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.000
 should

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.720
 want

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.200
 us

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.879
 we

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.039
 should

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.339
 leave

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:57.859
 wanting

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.319
 something

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:58.920
 more

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.819
 and

00:32:59.819 --> 00:32:59.960
 we

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.299
 should

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:01.099
 want

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.339
 the

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.720
 hope

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.279
 of

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.519
 the

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:02.899
 mercy

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:03.599
 that's

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.980
 offered

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.279
 in

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.440
 the

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.740
 form

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:04.940
 of

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.240
 Jesus

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.740
 because

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:08.579
 Sodom's

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.299
 wickedness

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.799
 is

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.279
 great

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:11.379
 there's

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.759
 a day

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.159
 that

00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.559
 mercy

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.180
 will

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.619
 come

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:15.440
 come

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.940
 quickly

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.539
 Lord

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:16.859
 Jesus

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.500
 let's

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:17.700
 pray

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:19.759
 Lord

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:19.980
 we're

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.279
 reminded

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.559
 this

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.899
 morning

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:21.839
 of

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:21.919
 the

00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.119
 great

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.680
 sin

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.940
 that's

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.259
 on

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.639
 display

00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:25.240
 for us

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.559
 in the

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.879
 lives

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.200
 of your

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.519
 saints

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.980
 and even

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.279
 in the

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.680
 lives

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.680
 of those

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:28.899
 that

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:29.440
 surround

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:31.019
 your

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.680
 people

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.019
 like

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.440
 Abraham

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:33.120
 we

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.380
 pray

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:33.600
 that

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:33.759
 we

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.000
 might

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.220
 be

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.620
 stirred

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:34.920
 in

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.080
 our

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:35.820
 consciences

00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.180
 to

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.660
 see

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.440
 even

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.900
 our

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.440
 great

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.779
 need

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:38.900
 of

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.059
 a

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.360
 savior

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:40.580
 and

00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:40.940
 father

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.580
 as

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:41.700
 we

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.000
 look

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.120
 at

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.240
 the

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.480
 life

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.640
 of

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:42.960
 Abraham

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.299
 we

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.460
 would

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.900
 see

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.200
 his

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.580
 pleas

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:44.799
 for

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.200
 mercy

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.880
 and

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.160
 father

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.480
 those

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.820
 pleas

00:33:46.820 --> 00:33:47.039
 would

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.480
 become

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.759
 our

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.120
 own

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.960
 and

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.080
 we

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.400
 ask

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.660
 this

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:49.860
 in

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.240
 Christ's

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.420
 name

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.100
 amen

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.639
 and

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:51.099
 I