WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.960 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone and I'm one of the pastors here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church and it's my joy to bring God's word to you today. 00:00:11.460 --> 00:00:23.359 A special welcome if you're new or visiting with us. We're glad that you're here and we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats, but because we're following Jesus together as one community. 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:37.679 And as we follow Jesus together, we've become convinced that there's no one so good. They don't need God's grace and no one so bad that they can't have it, which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in his word. 00:00:39.019 --> 00:00:47.939 This morning, we're continuing our series in Genesis. You'll remember that Genesis tells two stories. It tells the story of the origin of the world. 00:00:47.939 --> 00:00:57.719 That's in Genesis chapters 1 through 11. And then in chapters 11 through 50 to the end, it tells us the origin story of God's people of Israel, beginning with Abraham. 00:00:58.420 --> 00:01:06.200 We are focused in on chapters 11 through 25 because we're looking at Abraham's story and we're doing that for two reasons. 00:01:06.700 --> 00:01:14.659 First, it's preparing us to go back into our series in the book of Romans, where we will pick up in Romans chapter 4, which is about Abraham. 00:01:14.659 --> 00:01:21.979 And second, it allows us to answer this question. What does it look like to follow God in faith? 00:01:23.819 --> 00:01:30.259 I told you last week when we were in Genesis chapter 15 that we were in one of the most important passages in Scripture. 00:01:31.340 --> 00:01:37.359 This week, Genesis 16, we're in one of the most painful and tender passages of Scripture. 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:41.159 Painful because of the way that humans act. 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.620 Tender because of the way that God acts. 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:54.079 As we come to this story in chapter 16, we all know the appeal, the temptation of a quick fix. 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:58.539 We know what it's like to wish that things would happen faster. 00:01:59.460 --> 00:02:04.599 We grow tired of waiting for our lives and for circumstances to change. 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:11.780 And so we know the temptation that in the heat of life, we're tempted to choose our way instead of God's way. 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:18.900 We're tempted to go the fast way instead of waiting for God to act. 00:02:19.620 --> 00:02:26.000 This passage we're going to see, Abraham and Sarah face the very same temptation, that very same struggle. 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:29.919 They have been waiting, unable to have children. 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:34.339 Remember, we found that out at the end of chapter 11 at the very beginning. 00:02:34.659 --> 00:02:36.819 What's the first thing we found out about Sarah? 00:02:36.979 --> 00:02:39.560 She is unable to have kids. 00:02:40.119 --> 00:02:42.599 And then chapter 12, there's this great promise. 00:02:42.799 --> 00:02:48.099 God comes to Abraham and says, look, you're going to be the father of this great nation. 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:51.779 The promise is then repeated at the end of chapter 13. 00:02:52.179 --> 00:02:58.339 Last week, chapter 15, remember, Abraham asks God, hey, by the way, what about my heir? 00:02:58.340 --> 00:03:00.640 You made this great promise. 00:03:01.219 --> 00:03:03.319 I still don't have a son. 00:03:04.200 --> 00:03:05.379 And God says, don't worry. 00:03:06.180 --> 00:03:09.819 Your descendants will be as many as the stars. 00:03:11.060 --> 00:03:19.020 And so there's this anxiety, this ache, this impatience as Abraham is caught between the gap, 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:24.099 the gap between God's promises for the future and his current reality. 00:03:24.099 --> 00:03:30.060 And so as we come to this passage, Genesis 16 this morning, we're asking this question. 00:03:31.060 --> 00:03:35.299 What happens when we do things our way instead of God's way? 00:03:36.259 --> 00:03:40.900 What happens when we do things our way instead of God's way? 00:03:41.620 --> 00:03:45.000 With that, I invite you to turn with me to Genesis chapter 16. 00:03:45.740 --> 00:03:49.919 If you're new to the Bible, this is the very first book, so it'll be easy for you to find. 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:52.079 You can turn in your Bible. 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:54.859 You can turn in your worship guide. 00:03:55.799 --> 00:03:57.379 You can turn on your phone. 00:03:58.279 --> 00:04:01.139 No matter where you turn, remember that this is God's word. 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:04.379 And Proverbs chapter 30, verse 5 tells us, 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:06.959 every word of God proves true. 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:12.000 He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 00:04:12.939 --> 00:04:16.500 And so that's why we read now Genesis chapter 16. 00:04:16.500 --> 00:04:22.639 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had born him no children. 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:27.120 She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. 00:04:28.220 --> 00:04:29.560 And Sarai said to Abram, 00:04:30.220 --> 00:04:34.560 Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:37.160 Go into my servant. 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:41.279 It may be that I shall obtain children by her. 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:45.220 And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 00:04:45.220 --> 00:04:49.740 So after Abram had lived 10 years in the land of Canaan, 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:54.820 Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:58.580 and gave her to Abram, her husband, as a wife. 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:02.120 And he went into Hagar, and she conceived. 00:05:03.220 --> 00:05:04.980 And when she saw that she had conceived, 00:05:05.220 --> 00:05:07.360 she looked with contempt on her mistress. 00:05:08.420 --> 00:05:09.980 And Sarai said to Abram, 00:05:10.280 --> 00:05:13.060 May the wrong done to me be on you. 00:05:13.060 --> 00:05:16.339 I gave my servant to your embrace. 00:05:16.579 --> 00:05:18.780 And when she saw that she had conceived, 00:05:18.780 --> 00:05:21.220 she looked on me with contempt. 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:25.240 May the Lord judge between you and me. 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:27.780 But Abram said to Sarai, 00:05:28.060 --> 00:05:30.740 Behold, your servant is in your power. 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:33.220 Do to her as you please. 00:05:34.180 --> 00:05:36.079 Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:37.659 and she fled from her. 00:05:38.620 --> 00:05:39.439 Verse 7. 00:05:40.599 --> 00:05:44.439 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, 00:05:45.139 --> 00:05:46.659 the spring on the way to shore. 00:05:47.599 --> 00:05:48.459 And he said, 00:05:48.719 --> 00:05:50.560 Hagar, servant of Sarai, 00:05:50.899 --> 00:05:52.799 where have you come from, 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:54.699 and where are you going? 00:05:55.699 --> 00:05:56.560 She said, 00:05:56.620 --> 00:05:58.860 I am fleeing from my mistress, Sarai. 00:05:58.860 --> 00:06:01.720 The angel of the Lord said to her, 00:06:02.080 --> 00:06:04.780 Return to your mistress and submit to her. 00:06:05.740 --> 00:06:08.000 The angel of the Lord also said to her, 00:06:08.740 --> 00:06:10.960 I will surely multiply your offspring 00:06:10.960 --> 00:06:14.360 so that they cannot be numbered for multitude. 00:06:15.699 --> 00:06:17.680 And the angel of the Lord said to her, 00:06:18.460 --> 00:06:21.100 Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. 00:06:21.939 --> 00:06:24.199 You shall call his name Ishmael 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:27.280 because the Lord has listened to your affliction. 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:30.979 He shall be a wild donkey of a man, 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:32.879 his hand against everyone, 00:06:33.359 --> 00:06:35.519 and everyone's hand against him. 00:06:36.239 --> 00:06:39.899 And he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen. 00:06:40.659 --> 00:06:42.599 So she called the name of the Lord 00:06:42.599 --> 00:06:44.399 who spoke to her, 00:06:44.979 --> 00:06:46.899 You are a God of seeing. 00:06:47.919 --> 00:06:48.739 For she said, 00:06:48.919 --> 00:06:52.359 Truly here I have seen him who looks after me. 00:06:53.459 --> 00:06:56.419 Therefore the well was called Bir Lahai Roy. 00:06:57.279 --> 00:06:59.639 It lies between Kadesh and Bered. 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:02.859 And Hagar bore Abram a son, 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:05.339 and Abram called the name of his son, 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:06.719 whom Hagar bore, 00:07:07.419 --> 00:07:08.019 Ishmael. 00:07:09.019 --> 00:07:11.500 Abram was 86 years old 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:14.799 when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abraham. 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:17.800 I invite you to pray with me 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:19.920 as we come to this portion of God's word. 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:23.240 Our Father in heaven, 00:07:23.379 --> 00:07:25.980 we praise you and thank you this morning 00:07:25.980 --> 00:07:28.340 that you are a God of seeing. 00:07:30.080 --> 00:07:31.420 That you see us 00:07:31.420 --> 00:07:35.280 in the midst of our struggles and trials and sin, 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:38.400 and that you haven't given up on us, 00:07:38.819 --> 00:07:40.819 but instead you've given us your word, 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:41.680 and even more than that, 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:42.680 you've given us your son. 00:07:43.840 --> 00:07:46.819 And so we ask that you would help us again this morning, 00:07:47.100 --> 00:07:49.920 that you would open up your word to us, 00:07:49.980 --> 00:07:51.439 that we would see it clearly, 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:55.780 that we would grow in our knowledge and love for you, 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:57.780 our obedience to you, 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:00.199 that we would see Jesus Christ 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:01.259 as more and more beautiful. 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:03.740 And we ask all of these things 00:08:03.740 --> 00:08:06.039 in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:06.980 Amen. 00:08:11.659 --> 00:08:16.079 We live in a world of quick fixes. 00:08:16.699 --> 00:08:19.379 We know that not just from others, 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:20.379 but from ourselves. 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:23.000 But the tragic reality is 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:26.759 often our quick fixes make the problem much, much worse. 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:31.519 You may be lonely and decide that to solve that, 00:08:31.599 --> 00:08:34.779 you're going to go onto social media for a little bit, 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:36.580 but researchers tell us 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:38.259 that actually makes us more lonely. 00:08:40.019 --> 00:08:42.139 We live in a culture of radical diets, 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:43.100 and so you may think, 00:08:43.259 --> 00:08:45.120 I'm going to lose weight really fast, 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:46.460 I'm going to go on a crash diet 00:08:46.460 --> 00:08:48.399 by eating almost nothing. 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:50.360 Well, what happens? 00:08:50.419 --> 00:08:51.720 You do lose weight fast, 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:54.799 and then your body goes into starvation mode, 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:58.579 and your metabolism plummets, 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:01.799 and suddenly your problem is much worse than before. 00:09:03.939 --> 00:09:05.199 Kids, you know this as well. 00:09:05.299 --> 00:09:06.659 You get poison ivy, right? 00:09:06.699 --> 00:09:08.019 And it itches so bad. 00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:09.919 And so you think, 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:11.079 well, I'll solve this problem. 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:12.099 I'll scratch it. 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:14.919 What does that do? 00:09:16.379 --> 00:09:18.659 Makes it much, much worse. 00:09:19.699 --> 00:09:21.359 My journey as a homeowner 00:09:21.359 --> 00:09:22.839 could be described in this way, 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:24.780 hiring professionals 00:09:24.780 --> 00:09:28.320 to come in and redo and replace 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:31.240 what previous homeowners thought they could accomplish. 00:09:33.540 --> 00:09:36.820 A quick fix is what Sarah does in this passage. 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:38.780 We find out in verse three 00:09:38.780 --> 00:09:41.300 that she has been waiting for a long time. 00:09:41.560 --> 00:09:45.100 She has, in fact, been waiting for 10 full years, 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:50.139 and she has decided it is time to wait no more. 00:09:50.779 --> 00:09:51.960 God has promised her, 00:09:52.659 --> 00:09:55.500 promised Abram that great nations will come from him, 00:09:55.820 --> 00:09:57.820 and yet not only do they not have great nations, 00:09:58.259 --> 00:09:59.639 they don't have a single child. 00:10:01.139 --> 00:10:03.540 She blames God in verses two and three, 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:05.420 and this is true in a sense. 00:10:05.779 --> 00:10:09.560 It is true that God has prevented her from having kids. 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:14.539 What she doesn't say is the other half of the story 00:10:14.539 --> 00:10:17.459 that God has promised. 00:10:19.339 --> 00:10:19.739 Right? 00:10:19.819 --> 00:10:22.339 She knows that she doesn't have a child. 00:10:22.459 --> 00:10:25.919 What she forgets is that she can hold on to his promise 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:30.139 that he is going to come and answer. 00:10:31.119 --> 00:10:32.299 And so in the midst of that tension, 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:34.559 in the midst of her ache and anxiety and impatience, 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:37.959 Sarah takes things into her own hands, 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:40.480 fails to trust God. 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:43.220 This plan that she concocts, 00:10:43.560 --> 00:10:47.960 and the words that are used actually echo Genesis chapter three. 00:10:48.780 --> 00:10:50.200 If you're familiar with the book of Genesis, 00:10:50.379 --> 00:10:53.160 you know that chapter three is when Adam and Eve 00:10:53.160 --> 00:10:56.320 rebel against God by eating the forbidden fruit. 00:10:57.580 --> 00:11:00.080 Here, verse three, we're told she takes Hagar 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:03.320 and gives Hagar to her husband. 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:06.420 Genesis chapter three, 00:11:06.419 --> 00:11:09.419 Eve takes the forbidden fruit, 00:11:10.419 --> 00:11:12.259 gives it to her husband. 00:11:15.459 --> 00:11:16.779 Here, verse two, 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:19.479 Abram listened to the voice of Sarah. 00:11:20.579 --> 00:11:21.899 Genesis chapter three, 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:24.539 God comes to confront Adam and Eve, 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:25.620 and what does he say to Adam? 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:29.139 You listen to the voice of your wife. 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:32.719 And so the narrator is telling us, 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:34.580 look, when Abraham and Sarah do this, 00:11:34.660 --> 00:11:38.820 they are reenacting Genesis three all over again. 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:44.639 They are failing to trust God's word all over again. 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:48.440 And so the results are predictable here. 00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:50.940 We ignore God's ways. 00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:54.100 It does not fix our problems. 00:11:54.800 --> 00:11:57.759 It makes them much, much worse. 00:11:57.759 --> 00:11:59.759 It makes them worse in two ways. 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:02.939 First, we hurt ourselves. 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:05.939 Notice what happens in verses five and six. 00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:08.679 Sarah gets exactly what she wants. 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:10.759 What she's asked for comes true. 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:12.220 And what's her response? 00:12:13.259 --> 00:12:15.559 She is filled with rage. 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:22.879 She's livid with Abraham for going along with her plan. 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:27.500 Her shame and her frustration are actually worse 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:28.779 than they were before. 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:33.740 She now has this daily reminder that Hagar is able. 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:36.259 She is unable, right? 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:39.620 She has this raw anger in verses five through six, 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:40.759 which reminds us, 00:12:41.299 --> 00:12:44.759 it's when our plans are thwarted 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:48.000 that we really get to know ourselves. 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:52.159 It's our emotions that tell the truth. 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:55.179 When we're angry or sad, 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:58.939 we get to find out what's really important to us. 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.639 Not only is she filled with rage, 00:13:04.340 --> 00:13:06.439 the narrator here makes it clear to us 00:13:06.439 --> 00:13:07.939 her plan did not work. 00:13:08.620 --> 00:13:09.919 It worked in one sense. 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.360 It works in the sense that Hagar does, 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:13.679 in fact, become pregnant. 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:15.419 It fails in another. 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:17.500 Look with me at verse two. 00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:20.659 The plan here is, 00:13:21.139 --> 00:13:23.799 I shall obtain children by her. 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:27.100 The goal is that Sarai has a kid. 00:13:27.740 --> 00:13:29.120 Now go to the end of the chapter. 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:31.600 Verse 15, 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:34.519 Abram called the name of his son, 00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:37.279 whom Hagar bore. 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.899 Verse 16, 00:13:40.460 --> 00:13:44.500 Abram was 86 years old when Hagar bore. 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:46.519 In other words, 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:48.940 this is not Sarai's child. 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:54.419 The plan in an ultimate sense has not worked. 00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:59.139 Hagar's gonna bear a child for me? 00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:00.899 No. 00:14:00.899 --> 00:14:05.259 Hagar is going to bear a child for Hagar. 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:09.079 It's not just Sarai who hurts himself. 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:10.799 Abram also hurts himself. 00:14:11.199 --> 00:14:12.539 What does Abram want? 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:15.199 He wants what any husband wants, 00:14:15.819 --> 00:14:16.240 peace. 00:14:18.139 --> 00:14:18.699 Fortunately, 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:21.819 he wants peace at any cost, right? 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:23.679 And so instead of getting peace, 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:24.860 he gets the opposite. 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:28.639 He gets his wife cursing and yelling at him. 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:30.759 As we look at verses five through six, 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:32.519 we can say on the one hand, 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:35.740 Sarai's anger is irrational, right? 00:14:36.819 --> 00:14:37.500 On the other hand, 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:38.159 it's justified. 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:41.139 It's irrational in the sense 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:43.299 that she actually asked for this. 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:45.340 It's irrational that Abram 00:14:45.340 --> 00:14:47.319 did exactly what she said. 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:50.519 It's justified in another sense. 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:54.100 Abram should have known better. 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:57.840 What is God saying when he says, 00:14:57.940 --> 00:14:59.360 hey, Abram, you listened to your wife? 00:14:59.420 --> 00:14:59.820 He's saying, 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:02.000 you should have been leading your family. 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:04.759 She's saying this to him, 00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:06.580 why did you let me do that? 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:09.700 You should have known 00:15:09.700 --> 00:15:13.100 that I wasn't thinking straight, right? 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:15.060 You knew I was overcome 00:15:15.060 --> 00:15:17.100 with my own pain and shame. 00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.740 Shame. 00:15:18.920 --> 00:15:20.600 Why didn't you stop it? 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:24.240 You chose the easy way 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:26.580 rather than the right way. 00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:29.860 Unfortunately, 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:31.840 we don't just hurt ourselves. 00:15:32.920 --> 00:15:35.000 We also hurt others. 00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:36.879 Hagar ends up 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:38.379 as the collateral damage 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.420 of this passage. 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:41.300 Verse six, 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:43.680 she is driven out. 00:15:45.040 --> 00:15:45.500 Abram says, 00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.879 look, your servant's in your power, 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.840 so he's continuing 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.940 to try to have peace. 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.700 Do to her as you please. 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:53.480 Then Sarai dealt harshly with her 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:55.299 and she fled from her. 00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:59.000 Notice before that moment, 00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:02.019 the way that Abram and Sarai 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:04.120 speak about Hagar. 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:05.340 This is gonna become important 00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:05.799 in a moment. 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:09.100 They are unable 00:16:09.100 --> 00:16:11.700 to refer to her by name. 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:14.600 Verse two, 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:17.899 a female Egyptian servant. 00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:18.240 Sorry, 00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:19.120 verse two, 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.980 go to my servant. 00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:24.100 Verse five, 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.540 my servant. 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:27.340 Verse six, 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:28.519 your servant. 00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:31.820 When it comes to Abram and Sarai, 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.600 Hagar has no name. 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:40.220 When we do things our way 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:41.800 and not God's way, 00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:45.200 we end up using 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:47.320 and dehumanizing 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:49.200 the people around us. 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.800 God's laws, 00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:53.879 what we're seeing here, 00:16:53.920 --> 00:16:54.860 are not arbitrary. 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.680 They come out 00:16:57.680 --> 00:16:59.200 of his fatherly care 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:00.160 that he wants 00:17:00.160 --> 00:17:01.379 only for us 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.320 what is best. 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:09.100 And so Sarai and Abraham 00:17:09.100 --> 00:17:11.039 choose to learn that 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:12.500 the hard way. 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:15.920 Sarai loses her servant. 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:20.360 Abram loses his peace. 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:24.700 Hagar loses her home. 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:27.900 everyone loses. 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:33.299 Now it'd be easy 00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:34.140 for us at this point 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:34.960 to throw them 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.740 under the bus 00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.880 for what's happened here. 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:38.420 The reality is 00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:39.279 that what Hagar 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.500 happens to her here 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:41.019 is actually 00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:42.640 a common cultural practice. 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:44.220 In the ancient Near East, 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:45.759 if you can't have a kid 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.860 and you're wealthy enough 00:17:46.860 --> 00:17:47.680 to have a servant, 00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:49.420 this is the accepted wisdom. 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.180 This is the way 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.840 of the world. 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:52.279 This is just 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:53.279 what you do, 00:17:53.340 --> 00:17:53.559 right? 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:55.539 If you have enough money, 00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:57.059 if you have enough resources, 00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:59.059 why not? 00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.960 Just like Sarai, 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:07.159 we are tempted 00:18:07.159 --> 00:18:08.799 to do things our way 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:11.079 rather than God's way 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:13.259 in the midst 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:14.679 of our own impatience 00:18:14.679 --> 00:18:15.500 and pain. 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:18.919 Sarai has a hard time 00:18:18.919 --> 00:18:20.240 waiting 10 years. 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:23.859 In our culture, 00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:25.000 we have a hard time 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.200 waiting 10 days, 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:28.420 if not 10 minutes. 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:30.920 Sarai and Abraham 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.559 knew nothing 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:33.400 of two-day prime delivery. 00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:36.819 We, in fact, 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:38.240 want the most efficient way, 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:38.480 right? 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:39.200 We want things 00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:40.160 to be fast 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:41.019 and practical. 00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:43.160 We want to have 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:43.980 justice now. 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:46.559 And so instead 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:47.519 of waiting on God 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:48.180 to act, 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:50.059 we do it ourselves 00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:51.120 through our gossip. 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.900 We see riots 00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:56.480 more and more 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.299 across our country 00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:58.079 as people believe 00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:59.120 it is up to us 00:18:59.120 --> 00:19:00.120 and only us 00:19:00.120 --> 00:19:01.759 to make things right. 00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:05.860 You may be married 00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:06.700 and you've seen 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.759 the dreams 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.380 of what you thought 00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:08.920 your marriage 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.880 would be shattered. 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:12.260 and instead 00:19:12.260 --> 00:19:12.620 of doing 00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:13.600 the hard work 00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:14.260 of rebuilding, 00:19:15.300 --> 00:19:17.360 you bury yourself 00:19:17.360 --> 00:19:18.840 in kids 00:19:18.840 --> 00:19:19.460 or work. 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.460 Maybe you're single 00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:25.200 and you want 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:25.840 desperately 00:19:25.840 --> 00:19:26.660 to be married 00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:28.880 and you're tired 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:29.380 of waiting. 00:19:30.560 --> 00:19:31.620 And so you decide, 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.120 you know what I'm going 00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:32.380 to do? 00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:33.000 I'm going to date 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.520 someone 00:19:33.520 --> 00:19:35.680 who does not share 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.540 my deepest 00:19:36.540 --> 00:19:37.080 commitments 00:19:37.080 --> 00:19:37.860 and values. 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:39.639 because being 00:19:39.639 --> 00:19:40.379 with someone 00:19:40.379 --> 00:19:40.959 is better 00:19:40.959 --> 00:19:41.619 than no one, 00:19:41.659 --> 00:19:41.879 right? 00:19:43.139 --> 00:19:44.079 God has not 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:44.759 brought me 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.279 someone who 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:46.240 believes in him. 00:19:46.379 --> 00:19:47.399 I will find 00:19:47.399 --> 00:19:48.519 a Hagar. 00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:50.539 Of course, 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:50.939 the problem 00:19:50.939 --> 00:19:51.459 is this. 00:19:52.699 --> 00:19:53.559 There are more, 00:19:54.139 --> 00:19:54.719 there's more 00:19:54.719 --> 00:19:55.359 than one way 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:55.939 to be lonely. 00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.479 One of those 00:19:59.479 --> 00:20:00.139 is worse 00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:01.240 than the other. 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.519 Parents, 00:20:05.939 --> 00:20:06.899 temptation, 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.240 right? 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.779 like Abram 00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.400 is to want 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:08.920 peace 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.920 and comfort. 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.500 And so you decide, 00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:12.799 you know, 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.279 I'm not going 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.720 to discipline 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.359 my kids. 00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:16.680 Of course, 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.079 if you don't 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.859 discipline now, 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:19.859 things will be 00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.180 much, 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.920 much worse 00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:22.019 later. 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:26.500 We always 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:27.140 constantly 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:28.099 face this 00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.660 temptation, 00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.880 the temptation 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.539 to do things 00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.519 the fast way 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:33.039 rather than 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.579 to wait 00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.680 for God. 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:34.759 Amen. 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:34.759 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:34.759 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:34.759 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.200 Where do we 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.799 get the power 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.099 though? 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.539 Where do we 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.120 get the power 00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:42.980 to do things 00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:44.559 God's way 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:46.240 and not our 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.460 way? 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.880 To find that out, 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:49.140 we're going to 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.740 have to move 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.640 away from 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.200 Abram and 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.579 Sarai. 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.200 They're negative 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:53.240 examples for us 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.720 and we have to 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.460 turn to Hagar. 00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.079 Hagar here in 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.579 this passage 00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:57.519 is the one 00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.960 person who 00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.660 is willing 00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.720 to trust 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.359 God. 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.399 God. 00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.419 It's not the 00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.439 heroes of the 00:21:05.439 --> 00:21:06.719 faith who 00:21:06.719 --> 00:21:07.399 help us here. 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.899 It's an 00:21:08.899 --> 00:21:09.379 unexpected 00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:10.019 character. 00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.519 It's the 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.339 Egyptian slave 00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.579 woman. 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.419 She's the one 00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:15.339 who shows us 00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:16.419 what it looks 00:21:16.419 --> 00:21:17.179 like to trust 00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:17.819 God. 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:20.179 In verse 6, 00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:21.199 she flees. 00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.839 In verse 7, 00:21:22.919 --> 00:21:23.500 we find out 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.059 she's near the 00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.799 border of Egypt 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.359 which makes 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:26.000 sense, right? 00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.339 Remember, 00:21:26.439 --> 00:21:26.779 she's an 00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.659 Egyptian woman. 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:28.699 Of course, 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.619 she is fleeing 00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.399 to head back 00:21:30.399 --> 00:21:30.740 home. 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.119 It's possible 00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:33.439 that she 00:21:33.439 --> 00:21:34.319 became part 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.279 of Abram 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.759 and Sarai's 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.399 family back 00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:36.679 when they 00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.059 were in 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.379 Egypt. 00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:37.799 Remember, 00:21:37.959 --> 00:21:38.399 at the end 00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:38.919 of chapter 00:21:38.919 --> 00:21:39.819 12. 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.899 She's on 00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.439 the return. 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:41.979 She's going 00:21:41.979 --> 00:21:42.559 back to her 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:42.879 home. 00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:43.979 Verse 7, 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.740 this angel 00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.500 of the Lord 00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.359 meets her. 00:21:47.179 --> 00:21:47.659 There's a 00:21:47.659 --> 00:21:48.279 debate over 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.879 the angel. 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:49.879 People ask 00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.479 questions like, 00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.039 is the angel 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.439 God? 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.099 Is the angel 00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.759 a representative 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.419 of God? 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.459 I'm just 00:21:54.459 --> 00:21:54.779 going to make 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.159 it really 00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:55.740 simple for 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.000 us. 00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.579 Whatever 00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.199 the angel 00:21:58.199 --> 00:21:58.899 sees, 00:21:59.359 --> 00:21:59.619 God 00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.019 sees. 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.119 Whatever 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.719 angel 00:22:02.719 --> 00:22:03.519 says, 00:22:03.959 --> 00:22:04.439 God 00:22:04.439 --> 00:22:05.399 says. 00:22:06.159 --> 00:22:06.599 Whether 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.139 it's God, 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.539 whether it's 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.240 pre-incarnate 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.659 Christ, 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.199 whether it's 00:22:09.199 --> 00:22:09.719 an angel, 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.839 those things 00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.319 are true, 00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:11.659 okay? 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.799 Abram and 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.399 Sarai have 00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.359 had a hard 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:16.159 call to 00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.659 wait. 00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.919 That's why 00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.719 Sarai accuses 00:22:19.719 --> 00:22:20.039 God. 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.679 Verses 2 and 00:22:20.679 --> 00:22:20.879 3, 00:22:20.959 --> 00:22:21.599 you haven't 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:22.179 given me a 00:22:22.179 --> 00:22:22.579 child. 00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:24.979 Hagar 00:22:24.979 --> 00:22:24.979 00:22:24.979 --> 00:22:25.240 Hagar 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:27.179 also receives 00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:28.000 a hard 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.759 call. 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.920 Verse 9, 00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.259 the angel 00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.560 of the 00:22:32.560 --> 00:22:33.060 Lord said 00:22:33.060 --> 00:22:33.500 to her, 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.640 return to 00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:34.900 your 00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.320 mistress 00:22:35.320 --> 00:22:36.400 and 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:36.960 submit 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.660 to her. 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:42.000 Return to 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.360 the woman 00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.759 who won't 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.120 call you 00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.480 by your 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:43.720 name. 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.380 Return 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:47.220 to the 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.080 house of 00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:48.860 dysfunction 00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:50.440 and shame 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.940 and anxiety. 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:55.680 return. 00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.759 It will 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.440 not be 00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.100 a quick 00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.860 fix. 00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.740 Return 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:05.320 and just 00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:05.680 wait. 00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.460 Return 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:08.980 to Sarai 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.360 who's a 00:23:09.360 --> 00:23:09.720 hard 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.120 mistress. 00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.799 Return 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.220 to a 00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.580 place 00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:14.059 where 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:15.299 you have 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.860 a child 00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.279 but no 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.740 power. 00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.620 What 00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:19.779 does 00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.019 Hagar 00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.299 do? 00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.700 She 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.120 takes 00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:23.559 God 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:23.860 at his 00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.240 word 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:25.279 and she 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.559 goes 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:25.900 back. 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.740 We know 00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.180 that because 00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.580 in verses 00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.140 15 and 00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.600 16 it 00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:30.160 tells us 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:31.100 she bore 00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:32.019 Abram 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.980 a son. 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.559 What is 00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:37.259 it that's 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.759 different 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.840 about 00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.140 Hagar? 00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:41.559 Why is 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.320 she able 00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.940 to trust 00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.320 God 00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:43.920 and return? 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.440 It's 00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:46.840 for one 00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.240 reason 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.980 and one 00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.259 reason 00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.580 only. 00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.600 God 00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.120 and his 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:52.199 overwhelming 00:23:52.199 --> 00:23:53.039 grace. 00:23:54.959 --> 00:23:55.379 Remember 00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:55.719 I told 00:23:55.719 --> 00:23:55.959 you this 00:23:55.959 --> 00:23:56.659 passage is 00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.259 painful 00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.639 and tender. 00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:00.419 It's 00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:00.839 painful 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.419 because of 00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:01.719 human 00:24:01.719 --> 00:24:02.199 failing. 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.000 It's 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.399 tender 00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:04.599 because of 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.579 God's 00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.139 mercy. 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.459 Verse 00:24:07.459 --> 00:24:07.839 seven. 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:08.619 The 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.479 angel of 00:24:09.479 --> 00:24:09.659 the 00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:10.019 Lord 00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.739 found 00:24:10.739 --> 00:24:11.019 her. 00:24:13.459 --> 00:24:13.759 Hagar 00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.719 is not 00:24:14.719 --> 00:24:15.299 looking 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.179 for God 00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:18.759 but God 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