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 Bibles with you, please open them up to Genesis chapter 12.

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 Well, this morning in Sunday school, we were looking at Paul's letter to the church at Colossae,

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 and one of the things that we heard there is just how excited and thankful Paul was

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 that the church there were people of faith and love.

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 And as a church here in Davidson, that's what we want to be known for too.

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 We want to be known for our faith in Jesus Christ and our love not only for one another,

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 but for people outside of our church, in our community.

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 And this morning marks the start of a new series of messages,

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 and faith is very much going to be one of the central themes of this series.

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 Time and time again, the apostles, they would point back in their letters

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 to the stories of men of faith in the Old Testament and hold them up as examples to follow.

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 And so there's a lot that we can learn from some of the stories in the Old Testament

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 about what it means to actually have faith and live by faith in Jesus.

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 And so for the next number of weeks, we're going to be looking at the story of Abraham.

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 He's kind of the, some have said, the father of our faith.

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 We're going to be digging into his story and understanding what God has to say to us through his life.

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 In Paul's letter to, to the church at Rome, he said this,

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 for everything that was written in the past was written to teach us so that through the endurance taught in the scriptures

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 and the encouragement they provide, we might have hope.

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 He also wrote to Timothy and encouraged him to hold fast to the Old Testament scriptures.

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 He said, because they are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

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 They're able to equip you for every good work.

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 And so as we look back on this story of Abraham,

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 we are looking to see how the Lord will use that to equip us for every good work

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 and to teach us about what it means to live and to walk by faith.

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 Genesis 12 verse 1 begins this way.

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 The Lord said to Abram.

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 It's kind of an interesting thing that all of a sudden in this story,

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 we go, we go right into dialogue.

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 We go right into a conversation between the Lord and Abram.

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 And part of the reason that's surprising is because of what comes before this in Genesis.

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 Moses has written and told us about the creation of the world.

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 He's then gone on to describe the rebellion and how God,

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 he gave a command and humanity, our first parents, broke that command.

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 They rebelled against him.

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 Sin entered the world.

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 Corruption entered the world.

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 After that, he moved on to describe how things got worse and worse and worse and worse.

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 All kinds of evil abounding to the point where God sent a flood to destroy almost everyone

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 except Noah and his family.

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 It was kind of a bit of a restart there with Noah and his family.

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 And then from there, Noah was a righteous man.

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 And so we would hope that it would kind of begin to trend in the right direction

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 and things would go well.

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 But it began to spiral downward again.

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 People just kind of living according to the sin in their hearts,

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 their own selfish desires, holding sway until they hit another low point,

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 another kind of global event, the Tower of Babel,

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 where in pride they sought to exalt themselves rather than God

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 and build this great tower, a place of worship, but not to the Lord.

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 And it was there that the Lord confused their languages

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 and they were scattered over the face of the earth.

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 And so, so far in this story, it's been big events.

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 It's been worldwide events.

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 And then almost out of nowhere, Moses focuses in on this one guy, Abraham.

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 Abraham was what he went by back then.

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 And we're kind of left to wonder, why Abraham?

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 Who is this guy?

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 Moses gives us a little bit of detail here.

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 He kind of traces Abraham's lineage down from Shem, one of the sons of Noah.

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 Abraham was Shem's great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather.

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 And, or sorry, Shem was Abraham's great times seven grandfather.

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 The lifespan of people was still kind of working its way down

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 from up in the 900s in the days of Noah.

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 And so Shem was actually alive at the same time as Abram was born.

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 Noah actually only died about 42 years before Abram was born,

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 which is pretty amazing.

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 He traces his lineage and he tells us just a little bit about Abram and his family.

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 Abram had a dad named Terah and he had two brothers.

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 And they lived together in a city called Ur.

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 And Ur is kind of along the Euphrates River.

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 It's in modern day Iraq.

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 It's kind of, I think, 300 kilometers southeast of Baghdad towards the Persian Gulf.

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 We've actually found the ruins of what was there.

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 And there's been quite a lot of excavation and archaeology kind of work done there.

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 That's where Abram grew up with his father and his brothers.

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 And Moses gives us two key details about Abram's family.

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 His brother, he died at an early age and he kind of left a son, Lot.

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 Lot's going to be a part of this story, as we'll see.

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 Another key detail, however, is that Abram's wife, Sarai, is barren.

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 She's not able to conceive and bear children.

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 And this is really all that we know about Abram until we come to chapter 12 of Genesis here.

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 Stephen, later on, many years later, thousands of years later in the New Testament,

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 as he's telling the story about Abraham, this is what he said.

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 He said,

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 And so this, what we're going to read this morning is the account of what happened in that moment

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 when the Lord, the God of glory, the one who created the world and everything in it,

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 appeared to Abraham.

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 Genesis 12, verse 1.

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 The Lord said to Abraham,

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 Go from your country, your people, and your father's household to the land I will show you.

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 The first thing that the Lord says to Abraham is a command.

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 It's a directive.

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 Go.

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 Leave your country, Babylonia, ancient Babylonia.

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 Leave your people.

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 Your clan, your relatives, your extended family, the city of Ur.

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 Leave that all behind and go to the land that I will show you.

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 Now imagine for a moment what that would have been like.

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 I mean, imagine that here you are, modern times.

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 Let's say you're in your bedroom, making your bed.

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 And then all of a sudden, the God of glory appears to you.

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 And we don't know what that was like for Abraham.

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 It doesn't tell us what he saw, what he experienced in that moment.

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 But the God of glory appears to you, Yahweh, the Lord.

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 And he says, Go.

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 I want you to pack your bags, load up your moving truck, and leave your country.

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 Leave Canada, Saskatchewan, Davidson, and go to the land I will show you.

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 Wow.

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 Wow.

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 Wow.

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 That's quite the thing to ask of someone.

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 It's quite the thing to expect that if you ask someone to do that, they'll actually do it.

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 Unless, of course, you are the Lord of glory.

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 God says, Go to the land I will show you.

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 He doesn't even tell him where he's going.

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 The destination is not clear.

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 And so you can imagine Abraham as he's thinking about this.

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 How do I prepare for this?

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 How do I pack for this?

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 What do I put in the suitcase?

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 I mean, this is not just like a trip to Hawaii for a vacation.

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 You know, pack my sandals, pack my sunscreen, and that kind of stuff.

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 He has no idea where he's going.

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 All he knows is he's going out of country, which is far away.

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 So we're going to need some heavy-duty pulling animals and equipment and carts.

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 We're going to, who knows how long this is going to be.

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 We're going to need some tents.

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 This is a big deal.

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 To leave it all behind.

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 Move and go.

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 And yet, not even a hint is to where in this moment.

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 But in those words, to the land I will show you,

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 there's also a faint whisper, a faint promise

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 of an ongoing relationship with the Lord.

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 This is not just going to be a one-moment thing.

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 Just do what I want you to do, and then never hear from the Lord again.

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 No, go to the land I will show you.

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 At a future time, I will appear to you again.

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 I will speak to you again.

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 I will show you where to go.

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 And there's more.

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 The Lord goes on.

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 He says,

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 I will make you into a great nation.

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 And I will bless you.

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 I will make your name great.

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 And you will be a blessing.

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 I will bless those who bless you.

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 And whoever curses you, I will curse.

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 And all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.

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 Wow.

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 Wow.

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 What a thing to have said to you by the Lord of glory.

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 I mean, even just think for a moment of how this story has gone so far.

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 Humanity has rebelled against the Lord.

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 It got so bad that he wiped almost everybody out with a flood and restarted.

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 And then it got bad again all the way down to the Tower of Babel.

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 And it's continuing in that direction.

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 This is kind of the last thing that we expect to read.

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 God appears to a man and says,

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 not I will punish you.

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 Not the gavel is coming down upon you.

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 This is enough.

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 But I want to bless you.

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 I want to bless your socks off.

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 I'm going to make you into a great nation.

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 And not only that.

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 At the end, he says,

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 all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.

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 Maybe the story of this one man that seems to come out of nowhere

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 actually has more to do with this big story of the world than we originally thought.

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 What an unexpected mercy

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 and gift of grace

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 in a world that is spiraling downward and out of control.

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 God promises seven things.

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 Seven statements he makes.

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 I will make you into a great nation.

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 What a thing to promise.

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 I'm going to make you into a whole country.

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 a great country.

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 And not just an average country.

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 A great one.

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 I will bless you.

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 I will put my special favor on your life.

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 I will make your name great.

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 I'm going to make you famous in the best way

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 so that you're revered and you're respected

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 among all the people.

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 Verse 3.

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 I will bless those who bless you, Abraham.

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 And I will curse whoever curses you.

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 Just in case anybody would come and threaten what I've promised to you,

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 I'll deal with them.

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 I'll be against them if they're against you.

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 You'll be under my watch,

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 my care,

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 my protection.

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 And if they're for you,

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 then I'll bless them.

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 What an amazing thing to promise to a person.

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 And finally,

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 you will be a blessing.

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 All peoples on earth

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 will be blessed through you.

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 As good as all these things are,

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 Abraham,

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 this is not just about you.

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 My plan and my purpose

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 is to bless all the families of the earth

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 through you.

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 That's the last thing that I was expecting to hear

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 out of the mouth of the Lord

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 after everything that came before this.

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 I want to bless.

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 I want to be gracious.

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 I want to show my kindness and goodness

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 to this world of people

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 who are sinning and rebelling against me.

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 Not just a few people,

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 not just you, Abraham,

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 but all the families of the earth.

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 Worldwide.

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 What an amazing promise.

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 So would you do it?

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 Would you pack it all up,

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 load up the moving truck,

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 and leave your country

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 after hearing this?

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 Verse four.

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 So Abram went as the Lord had told him.

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 And Lot went with him.

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 Abram was 75 years old

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 when he set out from Haran.

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 He took his wife Sarai,

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 his nephew Lot,

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 all the possessions they had accumulated

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 and the people they had acquired in Haran,

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 and they set out for the land of Canaan.

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 And they arrived there.

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 There's a bit of a timing issue here.

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 You kind of hear that with the story of Haran.

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 But basically,

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 some of this is made up for in chapter 11.

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 Abram was called by God

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 when he was in Ur.

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 He packed up,

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 and he decided to go.

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 And his dad actually decided to go with him,

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 Tara.

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 And Lot came as well.

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 They traveled 1,000 kilometers northwest

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 along the Euphrates River.

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 And remember,

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 they weren't flying,

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 they weren't driving.

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 They were walking,

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 or they were on animals.

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 They were packing major

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 with this caravan here.

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 They came to a city called Haran,

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 which is kind of the southern border of Turkey.

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 Abram's dad, Tara,

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 decided he's going to stay there.

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 They settled there for a little while,

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 and then probably the Lord

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 appeared to Abram again

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 and encouraged him,

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 it's time to go.

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 It's time to move on to the land

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 that I promised to you.

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 And so Abram leaves his dad,

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 Tara,

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 literally he leaves his father's household.

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 He takes Lot with him,

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 along with all that they had accumulated

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 while they were in Haran already.

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 The Lord is beginning to prosper,

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 Abram,

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 and bless him.

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 And they go down

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 into the land of Canaan.

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 The land of Canaan,

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 of course,

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 is called that

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 because Canaan,

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 the grandson of Noah,

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 his descendants,

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 had settled in that region.

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 And Moses tells us

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 that Abram traveled through the land

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 as far as the site

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 of the great tree of Morah

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 at Shechem.

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 At that time,

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 the Canaanites were in the land.

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 The Lord appeared to Abram

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 and said,

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 To your offspring,

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 I will give this land.

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 So he built an altar there

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 to the Lord

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 who had appeared to him.

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 So yes,

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 Abraham did

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:12.360
 what the Lord told him to do.

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 He just kind of simply accepted,

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 Yes,

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 you'll show me where to go.

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 And he moved

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 all the way from Ur,

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 thousands of kilometers,

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 around the Fertile Crescent

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 into Canaan.

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 Can you imagine

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 what he must have been feeling

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 as he kind of rolled into town?

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 People there are kind of like,

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 Who are you?

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 Nobody,

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 you're not related to anybody I know.

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 You know,

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 like,

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.380
 Man,

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 this guy looks like he's come

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 from a long ways away.

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 Who's your grandfather?

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 Who's your,

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 you know?

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 He's a foreigner.

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 He walks into the land of Canaan.

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 He goes to a town

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 called Shechem,

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 which is kind of partway

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 into Israel,

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 or the land of Canaan

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 as it was known.

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 And the Lord appears to him again.

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 Verse 7.

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 The Lord says to Abraham,

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 To your offspring,

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 literally,

00:20:14.320 --> 00:20:15.180
 to your seed,

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 to your offspring,

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 I will give this land.

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 I mean,

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 think about that.

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 Just to put this into perspective,

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 it's maybe not the same size of land,

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 but imagine that you walked into

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 Montana,

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 and the Lord appeared to you

00:20:38.979 --> 00:20:39.299
 and said,

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 I'm going to give this land to you

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 and to your offspring.

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 Like,

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 what?

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:48.299
 Just before this,

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:49.600
 Moses has already made it

00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:50.600
 quite clear

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 that at that time,

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 the Canaanites were in the land.

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 This land is occupied.

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 It belongs to someone else.

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 Abraham's here as a foreigner.

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 Here he is,

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 sitting in his tent.

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 And the Lord says to him,

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 I'm going to give this land

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 to your offspring.

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 You've got to wonder

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 what was going on in Abraham's mind

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 as he heard that.

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 Like,

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.599
 how?

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 How are you going to do that?

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 When is this going to happen?

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.199
 Like,

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 that's crazy.

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 And yet,

00:21:30.179 --> 00:21:31.339
 that's what the Lord promised.

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 And it seems that Abraham

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:35.399
 just took his word for it.

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.619
 He responded.

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.379
 He built an altar there

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:38.980
 to the Lord

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:40.480
 who had appeared to them.

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:42.399
 He worshipped the Lord.

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.639
 From there,

00:21:45.399 --> 00:21:46.859
 he went on toward the hills

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.720
 east of Bethel

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 and pitched his tent

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:50.220
 with Bethel on the west

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:51.339
 and Ai on the east.

00:21:51.919 --> 00:21:53.019
 There he built an altar

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.740
 to the Lord

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 and called on the name

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 of the Lord.

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 Then Abraham set out

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 and continued toward the Negev.

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 So Abraham's working his way

00:22:00.959 --> 00:22:01.819
 southward

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:03.059
 through the land of Canaan.

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:05.059
 He's getting the lay of the land.

00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:06.980
 He's kind of going towards

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:09.579
 the southernmost boundary,

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.419
 the desert.

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 And all this time,

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:15.399
 this promise is rolling around

00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:16.819
 in his head.

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 To your offspring,

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:20.399
 I will give this land.

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.879
 When he comes down

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 to this second place

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 near Bethel

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 where he pitches his tent,

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 it says,

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.759
 he built an altar

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.599
 to the Lord there

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.339
 and he called

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 on the name of the Lord.

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 This is a two-way relationship

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.579
 between Abraham

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 and the Lord.

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 It's not just

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:40.879
 the Lord appears,

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.319
 gives instructions,

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.539
 and then Abraham

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.440
 doesn't hear from him

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.180
 for a long time

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.700
 and wonders,

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.660
 well, what's going on?

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.639
 No, Abraham,

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:50.000
 this is two-way.

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.240
 This time,

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.539
 in the second place,

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.000
 he camps.

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.500
 Abraham,

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.759
 he builds an altar

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.519
 and he calls

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.460
 on the name of the Lord.

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 What do I do?

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.240
 Where do I go?

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:00.620
 Where do I settle

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.359
 in this land?

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.720
 We don't know exactly

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:06.440
 what he asked of God.

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:11.660
 But this is a two-way relationship.

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.799
 Which kind of brings us

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.839
 to this big question

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:17.120
 that is kind of,

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.660
 I hope,

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.740
 bubbling under the surface

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.400
 for all of us

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 of why Abraham?

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:24.019
 Out of all the people

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.559
 on earth,

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.640
 why does God

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:28.500
 pick Abram?

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.340
 As one of my favorite

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:32.100
 commentators,

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.960
 Dale Ralph Davis,

00:23:34.540 --> 00:23:35.000
 says,

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:35.840
 we kind of have

00:23:35.840 --> 00:23:36.660
 this stereotype

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.420
 of Abraham.

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.160
 We see him

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:40.580
 as this kind,

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:43.440
 grandfatherly old man

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.680
 with a long beard.

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:48.520
 God probably chose him

00:23:48.520 --> 00:23:49.580
 because of how righteous

00:23:49.580 --> 00:23:50.340
 he was,

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:51.900
 just like Noah.

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:55.400
 But the surprising thing

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.519
 is that this is not

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.620
 the picture of Abraham

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:59.780
 that the Bible gives us.

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.420
 In fact,

00:24:01.540 --> 00:24:02.360
 there's indications

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:04.340
 that it's the opposite.

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.560
 Joshua,

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.500
 much later in the story,

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.759
 as he's reminding

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.700
 the people of Israel

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.340
 of where they got

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:12.800
 their start,

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.420
 he said this,

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.759
 he said,

00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:15.320
 long ago your ancestors,

00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:16.400
 including Terah,

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.880
 the father of Abraham,

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.900
 and Nahor,

00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:20.120
 lived beyond

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:21.179
 the Euphrates River

00:24:21.179 --> 00:24:22.259
 and worshipped

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.139
 other gods.

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.959
 Did you catch that?

00:24:28.699 --> 00:24:30.159
 Abraham was not

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:31.379
 a devout,

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.319
 righteous,

00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:33.799
 God-fearing man.

00:24:33.919 --> 00:24:34.799
 Not at the start.

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.739
 He worshipped

00:24:35.739 --> 00:24:36.559
 other gods.

00:24:38.479 --> 00:24:39.399
 They've even dug up

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:40.659
 some of the remains

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:42.619
 of the ziggurat

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.679
 that was at Ur.

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.459
 It's kind of like

00:24:44.459 --> 00:24:45.500
 a temple-y

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.659
 kind of tower thingy

00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:47.699
 where they worshipped

00:24:47.699 --> 00:24:48.659
 Nana,

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:50.180
 the moon god.

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.900
 That's where Abraham

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.680
 and his family

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.480
 had their start.

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.759
 And so why Abraham?

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:03.100
 This guy

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.900
 who's a sinner

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.920
 like all of us

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.460
 as we're about

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.500
 to find out

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:09.460
 who worshipped

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.200
 other gods.

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.259
 Why Abraham?

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:13.620
 This is the amazing thing

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:16.220
 is there's no reason

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.579
 given.

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:19.240
 It doesn't say.

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.500
 It certainly

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.360
 doesn't seem to be

00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:22.079
 because he was

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:23.000
 good,

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:24.059
 he was righteous.

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.640
 Probably the closest

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.839
 that we get to an answer

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.319
 is what

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:30.539
 the Lord says

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.079
 to Moses

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:33.039
 400 years later.

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:36.319
 I will have mercy

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.019
 on whom I will

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.639
 have mercy

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:39.779
 and I will have

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.460
 compassion

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.960
 on whom I will

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.759
 have compassion.

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.920
 Some of us

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.799
 might wonder

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.119
 well

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:48.859
 it doesn't seem

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.240
 fair

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.180
 that God

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:51.659
 chose him

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.440
 and not others.

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.420
 But remember

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.759
 the promises

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.579
 that have been made

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.039
 to Abraham

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.700
 are not just

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.339
 for Abraham.

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:02.099
 through this

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.980
 one man

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:04.059
 God intends

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.679
 to bless

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:05.919
 all the families

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:07.159
 of the earth

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:09.959
 and he has

00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:10.419
 the freedom

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:11.199
 he's God

00:26:11.199 --> 00:26:13.439
 to decide

00:26:13.439 --> 00:26:13.939
 how this

00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:14.839
 this plan

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:16.019
 is going

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.659
 to unfold

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.339
 and who it's

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:18.079
 going to begin

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.720
 with.

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.839
 This story

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:24.119
 is about

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.679
 the faith

00:26:24.679 --> 00:26:25.599
 and obedience

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:27.639
 of one man

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:29.759
 but it's about

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.360
 even more

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.840
 than that.

00:26:33.040 --> 00:26:33.840
 It's about

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.420
 a God

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:34.960
 who

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:37.040
 has this

00:26:37.040 --> 00:26:37.780
 incredible

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:38.640
 and deep

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.600
 unexpected

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.660
 surprising

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.940
 love

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.020
 and mercy

00:26:43.020 --> 00:26:44.620
 towards the

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.020
 people

00:26:45.020 --> 00:26:46.040
 he has made

00:26:46.040 --> 00:26:46.820
 sinful

00:26:46.820 --> 00:26:47.740
 though they are.

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:50.000
 It's about

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.060
 the Lord

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:51.860
 Yahweh

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.820
 the God

00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.740
 who shows up

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.240
 and just

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.720
 makes promises

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:57.460
 like that

00:26:57.460 --> 00:27:01.340
 to nobodies

00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:02.840
 for no apparent

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.319
 reason.

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.600
 What an

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.100
 amazing

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:09.340
 gracious

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:11.480
 unexpected

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.279
 surprising

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.660
 love

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.299
 and mercy

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:15.200
 he has.

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.819
 As we hear

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.519
 these promises

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:22.720
 we're wondering

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.400
 well how's the

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.840
 Lord going to

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.340
 do this?

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.140
 How's he going

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.519
 to keep

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.279
 these promises

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:28.500
 and if we're

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.740
 honest

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.180
 probably

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:30.480
 even with

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.879
 all the

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.920
 revelation

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.779
 we have

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.619
 today

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.240
 filled out

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.660
 in the rest

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.160
 of the pages

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.660
 of our Bible

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.160
 we're still

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.519
 kind of

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.879
 wondering

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:38.960
 how does

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.700
 this work

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.039
 out?

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.899
 We're going

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.180
 to come

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.619
 back to

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.200
 these promises

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.700
 again and

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.099
 again and

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.899
 look at that

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.279
 but for

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.799
 today

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.599
 for this

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:45.940
 Sunday

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.420
 I want us

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.799
 to just

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:48.579
 think about

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.720
 what Abraham

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.700
 is thinking

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.720
 and seeing

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.279
 through his

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.619
 eyes.

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.759
 He doesn't

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.019
 know.

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.039
 He has

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.640
 no clue

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.279
 how God's

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.519
 going to

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.099
 do this.

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.480
 I mean

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.160
 that would

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.660
 take a

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.099
 miracle

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:03.319
 to make

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.660
 you into

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.099
 a great

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.599
 nation

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.160
 to give

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.799
 you this

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.299
 land

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.920
 that's

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.519
 occupied

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.160
 by all

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.619
 these other

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.059
 people

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:13.200
 and as we're

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.599
 going to see

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.079
 in the weeks

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.420
 ahead

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.700
 these promises

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:17.299
 they stretch

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.859
 and reach

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.700
 even further

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:20.200
 than Abraham

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.240
 probably ever

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.340
 imagined

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:23.259
 or thought

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.620
 that they

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:23.920
 would.

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.880
 And so

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.380
 where does

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.500
 this story

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.259
 speak to us

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.580
 today?

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:34.900
 I mean

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.319
 Abraham

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.980
 he's

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:37.299
 he's an

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.980
 ancient guy.

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.960
 Here we are

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.799
 in 2019

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.700
 in Davidson

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.700
 Saskatchewan.

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.580
 What does

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:43.860
 the Lord

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.799
 have for us

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:46.319
 through the

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.759
 story of

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.080
 Abraham?

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:50.500
 In many

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.920
 ways

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.880
 there's a

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.160
 lot of

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.620
 similarities

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.900
 between us

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:56.080
 and Abraham.

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.220
 Just like

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.559
 Abraham

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.059
 we don't

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.400
 know the

00:28:59.400 --> 00:28:59.759
 future.

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.200
 We don't

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.779
 know what's

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.180
 coming.

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.140
 God

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.539
 doesn't

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.279
 always

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.160
 tell us

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:09.120
 this is

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.440
 where you're

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.700
 going.

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.160
 This is

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.539
 how it's

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:10.779
 going to

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.259
 turn out.

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.539
 But

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.920
 inside

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.279
 that

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.160
 God

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.740
 also has

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:17.900
 an

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.400
 invitation

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.540
 not just

00:29:19.540 --> 00:29:19.720
 to

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.100
 Abraham

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:20.519
 but to

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.900
 us

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.680
 for that

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.200
 ongoing

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.120
 relationship

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:25.080
 characterized

00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:26.019
 by faith

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:27.519
 characterized

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.880
 by trust.

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.700
 We too

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.460
 like

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.900
 Abraham

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.300
 have

00:29:32.300 --> 00:29:32.920
 received

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.780
 the

00:29:33.780 --> 00:29:34.160
 word

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.940
 of

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.300
 God.

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.800
 It

00:29:35.800 --> 00:29:36.040
 hasn't

00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:36.360
 come in

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:36.500
 the

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.680
 same

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.040
 way

00:29:37.040 --> 00:29:38.440
 as

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:38.860
 Abraham

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:39.380
 got it

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.400
 but we

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.680
 have

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.019
 here

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.759
 the

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.100
 words

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.280
 of

00:29:42.280 --> 00:29:42.600
 God

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:44.000
 and in

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.200
 some

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.400
 ways

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.780
 we even

00:29:44.780 --> 00:29:45.100
 have

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.800
 an

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:46.240
 upgrade

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.660
 over

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.099
 Abraham

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.680
 we have

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.680
 all this

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.779
 extra

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.259
 stuff

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.680
 we have

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:50.880
 the

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.359
 words

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:51.839
 of

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.839
 Moses

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.299
 in the

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.539
 law

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.960
 we have

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.140
 the

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.380
 word

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:54.680
 of the

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.180
 prophets

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.620
 that help

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:56.940
 us see

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.380
 just how

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.740
 sinful

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.259
 we really

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.599
 are.

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.019
 We have

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.559
 the story

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.180
 of Jesus

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.599
 which helps

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.480
 us to see

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:05.039
 despite the

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.599
 fact that we're

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.279
 sinners just

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.480
 how loved

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.400
 we are

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:09.859
 by what

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.519
 Christ

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.339
 came into

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.819
 our world

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.259
 to do

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.879
 for us

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:14.879
 Abraham

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.240
 was

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.700
 promised

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.019
 some

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.400
 pretty

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.220
 amazing

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.779
 things

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.980
 but we

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.299
 too

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.700
 have

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:19.879
 some

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.299
 amazing

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.839
 promises

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.440
 given

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.960
 to us

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.700
 by God

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.119
 to look

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.480
 forward

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.819
 to

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:27.539
 and so

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.059
 here at the

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.559
 beginning of

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.119
 Abraham's

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.420
 story

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.779
 I think

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.240
 the simple

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.660
 question

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.119
 that we're

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:33.720
 all left

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.299
 with is

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:36.119
 what will

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.599
 we do

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.779
 in our

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.180
 lives

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.900
 in our

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.519
 situations

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.400
 with the

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.759
 unknowns

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.259
 that we

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.680
 have

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:43.440
 with the

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.960
 words that

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.420
 God has

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:44.840
 given to

00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:45.240
 us

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:48.060
 will we

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.340
 do what

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:48.640
 Abraham

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.259
 did

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.940
 and simply

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.820
 trust

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:52.380
 and obey

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:55.259
 do what

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.660
 the Lord

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.460
 has asked

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.820
 us to

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:57.100
 do

00:30:57.100 --> 00:31:00.180
 there's

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.620
 all kinds

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.620
 of ways

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.140
 that this

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:03.240
 this really

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.180
 hits the

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.480
 road

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.380
 and this

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:05.759
 seems to

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.080
 be where

00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:06.420
 the New

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.740
 Testament

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.259
 writers

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.539
 point us

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.779
 to

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.279
 the author

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.759
 of Hebrews

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.440
 said this

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.640
 he said

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.360
 by faith

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:12.860
 Abraham

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.620
 when called

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.480
 to go

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.820
 to a

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.100
 place

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.440
 he would

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.780
 later

00:31:15.780 --> 00:31:16.220
 receive

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.580
 as his

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:17.040
 inheritance

00:31:17.040 --> 00:31:17.980
 he obeyed

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.620
 and went

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.820
 even though

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.200
 he did

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.759
 not know

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.500
 where he

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.080
 was going

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:25.140
 we're meant

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.560
 to look at

00:31:25.560 --> 00:31:25.960
 him as an

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.420
 example

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:28.780
 how does

00:31:28.780 --> 00:31:29.280
 this show up

00:31:29.280 --> 00:31:29.540
 in our

00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:29.920
 lives

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:31.200
 it shows

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.620
 up in all

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:31.980
 kinds of

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.160
 ways

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.720
 we've been

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.259
 talking about

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.820
 the election

00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:34.360
 coming up

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:34.640
 we've been

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:34.980
 talking

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:36.040
 with some

00:31:36.040 --> 00:31:36.320
 of you

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:36.640
 about

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.700
 just how

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.140
 things are

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.620
 not going

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:38.940
 the way

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.240
 that we

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.740
 want them

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:39.960
 to

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.680
 in our

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.019
 world

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.339
 there's

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.599
 things

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:41.839
 that are

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.279
 happening

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:45.359
 our world

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.319
 has a

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.660
 different

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.039
 view

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.819
 of how

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.240
 we should

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.700
 respond

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:48.920
 to

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.400
 authority

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.779
 it has

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.180
 a different

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.480
 view

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.400
 of sexuality

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:52.500
 there's

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.019
 all these

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.440
 number

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.059
 of issues

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:55.579
 there's

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:55.980
 all these

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.480
 voices

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.039
 that just

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.460
 kind of

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.980
 clamor

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.880
 and weigh

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.079
 in

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.539
 this is

00:31:59.539 --> 00:31:59.920
 what you

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.120
 should

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.420
 think

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.839
 this is

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.180
 what you

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.400
 should

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:01.859
 believe

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:03.519
 perhaps

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:03.799
 it was

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.099
 the same

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.599
 for Abraham

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.319
 rolling

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.599
 into

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:05.960
 Canaan

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.960
 oh

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.400
 you're

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:07.880
 worshipping

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.259
 who

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.779
 we don't

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.180
 do that

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.759
 around here

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.079
 you know

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.340
 that

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:12.340
 that ancient

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.759
 God

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.700
 Yahweh

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.480
 who's that

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 the question

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 is

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 whose voice

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 are we

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 going to

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 listen to

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 whose voice

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 are we

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 going to

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 trust

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 and obey

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 the voices

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 that we

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 hear around

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 us

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 or the

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 voice

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 of the

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 Lord

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 of glory

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 who has

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 spoken

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 to us

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 and at

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 times

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 it's not

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 easy

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 often times

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 we're

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 tempted

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 to make

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 excuses

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 we don't

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 read about

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 Abraham

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 making

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 excuses

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 and

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 why he

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 shouldn't

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 go

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 why he

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 shouldn't

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 make

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 the

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 trip

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 but we

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 do

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 that

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 you know

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 if I

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 if I

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 if I

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 don't

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 speed

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 I'm

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 going to

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 be late

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 fill in

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 the

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 blank

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 well if

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 I give

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 to that

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 thing

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 then I'm

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 not going

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 to have

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 enough

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 money

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 left

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 for

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 fill

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 in

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 the

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 blank

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 if I

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 if I

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 don't

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 just

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 if I

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 hadn't

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 twisted

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 the

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 truth

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 just a

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 little

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 bit

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 in

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 this

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 conversation

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 then

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 fill

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 in

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 the

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 blank

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 all

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 kinds

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 of

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 ways

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 all

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 kinds

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 of

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 situations

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 but what

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 we learn

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 from

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 Abraham

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 is that

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 despite

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 how we

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 feel

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 or what

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 we

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 see

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 or what

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 we

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 understand

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 of the

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 situation

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 however

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 impossible

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 it

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 may

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 be

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 what we

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 need to

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 do

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 is simply

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 trust

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 the

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 Lord

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 of

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 glory

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 and

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 obey

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 his

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 word

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 in the

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 words of

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 my

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 one of

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 my

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 favorite

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 musicians

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 get up

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 off your

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 seat

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 move

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 your feet

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 just do

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 what he

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 says

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 let's

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 pray

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 father

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 father we

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 don't want

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 to be

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 hasty

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 to move

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 beyond

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 these

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 words

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 in this

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 moment

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 you are

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 the

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 lord

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.539
 of

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:10.900
 glory

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 and

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 so

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 right

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 now

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:14.900
 in

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.159
 these

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.579
 moments

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 we

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.159
 want

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 to

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 call

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:17.880
 on

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.079
 you

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 just

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 as

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.920
 Abram

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.199
 did

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:21.599
 we

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 want

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:21.899
 to

00:34:21.899 --> 00:34:22.299
 invite

00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:22.579
 you

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 to

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 direct

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.439
 the

00:34:23.439 --> 00:34:23.779
 story

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.019
 of

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 our

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.559
 lives

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.739
 we

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 thank

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.279
 you

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.460
 for

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.639
 the

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.059
 details

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.279
 that

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:26.439
 you

00:34:26.439 --> 00:34:27.219
 withheld

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.500
 from

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.699
 us

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:27.939
 on

00:34:27.939 --> 00:34:28.460
 purpose

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.079
 so

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.239
 that

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.419
 we

00:34:29.419 --> 00:34:29.639
 would

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:29.859
 draw

00:34:29.859 --> 00:34:30.119
 near

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.339
 to

00:34:30.339 --> 00:34:30.619
 you

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.719
 so

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:31.859
 that

00:34:31.859 --> 00:34:32.039
 we

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.199
 could

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:32.659
 have

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.119
 a

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.699
 relationship

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.099
 with

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.339
 you

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:35.759
 teach

00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:35.980
 us

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.139
 what

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.279
 it

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.579
 means

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:36.819
 to

00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:37.059
 live

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.299
 by

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.739
 faith

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:39.899
 reveal

00:34:39.899 --> 00:34:40.399
 yourself

00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:40.719
 to

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:40.960
 us

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.079
 in

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.179
 a

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.399
 deeper

00:34:41.399 --> 00:34:41.699
 way

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:41.859
 as

00:34:41.859 --> 00:34:42.000
 we

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.119
 go

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.279
 on

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:42.460
 this

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.799
 journey

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.219
 through

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:43.679
 Abram's

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:43.980
 story

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:45.899
 we

00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:46.139
 pray

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.519
 and ask

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.719
 this

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:46.899
 in

00:34:46.899 --> 00:34:47.239
 Jesus

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:47.639
 name

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.959
 amen