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 Good morning, everyone. Thank you for the warm welcome. It's always a privilege to open God's Word.

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 Special thanks to you for praying for us at Grace Mount. We need it.

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 And we much appreciate your partnership in the gospel in this kind of way.

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 So many thanks for that.

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 If you just keep your Bible open at Genesis 28, that's where we're going to be thinking this morning.

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 I'm going to pray and then we'll look at it together.

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 Father, your Word tells us that the person you esteem is humble and contrite and trembles at your Word.

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 We pray as we open up the Bible, you'll keep us from being self-deceived, carried away with ourselves or just plain lazy.

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 We pray.

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 Bring the Word of God into our lives today in a transforming kind of way.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Identity is a pressing issue today.

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 So there are young people who are confused about whether they're male or female.

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 That's our culture.

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 And if you switch the attention from individuals to countries,

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 we're living at a time when our past is described as shameful.

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 Because of our involvement in slavery or colonialism or empire,

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 you really ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

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 Confusion and shame are powerful emotions.

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 And they kind of circulate around people's lives today,

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 leaving them unsure of who they are

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 and what to put their trust in.

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 But what of the people of God?

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 What is it that should define our life?

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 How should we think of ourselves?

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 Genesis, as you will know, wasn't written for Noah or Abraham.

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 It wasn't written for Joseph or Isaac.

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 It was written by Moses for the benefit of the descendants of those people

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 to show them who they were,

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 to answer that question of identity.

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 So perhaps you can imagine Moses reading Genesis 28 to the people of his day.

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 And you'll see in verse 13 that God introduces himself as the God of Abraham and Isaac.

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 But of course, when he comes to Moses at the burning bush,

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 if you know the story, next book, chapter 3,

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 he doesn't simply say,

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 I'm the God of Abraham and Isaac.

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 He adds,

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 I'm the God of Jacob.

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 Now, I'm not the least surprised

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 that God would introduce himself as the God of Abraham.

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 He gets it wrong on occasions,

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 but he is a pretty impressive guy.

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 But the God of Jacob?

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 Really?

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 So my question is,

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 what does that add to our understanding of ourselves?

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 That our God

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 is the God of Jacob.

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 Now, the word that you would use to describe Jacob

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 at this point in his life,

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 Genesis 28,

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 is the word lost.

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 Now, I don't mean that necessarily

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 in a geographical sense.

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 He has those set out on a journey,

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 Beersheba there,

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 Haran,

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 somewhere up here in Mesopotamia,

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 480 miles

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 between these two places.

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 He's gone about 60 miles

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 to what will become known as Bethel.

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 He's isolated,

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 he's lonely,

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 he's vulnerable,

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 and all of it

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 is a consequence

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 of his bad choices.

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 He's got his brother's birthright

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 in his back pocket.

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 He's got the family blessing

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 that he persuaded his father,

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 his blind father,

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 to confer upon him,

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 but none of it will do him one bit of good

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 as he sets out on this journey.

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 He's heading for

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 Paddan Aram.

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 His mother's family home.

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 But nobody in Paddan Aram

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 is expecting him.

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 They don't even know he exists.

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 No one's looking for him.

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 No one's bothered.

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 Except God's waiting for him.

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 And here we discover

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 that God has things to say to him.

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 And it's plain to see

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 God doesn't meet him

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 and speak to him

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 because of qualities in his life.

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 Jacob doesn't prompt God

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 to relate to him in this way,

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 and yet he does.

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 The God of Jacob is,

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 we're being told here,

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 life-giving,

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 hope-creating,

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 mercy-expressing,

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 rescuer of lost people.

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 And we learn these things

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 by listening to the promises

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 that God makes to this man.

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 Now,

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 the gospel is a promise.

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 Jesus says,

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 in my Father's house

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 are many rooms.

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 If it were not so,

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 would I have told you

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 I'm going there

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 to prepare a place for you?

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 And you know the way

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 to the place where I'm going.

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 Thomas says,

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 Lord, we don't know

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 where you're going.

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 Never mind,

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 know the way.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am the way,

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 the truth,

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 and the life.

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 No one comes to the Father

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 except through me.

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 Now,

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 here's the thing

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 that you and I need to

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 put in as the kind of foundation.

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 I was reading the biography of a,

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 I think I described him

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 as a Christian adventurer,

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 just lots of daring do stuff.

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 And in his biography,

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 he says,

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 my favorite verse

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 is Philippians 4.13.

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 If you know the verse,

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 it says,

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 I can do all things,

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 at least in certain translations

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 it says this,

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 I can do all things

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 through Christ

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 who strengthens me.

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 And he is speaking specifically

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 about the occasion

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 that he was enabled

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 to summit on Everest.

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 God enabled me to summit.

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 Now,

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 when you stop

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 and think about that,

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 you realize that

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 it makes God out

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 to be the kind of

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 bank manager

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 kind of guy.

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 You know,

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 you go to him

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 with your plans.

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 I've got this business plan.

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 You say,

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 I'd like you to help me

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 fulfill it.

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 No.

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 The thing that people hate

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 is that there's only one truth,

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 there's only one purpose,

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 and there's only one agenda.

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 He's the God of Jacob.

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 But Jacob needs to get on

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 to his agenda.

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 He needs to get on

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 to this

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 roadmap

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 that God provides for him here

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 in this chapter

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 and shows him

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 the way ahead.

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 There is no plan B.

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 You and I need to

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 take a moment today

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 to ask ourselves

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 the question,

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 is this

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 the agenda

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 that we're on?

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 Are we

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 following God's

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 roadmap?

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 Is that

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 the direction

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 in which our life

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 is going?

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 Now,

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 he says three things,

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 which is very convenient

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 if you're a preacher.

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 We're always very grateful

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 for three things.

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 So,

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 here's the first of them.

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 these are a people

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 who are promised

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 a destination.

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 So,

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 look at verse 13.

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 God says to Jacob,

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 I will give you

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 and your descendants

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 the land

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 on which you're lying.

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 So,

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 obviously,

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 if you're going to be a people,

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 you need to have a place.

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 And Jacob

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 and his descendants

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 share this in common

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 at this point in time.

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 So,

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 you go to Jacob.

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 What's going on

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 in your life,

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 Jacob?

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 Well,

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 I'm a fugitive,

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 actually.

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 I'm running away

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 from home.

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 I don't have a home.

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 If you go to Israel,

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 what are they?

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 They're slaves

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 in Egypt.

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 And both

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 of these people,

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 whether it's Jacob

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 or it's Israel,

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 are people

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 whose lives

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 are characterized

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 by hopelessness.

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 Now,

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 our world

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 is full of

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 desperate people.

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 We understand that.

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 who are

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 moving around

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 the globe

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 and trying to find

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 a better future

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 for themselves.

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 And some of them

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 do so by means

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 of very courageous

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 and

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 ways

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 that involve

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 huge amounts

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 of endurance.

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 But that's not

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 what's going on here.

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 This is not a future

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 that will be

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 achieved

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 by

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 entrepreneurism

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 or

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 courage.

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 courage.

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 This is a future

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 that will be

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 given to them

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 by means

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 of this

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 great promise.

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 Canaan

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 will be a land

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 flowing with

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 milk and honey

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 where they will

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 inherit houses

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 that they hadn't

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 built and cities

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 that they hadn't

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 formed,

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 where God will

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 fight their battles.

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 No,

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 Joshua did not

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 fight the battle

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 of Jericho.

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 God did.

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 And this future

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 is disclosed

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 to Jacob

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 in this dream.

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 Now,

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 I don't know

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 what you think

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 when you hear

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 the word dream

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 but please

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 don't think

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 to yourself

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 that these

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 are kind of

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 ideas that

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 are kind of

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 surfacing

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 out of

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 Jacob's

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 subconscious.

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 No.

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 This is

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 about God

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 interrupting

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 this man's

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 sleep

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 to speak

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 specifically

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 into his life.

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 It is

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 no dream.

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 This is not

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 even Martin

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 Luther King.

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 I've had a

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 dream.

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 No.

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 This is

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 outside of

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 himself.

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 This is

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 God

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 communicating

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 with his

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 man

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 and giving

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 to him

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 a picture

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 of a

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 great

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 future.

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 Unexpected,

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 glorious,

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 and gracious.

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 And through

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 all that

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 will happen,

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 Bethel

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 will be

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 a special

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 place

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 in Jacob's

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 life.

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 He'll

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 mark it

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 with his

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 stone.

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 He'll

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 pour oil

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 in it.

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 He'll

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 give it

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 a name,

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 the house

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 of God.

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 He will

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 go back

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 there at

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 a later

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 stage.

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 And it

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 will just

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 be remembered.

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 It will

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 be a marker

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 in his

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 life.

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 It's not,

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 oh,

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 well,

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 we'll move

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 on now.

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 No.

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 This is a

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 significant

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 moment in

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 Jacob's

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 life.

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 Now,

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 our lives

00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:07.639
 are not

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 full of

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 these kind

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 of special

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 occasions.

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 But my

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 guess is if

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 you're a

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 Christian,

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 there will

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 be

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 significant

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 occasions

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 when God

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 has

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 specifically

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 and

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 personally

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 spoken

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 into

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 your

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 life.

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 My

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 wife was

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 brought up

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 in a

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 Christian

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 home,

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 heard the

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 gospel on

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 many

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 occasions.

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 But when

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 she was

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 17,

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 at an

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 SU camp

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 on the

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 Isle of

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 Aaron,

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 somebody

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 explained the

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 gospel in

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 such a

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 way that

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 it became

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 personal and

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 powerful in

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 a way it

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 had never

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 been before.

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 And that

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 became a

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 marker in

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 her life.

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 I heard

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 Sinclair

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 Ferguson,

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 you might

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 know his

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 name,

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 kind of

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 theologian,

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 preacher,

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 say that

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 he could

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 remember where

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 he was

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 sitting as

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 a 14-year-old

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 boy in

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 St.

00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:08.980
 George's,

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 Tron,

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 Glasgow.

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 It was a

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 big gallery.

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 It was a

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 Sunday evening.

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 He was

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 sitting on

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 the left-hand

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 side of

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 the preacher

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 who was

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 preaching

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 John 8,

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 verse 12,

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 Jesus'

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 words,

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 I am the

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 light of

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 the world.

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 Whoever

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 follows me

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 will never

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 walk in

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 darkness.

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 And

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 Ferguson

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 said,

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 it was

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 like

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 Jesus

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 was

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 speaking

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 to me.

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 And

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 I don't

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 know what

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 age he

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 is now,

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 but he

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 can remember

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 what happened

00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:38.120
 when he

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 was 14.

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 It was

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 a kind

00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:42.059
 of specific

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 sacred

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 moment in

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 his life.

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 Now,

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 it might

00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:48.259
 happen to

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 you in

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 times of

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 significant

00:13:51.219 --> 00:13:51.879
 illness.

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 God just

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 steps in

00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:56.480
 and does

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 stuff and

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 you think,

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 Almighty

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 God's just

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 intervened in

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 my life.

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 Remember

00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:03.939
 that.

00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.299
 Might be

00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:06.899
 bereavement.

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 Might be

00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:08.819
 some other

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 kind of

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 needs.

00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:12.279
 Remembering

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 is massively

00:14:13.219 --> 00:14:13.899
 important.

00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:16.219
 for people

00:14:16.219 --> 00:14:16.899
 of faith.

00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:18.699
 Bethel.

00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:20.539
 Market.

00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:24.099
 Why?

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 What's

00:14:26.099 --> 00:14:26.259
 the

00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:26.839
 alternative?

00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.659
 These

00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:31.120
 words

00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:32.459
 that we're

00:14:32.459 --> 00:14:32.939
 looking at

00:14:32.939 --> 00:14:33.319
 here,

00:14:34.819 --> 00:14:35.139
 Genesis

00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:35.799
 28,

00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:36.139
 are

00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:38.019
 directed

00:14:38.019 --> 00:14:38.459
 at the

00:14:38.459 --> 00:14:38.860
 Exodus

00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:39.579
 generation.

00:14:41.339 --> 00:14:42.019
 So,

00:14:42.079 --> 00:14:42.360
 here's the

00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:42.620
 Exodus

00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:43.179
 generation.

00:14:43.179 --> 00:14:43.539
 they're

00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:45.000
 promised.

00:14:45.239 --> 00:14:45.539
 God's

00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:45.959
 saying to

00:14:45.959 --> 00:14:46.219
 them,

00:14:46.739 --> 00:14:48.099
 I'll give

00:14:48.099 --> 00:14:48.299
 you a

00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:48.620
 land of

00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:48.979
 your own.

00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:49.759
 I'll give

00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:49.939
 you a

00:14:49.939 --> 00:14:51.339
 land of

00:14:51.339 --> 00:14:55.679
 richness,

00:14:56.179 --> 00:14:56.799
 fruitfulness,

00:14:57.819 --> 00:14:58.199
 milk and

00:14:58.199 --> 00:14:58.439
 honey.

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 And they

00:15:01.239 --> 00:15:01.819
 get to the

00:15:01.819 --> 00:15:02.359
 borders of

00:15:02.359 --> 00:15:02.779
 the promised

00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:03.219
 land.

00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:06.319
 One year

00:15:06.319 --> 00:15:06.959
 after they've

00:15:06.959 --> 00:15:08.120
 left Egypt,

00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:09.000
 they stand

00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:09.539
 on the

00:15:09.539 --> 00:15:10.939
 brink of

00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:11.760
 promise,

00:15:12.180 --> 00:15:13.420
 of realizing

00:15:13.420 --> 00:15:14.220
 the promise

00:15:14.220 --> 00:15:14.760
 that God

00:15:14.760 --> 00:15:15.280
 has made

00:15:15.280 --> 00:15:15.700
 to them.

00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:17.320
 They're

00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:17.780
 right on

00:15:17.780 --> 00:15:18.260
 the border,

00:15:18.560 --> 00:15:19.020
 and guess

00:15:19.020 --> 00:15:19.440
 what?

00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:21.680
 They wheel

00:15:21.680 --> 00:15:22.360
 round,

00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:24.180
 elect a

00:15:24.180 --> 00:15:24.360
 leader,

00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:24.680
 and go

00:15:24.680 --> 00:15:25.540
 back in

00:15:25.540 --> 00:15:26.040
 the direction

00:15:26.040 --> 00:15:26.560
 of Egypt.

00:15:29.140 --> 00:15:29.940
 What is

00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:30.360
 going on

00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:30.660
 there?

00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:33.079
 this is

00:15:33.079 --> 00:15:33.779
 what the

00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:33.939
 New

00:15:33.939 --> 00:15:34.259
 Testament

00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:34.699
 says.

00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:35.079
 Listen to

00:15:35.079 --> 00:15:35.219
 this

00:15:35.219 --> 00:15:35.620
 carefully.

00:15:37.719 --> 00:15:38.319
 See to

00:15:38.319 --> 00:15:38.459
 it,

00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:38.980
 brothers and

00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:39.379
 sisters,

00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.240
 that none

00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:41.659
 of you has

00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:42.379
 a sinful,

00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:43.100
 unbelieving

00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:43.659
 heart that

00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:44.199
 turns away

00:15:44.199 --> 00:15:44.500
 from the

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.059
 living God.

00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:47.319
 But encourage

00:15:47.319 --> 00:15:47.719
 one another

00:15:47.719 --> 00:15:48.360
 daily as long

00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:48.620
 as it's

00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:49.159
 called today,

00:15:49.339 --> 00:15:50.079
 so that none

00:15:50.079 --> 00:15:50.579
 of you may

00:15:50.579 --> 00:15:50.860
 be,

00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:51.399
 this is the

00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:51.639
 bit,

00:15:52.699 --> 00:15:53.259
 hardened

00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:55.580
 by sin's

00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:57.039
 deceitfulness.

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.439
 Sin has

00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:03.019
 a voice.

00:16:04.319 --> 00:16:05.200
 It speaks.

00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:07.980
 Israel's

00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:08.980
 idolatry,

00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.460
 grumbling,

00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:12.319
 ingratitude,

00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.600
 spoke into

00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.399
 their heads

00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:16.120
 as they

00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:16.779
 stand on

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.319
 the brink

00:16:17.319 --> 00:16:18.000
 of Canaan,

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.439
 and they

00:16:19.439 --> 00:16:19.939
 look and

00:16:19.939 --> 00:16:20.379
 they see

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:21.480
 big cities

00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:22.299
 and powerful

00:16:22.299 --> 00:16:22.840
 armies,

00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:23.460
 and they

00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:23.840
 say to

00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.379
 themselves,

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:27.480
 God's not

00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:27.720
 going to

00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:28.160
 give us,

00:16:28.700 --> 00:16:29.139
 God's not

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.300
 going to

00:16:29.300 --> 00:16:29.680
 give people

00:16:29.680 --> 00:16:30.259
 like us,

00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:30.960
 that world

00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.440
 over there.

00:16:32.160 --> 00:16:32.860
 He's just

00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:33.280
 brought us

00:16:33.280 --> 00:16:33.660
 out here

00:16:33.660 --> 00:16:34.120
 to kill

00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.440
 us.

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:36.700
 That's

00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:36.920
 what the

00:16:36.920 --> 00:16:37.399
 Bible calls

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.080
 the deceitfulness

00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.540
 of sin.

00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:39.519
 Okay.

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.360
 And of

00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:41.620
 course,

00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.660
 they have

00:16:43.660 --> 00:16:44.660
 forgotten.

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.480
 They've

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:46.980
 forgotten that

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.320
 God has

00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:48.100
 rescued them

00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:49.360
 from Egypt.

00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:49.720
 They've

00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.580
 forgotten that

00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:51.080
 God has

00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:52.139
 fought for

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:52.560
 them against

00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:53.459
 the Amalekites.

00:16:53.619 --> 00:16:54.059
 All that

00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:54.639
 has been

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:56.579
 sidelined.

00:16:57.839 --> 00:16:58.779
 And the

00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.439
 voice that

00:16:59.439 --> 00:17:00.359
 speaks powerfully

00:17:00.359 --> 00:17:00.839
 into their

00:17:00.839 --> 00:17:01.299
 lives is

00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:01.759
 their sin.

00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:02.979
 We all

00:17:02.979 --> 00:17:03.419
 have sin.

00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:04.639
 We all

00:17:04.639 --> 00:17:04.919
 get it

00:17:04.919 --> 00:17:05.179
 wrong.

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 It will

00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.879
 speak into

00:17:07.879 --> 00:17:08.339
 our lives.

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.059
 We need

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:09.819
 the promise

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:10.460
 of God

00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:11.940
 to be

00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.759
 louder in

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:13.399
 our lives

00:17:13.399 --> 00:17:14.960
 than the

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.539
 deceitfulness

00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:15.960
 of sin.

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.859
 Genesis 28

00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:18.539
 says that

00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.059
 he is the

00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:19.639
 God of

00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:20.180
 Jacob.

00:17:20.840 --> 00:17:21.920
 He delights

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.320
 to show

00:17:22.320 --> 00:17:22.700
 mercy.

00:17:22.860 --> 00:17:23.320
 He brings

00:17:23.320 --> 00:17:23.860
 hope to

00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:24.300
 the hopeless.

00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:25.020
 He keeps

00:17:25.020 --> 00:17:25.580
 these great

00:17:25.580 --> 00:17:26.000
 promises.

00:17:28.100 --> 00:17:28.400
 Okay,

00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:28.840
 here's the

00:17:28.840 --> 00:17:29.440
 second thing

00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.880
 that defines

00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:32.180
 their identity

00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:34.840
 and sets

00:17:34.840 --> 00:17:36.040
 the direction

00:17:36.040 --> 00:17:36.440
 for their

00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:36.759
 lives.

00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.120
 So,

00:17:37.520 --> 00:17:37.880
 look at

00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:38.580
 verse 14.

00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:40.919
 your

00:17:40.919 --> 00:17:41.359
 offspring

00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:41.899
 will be

00:17:41.899 --> 00:17:42.299
 like the

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:42.740
 dust of

00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:43.240
 the earth

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:44.619
 and you

00:17:44.619 --> 00:17:45.039
 will spread

00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.480
 abroad to

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:45.899
 the west

00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.179
 and the

00:17:46.179 --> 00:17:46.720
 east and

00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:46.980
 to the

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 north and

00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:48.740
 the south.

00:17:48.879 --> 00:17:49.159
 So,

00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.500
 there are

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:51.460
 people who

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:51.659
 are not

00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:52.139
 just promised

00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:53.000
 a destination,

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:53.419
 they're

00:17:53.419 --> 00:17:53.740
 promised

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.439
 expansion.

00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:56.159
 They're

00:17:56.159 --> 00:17:56.339
 going to

00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:56.919
 get big.

00:17:58.639 --> 00:17:59.159
 Now,

00:17:59.199 --> 00:17:59.539
 if you go

00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:00.399
 back to

00:18:00.399 --> 00:18:01.379
 Jacob and

00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:02.259
 you kind

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:03.859
 of peer

00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:04.460
 into his

00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.460
 family life,

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.799
 family life

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.359
 for Jacob

00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:08.799
 was a

00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.500
 tough place.

00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:10.019
 Whether it's

00:18:10.019 --> 00:18:10.659
 Beersheba,

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.200
 his home,

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.099
 Esau,

00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:14.879
 Jacob,

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.480
 not a

00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:17.159
 great place.

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.399
 Or whether

00:18:18.399 --> 00:18:19.159
 it's

00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:20.019
 Paddan Aram

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:21.240
 and the

00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:21.659
 tension

00:18:21.659 --> 00:18:22.279
 between his

00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:22.819
 wives

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:24.419
 over

00:18:24.419 --> 00:18:25.119
 children

00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:27.839
 or his

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.599
 sons as

00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:28.980
 they grow

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.519
 up who

00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:30.000
 turn into

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.480
 this kind

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:30.740
 of,

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.859
 oh,

00:18:32.899 --> 00:18:33.440
 this kind

00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.240
 of savage

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:34.879
 gang

00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:36.599
 who buy

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:36.839
 their,

00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:37.779
 who buy

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.180
 their

00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:38.779
 ruthlessness,

00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.220
 put the

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.899
 whole family

00:18:39.899 --> 00:18:40.599
 at risk.

00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:42.680
 Or,

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.079
 or,

00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:44.160
 or Jacob's

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:45.000
 eldest son,

00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:49.839
 Reuben,

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.599
 who turns

00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:52.259
 out to be a

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.639
 massive

00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.299
 disappointment.

00:18:54.899 --> 00:18:55.119
 Now,

00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.440
 what's,

00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:56.119
 what's Jacob's

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.660
 response to

00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:56.859
 that?

00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:57.779
 What does

00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.559
 Jacob do

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.819
 as a

00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.240
 consequence

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.920
 of the,

00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:01.720
 the,

00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.480
 the trials

00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:02.819
 of his

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.240
 family?

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:03.680
 Answer,

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.420
 he invests

00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:04.960
 in Joseph.

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:07.980
 He puts

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.660
 all his

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.120
 affection

00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:09.920
 onto one

00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.500
 of his

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.940
 sons.

00:19:11.840 --> 00:19:12.360
 And when

00:19:12.360 --> 00:19:12.940
 that son

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.420
 will go,

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.700
 he'll choose

00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:15.480
 another son

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:15.779
 called

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.220
 Benjamin,

00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.680
 and he'll

00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.019
 put all

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.160
 his

00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:17.660
 affections

00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:17.900
 onto

00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.440
 Benjamin.

00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:21.180
 What would

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:21.620
 you describe

00:19:21.620 --> 00:19:22.079
 that as?

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.579
 Subtraction.

00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.920
 His world

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.579
 just gets

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.680
 smaller and

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.140
 smaller,

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:30.220
 and he

00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:30.520
 kind of

00:19:30.520 --> 00:19:31.200
 writes off

00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:31.560
 the rest

00:19:31.560 --> 00:19:31.759
 of his

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:31.980
 values.

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.040
 He's not

00:19:33.040 --> 00:19:33.740
 interested in

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:33.940
 them.

00:19:35.600 --> 00:19:35.800
 His,

00:19:35.800 --> 00:19:36.259
 his,

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:37.420
 his horizon

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:37.840
 is

00:19:37.840 --> 00:19:40.259
 one son.

00:19:42.540 --> 00:19:42.980
 Subtraction.

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.740
 Now,

00:19:45.800 --> 00:19:46.259
 the fulfillment

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.680
 of these

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.300
 words is

00:19:47.300 --> 00:19:48.480
 not kind

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.720
 of the

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.180
 nation of

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.560
 Israel.

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.280
 The fulfillment

00:19:50.280 --> 00:19:50.680
 of these

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.200
 words is

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.640
 the household

00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.240
 of God

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.440
 or the

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:53.700
 church

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.180
 family.

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.340
 I'm sure

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:57.759
 that you,

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.400
 I'm sure

00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:58.700
 you know

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.040
 this.

00:19:59.519 --> 00:19:59.720
 We

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.060
 certainly

00:20:00.060 --> 00:20:00.259
 know

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.740
 this up

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:00.860
 at

00:20:00.860 --> 00:20:01.080
 Grace

00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:01.360
 Mount.

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.680
 There's

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.460
 no shortage

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.060
 of people

00:20:04.060 --> 00:20:05.280
 who've had

00:20:05.280 --> 00:20:06.380
 bad experiences

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:06.900
 of family

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.340
 life.

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.700
 They've

00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.560
 got up in

00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:11.000
 the morning

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.660
 not knowing

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.160
 what kind

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.560
 of mood

00:20:12.560 --> 00:20:14.560
 their

00:20:14.560 --> 00:20:15.960
 carers or

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.900
 parents or

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:18.300
 whoever happens

00:20:18.300 --> 00:20:18.780
 to be around

00:20:18.780 --> 00:20:19.460
 in the house

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:21.080
 will be in.

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.019
 Who,

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:25.000
 who don't

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.200
 know,

00:20:25.300 --> 00:20:25.780
 who don't

00:20:25.780 --> 00:20:26.120
 know whether

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.480
 they're,

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.380
 they're going

00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:27.640
 to meet

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:28.560
 with indifference

00:20:28.560 --> 00:20:30.700
 or shouting

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.300
 and fear.

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.740
 Now,

00:20:33.780 --> 00:20:34.259
 the place

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.600
 where they

00:20:34.600 --> 00:20:35.140
 ought to

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:35.560
 encounter

00:20:35.560 --> 00:20:36.060
 something

00:20:36.060 --> 00:20:36.820
 better is

00:20:36.820 --> 00:20:37.100
 in the

00:20:37.100 --> 00:20:37.380
 church

00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:37.800
 family.

00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:40.000
 You come

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.320
 out of that

00:20:40.320 --> 00:20:40.640
 world,

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.240
 you come

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:41.620
 into the

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.080
 church,

00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:44.860
 you start

00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:45.800
 to experience

00:20:45.800 --> 00:20:47.840
 something

00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:48.140
 that's

00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:48.780
 better.

00:20:50.020 --> 00:20:50.220
 It's

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.480
 where,

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:51.900
 it's where

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:53.080
 families learn

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:54.359
 to share

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:55.059
 their lives

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:57.039
 with those

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.460
 who've been

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:57.759
 in that

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.299
 place.

00:20:59.639 --> 00:21:00.119
 Where,

00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:01.079
 where,

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.859
 where those

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.199
 of us who

00:21:02.199 --> 00:21:02.659
 are able,

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.439
 and not

00:21:03.439 --> 00:21:03.879
 everybody's

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.119
 able,

00:21:05.399 --> 00:21:06.240
 make space

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.679
 for people

00:21:06.679 --> 00:21:07.039
 to come

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.299
 and live

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.819
 with us.

00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:09.659
 Maybe

00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:10.339
 because

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:13.220
 things have

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.679
 broken up

00:21:13.679 --> 00:21:13.919
 with their

00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:14.359
 partners,

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.000
 maybe because

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.339
 their new

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.740
 christians

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:16.960
 and their

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.399
 home's just

00:21:17.399 --> 00:21:18.079
 so violent,

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:20.439
 maybe because

00:21:20.439 --> 00:21:20.759
 they're,

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:22.419
 got an

00:21:22.419 --> 00:21:22.839
 injunction

00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.199
 on them

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:23.559
 by the

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.019
 courts and

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.299
 they're not

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.559
 allowed to

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.899
 go back

00:21:24.899 --> 00:21:25.199
 home.

00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:27.599
 Room,

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.939
 room.

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.099
 Where our,

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:34.319
 where our

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:37.220
 table is a

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:37.879
 place where

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:39.539
 we welcome

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.079
 not just

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.619
 our pals,

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:41.779
 yeah,

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.379
 I guess,

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.480
 there's room

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.199
 for pals.

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.859
 But those

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.679
 who have

00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:48.000
 needs,

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.619
 maybe because

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:49.139
 their marriages

00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:49.799
 are struggling,

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.000
 do you want

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.199
 to come

00:21:51.199 --> 00:21:51.579
 around,

00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:52.439
 talk,

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.439
 have some

00:21:53.439 --> 00:21:53.779
 food,

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.339
 see if we

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:55.559
 can be

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:55.819
 of help

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.099
 to each

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:56.319
 other.

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.119
 That's the

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.480
 picture,

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:58.960
 isn't it?

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.119
 Now,

00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:00.899
 for sure,

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.339
 there's a

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.399
 cost involved

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:03.740
 in that

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:05.259
 prospect.

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:09.179
 It's a

00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:09.639
 place of

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:10.500
 inconvenience

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.339
 and intrusion.

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.339
 Listen to

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.679
 what Jesus

00:22:13.679 --> 00:22:14.139
 said.

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.099
 No one

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:18.459
 who has

00:22:18.459 --> 00:22:18.919
 left

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.639
 brothers

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:21.199
 or sisters,

00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:21.899
 fathers

00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:23.679
 or mothers

00:22:23.679 --> 00:22:24.480
 or children

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.219
 for me

00:22:25.219 --> 00:22:26.399
 and the

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.819
 gospel

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:28.539
 will fail

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.419
 to receive

00:22:29.419 --> 00:22:30.779
 a hundred

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.480
 times as

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.899
 much

00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:33.779
 in this

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.679
 present age

00:22:34.679 --> 00:22:36.219
 and in the

00:22:36.219 --> 00:22:36.639
 age to

00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:37.039
 come,

00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:38.519
 eternal

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.059
 life.

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:41.679
 if you

00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:41.940
 go to

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.579
 the end

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.339
 of Romans,

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.000
 Paul's

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.559
 speaking to

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.399
 the house

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:47.059
 churches in

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.359
 Rome,

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.519
 14 and

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.899
 15,

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.319
 he's

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:51.779
 speaking into

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.240
 the lives

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:54.200
 of some

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.859
 with strong

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.539
 views about

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.019
 what you can

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.419
 eat and what

00:22:56.419 --> 00:22:56.859
 you can't

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.759
 eat or what

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.519
 special days

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.859
 should be

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.299
 kept,

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.799
 and those

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.019
 are a

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.359
 completely

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:01.700
 different

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.079
 view,

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.200
 Jews and

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.019
 Gentiles that

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.359
 make up

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.980
 these churches.

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.200
 And he's

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.559
 saying to

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:07.799
 them,

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:08.860
 yeah,

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.220
 there are

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.779
 right answers

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.180
 to these

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.500
 things.

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:10.980
 I'm pretty

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.440
 clear in my

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.799
 mind you

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.120
 can.

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.559
 All food

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.059
 is clean.

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.160
 But he

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:16.160
 says being

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.740
 loving is

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.339
 more important

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.680
 than being

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:19.120
 right in

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.759
 these secondary

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.360
 matters.

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.519
 Accept one

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.799
 another as

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.420
 Christ has

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.120
 accepted you.

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:25.819
 And then you

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.259
 go to chapter

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:28.200
 16, you

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.500
 know the one

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.920
 of all the

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.339
 list of

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:29.779
 names at

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.059
 the end

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.380
 of it?

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.160
 What's that

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.599
 there for?

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.559
 But it just

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.200
 lets you see

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.799
 the kind of

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:37.039
 rich network

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.839
 of friends

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:39.619
 and relationships

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.180
 that this

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.200
 man has.

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.539
 There are

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.220
 people on

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.519
 the list

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.839
 who have

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.319
 risked their

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.879
 lives for

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.039
 him,

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.720
 people who

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.019
 have been

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.539
 in prison

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.960
 with him,

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:48.740
 people who

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.139
 have worked

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:50.559
 hard alongside

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.000
 him.

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.779
 There's a

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.919
 woman mentioned

00:23:52.919 --> 00:23:55.200
 who he

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.799
 describes as

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.399
 having been

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.119
 a mother to

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.379
 me.

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.379
 I'm not

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:58.819
 quite sure

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.079
 what would

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.559
 be involved

00:23:59.559 --> 00:23:59.919
 in that,

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.480
 but presumably

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.319
 she looked

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:02.819
 after him

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.180
 in some

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.480
 way.

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:05.480
 just a

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:05.900
 richness.

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.599
 It's a

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.339
 great picture.

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.360
 But it

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.799
 comes with a

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.160
 cost,

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.660
 obviously.

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.559
 But it is

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.319
 a picture of

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.180
 multiplication.

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.339
 There's no

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.000
 lack of

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.720
 subtraction

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.400
 around today.

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.700
 You watch

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.160
 churches,

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:23.779
 you're just

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.279
 getting smaller.

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.440
 Now, it's a

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.240
 complicated question.

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:27.720
 I'm sure it's

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.460
 not just one

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.039
 reason,

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:31.299
 but one

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.180
 aspect to

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.659
 it is for

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:34.460
 sure where

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:34.879
 we make

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.819
 our biological

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:38.279
 families more

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:40.659
 important than

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:41.059
 the church

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.460
 family.

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.879
 Let me say

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.440
 one more

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.180
 thing and

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.779
 then we're

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.399
 pretty much

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:47.799
 finished.

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:48.559
 Okay.

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.819
 So there's a

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.680
 third element

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.519
 in this

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:54.399
 description of

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:55.119
 our identity.

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.659
 We have a

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.220
 place,

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.920
 there's a

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.379
 future,

00:24:58.380 --> 00:25:00.440
 we have a

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:02.660
 people that's

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.420
 expanding,

00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:05.360
 and we have

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.980
 a purpose.

00:25:07.800 --> 00:25:08.460
 And the

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.960
 purpose is

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.540
 stated as

00:25:09.540 --> 00:25:10.280
 this mission.

00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:11.400
 So end of

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.100
 verse 14,

00:25:13.060 --> 00:25:13.700
 and all

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.480
 people on

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:16.360
 earth will

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.900
 be blessed

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.620
 through you

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.180
 and your

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.660
 offspring.

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.860
 In other

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.220
 words,

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:21.980
 what are we

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.580
 here for?

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.000
 What do we

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.980
 exist for?

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.060
 For others

00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.580
 is the

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:27.000
 answer.

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.040
 for the

00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:29.400
 good of

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.820
 others.

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.380
 Now what

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:33.200
 this statement

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.000
 does is two

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.460
 things.

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.200
 Number one,

00:25:35.280 --> 00:25:35.620
 it makes

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.800
 clear that

00:25:36.800 --> 00:25:37.500
 the promised

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.580
 land cannot

00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:39.820
 be the

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.260
 ultimate

00:25:40.260 --> 00:25:41.140
 destination.

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.240
 Right?

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.500
 I mean,

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.700
 the whole

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.600
 world is not

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.120
 going to move

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.660
 to that little

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.420
 bit of land

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.940
 at the far

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.640
 end of the

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.200
 Mediterranean

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.700
 and end

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.220
 up there.

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:51.580
 No,

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.260
 it's not.

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.100
 Okay.

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.200
 That's not

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.740
 the future.

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:57.920
 Jacob provides

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.900
 the clue in

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.460
 his reference

00:25:59.460 --> 00:25:59.819
 to the

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.200
 house of

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:02.099
 God and

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.620
 the ladder

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.440
 resting on

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.900
 the earth

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.640
 and rising

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.279
 to heaven.

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.500
 It's pointing

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.160
 to the place

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.660
 where heaven

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.039
 and earth

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.859
 are reunited

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:11.519
 as they were

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.319
 back in that

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.359
 perfect world

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.839
 in the

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.240
 garden of

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.420
 Eden.

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.019
 Heaven and

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.559
 earth in

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.660
 perfect harmony.

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:22.220
 the

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.720
 construction

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.040
 of the

00:26:23.040 --> 00:26:23.300
 temple,

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.640
 which is

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.380
 still 500

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.700
 years away

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.460
 at least

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.580
 from these

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:28.220
 events.

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.759
 We'll have

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.279
 within it,

00:26:31.540 --> 00:26:32.840
 visually,

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.440
 as you just

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.080
 enter the

00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:34.360
 temple,

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.720
 it's got

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.560
 these reminders.

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.080
 It's got

00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:37.920
 palm trees

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:39.220
 and flowers.

00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:40.680
 It's got

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.140
 a lamp

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.700
 stand

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:44.779
 with flower-like

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.640
 cups and

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.340
 buds and

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:46.980
 blossoms.

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.100
 It's got

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.940
 this curtain

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.120
 with fierce

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.940
 angels on

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.200
 it,

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.519
 with big

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:54.059
 swords,

00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.039
 that are

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.700
 all reminders

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.740
 of that

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.559
 garden that

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.620
 they once

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.400
 enjoyed

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.360
 fellowship with

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.820
 God in.

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.559
 And in the

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.880
 middle of it

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.000
 all,

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.360
 there's a

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:04.080
 little glimpse

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.620
 of hope

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:06.039
 that one

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.860
 man once a

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.279
 year gets

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.799
 to go

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.660
 through the

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.140
 curtain and

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.759
 do what

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.880
 Adam did

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.620
 back in the

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.220
 beginning and

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.880
 as it were,

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.380
 walk with

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.740
 God.

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:19.059
 Eden was a

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.559
 sanctuary.

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.740
 It's a

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.380
 place where

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.980
 God and

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.660
 people lived

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:26.059
 in perfect

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.519
 harmony,

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.980
 where they

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.519
 enjoyed,

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.700
 they just

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.559
 enjoyed each

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:30.859
 other.

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.500
 They delighted

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.960
 in each

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.299
 other.

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.799
 God and

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.799
 his creatures,

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.359
 people in

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:37.940
 their God.

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.019
 God.

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.539
 That's this

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:42.960
 new creation

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:44.759
 that God is

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.039
 in the

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.920
 business of.

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.120
 Now the

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:48.680
 New Testament

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.160
 when you get

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.460
 to it,

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.900
 shifts the

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.600
 emphasis from

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:52.160
 this temple

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:54.320
 to a

00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:54.740
 person.

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.580
 So Jesus

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:58.779
 clears the

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.519
 traders out of

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.860
 the temple.

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.420
 They say to

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.539
 him,

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.160
 what right

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.539
 have you got

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:01.860
 to do

00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:02.180
 that?

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.600
 And he

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.180
 says,

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.759
 destroy this

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:07.259
 temple and

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.660
 I will

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.599
 rebuild it

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.039
 again in

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.740
 three days.

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.019
 The temple

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.500
 that he

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.259
 spoke of

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.740
 was his

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.400
 own body.

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.660
 Here's

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:21.119
 the place

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:24.420
 of life

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:26.480
 that brings

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.980
 about this

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.400
 future.

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.799
 And the

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.319
 question that

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.740
 people were

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.680
 asking was,

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.359
 can Jesus

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.099
 deliver on

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.660
 this future?

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.920
 Can he

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:37.200
 bring in

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:39.000
 this perfect

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.480
 world,

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.480
 this new

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.880
 creation?

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.380
 Can he do

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.680
 that?

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.400
 Can he

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.920
 create a

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.460
 people who

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.080
 are fit

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.980
 to live

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.440
 in this

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.820
 world?

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:49.120
 Can he

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.740
 make his

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.900
 church a

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.820
 blessing to

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:52.460
 the world

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.519
 so that it

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.000
 will be a

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.620
 place that

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.519
 is populated

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:57.060
 by others?

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:58.980
 Now,

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:01.539
 the reason

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.320
 they crucify

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:03.980
 him is

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.460
 because they

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.700
 say,

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:04.940
 no,

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.940
 you can't

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.400
 do that.

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.240
 You're not

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.839
 able to do

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.160
 that.

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.860
 But of

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.059
 course,

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.700
 it is that

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.860
 very place,

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.500
 that very

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.079
 event,

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.140
 the cross

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.740
 of Jesus

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.360
 Christ,

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.940
 that causes

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:20.880
 life to

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:21.339
 flow to

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.759
 the world.

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.259
 We are

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.920
 called the

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.460
 body of

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.019
 Christ

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.119
 Christ.

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.079
 Because we're

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:33.059
 those who

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.500
 are meant

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.200
 to put on

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:36.079
 display the

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.779
 life of the

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.500
 cross as

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.000
 well as to

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.720
 proclaim the

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.220
 cross.

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.379
 Life flows

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:42.779
 from the

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.079
 cross.

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.379
 So,

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.539
 here are some

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.920
 of the ways

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.259
 that that

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.779
 happens.

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.240
 The cross

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.619
 brings about

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.180
 atonement.

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:54.380
 words that

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:54.680
 have

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:56.060
 m-e-n-t

00:29:56.060 --> 00:29:56.380
 at the

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.019
 end mean

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.820
 to make.

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:58.920
 So,

00:29:59.340 --> 00:30:00.120
 contentment,

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.420
 to make

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.880
 content.

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.840
 Resentment,

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:04.900
 to make

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.580
 resentful.

00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:07.640
 Atonement,

00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.980
 quite obviously,

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:10.180
 at one

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:11.039
 meant,

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:12.000
 is to make

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.380
 at one.

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:13.740
 So,

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.220
 the cross

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.000
 creates that

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.880
 oneness between

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:17.160
 God and

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.680
 man,

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.580
 but also

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:20.779
 a oneness

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:22.039
 among

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.700
 people.

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.920
 The church

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.240
 is a

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.700
 community

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:28.740
 that puts

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.420
 that oneness

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.120
 on display.

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.600
 But it's

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.060
 also a

00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:32.360
 community

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:32.799
 where people

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.480
 get hurt

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:35.080
 and relationships

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.900
 break down.

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.480
 Now,

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.940
 what's your

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.840
 natural reaction

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.980
 when things

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.380
 don't work

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:40.720
 out too

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:40.880
 well?

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.240
 Answer,

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:42.240
 we want

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.519
 to take

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.900
 a step

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.299
 back.

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:44.820
 And

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:47.120
 the obvious

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.560
 place,

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:47.860
 that you

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.360
 head for,

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.740
 is your

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.299
 own family.

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.140
 My

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.900
 natural reaction

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.240
 is to

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.660
 withdraw,

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.060
 it's to

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.400
 make sure

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.680
 that it

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:54.880
 never

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.279
 happens

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.680
 again.

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.860
 The cross

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.759
 calls us

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.360
 to bear

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:58.779
 with one

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.120
 another

00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:00.460
 and forgive

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:00.960
 one another

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.560
 as Christ

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:02.080
 has forgiven

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.519
 us.

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.440
 Put it

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.000
 on display,

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.779
 let people

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.160
 see.

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.420
 That's

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.320
 what we're

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:07.600
 about.

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.259
 The cross

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.600
 is a

00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:11.140
 source of

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.060
 justification.

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.640
 Justification

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.279
 is about

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.200
 God

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.100
 declaring

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.620
 us

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.240
 righteous,

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.460
 righteous.

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.640
 In other

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:19.839
 words,

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.259
 it's

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.759
 nothing to

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.079
 do with

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.559
 the core

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.359
 of public

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.019
 opinion.

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.339
 It's not

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.880
 about looking

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.299
 good in

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.960
 people's

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.240
 eyes,

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.140
 it's about

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.940
 standing

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.880
 right before

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.359
 God.

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.160
 And what

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.519
 that should

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.920
 do for

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.400
 us is it

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.259
 freezes up

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.220
 from having

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.039
 to pretend

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:36.680
 that

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:38.460
 hide our

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.779
 sin,

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.680
 play the

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.220
 hypocrite,

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.240
 pretend

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.500
 we're

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.960
 sorted.

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.200
 it.

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.340
 I don't

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:44.519
 know if

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.660
 you've

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:44.840
 noticed

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.240
 this as

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.460
 you read

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.620
 the

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:45.860
 Psalms.

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:45.980
 It's

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.180
 one of

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.259
 the

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.600
 remarkable

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.100
 things about

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.240
 the

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.500
 Psalms,

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:47.860
 isn't it?

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.279
 Particularly

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.720
 the Psalms

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.160
 of David.

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.039
 David

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.559
 doesn't

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:51.860
 just

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.620
 confess

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.200
 his sin.

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:54.980
 David

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.340
 writes

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:56.279
 songs about

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.819
 his sin

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.940
 for people

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.559
 to sing.

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.079
 Can you

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.360
 imagine

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:00.700
 that?

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.860
 All right,

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.559
 I'll write

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:02.980
 a song.

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.220
 That'll be

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.579
 about my

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.860
 sin.

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.299
 That's what

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.740
 he does.

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:09.240
 We have

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.620
 people in

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:10.180
 our church

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.960
 who come

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.980
 from pretty

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.299
 broken

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.839
 backgrounds.

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:13.799
 Sometimes

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.500
 they'll fall

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:16.039
 and it's

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.620
 very easy

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:16.920
 for them

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.160
 as they

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.579
 look around

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.099
 to think,

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.120
 oh, you

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.519
 guys are

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.059
 all sorted.

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.420
 And I

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.799
 need to

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.380
 own up

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.099
 to what

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:25.000
 I guess

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.380
 you might

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:25.859
 call my

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.079
 more

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.620
 respectable

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.200
 sins.

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.420
 I need

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.660
 to let

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:29.900
 people

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.440
 say that

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.920
 my marriage

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.640
 is sometimes

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:33.359
 very clunky

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.700
 like gear

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.220
 wheels.

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.579
 reacting to

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.079
 one another.

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.740
 Sometimes

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.460
 my fuse

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:42.099
 is sadly

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.920
 too short.

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.400
 Sometimes

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.940
 my prayer

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.380
 life is

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:47.000
 distracted

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.900
 and disordered.

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.599
 I need

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.660
 to own

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.019
 up to

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.299
 that.

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.839
 Because

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:55.299
 I've been

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.920
 justified.

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.539
 I'm

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.180
 right because

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.420
 of the

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.980
 cross in

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.640
 God's eyes.

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.220
 And that's

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.779
 what matters.

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.099
 The cross

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.799
 obviously is

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.339
 an outpouring

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.819
 of God's

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.140
 love.

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.220
 This is

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.420
 love,

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.720
 not that

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.039
 we love

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.339
 God,

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.640
 but that

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:08.980
 he loved

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:10.480
 us and

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.980
 sent his

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.339
 son as

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:12.079
 a propitiation

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.579
 for our

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.039
 sins.

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.079
 There are

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.519
 people that

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.859
 you and I

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.180
 will never

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.640
 meet,

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.440
 people who

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.900
 we have

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.319
 little in

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:21.920
 common with,

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.279
 people who

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.700
 contribute

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.480
 nothing to

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.980
 our lives,

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.440
 but just

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.900
 because of

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.220
 where they

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.660
 live,

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.019
 because of

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.539
 the culture

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.140
 they're part

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.500
 of,

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.480
 they will

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.799
 never hear

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.279
 the gospel

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.620
 unless

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.120
 somebody

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:34.620
 takes

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.880
 steps to

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.340
 make that

00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:36.800
 happen,

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:38.860
 to give

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.200
 money,

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:39.920
 to pray,

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.580
 to give

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:44.440
 time to

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.060
 invest in

00:33:45.060 --> 00:33:45.280
 those

00:33:45.280 --> 00:33:46.060
 situations.

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.280
 It's part

00:33:48.280 --> 00:33:48.500
 of the

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.760
 loving,

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.560
 the engaging,

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.520
 the interest

00:33:51.520 --> 00:33:51.860
 in other

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.180
 people.

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:53.920
 Now,

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.520
 Jacob will

00:33:54.520 --> 00:33:55.220
 never see

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.840
 the fulfillment

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.280
 of these

00:33:56.280 --> 00:33:56.680
 promises.

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:58.900
 And yet,

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.300
 when he

00:33:59.300 --> 00:33:59.920
 dies,

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.880
 he will

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.720
 give instructions

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.960
 to his

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.600
 family and

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:03.940
 say,

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.860
 don't

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.259
 bury me

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.839
 in Egypt,

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.579
 take me

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.360
 back to

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.179
 Canaan,

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.139
 and bury

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.679
 me in

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.320
 the cave

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:12.699
 where Abraham

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.099
 and his

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.539
 family are

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.800
 buried.

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.760
 Now,

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.960
 that is

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.260
 not

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.440
 sentimentality.

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.940
 That is

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:20.320
 Jacob saying,

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.619
 not even

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:24.280
 death is

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.559
 going to

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.019
 stop me

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.380
 entering

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.579
 into that

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.099
 future that

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.380
 God's

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:27.780
 promised.

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:27.900
 Christ,

00:34:28.600 --> 00:34:30.140
 this is

00:34:30.140 --> 00:34:30.340
 our

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.800
 identity.

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.500
 This is

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.500
 who we

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:33.880
 are.

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.840
 And it's

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:38.200
 because that

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:39.160
 destiny is

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:41.360
 secure that

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.820
 we can live

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.200
 this kind

00:34:42.200 --> 00:34:42.720
 of life

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:44.620
 that is

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.580
 a life of

00:34:45.580 --> 00:34:46.740
 cost and

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.460
 sacrifice

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:49.140
 and

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:50.340
 involvement

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:51.800
 in other

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.100
 people.

00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:54.260
 I'm going

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.600
 to pray

00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:55.160
 and then

00:34:55.160 --> 00:34:56.060
 Ali's going

00:34:56.060 --> 00:34:56.480
 to take

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.260
 over again.

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:59.920
 Heavenly

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.180
 Father,

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.640
 we thank

00:35:00.640 --> 00:35:01.620
 you for

00:35:01.620 --> 00:35:02.519
 your

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.900
 kindness

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.500
 to us.

00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:06.700
 We're

00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:07.160
 so glad

00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:07.480
 to know

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.780
 that you're

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.019
 the God

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.519
 of Jacob.

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:11.060
 So

00:35:11.060 --> 00:35:11.480
 grateful

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.040
 for

00:35:12.040 --> 00:35:13.680
 being

00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:14.220
 a

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.760
 merciful,

00:35:16.120 --> 00:35:16.540
 gracious,

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.840
 generous

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:19.100
 Heavenly

00:35:19.100 --> 00:35:19.500
 Father.

00:35:21.120 --> 00:35:21.420
 Pray,

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.720
 Lord,

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.280
 that your

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:22.780
 character

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.380
 would be

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.360
 reflected in

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.740
 ours.

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.100
 For

00:35:25.100 --> 00:35:25.360
 Jesus'

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:25.800
 sake,

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.140
 Amen.

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:36.840
 for

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.400
 a

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.480
 blessing,

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.060
 even

00:35:38.060 --> 00:35:38.360
 faire

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.480
 aside.

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.600
 We're

00:35:40.600 --> 00:35:41.260
 so glad

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.280
 that you're

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.600
 doing

00:35:42.600 --> 00:35:43.180
 yourself.