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 Father, sometimes your word brings up issues that cause emotional turmoil for us.

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 And Father, we don't like having emotional turmoil,

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 but we know ultimately that when you raise issues that cause emotional turmoil,

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 it is for our good.

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 We give you thanks and praise that you know the sorrows of our hearts,

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 the sadnesses, the unfulfilled dreams that we have,

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 and we give you thanks and praise that we can pour out our hearts to you about those things,

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 that you are our Father in heaven and that we live in your world and that you love us.

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 We ask, Father, that you would gently but deeply pour the Holy Spirit upon us this morning

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 as we read this and think about this powerful story in your word.

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 And we give you full permission for your word to speak deeply into our hearts

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 and form us.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So today's sermon comes with a trigger warning.

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 And I'm not saying that as a joke.

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 It's very serious.

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 There's a particular issue which drives the story.

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 And it's an issue which was very painful then.

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 And it's painful for many people today.

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 And it's painful, in fact, for some of the people in our church.

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 And the issue which is triggered, which is very difficult,

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 is the problem of people who would like to have children but can't.

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 And for some people, they would love to be able to have children,

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 but they can't find anybody to marry.

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 Or they've never been able to marry.

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 Or at least not anybody that would be suitable.

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 So they can go through their 20s and their 30s.

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 And then maybe, of course, if you're a woman, enter into your 40s.

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 And now it's no longer possible to have children.

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 And you've never been able to find somebody to marry.

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 And it can be very, very painful.

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 And it's one of those pains that people have that they don't really wear on their sleeve.

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 But it still can be a very, very deep ache and sorrow.

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 And then, of course, there are women and men who've married.

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 But for a variety of reasons, for whatever reasons, they're not able to have children.

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 Or maybe they were able to have one miracle child, but they would long to have many children.

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 And that's a very deep pain.

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 It can be a very deep ache that can last for a very, very long time.

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 And once again, it's not something often that they wear on their sleeve or even feel free to talk about.

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 But it's a very, very real ache.

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 And what drives the events of this story, amongst other things,

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 is the struggle over childlessness.

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 And the reaction of somebody who gets pregnant in the context of somebody who's childless.

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 Now, this story, though, in other words, for some here in the room,

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 it can evoke and maybe even trigger very, very powerful emotions.

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 And the story itself doesn't directly deal with the issue of childlessness.

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 But one of the things you need to understand about this story that we're about to read,

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 and I know, by the way, if you went to the University of Ottawa,

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 they would just say this is nonsense.

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 But that's fine.

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 People in universities aren't always right.

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 I know that's a bit of a shock.

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 But historically, Christians have understood that this story that we're about to read in Genesis

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 is actually part of a five volume.

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 It's actually five books that are meant to be one book.

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 It would be like if you're reading The Lord of the Rings,

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 and The Lord of the Rings as a whole is six books.

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 And you're supposed to read the six books understanding that there's one author.

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 And historically, Christians have believed that there's one ultimate,

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 one primary author of this, which is Moses.

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 And he wrote five different books.

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 And then, of course, as Christians, we would now say that, in fact,

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 this is one book out of a 66-book story,

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 the 39 books that were written before Jesus

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 and the 27 books that were written after Jesus.

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 And one of the things that if you read the whole story,

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 so there's two things about this.

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 And so one of them isn't directly in this story.

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 It would be if you kept to read the rest of the story.

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 And even a little bit, if you were to think back to how the whole story begins in Genesis chapter 1,

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 is that one of the things which is very, very powerful

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 is that at no point in time in the Bible

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 does the Bible ever connect a woman's dignity or worth

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 to the bearing of children or of even being married.

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 At no point in time in the Bible

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 does it connect a woman's dignity or worth or value

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 or being used by God or ability to bring glory to God

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 is connected to having a child, being married or having a child.

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 And it's actually a very, very,

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 we're going to talk about it a little bit more later on,

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 that part of what the Bible is,

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 is it's, I would call it,

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 the Bible is, the Bible understood in the context of the gospel

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 is the perennial sexual revolution

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 to clarify how we human beings get sexual relations

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 and sexual knowing all messed up.

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 And the Bible is this unending source

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 as seen through the gospel and the power of the Holy Spirit

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 to bring sanity to us.

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 So there's things in our human nature that might mean,

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 and it's not wrong for a person, for a woman

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 to desire to have children.

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 That's not a wrong desire.

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 And the Bible doesn't say it's a wrong desire.

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 The Bible very, very clearly portrays

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 that women who are blessed

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 and men who are blessed to enter into holy matrimony,

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 they are doing a good thing.

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 If they're blessed with children,

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 that is a good thing.

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 If they're not able to be married

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 or not able to have children,

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 those are also things,

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 which while all of these things can be sources of sorrow,

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 they're all things

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 that don't affect our dignity and worth,

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 our value,

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 our ability to be used by God.

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 And this is profoundly countercultural.

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 And the other thing that we're going to see in this story

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 is that there's the dynamic of childlessness

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 and pregnancy,

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 which causes conflict,

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 massive conflict.

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 But one of the things

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 that's very, very powerful about this story,

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 and by the way,

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 if you're watching this and you're not a Christian,

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 and you might not understand this,

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 that Christians have trouble with this too,

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 our culture has sort of formed us.

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 The stories of our culture

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 have formed us

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 to do one of two types of things.

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 One is to actually try to divide characters

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 in a story into the good guys and the bad guys.

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 Or the other thing,

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 the thing which the elites like,

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 but people tend to not want to go watch those movies

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 or read those books.

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 So they win awards

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 and they sell a thousand copies.

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 It's to sort of despair of the idea

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 that there's any good or evil,

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 right or wrong at all.

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 But for the bulk of the stories,

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 which human beings like,

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 we want to try to put characters

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 in the good category and the bad category.

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 And one of the things

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 which is going to be confusing for us

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 when we read this story

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 is that everybody's bad

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 in the sense that everybody does some wrong things.

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 Like everybody.

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 There's no hero in the story.

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 But what you see in the story

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 is a profound sympathy

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 for people who do bad things.

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 And it's hard for us

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 to get our minds around a story.

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 In a sense,

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 what you're doing is

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 the story is giving us

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 a little bit of a glimpse

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 about how God,

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 the triune God,

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 sees human beings.

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 He sees us as human beings.

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 He sees the evil that we do.

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 He sees the good that we fail to do.

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 He doesn't minimize it and say,

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 well, you're one of the good guys,

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 so therefore the bad things that you do

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 aren't as bad as the bad things

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 the bad people do.

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 And for you bad people,

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 the bad things you do are way worse

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 because that doesn't happen ever in the Bible.

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 What you see is

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 without minimizing moral evil

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 and without minimizing the consequences

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 of moral evil,

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 you see this constant sympathy.

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 This constant sympathy

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 towards how people are presented.

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 So here's how the story goes.

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 If you turn in your Bibles,

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 it's a long introduction,

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 but it's an important introduction.

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 And here's how the story goes.

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 It's Genesis chapter 16,

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 verses 1 to the end of the story.

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 And for those of you

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 who have maybe not come to the church

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 for a long time,

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 we preach through either books of the Bible

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 or large chunks of the Bible,

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 and we're in the process

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 of going through the story of Abraham.

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 So we've done chapter 12, 13, 14, 15,

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 and now chapter 16,

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 and here's how the story goes.

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 Now Sarai, Abram's wife,

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 had borne him no children.

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 She had a female Egyptian servant

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 whose name was Hagar.

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 Now just sort of pause here.

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 One of the problems for us

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 reading a story like this

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 is we're all familiar with the problem.

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 How big or small a problem it is,

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 of course, is itself a problem,

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 the problem of racism

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 and the problem of prejudice.

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 And so for many people in our culture,

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 hearing a story like this

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 that instantly goes to identifying

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 the woman as an Egyptian

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 sounds as if it's, in a sense,

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 racializing the story.

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 It's bringing in prejudice.

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 So is that what's going on in the story?

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 Well, it's not what's going on

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 in the story at all.

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 What's going on here

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 is something which is very, very important

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 in terms of how the story

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 forms you in a deep way.

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 Excuse me.

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 You see,

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 here's the thing.

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 We have a person here

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 who's in the church today

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 who has a PhD in the Old Testament.

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 And if you talk to him,

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 he can tell you one of the things

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 which is remarkable

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 about not only the book of Genesis

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 but about all of the Pentateuch

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 is all of these intricate interconnections

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 in the story.

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 And that's what's going on here.

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 You see,

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 Egypt is bringing up something.

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 In Genesis chapter 12,

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 at the beginning of these stories

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 about Abraham,

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 what happens is

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 you get this profound thing

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 that sort of launches

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 the rest of the Bible

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 about how God has called Abram

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 to leave Ur of the Chaldees

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 and he's called him

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 to go to this land

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 that he doesn't know where it is

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 and that God's going to bless him

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 and he's going to make him

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 a blessing which blesses

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 and he's going to bless him

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 with the land

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 and it's a very, very powerful

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 moving set of verses.

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 And then almost immediately after that

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 there's a famine

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 that comes to the land

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 and Abram,

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 rather than trusting God

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 or rather than seeking God's will,

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 he tries to take matters

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 into his own hand

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 and he goes down to Egypt.

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 And if you remember the story,

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 what he does

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 is not only does he decide

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 to go down to Egypt

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 but he decides

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 that he's going to manage

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 the Egyptian issue

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 by lying

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 and by doing something,

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 him and Sarah together

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 decide they're going to do

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 something terrible.

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 They're going to pretend

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 that they're brother and sister

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 and anyway,

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 the whole thing becomes

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 this complete and utter disaster.

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 And in fact, actually,

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 so when we see here now

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 Hagar, who's an Egyptian,

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 she probably became

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 their servant

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 in that incident.

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 And there's other things

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 which go on in this story

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 because just before this,

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 they talk about

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 the 400 years

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 and they're going to be

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 in their impression

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 and this is going to set

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 the stage for eventually

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 we discover it's going

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 to be Egypt.

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 And so there's all

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 these little threads

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 that go all the way

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 through the story

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 that connect things

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 in the story

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 and echoes of each other.

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 But the particular thing

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 which is going on here,

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 if you've been reading

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 the stories from chapter 12,

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 13, 14, 15, and 16

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 and you come to this

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 and you see this

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 and it reminds you

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 of the disaster

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 that happened in chapter 12,

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 it's saying

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 something bad

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 is about to happen.

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 In modern movies,

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 it would be done

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 with a certain type of music

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 where all of a sudden

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 the music stops

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 in their silence

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 and it signals

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 to the viewer

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 that something

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 bad is about to happen

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 and that's what's going on

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 here in the text.

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 So, verse 2.

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 So what's the bad thing

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 that's about to happen?

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 Verse 2.

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 And Sarai said to Abram,

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 Behold, now,

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 sorry, behold,

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 behold, now,

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 the Lord has prevented me

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 from bearing children.

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 We'll talk about that

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 in a moment.

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 Go into my servant

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 and go into my servant

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 is sexual language.

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 Basically, she's saying

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 I want you to have sex

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 with my servant.

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 Go into my servant,

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 it may be that I shall

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 obtain children by her.

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 And Abram listened

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 to the voice of Sarai.

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 So after Abram

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 had lived ten years

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 in the land of Canaan,

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 Sarai, Abram's wife,

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 took Hagar the Egyptian,

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 her servant,

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 and gave her to Abram,

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 her husband,

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 as a wife.

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 And he went into Hagar

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 and she conceived.

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 And when she saw

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 that she had conceived,

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 she looked with contempt

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 on her mistress.

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 So,

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 so first of all,

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 this sounds a bit weird

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 to us, eh?

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 I could just imagine

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 me suggesting

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 to Louise

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 that she find

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 a younger woman

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 for me to marry

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 and I'll be married

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 to both of them.

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 And that would not be

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 a conversation

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 would go very well,

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 nor should it.

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 But here's the thing.

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 What Sarah and Hagar do

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 is the cultural wisdom

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 of the day.

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 In other words,

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 it is what the cultural

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 equivalents of the CBC,

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 the Liberal Party,

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 the Conservative Party,

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 Ottawa U,

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 Hollywood,

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 the Globe and Mail,

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 all of our elites

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 have a cultural wisdom

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 around sexual knowledge.

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 and sexual relations.

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 And in the,

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 the equivalents

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 of the CBC

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 and the Supreme Court

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 and Parliament

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 and the Senate

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 and Ottawa U

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 and,

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 and Hollywood,

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 the equivalents

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 in those days

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 would have said

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 that what Sarah

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 and Hagar were doing

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 was the smart,

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 wise way

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 to fix the problem.

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 They're following

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 the cultural wisdom

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 of the day.

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 And it leads

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 to complete

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 and utter disaster.

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 The disaster

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 is going to get worse

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 as the story goes on.

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 There's going to be

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 demands for justice

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 which is really

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 just masking a desire

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 to hurt,

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 not for justice

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 but to hurt,

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 to crush,

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 to oppress,

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 to afflict.

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 There's going to be

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 abandonment

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 and running away

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 and there's only going

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 to be further heartache

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 as they follow

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 the wisdom of the world.

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 this in fact is

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 why you see

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 that the Bible's teaching

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 is part of the continual

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 true sexual revolution,

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 the perennial sexual revolution.

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 You see,

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 if you watch Hollywood

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 and read stories

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 and listen to the experts,

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 they continually

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 tell us different ways

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 to live sexually

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 in the world

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 which they say

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 are wise.

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 And the stories

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 and the movies

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 never show

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 in fact

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 the folly

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 of following

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 the wisdom

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 of the world.

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 So in the wisdom

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 of our world,

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 there is pressure

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 on women

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 to have

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 sexual knowing

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 with their boyfriends

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 because they believe

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 that unless they have,

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 they sexually know

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 their boyfriends,

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 their boyfriends

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 will not date them

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 and they'll never marry

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 and they want to marry.

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 Or

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 there is pressure

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 put on young men

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 and young women

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 and older men

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 and older women

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 that they need to have

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 sexual knowing

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 of many people

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 because how else

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 will you be prepared

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 for marriage

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 unless you have

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 sexual knowing

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 of many people.

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 And the cultural

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 wisdom of the day

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 says that if you want

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 to have a long

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 and happy marriage,

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 you need to live

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 together first

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 because that's the way

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 that you find out

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 whether you're in fact

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 suited to be

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 with this other person.

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 And this is all

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 just the commonplace

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 wisdom of the world.

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 What they don't say

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 is because God

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 has designed

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 sexual knowing

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 as a powerful

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 unitive force

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 within the person

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 that when a woman

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 sleeps with a man

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 and one or both

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 have absolutely

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 no intention

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 of ever marrying them,

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 all that happens

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 is that there's

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 a type of tearing

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 in the person

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 in a hardening

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 of relations

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 between the sexes

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 and a distrust.

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 And that's not

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 even calling,

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 that's not even

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 connected to things

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 like sexually

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 transmitted diseases

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 which can in fact

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 in many cases

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 lead to infertility

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 or to unwanted

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 pregnancies

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 and abortions.

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 And there's no

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 type of sense

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 that the supposed

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 wisdom of living

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 together

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 to prepare you

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 for marriage

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 that all

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.299
 of the statistics

00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:20.639
 for decades

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 consistently show

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 that people

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 who lived together

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 before marriage

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 are much more

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 likely to divorce

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 than to remain

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 married.

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 Nor that the

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 pressure to sexually

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 know many different

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:34.159
 people to somehow

00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:35.000
 prepare you for

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 marriage,

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 that to sexually

00:18:36.919 --> 00:18:37.879
 know many people

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 only forms you

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 to have sex

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 with lots of

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 people.

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 doesn't help

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 you or form

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 you at all

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 to sexually

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 know just one

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 person,

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 your husband

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 or your wife.

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 In fact,

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.119
 the sexual

00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:54.920
 wisdom of our

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 world causes

00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:56.599
 chaos.

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 And the

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.259
 wisdom of the

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.599
 Bible,

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.759
 because you see

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.039
 one of the

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:03.039
 things in what

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.759
 happens in this

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.140
 story,

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 and it's a

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.740
 subtle thing,

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.240
 but it's very

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.980
 powerful and

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.420
 cumulative.

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:09.019
 The wisdom

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.500
 of the world

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.160
 in those days

00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:10.859
 was polygamy

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 was good

00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:11.759
 amongst other

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.180
 things.

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 And one of

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:13.700
 the things

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:13.980
 that the

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.859
 Bible consistently

00:19:14.859 --> 00:19:16.279
 shows is

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.039
 that whenever

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:18.559
 polygamy or

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.019
 these other

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.859
 things happen,

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 all that

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:22.000
 happens is

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.740
 heartache and

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.259
 chaos.

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 And that the

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.519
 wisdom,

00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.200
 portrayed especially

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:31.019
 in Exodus and

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:31.640
 Deuteronomy,

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 where it talks

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 about you

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.140
 shall not

00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:34.940
 commit adultery,

00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:36.839
 that that

00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:38.380
 is something

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:39.099
 which opens

00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:40.680
 the door to

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.319
 a perpetual

00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:42.759
 sexual revolution.

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:44.000
 that points

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.480
 you towards

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:46.819
 sanity and

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.460
 wholeness and

00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:47.759
 health.

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.740
 So they

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.160
 follow the

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.539
 wisdom of

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:54.940
 the world,

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:59.940
 and Hagar

00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.900
 successfully gets

00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.359
 pregnant,

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:06.200
 and Sarah

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.920
 is crushed,

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:09.759
 Hagar's

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.779
 arrogant and

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.620
 contemptuous,

00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:13.860
 and we can

00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:14.420
 all see that

00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:14.880
 this is going

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.259
 to be a

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.000
 recipe for a

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.480
 great time

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:16.900
 together.

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 In sitcoms,

00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:21.300
 of course,

00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:21.620
 what would

00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.140
 happen is

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.560
 there'd be a

00:20:22.560 --> 00:20:23.019
 period of

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.480
 conflict.

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.519
 They'd all

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.019
 come to their

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.380
 senses,

00:20:25.620 --> 00:20:26.060
 they'd have a

00:20:26.060 --> 00:20:26.620
 group hug,

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.039
 and they'd

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.580
 live together

00:20:27.580 --> 00:20:28.259
 happily ever

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:28.680
 after,

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.860
 and that,

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.220
 of course,

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.920
 is completely

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:31.460
 and utterly

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.420
 unrealistic to

00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:32.759
 most of

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:32.960
 human

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.620
 experience,

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.160
 but what

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:35.180
 is portrayed

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:36.019
 in sitcoms,

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.440
 and what we

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.640
 think should

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.120
 happen to

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.380
 us.

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:38.620
 Well,

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:38.980
 how does it

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.279
 work out?

00:20:39.340 --> 00:20:39.580
 Look what

00:20:39.580 --> 00:20:40.080
 happens in

00:20:40.080 --> 00:20:40.700
 verse 5.

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:44.180
 Sarah said

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.779
 to Abram,

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:47.480
 May the

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.440
 wrong done

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.200
 to me

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.259
 be on you.

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:52.220
 I gave

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.100
 my servant

00:20:53.100 --> 00:20:53.920
 to your

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.819
 embrace,

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.039
 and when

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.600
 she saw

00:20:56.600 --> 00:20:57.019
 that she

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.660
 had conceived,

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.500
 she looked

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.240
 on me with

00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.759
 contempt.

00:21:00.120 --> 00:21:00.519
 The same

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:00.960
 word for

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.640
 contempt is

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.039
 also the

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.440
 word for

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.840
 curse.

00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:04.519
 She

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.240
 curses,

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.720
 Sarah.

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.400
 May the

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:08.000
 Lord judge

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.559
 between you

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:08.940
 and me.

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.500
 But Abram

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.940
 said to

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.180
 Sarah,

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.099
 Behold,

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.559
 your servant

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:12.839
 is in

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.339
 your power.

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:13.779
 Do to

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.059
 her as

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.619
 you please.

00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:16.319
 Then Sarah

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.819
 dealt

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.579
 harshly

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.440
 with her,

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:22.059
 and Hagar

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.960
 fled from

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.299
 Sarah.

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.359
 So here

00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:25.680
 we see

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.099
 just a

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.500
 perfect

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.900
 picture

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:27.200
 of human

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.579
 life.

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:28.839
 Why is

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.119
 it that we

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:29.380
 can't

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:29.680
 accept

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.380
 responsibility

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:31.000
 for the

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.380
 wrong that

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:31.740
 we do?

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:32.759
 Sarah

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.160
 blames

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.640
 Abram.

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.440
 Abram

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.920
 shuffles

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.220
 off

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.980
 responsibility.

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.339
 Sarah

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:38.059
 claims that

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.500
 she wants

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.019
 justice,

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.599
 which is

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.000
 what she's

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.259
 trying to

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.559
 talk to

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.839
 Abram

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.039
 about

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.339
 what she

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:41.579
 doesn't

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.039
 really want

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.460
 justice.

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.680
 She wants

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.619
 to smash.

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.000
 That's what

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.339
 she wants.

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.579
 She doesn't

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.000
 want justice.

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.920
 She wants

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.740
 to smash.

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.160
 And so

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.879
 she smashes.

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.180
 And Hagar

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.859
 flees.

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.039
 And now

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.480
 the focus

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.019
 shifts

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.900
 to Hagar.

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:04.900
 Sarah,

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.299
 in a sense,

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.000
 disappears from

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.500
 the story,

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.299
 at least this

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.680
 incident,

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:07.799
 moment,

00:22:08.320 --> 00:22:08.660
 and now

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.019
 the focus

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.480
 goes on

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:09.759
 Hagar.

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.039
 How is

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.480
 God going

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.720
 to deal

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.060
 with all

00:22:12.060 --> 00:22:12.460
 of this?

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.340
 Well,

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.560
 let's

00:22:13.560 --> 00:22:13.840
 look.

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.519
 Verse 7,

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:15.940
 the angel

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.200
 of the

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.420
 Lord

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.539
 found her,

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.000
 now the

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.400
 her is

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:18.820
 Hagar,

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.620
 not Sarai,

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.279
 but found

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.860
 Hagar,

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.019
 by a

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.480
 spring of

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.100
 water in

00:22:23.100 --> 00:22:23.640
 the wilderness,

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.440
 the spring

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:24.820
 on the

00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:25.380
 way to

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:25.620
 Shur.

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.259
 Now,

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:26.600
 just sort

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:27.080
 of pause

00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:27.480
 here for

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.700
 a second.

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:27.980
 It's just

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.259
 a very

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.799
 tiny bit

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.019
 of the

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.360
 story,

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.620
 but remember,

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.740
 stories form

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.120
 us,

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:33.199
 and one

00:22:33.199 --> 00:22:33.379
 of the

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.779
 things which

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.419
 is subtly

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:35.079
 forming us

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.419
 here at the

00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:35.639
 very,

00:22:35.739 --> 00:22:36.000
 very beginning

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.199
 of the

00:22:36.199 --> 00:22:36.759
 Old Testament

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.399
 is that

00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:38.500
 God goes

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.059
 seeking

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.799
 Hagar,

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:42.500
 the one

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.839
 who treats

00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:45.399
 Sarai with

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:46.119
 contempt,

00:22:47.739 --> 00:22:48.819
 the one

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.879
 who curses

00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:51.939
 Sarai out.

00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.579
 God

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.519
 goes

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.239
 looking

00:22:55.239 --> 00:22:56.379
 for

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:56.819
 Hagar.

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:56.859
 Hagar.

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.539
 See,

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.019
 every single

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.419
 one of us

00:23:02.419 --> 00:23:02.579
 who have

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:02.939
 become a

00:23:02.939 --> 00:23:03.359
 Christian,

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:04.720
 God

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.659
 sought you

00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:06.599
 before you

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.259
 sought him.

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.919
 That's the

00:23:09.919 --> 00:23:10.539
 pattern of

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.019
 the Bible.

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.059
 The Lord

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.859
 seeks you,

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.099
 and he

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.720
 seeks you

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.220
 even when

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.579
 you've done

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.159
 things which

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:16.599
 aren't very

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:16.960
 good.

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:19.539
 The Lord

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.099
 seeks

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.500
 Hagar,

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:20.879
 and the

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.500
 Lord finds

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:21.839
 Hagar.

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.759
 Verse 8,

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.599
 and he

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.019
 said,

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:25.839
 Hagar,

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:27.240
 servant

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.500
 of

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.919
 Sarai,

00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:28.779
 where have

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.119
 you come

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.439
 from and

00:23:29.439 --> 00:23:29.679
 where are

00:23:29.679 --> 00:23:30.059
 you going?

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.099
 She said,

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.179
 I am

00:23:32.179 --> 00:23:32.799
 fleeing from

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.339
 my mistress

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.839
 Sarai.

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.439
 The angel

00:23:35.439 --> 00:23:35.819
 of the Lord

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.279
 said to

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.480
 her,

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.799
 return to

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.859
 your mistress

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:40.399
 and submit

00:23:40.399 --> 00:23:41.000
 to her.

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.159
 Now,

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.699
 that causes

00:23:43.699 --> 00:23:44.359
 problems for

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:44.619
 us.

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.439
 I don't

00:23:46.439 --> 00:23:46.659
 know if

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:46.959
 you're aware

00:23:46.959 --> 00:23:47.199
 of the

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:47.379
 fact,

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.720
 but the

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.459
 most popular

00:23:48.459 --> 00:23:49.279
 tattoo in

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.959
 Canada is

00:23:50.959 --> 00:23:51.899
 the phrase,

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.539
 I love to

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.939
 submit.

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.679
 Haven't you

00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:54.019
 found that

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.319
 is the

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.659
 case?

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.740
 Like,

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:56.060
 I don't

00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:56.259
 know,

00:23:56.540 --> 00:23:56.800
 you know,

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.500
 every time

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:57.860
 I go into

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.519
 a Starbucks,

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.120
 it's like

00:23:59.120 --> 00:23:59.820
 every person,

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.160
 I think,

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.500
 what are you,

00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:00.960
 a herd of

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.360
 independent

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:01.720
 minds?

00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.100
 You all

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.480
 like to

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.019
 tattoo on

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.580
 your arms

00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:04.300
 where everybody

00:24:04.300 --> 00:24:04.900
 can see I

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.340
 love to

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:05.600
 submit?

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.300
 No,

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:06.560
 of course,

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.060
 this is like

00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.620
 a completely

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.460
 terrible thing.

00:24:08.540 --> 00:24:09.040
 This is so

00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:09.759
 un-Canadian.

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.220
 In fact,

00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:11.380
 for many people

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.000
 looking at this,

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.259
 they go,

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:12.460
 oh,

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.920
 come on,

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.740
 good grief.

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.480
 Like,

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:14.860
 how,

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.580
 what?

00:24:16.540 --> 00:24:16.940
 Listen,

00:24:17.320 --> 00:24:17.880
 the Bible

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.560
 shouldn't be

00:24:18.560 --> 00:24:19.360
 telling her to

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.840
 submit.

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.060
 Like,

00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:22.400
 so how would

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.000
 Hollywood tell

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.100
 it?

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.280
 Well,

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:25.259
 here's the

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.600
 thing.

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.040
 Here's the

00:24:27.040 --> 00:24:27.420
 thing where

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.880
 the Bible

00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.560
 is wise.

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.480
 There is

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.480
 no option

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.160
 to Hagar

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.840
 other than

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.280
 submitting.

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.759
 The question

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.500
 isn't,

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.060
 see,

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.380
 that's what

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.700
 Hollywood and

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.160
 the wisdom of

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.460
 the world

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:39.940
 likes to try

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.540
 to tell us.

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.420
 the option

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.099
 for George

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.460
 is,

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.299
 will I

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.899
 submit?

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.139
 Or will

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.740
 I be

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.920
 an independent,

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.259
 powerful,

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:50.039
 self-asserting,

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.059
 autonomous,

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.899
 self-actualizing

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.559
 person that

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.180
 everybody should

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.700
 applaud?

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.700
 Should I do

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.399
 that or should

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:57.839
 I submit?

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.180
 Well,

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.659
 who's going to

00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:59.220
 pick submitting

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.639
 when that's

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.019
 the option?

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.659
 But that's

00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:00.980
 not the

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.519
 option in

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.839
 life.

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.139
 Bob Dylan,

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:03.879
 in his

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.720
 Christian phase,

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.159
 put it

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:05.720
 perfectly.

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.559
 You've

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:06.839
 got to

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.220
 serve

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.799
 somebody.

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:09.039
 It might

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.399
 be the

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.700
 devil,

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.299
 or it

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.700
 might be

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:10.880
 the

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.240
 Lord,

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:11.819
 but you

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.140
 got to

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.620
 serve

00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:13.220
 somebody.

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.299
 The

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.680
 question

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.059
 isn't,

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.440
 will you

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:15.819
 submit

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:17.120
 or not?

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.600
 The

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:17.980
 question

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.620
 is always

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.039
 who or

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.400
 what will

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.860
 you submit

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.220
 to?

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.460
 So,

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:22.019
 if you

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.700
 get upset

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.160
 with the

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.740
 story,

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.680
 well,

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.019
 what's

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.259
 Hagar

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.620
 going to

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:25.960
 do?

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:26.940
 Hagar's

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.160
 going to

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.759
 go back.

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.400
 Here she

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.799
 is a

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.360
 single,

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.519
 unattached

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:32.779
 woman in

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:34.120
 a patriarchal

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:35.840
 society.

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:36.840
 She's

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.080
 going to

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:37.519
 go back

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:37.819
 and be

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.420
 somebody's

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.080
 slave.

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.819
 she's

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.240
 not going

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.500
 to go

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.700
 to

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.059
 Egypt

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.640
 and start

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.000
 the

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.460
 equivalent

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:44.700
 of

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.140
 Shopify

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.779
 or

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.340
 Amazon

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:47.980
 and be

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.600
 unbelievably

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.340
 rich.

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:50.900
 She's

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.180
 going to

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.440
 submit

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.680
 to

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.220
 somebody.

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.440
 But

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.720
 what does

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.100
 he tell

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.380
 her?

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.220
 And we're

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.420
 going to

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.660
 see,

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.680
 in a sense,

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.220
 the promise

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.680
 which comes

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.100
 immediately

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.819
 after that.

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.819
 Remember,

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.580
 if you go

00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:04.039
 back and

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.360
 you read

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.680
 Genesis

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.539
 chapter 12

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.180
 verses 1,

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.400
 2,

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.779
 and 3,

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:07.180
 one of the

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.559
 things which

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.640
 characterizes the

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.200
 blessing that

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.800
 God is to

00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:10.720
 give Abram,

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.480
 is that

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.160
 Abram is

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.920
 blessed to

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.180
 be a

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.540
 blessing.

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:19.400
 So what

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.320
 he is telling

00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:21.020
 Hagar to

00:26:21.020 --> 00:26:21.780
 do is to

00:26:21.780 --> 00:26:22.640
 go back to

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.440
 the one who's

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.060
 being blessed

00:26:24.060 --> 00:26:24.540
 to be a

00:26:24.540 --> 00:26:24.920
 blessing,

00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:26.320
 because if

00:26:26.320 --> 00:26:26.740
 she goes

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.340
 back,

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:29.160
 she will

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.800
 be blessed.

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.480
 She goes

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.160
 to Egypt,

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:35.320
 slavery,

00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:37.380
 she goes

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.040
 to poverty,

00:26:39.040 --> 00:26:40.420
 she goes

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:40.900
 back,

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.560
 and she's

00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:41.660
 going to

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:41.920
 have to

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.200
 submit,

00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:43.380
 or she

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.600
 can go

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.080
 back and

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.519
 submit.

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:46.920
 God is

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.140
 going to

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.519
 deal with

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.700
 things so

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:50.980
 that she's

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.200
 blessed.

00:26:51.300 --> 00:26:51.580
 Look, in

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:51.920
 fact, what

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.360
 happens.

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.460
 Verse 10.

00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:55.800
 So verse 9,

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.380
 return to

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.800
 your mistress

00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.300
 and submit

00:26:57.300 --> 00:26:57.740
 to her.

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.700
 The angel

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:58.920
 of the

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.080
 Lord,

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.580
 verse 10,

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.320
 also said

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:00.640
 to her,

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.040
 I will

00:27:01.040 --> 00:27:01.500
 surely

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.140
 multiply

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.460
 your

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.960
 offspring

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.480
 so that

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.960
 they cannot

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.680
 be numbered

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.420
 for multitude.

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.720
 And the

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.160
 angel of

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.440
 the Lord

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.920
 said to

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.080
 her,

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.560
 behold,

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:08.920
 you are

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.360
 pregnant,

00:27:09.520 --> 00:27:09.780
 and you

00:27:09.780 --> 00:27:10.200
 shall bear

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.780
 a son,

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.500
 you shall

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.080
 call his

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:13.259
 name Ishmael,

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.360
 because the

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.820
 Lord has

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.400
 listened to

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.140
 your affliction.

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.100
 He shall

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.720
 be a wild

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.320
 donkey of

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:18.780
 a man.

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.640
 That's an

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.280
 image of

00:27:20.280 --> 00:27:20.800
 a person

00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:21.580
 who loves

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.220
 freedom,

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.580
 but at the

00:27:23.580 --> 00:27:23.960
 same time

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.220
 he's going

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.520
 to have a

00:27:24.520 --> 00:27:24.900
 problem.

00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:25.620
 His freedom,

00:27:26.020 --> 00:27:26.460
 his love

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.960
 of freedom

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.560
 will mean he

00:27:27.560 --> 00:27:27.880
 won't get

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.380
 along with

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:28.740
 people.

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:29.720
 Verse 12,

00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:30.080
 he shall

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:30.560
 be a wild

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.119
 donkey of

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.419
 a man,

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:31.980
 his hand

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.319
 against

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.740
 everyone,

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.440
 and everyone's

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.980
 hand against

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.240
 him,

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.759
 and he

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:34.919
 shall

00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.480
 dwell

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.859
 over

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.240
 against

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.460
 all his

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.000
 kinsmen.

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.619
 But the

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.279
 thing is,

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:39.879
 right,

00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:41.859
 there's a

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.440
 prophecy of

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.759
 some other

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.139
 things that

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.399
 are going

00:27:43.399 --> 00:27:43.759
 to go on

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:43.859
 there,

00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:44.639
 but fundamentally

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:45.200
 if she

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.799
 goes back

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.519
 and submits

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.859
 to the

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.279
 one whom

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.599
 the Lord

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.099
 is blessing

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.539
 to be a

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.980
 blessing,

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:52.099
 is that

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.379
 she will

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.960
 be blessed.

00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:55.339
 Her son

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:55.700
 will be

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.440
 safely born.

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.359
 Her son

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.000
 will marry.

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.460
 her son

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.819
 will have

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.319
 children,

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.920
 and she

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.500
 will be a

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.220
 mom who

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.000
 has a

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.559
 child,

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.480
 and who

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.680
 has

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.400
 grandchildren,

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.079
 and great

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.640
 grandchildren,

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.160
 of course,

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.680
 in those days

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.200
 she would die

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.619
 before any

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:10.900
 of that

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.240
 would be

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.559
 seen,

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.099
 probably.

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.500
 But that

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.779
 is what

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.380
 God is

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.299
 promising her

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.839
 and offering

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.200
 her.

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.619
 Verse 13,

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.259
 this is very

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.859
 significant.

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:23.179
 So she

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:23.879
 called the

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.279
 name of

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.719
 the Lord

00:28:24.719 --> 00:28:25.279
 who spoke

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.740
 to her,

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.219
 you are

00:28:27.219 --> 00:28:28.059
 a God

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.959
 of seeing.

00:28:30.939 --> 00:28:31.399
 For she

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:31.719
 said,

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.139
 truly,

00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:32.859
 here I

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.619
 have seen

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.179
 him who

00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:34.819
 looks after

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.059
 me.

00:28:35.959 --> 00:28:36.279
 Therefore

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.939
 the well

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.719
 was called

00:28:37.719 --> 00:28:39.559
 Bir Lahai

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.099
 Roy.

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.839
 It lies

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.219
 between

00:28:42.219 --> 00:28:42.679
 Kadesh

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.139
 and Bered

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:43.939
 and Hagar

00:28:43.939 --> 00:28:44.719
 bore Abram

00:28:44.719 --> 00:28:45.159
 a son,

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.679
 and Abram

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:46.099
 called the

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.379
 name of

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:46.879
 his son

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.359
 whom

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.719
 Hagar

00:28:47.719 --> 00:28:48.139
 bore

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:49.179
 Ishmael.

00:28:49.719 --> 00:28:50.000
 In other

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.179
 words,

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.839
 Abram

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.319
 comes

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.699
 back,

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.079
 there's

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.799
 peace

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.059
 which

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.319
 goes

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.619
 back

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:53.839
 there.

00:28:53.959 --> 00:28:54.220
 Abram

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.740
 was 86

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:54.959
 years

00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:55.179
 old

00:28:55.179 --> 00:28:55.299
 when

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.519
 Hagar

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.779
 bore

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.539
 Ishmael

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:56.699
 to

00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:57.059
 Abram.

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.659
 But here's

00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:58.939
 the thing,

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.679
 trying to

00:28:59.679 --> 00:29:00.339
 wrap this

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.480
 up,

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:00.879
 here's the

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.240
 thing which

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.579
 is very

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.099
 significant

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.659
 about this.

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.299
 If you

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.599
 go back

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:03.939
 to verse

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.379
 13,

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.759
 you are

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.139
 a God

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.699
 of seeing.

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.279
 In the

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.599
 original

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.319
 language,

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:13.220
 the same

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.339
 name

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:15.359
 sentence

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.619
 can be

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:16.980
 understood

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.539
 in different

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:17.980
 senses

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.339
 all at

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.639
 the same

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.039
 time.

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.659
 In English,

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.119
 of course,

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.599
 you have

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.000
 to pick

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.259
 one.

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.919
 And it

00:29:22.919 --> 00:29:24.099
 also means

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.699
 not just

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:25.019
 you are

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.599
 a God

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:27.240
 of seeing,

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.639
 but you

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:27.939
 are a

00:29:27.939 --> 00:29:28.379
 God who

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:29.139
 sees me.

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.799
 And it

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.359
 also could

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.759
 be understood

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.219
 as you

00:29:33.219 --> 00:29:33.519
 are the

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.019
 God I

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.480
 see.

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.339
 And then

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.659
 the thing

00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:38.039
 about the

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.539
 well is

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.879
 that there's

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.219
 a living

00:29:39.219 --> 00:29:39.779
 God who

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.559
 sees

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.299
 me.

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.179
 You know,

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.799
 here's one

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:44.980
 of the

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.359
 things.

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.459
 things.

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.019
 I mean,

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.579
 one of the

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:49.979
 problems,

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.379
 of course,

00:29:51.459 --> 00:29:52.019
 to go back

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.299
 to the

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.679
 thing which

00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.079
 I mentioned

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.359
 at the

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.679
 first,

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.659
 is, of

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:54.879
 course,

00:29:56.939 --> 00:29:57.619
 one of the

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.199
 reasons that

00:29:58.199 --> 00:29:59.659
 people can

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.179
 feel so

00:30:00.179 --> 00:30:01.039
 hard done

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.740
 by and

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.019
 hurt,

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.459
 and hard

00:30:02.459 --> 00:30:02.779
 done by,

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.179
 I didn't

00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:03.539
 mean to say

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.959
 it that way,

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.639
 can be very

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.019
 hurt,

00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:05.639
 is that they

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.000
 haven't been

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.459
 able to find,

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:06.979
 they'd love to

00:30:06.979 --> 00:30:07.359
 be married,

00:30:07.439 --> 00:30:07.799
 they'd love to

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.219
 have children,

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.539
 they aren't

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.199
 able to find

00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:09.419
 it,

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.579
 and it's a

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:10.759
 very,

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.339
 very hard

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.740
 thing,

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.379
 and at

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:13.899
 some point

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.259
 in time,

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.799
 they start

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.659
 to feel

00:30:15.659 --> 00:30:17.500
 invisible.

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.339
 It's one

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.519
 of the

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.939
 things which

00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:23.339
 is also

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.639
 hard,

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.059
 not just

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.359
 for women

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:25.839
 like that,

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.240
 but for

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.539
 men,

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.240
 is the

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.779
 feeling of

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.099
 being

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.699
 invisible.

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.960
 It's the

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.500
 problem of

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.000
 the poor,

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:33.579
 they are

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.119
 invisible.

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.379
 One of the

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:35.960
 things I had

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.699
 several people

00:30:36.699 --> 00:30:37.379
 tell me who

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:37.819
 live in the

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.699
 downtown core,

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.639
 is that when

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.159
 we had the

00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:40.519
 lockdown,

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.359
 especially the

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:42.220
 first lockdown,

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:43.299
 what did they

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.779
 say to me?

00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:44.500
 They never

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.240
 realized there

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.799
 were so many

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.480
 street people

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.939
 in Ottawa.

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.220
 Why did they

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.799
 never realize

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.139
 there were so

00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:50.519
 many street

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.939
 people in

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.119
 Ottawa?

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.939
 Because they're

00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:53.119
 often invisible

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:54.220
 amidst all

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.799
 the others,

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.759
 and when

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.359
 there's nobody

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:56.779
 there,

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.699
 they're no

00:30:57.699 --> 00:30:58.019
 longer

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.480
 invisible.

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.659
 What is

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.039
 part of the

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.559
 problem with

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:01.919
 aging?

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.759
 Often with

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.679
 age, you

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:05.119
 start to

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:07.179
 feel invisible,

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.460
 unseen,

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:11.740
 and so we

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.059
 have this

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.559
 very, very

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.519
 powerful way

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.259
 of describing

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.900
 the true

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.259
 and living

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.539
 God.

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:15.920
 Not the

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.240
 God of

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.620
 Canadians,

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.039
 but the

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.299
 God of

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.740
 the Bible.

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.880
 The God

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.420
 of Canadians

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.980
 is often

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.380
 just an

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:20.980
 impersonal

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.600
 force or

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.079
 some type

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.640
 of wispy

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.120
 type of

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.319
 thing,

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.640
 but the

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:23.900
 God of

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.259
 the Bible

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.640
 is not

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.160
 an invisible

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.759
 force,

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.240
 it's not

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.640
 something

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.079
 wispy.

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.460
 The God

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.700
 of the

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.140
 Bible is

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:29.180
 the true

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.620
 and living

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.100
 God,

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.819
 and the

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.140
 true and

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.640
 living God

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:31.940
 is the

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.279
 one who

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.019
 sees you.

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:35.379
 You are

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.639
 not

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.420
 invisible to

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.779
 the true

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.139
 and living

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:37.599
 God,

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.819
 and he

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.420
 looks upon

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.839
 you with

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.440
 sympathy.

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:41.879
 He sees

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:43.059
 very clear-eyed

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.980
 the wrong

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.519
 you've done

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.079
 and the good

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.519
 you've done,

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.879
 but you're

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.740
 never invisible

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.460
 to the true

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.779
 and living

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.200
 God.

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.000
 And this

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.879
 becomes even

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.440
 more, as

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.160
 the Bible

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:54.220
 continues,

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.940
 and as you

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.480
 learn more

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.940
 about the

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.240
 true and

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.759
 living God

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.000
 and the

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.579
 different ways

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:57.920
 that the

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.259
 true and

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.799
 living God

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.599
 sees,

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.839
 both with

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.599
 justice and

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.319
 mercy and

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.119
 with compassion

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.419
 and with

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:03.859
 sympathy,

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:04.980
 and it

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:06.459
 culminates in

00:32:06.459 --> 00:32:06.719
 the New

00:32:06.719 --> 00:32:07.159
 Testament.

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.099
 John's

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.619
 Gospel, in

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.159
 particular,

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.079
 the clearest.

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.919
 In John's

00:32:10.919 --> 00:32:11.500
 Gospel, it's

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.019
 very, very

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.679
 clear that

00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:13.059
 when you

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:14.000
 see Jesus,

00:32:14.939 --> 00:32:15.419
 you are

00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:16.519
 seeing the

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.179
 living God.

00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:20.839
 And the

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.419
 way that you

00:32:21.419 --> 00:32:21.939
 see the

00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.579
 living God

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.539
 most completely

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.319
 and perfectly

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.659
 in the

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:25.240
 Gospel of

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.740
 John is

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.039
 when you

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.779
 see Jesus

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.399
 dying upon

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:28.099
 the cross.

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.259
 And one

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.480
 of the

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.879
 things which

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.219
 is so

00:32:30.219 --> 00:32:31.079
 remarkable about

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.539
 the seven

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.379
 last words

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.920
 that Jesus

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.519
 has from

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.139
 the cross

00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:34.940
 is the

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.720
 way that

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.440
 even as

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:36.720
 he is

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.279
 hanging on

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.859
 the cross

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.599
 dying,

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.899
 he sees.

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.579
 He sees

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.039
 the thief

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.500
 upon the

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.899
 cross.

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:45.319
 He sees

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:46.159
 the disciple

00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:46.519
 whom he

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.819
 loves.

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:48.119
 He sees

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.980
 his mother.

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.379
 He sees.

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.079
 He sees

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.500
 you.

00:32:54.639 --> 00:32:55.599
 You see

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.139
 God

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.819
 perfectly

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.420
 revealed

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.879
 when you

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.899
 see Jesus

00:32:58.899 --> 00:33:00.240
 dying upon

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:01.120
 the cross.

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:02.240
 He sees

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:05.880
 God and

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.180
 you are

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.779
 seeing the

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.380
 God who

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:08.440
 sees you

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.880
 and sees

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.220
 me.

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.819
 The promise

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.779
 that God

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.640
 would be a

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.359
 blessing to

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.000
 Abram and

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.940
 Sarah and

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:22.480
 that part of

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.120
 that profound

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.839
 mystery of

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:24.799
 blessing isn't

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.539
 as you can see

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.079
 that they were

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.599
 perfect.

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.000
 they are

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.299
 not

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.899
 perfect.

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.959
 But from

00:33:29.959 --> 00:33:30.639
 them believing

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:31.519
 the promise

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:33.379
 you see

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:34.179
 from them

00:33:34.179 --> 00:33:34.719
 believing the

00:33:34.719 --> 00:33:35.059
 promise

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.779
 eventually they

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.240
 will give

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.659
 birth to

00:33:36.659 --> 00:33:37.059
 the son

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.319
 who will

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.719
 give birth

00:33:37.719 --> 00:33:38.240
 to a son

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.480
 who will

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.859
 give birth

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:39.419
 to a son

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:40.059
 that down

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.480
 the road

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.859
 and down

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.219
 the road

00:33:41.219 --> 00:33:41.579
 and down

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.099
 the road

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:43.719
 is great

00:33:43.719 --> 00:33:44.339
 Abram's

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:45.119
 greater son

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.740
 who dies

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.500
 on the cross

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.259
 so that

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.839
 Abram and

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.379
 Sarah can

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.740
 be made

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.240
 right with

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.519
 the true

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.839
 and living

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.219
 God.

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.240
 And for

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.579
 Hagar

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:55.159
 potentially.

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:58.139
 but in

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.639
 the cross

00:33:58.639 --> 00:33:59.000
 you see

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.579
 the God

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.379
 you see

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.799
 God

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:03.419
 and you

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:03.659
 see the

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.019
 God who

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.559
 sees you.

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.139
 You're not

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:06.639
 invisible.

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:09.880
 Just in

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.579
 closing

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:12.719
 part of the

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.179
 great lesson

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.880
 of this text

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.539
 is not just

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.299
 to bring us

00:34:15.299 --> 00:34:15.960
 to this point

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.259
 this profound

00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:17.940
 insight.

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.420
 Remember I

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.960
 said that one

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.279
 of the things

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:19.639
 which is

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.659
 complicated for

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.360
 us when we

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.759
 read this

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:22.199
 story is we

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:22.579
 want to put

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:22.980
 people in

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.460
 good guys

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.900
 and bad

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.440
 guys and

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.380
 downgrade

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.299
 their badness

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.160
 and upgrade

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.740
 their goodness

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.300
 or do the

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:29.060
 opposite depending

00:34:29.060 --> 00:34:29.340
 on what

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.860
 sides we

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.100
 are and we

00:34:30.100 --> 00:34:30.500
 don't see

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.120
 that happening

00:34:31.120 --> 00:34:31.860
 in the text.

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.940
 We see the

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.440
 wrong.

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.400
 We see the

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.760
 hurt.

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.720
 We see the

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.200
 sorrow.

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.340
 We see the

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.620
 sadness and

00:34:38.620 --> 00:34:39.519
 we don't see

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.220
 it and we

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:40.940
 see it seen

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.860
 with sympathy

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.700
 and the

00:34:42.700 --> 00:34:45.060
 steps to

00:34:45.060 --> 00:34:46.120
 deliver people

00:34:46.120 --> 00:34:46.840
 from oppression

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.560
 and to bring

00:34:47.560 --> 00:34:48.160
 people into

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.680
 love.

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.920
 To live out

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.660
 of the promise

00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:55.400
 that comes from

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.000
 the gospel

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.380
 that when

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.119
 Jesus dies

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.460
 for you on

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.800
 the cross

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.460
 he sees

00:34:58.460 --> 00:35:00.760
 you and

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.239
 he died

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.760
 for you

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:04.420
 and to

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.119
 realize that

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.960
 he has come

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.480
 and sought

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.960
 me the

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.579
 promise God

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.159
 comes and

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:09.079
 gives me this

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.099
 great gift of

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:11.440
 grace when I

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.320
 do not am

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:13.039
 worthy of it

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.739
 and I do not

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.860
 deserve it.

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.099
 You see

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.860
 part of

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.460
 Sarah's

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.360
 problem was

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:25.160
 she thought

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:25.800
 God couldn't

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.240
 accomplish

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.880
 things and

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.220
 so she

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.640
 needed to

00:35:27.640 --> 00:35:27.900
 do it

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.559
 for herself.

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.599
 She

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.200
 stopped living

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:33.559
 out of the

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.099
 promise

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:35.940
 and thought

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.500
 that God

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.000
 needed her

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.740
 power to

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:38.940
 fix the

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.480
 things that

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.079
 his power

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.460
 couldn't

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.940
 manage.

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:43.920
 and that's

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.360
 always a

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.820
 consistent

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.700
 problem and

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:46.300
 danger for

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.720
 us who are

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.240
 Christians

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:48.579
 thinking that

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.200
 somehow we

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:49.760
 need to use

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:50.539
 our power

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.300
 because God's

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:51.920
 power isn't

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.300
 enough.

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:53.880
 You see

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.619
 what happens

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.220
 is it will

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:55.840
 happen now in

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.220
 the rest of

00:35:56.220 --> 00:35:56.840
 the story in

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.720
 chapter 17 and

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.179
 18 and

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.639
 19 and

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.000
 20 and

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.559
 21 and

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:02.000
 22 is

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:03.840
 that when

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.420
 Abram and

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.880
 Sarah are

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.539
 being faithful

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.119
 they live out

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.319
 of the

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:06.819
 promise.

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.679
 And as

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.719
 the promise

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.639
 of grace

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.299
 and of

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:11.759
 blessing

00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:13.319
 becomes real

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:13.699
 to their

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:14.199
 heart

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:16.019
 God will

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.299
 at the

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.799
 same time

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:17.539
 put into

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.380
 their heart

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:20.079
 the things

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.400
 that they

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.799
 need to

00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:22.500
 do out

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.000
 of obedience

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.779
 and gratitude

00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:24.239
 to the

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.599
 promise.

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.179
 Not because

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.719
 his hand

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.480
 is short

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.339
 or weak

00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:30.139
 but because

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.559
 the very

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.759
 promise of

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.380
 the blessing

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:32.819
 and the

00:36:32.819 --> 00:36:33.440
 promise

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:35.099
 forms you

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.699
 to do

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.739
 things

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:39.199
 in a way

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.739
 that don't

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:40.179
 bring your

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:40.799
 own power

00:36:40.799 --> 00:36:41.439
 first and

00:36:41.439 --> 00:36:41.960
 foremost

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.279
 and you're

00:36:42.279 --> 00:36:42.619
 not trying

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:42.939
 to be

00:36:42.939 --> 00:36:43.439
 God.

00:36:43.919 --> 00:36:44.599
 It just

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.480
 flows out

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:47.819
 of being

00:36:47.819 --> 00:36:48.319
 formed by

00:36:48.319 --> 00:36:48.960
 the promise.

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.779
 And that's

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:52.139
 how the

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.859
 Christian life

00:36:52.859 --> 00:36:53.859
 is to be.

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.519
 Not that

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.639
 if I don't

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.059
 do this

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.659
 God can't

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:56.960
 get it

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.259
 done.

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:58.679
 But what

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.119
 has God

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.639
 done for

00:36:59.639 --> 00:36:59.879
 me?

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.139
 And as

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.679
 that becomes

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.219
 more real

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.699
 to my

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.179
 heart

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:03.799
 you look

00:37:03.799 --> 00:37:04.239
 around and

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:04.500
 you say

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.879
 gosh I

00:37:04.879 --> 00:37:05.179
 got to do

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.440
 something

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:05.879
 about the

00:37:05.879 --> 00:37:06.239
 poor.

00:37:07.899 --> 00:37:08.460
 Or I've

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.859
 got to do

00:37:08.859 --> 00:37:09.419
 something to

00:37:09.419 --> 00:37:09.819
 help the

00:37:09.819 --> 00:37:10.219
 city be

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.460
 more

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.019
 prosperous.

00:37:13.319 --> 00:37:13.919
 Or I've

00:37:13.919 --> 00:37:14.359
 got to do

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:14.799
 something to

00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:15.099
 help the

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.619
 victims of

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.199
 violence.

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.779
 Or I've

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.179
 got to do

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.679
 something about

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.299
 the world

00:37:19.299 --> 00:37:20.679
 where there's

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.159
 true

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.779
 poverty.

00:37:24.399 --> 00:37:25.039
 I've got to

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.399
 be more

00:37:25.399 --> 00:37:26.019
 generous.

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.460
 As you

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.940
 look upon

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.699
 the generosity

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:30.339
 of Christ

00:37:30.339 --> 00:37:30.519
 you say

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:30.859
 gosh I've

00:37:30.859 --> 00:37:31.079
 got to be

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.299
 more

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:31.799
 generous.

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:34.039
 as the

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.880
 gospel forms

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.400
 you realize

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.640
 you know

00:37:35.640 --> 00:37:35.900
 what I

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.240
 need to

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.539
 forgive.

00:37:39.180 --> 00:37:39.840
 And that's

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.320
 a very

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:41.019
 very very

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.780
 different way

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.340
 of living

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:44.300
 than thinking

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.760
 you've got to

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.320
 forgive so

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.680
 God will

00:37:45.680 --> 00:37:46.300
 forgive you.

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:47.660
 Or you've

00:37:47.660 --> 00:37:47.980
 got to be

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:49.519
 generous because

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.260
 unless you give

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.920
 that money God

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.380
 can't do

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.940
 anything about

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.120
 it.

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.120
 It's a very

00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:53.760
 very very

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.480
 very different

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.260
 way to live

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:57.240
 than to live

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:57.760
 out of the

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:59.320
 fullness of

00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:00.000
 seeing the

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:01.300
 God who

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:02.059
 sees me.

00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:03.920
 Please stand.

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:09.539
 Nothing

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.240
 special or

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.840
 mystical about

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.620
 standing but

00:38:11.620 --> 00:38:11.980
 you've been

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.539
 sitting and

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:12.760
 you're going

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:13.300
 to sit again

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:13.980
 in prayer and

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.620
 it's good to

00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:15.039
 have a bit of

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.440
 a stretch.

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:15.880
 Let's bow

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.360
 our heads in

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.860
 prayer as we

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.220
 stand.

00:38:21.160 --> 00:38:21.700
 Father we

00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:22.019
 give you

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.559
 thanks and

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.200
 praise that

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:23.960
 you see us.

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.820
 That there

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.140
 has never

00:38:26.140 --> 00:38:26.640
 been a point

00:38:26.640 --> 00:38:27.280
 in time in

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.740
 any of our

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.319
 lives where

00:38:28.319 --> 00:38:28.619
 you have

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.199
 not seen

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:29.579
 us.

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.679
 That you

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.319
 see us as

00:38:31.319 --> 00:38:31.719
 we really

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.019
 are.

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:33.619
 You see

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:34.099
 us in the

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.899
 things you

00:38:34.899 --> 00:38:35.319
 see the

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.839
 things about

00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:36.179
 us that

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.879
 are eccentric

00:38:36.879 --> 00:38:38.979
 maybe a bit

00:38:38.979 --> 00:38:39.439
 kooky.

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:42.039
 You see the

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.659
 things about

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.259
 us that are

00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:43.939
 good and

00:38:43.939 --> 00:38:44.500
 true and

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.299
 beautiful and

00:38:45.299 --> 00:38:45.819
 wise.

00:38:45.939 --> 00:38:46.379
 You see the

00:38:46.379 --> 00:38:46.959
 things about

00:38:46.959 --> 00:38:49.019
 us that

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.639
 are wrong

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:52.779
 the wrong

00:38:52.779 --> 00:38:53.359
 we've done.

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.179
 You see us

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.719
 you see us

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:56.619
 perfectly and

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:57.119
 seen as

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:58.039
 perfectly still

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.460
 you love

00:38:58.460 --> 00:39:00.359
 us and

00:39:00.359 --> 00:39:00.819
 send your

00:39:00.819 --> 00:39:01.719
 son to

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:02.059
 be our

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:03.539
 savior to

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.980
 die upon

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.639
 the cross

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:06.179
 and as he

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.679
 dies on the

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.199
 cross he

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:07.779
 sees each

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:08.440
 one of us

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.739
 with eyes

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.259
 of love.

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.079
 We ask

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.579
 Lord that

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:12.819
 you would

00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:13.179
 grip us

00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:13.480
 with the

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:13.900
 gospel.

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.639
 We ask

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.139
 Lord that

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:16.339
 you would

00:39:16.339 --> 00:39:16.639
 help us

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:17.159
 to put to

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.799
 death any

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.579
 sense of

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.319
 boasting or

00:39:19.319 --> 00:39:20.119
 rivalry that

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.719
 somehow or

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:21.199
 another unless

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:22.039
 I do what

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.000
 only I can

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.639
 do you

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.319
 cannot get

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:24.920
 good things

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.199
 done in

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.539
 this world.

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.460
 Father put

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.880
 that to

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.480
 death within

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.900
 us.

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.159
 But make

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:30.759
 the gospel

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 Father the

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 promise the

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 blessing the

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 knowledge that

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 you see us

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 and love us

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 and redeem us

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 Father make

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 that more and

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 more real to

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 our heart and

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 as you make it

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 more real to

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 our heart help

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 us Father to

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 live out of

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 that grace

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 and to do

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 the things that

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 your grace

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 leads us to

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 do not so

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 that you will

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 love us but

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 out of an

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 overflow of the

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 wonder and the

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 marvel of

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 your grace and

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 love for us.

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 And so

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 Father we ask

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 that your Holy

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 Spirit would do

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 that wonderful

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 and deep work

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 within our

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 lives because we

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 cannot do it in

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 our own strength.

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 And Father if

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 there are any

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 who are here or

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 watching who

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 have not yet

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 recognized that

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 Jesus is the

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 one who sees

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 them and loves

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 them we ask

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 Father that you

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 would turn their

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 heart to Jesus

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 that they like

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 us would trust

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 him as their

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 savior and their

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 Lord.

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 Lord and we

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 ask all of

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 these things in

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 the name of

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 Jesus your

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 son and our

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 savior and all

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 God's people said

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 amen.