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 Please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to Genesis chapter 22.

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! If you don't have a copy of God's Word of your own, you're welcome to use one in the seat back nearby.

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 If you don't have a copy of God's Word at all, you're welcome to just take one of those home with you.

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 That's our gift to you. We want you to be able to have and hold and read the Word of God.

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 So Genesis chapter 22, and when you found that, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word this morning.

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 After these things, God tested Abraham and said to him, Abraham, he said, here I am.

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 He said, take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains on which I shall tell you.

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 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac.

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 And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

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 On the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.

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 Then Abraham said to his young men, stay here with the donkey.

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 I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.

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 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac, his son.

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 And he took in his hand the fire and the knife.

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 And so they went both of them together.

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 And Isaac said to his father, Abraham, my father.

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 And he said, here I am, my son.

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 He said, behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

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 Abraham said, God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.

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 So they went both of them together.

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 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order

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 and bound Isaac, his son, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

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 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

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 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham.

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 And he said, here I am.

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 He said, do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him.

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 For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.

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 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.

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 And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

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 So Abraham called the name of that place, the Lord will provide.

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 As it is said to this day, on the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.

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 And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said,

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 By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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 I will surely bless you and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore.

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 And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.

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 And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because you have obeyed my voice.

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 So Abraham returned to his young men and they arose and went together to Beersheba.

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 And Abraham lived at Beersheba.

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 Now after these things it was told to Abraham,

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 Behold, Milcah has also borne children to your brother Nahor,

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 Uz his firstborn, and Buzz his brother,

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 Chemuel the father of Aram,

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 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaf, and Bethuel.

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 Bethuel fathered Rebekah.

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 These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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 Moreover his concubine, whose name was Ruma,

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 bore Teba, Gaham, Tahash, and Makkah.

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 The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Father, we pray now, again as we open up this text,

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 as we look to this great example of genuine faith on display.

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 Lord, would you give us faith in Christ this morning?

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Amen.

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 I got an email in my inbox several weeks ago.

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 from Ligonier Ministries,

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 and I opened it up to see what they called,

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 quote,

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 the State of Theology Survey 2025.

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 And in it,

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 they surveyed over 3,000 Americans

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 to see,

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 quote,

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 what do Americans believe

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 about God,

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 the Bible,

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 and salvation.

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 And I'll go ahead and tell you,

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 the results were not pretty.

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 They gave a statement,

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 and then you had to respond on a spectrum

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 from strongly disagree all the way to strongly agree.

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 And it was clear to me as I looked through these results from this poll

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 that our culture is incredibly confused about the Christian faith.

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 It's not just that they're opposed to it.

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 They don't really even understand what it is.

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 You can filter the results,

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 and even those who claimed to be Christians,

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 evangelical Christians,

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 the results were concerning.

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 I'll give you just a few examples.

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 Okay,

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 pop quiz for you.

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 Answer these in your mind.

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 Statement,

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 God counts a person as righteous

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 not because of one's works,

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 but only because of one's faith in Jesus Christ.

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 Strongly disagree.

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 Strongly agree.

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 We ought to know the answer to this one, right?

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 The correct answer is yes.

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 Strongly agree.

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 We are saved by grace through faith in Christ,

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 not by works.

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 And we've seen Abraham believed the Lord,

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 and it was counted to him as righteousness.

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 But sadly,

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 44% of Americans surveyed either disagreed strongly,

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 or they just weren't sure.

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 They were on the fence.

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 That's highly concerning.

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 Here's another statement.

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 God accepts the worship of all religions,

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 including Christianity,

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 Judaism,

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 and Islam.

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 That's a question of which faith is acceptable,

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 or does it even matter, right?

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 Well,

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 the correct answer,

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 of course,

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 would be strongly disagree.

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 Not any old faith will do.

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 God accepts worship that is according to his word,

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 worship in the name of Christ.

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 But surprisingly,

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 maybe surprisingly,

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 almost half of all evangelical Christians polled,

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 47%

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 affirm that statement to be true.

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 God accepts the worship of all religions.

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 That is concerning to me.

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 Here's one more statement.

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 Religious belief

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 is not about objective truth.

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 Okay?

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 Meaning,

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 it is subjective.

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 The reality of what you believe

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 doesn't really matter.

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 Your truth is your truth.

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 My truth is my truth.

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 Faith can be whatever I want it to be.

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 And of course,

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 the correct response to that statement

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 would be

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 strongly disagree.

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 Right?

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 No.

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 That is false.

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 We actually believe

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 that the things that we preach

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 and proclaim

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 and read about

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 in God's word,

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 we believe that the gospel

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 is true.

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 Amen?

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 And Paul says,

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 if it's not,

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 if Christ is not

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 risen from the grave,

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 our faith is futile.

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 And we're still

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 in our sins.

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 Well,

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 68% of Americans

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 and 47%

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 of evangelical Christians

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 got

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 the answer

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 wrong.

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 It's clear to me

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 when we talk about

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 faith,

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 church,

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 we need to clearly define

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 our terms.

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 We need to understand

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 and we need to make sure

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 everyone else understands

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 what is real,

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 genuine,

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 biblical faith.

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 Which is why I'm thankful

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 that we've spent

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 the past 11 weeks,

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 now this is week 12,

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 the past 11 weeks

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 walking alongside

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 Abraham,

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 the man of faith

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 as Paul calls him.

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 And we've seen,

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 yes,

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 of course,

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 Abraham has wavered,

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 he's ebbed,

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 and he's flowed,

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 he's been up,

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 he's been down,

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 he's not been perfect.

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 But,

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 Abraham shows us

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 what it looks like

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 to trust in the promises

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 of God.

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 And that's what faith is,

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 by the way.

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 Faith is,

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 real,

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 genuine faith,

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 is a wholehearted,

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 battle-tested,

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 fruit-bearing trust

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 and reliance

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 upon the Lord.

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 And in our passage

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 this morning,

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 we get to see

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 sort of a case study

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 of what that type of faith

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 looks like in action.

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 We see it played out

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 in Abraham's life

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 here in Genesis 22.

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 So,

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 let's take a look

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 at the passage

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 this morning

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 and what we'll see

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 is three lessons

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 in faith

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 this morning.

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 This will be our outline

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 if you're a note-taker,

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 help you follow along.

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 Three lessons

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 in faith

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 this morning

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 from Genesis 22.

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 First,

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 the first lesson

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 we see here

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 is that

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 genuine faith

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 will be tested.

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 genuine faith

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 will be tested.

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 Look there to verse 1.

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 And just,

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 let's remember

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 where we are

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 here in Genesis.

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 God has promised

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 Abraham offspring.

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 He's promised

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 this miraculous birth.

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 This promised son,

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 Isaac,

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 will come.

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 And we've waited,

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 we've waited,

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 we've waited,

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 we've waited.

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 And now,

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 finally,

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 some 25 years later,

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 He is here.

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 We saw last week.

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 We ended last time

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 on this absolute

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 high note.

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 Isaac,

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 the child of promise,

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 has finally come.

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 And you might think,

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 now,

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 finally,

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 after all of this,

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 after everything

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 that we've been through

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 to finally get to this point,

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 now we'll just get to relax.

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 Abraham can just enjoy life

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 and live happily ever after,

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 right?

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 That's not exactly

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 what happens,

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 is it?

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 Verse 1 says,

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 after these things,

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 God tested Abraham.

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 Take your son,

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 your only son,

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 Isaac,

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 whom you love,

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 the one that you've been waiting for

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 for 25 years now,

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 and take him

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 and go to the land of Moriah

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 and offer him there

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 as a burnt offering

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 on one of the mountains

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 of which I shall tell you.

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 Okay,

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 just,

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 just put yourself

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 in Abraham's shoes

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 here for a minute.

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 Can you imagine

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 the distress

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 that Abraham is feeling

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 at this moment?

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 the Lord

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 who has promised

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 to multiply

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 his offspring,

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 who has promised

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 to provide

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 this miraculous

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 spiritual birth,

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 now is telling him,

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 now Abraham,

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 it's time to go

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 and slaughter

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 this promised child.

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 Offer him up

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 as a burnt offering,

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 which,

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 as we see in Leviticus,

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 that means

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 you take a knife,

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 you slaughter him,

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 you lay him there

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 on the wood

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 of the altar,

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 you let the blood

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 spill out,

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 you light it all

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 on fire,

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 so that sacrifice,

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 your son,

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 is totally consumed

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 by the flame,

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 so that the smoke

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 lifts up

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 and goes up

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 to the Lord.

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 Now we see in the law

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 this was an act

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 of worship

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 to the Lord,

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 but never,

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 ever,

00:11:47.160 --> 00:11:47.519
 ever,

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 in all of the law

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 does God tell

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 his people

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 to offer up

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 their children

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 in sacrifice.

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 The pagans do that,

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 right?

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 This is totally,

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 it seems out of place

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 for the Lord

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 to say this.

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 You can imagine

00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:03.919
 Abraham's distress.

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 On one level,

00:12:05.299 --> 00:12:06.559
 there's this natural

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 paternal distress,

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 right?

00:12:09.439 --> 00:12:10.379
 Parents in the room,

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 take your son,

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 take your son,

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 your beloved son,

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 the son of your wife,

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 Sarah,

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 and kill him.

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 And parents,

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 just imagine it,

00:12:23.259 --> 00:12:23.399
 right?

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 How would you feel?

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 The most natural thing

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 in the world

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 is for a parent

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 who want to protect

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 their child

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 and to keep them

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 from harm.

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 Moms,

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 I know that you just,

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 sometimes you stay awake

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 at night,

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 laying down,

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 just worrying

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 about your kids.

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 Not because anything's wrong,

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 but just because

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 that's what moms do.

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 And there's nothing

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 wrong with that.

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 That is,

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 I think,

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 natural.

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 God's baked that

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 into your DNA

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 to want to protect

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 your children.

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 But there's also,

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 there's spiritual,

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 distress here as well.

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 Think about it like this.

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 Why does God call Isaac,

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 not once,

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 not twice,

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 I think it's three times

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 here in the passage,

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 why does he call Isaac

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 Abraham's only son?

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 Doesn't he have

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 another kid somewhere?

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 Didn't we hear

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 about Ishmael,

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 Abraham's son,

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 with Hagar?

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 It's not his only son,

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 is it?

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 Why,

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 what's so special

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 about Isaac?

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 Isaac is the only son

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 of promise.

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 Don't you remember?

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 Isaac is the spiritual

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 offspring of Abraham,

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 the one who will be

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 his heir,

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 the one God has promised

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 through whom

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 all the nations

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 of the earth

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 will be blessed.

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 Ultimately,

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 he's the one

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 through whom

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 the promised

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 snake crusher

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 will come,

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 the promised seed

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 of the woman

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 from Genesis 3.15.

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 The Messiah,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 will come through

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 the line of Isaac.

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 So on a spiritual level,

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 you might imagine,

00:13:51.819 --> 00:13:52.720
 Abraham might be wondering,

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 God,

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 what about your promises?

00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:56.919
 God's promise

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 of salvation

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 to the world

00:13:58.679 --> 00:13:59.579
 is at stake here

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 in the life of Isaac.

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 It seems

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 as if God

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 is turning his back

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 on his whole plan

00:14:05.199 --> 00:14:05.759
 of redemption.

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 And to Abraham's eyes,

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 it seems like

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 the serpent

00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:11.299
 is going to win.

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 sin and death

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 will triumph

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 if this promised

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 child dies.

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 God's promise

00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:20.120
 dies with him.

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 How can this be?

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 You can imagine

00:14:23.339 --> 00:14:24.959
 the distress

00:14:24.959 --> 00:14:25.439
 that Abraham

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 might be feeling.

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 But as we read this,

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 Moses clues us in

00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:30.919
 here to something

00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:32.259
 important that Abraham

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 doesn't even know.

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 Right there in verse 1,

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 he tells us

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 all of this

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 is a test

00:14:38.939 --> 00:14:41.159
 of Abraham's faith.

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 God

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 tested

00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:44.899
 Abraham.

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 I wonder

00:14:46.059 --> 00:14:46.559
 if you have

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 a category

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.759
 for that

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 in your mind.

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 As you think

00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:52.299
 about the Lord,

00:14:52.419 --> 00:14:53.219
 here's a statement,

00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:53.740
 okay,

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.899
 strongly disagree,

00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:55.579
 agree,

00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:57.240
 strongly agree,

00:14:57.419 --> 00:14:57.799
 neutral,

00:14:58.179 --> 00:14:58.860
 here's a statement

00:14:58.860 --> 00:14:59.379
 for you.

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 God

00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:01.799
 will test

00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:02.719
 the faith

00:15:02.719 --> 00:15:03.679
 of his people.

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 Do you agree

00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:04.720
 or disagree?

00:15:06.920 --> 00:15:07.840
 If we look

00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.519
 at the scriptures,

00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:10.220
 an honest answer

00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:10.980
 would be

00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:13.200
 strongly agree.

00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:15.620
 God often

00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:16.620
 throughout the scriptures,

00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:18.180
 he tests the faith

00:15:18.180 --> 00:15:18.740
 and tests

00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:19.379
 the obedience

00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:20.600
 of his people.

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 You might think

00:15:21.040 --> 00:15:21.519
 of the wilderness

00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:22.240
 wanderings

00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:23.120
 in the book

00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:23.680
 of Exodus,

00:15:23.800 --> 00:15:24.960
 Exodus chapter 16.

00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:26.420
 God tells Moses,

00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:27.399
 I'm going

00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:28.039
 to rain

00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:28.799
 down bread

00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:29.439
 from heaven

00:15:29.439 --> 00:15:30.360
 for you.

00:15:30.839 --> 00:15:31.360
 The people

00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:32.159
 shall go out

00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:32.599
 and gather

00:15:32.599 --> 00:15:33.500
 a day's portion

00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.279
 every day.

00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:34.939
 Why?

00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:36.099
 That I may

00:15:36.099 --> 00:15:36.779
 test them,

00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:37.419
 he says,

00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:38.979
 whether they

00:15:38.979 --> 00:15:39.459
 will walk

00:15:39.459 --> 00:15:40.120
 in my law

00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:41.000
 or not.

00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:43.159
 Judges chapter 2,

00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:43.699
 you go there,

00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:44.819
 God says he's left

00:15:44.819 --> 00:15:45.699
 some of the nations

00:15:45.699 --> 00:15:46.579
 there in the land,

00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:47.299
 he didn't drive

00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:47.799
 them out,

00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:49.620
 in order to test

00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.939
 Israel by them,

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:51.599
 he says,

00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.599
 whether they will

00:15:52.599 --> 00:15:54.159
 walk in the way

00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:54.620
 of the Lord

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.279
 as their fathers

00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:56.799
 did or not.

00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.939
 Strongly agree.

00:15:58.959 --> 00:15:59.600
 God often

00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.439
 tests the faith

00:16:00.439 --> 00:16:01.799
 of his people.

00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.159
 And you know,

00:16:02.219 --> 00:16:02.699
 here's where we

00:16:02.699 --> 00:16:03.500
 come up against

00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.459
 a common

00:16:04.459 --> 00:16:05.719
 cultural

00:16:05.719 --> 00:16:06.539
 misunderstanding

00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:07.799
 about faith.

00:16:09.219 --> 00:16:10.000
 Some would

00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.759
 tell you

00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:12.799
 that faith

00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:14.100
 is just a

00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:14.879
 means to

00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.740
 better your

00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:16.360
 life.

00:16:17.439 --> 00:16:17.639
 Right?

00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:18.319
 Have you heard

00:16:18.319 --> 00:16:19.379
 teaching like this

00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:19.720
 before?

00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:21.779
 That faith

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.720
 really is just

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.179
 kind of a way

00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:23.659
 to twist

00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:24.620
 God's arm

00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.339
 and get him

00:16:25.339 --> 00:16:25.980
 in your corner.

00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:26.559
 If you have

00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:27.240
 enough faith,

00:16:27.419 --> 00:16:28.579
 then hard things

00:16:28.579 --> 00:16:29.139
 shouldn't come

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.879
 into your life.

00:16:29.939 --> 00:16:30.120
 Right?

00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:30.579
 If you have

00:16:30.579 --> 00:16:30.959
 faith,

00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:31.419
 God ought to

00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:32.199
 just bless you,

00:16:32.319 --> 00:16:32.719
 bless you,

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.139
 bless you.

00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:33.819
 He wouldn't

00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:34.179
 do anything

00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:35.039
 bad to you.

00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:35.399
 Right?

00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:38.079
 Some would

00:16:38.079 --> 00:16:38.740
 even tell you

00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.339
 that if you

00:16:39.339 --> 00:16:39.879
 just have

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.939
 enough faith,

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.559
 you'll be

00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:43.039
 healthy,

00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:43.819
 you'll be

00:16:43.819 --> 00:16:45.100
 wealthy,

00:16:45.459 --> 00:16:45.839
 you'll be

00:16:45.839 --> 00:16:46.639
 happy,

00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:47.019
 you'll be

00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:47.539
 healed of

00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:47.919
 sickness,

00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:48.620
 you'll be

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.519
 blessed

00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.519
 financially.

00:16:50.819 --> 00:16:50.959
 Friend,

00:16:51.059 --> 00:16:52.120
 I hope you

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:53.419
 realize by now

00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:53.959
 that is an

00:16:53.959 --> 00:16:54.699
 absolute

00:16:54.699 --> 00:16:55.679
 lie.

00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.599
 God will

00:16:59.599 --> 00:17:00.299
 never tempt

00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:00.639
 you.

00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:01.459
 That's

00:17:01.459 --> 00:17:02.120
 Satan's job.

00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:04.559
 But God

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.579
 will certainly

00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.319
 test you.

00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.659
 God will

00:17:08.659 --> 00:17:09.159
 never bring a

00:17:09.159 --> 00:17:09.720
 trial into

00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:10.259
 your life to

00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:11.139
 destroy you.

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:12.039
 That's Satan's

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.379
 job.

00:17:12.500 --> 00:17:13.059
 But God

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.799
 will certainly

00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.819
 use all

00:17:14.819 --> 00:17:15.480
 sorts of

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.139
 trials in

00:17:16.139 --> 00:17:16.579
 order to

00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:18.059
 refine you

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.420
 and to

00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:19.519
 prove your

00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.039
 faith.

00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.500
 If you say

00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:21.839
 you have

00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.259
 faith in

00:17:22.259 --> 00:17:22.839
 Christ and

00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.099
 friend,

00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:23.460
 you better

00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:23.920
 prepare.

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.259
 You can

00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:25.279
 expect that

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:26.460
 faith sometime

00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:27.200
 or another

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.099
 to be

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.619
 tested.

00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:31.720
 God may

00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.599
 take away

00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:33.259
 what is

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.180
 precious to

00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:35.759
 you in

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.559
 order to

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.059
 test you.

00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:39.640
 God may

00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:40.299
 put you in

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 a hard

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 situation where

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 you just

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 can't see the

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 end of it.

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 You don't know

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 a way out.

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 You're not

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 sure when

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 this is going

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 to end,

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 how it's

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 going to

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 turn out,

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 in order

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 to see,

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 do you

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 still love

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 me?

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 Do you

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 still cling

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 to me?

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 Do you

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 still obey

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 me even

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 without your

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 health?

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 Even without

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 your job

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 security?

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 Even without

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 the approval

00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.500
 of your

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 family and

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 your friends?

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 Even without

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 your riches?

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 Even without

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 your sense of

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 control over

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 how things are

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 going to turn

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 out in

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 your life?

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 God may

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 remove these

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 things from

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 you in

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 order to

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 test you.

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 So Peter

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 tells us,

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 do not be

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 surprised at

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 the fiery

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 trial when

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 it comes

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 upon you

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 to test

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 you,

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 as though

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 something

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 strange were

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 happening to

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 you.

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 But rejoice

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 insofar as

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 you share in

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 Christ's

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 sufferings,

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 that you

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 also may

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 rejoice and

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 be glad when

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 his glory

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 is revealed.

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 God will

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 test your

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 faith.

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 The question

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 is, what

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 will he

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 find?

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 Will he

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 find a

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 faith that's

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 genuine,

00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:50.580
 that's strengthened

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 by resistance

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.600
 training, or

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 will he find

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 fair-weather

00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.620
 faith that

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 only trusts

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 the Lord

00:18:55.600 --> 00:18:56.000
 when things

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 are going

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 well?

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 So we

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 see first

00:18:59.620 --> 00:19:00.180
 Abraham's

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 faith is

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 tested.

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 Second,

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 second lesson

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 here on

00:19:03.320 --> 00:19:03.680
 faith,

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 genuine

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 faith will

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:06.620
 be manifested.

00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:08.700
 Genuine

00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.440
 faith will

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 be manifested.

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 There's another

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 cultural

00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:13.360
 misunderstanding

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:14.459
 about faith,

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 and here's

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 what it

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 is.

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 Some

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 would tell

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 you that

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 faith is

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 entirely

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.439
 private.

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 This is

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 a personal

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 thing.

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 Don't mess

00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:26.399
 with my

00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:26.679
 faith.

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.299
 That's my

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.639
 faith.

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 You can't

00:19:27.979 --> 00:19:28.359
 call into

00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:29.000
 question my

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.279
 faith.

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:30.839
 My faith

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.679
 is invisible.

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:33.259
 You can't

00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:33.839
 see it,

00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:34.079
 right?

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:35.859
 And in

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.379
 one sense,

00:19:36.479 --> 00:19:36.939
 yes, that's

00:19:36.939 --> 00:19:37.240
 correct.

00:19:37.419 --> 00:19:37.959
 I cannot

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 see your

00:19:38.719 --> 00:19:39.179
 faith.

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:40.159
 Only God

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:41.379
 can see into

00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.880
 your heart

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.600
 and know

00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:43.100
 and see

00:19:43.100 --> 00:19:43.800
 your faith,

00:19:44.300 --> 00:19:45.900
 but what

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.380
 the Bible

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:47.140
 tells us

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.640
 is that

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.280
 that

00:19:48.280 --> 00:19:49.220
 invisible

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:50.060
 faith,

00:19:50.580 --> 00:19:51.540
 if it is

00:19:51.540 --> 00:19:51.960
 genuine,

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:54.340
 will always

00:19:54.340 --> 00:19:55.060
 in time

00:19:55.060 --> 00:19:56.880
 bear visible

00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:58.380
 external fruit

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:59.080
 in your life.

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.820
 Invisible

00:20:01.820 --> 00:20:03.140
 faith will

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:04.300
 work itself

00:20:04.300 --> 00:20:05.360
 out in

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:05.880
 your life.

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.400
 It will be

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:07.300
 manifested.

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.399
 manifested.

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.619
 And we

00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:08.940
 see that

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.279
 here in

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.000
 three key

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.639
 ways with

00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:11.180
 Abraham.

00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:11.720
 Look there

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 with me

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.319
 starting in

00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:12.759
 verse 3.

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 The first

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.899
 way that we

00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:15.359
 see his

00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:16.460
 faith manifested

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:17.159
 here is

00:20:17.159 --> 00:20:18.220
 in obedience.

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.359
 We cannot

00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:21.519
 see Abraham's

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.000
 faith, but

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.379
 what can we

00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:22.639
 see?

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.220
 We see his

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.799
 quick,

00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:25.659
 prompt,

00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.960
 obedient response

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.379
 to the word

00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:27.819
 of the Lord.

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:29.559
 You know,

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:29.980
 we spent some

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.639
 time thinking

00:20:30.639 --> 00:20:31.359
 about his

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:31.779
 distress,

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.839
 imagining his

00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:33.500
 distress, but

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.279
 really, that's

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:34.879
 all we can do.

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.200
 We can just

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.019
 imagine it because

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.720
 the scripture

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.319
 doesn't let

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.220
 us know any

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.740
 of what he's

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.360
 thinking or

00:20:39.360 --> 00:20:39.900
 feeling.

00:20:40.120 --> 00:20:40.559
 It just

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.079
 simply moves

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:42.039
 right to his

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.740
 response of

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.140
 obedience,

00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:43.740
 doesn't it?

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.019
 God says,

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.240
 sacrifice your

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.839
 son.

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.279
 What does he

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.460
 do?

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.000
 Verse 3.

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.120
 Abraham gets

00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.880
 up early in

00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:50.259
 the morning.

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.339
 No delay.

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.700
 No putting

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.180
 it off.

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:55.799
 He saddles his

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.180
 donkey.

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.819
 He takes two

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.240
 of his young

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.500
 men.

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.100
 He takes his

00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:58.400
 son.

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.079
 He cuts the

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.400
 wood.

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.460
 He goes to

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.059
 the place of

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.460
 which God

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:02.220
 had told him.

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.160
 On the third

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.819
 day, Abraham

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.519
 looks up.

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.240
 He sees the

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.480
 mountain.

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.220
 He's had three

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.620
 days.

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.500
 Now opportunity

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.279
 to turn back,

00:21:08.360 --> 00:21:09.220
 but he's not

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:10.180
 turning back.

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.720
 His faith is

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:13.660
 manifested outwards

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.740
 in obedience.

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.200
 I'll just say it

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.779
 another way.

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.920
 Flip it around.

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:21.079
 Obedience is the

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:22.680
 necessary fruit

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.380
 of genuine

00:21:23.380 --> 00:21:23.900
 faith.

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:27.579
 James says it

00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.079
 like this in

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.980
 James chapter 2.

00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:30.140
 Faith without

00:21:30.140 --> 00:21:31.460
 works is what?

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.519
 It's dead.

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.360
 He goes on to say

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.559
 it's useless.

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.799
 What's it worth

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.259
 if it doesn't

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.439
 work itself out?

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.659
 What is faith

00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:42.459
 if you can't see

00:21:42.459 --> 00:21:43.279
 it in your life?

00:21:43.419 --> 00:21:44.359
 It's dead.

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.599
 It's useless.

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.459
 And then he goes

00:21:46.459 --> 00:21:46.659
 on.

00:21:46.699 --> 00:21:47.159
 He says something

00:21:47.159 --> 00:21:47.939
 kind of confusing

00:21:47.939 --> 00:21:49.279
 in James chapter 2.

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.819
 I wonder if you've

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.519
 ever noticed this.

00:21:51.419 --> 00:21:52.359
 James chapter 2.

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.699
 He talks about

00:21:53.699 --> 00:21:54.539
 this story.

00:21:54.939 --> 00:21:55.459
 He says,

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.819
 Was not Abraham

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.720
 our father

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:59.180
 justified by

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.840
 works?

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.880
 When he offered

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:03.140
 up his son Isaac

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:04.019
 on the altar?

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:05.579
 Now, our ears

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.160
 ought to perk up

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.559
 a little bit

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.100
 when we hear that,

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.299
 right?

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.779
 What did he just

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.039
 say?

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.440
 Was not Abraham

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.259
 our father

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:13.880
 justified by

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.500
 works?

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.480
 Hold on just a minute.

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.880
 Justified by works?

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.900
 Now this is

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:20.160
 Reformation Doctrine

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.539
 101,

00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:21.240
 isn't it?

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:23.000
 We are saved

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:24.420
 by grace alone,

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:26.359
 through faith alone,

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.539
 in Christ alone,

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.420
 according to the

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:29.359
 scriptures alone,

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.980
 to the glory of God

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.359
 alone,

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.900
 and maybe the

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.599
 reformers never

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.400
 read James.

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:36.700
 No, they read

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.259
 James.

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.500
 James isn't

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.140
 telling us that

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.940
 Abraham was

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:42.420
 declared righteous

00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:43.440
 on the basis

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.480
 of his works.

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.519
 We know he

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.519
 believed and that

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.299
 was counted to him

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.960
 as righteousness,

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.440
 right?

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.019
 What he's saying

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.720
 is that that

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.819
 faith was now

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:53.400
 confirmed and

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.920
 demonstrated and

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:57.100
 seen and manifested

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:59.019
 externally in

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.860
 works of

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.600
 obedience.

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:02.059
 To quote a

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.680
 reformer,

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.539
 we are saved by

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.420
 faith alone,

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.759
 but the faith that

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.799
 saves is never

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.259
 alone.

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.140
 In other words,

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.980
 it is always

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.960
 accompanied by

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.640
 the fruit of good

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.100
 works.

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.539
 Martin Luther

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.799
 says,

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.660
 we do not become

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.819
 righteous by doing

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.700
 righteous deeds,

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:22.180
 but having been

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.079
 made righteous,

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.200
 we do righteous

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:24.680
 deeds.

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.240
 The order is

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.900
 important here.

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.400
 Do you see it?

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:29.000
 His faith is

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.980
 manifested in

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.500
 obedience.

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.259
 We see a second

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.579
 way.

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.360
 Faith is

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.120
 manifested here

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:33.620
 starting in

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.180
 verse 5.

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.700
 Faith is

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.720
 manifested in

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.400
 confidence.

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.339
 Look there to

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:37.900
 verse 5.

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.640
 Abraham,

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:41.140
 he's about to

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:41.539
 head up the

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:41.779
 mountain.

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.420
 He talks to

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.160
 his young men

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.980
 and look what he

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.539
 says to them.

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:44.839
 He says,

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.700
 stay here with

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.220
 the donkey.

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.660
 I and the

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.200
 boy will go

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.079
 over there and

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:50.019
 worship and

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.100
 come again to

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.440
 you.

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.920
 Did you catch

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.240
 that?

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.460
 Anything seem

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.240
 off to you about

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.559
 that?

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.220
 I and the

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:59.079
 boy will go

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.700
 worship.

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.600
 We will go,

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.200
 we'll go up,

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.799
 we'll worship,

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:03.240
 and we will

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.839
 return.

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.339
 What in the

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.759
 world is he

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.220
 talking about?

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.620
 Is he not

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:07.900
 about to

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.400
 slaughter this

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:08.700
 child?

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:12.220
 He's ready

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.000
 to go,

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:13.620
 he's got the

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:13.900
 wood,

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.500
 he's going to

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.059
 the spot,

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.600
 he's got the

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:15.900
 fire,

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.519
 he's got the

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.860
 knife.

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:18.100
 How in the

00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:18.980
 world can

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.880
 Abraham say,

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.500
 we're going to

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.900
 go, we're

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.259
 going to come

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.640
 back?

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.480
 This is the

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.620
 confidence of

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.840
 genuine faith.

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.740
 Again, what did

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.220
 we read this

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.720
 morning from

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.819
 Hebrews 11?

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.500
 Hebrews 11

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.240
 helps us here

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.819
 again, doesn't

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:32.940
 it?

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.759
 Hebrews 11

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:35.019
 verses 17

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.799
 through 19.

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.000
 It says,

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.920
 by faith,

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.980
 Abraham when

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.860
 he was tested

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:41.100
 offered up

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:41.700
 Isaac,

00:24:42.060 --> 00:24:43.060
 and he who

00:24:43.060 --> 00:24:43.720
 had received

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.420
 the promises

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.360
 was in the

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:46.480
 act of offering

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.480
 up his only

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.300
 son, of whom

00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:48.880
 it was said,

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.580
 through Isaac

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:50.279
 shall your

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.060
 offspring be

00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:51.440
 named.

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.779
 He considered

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.440
 that God

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.200
 was able

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.960
 even to

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.620
 raise him

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.120
 from the

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.539
 dead,

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.940
 from which

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.680
 figuratively

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.420
 speaking, he

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.420
 did receive

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.080
 him back.

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.779
 Abraham knows

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.680
 two things

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.160
 here, doesn't

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.320
 he?

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.180
 For one,

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.539
 he knows

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.060
 God has

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.900
 promised that

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.560
 Isaac will

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.940
 be the

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.220
 heir.

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.119
 God has

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:11.119
 promised that

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:12.579
 through Isaac

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.240
 shall your

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:14.019
 offspring be

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.379
 named.

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.720
 God's promised

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.039
 that.

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.039
 He's staked

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.960
 everything on

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.220
 this.

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.940
 God's promised

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.619
 blessing to

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.259
 the world

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.440
 through Isaac.

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.359
 God's promised

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.599
 ultimately again

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.339
 the Messiah

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.539
 through Isaac.

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.619
 He knows

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.480
 God's promise

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.779
 and he knows

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.599
 now God's

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.240
 command.

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.399
 Sacrifice

00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:33.019
 Isaac.

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.740
 He doesn't

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.279
 know how those

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.899
 two things work

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.280
 together.

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.720
 How could

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:36.860
 he?

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.300
 How can

00:25:38.300 --> 00:25:38.880
 he reconcile

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.720
 these things

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.259
 in his mind?

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:41.180
 He can't.

00:25:41.300 --> 00:25:41.900
 He does

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.740
 not know

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.259
 how this

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.560
 is going

00:25:43.560 --> 00:25:43.900
 to turn

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.240
 out.

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:46.460
 But he

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.680
 is confident

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.340
 that no matter

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:49.060
 what happens

00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:49.580
 up there on

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:50.140
 that hill,

00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.180
 God will

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.840
 not turn

00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.240
 his back

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.519
 on his

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:52.940
 promises.

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.580
 He figures

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.920
 that even

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.680
 if I have

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:57.940
 to go

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.400
 through with

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:58.580
 this,

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.740
 if necessary,

00:26:00.080 --> 00:26:00.960
 God is able

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.880
 even to raise

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:02.560
 this child

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.220
 from the

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.519
 dead.

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:04.139
 God will

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.700
 not turn

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.099
 his back

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.359
 on his

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.799
 promises.

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.139
 Church,

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.539
 this is

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.039
 faith.

00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:12.159
 And we

00:26:12.159 --> 00:26:12.639
 see that

00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:13.099
 confidence

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.559
 again in

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.220
 his conversation

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.799
 with Isaac.

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.039
 I mean,

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.279
 you talk

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.559
 about an

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.819
 awkward

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.240
 moment,

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.700
 right?

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:17.819
 The parents

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.500
 have an

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.700
 awkward

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.220
 conversation

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.559
 with their

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:19.859
 kids.

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.399
 Verse 6

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:21.599
 says,

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:21.899
 Abraham

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.500
 takes the

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:22.799
 wood,

00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:23.700
 he puts

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.339
 it on

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.759
 Isaac,

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.179
 he takes

00:26:25.179 --> 00:26:25.679
 the fire,

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.039
 he takes

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.480
 the knife,

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:26.799
 and now

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.399
 Isaac is

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:27.779
 starting to

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.039
 notice

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.519
 something's

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.779
 a little

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.500
 off here,

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:29.940
 something's

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.399
 missing.

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:30.940
 He's looking

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.599
 around like,

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.079
 dad,

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:34.259
 we got

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.619
 everything

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.379
 we need

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.740
 except one

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.199
 thing,

00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:38.939
 and where's

00:26:38.939 --> 00:26:39.459
 the lamb?

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.439
 How does

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:42.299
 Abraham respond

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.899
 to his son?

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:43.139
 What does

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:43.459
 he say?

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.399
 He looks

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:46.079
 at his son

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:47.139
 not knowing

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:48.000
 how far

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.419
 he's going

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:48.859
 to have to

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.359
 go with

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:49.679
 this,

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.240
 still not

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.480
 knowing

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.339
 exactly how

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.639
 this is

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:51.859
 going to

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.299
 turn out,

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:52.819
 but in

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.619
 confidence,

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.119
 in the

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.519
 confidence

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.339
 of faith,

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.740
 he says,

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.959
 God will

00:26:57.959 --> 00:26:59.500
 provide for

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:01.339
 himself a

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.639
 lamb,

00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:02.939
 for the

00:27:02.939 --> 00:27:03.159
 burnt

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.619
 offering

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.179
 my son,

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.859
 God will

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:07.099
 provide.

00:27:08.679 --> 00:27:09.059
 I see

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.619
 his faith

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.779
 is manifested

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.539
 in obedience,

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.439
 it's manifested

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:13.819
 in confidence,

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.539
 and now a

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.220
 third wave

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.519
 here,

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.019
 we see

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.399
 faith is

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:18.159
 manifested

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.799
 in

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.759
 willingness,

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:22.199
 in willingness,

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:22.899
 you could

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.179
 say,

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.659
 in readiness.

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:25.139
 Look there

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:25.419
 to verse

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:25.699
 nine.

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.720
 And they

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.099
 make their

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.740
 way up the

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.059
 mountain,

00:27:29.199 --> 00:27:30.039
 Abraham builds

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.619
 the altar,

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.299
 he lays

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.799
 the wood

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.420
 in place,

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.839
 he sets

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.579
 everything up,

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.480
 he takes

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.099
 his son,

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.779
 he lays

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.279
 his son

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.019
 there on

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.700
 the altar

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.240
 on top

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.559
 of the

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:38.859
 wood,

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.899
 he reaches

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.519
 out his

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.799
 hand,

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.359
 he takes

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.019
 the knife

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.859
 ready to

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.279
 slaughter

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.039
 his son,

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:45.940
 and at the

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.480
 last moment

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.980
 the angel

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.399
 of the Lord

00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:48.079
 calls to

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.559
 him from

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.059
 heaven and

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.299
 says,

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:49.759
 Abraham,

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.700
 Abraham,

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.240
 and he

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.420
 says,

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.740
 here I

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.059
 am,

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:55.319
 do not

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.700
 lay your

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.079
 hand on

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.460
 the boy

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:56.799
 or do

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.440
 anything to

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.720
 him,

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.339
 for now I

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.899
 know that

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.480
 you fear

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.940
 God,

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.780
 seeing that

00:28:00.780 --> 00:28:01.060
 you have

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.880
 not withheld

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.620
 your son,

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.840
 your only

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.360
 son,

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.500
 from me.

00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:06.000
 Of course,

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:07.200
 God is

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.759
 omniscient,

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.280
 he already

00:28:08.280 --> 00:28:09.320
 knew,

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.860
 he knows

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.360
 everything,

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.300
 but now he

00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:13.080
 sees Abraham's

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:14.980
 faith manifested

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:14.980


00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:14.980


00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.480
 Abraham's

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.040
 faith

00:28:16.040 --> 00:28:16.120
 manifested

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.500
 in obedience

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:19.040
 and in

00:28:19.040 --> 00:28:19.640
 confidence

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.800
 and in

00:28:20.800 --> 00:28:21.860
 willingness

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.740
 now to

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.460
 sacrifice

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.519
 even that

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.040
 which is

00:28:25.040 --> 00:28:26.320
 most precious

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.659
 to him.

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.359
 Christian,

00:28:28.919 --> 00:28:30.279
 do you

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.799
 have faith

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.519
 like this?

00:28:35.399 --> 00:28:36.339
 Are you

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.079
 genuinely

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.139
 willing to

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:40.339
 do anything

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.819
 the Lord

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.319
 commands you

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.639
 to do?

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.220
 Let me

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.559
 ask it

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.339
 another way.

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.059
 Is there

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.799
 anything in

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.299
 your life

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.740
 that you

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.740
 would not

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.319
 be willing

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.980
 to offer

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.299
 up to

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.659
 the Lord?

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:57.140
 Is there

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.680
 any part

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.060
 of your

00:28:58.060 --> 00:28:58.600
 life that

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:58.940
 you just

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.820
 want the

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.259
 Lord to

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.600
 kind of

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.560
 stay out

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:01.940
 of?

00:29:02.060 --> 00:29:02.680
 Do not

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.420
 touch this,

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.779
 please.

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.080
 God,

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.740
 I love

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.120
 you,

00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:06.920
 but please

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.340
 don't mess

00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:07.620
 with my

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:07.880
 Sunday

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.340
 mornings.

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.900
 That's the

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.279
 only me

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.740
 time I

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:11.940
 get.

00:29:12.040 --> 00:29:12.200
 That's

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.519
 football,

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.040
 that's

00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:13.580
 fishing,

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.100
 that's

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.880
 time off

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.140
 work.

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.019
 I'll catch

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.500
 up on a

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.080
 sermon later

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:17.380
 on a

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.740
 podcast,

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.240
 YouTube,

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.880
 whatever it

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.080
 is.

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.680
 Just don't

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.300
 touch my

00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:20.720
 weekends,

00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.019
 God.

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:23.559
 God,

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.039
 I love

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.240
 you,

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:24.700
 but please

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.139
 don't touch

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.660
 my money.

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.200
 Don't ask

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.720
 me to give

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.359
 it away.

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.200
 Don't touch

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.960
 my treasures.

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.639
 God,

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.059
 I love

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.379
 you,

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.700
 but please

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.180
 don't mess

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.639
 with my

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:35.279
 plans for

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.740
 my life.

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.160
 Don't mess

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.480
 with my

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.960
 job.

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.579
 Don't mess

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:38.920
 with my

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.460
 retirement.

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.420
 Don't mess

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:41.700
 with my

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.119
 plans.

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.519
 Don't mess

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.859
 with my

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.279
 future.

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:46.859
 Friend,

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.079
 do you

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.539
 realize that

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:47.839
 when you

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.240
 put your

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.799
 faith in

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.420
 Christ and

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.119
 follow him,

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.759
 that means

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:52.000
 everything is

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.299
 on the

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.640
 table.

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.859
 All the

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.279
 chips are

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.500
 in.

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:56.200
 And when

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.839
 you trust

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.680
 Christ by

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.039
 faith,

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.259
 when you

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.579
 put your

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.000
 faith in

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.339
 Christ,

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.180
 you bring

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:01.720
 everything to

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.119
 him,

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.940
 you lay it

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.660
 all at his

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.019
 feet,

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.480
 and you

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:04.619
 say,

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.160
 this is

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.539
 yours,

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:05.940
 it's not

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.279
 mine.

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.980
 You take

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.319
 this,

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:08.720
 you do

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.079
 what you

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.619
 want with

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:09.759
 it,

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.460
 everything

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.220
 that belongs

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.759
 to me

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.559
 belongs to

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.299
 you first

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.039
 and finally

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.779
 and ultimately.

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.259
 If you give

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.680
 it to me,

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.440
 it's yours,

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.220
 you use it

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.779
 as you see

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.079
 fit.

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.400
 The

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:21.720
 parents,

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.000
 do you

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.480
 realize that

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.500
 includes even

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.740
 your children?

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.660
 Abraham here

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.599
 is willing to

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.379
 offer up his

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:31.559
 only son,

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.379
 the son whom

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.019
 he loves.

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.500
 You see how

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.019
 that's repeated

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.519
 over and

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:34.759
 over?

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.839
 Your only

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.279
 son.

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.700
 Why?

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.519
 Because he

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.440
 knows ultimately

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.440
 this child

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.940
 belongs to

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.700
 God.

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.259
 Parents,

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.180
 do you

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.720
 realize that

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.319
 your children

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.500
 ultimately don't

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.299
 belong to you,

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.019
 they belong to

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.400
 the Lord?

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:50.900
 We have

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.559
 these dreams

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.960
 that we tell

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.480
 our kids all

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.839
 the time.

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:54.059
 I'm preaching

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.660
 to me right

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:54.879
 now.

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.400
 We tell our

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:57.019
 kids all the

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.319
 time,

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:57.660
 you're going

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.720
 to grow

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.319
 up and

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.960
 be best

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.400
 friends,

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.799
 we're all

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.000
 going to

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.559
 still get

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.160
 along and

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.379
 you're going

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:03.200
 to buy

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.539
 the house

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.960
 right next

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.619
 door and

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:04.980
 we're all

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.160
 going to

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.680
 live on

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.200
 this compound

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:07.160
 and see

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.579
 each other

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:07.879
 all the

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.279
 time.

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.299
 If the

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.720
 Lord does

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:09.900
 that,

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.500
 praise God.

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:10.779
 There's

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.180
 nothing wrong

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.519
 with that.

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.400
 Are we

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.559
 equally okay

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:14.980
 if the

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.920
 plan of

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.619
 God is

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.319
 that your

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.099
 child goes

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.599
 to be a

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:18.919
 missionary

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.339
 in a

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:19.639
 dangerous

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.239
 place,

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:22.579
 to risk

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.159
 their life

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.859
 daily to

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.259
 spread the

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.659
 gospel?

00:31:25.459 --> 00:31:26.099
 South Sudan,

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:29.639
 are you

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.179
 okay with

00:31:30.179 --> 00:31:30.699
 God not

00:31:30.699 --> 00:31:31.339
 following your

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.779
 plans?

00:31:34.239 --> 00:31:34.799
 Christian,

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.079
 do you

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.739
 realize that

00:31:35.739 --> 00:31:36.959
 everything in

00:31:36.959 --> 00:31:37.439
 your life

00:31:37.439 --> 00:31:38.579
 is His,

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:38.939
 it is

00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:39.639
 offered up

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:40.659
 to Him?

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.279
 Paul says

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.779
 in Romans

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.579
 that you

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.459
 yourself are

00:31:43.459 --> 00:31:43.959
 to be offered

00:31:43.959 --> 00:31:44.539
 up to Him

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.359
 as a living

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.299
 sacrifice.

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.859
 This is

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.579
 your spiritual

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.180
 act of

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.500
 worship,

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.039
 He says.

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:51.139
 Your time,

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.879
 your money,

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.680
 your job,

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.460
 your family,

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.879
 your home,

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.659
 your heart,

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.740
 your everything

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:58.460
 is His.

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.839
 We gotta

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.639
 stop hedging

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.299
 our bets.

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.700
 And you know,

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.240
 anything that

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.700
 you're not

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.139
 willing to

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:05.759
 offer up to

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:05.919
 Him,

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.339
 you know what

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.740
 the Bible

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.180
 says that

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.440
 is?

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.460
 It's an

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.779
 idol.

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:13.019
 How easy

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.500
 would it have

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.879
 been for

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.480
 Abraham to

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.839
 make an

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.519
 idol out of

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.079
 His precious

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.720
 Son?

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.200
 You know,

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.619
 anywhere that

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.059
 your heart

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.420
 says,

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.579
 I am not

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:22.000
 willing to

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.539
 obey the

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:22.900
 word of

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.259
 the Lord,

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.839
 you can be

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.900
 sure that

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.319
 there's an

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:26.339
 idol there

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:27.599
 competing with

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.139
 God for

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.559
 your heart's

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:28.879
 devotion.

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.980
 What might

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.500
 that be for

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.720
 you?

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.500
 What are

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.599
 you not

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:37.180
 willing to

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:38.299
 offer up to

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.000
 the Lord for

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.599
 His use?

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.480
 Jesus tells us

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.859
 in Matthew

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.579
 chapter 10.

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.000
 Whoever

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.359
 loves father

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:45.299
 or mother

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.779
 more than

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.419
 me is not

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:46.919
 worthy of

00:32:46.919 --> 00:32:47.139
 me.

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.339
 Whoever

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.240
 loves son

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.699
 or daughter

00:32:49.699 --> 00:32:50.179
 more than

00:32:50.179 --> 00:32:50.839
 me is not

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.379
 worthy of

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:51.599
 me.

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.619
 Whoever

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.240
 does not

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.819
 take his

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.459
 cross and

00:32:54.459 --> 00:32:55.139
 follow me

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:56.339
 is not

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.859
 worthy of

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.219
 me.

00:32:59.219 --> 00:32:59.859
 Are you

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.159
 willing?

00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:03.259
 So we see

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.959
 faith will be

00:33:03.959 --> 00:33:04.379
 tested.

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:04.979
 Second, it

00:33:04.979 --> 00:33:05.479
 will be

00:33:05.479 --> 00:33:06.399
 manifested.

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.599
 But third,

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.179
 third and

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.860
 finally, we

00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.440
 see here

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.279
 genuine

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.519
 faith in

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.080
 Christ.

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:14.660
 Genuine

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.259
 faith in

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.660
 all the

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.380
 promises of

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:16.759
 God.

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:18.299
 Third, will

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:20.460
 be vindicated.

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.519
 One more

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.299
 common

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.740
 misconception

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.680
 about faith

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.560
 from those

00:33:26.560 --> 00:33:26.860
 who don't

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.180
 know the

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.400
 Lord.

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.000
 They think

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.660
 ultimately

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.779
 faith is

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.400
 pointless.

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.580
 At the end

00:33:32.580 --> 00:33:33.019
 of the day,

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.640
 none of it

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.039
 matters.

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:34.440
 You believe

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.759
 in something

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.299
 if you want,

00:33:35.340 --> 00:33:35.680
 if it makes

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.100
 you happy

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.440
 in this

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:36.940
 life, that's

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.400
 fine.

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.860
 But ultimately,

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:39.419
 what's the

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:39.719
 point?

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.099
 It's not

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.779
 really tied

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.159
 up to

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.579
 anything

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.259
 real.

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:42.639
 It's just

00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:42.879
 kind of

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.519
 fairy tales

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.879
 and make

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.279
 believe.

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.159
 So you

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:45.599
 believe what

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:45.919
 you want,

00:33:45.979 --> 00:33:46.179
 but it

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:46.459
 doesn't

00:33:46.459 --> 00:33:46.839
 matter.

00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:49.299
 But we

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:52.000
 know that

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.639
 in the

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:53.539
 end, praise

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.379
 God, in

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:55.559
 the end, our

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.699
 faith in

00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:58.059
 the Lord will

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:59.979
 be vindicated.

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:01.500
 Look there

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.759
 to verse

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.240
 13.

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.339
 Abraham has

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:05.979
 demonstrated

00:34:05.979 --> 00:34:06.679
 faith in

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.019
 the Lord,

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.719
 and now it

00:34:07.719 --> 00:34:08.319
 says Abraham

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.160
 lifts up

00:34:09.160 --> 00:34:09.880
 his eyes

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.580
 and behold,

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.940
 behind him

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.600
 is a ram

00:34:12.600 --> 00:34:13.180
 caught in

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:13.680
 a thicket

00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:14.200
 by his

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:14.740
 horns.

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.559
 Abraham goes

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.000
 and takes

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.420
 the ram,

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:17.940
 he offers

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.320
 the ram

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:19.240
 up as a

00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:20.120
 burnt offering

00:34:20.120 --> 00:34:21.600
 instead of

00:34:21.600 --> 00:34:22.340
 his son,

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.960
 so Abraham

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.539
 calls the

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.800
 name of

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.320
 that place

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.900
 the Lord

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.940
 will provide.

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.059
 It became

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.480
 sort of a

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.400
 proverb in

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.860
 that day,

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.140
 on the

00:34:29.140 --> 00:34:29.500
 mount of

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.000
 the Lord

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:31.740
 shall be

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:33.080
 provided.

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:34.199
 his faith

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:35.500
 in God

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.960
 and his

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.039
 confidence in

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.819
 his promises

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:40.360
 was vindicated

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.779
 in this

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:41.139
 moment.

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.980
 He was

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.759
 right to

00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:44.340
 trust in

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.840
 the promises

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.219
 of the

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:45.539
 Lord.

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.360
 His

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:48.299
 obedience and

00:34:48.299 --> 00:34:49.440
 his willingness,

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.139
 even his

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.319
 sacrifice, all

00:34:51.319 --> 00:34:52.059
 of it, all

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.400
 of it was

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:53.119
 worth it.

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.639
 Now I

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.360
 don't know,

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.659
 we're not

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.159
 told what

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.519
 those two

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.079
 men down at

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.380
 the bottom

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.900
 of the hill

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.719
 thought about

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.139
 Abraham,

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.619
 right?

00:34:59.619 --> 00:34:59.880
 We don't

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.259
 know how

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.659
 much they

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.219
 knew about

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.679
 his plan,

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.659
 but I

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.460
 could imagine

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.940
 that if they

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.480
 knew what

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.980
 he had

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.420
 planned,

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.059
 they would

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.440
 think he

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.099
 was absolutely

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.859
 crazy to

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:08.239
 say, hey,

00:35:08.259 --> 00:35:08.599
 we're going

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.019
 up, I'm

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.299
 going to

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:10.119
 slaughter him

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.380
 and we'll

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.779
 be back.

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.440
 Right?

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.319
 They would

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:14.960
 write him

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.400
 off as

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.940
 insane.

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.500
 No way,

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:16.920
 you're going

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.319
 to go offer

00:35:17.319 --> 00:35:17.900
 your son as

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.539
 a burnt

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.099
 offering,

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.500
 you're just

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.359
 trusting the

00:35:20.359 --> 00:35:20.880
 Lord to

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.359
 provide,

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.380
 you're crazy.

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.639
 You realize

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:27.000
 we hear the

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.500
 same sort of

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.059
 things today.

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.940
 as you

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.500
 share your

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.980
 faith with

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.279
 others,

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.259
 you really

00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:34.920
 think the

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.659
 Lord Jesus

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.199
 is coming

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.599
 back?

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:36.880
 Are you

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.259
 serious?

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.539
 That's what

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.039
 you believe?

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.799
 You think

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.219
 that something

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.759
 that somebody

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.699
 did 2,000

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.279
 years ago

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.799
 has any

00:35:44.799 --> 00:35:45.500
 bearing on

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.000
 your life

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.420
 right now?

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.739
 Are you

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.299
 serious?

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.539
 You're

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:47.940
 crazy.

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.299
 We say,

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.599
 yes,

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.079
 I do.

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.440
 So much

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.079
 so that I

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.440
 would be

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.480
 totally lost

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.039
 without it.

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:58.139
 I have no

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:59.380
 hope apart

00:35:59.380 --> 00:35:59.780
 from what

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.340
 Jesus has

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:01.180
 done for

00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:01.460
 me.

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.599
 All my

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.599
 trust is

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:03.900
 in the

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.900
 gospel of

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.820
 Jesus Christ.

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:07.980
 In fact,

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.480
 we see

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:10.000
 such a

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.579
 clear picture

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.059
 of it here,

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.460
 don't we?

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.940
 All throughout

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.599
 this passage,

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:13.740
 we see a

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.840
 picture of

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.820
 the gospel.

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.500
 Church,

00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:17.840
 our faith,

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.740
 our trust,

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.320
 is that

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.400
 Christ Jesus,

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:22.760
 like Abraham,

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.260
 was truly

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:25.160
 and totally

00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:26.300
 obedient to the

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.840
 word of the

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.140
 Lord.

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:28.880
 Not just

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.260
 once,

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:30.000
 but for an

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.740
 entire life,

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.220
 he passed

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:32.440
 every test,

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.079
 not just for

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.600
 a moment,

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.400
 but for a

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:34.820
 lifetime,

00:36:35.100 --> 00:36:35.840
 a perfect

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.600
 record of

00:36:36.600 --> 00:36:37.640
 full and

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:38.740
 total obedience

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:39.500
 to the Lord,

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.880
 and he

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:41.059
 obeyed in

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:42.100
 our place

00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:42.460
 where you

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.720
 and I

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.280
 have failed.

00:36:45.140 --> 00:36:46.120
 Our faith

00:36:46.120 --> 00:36:46.660
 is that

00:36:46.660 --> 00:36:47.340
 Christ,

00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:48.760
 like Isaac,

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.180
 was the

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:51.180
 only begotten

00:36:51.180 --> 00:36:51.820
 son of the

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.220
 father,

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:54.119
 who ascended

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.859
 the hill

00:36:54.859 --> 00:36:55.579
 with wood

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.259
 upon his

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:56.899
 shoulders,

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:57.839
 headed to

00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:58.759
 sacrifice.

00:37:00.419 --> 00:37:01.039
 While Isaac

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.739
 was near to

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.019
 death,

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.939
 Christ Jesus

00:37:02.939 --> 00:37:03.939
 actually,

00:37:04.419 --> 00:37:05.679
 truly died.

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.159
 And for a

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.759
 moment at the

00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:07.099
 cross,

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.719
 it seemed as

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:08.159
 if the

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.879
 salvation of

00:37:08.879 --> 00:37:09.219
 the world

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.859
 was lost.

00:37:09.959 --> 00:37:10.399
 This God

00:37:10.399 --> 00:37:11.199
 man is dead.

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:11.759
 The serpent

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:12.879
 has struck

00:37:12.879 --> 00:37:13.480
 this promised

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.099
 seed of the

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.339
 woman.

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.119
 The plan

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.699
 of salvation

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.439
 has failed.

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.419
 Praise God,

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.339
 like Isaac.

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:22.620
 in a

00:37:22.620 --> 00:37:23.420
 truer and

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.539
 better way,

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:26.100
 rising from

00:37:26.100 --> 00:37:26.840
 the grave,

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.960
 Christ crushed

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.760
 the serpent's

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:29.019
 head.

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.320
 Our faith

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:33.180
 is that

00:37:33.180 --> 00:37:33.720
 Christ,

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.079
 like the

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.940
 ram in

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.660
 the bush,

00:37:37.660 --> 00:37:38.700
 is the

00:37:38.700 --> 00:37:40.059
 substitutionary

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.700
 offering

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:42.120
 for the

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:42.640
 sacrifice.

00:37:43.140 --> 00:37:43.860
 He is

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.559
 the lamb

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.100
 who was

00:37:45.100 --> 00:37:46.280
 slain from

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:47.000
 before the

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:48.000
 foundations of

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.559
 the world.

00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.160
 We believe

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:49.740
 by faith,

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.659
 God sent

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.500
 his son

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.719
 to die

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.159
 in our

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:53.699
 place.

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.679
 The gospel,

00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:57.579
 our faith,

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:57.939
 is in the

00:37:57.939 --> 00:37:58.399
 good news

00:37:58.399 --> 00:37:59.019
 that the

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.659
 Lord has

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:01.000
 provided a

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.699
 substitute

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.899
 for us.

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.879
 Isaiah 53,

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:08.399
 this is

00:38:08.399 --> 00:38:09.059
 around 700

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.799
 years before

00:38:09.799 --> 00:38:10.379
 Jesus was

00:38:10.379 --> 00:38:10.699
 born.

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.439
 Isaiah

00:38:12.439 --> 00:38:13.199
 prophesied

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.439
 this,

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.839
 the plan

00:38:13.839 --> 00:38:14.319
 of God,

00:38:14.459 --> 00:38:15.079
 surely he

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.719
 has borne

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.759
 our griefs

00:38:16.759 --> 00:38:17.659
 and carried

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.599
 our sorrows,

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.960
 yet we

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.480
 esteemed

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.460
 him stricken,

00:38:22.319 --> 00:38:22.960
 smitten by

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.579
 God and

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:24.199
 afflicted.

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.880
 But he

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.639
 was pierced

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.400
 for our

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.480
 transgressions.

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:30.219
 He was

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:31.139
 crushed for

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.759
 our

00:38:31.759 --> 00:38:32.659
 iniquities.

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:33.920
 Upon

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:35.380
 him was

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.299
 the chastisement

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:36.940
 that brought

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:38.139
 us peace.

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:39.000
 With his

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.500
 wounds,

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.440
 we are

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:40.860
 healed.

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:41.679
 All we

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.299
 like sheep

00:38:42.299 --> 00:38:42.679
 have gone

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.139
 astray.

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.579
 We have

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:44.900
 turned

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.900
 everyone to

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.420
 his own

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.500
 way and

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.059
 the Lord

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.599
 has laid

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.480
 on him

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.659
 the iniquity

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:51.519
 of us

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.940
 all.

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:52.480
 Our

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.539
 faith is

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.320
 that Christ

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:54.980
 is the

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.460
 perfect

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.280
 substitute

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:57.240
 that we

00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:58.420
 need for

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.599
 our

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.139
 salvation.

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.740
 Apart

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:02.200
 from him,

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:02.440
 we are

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.940
 lost.

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.900
 Abraham

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.380
 gets a

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:07.320
 small

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:08.380
 picture of

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:08.579
 this,

00:39:08.700 --> 00:39:08.980
 doesn't he?

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.240
 He gets

00:39:09.240 --> 00:39:10.119
 this foretaste

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.579
 of the

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:10.960
 gospel.

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.920
 He put

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.659
 his faith

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.039
 in the

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.480
 promises

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.219
 of God

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.619
 and his

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:15.159
 faith

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:16.139
 at last

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:17.519
 was vindicated.

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.039
 He sees

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.380
 I was

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:19.019
 right to

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.500
 trust in

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.900
 the Lord.

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.240
 I was

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.699
 right to

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.159
 believe in

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.780
 his promises.

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.619
 I was

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:25.240
 right to

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.880
 stake

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.559
 everything

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:26.960
 on the

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.599
 faithfulness

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.260
 of God.

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.159
 To

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:30.740
 reaffirm

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.099
 that in

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.440
 his heart,

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:31.940
 the angel

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.639
 of the

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:32.840
 Lord,

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.559
 once again,

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.420
 he doubles

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:35.420
 down again

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.780
 on these

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.320
 promises.

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:36.659
 By

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.460
 myself I

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.139
 have sworn,

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:38.780
 declares the

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.039
 Lord,

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.900
 because you

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.300
 have done

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:40.800
 this and

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.059
 not

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.460
 withheld

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.019
 your son,

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:42.900
 your only

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.320
 son,

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:43.740
 I will

00:39:43.740 --> 00:39:44.220
 surely

00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:44.680
 bless

00:39:44.680 --> 00:39:44.960
 you.

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:45.640
 I

00:39:45.640 --> 00:39:45.840
 will

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.180
 surely

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:46.840
 multiply

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.120
 your

00:39:47.120 --> 00:39:47.600
 offspring

00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.720
 as the

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:49.260
 stars of

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.820
 heaven and

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:50.160
 as the

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:50.600
 sand is

00:39:50.600 --> 00:39:50.900
 on the

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.420
 seashore.

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.260
 And your

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:53.160
 offspring shall

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.880
 possess the

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.380
 gate of his

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:54.840
 enemies,

00:39:55.160 --> 00:39:55.620
 and in

00:39:55.620 --> 00:39:55.920
 your

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.880
 offspring shall

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.700
 all the

00:39:57.700 --> 00:39:58.519
 nations of

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.080
 the earth

00:39:59.080 --> 00:39:59.740
 be blessed,

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.640
 because you

00:40:00.640 --> 00:40:01.460
 have obeyed

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:02.180
 my voice.

00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:02.920
 His faith

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.840
 was not

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:05.100
 in vain.

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:09.360
 Christian,

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.980
 your faith

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:11.240
 in Christ

00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:13.559
 will be

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:14.459
 tested in

00:40:14.459 --> 00:40:15.219
 this life.

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:18.159
 But praise

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.539
 God,

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.039
 one day

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.619
 the risen

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.819
 Lord Jesus

00:40:20.819 --> 00:40:22.500
 will return

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:24.559
 and your

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.239
 faith in

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.619
 him

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.519
 will be

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.139
 vindicated.

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:29.839
 It will

00:40:29.839 --> 00:40:31.039
 be proven

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:32.659
 to not

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:34.119
 be in

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.719
 vain.

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:36.899
 every

00:40:36.899 --> 00:40:37.519
 sacrifice

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:38.259
 will be

00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:39.000
 worth it.

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.379
 Every

00:40:39.379 --> 00:40:40.019
 act of

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.679
 obedience

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:41.339
 will be

00:40:41.339 --> 00:40:41.879
 worth it.

00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:42.379
 Every

00:40:42.379 --> 00:40:43.139
 offering

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:43.899
 unto the

00:40:43.899 --> 00:40:44.399
 Lord in

00:40:44.399 --> 00:40:44.980
 this life

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.579
 will be

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.359
 worth it.

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:46.879
 Every

00:40:46.879 --> 00:40:47.419
 test

00:40:47.419 --> 00:40:48.079
 will be

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:48.859
 worth it

00:40:48.859 --> 00:40:49.159
 to the

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:50.000
 praise of

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.179
 his

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:50.759
 glorious

00:40:50.759 --> 00:40:51.619
 grace.

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:52.079
 He will

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:52.759
 come and

00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:53.139
 we will

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:53.919
 see him

00:40:53.919 --> 00:40:55.119
 face to

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.539
 face.

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.339
 Fran,

00:40:56.399 --> 00:40:56.739
 how would

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:57.239
 you describe

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:57.679
 your faith?

00:40:59.459 --> 00:41:00.039
 Is it

00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:00.619
 strong?

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.319
 Is it

00:41:01.319 --> 00:41:02.859
 weak?

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.360
 Is it

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:04.720
 anchored to

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:05.539
 something real

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.120
 or is it

00:41:06.120 --> 00:41:06.680
 some just

00:41:06.680 --> 00:41:07.380
 loose,

00:41:07.660 --> 00:41:08.760
 undefined

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:10.059
 practice that's

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:11.019
 distanced from

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.880
 anything real,

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.620
 any objective

00:41:12.620 --> 00:41:13.160
 truth?

00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:15.500
 Is it

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:16.300
 mixed?

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.680
 Do you

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:17.300
 trust some

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:17.900
 in yourself

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.559
 and some

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:19.760
 in God

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:20.760
 or by

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:21.460
 God's

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:21.940
 grace?

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.240
 Do you

00:41:24.240 --> 00:41:25.300
 fully trust

00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:26.140
 in all the

00:41:26.140 --> 00:41:26.740
 promises of

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.180
 God for

00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:27.760
 you in

00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:28.200
 Christ?

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:28.620
 Do you

00:41:28.620 --> 00:41:29.440
 trust Christ

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:29.940
 to be your

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.220
 perfect

00:41:30.220 --> 00:41:30.720
 substitute?

00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:33.780
 Do you

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.180
 have by

00:41:34.180 --> 00:41:34.579
 the grace

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:35.160
 of God

00:41:35.160 --> 00:41:36.400
 wholehearted,

00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:37.720
 battle-tested,

00:41:38.160 --> 00:41:39.280
 fruit-bearing

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:41.000
 trust and

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.700
 reliance

00:41:41.700 --> 00:41:42.920
 upon the

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.280
 Lord?

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:44.500
 If not,

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.160
 friend,

00:41:45.220 --> 00:41:45.740
 what keeps

00:41:45.740 --> 00:41:46.099
 you this

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.599
 morning from

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:46.940
 putting your

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.280
 faith in

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:47.700
 Christ?

00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:52.200
 The State

00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:52.820
 of Theology

00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:53.860
 survey ended

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.460
 with two

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:55.860
 key questions.

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.500
 The first,

00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:58.260
 do you

00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:58.720
 agree

00:41:58.720 --> 00:42:00.079
 Jesus'

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.019
 death on

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.620
 the cross

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.779
 is the

00:42:02.779 --> 00:42:03.119
 only

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:03.739
 sacrifice

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.259
 that could

00:42:04.259 --> 00:42:04.920
 remove the

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.579
 penalty of

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:06.339
 my sin?

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:09.539
 37% of

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:10.039
 Americans

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.799
 disagreed.

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:13.420
 22%

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:14.199
 only somewhat

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:15.179
 agreed.

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.539
 The final

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.039
 question,

00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:18.619
 do you

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:19.099
 agree

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:21.299
 only those

00:42:21.299 --> 00:42:22.079
 who trust

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:22.779
 in Jesus

00:42:22.779 --> 00:42:23.900
 Christ alone

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.480
 as their

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:26.059
 Savior receive

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:27.059
 God's free

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:27.579
 gift of

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:27.900
 eternal

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.539
 salvation?

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:31.659
 43%

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.340
 said no.

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:35.380
 22%

00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:36.079
 somewhat

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.820
 agree.

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:40.519
 I think

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:40.920
 it's clear,

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:41.840
 church,

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.300
 we have

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:42.900
 work to

00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:43.199
 do,

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:45.659
 not only

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.579
 to solidify

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:47.159
 our own

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:47.940
 faith in

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.519
 Christ and

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.119
 make certain

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:49.940
 of our

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:50.679
 full devotion

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:51.420
 to Him,

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:52.300
 but also

00:42:52.300 --> 00:42:53.059
 as we

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.460
 proclaim

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:54.639
 this message

00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:55.239
 to our

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:55.699
 neighbors,

00:42:55.699 --> 00:42:58.419
 family members,

00:42:58.859 --> 00:42:59.460
 to our

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:00.299
 co-workers,

00:43:00.819 --> 00:43:01.599
 to all

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:02.319
 those near

00:43:02.319 --> 00:43:02.939
 and far,

00:43:03.099 --> 00:43:03.839
 that we be

00:43:03.839 --> 00:43:04.779
 clear on

00:43:04.779 --> 00:43:05.319
 what we

00:43:05.319 --> 00:43:05.899
 mean when

00:43:05.899 --> 00:43:06.439
 we say

00:43:06.439 --> 00:43:07.079
 we have

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:07.539
 faith in

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:07.960
 Christ.

00:43:09.439 --> 00:43:10.319
 You too

00:43:10.319 --> 00:43:10.839
 are called

00:43:10.839 --> 00:43:12.159
 to put your

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:12.559
 faith in

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:12.779
 Him.

00:43:14.379 --> 00:43:15.419
 Father God,

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:15.859
 would you

00:43:15.859 --> 00:43:18.279
 give us

00:43:18.279 --> 00:43:18.839
 faith

00:43:18.839 --> 00:43:21.119
 like Abraham,

00:43:21.859 --> 00:43:23.219
 faith that is

00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:24.500
 obedient and

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:25.799
 faith that is

00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:26.699
 confident in

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:27.000
 all your

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.480
 promises,

00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:28.179
 faith that's

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:28.959
 willing and

00:43:28.959 --> 00:43:29.500
 ready to

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.279
 offer up

00:43:30.279 --> 00:43:30.839
 anything and

00:43:30.839 --> 00:43:31.239
 everything,

00:43:31.359 --> 00:43:31.899
 even that

00:43:31.899 --> 00:43:32.359
 which is

00:43:32.359 --> 00:43:33.039
 most precious

00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:34.219
 to us,

00:43:34.339 --> 00:43:34.459
 Lord,

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:34.719
 that we

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:35.019
 would give

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.339
 it to

00:43:35.339 --> 00:43:35.699
 you,

00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:36.259
 knowing,

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:36.659
 Father,

00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:37.179
 that you've

00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:37.819
 not withheld

00:43:37.819 --> 00:43:38.299
 what's most

00:43:38.299 --> 00:43:38.859
 precious to

00:43:38.859 --> 00:43:39.139
 you.

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:42.799
 As you've

00:43:42.799 --> 00:43:43.219
 offered up

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:43.599
 your only

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:44.359
 Son for

00:43:44.359 --> 00:43:45.299
 our salvation,

00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:45.899
 Lord,

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.459
 we pray,

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:47.199
 God,

00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:47.519
 that we would

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:48.139
 respond to

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:48.980
 you now by

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:50.519
 worshiping you

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:51.059
 as you deserve.

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:51.579
 We pray in

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:52.079
 Christ's name,

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.279
 Amen.