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 Good morning, brothers and sisters. My name's Elizabeth, and I'm going to read the Bible now from Genesis chapter 18.

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 O Lord, if I have found favour in your sight, do not pass by your servant. Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourself under the tree while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on, since you have come to your servant.

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 So they said, Do as you have said. And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, Quick, three seers of fine flour, knead it and make cakes.

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 And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young man who prepared it quickly.

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 Then he took curds and milk and the cattle that had been prepared and set it before them, and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

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 They said to him, Where is Sarah, your wife? And he said, She's in the tent.

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 The Lord said, I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah, your wife, shall have a son.

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 And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

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 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.

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 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, After I am worn out, and my Lord is old, shall I have pleasure?

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 The Lord said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh and say, Shall I indeed bear a child now that I am old?

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 Is anything too hard for the Lord?

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 At the appointed time, I will return to you about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.

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 But Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid.

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 And he said, No, but you did laugh.

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 Then the men set out from there, and they looked down towards Sodom.

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 And Abraham went with them to set them on their way.

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 The Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation,

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 and all the nations on earth shall be blessed in him?

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 For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him,

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 to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice,

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 so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.

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 Then the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great,

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 and their sin is very grave,

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 I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me,

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 and if not, I will know.

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 So the men turned from there and went down towards Sodom,

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 but Abraham stood before the Lord.

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 Then Abraham drew near and said,

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 Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

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 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city.

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 Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for fifty righteous who are in it?

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 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked,

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 so that the righteous fare as the wicked.

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 Far be it from you.

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 Shall not the judge of all the earth do what is just?

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 And the Lord said,

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 If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the city,

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 I will spare the whole place for their sake.

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 Abraham answered and said,

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 Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord,

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 I who am but dust and ashes.

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 Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking.

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 Will you destroy the whole city for the lack of five?

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 And he said,

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 I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.

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 Again he spoke to them and said,

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 Suppose forty are found there.

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 He answered,

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 For the sake of forty I will not do it.

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 Then he said,

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 O let not the Lord be angry and I will speak.

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 Suppose thirty are found there.

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 He answered,

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 I will not do it if I find thirty there.

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 He said,

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 Behold,

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 I have undertaken to speak to the Lord.

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 Suppose twenty are found there.

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 He answered,

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 For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.

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 Then he said,

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 O let not the Lord be angry.

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 I will speak again but this once.

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 Suppose ten are found there.

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 He answered,

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 For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.

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 And the Lord went on his way

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 when he had finished speaking to Abraham

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 and Abraham returned to his place.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Good morning everyone.

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 Will you pray with me as we come to God's word?

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 Heavenly Father,

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 I pray for your help to understand your word.

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 Help us to see that every part of scripture is written for our benefit.

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 Help us to be engaged and show us more of your son.

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 May we,

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 at the end of this passage,

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 may our hearts be singing as we just sang.

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 Why should I gain from his reward?

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 I cannot give an answer.

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 But may we know with all our heart

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 that his wounds have paid our ransom.

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 So please speak to each one of us through your word

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 as we sit under it now.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well,

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 when a couple gets married,

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 I'm not the only one to observe this,

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 but often,

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 see if you agree with me,

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 but often,

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 at least one of them

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 struggles to let go

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 of thinking of themselves

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 as an independent individual.

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 It can take some time

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 and some people

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 seem to never learn.

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 They want the benefits

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 of companionship,

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 but they continue to think

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 individualistically.

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 Whether it's having separate bank accounts,

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 even though legally,

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 it's we.

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 It doesn't matter

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 if it's two accounts.

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 I'll check with John later.

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 I'm pretty sure that's right.

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 Feeling entitled

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 to go out with friends,

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 not making commitments together.

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 Not letting go

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 of career aspirations,

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 no matter what damage

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 it is that it's causing

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 to your family.

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 Speaking poorly

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 about their spouse

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 as if it's their own issue

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 and not yours.

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 Now,

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 in your relationship

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 with God,

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 are you struggling

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 to let go

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 of thinking

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 of yourself

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 independently,

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 individualistically,

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 with your walk

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 with God?

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 I think there's

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 some symptoms of this

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 is like your awareness

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 of being close

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 with God,

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 at peace with God,

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 goes up and down

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 on your performance.

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 your feelings,

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 whether they're

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 positive or negative,

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 your devotion

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 or your sin,

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 your hopes

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 and fears

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 for the future.

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 I need to make

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 this plural.

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 Our hopes,

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 I'm speaking

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 to myself too,

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 our hopes

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 and fears

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 for the future

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 rest on what

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 we can imagine

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 we can do.

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 Our ability

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 to be faithful

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 to God

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 as if

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 it rests

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 on our shoulders

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 to carry that out

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 on our own.

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 We can think

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 of prayer.

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 We can think,

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 oh yeah,

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 of course,

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 I can just waltz

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 into God Almighty

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 El Shaddai's presence

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 on my own.

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 really?

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 Or,

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 we think,

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 I'm too unworthy.

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 I don't know

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 how to pray.

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 Do you see

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 the Bible

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 as basically

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 a spiritual handbook

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 to help you

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 do what is right

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 and avoid

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 what is wrong?

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 I think these

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 are all symptoms.

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 We're struggling

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 to let go

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 that being

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 in a relationship

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 with God.

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 We're struggling

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 to let go

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 of thinking

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 individualistically

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 that our walk

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 depends on us.

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 Now,

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 in chapter 18,

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 you're just going

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 to have to trust me here,

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 I think that'll help us

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 as we come to chapter 18.

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 To help us see

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 what this heavenly visit

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 to Abraham

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 and Sarah

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 is about,

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 I want to start,

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 well,

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 please have your Bibles

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 open.

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 I want to start

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 in the obvious place,

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 not in verse 1,

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 but in verse 16.

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 Now,

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 again,

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 I'm hoping

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 this will be

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 a bit of a key

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 that unlocks

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 this chapter

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 for us.

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 Here in 16 to 19,

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 we have what seems

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 to be a bit

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 of a humorous

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 scene.

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 The Lord is talking

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 to himself

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 or to the other two.

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 I think it's like

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 in a play

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 where a character

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 steps forward

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 to the front of stage

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 and gives a monologue.

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 And like in a play,

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 when a character

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 does that,

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 we get a deeper

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 insight into their

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 character,

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 their inner thoughts.

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 Here we see

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 the inner resolve

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 and purposes

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 of God.

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 So,

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 verse 17 and 18.

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 The Lord said,

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 shall I hide

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 from Abraham

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 what I'm about to do

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 to Sodom?

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 We'll come to that

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 later.

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 Seeing that Abraham

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 shall surely

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 become a great

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 and mighty nation

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 and all the nations

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 of the earth

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 shall be blessed

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 in him.

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 He's totally

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 committed

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 to his covenant

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 with Abraham.

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 Surely,

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 he will

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 become a great nation.

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 He doesn't have

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 a son yet.

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 Surely,

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 he'll be the father

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 of many nations

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 as we saw last week.

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 He's going to be

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 the source of blessing

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 to the entire world

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 and so God

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 shares his plans

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 for the future

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 like with a friend.

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 I've chosen

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 him,

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 this one

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 out of all the earth,

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 I've chosen Abraham

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 to bless

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 the entire world.

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 There is no blessing,

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 there is no hope

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 for any of us

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 outside

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 of Abraham,

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 outside of this

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 covenant with him.

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 Genesis sets up

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 the whole Bible.

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 The Bible is not

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 a random collection

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 of spiritual insights,

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 it's a question,

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 how is God

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 going to restore

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 the whole world

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 like we see

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 in Eden?

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 The answer,

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 by keeping his covenant

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 with Abraham.

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 Abraham,

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 I have chosen

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 this one,

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 Abraham.

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 Verse 19,

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 I've chosen him

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 that he may command

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 his children

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 and his household

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 after him

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 to keep

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 the way

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 of the Lord

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 by doing

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 righteousness

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 and justice

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 so that the Lord

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 may bring

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 to Abraham

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 what he has

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 promised.

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 The covenant

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 depends on

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 Abraham

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 and his descendants

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 righteousness.

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 Doing righteousness,

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 living faithfully

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 before God,

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 doing justice,

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 not mistreating

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 others in any way.

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 Notice that

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 so that

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 the Lord,

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 for the Lord

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 to keep his promise,

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 Abraham

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 must be

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 righteous.

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 Righteous

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 we saw

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 this last week

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 at the start

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 of chapter 17

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 verse 1

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 with the covenant.

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 Walk

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 before me

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 and be

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 blameless.

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 Abraham

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 must

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 be righteous.

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 The hope

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 of the world

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 depends on it.

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 So in chapter

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 18

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 here's what

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 I believe

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 we're going

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 to see.

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 Verses 1

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 to 8

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 we see

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 the righteousness

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 of this

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 one.

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 He's one

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 who serves.

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 Then in

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 verses 9

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 to 15

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 all the

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 covenant

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 promises

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 of God

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 depend on

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 the son

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 of Abraham

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 but this

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 son is born

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 not by what

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 man can do

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 but by

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 promise.

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 Then

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 verse 20

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 to 33

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 we see

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 Abraham

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 blessing

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 the nations.

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 He's

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 interceding

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 with God

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 on behalf

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 of sinners.

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 So that's

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 where we're

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 headed.

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 So

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 verses 1

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 to 8

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 we have

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 what appeared

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 to Abraham

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 to be

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 three men

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 on their

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 journey.

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 Now

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 who are

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 these

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 three

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 men?

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 We're

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 told from

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 the outset

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 verse 1

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 that the

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 Lord

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 appeared

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 to

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 Abraham

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 but

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 he

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 sees

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 three

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 men.

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 Later

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 on

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 verse 27

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 these

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 men

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 continue

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 on

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 to

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 the

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 city

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 of

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 Sodom

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 and

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 Abraham

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 is

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 left

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 alone

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 with

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 the

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 Lord

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 and

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 then

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 by

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 19

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 verse 1

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 we've

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 got

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 the

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 two

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 angels

00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:18.259
 came

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 to

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 Sodom.

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 This

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 is

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 the

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 one

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 journey.

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 Now

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 throughout

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 history

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 some

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 commentators

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 have

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 latched

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 on to

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 three.

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 This

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 must be

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 the

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 triune

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 God.

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 I

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 think

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 that's

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 just

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 jumping

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 at the

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 number

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 three

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 a bit

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 too

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 quick.

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 The

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 language

00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.380
 between

00:14:35.380 --> 00:14:35.980
 angels

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 and the

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 Lord

00:14:36.580 --> 00:14:37.780
 can

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 be

00:14:39.060 --> 00:14:39.820
 interchangeable.

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 It goes

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 from plural

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 to singular

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 throughout

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 these

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 chapters.

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 Perhaps

00:14:44.420 --> 00:14:45.000
 it's best

00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:45.700
 to picture

00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:46.480
 two angels

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 appearing as

00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:47.480
 men

00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:47.880
 and the

00:14:47.880 --> 00:14:48.260
 Lord

00:14:48.260 --> 00:14:48.820
 appearing

00:14:48.820 --> 00:14:49.140
 as a

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 man.

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 Now

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.259
 that raises

00:14:50.259 --> 00:14:50.500
 more

00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:50.899
 questions

00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:51.299
 than it

00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:52.319
 answers.

00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:52.979
 What is

00:14:52.979 --> 00:14:53.139
 the

00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:53.359
 Lord

00:14:53.359 --> 00:14:53.659
 doing

00:14:53.659 --> 00:14:53.919
 here

00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:54.519
 appearing

00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:54.779
 as

00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:54.879
 a

00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:55.219
 man?

00:14:57.099 --> 00:14:57.679
 I'll

00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:57.819
 leave

00:14:57.819 --> 00:14:57.979
 that

00:14:57.979 --> 00:14:58.179
 one

00:14:58.179 --> 00:14:58.399
 with

00:14:58.399 --> 00:14:58.719
 you.

00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.399
 Abraham

00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:01.859
 does

00:15:01.859 --> 00:15:02.219
 seem

00:15:02.219 --> 00:15:02.419
 to

00:15:02.419 --> 00:15:02.819
 sense

00:15:02.819 --> 00:15:05.059
 that

00:15:05.059 --> 00:15:05.319
 one

00:15:05.319 --> 00:15:05.419
 of

00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:05.620
 them

00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:05.919
 is

00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:06.379
 superior.

00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:06.759
 Verse

00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.120
 three

00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:07.339
 he

00:15:07.339 --> 00:15:07.699
 addresses

00:15:07.699 --> 00:15:08.339
 singular.

00:15:10.479 --> 00:15:11.039
 But

00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:11.159
 we've

00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:11.439
 got another

00:15:11.439 --> 00:15:11.819
 question.

00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:13.379
 When

00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:13.699
 was

00:15:13.699 --> 00:15:14.159
 Abraham

00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:14.919
 aware?

00:15:15.439 --> 00:15:15.779
 When

00:15:15.779 --> 00:15:16.120
 was he

00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:16.740
 aware he

00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.000
 was in

00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:17.159
 the

00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:17.799
 presence

00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:18.799
 of the

00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:19.059
 Lord?

00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:21.559
 Some

00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:21.779
 say

00:15:21.779 --> 00:15:22.099
 straight

00:15:22.099 --> 00:15:22.399
 away

00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:24.279
 like

00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:24.500
 verse

00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:24.759
 three

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.000
 oh

00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.379
 Lord

00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:26.500
 that

00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:26.719
 that

00:15:26.719 --> 00:15:27.039
 Lord

00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:27.419
 could

00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:27.679
 be

00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:28.000
 just

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.519
 a

00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:28.799
 title

00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:29.019
 of

00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.479
 respect.

00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:30.439
 I

00:15:30.439 --> 00:15:30.740
 don't

00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:30.879
 think

00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:31.039
 it's

00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:31.559
 absolutely

00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:32.219
 conclusive.

00:15:33.599 --> 00:15:34.179
 Some

00:15:34.179 --> 00:15:34.659
 see the

00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:35.259
 urgency

00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:36.120
 and

00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.959
 extravagance

00:15:36.959 --> 00:15:37.279
 that

00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:37.579
 Abraham

00:15:37.579 --> 00:15:38.000
 goes

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.259
 to

00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:38.459
 as

00:15:38.459 --> 00:15:38.879
 he

00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.159
 knew

00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:39.539
 it

00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:39.879
 was

00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:40.179
 God.

00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:44.259
 But

00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.359
 when

00:15:45.359 --> 00:15:45.479
 I

00:15:45.479 --> 00:15:45.599
 was

00:15:45.599 --> 00:15:45.719
 at

00:15:45.719 --> 00:15:45.979
 Bible

00:15:45.979 --> 00:15:46.399
 college

00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:47.819
 I

00:15:47.819 --> 00:15:48.699
 lived

00:15:48.699 --> 00:15:48.979
 with a

00:15:48.979 --> 00:15:49.459
 Nepalese

00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:49.759
 couple

00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.100
 and a

00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:50.460
 Pakistani

00:15:50.460 --> 00:15:51.000
 couple

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:51.620
 and

00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:52.019
 there

00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:52.220
 was a

00:15:52.220 --> 00:15:52.500
 cultural

00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:52.940
 difference

00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:53.120
 that

00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:53.400
 struck

00:15:53.400 --> 00:15:53.620
 me.

00:15:54.060 --> 00:15:54.180
 As

00:15:54.180 --> 00:15:54.340
 a

00:15:54.340 --> 00:15:54.840
 Westerner

00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.580
 I

00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:55.720
 would

00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.080
 try and

00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:56.340
 fit

00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:56.840
 five

00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:57.360
 things

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:57.560
 or

00:15:57.560 --> 00:15:57.900
 six

00:15:57.900 --> 00:15:58.200
 things

00:15:58.200 --> 00:15:58.360
 into

00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:58.560
 my

00:15:58.560 --> 00:15:58.920
 day

00:15:58.920 --> 00:16:00.120
 and

00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:00.280
 then

00:16:00.280 --> 00:16:00.480
 have

00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:00.720
 someone

00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:00.940
 over

00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:01.139
 for

00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:01.360
 dinner.

00:16:02.500 --> 00:16:02.920
 They

00:16:02.920 --> 00:16:03.259
 would

00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:03.540
 spend

00:16:03.540 --> 00:16:03.720
 the

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.280
 entire

00:16:04.280 --> 00:16:05.080
 day

00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:05.280
 and

00:16:05.280 --> 00:16:05.740
 waste

00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.000
 a

00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.440
 whole

00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:06.980
 day

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:08.139
 preparing

00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:08.600
 for the

00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:08.840
 meal

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.019
 at

00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:09.320
 night

00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:10.240
 just

00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:10.420
 to

00:16:10.420 --> 00:16:10.639
 put

00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:12.540
 various

00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:13.000
 dishes

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.300
 on the

00:16:13.300 --> 00:16:13.580
 table.

00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:14.320
 I

00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:14.500
 was

00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:14.700
 thinking

00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:15.040
 what a

00:16:15.040 --> 00:16:15.300
 waste

00:16:15.300 --> 00:16:15.440
 of

00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:15.780
 time.

00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:19.120
 As a

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.519
 teenager

00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:20.419
 we once

00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:20.919
 went to

00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:21.259
 Japan

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:21.919
 and mum

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 got talking

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 to this

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 older

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 Japanese

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 man

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 and he

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 invited us

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 to his

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 home

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 and it

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 wasn't a

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 huge house.

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 I think he put

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 one of his

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 relatives in a

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 hotel so that

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 we could stay

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 there and then

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 they served us

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 meat which

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 has to be

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 imported in

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 Japan.

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 It wasn't

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 cheap.

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 Just met us

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 on the

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 plane.

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 What we

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 see here,

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 all I'm

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 trying to

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 say is it

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 doesn't

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 necessarily

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 mean he

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 knows God

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 himself has

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 turned up

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 for dinner.

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 His

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 care for

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 these

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 strangers is

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 a great

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 example of

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 what the

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 Bible means

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 by

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 hospitality.

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 Hospitality is

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 not just

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 have your

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 friends over

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 so that

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 they can

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 have you

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 over.

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 Everyone

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 does that.

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 hospitality is

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 you see

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 someone with

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 a need,

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 you go out

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 of your

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 way to

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 meet their

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 need,

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 to help

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 them on

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 their way

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 at great

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 cost to

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 yourself.

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 And does

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 Yahweh really

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 need Abraham

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 to refresh

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 him?

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 I don't

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 know.

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 You're

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 hearing where

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 I'm headed

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 but I don't

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 think it is

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 conclusive but

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 I'm persuaded

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 two other

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 things push

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 me towards

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 Abraham did

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 not know.

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 Until verse

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 nine.

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 The first

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 is Hebrews

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 13.2

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 which all

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 us believers

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 are urged to

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 practice

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 hospitality and

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 thereby some

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 have entertained

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 angels.

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 Now that's

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 bizarre.

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 Really?

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 If it's not

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 referring to

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 here and

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 Lot, I'm

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 not quite

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 sure.

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 I could be

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 forgetting

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 something

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 somewhere else

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 in Scripture.

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 You can tell

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 me later.

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 But I'm

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 guessing

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 Hebrews is

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 talking about

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 here.

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 And the

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 second reason

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 which I've

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 already tried

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.539
 to set up

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:14.819
 in the

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 sermon is

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 that the

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 covenant

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 depends on

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 Abraham

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 walking

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 blamelessly

00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:19.919
 and the

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 very next

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 story is

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 focused on

00:18:23.179 --> 00:18:23.859
 what Abraham

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 does.

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 Like we're

00:18:24.899 --> 00:18:25.480
 told a lot

00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:25.919
 of detail

00:18:25.919 --> 00:18:26.319
 here.

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 He's running

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 like he's

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 just sitting

00:18:30.879 --> 00:18:31.500
 in the heat

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.700
 of the

00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:31.980
 day.

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 This is

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.960
 inconvenient.

00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:37.039
 This is

00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.740
 inconvenient.

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 They show

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 up unannounced

00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:42.099
 in the

00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.500
 heat of the

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 day and

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.319
 he doesn't

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 just slip

00:18:43.859 --> 00:18:44.480
 inside his

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.059
 tent and

00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:46.460
 just hope

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 they pass

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.319
 by.

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 He runs

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:48.799
 out to

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 them.

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:52.019
 He's eager

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 to serve.

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.700
 Now they're

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.259
 not beneath

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:54.559
 him.

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 He's the

00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:55.799
 chosen one.

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 But no,

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 he's on

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 his face

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.960
 respecting

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 them.

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 They're

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 only

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:02.619
 passing

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:02.960
 through.

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 They can't

00:19:04.140 --> 00:19:04.599
 return the

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:04.859
 favour.

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 There's no

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:06.140
 social,

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.799
 financial gain

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.220
 for him.

00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.299
 Instead,

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.359
 he's going

00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:11.920
 to great

00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:12.980
 costs to

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.519
 serve their

00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:13.759
 needs.

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 He's going

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.779
 above and

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.019
 beyond.

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 Three

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.460
 seers of

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:16.839
 flour,

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.720
 it's way

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.440
 too much

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:20.119
 for the

00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.640
 number of

00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:20.960
 guests.

00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:21.980
 And he

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.740
 chooses a

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.859
 calf to

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.440
 give meat,

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.279
 which was a

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:25.759
 delicacy.

00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:26.599
 He's giving

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.539
 his best and

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:27.960
 he doesn't

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.619
 even eat it.

00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:30.180
 He's standing

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.539
 there,

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:32.359
 as a

00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:32.720
 waiter,

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.000
 while they

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.339
 eat.

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.220
 But two

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.619
 of these

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.339
 same men

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.399
 reach Sodom,

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.279
 same

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.740
 journey,

00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:45.440
 they reach

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:45.819
 Sodom,

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.259
 and their

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.599
 visit,

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.039
 we're told,

00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:48.859
 is a test

00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:50.220
 to see if

00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:50.700
 the senior

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.539
 Sodom really

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.039
 is as

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.359
 great.

00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:53.159
 And what

00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:53.440
 is the

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:53.799
 test?

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.599
 Strangers

00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:54.940
 coming.

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.079
 They don't

00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:57.519
 even give

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:57.779
 them a

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.059
 cup of

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.359
 water.

00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:00.399
 They are

00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:00.919
 in danger.

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:01.819
 They want

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.419
 to take

00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:03.639
 from these

00:20:03.639 --> 00:20:04.059
 strangers,

00:20:04.199 --> 00:20:04.679
 not give.

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:05.619
 And they're

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:05.799
 going to

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.199
 take it

00:20:06.199 --> 00:20:06.659
 violently.

00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:08.539
 I think

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.219
 the contrast

00:20:09.219 --> 00:20:09.599
 between

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.259
 Abraham and

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.959
 Sodom is

00:20:10.959 --> 00:20:12.419
 stark.

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.179
 I think

00:20:16.179 --> 00:20:16.639
 we're seeing

00:20:16.639 --> 00:20:17.019
 here his

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.479
 righteousness.

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:17.700
 this.

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.400
 So what

00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:24.759
 should we

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.759
 today learn

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.420
 from

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:27.039
 Abraham's

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.440
 costly

00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:28.059
 service?

00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.200
 Let's

00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:34.319
 not be

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:35.039
 too quick

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.860
 to draw a

00:20:35.860 --> 00:20:36.440
 straight line

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.019
 from Abraham

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.779
 to us.

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.000
 I think

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.700
 when I was

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.360
 preparing this

00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:41.799
 section of

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.220
 the sermon,

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.319
 I was

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.819
 grumbling

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:46.439
 about

00:20:46.439 --> 00:20:48.099
 doing

00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.720
 something for

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.359
 someone else

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:49.700
 that was

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.259
 just

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.859
 inconvenient,

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.399
 but it

00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:51.659
 took me

00:20:51.659 --> 00:20:52.240
 ten minutes

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.960
 and I

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.059
 was

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.359
 whinging

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:54.059
 about it.

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.619
 And it

00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:55.980
 took me a

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.339
 while to

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.819
 realise the

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.419
 irony of

00:20:57.419 --> 00:20:57.659
 what I

00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:58.200
 was writing.

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.679
 I don't

00:21:04.679 --> 00:21:04.960
 think this

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.339
 is just a

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.960
 lesson on

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.480
 hospitality.

00:21:08.939 --> 00:21:09.539
 Out of

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.000
 all the

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.359
 people of

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:10.839
 the earth,

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:11.819
 God

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.279
 Almighty

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.579
 has chosen

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.299
 him and

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.899
 entered into

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:16.000
 covenant and

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.319
 you might

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.980
 expect a

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.379
 man like

00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:18.680
 that who

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:18.980
 has been

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.099
 elevated so

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:22.259
 high to

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:23.059
 stand on

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.599
 his greatness.

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.859
 Others

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.579
 serve him,

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.819
 demand

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.500
 respect.

00:21:32.419 --> 00:21:33.019
 I think

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:33.519
 we see his

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.440
 greatness and

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.099
 his righteousness

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.879
 in that he's

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.559
 lowering his

00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.819
 face to the

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.220
 dirt.

00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.819
 He's serving

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:42.559
 others at

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.500
 great cost to

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:43.940
 himself.

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:46.299
 God's

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.299


00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.879
 It's a

00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.119
 beautiful

00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.519
 picture.

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.099
 I wonder

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.440
 how your

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.919
 life would

00:21:53.919 --> 00:21:54.599
 change if

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.379
 that's your

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:55.940
 picture of

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.279
 greatness.

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.899
 The son of

00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:04.240
 Abraham,

00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:04.819
 many years

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.659
 later, his

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.419
 disciples were

00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:06.940
 grumbling

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.779
 amongst

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.200
 themselves,

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.700
 who's the

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.019
 greatest?

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.160
 greatest.

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:10.900
 And I

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.379
 wonder if

00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:12.139
 Jesus had

00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:12.859
 this story

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.359
 in mind

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.720
 when he

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.859
 replies in

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.559
 Luke 22.

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.379
 Who is the

00:22:17.379 --> 00:22:17.619
 greater?

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.139
 One who

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.900
 reclines at

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:20.660
 table or

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.139
 the one who

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:21.940
 serves, who's

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:23.059
 standing by and

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.980
 serving the one

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.900
 eating at table?

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.339
 It is not the

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:28.240
 one who reclines

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.799
 at table,

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:31.619
 but I am

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.419
 among you as

00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:32.980
 the one who

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.619
 serves.

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.419
 He's come to

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:35.059
 be a waiter.

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.319
 I think here

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.059
 Abraham is

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.859
 pointing to

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.319
 Christ.

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.279
 Not to be

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.180
 waited upon but

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:46.000
 goes to great

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.579
 personal cost and

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.000
 here's his

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:49.500
 promise, so

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.859
 that you may

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.799
 eat and

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.859
 drink at my

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.940
 table in my

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.299
 kingdom.

00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:00.240
 You get to

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.779
 eat and

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.640
 drink and

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.160
 Jesus is

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.839
 serving you.

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.599
 That's the

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:04.920
 gospel.

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.039
 I think we

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.500
 see his

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.420
 righteousness and

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.099
 he's pointing

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:11.700
 to the truly

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.859
 righteous son.

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.920
 So Abraham

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:17.259
 is righteous.

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:22.319
 In verse

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:24.759
 9, I

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.319
 think Abraham

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:25.940
 would know for

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:27.140
 sure these

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:28.019
 are no ordinary

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.839
 men he's

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.240
 hosting.

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.559
 These visitors

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.099
 know his

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.900
 wife's name,

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.160
 Sarah.

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:34.940
 It's a name

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.859
 recalling the

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.859
 covenant promise

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:37.420
 and not much

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.480
 time has elapsed.

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.119
 It's very

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:42.059
 similar timing to

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.720
 chapter 17.

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:47.380
 The promise

00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:48.220
 in chapter 17,

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:49.480
 Isaac, whom

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.339
 Sarah shall

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.140
 bear to you at

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:52.079
 this time next

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.500
 year.

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.200
 Now we're

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.140
 told Sarah is

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:58.640
 90 years old.

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.799
 We're told the

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.539
 way of women

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.500
 has ceased.

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.420
 I think that's

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.539
 saying she's way

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.860
 past menopause.

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.279
 Her language

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:09.539
 may even reveal a

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.400
 negative view of

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.740
 herself.

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.700
 I'm worn out.

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:16.339
 Can you

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.880
 imagine how

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.900
 many disappointments

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.620
 Sarah has

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.299
 had in her

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.980
 90 years?

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:26.180
 Longing every

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:29.000
 single month to

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.839
 finally have the

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:31.880
 pleasure of just

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.960
 one child.

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:36.840
 that's a lot of

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.380
 disappointment.

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.559
 They tried to

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.220
 take matters into

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.220
 their own hands

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.940
 with Hagar and

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.680
 that just resulted

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.500
 in more misery.

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.600
 I think she

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.920
 dare not raise

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.860
 her hopes again.

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:54.000
 And she

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.579
 laughs,

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.539
 probably in

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.340
 self-protection,

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:56.980
 but it's,

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.500
 she's laughing,

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.680
 she's chuckling,

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.819
 it's just absurd.

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:03.399
 It is impossible,

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.240
 God's promise.

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:07.000
 She's heard this

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.539
 promise through

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.740
 Abraham and the

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.839
 Lord visits her to

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:11.859
 reaffirm this

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.960
 promise in her

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:16.099
 hearing and she

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:18.939
 laughs in God's

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:19.539
 face.

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:21.559
 If God showed

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.740
 her up to you and

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:25.339
 promised you what

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.139
 your heart has been

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:27.039
 longing for your

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:29.740
 whole life, and she

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:32.000
 laughs in disbelief.

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.120
 We can

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:37.819
 sympathise with her,

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.099
 can't we?

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:39.200
 It is absurd.

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:47.160
 When waves of

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.500
 disappointment hit

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.859
 you relentlessly,

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.039
 we can resonate

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.880
 with Sarah.

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.940
 God's promises

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:55.279
 seem so far

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.339
 removed from

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.079
 reality, don't

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.240
 they?

00:25:57.240 --> 00:26:01.359
 I think we

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.200
 see here the

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:05.160
 reassurance of

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.140
 being in covenant

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:07.220
 relationship with

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.599
 Yahweh.

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:14.279
 I think it's a

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.079
 little odd here

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:16.099
 that the Lord

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:17.160
 doesn't speak

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:18.200
 directly to Sarah,

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.960
 not until the

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.460
 very end.

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.960
 It's through

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.519
 Abraham.

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.720
 Abraham.

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:25.019
 I wonder if

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.639
 that's more

00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:26.139
 than just

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:28.779
 ancient culture.

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:30.160
 I wonder if

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.940
 that's to remind

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.740
 us that all the

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.460
 blessings are

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.139
 through Abraham.

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.900
 Whatever the

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.599
 case, the Lord

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.839
 doesn't punish

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.059
 her.

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.680
 He doesn't have

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.279
 a go at her

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.759
 for her

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.819
 unbelief.

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.559
 He doesn't let

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.019
 her forget.

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:47.619
 She lies to

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.220
 cover up her

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.779
 unbelief.

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:52.940
 But her

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.819
 unbelief,

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.220
 laughing in

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.799
 God's face,

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:57.039
 doesn't slow

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.680
 down or

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.839
 sidetrack God's

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.599
 covenant promises

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.460
 one bit.

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:02.019
 He reaffirms the

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.480
 promise with

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.259
 stronger language.

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.259
 As far as I'm

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.980
 concerned, Sarah,

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.799
 it's scheduled in

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.400
 my diary.

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.379
 At the appointed

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.299
 time next year,

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.279
 I'm coming back

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.980
 and there will be

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.400
 a son.

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:13.320
 He takes her

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:14.620
 eyes off herself.

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.900
 Is anything too

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.380
 wonderful?

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.980
 Too hard?

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.640
 Too extraordinary

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.400
 for the Lord?

00:27:29.280 --> 00:27:30.480
 He's reassuring

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.740
 her.

00:27:32.780 --> 00:27:33.800
 Now Sarah and

00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:34.700
 Abraham, they

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.320
 would have had

00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:36.220
 such a more

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.280
 beautiful night

00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:38.280
 sky to look at

00:27:38.280 --> 00:27:39.060
 than we did.

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.940
 They could look

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.900
 and see the wonder

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.660
 of what God

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.100
 could do.

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.880
 In all our

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.480
 light pollution,

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.040
 we just get

00:27:46.040 --> 00:27:47.420
 these few little

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.019
 they must have

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.720
 seen a beautiful

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.360
 night sky.

00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:52.259
 But how much

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.060
 more can we

00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:53.600
 answer that

00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:54.500
 question looking

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.980
 at the word

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.200
 of God in

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.800
 our time in

00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:57.160
 history?

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.940
 Is anything

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.740
 too wonderful

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.460
 for the Lord?

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.600
 God?

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:08.039
 The delay in

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.840
 Isaac being

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:10.180
 born only

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.819
 serves to

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.380
 answer that

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.779
 question.

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.860
 No, nothing.

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.100
 Nothing is

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:14.600
 too wonderful

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.140
 for the Lord.

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:16.200
 The delay in

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.900
 the Messiah

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.759
 coming, it

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.579
 takes a long

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.420
 time for him

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.000
 to be born.

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.299
 That serves

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.019
 to answer this

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.360
 question.

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.220
 Nothing is

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.880
 too impossible.

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.240
 And Sarah

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.840
 will laugh

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.500
 again in

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.200
 chapter 21.

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.400
 Abraham was

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.040
 100 years

00:28:31.040 --> 00:28:31.580
 old when

00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:31.980
 his son

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.560
 Isaac was

00:28:32.560 --> 00:28:32.940
 born to

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.320
 him and

00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:33.860
 Sarah said,

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.440
 God has

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.360
 made laughter

00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:35.980
 for me.

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.540
 Everyone who

00:28:38.540 --> 00:28:39.040
 hears will

00:28:39.040 --> 00:28:39.740
 laugh over

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.000
 me.

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.120
 Her

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.680
 laughter is

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.320
 transformed.

00:28:43.780 --> 00:28:44.080
 Bitter,

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.880
 cynical,

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.019
 self-protecting,

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.800
 can't believe,

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.180
 to a laughter

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.920
 of wonder.

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.140
 Wonder is

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.880
 filling her

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.300
 heart.

00:28:55.040 --> 00:28:55.920
 She laughs

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.519
 with joy.

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.040
 She laughs

00:28:57.040 --> 00:28:57.440
 with such

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.140
 joy that she

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.920
 doesn't care

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.800
 that others

00:28:59.800 --> 00:29:00.620
 will laugh

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.240
 seeing a

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.960
 90-year-old

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.660
 breastfeeding.

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:03.940
 I don't

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.300
 care.

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.660
 I'm full

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.160
 of wonder.

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.019
 But wasn't

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.700
 the strength

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.380
 of Sarah's

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.880
 faith,

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.740
 please see

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.039
 that,

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.680
 she laughed

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.640
 in God's

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.060
 face.

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.880
 It was all

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.640
 because the

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.039
 Lord has

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.340
 made a

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:21.820
 covenant with

00:29:21.820 --> 00:29:22.519
 Abraham and

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.980
 he keeps

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.500
 his covenant.

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.860
 Nothing is

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.440
 too wonderful.

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:35.820
 many years

00:29:35.820 --> 00:29:36.200
 later,

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.460
 another young,

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.620
 not another,

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.660
 a young

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:41.000
 woman was

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.519
 told she

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.800
 would have

00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.180
 a son.

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.500
 This woman

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:44.960
 asked,

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.660
 how is

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:45.880
 that

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.340
 possible?

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.480
 Sarah was

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.360
 impossible with

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:50.940
 her age.

00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:52.180
 That's tricky,

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.820
 that's hard,

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.500
 that's impossible.

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.320
 She doesn't

00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:54.759
 even have a

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.079
 husband.

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.960
 And the

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.900
 angel replies,

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.200
 nothing will

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.779
 be impossible

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.599
 with God.

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.420
 The point

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:07.759
 for us

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:10.039
 today is

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.519
 that we

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.940
 can be

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.519
 caught up

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.279
 in Abraham's

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.700
 story.

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.019
 Who'd have

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.700
 thought that

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.559
 all God's

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:18.799
 covenant

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.700
 promises are

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.700
 yes in

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:22.059
 his son,

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:24.539
 simply by

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.559
 faith alone.

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:31.019
 Our life,

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.659
 our story,

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.079
 can feel

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.599
 ordinary,

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.819
 dull,

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:35.220
 or overshadowed

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.839
 by darkness,

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.799
 but if we're

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.500
 caught up

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:39.240
 in this,

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.200
 in Jesus'

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:40.879
 story,

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:43.799
 our life is

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.240
 filled with

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.720
 wonder.

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.720
 All God's

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.419
 promises are

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:46.980
 yours.

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.240
 You can

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.639
 laugh.

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:54.100
 not bitter

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.620
 laugh,

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.960
 but whatever

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.460
 you're going

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.880
 through,

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.180
 wonder can

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.640
 fill your

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.020
 heart.

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.440
 Your future

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.920
 is bound

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.500
 up in

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.160
 this son.

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.759
 Verse,

00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:18.880
 verse 20.

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:23.320
 we come

00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:24.900
 to Abraham

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:26.540
 praying to

00:31:26.540 --> 00:31:26.920
 the Lord,

00:31:27.020 --> 00:31:27.480
 and many

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.440
 take this

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.040
 passage as

00:31:29.040 --> 00:31:29.700
 an example,

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.580
 a lesson

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.220
 on prayer.

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:33.480
 And yes,

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:33.800
 okay,

00:31:34.020 --> 00:31:34.660
 learn from

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.280
 this about

00:31:35.280 --> 00:31:35.580
 prayer,

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.500
 but it's so

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.060
 much more

00:31:37.060 --> 00:31:37.420
 than that.

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.759
 We really

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.300
 need to see

00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:39.800
 that.

00:31:41.300 --> 00:31:42.160
 Here we see

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.920
 Abraham as

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.560
 the source

00:31:43.560 --> 00:31:44.080
 of blessing

00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:44.780
 to the

00:31:44.780 --> 00:31:45.240
 nations.

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.400
 nations.

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.859
 It depends

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.440
 on him

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.420
 blessing the

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.819
 nations.

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.640
 The central

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.480
 theme here

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.759
 is justice.

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.599
 Abraham's

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.579
 bold question

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:01.380
 to God,

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.759
 shall not

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.579
 the judge

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.920
 of all

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.420
 the earth

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:07.380
 be just?

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.460
 Do what

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.039
 is just.

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:12.319
 have you

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.399
 talked to

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:13.779
 God like

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.399
 that lately?

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.659
 This is a

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.359
 bold prayer.

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.059
 Are you

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.420
 going to be

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.940
 just,

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.399
 God?

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.180
 Are you

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.579
 going to do

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.879
 what is

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.220
 right?

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.759
 Now,

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.180
 Abraham,

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:26.119
 I don't think

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.639
 he's claiming

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.399
 to know more

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:28.059
 about justice

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.639
 than the Lord,

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.180
 as lots of

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.819
 people claim.

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:29.859
 Abraham,

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.980
 I am dust

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.500
 and ashes.

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.099
 He is

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.779
 humble here,

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.799
 at the same

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.079
 time as

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.659
 being bold.

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.240
 But Abraham,

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.399
 because of

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:41.279
 his unique

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:42.339
 covenant

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.299
 intimacy with

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.720
 the judge

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.099
 of all the

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.299
 earth,

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.939
 he's acting

00:32:44.939 --> 00:32:45.559
 as a

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.039
 priest.

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.619
 And the

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:47.980
 Lord is

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.799
 inviting him

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.019
 to.

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.200
 He didn't

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.099
 need Abraham's

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:53.240
 permission to

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.599
 go to

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:53.879
 Sodom,

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:55.579
 but he's

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.039
 inviting,

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:58.319
 you're my

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:58.879
 chosen one,

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.319
 come,

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.000
 be a

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.299
 friend,

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.859
 be my

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:01.379
 confidant.

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.700
 Verse 17,

00:33:04.939 --> 00:33:05.339
 I don't know

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.700
 if I should

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.339
 tell Abraham

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.659
 this,

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.079
 really when

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.379
 you say

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.659
 that to

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:07.939
 someone,

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.259
 you've

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.419
 already

00:33:08.419 --> 00:33:08.879
 decided,

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.639
 should I

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.079
 tell you

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.399
 this?

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.720
 You've

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:10.879
 already

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.339
 decided,

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.839
 I trust

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.299
 you enough.

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.799
 And then

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.279
 verse 21,

00:33:14.419 --> 00:33:14.720
 he says,

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.019
 I'm not

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.960
 fully decided

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.319
 yet.

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.039
 He's

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.500
 inviting

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:20.200
 Abraham in.

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.019
 The angels

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.839
 walk off and

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.379
 the Lord is

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:22.779
 alone,

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.359
 he's giving

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:24.019
 an opportunity,

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:24.779
 come.

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.759
 Verse 23,

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:29.200
 despite already

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:30.019
 standing before

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.379
 the Lord,

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.920
 he seems to

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:32.779
 approach like a

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.519
 defense lawyer.

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.019
 He's like

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.440
 Moses,

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.599
 interceding for

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.379
 sinful people.

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:44.940
 Now,

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.539
 many have a

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.160
 problem with a

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.519
 God of

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.900
 judgment,

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.079
 fire and

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.700
 brimstone.

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.240
 We're going to

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:51.200
 see fire next

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.940
 week.

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:57.240
 that Abraham

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:59.440
 is getting

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.279
 reassured that

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:01.160
 God will act

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.700
 justly,

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.259
 him coming

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.700
 down to

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.059
 check,

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.940
 I don't

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.900
 think coming

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.259
 down to

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.299
 see if the

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.840
 sin is as

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:08.280
 great as

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.740
 he's heard.

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.780
 I don't

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.119
 think that's

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.619
 saying anything

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:12.159
 about his

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.500
 knowledge.

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.380
 I think it's

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.460
 just human

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.220
 language to

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:17.519
 say he's

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.820
 going to

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.599
 experience this

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.980
 evidence

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.860
 first hand.

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.320
 He won't

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.820
 act off

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.420
 hearsay.

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.080
 He's a

00:34:23.080 --> 00:34:23.900
 righteous judge

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:25.120
 and by the

00:34:25.120 --> 00:34:25.840
 end of this

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.900
 intercession,

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.080
 we know

00:34:28.080 --> 00:34:29.160
 God will

00:34:29.160 --> 00:34:29.940
 act justly.

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.660
 But notice

00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:34.380
 what Abraham

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.220
 is praying.

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.140
 He's not

00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:36.320
 saying,

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.840
 God, I

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.200
 thought you

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:37.480
 could be

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.059
 merciful to

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.460
 anyone,

00:34:39.140 --> 00:34:40.019
 no matter

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.440
 what they've

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.740
 done.

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:41.780
 It's your

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.420
 job to

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.720
 forgive.

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.740
 He's not

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:46.460
 saying that.

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:53.559
 God hears

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.340
 the great

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.660
 outcry in

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:56.039
 Sodom.

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.780
 Whatever

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.580
 prayers have

00:34:58.580 --> 00:34:58.940
 gone up,

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.340
 maybe it's

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.760
 just Lot

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.160
 praying.

00:35:00.620 --> 00:35:01.700
 I doubt

00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:02.140
 any of the

00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:02.640
 others are

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:02.880
 praying.

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.539
 Maybe it's

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.500
 strangers who

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.820
 have come

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.420
 through that

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.940
 city who

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.200
 have been

00:35:06.200 --> 00:35:06.519
 praying.

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.740
 He sees

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:09.039
 and he

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:10.080
 hears the

00:35:10.080 --> 00:35:11.059
 violence and

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.700
 the cruelty

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:13.420
 trampling

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.180
 the poor and

00:35:14.180 --> 00:35:14.660
 needy,

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.519
 Ezekiel says

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.160
 about Sodom,

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:18.059
 using people

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.880
 regardless of

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.539
 the harm done

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:19.840
 to them,

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.800
 a merciful

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.420
 God who

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.079
 hears those

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.619
 cries,

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.599
 if he

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.199
 doesn't judge,

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:25.659
 he's not

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.119
 merciful.

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.920
 If you

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.199
 have a

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.619
 God who

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.119
 doesn't

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.659
 judge in

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:35.980
 the end

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.279
 when he

00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:36.840
 hears the

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.440
 cries,

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.880
 it could

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.179
 be the

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.980
 blood like

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.400
 Abel's

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.860
 crying out,

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.119
 it could

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.420
 be the

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.099
 screams.

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.960
 You

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.599
 don't have

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.039
 a merciful

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.539
 God.

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.539
 God's

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:50.539


00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.820
 The wrath

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.159
 of God

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.699
 is coming

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:03.159
 one day,

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:03.679
 we're told,

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.659
 and the

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.500
 cries throughout

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.699
 history are

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.219
 great.

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.719
 Now,

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.199
 Abraham

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:12.440
 isn't trying

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.079
 to twist

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:14.039
 God's arm

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.340
 to do

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:14.579
 what's

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.860
 right.

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.159
 He's

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.579
 appealing

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.420
 to God's

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.980
 character.

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.039
 father,

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.760
 far be

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.099
 it from

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:20.320
 you to

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.820
 do such

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.139
 a thing.

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.440
 Do what?

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.079
 He's not

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.679
 just concerned

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:26.300
 about Lot

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.740
 and his

00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:27.039
 immediate

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.519
 family,

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.820
 just take

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.320
 my family

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:29.719
 out and

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.139
 then just

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.699
 blow the

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.099
 rest to

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.440
 smithereen.

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:32.820
 He's not

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.280
 saying that.

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.400
 He's saying

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.059
 don't let

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.380
 there be

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.820
 collateral

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.380
 damage.

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.559
 Don't let

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.159
 the righteous

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.940
 few

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:42.320
 be judged

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.960
 and taken

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.720
 out because

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.079
 of the

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.480
 sin of

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.820
 many.

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.900
 But he's

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.380
 actually going

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.720
 a step

00:36:49.720 --> 00:36:50.340
 further than

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.579
 that.

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.420
 He doesn't

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.980
 ask,

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.039
 let the

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.119
 50 righteous

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:58.820
 escape and

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.360
 then go

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.760
 for it.

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.340
 He's,

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.700
 some people

00:37:05.700 --> 00:37:06.119
 call this,

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:07.740
 he's going,

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:08.739
 this is a

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.239
 theological

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:10.099
 exploration,

00:37:10.799 --> 00:37:11.319
 he's going

00:37:11.319 --> 00:37:11.779
 into the

00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:12.519
 character of

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.059
 God here.

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.599
 What kind

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:14.959
 of God

00:37:14.959 --> 00:37:15.539
 are you?

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.059
 He's

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.699
 pleading not

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.000
 just for

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.459
 his family,

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:18.959
 he's not

00:37:18.959 --> 00:37:19.699
 pleading just

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.019
 for the

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.299
 righteous,

00:37:20.479 --> 00:37:21.159
 he's actually

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.879
 pleading for

00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:22.779
 all of

00:37:22.779 --> 00:37:23.779
 Sodom and

00:37:23.779 --> 00:37:24.179
 Gomorrah.

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:25.879
 Look at

00:37:25.879 --> 00:37:26.699
 verse 24,

00:37:27.959 --> 00:37:28.959
 he's asking

00:37:28.959 --> 00:37:29.259
 for the

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:30.179
 entire place

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:30.539
 to be

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:30.919
 spared.

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.379
 Suppose

00:37:31.379 --> 00:37:31.879
 there are

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:32.759
 50 righteous

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.479
 within the

00:37:33.479 --> 00:37:33.799
 city,

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.099
 will you

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.699
 then sweep

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.179
 away the

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.719
 place?

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:39.299
 and not

00:37:39.299 --> 00:37:40.159
 spare the

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:42.719
 place for

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.459
 the 50

00:37:43.459 --> 00:37:44.359
 who are

00:37:44.359 --> 00:37:44.699
 in it.

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.839
 This is a

00:37:47.839 --> 00:37:48.559
 bold prayer.

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.479
 Yes,

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:54.079
 the evil

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.739
 is great,

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.399
 are you

00:37:55.399 --> 00:37:55.779
 the kind

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:56.239
 of God

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:57.000
 who would

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.979
 much prefer,

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.279
 much rather

00:37:59.279 --> 00:38:00.619
 save the

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.679
 many sinners

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.799
 because of

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.299
 the 50

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.799
 righteous?

00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:04.039
 Yes,

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.839
 the

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:08.659
 yes,

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.260
 I am.

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:11.940
 It's the

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.420
 righteousness

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.860
 of the

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.500
 50 would

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.320
 save the

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:15.260
 whole city.

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:17.099
 I'm that

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.420
 kind of

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.659
 God.

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.240
 Now,

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.820
 it may seem

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.559
 like humorous

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.400
 bargaining here,

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.840
 50,

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.240
 45,

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:24.880
 but this

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.639
 is deep.

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.400
 He's daring

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.420
 to go deeper

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:29.039
 and deeper.

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:30.440
 how much

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:30.820
 do you

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.519
 value the

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:32.019
 righteous

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.619
 of the

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:32.960
 few,

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:33.940
 that it

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.440
 could save

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:34.840
 the many?

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:35.519
 Is it

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.420
 45?

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.159
 Yes.

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.000
 Is it

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.579
 40?

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.699
 Yeah,

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:41.179
 even just

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.559
 40?

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:43.480
 I would

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.079
 spare the

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.800
 whole place.

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.360
 Is it

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.820
 30?

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:46.880
 Yes.

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:47.880
 Is it

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.320
 20?

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.360
 Yes.

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:52.259
 Just 20.

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.420
 Is it,

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.840
 one more

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.099
 time,

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.659
 is it

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.119
 10?

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.920
 Just 10

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.980
 would you

00:38:58.980 --> 00:39:00.219
 save all

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:01.019
 these sinners

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.940
 just for

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.400
 10

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:03.440
 righteous

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:06.119
 people?

00:39:07.319 --> 00:39:08.059
 For the

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.440
 sake of

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:08.819
 10,

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.420
 I will

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:10.119
 not destroy

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.279
 it.

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:10.799
 That's the

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:11.239
 kind of

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:11.699
 God he

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:12.039
 is.

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:16.420
 We're

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:16.699
 seeing

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.199
 Abraham,

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.940
 the chosen

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.219
 one,

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:18.819
 be the

00:39:18.819 --> 00:39:19.199
 blessing

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:19.739
 for all

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:19.900
 the

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.279
 peoples

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:20.759
 of the

00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:21.000
 earth

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.480
 because

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:21.699
 he's

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.000
 acting

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.359
 as a

00:39:22.359 --> 00:39:22.779
 priest

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:24.400
 interceding

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:24.619
 for

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:25.059
 sinners.

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.859
 For

00:39:26.859 --> 00:39:27.400
 Sodom

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.599
 and

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.119
 Gomorrah.

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.339
 But he

00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:34.639
 didn't

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.119
 save

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.460
 Sodom

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.599
 and

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:35.920
 Gomorrah.

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.219
 Now

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.579
 perhaps

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:44.940
 Abraham

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.359
 lost

00:39:45.359 --> 00:39:45.559
 his

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.099
 nerve.

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.199
 Perhaps

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:49.920
 a moment's

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.659
 self-reflection.

00:39:50.839 --> 00:39:51.279
 He knew

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:51.980
 himself,

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.339
 though

00:39:52.339 --> 00:39:52.880
 righteous,

00:39:53.219 --> 00:39:53.920
 as a

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.259
 servant,

00:39:54.359 --> 00:39:54.619
 as we've

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:54.920
 seen.

00:39:55.319 --> 00:39:55.679
 He is

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:56.059
 righteous,

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:56.759
 but he's

00:39:56.759 --> 00:39:57.219
 also a

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:57.420
 mixed

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:57.799
 picture.

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:59.000
 And we're

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.139
 going to

00:39:59.139 --> 00:39:59.420
 come to

00:39:59.420 --> 00:39:59.839
 that in

00:39:59.839 --> 00:40:00.079
 a couple

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.380
 chapters

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:00.679
 time.

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:00.880
 He's

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.259
 still a

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.420
 mixed

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:01.659
 picture.

00:40:01.759 --> 00:40:01.880
 He's

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.159
 got a

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:02.460
 lot of

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:02.900
 faith and

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:03.239
 obedience

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:03.920
 to learn.

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.880
 I don't

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.159
 know about

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.359
 you,

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:09.059
 but for

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.319
 whatever

00:40:09.319 --> 00:40:09.799
 reason,

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.480
 I'm

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:11.059
 expecting

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.420
 him to

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:11.779
 ask,

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:12.699
 Lord,

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:14.239
 would

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:14.839
 you spare

00:40:14.839 --> 00:40:15.039
 the

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.380
 many

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:17.880
 for the

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.319
 sake of

00:40:18.319 --> 00:40:18.500
 just

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:18.900
 one?

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:20.579
 just

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:21.019
 one?

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.559
 Who is

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:22.900
 righteous?

00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:24.099
 Are you

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.599
 that kind

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.000
 of God?

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:31.000
 And the

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.360
 good news

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.579
 is,

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:31.920
 the rest

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.079
 of

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.380
 Scripture

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:34.460
 is of

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:35.079
 a greater

00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:36.099
 high priest,

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.400
 and we

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.660
 have an

00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:37.920
 answer,

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:38.360
 yes,

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.400
 I'm that

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:40.740
 kind of

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.019
 God.

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.420
 Yahweh

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.960
 is such

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.360
 a God

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:46.619
 whose

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:47.059
 justice

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.440
 can be

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:47.960
 satisfied

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.400
 by the

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:48.780
 righteous

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:49.179
 one,

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:51.780
 the

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:52.260
 son

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:53.240
 born

00:40:53.240 --> 00:40:53.460
 by

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:53.880
 promise,

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.740
 Isaiah 53,

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.179
 12,

00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:55.400
 the

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:55.860
 righteous

00:40:55.860 --> 00:40:56.139
 one,

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:56.380
 my

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:56.800
 servant,

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:57.440
 because

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:57.760
 he

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:58.059
 poured

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.240
 out

00:40:58.240 --> 00:40:58.440
 his

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.720
 soul

00:40:58.720 --> 00:40:58.860
 to

00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.179
 death

00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:00.099
 and

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.280
 was

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:00.699
 numbered

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:00.940
 with

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.079
 the

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.740
 transgressors,

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:01.980
 yet

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.179
 he

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:02.599
 bore

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:02.900
 the

00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.280
 sin

00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:03.480
 of

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:04.000
 many

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:05.360
 and

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:05.679
 makes

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.539
 intercession

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.159
 for the

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:07.980
 transgressors.

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:10.880
 Let

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.599
 that fill

00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:12.000
 you with

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.340
 wonder

00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:12.679
 and

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:13.139
 laugh.

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:24.539
 brothers and

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:24.720
 sisters,

00:41:24.720 --> 00:41:25.320
 we do

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:26.159
 not stand

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:26.780
 or fall

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:27.500
 on our

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.260
 independent

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:29.280
 faith,

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:29.980
 our walk

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:30.380
 with God.

00:41:31.720 --> 00:41:32.699
 We have a

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.099
 better

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:33.699
 Abraham,

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.519
 we have

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:35.440
 a greater

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:37.159
 high priest,

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.840
 a greater

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.760
 head of

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.460
 our family

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:40.460
 that we're

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:41.039
 caught up

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:41.260
 in.

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.579
 The son

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:45.320
 born by

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:45.760
 promise,

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:46.620
 the son

00:41:46.620 --> 00:41:46.780
 of

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:47.160
 Abraham.

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:48.840
 In

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:49.080
 Hebrews

00:41:49.080 --> 00:41:50.000
 7.25,

00:41:51.520 --> 00:41:52.340
 he is

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:53.180
 able to

00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:54.040
 save to

00:41:54.040 --> 00:41:54.220
 the

00:41:54.220 --> 00:41:55.040
 uttermost

00:41:55.040 --> 00:41:58.300
 those

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:58.760
 who draw

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:59.220
 near to

00:41:59.220 --> 00:41:59.480
 God

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.840
 through

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.320
 him

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:01.720
 since

00:42:01.720 --> 00:42:01.920
 he

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.520
 always

00:42:02.520 --> 00:42:02.960
 lives

00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:03.220
 to

00:42:03.220 --> 00:42:03.480
 make

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:03.960
 intercession

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.180
 for

00:42:04.180 --> 00:42:04.420
 them.

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:06.500
 Where

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:06.900
 Abraham

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:07.420
 failed,

00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:09.180
 the Lord

00:42:09.180 --> 00:42:09.460
 Jesus

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:10.020
 Christ

00:42:10.020 --> 00:42:11.480
 saved

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:11.640
 the

00:42:11.640 --> 00:42:11.880
 many.

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:18.520
 in

00:42:18.520 --> 00:42:19.000
 him we

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.180
 may

00:42:19.180 --> 00:42:19.640
 approach

00:42:19.640 --> 00:42:19.880
 the

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.120
 Lord

00:42:20.120 --> 00:42:20.340
 with

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:20.960
 boldness.

00:42:21.180 --> 00:42:21.980
 Can I

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:23.020
 urge us

00:42:23.020 --> 00:42:23.580
 not just

00:42:23.580 --> 00:42:24.140
 to pray

00:42:24.140 --> 00:42:26.160
 for our

00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:26.660
 family

00:42:26.660 --> 00:42:28.320
 or even

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:28.740
 just our

00:42:28.740 --> 00:42:29.220
 church,

00:42:29.540 --> 00:42:30.580
 pray boldly

00:42:30.580 --> 00:42:30.860
 for

00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:33.460
 our

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:33.940
 community,

00:42:34.080 --> 00:42:34.620
 our world,

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:35.460
 other sinners

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.240
 like us

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:37.160
 to see

00:42:37.160 --> 00:42:37.460
 this

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:37.800
 righteous

00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:38.160
 one.

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:42.899
 But

00:42:42.899 --> 00:42:43.420
 seeing

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:44.440
 our

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.639
 Lord

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:44.899
 Jesus

00:42:44.899 --> 00:42:45.239
 on the

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:45.539
 cross

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:45.899
 as the

00:42:45.899 --> 00:42:46.379
 one who

00:42:46.379 --> 00:42:47.019
 serves

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.440
 so that

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:47.940
 you and

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.500
 I can

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:49.079
 eat and

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:49.519
 drink

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:50.799
 at his

00:42:50.799 --> 00:42:51.339
 table

00:42:51.339 --> 00:42:52.139
 in the

00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:52.440
 kingdom

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:53.019
 forever

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.679
 and ever.

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.539
 He

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:56.960
 teaches

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.379
 us

00:42:57.379 --> 00:42:57.819
 to

00:42:57.819 --> 00:42:58.420
 serve.

00:43:02.859 --> 00:43:03.440
 But

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:03.599
 our

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:03.859
 walk

00:43:03.859 --> 00:43:04.039
 with

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:04.259
 God

00:43:04.259 --> 00:43:04.699
 is not

00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:05.019
 as an

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:05.460
 independent

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:06.039
 individual,

00:43:06.339 --> 00:43:06.440
 it's

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:07.000
 because we

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.539
 belong to

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:07.800
 this

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:08.320
 righteous

00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:08.840
 one,

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:09.219
 this

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:09.599
 son of

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:09.980
 Abraham,

00:43:10.659 --> 00:43:11.059
 in whom

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:11.659
 all the

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:12.019
 promises

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:12.860
 are yes

00:43:12.860 --> 00:43:13.440
 and amen.

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:16.279
 Let that

00:43:16.279 --> 00:43:16.579
 wonder

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.440
 fill you

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.920
 so you

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:18.480
 can laugh.

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:20.759
 Let's

00:43:20.759 --> 00:43:20.980
 pray.

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:32.920
 Lord,

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.539
 we praise

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.019
 you that

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:35.139
 you are

00:43:35.139 --> 00:43:35.559
 such a

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:36.079
 God who

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.739
 would spare

00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:37.259
 the many

00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:38.500
 because of

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:38.640
 the

00:43:38.640 --> 00:43:39.080
 righteousness

00:43:39.080 --> 00:43:39.720
 of one

00:43:39.720 --> 00:43:41.720
 and we

00:43:41.720 --> 00:43:42.200
 thank you

00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:42.760
 for his

00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:43.420
 obedience

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:44.160
 that we

00:43:44.160 --> 00:43:45.360
 could never

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.060
 live up to

00:43:46.060 --> 00:43:46.720
 and we

00:43:46.720 --> 00:43:47.100
 thank you

00:43:47.100 --> 00:43:47.520
 that that

00:43:47.520 --> 00:43:48.000
 obedience

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.960
 is ours

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:51.140
 simply by

00:43:51.140 --> 00:43:51.820
 belonging to

00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:52.300
 him by

00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:52.740
 faith.

00:43:54.140 --> 00:43:54.700
 Thank you

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:55.180
 that all

00:43:55.180 --> 00:43:55.860
 the promises,

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:57.840
 all the

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.100
 covenant

00:43:58.100 --> 00:43:58.880
 promises are

00:43:58.880 --> 00:44:00.700
 ours in

00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:01.020
 the Lord

00:44:01.020 --> 00:44:01.320
 Jesus

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:01.840
 Christ.

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.000
 Father,

00:44:04.120 --> 00:44:04.800
 teach us,

00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:07.140
 fill us

00:44:07.140 --> 00:44:07.640
 with hope

00:44:07.640 --> 00:44:08.460
 and teach

00:44:08.460 --> 00:44:09.100
 us to

00:44:09.100 --> 00:44:10.880
 increasingly

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:12.140
 trust you

00:44:12.140 --> 00:44:14.140
 and obey

00:44:14.140 --> 00:44:14.780
 you in

00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:15.200
 faith.

00:44:16.200 --> 00:44:16.500
 I pray

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:16.820
 this in

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:17.320
 Jesus' name.

00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:17.800
 Amen.

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:17.920
 Amen.