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 Amen. Thank you, Nathan.

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 All right. Good morning, everyone.

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 When Abraham went to Egypt, there was a famine in the land.

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 Abraham didn't cause the famine. It happened.

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 And obviously, it's all under the sovereignty, the providence of God.

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 But outside our control, even when it's under God's control.

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 Sometimes the messes we find ourselves in come because of what others do to us,

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 the mistakes, the sins other people commit.

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 Someone hurts us, betrays us, disappoints us.

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 Just like when Abraham lied to Pharaoh, lied to Abimelech,

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 and they face the consequences of Abraham's actions.

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 But then there's other kinds of messes, too.

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 There are messes where we have to admit that we had a part to play in it.

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 It can come from a bad decision.

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 You're having an argument.

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 Loud conversation with your parents, let's say.

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 It's tense. Emotions are high.

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 You feel yourself getting upset.

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 And then out comes a few words.

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 And you realize, I've made this worse.

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 I've made a mess of things. Everything's on fire.

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 And who made this mess?

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 Well, you did.

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 Sometimes it's not just a split-second decision,

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 but a whole series of choices made over months, over years, a pattern.

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 You head off in the wrong direction.

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 And before you know it, you've gone farther than you imagined.

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 And now you're thinking, how did I get here?

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 What happened?

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 Sometimes life is hard because things happen.

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 Sometimes life is hard because someone sinned against us.

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 Sometimes it's because of our own foolish choices.

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 And often it's a mixture of all three of these things.

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 And whatever the cause,

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 sometimes we find ourselves looking around and we wonder,

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 how did I end up here?

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 And that's the type of situation we find Jacob in in Genesis 28.

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 We've been going through Genesis.

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 And last week we read how Jacob and Rebecca,

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 they schemed to get the blessing from Isaac.

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 They schemed.

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 And actually their plan worked.

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 Their plan worked.

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 Jacob got what he wanted.

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 He got the blessing he was after.

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 But now his life is a mess.

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 His brother wants to kill him.

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 His twin brother Esau wants to kill him.

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 Jacob is now fleeing from his home,

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 leaving the land that God promised to give him.

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 He got the blessing, but everything else is falling apart.

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 And here's the question as we read this chapter, Genesis 28.

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 What does God do when we find ourselves in the messes of life,

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 even the messes that we create for ourselves?

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 This is what we see in our text today,

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 that in the middle of Jacob's mess,

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 God comes, God reaches down to meet him.

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 God comes and finds him with grace.

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 And that's also the good news for us.

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 If we find ourselves in a low place today,

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 even if it's our own doing,

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 I want us to know,

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 God meets us in our mess with grace.

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 He is with you.

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 He will never leave you or forsake you.

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 He will do all that he has promised you

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 when we put our faith in Jesus.

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 So let's stand together as we read from Genesis 28.

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 I mentioned faith comes by hearing.

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 We're going to play the audio recording, actually,

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 one of them from Genesis 28.

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 If you guys find it hard to read the Bible sometimes,

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 actually, I find listening can be good.

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 I was just on a run this week,

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 listened to all of Hebrews.

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 And yeah, it's just something good

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 you can play in the background.

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 So can you play that for us, please, Darren?

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 Genesis 28.

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 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him

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 and directed him,

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 You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.

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 Arise, go to Paddan-erem,

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 to the house of Bethuel,

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 your mother's father,

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 and take as your wife from there

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 one of the daughters of Laban,

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 your mother's brother.

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 God Almighty bless you

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 and make you fruitful

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 and multiply you

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 that you may become a company of peoples.

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 May he give the blessing of Abraham to you

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 and to your offspring with you

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 that you may take possession

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 of the land of your sojournings

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 that God gave to Abraham.

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 Thus Isaac sent Jacob away,

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 and he went to Paddan-erem,

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 to Laban,

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 the son of Bethuel the Aramean,

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 the brother of Rebekah,

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 Jacob's and Esau's mother.

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 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob

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 and sent him away to Paddan-erem

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 to take a wife from there,

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 and that as he blessed him,

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 he directed him,

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 You must not take a wife

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 from the Canaanite women,

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 and that Jacob had obeyed his father

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 and his mother

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 and gone to Paddan-erem.

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 So when Esau saw

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 that the Canaanite women

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 did not please Isaac his father,

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 Esau went to Ishmael

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 and took as his wife,

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 besides the wives he had,

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 Mahalath,

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 the daughter of Ishmael,

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 Abraham's son,

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 the sister of Nebaoth.

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 Jacob left Beersheba

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 and went toward Haran.

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 And he came to a certain place

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 and stayed there that night

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 because the sun had set.

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 Taking one of the stones of the place,

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 he put it under his head

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 and lay down in that place to sleep.

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 And he dreamed.

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 And behold,

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 there was a ladder set up on the earth,

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 and the top of it reached to heaven.

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 And behold,

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 the angels of God

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 were ascending and descending on it.

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 And behold,

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 the Lord stood above it and said,

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 I am the Lord,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 your father,

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 and the God of Isaac.

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 The land on which you lie,

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 I will give to you

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 and to your offspring.

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 Your offspring shall be like

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 the dust of the earth,

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 and you shall spread abroad

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 to the west,

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 and to the east,

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 and to the north,

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 and to the south.

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 And in you and your offspring

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 shall all the families of the earth

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 be blessed.

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 Behold,

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 I am with you

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 and will keep you

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 wherever you go

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 and will bring you back

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 to this land,

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 for I will not leave you

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 until I have done

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 what I have promised you.

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 Then Jacob awoke

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 from his sleep

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 and said,

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 Surely the Lord

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 is in this place

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 and I did not know it.

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 And he was afraid

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 and said,

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 How awesome is this place!

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 This is none other

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 than the house of God,

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 and this is the gate of heaven.

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 So early in the morning

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 Jacob took the stone

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 that he had put under his head

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 and set it up for a pillar

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 and poured oil

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 on the top of it.

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 He called the name

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 of that place Bethel,

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 but the name of the city

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 was Luz at the first.

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 Then Jacob made a vow,

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 saying,

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 If God will be with me

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 and will keep me

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 in this way that I go

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 and will give me bread to eat

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 and clothing to wear

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 so that I come again

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 to my father's house in peace,

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 then the Lord

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 shall be my God

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 and this stone

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 which I have set up

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 for a pillar

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 shall be God's house.

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 And of all that you give me,

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 I will give a full tenth to you.

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 Alright, this is the word of the Lord,

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 the fully dramatized version.

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 Yeah, please take a seat.

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 And Lord, we trust that

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 your word is living and active.

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 It cuts to our hearts

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 and we pray in faith

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 that you do that today.

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 Speak to us

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 just as you spoke to Jacob.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 And so what we read,

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 what we listened to today,

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 this is a famous story.

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 Jacob's ladder.

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 The Lord appeared to Jacob

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 in a strange dream.

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 What does it all mean?

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 Before we look at the dream,

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 I just want us to take a step back

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 and see the situation

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 that Jacob's in.

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 This whole family's a mess.

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 It's a mess.

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 Isaac said to Jacob

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 in verse 1,

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 he says,

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 you must not take a wife

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 from the Canaanite woman.

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 Arise,

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 go to Paddan Aram

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 to the house of Bethuel,

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 your mother's father,

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 and take as your wife from there

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 one of the daughters

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 of Laban,

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 your mother's brother.

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 And so yes,

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 if you think about it,

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 Isaac is sending Jacob off

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 to marry one of his cousins.

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 And you might have some questions

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 about that.

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 That's not our focus today.

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 That's odd to us,

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 but that's common

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 in their culture.

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 More important than that

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 is why Jacob is,

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 why Isaac is sending Jacob off

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 in the first place.

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 We read last week,

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 Jacob and Rebecca,

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 they worked together,

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 they schemed so that Jacob

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 would get Isaac's blessing

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 rather than Isaac's,

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 Jacob's older brother, Esau.

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 And now,

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 to want the blessing,

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 the blessing is actually

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 a good thing.

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 It's great to be wanted,

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 to be included

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 in this covenant

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 that the Lord made

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 with Abraham.

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 We see in verse 4,

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 that's what the blessing includes.

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 May he give the blessing

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 of Abraham to you

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 and to your offspring with you,

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 that you may take possession

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 of the land of your sojournings

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 that God gave to Abraham.

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 It's good to want this blessing.

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 It's a good thing.

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 The problem is

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 that you can pursue

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 a good thing

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 the wrong way.

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 They wanted to take the blessing.

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 That's good.

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 But they did it

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 by lying,

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 scheming,

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 manipulating.

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 We read last week,

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 Isaac was old.

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 His eyesight was failing.

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 He thought he was about to die.

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 Everyone thought

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 he was about to die.

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 And he wanted to bless

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 his sons one last time

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 before he died.

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 He wanted to give

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 this final blessing

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 on his deathbed

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 to only the older brother, Esau.

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 But then,

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 his wife, Rebecca,

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 overheard this conversation

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 and came up with a plan.

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 She told Jacob this,

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 Hey, pretend to be Esau.

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 I'll cook food.

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 You put on Esau's clothes.

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 You dress up like him.

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 Your dad is old.

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 He's pretty much blind.

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 He's about to die.

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 We can trick dad

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 before he passes away.

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 Like, isn't that just messed up?

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 That's what they did.

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 They're tricking their dying father.

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 But it works, actually.

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 This plan actually works,

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 or so it seems.

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 Jacob gets the blessing,

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 but then Esau finds out,

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 and he's furious.

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 Esau says to himself,

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 Hey, my dad's nearly dead.

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 I'll wait for him to die

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 so I don't cause him

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 any more pain.

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 But after that,

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 I'm going to go

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 and kill my brother.

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 I'm going to kill

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 my younger twin brother.

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 That's the situation we're in.

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 And that's why

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 Rebecca complained

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 about Esau's wives,

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 so that Isaac

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 would go and send Jacob off

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 to find a wife somewhere else

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 away from his brother.

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 He's complaining about these wives,

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 but really,

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 it's part of her plan

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 to continue manipulating,

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 continue controlling the situation,

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 and send Jacob off

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 so that Jacob would be safe

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 from his brother.

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 And so that's why

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 Isaac does that in verse 1.

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 He says to Jacob,

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 You must not take a wife

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 from the Canaanite woman.

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 So look at this mess.

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 Look at this whole mess.

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 Rebekah's plan works,

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 but she has to send away

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 this son that she loves.

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 Jacob has the blessing,

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 but he's fleeing for his life

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 because his brother

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 wants him dead.

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 And it's a messy situation,

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 all because they chased

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 after the right thing

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 the wrong way.

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 Right thing the wrong way.

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 And have we done that before too?

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 So often,

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 that's what sin is.

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 We take a good gift

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 God has given us

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 and twist it,

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 twist it with evil desires.

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 It's good to work hard,

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 to want to provide

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 for your family,

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 but then,

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 don't we scheme?

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 Maybe you go against

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 your co-worker

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 or neglect your family

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 in your attempts

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 to go and provide for them.

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 It's good to encourage someone,

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 to rebuke someone,

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 to spread the gospel even.

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 All those are good,

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 but we can twist those desires

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 and go after a good thing

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 the wrong way.

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 Jacob and Rebekah did that,

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 and it caused a mess.

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 Esau, on the other hand,

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 he's even worse.

00:12:16.839 --> 00:12:17.519
 Esau's even worse.

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 Esau is impulsive.

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 We've been seeing that.

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 He thinks before he acts.

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 He thinks with his stomach

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 according to just

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 his fleshly desires.

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 And years ago,

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 Esau had married

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 two Canaanite women

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 who made life bitter

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 for his parents,

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 Isaac and Rebekah.

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 And only now,

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 in verse 8,

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 years later,

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 Esau finally seems to realize,

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 oh, oh, my parents

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 don't like them.

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 They don't like that.

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 Years later,

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 he finally starts to realize

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 that's the type of person

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 Esau is.

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 But instead of repenting,

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 instead of realizing

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 this mistake,

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 turning from it,

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 Esau adds to his mistake.

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 Esau's in a hole,

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 and he keeps digging.

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 He already had two wives.

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 We know that's not the plan

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 for marriage in the Bible.

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 That's between one man,

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 one woman only.

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 Esau had two wives,

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 and so what does he do?

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 He decides to take

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 a third wife.

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 That'll make it better.

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 And look who he marries

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 in verse 9.

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 Esau went to Ishmael

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 and took as his wife,

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 beside the wives

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 that he had,

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 Mahalath,

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 the daughter of Ishmael.

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 So Esau sees that Isaac

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 sent Jacob away

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 to marry someone

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 from the family.

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 Weird, we know,

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 but that's what he does.

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 And so Esau thinks,

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 hey, maybe I should do that too.

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 That's making Isaac happy.

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 Isaac blessed Jacob.

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 Maybe if I do something

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 that makes my dad happy,

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 he might change his mind,

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 maybe, I don't know.

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 But so Ishmael goes,

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 or sorry,

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 Esau goes and marries someone

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 from his father's side

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 of the family.

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 And he goes and marries

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 Ishmael's daughter.

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 But here's the irony of that.

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 Ishmael,

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 who is Esau's uncle,

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 Ishmael,

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 Ishmael was the son

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 that Abraham sent away

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 from the family.

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 Do you remember that?

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 Ishmael was the one

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 who would,

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 he's not the child of promise.

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 That was Isaac.

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 Ishmael wasn't the son

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 to inherit the covenant.

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 So Esau thinks

00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:20.560
 he's getting closer

00:14:20.560 --> 00:14:21.240
 to the blessing,

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 but by marrying

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 Ishmael's daughter,

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 ironically,

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 he's moving even further

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 away from that.

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 And do we also do

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 the same sometimes?

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 Jacob's caught in a mess

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 instead of repenting,

00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.440
 realizing our sin,

00:14:34.540 --> 00:14:35.800
 casting it upon God,

00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:37.320
 casting it upon Christ,

00:14:37.400 --> 00:14:38.040
 we double down

00:14:38.040 --> 00:14:39.160
 on our mistakes.

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 And so,

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 this is the situation

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 we find this family in.

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 Esau's in a rage,

00:14:46.540 --> 00:14:47.620
 Jacob's on the run,

00:14:47.900 --> 00:14:49.140
 Esau wants to kill him,

00:14:49.560 --> 00:14:51.760
 Jacob has God's blessing,

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 the blessing of the Lord's

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 covenant to Abraham,

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 but he's also forced to flee

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 from the covenant promises,

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 from the promised land.

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 That's what we see

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 in verse 10.

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 Jacob left Beersheba

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 and went towards Haran.

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 That's the situation

00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:07.540
 we're in.

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 And night falls.

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 Jacob is on the run.

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 He's in the wilderness

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 in Haran.

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 Night comes.

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 Where does he sleep?

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 Taking one of the stones

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 of the place,

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 he put it under his head

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 and lay down

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 in that place to sleep.

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 Jacob spent all his life

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 trying to secure the blessing,

00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:25.460
 but now he's just alone

00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:26.600
 in the dark,

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 lying on the ground

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 with a stone by his head.

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 That's what happens.

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 He's at one of the lowest points

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 in his life so far.

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 And what I want to see

00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:37.560
 in bringing this up

00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:40.259
 is that in Jacob's low point,

00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:41.500
 this is where Jacob is.

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 It's that this is the time,

00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:45.720
 this is the place

00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:47.740
 where God meets Jacob

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 in that low point.

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 This is where we see

00:15:49.980 --> 00:15:50.879
 the grace of God

00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:52.360
 reach down to find Jacob

00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:53.539
 in Jacob's mess.

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 This is where God appears

00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:56.759
 to Jacob in a dream.

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 God's grace came to Jacob

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 in his time of trial,

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 in his low point.

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 Not when he's safe at home.

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 Not when he has his life

00:16:05.839 --> 00:16:06.519
 all sorted out.

00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.259
 God can do this,

00:16:07.339 --> 00:16:07.959
 but that's not what

00:16:07.959 --> 00:16:08.659
 he did to Jacob.

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 It's not when God,

00:16:11.079 --> 00:16:12.559
 when Jacob had done anything

00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:14.120
 to earn God's favor.

00:16:15.199 --> 00:16:16.500
 God meets Jacob

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 after he screwed it all up.

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:21.019
 After his sin and scheming

00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.959
 blew up in his face.

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 That's where God comes

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:25.360
 and meets Jacob

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 in chapter 28.

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 And now,

00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:30.019
 maybe you're in

00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:31.540
 a similar situation,

00:16:31.780 --> 00:16:32.920
 a similar place here today.

00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:34.400
 Maybe you're dealing

00:16:34.400 --> 00:16:35.240
 with consequences

00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:36.720
 of some of your own

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.379
 bad decisions.

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 Or suffering because

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.680
 someone else

00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:40.680
 had done something

00:16:40.680 --> 00:16:41.960
 to you.

00:16:42.660 --> 00:16:43.900
 Maybe life took a turn

00:16:43.900 --> 00:16:44.980
 that you didn't expect.

00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:46.680
 That wasn't in your control.

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 But whatever brought

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:50.720
 you to this low point

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 I want us to see today

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 that this is the God

00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:55.660
 we worship.

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 This is the type of God

00:16:57.060 --> 00:16:57.440
 we worship.

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 Behold your God.

00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.480
 He is the Lord

00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:01.480
 who is near to the brokenhearted

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 and saves those crushed

00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:04.220
 in spirit.

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 He is with you

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 not only when we have it

00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:07.960
 all figured out,

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:10.319
 but also in the struggles

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:11.640
 and in the trials.

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 He gently and graciously

00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:14.759
 meets you there.

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 And isn't it so often

00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:18.660
 in those times

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:20.140
 when we do actually

00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:21.500
 encounter God

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 and we do meet God

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 when life's good

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 it's so easy to think

00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:27.240
 that I'm alright,

00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:28.000
 I can manage,

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.200
 I don't need God,

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 I can do it myself.

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 But so often

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 it's in our stress,

00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:35.400
 in our anxiety,

00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:36.759
 in our darkest moments

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 when we're at the end

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 of ourselves.

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 That's when God

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:43.079
 is so near and dear to us.

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 I wonder if some of us

00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:46.059
 in this room

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 have experienced that.

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 That God meets us

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 in our mess.

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 And if you're going

00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:53.319
 through a hard time today,

00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:55.339
 if you're going through

00:17:55.339 --> 00:17:56.279
 a low point today,

00:17:56.899 --> 00:17:58.539
 don't let that drive you

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.359
 away from God.

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 Don't turn away from God,

00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:03.019
 but let this

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 draw near to Him.

00:18:05.639 --> 00:18:06.859
 Because God meets us

00:18:06.859 --> 00:18:09.000
 in our mess.

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 But even if we don't,

00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:12.779
 even if we don't want

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.620
 to draw near to God,

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.880
 we don't have that desire to,

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:16.019
 notice this.

00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:18.779
 God took the initiative

00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:20.240
 to find Jacob.

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 God takes initiative

00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:24.180
 to come and find us.

00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.840
 So far in Genesis,

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 we have not seen Jacob pray

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 or seek God.

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 Actually,

00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:32.180
 the only time

00:18:32.180 --> 00:18:32.980
 that we've heard

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 Jacob mention God

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 is in the last chapter.

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 I think chapter 27,

00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.600
 verse 20.

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 That's the only time

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 he mentions God, really.

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 when he uses the name

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 of the Lord

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 as a lie

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 to cheat his dying father.

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 He says,

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 trust me, Dad.

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 I'm Esau.

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 I came back

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 really quickly

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 because the Lord,

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:51.700
 your God,

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 has granted me success.

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 That's the only time

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 we've seen Jacob mention

00:18:55.080 --> 00:18:56.259
 the Lord.

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 When God appeared

00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.620
 to Jacob here,

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 Jacob wasn't praying.

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:03.279
 Jacob wasn't worshiping.

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.580
 He wasn't going to church.

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:06.320
 He was running away

00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:06.920
 from his brother.

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 And actually,

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.580
 he was asleep.

00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.679
 This dude was sleeping.

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 Jacob was snoring.

00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:13.179
 Jacob wasn't looking for God.

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 God came to find Jacob.

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 We see that in the dream.

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 Also,

00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:20.079
 when we look at the dream

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 in verse 12.

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 He dreamed,

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 Jacob dreamed

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 while he was sleeping.

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 And behold,

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 there was a ladder

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 set up on the earth.

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 And the top of it

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 reached to the heaven.

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 And behold,

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 the angels of God

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 were ascending

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 and descending on it.

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 Now,

00:19:35.199 --> 00:19:35.939
 some other translations,

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 if you look at it,

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.619
 in the place of a ladder,

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 some others

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 will say stairway,

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 staircase.

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 That's probably

00:19:42.459 --> 00:19:43.339
 more accurate

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 or as accurate.

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 If it helps you

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 to visualize

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 a staircase

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 instead of a ladder,

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 if you want to visualize

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:49.039
 this weird dream,

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 you can go and do that.

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 The point is that

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 we see something

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 in this dream.

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 There is something

00:19:54.659 --> 00:19:56.679
 connecting earth

00:19:56.679 --> 00:19:57.219
 and heaven.

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 There is a way

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 made between

00:20:00.219 --> 00:20:01.000
 earth and heaven.

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 And notice this.

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 It says,

00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:05.419
 there was a ladder

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 set up.

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 The language here

00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:08.420
 is passive.

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.019
 There was a ladder

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.819
 set up there.

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:11.980
 The staircase

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:13.480
 is there in the dream already.

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:15.160
 Jacob didn't build it.

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:17.059
 Jacob couldn't construct it.

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.799
 He didn't do anything

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 to make this ladder appear.

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 Someone else

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 put the stairway there.

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 And

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 this might remind us

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 of another story

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 in Genesis.

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 Do you remember

00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.779
 the Tower of Babel?

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 The Tower of Babel.

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 The people at Babel.

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 They said,

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 let us build ourselves

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 a city and a tower

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 with its top

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 in the heavens.

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 And

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:41.879
 let us make a name

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 for ourselves.

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 They wanted to build

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 a tower

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 that would reach

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.859
 the heavens.

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.000
 Build the way to heaven.

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 Make a name for themselves.

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 Secure their future.

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 And

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.279
 isn't that

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.960
 what Jacob

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.759
 has been doing?

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.519
 Isn't that what Jacob

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.079
 has been doing

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.819
 his whole life?

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:57.279
 Trying to

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 cheat

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.519
 or

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.900
 manipulate

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.600
 Esau.

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 To trade his birthright

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.860
 for a bowl of soup.

00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:03.940
 And

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:05.180
 last chapter

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 to lie.

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 To secure the blessing

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 by his own effort.

00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:10.480
 Scheming.

00:21:11.780 --> 00:21:12.060
 Jacob

00:21:12.060 --> 00:21:13.120
 has been trying

00:21:13.120 --> 00:21:13.620
 to do this.

00:21:14.320 --> 00:21:14.920
 And now

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:16.220
 heaven

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:17.220
 opened up

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.680
 to Jacob.

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:19.060
 He sees God's angels

00:21:19.060 --> 00:21:19.740
 ascending

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.700
 and descending

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.460
 between heaven

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:21.960
 and earth.

00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.600
 God and his messengers

00:21:23.600 --> 00:21:24.540
 are all around him.

00:21:24.800 --> 00:21:25.019
 Even

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.980
 though Jacob's

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.860
 all alone in the wilderness

00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:28.340
 he sees God's

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:28.740
 angels

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.960
 are surrounding him.

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:32.460
 What did Jacob

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.319
 do for heaven

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:34.279
 to open up

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:35.120
 to him like that?

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:36.980
 The answer is

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:38.640
 absolutely nothing.

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:39.880
 Jacob

00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:40.880
 did nothing.

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 He's lying on the ground

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.640
 fast asleep.

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.980
 Jacob didn't initiate

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.620
 this encounter.

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 He didn't ask God

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.059
 to do this.

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 God

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 went to him.

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 It's all

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.620
 grace.

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.500
 Freely given.

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.339
 Unearned.

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.339
 Undeserved.

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.740
 All by God's

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.180
 initiative.

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.859
 And also

00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:58.240
 God promises

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.859
 Jacob what

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.339
 he doesn't

00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:00.039
 deserve.

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.759
 After everything

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.779
 Jacob did

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:04.359
 it's remarkable

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.000
 here to me

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.779
 that God

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.279
 doesn't

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.339
 scold Jacob

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:07.899
 here.

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:08.919
 At least

00:22:08.919 --> 00:22:09.579
 not in this

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.759
 instance.

00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:11.299
 God will

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.959
 correct Jacob

00:22:11.959 --> 00:22:12.319
 later.

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.319
 But Jacob

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.019
 actually messed

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.599
 everything up.

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.139
 He cheated

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.599
 his dying

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:15.979
 dad.

00:22:16.479 --> 00:22:17.159
 And God

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:17.779
 doesn't go to him

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.099
 and say

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.559
 first thing

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:18.819
 off

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.539
 what were you

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:19.859
 thinking?

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.579
 What did

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:20.959
 you do?

00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:21.919
 You screwed

00:22:21.919 --> 00:22:22.279
 it up.

00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.299
 Instead

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.879
 God

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.519
 meets

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.279
 Jacob's

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.539
 sin

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.399
 with

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:27.119
 promises.

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.399
 He meets

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:28.819
 Jacob's

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:28.980
 sin

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.180
 with

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.740
 promises.

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.279
 Not just

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.919
 one promise

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.819
 but promise

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.720
 after promise

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.619
 after promise.

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:33.960
 Look

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.899
 starting from

00:22:34.899 --> 00:22:35.539
 verse 13.

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.139
 Jacob

00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:38.519
 is fleeing

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:38.980
 in the

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.319
 wilderness

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.299
 away from

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.579
 home

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.759
 but God

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.740
 promises him

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.379
 land.

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.220
 I'll give

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.779
 you this

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.480
 land.

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:46.720
 Jacob

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.460
 ran from

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:47.960
 his family

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:49.460
 but God

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.440
 promises him

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.180
 offspring

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.700
 a family

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.039
 of his

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.220
 own.

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.639
 Jacob

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:55.119
 came from

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.500
 a broken

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:55.960
 family.

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.460
 His

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:56.879
 family's

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.299
 in ruins

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:58.659
 but God

00:22:58.659 --> 00:23:00.539
 promises him

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.440
 a family

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.039
 that will

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.639
 bless all

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.039
 the nations

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.440
 from a

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:03.720
 broken

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.200
 family

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.940
 to become

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.399
 a family

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:05.740
 that will

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.259
 bless all

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.740
 the nations.

00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.480
 Jacob's

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.039
 all alone

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.299
 but God

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.079
 promises him

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.799
 behold

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.740
 I am

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.259
 with you.

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.700
 Jacob

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.220
 fears for

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.599
 his life

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.539
 but God

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.960
 promises

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.519
 I will

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.220
 keep you

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.819
 wherever

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.460
 you go.

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.139
 Jacob

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.599
 is leaving

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.039
 the promised

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.319
 land

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.799
 but God

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.099
 says

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.679
 I will

00:23:23.679 --> 00:23:24.139
 bring you

00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.500
 back

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.980
 I will

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.299
 bring you

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.599
 back.

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.679
 Jacob's

00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:29.039
 future

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.459
 seems

00:23:29.459 --> 00:23:29.959
 uncertain

00:23:29.959 --> 00:23:31.059
 but God

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.579
 promises

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.359
 I will

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.599
 not

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:32.959
 leave

00:23:32.959 --> 00:23:33.219
 you

00:23:33.219 --> 00:23:33.759
 until

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.019
 I

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.179
 have

00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:34.539
 done

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.059
 what

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.279
 I

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.480
 have

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.859
 promised

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.139
 you.

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:37.419
 Do you

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:37.799
 see that?

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.399
 Jacob

00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:39.119
 has spent

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.839
 his whole

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.179
 life

00:23:40.179 --> 00:23:40.879
 trying to

00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:41.299
 secure

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.859
 the blessing

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.399
 through

00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:42.959
 his own

00:23:42.959 --> 00:23:43.339
 efforts

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:43.819
 and yes

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.500
 he got

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.019
 the blessing

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.799
 but what

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.000
 did it

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.419
 cost him?

00:23:46.459 --> 00:23:46.759
 Everything

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.399
 his home

00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:47.959
 family

00:23:47.959 --> 00:23:48.559
 security

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.319
 and now

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.879
 when Jacob

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.399
 has nothing

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:50.839
 left to

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.399
 rely on

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:51.980
 God

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.559
 comes to

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:52.779
 him

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.200
 and says

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:54.599
 I will

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:54.980
 do it

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.779
 I will

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.179
 do it

00:23:56.179 --> 00:23:56.960
 I will

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.399
 do it

00:23:57.399 --> 00:23:58.740
 God's

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.159
 promises

00:23:59.159 --> 00:24:00.279
 are not

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.899
 dependent on

00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:01.359
 Jacob's

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:01.960
 ability to

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.359
 make things

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.700
 happen

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.460
 to grab

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.940
 at the

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.159
 heel

00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:04.960
 they depend

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.679
 on God's

00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:06.200
 faithfulness

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.799
 to do

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.179
 what he

00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:07.599
 has said

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.859
 even before

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.319
 Jacob was

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.559
 born

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.079
 God had

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.399
 already

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:11.220
 said his

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.619
 purposes

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:12.279
 for him

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.179
 the older

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:14.079
 will serve

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.460
 the younger

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.599
 Jacob will

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:15.980
 have this

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.359
 blessing

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.079
 he didn't

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.399
 have to

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:17.719
 scheme

00:24:17.719 --> 00:24:18.199
 to make

00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:18.779
 God's

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.119
 promises

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.879
 come true

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:22.399
 and as

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:22.899
 with Jacob

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:24.459
 that's also

00:24:24.459 --> 00:24:25.179
 our hope

00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:25.959
 in our

00:24:25.959 --> 00:24:26.339
 darkness

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.779
 in our

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.079
 mess

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.719
 God

00:24:27.719 --> 00:24:28.219
 promises

00:24:28.219 --> 00:24:28.659
 us

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.259
 also

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.219
 I am

00:24:30.219 --> 00:24:30.699
 with you

00:24:30.699 --> 00:24:31.240
 I will

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.679
 keep you

00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:32.019
 I will

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.359
 never

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.879
 leave you

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.399
 or forsake

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.619
 you

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:35.399
 I know

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:35.819
 many of

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.179
 us

00:24:36.179 --> 00:24:37.159
 have felt

00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:38.599
 that in

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.039
 our past

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.619
 even now

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:39.899
 in our

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.099
 lowest

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.539
 points

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.779
 that we

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.619
 are comforted

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.000
 in our

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.379
 hearts

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.519
 because

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.639
 in our

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:46.339
 mess

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.699
 in our

00:24:46.699 --> 00:24:47.059
 darkness

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.599
 he says

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.059
 to us

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:49.079
 I am

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.599
 with you

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.779
 God

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.259
 is with

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.679
 us

00:24:51.679 --> 00:24:52.859
 Emmanuel

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:54.879
 because

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.480
 what

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.980
 Jacob

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.339
 saw

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.579
 that

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:56.819
 night

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.619
 was

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.099
 only

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.639
 a

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.000
 glimpse

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.819
 of

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.199
 something

00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:00.639
 far

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:00.859
 greater

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.099
 it was

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.619
 a shadow

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.379
 of something

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:02.859
 to come

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:04.299
 God

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.799
 appeared

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.459
 to Jacob

00:25:05.459 --> 00:25:05.859
 in a

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.079
 dream

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:07.459
 but years

00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:07.799
 later

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.359
 many years

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.679
 later

00:25:08.679 --> 00:25:10.000
 God

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.639
 the eternal

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.019
 son of

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.299
 God

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.439
 he took

00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:13.139
 on flesh

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:14.299
 and came

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.919
 to dwell

00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:15.679
 among us

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.640
 that's

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:16.779
 how

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.019
 God

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.299
 appeared

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.779
 to us

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.600
 and the

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:18.860
 son of

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:19.019
 God

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.620
 his name

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:19.840
 is

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.259
 Jesus

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.160
 and

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.460
 Jesus

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.000
 himself

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.799
 refers

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.100
 to

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.519
 Jacob's

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:23.779
 dream

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.420
 turn with

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.720
 me to

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.039
 John

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.920
 chapter 1

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.580
 verse 51

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:27.660
 John

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.240
 chapter 1

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.220
 verse 51

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:31.000
 Jesus

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.779
 is talking

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.220
 to

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.759
 a guy

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.380
 Nathaniel

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:34.620
 who had

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:34.779
 just

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.120
 confessed

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.360
 who had

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:35.500
 just

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.960
 realized

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.640
 Rabbi

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.059
 Jesus

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.759
 you are

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.220
 the son

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.700
 of God

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:40.220
 and Jesus

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.880
 replies to

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.079
 that

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.039
 you will

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.299
 see

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.660
 greater

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.000
 things

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.160
 than

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.460
 these

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.059
 truly

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.380
 truly

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.740
 I say

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:44.900
 to

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.059
 you

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.620
 you will

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:45.880
 see

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.259
 heaven

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.740
 opened

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.160
 up

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.980
 and the

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.460
 angels

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.980
 of God

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.539
 ascending

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.200
 and descending

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.000
 on the

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.259
 son of

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.500
 man

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.980
 that

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.220
 sounds

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.519
 familiar

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:53.819
 doesn't

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.220
 it

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.039
 angels

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.680
 ascending

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:55.960
 and

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.400
 descending

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.300
 Jesus

00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:57.740
 here

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.280
 John

00:25:58.280 --> 00:25:58.480
 1

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.820
 51

00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.340
 is

00:25:59.340 --> 00:25:59.720
 clearly

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.280
 referring

00:26:00.280 --> 00:26:00.480
 to

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.860
 Jacob's

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.100
 dream

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.720
 but

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:01.900
 there's

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.000
 a

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.320
 difference

00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:02.600
 here

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.019
 there's

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.259
 something

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.060
 Jesus

00:26:04.060 --> 00:26:05.120
 doesn't

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.420
 mention

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:07.759
 a ladder

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.480
 or staircase

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.480
 he says

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.980
 that the

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.340
 angels

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.980
 will ascend

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.560
 and descend

00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:13.320
 on the

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:13.640
 son of

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:13.900
 man

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.780
 on himself

00:26:14.780 --> 00:26:16.080
 Jesus

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.480
 here

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.080
 in John

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.259
 1

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.620
 is saying

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.280
 he's the

00:26:18.280 --> 00:26:18.700
 fulfillment

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.320
 of Jacob's

00:26:19.320 --> 00:26:19.540
 dream

00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:20.660
 in Jesus

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.160
 heaven

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.980
 has come

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.380
 down to

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:22.680
 earth

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.880
 he has

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.240
 made a

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.420
 way

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:24.720
 between

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.000
 heaven

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.300
 and earth

00:26:25.300 --> 00:26:25.640
 God

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.259
 himself

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.400
 has come

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:28.000
 to dwell

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.539
 among us

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.180
 that's

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.319
 who

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.599
 Jesus

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:29.980
 is

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.799
 and

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.099
 why

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.319
 did

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.500
 he

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.799
 come

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.940
 to

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.220
 bring

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.519
 us

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.960
 to

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.240
 God

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.400
 just

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.680
 as

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.119
 Jacob

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.660
 can

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.000
 climb

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.240
 up

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.440
 his

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.619
 way

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:37.799
 to

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.059
 God

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.759
 neither

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.000
 can

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.200
 we

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.160
 we

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.480
 can't

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.740
 earn

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:40.960
 our

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.160
 way

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.339
 into

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.640
 God's

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:41.960
 presence

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.440
 by

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.680
 good

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.000
 works

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.579
 by

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:43.900
 praying

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.160
 more

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.660
 by

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:44.900
 reading

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.079
 the

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.299
 Bible

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.579
 more

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.019
 by

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.220
 going

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.359
 to

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.579
 church

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:46.819
 more

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.819
 but

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.079
 that

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.299
 is

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.519
 the

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:48.740
 good

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.079
 news

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.339
 of

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.500
 the

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:49.819
 gospel

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.079
 we

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.539
 can't

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.900
 strive

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.039
 we

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.220
 don't

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.460
 need

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:51.640
 to

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:51.960
 strive

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.319
 and

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.620
 scheme

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:52.840
 our

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.000
 way

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.180
 to

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.460
 God

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.059
 we

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.380
 can't

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.559
 do

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:54.740
 it

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.539
 so

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.819
 God

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.100
 came

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.380
 down

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.720
 to

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.039
 us

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:58.160
 Jesus

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.579
 he

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.019
 stepped

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.440
 down

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.819
 into

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.180
 our

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.400
 mess

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.720
 into

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.039
 our

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.460
 broken

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.220
 sinful

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.860
 world

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.480
 it's

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.680
 all

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:03.860
 by

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.100
 his

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.559
 initiative

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.840
 it's

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.019
 by

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.420
 his

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.720
 work

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:06.900
 that

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.059
 we're

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.400
 saved

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.980
 his

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.360
 grace

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.000
 Jesus

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.500
 suffered

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.860
 and

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.120
 died

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.340
 on

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.480
 the

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:10.740
 cross

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:10.900
 for

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.160
 our

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.440
 sins

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.000
 rose

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.180
 from

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.299
 the

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.519
 dead

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.960
 to

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.259
 bring

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.620
 us

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.039
 to

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.340
 God

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:14.779
 because

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:14.980
 we

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.220
 couldn't

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.380
 do

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.539
 it

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.279
 we

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.500
 can't

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.640
 do

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:16.740
 it

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:16.900
 on

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.840
 the

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:24.980
 same

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.279
 land

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.640
 the

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:25.840
 same

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.559
 circumstances

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:26.860
 as

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.200
 Jacob

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.900
 but

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.019
 the

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.240
 Bible

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.519
 does

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.759
 say

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.579
 that

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:29.980
 all

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.180
 the

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.720
 promises

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.059
 of

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.400
 God

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.279
 find

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.460
 their

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:32.840
 yes

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.519
 in

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.900
 Christ

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.380
 all

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.559
 the

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:34.980
 promises

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.220
 of

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.500
 God

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.880
 are

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.279
 fulfilled

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.720
 in

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:36.980
 Jesus

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.460
 and

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.640
 we

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:37.960
 have

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.180
 these

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.620
 promises

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:38.920
 we

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.120
 have

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 these

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.559
 sure

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.319
 steadfast

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.779
 promises

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.579
 that

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:41.779
 he

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:41.960
 will

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 never

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.660
 leave

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 us

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.600
 or

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.019
 forsake

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.279
 us

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 that

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.460
 everybody

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.860
 who

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 calls

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 on

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 the

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.799
 Lord

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 will

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 be

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 saved

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 that

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 for

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 those

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.279
 who

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.559
 love

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 God

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 all

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 things

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 work

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 together

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 for

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 good

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 for

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 those

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 who

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 are

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 called

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 according

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 to

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 his

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 purpose

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:56.160
 that

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 God

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 will

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 pour

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 out

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 the

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 riches

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 of

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 his

00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:58.680
 grace

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:58.920
 and

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.320
 kindness

00:27:59.320 --> 00:27:59.720
 toward

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 us

00:28:00.040 --> 00:28:00.400
 for

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 all

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.080
 eternity

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 we

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.820
 have

00:28:02.820 --> 00:28:03.360
 all

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.980
 the

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.560
 promises

00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:04.860
 of

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 God

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.200
 because

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 of

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.840
 Jesus

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 not

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 by

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 anything

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 we

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:08.860
 have

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.160
 done

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:10.040
 but

00:28:10.040 --> 00:28:10.400
 only

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.620
 by

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:10.820
 what

00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:11.020
 he

00:28:11.020 --> 00:28:11.200
 has

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.420
 done

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.320
 we

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:12.820
 receive

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 it

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:13.720
 just

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:13.940
 by

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.340
 grace

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:15.000
 through

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.360
 faith

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 God

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.880
 meets

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.300
 us

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 in

00:28:18.060 --> 00:28:18.620
 our

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.020
 mess

00:28:19.020 --> 00:28:19.460
 with

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 grace

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.900
 through

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.060
 the

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:21.460
 person

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:21.700
 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 and

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.280
 now

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 everything

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.519
 we've

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:25.680
 seen

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.240
 so far

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.560
 is

00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:27.160
 God's

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 initiative

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:27.920
 God

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.400
 came to

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 Jacob

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.080
 God

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:29.500
 gave him

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.680
 these

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.120
 promises

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:31.340
 Jacob

00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:31.600
 did

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:31.980
 nothing

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.920
 to

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.220
 earn

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.460
 them

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 how

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.220


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 does

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.700
 Jacob

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.319
 respond

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.779
 to

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.019
 such

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.340
 grace

00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:38.200
 let's

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.340
 see

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.600
 that

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:39.519
 Jacob

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:39.840
 wakes

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.039
 up

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 let's

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.380
 see

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.519
 what

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.660
 he

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:40.920
 does

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.940
 and

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.700
 if

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:42.779
 we

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:42.920
 keep

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.160
 reading

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.539
 Jacob

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.120
 responds

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:45.019
 with

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.759
 awe

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.259
 and

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.620
 worship

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.500
 he

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.960
 responds

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.120
 with

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.500
 genuine

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.920
 awe

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.120
 and

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.440
 worship

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:49.940
 from

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 encountering

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 the

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:50.900
 living

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.259
 God

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.799
 however

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.680
 he

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:53.980
 still

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.420
 has

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.759
 a

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.019
 long

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.279
 way

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.500
 to

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.799
 go

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.059
 in

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.299
 learning

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.500
 to

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.720
 trust

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.000
 God

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.480
 he's

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.680
 still

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:57.900
 on

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.019
 a

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.200
 long

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.519
 journey

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.019
 in

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.200
 his

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.500
 faith

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.700
 look at

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:00.860
 verse

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.259
 16

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:08.539
 Jacob

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:08.859
 went

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.039
 to

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 sleep

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.559
 thinking

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:09.839
 he's

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.059
 all

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.359
 alone

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:10.640
 and

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:10.740
 he

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.000
 was

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.539
 but

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:12.799
 he

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.039
 wakes

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.299
 up

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.579
 and

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:14.279
 realizes

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.799
 that

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.440
 God

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.700
 was

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.000
 there

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.559
 all

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:16.920
 along

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.339
 God

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.599
 was

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:17.759
 in

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:17.940
 this

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.200
 place

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.559
 God

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.180
 was

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.539
 here

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.440
 verse

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.059
 17

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.379
 says

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:21.859
 and

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.059
 he

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.259
 was

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.700
 afraid

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:22.980
 Jacob

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.180
 was

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.440
 afraid

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.599
 and

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:23.779
 said

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.079
 how

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.619
 awesome

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:24.879
 is

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.039
 this

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.359
 place

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.039
 this

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.200
 is

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.460
 none

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.799
 other

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.220
 than

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.339
 the

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.640
 house

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.140
 of

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.420
 God

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.039
 and

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.279
 this

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.460
 is

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.619
 the

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:29.839
 gate

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.019
 of

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.279
 heaven

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.539
 Jacob

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:31.740
 is

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:31.879
 in

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.180
 awe

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:33.119
 and

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.240
 of

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.460
 course

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:33.599
 he

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:33.720
 is

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:33.839
 he

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:33.940
 has

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.399
 encountered

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.799
 the

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:34.980
 living

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.379
 God

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.460
 you

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.099
 have

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.259
 to

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.420
 be

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.700
 amazed

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:37.859
 at

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.099
 that

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.720
 and

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:38.879
 so

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.079
 what

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.259
 does

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.420
 he

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.700
 do

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.180
 Jacob

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.379
 the

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:40.539
 next

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:40.879
 morning

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.420
 he

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:41.799
 takes

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.000
 the

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.379
 stone

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:42.740
 that

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:42.819
 was

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.019
 by

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.240
 his

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.500
 head

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.200
 sets

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.359
 it

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:44.519
 up

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.639
 as

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:44.759
 a

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:44.940
 pillar

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.539
 pours

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.000
 oil

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.319
 on

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.539
 it

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.299
 long

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.519
 story

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.680
 short

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:47.819
 he

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.079
 sets

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.240
 it

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.420
 up

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:48.559
 as

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.660
 a

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.079
 memorial

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:50.259
 as

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.599
 a

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.099
 remembrance

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.379
 that

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.639
 God

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:51.940
 has

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.180
 met

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.460
 him

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.779
 in

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:52.940
 this

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.200
 place

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.359
 you

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.459
 can

00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:53.799
 remember

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.119
 that

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.459
 place

00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:55.439
 before

00:29:55.439 --> 00:29:55.759
 this

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.379
 this

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.659
 place

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.019
 was

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.299
 called

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.579
 Luz

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.599
 there's

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:58.779
 nothing

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.139
 special

00:29:59.139 --> 00:29:59.359
 about

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.559
 this

00:29:59.559 --> 00:29:59.779
 place

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.119
 actually

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.779
 previously

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.119
 until

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.399
 now

00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:01.979
 it's

00:30:01.979 --> 00:30:02.139
 just

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.659
 mentioned

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:02.919
 as

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.199
 this

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:03.519
 place

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.879
 there's

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.019
 no

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.299
 name

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.619
 given

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.479
 even

00:30:05.479 --> 00:30:05.619
 though

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:05.740
 it was

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:05.919
 called

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.079
 Luz

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.379
 before

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.659
 there's

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:06.859
 nothing

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.240
 special

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.459
 about

00:30:07.459 --> 00:30:07.639
 this

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:07.939
 place

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:09.180
 but

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.759
 Jacob

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.620
 recognizes

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.000
 that

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.240
 this

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.720
 space

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.000
 is

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.320
 special

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:12.700
 now

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.799
 it's

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.220
 special

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.220
 because

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.799
 God

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.059
 has

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.259
 met

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.440
 him

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:16.660
 there

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.120
 not

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.299
 because

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.500
 there's

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.680
 anything

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.039
 special

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.160
 in

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.279
 this

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.460
 place

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.620
 but

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:18.880
 just

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.340
 because

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:20.039
 God

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.420
 has

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.620
 met

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:20.799
 him

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:20.980
 there

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.180
 he

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.680
 recognizes

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:21.980
 that

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.380
 and

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.720
 calls

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:22.900
 the

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.120
 place

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.559
 Bethel

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.180
 which

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.440
 means

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:24.880
 house

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.180
 of

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.500
 God

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.759
 Jacob

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.299
 responds

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.680
 with

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.080
 reverence

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.460
 and awe

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.019
 and

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.500
 similarly

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.880
 here

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.100
 there's

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.279
 nothing

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.640
 special

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:30.860
 about

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.019
 this

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.200
 room

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.320
 there's

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:31.500
 nothing

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.880
 special

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.160
 about

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.340
 this

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:32.640
 place

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.320
 but

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:33.620
 it's

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.080
 special

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.380
 because

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.640
 we

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:34.940
 gather

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.160
 we

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.420
 meet

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:35.780
 together

00:30:35.780 --> 00:30:36.280
 and

00:30:36.280 --> 00:30:36.540
 God

00:30:36.540 --> 00:30:36.980
 meets

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.180
 us

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.480
 here

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:37.780
 we

00:30:37.780 --> 00:30:38.320
 encounter

00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:38.640
 God

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:38.960
 as we

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.200
 worship

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.600
 together

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.840
 and

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:41.259
 look

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.600
 what

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:41.980
 happens

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.380
 next

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:43.340
 in

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.520
 verse

00:30:43.520 --> 00:30:43.840
 20

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.440
 Jacob

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.820
 makes

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.020
 a

00:30:45.020 --> 00:30:45.220
 vow

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.560
 listen

00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:46.100
 to

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.200
 what

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.300
 he

00:30:46.300 --> 00:30:46.560
 says

00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:47.620
 and

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.080
 this

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.200
 is

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.540
 interesting

00:30:48.540 --> 00:30:48.759
 because

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.120
 Jacob

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.740
 he

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.220
 has

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.660
 all

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.860
 reverence

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.759
 worship

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.680
 and now

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.060
 listen to

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.259
 what he

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.440
 says

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.620
 he's

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:54.820
 making

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:55.000
 this

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.200
 vow

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.100
 then

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.380
 Jacob

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.620
 made

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:56.740
 a

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:56.940
 vow

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.320
 saying

00:30:57.320 --> 00:30:58.660
 if

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.060
 God

00:30:59.060 --> 00:30:59.200
 will

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.340
 be

00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.560
 with

00:30:59.560 --> 00:30:59.800
 me

00:30:59.800 --> 00:31:00.320
 and

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:00.500
 will

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.740
 keep

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:00.860
 me

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:00.960
 in

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.040
 the

00:31:01.040 --> 00:31:01.160
 way

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.280
 I

00:31:01.280 --> 00:31:01.420
 go

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:04.800
 I

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:05.040
 come

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:05.340
 again

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.600
 to

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:05.759
 my

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.120
 father's

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.320
 house

00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:06.540
 in

00:31:06.540 --> 00:31:06.820
 peace

00:31:06.820 --> 00:31:08.300
 then

00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:08.900
 the

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.100
 Lord

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.320
 shall

00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:09.480
 be

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.660
 my

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:09.920
 God

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.180
 and

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.320
 the

00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:10.580
 stone

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:10.780
 which

00:31:10.780 --> 00:31:10.900
 I

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.000
 have

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.160
 set

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.300
 up

00:31:11.300 --> 00:31:11.440
 for

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.720
 pillar

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:11.980
 shall

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.200
 be

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.780
 God's

00:31:12.780 --> 00:31:13.000
 house

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.520
 and

00:31:13.520 --> 00:31:13.660
 of

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.060
 all

00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:14.259
 that

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.360
 you

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:14.540
 give

00:31:14.540 --> 00:31:14.700
 me

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.180
 I'll

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.320
 give

00:31:15.320 --> 00:31:15.440
 you

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.560
 a

00:31:15.560 --> 00:31:15.700
 full

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.020
 tenth

00:31:16.020 --> 00:31:16.520
 to

00:31:16.520 --> 00:31:16.759
 you

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:18.300
 do

00:31:18.300 --> 00:31:18.380
 you

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.540
 hear

00:31:18.540 --> 00:31:18.759
 that

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:20.040
 this

00:31:20.040 --> 00:31:20.140
 is

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.300
 what

00:31:20.300 --> 00:31:20.500
 God

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.680
 said

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:20.820
 to

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.120
 Jacob

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:22.320
 I

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:22.640
 am

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:22.900
 with

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.100
 you

00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:24.040
 I

00:31:24.040 --> 00:31:24.259
 will

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.560
 keep

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:24.759
 you

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.740
 I

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:25.920
 will

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.140
 bring

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.259
 you

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.580
 back

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:26.980
 I

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.460
 keep

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.600
 my

00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:28.040
 promise

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.400
 God

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:35.700
 says

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.040
 I

00:31:36.040 --> 00:31:36.259
 will

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.460
 do

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.580
 it

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:36.720
 I

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:36.860
 will

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.040
 do

00:31:37.040 --> 00:31:37.259
 it

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.840
 and

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.080
 Jacob

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.400
 says

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.680
 if

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:38.860
 you

00:31:38.860 --> 00:31:39.080
 will

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:40.880
 that

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.080
 sounds

00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:41.259
 a bit

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.520
 strange

00:31:41.520 --> 00:31:41.740
 doesn't

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:41.980
 it

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.160
 God

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.380
 has

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.600
 just

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.060
 promised

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:44.500
 all

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.700
 these

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:44.960
 things

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.280
 to be

00:31:45.280 --> 00:31:45.400
 with

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.600
 Jacob

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:45.940
 protect

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.060
 him

00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:46.740
 unconditionally

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.380
 and

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:47.680
 Jacob

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.200
 responds

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.660
 if

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.080
 God

00:31:49.080 --> 00:31:49.320
 will

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:49.500
 be

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.720
 with

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:49.960
 me

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:51.240
 now

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.340
 I

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:51.460
 just

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.580
 want

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:51.640
 to

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:51.940
 clarify

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.280
 some

00:31:52.280 --> 00:31:52.759
 scholars

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.060
 say

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.300
 this

00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:53.460
 is

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.620
 the

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:53.960
 normal

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.300
 way

00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:54.860
 you

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.080
 might

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.360
 make

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.520
 a

00:31:55.520 --> 00:31:55.640
 vow

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:55.820
 this

00:31:55.820 --> 00:31:55.900
 is

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.000
 the

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.480
 pattern

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.740
 the

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.140
 type

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.280
 of

00:31:57.280 --> 00:31:57.580
 language

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:57.920
 used

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.060
 to

00:31:58.060 --> 00:31:58.240
 make

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.360
 a

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:58.480
 vow

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.980
 God

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.279
 if

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.440
 you

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.620
 do

00:31:59.620 --> 00:31:59.840
 this

00:31:59.840 --> 00:31:59.960
 or

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.140
 that

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.320
 then

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:00.460
 I

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.860
 respond

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:01.060
 with

00:32:01.060 --> 00:32:01.180
 the

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.420
 vow

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.720
 I

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:01.860
 will

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.279
 fulfill

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.640
 these

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.220
 obligations

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.140
 and

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.300
 that

00:32:04.300 --> 00:32:04.560
 Jacob

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:05.039
 could

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.279
 be

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.680
 expressing

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.460
 genuine

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.860
 faith

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.039
 in

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.279
 making

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.500
 this

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.700
 vow

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.940
 but

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.060
 I

00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.240
 think

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.660
 when

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:09.880
 we

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:10.420
 compare

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.279
 God's

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.900
 unconditional

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.440
 promises

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.779
 here

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.500
 with

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.940
 Jacob's

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.460
 conditional

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.019
 response

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.500
 and

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.700
 also

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:15.860
 when

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:15.940
 we

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.180
 look

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.320
 at

00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:16.460
 the

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.720
 rest

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:16.880
 of

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.320
 Jacob's

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:17.519
 life

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:17.640
 and

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:17.860
 how

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.120
 he's

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.420
 always

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.800
 grabbing

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.039
 at

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.220
 the

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.440
 heel

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.320
 it's

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:20.759
 clear

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:20.940
 to

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.120
 me

00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:21.480
 that

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:23.160
 Jacob

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.980
 still

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.480
 has

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.200
 a lot

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.420
 to

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.759
 learn

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.319
 about

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.740
 trusting

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.200
 God

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.880
 Jacob

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.279
 has

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.880
 encountered

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.519
 God

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:32.180
 God

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.660
 met

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.039
 Jacob

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.279
 in

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.420
 a

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.620
 dream

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:33.799
 but

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.059
 this

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.220
 is

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.799
 only

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.000
 the

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.299
 beginning

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.559
 this

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:35.700
 is

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.000
 one

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.500
 step

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.220
 in

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.500
 Jacob

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.940
 learning

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.259
 to

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.599
 trust

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:38.839
 him

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.819
 and

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:39.900
 I

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.019
 think

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.200
 this

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.319
 is

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.660
 important

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:40.839
 for

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.059
 us

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.279
 to

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.440
 think

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.640
 about

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:41.860
 as

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.019
 well

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:43.319
 if

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.420
 we

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.819
 look

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:43.940
 at

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.299
 Jacob's

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.480
 life

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.620
 and

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:44.839
 think

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.079
 about

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.460
 our

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.980
 experience

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.120
 of

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.599
 encountering

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:46.819
 God

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:48.920
 first

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.140
 there's

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.599
 a

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:49.940
 difference

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.500
 between

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.539
!

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.839
 knowing

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.460
 about

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.960
 God

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.880
 to

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.480
 personally

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.240
 putting

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.519
 our

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:55.819
 faith

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.059
 in

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.279
 him

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.079
 and

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.519
 also

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.420
 growing

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.860
 in

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.019
 our

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.319
 faith

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.660
 and

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:00.880
 think

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.120
 about

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.360
 our

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.660
 lives

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.299
 maybe

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.420
 just

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.599
 like

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.860
 me

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:05.559
 you've

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:05.839
 grown

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.220
 up

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.720
 hearing

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.220
 about

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.620
 God

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:07.860
 your

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.160
 whole

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.480
 life

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.220
 your

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.599
 parents

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:09.759
 are

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.180
 Christian

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:11.059
 you

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.279
 grew

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.480
 up

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.620
 in

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:11.940
 church

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.299
 you

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.599
 know

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:12.900
 all

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.039
 the

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.319
 Bible

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.839
 stories

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.319
 you

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.480
 know

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.640
 what

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:14.980
 Christians

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.400
 believe

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.259
 and

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.680
 actually

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.180
 Jacob

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.440
 may

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.579
 have

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:17.740
 well

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:17.960
 he

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.519
 he

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.339
 overlapped

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.500
 with

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.039
 Abraham's

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.220
 life

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.559
 15

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.819
 years

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.379
 he might

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:21.519
 have

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.879
 heard

00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.279
 from

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.619
 Abraham

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.059
 himself

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.279
 I'm

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.419
 not

00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:23.639
 sure

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.259
 all the

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.720
 stories

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.279
 about

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.519
 how

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.879
 God

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.519
 what

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.139
 God

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.439
 did

00:33:27.439 --> 00:33:27.639
 to

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:27.879
 Abraham

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.079
 how

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.279
 God

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.559
 called

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:28.679
 and

00:33:28.679 --> 00:33:29.059
 protected

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.339
 him

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.839
 fulfilled

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.039
 his

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.439
 promises

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.259
 he

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.440
 had

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.440
 had

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.600
 that

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.460
 second

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.700
 hand

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:32.980
 account

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.580
 but

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:34.860
 here's

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:34.980
 my

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.320
 question

00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:35.620
 to

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.019
 us

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.240
 here

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.460
 here's

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.559
 my

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.820
 question

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.019
 to

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.240
 you

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.539
 is

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.559
 is

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.320
 God

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:39.720
 merely

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.000
 the

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.380
 God

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.680
 that

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:40.880
 your

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.279
 parents

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.600
 believe

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:41.860
 in

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:43.420
 is

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.740
 he

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.279
 just

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.519
 the

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:44.820
 God

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.039
 that

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.160
 you

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.460
 heard

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.740
 about

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.019
 at

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.360
 Christian

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.759
 school

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.200
 at

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.519
 church

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.299
 or

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.460
 is

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.759
 he

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:48.960
 the

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.340
 God

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:50.580
 who

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:50.940
 you

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.600
 yourself

00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:52.559
 trust

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.240
 and

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.500
 have

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.660
 your

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:53.920
 faith

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.200
 in

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:56.880
 because

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.519
 after

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.380
 even

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:58.600
 though

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:58.900
 we've

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.279
 heard

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.019
 all

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.559
 these

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:00.840
 stories

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.019
 it

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.259
 doesn't

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.480
 mean

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.680
 we

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:01.860
 have

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.380
 personally

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.200
 come

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.380
 to

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.640
 know

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.299
 God

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.840
 encounter

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.160
 him

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.620
 or

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:05.799
 put

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:05.960
 our

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.160
 faith

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.299
 in

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.480
 him

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.940
 and

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.360
 even

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:07.759
 just

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:07.920
 like

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.220
 Jacob

00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:08.820
 after

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.260
 we've

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.780
 encountered

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.260
 God

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.119
 don't

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.280
 we

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.559
 still

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.119
 also

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.840
 have

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.199
 doubts

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.960
 sometimes

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.480
 maybe

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:15.699
 you

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:15.880
 have

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:15.980
 an

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.440
 experience

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.679
 at

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:16.800
 a

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.159
 Christian

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.519
 camp

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.840
 where

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.039
 you've

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.159
 been

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.440
 moved

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:18.599
 to

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.880
 tears

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:18.880


00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.840
 And

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.539
 you

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.840
 just

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.000
 like

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.280
 Jacob

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.599
 said

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.240
 the

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:22.519
 Lord

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.720
 is

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:22.880
 in

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.039
 this

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.420
 place

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:23.440
!

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.379
 You

00:34:24.379 --> 00:34:24.619
 felt

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:24.839
 so

00:34:24.839 --> 00:34:25.159
 close

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.359
 to

00:34:25.359 --> 00:34:25.679
 God

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.219
 but

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.319
 then

00:34:26.319 --> 00:34:26.419
 you

00:34:26.419 --> 00:34:26.579
 went

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:26.879
 home

00:34:26.879 --> 00:34:27.079
 and

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.239
 then

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.480
 there's

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.679
 all

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:27.879
 these

00:34:27.879 --> 00:34:28.279
 worries

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:29.179
 anxieties

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.559
 that

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:29.739
 come

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.019
 back

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:32.679
 That's

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:32.960
 one way

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.199
 people

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.399
 come

00:34:33.399 --> 00:34:33.539
 to

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:33.679
 faith

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:33.980
 one way

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.299
 people

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:35.019
 encounter

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.279
 God

00:34:35.279 --> 00:34:35.419
 but

00:34:35.419 --> 00:34:35.819
 regardless

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.119
 of

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.460
 how

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.219
 we

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.799
 encounter

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.279
 God

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:39.419
 doesn't

00:34:39.419 --> 00:34:40.139
 trusting

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.899
 God

00:34:40.899 --> 00:34:41.239
 still

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.679
 remain

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.079
 a

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.559
 daily

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.079
 struggle

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.559
 a

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:43.980
 constant

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.419
 second

00:34:44.419 --> 00:34:44.659
 by

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:44.960
 second

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.319
 minute

00:34:45.319 --> 00:34:45.539
 and

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:45.799
 minute

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.579
 struggle

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.719
 don't

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:47.879
 we

00:34:47.879 --> 00:34:48.219
 also

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.859
 sometimes

00:34:48.859 --> 00:34:49.359
 worry

00:34:49.359 --> 00:34:49.980
 and

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.359
 bargain

00:34:50.359 --> 00:34:50.599
 with

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:50.939
 God

00:34:50.939 --> 00:34:51.379
 like

00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:51.779
 Jacob

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.359
 we

00:34:52.359 --> 00:34:52.599
 still

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:52.839
 have

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:53.019
 that

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.079
!

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.319
 heel

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:53.759
 grasping

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.340
 tendency

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.819
 God

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.119
 if

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.279
 you

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:56.619
 help

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:56.779
 me

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:56.960
 get

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.139
 through

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.340
 this

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.679
 problem

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.079
 then

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.239
 I'll

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:58.440
 start

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.719
 taking

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:58.900
 my

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.119
 faith

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.460
 seriously

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.699
 then

00:34:59.699 --> 00:34:59.880
 I'll

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.139
 trust

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.299
 in

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:00.480
 you

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.299
 God

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:01.719
 if

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.159
 you

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.340
 give

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.460
 me

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.639
 this

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:02.900
 job

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.319
 then

00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:03.539
 I

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.659
 will

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:03.860
 give

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.039
 a

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.219
 full

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.500
 tenth

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.699
 of

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:04.880
 what

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.139
 you've

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.340
 given

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.500
 me

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:05.719
 all

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:05.860
 that

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.039
 you've

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.219
 given

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:06.599
 me

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.980
 God

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.500
 if

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.719
 you

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.000
 fix

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.179
 this

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.659
 situation

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.340
 then

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.880
 I

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.019
 will

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.319
 trust

00:35:11.319 --> 00:35:11.500
 in

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:11.679
 you

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.039
 only

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.380
 then

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:14.380
 Jacob

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.119
 encountered

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.579
 God's

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:15.779
 grace

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:16.380
 and heard

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.579
 his

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.019
 promises

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.840
 but

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.420
 he's

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.840
 only

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.760
 beginning

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:20.619
 to

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:20.960
 learn

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.320
 what

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.539
 it

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:21.780
 means

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:21.980
 to

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.480
 fully

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.240
 trust

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.680
 in

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:23.820
 the

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.039
 Lord

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.440
 his

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.720
 faith

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:24.880
 will

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.019
 be

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.420
 refined

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:25.659
 through

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:25.980
 20

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.220
 more

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.579
 years

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.159
 Jacob

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.840
 will

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.039
 be

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.579
 working

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:28.840
 for

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:28.980
 his

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.240
 uncle

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.619
 cheated

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:29.880
 by

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.059
 his

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.340
 uncle

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:30.539
 the

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.200
 deceiver

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:31.800
 will

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.200
 become

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:32.579
 the

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.099
 deceived

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.440
 look

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.559
 at

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:33.800
 that

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.539
 he'll

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.059
 experience

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.639
 conflict

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.019
 within

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.200
 his

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.539
 family

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:36.840
 as

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.059
 his

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:38.139
 two

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:38.619
 wives

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:38.920
 two

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.500
 concubines

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.000
 there's

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.659
 conflict

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:40.900
 there's

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.340
 tension

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.840
 within

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.039
 the

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.380
 family

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.220
 and

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:44.800
 Jacob

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.159
 will

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.420
 have

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.619
 to

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:45.940
 wrestle

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.220
 with

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:46.460
 God

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.659
 he'll

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:46.820
 have

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:49.039
 to

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.039


00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.280
 that

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.460
 he

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.800
 can't

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:49.980
 do

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.120
 it

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:50.300
 by

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.539
 his

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:50.820
 strength

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.039
 he

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.380
 can't

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:51.539
 win

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.760
 that

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.059
 fight

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:53.039
 and

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.140
 he

00:35:53.140 --> 00:35:53.260
 can

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.480
 only

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.760
 ask

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:53.980
 God

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.120
 for

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:54.240
 the

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.559
 blessing

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:56.820
 God

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.519
 walks

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.200
 with

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:58.539
 Jacob

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.039
 despite

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.320
 his

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.780
 imperfect

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.360
 faith

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.059
 God

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.260
 is

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.740
 teaching

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.160
 Jacob

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:02.660
 that

00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:02.860
 his

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.180
 future

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.500
 doesn't

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:03.880
 depend

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.140
 on

00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:04.380
 how

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.740
 clever

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:04.980
 he

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.160
 is

00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:05.680
 how

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:05.860
 well

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:05.980
 he

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.140
 can

00:36:06.140 --> 00:36:06.559
 manipulate

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.019
 control

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.180
 a

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:07.600
 situation

00:36:07.600 --> 00:36:08.039
 how

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.380
 firmly

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.559
 he

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.680
 can

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:08.920
 grasp

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.059
 the

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.360
 blessing

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.080
 his

00:36:10.080 --> 00:36:10.500
 future

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.120
 rests

00:36:11.120 --> 00:36:11.400
 in

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.900
 hands

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.120
 of

00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:12.380
 God

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.559
 who

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.059
 promised

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.620
 to

00:36:13.620 --> 00:36:13.760
 be

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:13.980
 with

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:21.500
 God

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.580
 wants

00:36:22.580 --> 00:36:22.800
 us

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:22.940
 to

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.080
 know

00:36:23.080 --> 00:36:23.320
 today

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:23.580
 he

00:36:23.580 --> 00:36:23.820
 is

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.080
 with

00:36:24.080 --> 00:36:24.420
 us

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.920
 and

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.039
 we

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.200
 can

00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:25.480
 trust

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.620
 him

00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:25.860
 maybe

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.120
 you're

00:36:26.120 --> 00:36:26.360
 worried

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.559
 about

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.740
 your

00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:27.059
 career

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:28.019
 what

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.160
 does

00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:28.260
 it

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.380
 mean

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.519
 to

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:28.760
 trust

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.019
 God

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.460
 there

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.080
 it

00:36:30.080 --> 00:36:30.260
 means

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:30.600
 doing

00:36:30.600 --> 00:36:30.900
 what's

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.180
 right

00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:31.960
 even

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.240
 when

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:33.640
 you're

00:36:33.640 --> 00:36:33.860
 afraid

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.019
 it'll

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.280
 cause

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:34.420
 you

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:34.559
 it

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:34.700
 might

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.140
 mean

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:35.580
 taking

00:36:35.580 --> 00:36:36.280
 sacrifices

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:36.600
 in

00:36:36.600 --> 00:36:36.720
 your

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:36.960
 career

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:38.200
 so

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:38.300
 you

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.460
 can

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.880
 have

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.280
 time

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:40.720
 to

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:41.460
 spend

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.680
 with

00:36:41.680 --> 00:36:41.960
 God

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:43.340
 you

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.460
 don't

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.580
 need

00:36:43.580 --> 00:36:43.700
 to

00:36:43.700 --> 00:36:44.080
 exaggerate

00:36:44.080 --> 00:36:44.240
 your

00:36:44.240 --> 00:36:44.720
 achievements

00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:45.400
 compromise

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:45.700
 your

00:36:45.700 --> 00:36:46.080
 integrity

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:47.079
 because

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.420
 your

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.699
 life

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:47.980
 is

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.119
 in

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.420
 God's

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.819
 hands

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:50.039
 maybe

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.319
 you're

00:36:50.319 --> 00:36:50.599
 facing

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:50.840
 a

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:50.980
 low

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.319
 point

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:52.159
 today

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.799
 you're

00:36:52.799 --> 00:36:53.000
 coming

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.279
 here

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:53.440
 with

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.559
 a

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:53.739
 heavy

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.039
 heart

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.880
 someone

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.159
 has

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.380
 hurt

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.619
 you

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.000
 or

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.119
 you're

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.440
 facing

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:56.659
 an

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:57.059
 uncertain

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.420
 future

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.599
 you

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:57.940
 don't

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.159
 know

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.360
 how

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:58.679
 things

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:58.840
 will

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.079
 turn

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.360
 out

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:00.000
 and

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.119
 you

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.360
 don't

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:00.500
 know

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.659
 what

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:00.779
 you

00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:00.920
 can

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.079
 do

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.239
 to

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.500
 change

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.659
 the

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.179
 situation

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:03.299
 what

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:03.480
 does

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.619
 it

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:03.739
 mean

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:03.880
 to

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.139
 trust

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.380
 God

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.639
 there

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:06.239
 doesn't

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:06.539
 mean

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.679
 pretending

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:07.900
 that

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.179
 everything

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.420
 is

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.699
 fine

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:08.719
!

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:17.420
 God

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.259
 is

00:37:18.259 --> 00:37:19.079
 with

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.500
 you

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.019
 and

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:21.420
 God

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.840
 has

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:23.079
 with

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.819
 you

00:37:23.819 --> 00:37:24.079
 and

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:25.599
 God

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:25.860
 has

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.159
 not

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.659
 abandoned

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:26.980
 you

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.440
 he

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:27.679
 is

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:27.920
 with

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.059
 you

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.380
 that's

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.679
 the hope

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.019
 we cling

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.239
 to

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:30.659
 and

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:30.880
 that's

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.440
 the promise

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.059
 I want

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.360
 us to

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.299
 leave us

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:33.480
 with

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:33.840
 today

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.519
 Hebrews

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.960
 13

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.279
 5

00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:35.500
 says

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.659
 I've

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:35.940
 repeated

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.119
 it

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.299
 many

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:36.679
 times

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:37.239
 God's

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.519
 promise

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.699
 to

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:37.900
 us

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.360
 I

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.559
 will

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:38.880
 never

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.360
 leave

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:39.619
 you

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.219
 nor

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.679
 forsake

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:40.920
 you

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:47.599
 today

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.460
 and

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.559
 he

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.800
 hasn't

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.119
 promised

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.340
 us

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.460
 a

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:49.700
 life

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.300
 that

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:50.519
 is

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:50.840
 without

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.240
 suffering

00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:51.400
 or

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:51.519
 that

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.900
 everything

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.180
 will

00:37:52.180 --> 00:37:52.519
 always

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.780
 work

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:52.920
 out

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:53.059
 the

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.180
 way

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:53.340
 we

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:53.599
 want

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:53.740
 it

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.780
 but

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:54.940
 in

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.180
 Jesus

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:55.539
 Christ

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:55.760
 he

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:56.000
 says

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.300
 all

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:56.659
 my

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.119
 promises

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:57.820
 find

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:57.940
 their

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.159
 yes

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.320
 in

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:58.539
 him

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:58.780
 he

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.019
 will

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.340
 never

00:37:59.340 --> 00:37:59.780
 leave

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.019
 us

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.240
 or

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:00.680
 forsake

00:38:00.680 --> 00:38:00.960
 us

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.900
 and

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.380
 some

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:02.519
 of

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.659
 us

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:02.780
 have

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:02.880
 been

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.139
 reading

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.360
 through

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.700
 Hebrews

00:38:03.700 --> 00:38:04.119
 together

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:05.039
 you

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.180
 might

00:38:05.180 --> 00:38:05.280
 have

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:05.460
 seen

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.880
 Nathan's

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.260
 messages

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.680
 in

00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:06.840
 our

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.320
 group

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:07.840
 I

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.480
 just

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.680
 want

00:38:08.680 --> 00:38:08.780
 us

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:08.900
 to

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.099
 leave

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:09.220
 us

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:09.320
 I

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.639
 reading

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.280
 from

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:12.619
 Hebrews

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:13.059
 4

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.639
 verses

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.099
 14

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.260
 to

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:14.720
 16

00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:16.280
 goes

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.460
 like

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.740
 this

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.539
 since

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:17.800
 then

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:17.960
 we

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.079
 have

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.180
 a

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.380
 great

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.680
 high

00:38:18.680 --> 00:38:19.000
 priest

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.200
 who

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.340
 has

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:19.680
 passed

00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:19.900
 through

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.079
 the

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.360
 heavens

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:20.800
 Jesus

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.400
 the

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.599
 son

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:21.760
 of

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:21.980
 God

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.400
 let

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:22.559
 us

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:22.880
 hold

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.340
 fast

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.680
 our

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:24.260
 confession

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.980
 for

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.139
 we

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.320
 do

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.539
 not

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:25.760
 have

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:25.880
 a

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.099
 high

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.360
 priest

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:26.599
 who

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:26.740
 is

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.320
 unable

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.920
 to

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.700
 sympathize

00:38:28.700 --> 00:38:28.980
 with

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.200
 our

00:38:29.200 --> 00:38:29.659
 weaknesses

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.400
 but

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.720
 one

00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:31.019
 who

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.200
 in

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.639
 every

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.300
 respect

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.579
 has

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:32.820
 been

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.200
 tempted

00:38:33.200 --> 00:38:33.780
 as

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:33.980
 we

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.280
 are

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.860
 yet

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.240
 without

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:35.639
 sin

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:36.980
 let

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.360
 us

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:37.720
 then

00:38:37.720 --> 00:38:37.740
!

00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:38.079
 with

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:39.019
 confidence

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:40.000
 draw

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.420
 near

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:40.880
 to

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.079
 the

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.380
 throne

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:41.579
 of

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:41.920
 grace

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.519
 so

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.699
 that

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:42.840
 we

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:43.059
 may

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.559
 receive

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.039
 mercy

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.639
 and

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:44.900
 find

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.199
 grace

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.400
 to

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:45.679
 help

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:46.159
 in

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:46.519
 time

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.780
 of

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:47.079
 need

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:49.440
 Jacob

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.019
 was

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.259
 at

00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:50.420
 one

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:50.559
 of

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:50.699
 the

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:50.920
 lowest

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.300
 points

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:51.519
 in

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.679
 his

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:51.980
 life

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.440
 at

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:52.599
 that

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:52.940
 time

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.619
 alone

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:53.820
 in

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:53.920
 the

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.259
 wilderness

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:54.780
 running

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.179
 away

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.599
 and

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:55.920
 God

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.360
 met

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:56.639
 him

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:56.980
 there

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.619
 with

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.159
 grace

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:59.259
 and

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.440
 we

00:38:59.440 --> 00:38:59.639
 have

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.019
 something

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.780
 greater

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.340
 than

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.860
 Jacob's

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.099
 dream

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.759
 we

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:02.900
 have

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.239
 Jesus

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:03.739
 Christ

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.119
 our

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.440
 great

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:04.699
 high

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.059
 priest

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:06.460
 who

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:06.659
 made

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:06.799
 a

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.019
 way

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.360
 for

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.500
 us

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.619
 to

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:07.839
 heaven

00:39:07.839 --> 00:39:08.940
 who

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.599
 understands

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:09.839
 our

00:39:09.839 --> 00:39:10.139
 weakness

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:10.420
 he

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:10.719
 knows

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:10.920
 what

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.039
 it

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.159
 is

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.319
 to

00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:11.579
 suffer

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:11.819
 he

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.319
 bridged

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:12.659
 the

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:12.860
 gap

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.139
 between

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.420
 us

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.559
 and

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:13.819
 God

00:39:13.819 --> 00:39:15.279
 Jacob

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:15.739
 was

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:16.000
 weak

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.179
 and

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.719
 undeserving

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:17.299
 yet

00:39:17.299 --> 00:39:17.519
 God

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:17.739
 met

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:17.980
 him

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.699
 he

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:18.839
 didn't

00:39:18.839 --> 00:39:19.019
 have

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.139
 to

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.420
 climb

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:19.579
 his

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:19.739
 way

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:19.920
 to

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.159
 heaven

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:21.119
 and

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.360
 because

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:21.519
 of

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:21.759
 Jesus

00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.119
 we

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.659
 also

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.319
 can

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:23.940
 boldly

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.659
 come

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:24.860
 to

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.319
 God's

00:39:25.319 --> 00:39:25.759
 throne

00:39:25.759 --> 00:39:25.980
 of

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.299
 grace

00:39:26.299 --> 00:39:26.940
 and

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.199
 so

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.900
 whatever

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.219
 mess

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:28.400
 we're

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:32.639
 you

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:32.839
 don't

00:39:32.839 --> 00:39:33.099
 have

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.239
 to

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:33.420
 earn

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.579
 his

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:33.799
 favor

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:34.019
 you

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:35.119
 can't

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.400
 but

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:35.739
 because

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:35.940
 of

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.199
 Jesus

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:36.559
 we

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:36.900
 can

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.319
 come

00:39:37.319 --> 00:39:37.860
 to

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.059
 the

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.319
 throne

00:39:38.319 --> 00:39:38.559
 of

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:38.880
 grace

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.920
 and

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.099
 when

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.279
 we

00:39:40.279 --> 00:39:40.400
 do

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:40.559
 what

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:40.639
 do

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:40.719
 we

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:41.039
 find

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:42.279
 not

00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:43.059
 condemnation

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:44.059
 but

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.579
 mercy

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.719
 grace

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:46.799
 help

00:39:46.799 --> 00:39:47.079
 in

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.319
 our

00:39:47.319 --> 00:39:47.659
 time

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:47.860
 of

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.119
 need

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:49.759
 so

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:49.940
 let

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.179
 us

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.420
 draw

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.860
 near

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.039
 to

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.219
 him

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.920
 trust

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.239
 him

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:53.179
 God

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.599
 meets

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:53.900
 us

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.360
 in

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.659
 our

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:54.960
 mess

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:55.199
 with

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:55.539
 grace

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:56.420
 through

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:56.860
 Jesus

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:59.299
 let's

00:39:59.299 --> 00:39:59.519
 pray

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:06.099
 God

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.360
 we

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:07.639
 we

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:07.840
 just

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:08.039
 give

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.159
 you

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.539
 thanks

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:10.300
 when

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:10.420
 we

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:10.639
 read

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:10.920
 this

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:12.960
 that

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.239
 you

00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:13.679
 are

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.199
 a

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:14.519
 God

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:14.840
 who

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.159
 is

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:15.639
 near

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:15.860
 to

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.039
 the

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.300
 broken

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.920
 hearted

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:18.519
 that

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.199
 what

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:19.420
 is

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:19.840
 man

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.039
 that

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.280
 you're

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.719
 mindful

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.139
 of

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.500
 us

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.500
 son

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:22.659
 of

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:22.860
 man

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.039
 that

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.179
 you

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.400
 care

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.599
 for

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:23.960
 us

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:25.460
 that

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:25.659
 you

00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:25.900
 made

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.280
 Jesus

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:26.579
 for

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:26.699
 a

00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:26.820
 little

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:27.159
 while

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:28.280
 you

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:28.440
 sent

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.619
 him

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:28.759
 to

00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:28.940
 earth

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.219
 lower

00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:29.419
 than

00:40:29.419 --> 00:40:29.839
 angels

00:40:29.839 --> 00:40:32.819
 and

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:33.019
 we

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.379
 have

00:40:33.379 --> 00:40:33.919
 we

00:40:33.919 --> 00:40:34.159
 have

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:34.519
 such

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:34.679
 a

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:34.879
 high

00:40:34.879 --> 00:40:35.199
 priest

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.519
 who

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:36.480
 knows

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:36.759
 us

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.099
 cares

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:37.359
 for

00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:37.659
 us

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:39.339
 and

00:40:39.339 --> 00:40:40.259
 God

00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:40.399
 I

00:40:40.399 --> 00:40:40.639
 know

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.199
 here

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.679
 that

00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:44.039
 there

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.139
 are

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.439
 people

00:40:44.439 --> 00:40:44.779
 who

00:40:44.779 --> 00:40:45.279
 are

00:40:45.279 --> 00:40:46.319
 struggling

00:40:46.319 --> 00:40:47.919
 in

00:40:47.919 --> 00:40:48.239
 time

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:48.399
 of

00:40:48.399 --> 00:40:48.639
 need

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:50.480
 and

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:50.980
 Lord

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.159
 I

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:51.459
 pray

00:40:51.459 --> 00:40:51.879
 that

00:40:51.879 --> 00:40:52.359
 today

00:40:52.359 --> 00:40:53.959
 you

00:40:53.959 --> 00:40:54.819
 you

00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:55.259
 reach

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:55.839
 out

00:40:55.839 --> 00:40:56.000
 to

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.219
 them

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:57.059
 you

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.480
 encounter

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:57.759
 us

00:40:57.759 --> 00:40:57.980
 you

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.319
 meet

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:58.719
 us

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:59.859
 in

00:40:59.859 --> 00:41:00.079
 our

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.379
 mess

00:41:00.379 --> 00:41:00.799
 in

00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:01.000
 our

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.619
 brokenness

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:03.019
 and

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.279
 give

00:41:03.279 --> 00:41:03.599
 us

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:03.980
 grace

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.559
 mercy

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.299
 help

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:05.559
 in

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:05.699
 our

00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:05.939
 time

00:41:05.939 --> 00:41:06.099
 of

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.319
 need

00:41:06.319 --> 00:41:08.619
 thank

00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:08.839
 you

00:41:08.839 --> 00:41:10.059
 that

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.299
 you

00:41:10.299 --> 00:41:10.519
 are

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:10.919
 such

00:41:10.919 --> 00:41:11.139
 a

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.399
 God

00:41:11.399 --> 00:41:11.579
 who

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:11.919
 loves

00:41:11.919 --> 00:41:12.199
 us

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:12.359
 and

00:41:12.359 --> 00:41:12.619
 cares

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:12.819
 for

00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:13.099
 us

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:14.259
 and

00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:14.679
 help

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.019
 us

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:17.000
 not

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.339
 to

00:41:17.339 --> 00:41:18.159
 emulate

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:18.639
 Esau

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:18.939
 or

00:41:18.939 --> 00:41:19.219
 Jacob

00:41:19.219 --> 00:41:19.459
 in

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 sin

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 but

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 to

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 emulate

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 Jacob

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 in

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 our

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 faith

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 Lord

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 slowly

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 refine

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 us

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 even

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 we

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 when

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 we

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 still

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 grasp

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 at

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 the

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 heel

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 we

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 still

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 scheme

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 you

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 that

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 you

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 are

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 gentle

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 with

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 us

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 you

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 reach

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 out

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 to

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 us

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 help

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 us

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 draw

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 near

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 to

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 you

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 we

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 want

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 to

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 we

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 pray

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 amen

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 let's

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 all

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 stand

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 and

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 respond

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 in

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 song

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 sing

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 when

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 I

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 come

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 I

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 confess

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 coming

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 here

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 I

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 find

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 mine

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 without

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 me

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 have

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