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 Please take your Bibles and let's open them up this morning to Genesis chapter 26.

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! Genesis chapter 26. We're continuing our series through the book of Genesis.

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 And if you don't have your own Bible with you this morning, that's okay.

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 We provide those in the seat back nearby.

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 It should be one in the seat back in front of you.

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 I think our passage this morning is on page 18 or thereabouts, 18 or 19.

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 You will want to have a copy of God's Word open with you as we walk through this passage together.

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 So Genesis chapter 26.

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 And when you found it, let's stand this morning in honor of the reading of the Word of God.

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 Now there was a famine in the land besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham.

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 And Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech, king of the Philistines.

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 And the Lord appeared to him and said,

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 Do not go down to Egypt.

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 Dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.

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 Sojourn in this land.

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 And I will be with you and will bless you.

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 For to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands.

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 And I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.

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 I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands.

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 And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.

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 Because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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 So Isaac settled in Gerar.

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 And when the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said,

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 She is my sister.

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 For he feared to say, my wife, thinking,

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 Lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,

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 because she was attractive in appearance.

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 When he had been there a long time,

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 Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out of a window

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 and saw Isaac laughing with Rebekah, his wife.

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 So Abimelech called Isaac and said,

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 Behold, she is your wife.

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 How then could you say she is my sister?

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 Isaac said to him,

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 Because I thought, lest I die because of her.

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 Abimelech said,

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 What is this you have done to us?

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 One of the people might easily have lain with your wife,

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 and you would have brought guilt upon us.

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 So Abimelech warned all the people, saying,

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 Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

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 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold.

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 The Lord blessed him.

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 And the man became rich and gained more and more until he became very wealthy.

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 He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants.

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 So that the Philistines envied him.

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 Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells

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 that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.

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 And Abimelech said to Isaac,

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 Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.

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 So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the valley of Gerar and settled there.

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 And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father,

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 which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham.

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 And he gave them the names that his father had given them.

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 But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water,

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 the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying,

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 The water is ours.

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 So he called the name of that well, Isek, because they contended with him.

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 Then they dug another well and they quarreled over that one also.

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 So he called its name Sitna.

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 And he moved from there and dug another well.

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 And they did not quarrel over it.

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 So he called its name Rehoboth, saying,

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 For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

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 From there he went up to Beersheba.

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 And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said,

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 I am the God of Abraham your father.

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 Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake.

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 So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there.

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 And there Isaac's servants dug a well.

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 When Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzeth, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army,

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 Isaac said to him,

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 Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?

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 And they said,

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 We see plainly that the Lord has been with you.

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 So we said,

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 Let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us,

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 and let us make a covenant with you,

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 that you will do us no harm,

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 just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good,

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 and have sent you away in peace.

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 You are now the blessed of the Lord.

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 So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

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 In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths,

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 and Isaac sent them on their way,

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 and they departed from him in peace.

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 That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug,

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 and said to him,

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 We have found water.

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 He called its name Sheba.

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 Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

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 When Esau was 40 years old,

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 he took Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite, to be his wife,

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 and Basamat, the daughter of Elon, the Hittite,

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 and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.

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 The grass withers, and the flower fades,

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 but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Father, we ask now as we open up your word,

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 as we step back into what seems like a familiar story.

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 God, would you teach us yet again?

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 Would you open up our eyes to see and our ears to hear

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 and our hearts to receive the truth this morning?

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 You've probably heard the phrase,

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 History repeats itself.

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 Mark Twain would say,

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 No, history does not repeat itself,

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 but it often rhymes.

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 Most of you are familiar with the story of the Titanic.

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 I assume the Titanic was billed as the unsinkable ship,

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 but we all know, of course, how that turned out.

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 The captain of the ship, Edward Smith,

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 he ignored repeated warnings, several warnings,

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 before eventually crashing into the iceberg

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 and sinking the Titanic,

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 ultimately leading to the death of over 1,500 passengers.

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 What you may not be as familiar with

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 is the story of the Titan.

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 The Titan was a much smaller vessel than the Titanic.

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 It was a submersible vessel.

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 It could only hold maybe five people,

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 but it actually met a similar fate as the Titanic.

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 The submersible Titan imploded about three years ago

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 on its way down into the depths of the ocean

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 to explore, guess what?

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 The wreckage of the Titanic.

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 And the similarities between the two stories

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 are pretty eerie when you start digging into it.

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 Just like the designers of the Titanic,

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 the designers of the Titan thought that their design,

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 their vessel, was unsinkable.

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 And just like Captain Smith of the Titanic,

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 Captain Rush of the Titan,

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 ignored many clear and repeated warnings.

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 Just like the Titanic,

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 the Titan now is destroyed

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 along with the lives of all those who were on board.

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 If you pay attention,

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 if you live long enough,

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 you might notice some of these repeated rhymes

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 and different events throughout history.

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 You might have seen some several repeated instances

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 even in your own life.

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 And as you read through the Bible,

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 it's interesting,

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 you see a lot of this repetition

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 even in the pages of Scripture.

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 Our passage this morning

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 ought to sound very familiar to you.

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 If you were here

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 when we preached through Genesis chapter 12

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 and then again with Genesis chapter 20,

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 what you'll notice is that

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 many of the same events

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 that Abraham went through

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 in chapter 12 and in chapter 20

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 are happening again here

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 a generation later

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 in the life of Isaac.

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 This is not accidental.

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 When we see this sort of repetition in Scripture,

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 I think we're meant to stop

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 and ask ourselves,

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 why is history repeating like this?

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 We're meant to connect the dots

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 and see what is it that connects

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 these similar events

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 and then to take it one step beyond that

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 to see what is it that connects us

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 to these events.

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 Is there any similarities here

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 between Abraham's experience

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 and then Isaac's experience

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 and then all the way to us

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 and our experience in Christ?

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 And what I think you'll see

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 as we walk through the passage this morning

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 is that yes,

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 there is many, many, many rhymes

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 with our own experience.

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 Here's the big idea this morning for us.

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 We, like Isaac,

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 and like Abraham before him,

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 face all sorts of problems in this life.

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 But we do so with all the confidence

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 of the promises of God for us in Christ.

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 And we'll see this in two parts this morning.

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 If you're taking notes,

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 this will be our outline.

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 We'll see both the promises first

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 and then second,

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 we'll see the problems.

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 So let's look first here at the promises.

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 The promises.

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 Look there with me,

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 starting in verse one.

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 And I wonder if you notice

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 the way that this chapter is structured,

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 it's sort of like a sandwich.

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 Now you have these promises of God here

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 followed by all sorts of dramatic problems.

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 And then at the end,

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 it ends again with these same

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 glorious promises of God.

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 So we have promises,

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 problems, promises.

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 We should notice also

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 that this story is out of chronological order.

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 Did you notice that?

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 You know, last week we saw

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 the birth of Jacob and Esau.

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 We're supposed to be moving on.

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 But now Moses is bringing us back.

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 We're going back in time

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 to this story of Isaac

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 journeying through the land.

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 It's like Moses is telling us.

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 This similar cycle of sin,

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 opposition,

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 trials,

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 problems,

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 problems,

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 problems that happened with Abraham

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 that's carrying on here with Isaac.

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 So we can probably safely assume

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 that's going to keep happening with Jacob

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 and on and on and on down the line

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 all the way to you, Christian.

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 We see here in verse 1,

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 a famine in the land

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 forces Isaac to relocate,

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 just like with Abraham in chapter 12

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 where a famine forced Abraham

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 to sojourn in Egypt.

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 So here,

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 this repetition,

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 a famine forces Isaac to relocate

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 to Gerar in the Negev.

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 Here a whole generation later,

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 not much has really changed,

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 has it?

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 The land is still rough.

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 The terrain is still harsh.

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 There's still famine.

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 And now Isaac,

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 like Abraham before him,

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 he's still a sojourner.

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 He's still living in tents.

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 He has no permanent dwelling

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 here in the land

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 that God's promised would be his.

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 I think it's clear to us

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 that yes,

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 God has promised this,

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 but the realization of his promise

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 is yet to come.

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 It's not immediate.

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 It's not instant gratification.

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 There's a delay here

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 where God's people

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 must live by faith

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 in the promises of God.

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 So this famine

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 has forced Isaac

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 to pick up and relocate.

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 He goes down to Gerar,

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 and here he encounters Abimelech.

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 Now,

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 I don't know if this is the same Abimelech

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 that Abraham dealt with

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 in chapter 20

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 when he went down to Gerar or not.

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 It could be,

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 but not necessarily.

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 That name Abimelech

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 is actually a title.

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 It means son of the king.

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 And so while it could be the same guy,

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 it could also just be another guy

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 in the same position.

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 That's what I tend to think.

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 But regardless,

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 Isaac goes down

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 to the king of the land,

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 but as he goes down

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 into enemy territory,

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 as he goes wandering

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 through the desert,

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 as he walks in the middle of famine,

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 look what happens.

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 He encounters the true king.

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 The Lord speaks to Isaac.

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 And more than that,

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 verse 2,

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 it says that the Lord

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 appears to Isaac.

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 And this is the same language

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 that we see other places

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 where this is a physical,

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 visible manifestation

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 of the presence of God.

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 It's what we call a theophany.

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 God appears in visible form

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 to come and speak with Isaac.

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 And what does he say?

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 Do not go down to Egypt.

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 Dwell in the land

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 of which I will tell you.

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 Sojourn in this land.

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 You know,

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 that might not have been

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 what Isaac wanted to hear.

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 Don't go down to Egypt

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 where it's lush

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 and plentiful

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 and where the crops are growing

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 and where there's plenty of water.

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 keep wandering,

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 keep living as a sojourner,

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 stay right here

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 in the middle of this empty desert,

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 stay right here

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 in the middle of this famine.

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 That's probably not the counsel

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 that he wanted to hear,

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 don't you think?

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 You and I,

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 it's human nature

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 that we want to seek out

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 ease and comfort,

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 don't we?

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 I mean,

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 naturally,

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 when we're in the middle

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 of some sort of trial,

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 we want God to lead us

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 out of that

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 as quickly as possible.

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 But sometimes,

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 we should recognize,

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 even in the midst

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 of incredible difficulty,

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 sometimes,

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 we are exactly

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 where God wants us to be.

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 We may not want to hear that,

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 but listen to the assurance

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 that God gives him here.

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 He says,

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 Isaac,

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 I will be with you.

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 This Emmanuel promise,

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 promise God with us,

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 and I will bless you.

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 For to you and to your offspring,

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 I will give all these lands.

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 I will establish the oath

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 that I gave to Abraham,

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 your father.

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 I will multiply your offspring

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 as the stars of heaven.

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 I will give your offspring

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 all these lands,

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 and in your offspring,

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 all the nations of the earth

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 shall be blessed,

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 because Abraham obeyed my voice

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 and kept my charge,

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 my commandments,

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 my statutes,

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 and my laws.

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 It's as if to say,

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 Isaac,

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 I know your circumstances

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 are difficult.

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 Isaac,

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 I know that you're

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 in the middle of a famine.

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 Isaac,

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 I know that my promises

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 have been slow in your eyes

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 to come to pass,

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 but my promises

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 have not changed,

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 and I will do it

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 in my time.

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 Do these promises

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 sound familiar to you?

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 This is an echo,

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 almost exactly an echo,

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 this rhyme,

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 this repetition.

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 The Lord is reaffirming

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 the promises

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 that He made to Abraham.

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 Only now,

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 it's to Isaac

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 a generation later.

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 Only did you notice

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 a slight difference

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 in the promises?

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 Verse 3,

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 He says,

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 to your offspring,

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 I will give

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 all these lands.

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 as small hint

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 that maybe,

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 maybe Canaan

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 is not the only

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 piece of land

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 that's promised

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 to God's people.

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 In fact,

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 as we see later on

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 and we flip over

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 to the pages

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 of the New Testament,

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 Romans chapter 4

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 tells us clearly

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 that Abraham

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 and his offspring,

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 that is,

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 all those who share

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 the faith of Abraham,

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 will be heirs

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 not just of Canaan,

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 but heirs

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 of the whole world.

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 All these lands

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 will come

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 to the one

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 true people

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 of God.

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 All those who trust

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 in the promises of God.

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 Or as we can say

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 on this side of the cross,

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 all those who trust

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 in the promises

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 of God

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 in Christ.

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 Hebrews chapter 11

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 says that

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 by faith,

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 that is,

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 faith in the promises

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 of God,

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 by faith,

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 Abraham obeyed

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 when he was called

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 to go out to a place

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 that he was to receive

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 as an inheritance.

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 And he went out

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 not knowing

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 where he was going.

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 And by faith,

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 he went to live

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 in the land of promise

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 as in a foreign land,

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 living in tents

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 with Isaac

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 and Jacob,

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 heirs with him

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 of the same promise.

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 Why?

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 For he was looking

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 forward to the city

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 that has foundations,

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 whose designer

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 and builder

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 is God.

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 See,

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 Abraham

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 and Isaac

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 were content

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 to live

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 in harsh circumstances,

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 to live

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 as sojourners,

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 to live

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 in the midst

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 of great difficulty,

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 to live

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 in enemy territory.

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 Why?

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 Because they trusted

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 by faith

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 that God

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 had promised

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 a better

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 eternal home

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 for them.

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 Not just Canaan,

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 the whole world

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 renewed.

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 the new heavens

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 and the new earth.

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 All creation

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 freed from the curse

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 of sin.

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 A world where

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 there is no famine.

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 Can you imagine?

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 A world where

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 there is no sin.

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 A world where

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 we no longer

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 move from place

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 to place,

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 dwelling in temporary

00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.259
 shelters,

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 but a place

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 where we are

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 finally home.

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 Church,

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 do you realize

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 in Christ

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 we share this promise?

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 It's God's promises

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 that carry us

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 through our time

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 here as an exile.

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 We,

00:17:45.379 --> 00:17:46.299
 like Isaac,

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 are sojourners

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 in a land

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 that belongs to us,

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 that's been promised

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 to us,

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 but not quite yet.

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 We are exiles

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 and strangers

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 in a land

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 that we know

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 will one day

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 be full of beauty

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 and free from the effects

00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:02.399
 of the curse of sin,

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 but not quite yet.

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 Right now

00:18:04.899 --> 00:18:05.379
 it's prone

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 to all sorts

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 of famine

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 and danger

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 and harsh conditions,

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 but one day

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 soon

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 and very soon

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 God has promised us

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 Christ will come,

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 Jesus will return,

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 and all the world

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:20.100
 will be remade.

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 All the world

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 will be freed

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 from sin

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 and it will all

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 be ours.

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 All who have

00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:30.160
 faith in Christ

00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:31.900
 share this

00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:33.660
 glorious promise.

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 The time is coming

00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:36.820
 when we will

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 inherit the land,

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 but in the meantime,

00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:40.140
 like Isaac,

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 we face all sorts

00:18:42.100 --> 00:18:42.539
 of problems,

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 don't we?

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 Let's look here

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 a second

00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:46.539
 to the problems

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.640
 that we face.

00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.799
 While we wonder

00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:50.700
 here as sojourners

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.400
 and exiles

00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:52.279
 waiting for these

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:53.019
 promises to come

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.400
 to pass,

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 we face all sorts

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 of problems,

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 don't we?

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 Amen?

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 I'm glad I'm not

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 the only one.

00:19:01.580 --> 00:19:02.720
 And these problems

00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.779
 come at us

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.799
 from two main

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 directions.

00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:07.439
 we face both

00:19:07.439 --> 00:19:08.899
 internal problems

00:19:08.899 --> 00:19:09.839
 and we face

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:11.359
 external problems.

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 And we see both

00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.379
 of them here

00:19:12.379 --> 00:19:12.879
 in the passage.

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 Look with me

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.819
 starting in verse 7.

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 And here we see

00:19:17.919 --> 00:19:18.559
 some of the internal

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.339
 problems that

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:20.740
 Isaac's facing.

00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:23.179
 Isaac shows up

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 and Gerar

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 and verse 7

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 says that the men

00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.299
 of the place

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.899
 begin asking

00:19:26.899 --> 00:19:27.740
 about his wife,

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 Rebecca,

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 because apparently

00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:30.719
 she's very beautiful

00:19:30.719 --> 00:19:31.500
 in appearance.

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 And so what

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 does he do?

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 Like Abraham

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 before him,

00:19:37.060 --> 00:19:38.440
 he lies.

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 He tells everybody

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.720
 that his wife

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 is his sister.

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 Why?

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 To save his own

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.400
 skin.

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 Right?

00:19:46.580 --> 00:19:47.540
 To protect himself

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 so his own life

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 would be spared.

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 I mean,

00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:50.240
 at least when Abraham

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 did it,

00:19:50.780 --> 00:19:51.120
 it was kind of

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:52.019
 a half lie,

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.340
 right?

00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.660
 Sarah was his

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.360
 half sister.

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 I know that's weird.

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:55.960
 Times were different

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.519
 back then.

00:19:56.860 --> 00:19:57.560
 But here,

00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:57.759
 I mean,

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 it's just a complete

00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.600
 full out,

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:01.560
 flat out lie.

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 Didn't God

00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:03.500
 just promise

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.759
 like two seconds

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.079
 ago?

00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:06.399
 Didn't God

00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:07.379
 just promise

00:20:07.379 --> 00:20:08.200
 that I will

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.639
 give you

00:20:08.639 --> 00:20:09.619
 as numerous

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.099
 offspring

00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:10.819
 as the stars

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.339
 in the sky?

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:12.859
 Didn't he

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.759
 just promise

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.759
 that through

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.839
 your offspring

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:17.039
 all the earth

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.759
 will be blessed?

00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.579
 But here,

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.200
 Isaac,

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.720
 just like Abraham

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.440
 before him,

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.200
 he shows this

00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:24.419
 deep disregard

00:20:24.419 --> 00:20:25.919
 for the faithfulness

00:20:25.919 --> 00:20:27.200
 of God.

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.960
 And like Abraham

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.619
 before him,

00:20:28.679 --> 00:20:29.740
 he takes matters

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.859
 into his own hands

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.959
 and this hero

00:20:31.959 --> 00:20:32.859
 of the faith

00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:34.299
 lies to preserve

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.879
 his own life.

00:20:35.959 --> 00:20:36.079
 Now,

00:20:36.199 --> 00:20:37.819
 let me chase a quick

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.579
 rabbit trail here.

00:20:39.939 --> 00:20:41.299
 This is one reason

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:42.500
 why we as good

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.399
 Protestants

00:20:43.399 --> 00:20:45.379
 don't venerate

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:45.899
 the saints

00:20:45.899 --> 00:20:46.819
 like our Catholic

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.779
 friends do,

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.319
 right?

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.899
 You know what I mean

00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:51.019
 by veneration

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.659
 of the saints.

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:52.419
 Our Catholic

00:20:52.419 --> 00:20:52.979
 friends,

00:20:53.179 --> 00:20:54.939
 they honor the saints,

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.419
 they want to be

00:20:55.419 --> 00:20:56.699
 reminded of their lives

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 and so they'll put up

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.699
 images of them

00:20:58.699 --> 00:20:59.559
 throughout their churches,

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 they'll give lessons

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.000
 from their lives,

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:03.619
 all that is fine enough.

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:05.019
 But then they take it

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.960
 one step further

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:07.419
 and they will pray

00:21:07.419 --> 00:21:08.980
 to these men

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:11.919
 and seek their intercession

00:21:11.919 --> 00:21:13.220
 that these men

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:14.179
 might pray on their

00:21:14.179 --> 00:21:15.319
 behalf to the Lord.

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:17.119
 They seek their blessing

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:18.519
 that some of their

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.220
 righteousness

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.899
 might be overflowed

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.399
 and credited

00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:22.859
 to their account.

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 So they lift

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.960
 these men up

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.539
 to this place

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.279
 of reverence

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.799
 and honor

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.539
 but it seems

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:27.919
 to me

00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.559
 that they miss

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.180
 the fact

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 that even

00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:31.339
 these great heroes

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:32.019
 of the faith

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:34.200
 like you and I

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:35.599
 are sinners

00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:36.599
 in need

00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:37.680
 of a Savior.

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.180
 You know,

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:39.899
 maybe one reason

00:21:39.899 --> 00:21:40.419
 why Moses

00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:41.519
 goes back in time

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.559
 to give us this story

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.099
 is to make sure

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:43.680
 we don't miss

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.180
 the fact

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:45.000
 that Isaac

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.819
 like you and I

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:48.419
 is a sinner.

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:51.159
 Just like Abraham

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:52.200
 before him

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:53.399
 was a sinner.

00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:55.680
 We may not have

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.200
 that problem

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.240
 of veneration

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.900
 of the saints

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.500
 but I wonder,

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:58.880
 you know,

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.160
 church,

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.940
 your favorite

00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:00.759
 Bible teacher

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:02.500
 and the one

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.360
 whose Bible study

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:03.980
 you buy right

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.780
 when it comes out

00:22:04.780 --> 00:22:05.140
 the one

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:06.220
 whose sermon

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.720
 podcast

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.480
 you're quick

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.240
 to soak up

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.340
 the pastor,

00:22:09.540 --> 00:22:09.940
 the preacher,

00:22:10.060 --> 00:22:10.460
 the teacher

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.300
 that's ministry

00:22:11.300 --> 00:22:12.100
 has just blessed

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:13.180
 you tremendously.

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.019
 Do we remember

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.700
 that they too

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.320
 are a sinner

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:18.800
 in need

00:22:18.800 --> 00:22:19.900
 of a Savior?

00:22:22.080 --> 00:22:23.140
 Isaac tells us

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:24.740
 a lie here

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.520
 and proves himself

00:22:25.520 --> 00:22:26.160
 to be a sinner

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.960
 and verse 8

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.500
 says that

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.380
 they were actually

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.040
 able to keep this

00:22:29.040 --> 00:22:30.480
 up for a long time.

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.420
 They lived in the land

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.380
 for a long time

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.700
 until Abimelech

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.980
 looks out of the window

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:36.740
 and he sees Isaac

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:38.280
 laughing with his wife

00:22:38.280 --> 00:22:39.220
 except I think

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.880
 that's kind of

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:41.220
 an unclear translation.

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.600
 I don't know

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.320
 exactly what they

00:22:44.320 --> 00:22:44.720
 were doing

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:46.820
 but it was enough

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.520
 that Abimelech

00:22:47.520 --> 00:22:48.140
 saw it

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.880
 and he knew

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.540
 that that was

00:22:49.540 --> 00:22:50.380
 not his sister.

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.100
 He knew instantly

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.839
 that he had been

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:55.019
 lied to

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.439
 that they are

00:22:56.439 --> 00:22:57.000
 in fact

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.919
 married

00:22:57.919 --> 00:22:58.859
 and so this king

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.859
 calls him out

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.299
 and says

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.399
 what have you

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:02.419
 done to us?

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.079
 You've put us

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.639
 in the position

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.819
 where anyone

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.419
 here could have

00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:07.619
 lain with your wife

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.480
 and you would have

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.199
 brought this guilt

00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:09.919
 upon us.

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.259
 Isaac has put

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.759
 the king

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.500
 and his people

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.579
 in this position

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.079
 where even

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.959
 unknowingly

00:23:14.959 --> 00:23:15.679
 they could have

00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:16.839
 done something sinful

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.879
 and broken

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:19.039
 the seventh commandment

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:20.579
 and committed adultery.

00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:21.759
 Isn't it shocking

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.099
 to you

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.779
 that this pagan

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.579
 king seems

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.559
 more sensitive

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.379
 to righteousness

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:26.099
 than Isaac?

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.779
 He seems

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.140
 a little bit

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.720
 more sensitive

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.539
 to the dangers

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.059
 of sin

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:32.000
 than this father

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.619
 of the faith?

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.900
 Here yet again

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.940
 just as we saw

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.579
 with Abraham

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:38.059
 this pagan king

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.879
 looks more righteous

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.920
 than this chosen

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.339
 vessel of the Lord.

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.700
 What a shame.

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:47.000
 Isaac's in a world

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.440
 of trouble

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.160
 isn't he?

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:50.140
 But ask yourself

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:51.080
 whose fault

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.860
 is that?

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.759
 This whole situation

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.980
 this whole issue

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.519
 here is

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.400
 entirely

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.620
 of Isaac's

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.620
 own doing

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.460
 at the core

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.360
 of this problem

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.740
 is Isaac's

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:04.040
 own sin

00:24:04.040 --> 00:24:04.960
 and often

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.600
 church

00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:07.320
 that is the

00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:08.240
 first layer

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.080
 of problems

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:09.820
 that we have

00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.560
 to deal with.

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.860
 I know

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.580
 you go through

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:14.420
 problems

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:15.500
 and you experience

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.259
 trials

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.980
 we all do

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.819
 but when you

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:19.140
 face these trials

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.759
 you face

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.519
 these problems

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.279
 you walk

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.980
 through these

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:23.259
 issues in your life

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.000
 how often

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.720
 do you stop

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.180
 and ask

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:26.019
 how much

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.720
 of this problem

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.839
 is because of me?

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.720
 Yes

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.160
 of course

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.839
 we face

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.680
 an enemy

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.119
 we have

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:34.480
 external issues

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.200
 we live

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.359
 in a fallen world

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:36.859
 we're going to get

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.299
 to all that

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.720
 in a minute

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:39.619
 but before

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.160
 we point

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.660
 the finger

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.299
 outward

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.819
 and go

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.420
 and blame

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.160
 others

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.619
 even go

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.019
 and blame

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.519
 the devil

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.200
 himself

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:46.759
 we need

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.140
 to stop

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.559
 and ask

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.200
 how much

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.559
 of my

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.019
 suffering

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.620
 is tied

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.039
 to my

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.440
 own

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.019
 sinful

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.880
 choices

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:53.980
 and Peter

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.700
 tells us

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.460
 we just read

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.400
 in 1 Peter

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.600
 that we

00:24:57.600 --> 00:24:57.920
 shouldn't be

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.420
 surprised

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.039
 when the fiery

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.779
 trials come

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.460
 upon you

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.080
 Christian

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:03.000
 you will

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.460
 encounter

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.140
 suffering

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:05.779
 but then he

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.299
 goes on

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.640
 to say

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.340
 but don't

00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:07.740
 suffer

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.180
 as a

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.539
 murderer

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:10.019
 and don't

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.319
 suffer

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.759
 as a

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.220
 thief

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:12.500
 and don't

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.759
 suffer

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.140
 as an

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.799
 evildoer

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.799
 don't

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.079
 suffer

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.480
 as a

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.839
 meddler

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.240
 in other

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.460
 words

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.019
 you are

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.279
 going

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.519
 to

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.919
 suffer

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.759
 but don't

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.220
 bring it

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.099
 upon yourself

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.599
 because of

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:20.940
 your own

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.399
 sin

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:23.960
 but of course

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:25.139
 we also see

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.720
 here Isaac

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.599
 faces also

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:28.139
 great external

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:29.019
 problems

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:30.079
 as well

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.680
 just as we

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:30.919
 do

00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.299
 church

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.599
 look there

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.019
 starting

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.720
 in verse 12

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:34.019
 it says

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.539
 after all

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:34.839
 this

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.460
 apparently

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.639
 despite

00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.319
 Isaac's

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.819
 sin

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.839
 God

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.579
 continues

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.680
 to bless

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.220
 Isaac

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.680
 doesn't he

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:43.000
 and despite

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.620
 the famine

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.080
 in the land

00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:44.320
 it says

00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:44.600
 Isaac

00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:45.259
 sowed

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.539
 in that

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.840
 land

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.120
 and he

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.500
 reaped

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.759
 in the

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.060
 same

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:47.340
 year

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.080
 a hundred

00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:48.700
 fold

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.200
 I don't

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.539
 know much

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.820
 about

00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:50.900
 agriculture

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:52.060
 or farming

00:25:52.060 --> 00:25:53.279
 but that

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.779
 seems pretty

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.279
 impressive to

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.600
 me

00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:55.980
 to sow

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.400
 seed

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:56.940
 in the

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.160
 midst

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.460
 of a

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:57.799
 famine

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.460
 and in

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.940
 the same

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.240
 year

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.620
 to reap

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.279
 a hundred

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.980
 fold

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.220
 I mean

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.519
 he is

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.740
 flourishing

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.299
 there

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.320
 he's

00:26:04.320 --> 00:26:04.720
 reaping

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.080
 an

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.720
 incredible

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.360
 harvest

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:07.480
 Isaac

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.820
 gets a

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:08.240
 taste

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.460
 here

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.740
 of this

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.259
 future

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.720
 blessing

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.180
 that God

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.360
 has

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:10.720
 promised

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.680
 he becomes

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.200
 rich

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.680
 he gains

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.339
 flocks

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:14.200
 he gains

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.860
 herds

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.519
 he gains

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.140
 servants

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:16.860
 and with

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.420
 all of that

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.940
 guess what

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:19.339
 he also

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:20.000
 gains

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.120
 enemies

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:23.180
 the

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.799
 Philistines

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:25.720
 they see

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.819
 his success

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:28.480
 and they

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.380
 see the

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:30.140
 blessing of

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.600
 God

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:31.140
 in his

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.660
 life

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:33.200
 and it

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.660
 says that

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.620
 they envied

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.299
 him

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:37.319
 Abimelech

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.700
 the king

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.059
 he doesn't

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.519
 like how

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.039
 strong

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:40.140
 and prosperous

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.960
 and successful

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.320
 Isaac

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:41.820
 is becoming

00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:42.160
 he's a

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.500
 threat

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.820
 now

00:26:42.820 --> 00:26:43.140
 so he

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.540
 tells him

00:26:43.540 --> 00:26:44.080
 to get

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.840
 out

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:46.400
 and the

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.780
 Philistines

00:26:46.780 --> 00:26:47.240
 go a step

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.759
 further than

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.200
 that don't

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.360
 they

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:49.100
 they go

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.420
 and they

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.120
 get a bunch

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.540
 of dirt

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:50.840
 and they

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:51.600
 fill up

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.160
 all the

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.540
 wells

00:26:52.540 --> 00:26:53.080
 that Abraham

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.600
 dug

00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:54.360
 they fill

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:54.660
 them up

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.140
 with dirt

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.500
 and this

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.920
 is not a

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.120
 subtle

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.480
 message

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.960
 is it

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:58.100
 the message

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.780
 is we

00:26:58.780 --> 00:26:59.480
 want to

00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.940
 snuff

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.840
 you out

00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:02.440
 you don't

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:02.960
 belong

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.759
 here in

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.500
 this land

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:06.520
 look at what

00:27:06.520 --> 00:27:07.020
 Isaac does

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.720
 verse 17

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:09.400
 it says

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.740
 Isaac

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.519
 leaves

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.920
 he goes

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.160
 to the

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.420
 valley

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.980
 of Gerar

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.480
 and what

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.660
 does he

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:12.819
 do

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.500
 he digs

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.859
 up those

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.160
 same

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.420
 wells

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.859
 again

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:16.480
 those same

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.859
 wells

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.339
 that Abraham

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.859
 his father

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.240
 dug

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.119
 and he

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:19.579
 gives them

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.160
 names

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.700
 not new

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.019
 names

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.400
 he gives

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.700
 them the

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.460
 same old

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.819
 names

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.279
 that Abraham

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.740
 his father

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.139
 gave him

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.639
 what's he

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:24.920
 doing

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:26.660
 it's almost

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.420
 like he's

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.660
 saying

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.680
 you can

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.339
 try to

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:29.740
 stop

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.240
 us

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:32.160
 but God

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.900
 has promised

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.500
 me this

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:33.920
 land

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:35.279
 and so

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.500
 yeah

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.840
 you can

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.240
 try to

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.640
 snuff

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:36.900
 me

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.360
 out

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:38.560
 but it's

00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:38.779
 not

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.060
 going to

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.400
 work

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.980
 what is

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.320
 he doing

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:42.519
 he faces

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.539
 this external

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.259
 opposition

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.940
 how

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.519
 by

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.279
 clinging

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.860
 to

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.840
 and living

00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:48.620
 in light

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.000
 of

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.860
 the promises

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.759
 of God

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:53.100
 verse 19

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.500
 says

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.160
 they dug

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.420
 in the

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:54.800
 valley

00:27:54.800 --> 00:27:55.180
 and guess

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.360
 what

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:55.840
 they find

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.340
 water

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.539
 God

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.019
 here even

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.380
 in the midst

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:58.860
 of famine

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.740
 and here

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.019
 even

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.519
 with all

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.240
 the Philistines

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.960
 filling up

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.360
 the wells

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:02.840
 with dirt

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:03.320
 and here

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.079
 with the king

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.879
 sending Isaac

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.439
 out as a

00:28:05.439 --> 00:28:05.819
 wanderer

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.319
 yet again

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.919
 God

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.619
 provides

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.399
 this blessing

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:09.379
 of water

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:10.500
 and with it

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.119
 yet again

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:13.019
 there's an issue

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:14.839
 the herdsmen

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.419
 of Gerar

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:16.599
 they contend

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.259
 with Isaac's

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.619
 herdsmen

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.059
 and they say

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.679
 this water

00:28:18.679 --> 00:28:19.539
 is ours

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.119
 and so

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.799
 what does

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.319
 Isaac do

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:22.799
 he names

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.379
 that well

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:24.059
 a sack

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.799
 which means

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.819
 contention

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.139
 it's like

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.399
 he's getting

00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:26.919
 used to this

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.319
 by now

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:27.759
 right

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:29.700
 problems

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.460
 and promises

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.099
 problems

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.839
 and promises

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.899
 so what does

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.179
 he do

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.680
 he moves

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:33.900
 on

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.380
 he digs

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.820
 another

00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:35.259
 well

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.860
 and apparently

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.860
 that well

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.680
 also produces

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.140
 water

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.580
 here's some

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:38.940
 blessing

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.740
 and guess

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.060
 what

00:28:40.060 --> 00:28:40.740
 there's another

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.299
 fight

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.759
 and so he

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.279
 names that

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.560
 well

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:44.240
 Sitna

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.220
 which means

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.360
 enmity

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:48.019
 and so what

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.420
 does he do

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:48.759
 it's probably

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.340
 time to give up

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.759
 now right

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.980
 probably time

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.279
 just to

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.860
 throw it

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.539
 throw in the

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.820
 towel

00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:53.740
 and move

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.220
 on and be

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.600
 done

00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:55.480
 no

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:57.560
 Isaac moves

00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:58.160
 on and he

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.880
 digs yet

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.440
 another

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.900
 well

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.780
 and finally

00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:01.980
 at last

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.580
 it says

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.519
 there is

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.600
 peace

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.460
 so he calls

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.120
 its name

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:07.240
 Rehoboth

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.040
 which means

00:29:08.040 --> 00:29:09.200
 room

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:10.560
 saying

00:29:10.560 --> 00:29:11.700
 the Lord

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.780
 has made

00:29:12.780 --> 00:29:13.620
 room

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.840
 for us

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.560
 and we

00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:16.320
 shall be

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.960
 fruitful

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:18.360
 in the land

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:18.740
 church

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.380
 do you see

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.060
 this beautiful

00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:20.680
 picture of the

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.580
 Christian experience

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:23.940
 do you see

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.220
 how

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.180
 how this

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.759
 rhymes

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.359
 with our

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.940
 experience

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.539
 in Christ

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:30.000
 the Lord

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.000
 has told

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.539
 us

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.559
 I will put

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.440
 enmity

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:35.000
 between you

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.759
 and the woman

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.579
 Genesis 3

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:38.180
 between your

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.680
 seed

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.379
 and her

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.859
 seed

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.619
 ultimately

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.519
 this is

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.160
 enmity

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.980
 it's contention

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:44.119
 between Christ

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.819
 and the enemy

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.319
 Satan

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.500
 but it's also

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.259
 enmity

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.220
 it's contention

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.039
 between the

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.940
 offspring of

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.259
 Satan

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.900
 and the

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.660
 offspring of

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:51.940
 God

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.559
 and Christ

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:55.099
 in every

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.859
 age

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:57.259
 and in

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.720
 every

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.379
 place

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.839
 God's

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.240
 people

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.059
 are at

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.740
 war

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.619
 contending

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.259
 with the

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.659
 forces

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.539
 of evil

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:06.440
 we do

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.039
 not wrestle

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.740
 against flesh

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.279
 and blood

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:09.940
 but against

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.639
 the rulers

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.220
 against the

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.839
 authorities

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.440
 against the

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.480
 cosmic powers

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.980
 over this

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.799
 present darkness

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.440
 against the

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.639
 spiritual forces

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.159
 of evil

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.720
 in the heavenly

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.379
 places

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:19.940
 we face

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.299
 an enemy

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.019
 that prowls

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.819
 around like a

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.259
 roaring

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.799
 lion

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.400
 seeking

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.099
 someone to

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.619
 devour

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.720
 we shouldn't

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.420
 be surprised

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:26.960
 then church

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.920
 when trials

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.960
 come our way

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:31.359
 if you want

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.220
 to live a life

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.960
 of faithfulness

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.579
 to Christ

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.220
 then church

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:36.259
 you can expect

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.720
 the enemy

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.440
 will want to

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:39.019
 snuff you out

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:40.859
 stop you

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.980
 from doing so

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.440
 but

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:44.339
 those who

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:45.200
 persevere

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.240
 in Christ

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.480
 like Isaac

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.379
 eventually

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:49.359
 will

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.180
 overcome

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.420
 come

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:52.400
 the trial

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.880
 is not

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.299
 forever

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.960
 the good

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.400
 news is

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.340
 the opposition

00:30:56.340 --> 00:30:57.299
 is not

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.820
 forever

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:59.120
 the good

00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.500
 news is

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.220
 eventually

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.180
 all who

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.840
 persevere

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.460
 will know

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.320
 the full

00:31:03.320 --> 00:31:03.940
 blessing

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.660
 of knowing

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.259
 the Lord

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.680
 eventually

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.799
 those who

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.340
 persevere

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:09.000
 will know

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.799
 the peace

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.560
 that God

00:31:10.560 --> 00:31:11.220
 has promised

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.920
 free from

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.519
 our enemies

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:15.799
 I wonder

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.220
 what sort

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.579
 of

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:18.200
 opposition

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.019
 faces

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.460
 you

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.440
 believer

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:23.619
 what would

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.240
 keep you

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.139
 from prayer

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:26.099
 this week

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:29.460
 what would

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.980
 keep you

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:31.180
 from spending

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.799
 time in the

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.139
 word

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:33.119
 this week

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:35.720
 what would

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.359
 prevent you

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.539
 from sharing

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.079
 the gospel

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:39.460
 with a friend

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.220
 this week

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.700
 a neighbor

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.660
 this week

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.100
 a family

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.440
 member

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.539
 this week

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:46.079
 what would

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.640
 prevent you

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.620
 from coming

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.140
 and gathering

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.680
 with God's

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.140
 people for

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.500
 worship

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.299
 next Sunday

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:52.200
 what would

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.779
 prevent you

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.940
 from spending

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.960
 time building

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.759
 up one another

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.819
 in conversations

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.700
 about the Lord

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:59.120
 and in discipleship

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.940
 this week

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:03.720
 the enemy

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.480
 would love

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.759
 to fill those

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.279
 wells up

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.779
 with dirt

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:10.319
 we face

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.099
 these issues

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:11.819
 these trials

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.700
 by like

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.139
 Isaac

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.819
 clinging

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.480
 to the

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.960
 promises

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.859
 of God

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.660
 for us

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:18.139
 in Christ

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:19.119
 look there

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.339
 with me

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.139
 to verse 26

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:23.319
 after all

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.779
 of this

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.279
 all of these

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.839
 problems

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.420
 we see the

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:26.240
 Lord appears

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.339
 yet again

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.319
 to Isaac

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.399
 and yet again

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:30.539
 he speaks

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.559
 and yet again

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.859
 he reminds

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:34.039
 him and us

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:35.259
 of his promises

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.899
 he says

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:37.300
 I am the

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:37.820
 God

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:38.380
 of your

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:38.860
 father

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.660
 Abraham

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.840
 fear not

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:42.080
 I am

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:42.780
 with you

00:32:42.780 --> 00:32:43.920
 I will

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.680
 bless you

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.700
 I will

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.180
 multiply

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.940
 your offspring

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.440
 for my

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.700
 servant

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.340
 Abraham's

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:48.620
 sake

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:50.080
 how does

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:50.400
 Isaac

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.900
 respond

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.180
 he says

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.980
 he builds

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.480
 an altar

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.880
 and he

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.519
 worships

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.019
 the Lord

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.380
 and he

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.880
 pitches

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.420
 his tent

00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:55.920
 there in

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.320
 the land

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.620
 and he

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.340
 digs

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:57.800
 another

00:32:57.800 --> 00:32:58.800
 well

00:32:58.800 --> 00:33:01.320
 this passage

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:01.780
 ends

00:33:01.780 --> 00:33:02.220
 with

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.540
 another

00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:04.180
 reminder

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.540
 of these

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:05.280
 unshakable

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.799
 promises

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.339
 of God

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.879
 much has

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.339
 changed

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.960
 since the

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.200
 beginning

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.460
 of the

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.819
 chapter

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.460
 Isaac's

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.759
 been through

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.160
 a lot

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:12.119
 but the

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.579
 promises

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.399
 of God

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:14.339
 have not

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:15.160
 changed

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:16.779
 his

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.740
 faithfulness

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.899
 has not

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:20.240
 changed

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:22.519
 and if you

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.779
 wondered

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.339
 well what about

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:23.940
 his enemies

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.859
 are they gone

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.139
 yet

00:33:25.139 --> 00:33:25.500
 no

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.759
 no they're

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.039
 not

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.460
 but we get

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.859
 here at the

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.220
 end of this

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.700
 passage

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:31.180
 some resolution

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.799
 here starting

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.660
 in verse 26

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.120
 don't we

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:34.600
 this passage

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.160
 ends

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.560
 with a

00:33:35.560 --> 00:33:36.160
 reversal

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:37.120
 and with

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.540
 a

00:33:37.540 --> 00:33:38.600
 reminder

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.120
 as for

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.779
 Abimelech

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:41.180
 he comes

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.660
 to Isaac

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.000
 with his

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.500
 advisor

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.440
 and with

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:43.940
 his military

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.500
 commander

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.000
 and Isaac

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:46.000
 at this

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.180
 point

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.680
 he puffs

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:46.980
 out his

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.259
 chest

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.560
 a little

00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:47.779
 bit

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.019
 doesn't

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.180
 he

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.279
 he's

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.380
 like

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.740
 what

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.200
 are you

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.519
 doing

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.920
 here

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:52.340
 don't

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:52.500
 you

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.800
 hate

00:33:52.800 --> 00:33:53.180
 me

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:54.380
 you

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:54.720
 sent

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:54.900
 me

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.220
 away

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.519
 and he's

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:55.800
 right

00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:56.040
 isn't

00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:56.220
 he

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.500
 but look

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.740
 how they

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.240
 respond

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:59.680
 they say

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.519
 we see

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.539
 plainly

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.480
 that the

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.859
 Lord

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.779
 has been

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.559
 with you

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:06.279
 we see

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.880
 plainly

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.240
 that the

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.620
 Lord

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:08.500
 has been

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.320
 with you

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.679
 make a

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:09.960
 covenant

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.500
 with us

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:10.800
 that you'll

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.159
 do us

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.840
 no harm

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.239
 just as

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.780
 just as

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.239
 we've done

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:13.659
 you no

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.000
 harm

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.519
 and have

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:14.679
 done

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:14.940
 nothing

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.420
 but good

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.900
 to you

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.139
 and have

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.380
 sent you

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.659
 away

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.159
 in peace

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.340
 that's

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.780
 not exactly

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.199
 true

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.599
 is it

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.719
 but Isaac

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.139
 doesn't make

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.480
 an issue

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.820
 of it

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.199
 God

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.000
 is giving

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.300
 him

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.820
 peace

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.360
 in the

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:23.739
 land

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.119
 he is

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.699
 despite

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.239
 all the

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.519
 apparent

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.019
 issues

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.559
 God

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.199
 is making

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.719
 a way

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:27.959
 here

00:34:27.959 --> 00:34:28.119
 to

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.519
 fulfill

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.799
 his

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.319
 promises

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:29.719
 it's a

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.199
 reversal

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:31.619
 in Isaac's

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:31.959
 favor

00:34:31.959 --> 00:34:33.559
 and so

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.879
 he makes

00:34:33.879 --> 00:34:34.359
 a feast

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:34.819
 they eat

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:35.059
 and they

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.339
 drink

00:34:35.339 --> 00:34:35.639
 the next

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:35.879
 morning

00:34:35.879 --> 00:34:36.199
 they go

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.419
 out

00:34:36.419 --> 00:34:36.919
 in peace

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.199
 and that

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.579
 same

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.980
 day

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.699
 Isaac's

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:38.980
 servants

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.399
 come

00:34:39.399 --> 00:34:39.719
 and tell

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:39.839
 him

00:34:39.839 --> 00:34:40.019
 they've

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.179
 dug

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.599
 a well

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:40.899
 and he

00:34:40.899 --> 00:34:41.199
 calls

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.379
 it

00:34:41.379 --> 00:34:42.059
 Sheba

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.339
 which

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:42.799
 means

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.719
 oh

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.019
 there's

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.139
 a

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.539
 complete

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.359
 reversal

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:46.599
 in

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.039
 Isaac's

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.399
 favor

00:34:47.399 --> 00:34:47.839
 it

00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:48.239
 seems

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.959
 finally

00:34:48.959 --> 00:34:49.239
 like

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:50.239
 everything's

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.699
 going to

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.139
 be okay

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.480
 with

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.739
 Isaac

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.019
 doesn't

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.839
 it

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:54.239
 except

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.559
 we know

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:54.879
 better

00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:56.939
 we get

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.440
 snapped

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.980
 back to

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.480
 the present

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.940
 here

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.760
 in verse

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.220
 34

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:01.119
 and we're

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.619
 reminded

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.820
 a generation

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.380
 later

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.720
 problems

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:05.500
 still

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.300
 remain

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:08.300
 we still

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:09.019
 have

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:10.320
 these issues

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.940
 Esau

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:12.200
 is marrying

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:13.119
 Hittite women

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.659
 he's making

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.539
 life bitter

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.200
 for Isaac

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:15.599
 and for

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:15.960
 Rebecca

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:17.220
 the promises

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:17.860
 remain

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.780
 but so

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.300
 do

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:20.280
 the problems

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.000
 we get a

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.039
 small taste

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.599
 of blessing

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.340
 but it's

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.500
 always mixed

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.199
 up with

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.840
 all of

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.199
 these

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.780
 issues

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.639
 and this

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.360
 is exactly

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.019
 how it is

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.420
 with us

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.980
 in Christ

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.739
 until he

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.179
 comes

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.559
 isn't it

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:31.920
 church

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:35.500
 John Calvin

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.960
 says something

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.619
 interesting about

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.679
 this passage

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.380
 he says

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:38.639
 that

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:40.400
 this history

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:42.019
 teaches us

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.400
 that the

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.820
 blessings

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.639
 of God

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.579
 which pertain

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.280
 to the present

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:46.139
 earthly life

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.780
 are never

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.480
 pure and

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:47.840
 perfect

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.920
 but are

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.739
 always mixed

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.219
 with some

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.679
 troubles

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.420
 is that true

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.860
 with your

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.480
 experience

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:54.219
 blessings

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.920
 in this

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.320
 life

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:57.260
 are always

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.119
 mixed up

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:59.059
 with trial

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:00.519
 and problems

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.420
 children are a

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.380
 blessing from

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.860
 the Lord

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.579
 but that

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.219
 blessing is not

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.980
 without trial

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:08.380
 money

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.500
 is a blessing

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.159
 from the Lord

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.539
 but that

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:11.699
 blessing is not

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.519
 without trial

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.079
 homes

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:14.280
 are a blessing

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.940
 from the Lord

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.340
 but you get

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.240
 HOAs that make

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.579
 your life

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.039
 miserable

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:20.440
 blessing

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.460
 often comes

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:23.019
 with difficulty

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.519
 why

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:25.720
 he says

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.400
 these blessings

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.039
 are mixed

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.800
 with troubles

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:29.119
 lest quiet

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:30.220
 and indulgence

00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:31.000
 should render

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:32.519
 us negligent

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:35.179
 it's to remind

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.619
 us

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.199
 church

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:38.159
 that like

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:39.000
 Isaac

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:40.519
 we are not

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.280
 yet

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:42.019
 home

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:44.720
 we must

00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:45.960
 persevere

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:47.320
 to the true

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.980
 blessing

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.980
 that remains

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.840
 ahead of us

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.519
 for all

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.960
 who know

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.480
 the Lord

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.440
 Jesus Christ

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:53.140
 by faith

00:36:53.140 --> 00:36:55.260
 a true

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:56.780
 unbothered

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:58.000
 undiluted

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.960
 unmixed

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.440
 blessing

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.480
 is yet

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.400
 ahead of us

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.820
 church

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:03.539
 but until

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.000
 then

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.780
 we are

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.880
 sojourners

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.980
 the problems

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.620
 remain

00:37:07.620 --> 00:37:09.900
 and so do

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:11.220
 the promises

00:37:11.220 --> 00:37:12.059
 church

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.660
 until he

00:37:12.660 --> 00:37:13.019
 comes

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.519
 if you

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.260
 wrestle with

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:15.340
 patterns of sin

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:15.780
 in your own

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.140
 life

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:17.480
 take heart

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.879
 so did

00:37:17.879 --> 00:37:18.319
 Abraham

00:37:18.319 --> 00:37:20.059
 and so

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.239
 did

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.699
 Isaac

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:22.359
 and so

00:37:22.359 --> 00:37:22.879
 does every

00:37:22.879 --> 00:37:23.619
 single pastor

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.279
 you look up

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.539
 to

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.319
 so do I

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:26.460
 and so

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:26.879
 does every

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:27.699
 hero of the

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:27.940
 faith

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.599
 everyone

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:29.599
 but Jesus

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:31.019
 who was

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.539
 tempted and

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.980
 tried in

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.379
 every way

00:37:32.379 --> 00:37:32.679
 as we

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:33.199
 are yet

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.679
 without

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.480
 sin

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.299
 the only

00:37:35.299 --> 00:37:36.000
 hope for

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.279
 sinners

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:36.940
 like us

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.519
 is that

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.099
 Christ

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.679
 Jesus

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.779
 has come

00:37:39.779 --> 00:37:40.739
 to live

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:41.900
 and to die

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:43.019
 and to rise

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.840
 for us

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.300
 so that

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.639
 any

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.059
 sinner

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.259
 who

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:45.699
 trust

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.219
 in him

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.739
 will be

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.139
 forgiven

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.539
 of their

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:47.860
 sin

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.460
 and made

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.920
 heirs

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.460
 of all

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:49.679
 these

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.099
 wonderful

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.559
 promises

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.139
 of God

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:54.039
 and if

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.500
 you face

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.199
 opposition

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:56.059
 in this

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.380
 life

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.659
 as the

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:56.860
 church

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.320
 certainly

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:57.780
 does

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.019
 then

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.860
 friend

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.159
 take

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.500
 heart

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.960
 so has

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.860
 every

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.500
 part

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.280
 and member

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.860
 of the

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.119
 body

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.639
 of Christ

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:03.940
 throughout

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.500
 all the

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:04.840
 ages

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.119
 from

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.519
 Abraham

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:06.280
 and Isaac

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:07.300
 and to

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.699
 Paul

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.059
 and to

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.420
 Peter

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:09.360
 and to

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.739
 every

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.280
 believer

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:11.179
 everywhere

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:11.820
 but church

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.579
 we face

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:12.880
 this

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.639
 opposition

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.219
 with

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.980
 confidence

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.340
 that

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.679
 Christ

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:15.900
 has

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.440
 already

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.880
 won

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:18.420
 Christ

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:18.659
 has

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.199
 overcome

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:19.559
 the

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:19.920
 world

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:21.259
 Christ

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:21.500
 has

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.039
 defeated

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.679
 every

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.179
 sin

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:24.380
 Christ

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.639
 has

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:25.119
 defeated

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.420
 our

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.779
 enemy

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.699
 and

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.119
 one

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.500
 day

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:28.019
 all

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.279
 the

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:28.659
 world

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:28.880
 will

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.039
 be

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.539
 ours

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:29.960
 free

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.579
 from

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.039
 every

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.299
 hand

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:31.420
 of

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.960
 opposition

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.319
 what a

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:32.579
 hope

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:34.920
 until

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.219
 then

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.679
 we are

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:37.000
 sojourners

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.239
 and

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:38.500
 exiles

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.299
 wanderers

00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:40.380
 and

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.980
 pilgrims

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.299
 a

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:41.539
 letter

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:42.559
 to

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.340
 Diognetus

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:44.119
 written

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.360
 at the

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:44.460
 end

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:44.539
 of

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:44.639
 the

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:44.820
 fourth

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.340
 century

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:46.699
 he's

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.159
 commenting

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.779
 on

00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:48.000
 this

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.320
 he says

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.779
 Christians

00:38:48.779 --> 00:38:49.159
 are

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:50.480
 indistinguishable

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.880
 from other

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.179
 men

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.659
 either by

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.500
 nationality

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.179
 or language

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:54.000
 or customs

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.000


00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.320
 They do

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.599
 not

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.279
 inhabit

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:56.719
 separate

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.119
 cities

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.480
 of their

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.960
 own

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.679
 or speak

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.219
 a strange

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.759
 dialect

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.960
 or follow

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.880
 some outlandish

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.300
 way of

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.719
 life

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.960
 with regard

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.619
 to dress

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.239
 and food

00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:05.699
 and manner

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.079
 of life

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.559
 in general

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.099
 they follow

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.619
 the customs

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:07.619


00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.059
 of whatever

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.420
 city

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.840
 they happen

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.059
 to be

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.579
 living in

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.019
 whether it's

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.420
 Greek

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:10.940
 or foreign

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:12.760
 and yet

00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:14.300
 there is

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.619
 something

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:15.460
 extraordinary

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.099
 about their

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.579
 lives

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:18.400
 they live

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:19.019
 in their

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.340
 own

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:20.019
 countries

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.639
 as though

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:20.940
 they were

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.320
 only

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.800
 passing

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.220
 through

00:39:22.220 --> 00:39:23.500
 and they

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:23.960
 play their

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.579
 full role

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:25.260
 as citizens

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:26.679
 but labor

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:27.220
 under all

00:39:27.220 --> 00:39:27.980
 the disabilities

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.720
 of aliens

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:30.599
 any country

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:30.940
 can be

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.460
 their homeland

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.579
 but for

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:32.960
 them

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:34.179
 their homeland

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.960
 wherever it

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.460
 may be

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:36.260
 is as a

00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:36.619
 foreign

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.300
 country

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:38.780
 they pass

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.240
 their days

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:39.940
 upon earth

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.360
 but they

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:41.160
 are citizens

00:39:41.160 --> 00:39:42.660
 of heaven

00:39:42.660 --> 00:39:45.740
 church

00:39:45.740 --> 00:39:46.500
 we are

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:48.039
 sojourners

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.960
 passing

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.620
 through

00:39:49.620 --> 00:39:50.500
 enduring

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.920
 every trial

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.700
 clinging

00:39:52.700 --> 00:39:53.860
 to the promises

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.480
 of God

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.260
 for us

00:39:55.260 --> 00:39:56.460
 in Christ

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:58.519
 let's pray

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.320
 father

00:39:59.320 --> 00:40:00.680
 we pray

00:40:00.680 --> 00:40:01.100
 that we

00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:01.660
 would

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:02.420
 realize

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:02.900
 this

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:03.480
 identity

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:06.420
 that we

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 would

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 realize

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 that we

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 are

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 not yet

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 home

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 that the

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 blessings

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 of this

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 life

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 are

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 partial

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 at best

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 that it's

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 always

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 full of

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 opposition

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 and trial

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 God

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 we pray

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 that we

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 would cling

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 to the

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 certainty

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 of your

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 promise

00:40:20.640 --> 00:40:21.760
 Lord

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 that there

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 is

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 hope

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 ahead

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 of us

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 God

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 that there

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 is

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 forgiveness

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 of sin

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 to be

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 had

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 right

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 now

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 by faith

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 in Christ

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 and there

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 is an

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 eternity

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 of

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 unmixed

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 blessing

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 ahead of

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 us

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 for those

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 that know

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 you

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.600
 Lord

00:40:35.600 --> 00:40:36.160
 we pray

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 God

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.820
 would you

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 lead us

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 to live

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 in light

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 of these

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:39.060
 promises

00:40:39.060 --> 00:40:39.460
 we pray

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 in Jesus

00:40:39.780 --> 00:40:40.120
 name

00:40:40.120 --> 00:40:41.060
 Amen