WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.560 in West Africa called Togo. 00:00:05.500 --> 00:00:10.880 Togo is located in the middle between Ghana and Benin. 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:16.199 A group of missionaries went to the northern part of Togo 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:20.019 to meet an unreached people group. 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:25.280 Now, how should I describe unreached people group? 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:33.439 Well, unreached people group is people who don't have much contact with outsiders. 00:00:33.980 --> 00:00:37.179 Sometimes this is done by their choice because they want to remain 00:00:37.179 --> 00:00:39.439 without outside influence. 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:44.600 Or this is because of just the geographic location of where they live. 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:47.920 Sometimes it's just impossible to get there. 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:52.240 So the missionaries were very excited. 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:57.460 They made the contact with this group of people 00:00:57.460 --> 00:01:05.719 and they were hoping to bring the good news of Jesus to this group of people. 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:13.840 So the missionaries got to this place where these people 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:17.420 didn't really have much contact with the outsiders. 00:01:17.420 --> 00:01:23.359 And they were very thankful that the elders and the chief of the clan 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:30.060 gave the missionaries permission to share the gospel with their tribe. 00:01:31.980 --> 00:01:36.820 So the missionaries started to begin sharing the story of Jesus Christ 00:01:36.820 --> 00:01:40.500 and the gospel promise with this group of people. 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:48.439 And as they were sharing the gospel, a family told the missionaries, 00:01:48.739 --> 00:01:50.319 we know Jesus. 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:51.840 We heard about Jesus. 00:01:52.260 --> 00:01:55.599 And we've been following the path of Jesus. 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:00.260 And the missionaries were just shocked. 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:03.319 They were amazed and they were so puzzled. 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:11.919 Where and how did this family heard the news of gospel? 00:02:12.620 --> 00:02:17.139 They talk among themselves and they just couldn't figure out. 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:23.900 They thought they were the first people to share the gospel with this group. 00:02:23.900 --> 00:02:29.700 And yet there was a family already heard about Jesus 00:02:29.700 --> 00:02:33.379 and they were following the path of Jesus. 00:02:35.340 --> 00:02:39.520 We will come back to this story a little later on. 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:44.780 Tonight, we're continuing our series in Genesis. 00:02:45.460 --> 00:02:50.140 We're going to read from Genesis chapter 15. 00:02:50.139 --> 00:02:56.039 And it is about God's covenant promise to Abram. 00:02:57.639 --> 00:03:01.739 We will look at three aspects of this covenant. 00:03:02.139 --> 00:03:04.759 First, what is this covenant about? 00:03:05.899 --> 00:03:08.519 What is in this covenant? 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:14.419 Second, what is the significance of this covenant? 00:03:14.419 --> 00:03:20.219 And third, why is this covenant important to us? 00:03:20.780 --> 00:03:25.779 A covenant made to Abram thousands of years ago. 00:03:26.279 --> 00:03:29.879 And why does this matter to us in 21st century? 00:03:31.119 --> 00:03:32.179 Let us pray. 00:03:32.180 --> 00:03:44.480 Lord, our God, we are grateful that you loved us first. 00:03:45.620 --> 00:03:48.960 And you pursued us with your love. 00:03:49.900 --> 00:03:51.439 We didn't love you first. 00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:54.439 You loved us first. 00:03:54.439 --> 00:04:03.939 And Lord, we are grateful that you sent your son Jesus to die in our place for our sins 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:06.340 according to your promise. 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:14.780 And Lord Jesus, we are grateful that our Father God is a promise keeper 00:04:14.780 --> 00:04:18.759 and his words never return to him empty. 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:27.379 So as we read and study Genesis 15 tonight, Lord, 00:04:27.620 --> 00:04:33.139 we pray that you will prepare our hearts to hear your words. 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:41.199 And Lord, we pray that your words will start transforming our lives for your glory 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:42.800 and for your kingdom. 00:04:43.420 --> 00:04:44.599 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:04:45.500 --> 00:04:45.800 Amen. 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:50.199 So please turn with me to Genesis chapter 15. 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:54.939 And it's on page 10 in your pew Bible. 00:04:56.439 --> 00:05:01.240 Genesis chapter 15, page 10 in your pew Bible. 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:05.800 So what is this covenant about? 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:08.060 What is in this covenant? 00:05:08.060 --> 00:05:18.040 So God makes covenant with Abraham, which contains threefold blessings. 00:05:18.540 --> 00:05:20.879 The first is numerical blessing. 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:24.800 The second is a geographical blessing. 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:29.300 And the third is spiritual blessing. 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:33.500 Let's look at verses 1 through 6 together. 00:05:33.500 --> 00:05:41.879 After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abraham in a vision. 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:43.920 Fear not, Abraham. 00:05:44.420 --> 00:05:45.920 I am your shield. 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:49.079 Your reward shall be very great. 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:50.740 But Abraham said, 00:05:51.259 --> 00:05:53.540 O Lord God, what will you give me? 00:05:53.660 --> 00:05:56.060 For I continue childless, 00:05:56.620 --> 00:06:00.620 and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus. 00:06:00.620 --> 00:06:02.420 And Abraham said, 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:05.639 Behold, you have given me no offspring, 00:06:06.379 --> 00:06:09.060 and a member of my household will be my heir. 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:12.899 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:15.980 This man shall not be your heir. 00:06:16.660 --> 00:06:19.819 Your very own son shall be your heir. 00:06:19.819 --> 00:06:23.639 And he brought him outside and said, 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:29.339 Look toward heaven and number the stars if you are able to number them. 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:31.439 Then he said to him, 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:33.899 So shall your offspring be. 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:36.959 And he believed the Lord, 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:40.539 and he counted it to him as righteousness. 00:06:40.540 --> 00:06:44.120 Last Sunday evening, 00:06:44.260 --> 00:06:48.800 Pastor Greg preached on the previous chapter 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:54.160 where Abraham went into a battle to rescue his nephew Lot, 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:58.200 and Abraham returned victorious. 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:07.420 And now, perhaps, he feared retaliation from the enemies. 00:07:07.420 --> 00:07:09.900 So God tells him, 00:07:10.300 --> 00:07:12.000 Do not fear. 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:13.759 I am your shield. 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:15.460 I am your protector. 00:07:15.960 --> 00:07:18.360 And then he goes on to say, 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:22.340 Your reward shall be very great. 00:07:23.340 --> 00:07:26.900 And then Abraham lets out his frustration. 00:07:27.580 --> 00:07:30.439 What good is all this wealth and reward? 00:07:30.960 --> 00:07:32.060 I don't have a child. 00:07:32.060 --> 00:07:39.199 I have to pick somebody who was born in my house, 00:07:39.300 --> 00:07:40.540 probably a servant, 00:07:41.060 --> 00:07:41.819 as my heir. 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:46.560 So Abraham lets out his frustration to God. 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:50.899 Now, according to the ancient custom, 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:54.620 when a wealthy man doesn't have a child, 00:07:54.620 --> 00:08:01.220 he will pick one of his servants as his heir 00:08:01.220 --> 00:08:05.259 to inherit his wealth possessions. 00:08:07.379 --> 00:08:09.019 But God told Abraham, 00:08:09.280 --> 00:08:09.860 No, no, no. 00:08:10.540 --> 00:08:13.360 Not this guy, Eliezer of Damascus, 00:08:13.780 --> 00:08:18.000 but your own son will be your heir. 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:21.199 And then he goes on to tell Abraham, 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:28.399 Your descendants will be as many as stars in the sky. 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:32.200 Now, we have learned in chapter 13, 00:08:33.059 --> 00:08:34.039 God told Abraham, 00:08:34.819 --> 00:08:39.639 Your descendants will be as many as the dust of the earth. 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:41.879 Too many to count. 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:47.539 So this is the numerical blessing, 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:53.439 that your descendants will be as numerous as stars, 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:55.899 as numerous as the dust of the earth. 00:08:57.240 --> 00:09:00.620 And the important verse here is, 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.679 And Abram believed the Lord, 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:08.200 and he counted it to him as righteousness. 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:14.920 So Abraham is now known as a man of faith 00:09:14.920 --> 00:09:17.200 because he believed God. 00:09:17.280 --> 00:09:18.840 He believed God's promise. 00:09:21.640 --> 00:09:24.860 Let's continue with verses 7 through 11. 00:09:25.860 --> 00:09:26.960 And he said to him, 00:09:27.160 --> 00:09:30.840 I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:33.640 to give you this land to possess. 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:35.259 But he said, 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:36.240 Oh Lord God, 00:09:36.439 --> 00:09:39.779 how am I to know that I shall possess it? 00:09:40.259 --> 00:09:41.199 He said to him, 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:42.779 Bring me a heifer, 00:09:43.659 --> 00:09:44.519 three years old, 00:09:44.580 --> 00:09:46.379 a female goat three years old, 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:48.360 a ram three years old, 00:09:48.819 --> 00:09:49.779 a turtle dove, 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:50.779 and a young pigeon. 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:53.620 And he brought him all these, 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:55.039 cut them in half, 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:58.519 and laid each half over against the other. 00:09:58.899 --> 00:10:01.039 But he did not cut the birds in half. 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:05.000 And when the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, 00:10:05.659 --> 00:10:07.799 Abram drove them away. 00:10:09.860 --> 00:10:13.639 Cutting animals in half was an ancient custom, 00:10:14.459 --> 00:10:18.059 symbolizing that one who breaks the promise 00:10:18.059 --> 00:10:21.860 will be like these animals cut in half. 00:10:21.860 --> 00:10:28.680 So as we read chapter 11, 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:35.159 Abram chased away the birds of prey, 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:36.039 probably vultures. 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:40.580 Now the author of Genesis, 00:10:41.060 --> 00:10:42.300 pointing out this, 00:10:42.899 --> 00:10:46.120 was he just merely pointing out a natural phenomenon. 00:10:46.800 --> 00:10:47.240 Of course, 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:49.159 you cut animals in half, 00:10:49.580 --> 00:10:51.960 and it will attract probably vultures. 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:54.860 Is this why the author of Genesis 00:10:54.860 --> 00:10:56.919 just pointing out a natural phenomenon? 00:10:58.500 --> 00:11:00.080 A Bible commentator said, 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:02.200 these birds of prey 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:05.480 symbolize Israel's enemies, 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:07.259 the unclean, 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:09.200 the idol-worshipping nations 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:11.000 that surround Israel. 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:14.899 I also believe that spiritually, 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.539 this symbolizes the schemes of the devil, 00:11:19.340 --> 00:11:21.320 trying to distract, deceive, 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:23.840 and sabotage good things. 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:29.379 We experience this in our spiritual walk. 00:11:29.899 --> 00:11:30.559 This morning, 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:32.799 Pastor Matt mentioned 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:36.840 Satan tempted Eve 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:39.220 with the deception. 00:11:40.660 --> 00:11:41.480 Satan told Eve, 00:11:42.420 --> 00:11:42.759 eh, 00:11:42.899 --> 00:11:44.040 you could eat the fruit. 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:45.560 You're not going to die. 00:11:46.180 --> 00:11:47.379 You'll become like God. 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:49.899 Do not follow God's rule. 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.019 You don't have to listen to God's wisdom. 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:54.399 Listen to your own wisdom. 00:11:54.680 --> 00:11:56.080 You'll be like God. 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:00.500 And don't we experience this? 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:03.440 Satan trying to deceive us, 00:12:03.860 --> 00:12:04.759 distract us, 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:07.240 and also try to sabotage 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:09.340 what is really good for us. 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:13.159 So Abram chased these birds of prey away, 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:17.080 and we need to chase the schemes of the devil 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:19.759 away in Jesus' minded name. 00:12:21.220 --> 00:12:24.179 Now this is a geographical blessing. 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:26.559 In chapter 12, 00:12:26.819 --> 00:12:28.360 God told Abram that 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:30.600 I will make of you 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:32.639 a great nation. 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:35.419 In chapter 13, 00:12:35.899 --> 00:12:37.879 God told Abram to look 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.299 all different directions. 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:41.120 He said, 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:43.059 look northward, 00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:44.100 southward, 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:44.840 east, 00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:45.539 and west. 00:12:46.179 --> 00:12:47.899 For all the land 00:12:47.899 --> 00:12:49.139 you see, 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:50.399 I'll give to you 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:51.580 and your offering, 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:52.759 your offspring 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:54.039 forever. 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:57.379 So a nation of Israel 00:12:57.379 --> 00:12:58.340 is born 00:12:58.340 --> 00:12:59.539 with this blessing. 00:12:59.539 --> 00:13:02.059 So the second blessing 00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:03.459 is a geographical blessing. 00:13:04.579 --> 00:13:05.740 And let's continue to read 00:13:05.740 --> 00:13:07.719 verses 12 to 16. 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:12.120 As the sun was going down, 00:13:12.259 --> 00:13:14.459 a deep sleep fell on Abram. 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:15.740 And behold, 00:13:16.459 --> 00:13:18.699 dreadful and great darkness 00:13:18.699 --> 00:13:19.779 fell upon him. 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:21.620 Then the Lord said to Abram, 00:13:22.099 --> 00:13:23.039 know for certain 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:24.159 that your offspring 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:25.439 will be sojourners 00:13:25.439 --> 00:13:26.399 in a land 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.919 that is not theirs, 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:29.979 and will be servants there 00:13:29.979 --> 00:13:31.459 and they will be afflicted 00:13:31.459 --> 00:13:33.899 for 400 years. 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:36.259 But I will bring judgment 00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:37.059 on the nation 00:13:37.059 --> 00:13:38.179 that they serve 00:13:38.179 --> 00:13:39.219 and afterward 00:13:39.219 --> 00:13:40.559 they shall come out 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:41.860 with great possessions. 00:13:42.959 --> 00:13:43.699 As for you, 00:13:44.299 --> 00:13:45.659 you shall go to your fathers 00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:46.519 in peace. 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:48.059 You shall be buried 00:13:48.059 --> 00:13:50.240 in a good old age. 00:13:50.939 --> 00:13:53.059 And they shall come back here 00:13:53.059 --> 00:13:54.980 in the fourth generation 00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:56.600 for the iniquity 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:57.700 of the Amorites 00:13:57.700 --> 00:13:58.840 is not yet complete. 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:03.340 So in verse 8, 00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:05.759 Abram asked God, 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:08.580 how am I to know 00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:10.039 that my descendants 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:12.440 or I shall possess 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:13.159 this land? 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:15.379 So God reveals 00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:16.379 to Abram 00:14:16.379 --> 00:14:18.000 what's going to happen 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.000 to his descendants. 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:21.879 As the sun 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.940 was going down, 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:24.460 a deep sleep 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:25.279 fell on Abram 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:26.580 and behold, 00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:27.419 a dreadful 00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:28.779 and great darkness 00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:29.580 fell upon him. 00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:30.419 So, 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:33.919 when God 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:35.500 was explaining 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.200 to Abram 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:38.419 that your descendants 00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:39.460 will suffer 00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:41.000 in slavery 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:42.539 for 400 years, 00:14:42.899 --> 00:14:43.679 I'm sure 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:44.279 that was very 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:45.299 dreadful 00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:46.820 and terrible thing 00:14:46.820 --> 00:14:48.039 for Abram 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:48.500 to hear 00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:49.299 and feel. 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:51.080 And yet, 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:52.080 God tells Abram, 00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:54.419 but that's not 00:14:54.419 --> 00:14:55.220 where we'll end. 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.639 Your descendants 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:57.860 will come out 00:14:57.860 --> 00:15:00.179 in fourth generation 00:15:00.179 --> 00:15:01.700 with great possessions. 00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:05.320 And he also 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:06.259 tells Abram, 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:07.720 but you 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:09.279 will die 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:09.879 in peace. 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.679 Let's continue 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:14.679 with verses 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:16.019 17 to 21. 00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:19.039 When the sun 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:20.100 had gone down 00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:21.120 and it was dark, 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:22.039 behold, 00:15:22.199 --> 00:15:23.699 a smoking firepot 00:15:23.699 --> 00:15:25.579 and a flaming torch 00:15:25.579 --> 00:15:26.500 passed between 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:27.340 these pieces. 00:15:28.199 --> 00:15:29.159 On that day, 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:30.220 the Lord 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:31.019 made a covenant 00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:31.720 with Abram, 00:15:31.819 --> 00:15:32.100 saying, 00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.740 To your offspring 00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:35.240 I give this land 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:36.179 from the river 00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:36.919 of Egypt 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:38.639 to the great river, 00:15:39.299 --> 00:15:39.759 the river 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.500 Euphrates, 00:15:41.199 --> 00:15:41.879 the land 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.759 of Canaanites, 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:44.319 the Canaanites, 00:15:44.939 --> 00:15:45.759 the Kadamonites, 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.620 the Hittites, 00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:47.480 the Perizzites, 00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:48.740 the Raphame, 00:15:49.319 --> 00:15:49.980 Amorites, 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:50.799 the Canaanites, 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:52.340 the Girgashites, 00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:53.659 and the Jebusites. 00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:57.860 So God 00:15:57.860 --> 00:16:01.059 walks through 00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:02.639 these 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:04.339 carcasses 00:16:04.339 --> 00:16:06.719 in a smoking 00:16:06.719 --> 00:16:07.799 firepot 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:09.179 and a flaming 00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:09.759 torch 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:11.100 as if he's 00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:11.779 putting his 00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:13.459 own signature 00:16:13.459 --> 00:16:14.439 to this 00:16:14.439 --> 00:16:15.419 geographic blessing 00:16:15.419 --> 00:16:15.860 saying, 00:16:16.819 --> 00:16:18.699 I will make you 00:16:18.699 --> 00:16:20.159 a great nation. 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:21.919 your descendants 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:23.480 may suffer 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:25.079 for 400 years 00:16:25.079 --> 00:16:27.279 under the bondage 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:28.079 in Egypt, 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:30.179 but when they 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:30.799 come out, 00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:32.019 they will inherit 00:16:32.019 --> 00:16:33.019 this land 00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:34.179 and here 00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:35.779 is my signature. 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.079 So he walks 00:16:37.079 --> 00:16:37.500 through 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:39.620 these carcasses 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.740 and consumed 00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:41.079 them 00:16:41.079 --> 00:16:42.259 with the fire. 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:45.059 Now, 00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:45.620 the third 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.019 blessing 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:46.720 in this covenant 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.799 is a spiritual 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.220 blessing. 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:50.879 and it is 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.340 found in 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:52.160 chapter 12. 00:16:52.800 --> 00:16:53.660 In chapter 12, 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.759 God told Abraham, 00:16:55.940 --> 00:16:56.420 in you 00:16:56.420 --> 00:16:57.480 all the families 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.440 of the earth 00:16:58.440 --> 00:16:59.360 shall be blessed. 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.220 In other 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.820 translations, 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.379 it says 00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:04.339 all nations 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:05.180 will be blessed 00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.980 through you. 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.299 All ethnic 00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:07.799 groups 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:09.039 will be blessed 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.720 through you. 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.460 Now, 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.319 God did not 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:13.019 explain 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:14.500 this blessing 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.900 in detail 00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.539 to Abraham. 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:19.039 but 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:19.839 what 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:21.839 God 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.399 promised 00:17:22.399 --> 00:17:22.759 Abraham 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:22.960 is 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:23.359 basically 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:23.819 this. 00:17:24.659 --> 00:17:25.420 I will 00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:26.159 send my 00:17:26.159 --> 00:17:26.920 own son, 00:17:27.139 --> 00:17:27.420 Jesus, 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:29.019 as one of 00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.799 your descendants 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:30.899 to save 00:17:30.899 --> 00:17:31.339 the world. 00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:34.039 And it 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:35.059 is shown 00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.579 in the 00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:36.339 genealogy 00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:37.539 of Christ. 00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:38.740 You can look 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.220 that up in 00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:40.440 Matthew chapter 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:40.839 1 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:42.200 or in 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.500 Luke 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.759 chapter 3 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.559 and you 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:45.440 can trace 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.160 from the 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.660 birth of 00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:47.019 Jesus 00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:48.579 to Abraham. 00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:50.240 So, 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:50.779 to recap 00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.500 the threefold 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.059 blessings, 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:52.680 one, 00:17:52.859 --> 00:17:53.240 it was a 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:53.579 numerical 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:54.059 blessing, 00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:54.839 your descendants 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.579 will be as 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.220 many as 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:56.779 stars in 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.299 the sky, 00:17:57.940 --> 00:17:58.640 and two, 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:00.480 I will 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:00.920 make you 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:01.420 a great 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:01.900 nation, 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:02.900 a nation 00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:03.660 of Israel 00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:04.279 is born, 00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:05.220 and the 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:05.720 third, 00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.480 all nations 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.019 will be 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.379 blessed 00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:09.259 through you. 00:18:10.019 --> 00:18:10.460 Now, 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.079 what is the 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.680 significance 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:12.600 of this 00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:12.880 covenant? 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:14.759 Well, 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.120 continuing 00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.700 from the 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.140 third, 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:16.860 the spiritual 00:18:16.860 --> 00:18:17.340 blessing, 00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.660 God 00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.440 proclaimed 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:21.120 the gospel 00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:22.080 to Abraham. 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.299 He's 00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:24.580 telling 00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:24.940 Abraham, 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:25.759 I'm not 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:26.120 only going 00:18:26.120 --> 00:18:26.700 to bless 00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.140 you with 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:27.580 numerous 00:18:27.580 --> 00:18:28.120 offspring 00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:28.660 and make 00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:28.880 you a 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:29.160 great 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:29.640 nation, 00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:30.580 but I 00:18:30.580 --> 00:18:31.259 will also 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:31.740 redeem 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.380 this whole 00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:32.840 world 00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:34.640 by sending 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.259 my son 00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:36.340 Jesus 00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:38.080 as one 00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:38.340 of your 00:18:38.340 --> 00:18:38.799 descendants. 00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:40.460 In 00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:41.000 Galatians 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.480 chapter 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.559 3, 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.519 18-19, 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.039 it says, 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:48.000 and the 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.539 scripture 00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.680 foreseeing 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.420 that God 00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:51.259 would justify 00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.299 the Gentiles 00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:53.079 by faith, 00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:54.640 preached the 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:55.019 gospel 00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.819 beforehand 00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.680 to Abraham, 00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.180 saying, 00:18:58.660 --> 00:18:59.279 in you 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:00.220 shall all 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.980 the nations 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.579 be blessed. 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:03.059 So then, 00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.319 those who 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:04.839 are of 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.240 faith 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.599 are blessed 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.380 along 00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:08.860 with Abraham, 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:09.960 the man 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.460 of faith. 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:12.940 if you 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.539 believe 00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:14.220 like 00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:14.880 Abraham 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.279 believed 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.759 God, 00:19:16.340 --> 00:19:16.880 then you 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.220 become 00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:17.860 blessed 00:19:17.860 --> 00:19:18.279 along 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.500 with 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:18.880 Abraham, 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:20.640 the man 00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:21.079 of faith. 00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.440 Tim Keller 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:22.860 puts it 00:19:22.860 --> 00:19:23.400 this way 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:23.720 in his 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:23.940 book, 00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.600 Galatians 00:19:24.600 --> 00:19:25.120 for you. 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:26.839 this is 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.219 why 00:19:27.219 --> 00:19:28.479 apostle Paul 00:19:28.479 --> 00:19:29.299 says in 00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.039 Galatians, 00:19:30.719 --> 00:19:31.539 those who 00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:32.259 believe 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.159 are children 00:19:33.159 --> 00:19:34.039 of Abraham. 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:36.059 What matters 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.619 is not 00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.399 physical 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:37.819 descent 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:38.599 from Abraham, 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.719 like being 00:19:39.719 --> 00:19:40.099 Jewish, 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:41.759 but spiritual 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.739 descent, 00:19:43.439 --> 00:19:43.959 having the 00:19:43.959 --> 00:19:45.139 same faith 00:19:45.139 --> 00:19:46.699 as he did. 00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:48.180 So what 00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:48.580 does it 00:19:48.580 --> 00:19:49.319 mean to 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.840 have faith 00:19:49.840 --> 00:19:50.559 like Abraham? 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:51.920 First, 00:19:52.860 --> 00:19:53.819 saving faith 00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.860 is believing 00:19:54.860 --> 00:19:56.039 the gospel 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.640 promise. 00:19:58.080 --> 00:19:58.519 Second, 00:19:59.580 --> 00:20:00.700 saving faith 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.840 is faith 00:20:01.840 --> 00:20:03.019 in God's 00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.580 provision, 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.120 not our 00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:05.680 performance. 00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.080 Another 00:20:08.080 --> 00:20:08.660 significance 00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.279 of this 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.539 covenant 00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:10.100 is that 00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:11.220 it serves 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.680 as a 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.500 foundation 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.980 for missions, 00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.220 both local 00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:16.579 and global. 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:19.120 When we 00:20:19.120 --> 00:20:19.460 do mission 00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:19.839 work, 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:20.700 it is 00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.100 tempting 00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:22.019 to feel 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.740 as if 00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:23.180 we 00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:23.660 accomplish 00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:24.120 something 00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.680 for God. 00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:29.100 First of 00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:29.319 all, 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.220 it is 00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.740 God's 00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.000 mission. 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.880 He 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:33.539 mobilizes 00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.019 us to 00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.779 accomplish 00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.539 His 00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.019 purpose. 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.680 All 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.000 ethnic 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.380 groups, 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.019 all 00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.420 families 00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:39.819 of the 00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.079 earth, 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:40.839 all 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.420 nations 00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:42.600 will be 00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:42.940 blessed 00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.700 through you. 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.620 And this 00:20:44.620 --> 00:20:45.180 is God's 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.440 mission. 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.400 Now, 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.799 let's go 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.140 back to 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.820 the story 00:20:49.820 --> 00:20:51.880 of this 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:52.480 family in 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.779 Togo. 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.580 So, 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:57.200 the 00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.799 missionaries, 00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:59.160 they were 00:20:59.160 --> 00:20:59.960 amazed and 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.299 they were 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:01.140 puzzled by 00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:01.580 this 00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:03.080 family 00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:04.039 who already 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.840 heard 00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.960 about 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.340 Jesus. 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.360 So, 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:07.820 the story 00:21:07.820 --> 00:21:08.640 unfolds 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:10.640 when the 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.160 father of 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:11.840 this family 00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:12.580 became 00:21:12.580 --> 00:21:13.480 sick, 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:15.059 they 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.620 seeked 00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.259 out a 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.740 good, 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.779 reputable 00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.860 hospital. 00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.599 So, 00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.019 they went 00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.519 on a 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.500 several 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.860 hundred 00:21:22.860 --> 00:21:24.000 mile 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.500 journey 00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.720 to this 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.140 Christian 00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.740 hospital. 00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.660 And as 00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:29.259 their father 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.079 was receiving 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.680 treatment, 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.960 the whole 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:33.460 family had 00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.120 an opportunity 00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:36.019 to receive 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:37.079 the gospel. 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.579 That's the way 00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.339 they heard 00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.599 about Jesus. 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.599 and ever 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.259 since then, 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.379 they've been 00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:44.719 following the 00:21:44.719 --> 00:21:45.179 path of 00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:45.459 Jesus. 00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:46.399 Now, 00:21:46.459 --> 00:21:46.740 when we 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.099 hear a 00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.599 story like 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.000 this, 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.879 our tendency 00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.259 is to 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.599 praise, 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.359 wow, 00:21:51.659 --> 00:21:51.939 you know, 00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.899 that's a 00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.199 great 00:21:53.199 --> 00:21:53.859 organization. 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:54.159 Like, 00:21:54.219 --> 00:21:54.519 who built 00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.980 that Christian 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.399 hospital? 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:55.899 Or you 00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.359 may say, 00:21:56.959 --> 00:21:57.199 wow, 00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.319 those Christian 00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:59.139 doctors and 00:21:59.139 --> 00:21:59.639 nurses and 00:21:59.639 --> 00:21:59.980 staff, 00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:00.500 they are doing 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:00.980 wonderful 00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.519 things. 00:22:02.459 --> 00:22:03.319 But what 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.559 we oftentimes 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.399 forget is, 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.219 who is really 00:22:06.219 --> 00:22:06.819 behind all 00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.079 this? 00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:08.919 This is 00:22:08.919 --> 00:22:09.359 God's 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:09.639 mission. 00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.300 God already 00:22:10.300 --> 00:22:12.660 proclaimed to 00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:14.460 Abraham that 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.080 I'm going to 00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:15.860 bless all 00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:16.340 nations, 00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:17.180 all ethnic 00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.700 groups through 00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.020 you. 00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.580 And God's 00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:22.000 promise is 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.480 just getting 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:22.940 fulfilled. 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.440 I was in 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.220 Bolivian Amazon 00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.960 two months 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.259 ago, 00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.980 serving on a 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.500 medical boat 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.920 for two 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.200 weeks. 00:22:32.820 --> 00:22:33.700 When we 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.440 dock our 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.280 boat in 00:22:35.280 --> 00:22:36.060 this village, 00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:37.940 there was a 00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.880 curious young 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.340 man who 00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.679 came to 00:22:39.679 --> 00:22:40.139 our boat. 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.939 He was 00:22:40.939 --> 00:22:41.439 just so 00:22:41.439 --> 00:22:41.799 curious. 00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:42.240 He wanted 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.779 to know 00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.679 why we're 00:22:43.679 --> 00:22:44.339 here and 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:45.139 what we're 00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:45.939 doing and 00:22:45.939 --> 00:22:46.740 where we're 00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.259 from. 00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:47.859 I mean, 00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:48.339 he didn't 00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:48.720 have any 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.459 medical needs. 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.220 He was 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.759 just so 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.319 curious and 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:51.639 he wanted 00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.659 to talk 00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:53.039 to us. 00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:53.919 Maybe he 00:22:53.919 --> 00:22:54.199 thought I 00:22:54.199 --> 00:22:54.619 was Jackie 00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:54.939 Chan. 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.220 I don't 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.439 know. 00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:55.759 But he 00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.159 was just 00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:58.319 so curious. 00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.799 So, 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.779 one of our 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.559 translators 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.799 got to 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.220 know him 00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.460 and started 00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:06.819 to share 00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.839 the gospel 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.279 with him. 00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.360 And the 00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.779 young man 00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.380 told us, 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.299 I mean, 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.960 as a custom, 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.100 as a tradition, 00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.240 he grew up 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.720 as a Catholic, 00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:18.740 but he never 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.600 really understood 00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:20.700 or heard 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.559 the gospel. 00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:23.259 And he never 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.220 owned his 00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.440 own Bible. 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.640 And he was 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.819 really desiring 00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:29.019 to receive 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.019 a Spanish 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.819 Bible from 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.079 us. 00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:32.919 So, 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.740 the translator 00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.939 spent time 00:23:34.939 --> 00:23:35.359 with him. 00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.299 He opened 00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.779 the scripture. 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:38.019 He shared 00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.439 the gospel 00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:38.899 with him. 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.299 And then, 00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:39.960 at the end, 00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.099 he gave 00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.359 him his 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.899 own Bible. 00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:43.679 Now, 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.899 does 00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.399 Samaritan 00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:47.259 purse deserve 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.759 any of the 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.059 credit? 00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.819 The volunteers 00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.599 deserve any 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.079 of the credit? 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.799 No. 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.460 This is 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.200 God 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.720 mobilizing 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:57.179 the volunteers, 00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.580 the translators, 00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.220 through Samaritan's 00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.539 purse, 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.720 to fulfill 00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.500 his promise. 00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:04.080 All nations, 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.600 all ethnic groups, 00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:06.980 all families 00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.600 of the earth 00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.360 will be blessed 00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:08.960 through you. 00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.500 Now, 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.880 in the beginning 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.600 of the service, 00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.360 Pastor Greg 00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.660 read Isaiah 00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.759 chapter 55 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:19.000 verses 10 to 11. 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.400 Let's just 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.160 turn to that 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:22.240 real quick. 00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.720 It's on 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.279 page 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.660 615. 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.580 Page 00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.439 615 00:24:27.439 --> 00:24:27.799 in your 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.419 pew Bible, 00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:29.119 Isaiah 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.539 chapter 55 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.779 verses 00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.980 10 and 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.359 11. 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.279 For as 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.859 the rain 00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.220 and the 00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.539 snow 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.119 come down 00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.679 from heaven 00:24:40.679 --> 00:24:41.480 and do 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.399 not return 00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:43.119 there but 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.799 water the 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.139 earth, 00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.819 making it 00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.480 bring forth 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.159 and sprout, 00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.500 giving seed 00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.919 to the 00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.299 sower 00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.220 and bread 00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:50.579 to the 00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:50.859 eater, 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.819 so shall 00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:54.039 my word 00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:55.139 be that 00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:55.819 goes out 00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.279 from my 00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.740 mouth, 00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.200 it shall 00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.879 not return 00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.200 to me 00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.559 empty, 00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.960 but it 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.180 shall 00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:01.099 accomplish 00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:02.519 that which 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.319 I purpose 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.639 and shall 00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.440 succeed 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.099 in the 00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.579 thing 00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.539 for which 00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:07.839 I 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.940 sent it. 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.180 God's word 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.779 never returned 00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.039 to him 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.319 empty. 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.960 God 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.599 never makes 00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.519 empty promises. 00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.319 Isn't that 00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.740 amazing? 00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:20.799 Before we 00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.339 move on 00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.380 to why 00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.039 is this 00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.420 covenant 00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.140 so important 00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.839 for us, 00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.779 I'll tell 00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.400 you a story. 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.140 On March 00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:30.160 12th, 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.700 on an evening 00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.380 service just 00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.039 like this, 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.740 Pastor Nick 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.440 told us 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.099 right before 00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.640 his sermon 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.960 that my 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.500 sermon is 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.779 going to 00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.180 be about 00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.359 40 to 00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:41.299 45 minutes 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.640 long. 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.539 Now the 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.539 sermon in 00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.259 evening service, 00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.960 it usually, 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.779 you know, 00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.220 it starts 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.559 around 5 to 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:48.920 7, 00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.559 sometimes 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.360 at 7 o'clock. 00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.799 Now that 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.180 evening, 00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.440 I served 00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.900 the communion. 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.259 So I 00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.759 came up 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:58.019 here after 00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.500 the sermon, 00:25:59.100 --> 00:25:59.579 as I'm 00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.180 standing next 00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.620 to Pastor 00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:00.940 Nick, 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.840 I looked 00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.380 up and I 00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.720 saw that 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.120 clock. 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.740 And it 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.279 was 7 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.120 or 5. 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.940 And I, 00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.660 for a split 00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:08.940 second, 00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.400 I started 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:09.640 to get 00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.039 really, 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.480 like this 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.319 excitement 00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.900 was like 00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.400 welding up 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.799 inside of 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:12.860 me. 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.059 I said, 00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:13.900 wow, 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.620 God, 00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.500 this is 00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.039 miracle. 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.599 It's like 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:18.000 Joshua, 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.359 you know, 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.140 you stop 00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.599 the sun 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.240 from setting 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.799 so Joshua 00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.640 can win 00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.099 the battle. 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.759 You stop 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.319 the time. 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.640 It's a 00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.240 7 o'clock. 00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.460 Then suddenly 00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.319 I realized 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.000 somebody forgot 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.440 to turn 00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.920 the clock 00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.460 forward. 00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.299 Thus 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.759 daylight 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.740 time saving 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.319 had begun. 00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.779 So every 00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.140 time I look 00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.579 at the clock, 00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.279 now I look 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.539 at it a 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.779 little bit 00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.160 differently. 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:39.900 So, 00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.140 okay, 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.420 let's 00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.799 continue. 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:43.659 why is 00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:43.919 this 00:26:43.919 --> 00:26:44.359 covenant, 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.440 why is 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:45.619 this 00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:45.839 covenant 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.299 so important 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.819 for us? 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.480 Well, 00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:49.859 it is 00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.639 God, 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.680 it is 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.299 God who 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.960 pursued 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.259 Abram 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.279 with his 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.619 love. 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.200 Abram 00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.299 did not 00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.519 pursue 00:26:59.519 --> 00:26:59.899 God. 00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.960 God 00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:03.220 initiated 00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.259 this whole 00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.539 thing. 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.500 What about 00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.819 us? 00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.279 What about 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.579 you? 00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.299 How did 00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.559 you come 00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:09.879 to know 00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.279 Christ? 00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:12.220 who 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.539 told you 00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.099 the gospel? 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.079 A friend? 00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.700 Your parents? 00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.119 Online 00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.539 sermon? 00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.180 A Christian 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.579 book? 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.660 No matter 00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:23.019 how you've 00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.379 come to 00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:23.740 know 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.460 the 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.980 Christ, 00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.700 it was 00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.059 not a 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.460 coincidence. 00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.180 God 00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.960 pursued 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.519 you 00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.500 with his 00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.299 love even 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.879 before you 00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.559 were formed 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.200 in your 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.639 mother's 00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:35.879 womb. 00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.879 Just like 00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.700 my experience 00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.460 in Bolivia 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.360 or the 00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.900 story 00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:43.000 about this 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.259 Togo 00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.940 family, 00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.160 God 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.759 pursued 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.200 them 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.200 with his 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.640 love 00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.120 because 00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:49.259 that is 00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.440 his 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.700 covenant 00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.240 promise. 00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.400 All 00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.900 nations, 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.000 all ethnic 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.380 groups, 00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.559 all families 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.000 of earth 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.380 will be 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:55.700 blessed 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.860 through you. 00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.580 Whether 00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:00.059 you're in 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.420 Bolivia, 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:00.900 whether you're 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.240 in United 00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.700 States, 00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.160 Europe, 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.600 Asia, 00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.019 it doesn't 00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.319 matter. 00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.420 God 00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.940 proclaimed 00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:06.720 that 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:08.220 you will 00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.380 be 00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.759 blessed 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:10.519 because 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.900 of my 00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.140 son 00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.440 Jesus 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.980 and what 00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.299 he did 00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.620 on the 00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:12.980 cross. 00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:13.580 And that 00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:13.880 is the 00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.240 spiritual 00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.660 blessing 00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.160 and that 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.700 is 00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:17.279 why 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.640 this 00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.039 covenant 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.620 is so 00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.080 important 00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:22.279 for us. 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.259 Now, 00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:27.420 if you 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.840 have never 00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.340 been to a 00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:28.720 church in 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.220 your life 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.820 and if 00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.000 you're 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.480 sitting here 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.860 today, 00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.860 this is 00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.220 not an 00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.559 accident. 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:35.779 God's 00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:35.960 been 00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.599 pursuing 00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.000 you 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.200 with 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.339 his 00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.720 love 00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.240 your 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.500 whole 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.879 life. 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.159 Jesus 00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.659 told us 00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.259 a parable 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.759 of a 00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.259 shepherd 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00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.640 Feel free to stay around for those. 00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:38.639 And take note of, on the back of the bulletin, there is a list of...