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 You may be seated.

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 Good morning.

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 My name's Matthew Capone, and I'm one of the pastors here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church.

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! And it's my joy to bring God's word to you today.

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 A special welcome if you're new or visiting with us.

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 We're glad that you're here.

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 And we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats,

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 but because we're following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow Jesus together, we become convinced that there's no one so good,

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 they don't need God's grace, and no one so bad that they can't have it.

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 Which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in his word.

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 This morning we're continuing our series in the book of Genesis.

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 The book of Genesis first tells the origin of the world in chapters 1 through 11.

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 And then it tells the origin of God's people, the story of Israel, in chapters 11 through 50.

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 We are focusing only on chapters 11 through 25 because we are in the Abraham story.

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 And we're looking at Abraham for two reasons.

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 First, because we are preparing to go back into our series in the book of Romans.

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 Romans chapter 4 is about Abraham.

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 Second, it allows us to ask the question, what does it look like to follow God in faith?

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 Last week we were in Genesis chapter 16, which I told you was one of the most painful and tender passages in Scripture.

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 Painful because of human failing and tender because of God's great mercy and grace.

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 This week we're in chapter 17.

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 There have been 13 years of silence since the end of the previous chapter.

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 So we have a large gap between 16 and 17.

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 17 is a follow-up in many ways to chapter 15.

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 Because both 15 and 17 cover God's covenant.

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 When we talk about covenants, we are always talking about the nature of our relationship with God.

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 That's the realm that we're in when we have covenant talk.

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 Chapter 15, we ask this question, what is the foundation of our relationship with God?

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 You remember the foundation is that we are His children.

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 That will never change.

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 Chapter 17 is a different question, not what is the foundation of our relationship,

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 but what does it mean to be in a relationship with God?

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 How does that relationship change and form us?

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 And so with that, I invite you to turn with me to Genesis chapter 17.

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 You can turn on your phone.

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 You can turn in your worship guide.

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 You can open your Bible.

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 And no matter where you turn, remember that this is God's Word.

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 Proverbs chapter 30, verse 5 tells us,

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 Every word of God proves true.

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 He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

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 And so that's why we read now chapter 17, starting at verse 1.

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 When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him,

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 I am God Almighty.

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 Walk before me and be blameless,

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 that I may make my covenant between me and you,

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 and may multiply you greatly.

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 Then Abram fell on his face,

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 and God said to him,

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 Behold, my covenant is with you,

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 and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

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 No longer shall your name be called Abram,

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 but your name shall be Abraham,

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 for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

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 I will make you exceedingly fruitful,

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 and I will make you into nations,

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 and kings shall come from you.

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 And I will establish my covenant between me and you,

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 and your offspring after you throughout their generations,

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 for an everlasting covenant,

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 to be God to you and to your offspring after you.

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 And I will give to you and to your offspring after you

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 the land of your sojournings,

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 all the land of Canaan,

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 for an everlasting possession,

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 and I will be their God.

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 Verse 9.

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 And God said to Abraham,

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 As for you, you shall keep my covenant,

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 you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.

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 This is my covenant,

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 which you shall keep between me and you

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 and your offspring after you.

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 Every male among you shall be circumcised.

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 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins,

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 and it shall be a sign of a covenant between me and you.

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 He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised.

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 Every male throughout your generations,

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 whether born in your house or bought with your money,

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 from any foreigner who is not of your offspring,

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 both he who is born in your house

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 and he who is bought with your money,

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 shall surely be circumcised.

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 So shall my covenant be in your flesh,

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 an everlasting covenant.

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 Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised

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 in the flesh of his foreskin

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 shall be cut off from his people.

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 He has broken my covenant.

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 Verse 15.

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 And God said to Abraham,

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 As for Sarah, your wife,

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 you shall not call her name Sarah,

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 but Sarah shall be her name.

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 I will bless her,

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 and moreover I will give you a son by her.

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 I will bless her,

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 and she shall become nations.

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 Kings of peoples shall come from her.

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 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed

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 and said to himself,

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 Shall a child be born to a man

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 who is a hundred years old?

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 Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old,

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 bear a child?

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 Verse 18.

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 And Abraham said to God,

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 Oh, that Ishmael might live before you.

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 God said, No,

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 but Sarah, your wife,

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 shall bear you a son,

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 and you shall call his name Isaac.

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 I will establish my covenant with him

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 as an everlasting covenant

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 for his offspring after him.

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 As for Ishmael, I have heard you.

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 Behold, I have blessed him

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 and will make him fruitful

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 and multiply him greatly.

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 He shall father twelve princes,

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 and I will make him into a great nation.

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 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac,

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 whom Sarah shall bear to you

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 at this time next year.

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 Verse 22.

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 When he had finished talking with him,

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 God went up from Abraham.

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 Then Abraham took Ishmael his son

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 and all those born in his house

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 or bought with his money,

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 every male among the men of Abraham's house,

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 and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins

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 that very day,

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 as God had said to him.

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 Abraham was ninety-nine years old

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 when he was circumcised

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 in the flesh of his foreskin.

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 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old

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 when he was circumcised

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 in the flesh of his foreskin.

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 That very day,

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 Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.

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 And all the men of his house,

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 those born in the house,

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 and those bought with money from a foreigner,

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 were circumcised with him.

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 I invite you to pray with me

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 as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 we do thank you again for your word,

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 that you do speak to us

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 in words that we can understand.

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 We ask that you would do that this morning,

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 that you would open our eyes

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 to what you have for us,

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 that you would speak to us,

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 you'd teach us,

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 you would grow our love for you

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 and our obedience as well.

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 We thank you that we don't worry this morning

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 about whether we've earned

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 or deserved these things.

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 We know that we haven't,

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 and so we simply ask for them

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 in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 In April of 2016,

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 there was a news article that came out

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 that threatened to break the internet,

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 as they say,

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 because the British government

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 had commissioned a research vessel

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 for polar research.

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 So this vessel was supposed to study

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 global warming and climate change,

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 polar science, rising sea levels,

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 and they decided they had a great idea

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 that they would find the name,

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 they'd pick the name of this ship

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 through an online poll.

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 And so there were a variety of names

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 that rose to the surface in this.

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 One of them was Ice Ice Baby.

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 Another one was I Like Big Boats

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 and I Cannot Lie.

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 Science with three exclamation points.

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 Clifford the Big Red Boat.

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 None of those I've told you about

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 won the poll, though.

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 The winner was this,

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 Bodie McBoatface.

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 And so the question that came up was this,

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 are they going to honor the poll?

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 Will they do what they said

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 they were going to do?

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 Will the British government

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 have an RRS,

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 Bodie McBoatface?

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 And the answer was this,

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 no.

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 British government went back on their word.

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 They didn't do what they said

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 they would do.

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 They didn't honor the process.

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 No, instead they decided

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 they're going to name the ship

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 after a natural scientist.

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 And so it was named after

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 David Attenborough.

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 It makes sense, right?

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 It's fitting.

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 It makes sense that a ship

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 devoted to natural science

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 would be named after

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 a natural scientist.

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 Principle is this,

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 names really matter.

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 names really matter.

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 You actually can't name

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 a research vessel

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 by the British government,

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 Bodie McBoatface.

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 Because the name of the ship,

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 right, it needs to reflect

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 the ship's purpose

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 and mission.

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 Names shape

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 and show

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 our identity.

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 Parents, you know this.

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 When you named

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 your child,

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 there's a good chance

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 that name reflected

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 your hopes for them, right?

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 Especially if you choose

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 a name from the Bible.

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 Man, I like this character

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 and what they show

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 and I want my son

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 or daughter to show that.

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 Wives, when you got married,

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 maybe you took

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 a new last name, right?

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 Because there's a change there

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 in identity.

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 That's what's happening here

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 in chapter 17.

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 Verses 4 and 5,

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 we go from Abram,

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 which means father,

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 to Abraham,

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 which means father

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 of many nations.

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 There's a change.

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 Yes, Abram's a father.

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 He hasn't been

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 for most of his life.

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 He has one son,

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 Ishmael.

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 That's the present.

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 The future is going

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 to be something much greater.

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 The father not of nations,

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 of a nation,

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 many nations.

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 Same thing happens

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 with Sarai to Sarah,

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 verse 15.

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 Now, there's a vowel change

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 that happens.

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 That's the difference here.

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 And what's hard about this

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 is that Sarai and Sarah

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 actually mean the same thing.

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 So they both mean princess.

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 Our best guess, then,

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 is that the first name

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 reflects the past,

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 that Sarah came

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 from this royal family.

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 The new name

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 reflects the future,

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 that she will be

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 the mother of kings.

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 Note that in verse 16,

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 it's said in the context

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 of the name change,

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 she shall become nations,

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 kings of peoples

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 shall come from her.

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 By the way,

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 this is the first,

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 but not the only mention

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 of kings in Genesis.

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 The first time we're told

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 that the kings

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 are going to come

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 from Abraham and Sarah.

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 And so we see also,

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 not just this identity marker,

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 but there's a decisive break

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 from the past here.

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 We knew Abram and Sarah,

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 they were a couple

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 with no kids

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 wandering around

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 in the desert.

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 Now we're introduced

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 to Abraham and Sarah.

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 And we might say

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 in a certain sense

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 they're new characters

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 because the new names matter.

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 What does it mean

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 to be in a relationship

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 with God?

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 How does that relationship

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 change us?

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 First answer is this.

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 It means that God

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 gives us a new identity.

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 It means that God

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 gives us a new identity.

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 Now it doesn't mean

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 that your name will change,

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 although we do call

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 ourselves Christians.

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 It does mean we get

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 a new purpose,

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 a new mission,

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 a new life.

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 I had a job interview

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 many, many years ago

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 and I think

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 it was a large interview.

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 It was me

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 and a bunch of people

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 around this big table

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 and I think

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 one of the individuals

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 that interviewed

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 had gone on the internet

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 and searched questions

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 to ask in a job interview

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 and got in probably

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 one of the worst lists possible.

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 And so she looked at me

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 and she said,

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 how would you describe yourself

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 in one word?

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 Which is extremely relevant

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 to getting a job.

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 And I'm terrible

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 at questions like that

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 and really the only answer

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 I could think of

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 was the one I gave.

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 I said, well,

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 redeemed.

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 That's the Christian

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 in one word.

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 What is one word

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 that describes you

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 as a Christian?

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 Redeemed.

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 You've been bought by God.

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 You've a new identity.

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 So if you're a Christian,

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 what is most true about you?

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 What is most true about you

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 is not that you are a man

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 or a woman

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 or a boy or a girl.

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 It is not that you are wealthy

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 or poor.

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 It is not your choices

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 or your parents' choices.

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 It is not your education

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 or your lack of education.

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 I'm not saying those things

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 don't matter.

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 I'm not saying they're insignificant.

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 They are not

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 what is most true

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 about you.

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 They are not

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 what is most important.

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 What is most important

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 about you

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 is this,

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 that you belong

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 body and soul

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 to your faithful Savior,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 He is fully paid

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 for all your sins

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 with his precious blood

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 and he has set you free

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 from the tyranny

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 of the devil.

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 He also watches over you

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 in such a way

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 that not a hair

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 can fall from your head

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 without the will

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 of your Father in heaven.

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 In fact,

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 all things must work together

00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:06.280
 for your salvation.

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 Christian,

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 that is what is most true

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 about you.

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 That is what is first.

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 Of course,

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 that brings to us

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 both great humility

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 and great hope.

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 Humility,

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 if we look to all

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 those other things,

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 if we think,

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 I'm fine

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 because I'm smart

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 or wealthy

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 or powerful,

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 brings great hope

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 if you don't have

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 any of those things.

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 What does the world say

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 if you don't have

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 any of those things?

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 Either hustle

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 or give up.

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 The Bible says

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 something quite different.

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 If you don't have

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 those things,

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 you still belong,

00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:54.340
 body and soul,

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 to Jesus Christ.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 we do not make

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 our own identity.

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 That is the great lie

00:16:08.820 --> 00:16:09.900
 of our current age.

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:11.679
 The great lie

00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:12.699
 of our current age

00:16:12.699 --> 00:16:13.679
 is that it is all

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 up to you

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 to figure out

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 exactly who you are

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 and what that means.

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 That's actually

00:16:19.819 --> 00:16:21.059
 too great of a weight

00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:21.899
 for you to carry

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 as a human.

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 That's actually more

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 than you were meant

00:16:25.819 --> 00:16:26.579
 to figure out.

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 It's like that quote

00:16:27.959 --> 00:16:28.579
 that I told you

00:16:28.579 --> 00:16:29.620
 from a few years ago

00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:30.939
 by Taylor Swift.

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 I have some good news.

00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:35.000
 It's totally up to you.

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:37.699
 I have some terrifying news.

00:16:38.199 --> 00:16:39.500
 It's totally up to you.

00:16:39.899 --> 00:16:41.740
 Christian,

00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:43.379
 I have some good news.

00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:44.939
 It is not at all

00:16:44.939 --> 00:16:45.659
 up to you.

00:16:50.579 --> 00:16:51.579
 We don't make

00:16:51.579 --> 00:16:52.179
 our identity.

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:54.139
 We receive it.

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 What do you believe

00:16:58.100 --> 00:17:00.939
 is most true

00:17:00.939 --> 00:17:02.279
 about you?

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 If it is something

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 other than

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:08.399
 the fact that

00:17:08.399 --> 00:17:09.779
 you have been redeemed,

00:17:10.180 --> 00:17:11.899
 you have lost

00:17:11.899 --> 00:17:12.759
 the plot.

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 That is what

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 is most important.

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 I also don't want you

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 to miss that there

00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:22.000
 is a decisive break

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.940
 from the past here.

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 There's, of course,

00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:24.759
 many things that have

00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:26.599
 happened to Abraham

00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.700
 and Sarah,

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 and there's now

00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:31.160
 a new future.

00:17:33.840 --> 00:17:34.279
 You,

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.319
 if you're a Christian,

00:17:35.860 --> 00:17:37.340
 have a decisive break

00:17:37.340 --> 00:17:38.220
 from the past

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 as well.

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 I do not mean

00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:42.299
 that the past

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 does not affect you.

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 Remember,

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.340
 I had a professor

00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:47.960
 in seminary.

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:48.319
 He said,

00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:49.240
 there are things

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.920
 that have happened

00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:51.380
 to me in this life

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:52.260
 that I will

00:17:52.260 --> 00:17:53.480
 never get over.

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 Meaning,

00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:56.560
 the impact of that

00:17:56.560 --> 00:17:57.800
 is going to travel

00:17:57.800 --> 00:17:59.060
 with me until I die.

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 And so,

00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:00.800
 I'm not saying

00:18:00.800 --> 00:18:01.480
 the past doesn't

00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.060
 affect you.

00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.720
 What I am saying

00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.240
 is this.

00:18:04.620 --> 00:18:05.560
 It cannot

00:18:05.560 --> 00:18:06.660
 define you.

00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.680
 It cannot

00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:10.360
 define you.

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.000
 2 Corinthians

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.660
 chapter 5

00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.320
 tells us,

00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:14.140
 therefore,

00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:14.860
 if anyone

00:18:14.860 --> 00:18:15.820
 is in Christ,

00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:16.960
 he is a new

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.600
 creation.

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:19.060
 The old

00:18:19.060 --> 00:18:20.100
 has passed away,

00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:21.480
 the new

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.559
 has come.

00:18:24.419 --> 00:18:25.939
 If you belong

00:18:25.939 --> 00:18:26.539
 to God,

00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:29.079
 there is

00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:30.339
 nothing else

00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:31.799
 that gets

00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:32.579
 the final

00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:34.219
 word on you.

00:18:35.379 --> 00:18:36.799
 If you belong

00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:37.459
 to God,

00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:38.959
 there is

00:18:38.959 --> 00:18:39.899
 nothing else

00:18:39.899 --> 00:18:40.959
 that gets

00:18:40.959 --> 00:18:41.500
 the final

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.019
 word

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:43.079
 on you.

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:46.199
 What did we sing?

00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:48.439
 Verse 3,

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.579
 this is on page 4.

00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:51.000
 And if

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.559
 he has

00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:52.399
 redeemed me,

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 I am not

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.379
 my own.

00:18:55.379 --> 00:18:56.179
 The measure

00:18:56.179 --> 00:18:57.199
 of my worth

00:18:57.199 --> 00:18:59.039
 is his love

00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.619
 alone.

00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:01.599
 He declares

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.399
 my standing

00:19:02.399 --> 00:19:04.579
 and he declares

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.480
 my state.

00:19:06.159 --> 00:19:06.559
 So,

00:19:06.639 --> 00:19:07.199
 I will know

00:19:07.199 --> 00:19:07.980
 myself

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:09.079
 by the

00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:09.319
 what?

00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:11.980
 By the name

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.839
 he

00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.799
 gave.

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 If you are

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.059
 cynical,

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.579
 you might

00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.019
 be thinking,

00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:23.419
 man,

00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:24.139
 that sounds

00:19:24.139 --> 00:19:24.980
 really great,

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:25.899
 Matthew,

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.279
 except you

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:28.180
 totally skipped

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:29.079
 verses 1

00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.819
 and 2.

00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:31.480
 What does

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:31.980
 God say to

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.460
 Abraham in

00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:32.960
 verses 1

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.299
 and 2?

00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:33.700
 He says,

00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.440
 walk before

00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:34.940
 me and

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.139
 be

00:19:35.139 --> 00:19:36.419
 blameless.

00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:38.220
 Man,

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.680
 that kind of

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.180
 sounds like a

00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:39.720
 bait and switch,

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:39.940
 right?

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.319
 Sounds like

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.599
 you have to

00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:41.339
 earn something

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:41.980
 from God.

00:19:42.399 --> 00:19:42.799
 Yes,

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.699
 get those

00:19:43.699 --> 00:19:44.539
 new names

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.839
 and there's

00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:46.279
 a new

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.220
 weight that

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.740
 comes along

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.000
 with it.

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.299
 Kind of

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:48.679
 sounds,

00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:48.879
 right?

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 You have

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.619
 to earn

00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:50.199
 something

00:19:50.199 --> 00:19:51.459
 from God.

00:19:51.959 --> 00:19:52.339
 Then in

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.859
 verses 9

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 through 13,

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 there's all

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.899
 these instructions

00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:56.039
 about circumcision.

00:19:56.439 --> 00:19:57.039
 Verse 14,

00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.459
 the threat

00:19:57.459 --> 00:19:58.119
 of punishment.

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.279
 If you

00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.759
 do not

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.659
 circumcise,

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.539
 you'll be

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.759
 cut off.

00:20:03.439 --> 00:20:03.659
 So,

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.119
 how is

00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:04.579
 this new

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.059
 identity,

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:05.980
 how is

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.259
 that a

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.079
 good thing

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.519
 if it

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.299
 also comes

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:08.659
 with this

00:20:08.659 --> 00:20:09.659
 requirement,

00:20:09.919 --> 00:20:10.639
 this demand

00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:11.580
 to be

00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.140
 blameless?

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.000
 To understand

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.259
 that,

00:20:14.300 --> 00:20:14.520
 we've got

00:20:14.520 --> 00:20:15.060
 to grasp

00:20:15.060 --> 00:20:15.480
 a couple

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.000
 of things.

00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:16.780
 First,

00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:17.020
 we have

00:20:17.020 --> 00:20:17.520
 to understand

00:20:17.520 --> 00:20:17.840
 what is

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.280
 meant by

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 a covenant.

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 The word

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.000
 covenant

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:21.160
 appears 13

00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:22.240
 times in

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 this passage,

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 and there's

00:20:23.820 --> 00:20:24.240
 many different

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.800
 ways of

00:20:24.800 --> 00:20:25.500
 defining it.

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 The definition

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.680
 I like

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.940
 best shows

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.320
 up on the

00:20:28.320 --> 00:20:28.980
 back of

00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.440
 your worship

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:29.780
 guide.

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 It's from

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 a pastor

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.000
 who says

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.259
 this,

00:20:31.340 --> 00:20:31.700
 a covenant

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.259
 is a

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 stunning

00:20:32.780 --> 00:20:33.480
 blend

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.600
 of both

00:20:34.600 --> 00:20:35.040
 law

00:20:35.040 --> 00:20:35.720
 and love.

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 It is

00:20:37.020 --> 00:20:37.640
 more intimate

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.300
 and loving

00:20:38.300 --> 00:20:38.900
 than a mere

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.820
 contract,

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:41.279
 more binding

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.099
 and accountable

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:43.399
 than a mere

00:20:43.399 --> 00:20:44.519
 relationship.

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.879
 God's calling

00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:47.539
 Abraham into

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.500
 this relationship.

00:20:48.919 --> 00:20:49.659
 It's a relationship

00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:50.439
 that has intimacy

00:20:50.439 --> 00:20:50.980
 in it.

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.899
 It's also a

00:20:51.899 --> 00:20:52.579
 relationship that

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.099
 has things that

00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:53.599
 are binding

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.759
 and accountable.

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:56.759
 The second

00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.319
 thing then

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:57.819
 is God

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.579
 is not,

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.779
 Abraham is not

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.639
 earning God's

00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.500
 blessing here.

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.220
 What's being

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.980
 presented to us

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.879
 is the logic

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:05.139
 of relationships.

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.500
 That blessing

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:08.579
 requires certain

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:09.299
 activities.

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.639
 Okay,

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.259
 blessing

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:12.439
 requires

00:21:12.439 --> 00:21:13.539
 certain

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.460
 activities.

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.199
 You'll see

00:21:15.199 --> 00:21:15.699
 this on page

00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:16.399
 seven of your

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 worship guide.

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.639
 Obedience

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:20.039
 then is the

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.539
 means of

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.259
 living within

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.099
 the sphere

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:22.720
 of blessing

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.879
 and enjoying

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.179
 it.

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.480
 Obedience

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:25.919
 is never

00:21:25.919 --> 00:21:26.639
 the means

00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:27.339
 of earning

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.759
 or deserving

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.559
 the blessing.

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:30.619
 In other words,

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.740
 you never earn

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.639
 God's blessings.

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.859
 You do have

00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.519
 to be in the

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.279
 right place

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.980
 to receive

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.299
 them.

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.019
 Okay,

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.619
 you don't earn

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.420
 God's blessings.

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.960
 You do have

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.480
 to be in the

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.279
 right place

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.980
 to receive

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.259
 them.

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:44.879
 So think

00:21:44.879 --> 00:21:45.139
 about it

00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:45.460
 this way.

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.000
 Today is

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.039
 July 6th.

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:47.940
 Two days

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.319
 ago was

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.319
 July 4th.

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.980
 If you

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.759
 were invited

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.399
 to a

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:52.920
 cookout

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:54.240
 and you

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.779
 went,

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.599
 you received

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.079
 a blessing.

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:58.920
 Right?

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.440
 Probably

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.619
 you got a

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:02.039
 hamburger

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.980
 or a hot

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.240
 dog.

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:05.900
 did you

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.359
 earn

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.599
 the

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:06.900
 burger?

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.380
 No.

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.339
 Would

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.599
 you have

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.000
 received

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.220
 the

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.440
 burger

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.799
 had you

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.000
 not

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.240
 shown

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.380
 up

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.480
 to

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:13.620
 the

00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:13.980
 cookout?

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.799
 No.

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.039
 You had

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.339
 to be

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.599
 within

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.380
 the sphere

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.180
 of blessing.

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:19.900
 Right?

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.220
 You had

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.480
 to be

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.680
 within

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:20.859
 the

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.359
 proximity

00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:21.839
 of the

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.160
 grill.

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.079
 Your

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.700
 invitation

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.240
 was not

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.740
 based on

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.039
 merit.

00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:25.460
 The host

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.859
 did not

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.240
 say,

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.099
 come over

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.519
 to my

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:27.900
 house

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.180
 because

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.440
 you

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:28.620
 have

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.180
 performed

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.559
 so

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:29.960
 well.

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.140
 Come

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.460
 over to

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:32.599
 my

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:32.799
 house.

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:35.019
 You

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.200
 showed

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.440
 up.

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.559
 You

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:35.779
 didn't

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.079
 earn

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.619
 anything.

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.099
 But

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.220
 you

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.399
 had

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:38.539
 to

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:38.940
 be

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.379
 there

00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:39.700
 to

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.259
 receive

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.599
 it.

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:42.839
 Kids,

00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:42.940
 you

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.220
 know the

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.440
 same

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.720
 thing.

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:43.859
 If

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:43.980
 you

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.240
 want

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.399
 to

00:22:44.399 --> 00:22:44.879
 receive

00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:45.119
 your

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.579
 parents'

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.180
 wisdom

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.440
 and

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:46.899
 blessing

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.180
 and

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.599
 guidance,

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:47.819
 what

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:47.899
 do

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:47.980
 you

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.139
 have

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:48.259
 to

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.579
 do?

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.139
 You

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:50.240
 don't

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.379
 have

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.500
 to

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.759
 earn

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:50.960
 it.

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:51.659
 It's

00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:51.859
 given

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:51.980
 to

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.139
 you

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.500
 freely,

00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:52.779
 right?

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:52.960
 You're

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.119
 their

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.579
 child.

00:22:55.159 --> 00:22:55.639
 You

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:55.779
 do

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:55.940
 have

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.059
 to

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.339
 show

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.539
 up

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:56.759
 for

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:56.919
 it.

00:22:58.139 --> 00:22:58.619
 You

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:58.819
 do

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.059
 have

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.200
 to

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.599
 be

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.559
 within

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.599
 the

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:02.960
 same

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.180
 thing

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.419
 here

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:03.599
 with

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:03.960
 Abraham

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.299
 and

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.599
 Sarah.

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.220
 Do

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.440
 they

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.000
 earn

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.480
 anything

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:06.700
 that

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:06.899
 God

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.079
 has

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.440
 promised

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:07.659
 to

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:07.799
 them

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:07.919
 to

00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.119
 become

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.279
 a

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.599
 great

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.019
 nation?

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.299
 Of

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.500
 course

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.899
 not.

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.559
 Do

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:12.680
 they

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:12.819
 have

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:12.940
 to

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.139
 do

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:13.539
 something?

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.159
 Yes.

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.079
 It

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.319
 actually

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.659
 turns

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:16.899
 out

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.279
 there

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.440
 are

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:17.720
 certain

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.000
 things

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.119
 you

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.279
 have

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.399
 to

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:18.599
 do

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:18.759
 if

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:18.899
 you

00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.200
 want

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.379
 to

00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:19.779
 have

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.220
 a

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.559
 child.

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:21.839
 Abraham

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.139
 and

00:23:22.139 --> 00:23:22.339
 Sarah

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:22.559
 are

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.659
 going

00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:22.740
 to

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:22.879
 have

00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:22.980
 to

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.099
 do

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.299
 those

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.680
 things.

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:24.960
 They

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.240
 don't

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.639
 earn

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:25.859
 the

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.240
 blessing.

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.180
 They

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.480
 show

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.759
 up

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.799
 to

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:33.960
 know

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.180
 what's

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.460
 also

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.960
 included.

00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:36.379
 The

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:36.559
 Lord

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:36.899
 appeared

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.059
 to

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.319
 Abraham

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:37.500
 and

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:37.639
 said

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:37.779
 to

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:37.980
 him,

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.539
 I

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.099
 am

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.740
 God

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.519
 Almighty.

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.039
 The

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.279
 Hebrew

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.619
 word

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:42.899
 here

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.159
 is

00:23:43.159 --> 00:23:43.500
 El

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.119
 Shaddai.

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.779
 El

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.099
 Shaddai

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.539
 talks

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:46.819
 about

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.180
 God's

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.440
 great

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.960
 power

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.279
 over

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.919
 creation.

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:49.859
 In

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.000
 other

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.180
 words,

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.460
 God

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:50.639
 is

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:50.919
 saying

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.180
 these

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.539
 great

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:51.839
 things

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:51.980
 are

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.159
 going

00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:52.359
 to

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.720
 happen

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.000
 to

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.319
 you

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.180
 because

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.740
 I

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.339
 will

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.159
 do

00:23:56.159 --> 00:23:56.480
 it.

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.460
 Verse

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:58.799
 two,

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.419
 I

00:23:59.419 --> 00:23:59.619
 will

00:23:59.619 --> 00:23:59.879
 make

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.099
 the

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.440
 covenant.

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.419
 Verses

00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:01.799
 five

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:01.960
 through

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.419
 seven,

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.299
 I

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:03.839
 will,

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:04.980
 I

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:06.240
 will.

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.339
 Of

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.440
 course,

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.639
 that's

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:09.799
 going to

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.059
 have to

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.319
 happen,

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:10.559
 right?

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.019
 God

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.339
 was not

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.559
 in the

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:12.819
 ancient

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.079
 Near

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.279
 East

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.680
 looking

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.460
 for

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.599
 the

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:14.799
 most

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.319
 powerful

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.619
 or

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:15.940
 fertile

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.379
 couple,

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.559
 and

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:17.759
 if

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.000
 he

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.379
 were,

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.079
 he

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.259
 would

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.519
 not

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:19.720
 have

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.119
 chosen

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.639
 Abraham

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.039
 and

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.319
 Sarah.

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.599
 God

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.079
 loves

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:26.059
 to

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.379
 use

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.579
 the

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.019
 foolish

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.399
 and

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:27.519
 the

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.799
 weak.

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:30.980
 Christian,

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.480
 God

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.019
 loves

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.259
 to

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.839
 use

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.599
 you.

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:36.880
 Gives

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.039
 him

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.299
 great

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.720
 honor

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.779
 and

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.140
 glory.

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.460
 And so

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.680
 what does

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:41.940
 it mean

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.339
 to be

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.599
 in a

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.039
 relationship

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.319
 with

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.559
 God?

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:43.720
 How

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:43.839
 does

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:43.980
 it

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.360
 change

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:44.720
 us?

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.680
 We've

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:45.819
 seen

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.059
 that it

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.259
 gives

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.420
 us

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.539
 a

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.660
 new

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.220
 identity.

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.559
 We

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:48.799
 also

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.099
 see

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.240
 it

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.440
 gives

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:49.640
 us

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.160
 new

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:51.460
 responsibilities.

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.099
 Yes,

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.579
 Abraham

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.059
 has a

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.240
 new

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.839
 name

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.640
 and

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:55.920
 he's

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.480
 called

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.200
 to

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.620
 new

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.500
 things.

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.539
 We

00:24:59.539 --> 00:24:59.660
 have

00:24:59.660 --> 00:24:59.859
 two

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.339
 commands

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.140
 to

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.640
 obedience

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.000
 here.

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.539
 There's

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:02.700
 a

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.000
 general

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.240
 and

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.400
 a

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.880
 specific.

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:04.839
 We're

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:04.900
 going

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:04.940
 to

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.059
 look

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.180
 at

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.460
 both.

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:05.660
 The

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.059
 general,

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.480
 verse

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:06.900
 one,

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.680
 walk

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.099
 before

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.319
 me

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.500
 and

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.680
 be

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.359
 blameless.

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.299
 The

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.880
 specific,

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.299
 verse

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.660
 two,

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.059
 is that

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.339
 Abraham

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.579
 would

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.140
 perform

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.859
 this

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.440
 circumcision.

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.359
 You

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:15.500
 might

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.660
 be

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.079
 wondering,

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:16.859
 why

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.099
 in the

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.319
 world

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.519
 is

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.079
 circumcision

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.339
 the

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.660
 sign

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:18.880
 that's

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.220
 presented

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.619
 here?

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.680
 This

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.099
 passage

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.319
 does

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.500
 not

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:21.859
 answer

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.099
 that

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.559
 question

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.940
 for

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.220
 us.

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:23.839
 There's

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.019
 all

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.279
 kinds

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.440
 of

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.799
 theories

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.039
 and

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.740
 conjectures.

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.519
 What I

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.900
 want to

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.140
 point

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.420
 out

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.660
 is

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.100
 simply

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.340
 what

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.480
 we

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.720
 see

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.000
 here

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.140
 in

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.340
 these

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.660
 verses.

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.460
 We

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:30.720
 find

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:30.880
 out

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.160
 two

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.660
 things.

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:32.940
 Verse

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.680
 13,

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.100
 circumcision

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.519
 is the

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:35.980
 sign

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.700
 because

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:36.960
 it's

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.200
 a

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.920
 permanent

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.600
 sign

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.200
 of a

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.740
 permanent

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.220
 covenant.

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.440
 So

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.700
 shall

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:43.920
 my

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.220
 covenant

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.600
 be in

00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:44.779
 your

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.259
 flesh

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.420
 an

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.940
 everlasting

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.440
 covenant.

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.559
 Permanent

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.920
 sign

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.779
 of a

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.080
 permanent

00:25:49.080 --> 00:25:49.460
 covenant.

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.640
 We

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.000
 find out

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.480
 also in

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:51.640
 verse

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.160
 14

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.360
 the

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:52.960
 punishment

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.580
 and

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:53.779
 the

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.360
 punishment

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:54.899
 gets at

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.019
 the

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.679
 purpose.

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.059
 The

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.479
 meaning

00:25:56.479 --> 00:25:56.859
 here.

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:57.679
 If

00:25:57.679 --> 00:25:57.859
 the

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.259
 punishment

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.759
 is being

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.279
 cut off

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.599
 from the

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.039
 community,

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.000
 what

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.579
 must be

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.039
 part of

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.240
 the

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.559
 meaning

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:02.779
 of

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.339
 circumcision

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.859
 if not

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.319
 membership

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.899
 in the

00:26:04.899 --> 00:26:05.899
 community?

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.019
 It's the

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.419
 same thing

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:07.939
 we see

00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:08.719
 in

00:26:08.719 --> 00:26:09.159
 baptism.

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.419
 The

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:10.819
 emphasis

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.359
 in this

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.799
 passage

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.299
 though is

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.919
 not on

00:26:12.919 --> 00:26:13.099
 the

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.459
 meaning

00:26:13.459 --> 00:26:13.679
 of

00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.339
 circumcision.

00:26:14.979 --> 00:26:15.199
 The

00:26:15.199 --> 00:26:15.619
 emphasis

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.500
 is on

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.500
 obedience.

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.799
 Is

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.299
 Abraham

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.079
 going to

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.359
 do

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:21.859
 what God

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.059
 has

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.299
 called

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.419
 him

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:22.539
 to

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:22.779
 do?

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.719
 Especially

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.180
 something

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.880
 so

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.259
 painful.

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.720
 When I

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.039
 was a

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.420
 teacher

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.620
 many years

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:28.960
 ago at a

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.200
 Christian

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.559
 school,

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:29.880
 I was

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.140
 teaching

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.460
 ninth

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.819
 graders

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.900
 and we

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.140
 went

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.420
 through the

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.720
 book of

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.000
 Genesis

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.500
 together

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:35.240
 and this

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.519
 sweet

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.980
 ninth grade

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.279
 boy,

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:36.539
 when we

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.779
 got to

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.079
 Genesis

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.839
 17,

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.360
 raised his

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:38.720
 hand and

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:38.980
 he said,

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.579
 what is

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.259
 circumcision?

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.019
 And I

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.259
 said,

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.500
 you know

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.720
 what?

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.140
 That's a

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.940
 great question

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.339
 for you to

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.299
 ask your

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.920
 parents at

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.220
 home.

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.779
 Came back

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.180
 to the next

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.779
 class and

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.400
 every time

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.040
 circumcision

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:53.060
 came up

00:26:53.060 --> 00:26:53.840
 after that,

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.440
 he would

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:54.759
 just put

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.160
 his head

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.420
 in his

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.880
 hands and

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.200
 go like

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.519
 this.

00:26:59.320 --> 00:26:59.780
 The

00:26:59.780 --> 00:27:00.160
 ninth grade

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.620
 girls would

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:01.019
 laugh at

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.240
 him.

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.980
 Why?

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.700
 This is not

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.200
 an easy

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.700
 command.

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.740
 God is

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.340
 demanding

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:10.600
 something very

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:12.019
 serious from

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.420
 Abraham.

00:27:13.280 --> 00:27:14.160
 The narrator

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.680
 of Genesis

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.720
 is very

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.460
 skilled and

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.720
 so the

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.259
 question in

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.700
 the mind of

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.100
 the ancient

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.600
 Near Eastern

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.299
 reader is,

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.659
 is Abraham

00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:21.879
 actually going

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.599
 to do it?

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.539
 There's this

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.939
 suspense that

00:27:25.939 --> 00:27:26.439
 the narrator

00:27:26.439 --> 00:27:27.299
 is building.

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:28.759
 Verse 14

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:30.199
 is when the

00:27:30.199 --> 00:27:31.059
 punishment is

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.779
 laid out

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:34.480
 and then we

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.019
 have to wait.

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:35.759
 Right?

00:27:35.919 --> 00:27:36.439
 We have to

00:27:36.439 --> 00:27:36.939
 wait throughout

00:27:36.939 --> 00:27:37.439
 the rest of

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:37.919
 the reading and

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.219
 so as we're

00:27:38.219 --> 00:27:38.819
 waiting through

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.299
 the narrative,

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.339
 we're wondering,

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.000
 wow, is

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.639
 Abraham actually

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.059
 going to do

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.399
 this?

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.059
 Is he for

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.539
 real right

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.799
 now?

00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:46.980
 Is he going

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.359
 to follow

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.759
 through?

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.159
 And then to

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.579
 make it even

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:49.899
 better,

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.819
 verse 22,

00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:51.839
 when he had

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.519
 finished talking

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.059
 with him,

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:54.279
 God went

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.519
 up from

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.079
 Abraham.

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:58.059
 Scholars will

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.919
 tell us that

00:27:58.919 --> 00:27:59.539
 when God

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.679
 finishes speaking,

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.619
 we almost

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.459
 always move

00:28:03.459 --> 00:28:03.899
 on to the

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.679
 next scene.

00:28:05.459 --> 00:28:06.599
 There is no

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.919
 note of God

00:28:07.919 --> 00:28:08.539
 getting up and

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.839
 leaving.

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.279
 And so this is

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.339
 especially important

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.219
 that we're told

00:28:12.219 --> 00:28:13.579
 of God's exit.

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.399
 It is, in a

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:16.959
 sense, God's

00:28:16.959 --> 00:28:17.299
 kind of his

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.079
 mic drop,

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:18.379
 right?

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.719
 Okay, you

00:28:19.719 --> 00:28:19.959
 need to

00:28:19.959 --> 00:28:20.279
 obey.

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.759
 I'm out.

00:28:23.939 --> 00:28:24.439
 And so we

00:28:24.439 --> 00:28:24.679
 have that

00:28:24.679 --> 00:28:25.139
 moment where

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.579
 the question

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.759
 is, is

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:28.359
 Abraham going

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:29.299
 to obey?

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.859
 That explains

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.299
 for us

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.159
 verses 22

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:33.059
 through 27.

00:28:33.959 --> 00:28:34.259
 Does

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.779
 Abraham

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.480
 obey?

00:28:36.719 --> 00:28:37.279
 Yes.

00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:38.259
 And not

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.859
 only does he

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.879
 obey, he

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:41.139
 really obeys.

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.579
 We are

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.240
 told, not

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.339
 once, not

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.359
 twice, but

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.259
 three times

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.079
 that Abraham

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:48.140
 circumcised

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.720
 Ishmael.

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.079
 Why do we

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.440
 need to hear

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.799
 about that

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.379
 three times?

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.940
 So there's

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:55.099
 no mistake

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.720
 in our

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.059
 mind.

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:58.019
 Abraham did

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:59.240
 what God

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.420
 told him

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.559
 to do.

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:05.319
 of course, our

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.919
 New Testament

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:07.799
 reading, Romans

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.379
 chapter 4,

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.899
 verse 11,

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.559
 points out,

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.339
 Abraham's

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:10.819
 righteousness

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.700
 came before

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.379
 circumcision.

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.099
 Genesis 15

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.059
 comes before

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:17.059
 Genesis 17.

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.579
 This obedience

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.659
 does not earn

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.079
 his new

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.440
 identity.

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.000
 It does not

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.720
 earn God's

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.019
 favor.

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:24.519
 It is the

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.559
 right response

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:27.440
 to his new

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.539
 identity, to

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.980
 God's favor.

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.019
 God's favor.

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.120
 What does

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:34.920
 it mean to

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.279
 be in a

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.680
 relationship

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.220
 with God?

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.940
 How does

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.299
 it change

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.519
 us?

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.319
 Being in a

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.740
 relationship

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.259
 with God

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.759
 means that

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.180
 he gives

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.779
 us a

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.599
 new identity.

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.539
 Being in a

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:45.960
 relationship

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.519
 with God

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.059
 means he

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.579
 gives us

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.140
 new

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.660
 responsibilities.

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:52.140
 I told

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.360
 you that

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.920
 Abraham had

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.440
 a general

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.839
 and a

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.200
 specific

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.700
 command.

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.980
 There is

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.579
 a general

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.039
 and a

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.440
 specific

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.259
 command for

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.380
 us as

00:29:59.380 --> 00:29:59.620
 well.

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:01.420
 general

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.960
 command,

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.099
 walk

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.900
 before me

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.460
 and be

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.319
 blameless.

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.660
 As I

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.079
 told you a

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.500
 couple weeks

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.860
 ago,

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.640
 God's

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.160
 laws,

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.839
 his rules

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.400
 are not

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.019
 arbitrary.

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.720
 God's

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.079
 rules,

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.579
 his laws

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.120
 are set

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.500
 up to

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.140
 cooperate

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.660
 with the

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.500
 grain of

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.660
 the

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.240
 universe.

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.400
 If you

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.180
 want to

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.839
 experience

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.759
 blessing

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.420
 and

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.380
 flourishing,

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.560
 do

00:30:28.560 --> 00:30:28.940
 what

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.440
 God

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.100
 says.

00:30:32.040 --> 00:30:32.480
 God

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.860
 gives us

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.020
 his

00:30:33.020 --> 00:30:33.360
 commands

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.620
 not

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:33.940
 because

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.140
 he

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.300
 is

00:30:34.300 --> 00:30:34.560
 a

00:30:34.560 --> 00:30:35.060
 harsh

00:30:35.060 --> 00:30:35.640
 task

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.200
 master,

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.160
 but because

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.880
 he wants

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:40.080
 you to

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.800
 have

00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:41.300
 what is

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:41.780
 good.

00:30:43.280 --> 00:30:44.000
 He wants

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.220
 you to

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.600
 have

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:45.760
 what is

00:30:45.760 --> 00:30:46.020
 good.

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.620
 There's a

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:47.940
 specific

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.520
 command as

00:30:48.520 --> 00:30:48.720
 well.

00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:49.000
 Abraham

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.480
 has this

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.020
 call to

00:30:50.020 --> 00:30:50.580
 circumcision.

00:30:50.760 --> 00:30:50.900
 Now,

00:30:51.020 --> 00:30:51.540
 circumcision

00:30:51.540 --> 00:30:51.960
 has been

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.540
 replaced

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.899
 by baptism

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.859
 in the

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.420
 New Testament.

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.480
 Baptism

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.200
 means many

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.759
 things.

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.759
 One of the

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.200
 things it

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.680
 means is

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.259
 the same

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.579
 that we

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.119
 saw this

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.659
 morning in

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:02.259
 circumcision,

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.839
 which is

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.519
 membership

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:05.099
 in God's

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.680
 people.

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.839
 We know

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.039
 that,

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.200
 right,

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.619
 because of

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.159
 the punishment.

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.740
 The punishment

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.279
 in the Old

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.019
 Testament often

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.539
 fits the

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:11.899
 crime.

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:13.039
 Verse 14,

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.379
 if you

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:13.740
 don't get

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.539
 circumcised,

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.299
 you'll be

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.059
 cut off

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.720
 from the

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.019
 people.

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.899
 What's

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.359
 the opposite

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:19.839
 of that?

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.000
 The

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.920
 opposite is

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:23.000
 embracing

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.860
 God's

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.220
 people.

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:26.940
 Embracing

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.740
 the church,

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.920
 being a

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.580
 part of

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:30.180
 where God

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.600
 has said,

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.240
 this is the

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.680
 place where

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.340
 my blessing

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:33.019
 happens.

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.240
 You cut

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.039
 yourself off

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.580
 from God's

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:36.900
 people.

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.080
 You've

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.840
 actually chosen

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.300
 what God

00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:39.820
 says is a

00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:40.160
 curse.

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.580
 Can you

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:42.100
 imagine an

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.720
 Israelite saying,

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.019
 well, I've

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.740
 been circumcised

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.300
 and I'm still

00:31:44.300 --> 00:31:44.560
 going to

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:44.960
 leave?

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.640
 No,

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:48.039
 that's where

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.519
 God's

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.080
 blessing

00:31:49.080 --> 00:31:50.420
 resides.

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.519
 Don't

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.000
 choose

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.360
 the

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:53.700
 curse.

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:55.900
 Commit

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.420
 to God's

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:56.720
 church.

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.440
 Commit

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.160
 to his

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.560
 people.

00:32:01.060 --> 00:32:01.480
 You

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.960
 will be

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.300
 blessed.

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.860
 That's the

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.140
 place.

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.480
 That's the

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.840
 place where

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.039
 we're

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.019
 equipped and

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.620
 empowered to

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.060
 do everything

00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.700
 God's called

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.840
 us to

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.120
 do.

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.539
 The article

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.160
 about Bodie

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.759
 McBoatface

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.660
 came out in

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.340
 2016,

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.640
 and at the

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.220
 time, they

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.620
 said it was

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.140
 going to set

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.620
 sail in

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:21.680
 2019, did

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.160
 not have

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.660
 its maiden

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.540
 voyage until

00:32:23.540 --> 00:32:24.420
 2021.

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.759
 Why?

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.700
 The boat

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.060
 had to be

00:32:29.060 --> 00:32:29.620
 equipped for

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:29.960
 the mission

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.460
 ahead of it,

00:32:30.540 --> 00:32:30.720
 right?

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:32.000
 It is not

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.940
 easy to

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.540
 navigate the

00:32:33.540 --> 00:32:34.440
 icy waters

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.540
 of the

00:32:35.540 --> 00:32:35.759
 Arctic.

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.240
 Christian,

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:41.040
 the Lord

00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:41.980
 never sends

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.580
 us out

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.440
 before he

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.220
 equips us.

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:46.360
 Notice what

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:47.080
 happens here.

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:48.220
 the identity

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.539
 comes before

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.220
 the mission.

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.139
 The same

00:32:52.139 --> 00:32:52.500
 thing with

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.819
 our Lord

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.119
 Jesus.

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.720
 Remember,

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.439
 Jesus is

00:32:55.439 --> 00:32:57.000
 baptized before

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.879
 he goes into

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.419
 the desert

00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:59.659
 for 40 days

00:32:59.659 --> 00:33:00.819
 and 40 nights.

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:01.799
 And what

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.199
 happens when

00:33:02.199 --> 00:33:02.659
 he's baptized?

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.240
 God the

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.759
 Father says,

00:33:05.199 --> 00:33:05.759
 this is my

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.619
 beloved son.

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.199
 Even

00:33:09.199 --> 00:33:10.819
 Jesus needed

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.500
 to be reminded

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:11.919
 of his

00:33:11.919 --> 00:33:12.460
 identity

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:14.819
 before his

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.199
 mission.

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:17.120
 Of course,

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.440
 it doesn't

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.960
 come free.

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.680
 Remember what

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.180
 we saw in

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:21.019
 Genesis 15.

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.620
 God is

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.160
 the one

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:24.080
 who pays

00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:24.900
 the price

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:26.080
 of the

00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:26.340
 covenant.

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.080
 He's the

00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:28.259
 one who

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.920
 pays for

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.460
 our failure.

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.720
 The

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.160
 punishment,

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:32.000
 verse 14,

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.539
 is that you

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:32.799
 will be

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.380
 cut off.

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:34.920
 What

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.299
 happened to

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.539
 Jesus?

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.640
 Jesus was

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:39.039
 cut off.

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.960
 Jesus came,

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.400
 lived the

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.039
 perfect life

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.279
 that we

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.600
 should have

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:44.959
 lived,

00:33:45.699 --> 00:33:46.279
 died the

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.819
 death that

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.319
 we deserve,

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.240
 cut off

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:50.059
 instead of

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.379
 us.

00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:51.919
 We don't

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.259
 earn the

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.719
 blessings

00:33:52.719 --> 00:33:55.019
 because Jesus

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:56.199
 earned them

00:33:56.199 --> 00:33:57.379
 for us.

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:01.659
 Because God

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:02.240
 has given

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:03.299
 us a

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.779
 new

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.619
 identity,

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.259
 we can

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.879
 live

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.980
 lives

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.940
 of obedience.

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.440
 Because we

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.860
 have a new

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.259
 identity,

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.619
 we can

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.079
 embrace

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.099
 new

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:14.239
 responsibilities.

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.839
 let's

00:34:15.839 --> 00:34:16.059
 pray.

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.599
 Our

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.039
 Father in

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.259
 heaven,

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.819
 we do

00:34:19.819 --> 00:34:20.960
 again praise

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.299
 you and

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:21.679
 thank you

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.039
 for your

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.319
 word.

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:23.299
 We thank

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.619
 you that

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.179
 you come

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.539
 to us,

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.940
 you seek

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.380
 us out

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.739
 like Hagar,

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.159
 even when

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.460
 we're not

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.079
 seeking you.

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.059
 That you

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.779
 free us

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:31.360
 from the

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.699
 burden

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:33.619
 of justifying

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.299
 ourselves and

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:34.719
 instead

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:36.099
 you're the

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.679
 one who

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:37.279
 gives us

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:38.279
 a name.

00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:39.199
 We ask

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.400
 that you

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:39.799
 would drive

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.239
 that deep

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.639
 into our

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:40.960
 hearts,

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.219
 that it

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:41.559
 would lead

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.279
 us to love

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:43.200
 and serve

00:34:43.200 --> 00:34:43.540
 you more

00:34:43.540 --> 00:34:43.820
 and more.

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.380
 We ask

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.880
 these things

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.260
 in Jesus'

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.620
 name.

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.480
 Amen.

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.620
 Amen.

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:46.660
 Amen.