WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.820 Good morning. 00:00:02.100 --> 00:00:06.860 My name is Matthew Capone and I'm one of the pastors here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church. 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:09.980 ! And it's my joy to bring God's word to you this morning. 00:00:10.779 --> 00:00:14.000 We're continuing our series in the book of Genesis. 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:19.199 You'll remember that Genesis tells the origin story of God's people, Israel. 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:27.760 And this summer we're looking at the story of Isaac and Jacob, mostly Jacob, which is in chapters 25 through 36. 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:32.120 And to a certain extent we're asking the same question we asked last summer. 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:38.600 You'll remember we were in the Abraham story and we said, what does it look like to follow God in faith? 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:44.920 That question is going to continue for Isaac and Jacob, although as I mentioned last week we're going to have some new layers, 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:49.480 some new themes that get brought to the forefront in this part of the story. 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:56.680 So last week we looked at God's faithfulness to his covenant generation to generation. 00:00:56.679 --> 00:01:01.560 There's the passing on of the blessing from Abraham to Isaac. 00:01:02.179 --> 00:01:07.879 This week we're going to start a theme that is going to show up over and over in the book of Genesis, 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:15.599 which is God's work in and through dysfunctional families. 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:18.420 It's going to be a repeated theme. 00:01:19.099 --> 00:01:24.700 So remember chapter 25, we had the birth of the twins, Jacob and Esau, to Isaac and Rebekah. 00:01:24.700 --> 00:01:28.219 Now in chapter 26, we have gone back in time. 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:31.260 Jacob and Esau have not been born yet. 00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:36.460 So this is back when Isaac and Rebekah were just the two of them before they had kids. 00:01:36.740 --> 00:01:43.260 You'll remember verses 1 through 5 of 26, Isaac took on the mantle of Abraham. 00:01:44.700 --> 00:01:47.439 Okay, that was our main focus last week. 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:50.959 This week, it's not the mantle he takes on. 00:01:51.859 --> 00:01:55.840 Isaac takes on the sins of Abraham. 00:01:56.759 --> 00:01:59.239 So that's our topic this morning, generational sin. 00:01:59.340 --> 00:02:01.900 You'll see that the title of our sermon on page 7. 00:02:02.039 --> 00:02:07.459 That is sin patterns that are passed down from parents to their children. 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:09.340 I'm going to talk about two things with that. 00:02:09.419 --> 00:02:12.259 First, we're going to talk about generational sin in general, 00:02:12.259 --> 00:02:14.419 the concept and idea of that. 00:02:14.539 --> 00:02:20.899 And then secondly, we'll look at the specific sins that get passed down through Abraham and his line. 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.799 So with that, I invite you to turn with me now to Genesis chapter 26. 00:02:26.139 --> 00:02:29.500 You'll find it page 7 of your worship guide. 00:02:29.579 --> 00:02:33.639 And as we turn there, remember, Proverbs chapter 30 tells us, 00:02:33.639 --> 00:02:36.159 Every word of God proves true. 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:40.680 He's a shield to those who take refuge in him. 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:45.920 And so that's why we read now Genesis chapter 26, starting at verse 6. 00:02:46.740 --> 00:02:49.080 So Isaac settled in Gerar. 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:53.099 When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, 00:02:53.580 --> 00:02:54.599 She is my sister. 00:02:55.200 --> 00:02:57.560 For he feared to say, My wife. 00:02:58.300 --> 00:03:02.319 Thinking, lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah, 00:03:02.819 --> 00:03:05.100 because she was attractive in appearance. 00:03:06.260 --> 00:03:08.200 When he had been there a long time, 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:11.500 Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out of a window 00:03:11.500 --> 00:03:15.459 and saw Isaac laughing with Rebekah, his wife. 00:03:16.539 --> 00:03:18.519 So Abimelech called Isaac and said, 00:03:18.619 --> 00:03:20.659 Behold, she is your wife. 00:03:21.299 --> 00:03:24.000 How then could you say, she is my sister? 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:26.120 Isaac said to him, 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:30.000 Because I thought, lest I die because of her. 00:03:31.259 --> 00:03:32.120 Abimelech said, 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:34.140 What is this you have done to us? 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:37.900 One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, 00:03:38.300 --> 00:03:41.360 and you would have brought guilt upon us. 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:44.400 So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, 00:03:44.920 --> 00:03:50.800 Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:56.760 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word. 00:03:58.160 --> 00:04:02.340 Our Father in heaven, we do thank you and praise you again this morning, 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:06.760 that you've given us life and breath to come before you. 00:04:06.880 --> 00:04:08.720 You've given us the health to gather. 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.120 We thank you that you've given us your word to remind us 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:15.740 of your great grace and mercy in Jesus Christ. 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.860 We ask that you would be at work here and now in a special way, 00:04:19.860 --> 00:04:20.980 by your Holy Spirit, 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:24.860 that you would penetrate our hearts and our minds with your word, 00:04:25.860 --> 00:04:27.699 that would lead us to great conviction, 00:04:28.259 --> 00:04:29.180 and even more than that, 00:04:29.220 --> 00:04:32.819 it would lead us to great love and devotion to Jesus Christ, 00:04:32.980 --> 00:04:37.800 that you would show us Jesus in his great beauty and glory and majesty. 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:40.980 And we ask all of these things in his mighty name. 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:41.840 Amen. 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:46.740 I'm not as tall as Daniel Sanchez, 00:04:46.740 --> 00:04:49.699 so I have to bring this down a little bit. 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:54.900 The story is told of a young couple, a newly married. 00:04:56.340 --> 00:04:58.860 Their first holiday rolls around, 00:04:59.080 --> 00:05:03.180 and so the wife cooks the family recipe of the roast 00:05:03.180 --> 00:05:06.199 that has been cooked for generations in her family. 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:08.580 And before placing the roast in the oven, 00:05:08.860 --> 00:05:11.580 she cuts off the ends of the roast. 00:05:12.860 --> 00:05:13.600 Roast comes out. 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:14.180 It's wonderful. 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:15.300 Her husband compliments it. 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:15.540 He says, 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:16.759 Honey, this is a wonderful roast. 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:18.060 It's the best I've ever had. 00:05:18.300 --> 00:05:19.819 But I have a question for you. 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:23.139 Why did you cut off the ends of the roast? 00:05:24.599 --> 00:05:25.300 She says, 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:27.060 That's how my mother did it. 00:05:27.420 --> 00:05:28.279 That's how it's done. 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:32.000 So he calls up his mother-in-law and says, 00:05:32.159 --> 00:05:35.219 Why do you cut off the ends of the roast? 00:05:35.619 --> 00:05:36.719 And she says, 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:38.599 That's the way my mother did it. 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:40.979 That's how you cook a roast. 00:05:40.980 --> 00:05:43.140 And the husband thinks to himself, 00:05:43.300 --> 00:05:44.759 That doesn't make any sense. 00:05:45.100 --> 00:05:46.600 It's an expensive cut of meat. 00:05:46.740 --> 00:05:49.060 Why would you cut part of it off and throw it away? 00:05:49.379 --> 00:05:50.939 So he calls the grandmother. 00:05:52.540 --> 00:05:54.580 Why do you cut off the ends of the roast? 00:05:54.660 --> 00:05:55.080 And she said, 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:56.460 Well, that's quite simple. 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:58.180 I had a small oven. 00:05:58.180 --> 00:06:03.800 And that's the only way the roast would fit in the pan. 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:09.220 So the grandmother's solution to a temporary problem 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:11.400 becomes this permanent practice. 00:06:11.860 --> 00:06:12.819 And on the one hand, 00:06:12.900 --> 00:06:14.819 it is completely irrational. 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:16.160 Right? 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:17.340 They have larger ovens now. 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:19.139 They don't have to cut off the ends of the roast. 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:20.579 On the other hand, 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:22.620 it makes complete sense. 00:06:22.620 --> 00:06:27.800 Because patterns, habits, values, quirks, 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:32.519 get passed down generation to generation. 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:35.280 And if you've been married for more than a few minutes, 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:36.340 of course you know this. 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:37.639 You don't just marry a person. 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:39.680 You marry their family 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:41.120 and the currents, 00:06:41.259 --> 00:06:43.480 the forces that have been flowing there 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:46.420 for years and years and years. 00:06:47.139 --> 00:06:48.060 You know this intuitively. 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:49.000 If you look at a family, 00:06:49.100 --> 00:06:49.759 you see patterns. 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:50.500 You might say, 00:06:50.939 --> 00:06:51.280 Hey, you know, 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:52.079 that family, 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:52.759 they, 00:06:53.539 --> 00:06:55.000 they are like that. 00:06:55.539 --> 00:06:56.560 They are generous. 00:06:56.819 --> 00:06:57.659 They are kind. 00:06:57.819 --> 00:06:58.599 They are weird. 00:06:58.779 --> 00:06:59.560 They are smart. 00:06:59.659 --> 00:07:00.519 Whatever it is. 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:00.779 Right? 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:02.899 And not just harmless patterns. 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:04.939 Not just quirks. 00:07:06.860 --> 00:07:08.500 There's also sin patterns. 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:11.579 They are really greedy. 00:07:12.539 --> 00:07:14.039 They are really rude. 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:15.419 Whatever it is, 00:07:15.419 --> 00:07:16.959 the patterns of sin, 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.000 things that are passed 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:20.339 from parents 00:07:20.339 --> 00:07:22.019 to their children. 00:07:22.659 --> 00:07:24.000 Because that's what we see here 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:26.000 in this passage in Genesis. 00:07:26.539 --> 00:07:27.079 Verse 7, 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:29.859 Isaac lies about his wife, 00:07:30.060 --> 00:07:30.519 Rebecca, 00:07:31.099 --> 00:07:32.539 out of fear. 00:07:32.539 --> 00:07:34.319 When the men of the place 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:35.659 asked him about his wife, 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:36.279 he said, 00:07:36.699 --> 00:07:37.659 She is my sister. 00:07:38.219 --> 00:07:39.319 For he feared to say, 00:07:39.419 --> 00:07:40.079 My wife, 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:40.799 thinking, 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:42.620 lest the men of the place 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:43.579 should kill me 00:07:43.579 --> 00:07:44.919 because of Rebecca, 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:46.779 because she was attractive 00:07:46.779 --> 00:07:48.180 in appearance. 00:07:48.180 --> 00:07:49.220 Now, 00:07:49.259 --> 00:07:50.220 if you were here with us 00:07:50.220 --> 00:07:50.720 last summer, 00:07:50.840 --> 00:07:52.540 this should sound super familiar. 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:54.259 Abraham did this 00:07:54.259 --> 00:07:55.139 not once, 00:07:55.180 --> 00:07:55.980 but twice. 00:07:56.400 --> 00:07:58.019 Remember Genesis chapter 12. 00:07:58.139 --> 00:07:59.540 Abraham heads down 00:07:59.540 --> 00:08:00.439 into Egypt. 00:08:00.939 --> 00:08:01.860 He is scared, 00:08:01.980 --> 00:08:02.800 and so he says, 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:03.900 His wife Sarai 00:08:03.900 --> 00:08:05.019 is his sister, 00:08:05.379 --> 00:08:06.639 and Pharaoh takes her. 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:08.579 Then, 00:08:09.579 --> 00:08:10.560 God afflicts Pharaoh 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:11.680 and his household 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:13.360 with great plagues, 00:08:13.479 --> 00:08:14.120 and so Pharaoh 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:15.000 kicks Abraham 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:15.740 and Sarai 00:08:15.740 --> 00:08:16.500 out of Egypt. 00:08:17.300 --> 00:08:18.120 If that weren't enough, 00:08:18.180 --> 00:08:18.939 it shows up again, 00:08:19.060 --> 00:08:19.779 chapter 20, 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:21.139 Abraham is in Gerar, 00:08:21.219 --> 00:08:23.479 the exact same place 00:08:23.479 --> 00:08:25.000 that Isaac is in now. 00:08:25.099 --> 00:08:27.620 Notice verse 6, 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:29.420 so Isaac settled 00:08:29.420 --> 00:08:30.319 in Gerar. 00:08:30.899 --> 00:08:31.379 It's not just 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:32.159 the same pattern, 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:33.759 it's the same place, 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:34.720 and this, 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:35.060 again, 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:36.480 Abraham encounters 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:37.019 Abimelech. 00:08:37.100 --> 00:08:37.220 Now, 00:08:37.299 --> 00:08:38.220 whether it's the same 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:38.799 Abimelech, 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:39.580 it could be. 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:41.120 It could also be 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:41.799 that Abimelech's 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:42.200 what they call 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:43.419 a dynastic name, 00:08:43.460 --> 00:08:44.019 which you're familiar 00:08:44.019 --> 00:08:44.799 with with Egypt. 00:08:44.980 --> 00:08:46.120 There's not just one Pharaoh, 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:47.279 but many Pharaohs. 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:48.060 Pharaoh is just 00:08:48.060 --> 00:08:48.820 what you call the ruler. 00:08:49.299 --> 00:08:49.460 So, 00:08:49.539 --> 00:08:50.840 maybe Isaac is dealing 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:52.000 with the same Abimelech 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:52.820 from chapter 20. 00:08:52.940 --> 00:08:53.720 It's possible. 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:55.580 Maybe he isn't. 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:56.919 Either way, 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:58.860 Abraham says Sarah, 00:08:59.000 --> 00:08:59.479 because her name 00:08:59.479 --> 00:09:00.539 has changed at this point, 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:01.699 is his sister. 00:09:02.939 --> 00:09:04.039 Abimelech takes Sarah. 00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:05.240 This time, 00:09:05.379 --> 00:09:06.740 God warns Abimelech 00:09:06.740 --> 00:09:07.479 in a dream, 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:09.599 Abimelech returns Sarah. 00:09:11.699 --> 00:09:14.319 Abraham runs 00:09:14.319 --> 00:09:16.879 the same play twice. 00:09:18.259 --> 00:09:18.679 And so, 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:20.059 it's not a coincidence 00:09:20.059 --> 00:09:21.860 that Isaac here 00:09:21.860 --> 00:09:22.939 in this passage 00:09:22.939 --> 00:09:25.279 experiences the same fear 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:29.059 and has the same 00:09:29.059 --> 00:09:31.220 crafty response. 00:09:32.539 --> 00:09:33.139 Dad, 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:35.000 that is Abraham, 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:37.379 feared man 00:09:37.379 --> 00:09:38.399 more than God. 00:09:39.740 --> 00:09:40.419 And so, 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:41.379 the son, 00:09:41.839 --> 00:09:43.100 that is Isaac, 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:44.899 fears man 00:09:44.899 --> 00:09:46.459 more than God. 00:09:47.419 --> 00:09:48.059 Dad, 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:49.899 that is Abraham, 00:09:50.899 --> 00:09:51.679 lied 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:53.339 rather than trusting 00:09:53.340 --> 00:09:54.300 God. 00:09:55.259 --> 00:09:55.879 And so, 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:56.560 the son, 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:58.340 that is Isaac, 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:00.500 lies rather than 00:10:00.500 --> 00:10:02.200 trusting God. 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:04.379 All of this 00:10:04.379 --> 00:10:05.879 is tied up 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:07.240 in this basic 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:08.080 principle 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:09.440 of reality. 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:11.580 And it's this. 00:10:12.220 --> 00:10:13.759 God has designed 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:14.519 the world 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:16.160 in such a way 00:10:16.160 --> 00:10:17.759 that the family 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:19.340 has incredible 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:20.340 power 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:22.440 and influence. 00:10:23.340 --> 00:10:24.519 God has 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:25.399 designed 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:26.399 the universe. 00:10:26.560 --> 00:10:27.160 He set it up 00:10:27.160 --> 00:10:28.180 so that families 00:10:28.180 --> 00:10:30.019 are what shape us 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:31.220 and form us. 00:10:31.860 --> 00:10:32.600 It can be negative, 00:10:33.060 --> 00:10:33.899 it can be positive, 00:10:34.019 --> 00:10:35.139 it can be for good 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:36.480 or for ill. 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:37.920 Counselors will tell you 00:10:37.920 --> 00:10:38.780 there's no more 00:10:38.780 --> 00:10:40.019 important relationship 00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:42.200 in your entire life 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:44.360 than the relationship 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:45.280 you have 00:10:45.280 --> 00:10:46.480 with your parents. 00:10:47.340 --> 00:10:48.220 That's the way 00:10:48.220 --> 00:10:49.160 God's made things. 00:10:49.920 --> 00:10:50.180 And so, 00:10:50.300 --> 00:10:50.940 our parents' 00:10:51.180 --> 00:10:51.820 practices 00:10:51.820 --> 00:10:53.640 become our 00:10:53.640 --> 00:10:54.440 path 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:55.480 of least 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:56.340 resistance. 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:57.760 The stories 00:10:57.760 --> 00:10:58.640 that your parents 00:10:58.640 --> 00:10:59.500 lived by 00:10:59.500 --> 00:11:00.879 become the default 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:02.200 stories for you 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:03.120 to live by. 00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:03.720 Now, 00:11:03.760 --> 00:11:04.240 don't hear what I'm 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:04.840 not saying. 00:11:05.379 --> 00:11:06.240 Those things are not 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:07.520 your destiny. 00:11:08.520 --> 00:11:09.560 This isn't set in stone, 00:11:10.160 --> 00:11:11.460 but they're your default. 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:14.360 How did your parents 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:15.660 deal with pain 00:11:15.660 --> 00:11:17.340 or stress 00:11:17.340 --> 00:11:18.460 or fear? 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:22.200 That's often 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:22.700 going to become 00:11:22.700 --> 00:11:23.460 the way that you 00:11:23.460 --> 00:11:25.139 deal with pain 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:26.139 or stress 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:26.920 or fear. 00:11:27.780 --> 00:11:28.879 Not your destiny, 00:11:29.560 --> 00:11:30.519 but your default. 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:32.639 pain 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:37.079 You'll see this 00:11:37.079 --> 00:11:37.799 on page 8 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:38.919 of your worship guide, 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:39.500 a quote from 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:40.199 a woman named 00:11:40.199 --> 00:11:40.879 Steffi Wagner. 00:11:41.819 --> 00:11:42.279 Pain 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:43.379 travels 00:11:43.379 --> 00:11:44.039 through 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:44.879 families 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:45.819 until 00:11:45.819 --> 00:11:46.539 someone 00:11:46.539 --> 00:11:47.879 is ready 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:49.279 to feel it. 00:11:50.220 --> 00:11:50.539 Now, 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:50.759 I'm going to 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:51.439 rephrase that 00:11:51.439 --> 00:11:51.919 for us. 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:52.500 As Christians, 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:53.159 we might put it 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:53.620 this way. 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:55.279 Sin 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:56.500 travels 00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:57.059 through 00:11:57.059 --> 00:11:57.779 families 00:11:57.779 --> 00:11:58.839 until 00:11:58.839 --> 00:11:59.639 someone 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:00.919 is willing 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:02.199 to repent. 00:12:05.339 --> 00:12:06.259 Abraham's 00:12:06.259 --> 00:12:06.720 line 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:07.839 is going 00:12:07.839 --> 00:12:08.659 to continue 00:12:08.659 --> 00:12:09.279 to be 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:10.179 crafty 00:12:10.179 --> 00:12:11.139 and conniving 00:12:11.139 --> 00:12:12.379 until 00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:12.959 someone 00:12:12.959 --> 00:12:13.799 is willing 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:14.439 to feel 00:12:14.439 --> 00:12:15.139 vulnerable 00:12:15.139 --> 00:12:16.620 and trust 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:17.600 God. 00:12:19.199 --> 00:12:20.079 Abraham's 00:12:20.079 --> 00:12:20.559 family 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:21.179 is going 00:12:21.179 --> 00:12:21.799 to continue 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:22.179 to be 00:12:22.179 --> 00:12:22.980 a family 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:24.279 of schemes 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:26.079 until 00:12:26.079 --> 00:12:26.679 they're willing 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:27.539 to let 00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:28.480 their grasp 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:29.419 go 00:12:29.419 --> 00:12:31.319 and trust 00:12:31.319 --> 00:12:32.699 that God 00:12:32.699 --> 00:12:33.819 is in 00:12:33.819 --> 00:12:34.240 control. 00:12:35.699 --> 00:12:36.159 Now, 00:12:36.199 --> 00:12:36.559 this isn't 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:36.939 saying that 00:12:36.939 --> 00:12:37.199 we're not 00:12:37.199 --> 00:12:37.839 responsible 00:12:37.839 --> 00:12:38.399 for our 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:39.000 own sin. 00:12:39.179 --> 00:12:39.819 We are, 00:12:39.899 --> 00:12:40.620 all of us. 00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:41.939 It is saying 00:12:41.939 --> 00:12:42.819 our parents' 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:43.539 patterns are 00:12:43.539 --> 00:12:43.959 going to 00:12:43.959 --> 00:12:44.360 determine 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:45.019 which sins 00:12:45.019 --> 00:12:45.699 are easier 00:12:45.699 --> 00:12:46.240 for us, 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:46.519 which are 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:47.199 more tempting. 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:48.599 It's possible 00:12:48.599 --> 00:12:49.179 to take this 00:12:49.179 --> 00:12:49.639 too far. 00:12:49.719 --> 00:12:50.139 It is a 00:12:50.139 --> 00:12:50.699 principle. 00:12:51.319 --> 00:12:52.219 It is not 00:12:52.219 --> 00:12:53.519 an unbreakable 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:54.399 rule. 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:56.240 But it's a 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:57.079 powerful principle. 00:12:57.539 --> 00:12:59.159 You see on 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:00.439 page 7 00:13:00.439 --> 00:13:00.719 of your 00:13:00.719 --> 00:13:01.219 worship guide, 00:13:01.299 --> 00:13:01.599 I've shown 00:13:01.599 --> 00:13:01.839 you guys 00:13:01.839 --> 00:13:02.240 this quote 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:02.740 before. 00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:04.159 Communities 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:04.860 have their 00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:05.879 own stories 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:07.620 and those 00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:08.299 stories 00:13:08.299 --> 00:13:09.399 are 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:10.620 contagious. 00:13:13.539 --> 00:13:14.360 Families 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:15.779 have their 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:16.259 own 00:13:16.259 --> 00:13:16.939 stories. 00:13:18.179 --> 00:13:18.839 Those 00:13:18.839 --> 00:13:19.639 stories 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:21.559 are also 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:23.039 contagious. 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:23.299 Contagious. 00:13:23.299 --> 00:13:28.339 do you 00:13:28.339 --> 00:13:28.779 know 00:13:28.779 --> 00:13:31.459 the story 00:13:31.459 --> 00:13:32.500 that your 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:33.059 family 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:33.979 has been 00:13:33.979 --> 00:13:34.339 telling? 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:38.399 Do you 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:38.779 know the 00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:39.259 story 00:13:39.259 --> 00:13:40.500 that was 00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:41.379 handed to 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:41.779 you 00:13:41.779 --> 00:13:43.179 by previous 00:13:43.179 --> 00:13:43.799 generations? 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:45.799 Do you 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:46.519 understand it? 00:13:47.319 --> 00:13:48.120 Can you 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.539 name it? 00:13:49.339 --> 00:13:49.899 Do you 00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:50.439 know what 00:13:50.439 --> 00:13:50.799 has been 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.639 passed along? 00:13:51.719 --> 00:13:51.899 Do you 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:52.259 know your 00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:52.740 inheritance? 00:13:52.740 --> 00:13:54.220 For good 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:54.500 or for 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:54.680 ill? 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:58.180 If you 00:13:58.180 --> 00:13:58.740 don't know 00:13:58.740 --> 00:13:58.960 it, 00:13:59.500 --> 00:14:00.820 and if you 00:14:00.820 --> 00:14:01.480 can't name 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:01.740 it, 00:14:02.779 --> 00:14:03.320 you have 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:03.879 some homework. 00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:06.580 Because whether 00:14:06.580 --> 00:14:07.399 you know it 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:08.139 or not, 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:09.879 it is 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:10.600 there. 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:12.759 Now some 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:13.240 of it, I'm 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:13.560 sure, is 00:14:13.560 --> 00:14:14.200 really good and 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:14.560 positive. 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.240 We've talked 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:15.620 about this 00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:15.919 before. 00:14:16.019 --> 00:14:16.460 Everyone's 00:14:16.460 --> 00:14:16.879 made in the 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:17.259 image of 00:14:17.259 --> 00:14:17.500 God. 00:14:17.680 --> 00:14:18.360 Everyone has 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:19.419 something good 00:14:19.419 --> 00:14:19.819 and beautiful 00:14:19.819 --> 00:14:20.399 about them. 00:14:21.219 --> 00:14:21.699 I'm 00:14:21.699 --> 00:14:22.419 confident that 00:14:22.419 --> 00:14:22.899 your parents 00:14:22.899 --> 00:14:23.379 have passed 00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:23.860 on something 00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:25.659 good to 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:25.919 you. 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:28.240 Some of 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:28.899 it is not 00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:29.439 so good. 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:33.459 And God 00:14:33.459 --> 00:14:34.000 is calling 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:35.919 you to 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:36.759 repent of 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:37.620 those things 00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:38.379 and to 00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:39.719 turn away 00:14:39.719 --> 00:14:40.259 from them. 00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:43.659 the question 00:14:43.659 --> 00:14:44.480 is, do 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:45.439 you know 00:14:45.439 --> 00:14:46.879 what places 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:47.799 those are? 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:50.220 Do you 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:51.000 know the 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:52.319 story your 00:14:52.319 --> 00:14:54.019 family has 00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:54.600 told? 00:14:54.600 --> 00:15:05.139 what you 00:15:05.139 --> 00:15:05.340 have 00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:05.840 inherited? 00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:06.940 I want 00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.220 to talk 00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:07.519 for just 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:08.159 one minute 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:09.600 about what 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.100 you're passing 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:10.639 on because 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:10.940 of course 00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:11.220 there's a 00:15:11.220 --> 00:15:11.560 bit of a 00:15:11.560 --> 00:15:12.340 warning here 00:15:12.340 --> 00:15:13.220 for parents. 00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:14.800 Robert 00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:15.460 Murray McShane 00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:16.259 who is a 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:17.040 Scottish pastor 00:15:17.040 --> 00:15:17.300 in the 00:15:17.300 --> 00:15:18.080 19th century 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:18.680 said this, 00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:19.139 this is on 00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:19.660 page 8 00:15:19.660 --> 00:15:19.980 of your 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:20.600 worship guide, 00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:21.740 what your 00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:22.720 people need 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:23.160 from you 00:15:23.160 --> 00:15:23.740 most 00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:25.019 is your 00:15:25.019 --> 00:15:25.639 own 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:26.720 personal 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:27.620 holiness. 00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:29.700 Now he's 00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:30.259 speaking to 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:30.700 pastors, 00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:31.840 so we'll 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:32.659 change this, 00:15:33.680 --> 00:15:34.100 what your 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:34.659 children 00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:36.560 need from 00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:37.759 you most 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:40.200 is your 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:40.860 own 00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:42.060 personal 00:15:42.060 --> 00:15:42.960 holiness. 00:15:44.700 --> 00:15:45.639 That's part 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:45.919 of their 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:46.379 inheritance. 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:48.080 That's part 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.440 of what you're 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:48.899 passing on. 00:15:48.940 --> 00:15:49.159 Are you 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:49.899 passing on 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:50.740 a story 00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:52.019 of trusting 00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:52.799 God and 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:53.460 his providence? 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:53.759 Are you 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.259 passing on 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:55.060 a story 00:15:55.060 --> 00:15:56.259 of righteousness 00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:57.019 and holiness? 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:57.740 Is that 00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.120 what they're 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.620 receiving? 00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:01.800 That's more 00:16:01.800 --> 00:16:02.460 important than 00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:04.420 money and 00:16:04.420 --> 00:16:05.460 experiences 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:07.019 and getting 00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.720 into a good 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:08.100 school. 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.800 Those things 00:16:10.800 --> 00:16:11.420 aren't bad, 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:13.060 they're just 00:16:13.060 --> 00:16:13.879 not the most 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.960 important. 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:17.259 Look with me 00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:17.759 for a minute 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.820 on the back 00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:19.080 of your 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:19.759 worship guide. 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:21.399 there's this 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:22.480 haunting quote 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.019 from Richard 00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:23.259 Rohr. 00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:23.600 By the way, 00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:23.799 I don't 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:24.460 recommend this 00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:25.000 book or 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:25.500 Richard Rohr 00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:26.000 necessarily. 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.039 I'm just 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.539 giving you 00:16:27.539 --> 00:16:27.939 this quote. 00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:31.000 If we do 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.960 not transform 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:33.059 our pain, 00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:35.059 we will 00:16:35.059 --> 00:16:36.559 most assuredly 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:38.200 transmit it. 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.559 Usually to 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:41.240 those closest 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.899 to us, 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.539 our family, 00:16:43.939 --> 00:16:44.460 our neighbors, 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.939 our coworkers, 00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:47.020 and, 00:16:48.020 --> 00:16:48.520 this is the 00:16:48.520 --> 00:16:49.000 hard part, 00:16:49.880 --> 00:16:50.640 invariably 00:16:50.640 --> 00:16:51.840 the most 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.280 vulnerable, 00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:53.840 our children. 00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:58.200 And I'll 00:16:58.200 --> 00:16:58.740 change this 00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.160 quote as 00:16:59.160 --> 00:16:59.360 well. 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.680 If we do 00:17:01.680 --> 00:17:02.500 not repent 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.580 of our 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:03.880 sin, 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:06.200 it will 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.640 become 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:07.360 baggage 00:17:07.360 --> 00:17:09.039 that we 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.900 hand off 00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.340 to our 00:17:10.340 --> 00:17:11.680 children and 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.000 they will 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.340 get to 00:17:12.340 --> 00:17:12.640 unpack. 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:12.900 It will 00:17:12.840 --> 00:17:12.840 00:17:12.840 --> 00:17:15.920 that we 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:18.180 your sins 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:19.759 become 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:20.019 your 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.880 children's 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:21.720 default. 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:25.120 And they 00:17:25.120 --> 00:17:25.420 will have 00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:25.960 to choose 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:27.320 whether to 00:17:27.320 --> 00:17:28.140 accept it 00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:29.500 or to 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:29.960 repent 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:30.840 and head 00:17:30.840 --> 00:17:31.720 in a 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.120 different 00:17:32.120 --> 00:17:33.220 direction. 00:17:35.340 --> 00:17:36.300 What 00:17:36.300 --> 00:17:36.779 story, 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.580 what baggage 00:17:37.580 --> 00:17:39.019 do you 00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:39.960 want to 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.480 pass 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:41.300 along? 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:47.680 what your 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:48.060 people 00:17:48.060 --> 00:17:48.740 need from 00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.300 you most 00:17:49.300 --> 00:17:50.680 is your 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.220 own 00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:52.320 personal 00:17:52.320 --> 00:17:53.300 holiness. 00:18:01.300 --> 00:18:02.400 I told you 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:02.600 we would 00:18:02.600 --> 00:18:02.960 talk about 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.620 two things, 00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:04.279 generational 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:04.960 sin in 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:05.880 general and 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:06.460 the specific 00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:07.200 sins of 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.920 Abraham's 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:09.080 line. 00:18:09.620 --> 00:18:10.080 We've 00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:10.660 talked about 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.120 generational 00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:11.460 sin, 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:11.700 so we're 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:11.820 going to 00:18:11.820 --> 00:18:12.100 pick up 00:18:12.100 --> 00:18:12.680 the story 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:13.380 of Abraham. 00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:13.520 Abraham, 00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:14.700 verse 8 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.440 tells us 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:16.060 when he 00:18:16.060 --> 00:18:16.660 had been 00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:17.440 there a 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.100 long 00:18:18.100 --> 00:18:18.960 time. 00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.160 Commentators 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:20.520 make a 00:18:20.520 --> 00:18:21.120 big deal 00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:21.420 out of 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:22.040 that phrase 00:18:22.040 --> 00:18:22.660 because what 00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.200 they say 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:23.540 what this 00:18:23.540 --> 00:18:24.200 tells us 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:24.720 is that 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.340 Abraham 00:18:25.340 --> 00:18:26.020 had this 00:18:26.020 --> 00:18:26.420 fear, 00:18:26.820 --> 00:18:27.160 he had 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:27.700 this fear 00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.100 that people 00:18:28.100 --> 00:18:28.380 were going 00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:28.780 to head, 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:29.180 or sorry, 00:18:29.260 --> 00:18:29.620 not Abraham, 00:18:29.800 --> 00:18:30.360 Isaac had 00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:30.880 this fear, 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:31.900 Isaac had 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:32.260 this fear 00:18:32.260 --> 00:18:32.540 that people 00:18:32.540 --> 00:18:32.700 were going 00:18:32.700 --> 00:18:33.020 to go 00:18:33.020 --> 00:18:33.240 for 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.600 Rebecca, 00:18:33.760 --> 00:18:34.000 right? 00:18:35.040 --> 00:18:35.560 He's 00:18:35.560 --> 00:18:35.960 there a 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.300 long 00:18:36.300 --> 00:18:36.900 time and 00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:37.180 what's 00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.520 happened? 00:18:40.260 --> 00:18:40.740 Nothing. 00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:43.519 No one 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.180 has made 00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.640 a move 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:45.299 for 00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:45.660 Rebecca. 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:47.400 Isaac's 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:47.720 fear 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.900 was 00:18:48.900 --> 00:18:49.539 a 00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:49.960 fantasy. 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:51.819 He made 00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.200 it up. 00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:56.240 They had 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:56.539 all this 00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:56.880 time. 00:18:57.620 --> 00:18:58.000 They had 00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.299 all this 00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:58.640 time to 00:18:58.640 --> 00:18:58.980 head after 00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.359 Rebecca, 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.660 and no 00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:01.059 one did. 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:02.579 There was 00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:02.940 a study 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.339 that came 00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:03.880 out in 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.480 2019 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.640 about people 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:06.279 who experienced 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.720 generalized 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.680 anxiety 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.220 disorder, 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.079 and they 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:09.640 tracked all 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:10.000 the things 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.259 that they 00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.620 worried 00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:11.119 about to 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:11.439 see if 00:19:11.439 --> 00:19:11.539 they 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:11.819 actually 00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.099 came 00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:12.339 true. 00:19:14.459 --> 00:19:16.459 91.4% 00:19:16.459 --> 00:19:17.319 of worry 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:17.879 predictions 00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:19.239 did not 00:19:19.239 --> 00:19:19.779 come true. 00:19:21.239 --> 00:19:22.039 The most 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.579 common 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.199 percentage 00:19:23.199 --> 00:19:24.239 of untrue 00:19:24.239 --> 00:19:24.679 worries 00:19:24.679 --> 00:19:25.419 per person 00:19:25.419 --> 00:19:26.079 was 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:28.719 100%. 00:19:28.719 --> 00:19:30.559 In other 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:30.759 words, 00:19:30.899 --> 00:19:31.179 they're 00:19:31.179 --> 00:19:31.539 worrying 00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:31.899 about all 00:19:31.899 --> 00:19:32.379 these things 00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:32.719 that are 00:19:32.719 --> 00:19:33.399 not going 00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:33.919 to come 00:19:33.919 --> 00:19:34.459 to pass. 00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:34.859 The same 00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.299 thing here 00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:35.639 happens 00:19:35.639 --> 00:19:36.239 with Isaac. 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:36.839 He's 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.399 put all 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:38.039 this work 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:39.039 into controlling 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.679 the world 00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.339 and protecting 00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:41.039 himself 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:43.139 for nothing. 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.639 Of course, 00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:47.980 it reminds 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.339 me of that 00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.799 line from 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.159 Crime and 00:19:49.159 --> 00:19:49.539 Punishment, 00:19:49.659 --> 00:19:49.980 which is on 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.559 page 7 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:50.879 of your 00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:51.579 worship guide. 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.000 Your worst 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.740 sin is that 00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.039 you have 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.959 destroyed and 00:19:54.959 --> 00:19:55.319 betrayed 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:55.919 yourself 00:19:55.919 --> 00:19:57.279 for nothing. 00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.859 Isaac has 00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:00.299 gotten all 00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:00.899 worked up 00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:02.159 about something 00:20:02.159 --> 00:20:02.939 that's not 00:20:02.939 --> 00:20:03.299 real. 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.359 He lies 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:04.819 about his 00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.179 wife. 00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:05.480 He's 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:05.899 sneaking 00:20:05.899 --> 00:20:06.439 around. 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.119 He refuses 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.679 to trust 00:20:07.679 --> 00:20:08.179 God. 00:20:09.979 --> 00:20:10.759 All for 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.299 a fantasy. 00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:14.439 That takes 00:20:14.439 --> 00:20:14.679 us to 00:20:14.679 --> 00:20:15.119 verse 8 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.399 again. 00:20:15.479 --> 00:20:15.919 Abimelech, 00:20:15.979 --> 00:20:16.239 king of 00:20:16.239 --> 00:20:16.779 the Philistines, 00:20:16.879 --> 00:20:17.159 looked out 00:20:17.159 --> 00:20:17.379 of a 00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:17.919 window and 00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:18.719 saw Isaac 00:20:18.719 --> 00:20:19.719 laughing with 00:20:19.719 --> 00:20:20.199 Rebecca, 00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.179 his wife. 00:20:21.919 --> 00:20:22.099 Now, 00:20:22.139 --> 00:20:22.539 we can tell 00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:22.819 from the 00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.419 context here, 00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:24.139 laughing is 00:20:24.139 --> 00:20:24.939 a euphemism. 00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:26.299 Laughing is 00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.899 apparently 00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.879 something that 00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.359 brothers and 00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:29.079 sisters never 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.419 do. 00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.439 Verse 9, 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:34.699 he says, 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.039 how could 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.319 you do 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:35.700 this? 00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:36.900 In other 00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.039 words, 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.620 even the 00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:38.539 pagans know 00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.400 this is a 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:41.440 terrible idea. 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.799 Verse 10, 00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.200 you could have 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.740 brought guilt 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.620 on us. 00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:45.340 And so, 00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:45.740 there's this 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.660 rich irony, 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.120 the same 00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.660 irony that 00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.000 was in 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.700 chapter 20 00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.480 with Abraham. 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.360 The pagans 00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:51.920 are more 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.860 righteous than 00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.880 the patriarchs. 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.799 They have 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.259 a clear 00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.000 moral compass. 00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.700 They know 00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.700 what is good 00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.799 and wise 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:02.160 more than 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.799 Abraham 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:04.120 and Isaac. 00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:06.420 Why? 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.180 Why does 00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.519 Abraham, 00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.100 why does 00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:10.680 Isaac do 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:10.960 this? 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.140 Well, 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.480 he tells 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.680 us, 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.259 verse 9, 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.279 because I 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.740 thought, 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.039 lest I 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:16.600 die because 00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:17.279 of her. 00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:19.420 Of course, 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.860 we knew that 00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.180 already, 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.440 right? 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.080 Verse 6, 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.420 he feared 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.700 to say, 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:24.960 my wife. 00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.380 And so, 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:26.700 the point 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.120 is this, 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.779 Isaac fears 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:31.259 man more 00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:32.299 than God. 00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:36.339 Isaac trusts 00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:37.399 his own 00:21:37.399 --> 00:21:38.379 schemes, 00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:40.319 he trusts 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.940 his own 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.919 cleverness 00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:43.039 more than 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.159 God's promises 00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:45.500 and protection. 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.839 Isaac has 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.319 decided 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:50.319 there's only 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.279 one person 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.059 who can get 00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.879 things done 00:21:52.879 --> 00:21:54.099 and it's 00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.319 him. 00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:57.599 Families 00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:59.079 have their 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:00.319 own stories 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.619 and those 00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:02.319 stories 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.139 are 00:22:03.139 --> 00:22:03.779 contagious. 00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.339 And the 00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.119 story of 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.879 Abraham's 00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.319 family 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.519 is this, 00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:10.399 it is 00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:12.399 100% 00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:13.519 up to 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:13.919 me 00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:14.859 to protect 00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.359 myself. 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:18.139 if I 00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.579 don't 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.159 make sure 00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:20.419 it gets 00:22:20.419 --> 00:22:20.819 done, 00:22:21.219 --> 00:22:21.979 it won't 00:22:21.979 --> 00:22:22.339 happen. 00:22:23.939 --> 00:22:24.740 The ends 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.079 are going to 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.399 have to 00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:26.139 justify the 00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:27.079 means because 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.899 God 00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:29.659 will not 00:22:29.659 --> 00:22:30.839 show up. 00:22:31.719 --> 00:22:32.599 It's my 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.059 cunning 00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:34.799 and my 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.659 schemes 00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.199 that will 00:22:36.199 --> 00:22:36.719 make 00:22:36.719 --> 00:22:37.740 things 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.679 happen. 00:22:41.219 --> 00:22:42.019 That's a 00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.619 very different 00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.179 story 00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.180 story 00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.519 than the 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.019 story that 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.580 we're told 00:22:45.580 --> 00:22:46.420 in the 00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:46.759 gospel. 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.820 The story 00:22:48.820 --> 00:22:49.039 of the 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.799 gospel is 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.340 not that 00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:50.840 it is all 00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:51.140 up to 00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.640 you and 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:51.840 your 00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:52.360 cunning 00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:52.920 and your 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.420 schemes 00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.700 that you 00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:53.960 have to 00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.680 hold the 00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.000 world 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.580 together 00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:56.660 by white 00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.140 knuckling. 00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.320 The story 00:22:59.320 --> 00:22:59.519 of the 00:22:59.519 --> 00:22:59.860 gospel is 00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.380 very different. 00:23:00.560 --> 00:23:00.720 It's the 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.080 story of 00:23:01.080 --> 00:23:01.360 Hebrews 00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:02.100 chapter 1 00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:03.759 that God 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.519 holds the 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.000 world 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.660 together 00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:06.519 by the 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.940 power 00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.600 of his 00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.019 word. 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.860 It's the 00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.360 story of 00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:11.120 Psalm 23. 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:12.799 The Lord 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.379 is my 00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:13.859 shepherd 00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:15.039 I shall 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.779 not 00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.579 want. 00:23:18.459 --> 00:23:19.239 And for 00:23:19.239 --> 00:23:19.659 Isaac 00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:21.000 in this 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.459 moment 00:23:21.459 --> 00:23:22.579 that 00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.359 story 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.519 loses. 00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:28.059 Isaac 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.899 forgets 00:23:28.899 --> 00:23:29.679 or does 00:23:29.679 --> 00:23:30.719 not believe 00:23:30.719 --> 00:23:31.379 what we 00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:32.059 saw last 00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.419 week. 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.159 Remember 00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:33.779 the blessing 00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.379 is passed 00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:34.819 on. 00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.299 What does 00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.619 it say? 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.799 Chapter 26 00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.259 if you're 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.559 reading with 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:37.959 your Bible 00:23:37.959 --> 00:23:38.519 look back 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.019 on verse 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.500 3. 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:45.400 God 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:45.640 has made 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.599 Isaac a 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.220 promise. 00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.660 He doesn't 00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:48.960 have to 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.339 figure it 00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:49.640 all out 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:49.900 on his 00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.059 own. 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.640 He doesn't 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.000 have to 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.420 scheme 00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.000 and connive. 00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.319 He doesn't 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.640 have to 00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.279 lie 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.539 and 00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.039 sulk 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.500 around 00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.740 hoping 00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.160 that no 00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.400 one 00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.839 catches 00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.799 that him 00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:58.900 and 00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.259 Rebecca 00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.240 are 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.599 married. 00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.880 Now if 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.059 it were 00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.460 just a 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.859 promise 00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.420 from God 00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.599 it would 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.059 be one 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.420 thing 00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.900 but it's 00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.259 actually 00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.779 even worse 00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.259 than that. 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.500 It's 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:07.980 more 00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.799 staggering 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:10.220 because Isaac 00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.920 has seen 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.339 with his 00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.039 own two 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.779 eyes 00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.880 how great 00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.539 God is. 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.319 Last 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:16.640 summer 00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.519 chapter 22 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.279 what happens? 00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.160 God 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.059 saves 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.519 Isaac 00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.059 from being 00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.640 sacrificed 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.920 and he 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.380 provides 00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.799 a ram. 00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.079 If 00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.700 anyone 00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.440 at this 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.860 point 00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.259 in the 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.640 history 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.259 of God's 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.559 people 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.500 has seen 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.360 how great 00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:31.279 and powerful 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.220 God is 00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.360 it is 00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:33.779 Isaac. 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.480 And yet 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.339 the story 00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.500 of his 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.200 family 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:40.900 wins. 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.579 Brothers 00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.160 and sisters 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:48.740 even 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.279 more 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.579 than 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.180 Isaac 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.220 we 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.480 have 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.920 seen 00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.279 how 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.740 great 00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.220 God 00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.759 is. 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.740 And 00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:55.960 we've 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.299 seen 00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.579 how 00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.039 great 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.500 God 00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.099 is 00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.660 in 00:24:58.660 --> 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