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 My name is Matthew Capone and I'm one of the pastors here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church and it's my joy to bring God's word to you this morning.

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 We're continuing our series in the book of Genesis.

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 You'll remember that the book of Genesis is the origin story of God's people, Israel.

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 And this summer we're looking at the story of Isaac and Jacob.

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 It's actually going to mostly be Jacob from chapters 25 through 36.

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 And to a certain extent, as I've said, we're asking the same question of the Abraham story that we asked last summer, which is what does it look like to follow God in faith?

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 And yet as this story develops, progresses, unfolds, some new themes get particular emphasis.

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 So two weeks ago we were in verses 1 through 5 and Isaac is taking on the mantle of Abraham.

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 We see God's faithfulness to his covenant generation to generation.

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 That's two weeks ago.

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 Last week, verses 6 through 11, Isaac then, it's not taking on the mantle of Abraham, he actually repeats the sins of Abraham.

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 And so we saw God's work in and through dysfunctional families.

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 By the way, we'll see that again.

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 That's a theme throughout the book of Genesis.

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 This week we're in verses 12 through 33 where Isaac experiences the blessing of Abraham.

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 The blessing that God reiterated two weeks ago.

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 God's faithfulness to his promises.

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 God's favor on his people.

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 And so it's at that I invite you to turn with me now to Genesis chapter 26.

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 We'll be starting at verse 12.

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 And as we turn to this, remember that this is God's word.

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 Jeremiah chapter 23 tells us that God's word is a hammer that breaks a rock into pieces.

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 Which is a way of saying that there is nothing so powerful that God's word is not more powerful still.

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 And so that's why we read now Genesis chapter 26 starting at verse 12.

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

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 The Lord blessed him and the man became rich and gained more and more until he became very wealthy.

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 He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants so that the Philistines envied him.

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 Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.

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 And Abimelech said to Isaac,

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

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 Verse 17.

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

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

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 which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham.

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

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

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

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 The water is ours.

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

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

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 So he called its name Sidna.

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 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it.

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 So he called its name Rehoboth, saying,

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

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 Verse 23.

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 From there he went up to Beersheba.

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

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 I am the God of Abraham, your father.

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

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

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 And there Isaac's servants dug a well.

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 Verse 26.

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

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 Isaac said to them,

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

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 They said,

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 We see plainly that the Lord has been with you.

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 So we said,

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 Let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,

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 that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you,

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 and have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.

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 You are now the blessed of the Lord.

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 Verse 30.

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

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 In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths.

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 And Isaac sent them on their way, and they departed from him in peace.

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

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 We have found water.

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 He called it Sheba.

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

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 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven, we thank you again this morning that you've called us together as your people.

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 That we're here to worship you in spirit and in truth.

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 And we thank you that you're a promise-keeping God.

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 That you make promises and you honor them.

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 We ask that you would honor your promise in Isaiah 55.

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 That your word does not return to you void, but it accomplishes your purposes.

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 So we ask that you would use your word this morning to accomplish great things in our lives.

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 That you would help us to see Jesus.

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 You'd grow our love for him, our faith in him, our obedience to him.

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 We ask these things in his mighty name.

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 Amen.

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 Last year during my sabbatical I went back to the east coast for a little bit.

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 And I went camping for a few nights in North Carolina with one of my best friends.

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 And I have been in Colorado long enough now.

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 Actually nine years today.

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 I'm still an east coast boy, but I've been in here long enough that when I go back to the east coast

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 I have a little bit of culture shock.

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 Especially when I go camping.

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 Because most of the time, if you're on the east coast and you're out camping,

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 you can just make a fire.

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 Anywhere, everywhere, no one cares.

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 Okay, most of the time.

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 We don't have fire bans all the time.

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 You're not constantly seeing these ratings.

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 Like, what's the wildfire chance at this point?

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 Of course we know, and so we do this.

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 We make fires when you're camping without a second thought.

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 And as a nine-year Coloradan, I think, ooh, this feels really dangerous.

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 You can just start fires.

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 Wow, okay.

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 Fires are a different ballgame in this state.

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 And that's for a number of reasons.

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 One of the reasons is water.

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 We're a semi-arid climate.

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 There's not as much water out here.

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 You may not know this.

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 There's actually something called the Colorado Water Courts.

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 And they are courts that do only water and water rights.

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 We are the only state in the United States that has courts just focused on water.

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 Which highlights for you how important it is, right?

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 We could go on.

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 Artificial intelligence is controversial.

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 And it's controversial because of data centers.

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 And data centers are controversial because they require water.

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 Certain parts of the world, water is a huge deal.

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 Including the ancient Near East.

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 So remember where we are in the larger story of Abraham.

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 We're in chapter 26 right now.

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 We've moved on to Isaac.

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 And the story started this chapter, verse 1.

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 We find out there's a famine.

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 And why would there be a famine?

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 Most likely because there is not enough water.

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 And where do you go when there's a drought?

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 Of course you go to Egypt.

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 Egypt has the Nile River.

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 They have plenty of water.

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 Surprise!

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 Verse 2.

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 God comes to Isaac and says,

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 Don't go to Egypt.

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 Do what's counterintuitive.

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 Stay where you are.

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 Go against all human wisdom.

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 And so we talked about this two weeks ago.

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 There's this tremendous act of faith from Abraham to stay away from Egypt.

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 He has to trust God's promises.

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 And so God repeats that promise.

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 Verse 3.

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 Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and I will bless you.

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 And then in verses 3 through 5, he repeats the blessing, the promises made to Abraham of land and offspring and blessing to the nations.

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 Okay, this is all review from two weeks ago just so we understand where we're headed.

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 And I told you the point was this, that obedience to God's commands is enabled by belief in his promises.

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 That faith and promise always go together.

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 And then I reminded you Jesus has also made us a promise.

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 Matthew chapter 6.

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 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you.

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 But will all these things actually be added to you?

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 It is nice to read Jesus' words from Matthew chapter 6 out loud.

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 But what happens in the long term?

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 It's great to hear God reiterate his promise to Abraham at the very beginning of chapter 26.

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 What's going to happen in the long run?

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 And this passage is basically the answer to that question.

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 Abraham makes a leap of faith, the beginning of chapter 26, and now we get to see at the end what happens.

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 And it's going to remind us of exactly what we saw last summer with Abraham.

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 In the long run, in the final analysis, God keeps his word.

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 He does exactly what he says he will do.

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 So we're going to look at two things.

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 We're going to look, and this is on page 8 of your worship guides.

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 You don't even have to write it down.

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 We're going to look at blessing from God and blessing before the Philistines.

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 Blessing from God.

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 Blessing before the Philistines.

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 And so first, blessings from God.

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 This is verses 12 through 13.

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 The first thing we find out in verse 12 is that there is an agricultural blessing.

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 Isaac sowed and reaped in the same year a hundredfold.

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 Wait, wasn't there a famine?

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 Wasn't there not enough water?

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 What happens in a famine?

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 Famine is when you don't have enough food.

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 And yet here Abraham is, reaped in the same year a hundredfold.

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 So Abraham, he's not just provided for.

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 He actually has more than he needs.

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 And it's not just an agricultural blessing.

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 We go on to find out verse 13.

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 It is a general blessing.

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

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 What did God say back in verse 3?

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 Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and I will bless you.

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 And what do you know?

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 God has been with him.

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 God has blessed him.

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 God's kept his promise.

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 Verse 13 tells us how abundant this is.

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 It's not just that he became rich also.

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 So we don't miss the point.

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 It is more and more.

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 Not just wealthy.

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 Very wealthy.

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 What did we read this morning from the New Testament?

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 Ephesians chapter 3.

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 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think.

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 According to the power that is at work within us.

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 God kept his promise.

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 He kept it more than Isaac could have imagined.

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 That's blessing from God.

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 All this blessing though actually creates some problems.

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 Which goes along with that old phrase, right?

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 Be careful what you wish for.

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 There is strife and conflict with the Philistines immediately.

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 Verse 14.

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 These flocks and herds and servants are more than the Philistines can manage.

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 And so we find out, this is the end of verse 14.

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 The Philistines envied him.

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 They see God blessing Isaac.

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 They see more and more his wealth increasing.

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 And their eyes turn green.

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 So verse 16.

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 They kick him out.

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 They say, Isaac, this town ain't big enough for the two of us.

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 And it's not just their envy.

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 Also verse 16.

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 We find out they see him as a threat.

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 You are much mightier.

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 So we're jealous of you.

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 God has given you things we wish he'd given us.

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 We feel threatened by you.

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 You're so powerful.

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 And by the way, this is under the surface.

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 It doesn't say this explicitly.

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 But what do you need to have crops that are a hundredfold?

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 You need a lot of water.

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 And so Isaac is putting demand on the infrastructure.

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 It is time for Isaac to get out of town.

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 And of course, this is not an easy thing for him.

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 He's come to Gerar because of the famine.

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 So getting kicked out means, hey, I've got to start this search,

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 this need for water all over again.

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 And to make matters worse, notice what happened in verse 15.

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 They had already filled Abraham's wells with dirt.

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 So we're kicking you out.

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 You're too much of a stretch on our infrastructure.

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 We're envious of you.

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 We feel threatened by you.

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 And by the way, all your father's wells, yeah, we filled those up.

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 So good luck out there.

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 Now, some commentators say the Philistines filled up all the wells

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 because they just wanted to get at Isaac.

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 They were spiteful because it takes work, right?

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 You actually have to go out there and put dirt in the wells.

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 Some people say they weren't spiteful at Isaac.

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 Actually, they just wanted to discourage anyone from being close to them.

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 So they want to make it hard to get water.

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 Whatever the reason, if you think all the way back to the Abraham story,

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 Genesis chapter 21, Abraham had made a covenant with Abimelech.

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 Look, these wells were supposed to be protected.

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 They're supposed to be Abraham and his offspring's wells from generation to generation.

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 And whatever the reason, Abraham's got to figure out,

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 okay, my wells are filled up.

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 How am I going to get any water?

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 And so the same question with this crisis comes to the surface.

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 God's told him to go to Gerar, told him to stay there, not to go to Egypt.

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 What will God provide?

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 Is he going to give Isaac what he needs to survive in the desert?

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 That takes us to verses 17 through 22, where there's this conflict over wells.

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 So Isaac goes, he digs up his dad's wells,

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 and we're told he gives them the exact same names that Abraham gave the wells,

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 which reminds us once again that Isaac has taken on the mantle of Abraham.

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 It's also kind of a little dig at the men of Gerar saying,

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 hey, I'm making these what my father named them,

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 because you remember they're actually his wells.

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 And we actually made a treaty back in Genesis 21.

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 You weren't really supposed to mess with them.

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 Then in verses 19 through 21, he digs three new wells.

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 And the first two wells, the herdsmen of Gerar want to fight over it.

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 Isaac, we're going to see this next week, a little bit passive.

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 He decides he's not going to make a battle over it,

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 so they fight over one well.

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 He says, okay, fine, you can have it.

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 We're going to move to the second well.

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 They want to fight over that.

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 Okay, fine, you can have it.

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 Third well, no fight.

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 And Isaac looks at that, and he says, oh, okay.

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 God's provided.

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 God's honored his promise.

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 I've been kicked out.

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 I've had fights over wells.

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 Verse 22, for now the Lord has made room for us,

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 and we shall be fruitful in the land.

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 So the way Isaac interprets it is this.

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 Hey, this last well, the fact that there's no conflict over it,

00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:45.159
 just tells us, hey, God continues to provide.

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 He's given room for us.

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 It relates to his promise of land.

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 Remember, he told Isaac back in verse 3,

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 and now he's about to tell him again,

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 the land for you and your offspring.

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 Takes us to verse 23.

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 Abraham, or Isaac, excuse me, goes from Rehoboth to Beersheba,

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 and there is what we call a theophany,

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 which is appearance of God.

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 So God shows up again,

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 just like he did at the beginning of the chapter,

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 and repeats the promises made in verse 3.

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 This is verses 23 through 24.

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 The Lord appeared to him the same night and said,

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 I am the God of Abraham, your father.

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 Fear not, for I am with you

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 and will bless you and multiply your offspring

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 for my servant Abraham's sake.

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 In other words, God shows up and says,

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 Isaac, do you believe me now?

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 Do you trust me now?

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 I told you in verse 3,

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 I was going to be with you

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 and I was going to bless you.

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 You see how I've done that?

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 And now I'm coming to remind you again,

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 I'm going to be with you

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 and I'm going to bless you.

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 So Abraham, Isaac,

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 I'm sorry guys,

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 I keep saying Abraham,

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 I'm so used to that from the previous time.

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 Isaac, verse 25,

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 doubles down,

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 he's committed to the place, right?

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 He builds an altar.

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 God

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 also comes to us

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 over and over

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 to remind us of his promises.

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 Now he doesn't do it

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 in the way that he did it for Isaac.

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 You're not going to have a theophany,

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 I don't think.

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 You're not going to have

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 a special appearance of God before you.

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 You're actually not one of the patriarchs.

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 But God does continue to remind us

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 of his promises to us.

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 And he does it in at least two ways.

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 He does it in his word

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 and he does it in our worship together.

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 Some people talk about Sunday morning worship

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 as our meeting place with God.

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 And that's not to say

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 you don't meet with God,

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 in other ways.

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 But there's a special sense

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 in which we come together

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 on Sunday morning

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 to meet with God

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 and be reminded

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 every week

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 of the promises he's made to us.

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 There's a sense

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 when we open God's word

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 day by day,

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 we are doing it

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 to be reminded

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 of what he said

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 he would do.

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 And there's another piece

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 to this as well.

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 It's not just that

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 that you are reminded

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 in worship

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 and in God's word.

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 We also remind

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 one another.

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 Part of your job

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 as a Christian

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 in a church

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 is to remind

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 your brothers and sisters

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 of what God

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 has said

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 he will do.

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 That we need

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 to be reminded

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 of God's promises

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 again

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 and again

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 over

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 and over.

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 God said

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 he would provide

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 verse 3.

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 He goes on

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 to provide

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 more than Isaac

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 could have expected

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 and God

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 shows up again

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 and says,

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 look,

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 I did what I said

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 I was going to do.

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 Here's my promise

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 again.

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 The author of Hebrews

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 in chapter 3

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 tells us

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 that this is what

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 we're supposed

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 to be doing.

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 Take care,

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 brothers,

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 lest there be

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 in any of you

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 an evil,

00:20:14.600 --> 00:20:15.700
 unbelieving heart

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 leading you

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 to fall away

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 from the living God.

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 But exhort

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 one another

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 every day

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 as long as

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 it is called

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 today

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 that none

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 of you

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 may be hardened

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 by the deceitfulness

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 of sin.

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 For we have come

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 to share

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 in Christ

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 if indeed

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 we hold

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 our original

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 confidence

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 firm

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 to the end.

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 Cheyenne

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 Mountain,

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 Presbyterian Church.

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 Remind

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 one another

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 of God's

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 promises

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 as long

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 as it is

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 called

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 today.

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 Even though

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 they've kicked

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 him out

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 the blessing

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 on Isaac

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 is so

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 intense

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 even as

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 he's wandering

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 around

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 uncovering

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 his father's

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 wells

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 that the

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 Philistines

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 have no

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 choice

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 but to

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 come

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 and sue

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 for peace.

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 This is

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 verses 26

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 through 31.

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 They kicked

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 him out

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 of the city.

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 They filled

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 his wells

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 and yet

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 somehow

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:32.240
 mysteriously

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 Isaac keeps

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 getting

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 stronger

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 and stronger.

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 Remember

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:38.939
 we talked

00:21:38.939 --> 00:21:39.339
 about this

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 a couple

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 weeks ago

00:21:39.979 --> 00:21:40.799
 this idea

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.139
 of being

00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:42.179
 anti-fragile.

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.500
 whatever

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.340
 they throw

00:21:43.340 --> 00:21:44.060
 at Isaac

00:21:44.060 --> 00:21:44.840
 somehow

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:45.220
 he just

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 keeps on

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:45.960
 winning.

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 Just ends

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 up on top.

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 We're going

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 to see the

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:49.900
 same thing

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 by the way

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 with Jacob

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 and Laban.

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 They come

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 to make a

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.440
 treaty with

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 him.

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 This is

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 verse 26

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 and he

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 says

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 why have

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 you come

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 to see

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 me

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 seeing

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 that you

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.940
 hate me

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.279
 and have

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.600
 sent me

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.180
 away from

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 you?

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 And he

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 doesn't

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.060
 mention

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:04.860
 and you

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.299
 took my

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.720
 father's

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:05.920
 wells

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.180
 and you

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.519
 tried to

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:06.779
 destroy

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 them.

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 And they

00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:08.360
 tell him

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 point blank

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.900
 verse 28

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:11.019
 we see

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.839
 plainly

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.380
 that the

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.720
 Lord

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.440
 has been

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.860
 with you.

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 We did

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 everything we

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.500
 could to

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:17.759
 cut your

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.180
 legs out

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.539
 from under

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 you.

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 And from

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 some reason

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.500
 you just

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:21.940
 keep going

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.400
 from strength

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:22.920
 to strength.

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.839
 Verse 29

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:26.680
 you are

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.180
 now

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:28.019
 blessed

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:29.200
 of the

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.440
 Lord.

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.200
 The point

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.700
 is this

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:35.559
 it is a

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.080
 fool's

00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.440
 errand

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:38.380
 to oppose

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:38.799
 God's

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.100
 people.

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.100
 It's a

00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:43.840
 fool's

00:22:43.840 --> 00:22:44.140
 errand

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.740
 because it's

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.059
 not a

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.559
 fair fight.

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.299
 What they

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.900
 have is

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.559
 greater than

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.180
 the sum

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.660
 of its

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.059
 parts.

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 Church

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.259
 what we

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.759
 have is

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.580
 greater than

00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:56.120
 the sum

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:56.680
 of its

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.080
 parts

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:58.799
 because God

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.600
 is fighting

00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.620
 for us.

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:02.799
 it's a

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.339
 fool's

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.659
 errand

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:05.599
 to oppose

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:05.959
 God's

00:23:05.959 --> 00:23:06.239
 people.

00:23:08.419 --> 00:23:09.199
 Christian

00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:11.699
 God

00:23:11.699 --> 00:23:12.500
 is fighting

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.519
 for you

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:17.019
 and he

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.579
 protects

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.479
 his people

00:23:18.479 --> 00:23:20.339
 when they

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.039
 obey

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.759
 him

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.839
 in ways

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.179
 that are

00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:23.699
 risky

00:23:23.699 --> 00:23:24.619
 and

00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:25.439
 counterintuitive.

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.739
 Isaac

00:23:27.739 --> 00:23:28.419
 has done

00:23:28.419 --> 00:23:28.879
 what God

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.319
 told him

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.679
 to do.

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.339
 He stayed

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.899
 in Gerar.

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:32.979
 He did

00:23:32.979 --> 00:23:33.359
 not go

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.779
 to Egypt.

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 He

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.899
 violated

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:37.039
 every rule

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.979
 of human

00:23:37.979 --> 00:23:38.539
 wisdom

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:41.139
 and God

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:41.879
 has blessed

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.279
 him.

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.459
 Remember

00:23:43.459 --> 00:23:43.699
 what it

00:23:43.699 --> 00:23:44.119
 said there.

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:44.879
 This is

00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.599
 verse 13.

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:46.979
 God

00:23:46.979 --> 00:23:47.539
 has blessed

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.599
 him more

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.859
 and more

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:51.739
 until he

00:23:51.739 --> 00:23:52.659
 became very

00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:53.039
 wealthy.

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:57.039
 God

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.460
 protects

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.059
 his people.

00:23:59.399 --> 00:23:59.599
 God

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.379
 provides

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:00.859
 for his

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.259
 people

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:03.000
 when they

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.799
 take the

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.440
 risk

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.099
 of

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.539
 obedience.

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.639
 I don't

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.379
 know every

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.440
 risk that

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.039
 you've taken

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.700
 in faith

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.619
 to follow

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.180
 after God.

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.599
 I don't

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:17.899
 know every

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.440
 risk you've

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.259
 taken trusting

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.960
 that God

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.480
 will provide

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.960
 for you.

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.319
 I don't

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.779
 know every

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.359
 way that

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:24.740
 you have

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.279
 suffered

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.619
 choosing

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:28.339
 obedience.

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.500
 Maybe it's a

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.299
 relational risk.

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.440
 Maybe you

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.200
 have lost

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.099
 friends.

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.000
 Maybe you're

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.599
 scared of losing

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.339
 friends for doing

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.920
 and saying the

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.400
 right thing.

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:46.280
 maybe it's

00:24:46.280 --> 00:24:46.759
 led you into

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.259
 conflict.

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.200
 Jesus has

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.120
 made us

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.860
 promises as

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.100
 well.

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.040
 This is

00:24:53.040 --> 00:24:53.380
 Matthew

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.060
 chapter 5.

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.820
 Blessed are

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.200
 those who

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.700
 hunger and

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.140
 thirst for

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:58.019
 righteousness for

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.540
 they shall be

00:24:58.540 --> 00:24:59.040
 satisfied.

00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:01.060
 Blessed are

00:25:01.060 --> 00:25:01.620
 those who

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.300
 are persecuted

00:25:02.300 --> 00:25:03.160
 for righteousness

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:04.620
 sake for

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.440
 theirs is

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.940
 the kingdom

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:07.380
 of heaven.

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.580
 It's a

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:10.900
 fool's

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:12.259
 errand to

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.820
 oppose

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:14.380
 God's

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:14.880
 people.

00:25:23.020 --> 00:25:23.640
 Notice how

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.040
 it all comes

00:25:24.040 --> 00:25:24.520
 together in

00:25:24.520 --> 00:25:25.120
 this passage.

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.280
 Verses 6

00:25:27.280 --> 00:25:27.940
 and 7,

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:28.440
 if you think

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.860
 back,

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.260
 Isaac was

00:25:30.260 --> 00:25:31.020
 very afraid

00:25:31.020 --> 00:25:32.600
 of the

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.120
 Philistines.

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.460
 He was so

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.880
 afraid that

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.680
 he lied

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.240
 about his

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.540
 wife,

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:37.920
 Rebecca.

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.400
 Okay,

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:39.740
 that's the

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.140
 beginning of

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.540
 the chapter.

00:25:41.300 --> 00:25:42.020
 What happens

00:25:42.020 --> 00:25:42.520
 at the end?

00:25:43.760 --> 00:25:44.360
 He's not

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:44.779
 afraid of

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.039
 them.

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.099
 Philistines

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.939
 are afraid

00:25:47.939 --> 00:25:48.639
 of him.

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.879
 The roles

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.199
 have been

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:51.619
 reversed.

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.359
 Verse 1,

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:53.799
 how did we

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.339
 start out?

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.759
 We started

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.219
 out with a

00:25:56.219 --> 00:25:56.500
 famine.

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.599
 How does it

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:58.839
 end?

00:25:59.939 --> 00:26:00.639
 Verse 12,

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.759
 Isaac has

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.719
 crops a

00:26:03.719 --> 00:26:04.159
 hundred

00:26:04.159 --> 00:26:05.079
 fold.

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.299
 And then the

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.099
 cherry on top,

00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:08.819
 the very end.

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.279
 Verse 32,

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:12.000
 that same

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.399
 day,

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.240
 Isaac's

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.639
 servants

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.480
 came and

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.259
 told him

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.359
 about the

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.960
 well that

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.339
 they had

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.899
 dug and

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.440
 said to

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.740
 him,

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.139
 we have

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.720
 found

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.399
 water.

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.619
 Now

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:24.960
 there's a

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.440
 great well,

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:27.279
 just one

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.339
 more blessing

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:29.299
 from the

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.559
 Lord.

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.039
 So God's

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.440
 telling him,

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.899
 hey, I'm

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.139
 not just

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.299
 going to

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.839
 provide for

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.059
 you.

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.160
 I'm going

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.779
 to super

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.660
 provide for

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:36.859
 you.

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:38.240
 I didn't

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.839
 just give

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:40.079
 you that

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.819
 one well

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.639
 that no

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.979
 one would

00:26:42.979 --> 00:26:43.740
 fight over.

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.219
 No, I'm

00:26:45.219 --> 00:26:45.319
 going to

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.519
 give you

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.939
 this well

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:46.179
 too.

00:26:47.459 --> 00:26:47.859
 You're

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.579
 afraid that

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.119
 staying away

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.579
 from Egypt

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:49.979
 was the

00:26:49.979 --> 00:26:50.639
 wrong move.

00:26:51.979 --> 00:26:52.979
 Wait and

00:26:52.979 --> 00:26:54.759
 watch what

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.079
 I do.

00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:00.119
 I don't

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.459
 know every

00:27:00.459 --> 00:27:01.259
 risk that

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.459
 you've

00:27:01.459 --> 00:27:03.500
 taken to

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.039
 follow God

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.579
 in faith

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.399
 and obedience.

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.879
 Maybe it's

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.359
 a material

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.919
 risk.

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.779
 Maybe it's

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.179
 been making

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:11.699
 less and

00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:12.279
 giving more.

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.099
 Gerar was

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.659
 in fact

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.859
 less than

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.240
 Egypt.

00:27:17.959 --> 00:27:19.000
 Maybe it's

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.839
 a circumstantial

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.219
 risk.

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.779
 Maybe it's

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.519
 living somewhere

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.439
 you don't

00:27:23.439 --> 00:27:24.279
 want to

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.559
 live.

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.339
 Abraham,

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.319
 we're told,

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.659
 very beginning

00:27:29.659 --> 00:27:30.839
 is a sojourner

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.579
 in Gerar.

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.379
 He's vulnerable.

00:27:32.979 --> 00:27:33.979
 He's vulnerable

00:27:33.979 --> 00:27:34.740
 socially,

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.459
 he's vulnerable

00:27:35.459 --> 00:27:35.979
 politically.

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:40.259
 God made

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.779
 Abraham a

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.159
 promise.

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.699
 Made him

00:27:42.699 --> 00:27:43.240
 a promise

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.599
 of his

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.059
 presence.

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:44.879
 He made

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.119
 him a

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.500
 promise

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.619
 of his

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:47.019
 blessing.

00:27:47.959 --> 00:27:48.619
 He honored

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:48.839
 it.

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:50.859
 God's

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.159
 made us

00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:51.559
 promises

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.479
 as well.

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.119
 Jesus has

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.759
 promised us

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.179
 Matthew

00:27:55.179 --> 00:27:56.019
 chapter 19.

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.639
 And everyone

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.159
 who has left

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:58.859
 houses or

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.479
 brothers or

00:27:59.479 --> 00:28:00.299
 sisters or

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.979
 father or

00:28:00.979 --> 00:28:01.639
 mother or

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.319
 children or

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.059
 lands for

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:04.179
 my name's

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:05.619
 sake will

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.299
 receive a

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.139
 hundredfold

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:08.319
 and will

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.919
 inherit

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:09.979
 eternal

00:28:09.979 --> 00:28:10.959
 life.

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:12.979
 Does that

00:28:12.979 --> 00:28:13.500
 word a

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.199
 hundredfold

00:28:14.199 --> 00:28:14.859
 sound familiar?

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:18.519
 Verse 12,

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.719
 Isaac sowed in

00:28:19.719 --> 00:28:20.479
 that land and

00:28:20.479 --> 00:28:21.019
 reaped in the

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:22.459
 same year a

00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:24.119
 hundredfold.

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.219
 world.

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.459
 I heard an

00:28:28.459 --> 00:28:29.479
 illustration many

00:28:29.479 --> 00:28:30.419
 years ago that

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:30.719
 I've never

00:28:30.719 --> 00:28:31.179
 forgotten.

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.139
 It says that

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:35.079
 evil is like a

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.859
 vicious dog

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:38.639
 snarling and

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.000
 barking.

00:28:40.719 --> 00:28:42.739
 But that dog is

00:28:42.739 --> 00:28:43.359
 on a chain.

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.639
 It's on a chain

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.799
 limited,

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.139
 restrained,

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:50.620
 because God

00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.259
 is at work.

00:28:55.540 --> 00:28:56.160
 And if you

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.700
 don't know

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.900
 where to turn

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.280
 or what to

00:28:58.280 --> 00:28:58.900
 say or what

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.259
 to do,

00:28:59.320 --> 00:28:59.820
 if you feel

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.440
 lost,

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.600
 wherever you

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:03.220
 are trying to

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.020
 follow God

00:29:04.020 --> 00:29:04.860
 in faith,

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.440
 unsure of

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.060
 where your

00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:07.800
 journey ends

00:29:07.800 --> 00:29:08.259
 and how it

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.600
 goes,

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.420
 if you don't

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.800
 know where to

00:29:10.800 --> 00:29:11.340
 turn, I want

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:11.680
 you to do

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:11.940
 this.

00:29:12.040 --> 00:29:12.500
 Take Psalm

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.200
 27,

00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:14.940
 verses 13

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.520
 and 14,

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.460
 and make

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.480
 those verses

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.700
 your verses.

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.740
 This is really

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.520
 what Genesis

00:29:21.520 --> 00:29:22.620
 chapter 26 is

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.140
 telling us.

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:25.020
 I believe that

00:29:25.020 --> 00:29:25.620
 I shall look

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.060
 upon the

00:29:26.060 --> 00:29:26.800
 goodness of

00:29:26.800 --> 00:29:27.800
 the Lord in

00:29:27.800 --> 00:29:28.420
 the land of

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.780
 the living.

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.580
 I believe God's

00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:30.880
 going to keep

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.380
 his promises.

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.440
 Wait for the

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:35.400
 Lord, be strong

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.020
 and let your

00:29:36.020 --> 00:29:36.680
 heart take

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.160
 courage.

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.040
 Wait for

00:29:39.040 --> 00:29:39.460
 the Lord.

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.560
 In the end,

00:29:43.540 --> 00:29:45.040
 God always

00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:45.900
 provides.

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:49.120
 Follow him,

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:51.620
 he will take

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:53.000
 care of the

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.340
 rest.

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.500
 For I know

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.900
 that he is

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:58.300
 working for

00:29:58.300 --> 00:29:59.880
 his glory and

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.340
 my good.

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.759
 Let's pray.

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.500
 Our Father in

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.100
 heaven, we thank

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.720
 you that you're

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.340
 a promise-keeping

00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:06.700
 God.

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.340
 That no matter

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.920
 where we're at

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.600
 in the story,

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.259
 we know how it

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.540
 ends.

00:30:11.840 --> 00:30:12.759
 It ends with you

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 protecting and

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 providing for us

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 as we follow you

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 in faith.

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 faith.

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 We ask that you

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 would remind us

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 of that this

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 morning and it

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 would sustain us

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 as we continue to

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 follow after you.

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 We ask these

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 things in Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 I invite you to

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 stand for our hymn.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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