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He<00:10:02.159><c> was</c><00:10:02.399><c> a</c><00:10:02.519><c> mortal</c><00:10:02.799><c> man</c><00:10:03.500><c> and</c><00:10:05.019><c> at</c><00:10:05.220><c> times</c><00:10:05.759><c> his</c><00:10:06.240><c> own</c><00:10:06.580><c> weaknesses</c>

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let<00:10:07.799><c> him</c><00:10:07.980><c> down.</c>

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he'd<00:10:15.039><c> done</c><00:10:15.120><c> the</c><00:10:15.360><c> same</c><00:10:15.639><c> thing</c><00:10:16.139><c> in</c><00:10:16.919><c> the</c><00:10:17.120><c> land</c>

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You<00:10:23.659><c> see,</c><00:10:23.779><c> here's</c><00:10:24.019><c> a</c><00:10:24.120><c> child</c><00:10:24.440><c> about</c><00:10:24.679><c> to</c><00:10:24.840><c> be</c><00:10:25.019><c> born.</c>

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You<00:10:25.820><c> know</c><00:10:25.899><c> what</c><00:10:26.000><c> it</c><00:10:26.200><c> says</c><00:10:26.399><c> of</c><00:10:26.980><c> Sarah</c><00:10:27.320><c> in</c><00:10:27.600><c> Genesis</c><00:10:27.980><c> chapter</c><00:10:28.279><c> 17?</c>

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Kings<00:10:32.720><c> of</c><00:10:33.139><c> people.</c>

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And<00:10:36.100><c> Abraham</c><00:10:36.759><c> said</c><00:10:37.120><c> of</c><00:10:37.399><c> Sarah</c><00:10:37.679><c> his</c><00:10:37.899><c> wife,</c><00:10:38.320><c> she</c><00:10:38.360><c> is</c><00:10:38.539><c> my</c><00:10:38.799><c> sister,</c>

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and<00:10:39.720><c> Abimelek</c><00:10:40.179><c> king</c><00:10:40.480><c> of</c><00:10:40.740><c> Gira</c><00:10:41.080><c> sent</c>

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and<00:10:41.620><c> took</c><00:10:41.840><c> Sarah.</c>

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So<00:10:42.620><c> we've</c><00:10:42.860><c> got</c><00:10:43.019><c> two</c><00:10:43.299><c> men</c><00:10:43.940><c> and</c><00:10:44.740><c> one</c><00:10:44.980><c> woman.</c>

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Or<00:10:47.039><c> in</c><00:10:47.220><c> fact,</c><00:10:47.340><c> to</c><00:10:47.460><c> be</c><00:10:47.580><c> more</c><00:10:47.820><c> precise,</c><00:10:48.279><c> we've</c><00:10:48.539><c> got</c><00:10:48.740><c> two</c><00:10:49.220><c> fathers</c>

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and<00:10:51.279><c> one</c><00:10:51.600><c> woman</c><00:10:52.000><c> in</c><00:10:52.460><c> the</c><00:10:52.700><c> same</c><00:10:52.940><c> verse.</c>

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We've<00:10:53.799><c> got</c><00:10:54.039><c> Avraham</c><00:10:54.899><c> and</c><00:10:56.000><c> we've</c><00:10:56.279><c> got</c><00:10:56.620><c> Avimelek.</c>

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Avraham,<00:11:01.720><c> father</c><00:11:02.419><c> of</c><00:11:03.580><c> a</c><00:11:03.700><c> multitude.</c>

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Avimelek,<00:11:08.899><c> father</c><00:11:09.580><c> of</c><00:11:10.360><c> a</c><00:11:10.480><c> king.</c>

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And<00:11:12.919><c> the</c><00:11:13.039><c> question</c><00:11:13.500><c> was,</c><00:11:13.940><c> of</c><00:11:14.039><c> course,</c><00:11:15.059><c> who</c><00:11:15.480><c> was</c><00:11:16.059><c> going</c><00:11:16.399><c> to</c><00:11:16.659><c> be</c>

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the<00:11:17.559><c> father</c><00:11:18.100><c> of</c><00:11:19.059><c> this</c><00:11:19.299><c> boy?</c>

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Can<00:11:21.759><c> you</c><00:11:21.879><c> see</c><00:11:22.019><c> the</c><00:11:22.259><c> drama</c><00:11:22.580><c> in</c><00:11:22.919><c> that</c><00:11:23.139><c> verse?</c>

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Both<00:11:25.500><c> men</c><00:11:25.860><c> with</c><00:11:26.039><c> the</c><00:11:26.259><c> very</c><00:11:26.820><c> Hebrew</c><00:11:27.100><c> word</c><00:11:27.460><c> for</c><00:11:27.779><c> father</c><00:11:28.240><c> included</c><00:11:29.039><c> in</c><00:11:29.200><c> their</c><00:11:29.419><c> own</c><00:11:29.639><c> name.</c>

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Father<00:11:30.220><c> of</c><00:11:30.419><c> a</c><00:11:30.519><c> multitude,</c><00:11:31.080><c> father</c><00:11:31.440><c> of</c><00:11:31.620><c> a</c><00:11:31.799><c> king.</c>

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And<00:11:47.240><c> verse</c><00:11:47.460><c> three</c><00:11:47.720><c> says,</c><00:11:48.139><c> And</c><00:11:48.159><c> God</c><00:11:48.480><c> came</c><00:11:48.899><c> to</c><00:11:49.539><c> Avimelek</c><00:11:49.960><c> in</c><00:11:50.179><c> a</c>

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Behold<00:11:52.879><c> thou</c><00:11:53.120><c> art</c><00:11:53.299><c> but</c><00:11:53.480><c> a</c><00:11:53.600><c> dead</c><00:11:53.940><c> man,</c><00:11:55.340><c> for</c><00:11:55.440><c> the</c><00:11:55.539><c> woman</c><00:11:55.779><c> which</c><00:11:56.120><c> thou</c><00:11:56.320><c> hast</c><00:11:56.679><c> taken,</c><00:11:58.120><c> for</c><00:11:58.440><c> she</c><00:11:58.679><c> is</c><00:11:59.600><c> a</c>

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man's<00:12:01.220><c> wife.</c>

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Well,<00:12:07.639><c> I'll</c><00:12:07.759><c> tell</c><00:12:07.840><c> you</c><00:12:07.940><c> something,</c><00:12:08.259><c> brothers</c><00:12:08.480><c> and</c><00:12:08.720><c> sisters,</c>

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this<00:12:24.320><c> particular</c><00:12:24.879><c> problem.</c>

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There's<00:12:27.100><c> no</c><00:12:27.320><c> doubt</c><00:12:27.519><c> that</c><00:12:27.700><c> in</c><00:12:27.840><c> Genesis</c><00:12:28.179><c> chapter</c><00:12:28.519><c> 25,</c><00:12:29.620><c> sorry,</c>

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in<00:12:30.139><c> Genesis</c><00:12:30.379><c> chapter</c><00:12:30.720><c> 12,</c>

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It<00:12:38.539><c> was</c><00:12:38.779><c> absolutely</c><00:12:39.720><c> Abraham's</c><00:12:40.799><c> responsibility.</c>

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But<00:12:43.299><c> in</c><00:12:43.500><c> a</c><00:12:43.600><c> funny</c><00:12:43.720><c> way,</c><00:12:44.000><c> I</c><00:12:44.019><c> think</c><00:12:44.200><c> that</c><00:12:44.379><c> when</c><00:12:44.480><c> we</c><00:12:44.639><c> read</c><00:12:44.820><c> Genesis</c>

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20<00:12:45.580><c> carefully,</c>

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I<00:12:53.759><c> think</c><00:12:54.019><c> that</c><00:12:54.500><c> Sarah</c><00:12:54.700><c> was</c><00:12:54.919><c> not</c><00:12:55.159><c> only</c><00:12:55.399><c> involved</c><00:12:56.139><c> in</c><00:12:57.379><c> this</c><00:12:57.720><c> matter</c><00:12:57.980><c> of</c>

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deceiving<00:12:59.019><c> Avimelek,</c>

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I<00:13:07.539><c> think</c><00:13:07.700><c> that</c><00:13:08.019><c> Sarah</c><00:13:08.220><c> was</c><00:13:08.440><c> the</c><00:13:08.659><c> initiator</c><00:13:09.220><c> of</c><00:13:09.480><c> this</c><00:13:09.720><c> matter</c>

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and<00:13:10.100><c> not</c><00:13:10.299><c> Abraham</c><00:13:10.679><c> on</c><00:13:11.600><c> this</c><00:13:12.120><c> occasion.</c>

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Now,<00:13:14.320><c> I'll</c><00:13:14.379><c> tell</c><00:13:14.440><c> you</c><00:13:14.600><c> why.</c><00:13:15.320><c> It's</c><00:13:15.580><c> all</c><00:13:15.679><c> to</c><00:13:15.820><c> do</c><00:13:15.879><c> with</c><00:13:16.019><c> how</c><00:13:16.220><c> we</c>

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So,<00:13:19.919><c> several</c><00:13:20.039><c> points</c><00:13:20.379><c> then</c><00:13:20.620><c> with</c><00:13:20.840><c> regard</c><00:13:21.340><c> to</c><00:13:21.759><c> what</c><00:13:22.139><c> seems</c><00:13:22.500><c> to</c>

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I<00:13:24.879><c> don't</c><00:13:25.240><c> think</c><00:13:25.460><c> that</c><00:13:25.799><c> this</c><00:13:26.159><c> was</c><00:13:26.460><c> Abraham's</c><00:13:27.179><c> responsibility</c><00:13:27.820><c> alone.</c>

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And<00:13:28.559><c> by</c><00:13:28.700><c> the</c><00:13:28.799><c> way,</c><00:13:29.080><c> brethren</c><00:13:29.240><c> and</c><00:13:29.440><c> sisters,</c><00:13:29.600><c> don't</c><00:13:29.820><c> get</c><00:13:29.980><c> me</c><00:13:30.159><c> wrong,</c><00:13:30.360><c> of</c>

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course<00:13:31.120><c> Abraham</c><00:13:31.620><c> was</c><00:13:32.000><c> responsible</c>

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in<00:13:33.059><c> the</c><00:13:33.279><c> fullest</c><00:13:33.559><c> sense</c><00:13:33.899><c> of</c><00:13:34.059><c> the</c><00:13:34.100><c> word.</c><00:13:34.240><c> He</c><00:13:34.299><c> was</c><00:13:34.720><c> the</c><00:13:34.899><c> head</c><00:13:35.039><c> of</c>

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Whatever<00:13:36.279><c> did</c><00:13:36.659><c> finally</c><00:13:37.000><c> happen,</c><00:13:37.480><c> Abraham</c><00:13:37.679><c> must</c><00:13:38.080><c> assume</c><00:13:38.500><c> his</c><00:13:38.879><c> responsibility.</c>

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But<00:13:39.960><c> I</c><00:13:40.080><c> don't</c><00:13:40.360><c> think,</c><00:13:41.019><c> I</c><00:13:41.179><c> don't</c><00:13:41.419><c> think</c><00:13:41.559><c> that</c><00:13:41.700><c> he</c><00:13:41.740><c> was</c><00:13:41.960><c> alone,</c>

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and<00:13:42.600><c> I</c><00:13:42.860><c> have</c><00:13:43.019><c> a</c><00:13:43.139><c> feeling</c><00:13:43.340><c> that</c><00:13:43.519><c> he</c><00:13:43.639><c> may</c><00:13:43.899><c> not</c><00:13:44.039><c> have</c><00:13:44.240><c> initiated</c>

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the<00:13:45.019><c> deception</c><00:13:45.399><c> on</c><00:13:45.659><c> this</c><00:13:45.799><c> occasion.</c>

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Now,<00:13:47.000><c> you</c><00:13:47.179><c> notice</c><00:13:47.399><c> that</c><00:13:47.679><c> the</c><00:13:47.840><c> record</c><00:13:48.120><c> tells</c><00:13:48.480><c> us</c><00:13:48.720><c> in</c><00:13:48.879><c> the</c><00:13:49.039><c> third</c>

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verse<00:13:49.639><c> there,</c>

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Behold<00:13:50.419><c> thou</c><00:13:50.620><c> art</c><00:13:50.860><c> but</c><00:13:51.039><c> a</c><00:13:51.139><c> dead</c><00:13:51.299><c> man,</c><00:13:51.919><c> for</c><00:13:52.039><c> the</c><00:13:52.179><c> woman</c><00:13:52.460><c> which</c>

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thou<00:13:52.940><c> hast</c><00:13:53.220><c> taken,</c><00:13:53.720><c> for</c><00:13:54.200><c> she,</c>

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and<00:13:55.320><c> in</c><00:13:55.460><c> the</c><00:13:55.580><c> Hebrew</c><00:13:55.820><c> that</c><00:13:56.039><c> word</c><00:13:56.340><c> she</c><00:13:56.559><c> is</c><00:13:56.779><c> emphasized,</c><00:13:57.759><c> for</c><00:13:58.120><c> she</c><00:13:58.940><c> is</c>

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a<00:14:00.080><c> man's</c><00:14:01.000><c> wife.</c>

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Now,<00:14:02.000><c> you</c><00:14:02.080><c> see</c><00:14:02.179><c> that</c><00:14:02.379><c> phrase</c><00:14:02.720><c> man's</c><00:14:03.419><c> wife.</c>

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In<00:14:04.000><c> the</c><00:14:04.240><c> Hebrew,</c><00:14:04.840><c> that</c><00:14:04.840><c> in</c><00:14:05.519><c> the</c><00:14:05.679><c> Hebrew</c><00:14:05.879><c> means</c><00:14:06.279><c> she</c><00:14:06.899><c> is</c><00:14:07.620><c> Bueled</c>

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or<00:14:09.179><c> bailed</c><00:14:10.080><c> to</c><00:14:10.320><c> a</c><00:14:10.500><c> bail.</c>

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It's<00:14:11.000><c> a</c><00:14:11.100><c> rather</c><00:14:11.379><c> unusual</c><00:14:11.799><c> expression</c><00:14:12.279><c> in</c><00:14:12.460><c> the</c><00:14:12.559><c> Hebrew.</c>

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She<00:14:13.299><c> is</c><00:14:13.759><c> bailed</c><00:14:14.600><c> to</c><00:14:14.820><c> a</c><00:14:14.980><c> bail.</c><00:14:15.440><c> Actually,</c><00:14:15.759><c> the</c><00:14:15.980><c> margin</c><00:14:16.220><c> is</c>

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exactly<00:14:16.879><c> correct.</c>

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She's<00:14:17.559><c> married,</c><00:14:18.200><c> Beulah,</c><00:14:19.100><c> to</c><00:14:19.299><c> a</c><00:14:19.500><c> husband,</c><00:14:20.179><c> bail,</c><00:14:20.620><c> a</c><00:14:20.879><c> lord</c><00:14:21.200><c> or</c><00:14:21.500><c> husband.</c>

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And<00:14:23.279><c> the</c><00:14:23.559><c> interesting</c><00:14:23.840><c> thing</c><00:14:24.039><c> is</c><00:14:24.279><c> that</c><00:14:24.559><c> I</c><00:14:24.860><c> can</c><00:14:25.000><c> only</c><00:14:25.200><c> find</c><00:14:25.460><c> one</c>

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other<00:14:26.100><c> occasion</c><00:14:26.580><c> in</c><00:14:26.759><c> the</c><00:14:26.960><c> divine</c><00:14:27.200><c> record</c>

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where<00:14:27.820><c> that</c><00:14:28.019><c> particular</c><00:14:28.940><c> Jewish</c><00:14:29.299><c> or</c><00:14:29.559><c> Hebrew</c><00:14:29.840><c> expression</c><00:14:30.419><c> is</c><00:14:30.679><c> found,</c>

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and<00:14:31.440><c> it's</c><00:14:31.639><c> found</c><00:14:31.820><c> in</c><00:14:31.980><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:14:32.480><c> 22</c><00:14:32.960><c> as</c><00:14:33.139><c> we</c><00:14:33.379><c> refer</c><00:14:33.639><c> to</c><00:14:33.860><c> there.</c>

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Now,<00:14:34.200><c> just</c><00:14:34.340><c> come</c><00:14:34.460><c> and</c><00:14:34.539><c> have</c><00:14:34.639><c> a</c><00:14:34.720><c> look</c><00:14:34.820><c> at</c><00:14:34.899><c> this</c><00:14:35.100><c> because</c><00:14:35.600><c> it</c><00:14:35.980><c> seems</c><00:14:36.200><c> to</c>

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be<00:14:36.580><c> relevant</c><00:14:36.820><c> in</c><00:14:37.019><c> this</c><00:14:37.220><c> context.</c>

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This<00:14:40.240><c> appears</c><00:14:40.500><c> to</c><00:14:40.679><c> be</c><00:14:40.820><c> the</c><00:14:41.000><c> only</c><00:14:41.320><c> other</c><00:14:41.639><c> occasion</c><00:14:42.100><c> where</c><00:14:42.360><c> this</c>

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particular<00:14:43.559><c> choice</c><00:14:44.059><c> of</c><00:14:44.419><c> phrase</c><00:14:44.700><c> is</c><00:14:45.039><c> found</c>

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in<00:14:45.460><c> the</c><00:14:45.639><c> divine</c><00:14:45.919><c> record,</c><00:14:47.259><c> bailed</c><00:14:47.799><c> to</c><00:14:48.019><c> a</c><00:14:48.179><c> bail.</c>

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And<00:14:49.580><c> here</c><00:14:49.700><c> it</c><00:14:49.779><c> is</c><00:14:49.919><c> in</c><00:14:50.080><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:14:50.539><c> 22</c><00:14:51.059><c> concerning</c><00:14:51.960><c> certain</c>

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matters<00:14:53.000><c> of</c><00:14:53.419><c> immorality</c>

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that<00:14:54.500><c> Almighty</c><00:14:54.899><c> God</c><00:14:55.220><c> gave</c><00:14:55.600><c> judgment</c><00:14:56.000><c> against.</c>

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Now,<00:14:57.299><c> in</c><00:14:57.299><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:14:57.840><c> 22</c><00:14:58.360><c> and</c><00:14:58.580><c> verse</c><00:14:58.899><c> 22</c><00:14:59.379><c> we</c><00:14:59.580><c> read,</c>

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If<00:15:01.940><c> a</c><00:15:02.159><c> man</c><00:15:02.419><c> be</c><00:15:02.720><c> found</c><00:15:03.059><c> lying</c><00:15:03.500><c> with</c><00:15:03.740><c> a</c><00:15:03.899><c> woman</c><00:15:04.240><c> married</c><00:15:05.000><c> to</c><00:15:05.480><c> an</c><00:15:05.799><c> husband.</c>

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Now,<00:15:06.440><c> there</c><00:15:06.580><c> it</c><00:15:06.720><c> is.</c><00:15:06.820><c> There's</c><00:15:07.080><c> the</c><00:15:07.279><c> same</c><00:15:07.519><c> phrase,</c><00:15:08.940><c> bailed</c><00:15:09.600><c> to</c>

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a<00:15:10.039><c> bail.</c>

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If<00:15:10.639><c> a</c><00:15:11.240><c> man</c><00:15:11.440><c> be</c><00:15:11.700><c> found</c><00:15:11.919><c> lying</c><00:15:12.179><c> with</c><00:15:12.360><c> a</c><00:15:12.480><c> woman</c><00:15:12.639><c> who's</c><00:15:13.360><c> bailed</c><00:15:13.799><c> to</c>

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a<00:15:14.159><c> bail,</c>

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then<00:15:15.179><c> they</c><00:15:15.639><c> shall</c><00:15:15.960><c> both</c><00:15:16.480><c> of</c><00:15:17.039><c> them</c><00:15:17.399><c> die,</c><00:15:17.840><c> both</c><00:15:18.159><c> the</c><00:15:18.320><c> man</c><00:15:18.539><c> that</c>

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lay<00:15:18.840><c> with</c><00:15:19.019><c> the</c><00:15:19.220><c> woman</c><00:15:19.500><c> and</c><00:15:20.000><c> the</c><00:15:20.159><c> woman.</c>

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So<00:15:21.179><c> shalt</c><00:15:21.340><c> thou</c><00:15:21.519><c> put</c><00:15:21.720><c> away</c><00:15:22.000><c> evil</c><00:15:22.379><c> from</c><00:15:22.600><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:15:23.379><c> if</c><00:15:23.519><c> we</c><00:15:23.659><c> were</c><00:15:23.759><c> to</c><00:15:23.940><c> ask,</c><00:15:24.220><c> well,</c><00:15:24.340><c> why</c><00:15:24.559><c> does</c><00:15:24.740><c> the</c><00:15:24.899><c> woman</c><00:15:25.059><c> have</c>

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to<00:15:25.480><c> die</c><00:15:25.580><c> in</c><00:15:25.700><c> this</c><00:15:25.879><c> chapter?</c>

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Well,<00:15:26.100><c> the</c><00:15:26.220><c> answer</c><00:15:26.559><c> is</c><00:15:26.799><c> because</c><00:15:27.340><c> she's</c><00:15:28.039><c> bailed</c><00:15:28.440><c> to</c><00:15:28.659><c> a</c><00:15:28.799><c> bail.</c>

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In<00:15:29.240><c> other</c><00:15:29.440><c> words,</c><00:15:30.179><c> that</c><00:15:30.279><c> if</c><00:15:30.379><c> she's</c><00:15:30.700><c> married,</c><00:15:31.019><c> she</c><00:15:31.200><c> should</c><00:15:31.440><c> have</c><00:15:31.659><c> been</c><00:15:31.779><c> in</c>

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her<00:15:32.179><c> husband's</c><00:15:32.899><c> house.</c>

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So<00:15:33.639><c> what's</c><00:15:34.080><c> she</c><00:15:34.279><c> even</c><00:15:34.720><c> doing</c><00:15:35.200><c> found</c><00:15:35.740><c> with</c><00:15:36.159><c> another</c><00:15:36.379><c> man?</c>

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And<00:15:37.200><c> the</c><00:15:37.340><c> indication</c><00:15:37.740><c> is,</c><00:15:38.179><c> the</c><00:15:38.519><c> implication</c><00:15:39.000><c> is</c><00:15:39.240><c> that</c><00:15:39.419><c> she</c><00:15:39.759><c> is</c>

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fully<00:15:40.419><c> responsible</c><00:15:41.220><c> for</c><00:15:41.419><c> what</c><00:15:41.600><c> she</c><00:15:41.840><c> does.</c>

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She's<00:15:42.659><c> bailed</c><00:15:42.879><c> to</c><00:15:43.080><c> a</c><00:15:43.220><c> bail</c><00:15:43.360><c> and</c><00:15:43.559><c> yet</c><00:15:43.659><c> she's</c><00:15:43.879><c> with</c><00:15:44.000><c> another</c><00:15:44.200><c> woman.</c>

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She<00:15:45.000><c> must</c><00:15:45.379><c> die,</c><00:15:45.899><c> says</c><00:15:45.980><c> the</c><00:15:46.200><c> record.</c>

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And<00:15:46.940><c> that's</c><00:15:47.200><c> in</c><00:15:47.399><c> contrast,</c><00:15:47.980><c> isn't</c><00:15:48.059><c> it,</c><00:15:48.159><c> in</c><00:15:48.320><c> verse</c><00:15:48.580><c> 27,</c>

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to<00:15:49.659><c> the</c><00:15:49.860><c> betrothed</c><00:15:50.440><c> damsel</c><00:15:50.799><c> that</c><00:15:51.100><c> cries</c><00:15:51.399><c> in</c><00:15:51.639><c> the</c><00:15:51.799><c> field</c><00:15:51.980><c> but</c>

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was<00:15:52.340><c> not</c><00:15:52.600><c> heard.</c>

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And<00:15:53.399><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:53.639><c> makes</c><00:15:53.960><c> adequate</c><00:15:54.419><c> provision</c><00:15:54.799><c> for</c><00:15:54.980><c> the</c><00:15:55.259><c> unheard</c>

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cry<00:15:56.179><c> of</c><00:15:56.379><c> the</c><00:15:56.539><c> virgin.</c>

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God<00:15:57.279><c> is</c><00:15:57.460><c> not</c><00:15:57.659><c> unmindful</c><00:15:58.259><c> of</c><00:15:58.360><c> those</c><00:15:58.700><c> in</c><00:15:58.980><c> need</c><00:15:59.220><c> or</c><00:15:59.440><c> in</c><00:15:59.679><c> distress.</c>

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But<00:16:00.519><c> not</c><00:16:00.799><c> to</c><00:16:00.980><c> this</c><00:16:01.120><c> woman</c><00:16:01.320><c> in</c><00:16:01.500><c> verse</c><00:16:01.759><c> 22.</c>

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She<00:16:03.159><c> suffers</c><00:16:03.820><c> a</c><00:16:04.240><c> like</c><00:16:04.559><c> judgment.</c><00:16:05.080><c> Why?</c>

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Because,<00:16:06.340><c> says</c><00:16:06.460><c> the</c><00:16:06.659><c> record,</c><00:16:07.019><c> she's</c><00:16:07.659><c> bailed</c><00:16:08.279><c> to</c><00:16:08.500><c> a</c><00:16:08.639><c> bail.</c>

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She's<00:16:09.899><c> partly</c><00:16:10.240><c> responsible</c><00:16:10.960><c> for</c><00:16:11.220><c> this</c><00:16:11.480><c> action</c><00:16:11.799><c> that</c><00:16:11.940><c> has</c>

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taken<00:16:12.360><c> place.</c>

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And<00:16:13.240><c> that's</c><00:16:13.519><c> the</c><00:16:13.620><c> very</c><00:16:13.919><c> phrase</c><00:16:14.279><c> that's</c><00:16:14.679><c> used</c><00:16:14.940><c> here</c><00:16:15.340><c> in</c><00:16:15.740><c> Genesis</c><00:16:16.120><c> chapter</c><00:16:16.480><c> 20</c><00:16:16.799><c> in</c>

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verse<00:16:17.299><c> 3</c>

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concerning<00:16:18.620><c> the</c><00:16:19.019><c> status</c><00:16:19.379><c> of</c><00:16:19.860><c> Sarah.</c>

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She<00:16:20.759><c> is</c><00:16:21.340><c> bailed</c><00:16:21.799><c> to</c><00:16:21.940><c> a</c><00:16:22.179><c> bail</c><00:16:22.379><c> and</c><00:16:22.960><c> yet</c><00:16:23.279><c> she's</c><00:16:23.720><c> with</c><00:16:23.940><c> another</c><00:16:24.159><c> man.</c>

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And<00:16:25.700><c> she</c><00:16:25.899><c> must</c><00:16:26.259><c> bear</c><00:16:26.679><c> that</c><00:16:27.240><c> responsibility,</c><00:16:28.740><c> says</c><00:16:28.980><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:29.480><c> chapter</c>

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22<00:16:30.259><c> in</c><00:16:30.500><c> verse</c><00:16:30.940><c> 22.</c>

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And<00:16:32.019><c> the</c><00:16:32.220><c> record</c><00:16:32.460><c> seems</c><00:16:32.759><c> to</c><00:16:33.080><c> stress</c><00:16:33.320><c> that</c><00:16:33.519><c> because</c><00:16:33.820><c> remember</c>

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in<00:16:34.360><c> the</c><00:16:34.519><c> Hebrew</c><00:16:34.779><c> of</c><00:16:34.940><c> Genesis</c><00:16:35.320><c> 20,</c>

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as<00:16:36.039><c> we</c><00:16:36.179><c> come</c><00:16:36.360><c> back</c><00:16:36.559><c> now</c><00:16:36.740><c> to</c><00:16:36.899><c> Genesis</c><00:16:37.179><c> 20,</c><00:16:37.460><c> it</c><00:16:37.639><c> says,</c>

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for<00:16:39.059><c> she</c><00:16:39.639><c> is</c><00:16:41.000><c> bailed</c><00:16:41.360><c> to</c><00:16:41.519><c> a</c><00:16:41.639><c> bail.</c>

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So<00:16:42.059><c> here's</c><00:16:42.179><c> the</c><00:16:42.320><c> first</c><00:16:42.539><c> thing.</c>

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The<00:16:43.639><c> gravity</c><00:16:43.960><c> of</c><00:16:44.139><c> what</c><00:16:44.299><c> was</c><00:16:44.500><c> going</c><00:16:44.720><c> on</c><00:16:44.940><c> here</c><00:16:45.419><c> seems</c><00:16:45.840><c> to</c><00:16:46.580><c> certainly</c><00:16:47.100><c> imply</c>

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that<00:16:47.840><c> Sarah</c><00:16:48.120><c> must</c><00:16:48.500><c> bear</c><00:16:48.919><c> her</c><00:16:49.539><c> fair</c><00:16:49.840><c> share</c><00:16:50.220><c> of</c><00:16:50.559><c> responsibility</c>

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in<00:16:51.580><c> the</c><00:16:51.740><c> matter.</c>

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Now<00:16:53.299><c> notice</c><00:16:53.539><c> what</c><00:16:53.879><c> Abimelech</c><00:16:54.240><c> goes</c><00:16:54.500><c> on</c><00:16:54.740><c> to</c><00:16:55.000><c> say</c><00:16:55.240><c> in</c><00:16:55.539><c> the</c><00:16:55.840><c> fifth</c>

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verse<00:16:56.639><c> of</c><00:16:57.179><c> this</c><00:16:57.500><c> chapter.</c>

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He<00:16:58.019><c> says,</c>

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So<00:17:05.859><c> Abraham</c><00:17:06.460><c> was</c><00:17:06.779><c> to</c><00:17:06.980><c> blame.</c><00:17:07.500><c> He</c><00:17:07.720><c> had</c><00:17:08.019><c> deceived.</c>

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But<00:17:09.220><c> you</c><00:17:09.359><c> see</c><00:17:09.440><c> what</c><00:17:09.880><c> Abimelech</c><00:17:10.240><c> goes</c><00:17:10.480><c> on</c><00:17:10.720><c> to</c><00:17:10.920><c> say</c><00:17:11.119><c> in</c><00:17:11.299><c> the</c>

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fifth<00:17:11.700><c> verse.</c>

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And<00:17:13.900><c> she,</c><00:17:15.259><c> even</c><00:17:15.920><c> she,</c><00:17:17.880><c> herself,</c><00:17:19.500><c> said</c><00:17:19.599><c> he</c><00:17:19.720><c> is</c><00:17:19.900><c> my</c><00:17:20.099><c> brother.</c>

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Now<00:17:22.180><c> it's</c><00:17:22.400><c> obvious</c><00:17:22.700><c> from</c><00:17:22.920><c> Genesis</c><00:17:23.319><c> chapter</c><00:17:23.640><c> 20</c><00:17:23.960><c> in</c><00:17:24.140><c> verse</c><00:17:24.380><c> 5</c>

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that<00:17:25.099><c> Abimelech</c><00:17:25.519><c> was</c><00:17:25.759><c> upset</c><00:17:26.160><c> with</c><00:17:26.400><c> both</c><00:17:26.660><c> of</c><00:17:26.900><c> them.</c>

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He<00:17:27.900><c> was</c><00:17:28.079><c> pretty</c><00:17:28.359><c> unhappy</c><00:17:28.759><c> with</c><00:17:29.000><c> Abraham</c><00:17:29.400><c> and</c><00:17:29.539><c> he</c><00:17:29.579><c> was</c><00:17:29.799><c> certainly</c><00:17:30.079><c> unhappy</c>

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with<00:17:30.740><c> Sarah.</c>

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Now<00:17:31.400><c> reading</c><00:17:31.660><c> verse</c><00:17:32.019><c> 5,</c><00:17:32.420><c> which</c><00:17:32.660><c> of</c><00:17:32.799><c> the</c><00:17:33.000><c> two</c><00:17:33.200><c> would</c><00:17:33.359><c> you</c><00:17:33.519><c> say</c>

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that<00:17:33.839><c> Abimelech</c><00:17:34.200><c> was</c><00:17:34.359><c> the</c><00:17:34.599><c> most</c><00:17:34.940><c> unhappy</c><00:17:35.319><c> with?</c>

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Now<00:17:37.160><c> the</c><00:17:37.279><c> answer</c><00:17:37.640><c> is</c><00:17:37.980><c> that</c><00:17:38.180><c> he</c><00:17:38.259><c> was</c><00:17:38.579><c> particularly</c><00:17:39.440><c> aggrieved</c>

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at<00:17:41.099><c> the</c><00:17:41.299><c> deception</c><00:17:41.779><c> of</c><00:17:42.259><c> Sarah.</c>

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You<00:17:42.759><c> see,</c><00:17:43.039><c> just</c><00:17:43.180><c> read</c><00:17:43.299><c> it</c><00:17:43.440><c> again.</c>

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Said<00:17:44.599><c> he</c><00:17:44.880><c> not</c><00:17:45.099><c> unto</c><00:17:45.240><c> me,</c><00:17:45.460><c> she</c><00:17:45.599><c> is</c><00:17:45.740><c> my</c><00:17:45.960><c> sister.</c>

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And<00:17:46.859><c> she,</c><00:17:47.460><c> even</c><00:17:47.980><c> she,</c><00:17:48.980><c> herself</c><00:17:49.720><c> said</c><00:17:50.220><c> he</c><00:17:51.000><c> is</c><00:17:51.180><c> my</c><00:17:51.339><c> brother.</c>

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And<00:17:53.240><c> the</c><00:17:53.400><c> record</c><00:17:53.619><c> seems</c><00:17:53.940><c> to</c><00:17:54.259><c> imply</c><00:17:54.740><c> perhaps</c><00:17:55.279><c> even</c><00:17:55.519><c> a</c><00:17:55.799><c> greater</c>

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measure<00:17:56.339><c> of</c><00:17:56.640><c> responsibility</c><00:17:57.180><c> for</c><00:17:57.619><c> Sarah's</c><00:17:58.279><c> action</c><00:17:58.599><c> on</c><00:17:59.000><c> this</c><00:17:59.180><c> occasion.</c>

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That's<00:17:59.920><c> quite</c><00:18:00.180><c> different</c><00:18:00.579><c> to</c><00:18:01.180><c> Genesis</c><00:18:01.640><c> chapter</c><00:18:02.119><c> 12.</c>

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Here's<00:18:02.940><c> the</c><00:18:03.119><c> third</c><00:18:03.319><c> point.</c>

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In<00:18:05.440><c> verse</c><00:18:05.740><c> 13</c><00:18:06.160><c> we</c><00:18:06.339><c> have</c><00:18:06.579><c> Abraham's</c><00:18:07.240><c> excuse</c><00:18:07.680><c> for</c><00:18:08.160><c> why</c><00:18:08.619><c> he</c><00:18:08.740><c> was</c>

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going<00:18:09.119><c> to</c><00:18:09.319><c> do</c><00:18:09.400><c> what</c><00:18:09.579><c> he</c><00:18:09.680><c> did.</c>

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We<00:18:10.000><c> read</c><00:18:10.180><c> verse</c><00:18:10.440><c> 13</c><00:18:10.779><c> from</c><00:18:11.019><c> your</c><00:18:11.240><c> Bibles.</c>

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It<00:18:11.720><c> says,</c>

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Now<00:18:23.099><c> here's</c><00:18:23.660><c> Abraham's</c><00:18:24.460><c> excuse</c><00:18:24.920><c> for</c><00:18:25.180><c> his</c><00:18:25.460><c> behaviour.</c>

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But<00:18:26.380><c> you</c><00:18:26.460><c> see</c><00:18:27.200><c> how</c><00:18:27.420><c> verse</c><00:18:27.700><c> 13</c><00:18:28.019><c> is</c><00:18:28.299><c> worded.</c>

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It's<00:18:29.319><c> worded</c><00:18:29.640><c> as</c><00:18:29.819><c> an</c><00:18:30.099><c> explanation</c><00:18:30.660><c> for</c><00:18:31.460><c> Sarah's</c><00:18:32.140><c> behaviour.</c>

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Not<00:18:35.460><c> his.</c>

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Notice<00:18:37.359><c> that?</c>

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He<00:18:39.200><c> doesn't</c><00:18:39.500><c> say,</c><00:18:40.319><c> Abraham's</c><00:18:41.019><c> excuse</c><00:18:41.240><c> is</c><00:18:41.420><c> not,</c><00:18:41.640><c> well</c><00:18:41.759><c> I</c><00:18:42.019><c> decided</c><00:18:42.500><c> that</c>

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I<00:18:42.819><c> would</c><00:18:43.000><c> call</c><00:18:43.180><c> her</c><00:18:43.359><c> my</c><00:18:43.660><c> sister.</c>

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No,<00:18:44.460><c> no,</c><00:18:44.599><c> he</c><00:18:44.740><c> says,</c><00:18:44.980><c> well</c><00:18:45.099><c> we</c><00:18:45.299><c> decided</c><00:18:45.619><c> that</c><00:18:45.980><c> she</c><00:18:46.339><c> would</c><00:18:46.740><c> call</c>

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me<00:18:47.720><c> her</c><00:18:48.019><c> brother.</c>

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And<00:18:50.180><c> the</c><00:18:50.380><c> explanation</c><00:18:50.799><c> that</c><00:18:51.039><c> Abraham</c><00:18:51.480><c> gives</c><00:18:52.299><c> in</c><00:18:52.740><c> this</c><00:18:53.000><c> chapter</c><00:18:53.319><c> is</c><00:18:53.759><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:54.119><c> context</c><00:18:54.500><c> of</c><00:18:54.700><c> what</c><00:18:55.220><c> Sarah</c><00:18:55.539><c> was</c><00:18:55.799><c> going</c><00:18:55.980><c> to</c><00:18:56.140><c> do</c>

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and<00:18:56.339><c> what</c><00:18:56.619><c> Sarah</c><00:18:57.000><c> was</c><00:18:57.200><c> going</c><00:18:57.299><c> to</c><00:18:57.500><c> say</c><00:18:57.599><c> and</c><00:18:57.759><c> how</c><00:18:58.140><c> Sarah</c><00:18:58.700><c> was</c><00:18:59.160><c> going</c><00:18:59.400><c> to</c>

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behave<00:18:59.859><c> as</c><00:19:00.319><c> obviously</c><00:19:00.720><c> she</c><00:19:01.279><c> had</c><00:19:01.440><c> on</c><00:19:01.680><c> this</c><00:19:01.819><c> occasion.</c>

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When<00:19:04.059><c> we</c><00:19:04.579><c> come</c><00:19:04.779><c> to</c><00:19:04.880><c> verse</c><00:19:05.240><c> 16,</c><00:19:05.920><c> just</c><00:19:06.140><c> turn</c><00:19:06.380><c> over</c><00:19:06.559><c> the</c><00:19:06.660><c> page</c><00:19:06.880><c> for</c>

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a<00:19:07.119><c> moment</c><00:19:07.259><c> and</c><00:19:07.380><c> have</c><00:19:07.539><c> a</c><00:19:07.599><c> look</c><00:19:07.740><c> at</c><00:19:07.799><c> that</c><00:19:08.019><c> there</c><00:19:08.180><c> in</c><00:19:08.480><c> your</c><00:19:08.900><c> Bibles.</c>

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We're<00:19:10.220><c> told</c><00:19:10.460><c> in</c><00:19:10.599><c> verse</c><00:19:10.839><c> 16,</c>

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Now<00:19:18.420><c> that's</c><00:19:18.940><c> obviously</c><00:19:19.619><c> pretty</c><00:19:20.059><c> heavy</c><00:19:20.460><c> irony,</c><00:19:21.299><c> isn't</c><00:19:21.299><c> it,</c><00:19:21.500><c> from</c><00:19:22.099><c> Abimelech</c><00:19:22.440><c> on</c>

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this<00:19:22.779><c> occasion.</c>

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I've<00:19:24.039><c> given</c><00:19:24.380><c> thy</c><00:19:24.900><c> brother,</c><00:19:26.460><c> knowing</c><00:19:26.720><c> full</c><00:19:27.059><c> well</c><00:19:27.240><c> that</c><00:19:27.359><c> he</c><00:19:27.539><c> wasn't.</c>

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But<00:19:29.000><c> you</c><00:19:29.200><c> see,</c><00:19:29.960><c> if</c><00:19:30.099><c> he</c><00:19:30.240><c> was</c><00:19:30.460><c> going</c><00:19:30.619><c> to</c><00:19:30.779><c> be</c><00:19:31.079><c> ironical</c><00:19:31.720><c> towards</c>

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Abraham,<00:19:32.880><c> what</c><00:19:33.079><c> would</c><00:19:33.279><c> have</c><00:19:33.380><c> Abimelech</c><00:19:33.779><c> said?</c>

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He<00:19:36.839><c> should</c><00:19:37.059><c> have</c><00:19:37.259><c> said,</c><00:19:39.140><c> I've</c><00:19:39.299><c> given</c><00:19:39.559><c> thy</c><00:19:39.940><c> sister.</c>

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Do<00:19:43.079><c> you</c><00:19:43.099><c> see</c><00:19:43.160><c> what</c><00:19:43.279><c> I'm</c><00:19:43.480><c> saying?</c>

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If<00:19:44.019><c> he</c><00:19:44.140><c> was</c><00:19:44.279><c> going</c><00:19:44.460><c> to</c><00:19:44.660><c> direct</c><00:19:44.819><c> his</c><00:19:45.059><c> irony</c><00:19:45.359><c> against</c><00:19:45.819><c> Abraham,</c>

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he<00:19:46.460><c> would</c><00:19:46.640><c> have</c><00:19:46.779><c> said,</c><00:19:46.940><c> I've</c><00:19:47.240><c> given</c><00:19:47.559><c> thy</c><00:19:48.099><c> sister.</c>

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But<00:19:49.200><c> he</c><00:19:49.339><c> doesn't.</c><00:19:49.779><c> He</c><00:19:49.980><c> directs</c><00:19:50.519><c> his</c><00:19:50.700><c> irony</c><00:19:51.160><c> against</c><00:19:51.720><c> Sarah</c><00:19:52.099><c> and</c><00:19:52.299><c> he</c>

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says,<00:19:52.579><c> I've</c><00:19:52.880><c> given</c><00:19:53.279><c> thy</c><00:19:53.819><c> brother.</c>

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The<00:19:55.500><c> irony</c><00:19:56.059><c> of</c><00:19:56.480><c> Abimelech</c><00:19:56.940><c> is</c><00:19:57.119><c> directed</c><00:19:57.599><c> against</c><00:19:58.420><c> Sarah,</c><00:19:59.339><c> not</c>

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against<00:20:00.279><c> Abraham</c><00:20:00.839><c> in</c><00:20:00.980><c> Genesis</c><00:20:01.380><c> chapter</c><00:20:01.700><c> 20</c><00:20:02.259><c> and</c><00:20:02.559><c> verse</c><00:20:02.920><c> 16.</c>

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And<00:20:03.680><c> finally,</c><00:20:04.359><c> in</c><00:20:04.500><c> the</c><00:20:04.799><c> same</c><00:20:05.059><c> verse</c><00:20:05.339><c> we</c><00:20:05.539><c> read</c><00:20:05.980><c> at</c><00:20:06.759><c> the</c><00:20:06.759><c> end</c><00:20:07.099><c> of</c>

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that<00:20:07.460><c> verse,</c><00:20:07.980><c> the</c><00:20:08.099><c> record</c><00:20:08.420><c> states</c><00:20:08.779><c> that</c><00:20:09.059><c> she</c><00:20:09.319><c> was</c><00:20:09.759><c> reproved.</c>

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Do<00:20:10.400><c> you</c><00:20:10.400><c> see</c><00:20:10.519><c> that</c><00:20:10.680><c> at</c><00:20:10.819><c> the</c><00:20:10.839><c> end</c><00:20:10.980><c> of</c><00:20:11.079><c> the</c><00:20:11.200><c> verse?</c>

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We're<00:20:14.400><c> going</c><00:20:14.500><c> to</c><00:20:14.559><c> come</c><00:20:14.740><c> to</c><00:20:14.799><c> that</c><00:20:14.960><c> later</c><00:20:15.240><c> on,</c><00:20:15.819><c> but</c><00:20:15.900><c> there's</c><00:20:16.099><c> no</c>

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doubt<00:20:16.519><c> that</c><00:20:16.720><c> the</c><00:20:16.839><c> meaning</c><00:20:17.019><c> of</c><00:20:17.200><c> the</c><00:20:17.359><c> Hebrew</c><00:20:17.640><c> word</c><00:20:18.059><c> is</c><00:20:18.480><c> exactly</c>

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what<00:20:19.059><c> the</c><00:20:19.259><c> authorized</c><00:20:19.700><c> version</c><00:20:20.059><c> says.</c>

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She<00:20:20.880><c> was</c><00:20:21.660><c> reproved.</c>

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There<00:20:23.480><c> was</c><00:20:24.039><c> a</c><00:20:24.460><c> measure</c><00:20:24.740><c> of</c><00:20:25.240><c> censure</c><00:20:25.799><c> involved</c><00:20:26.319><c> in</c><00:20:26.579><c> this</c>

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particular<00:20:27.240><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:20:28.079><c> the</c><00:20:28.200><c> reproof</c><00:20:28.619><c> that</c><00:20:28.799><c> was</c><00:20:29.000><c> given</c><00:20:29.200><c> on</c><00:20:29.420><c> this</c><00:20:29.579><c> occasion</c><00:20:30.099><c> is,</c><00:20:30.619><c> I</c>

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believe,<00:20:31.059><c> given</c><00:20:31.380><c> to</c><00:20:31.740><c> Sarah</c><00:20:32.079><c> rather</c><00:20:33.079><c> than</c><00:20:33.440><c> to</c><00:20:33.759><c> Abraham.</c>

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So,<00:20:35.319><c> let</c><00:20:35.420><c> me</c><00:20:35.559><c> just</c><00:20:35.720><c> put</c><00:20:35.819><c> the</c><00:20:36.019><c> balance</c><00:20:36.220><c> of</c><00:20:36.400><c> that</c><00:20:36.559><c> properly</c><00:20:36.980><c> in</c><00:20:37.400><c> case</c><00:20:37.900><c> anybody</c><00:20:38.460><c> thinks</c><00:20:38.779><c> I'm</c><00:20:39.000><c> being</c><00:20:39.299><c> a</c>

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little<00:20:39.680><c> bit</c><00:20:39.859><c> unfair.</c>

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What<00:20:41.299><c> I'm</c><00:20:41.480><c> saying</c><00:20:41.779><c> is,</c><00:20:43.200><c> I</c><00:20:43.460><c> think</c><00:20:43.740><c> Sarah</c><00:20:44.660><c> led</c><00:20:45.279><c> in</c><00:20:46.160><c> this</c><00:20:46.420><c> matter</c>

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of<00:20:46.900><c> deception.</c>

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But<00:20:49.680><c> Abraham,</c><00:20:50.200><c> as</c><00:20:50.359><c> head</c><00:20:50.539><c> of</c><00:20:50.680><c> the</c><00:20:50.819><c> house,</c><00:20:51.700><c> must,</c><00:20:51.779><c> of</c><00:20:51.920><c> course,</c>

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finally<00:20:53.200><c> accept</c><00:20:53.720><c> responsibility</c><00:20:54.579><c> for</c><00:20:55.480><c> the</c><00:20:55.680><c> actions</c><00:20:56.039><c> of</c><00:20:56.440><c> this</c><00:20:56.700><c> couple.</c>

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They<00:20:57.519><c> were</c><00:20:57.700><c> both</c><00:20:57.980><c> to</c><00:20:58.200><c> blame.</c>

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And<00:20:58.980><c> the</c><00:20:59.140><c> tragedy</c><00:20:59.460><c> of</c><00:20:59.680><c> this</c><00:20:59.880><c> was,</c><00:21:00.339><c> this</c><00:21:00.500><c> was</c><00:21:00.700><c> almost</c><00:21:01.059><c> really</c>

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the<00:21:01.500><c> spirit</c><00:21:01.759><c> of</c><00:21:02.180><c> Ananias</c><00:21:02.740><c> and</c><00:21:02.980><c> Sapphira,</c><00:21:03.480><c> wasn't</c><00:21:03.619><c> it?</c>

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Agreeing<00:21:04.660><c> together,</c><00:21:05.339><c> mutually,</c><00:21:06.619><c> to</c><00:21:06.880><c> deceive</c><00:21:07.599><c> in</c><00:21:08.400><c> the</c><00:21:08.579><c> truth.</c>

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What<00:21:08.880><c> a</c><00:21:09.119><c> tragic</c><00:21:09.359><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:21:10.779><c> what</c><00:21:10.960><c> a</c><00:21:11.140><c> tragic</c><00:21:11.299><c> thing</c><00:21:11.480><c> that</c><00:21:11.779><c> Sarah,</c><00:21:12.079><c> of</c><00:21:12.279><c> all</c><00:21:12.539><c> people,</c><00:21:12.900><c> should</c><00:21:13.019><c> be</c>

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involved<00:21:13.700><c> in</c><00:21:14.420><c> that</c><00:21:14.660><c> way</c><00:21:14.819><c> at</c><00:21:14.980><c> this</c><00:21:15.319><c> delicate</c><00:21:15.720><c> time.</c>

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Well,<00:21:16.420><c> verse</c><00:21:16.519><c> 3</c><00:21:16.759><c> tells</c><00:21:17.039><c> us,</c><00:21:17.420><c> coming</c><00:21:17.480><c> back</c><00:21:17.740><c> to</c><00:21:17.839><c> the</c><00:21:18.000><c> record</c><00:21:18.259><c> in</c>

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Genesis<00:21:18.819><c> 20,</c><00:21:19.599><c> verse</c><00:21:19.819><c> 3,</c>

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that<00:21:20.240><c> God</c><00:21:20.460><c> came</c><00:21:20.819><c> to</c><00:21:21.019><c> Abimelech</c><00:21:21.359><c> in</c><00:21:21.539><c> a</c><00:21:21.660><c> dream</c><00:21:21.819><c> by</c><00:21:22.099><c> night</c><00:21:22.259><c> and</c><00:21:22.440><c> said</c><00:21:22.599><c> to</c><00:21:22.680><c> him,</c>

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Behold,<00:21:24.240><c> thou</c><00:21:24.339><c> art</c><00:21:24.819><c> but</c><00:21:25.099><c> a</c><00:21:25.359><c> dead</c><00:21:25.660><c> man</c><00:21:26.220><c> for</c><00:21:27.240><c> the</c><00:21:27.400><c> woman</c><00:21:27.599><c> which</c>

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thou<00:21:28.339><c> hast</c><00:21:28.680><c> taken.</c>

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He<00:21:29.119><c> was</c><00:21:29.500><c> dying</c><00:21:29.940><c> because</c><00:21:30.720><c> of</c><00:21:31.220><c> the</c><00:21:31.400><c> woman</c><00:21:31.700><c> in</c><00:21:32.079><c> that</c><00:21:32.559><c> particular</c><00:21:33.119><c> household.</c>

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There<00:21:33.579><c> was</c><00:21:33.660><c> no</c><00:21:33.940><c> chance</c><00:21:34.240><c> of</c><00:21:34.559><c> conception</c><00:21:34.980><c> here.</c>

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No<00:21:35.980><c> sooner</c><00:21:36.319><c> had</c><00:21:36.700><c> Abimelech</c><00:21:37.099><c> gone</c><00:21:37.380><c> into</c><00:21:37.619><c> the</c><00:21:37.839><c> household</c><00:21:38.259><c> than</c>

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he<00:21:38.579><c> was</c><00:21:38.779><c> obviously</c><00:21:39.220><c> smitten</c><00:21:39.539><c> with</c><00:21:39.759><c> a</c><00:21:39.980><c> disease</c><00:21:40.460><c> that</c><00:21:41.039><c> was</c><00:21:41.680><c> fatal</c><00:21:42.140><c> in</c>

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its<00:21:42.619><c> final</c><00:21:42.920><c> outworkings.</c>

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You're<00:21:43.740><c> a</c><00:21:43.859><c> dead</c><00:21:44.000><c> man,</c><00:21:44.559><c> says</c><00:21:44.900><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:46.539><c> I</c><00:21:46.720><c> believe</c><00:21:46.859><c> that</c><00:21:47.079><c> what</c><00:21:47.279><c> verse</c><00:21:47.460><c> 3</c><00:21:47.660><c> is</c><00:21:47.940><c> telling</c><00:21:48.119><c> us</c><00:21:48.539><c> is</c><00:21:48.900><c> that</c>

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the<00:21:49.519><c> first</c><00:21:49.880><c> thing</c><00:21:50.180><c> that</c><00:21:50.380><c> God</c><00:21:50.559><c> did</c><00:21:50.799><c> was</c><00:21:50.960><c> he</c><00:21:51.279><c> moved</c><00:21:51.859><c> to</c><00:21:52.480><c> secure</c>

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the<00:21:53.339><c> matter,</c>

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to<00:21:54.779><c> safeguard</c><00:21:55.259><c> the</c><00:21:55.539><c> matter</c><00:21:55.799><c> of</c><00:21:56.079><c> the</c><00:21:56.279><c> promised</c><00:21:56.500><c> child.</c>

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First<00:21:57.059><c> thing</c><00:21:57.240><c> God</c><00:21:57.460><c> did.</c>

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He<00:21:58.319><c> says</c><00:21:58.539><c> that</c><00:21:59.180><c> the</c><00:21:59.319><c> bringing</c><00:21:59.640><c> forth</c><00:21:59.859><c> of</c><00:22:00.019><c> this</c><00:22:00.259><c> child</c><00:22:00.480><c> is</c><00:22:00.759><c> threatened.</c>

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So<00:22:01.380><c> the</c><00:22:01.519><c> first</c><00:22:01.779><c> thing</c><00:22:01.920><c> God</c><00:22:02.140><c> did</c><00:22:02.279><c> is</c><00:22:02.380><c> he</c><00:22:02.519><c> walked</c><00:22:02.799><c> straight</c><00:22:03.079><c> into</c>

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that<00:22:03.440><c> household</c><00:22:03.680><c> and</c><00:22:03.920><c> he</c><00:22:04.140><c> smote</c><00:22:04.359><c> Abimelech</c><00:22:04.720><c> immediately</c>

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to<00:22:06.119><c> ensure</c><00:22:06.460><c> that</c><00:22:06.779><c> nothing</c><00:22:07.039><c> would</c><00:22:07.279><c> happen</c><00:22:07.759><c> while</c><00:22:08.220><c> the</c><00:22:08.420><c> woman</c>

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was<00:22:08.900><c> in</c><00:22:09.160><c> the</c><00:22:09.359><c> house.</c>

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He<00:22:09.960><c> safeguarded</c><00:22:10.740><c> the</c><00:22:11.000><c> promise</c><00:22:11.319><c> first.</c>

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That<00:22:12.140><c> was</c><00:22:12.339><c> the</c><00:22:12.539><c> important</c><00:22:12.940><c> thing.</c>

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But<00:22:13.640><c> that</c><00:22:13.960><c> actually</c><00:22:14.259><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:14.500><c> solve</c><00:22:14.859><c> the</c><00:22:15.059><c> problem</c><00:22:15.259><c> because,</c>

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you<00:22:16.140><c> see,</c>

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the<00:22:16.339><c> real</c><00:22:16.640><c> problem</c><00:22:16.940><c> that</c><00:22:17.059><c> was</c><00:22:17.220><c> going</c><00:22:17.339><c> to</c><00:22:17.420><c> come</c><00:22:17.599><c> out</c><00:22:17.759><c> later</c><00:22:18.019><c> on</c>

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was<00:22:18.480><c> even</c><00:22:18.900><c> though</c><00:22:19.180><c> God</c><00:22:19.420><c> had</c><00:22:19.740><c> smitten</c><00:22:20.000><c> Abimelech,</c>

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he<00:22:20.500><c> could</c><00:22:20.680><c> have</c><00:22:20.839><c> smitten</c><00:22:21.039><c> him</c><00:22:21.259><c> dead</c><00:22:21.400><c> if</c><00:22:21.539><c> he'd</c><00:22:21.819><c> wanted</c><00:22:21.940><c> to.</c>

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But<00:22:22.299><c> how</c><00:22:22.640><c> would</c><00:22:22.900><c> everybody</c><00:22:23.380><c> really</c><00:22:24.779><c> know</c><00:22:26.099><c> that</c><00:22:28.579><c> nothing</c><00:22:28.880><c> had</c>

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happened<00:22:30.200><c> while</c><00:22:32.279><c> Sarah</c><00:22:32.599><c> was</c><00:22:33.319><c> in</c><00:22:34.259><c> the</c><00:22:34.420><c> house</c><00:22:34.619><c> of</c><00:22:34.819><c> Abimelech?</c>

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And<00:22:37.440><c> you</c><00:22:37.579><c> know,</c><00:22:37.759><c> at</c><00:22:37.859><c> the</c><00:22:37.880><c> end</c><00:22:38.019><c> of</c><00:22:38.180><c> the</c><00:22:38.240><c> day,</c><00:22:40.619><c> only</c><00:22:40.880><c> Abimelech</c>

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himself<00:22:42.140><c> could</c><00:22:42.599><c> really</c><00:22:43.339><c> sort</c><00:22:43.579><c> that</c><00:22:43.859><c> problem</c><00:22:44.140><c> out.</c>

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And<00:22:44.599><c> that's</c><00:22:44.660><c> what</c><00:22:44.759><c> he's</c><00:22:44.940><c> going</c><00:22:45.039><c> to</c><00:22:45.160><c> do</c><00:22:45.920><c> later</c><00:22:46.559><c> on</c><00:22:46.980><c> in</c><00:22:47.440><c> this</c><00:22:48.039><c> story.</c>

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Well,<00:22:48.839><c> verse</c><00:22:49.019><c> 4</c><00:22:49.259><c> says</c><00:22:49.680><c> that</c><00:22:50.299><c> Abimelech</c><00:22:50.700><c> had</c><00:22:50.880><c> not</c><00:22:51.160><c> come</c><00:22:51.559><c> near</c><00:22:51.839><c> her.</c>

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God<00:22:52.859><c> Almighty</c><00:22:53.440><c> had</c><00:22:53.740><c> prevented</c><00:22:54.119><c> that.</c>

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He'd<00:22:54.599><c> moved</c><00:22:54.839><c> so</c><00:22:55.319><c> swiftly</c><00:22:55.660><c> that</c><00:22:55.880><c> no</c><00:22:56.380><c> possible</c><00:22:56.920><c> contact</c><00:22:57.339><c> could</c><00:22:57.579><c> occur.</c>

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And<00:22:58.319><c> so</c><00:22:58.579><c> Abimelech</c><00:22:59.039><c> says,</c><00:22:59.500><c> he</c><00:22:59.500><c> said,</c><00:22:59.819><c> Lord,</c><00:23:00.079><c> will</c><00:23:00.240><c> thou</c><00:23:00.539><c> also</c>

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slay<00:23:01.839><c> a</c><00:23:02.339><c> righteous</c><00:23:02.720><c> nation?</c>

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He<00:23:03.339><c> says,</c><00:23:04.019><c> now,</c><00:23:04.299><c> of</c><00:23:04.299><c> course,</c><00:23:04.680><c> we</c><00:23:04.680><c> know</c><00:23:04.900><c> that</c><00:23:05.140><c> righteousness</c><00:23:05.519><c> is</c><00:23:05.839><c> a</c>

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relative<00:23:06.299><c> thing.</c>

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No<00:23:08.039><c> doubt</c><00:23:08.180><c> the</c><00:23:08.420><c> reference</c><00:23:08.700><c> of</c><00:23:08.920><c> Abimelech</c><00:23:09.259><c> here</c><00:23:09.500><c> is</c><00:23:09.640><c> to</c><00:23:09.779><c> the</c><00:23:09.920><c> fact</c><00:23:10.039><c> that</c><00:23:10.420><c> they</c><00:23:10.720><c> guided</c><00:23:11.019><c> the</c><00:23:11.460><c> affairs</c><00:23:11.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:12.059><c> nation</c>

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with<00:23:12.759><c> what</c><00:23:12.920><c> they</c><00:23:13.279><c> considered</c><00:23:13.480><c> to</c><00:23:13.740><c> be</c><00:23:14.740><c> principles</c><00:23:15.240><c> of</c><00:23:15.539><c> integrity.</c>

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They<00:23:16.440><c> were</c><00:23:16.599><c> probably</c><00:23:16.839><c> under</c><00:23:17.119><c> the</c><00:23:17.640><c> code</c><00:23:17.839><c> and</c><00:23:18.000><c> the</c><00:23:18.140><c> law</c><00:23:18.319><c> of</c><00:23:18.720><c> Hammurabi</c><00:23:19.180><c> as</c>

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were<00:23:20.640><c> other</c><00:23:20.960><c> nations</c><00:23:21.380><c> at</c><00:23:21.599><c> the</c><00:23:21.799><c> time.</c>

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And<00:23:22.460><c> so</c><00:23:22.519><c> in</c><00:23:22.720><c> a</c><00:23:22.839><c> relative</c><00:23:23.140><c> sense,</c><00:23:23.519><c> what</c><00:23:23.660><c> Abimelech</c><00:23:24.019><c> is</c><00:23:24.220><c> saying</c>

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is,<00:23:24.599><c> look,</c><00:23:24.660><c> he</c><00:23:24.720><c> says,</c><00:23:24.980><c> we're</c><00:23:25.319><c> decent</c><00:23:25.680><c> people.</c>

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We<00:23:26.819><c> run</c><00:23:27.059><c> by</c><00:23:27.539><c> righteous</c><00:23:28.000><c> principles.</c>

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Wilt<00:23:28.740><c> thou</c><00:23:28.960><c> slay</c><00:23:29.299><c> us</c><00:23:29.740><c> when</c><00:23:29.980><c> we've</c><00:23:30.220><c> been</c><00:23:30.319><c> a</c><00:23:30.500><c> righteous</c><00:23:30.799><c> nation?</c>

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And<00:23:31.640><c> you</c><00:23:31.720><c> can</c><00:23:31.940><c> see</c><00:23:32.079><c> the</c><00:23:32.440><c> indignation</c><00:23:33.200><c> of</c><00:23:33.440><c> Abimelech</c><00:23:33.759><c> on</c><00:23:34.000><c> this</c><00:23:34.160><c> occasion,</c>

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that<00:23:34.839><c> this</c><00:23:35.160><c> disaster</c><00:23:35.859><c> had</c><00:23:36.319><c> been</c><00:23:36.559><c> brought</c><00:23:36.759><c> upon</c><00:23:37.019><c> his</c><00:23:37.299><c> household</c><00:23:37.799><c> and</c><00:23:37.960><c> his</c>

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nation<00:23:38.640><c> when</c><00:23:39.019><c> it</c><00:23:39.259><c> really</c><00:23:39.559><c> wasn't</c><00:23:39.859><c> his</c><00:23:40.180><c> fault.</c>

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And<00:23:40.539><c> so</c><00:23:40.640><c> he</c><00:23:40.759><c> says</c><00:23:40.940><c> in</c><00:23:41.119><c> verse</c><00:23:41.380><c> 5,</c><00:23:42.119><c> said</c><00:23:42.299><c> he</c><00:23:42.640><c> not</c><00:23:42.839><c> unto</c><00:23:43.059><c> me,</c><00:23:43.299><c> she</c>

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is<00:23:43.579><c> my</c><00:23:43.819><c> sister,</c><00:23:44.240><c> and</c><00:23:44.500><c> she,</c><00:23:45.200><c> even</c><00:23:45.700><c> she</c><00:23:46.140><c> herself?</c>

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Oh,<00:23:47.480><c> you</c><00:23:47.579><c> can</c><00:23:47.759><c> really</c><00:23:48.000><c> see</c><00:23:48.119><c> that,</c><00:23:48.599><c> can't</c><00:23:48.619><c> you?</c>

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She<00:23:49.339><c> said</c><00:23:49.480><c> he</c><00:23:49.599><c> is</c><00:23:49.759><c> my</c><00:23:49.960><c> brother.</c>

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And<00:23:51.019><c> so</c><00:23:51.140><c> he</c><00:23:51.299><c> says</c><00:23:51.380><c> at</c><00:23:51.579><c> the</c><00:23:51.660><c> end</c><00:23:51.819><c> of</c><00:23:51.960><c> verse</c><00:23:52.180><c> 5,</c><00:23:52.980><c> in</c><00:23:53.380><c> the</c><00:23:53.940><c> integrity</c><00:23:54.519><c> of</c><00:23:54.960><c> my</c><00:23:55.259><c> heart</c><00:23:55.619><c> and</c><00:23:56.259><c> the</c><00:23:56.700><c> innocency</c><00:23:57.140><c> of</c>

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my<00:23:57.779><c> hands</c><00:23:58.380><c> have</c><00:23:59.019><c> I</c><00:23:59.259><c> done</c><00:23:59.480><c> this.</c>

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And<00:23:59.880><c> so</c><00:24:00.380><c> Abimelech</c><00:24:00.900><c> protests</c><00:24:01.680><c> his</c><00:24:02.160><c> innocence.</c>

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And<00:24:03.680><c> when</c><00:24:03.799><c> he</c><00:24:03.960><c> says,</c><00:24:04.200><c> by</c><00:24:04.299><c> the</c><00:24:04.440><c> way,</c><00:24:04.799><c> in</c><00:24:04.980><c> the</c><00:24:05.180><c> integrity</c><00:24:05.519><c> of</c><00:24:05.779><c> my</c>

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heart<00:24:06.519><c> and</c><00:24:06.680><c> in</c><00:24:06.819><c> the</c><00:24:06.960><c> innocency</c><00:24:07.339><c> of</c><00:24:07.819><c> my</c><00:24:08.319><c> hands,</c>

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what<00:24:08.740><c> he</c><00:24:08.920><c> means,</c><00:24:09.140><c> of</c><00:24:09.339><c> course,</c><00:24:09.519><c> is</c><00:24:09.700><c> by</c><00:24:09.920><c> way</c><00:24:10.079><c> of</c><00:24:10.319><c> contrast</c><00:24:10.759><c> to</c><00:24:11.059><c> their</c><00:24:11.519><c> hands</c><00:24:12.039><c> and</c><00:24:12.559><c> their</c><00:24:13.000><c> heart</c><00:24:13.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:13.819><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:24:15.940><c> Abimelech</c><00:24:16.299><c> was</c><00:24:16.539><c> greatly</c><00:24:16.940><c> aggrieved</c><00:24:17.519><c> at</c><00:24:17.700><c> the</c><00:24:17.839><c> way</c><00:24:17.980><c> in</c><00:24:18.099><c> which</c><00:24:18.319><c> Abraham</c><00:24:18.700><c> and</c>

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Sarah<00:24:19.380><c> had</c><00:24:19.740><c> cooperated</c><00:24:20.279><c> together</c>

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to<00:24:21.059><c> deceive</c><00:24:21.759><c> him</c><00:24:22.180><c> in</c><00:24:22.599><c> this</c><00:24:22.799><c> absolute</c><00:24:23.240><c> way.</c>

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You<00:24:24.019><c> see</c><00:24:24.140><c> the</c><00:24:24.259><c> word</c><00:24:24.500><c> integrity</c><00:24:25.099><c> in</c><00:24:26.000><c> verse</c><00:24:26.220><c> 5.</c>

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It's<00:24:27.539><c> the</c><00:24:27.599><c> same</c><00:24:27.960><c> word</c><00:24:28.299><c> translated</c><00:24:29.279><c> uprightness</c><00:24:30.359><c> or</c><00:24:30.720><c> perfectness</c><00:24:31.759><c> in</c><00:24:32.039><c> chapter</c><00:24:32.519><c> 17,</c>

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verse<00:24:33.319><c> 1.</c>

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Walk<00:24:33.859><c> before</c><00:24:34.279><c> me</c><00:24:34.500><c> and</c><00:24:34.720><c> be</c><00:24:34.920><c> thou</c><00:24:35.279><c> perfect,</c><00:24:36.140><c> the</c><00:24:36.319><c> word</c><00:24:36.640><c> perfect.</c>

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It's<00:24:37.099><c> the</c><00:24:37.160><c> same</c><00:24:37.359><c> word</c><00:24:37.599><c> here,</c><00:24:38.440><c> integrity</c><00:24:39.000><c> of</c><00:24:39.420><c> heart,</c><00:24:39.859><c> uprightness</c><00:24:40.619><c> of</c><00:24:40.880><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:24:41.519><c> so</c><00:24:41.700><c> Abimelech</c><00:24:42.099><c> claims</c><00:24:42.500><c> that</c><00:24:42.680><c> he's</c><00:24:43.440><c> a</c><00:24:43.579><c> relatively</c>

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upright<00:24:44.619><c> person.</c>

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Now<00:24:46.160><c> it</c><00:24:46.200><c> just</c><00:24:46.339><c> so</c><00:24:46.500><c> happens</c><00:24:46.779><c> that</c><00:24:46.940><c> it</c><00:24:47.079><c> was</c><00:24:47.299><c> the</c><00:24:47.480><c> custom</c><00:24:47.740><c> of</c><00:24:47.940><c> the</c>

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day<00:24:48.220><c> that</c><00:24:48.400><c> a</c><00:24:48.539><c> king</c><00:24:48.660><c> was</c><00:24:48.900><c> entitled</c><00:24:49.279><c> to</c><00:24:49.500><c> take</c><00:24:49.960><c> other</c><00:24:50.240><c> womenfolk</c>

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into<00:24:51.519><c> his</c><00:24:51.799><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:24:52.920><c> what</c><00:24:53.099><c> Abimelech</c><00:24:53.460><c> is</c><00:24:53.660><c> saying</c><00:24:53.960><c> is</c><00:24:54.140><c> that</c><00:24:54.279><c> he</c><00:24:54.319><c> was</c><00:24:54.500><c> only</c><00:24:54.740><c> acting</c><00:24:54.960><c> in</c>

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accordance<00:24:55.500><c> with</c><00:24:55.759><c> the</c><00:24:55.920><c> laws</c>

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and<00:24:56.380><c> the</c><00:24:56.599><c> principles</c><00:24:56.900><c> of</c><00:24:57.160><c> the</c><00:24:57.319><c> times</c><00:24:57.599><c> in</c><00:24:57.980><c> a</c><00:24:58.200><c> thoroughly</c>

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righteous<00:24:59.200><c> manner.</c>

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And<00:24:59.720><c> so</c><00:24:59.940><c> he</c><00:25:00.119><c> was.</c>

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But<00:25:03.339><c> verse</c><00:25:03.599><c> 6</c><00:25:03.900><c> says,</c><00:25:05.779><c> And</c><00:25:05.819><c> God</c><00:25:06.200><c> said</c><00:25:06.460><c> unto</c><00:25:06.700><c> him</c><00:25:06.880><c> in</c><00:25:07.079><c> a</c><00:25:07.220><c> dream,</c>

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Yea,<00:25:10.259><c> I</c><00:25:10.579><c> know</c><00:25:11.119><c> that</c><00:25:11.400><c> thou</c><00:25:11.559><c> didst</c><00:25:12.039><c> this</c><00:25:12.259><c> in</c><00:25:13.480><c> the</c><00:25:13.740><c> integrity</c><00:25:14.180><c> of</c>

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thy<00:25:14.619><c> heart.</c>

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So<00:25:14.940><c> he's</c><00:25:15.440><c> a</c><00:25:15.680><c> gentile</c><00:25:16.299><c> king</c><00:25:16.680><c> receiving</c><00:25:17.319><c> acknowledgement</c><00:25:17.940><c> from</c>

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Almighty<00:25:18.940><c> God</c>

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that<00:25:19.880><c> he</c><00:25:21.440><c> had</c><00:25:21.700><c> had</c><00:25:22.059><c> a</c><00:25:22.279><c> measure</c><00:25:22.559><c> of</c><00:25:23.000><c> honesty</c><00:25:23.460><c> and</c><00:25:23.940><c> integrity</c><00:25:24.440><c> in</c>

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his<00:25:24.960><c> dealings</c><00:25:25.240><c> in</c><00:25:25.359><c> this</c><00:25:25.539><c> matter.</c>

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But<00:25:26.440><c> says</c><00:25:26.779><c> God,</c><00:25:27.339><c> at</c><00:25:27.539><c> the</c><00:25:27.559><c> end</c><00:25:27.720><c> of</c><00:25:27.819><c> that</c><00:25:27.960><c> verse,</c>

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I<00:25:29.200><c> also</c><00:25:29.799><c> withheld</c><00:25:30.599><c> thee</c><00:25:31.039><c> from</c><00:25:31.880><c> sinning</c><00:25:32.240><c> against</c><00:25:32.759><c> me,</c><00:25:34.099><c> therefore</c><00:25:34.900><c> suffered</c><00:25:35.380><c> I</c><00:25:35.900><c> thee</c>

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not<00:25:36.859><c> to</c><00:25:37.099><c> touch</c><00:25:37.359><c> her.</c>

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I<00:25:38.619><c> withheld</c><00:25:39.299><c> thee</c><00:25:39.859><c> from</c><00:25:40.160><c> sinning</c><00:25:40.500><c> against</c><00:25:40.940><c> me,</c><00:25:42.160><c> therefore</c><00:25:42.720><c> suffered</c><00:25:43.119><c> I</c>

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thee<00:25:43.779><c> not</c><00:25:44.099><c> to</c><00:25:44.279><c> touch</c><00:25:44.460><c> her.</c>

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You<00:25:44.660><c> see,</c><00:25:45.599><c> all</c><00:25:46.119><c> sin</c><00:25:46.359><c> ultimately</c><00:25:46.859><c> is</c><00:25:47.079><c> against</c><00:25:47.460><c> God.</c><00:25:48.019><c> We</c><00:25:48.039><c> know</c><00:25:48.319><c> that.</c>

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Sin<00:25:49.400><c> is</c><00:25:49.660><c> the</c><00:25:49.900><c> transgression</c><00:25:50.480><c> of</c><00:25:50.660><c> God's</c><00:25:51.119><c> law,</c><00:25:51.700><c> the</c><00:25:51.859><c> doing</c><00:25:52.039><c> of</c>

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that<00:25:52.380><c> which</c><00:25:52.519><c> is</c><00:25:52.880><c> morally</c><00:25:53.200><c> wrong</c><00:25:53.519><c> and</c><00:25:53.700><c> an</c><00:25:53.900><c> affront</c><00:25:54.240><c> to</c><00:25:54.420><c> the</c><00:25:54.579><c> Creator.</c>

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But<00:25:55.319><c> you</c><00:25:55.440><c> see</c><00:25:55.539><c> how</c><00:25:55.740><c> this</c><00:25:55.980><c> verse</c><00:25:56.279><c> is,</c><00:25:57.200><c> well,</c><00:25:57.380><c> let's</c><00:25:57.619><c> read</c><00:25:57.819><c> the</c>

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verse<00:25:58.079><c> again</c><00:25:58.400><c> carefully,</c><00:25:58.759><c> just</c><00:25:58.940><c> that</c><00:25:59.180><c> second</c><00:25:59.420><c> part.</c>

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What's<00:26:00.180><c> the</c><00:26:00.299><c> implication</c><00:26:00.740><c> here?</c>

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For<00:26:01.980><c> I</c><00:26:02.759><c> also</c><00:26:03.400><c> withheld</c><00:26:04.119><c> thee</c><00:26:04.480><c> from</c><00:26:04.900><c> sinning</c><00:26:05.259><c> against</c><00:26:05.839><c> me,</c><00:26:08.380><c> therefore</c><00:26:08.819><c> suffered</c><00:26:09.259><c> I</c>

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thee<00:26:09.720><c> not</c><00:26:10.000><c> to</c><00:26:10.299><c> touch</c><00:26:11.559><c> her.</c>

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You<00:26:13.880><c> see,</c><00:26:14.599><c> what</c><00:26:14.640><c> the</c><00:26:14.799><c> verse</c><00:26:15.039><c> is</c><00:26:15.180><c> saying</c><00:26:15.579><c> is</c><00:26:16.000><c> that</c><00:26:16.480><c> Sarah</c><00:26:16.819><c> might</c>

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have<00:26:17.420><c> been</c><00:26:17.880><c> Abraham's</c><00:26:18.740><c> wife,</c>

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but<00:26:21.240><c> she</c><00:26:21.599><c> also</c><00:26:22.339><c> bore</c><00:26:22.660><c> a</c><00:26:23.400><c> special</c><00:26:24.140><c> relationship</c><00:26:25.059><c> to</c><00:26:25.539><c> God.</c>

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Because<00:26:28.519><c> what</c><00:26:28.759><c> God</c><00:26:29.059><c> says</c><00:26:29.400><c> in</c><00:26:29.599><c> this</c><00:26:29.799><c> verse</c><00:26:30.059><c> in</c><00:26:30.319><c> effect</c><00:26:30.579><c> is,</c>

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If<00:26:31.039><c> you</c><00:26:31.380><c> touch</c><00:26:31.920><c> her,</c><00:26:34.559><c> you</c><00:26:35.059><c> sin</c><00:26:35.299><c> against</c><00:26:35.819><c> me,</c><00:26:36.859><c> Abimelech.</c>

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That's<00:26:38.819><c> how</c><00:26:39.140><c> closely</c><00:26:39.640><c> this</c><00:26:39.960><c> woman</c><00:26:40.240><c> is</c><00:26:40.440><c> related</c><00:26:40.759><c> to</c><00:26:40.960><c> me</c><00:26:41.279><c> in</c><00:26:41.460><c> the</c>

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outworking<00:26:41.980><c> of</c><00:26:42.160><c> this</c><00:26:42.339><c> promise.</c>

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You<00:26:42.680><c> touch</c><00:26:42.980><c> her,</c><00:26:44.579><c> and</c><00:26:44.660><c> in</c><00:26:44.799><c> a</c><00:26:44.920><c> very</c><00:26:45.200><c> direct</c><00:26:45.460><c> and</c><00:26:45.740><c> personal</c><00:26:46.099><c> sense,</c><00:26:46.559><c> you've</c><00:26:46.940><c> sinned</c><00:26:47.019><c> against</c><00:26:47.519><c> me,</c>

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God<00:26:48.799><c> himself.</c>

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I<00:26:51.460><c> withheld</c><00:26:51.880><c> thee</c><00:26:52.059><c> from</c><00:26:52.220><c> sinning</c><00:26:52.480><c> against</c><00:26:52.900><c> me,</c><00:26:53.500><c> Abimelech,</c>

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and<00:26:54.000><c> that's</c><00:26:54.160><c> what</c><00:26:54.279><c> you</c><00:26:54.420><c> would</c><00:26:54.539><c> have</c><00:26:54.660><c> done</c><00:26:54.799><c> if</c><00:26:54.920><c> you'd</c><00:26:55.099><c> ever</c>

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.400
touched<00:26:56.000><c> her.</c>

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You<00:26:56.640><c> see</c><00:26:56.700><c> the</c><00:26:56.839><c> relationship</c><00:26:57.279><c> there?</c>

00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:02.799
Come<00:26:59.359><c> and</c><00:26:59.480><c> have</c><00:26:59.539><c> a</c><00:26:59.539><c> look</c><00:26:59.680><c> at</c><00:26:59.880><c> Psalm</c><00:27:00.059><c> 105</c><00:27:00.640><c> because,</c><00:27:01.519><c> well,</c><00:27:02.039><c> Psalm</c><00:27:02.200><c> 105</c>

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:07.440
is<00:27:03.019><c> in</c><00:27:03.160><c> fact</c><00:27:03.539><c> a</c><00:27:04.200><c> commentary</c><00:27:04.640><c> on</c><00:27:05.579><c> the</c><00:27:05.980><c> hand</c><00:27:06.220><c> of</c><00:27:06.440><c> God</c><00:27:06.720><c> in</c><00:27:07.200><c> this</c>

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.299
particular<00:27:07.920><c> episode.</c>

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:11.680
It's<00:27:08.500><c> quite</c><00:27:08.619><c> interesting</c><00:27:08.960><c> what</c><00:27:09.480><c> the</c><00:27:09.839><c> psalmist</c><00:27:10.099><c> says</c><00:27:10.400><c> on</c><00:27:10.599><c> this</c><00:27:10.759><c> occasion.</c>

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:16.619
She<00:27:13.259><c> bore</c><00:27:13.519><c> a</c><00:27:13.900><c> special</c><00:27:14.680><c> relationship</c><00:27:15.420><c> to</c><00:27:15.740><c> the</c><00:27:16.000><c> Father</c><00:27:16.279><c> in</c><00:27:16.519><c> a</c>

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:18.839
very<00:27:17.039><c> personal</c><00:27:17.619><c> and</c><00:27:18.200><c> special</c><00:27:18.579><c> way</c>

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:22.640
because<00:27:19.160><c> God</c><00:27:19.519><c> himself</c><00:27:20.119><c> was</c><00:27:20.680><c> going</c><00:27:20.920><c> to</c><00:27:21.119><c> be</c><00:27:21.279><c> involved</c><00:27:21.880><c> in</c><00:27:22.319><c> the</c>

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:24.420
outworking<00:27:23.099><c> of</c><00:27:23.420><c> this</c><00:27:23.619><c> particular</c><00:27:24.180><c> promise.</c>

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:31.200
Now,<00:27:25.180><c> in</c><00:27:25.319><c> Psalm</c><00:27:25.480><c> 105,</c><00:27:26.420><c> we</c><00:27:26.420><c> read</c><00:27:27.119><c> perhaps</c><00:27:28.480><c> from</c><00:27:28.759><c> verse</c><00:27:29.160><c> 11.</c>

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:33.559
Psalm<00:27:31.640><c> 105</c><00:27:32.279><c> verse</c><00:27:32.539><c> 11.</c>

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:36.980
Saying<00:27:34.259><c> unto</c><00:27:34.579><c> thee,</c><00:27:34.880><c> will</c><00:27:35.019><c> I</c><00:27:35.220><c> give</c><00:27:35.359><c> the</c><00:27:35.480><c> land</c><00:27:35.759><c> of</c><00:27:36.059><c> Canaan</c><00:27:36.619><c> the</c>

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:38.619
lot<00:27:37.160><c> of</c><00:27:37.319><c> your</c><00:27:37.519><c> inheritance,</c>

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:41.579
when<00:27:38.819><c> they</c><00:27:39.039><c> were</c><00:27:39.240><c> but</c><00:27:39.599><c> a</c><00:27:39.900><c> few</c><00:27:40.059><c> men</c><00:27:40.339><c> in</c><00:27:40.480><c> number,</c><00:27:40.819><c> yea,</c><00:27:40.960><c> very</c><00:27:41.400><c> few</c>

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:43.700
and<00:27:41.940><c> strangers</c><00:27:42.440><c> in</c><00:27:42.799><c> it,</c>

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:47.700
when<00:27:44.400><c> they</c><00:27:44.740><c> went</c><00:27:44.940><c> from</c><00:27:45.460><c> one</c><00:27:45.779><c> nation</c><00:27:46.160><c> to</c><00:27:46.460><c> another,</c><00:27:47.079><c> from</c><00:27:47.319><c> one</c>

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:49.099
kingdom<00:27:48.119><c> to</c><00:27:48.359><c> another</c><00:27:48.640><c> people,</c>

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:53.500
he<00:27:49.599><c> suffered</c><00:27:49.980><c> no</c><00:27:50.299><c> man</c><00:27:50.480><c> to</c><00:27:50.700><c> do</c><00:27:50.799><c> them</c><00:27:51.019><c> wrong,</c><00:27:52.279><c> yea,</c><00:27:52.480><c> he</c><00:27:52.819><c> reproved</c>

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:56.339
kings<00:27:54.220><c> for</c><00:27:54.900><c> their</c><00:27:55.259><c> sakes.</c>

00:27:56.740 --> 00:28:00.700
Saying,<00:27:57.140><c> touch</c><00:27:57.460><c> not</c><00:27:57.900><c> mine</c><00:27:58.079><c> anointed,</c><00:27:59.460><c> and</c><00:27:59.799><c> do</c><00:28:00.099><c> my</c><00:28:00.339><c> prophets</c>

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.099
no<00:28:00.980><c> harm.</c>

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:05.319
Now,<00:28:01.359><c> here</c><00:28:01.640><c> obviously</c><00:28:02.240><c> is</c><00:28:02.799><c> at</c><00:28:03.000><c> least</c><00:28:03.299><c> in</c><00:28:03.519><c> measure</c><00:28:03.779><c> a</c><00:28:04.380><c> reference</c><00:28:04.720><c> in</c><00:28:04.980><c> this</c>

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:07.559
psalm<00:28:05.559><c> to</c><00:28:05.759><c> the</c><00:28:05.960><c> very</c><00:28:06.299><c> episode</c><00:28:06.779><c> of</c><00:28:06.960><c> Genesis</c><00:28:07.279><c> 20.</c>

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:10.319
When<00:28:07.900><c> they</c><00:28:08.079><c> went</c><00:28:08.200><c> from</c><00:28:08.420><c> one</c><00:28:08.740><c> kingdom</c><00:28:09.039><c> to</c><00:28:09.240><c> another</c><00:28:09.460><c> people,</c><00:28:10.019><c> he</c>

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.880
suffered<00:28:10.660><c> no</c><00:28:11.000><c> man</c><00:28:11.279><c> to</c><00:28:11.440><c> do</c><00:28:11.539><c> them</c><00:28:11.740><c> wrong,</c>

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:14.900
he<00:28:12.140><c> reproved</c><00:28:12.819><c> kings</c><00:28:13.480><c> for</c><00:28:13.740><c> their</c><00:28:14.019><c> sakes.</c>

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:18.920
Saying,<00:28:16.259><c> don't</c><00:28:16.660><c> touch</c><00:28:17.279><c> that</c><00:28:17.859><c> woman.</c>

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:21.740
Isn't<00:28:19.240><c> that</c><00:28:19.440><c> the</c><00:28:19.599><c> force</c><00:28:19.779><c> of</c><00:28:19.960><c> Genesis</c><00:28:20.259><c> chapter</c><00:28:20.559><c> 20?</c>

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:25.920
And<00:28:22.759><c> so</c><00:28:22.920><c> God</c><00:28:23.200><c> showed</c><00:28:23.519><c> his</c><00:28:23.799><c> overshadowing</c><00:28:24.680><c> care</c><00:28:25.019><c> towards</c><00:28:25.480><c> them</c>

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.900
in<00:28:26.759><c> this</c><00:28:27.039><c> particular</c><00:28:27.480><c> episode.</c>

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:31.140
So<00:28:28.400><c> the</c><00:28:28.720><c> lesson</c><00:28:28.960><c> of</c><00:28:29.200><c> course,</c><00:28:29.940><c> and</c><00:28:30.039><c> this</c><00:28:30.160><c> was</c><00:28:30.339><c> a</c><00:28:30.400><c> lesson</c><00:28:30.619><c> that</c>

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.779
Abraham<00:28:31.480><c> and</c><00:28:31.740><c> Sarah</c><00:28:31.980><c> had</c><00:28:32.220><c> to</c><00:28:32.539><c> learn,</c>

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.660
was<00:28:33.480><c> the</c><00:28:33.759><c> lesson</c><00:28:34.000><c> of</c><00:28:34.380><c> providence.</c>

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:38.000
That<00:28:34.859><c> they</c><00:28:35.259><c> were</c><00:28:35.579><c> indeed</c><00:28:35.960><c> to</c><00:28:36.160><c> be</c><00:28:36.559><c> providentially</c><00:28:37.200><c> cared</c><00:28:37.559><c> for</c>

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.900
in<00:28:38.359><c> every</c><00:28:38.940><c> step</c><00:28:39.279><c> of</c><00:28:39.500><c> the</c><00:28:39.680><c> way</c>

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:43.059
of<00:28:40.400><c> this</c><00:28:40.599><c> particular</c><00:28:41.240><c> journey</c><00:28:41.579><c> of</c><00:28:41.859><c> faith</c><00:28:42.019><c> that</c><00:28:42.180><c> they</c><00:28:42.359><c> were</c><00:28:42.539><c> on</c><00:28:42.700><c> together.</c>

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:46.440
Now<00:28:43.480><c> I</c><00:28:43.480><c> want</c><00:28:43.640><c> you</c><00:28:43.759><c> to</c><00:28:43.819><c> read</c><00:28:44.039><c> the</c><00:28:44.279><c> psalm</c><00:28:44.460><c> again,</c><00:28:44.740><c> this</c><00:28:44.940><c> time</c><00:28:45.180><c> from</c><00:28:45.420><c> the</c><00:28:45.680><c> overhead.</c>

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:48.599
Notice<00:28:47.019><c> the</c><00:28:47.359><c> point</c><00:28:47.599><c> of</c><00:28:47.819><c> emphasis</c><00:28:48.140><c> here.</c>

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:53.240
When<00:28:49.299><c> they</c><00:28:50.119><c> went</c><00:28:50.539><c> from</c><00:28:50.819><c> one</c><00:28:51.059><c> nation</c><00:28:51.400><c> to</c><00:28:51.619><c> another,</c><00:28:52.720><c> from</c><00:28:52.940><c> one</c>

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.339
kingdom<00:28:53.599><c> to</c><00:28:53.799><c> another</c><00:28:54.059><c> people,</c>

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:58.200
he<00:28:54.660><c> suffered</c><00:28:54.920><c> no</c><00:28:55.220><c> man</c><00:28:55.339><c> to</c><00:28:55.579><c> do</c><00:28:55.960><c> them</c><00:28:56.480><c> wrong,</c><00:28:57.420><c> yea,</c><00:28:57.660><c> he</c><00:28:57.819><c> reproved</c>

00:28:58.200 --> 00:29:00.079
kings<00:28:58.680><c> for</c><00:28:59.119><c> their</c><00:28:59.660><c> sakes.</c>

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:03.539
Saying,<00:29:00.519><c> touch</c><00:29:00.839><c> not</c><00:29:01.140><c> mine</c><00:29:01.380><c> anointed,</c><00:29:02.339><c> and</c><00:29:02.500><c> do</c><00:29:02.700><c> my</c><00:29:03.079><c> prophets</c>

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.059
no<00:29:03.859><c> harm.</c>

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:07.380
And<00:29:04.539><c> all</c><00:29:04.720><c> of</c><00:29:04.900><c> those</c><00:29:05.119><c> words</c><00:29:05.440><c> are</c><00:29:05.819><c> in</c><00:29:06.119><c> the</c><00:29:06.400><c> plural,</c><00:29:07.039><c> including</c>

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:10.099
by<00:29:07.619><c> the</c><00:29:07.740><c> way,</c><00:29:08.599><c> the</c><00:29:08.640><c> word</c><00:29:08.819><c> anointed.</c>

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:13.460
Should<00:29:10.500><c> be</c><00:29:10.799><c> anointed</c><00:29:11.259><c> ones,</c><00:29:12.700><c> plural.</c>

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:15.819
You<00:29:13.579><c> see</c><00:29:13.680><c> what</c><00:29:13.920><c> the</c><00:29:14.119><c> psalm</c><00:29:14.359><c> is</c><00:29:14.460><c> saying</c><00:29:14.740><c> is</c><00:29:14.960><c> that</c><00:29:15.160><c> Abraham</c><00:29:15.500><c> and</c>

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:20.200
Sarah<00:29:16.279><c> were</c><00:29:18.099><c> in</c><00:29:18.279><c> this</c><00:29:18.539><c> promise</c><00:29:18.880><c> together.</c>

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:24.119
Hasn't<00:29:21.779><c> that</c><00:29:21.960><c> always</c><00:29:22.279><c> been</c><00:29:22.539><c> the</c><00:29:22.720><c> story</c><00:29:22.940><c> of</c><00:29:23.119><c> this</c><00:29:23.279><c> couple,</c>

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:25.539
right<00:29:24.240><c> through</c><00:29:24.440><c> these</c><00:29:24.680><c> chapters?</c>

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:29.839
As<00:29:26.640><c> far</c><00:29:26.900><c> as</c><00:29:27.079><c> God</c><00:29:27.220><c> is</c><00:29:27.440><c> concerned,</c><00:29:27.839><c> these</c><00:29:28.359><c> two</c><00:29:28.720><c> are</c><00:29:29.059><c> in</c><00:29:29.420><c> this</c>

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.579
matter<00:29:30.039><c> together,</c>

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:33.759
and<00:29:31.279><c> care</c><00:29:31.519><c> for</c><00:29:31.720><c> them</c><00:29:32.019><c> together</c><00:29:32.559><c> he</c><00:29:32.900><c> will.</c>

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:37.900
He<00:29:35.960><c> reproved</c><00:29:36.359><c> kings</c><00:29:36.759><c> for</c><00:29:37.079><c> their</c><00:29:37.440><c> sakes.</c>

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:42.839
Saying,<00:29:38.579><c> touch</c><00:29:38.579><c> not</c><00:29:38.940><c> mine</c><00:29:39.099><c> anointed</c><00:29:39.579><c> ones,</c><00:29:40.220><c> and</c><00:29:40.420><c> do</c><00:29:40.579><c> my</c><00:29:41.000><c> prophets,</c><00:29:41.859><c> plural,</c><00:29:42.579><c> no</c><00:29:42.660><c> harm.</c>

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:47.859
Both<00:29:43.599><c> Abraham</c><00:29:44.059><c> and</c><00:29:44.420><c> Sarah</c><00:29:44.640><c> were</c><00:29:44.940><c> under</c><00:29:45.319><c> the</c><00:29:45.680><c> providential</c><00:29:46.319><c> care</c><00:29:46.680><c> together</c><00:29:47.279><c> of</c>

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.759
Almighty<00:29:48.359><c> God</c>

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.940
in<00:29:49.140><c> this</c><00:29:49.299><c> particular</c><00:29:49.740><c> matter.</c>

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:54.920
But<00:29:50.240><c> of</c><00:29:50.500><c> the</c><00:29:50.759><c> two</c><00:29:50.960><c> we</c><00:29:51.119><c> might</c><00:29:51.420><c> say</c><00:29:51.720><c> that</c><00:29:52.079><c> Sarah</c><00:29:52.720><c> needed</c><00:29:53.099><c> the</c><00:29:53.539><c> greater</c><00:29:54.019><c> anointing</c><00:29:54.660><c> of</c>

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.400
the<00:29:55.180><c> Spirit</c>

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:59.960
at<00:29:55.720><c> this</c><00:29:55.940><c> particular</c><00:29:56.420><c> time</c><00:29:56.819><c> in</c><00:29:57.259><c> order</c><00:29:57.500><c> that</c><00:29:57.740><c> that</c><00:29:58.079><c> child</c><00:29:58.440><c> might</c><00:29:58.740><c> be</c><00:29:59.059><c> conceived.</c>

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:03.339
And<00:30:01.279><c> one</c><00:30:01.460><c> of</c><00:30:01.559><c> the</c><00:30:01.640><c> things</c><00:30:01.900><c> that</c><00:30:02.119><c> Abraham</c><00:30:02.400><c> and</c><00:30:02.700><c> Sarah</c><00:30:02.859><c> had</c><00:30:03.039><c> to</c>

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.079
learn<00:30:03.519><c> in</c><00:30:03.700><c> their</c><00:30:03.940><c> life</c>

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:06.660
as<00:30:04.200><c> they</c><00:30:04.480><c> faced</c><00:30:04.720><c> these</c><00:30:05.200><c> crises</c><00:30:05.619><c> that</c><00:30:05.900><c> came</c><00:30:06.059><c> upon</c><00:30:06.319><c> them</c>

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:10.099
was<00:30:07.019><c> to</c><00:30:07.380><c> truly</c><00:30:07.680><c> learn</c><00:30:08.039><c> to</c><00:30:08.380><c> rest</c><00:30:08.799><c> in</c><00:30:09.240><c> God</c>

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:15.400
and<00:30:10.940><c> to</c><00:30:11.160><c> appreciate</c><00:30:11.599><c> the</c><00:30:11.920><c> force</c><00:30:12.160><c> of</c><00:30:12.460><c> some</c><00:30:12.960><c> of</c><00:30:13.079><c> these</c><00:30:14.460><c> promises</c><00:30:14.700><c> here,</c>

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some<00:30:15.740><c> of</c><00:30:15.859><c> which</c><00:30:16.000><c> will</c><00:30:16.160><c> be</c><00:30:16.460><c> well</c><00:30:16.799><c> known</c><00:30:17.000><c> to</c><00:30:17.180><c> you,</c><00:30:17.460><c> of</c><00:30:17.660><c> course,</c>

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and<00:30:18.099><c> perhaps</c><00:30:18.460><c> others</c><00:30:18.880><c> won't</c><00:30:19.140><c> be.</c>

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But<00:30:19.440><c> you'll</c><00:30:19.720><c> remember</c><00:30:20.000><c> some</c><00:30:20.240><c> of</c><00:30:20.400><c> those</c><00:30:20.660><c> passages.</c>

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:26.259
Psalm<00:30:22.380><c> 34,</c><00:30:23.079><c> about</c><00:30:23.240><c> the</c><00:30:23.599><c> angels</c><00:30:24.000><c> of</c><00:30:24.259><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:24.519><c> that</c><00:30:24.759><c> encamp</c><00:30:25.180><c> around</c><00:30:25.519><c> those</c><00:30:25.940><c> that</c>

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fear<00:30:26.460><c> him.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:30:27.819><c> 33,</c><00:30:28.420><c> about</c><00:30:28.579><c> the</c><00:30:29.019><c> everlasting</c><00:30:29.660><c> God</c><00:30:30.240><c> who</c><00:30:30.720><c> is</c><00:30:30.900><c> the</c>

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God<00:30:31.220><c> of</c><00:30:31.420><c> Jeshurun.</c>

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And<00:30:32.259><c> underneath</c><00:30:32.579><c> us</c><00:30:32.859><c> all</c><00:30:33.019><c> are</c><00:30:33.220><c> the</c><00:30:33.519><c> everlasting</c><00:30:34.400><c> arms</c><00:30:35.039><c> is</c><00:30:35.359><c> the</c>

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.819
promise<00:30:35.799><c> of</c><00:30:36.359><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:40.180
The<00:30:37.039><c> promise</c><00:30:37.319><c> of</c><00:30:37.839><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:38.180><c> and</c><00:30:38.380><c> of</c><00:30:38.579><c> Peter</c><00:30:38.700><c> that</c><00:30:38.839><c> God</c><00:30:39.039><c> will</c><00:30:39.359><c> never</c><00:30:39.619><c> leave</c><00:30:39.900><c> us</c>

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or<00:30:40.440><c> forsake</c><00:30:40.799><c> us.</c>

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:44.039
You<00:30:41.160><c> see,</c><00:30:41.880><c> they</c><00:30:42.000><c> had</c><00:30:42.140><c> to</c><00:30:42.339><c> grow</c><00:30:42.440><c> in</c><00:30:42.599><c> this</c><00:30:42.779><c> matter,</c><00:30:43.079><c> didn't</c><00:30:43.200><c> they?</c>

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:47.539
Abraham<00:30:45.200><c> and</c><00:30:45.460><c> Sarah</c><00:30:45.640><c> hadn't</c><00:30:45.920><c> yet</c><00:30:46.299><c> fully</c><00:30:46.579><c> come</c><00:30:46.799><c> to</c><00:30:47.140><c> appreciate</c>

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:51.000
the<00:30:48.000><c> providential</c><00:30:48.680><c> hand</c><00:30:48.980><c> of</c><00:30:49.220><c> God</c><00:30:49.480><c> in</c><00:30:49.660><c> their</c><00:30:49.880><c> lives.</c>

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:54.660
And<00:30:52.460><c> yet</c><00:30:52.539><c> they</c><00:30:52.680><c> had</c><00:30:52.819><c> to</c><00:30:53.059><c> realize</c><00:30:53.380><c> that</c><00:30:53.660><c> even</c><00:30:53.920><c> in</c><00:30:54.119><c> their</c><00:30:54.339><c> times</c>

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of<00:30:54.940><c> mistake</c>

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and<00:30:55.619><c> even</c><00:30:55.740><c> in</c><00:30:55.880><c> their</c><00:30:56.119><c> times</c><00:30:56.400><c> of</c><00:30:56.680><c> difficulty</c><00:30:57.079><c> that</c><00:30:57.619><c> God</c><00:30:57.839><c> was</c>

00:30:58.079 --> 00:31:01.079
always<00:30:58.579><c> there,</c><00:30:59.119><c> always</c><00:31:00.180><c> caring.</c>

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:03.660
And<00:31:01.220><c> you</c><00:31:01.319><c> know,</c><00:31:01.460><c> the</c><00:31:01.619><c> story</c><00:31:01.960><c> of</c><00:31:02.160><c> this</c><00:31:02.420><c> chapter</c><00:31:02.680><c> is</c><00:31:02.920><c> going</c><00:31:03.119><c> to</c><00:31:03.339><c> be</c>

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:07.740
that<00:31:04.359><c> despite</c><00:31:04.920><c> their</c><00:31:05.200><c> weaknesses</c><00:31:05.640><c> and</c><00:31:06.440><c> despite</c><00:31:07.000><c> their</c><00:31:07.240><c> mistakes</c>

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:12.000
that<00:31:08.220><c> God</c><00:31:08.500><c> not</c><00:31:08.940><c> only</c><00:31:09.500><c> would</c><00:31:09.859><c> overshadow</c><00:31:10.460><c> them</c><00:31:10.640><c> and</c><00:31:10.880><c> care</c><00:31:11.619><c> for</c><00:31:11.799><c> them</c>

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:15.740
but<00:31:12.400><c> would</c><00:31:12.740><c> finally</c><00:31:13.180><c> bring</c><00:31:13.480><c> them</c><00:31:13.720><c> to</c><00:31:13.900><c> the</c><00:31:14.160><c> triumph</c><00:31:14.460><c> of</c><00:31:14.819><c> faith</c><00:31:15.099><c> together</c>

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:18.460
that<00:31:16.279><c> that</c><00:31:16.579><c> child</c><00:31:16.920><c> might</c><00:31:17.200><c> be</c><00:31:17.400><c> conceived,</c><00:31:17.880><c> that</c><00:31:18.039><c> they</c><00:31:18.259><c> might</c>

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.380
both<00:31:18.859><c> learn</c>

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:23.799
that<00:31:20.119><c> the</c><00:31:20.819><c> excellency</c><00:31:21.279><c> of</c><00:31:21.480><c> the</c><00:31:21.779><c> power</c><00:31:22.119><c> is</c><00:31:22.480><c> of</c><00:31:22.759><c> God</c>

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:26.579
and<00:31:25.160><c> not</c><00:31:25.299><c> of</c><00:31:25.440><c> us.</c>

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:31.680
And<00:31:28.019><c> they</c><00:31:28.140><c> would</c><00:31:28.299><c> at</c><00:31:28.480><c> the</c><00:31:28.640><c> end</c><00:31:28.940><c> appreciate</c><00:31:29.579><c> God's</c><00:31:30.180><c> providential</c><00:31:30.720><c> hand.</c>

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:37.339
But<00:31:33.279><c> right</c><00:31:33.519><c> now,</c><00:31:34.940><c> they're</c><00:31:35.460><c> not</c><00:31:35.660><c> quite</c><00:31:35.920><c> there,</c><00:31:36.319><c> are</c><00:31:36.380><c> they?</c>

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:41.960
They're<00:31:38.539><c> still</c><00:31:38.819><c> resorting</c><00:31:39.539><c> to</c><00:31:39.680><c> the</c><00:31:40.039><c> strategies</c><00:31:40.500><c> of</c><00:31:40.859><c> the</c><00:31:41.079><c> flesh.</c>

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:46.579
They<00:31:44.079><c> haven't</c><00:31:44.400><c> yet</c><00:31:44.759><c> learned</c><00:31:45.039><c> to</c><00:31:45.319><c> fully</c><00:31:45.599><c> trust</c><00:31:46.160><c> in</c><00:31:46.500><c> God.</c>

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:48.339
What<00:31:46.740><c> they've</c><00:31:47.000><c> said</c><00:31:47.079><c> is,</c><00:31:47.299><c> we</c><00:31:47.299><c> believe</c><00:31:47.579><c> in</c><00:31:47.799><c> God,</c><00:31:47.960><c> but</c><00:31:48.059><c> you</c><00:31:48.220><c> see,</c>

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:50.619
when<00:31:48.500><c> you're</c><00:31:48.640><c> faced</c><00:31:48.880><c> with</c><00:31:49.299><c> practical</c><00:31:49.819><c> problems</c><00:31:50.279><c> in</c><00:31:50.500><c> life</c>

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:52.599
you've<00:31:50.779><c> got</c><00:31:50.920><c> to</c><00:31:50.980><c> do</c><00:31:51.160><c> something</c><00:31:51.480><c> for</c><00:31:51.680><c> yourself,</c><00:31:52.240><c> aren't</c><00:31:52.440><c> we</c>

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.960
all<00:31:52.779><c> the</c><00:31:52.900><c> same?</c>

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:58.720
How<00:31:55.640><c> sensitive</c><00:31:56.079><c> really</c><00:31:56.480><c> are</c><00:31:56.680><c> we</c><00:31:56.819><c> to</c><00:31:57.000><c> the</c><00:31:57.160><c> hand</c><00:31:57.319><c> of</c><00:31:57.660><c> providence?</c>

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How<00:32:00.279><c> often</c><00:32:00.500><c> is</c><00:32:00.680><c> it</c><00:32:00.819><c> in</c><00:32:00.940><c> life</c><00:32:01.140><c> when</c><00:32:01.299><c> we're</c><00:32:01.440><c> faced</c><00:32:01.680><c> with</c><00:32:01.940><c> a</c><00:32:02.079><c> trial</c>

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.960
or<00:32:02.480><c> a</c><00:32:02.700><c> difficulty</c>

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:06.000
where<00:32:03.160><c> we</c><00:32:03.279><c> could</c><00:32:03.480><c> all</c><00:32:03.759><c> truly</c><00:32:04.059><c> say,</c><00:32:04.640><c> how</c><00:32:04.839><c> often</c><00:32:05.140><c> could</c><00:32:05.319><c> we</c><00:32:05.559><c> truly</c><00:32:05.759><c> say</c>

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:11.059
that<00:32:06.140><c> the</c><00:32:06.359><c> first</c><00:32:06.700><c> thing</c><00:32:07.119><c> we</c><00:32:07.440><c> say</c><00:32:07.660><c> is,</c><00:32:10.140><c> what</c><00:32:10.279><c> can</c><00:32:10.480><c> I</c><00:32:10.700><c> learn</c><00:32:10.880><c> for</c>

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:12.180
the<00:32:11.299><c> truth</c><00:32:11.579><c> out</c><00:32:11.819><c> of</c><00:32:11.980><c> this?</c>

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Is<00:32:12.619><c> that</c><00:32:12.740><c> the</c><00:32:12.880><c> first</c><00:32:13.039><c> thing</c><00:32:13.180><c> we</c><00:32:13.380><c> say,</c><00:32:14.619><c> whenever</c><00:32:14.839><c> a</c><00:32:15.099><c> trial</c><00:32:15.279><c> comes</c><00:32:15.579><c> upon</c><00:32:15.819><c> us?</c>

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:20.359
We've<00:32:18.200><c> all</c><00:32:18.339><c> got</c><00:32:18.559><c> some</c><00:32:18.880><c> development</c><00:32:19.339><c> to</c><00:32:19.559><c> do,</c><00:32:19.819><c> haven't</c><00:32:19.980><c> we,</c><00:32:20.160><c> in</c>

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appreciating<00:32:21.500><c> the</c><00:32:21.940><c> Father's</c><00:32:22.519><c> hand</c><00:32:22.839><c> in</c><00:32:23.079><c> our</c><00:32:23.299><c> lives.</c>

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:25.240
You<00:32:23.619><c> know,</c><00:32:23.660><c> if</c><00:32:23.799><c> you</c><00:32:23.859><c> come</c><00:32:24.019><c> back</c><00:32:24.240><c> to</c><00:32:24.359><c> Genesis</c><00:32:24.720><c> 20,</c>

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:29.339
do<00:32:25.779><c> my</c><00:32:26.160><c> prophets</c><00:32:26.480><c> no</c><00:32:26.980><c> harm</c><00:32:27.440><c> is</c><00:32:27.980><c> the</c><00:32:28.259><c> cry</c><00:32:28.420><c> of</c><00:32:28.619><c> the</c><00:32:28.819><c> psalmist</c><00:32:29.099><c> on</c>

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:29.920
this<00:32:29.480><c> occasion.</c>

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:32.180
You<00:32:30.359><c> know,</c><00:32:30.440><c> when</c><00:32:30.559><c> we</c><00:32:30.720><c> come</c><00:32:30.900><c> back</c><00:32:31.119><c> to</c><00:32:31.220><c> Genesis</c><00:32:31.579><c> chapter</c><00:32:31.880><c> 20,</c>

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:33.480
it's<00:32:32.480><c> evident</c><00:32:32.779><c> that</c>

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:37.599
there<00:32:33.660><c> is</c><00:32:33.799><c> a</c><00:32:34.019><c> different</c><00:32:34.240><c> connection</c><00:32:34.720><c> of</c><00:32:35.059><c> ideas</c><00:32:35.480><c> here</c><00:32:35.960><c> with</c><00:32:36.480><c> the</c><00:32:36.720><c> words</c><00:32:37.059><c> of</c>

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:39.059
this<00:32:37.799><c> particular</c><00:32:38.420><c> psalm.</c>

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:42.440
Because<00:32:39.759><c> in</c><00:32:40.140><c> Genesis</c><00:32:40.500><c> chapter</c><00:32:40.799><c> 20,</c><00:32:41.660><c> when</c><00:32:41.779><c> we</c><00:32:41.940><c> come</c><00:32:42.099><c> back</c><00:32:42.319><c> to</c>

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.099
the<00:32:42.599><c> seventh</c><00:32:42.839><c> verse,</c>

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:46.519
that<00:32:43.380><c> idea</c><00:32:43.700><c> is</c><00:32:43.920><c> taken</c><00:32:44.180><c> up</c><00:32:44.420><c> now</c><00:32:44.720><c> in</c><00:32:45.400><c> the</c><00:32:45.819><c> Genesis</c><00:32:46.119><c> record.</c>

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:49.940
It<00:32:46.640><c> says</c><00:32:46.880><c> in</c><00:32:47.019><c> verse</c><00:32:47.240><c> 7,</c><00:32:48.059><c> now</c><00:32:48.299><c> therefore</c><00:32:48.880><c> restore</c><00:32:49.400><c> the</c><00:32:49.579><c> man</c><00:32:49.720><c> as</c>

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:54.819
wife,<00:32:50.539><c> for</c><00:32:50.880><c> he</c><00:32:51.859><c> is</c><00:32:53.019><c> a</c><00:32:53.539><c> prophet,</c><00:32:54.180><c> says</c><00:32:54.339><c> Genesis.</c>

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:58.279
And<00:32:55.299><c> that</c><00:32:55.460><c> was</c><00:32:55.720><c> the</c><00:32:56.200><c> very</c><00:32:56.460><c> comment</c><00:32:56.740><c> made</c><00:32:57.000><c> in</c><00:32:57.200><c> the</c><00:32:57.299><c> book</c><00:32:57.460><c> of</c><00:32:57.680><c> Psalms,</c><00:32:57.940><c> wasn't</c><00:32:58.059><c> it?</c>

00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:01.960
Do<00:32:58.500><c> my</c><00:32:58.819><c> prophets</c><00:32:59.240><c> no</c><00:32:59.579><c> harm,</c><00:33:00.240><c> restore</c><00:33:00.660><c> the</c><00:33:00.839><c> man</c><00:33:00.940><c> as</c><00:33:01.140><c> wife,</c><00:33:01.720><c> for</c>

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:03.299
he<00:33:02.279><c> is</c><00:33:02.880><c> a</c><00:33:03.119><c> prophet.</c>

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:06.500
Now<00:33:03.759><c> look</c><00:33:03.900><c> at</c><00:33:04.019><c> verse</c><00:33:04.220><c> 7.</c><00:33:04.460><c> This</c><00:33:04.559><c> is</c><00:33:04.960><c> one</c><00:33:05.140><c> of</c><00:33:05.240><c> those</c><00:33:05.460><c> amazing</c><00:33:05.980><c> verses</c><00:33:06.339><c> in</c>

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the<00:33:06.660><c> record,</c><00:33:06.880><c> isn't</c><00:33:07.039><c> it?</c>

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Now<00:33:07.880><c> therefore</c><00:33:08.339><c> restore</c><00:33:08.980><c> the</c><00:33:09.180><c> man</c><00:33:09.299><c> as</c><00:33:09.480><c> wife,</c><00:33:09.940><c> for</c><00:33:10.099><c> he</c><00:33:10.480><c> is</c><00:33:10.859><c> a</c><00:33:11.240><c> prophet,</c>

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:13.660
and<00:33:11.579><c> he</c><00:33:11.720><c> shall</c><00:33:11.900><c> pray</c><00:33:12.299><c> for</c><00:33:12.460><c> thee,</c><00:33:12.599><c> and</c><00:33:12.779><c> thou</c><00:33:12.920><c> shalt</c><00:33:13.160><c> live.</c>

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:18.200
And<00:33:14.039><c> if</c><00:33:14.220><c> thou</c><00:33:14.440><c> restore</c><00:33:14.900><c> her</c><00:33:15.160><c> not,</c><00:33:15.920><c> know</c><00:33:16.200><c> thou</c><00:33:16.460><c> that</c><00:33:16.640><c> thou</c><00:33:16.839><c> shalt</c><00:33:17.259><c> surely</c><00:33:17.700><c> die,</c>

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:21.200
thou<00:33:18.839><c> and</c><00:33:19.339><c> all</c><00:33:19.880><c> that</c><00:33:20.160><c> are</c><00:33:20.339><c> thine.</c>

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:24.880
So<00:33:22.160><c> you</c><00:33:22.339><c> see,</c><00:33:22.559><c> Abraham</c><00:33:23.019><c> was</c><00:33:23.339><c> upheld</c><00:33:23.799><c> because</c><00:33:24.240><c> he</c><00:33:24.359><c> was</c><00:33:24.559><c> a</c><00:33:24.740><c> prophet.</c>

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:27.720
Now<00:33:25.259><c> just</c><00:33:25.440><c> think</c><00:33:25.660><c> about</c><00:33:25.980><c> what</c><00:33:26.380><c> a</c><00:33:26.559><c> great</c><00:33:26.759><c> man</c><00:33:27.059><c> Abimelech</c><00:33:27.420><c> must</c>

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:27.980
have<00:33:27.880><c> been.</c>

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:29.400
You<00:33:28.359><c> imagine</c><00:33:28.640><c> what</c><00:33:28.799><c> had</c><00:33:28.960><c> happened</c><00:33:29.180><c> here.</c>

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:32.519
Abimelech's<00:33:30.200><c> smitten</c><00:33:30.359><c> with</c><00:33:30.599><c> a</c><00:33:30.720><c> disease</c><00:33:31.079><c> because</c><00:33:31.460><c> of</c><00:33:31.660><c> the</c><00:33:31.819><c> deception</c><00:33:32.240><c> of</c>

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.019
this<00:33:32.740><c> man.</c>

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:38.539
God<00:33:33.700><c> turns</c><00:33:33.980><c> around</c><00:33:34.240><c> and</c><00:33:34.359><c> says,</c><00:33:35.359><c> give</c><00:33:35.400><c> me</c><00:33:35.579><c> his</c><00:33:35.819><c> wife</c><00:33:36.019><c> back,</c><00:33:38.500><c> and</c>

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:40.619
he'll<00:33:38.819><c> pray</c><00:33:39.099><c> for</c><00:33:39.319><c> you,</c>

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:46.019
and<00:33:41.799><c> you'll</c><00:33:42.299><c> live</c><00:33:42.900><c> because</c><00:33:44.440><c> of</c><00:33:44.660><c> his</c><00:33:44.980><c> prayer.</c>

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:48.819
Can<00:33:46.559><c> you</c><00:33:46.579><c> imagine</c><00:33:46.839><c> Abimelech</c><00:33:47.259><c> wanting</c><00:33:47.500><c> to</c><00:33:47.740><c> accept</c><00:33:47.980><c> that?</c>

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:52.000
Would<00:33:49.920><c> you</c><00:33:50.079><c> want</c><00:33:50.220><c> to</c><00:33:50.480><c> accept</c><00:33:50.779><c> the</c><00:33:51.059><c> prayers</c><00:33:51.319><c> of</c><00:33:51.519><c> someone</c><00:33:51.759><c> who's</c>

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:54.099
just<00:33:52.319><c> offended</c><00:33:52.660><c> against</c><00:33:53.099><c> you?</c>

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:56.880
It<00:33:55.059><c> says</c><00:33:55.299><c> much,</c><00:33:55.859><c> doesn't</c><00:33:55.859><c> it,</c><00:33:55.940><c> for</c><00:33:56.140><c> Abimelech</c><00:33:56.519><c> that</c><00:33:56.660><c> he</c><00:33:56.759><c> was</c>

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:59.759
even<00:33:57.099><c> prepared</c><00:33:57.619><c> to</c><00:33:57.900><c> accept</c><00:33:58.180><c> that</c><00:33:58.440><c> particular</c><00:33:58.920><c> offer.</c>

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:02.500
You<00:34:00.319><c> give</c><00:34:00.460><c> the</c><00:34:00.619><c> man</c><00:34:00.740><c> his</c><00:34:00.920><c> wife</c><00:34:01.200><c> back,</c><00:34:01.400><c> and</c><00:34:01.519><c> I</c><00:34:01.619><c> know</c><00:34:01.720><c> he's</c><00:34:02.000><c> sinned</c><00:34:02.099><c> against</c><00:34:02.400><c> you,</c>

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:04.700
but<00:34:02.579><c> he'll</c><00:34:02.859><c> actually</c><00:34:03.119><c> pray</c><00:34:03.299><c> for</c><00:34:03.480><c> you,</c><00:34:03.700><c> and</c><00:34:03.700><c> you'll</c><00:34:04.000><c> live</c><00:34:04.220><c> because</c><00:34:04.519><c> of</c>

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:06.940
him,<00:34:05.240><c> says</c><00:34:05.980><c> God.</c>

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:09.559
You<00:34:07.700><c> know,</c><00:34:07.880><c> I</c><00:34:08.019><c> believe</c><00:34:08.199><c> that</c><00:34:08.559><c> what</c><00:34:08.679><c> happened</c><00:34:09.000><c> here</c><00:34:09.219><c> was</c><00:34:09.420><c> that</c>

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:11.019
Abimelech<00:34:09.900><c> was</c><00:34:10.139><c> brought</c><00:34:10.380><c> into</c><00:34:10.679><c> the</c><00:34:10.820><c> matter</c>

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:14.119
in<00:34:11.980><c> a</c><00:34:12.139><c> much</c><00:34:12.420><c> greater</c><00:34:12.699><c> degree</c><00:34:12.980><c> of</c><00:34:13.260><c> detail</c><00:34:13.539><c> than</c><00:34:13.699><c> the</c><00:34:13.900><c> record</c>

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.179
itself<00:34:14.559><c> tells</c><00:34:14.900><c> us.</c>

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:18.619
I<00:34:15.880><c> believe</c><00:34:16.099><c> that</c><00:34:16.400><c> God</c><00:34:16.699><c> must</c><00:34:17.039><c> have</c><00:34:17.480><c> imparted</c><00:34:17.960><c> to</c><00:34:18.179><c> Abimelech,</c>

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:21.019
and<00:34:18.760><c> I</c><00:34:18.900><c> believe</c><00:34:19.079><c> this</c><00:34:19.260><c> from</c><00:34:19.400><c> what</c><00:34:19.719><c> happens</c><00:34:19.960><c> later</c><00:34:20.280><c> on</c><00:34:20.460><c> in</c><00:34:20.639><c> the</c><00:34:20.739><c> story,</c>

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:23.960
I<00:34:21.519><c> think</c><00:34:21.719><c> that</c><00:34:21.900><c> God</c><00:34:22.119><c> must</c><00:34:22.380><c> have</c><00:34:22.599><c> imparted</c><00:34:23.039><c> to</c><00:34:23.260><c> Abimelech</c><00:34:23.719><c> some</c>

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:27.300
of<00:34:24.119><c> the</c><00:34:24.440><c> story</c><00:34:24.719><c> that</c><00:34:24.920><c> was</c><00:34:25.440><c> tied</c><00:34:25.699><c> up</c><00:34:25.900><c> with</c><00:34:26.099><c> this</c><00:34:26.320><c> particular</c><00:34:26.920><c> couple,</c>

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:30.760
and<00:34:27.659><c> how</c><00:34:27.940><c> important</c><00:34:28.340><c> it</c><00:34:28.579><c> was</c><00:34:28.760><c> that</c><00:34:28.900><c> they</c><00:34:29.159><c> be</c><00:34:29.420><c> preserved</c><00:34:29.840><c> together</c><00:34:30.260><c> as</c>

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.440
man<00:34:30.940><c> and</c><00:34:31.199><c> wife.</c>

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:36.900
And<00:34:31.880><c> what</c><00:34:31.940><c> we're</c><00:34:32.179><c> going</c><00:34:32.219><c> to</c><00:34:32.400><c> find</c><00:34:32.579><c> in</c><00:34:32.760><c> this</c><00:34:32.980><c> story</c><00:34:33.179><c> is</c><00:34:33.340><c> that</c><00:34:33.480><c> Abimelech</c><00:34:33.900><c> enters</c><00:34:34.300><c> into</c><00:34:34.820><c> the</c><00:34:35.320><c> very</c><00:34:35.800><c> circumstances</c><00:34:36.539><c> of</c>

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.900
this<00:34:37.360><c> situation</c>

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:41.780
so<00:34:38.360><c> fully</c><00:34:38.780><c> that</c><00:34:39.280><c> the</c><00:34:39.519><c> restoration</c><00:34:40.039><c> is</c><00:34:40.280><c> made</c><00:34:40.500><c> before</c><00:34:40.820><c> all</c><00:34:41.179><c> the</c><00:34:41.420><c> world</c>

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:47.400
that<00:34:42.119><c> the</c><00:34:42.340><c> world</c><00:34:42.599><c> might</c><00:34:42.980><c> know</c><00:34:43.480><c> that</c><00:34:43.940><c> this</c><00:34:44.260><c> woman</c><00:34:44.579><c> indeed</c><00:34:45.500><c> belongs</c><00:34:46.099><c> to</c><00:34:46.900><c> Abraham.</c>

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:50.460
And<00:34:47.639><c> this</c><00:34:47.840><c> was</c><00:34:48.019><c> the</c><00:34:48.360><c> spirit</c><00:34:48.539><c> of</c><00:34:48.699><c> Abimelech</c><00:34:49.059><c> that</c><00:34:49.219><c> he</c><00:34:49.360><c> was</c><00:34:49.820><c> prepared</c><00:34:50.199><c> to</c>

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:53.059
receive<00:34:50.820><c> the</c><00:34:51.159><c> prayers</c><00:34:51.500><c> of</c><00:34:52.059><c> Abraham</c><00:34:52.400><c> on</c><00:34:52.619><c> this</c><00:34:52.739><c> occasion.</c>

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:55.519
You<00:34:53.260><c> know,</c><00:34:53.320><c> there's</c><00:34:53.460><c> a</c><00:34:53.599><c> lesson</c><00:34:53.780><c> that</c><00:34:53.940><c> comes</c><00:34:54.139><c> out</c><00:34:54.300><c> of</c><00:34:54.420><c> verse</c><00:34:54.579><c> 7,</c>

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.639
and<00:34:56.139><c> here</c><00:34:56.300><c> it</c><00:34:56.440><c> is.</c>

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:58.380
Just<00:34:56.719><c> think</c><00:34:56.860><c> about</c><00:34:57.079><c> this.</c>

00:34:59.260 --> 00:35:06.280
What<00:34:59.440><c> verse</c><00:34:59.739><c> 7</c><00:35:00.000><c> is</c><00:35:00.260><c> telling</c><00:35:00.480><c> us</c><00:35:01.500><c> is</c><00:35:02.920><c> that</c><00:35:03.199><c> Abraham,</c><00:35:05.480><c> despite</c>

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:08.739
his<00:35:07.260><c> failings,</c>

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:15.019
had<00:35:10.199><c> a</c><00:35:10.519><c> closer</c><00:35:10.860><c> relationship</c><00:35:11.539><c> to</c><00:35:11.800><c> God</c><00:35:12.760><c> than</c><00:35:13.920><c> Abimelech.</c>

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:19.940
That's<00:35:17.039><c> what</c><00:35:17.199><c> Abimelech's</c><00:35:17.639><c> being</c><00:35:17.940><c> told,</c><00:35:18.179><c> isn't</c><00:35:18.380><c> he?</c>

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:26.980
You<00:35:21.360><c> might</c><00:35:21.599><c> think,</c><00:35:21.980><c> Abimelech,</c><00:35:22.239><c> that</c><00:35:22.400><c> this</c><00:35:22.699><c> man</c><00:35:23.519><c> has</c><00:35:24.159><c> sinned,</c>

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:32.800
but<00:35:27.760><c> his</c><00:35:28.179><c> prayers</c><00:35:28.820><c> are</c><00:35:30.780><c> closer</c><00:35:31.139><c> to</c><00:35:31.260><c> me</c><00:35:31.559><c> than</c><00:35:31.679><c> yours.</c>

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:35.320
He'll<00:35:33.480><c> pray</c><00:35:33.619><c> for</c><00:35:33.780><c> you.</c>

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:39.880
Now<00:35:37.679><c> that's</c><00:35:37.940><c> something</c><00:35:38.219><c> worth</c><00:35:38.460><c> thinking</c><00:35:38.800><c> about</c><00:35:39.079><c> in</c><00:35:39.320><c> ecclesial</c><00:35:39.679><c> life,</c>

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:41.840
isn't<00:35:40.099><c> it?</c>

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:45.739
Sometimes<00:35:43.679><c> in</c><00:35:43.860><c> ecclesial</c><00:35:44.280><c> life</c><00:35:44.519><c> we</c><00:35:44.659><c> see</c><00:35:44.900><c> those</c><00:35:45.199><c> in</c><00:35:45.340><c> the</c><00:35:45.539><c> truth</c>

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:47.940
who<00:35:46.320><c> have</c><00:35:46.619><c> failed</c><00:35:46.860><c> in</c><00:35:47.079><c> some</c><00:35:47.260><c> particular</c><00:35:47.679><c> matter.</c>

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:51.559
It<00:35:48.019><c> doesn't</c><00:35:48.239><c> matter</c><00:35:48.440><c> what</c><00:35:48.619><c> it</c><00:35:48.719><c> is,</c><00:35:49.000><c> whatever</c><00:35:49.239><c> it</c><00:35:49.380><c> is.</c>

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:55.940
You<00:35:53.099><c> know,</c><00:35:53.119><c> we've</c><00:35:53.260><c> got</c><00:35:53.320><c> to</c><00:35:53.400><c> be</c><00:35:53.480><c> very</c><00:35:53.800><c> careful</c><00:35:54.219><c> in</c><00:35:54.519><c> the</c><00:35:54.719><c> truth</c>

00:35:56.840 --> 00:36:04.480
that<00:35:57.300><c> we</c><00:35:57.500><c> don't</c><00:35:57.800><c> hasten</c><00:35:58.300><c> to</c><00:35:58.480><c> criticise</c><00:35:59.400><c> somebody</c><00:36:00.059><c> who,</c><00:36:02.619><c> despite</c><00:36:02.960><c> their</c><00:36:03.219><c> failing,</c>

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:09.119
may<00:36:06.260><c> still</c><00:36:06.480><c> be</c><00:36:06.719><c> closer</c><00:36:06.960><c> to</c><00:36:07.099><c> God</c><00:36:07.300><c> than</c><00:36:07.460><c> we</c><00:36:07.719><c> are.</c>

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:13.179
We've<00:36:11.579><c> got</c><00:36:11.659><c> to</c><00:36:11.840><c> temper</c><00:36:12.079><c> our</c><00:36:12.320><c> judgements</c><00:36:12.679><c> of</c><00:36:12.840><c> one</c><00:36:12.980><c> another,</c>

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.860
don't<00:36:13.440><c> we?</c>

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:19.639
And<00:36:16.300><c> to</c><00:36:16.460><c> exercise</c><00:36:17.199><c> thoughtfulness.</c>

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.940
And<00:36:20.119><c> not</c><00:36:20.239><c> only</c><00:36:20.400><c> was</c><00:36:20.559><c> Abimelech</c><00:36:21.000><c> going</c><00:36:21.260><c> to</c><00:36:21.400><c> have</c><00:36:21.559><c> to</c><00:36:21.679><c> do</c><00:36:21.780><c> that</c>

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.440
in<00:36:22.079><c> this</c><00:36:22.280><c> story,</c>

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:25.780
but<00:36:22.719><c> so</c><00:36:23.039><c> also</c><00:36:23.440><c> was</c><00:36:24.019><c> Abraham,</c><00:36:24.599><c> because</c><00:36:24.840><c> Abraham</c><00:36:25.199><c> had</c><00:36:25.360><c> made</c><00:36:25.519><c> a</c>

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.440
bad<00:36:26.019><c> mistake</c>

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:29.920
in<00:36:26.599><c> the</c><00:36:26.679><c> way</c><00:36:26.840><c> that</c><00:36:27.360><c> he</c><00:36:27.539><c> had</c><00:36:27.780><c> judged</c><00:36:28.159><c> other</c><00:36:28.579><c> people</c><00:36:29.099><c> in</c><00:36:29.719><c> this</c>

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.699
particular<00:36:30.420><c> chapter.</c>

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:32.420
Well,<00:36:31.199><c> verse</c><00:36:31.239><c> 8</c><00:36:31.380><c> tells</c><00:36:31.659><c> us,</c>

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:47.699
He<00:36:45.360><c> wanted</c><00:36:45.599><c> them</c><00:36:45.780><c> all</c><00:36:46.280><c> to</c><00:36:46.420><c> know.</c><00:36:46.639><c> You</c><00:36:46.699><c> see</c><00:36:46.960><c> the</c><00:36:47.159><c> emphasis</c><00:36:47.519><c> in</c>

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.280
the<00:36:47.780><c> record</c><00:36:48.039><c> there?</c>

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:51.699
He<00:36:48.699><c> called</c><00:36:48.960><c> all</c><00:36:49.500><c> his</c><00:36:49.760><c> servants</c><00:36:50.019><c> and</c><00:36:50.239><c> told</c><00:36:50.539><c> all</c><00:36:51.099><c> these</c><00:36:51.420><c> things</c>

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.440
in<00:36:51.900><c> their</c><00:36:52.139><c> ears.</c>

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:55.579
Abimelech<00:36:53.119><c> invited</c><00:36:53.599><c> the</c><00:36:53.800><c> whole</c><00:36:54.119><c> household</c><00:36:54.579><c> into</c><00:36:54.940><c> this</c><00:36:55.219><c> matter</c>

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:58.559
that<00:36:55.900><c> they</c><00:36:56.079><c> might</c><00:36:56.400><c> fully</c><00:36:56.780><c> understand</c><00:36:57.400><c> the</c><00:36:57.619><c> problem</c><00:36:57.860><c> and</c><00:36:58.280><c> what</c>

00:36:58.559 --> 00:37:00.420
the<00:36:58.760><c> solution</c><00:36:59.280><c> was</c><00:36:59.739><c> going</c><00:37:00.019><c> to</c><00:37:00.219><c> be.</c>

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:03.739
And<00:37:00.900><c> now</c><00:37:01.260><c> verse</c><00:37:01.599><c> 9</c><00:37:01.900><c> tells</c><00:37:02.179><c> us</c><00:37:02.360><c> that</c><00:37:02.480><c> Abimelech</c><00:37:02.920><c> confronts</c>

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:05.320
Abraham<00:37:04.139><c> with</c><00:37:04.739><c> what</c><00:37:04.880><c> he's</c><00:37:05.159><c> done.</c>

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:07.559
And<00:37:05.500><c> so</c><00:37:05.599><c> Abimelech</c><00:37:06.019><c> called</c><00:37:06.340><c> Abraham</c><00:37:06.639><c> and</c><00:37:06.880><c> said,</c>

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:20.860
And,<00:37:15.960><c> you</c><00:37:15.960><c> know,</c><00:37:17.440><c> Abraham</c><00:37:17.760><c> had</c><00:37:18.280><c> misjudged</c><00:37:18.840><c> him</c><00:37:18.960><c> badly,</c><00:37:19.679><c> hadn't</c><00:37:19.840><c> he?</c>

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:29.679
Now,<00:37:24.039><c> it's</c><00:37:24.179><c> a</c><00:37:24.280><c> funny</c><00:37:24.420><c> thing,</c><00:37:27.099><c> but</c><00:37:27.239><c> we</c><00:37:27.440><c> all</c><00:37:27.760><c> tend</c><00:37:28.119><c> at</c><00:37:28.480><c> times</c>

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:34.000
to<00:37:31.159><c> show</c><00:37:31.320><c> the</c><00:37:31.519><c> same</c><00:37:31.760><c> weakness</c><00:37:32.119><c> as</c><00:37:32.420><c> Abraham</c><00:37:32.940><c> does</c><00:37:33.460><c> in</c><00:37:33.659><c> Genesis</c>

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:36.380
20,<00:37:34.480><c> verse</c><00:37:34.699><c> 9.</c>

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:43.300
And<00:37:37.400><c> that</c><00:37:37.579><c> is,</c><00:37:39.960><c> and</c><00:37:40.139><c> this</c><00:37:40.320><c> happens</c><00:37:40.559><c> sometimes</c><00:37:41.199><c> even</c><00:37:41.559><c> in</c><00:37:41.719><c> the</c><00:37:41.920><c> truth,</c>

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:52.079
that<00:37:45.119><c> we're</c><00:37:45.460><c> very</c><00:37:46.260><c> quick</c><00:37:46.679><c> to</c><00:37:47.840><c> impute</c><00:37:48.260><c> the</c><00:37:48.599><c> worst</c><00:37:49.079><c> possible</c><00:37:49.960><c> motive</c><00:37:50.440><c> to</c>

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:53.980
somebody<00:37:52.440><c> else</c>

00:37:54.500 --> 00:38:00.619
before<00:37:55.139><c> we</c><00:37:55.300><c> really</c><00:37:55.639><c> know</c><00:37:56.340><c> why</c><00:37:56.699><c> they've</c><00:37:56.940><c> done</c><00:37:57.440><c> what</c><00:37:58.800><c> they've</c><00:37:59.119><c> done.</c>

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:02.980
You<00:38:01.320><c> ever</c><00:38:01.500><c> experience</c><00:38:01.800><c> that</c><00:38:01.980><c> in</c><00:38:02.159><c> life?</c>

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:06.059
We<00:38:04.559><c> do</c><00:38:04.739><c> that</c><00:38:04.860><c> even</c><00:38:05.039><c> in</c><00:38:05.179><c> the</c><00:38:05.340><c> truth</c><00:38:05.519><c> at</c><00:38:05.719><c> times,</c><00:38:05.980><c> don't</c><00:38:06.039><c> you?</c>

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:10.159
See,<00:38:06.360><c> Abraham</c><00:38:06.860><c> imputed</c><00:38:07.760><c> motives</c><00:38:08.420><c> to</c><00:38:08.659><c> Abimelech</c><00:38:08.960><c> that</c><00:38:09.139><c> he</c><00:38:09.239><c> really</c><00:38:09.500><c> didn't</c><00:38:09.739><c> have</c><00:38:09.920><c> any</c>

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:11.179
right<00:38:10.340><c> to</c><00:38:10.659><c> impute.</c>

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:13.679
And<00:38:11.880><c> Abimelech</c><00:38:12.219><c> rightly</c><00:38:12.599><c> comes</c><00:38:12.860><c> before</c><00:38:13.219><c> Abraham</c><00:38:13.460><c> and</c><00:38:13.559><c> says,</c>

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:15.239
What<00:38:13.840><c> do</c><00:38:13.940><c> you</c><00:38:14.079><c> think</c><00:38:14.260><c> you're</c><00:38:14.420><c> doing?</c>

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:18.539
And<00:38:16.739><c> Abraham</c><00:38:17.000><c> had</c><00:38:17.320><c> misjudged</c><00:38:18.000><c> him</c><00:38:18.199><c> badly.</c>

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:21.980
And<00:38:18.739><c> from</c><00:38:18.980><c> time</c><00:38:19.219><c> to</c><00:38:19.420><c> time</c><00:38:19.659><c> in</c><00:38:20.119><c> life,</c><00:38:20.639><c> both</c><00:38:20.900><c> with</c><00:38:21.179><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:21.719><c> and</c>

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:23.280
also<00:38:22.360><c> with</c><00:38:22.559><c> those</c><00:38:22.840><c> in</c><00:38:22.980><c> the</c><00:38:23.159><c> truth,</c>

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:26.039
we<00:38:23.440><c> make</c><00:38:23.599><c> the</c><00:38:23.800><c> same</c><00:38:24.000><c> mistake</c><00:38:24.360><c> and</c><00:38:24.739><c> we</c><00:38:24.960><c> impute</c><00:38:25.179><c> motives</c><00:38:25.500><c> to</c><00:38:25.739><c> others</c>

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:28.920
before<00:38:26.579><c> we</c><00:38:27.000><c> even</c><00:38:27.300><c> really</c><00:38:27.820><c> know</c><00:38:28.079><c> what</c><00:38:28.280><c> their</c><00:38:28.480><c> heart</c><00:38:28.719><c> is.</c>

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:31.059
Very<00:38:29.199><c> quick</c><00:38:29.400><c> to</c><00:38:29.559><c> do</c><00:38:29.719><c> that,</c><00:38:29.880><c> aren't</c><00:38:30.039><c> we?</c>

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:32.860
Got<00:38:31.380><c> to</c><00:38:31.460><c> be</c><00:38:31.559><c> very</c><00:38:31.840><c> careful.</c>

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:36.280
And<00:38:34.480><c> Abimelech</c><00:38:34.800><c> rightly</c><00:38:35.139><c> says</c><00:38:35.420><c> in</c><00:38:35.539><c> the</c><00:38:35.679><c> tenth</c><00:38:35.880><c> verse,</c>

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:37.780
Abimelech<00:38:36.940><c> said</c><00:38:37.099><c> unto</c><00:38:37.340><c> Abraham,</c>

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:41.179
What<00:38:38.539><c> sawest</c><00:38:39.320><c> thou</c><00:38:39.739><c> that</c><00:38:40.000><c> thou</c><00:38:40.280><c> hast</c><00:38:40.539><c> done</c><00:38:40.820><c> this</c><00:38:41.059><c> thing?</c>

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:44.039
Or<00:38:41.320><c> as</c><00:38:41.440><c> our</c><00:38:41.619><c> reader</c><00:38:42.000><c> more</c><00:38:42.300><c> properly</c><00:38:42.659><c> read</c><00:38:42.960><c> from</c><00:38:43.280><c> the</c><00:38:43.659><c> revised</c>

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.699
standard<00:38:44.460><c> version,</c>

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:46.800
What<00:38:45.139><c> were</c><00:38:45.619><c> you</c><00:38:46.079><c> thinking</c><00:38:46.360><c> of?</c>

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.980
Good<00:38:47.360><c> question.</c>

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:50.460
What<00:38:48.480><c> was</c><00:38:48.719><c> he</c><00:38:48.960><c> thinking</c><00:38:49.159><c> of</c><00:38:49.420><c> indeed?</c>

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:54.099
And<00:38:51.960><c> I</c><00:38:52.099><c> can</c><00:38:52.260><c> tell</c><00:38:52.400><c> you</c><00:38:52.460><c> what</c><00:38:52.559><c> he</c><00:38:52.679><c> was</c><00:38:52.840><c> thinking</c><00:38:53.059><c> of.</c>

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:56.599
He<00:38:55.059><c> was</c><00:38:55.219><c> thinking</c><00:38:55.400><c> of</c><00:38:55.579><c> himself.</c>

00:38:59.059 --> 00:39:00.920
Because<00:38:59.360><c> when</c><00:38:59.579><c> Abraham</c><00:38:59.860><c> ever</c><00:39:00.139><c> came</c><00:39:00.300><c> under</c><00:39:00.619><c> pressure,</c>

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:04.179
he<00:39:01.099><c> always</c><00:39:01.500><c> thought</c><00:39:01.679><c> about</c><00:39:01.900><c> himself</c><00:39:02.380><c> first</c><00:39:02.940><c> and</c><00:39:03.159><c> the</c><00:39:03.400><c> truth</c><00:39:03.760><c> second.</c>

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:06.820
That<00:39:04.300><c> didn't</c><00:39:04.539><c> come</c><00:39:05.039><c> naturally</c><00:39:05.579><c> to</c><00:39:05.719><c> him</c><00:39:05.860><c> to</c><00:39:06.019><c> put</c><00:39:06.159><c> the</c><00:39:06.320><c> truth</c><00:39:06.480><c> first.</c>

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:09.539
It<00:39:07.000><c> doesn't</c><00:39:07.380><c> generally</c><00:39:07.699><c> come</c><00:39:07.920><c> naturally</c><00:39:08.280><c> to</c><00:39:08.440><c> us</c><00:39:08.639><c> either.</c>

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:12.739
And<00:39:10.639><c> you</c><00:39:10.719><c> can</c><00:39:10.900><c> see</c><00:39:11.019><c> the</c><00:39:11.260><c> nervousness</c><00:39:11.760><c> in</c><00:39:11.980><c> Abraham,</c><00:39:12.480><c> can't</c><00:39:12.539><c> you,</c><00:39:12.619><c> in</c>

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.480
the<00:39:12.840><c> eleventh</c><00:39:13.139><c> verse.</c>

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.539
And<00:39:14.079><c> Abraham</c><00:39:14.239><c> said,</c>

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:17.460
Because<00:39:15.300><c> I</c><00:39:15.380><c> thought</c><00:39:15.739><c> surely</c><00:39:16.159><c> the</c><00:39:16.400><c> fear</c><00:39:16.539><c> of</c><00:39:16.760><c> God</c><00:39:17.000><c> is</c><00:39:17.199><c> not</c><00:39:17.340><c> in</c>

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:17.800
this<00:39:17.639><c> place,</c>

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:19.480
and<00:39:17.940><c> they</c><00:39:18.099><c> will</c><00:39:18.400><c> slay</c><00:39:18.579><c> me</c><00:39:18.719><c> for</c><00:39:18.820><c> my</c><00:39:19.099><c> wife's</c><00:39:19.460><c> sake.</c>

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:22.699
And<00:39:19.639><c> he</c><00:39:19.639><c> begins</c><00:39:19.900><c> to</c><00:39:20.199><c> outline</c><00:39:21.039><c> this</c><00:39:21.619><c> explanation</c><00:39:22.300><c> as</c><00:39:22.519><c> to</c><00:39:22.579><c> what</c>

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.039
he's<00:39:22.920><c> done.</c>

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:26.239
You<00:39:23.159><c> can</c><00:39:23.380><c> see</c><00:39:23.539><c> the</c><00:39:23.780><c> tension</c><00:39:24.280><c> and</c><00:39:24.800><c> the</c><00:39:25.139><c> shame</c><00:39:25.360><c> and</c><00:39:25.539><c> the</c><00:39:25.840><c> embarrassment</c>

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:28.119
in<00:39:26.460><c> the</c><00:39:26.539><c> very</c><00:39:26.739><c> way</c><00:39:27.000><c> that</c><00:39:27.480><c> Abraham</c><00:39:27.780><c> speaks.</c>

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:29.219
Look<00:39:28.360><c> at</c><00:39:28.480><c> the</c><00:39:28.579><c> first</c><00:39:28.820><c> three</c><00:39:29.039><c> words.</c>

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:30.260
All<00:39:29.480><c> these</c><00:39:29.619><c> are</c><00:39:29.780><c> good,</c><00:39:29.900><c> aren't</c><00:39:30.039><c> they?</c>

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:32.059
Because<00:39:31.039><c> I</c><00:39:31.699><c> thought.</c>

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:35.699
How<00:39:32.599><c> many</c><00:39:32.880><c> problems</c><00:39:33.340><c> in</c><00:39:33.559><c> life</c><00:39:33.739><c> have</c><00:39:33.940><c> begun</c><00:39:34.139><c> with</c><00:39:34.340><c> that</c><00:39:34.519><c> little</c><00:39:34.840><c> phrase?</c>

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.579
I<00:39:36.639><c> thought.</c>

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:41.480
But<00:39:39.460><c> before</c><00:39:39.719><c> we've</c><00:39:40.079><c> stopped</c><00:39:40.179><c> to</c><00:39:40.480><c> check</c><00:39:40.599><c> it</c><00:39:40.780><c> out</c><00:39:40.900><c> or</c><00:39:41.019><c> to</c><00:39:41.219><c> really</c>

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:41.940
find<00:39:41.760><c> out,</c>

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:45.780
we've<00:39:42.300><c> already</c><00:39:42.840><c> made</c><00:39:43.320><c> a</c><00:39:43.519><c> judgment</c><00:39:43.780><c> on</c><00:39:43.980><c> the</c><00:39:44.119><c> basis</c><00:39:44.340><c> of</c><00:39:44.500><c> what</c><00:39:44.760><c> we</c><00:39:45.400><c> thought.</c>

00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:47.480
That's<00:39:45.980><c> what</c><00:39:46.119><c> Abraham</c><00:39:46.360><c> did.</c>

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:50.199
But<00:39:48.599><c> he</c><00:39:48.840><c> thought</c><00:39:49.099><c> wrong.</c>

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:54.179
And<00:39:51.780><c> what</c><00:39:51.940><c> he</c><00:39:52.159><c> says</c><00:39:52.320><c> by</c><00:39:52.539><c> way</c><00:39:52.719><c> of</c><00:39:53.019><c> excuse</c><00:39:53.239><c> in</c><00:39:53.400><c> the</c><00:39:53.539><c> eleventh</c><00:39:53.800><c> verse</c><00:39:54.039><c> is</c>

00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:54.480
he<00:39:54.260><c> says,</c>

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:58.019
I<00:39:55.199><c> thought</c><00:39:55.539><c> surely</c><00:39:55.940><c> the</c><00:39:56.179><c> fear</c><00:39:56.340><c> of</c><00:39:56.659><c> God</c><00:39:56.980><c> is</c><00:39:57.260><c> not</c><00:39:57.460><c> in</c><00:39:57.639><c> this</c><00:39:57.840><c> place.</c>

00:39:58.099 --> 00:40:00.980
He<00:39:58.440><c> thought</c><00:39:58.599><c> the</c><00:39:58.860><c> fear</c><00:39:59.000><c> of</c><00:39:59.280><c> God</c><00:39:59.539><c> wasn't</c><00:39:59.920><c> in</c><00:40:00.119><c> Abimelech's</c><00:40:00.780><c> heart.</c>

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:02.219
You<00:40:01.179><c> know</c><00:40:01.260><c> what</c><00:40:01.320><c> the</c><00:40:01.360><c> real</c><00:40:01.619><c> problem</c><00:40:01.900><c> was?</c>

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:05.559
The<00:40:02.599><c> fear</c><00:40:02.860><c> of</c><00:40:03.119><c> man</c><00:40:03.559><c> was</c><00:40:04.159><c> in</c><00:40:04.420><c> Abraham's</c><00:40:05.280><c> heart.</c>

00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:06.739
That<00:40:05.900><c> was</c><00:40:06.079><c> the</c><00:40:06.199><c> problem</c><00:40:06.440><c> here.</c>

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:09.440
It<00:40:07.179><c> wasn't</c><00:40:07.400><c> that</c><00:40:07.579><c> the</c><00:40:07.719><c> fear</c><00:40:07.860><c> of</c><00:40:08.059><c> God</c><00:40:08.219><c> wasn't</c><00:40:08.539><c> in</c><00:40:08.699><c> Abimelech's</c><00:40:09.280><c> heart.</c>

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:13.300
It<00:40:09.739><c> was</c><00:40:09.900><c> that</c><00:40:10.079><c> the</c><00:40:10.280><c> fear</c><00:40:10.480><c> of</c><00:40:10.800><c> man</c><00:40:11.320><c> was</c><00:40:12.000><c> in</c><00:40:12.380><c> Abraham's</c><00:40:13.179><c> heart.</c>

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:15.179
That's<00:40:13.579><c> why</c><00:40:13.739><c> he'd</c><00:40:13.960><c> really</c><00:40:14.360><c> done</c><00:40:14.619><c> what</c><00:40:14.820><c> he'd</c><00:40:15.079><c> done.</c>

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.699
This<00:40:15.539><c> was</c><00:40:15.760><c> all</c><00:40:15.980><c> an</c><00:40:16.179><c> excuse.</c>

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:18.139
Verse<00:40:17.139><c> 12,</c><00:40:17.639><c> same</c><00:40:17.860><c> thing.</c>

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:20.280
And<00:40:18.519><c> yet</c><00:40:18.719><c> indeed</c><00:40:19.219><c> she</c><00:40:19.460><c> is</c><00:40:19.719><c> my</c><00:40:20.000><c> sister.</c>

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:23.280
She<00:40:20.420><c> is</c><00:40:20.619><c> the</c><00:40:20.780><c> daughter</c><00:40:20.960><c> of</c><00:40:21.159><c> my</c><00:40:21.380><c> father,</c><00:40:21.980><c> but</c><00:40:22.099><c> not</c><00:40:22.280><c> the</c><00:40:22.400><c> daughter</c><00:40:22.599><c> of</c><00:40:22.800><c> my</c><00:40:22.980><c> mother.</c>

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:25.159
And<00:40:23.980><c> she</c><00:40:24.199><c> became</c><00:40:24.519><c> my</c><00:40:24.820><c> wife.</c>

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:27.780
And<00:40:25.639><c> it</c><00:40:25.780><c> came</c><00:40:25.960><c> to</c><00:40:26.159><c> pass</c><00:40:26.340><c> when</c><00:40:26.539><c> God</c><00:40:26.780><c> caused</c><00:40:27.039><c> me</c><00:40:27.239><c> to</c><00:40:27.420><c> wander</c><00:40:27.599><c> from</c>

00:40:27.780 --> 00:40:28.699
my<00:40:28.059><c> father's</c><00:40:28.519><c> house,</c>

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:31.340
and<00:40:28.820><c> I</c><00:40:28.940><c> said,</c><00:40:29.179><c> this</c><00:40:29.280><c> is</c><00:40:29.500><c> the</c><00:40:29.679><c> kindness</c><00:40:29.900><c> which</c><00:40:30.219><c> that</c><00:40:30.480><c> was</c><00:40:31.019><c> all</c><00:40:31.219><c> a</c>

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:34.159
weak<00:40:31.480><c> excuse,</c><00:40:31.960><c> wasn't</c><00:40:32.280><c> it?</c>

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:38.159
There<00:40:35.300><c> was</c><00:40:35.300><c> no</c><00:40:35.659><c> justification</c><00:40:36.360><c> whatsoever</c><00:40:37.039><c> for</c><00:40:37.300><c> what</c><00:40:37.500><c> Abraham</c><00:40:37.780><c> says</c>

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:41.400
here<00:40:38.619><c> or</c><00:40:39.940><c> does</c><00:40:40.280><c> here.</c>

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:45.559
And<00:40:43.179><c> you</c><00:40:43.280><c> know,</c><00:40:43.380><c> he's</c><00:40:43.760><c> doubly</c><00:40:44.139><c> to</c><00:40:44.420><c> blame</c><00:40:44.599><c> on</c><00:40:44.880><c> this</c><00:40:45.079><c> occasion</c>

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:47.000
compared<00:40:46.099><c> to</c><00:40:46.420><c> what</c><00:40:46.719><c> happened</c>

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:48.320
in<00:40:47.199><c> Genesis</c><00:40:47.539><c> chapter</c><00:40:47.880><c> 12.</c>

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:50.920
Because<00:40:48.659><c> when</c><00:40:48.820><c> he</c><00:40:48.960><c> went</c><00:40:49.099><c> down</c><00:40:49.320><c> into</c><00:40:49.500><c> Egypt</c><00:40:49.840><c> in</c><00:40:50.000><c> Genesis</c><00:40:50.380><c> chapter</c><00:40:50.659><c> 12,</c>

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:53.739
he<00:40:51.079><c> didn't</c><00:40:51.380><c> really</c><00:40:51.920><c> understand</c><00:40:52.599><c> the</c><00:40:52.860><c> fullness</c><00:40:53.079><c> of</c><00:40:53.340><c> the</c><00:40:53.519><c> promise.</c>

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:56.239
But<00:40:54.219><c> you</c><00:40:54.380><c> see,</c><00:40:54.480><c> from</c><00:40:54.699><c> that</c><00:40:55.039><c> time</c><00:40:55.280><c> when</c><00:40:55.400><c> they</c><00:40:55.619><c> had</c><00:40:55.780><c> come</c><00:40:55.940><c> forth</c>

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:57.260
out<00:40:56.760><c> of</c><00:40:56.900><c> Egypt,</c>

00:40:57.260 --> 00:41:02.320
he<00:40:57.960><c> knew</c><00:40:58.619><c> in</c><00:40:59.000><c> Genesis</c><00:40:59.340><c> chapter</c><00:40:59.679><c> 15</c><00:41:00.219><c> that</c><00:41:00.699><c> the</c><00:41:01.039><c> child</c><00:41:01.599><c> had</c><00:41:02.119><c> to</c>

00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:04.320
come<00:41:02.539><c> from</c><00:41:02.780><c> his</c><00:41:03.119><c> loins,</c>

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:06.000
Genesis<00:41:04.940><c> 15.</c>

00:41:06.260 --> 00:41:10.219
And<00:41:06.500><c> he</c><00:41:06.619><c> also</c><00:41:07.039><c> knew,</c><00:41:07.360><c> Genesis</c><00:41:07.739><c> 17,</c><00:41:08.300><c> that</c><00:41:08.360><c> it</c><00:41:08.659><c> had</c><00:41:08.900><c> to</c><00:41:09.119><c> be</c><00:41:09.360><c> nourished</c><00:41:09.760><c> in</c>

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:11.900
Sarah's<00:41:10.980><c> womb.</c>

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:15.400
And<00:41:13.840><c> he</c><00:41:13.920><c> knew</c><00:41:14.059><c> that</c><00:41:14.260><c> now.</c>

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:19.519
He<00:41:16.880><c> knew</c><00:41:17.219><c> that</c><00:41:17.380><c> they</c><00:41:17.539><c> were</c><00:41:17.659><c> in</c><00:41:17.860><c> this</c><00:41:18.199><c> promise</c><00:41:18.460><c> together.</c>

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:21.300
Went<00:41:20.019><c> ahead</c><00:41:20.440><c> with</c><00:41:20.739><c> what</c><00:41:20.900><c> they</c><00:41:21.119><c> did.</c>

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:23.940
Doubly<00:41:21.860><c> to</c><00:41:22.079><c> blame</c><00:41:22.239><c> was</c><00:41:22.460><c> Abraham</c><00:41:22.920><c> on</c><00:41:23.480><c> this</c><00:41:23.639><c> occasion.</c>

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:25.260
There<00:41:24.300><c> is</c><00:41:24.659><c> no</c><00:41:24.900><c> excuse.</c>

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:27.199
And<00:41:25.460><c> all</c><00:41:25.659><c> this</c><00:41:25.880><c> business</c><00:41:26.119><c> in</c><00:41:26.300><c> the</c><00:41:26.440><c> twelfth</c><00:41:26.760><c> verse</c><00:41:26.980><c> saying,</c>

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:29.679
well,<00:41:27.539><c> she</c><00:41:27.719><c> really</c><00:41:28.039><c> is</c><00:41:28.300><c> partly</c><00:41:28.500><c> my</c><00:41:28.820><c> sister.</c>

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:34.079
Half<00:41:30.139><c> truths,</c><00:41:30.980><c> brothers</c><00:41:31.159><c> and</c><00:41:31.440><c> sisters,</c><00:41:32.480><c> and</c><00:41:32.719><c> young</c><00:41:32.940><c> people,</c>

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:36.340
are<00:41:35.260><c> lies.</c>

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:42.739
Especially<00:41:39.239><c> when</c><00:41:39.719><c> they</c><00:41:39.980><c> are</c><00:41:40.219><c> uttered</c><00:41:41.099><c> with</c><00:41:41.400><c> deliberate</c><00:41:41.860><c> intent</c><00:41:42.420><c> to</c>

00:41:42.739 --> 00:41:45.059
deceive<00:41:43.320><c> in</c><00:41:44.099><c> the</c><00:41:44.320><c> first</c><00:41:44.579><c> place.</c>

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:47.519
He<00:41:45.679><c> would</c><00:41:45.840><c> have</c><00:41:45.960><c> been</c><00:41:46.079><c> a</c><00:41:46.239><c> better</c><00:41:46.420><c> man,</c><00:41:46.820><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:46.920><c> he,</c><00:41:47.099><c> to</c><00:41:47.260><c> have</c><00:41:47.380><c> said,</c>

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:51.519
look,<00:41:47.679><c> I've</c><00:41:47.920><c> been</c><00:41:48.099><c> wrong,</c><00:41:48.619><c> you're</c><00:41:49.039><c> absolutely</c><00:41:49.539><c> right,</c><00:41:50.000><c> I</c><00:41:50.219><c> accept</c><00:41:50.440><c> whatever</c><00:41:50.820><c> judgment</c><00:41:51.219><c> you</c>

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.079
lay<00:41:51.679><c> upon</c><00:41:51.920><c> me.</c>

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:56.039
And<00:41:52.199><c> a</c><00:41:52.199><c> better</c><00:41:52.440><c> man</c><00:41:53.460><c> would</c><00:41:54.000><c> have</c><00:41:54.119><c> done</c><00:41:54.360><c> that.</c>

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:58.619
But<00:41:56.980><c> Abraham</c><00:41:57.280><c> was</c><00:41:57.699><c> timid,</c><00:41:58.119><c> always.</c>

00:41:59.079 --> 00:42:00.559
That<00:41:59.239><c> was</c><00:41:59.420><c> his</c><00:41:59.599><c> way.</c>

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:03.800
He<00:42:01.380><c> never</c><00:42:01.599><c> appears</c><00:42:01.840><c> in</c><00:42:02.699><c> a</c><00:42:02.800><c> good</c><00:42:02.940><c> light,</c><00:42:03.219><c> does</c><00:42:03.400><c> Abraham,</c>

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:06.340
when<00:42:04.280><c> it</c><00:42:04.400><c> comes</c><00:42:04.639><c> to</c><00:42:04.820><c> the</c><00:42:04.860><c> matter</c><00:42:05.119><c> of</c><00:42:05.300><c> showing</c><00:42:05.559><c> raw</c><00:42:05.880><c> courage,</c>

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:09.340
or<00:42:06.780><c> of</c><00:42:07.000><c> standing</c><00:42:07.300><c> up</c><00:42:07.599><c> to</c><00:42:07.840><c> strong</c><00:42:08.119><c> personalities.</c>

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:13.920
And<00:42:12.239><c> verse</c><00:42:12.420><c> 14</c><00:42:12.780><c> says,</c>

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:17.559
And<00:42:15.260><c> Abimelech</c><00:42:15.619><c> took</c><00:42:15.840><c> sheep</c><00:42:16.139><c> and</c><00:42:16.360><c> oxen,</c><00:42:16.719><c> and</c><00:42:16.900><c> men</c><00:42:17.179><c> servants,</c>

00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:18.619
and<00:42:17.840><c> women</c><00:42:18.179><c> servants,</c>

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:21.699
and<00:42:19.280><c> gave</c><00:42:19.780><c> them</c><00:42:19.960><c> unto</c><00:42:20.179><c> Abraham,</c><00:42:20.820><c> and</c><00:42:20.840><c> restored</c><00:42:21.119><c> him</c><00:42:21.440><c> Sarah</c>

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:22.300
his<00:42:22.000><c> wife.</c>

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:25.360
You<00:42:22.440><c> know,</c><00:42:23.340><c> that's</c><00:42:23.739><c> pretty</c><00:42:24.039><c> similar</c><00:42:24.380><c> to</c><00:42:24.599><c> what</c><00:42:25.000><c> Pharaoh</c><00:42:25.139><c> did,</c>

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:25.579
isn't<00:42:25.539><c> it?</c>

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:27.300
Let's<00:42:25.820><c> just</c><00:42:25.960><c> go</c><00:42:26.079><c> back</c><00:42:26.239><c> and</c><00:42:26.300><c> have</c><00:42:26.460><c> a</c><00:42:26.519><c> look</c><00:42:26.639><c> at</c><00:42:26.800><c> that.</c>

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:31.820
See<00:42:27.559><c> if</c><00:42:27.619><c> we</c><00:42:27.739><c> can</c><00:42:27.900><c> just</c><00:42:29.099><c> compare</c><00:42:29.679><c> the</c><00:42:29.920><c> records</c><00:42:30.239><c> there.</c>

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:39.400
You<00:42:36.039><c> see</c><00:42:36.099><c> what</c><00:42:36.239><c> it</c><00:42:36.440><c> says</c><00:42:36.619><c> in</c><00:42:36.800><c> Genesis</c><00:42:37.199><c> 12</c><00:42:37.840><c> and</c><00:42:38.059><c> verse</c><00:42:38.719><c> 16,</c>

00:42:39.539 --> 00:42:44.920
concerning<00:42:40.079><c> the</c><00:42:40.980><c> gifts</c><00:42:41.340><c> that</c><00:42:41.780><c> Pharaoh</c><00:42:42.360><c> gave</c><00:42:43.760><c> Abraham.</c>

00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:49.059
He<00:42:46.480><c> entreated</c><00:42:47.019><c> Abraham</c><00:42:47.519><c> well</c><00:42:48.320><c> for</c><00:42:48.559><c> her</c><00:42:48.820><c> sake,</c>

00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:54.219
and<00:42:49.239><c> he</c><00:42:49.300><c> had</c><00:42:50.039><c> sheep</c><00:42:50.800><c> and</c><00:42:52.500><c> oxen,</c>

00:42:55.139 --> 00:42:57.860
and<00:42:55.280><c> he</c><00:42:55.480><c>-asses,</c><00:42:56.119><c> and</c><00:42:56.239><c> men</c><00:42:56.480><c> servants,</c><00:42:57.079><c> and</c><00:42:57.219><c> maid</c><00:42:57.440><c> servants,</c>

00:42:58.079 --> 00:43:01.039
and<00:42:58.219><c> she</c><00:42:58.420><c>-asses,</c><00:42:59.739><c> and</c><00:42:59.900><c> camels.</c>

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:05.099
And<00:43:02.679><c> Genesis</c><00:43:02.960><c> 20</c><00:43:03.320><c> verse</c><00:43:03.599><c> 14</c><00:43:04.039><c> says,</c>

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:11.159
And<00:43:06.960><c> Abimelech</c><00:43:07.340><c> took</c><00:43:07.619><c> sheep</c><00:43:08.179><c> and</c><00:43:09.000><c> oxen,</c><00:43:10.159><c> and</c><00:43:10.320><c> men</c><00:43:10.599><c> servants,</c>

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:12.440
and<00:43:11.719><c> women</c><00:43:12.019><c> servants,</c>

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:15.260
and<00:43:12.679><c> gave</c><00:43:13.039><c> them</c><00:43:13.219><c> unto</c><00:43:13.440><c> Abraham,</c><00:43:14.440><c> and</c><00:43:14.440><c> restored</c><00:43:14.760><c> him</c><00:43:15.000><c> Sarah</c>

00:43:15.260 --> 00:43:15.559
his<00:43:15.420><c> wife.</c>

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:17.820
Almost<00:43:16.039><c> the</c><00:43:16.300><c> same,</c><00:43:16.519><c> isn't</c><00:43:16.559><c> it?</c><00:43:16.880><c> Almost</c><00:43:17.179><c> the</c><00:43:17.400><c> same</c><00:43:17.599><c> list.</c>

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:20.880
Gave<00:43:18.260><c> him</c><00:43:18.480><c> the</c><00:43:18.639><c> same</c><00:43:18.980><c> sorts</c><00:43:19.320><c> of</c><00:43:19.719><c> presents</c><00:43:19.960><c> as</c><00:43:20.360><c> Pharaoh</c><00:43:20.579><c> had</c>

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.159
given<00:43:21.039><c> him.</c>

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:23.280
But<00:43:21.280><c> there</c><00:43:21.400><c> was</c><00:43:21.519><c> a</c><00:43:21.579><c> big</c><00:43:21.760><c> difference,</c><00:43:22.199><c> wasn't</c><00:43:22.400><c> there?</c>

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:27.039
What<00:43:24.480><c> was</c><00:43:24.679><c> the</c><00:43:24.840><c> difference</c><00:43:25.119><c> between</c><00:43:25.440><c> the</c><00:43:25.599><c> gifts</c><00:43:25.840><c> of</c><00:43:26.159><c> Pharaoh,</c>

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:29.980
and<00:43:28.300><c> the</c><00:43:28.460><c> gifts</c><00:43:28.679><c> of</c><00:43:28.880><c> Abimelech?</c>

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:32.820
And<00:43:31.199><c> the</c><00:43:31.300><c> answer</c><00:43:31.619><c> is,</c><00:43:31.960><c> of</c><00:43:31.960><c> course,</c>

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:39.940
that<00:43:33.679><c> Pharaoh</c><00:43:34.000><c> gave</c><00:43:34.420><c> his</c><00:43:34.820><c> gifts</c><00:43:35.239><c> to</c><00:43:35.519><c> Abraham</c><00:43:36.139><c> when</c><00:43:37.659><c> he</c><00:43:38.019><c> received</c><00:43:38.599><c> Sarah.</c>

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:46.519
But<00:43:41.719><c> Abimelech</c><00:43:42.099><c> gave</c><00:43:42.380><c> his</c><00:43:42.659><c> gifts</c><00:43:43.119><c> when</c><00:43:44.679><c> he</c><00:43:44.820><c> gave</c><00:43:45.039><c> Sarah</c><00:43:45.300><c> back.</c>

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:50.980
That's<00:43:47.960><c> quite</c><00:43:48.179><c> a</c><00:43:48.380><c> different</c><00:43:48.559><c> story,</c><00:43:48.920><c> isn't</c><00:43:49.039><c> it?</c>

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:56.579
Pharaoh<00:43:51.639><c> gave</c><00:43:52.079><c> his</c><00:43:52.659><c> almost</c><00:43:53.559><c> as</c><00:43:53.880><c> a</c><00:43:53.980><c> present,</c><00:43:54.420><c> forgetting</c><00:43:55.139><c> Sarah.</c>

00:43:58.079 --> 00:44:01.880
Abimelech<00:43:58.760><c> gives</c><00:43:59.219><c> Sarah</c><00:43:59.699><c> back,</c><00:44:00.039><c> and</c><00:44:00.360><c> then</c><00:44:00.719><c> gives</c><00:44:01.260><c> Abraham</c>

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:03.320
the<00:44:02.179><c> gifts</c><00:44:02.519><c> besides,</c>

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:05.480
in<00:44:03.820><c> addition</c><00:44:04.179><c> to</c><00:44:04.519><c> restoring</c><00:44:04.980><c> his</c><00:44:05.280><c> wife.</c>

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:10.079
He<00:44:05.679><c> was</c><00:44:05.860><c> a</c><00:44:06.000><c> better</c><00:44:06.219><c> man</c><00:44:06.460><c> than</c><00:44:06.719><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:44:07.380><c> was</c><00:44:07.519><c> Abimelech.</c>

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:15.460
And<00:44:11.539><c> if</c><00:44:11.800><c> Abraham</c><00:44:12.159><c> had</c><00:44:12.480><c> felt</c><00:44:12.900><c> stung</c><00:44:13.539><c> in</c><00:44:13.920><c> conscience</c><00:44:14.420><c> by</c><00:44:14.699><c> the</c><00:44:14.900><c> gifts</c><00:44:15.159><c> of</c>

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:17.940
Pharaoh<00:44:15.739><c> in</c><00:44:15.920><c> Genesis</c><00:44:16.260><c> chapter</c><00:44:16.619><c> 12,</c>

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:20.840
how<00:44:19.079><c> do</c><00:44:19.260><c> you</c><00:44:19.260><c> think</c><00:44:19.440><c> he</c><00:44:19.539><c> would</c><00:44:19.719><c> have</c><00:44:19.900><c> felt</c><00:44:20.099><c> when</c><00:44:20.239><c> he</c><00:44:20.360><c> got</c><00:44:20.539><c> these</c>

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:23.280
gifts<00:44:21.139><c> in</c><00:44:21.360><c> Genesis</c><00:44:21.739><c> chapter</c><00:44:22.059><c> 20,</c>

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and<00:44:24.019><c> his</c><00:44:24.199><c> wife</c><00:44:24.480><c> back?</c>

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:28.659
About<00:44:27.260><c> that</c><00:44:27.659><c> big.</c>

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:31.139
Oh,<00:44:29.460><c> it</c><00:44:29.539><c> would</c><00:44:29.719><c> have</c><00:44:29.900><c> stung,</c><00:44:30.139><c> wouldn't</c><00:44:30.300><c> it?</c>

00:44:31.139 --> 00:44:34.360
How<00:44:32.039><c> dreadful</c><00:44:32.599><c> Abraham</c><00:44:32.980><c> would</c><00:44:33.179><c> have</c><00:44:33.400><c> felt</c><00:44:33.559><c> on</c><00:44:33.780><c> this</c><00:44:33.940><c> occasion.</c>

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:38.019
Thoroughly<00:44:35.320><c> outdone</c><00:44:35.679><c> by</c><00:44:35.960><c> the</c><00:44:36.239><c> righteousness</c><00:44:36.739><c> of</c><00:44:37.159><c> a</c><00:44:37.360><c> Gentile,</c>

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:40.179
even<00:44:38.400><c> as</c><00:44:38.639><c> Hebrews</c><00:44:38.920><c> 7</c><00:44:39.360><c> verse</c><00:44:39.619><c> 7</c><00:44:39.940><c> says,</c>

00:44:40.340 --> 00:44:44.480
the<00:44:40.559><c> less</c><00:44:41.079><c> is</c><00:44:41.539><c> invariably</c><00:44:42.719><c> blessed</c><00:44:43.239><c> of</c><00:44:43.440><c> the</c><00:44:43.639><c> better.</c>

00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:46.519
And<00:44:44.960><c> so</c><00:44:45.139><c> he</c><00:44:45.340><c> was</c><00:44:45.639><c> on</c><00:44:46.079><c> this</c><00:44:46.239><c> occasion.</c>

00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:48.119
And<00:44:46.719><c> you</c><00:44:46.840><c> see</c><00:44:46.900><c> what</c><00:44:47.059><c> verse</c><00:44:47.320><c> 15</c><00:44:47.760><c> says.</c>

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:49.219
And<00:44:48.579><c> Abimelech</c><00:44:49.000><c> said,</c>

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Behold,<00:44:49.920><c> my</c><00:44:50.159><c> land</c><00:44:50.539><c> is</c><00:44:50.760><c> before</c><00:44:51.099><c> thee,</c><00:44:51.400><c> dwell</c><00:44:51.739><c> where</c><00:44:52.019><c> it</c><00:44:52.260><c> pleases</c><00:44:52.519><c> thee.</c>

00:44:52.639 --> 00:44:54.699
You<00:44:52.760><c> know,</c><00:44:52.840><c> those</c><00:44:53.039><c> are</c><00:44:53.260><c> interesting</c><00:44:53.719><c> phrases.</c>

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:57.300
My<00:44:55.320><c> land</c><00:44:55.940><c> is</c><00:44:56.480><c> before</c><00:44:57.079><c> thee.</c>

00:44:57.340 --> 00:44:59.119
Come<00:44:57.539><c> back</c><00:44:57.719><c> to</c><00:44:57.840><c> Genesis</c><00:44:58.219><c> chapter</c><00:44:58.559><c> 13.</c>

00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:03.599
Now<00:44:59.800><c> we've</c><00:45:00.079><c> heard</c><00:45:00.179><c> that</c><00:45:00.480><c> phrase</c><00:45:00.760><c> before</c><00:45:01.320><c> in</c><00:45:01.679><c> the</c><00:45:01.780><c> book</c><00:45:01.960><c> of</c><00:45:02.159><c> Genesis.</c>

00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:04.860
Abimelech<00:45:04.019><c> said</c><00:45:04.320><c> to</c><00:45:04.500><c> Abraham,</c>

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Behold,<00:45:05.500><c> my</c><00:45:05.920><c> land</c><00:45:06.460><c> is</c><00:45:07.139><c> before</c><00:45:07.619><c> thee.</c>

00:45:10.880 --> 00:45:15.039
Genesis<00:45:11.480><c> 13</c><00:45:12.079><c> and</c><00:45:13.219><c> verse</c><00:45:13.440><c> 8.</c>

00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:16.539
And<00:45:15.579><c> Abraham</c><00:45:15.880><c> said</c><00:45:16.099><c> unto</c><00:45:16.380><c> Lot,</c>

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:20.420
Let<00:45:16.840><c> there</c><00:45:17.059><c> be</c><00:45:17.199><c> no</c><00:45:17.519><c> strife,</c><00:45:17.920><c> I</c><00:45:18.159><c> pray</c><00:45:18.320><c> thee,</c><00:45:18.579><c> between</c><00:45:18.820><c> me</c><00:45:19.360><c> and</c><00:45:19.579><c> thee,</c>

00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:23.840
and<00:45:20.920><c> between</c><00:45:21.260><c> my</c><00:45:21.719><c> herdmen</c><00:45:22.099><c> and</c><00:45:22.300><c> thy</c><00:45:22.719><c> herdmen,</c><00:45:23.119><c> for</c><00:45:23.239><c> we</c><00:45:23.440><c> be</c><00:45:23.599><c> brethren.</c>

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:27.559
Is<00:45:24.360><c> not</c><00:45:24.800><c> the</c><00:45:25.139><c> whole</c><00:45:25.639><c> land</c><00:45:26.159><c> before</c><00:45:26.619><c> thee?</c>

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:31.579
Why,<00:45:28.500><c> those</c><00:45:28.760><c> were</c><00:45:28.940><c> the</c><00:45:28.960><c> words</c><00:45:29.179><c> of</c><00:45:29.400><c> Abraham</c><00:45:29.699><c> himself</c><00:45:30.500><c> to</c><00:45:30.880><c> Lot.</c>

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:35.239
The<00:45:33.500><c> whole</c><00:45:33.679><c> land</c><00:45:33.900><c> is</c><00:45:34.079><c> before</c><00:45:34.340><c> thee.</c>

00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:38.420
Those<00:45:36.579><c> were</c><00:45:36.760><c> the</c><00:45:36.840><c> very</c><00:45:37.000><c> words</c><00:45:37.260><c> that</c><00:45:37.519><c> Abraham</c><00:45:37.840><c> had</c><00:45:38.159><c> used</c>

00:45:38.420 --> 00:45:41.340
in<00:45:38.719><c> order</c><00:45:38.940><c> to</c><00:45:39.159><c> invite</c><00:45:39.460><c> Lot</c><00:45:39.699><c> to</c><00:45:39.860><c> take</c><00:45:40.059><c> whatever</c><00:45:40.440><c> portion</c><00:45:40.800><c> he</c><00:45:41.059><c> wanted</c>

00:45:41.340 --> 00:45:44.760
and<00:45:41.639><c> Abraham</c><00:45:42.099><c> would</c><00:45:42.400><c> stand</c><00:45:42.679><c> back</c><00:45:42.920><c> and</c><00:45:43.079><c> let</c><00:45:43.280><c> Lot</c><00:45:43.539><c> do</c><00:45:43.739><c> the</c><00:45:43.940><c> choosing.</c>

00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:50.699
And<00:45:47.960><c> now</c><00:45:48.159><c> Abraham</c><00:45:48.619><c> stands</c><00:45:49.260><c> in</c><00:45:49.559><c> the</c><00:45:49.699><c> court</c><00:45:49.800><c> of</c><00:45:49.960><c> a</c><00:45:50.059><c> Gentile</c><00:45:50.539><c> king</c>

00:45:50.699 --> 00:45:52.800
and<00:45:50.900><c> hears</c><00:45:51.019><c> his</c><00:45:51.219><c> own</c><00:45:51.460><c> words.</c>

00:45:53.739 --> 00:45:58.159
Hears<00:45:54.260><c> them</c><00:45:54.440><c> coming</c><00:45:54.639><c> out</c><00:45:54.820><c> of</c><00:45:54.900><c> the</c><00:45:55.059><c> mouth</c><00:45:55.480><c> of</c><00:45:56.059><c> a</c><00:45:56.159><c> Gentile.</c>

00:45:58.440 --> 00:46:01.440
Is<00:45:58.559><c> not</c><00:45:58.960><c> the</c><00:46:00.039><c> land</c><00:46:00.360><c> before</c><00:46:00.659><c> thee?</c>

00:46:01.480 --> 00:46:03.440
And<00:46:01.860><c> then</c><00:46:01.960><c> you</c><00:46:02.059><c> see</c><00:46:02.139><c> what</c><00:46:02.300><c> Abimelech</c><00:46:02.659><c> says</c><00:46:02.860><c> in</c><00:46:03.039><c> the</c><00:46:03.199><c> balance</c>

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:04.420
of<00:46:03.659><c> verse</c><00:46:03.880><c> 15.</c>

00:46:04.780 --> 00:46:05.539
Not<00:46:04.940><c> only</c><00:46:05.119><c> does</c><00:46:05.239><c> he</c><00:46:05.380><c> say,</c>

00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:07.320
Behold,<00:46:06.059><c> my</c><00:46:06.380><c> land</c><00:46:06.739><c> is</c><00:46:06.980><c> before</c><00:46:07.219><c> thee,</c>

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:08.139
but<00:46:07.420><c> he</c><00:46:07.559><c> also</c><00:46:07.880><c> says,</c>

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:09.780
dwell<00:46:08.679><c> where</c><00:46:08.980><c> it</c><00:46:09.300><c> pleases</c><00:46:09.619><c> thee.</c>

00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:11.659
And<00:46:09.940><c> that</c><00:46:10.159><c> phrase,</c><00:46:10.800><c> where</c><00:46:11.000><c> it</c><00:46:11.260><c> pleases</c><00:46:11.519><c> thee,</c>

00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:15.760
that's<00:46:12.039><c> the</c><00:46:12.260><c> same</c><00:46:12.619><c> phrase</c><00:46:13.039><c> in</c><00:46:13.380><c> the</c><00:46:13.579><c> Hebrew</c><00:46:13.980><c> in</c><00:46:14.519><c> Genesis</c><00:46:14.880><c> chapter</c><00:46:15.260><c> 16</c>

00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:17.239
and<00:46:15.960><c> verse</c><00:46:16.219><c> 6,</c><00:46:16.619><c> remember,</c>

00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:20.159
when<00:46:17.780><c> Abraham</c><00:46:18.199><c> said</c><00:46:18.460><c> to</c><00:46:18.699><c> Sarah</c><00:46:19.099><c> concerning</c><00:46:19.719><c> Hagar,</c>

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:23.380
Do<00:46:20.579><c> to</c><00:46:20.940><c> her</c><00:46:21.320><c> as</c><00:46:21.820><c> it</c><00:46:22.400><c> pleaseth</c><00:46:23.039><c> thee,</c>

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:26.460
as<00:46:24.079><c> is</c><00:46:24.579><c> tov</c><00:46:25.659><c> in</c><00:46:25.940><c> the</c><00:46:26.119><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:46:26.940 --> 00:46:29.239
Do<00:46:27.099><c> to</c><00:46:27.260><c> thee</c><00:46:27.440><c> as</c><00:46:27.639><c> it</c><00:46:28.099><c> pleaseth</c><00:46:28.739><c> thee,</c>

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:31.739
Genesis<00:46:29.800><c> 16</c><00:46:30.380><c> verse</c><00:46:30.679><c> 6.</c>

00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:34.139
And<00:46:32.019><c> that's</c><00:46:32.320><c> the</c><00:46:32.480><c> phrase</c><00:46:32.679><c> that</c><00:46:32.860><c> Abimelech</c><00:46:33.219><c> now</c><00:46:33.500><c> takes</c><00:46:33.659><c> up</c><00:46:33.840><c> and</c><00:46:33.980><c> says,</c>

00:46:34.199 --> 00:46:36.340
dwell<00:46:34.639><c> where</c><00:46:35.320><c> it</c><00:46:35.539><c> is</c><00:46:35.820><c> tov</c><00:46:36.000><c> to</c><00:46:36.179><c> thee,</c>

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:37.619
where<00:46:36.579><c> it</c><00:46:36.940><c> pleaseth</c><00:46:37.400><c> thee.</c>

00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:40.860
So<00:46:38.139><c> you</c><00:46:38.300><c> see,</c><00:46:38.800><c> the</c><00:46:38.900><c> very</c><00:46:39.139><c> words</c><00:46:39.460><c> of</c><00:46:39.679><c> Genesis</c><00:46:40.039><c> chapter</c><00:46:40.380><c> 20</c><00:46:40.699><c> and</c>

00:46:40.860 --> 00:46:41.760
verse<00:46:41.159><c> 15</c>

00:46:41.760 --> 00:46:45.460
represent<00:46:42.579><c> Abraham's</c><00:46:43.519><c> own</c><00:46:43.840><c> words</c><00:46:44.179><c> at</c><00:46:44.380><c> a</c><00:46:44.659><c> better</c><00:46:44.840><c> time</c><00:46:45.159><c> in</c><00:46:45.340><c> his</c>

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:46.059
own<00:46:45.699><c> life</c>

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:48.840
when<00:46:46.340><c> he</c><00:46:46.460><c> was</c><00:46:46.659><c> showing</c><00:46:46.840><c> a</c><00:46:47.159><c> better</c><00:46:47.420><c> spirit</c><00:46:47.940><c> both</c><00:46:48.360><c> to</c><00:46:48.639><c> Lot</c>

00:46:48.840 --> 00:46:53.300
in<00:46:49.340><c> Genesis</c><00:46:49.719><c> 13</c><00:46:50.380><c> and</c><00:46:51.480><c> to</c><00:46:51.780><c> Sarah</c><00:46:52.059><c> in</c><00:46:52.320><c> Genesis</c><00:46:52.679><c> 16.</c>

00:46:53.579 --> 00:46:57.000
And<00:46:53.679><c> he</c><00:46:53.739><c> now</c><00:46:53.960><c> has</c><00:46:54.159><c> to</c><00:46:54.440><c> stand</c><00:46:54.699><c> and</c><00:46:55.139><c> hear</c><00:46:55.260><c> an</c><00:46:55.559><c> echo</c><00:46:55.860><c> of</c><00:46:56.099><c> his</c><00:46:56.239><c> own</c><00:46:56.519><c> words</c>

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:59.280
coming<00:46:57.320><c> out</c><00:46:57.519><c> of</c><00:46:57.579><c> the</c><00:46:57.679><c> mouth</c><00:46:57.880><c> of</c><00:46:58.039><c> Abimelech.</c>

00:46:59.699 --> 00:47:03.320
Now,<00:47:00.239><c> how</c><00:47:00.659><c> do</c><00:47:00.820><c> you</c><00:47:00.980><c> think</c><00:47:01.199><c> Abraham</c><00:47:01.519><c> would</c><00:47:01.699><c> have</c><00:47:01.880><c> felt</c><00:47:02.039><c> by</c><00:47:02.260><c> all</c><00:47:02.420><c> that?</c>

00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:08.099
He<00:47:04.360><c> really</c><00:47:04.780><c> would</c><00:47:04.960><c> have</c><00:47:05.139><c> felt</c><00:47:05.340><c> humbled</c><00:47:05.780><c> by</c><00:47:06.019><c> that</c><00:47:06.239><c> whole</c><00:47:06.539><c> exchange,</c><00:47:07.139><c> wouldn't</c><00:47:07.219><c> he?</c>

00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:10.420
He<00:47:08.639><c> would</c><00:47:08.840><c> have</c><00:47:09.000><c> felt</c><00:47:09.099><c> that</c><00:47:09.280><c> he'd</c><00:47:09.539><c> let</c><00:47:09.699><c> God</c><00:47:10.059><c> down,</c>

00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:14.579
let<00:47:10.599><c> his</c><00:47:10.880><c> wife</c><00:47:11.199><c> down,</c><00:47:11.860><c> let</c><00:47:12.019><c> himself</c><00:47:12.539><c> down</c><00:47:13.139><c> badly</c><00:47:13.679><c> in</c><00:47:14.340><c> this</c>

00:47:14.579 --> 00:47:15.579
particular<00:47:15.079><c> episode.</c>

00:47:15.579 --> 00:47:19.039
And<00:47:16.219><c> worse</c><00:47:16.460><c> still</c><00:47:16.800><c> that</c><00:47:16.960><c> it</c><00:47:17.179><c> happened</c><00:47:17.460><c> at</c><00:47:17.860><c> the</c><00:47:18.119><c> very</c><00:47:18.500><c> time</c>

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:21.719
when<00:47:19.460><c> the</c><00:47:19.760><c> child</c><00:47:20.239><c> was</c><00:47:20.860><c> due</c><00:47:21.079><c> to</c><00:47:21.239><c> be</c><00:47:21.460><c> born.</c>

00:47:21.880 --> 00:47:25.079
And<00:47:22.000><c> so</c><00:47:22.239><c> verse</c><00:47:22.480><c> 16</c><00:47:23.000><c> says</c><00:47:23.360><c> of</c><00:47:23.519><c> Genesis</c><00:47:23.880><c> chapter</c><00:47:24.199><c> 20,</c>

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:29.719
And<00:47:25.860><c> unto</c><00:47:26.139><c> Sarah</c><00:47:26.500><c> he</c><00:47:26.739><c> said,</c><00:47:27.179><c> Behold,</c><00:47:27.619><c> I</c><00:47:27.840><c> have</c><00:47:28.079><c> given</c><00:47:28.480><c> thy</c><00:47:29.019><c> brother,</c>

00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:33.800
so<00:47:30.320><c> you</c><00:47:30.500><c> see</c><00:47:30.639><c> the</c><00:47:31.000><c> irony</c><00:47:31.420><c> is</c><00:47:31.900><c> directed</c><00:47:32.239><c> against</c><00:47:32.780><c> Sarah,</c><00:47:33.440><c> isn't</c><00:47:33.519><c> it?</c>

00:47:34.079 --> 00:47:39.619
I've<00:47:34.539><c> given</c><00:47:34.860><c> thy</c><00:47:35.420><c> brother</c><00:47:36.079><c> a</c><00:47:36.500><c> thousand</c><00:47:37.079><c> pieces</c><00:47:37.900><c> of</c><00:47:39.260><c> silver.</c>

00:47:39.739 --> 00:47:41.340
Now,<00:47:40.019><c> if</c><00:47:40.199><c> you</c><00:47:40.280><c> come</c><00:47:40.420><c> to</c><00:47:40.559><c> the</c><00:47:40.719><c> Song</c><00:47:40.860><c> of</c><00:47:41.099><c> Solomon,</c>

00:47:41.400 --> 00:47:44.139
we<00:47:41.539><c> do</c><00:47:41.860><c> seem</c><00:47:42.079><c> to</c><00:47:42.239><c> have</c><00:47:42.360><c> the</c><00:47:42.539><c> key</c><00:47:42.719><c> to</c><00:47:42.900><c> this</c><00:47:43.300><c> little</c><00:47:43.699><c> phrase</c>

00:47:44.139 --> 00:47:48.519
in<00:47:44.679><c> the</c><00:47:44.880><c> Song</c><00:47:45.139><c> of</c><00:47:45.320><c> Solomon</c><00:47:45.739><c> chapter</c><00:47:46.360><c> 8</c><00:47:46.880><c> and</c><00:47:47.079><c> verses</c><00:47:47.380><c> 11</c><00:47:47.719><c> and</c><00:47:47.900><c> 12.</c>

00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:52.260
It<00:47:49.179><c> does</c><00:47:49.420><c> seem</c><00:47:49.639><c> to</c><00:47:49.800><c> be</c><00:47:49.980><c> an</c><00:47:50.280><c> idea</c><00:47:50.619><c> here</c><00:47:50.900><c> that</c><00:47:51.300><c> is</c><00:47:51.659><c> taken</c><00:47:51.860><c> up</c>

00:47:52.260 --> 00:47:55.260
by<00:47:52.539><c> way</c><00:47:52.719><c> of</c><00:47:53.039><c> explanation</c><00:47:53.480><c> in</c><00:47:53.760><c> the</c><00:47:53.920><c> Song</c><00:47:54.099><c> of</c><00:47:54.340><c> Solomon.</c>

00:47:56.239 --> 00:48:01.360
I<00:47:56.260><c> have</c><00:47:56.519><c> given</c><00:47:56.760><c> thy</c><00:47:57.059><c> brother</c><00:47:57.380><c> a</c><00:47:57.820><c> thousand</c><00:47:58.500><c> pieces</c><00:47:59.300><c> of</c><00:48:00.360><c> silver.</c>

00:48:12.900 --> 00:48:17.679
Now,<00:48:13.719><c> in</c><00:48:13.860><c> the</c><00:48:13.880><c> Song</c><00:48:14.099><c> of</c><00:48:14.300><c> Solomon</c><00:48:14.639><c> chapter</c><00:48:15.019><c> 8</c><00:48:15.400><c> and</c><00:48:15.599><c> verse</c><00:48:15.980><c> 11,</c>

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:25.639
Solomon<00:48:22.380><c> had</c><00:48:22.659><c> a</c><00:48:22.840><c> vineyard</c><00:48:23.599><c> at</c><00:48:24.139><c> Baal</c><00:48:24.599><c> Haiman.</c>

00:48:26.519 --> 00:48:30.780
He<00:48:27.119><c> let</c><00:48:27.320><c> out</c><00:48:27.599><c> the</c><00:48:27.780><c> vineyard</c><00:48:28.119><c> unto</c><00:48:28.400><c> keepers.</c>

00:48:31.239 --> 00:48:34.300
Every<00:48:31.400><c> one</c><00:48:31.579><c> for</c><00:48:31.739><c> the</c><00:48:31.960><c> fruit</c><00:48:32.119><c> thereof</c><00:48:32.619><c> was</c><00:48:32.900><c> to</c><00:48:33.079><c> bring</c><00:48:33.260><c> a</c><00:48:33.460><c> thousand</c><00:48:33.840><c> pieces</c>

00:48:34.300 --> 00:48:34.840
of<00:48:34.579><c> silver.</c>

00:48:34.900 --> 00:48:39.820
So<00:48:35.119><c> the</c><00:48:35.360><c> hire</c><00:48:35.659><c> of</c><00:48:35.960><c> the</c><00:48:36.179><c> vineyard</c><00:48:37.579><c> was</c><00:48:38.000><c> a</c><00:48:38.179><c> thousand</c><00:48:38.639><c> pieces.</c>

00:48:40.760 --> 00:48:43.599
My<00:48:41.219><c> vineyard,</c><00:48:41.920><c> says</c><00:48:42.099><c> the</c><00:48:42.300><c> bride,</c><00:48:42.679><c> verse</c><00:48:42.960><c> 12,</c>

00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:48.059
My<00:48:44.400><c> vineyard</c><00:48:45.000><c> which</c><00:48:45.300><c> is</c><00:48:45.760><c> mine</c><00:48:46.019><c> is</c><00:48:46.280><c> before</c><00:48:46.599><c> me.</c>

00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:52.719
Thou,<00:48:49.400><c> O</c><00:48:49.760><c> Solomon,</c><00:48:51.199><c> must</c><00:48:51.500><c> have</c><00:48:51.739><c> a</c><00:48:51.880><c> thousand.</c>

00:48:53.599 --> 00:48:57.739
So<00:48:54.219><c> why</c><00:48:54.599><c> was</c><00:48:54.940><c> Solomon</c><00:48:55.340><c> to</c><00:48:55.659><c> receive</c><00:48:56.000><c> a</c><00:48:56.239><c> thousand</c><00:48:56.659><c> pieces</c><00:48:57.119><c> of</c><00:48:57.440><c> silver</c>

00:48:57.739 --> 00:49:00.579
for<00:48:58.000><c> a</c><00:48:58.179><c> vineyard</c><00:48:58.619><c> that</c><00:48:58.900><c> really</c><00:48:59.280><c> belongs</c><00:48:59.800><c> to</c><00:49:00.059><c> his</c><00:49:00.260><c> wife?</c>

00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:04.860
And<00:49:01.039><c> the</c><00:49:01.119><c> answer</c><00:49:01.440><c> is</c><00:49:01.659><c> because</c><00:49:02.239><c> his</c><00:49:02.559><c> wife</c><00:49:02.840><c> belongs</c><00:49:03.260><c> to</c><00:49:03.480><c> him.</c>

00:49:05.880 --> 00:49:09.440
And<00:49:06.500><c> because</c><00:49:06.880><c> she</c><00:49:07.179><c> belongs</c><00:49:07.719><c> to</c><00:49:08.000><c> him,</c>

00:49:10.420 --> 00:49:12.539
then<00:49:10.519><c> the</c><00:49:10.739><c> fruit</c><00:49:10.860><c> of</c><00:49:11.039><c> that</c><00:49:11.260><c> vineyard</c><00:49:11.619><c> or</c><00:49:11.800><c> the</c><00:49:12.059><c> price</c><00:49:12.260><c> of</c><00:49:12.420><c> the</c>

00:49:12.539 --> 00:49:13.300
fruit<00:49:12.639><c> of</c><00:49:12.800><c> that</c><00:49:12.940><c> vineyard</c>

00:49:13.300 --> 00:49:16.539
belongs<00:49:13.639><c> to</c><00:49:13.820><c> him,</c><00:49:14.019><c> a</c><00:49:14.179><c> thousand</c><00:49:14.639><c> pieces</c><00:49:15.159><c> of</c><00:49:15.659><c> silver.</c>

00:49:18.119 --> 00:49:21.539
So<00:49:18.699><c> in</c><00:49:18.800><c> other</c><00:49:18.960><c> words,</c><00:49:19.199><c> coming</c><00:49:19.360><c> back</c><00:49:19.599><c> to</c><00:49:19.699><c> Genesis</c><00:49:20.059><c> chapter</c><00:49:20.420><c> 20,</c>

00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:24.539
what<00:49:22.800><c> Abimelech</c><00:49:23.159><c> was</c><00:49:23.400><c> saying</c><00:49:23.679><c> is,</c>

00:49:25.139 --> 00:49:27.719
I've<00:49:25.280><c> given</c><00:49:25.420><c> a</c><00:49:25.599><c> thousand</c><00:49:25.960><c> pieces</c><00:49:26.300><c> of</c><00:49:26.559><c> silver</c><00:49:26.860><c> for</c><00:49:27.099><c> the</c><00:49:27.440><c> hire</c>

00:49:27.719 --> 00:49:29.719
or<00:49:28.099><c> the</c><00:49:28.420><c> fruit</c><00:49:28.619><c> of</c><00:49:28.940><c> this</c><00:49:29.239><c> vineyard.</c>

00:49:29.980 --> 00:49:30.940
But<00:49:30.119><c> who</c><00:49:30.280><c> have</c><00:49:30.400><c> I</c><00:49:30.539><c> given</c><00:49:30.659><c> it</c><00:49:30.860><c> to?</c>

00:49:31.019 --> 00:49:34.000
I've<00:49:31.340><c> given</c><00:49:31.460><c> it</c><00:49:31.679><c> to</c><00:49:31.860><c> Abraham</c><00:49:32.239><c> because</c><00:49:32.840><c> this</c><00:49:33.239><c> woman</c><00:49:33.500><c> belongs</c>

00:49:34.000 --> 00:49:35.420
to<00:49:34.380><c> him.</c>

00:49:36.199 --> 00:49:39.539
This<00:49:36.679><c> vineyard</c><00:49:37.300><c> is</c><00:49:37.760><c> Abram's.</c>

00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:43.260
And<00:49:39.980><c> the</c><00:49:40.219><c> fruit</c><00:49:40.340><c> of</c><00:49:40.519><c> this</c><00:49:40.760><c> vineyard</c><00:49:41.199><c> belongs</c><00:49:41.599><c> to</c><00:49:42.179><c> Abraham.</c>

00:49:43.480 --> 00:49:46.420
And<00:49:43.940><c> the</c><00:49:44.280><c> hire</c><00:49:44.619><c> for</c><00:49:44.900><c> this</c><00:49:45.159><c> vineyard</c><00:49:45.519><c> belongs</c><00:49:45.880><c> to</c><00:49:46.119><c> Abraham</c>

00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:50.360
because<00:49:46.780><c> she</c><00:49:47.320><c> is</c><00:49:47.900><c> his</c><00:49:48.480><c> wife,</c><00:49:49.079><c> not</c><00:49:49.480><c> mine,</c><00:49:49.920><c> says</c><00:49:50.019><c> Abimelech.</c>

00:49:50.619 --> 00:49:54.460
And<00:49:50.780><c> he</c><00:49:50.860><c> wanted</c><00:49:51.039><c> to</c><00:49:51.239><c> make</c><00:49:51.320><c> that</c><00:49:51.619><c> clear</c><00:49:51.780><c> before</c><00:49:52.119><c> all</c><00:49:52.500><c> the</c><00:49:52.719><c> world,</c><00:49:53.260><c> didn't</c><00:49:53.480><c> he?</c>

00:49:54.699 --> 00:49:57.619
You<00:49:54.900><c> see,</c><00:49:54.960><c> it</c><00:49:55.039><c> was</c><00:49:55.219><c> so</c><00:49:55.539><c> important</c><00:49:55.960><c> that</c><00:49:56.300><c> the</c><00:49:56.719><c> question</c><00:49:57.059><c> of</c><00:49:57.340><c> the</c>

00:49:57.619 --> 00:49:59.119
bearing<00:49:57.900><c> of</c><00:49:58.320><c> the</c><00:49:58.679><c> seed</c>

00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:02.460
be<00:49:59.619><c> kept</c><00:49:59.840><c> absolutely</c><00:50:00.760><c> pure</c><00:50:01.179><c> at</c><00:50:01.639><c> this</c><00:50:01.820><c> particular</c><00:50:02.340><c> time.</c>

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:03.900
Here<00:50:02.699><c> she</c><00:50:02.840><c> is</c><00:50:02.980><c> in</c><00:50:03.079><c> another</c><00:50:03.280><c> man's</c><00:50:03.639><c> house.</c>

00:50:04.059 --> 00:50:06.119
And<00:50:04.340><c> you</c><00:50:04.519><c> see,</c><00:50:04.679><c> at</c><00:50:04.780><c> the</c><00:50:04.840><c> end</c><00:50:04.960><c> of</c><00:50:05.079><c> the</c><00:50:05.179><c> day</c><00:50:05.239><c> when</c><00:50:05.400><c> you</c><00:50:05.579><c> think</c><00:50:05.739><c> about</c><00:50:05.960><c> it,</c>

00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:08.840
it<00:50:06.280><c> was</c><00:50:06.519><c> only</c><00:50:07.099><c> Abimelech</c><00:50:07.599><c> himself</c><00:50:08.039><c> that</c><00:50:08.280><c> could</c><00:50:08.420><c> put</c><00:50:08.599><c> that</c>

00:50:08.840 --> 00:50:09.280
matter<00:50:09.000><c> right.</c>

00:50:09.460 --> 00:50:11.280
So<00:50:09.599><c> what</c><00:50:09.719><c> he</c><00:50:09.860><c> does</c><00:50:10.000><c> is</c><00:50:10.139><c> he</c><00:50:10.280><c> gathers</c><00:50:10.460><c> everyone</c><00:50:10.760><c> together</c>

00:50:11.280 --> 00:50:15.559
and<00:50:11.659><c> he</c><00:50:11.719><c> gets</c><00:50:12.000><c> the</c><00:50:12.199><c> wife,</c><00:50:13.159><c> Sarah,</c><00:50:13.900><c> and</c><00:50:14.000><c> he</c><00:50:14.039><c> gets</c><00:50:14.260><c> the</c><00:50:14.460><c> husband,</c><00:50:15.139><c> Abraham.</c>

00:50:15.800 --> 00:50:22.960
And<00:50:15.920><c> he</c><00:50:15.980><c> says</c><00:50:16.219><c> to</c><00:50:16.420><c> Sarah,</c><00:50:17.019><c> I</c><00:50:17.019><c> have</c><00:50:17.300><c> given</c><00:50:17.719><c> thy</c><00:50:18.320><c> brother</c><00:50:19.340><c> a</c><00:50:20.659><c> thousand</c><00:50:21.099><c> pieces</c><00:50:21.579><c> of</c><00:50:21.900><c> silver,</c>

00:50:23.119 --> 00:50:25.440
the<00:50:23.380><c> hire</c><00:50:23.719><c> of</c><00:50:24.079><c> the</c><00:50:24.340><c> wife's</c><00:50:24.980><c> vineyard.</c>

00:50:25.440 --> 00:50:28.760
Why?<00:50:26.059><c> And</c><00:50:26.280><c> I've</c><00:50:26.440><c> given</c><00:50:26.539><c> it</c><00:50:26.679><c> to</c><00:50:26.840><c> Abraham</c><00:50:27.119><c> because</c><00:50:27.719><c> this</c><00:50:28.400><c> woman</c>

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belongs<00:50:29.320><c> to</c><00:50:29.579><c> this</c><00:50:29.820><c> man</c>

00:50:30.159 --> 00:50:34.639
and<00:50:30.420><c> I</c><00:50:30.599><c> want</c><00:50:30.840><c> all</c><00:50:31.139><c> the</c><00:50:31.360><c> world</c><00:50:31.539><c> to</c><00:50:31.820><c> know</c><00:50:31.960><c> that</c><00:50:32.340><c> and</c><00:50:32.659><c> that</c><00:50:32.800><c> I</c><00:50:33.019><c> haven't</c><00:50:33.239><c> touched</c><00:50:33.639><c> her.</c>

00:50:34.780 --> 00:50:36.360
I've<00:50:35.039><c> had</c><00:50:35.199><c> nothing</c><00:50:35.480><c> to</c><00:50:35.699><c> do</c><00:50:35.800><c> with</c><00:50:36.000><c> her.</c>

00:50:36.360 --> 00:50:38.739
She<00:50:36.920><c> belongs</c><00:50:37.400><c> to</c><00:50:37.659><c> him,</c><00:50:38.039><c> absolutely.</c>

00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:42.659
To<00:50:39.219><c> him,</c><00:50:40.019><c> the</c><00:50:40.219><c> hire</c><00:50:40.539><c> of</c><00:50:40.880><c> the</c><00:50:41.059><c> vineyard</c><00:50:41.579><c> shall</c><00:50:41.880><c> go.</c>

00:50:43.159 --> 00:50:45.480
And<00:50:43.380><c> it's</c><00:50:43.599><c> almost</c><00:50:43.820><c> as</c><00:50:44.039><c> if</c><00:50:44.219><c> Abimelech</c><00:50:44.659><c> entered</c><00:50:44.980><c> into</c><00:50:45.340><c> the</c>

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matter<00:50:45.659><c> fully</c>

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in<00:50:46.420><c> order</c><00:50:46.599><c> that</c><00:50:46.760><c> the</c><00:50:46.980><c> world</c><00:50:47.199><c> might</c><00:50:47.480><c> know</c><00:50:47.679><c> that</c><00:50:47.820><c> he</c><00:50:47.940><c> had</c><00:50:48.099><c> not</c>

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touched<00:50:48.559><c> this</c><00:50:48.820><c> woman</c>

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in<00:50:49.239><c> any</c><00:50:49.500><c> particular</c><00:50:50.159><c> way.</c>

00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:52.579
But<00:50:50.619><c> what</c><00:50:50.820><c> a</c><00:50:51.000><c> pointed</c><00:50:51.199><c> lesson</c><00:50:51.539><c> to</c><00:50:51.739><c> Abraham</c><00:50:52.119><c> as</c><00:50:52.380><c> well.</c>

00:50:52.780 --> 00:50:55.440
He<00:50:52.980><c> loved</c><00:50:53.300><c> his</c><00:50:53.539><c> wife.</c><00:50:53.980><c> He</c><00:50:54.179><c> loved</c><00:50:54.539><c> Sarah,</c><00:50:55.019><c> did</c><00:50:55.079><c> Abraham.</c>

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He<00:50:55.960><c> knew</c><00:50:56.320><c> her</c><00:50:56.659><c> involvement.</c>

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But<00:50:57.699><c> his</c><00:50:57.920><c> own</c><00:50:58.280><c> timidity</c><00:50:58.699><c> of</c><00:50:58.960><c> nature</c><00:50:59.219><c> had</c><00:50:59.760><c> let</c><00:51:00.019><c> him</c><00:51:00.219><c> down</c><00:51:00.699><c> again.</c>

00:51:01.340 --> 00:51:03.619
And<00:51:01.559><c> you</c><00:51:01.659><c> see</c><00:51:01.780><c> that</c><00:51:01.920><c> the</c><00:51:02.019><c> verse</c><00:51:02.400><c> goes</c><00:51:02.719><c> on</c><00:51:02.900><c> to</c><00:51:03.079><c> say,</c><00:51:03.300><c> Genesis</c>

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20,<00:51:03.980><c> verse</c><00:51:04.219><c> 16,</c>

00:51:04.699 --> 00:51:09.719
And<00:51:05.039><c> behold,</c><00:51:06.000><c> he</c><00:51:06.360><c> is</c><00:51:06.900><c> to</c><00:51:07.159><c> thee</c><00:51:07.780><c> a</c><00:51:08.320><c> covering</c><00:51:08.699><c> of</c><00:51:09.179><c> the</c><00:51:09.440><c> eyes.</c>

00:51:09.739 --> 00:51:12.519
But<00:51:10.079><c> in</c><00:51:10.440><c> the</c><00:51:10.639><c> Hebrew,</c><00:51:11.079><c> the</c><00:51:11.440><c> text</c><00:51:11.719><c> is</c><00:51:11.940><c> slightly</c><00:51:12.219><c> different</c>

00:51:12.519 --> 00:51:15.199
and<00:51:12.659><c> certainly</c><00:51:12.980><c> the</c><00:51:13.179><c> word</c><00:51:13.480><c> he</c><00:51:14.059><c> would</c><00:51:14.300><c> appear</c><00:51:14.539><c> to</c><00:51:14.699><c> be</c><00:51:14.820><c> more</c><00:51:15.039><c> in</c>

00:51:15.199 --> 00:51:15.980
the<00:51:15.320><c> neuter</c><00:51:15.679><c> gender.</c>

00:51:16.420 --> 00:51:21.460
So,<00:51:16.760><c> Robahim</c><00:51:17.239><c> renders</c><00:51:17.659><c> it,</c><00:51:18.159><c> lo,</c><00:51:19.039><c> that</c><00:51:19.760><c> is</c><00:51:20.500><c> for</c><00:51:21.019><c> thee.</c>

00:51:21.920 --> 00:51:26.539
Another<00:51:22.239><c> translation</c><00:51:22.800><c> says,</c><00:51:24.119><c> it</c><00:51:24.360><c> shall</c><00:51:24.900><c> be</c><00:51:25.500><c> your</c><00:51:25.900><c> vindication.</c>

00:51:26.719 --> 00:51:28.559
And<00:51:26.960><c> if</c><00:51:27.059><c> we</c><00:51:27.159><c> were</c><00:51:27.239><c> to</c><00:51:27.400><c> say,</c><00:51:27.519><c> well,</c><00:51:27.659><c> what's</c><00:51:28.039><c> the</c><00:51:28.320><c> it?</c>

00:51:28.739 --> 00:51:31.900
It<00:51:29.119><c> shall</c><00:51:29.440><c> be</c><00:51:29.960><c> to</c><00:51:30.199><c> thee</c><00:51:30.360><c> a</c><00:51:30.480><c> covering</c><00:51:30.659><c> of</c><00:51:30.820><c> the</c><00:51:30.980><c> eyes</c><00:51:31.099><c> or</c><00:51:31.280><c> your</c><00:51:31.460><c> vindication.</c>

00:51:31.900 --> 00:51:34.780
And<00:51:32.019><c> the</c><00:51:32.059><c> answer</c><00:51:32.360><c> is</c><00:51:32.800><c> the</c><00:51:33.019><c> thousand</c><00:51:33.340><c> pieces</c><00:51:33.679><c> of</c><00:51:33.860><c> silver.</c>

00:51:35.800 --> 00:51:38.719
So<00:51:35.940><c> he</c><00:51:35.980><c> says,</c><00:51:36.199><c> I've</c><00:51:36.300><c> given</c><00:51:36.440><c> a</c><00:51:36.659><c> thousand</c><00:51:36.980><c> pieces</c><00:51:37.340><c> of</c><00:51:37.579><c> silver</c><00:51:38.019><c> to</c>

00:51:38.719 --> 00:51:39.559
your<00:51:39.099><c> husband</c>

00:51:39.559 --> 00:51:42.559
and<00:51:40.019><c> it</c><00:51:40.599><c> is</c><00:51:41.000><c> to</c><00:51:41.239><c> thee</c><00:51:41.599><c> your</c><00:51:41.980><c> vindication.</c>

00:51:42.820 --> 00:51:44.500
In<00:51:43.019><c> other</c><00:51:43.239><c> words,</c><00:51:43.460><c> by</c><00:51:43.719><c> giving</c><00:51:44.019><c> the</c><00:51:44.260><c> money,</c>

00:51:44.780 --> 00:51:48.900
he<00:51:45.000><c> formally</c><00:51:45.460><c> repudiated</c><00:51:46.380><c> any</c><00:51:46.800><c> association</c><00:51:47.519><c> or</c><00:51:48.360><c> involvement</c>

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:49.500
with<00:51:49.199><c> Sarah.</c>

00:51:49.659 --> 00:51:50.820
And<00:51:49.860><c> he</c><00:51:49.960><c> wanted</c><00:51:50.119><c> everybody</c><00:51:50.519><c> to</c><00:51:50.739><c> know.</c>

00:51:50.900 --> 00:51:52.179
You<00:51:51.000><c> see</c><00:51:51.079><c> what</c><00:51:51.199><c> the</c><00:51:51.360><c> verse</c><00:51:51.500><c> goes</c><00:51:51.699><c> on</c><00:51:51.860><c> to</c><00:51:52.019><c> say?</c>

00:51:52.460 --> 00:51:55.679
He<00:51:52.639><c> says,</c><00:51:52.900><c> it's</c><00:51:53.219><c> your</c><00:51:53.460><c> vindication</c><00:51:54.039><c> unto</c><00:51:54.380><c> all</c><00:51:55.059><c> that</c><00:51:55.199><c> are</c><00:51:55.320><c> with</c><00:51:55.519><c> thee</c>

00:51:55.679 --> 00:51:57.079
and<00:51:55.920><c> with</c><00:51:56.400><c> all</c><00:51:56.880><c> other.</c>

00:51:57.079 --> 00:52:02.300
He<00:51:57.420><c> wanted</c><00:51:57.719><c> all</c><00:51:58.199><c> the</c><00:51:58.480><c> world</c><00:51:58.940><c> to</c><00:51:59.300><c> know</c><00:51:59.739><c> that</c><00:52:00.119><c> he</c><00:52:00.239><c> had</c><00:52:00.440><c> not</c><00:52:00.679><c> touched</c><00:52:00.940><c> that</c><00:52:01.159><c> woman.</c>

00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:11.139
But<00:52:03.400><c> the</c><00:52:03.539><c> verse</c><00:52:03.760><c> ends</c><00:52:04.599><c> by</c><00:52:05.239><c> saying,</c><00:52:07.380><c> thus</c><00:52:07.639><c> she</c><00:52:08.719><c> was</c><00:52:09.760><c> reproved.</c>

00:52:11.400 --> 00:52:13.840
And<00:52:11.559><c> in</c><00:52:11.739><c> the</c><00:52:11.860><c> Hebrew,</c><00:52:12.280><c> the</c><00:52:12.320><c> idea</c><00:52:12.659><c> of</c><00:52:12.860><c> the</c><00:52:12.940><c> word</c><00:52:13.159><c> reproof</c><00:52:13.559><c> is,</c>

00:52:13.840 --> 00:52:14.659
well,<00:52:14.019><c> it's</c><00:52:14.239><c> just</c><00:52:14.519><c> that.</c>

00:52:14.699 --> 00:52:16.699
In<00:52:14.820><c> fact,</c><00:52:14.960><c> the</c><00:52:15.139><c> same</c><00:52:15.340><c> words</c><00:52:15.599><c> found</c><00:52:15.840><c> in</c><00:52:16.000><c> the</c><00:52:16.099><c> next</c><00:52:16.320><c> chapter.</c>

00:52:16.800 --> 00:52:20.780
You<00:52:16.920><c> see</c><00:52:17.019><c> in</c><00:52:17.139><c> Genesis</c><00:52:17.519><c> 21</c><00:52:18.280><c> and</c><00:52:18.719><c> verse</c><00:52:19.019><c> 25,</c>

00:52:25.360 --> 00:52:28.800
Abraham<00:52:25.800><c> reproved</c><00:52:26.239><c> Abimelech</c><00:52:26.900><c> because</c><00:52:27.500><c> of</c><00:52:27.719><c> a</c><00:52:27.920><c> well</c><00:52:28.079><c> of</c><00:52:28.320><c> water</c>

00:52:28.800 --> 00:52:31.599
which<00:52:29.260><c> Abimelech's</c><00:52:29.980><c> servants</c><00:52:30.179><c> had</c><00:52:30.559><c> violently</c><00:52:31.039><c> taken</c><00:52:31.340><c> away.</c>

00:52:31.699 --> 00:52:34.199
And<00:52:31.760><c> Abimelech</c><00:52:32.099><c> said,</c><00:52:32.460><c> I</c><00:52:32.460><c> whatnot,</c><00:52:33.039><c> who</c><00:52:33.260><c> has</c><00:52:33.480><c> done</c><00:52:33.659><c> this</c><00:52:33.960><c> thing?</c>

00:52:34.579 --> 00:52:37.239
Neither<00:52:34.780><c> didst</c><00:52:35.119><c> thou</c><00:52:35.219><c> tell</c><00:52:35.440><c> me,</c><00:52:36.019><c> neither</c><00:52:36.159><c> yet</c><00:52:36.400><c> I</c><00:52:36.599><c> heard</c><00:52:36.760><c> of</c><00:52:36.860><c> it,</c><00:52:36.960><c> but</c><00:52:37.099><c> to</c>

00:52:37.239 --> 00:52:37.559
this<00:52:37.420><c> day.</c>

00:52:37.719 --> 00:52:39.639
And<00:52:37.940><c> Abraham</c><00:52:38.280><c> reproved.</c>

00:52:39.659 --> 00:52:41.820
The<00:52:39.860><c> idea</c><00:52:40.199><c> of</c><00:52:40.480><c> that</c><00:52:40.639><c> in</c><00:52:40.780><c> the</c><00:52:40.900><c> Hebrew</c><00:52:41.039><c> is</c><00:52:41.260><c> exactly</c><00:52:41.579><c> that.</c>

00:52:41.940 --> 00:52:43.539
He<00:52:42.019><c> told</c><00:52:42.219><c> him</c><00:52:42.400><c> off.</c>

00:52:44.300 --> 00:52:47.920
Jesenius<00:52:45.139><c> says</c><00:52:45.699><c> that</c><00:52:46.079><c> the</c><00:52:46.400><c> word</c><00:52:46.699><c> more</c><00:52:47.139><c> particularly</c><00:52:47.539><c> means</c>

00:52:47.920 --> 00:52:51.179
to<00:52:48.480><c> argue</c><00:52:49.179><c> down</c><00:52:49.659><c> or</c><00:52:50.079><c> to</c><00:52:50.300><c> convict.</c>

00:52:51.500 --> 00:52:56.460
That<00:52:51.860><c> is</c><00:52:52.320><c> to</c><00:52:52.659><c> reprove</c><00:52:53.480><c> with</c><00:52:53.900><c> the</c><00:52:54.239><c> idea</c><00:52:54.880><c> of</c><00:52:55.480><c> censure.</c>

00:52:56.880 --> 00:53:00.599
And<00:52:57.079><c> so</c><00:52:57.300><c> Jesenius's</c><00:52:58.179><c> translation</c><00:52:58.760><c> of</c><00:52:59.480><c> the</c><00:52:59.619><c> word</c><00:52:59.960><c> in</c><00:53:00.320><c> this</c>

00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:01.559
particular<00:53:01.119><c> place,</c>

00:53:01.579 --> 00:53:06.539
Genesis<00:53:01.940><c> 20</c><00:53:02.500><c> and</c><00:53:02.880><c> verse</c><00:53:03.079><c> 16</c><00:53:03.519><c> is,</c><00:53:04.099><c> she</c><00:53:04.460><c> was</c><00:53:05.199><c> convicted.</c>

00:53:06.780 --> 00:53:10.280
In<00:53:07.139><c> other</c><00:53:07.380><c> words,</c><00:53:08.239><c> she</c><00:53:08.460><c> had</c><00:53:08.760><c> nothing</c><00:53:09.219><c> wherewith</c><00:53:09.699><c> she</c><00:53:09.940><c> could</c>

00:53:10.280 --> 00:53:12.400
excuse<00:53:11.139><c> herself.</c>

00:53:12.619 --> 00:53:15.460
So<00:53:13.300><c> the</c><00:53:13.500><c> matter</c><00:53:13.619><c> was</c><00:53:13.860><c> put</c><00:53:14.139><c> right,</c><00:53:14.380><c> but</c><00:53:14.579><c> in</c><00:53:14.820><c> the</c><00:53:14.940><c> putting</c><00:53:15.179><c> right</c>

00:53:15.460 --> 00:53:16.559
of<00:53:15.639><c> this</c><00:53:15.880><c> whole</c><00:53:16.119><c> matter,</c>

00:53:17.000 --> 00:53:22.760
Sarah<00:53:17.280><c> stood</c><00:53:17.639><c> condemned</c><00:53:18.400><c> for</c><00:53:19.099><c> her</c><00:53:19.639><c> part</c><00:53:19.980><c> in</c><00:53:20.340><c> this</c><00:53:20.699><c> particular</c><00:53:21.619><c> deception.</c>

00:53:22.820 --> 00:53:24.659
And<00:53:22.820><c> so</c><00:53:23.039><c> verse</c><00:53:23.239><c> 17</c><00:53:23.699><c> tells</c><00:53:24.059><c> us,</c>

00:53:25.159 --> 00:53:28.179
So<00:53:25.159><c> Abraham</c><00:53:25.440><c> prayed</c><00:53:25.960><c> unto</c><00:53:26.239><c> God</c><00:53:26.579><c> and</c><00:53:26.840><c> God</c><00:53:27.199><c> healed</c><00:53:27.599><c> Abimelech</c>

00:53:28.179 --> 00:53:30.280
and<00:53:28.619><c> his</c><00:53:28.900><c> wife,</c><00:53:29.699><c> his</c><00:53:29.960><c> wife.</c>

00:53:30.380 --> 00:53:34.800
So<00:53:31.000><c> Abimelech</c><00:53:31.300><c> was</c><00:53:31.480><c> already</c><00:53:31.920><c> married</c><00:53:32.300><c> and</c><00:53:32.639><c> has</c><00:53:32.840><c> made</c><00:53:33.159><c> servants</c><00:53:33.800><c> and</c>

00:53:34.800 --> 00:53:36.360
they<00:53:35.079><c> bear</c><00:53:35.239><c> children.</c>

00:53:36.860 --> 00:53:43.179
So<00:53:37.760><c> Abraham</c><00:53:38.579><c> says</c><00:53:39.119><c> the</c><00:53:39.380><c> record,</c><00:53:40.639><c> prayed</c><00:53:41.039><c> unto</c><00:53:42.039><c> God.</c>

00:53:44.760 --> 00:53:51.500
You<00:53:44.860><c> know,</c><00:53:46.019><c> just</c><00:53:46.260><c> imagine</c><00:53:47.360><c> the</c><00:53:48.440><c> fervency</c><00:53:49.260><c> of</c><00:53:50.179><c> that</c><00:53:50.480><c> prayer.</c>

00:53:53.300 --> 00:54:00.119
And<00:53:53.860><c> just</c><00:53:54.219><c> imagine</c><00:53:54.940><c> the</c><00:53:56.460><c> humility</c><00:53:56.980><c> of</c><00:53:58.980><c> that</c><00:53:59.239><c> prayer.</c>

00:54:01.159 --> 00:54:05.579
And<00:54:01.800><c> just</c><00:54:02.199><c> imagine</c><00:54:02.780><c> the</c><00:54:03.119><c> sincerity</c><00:54:03.820><c> of</c><00:54:04.599><c> that</c><00:54:04.920><c> prayer.</c>

00:54:05.619 --> 00:54:10.199
Because<00:54:05.639><c> as</c><00:54:06.139><c> Abraham</c><00:54:06.639><c> fell</c><00:54:07.300><c> down</c><00:54:07.579><c> upon</c><00:54:07.820><c> the</c><00:54:08.039><c> ground</c><00:54:08.199><c> with</c><00:54:08.440><c> a</c><00:54:08.619><c> cracked</c><00:54:08.860><c> voice</c><00:54:09.420><c> and</c><00:54:10.019><c> a</c>

00:54:10.199 --> 00:54:10.940
contrite<00:54:10.699><c> heart</c>

00:54:10.940 --> 00:54:14.619
and<00:54:11.159><c> said,</c><00:54:11.960><c> heal</c><00:54:11.960><c> Lord</c><00:54:12.320><c> I</c><00:54:12.539><c> beseech</c><00:54:13.019><c> thee,</c><00:54:13.480><c> he</c><00:54:13.860><c> knew</c><00:54:14.300><c> that</c><00:54:14.519><c> he</c>

00:54:14.619 --> 00:54:17.159
was<00:54:14.860><c> actually</c><00:54:15.440><c> praying</c><00:54:15.820><c> for</c><00:54:16.280><c> others</c>

00:54:18.539 --> 00:54:22.880
to<00:54:19.179><c> heal</c><00:54:19.480><c> them</c><00:54:19.739><c> of</c><00:54:19.920><c> an</c><00:54:20.119><c> affliction</c><00:54:20.719><c> that</c><00:54:22.300><c> he</c><00:54:22.519><c> had</c><00:54:22.719><c> brought</c>

00:54:22.880 --> 00:54:24.380
upon<00:54:23.179><c> them.</c>

00:54:25.260 --> 00:54:27.380
This<00:54:25.480><c> was</c><00:54:25.679><c> his</c><00:54:25.940><c> personal</c><00:54:26.380><c> sin.</c>

00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:31.519
And<00:54:28.559><c> yet</c><00:54:28.699><c> he</c><00:54:28.820><c> was</c><00:54:28.940><c> being</c><00:54:29.239><c> asked</c><00:54:29.480><c> to</c><00:54:29.679><c> intercede.</c>

00:54:32.099 --> 00:54:34.380
How<00:54:32.300><c> do</c><00:54:32.440><c> you</c><00:54:32.480><c> think</c><00:54:32.579><c> he</c><00:54:32.780><c> felt</c><00:54:32.960><c> making</c><00:54:33.300><c> that</c><00:54:33.599><c> prayer?</c>

00:54:35.619 --> 00:54:37.719
What<00:54:35.800><c> a</c><00:54:36.000><c> dreadful</c><00:54:36.360><c> thing</c><00:54:36.519><c> it</c><00:54:36.659><c> would</c><00:54:36.780><c> have</c><00:54:36.900><c> been.</c>

00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:41.619
And<00:54:38.960><c> how</c><00:54:39.179><c> humble</c><00:54:39.480><c> the</c><00:54:39.739><c> patriarch</c><00:54:40.179><c> must</c><00:54:40.559><c> have</c><00:54:40.760><c> been</c><00:54:41.059><c> to</c><00:54:41.360><c> pray</c>

00:54:41.619 --> 00:54:44.380
before<00:54:41.940><c> the</c><00:54:42.199><c> assembled</c><00:54:42.599><c> household</c><00:54:43.079><c> of</c><00:54:43.260><c> Abimelech</c>

00:54:44.400 --> 00:54:49.139
to<00:54:44.880><c> heal</c><00:54:45.159><c> this</c><00:54:45.480><c> disease</c><00:54:45.880><c> which</c><00:54:46.119><c> he</c><00:54:46.420><c> knew</c><00:54:46.679><c> full</c><00:54:47.119><c> well</c><00:54:47.619><c> he</c><00:54:48.699><c> had</c>

00:54:49.139 --> 00:54:52.800
brought<00:54:49.300><c> upon</c><00:54:49.599><c> them,</c><00:54:51.139><c> both</c><00:54:51.420><c> he</c><00:54:51.579><c> and</c><00:54:51.619><c> his</c><00:54:51.840><c> wife.</c>

00:54:53.619 --> 00:54:57.159
And<00:54:54.260><c> verse</c><00:54:54.460><c> 18</c><00:54:54.739><c> says</c><00:54:55.039><c> for</c><00:54:55.199><c> Yahweh</c><00:54:55.659><c> had</c><00:54:55.900><c> fast</c><00:54:56.360><c> closed</c><00:54:56.739><c> up</c><00:54:56.960><c> all</c>

00:54:57.159 --> 00:54:59.800
the<00:54:57.340><c> wombs</c><00:54:57.659><c> of</c><00:54:57.800><c> the</c><00:54:57.960><c> house</c><00:54:58.179><c> of</c><00:54:58.300><c> Abimelech</c>

00:54:59.800 --> 00:55:03.539
because<00:55:00.239><c> of</c><00:55:00.559><c> Sarah,</c><00:55:02.320><c> Abram's</c><00:55:02.800><c> wife.</c>

00:55:03.760 --> 00:55:05.900
And<00:55:03.920><c> on</c><00:55:04.059><c> this</c><00:55:04.199><c> occasion</c><00:55:04.519><c> when</c><00:55:04.699><c> it</c><00:55:04.900><c> says</c><00:55:05.019><c> because</c><00:55:05.400><c> of</c><00:55:05.619><c> Sarah,</c>

00:55:06.000 --> 00:55:06.619
Abram's<00:55:06.380><c> wife,</c>

00:55:06.699 --> 00:55:10.579
we<00:55:07.079><c> don't</c><00:55:07.400><c> believe</c><00:55:07.699><c> that</c><00:55:07.960><c> God</c><00:55:08.179><c> had</c><00:55:08.400><c> answered</c><00:55:08.800><c> on</c><00:55:09.360><c> this</c><00:55:09.539><c> occasion</c><00:55:09.980><c> because</c><00:55:10.320><c> of</c>

00:55:10.579 --> 00:55:11.579
Sarah's<00:55:11.099><c> faithfulness</c>

00:55:11.579 --> 00:55:14.639
because<00:55:12.300><c> she</c><00:55:12.780><c> hadn't</c><00:55:13.300><c> been</c><00:55:13.619><c> faithful.</c>

00:55:14.659 --> 00:55:17.360
But<00:55:14.659><c> in</c><00:55:15.300><c> fact</c><00:55:15.519><c> God</c><00:55:15.840><c> intervened</c><00:55:16.219><c> on</c><00:55:16.420><c> this</c><00:55:16.619><c> occasion</c><00:55:16.960><c> because</c>

00:55:17.360 --> 00:55:19.500
of<00:55:17.599><c> her</c><00:55:17.719><c> very</c><00:55:18.179><c> folly</c><00:55:18.519><c> and</c><00:55:18.900><c> deceit.</c>

00:55:19.500 --> 00:55:23.500
But<00:55:19.800><c> that</c><00:55:20.159><c> the</c><00:55:20.500><c> promise</c><00:55:20.840><c> of</c><00:55:21.179><c> the</c><00:55:21.420><c> seed</c><00:55:21.639><c> might</c><00:55:21.960><c> be</c><00:55:22.280><c> safeguarded,</c>

00:55:23.719 --> 00:55:29.239
Yahweh<00:55:24.139><c> had</c><00:55:24.480><c> done</c><00:55:24.920><c> what</c><00:55:25.400><c> he</c><00:55:25.639><c> needed</c><00:55:25.920><c> to</c><00:55:26.179><c> do</c><00:55:26.659><c> in</c><00:55:27.400><c> this</c><00:55:27.719><c> particular</c><00:55:28.239><c> matter.</c>

00:55:30.860 --> 00:55:35.440
Now<00:55:31.079><c> we</c><00:55:31.179><c> know</c><00:55:31.460><c> the</c><00:55:31.719><c> story</c><00:55:32.280><c> of</c><00:55:33.239><c> what</c><00:55:33.519><c> happens</c><00:55:33.840><c> here</c><00:55:34.099><c> as</c><00:55:34.300><c> a</c><00:55:34.440><c> result.</c>

00:55:36.500 --> 00:55:41.179
That<00:55:36.579><c> as</c><00:55:36.800><c> Abraham</c><00:55:37.219><c> prays</c><00:55:38.440><c> that</c><00:55:38.760><c> the</c><00:55:38.960><c> house</c><00:55:39.199><c> of</c><00:55:39.320><c> Abimelech</c><00:55:39.679><c> might</c><00:55:39.960><c> be</c><00:55:40.280><c> healed,</c>

00:55:41.300 --> 00:55:45.239
we're<00:55:41.500><c> told</c><00:55:41.719><c> that</c><00:55:41.900><c> they</c><00:55:42.159><c> were</c><00:55:42.500><c> healed</c><00:55:43.219><c> and</c><00:55:43.940><c> that</c><00:55:44.159><c> they</c><00:55:44.420><c> bear</c><00:55:44.539><c> children</c>

00:55:45.239 --> 00:55:49.400
because<00:55:46.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:55:46.360><c> had</c><00:55:46.699><c> fast</c><00:55:47.159><c> closed</c><00:55:47.559><c> up</c><00:55:48.039><c> all</c><00:55:48.500><c> the</c><00:55:48.739><c> wombs</c><00:55:49.159><c> of</c>

00:55:49.400 --> 00:55:50.500
the<00:55:49.639><c> household.</c>

00:55:51.360 --> 00:55:54.559
And<00:55:51.619><c> it's</c><00:55:51.739><c> not</c><00:55:51.940><c> a</c><00:55:52.079><c> big</c><00:55:52.360><c> step</c><00:55:52.679><c> from</c><00:55:53.019><c> there</c><00:55:53.300><c> is</c><00:55:53.500><c> it</c><00:55:53.659><c> to</c><00:55:53.900><c> see</c><00:55:54.079><c> that</c>

00:55:54.559 --> 00:55:57.280
here<00:55:55.000><c> indeed</c><00:55:55.599><c> must</c><00:55:56.059><c> have</c><00:55:56.360><c> been</c><00:55:56.559><c> now</c><00:55:56.860><c> the</c><00:55:57.059><c> moment</c>

00:55:57.280 --> 00:56:00.579
that<00:55:57.539><c> was</c><00:55:57.860><c> to</c><00:55:58.039><c> lead</c><00:55:58.179><c> to</c><00:55:58.400><c> the</c><00:55:58.659><c> triumph</c><00:55:58.980><c> of</c><00:55:59.340><c> faith</c><00:55:59.659><c> in</c><00:56:00.179><c> husband</c>

00:56:00.579 --> 00:56:01.519
and<00:56:00.840><c> wife</c><00:56:01.079><c> together.</c>

00:56:01.840 --> 00:56:04.719
Because<00:56:02.119><c> you</c><00:56:02.260><c> see</c><00:56:02.460><c> Sarah</c><00:56:02.900><c> saw,</c><00:56:03.239><c> didn't</c><00:56:03.440><c> see,</c><00:56:03.639><c> that</c><00:56:03.840><c> the</c><00:56:04.139><c> prayers</c><00:56:04.400><c> of</c>

00:56:04.719 --> 00:56:09.800
her<00:56:05.199><c> husband</c><00:56:06.079><c> could</c><00:56:07.699><c> open</c><00:56:08.019><c> wombs.</c>

00:56:10.360 --> 00:56:18.519
The<00:56:11.039><c> prayers</c><00:56:11.519><c> of</c><00:56:11.840><c> her</c><00:56:13.360><c> husband</c><00:56:14.059><c> could</c><00:56:16.159><c> open</c><00:56:16.539><c> wombs.</c>

00:56:19.539 --> 00:56:24.260
And<00:56:19.780><c> yet</c><00:56:19.920><c> he</c><00:56:20.059><c> had</c><00:56:20.219><c> been</c><00:56:20.519><c> praying</c><00:56:20.900><c> for</c><00:56:21.320><c> 25</c><00:56:22.420><c> years</c><00:56:23.420><c> for</c><00:56:23.760><c> hers</c><00:56:24.079><c> to</c>

00:56:24.260 --> 00:56:25.440
be<00:56:24.500><c> open.</c>

00:56:26.500 --> 00:56:28.199
And<00:56:26.920><c> it</c><00:56:27.059><c> never</c><00:56:27.320><c> had.</c>

00:56:30.099 --> 00:56:31.960
And<00:56:30.500><c> Sarah</c><00:56:30.659><c> must</c><00:56:30.920><c> have</c><00:56:31.039><c> looked</c><00:56:31.260><c> at</c><00:56:31.420><c> that</c><00:56:31.559><c> and</c><00:56:31.699><c> thought,</c>

00:56:31.960 --> 00:56:37.460
if<00:56:32.800><c> my</c><00:56:33.300><c> husband's</c><00:56:34.340><c> prayers</c><00:56:34.579><c> have</c><00:56:34.860><c> enough</c><00:56:35.219><c> power</c><00:56:35.619><c> with</c><00:56:35.920><c> God</c><00:56:36.360><c> to</c>

00:56:37.460 --> 00:56:40.800
open<00:56:37.760><c> the</c><00:56:38.179><c> wombs</c><00:56:38.559><c> of</c><00:56:38.820><c> a</c><00:56:39.019><c> gentile</c><00:56:39.639><c> household,</c>

00:56:41.239 --> 00:56:45.559
then<00:56:41.559><c> why</c><00:56:42.099><c> can't</c><00:56:42.679><c> Abram's</c><00:56:43.440><c> prayers</c><00:56:43.920><c> open</c><00:56:44.440><c> my</c><00:56:44.840><c> womb?</c>

00:56:46.260 --> 00:56:50.260
Why<00:56:46.719><c> can't</c><00:56:47.159><c> God</c><00:56:47.519><c> grant</c><00:56:47.960><c> me</c><00:56:48.599><c> ability</c><00:56:49.000><c> to</c><00:56:49.300><c> conceive?</c>

00:56:50.739 --> 00:56:55.500
Why<00:56:51.219><c> can't</c><00:56:51.719><c> I</c><00:56:52.019><c> bring</c><00:56:52.280><c> forth</c><00:56:52.760><c> the</c><00:56:53.219><c> child</c><00:56:53.699><c> that</c><00:56:54.019><c> we</c><00:56:54.300><c> pray</c><00:56:54.480><c> for?</c>

00:56:56.000 --> 00:57:01.039
And<00:56:56.639><c> she</c><00:56:56.960><c> suddenly</c><00:56:57.460><c> saw</c><00:56:57.860><c> with</c><00:56:58.159><c> a</c><00:56:58.380><c> blinding</c><00:56:59.039><c> flash</c><00:56:59.300><c> of</c><00:56:59.719><c> inspiration</c>

00:57:02.800 --> 00:57:08.380
that<00:57:03.639><c> God</c><00:57:03.900><c> could</c><00:57:04.980><c> give</c><00:57:06.780><c> her</c><00:57:07.000><c> the</c><00:57:07.159><c> child.</c>

00:57:09.500 --> 00:57:12.360
That<00:57:09.980><c> God</c><00:57:10.300><c> could</c><00:57:10.739><c> open</c><00:57:11.099><c> her</c><00:57:11.360><c> womb.</c>

00:57:13.780 --> 00:57:17.500
That<00:57:13.920><c> her</c><00:57:14.139><c> husband's</c><00:57:14.980><c> prayer</c><00:57:15.280><c> could</c><00:57:15.699><c> do</c><00:57:16.039><c> that.</c>

00:57:18.340 --> 00:57:20.860
If<00:57:19.179><c> only</c><00:57:19.420><c> she</c><00:57:19.619><c> could</c><00:57:19.800><c> believe.</c>

00:57:23.000 --> 00:57:29.780
And<00:57:23.440><c> here</c><00:57:23.719><c> obviously</c><00:57:24.420><c> is</c><00:57:26.340><c> the</c><00:57:26.559><c> moment</c><00:57:26.780><c> now</c><00:57:27.639><c> where</c><00:57:29.059><c> she</c><00:57:29.260><c> finally</c><00:57:29.539><c> came</c>

00:57:29.780 --> 00:57:30.960
to<00:57:29.940><c> that</c><00:57:30.179><c> point,</c><00:57:30.539><c> isn't</c><00:57:30.659><c> it?</c>

00:57:30.960 --> 00:57:32.340
Must<00:57:31.239><c> be.</c>

00:57:33.500 --> 00:57:36.219
And<00:57:33.659><c> she</c><00:57:33.860><c> sees</c><00:57:34.099><c> her</c><00:57:34.320><c> husband's</c><00:57:35.219><c> prayers</c><00:57:35.400><c> opening</c><00:57:35.739><c> the</c><00:57:35.980><c> wombs</c>

00:57:36.219 --> 00:57:36.579
of<00:57:36.380><c> others.</c>

00:57:36.880 --> 00:57:38.400
Why<00:57:37.260><c> can't</c><00:57:37.539><c> he</c><00:57:37.639><c> do</c><00:57:37.760><c> that</c><00:57:37.940><c> to</c><00:57:38.139><c> me?</c>

00:57:38.599 --> 00:57:40.840
And<00:57:38.900><c> it</c><00:57:39.119><c> suddenly</c><00:57:39.340><c> must</c><00:57:39.579><c> have</c><00:57:39.760><c> hit</c><00:57:39.880><c> her,</c><00:57:40.239><c> absolutely</c><00:57:40.599><c> hit</c><00:57:40.739><c> her.</c>

00:57:40.840 --> 00:57:42.519
Of<00:57:41.260><c> course</c><00:57:41.679><c> it</c><00:57:41.960><c> can</c><00:57:42.159><c> be</c><00:57:42.340><c> done.</c>

00:57:42.780 --> 00:57:44.559
And<00:57:42.940><c> isn't</c><00:57:43.079><c> it</c><00:57:43.260><c> interesting,</c><00:57:44.000><c> brothers</c><00:57:44.079><c> and</c><00:57:44.280><c> sisters,</c>

00:57:44.559 --> 00:57:49.619
that<00:57:45.099><c> the</c><00:57:45.380><c> prayer</c><00:57:45.800><c> that</c><00:57:46.079><c> convinced</c><00:57:46.760><c> her</c><00:57:47.380><c> that</c><00:57:47.900><c> that</c><00:57:48.099><c> could</c><00:57:48.260><c> be</c><00:57:48.440><c> done</c>

00:57:50.300 --> 00:57:54.920
was<00:57:50.820><c> a</c><00:57:51.019><c> prayer</c><00:57:51.139><c> for</c><00:57:51.400><c> others</c><00:57:51.760><c> and</c><00:57:53.360><c> not</c><00:57:53.619><c> for</c><00:57:53.760><c> her.</c>

00:57:56.119 --> 00:57:58.760
And<00:57:56.639><c> that</c><00:57:56.719><c> it</c><00:57:56.860><c> was</c><00:57:57.099><c> uttered</c><00:57:57.320><c> at</c><00:57:57.460><c> a</c><00:57:57.559><c> time</c><00:57:57.800><c> when</c><00:57:57.960><c> they</c><00:57:58.119><c> were</c><00:57:58.380><c> both</c>

00:57:58.760 --> 00:58:02.119
not<00:57:59.260><c> worthy</c><00:57:59.699><c> to</c><00:57:59.940><c> be</c><00:58:00.179><c> heard</c><00:58:00.519><c> by</c><00:58:00.820><c> God.</c>

00:58:03.480 --> 00:58:05.300
And<00:58:03.739><c> yet</c><00:58:03.880><c> he</c><00:58:04.019><c> did</c><00:58:04.219><c> hear.</c>

00:58:06.199 --> 00:58:08.199
Oh,<00:58:06.340><c> she</c><00:58:06.500><c> must</c><00:58:06.699><c> have</c><00:58:06.780><c> thought</c><00:58:06.960><c> about</c><00:58:07.219><c> that.</c>

00:58:10.039 --> 00:58:13.320
And<00:58:10.300><c> I</c><00:58:10.440><c> can</c><00:58:10.579><c> imagine</c><00:58:11.159><c> that</c><00:58:11.579><c> after</c><00:58:11.820><c> the</c><00:58:12.119><c> prayers</c><00:58:12.340><c> for</c><00:58:12.539><c> the</c><00:58:12.699><c> house</c><00:58:12.840><c> of</c><00:58:12.980><c> Abimelech</c>

00:58:13.320 --> 00:58:15.280
that<00:58:13.480><c> the</c><00:58:13.599><c> moment</c><00:58:13.800><c> would</c><00:58:13.980><c> have</c><00:58:14.179><c> come</c><00:58:14.300><c> and</c><00:58:14.480><c> the</c><00:58:14.699><c> quietness</c><00:58:15.099><c> now</c>

00:58:15.280 --> 00:58:16.059
of<00:58:15.380><c> their</c><00:58:15.579><c> own</c><00:58:15.880><c> tent,</c>

00:58:16.219 --> 00:58:17.960
his<00:58:16.300><c> husband</c><00:58:16.559><c> and</c><00:58:16.739><c> wife</c><00:58:16.960><c> would</c><00:58:17.179><c> join</c><00:58:17.380><c> back</c><00:58:17.619><c> together.</c>

00:58:18.300 --> 00:58:20.340
There<00:58:18.420><c> must</c><00:58:18.659><c> have</c><00:58:18.800><c> been</c><00:58:18.940><c> that</c><00:58:19.139><c> moment</c><00:58:19.420><c> of</c><00:58:19.679><c> time</c><00:58:19.820><c> when</c><00:58:19.980><c> Abraham</c>

00:58:20.340 --> 00:58:21.679
again<00:58:20.659><c> fell</c><00:58:20.920><c> upon</c><00:58:21.179><c> his</c><00:58:21.400><c> knees</c>

00:58:21.679 --> 00:58:24.619
and<00:58:22.219><c> prayed</c><00:58:22.460><c> again</c><00:58:22.780><c> for</c><00:58:22.980><c> his</c><00:58:23.199><c> wife</c><00:58:23.400><c> that</c><00:58:23.639><c> God</c><00:58:23.980><c> Almighty</c><00:58:24.320><c> might</c>

00:58:24.619 --> 00:58:25.519
open<00:58:24.920><c> her</c><00:58:25.300><c> womb.</c>

00:58:25.800 --> 00:58:28.059
And<00:58:25.920><c> he</c><00:58:26.159><c> prayed</c><00:58:26.360><c> with</c><00:58:26.599><c> a</c><00:58:26.760><c> fervency</c><00:58:27.139><c> that</c><00:58:27.260><c> he</c><00:58:27.519><c> never</c><00:58:27.719><c> prayed</c>

00:58:28.059 --> 00:58:28.760
with<00:58:28.260><c> before.</c>

00:58:28.980 --> 00:58:31.579
And<00:58:29.119><c> his</c><00:58:29.260><c> wife</c><00:58:29.559><c> kneeling</c><00:58:29.880><c> alongside</c><00:58:30.460><c> him</c><00:58:30.679><c> added</c><00:58:30.940><c> her</c><00:58:31.179><c> own</c>

00:58:31.579 --> 00:58:32.940
fervent<00:58:32.500><c> amen.</c>

00:58:33.280 --> 00:58:38.639
But<00:58:33.480><c> this</c><00:58:33.860><c> time</c><00:58:34.139><c> she</c><00:58:34.659><c> believed</c><00:58:35.079><c> with</c><00:58:35.500><c> all</c><00:58:36.000><c> her</c><00:58:36.539><c> heart</c><00:58:36.900><c> that</c><00:58:37.159><c> God</c><00:58:37.400><c> could</c><00:58:37.639><c> do</c><00:58:37.900><c> that.</c>

00:58:39.940 --> 00:58:42.380
And<00:58:40.280><c> that</c><00:58:40.460><c> has</c><00:58:40.699><c> to</c><00:58:40.920><c> be</c><00:58:41.059><c> the</c><00:58:41.219><c> moment</c><00:58:41.500><c> of</c><00:58:41.800><c> triumph,</c><00:58:42.119><c> doesn't</c><00:58:42.260><c> it?</c>

00:58:42.380 --> 00:58:45.920
Because<00:58:42.519><c> we're</c><00:58:42.760><c> told</c><00:58:43.219><c> in</c><00:58:43.519><c> Genesis</c><00:58:43.880><c> 21</c><00:58:44.400><c> and</c><00:58:44.599><c> verse</c><00:58:44.860><c> 1</c><00:58:45.039><c> that</c><00:58:45.219><c> immediately,</c>

00:58:46.340 --> 00:58:48.840
as<00:58:46.380><c> a</c><00:58:46.539><c> result</c><00:58:46.780><c> of</c><00:58:47.260><c> those</c><00:58:47.579><c> prayers</c><00:58:47.880><c> that</c><00:58:48.019><c> were</c><00:58:48.280><c> lifted</c><00:58:48.500><c> up</c><00:58:48.699><c> to</c>

00:58:48.840 --> 00:58:49.219
the<00:58:49.039><c> Father,</c>

00:58:49.380 --> 00:58:52.019
that<00:58:49.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:58:49.820><c> visited</c><00:58:50.239><c> Sarah</c><00:58:50.639><c> as</c><00:58:50.920><c> he</c><00:58:51.099><c> had</c><00:58:51.260><c> said</c><00:58:51.420><c> and</c><00:58:51.579><c> Yahweh</c>

00:58:52.019 --> 00:58:53.880
did<00:58:52.280><c> unto</c><00:58:52.519><c> Sarah</c><00:58:52.920><c> as</c><00:58:53.239><c> he</c><00:58:53.320><c> had</c><00:58:53.579><c> spoken.</c>

00:58:54.179 --> 00:58:58.300
And<00:58:54.239><c> Sarah</c><00:58:55.119><c> conceived,</c><00:58:56.280><c> says</c><00:58:56.460><c> Genesis</c><00:58:56.800><c> 21</c><00:58:57.440><c> verse</c><00:58:58.000><c> 2,</c>

00:58:58.460 --> 00:59:02.019
immediately<00:58:59.179><c> after</c><00:58:59.619><c> the</c><00:58:59.820><c> record</c><00:59:00.039><c> of</c><00:59:00.179><c> the</c><00:59:00.340><c> lifting</c><00:59:00.519><c> up</c><00:59:00.739><c> of</c><00:59:01.039><c> prayers</c><00:59:01.420><c> to</c>

00:59:02.019 --> 00:59:03.559
open<00:59:02.320><c> wombs.</c>

00:59:04.280 --> 00:59:07.320
So<00:59:04.500><c> there's</c><00:59:04.739><c> a</c><00:59:04.860><c> lesson</c><00:59:05.059><c> for</c><00:59:05.260><c> life,</c><00:59:05.559><c> isn't</c><00:59:05.679><c> it?</c>

00:59:07.420 --> 00:59:09.099
The<00:59:07.719><c> power</c><00:59:07.980><c> of</c><00:59:08.300><c> prayer.</c>

00:59:10.300 --> 00:59:13.880
A<00:59:11.019><c> little</c><00:59:11.159><c> quotation</c><00:59:11.599><c> out</c><00:59:11.860><c> of</c><00:59:12.019><c> making</c><00:59:12.400><c> prayer</c><00:59:12.780><c> powerful.</c>

00:59:14.440 --> 00:59:20.320
We<00:59:14.619><c> might</c><00:59:14.980><c> continue</c><00:59:15.500><c> to</c><00:59:15.840><c> pray</c><00:59:16.400><c> without</c><00:59:17.699><c> receiving</c><00:59:18.519><c> immediate</c><00:59:19.219><c> relief.</c>

00:59:21.139 --> 00:59:24.800
Is<00:59:21.860><c> that</c><00:59:22.360><c> an</c><00:59:22.579><c> indication</c><00:59:22.960><c> that</c><00:59:23.280><c> Yahweh</c><00:59:23.639><c> is</c><00:59:24.119><c> indifferent</c><00:59:24.519><c> to</c>

00:59:24.800 --> 00:59:25.900
our<00:59:25.039><c> prayers?</c>

00:59:26.559 --> 00:59:28.159
By<00:59:26.960><c> no</c><00:59:27.219><c> means.</c>

00:59:28.920 --> 00:59:32.559
Perhaps<00:59:29.280><c> there</c><00:59:29.460><c> is</c><00:59:29.659><c> some</c><00:59:29.940><c> lesson</c><00:59:30.300><c> he</c><00:59:30.539><c> is</c><00:59:30.739><c> trying</c><00:59:31.019><c> to</c><00:59:31.280><c> teach</c><00:59:31.500><c> us.</c>

00:59:33.199 --> 00:59:35.719
Perhaps<00:59:33.599><c> we</c><00:59:33.840><c> are</c><00:59:34.119><c> resistant</c><00:59:34.579><c> to</c><00:59:34.880><c> his</c><00:59:35.159><c> guidance.</c>

00:59:35.719 --> 00:59:39.179
Perhaps<00:59:36.179><c> the</c><00:59:36.519><c> time</c><00:59:36.960><c> is</c><00:59:37.699><c> not</c><00:59:37.980><c> right.</c>

00:59:40.159 --> 00:59:44.599
Yahweh<00:59:40.480><c> is</c><00:59:40.699><c> not</c><00:59:40.940><c> indifferent</c><00:59:41.460><c> to</c><00:59:41.719><c> our</c><00:59:41.960><c> state,</c><00:59:42.739><c> nor</c><00:59:43.000><c> unmindful,</c>

00:59:44.960 --> 00:59:50.579
but<00:59:45.119><c> is</c><00:59:45.360><c> seeking</c><00:59:45.780><c> some</c><00:59:46.800><c> greater</c><00:59:47.340><c> result</c><00:59:47.940><c> in</c><00:59:49.300><c> our</c><00:59:49.559><c> lives.</c>

00:59:53.179 --> 00:59:56.719
You<00:59:53.340><c> know,</c><00:59:53.480><c> there's</c><00:59:53.579><c> an</c><00:59:53.739><c> old</c><00:59:54.000><c> saying,</c><00:59:54.280><c> isn't</c><00:59:54.500><c> there,</c><00:59:54.820><c> which</c><00:59:55.019><c> says,</c>

00:59:57.719 --> 01:00:04.800
the<00:59:58.320><c> family</c><00:59:58.619><c> that</c><00:59:59.079><c> prays</c><00:59:59.980><c> together,</c><01:00:03.440><c> stays</c><01:00:03.739><c> together.</c>

01:00:07.000 --> 01:00:10.260
And<01:00:07.599><c> I</c><01:00:07.679><c> think</c><01:00:07.820><c> it's</c><01:00:08.000><c> true</c><01:00:08.260><c> for</c><01:00:08.420><c> many</c><01:00:08.639><c> of</c><01:00:08.840><c> us,</c><01:00:09.159><c> not</c><01:00:09.360><c> all,</c><01:00:10.119><c> but</c>

01:00:10.260 --> 01:00:11.559
for<01:00:10.440><c> many,</c>

01:00:12.800 --> 01:00:17.400
that<01:00:12.920><c> not</c><01:00:13.119><c> enough</c><01:00:13.420><c> prayers</c><01:00:13.920><c> are</c><01:00:15.679><c> found</c><01:00:15.860><c> in</c><01:00:16.079><c> the</c><01:00:16.880><c> households</c>

01:00:17.400 --> 01:00:19.659
of<01:00:18.559><c> God.</c>

01:00:21.980 --> 01:00:25.719
And<01:00:22.460><c> that</c><01:00:22.699><c> not</c><01:00:22.840><c> enough</c><01:00:23.119><c> prayers</c><01:00:23.579><c> are</c><01:00:23.960><c> lifted</c><01:00:24.159><c> up</c><01:00:24.739><c> with</c><01:00:25.139><c> husband</c><01:00:25.500><c> and</c>

01:00:25.719 --> 01:00:27.900
wife<01:00:26.239><c> together,</c>

01:00:29.079 --> 01:00:32.380
as<01:00:29.219><c> Abraham</c><01:00:29.539><c> and</c><01:00:29.840><c> Sarah</c><01:00:30.039><c> no</c><01:00:30.260><c> doubt</c><01:00:30.460><c> did</c><01:00:30.619><c> on</c><01:00:30.820><c> this</c><01:00:30.980><c> occasion.</c>

01:00:33.960 --> 01:00:36.800
Mutual<01:00:34.440><c> prayer,</c><01:00:35.159><c> at</c><01:00:35.280><c> the</c><01:00:35.280><c> end</c><01:00:35.440><c> of</c><01:00:35.599><c> the</c><01:00:35.699><c> day,</c>

01:00:38.239 --> 01:00:41.280
between<01:00:38.719><c> partners</c><01:00:39.199><c> that</c><01:00:40.059><c> are</c><01:00:40.199><c> heirs</c><01:00:40.380><c> together</c><01:00:40.760><c> of</c><01:00:40.960><c> the</c><01:00:41.099><c> grace</c>

01:00:41.280 --> 01:00:42.599
of<01:00:41.519><c> life.</c>

01:00:43.840 --> 01:00:48.360
I<01:00:44.320><c> find</c><01:00:44.559><c> that</c><01:00:44.780><c> hard,</c><01:00:47.300><c> and</c><01:00:47.380><c> no</c><01:00:47.519><c> doubt</c><01:00:47.639><c> so</c><01:00:47.840><c> to</c><01:00:47.940><c> other</c><01:00:48.119><c> people.</c>

01:00:48.360 --> 01:00:51.300
And<01:00:49.199><c> it's</c><01:00:49.340><c> not</c><01:00:49.519><c> just</c><01:00:49.780><c> prayers</c><01:00:50.019><c> together</c><01:00:50.440><c> as</c><01:00:50.719><c> husband</c><01:00:51.039><c> and</c>

01:00:51.300 --> 01:00:53.420
wife,<01:00:51.599><c> it's</c><01:00:51.780><c> family</c><01:00:52.340><c> prayers.</c>

01:00:54.460 --> 01:00:56.280
The<01:00:54.619><c> day</c><01:00:54.760><c> is</c><01:00:55.000><c> brought</c><01:00:55.139><c> to</c><01:00:55.300><c> an</c><01:00:55.420><c> end,</c><01:00:55.619><c> and</c><01:00:55.699><c> the</c><01:00:55.860><c> family</c><01:00:56.079><c> are</c>

01:00:56.280 --> 01:00:56.820
gathered<01:00:56.460><c> around</c>

01:00:56.820 --> 01:01:00.940
within<01:00:57.079><c> the</c><01:00:58.300><c> encircling</c><01:00:58.880><c> power</c><01:00:59.280><c> of</c><01:00:59.579><c> that</c><01:00:59.940><c> prayer,</c><01:01:00.460><c> lifted</c><01:01:00.679><c> up</c>

01:01:00.940 --> 01:01:01.579
to<01:01:01.119><c> the</c><01:01:01.340><c> Father.</c>

01:01:01.920 --> 01:01:05.239
It's<01:01:02.219><c> a</c><01:01:02.260><c> powerful</c><01:01:02.679><c> principle</c><01:01:03.119><c> in</c><01:01:03.320><c> family</c><01:01:03.619><c> life,</c><01:01:03.940><c> isn't</c><01:01:04.039><c> it?</c>

01:01:05.679 --> 01:01:08.360
At<01:01:05.820><c> least</c><01:01:06.099><c> Abraham</c><01:01:06.400><c> and</c><01:01:06.679><c> Sarah</c><01:01:06.840><c> had</c><01:01:07.079><c> found</c><01:01:07.300><c> that,</c><01:01:08.019><c> or</c><01:01:08.159><c> they</c>

01:01:08.360 --> 01:01:09.099
definitely<01:01:08.739><c> had</c><01:01:08.960><c> that.</c>

01:01:09.099 --> 01:01:10.780
They<01:01:09.239><c> were</c><01:01:09.400><c> people</c><01:01:09.639><c> of</c><01:01:09.960><c> prayer.</c>

01:01:11.980 --> 01:01:14.360
We<01:01:12.260><c> need</c><01:01:12.460><c> more</c><01:01:12.719><c> of</c><01:01:12.900><c> that</c><01:01:13.099><c> in</c><01:01:13.300><c> our</c><01:01:13.500><c> families.</c>

01:01:15.300 --> 01:01:17.280
We<01:01:15.820><c> need</c><01:01:16.000><c> a</c><01:01:16.079><c> lot</c><01:01:16.280><c> more.</c>

01:01:18.440 --> 01:01:21.480
And<01:01:18.960><c> if</c><01:01:19.059><c> we</c><01:01:19.199><c> can</c><01:01:19.400><c> capture</c><01:01:19.659><c> the</c><01:01:19.920><c> spirit</c><01:01:20.119><c> of</c><01:01:20.500><c> prayers</c><01:01:20.760><c> in</c><01:01:20.980><c> households,</c>

01:01:21.679 --> 01:01:23.039
and<01:01:21.679><c> in</c><01:01:21.920><c> families,</c><01:01:22.340><c> and</c><01:01:22.480><c> in</c><01:01:22.719><c> marriages,</c>

01:01:23.179 --> 01:01:26.980
then<01:01:23.300><c> that</c><01:01:23.579><c> spirit</c><01:01:23.800><c> of</c><01:01:24.139><c> prayer</c><01:01:24.380><c> will</c><01:01:24.880><c> bubble</c><01:01:25.139><c> over</c><01:01:25.400><c> into</c><01:01:25.699><c> ecclesial</c><01:01:26.280><c> life</c><01:01:26.539><c> itself,</c>

01:01:27.239 --> 01:01:30.599
and<01:01:27.480><c> prayer</c><01:01:27.679><c> will</c><01:01:27.920><c> become</c><01:01:28.099><c> a</c><01:01:28.360><c> vibrant</c><01:01:28.719><c> part</c><01:01:29.039><c> of</c><01:01:29.239><c> ecclesial</c><01:01:29.860><c> life</c><01:01:30.099><c> as</c><01:01:30.340><c> well.</c>

01:01:30.840 --> 01:01:33.599
Because<01:01:31.119><c> vibrant</c><01:01:31.519><c> prayers</c><01:01:31.880><c> spring</c><01:01:32.179><c> from</c><01:01:32.380><c> people</c><01:01:32.679><c> that</c><01:01:32.940><c> become</c><01:01:33.219><c> used</c>

01:01:33.599 --> 01:01:34.679
to<01:01:33.860><c> praying,</c>

01:01:36.159 --> 01:01:38.539
and<01:01:36.480><c> that</c><01:01:36.599><c> have</c><01:01:36.760><c> often</c><01:01:36.960><c> lifted</c><01:01:37.239><c> up</c><01:01:37.440><c> their</c><01:01:37.599><c> voice</c><01:01:37.900><c> to</c><01:01:38.079><c> the</c><01:01:38.300><c> Father.</c>

01:01:38.539 --> 01:01:43.840
So<01:01:39.039><c> often,</c><01:01:39.559><c> in</c><01:01:39.840><c> fact,</c><01:01:40.179><c> that</c><01:01:40.340><c> finally</c><01:01:40.739><c> God</c><01:01:41.000><c> does</c><01:01:41.380><c> become</c><01:01:41.679><c> familiar</c><01:01:42.059><c> to</c><01:01:42.260><c> us.</c>

01:01:44.320 --> 01:01:49.440
Because<01:01:44.840><c> we've</c><01:01:45.099><c> taken</c><01:01:45.280><c> our</c><01:01:45.500><c> troubles</c><01:01:45.840><c> to</c><01:01:46.099><c> Him,</c><01:01:46.960><c> and</c><01:01:47.199><c> our</c><01:01:47.519><c> thanksgivings</c><01:01:48.119><c> so</c><01:01:48.519><c> often.</c>

01:01:51.280 --> 01:01:54.480
We<01:01:51.719><c> need</c><01:01:51.920><c> the</c><01:01:52.139><c> power</c><01:01:52.340><c> of</c><01:01:52.719><c> prayer,</c><01:01:52.900><c> don't</c><01:01:53.099><c> we,</c><01:01:53.280><c> in</c><01:01:53.460><c> our</c><01:01:53.659><c> marriages,</c><01:01:54.239><c> and</c><01:01:54.340><c> in</c>

01:01:54.480 --> 01:01:55.159
our<01:01:54.679><c> families,</c>

01:01:55.239 --> 01:01:56.980
and<01:01:55.559><c> in</c><01:01:55.739><c> our</c><01:01:55.980><c> ecclesias.</c>

01:01:57.679 --> 01:02:02.559
That<01:01:58.199><c> was</c><01:01:58.500><c> definitely</c><01:01:58.940><c> to</c><01:01:59.119><c> be</c><01:01:59.300><c> found</c><01:01:59.519><c> in</c><01:01:59.679><c> the</c><01:01:59.800><c> life</c><01:02:00.000><c> of</c><01:02:00.260><c> Abraham</c><01:02:00.639><c> and</c><01:02:00.940><c> Sarah</c><01:02:01.239><c> at</c>

01:02:02.559 --> 01:02:03.400
this<01:02:02.780><c> particular</c><01:02:03.179><c> moment.</c>

01:02:03.480 --> 01:02:05.900
And<01:02:03.639><c> isn't</c><01:02:03.760><c> it</c><01:02:03.900><c> a</c><01:02:03.960><c> lovely</c><01:02:04.280><c> thought</c><01:02:04.500><c> to</c><01:02:04.739><c> think</c><01:02:04.880><c> that</c><01:02:05.179><c> the</c><01:02:05.559><c> final</c>

01:02:05.900 --> 01:02:07.139
thing<01:02:06.219><c> that</c><01:02:06.599><c> brought</c><01:02:06.880><c> them</c>

01:02:07.139 --> 01:02:11.639
to<01:02:07.500><c> the</c><01:02:07.519><c> triumph</c><01:02:07.900><c> of</c><01:02:08.199><c> faith</c><01:02:09.019><c> was</c><01:02:10.280><c> prayer</c><01:02:10.579><c> itself.</c>

01:02:12.820 --> 01:02:16.019
And<01:02:12.920><c> what</c><01:02:13.159><c> that</c><01:02:13.420><c> prayer</c><01:02:13.619><c> revealed</c><01:02:14.179><c> to</c><01:02:14.960><c> the</c><01:02:15.239><c> astonished</c><01:02:15.699><c> mind</c>

01:02:16.019 --> 01:02:17.019
of<01:02:16.280><c> Sarah,</c>

01:02:17.639 --> 01:02:19.920
that<01:02:17.800><c> finally</c><01:02:18.199><c> lifted</c><01:02:18.519><c> her</c><01:02:18.739><c> to</c><01:02:18.940><c> the</c><01:02:19.079><c> heights</c><01:02:19.300><c> of</c><01:02:19.579><c> faith,</c>

01:02:20.260 --> 01:02:23.840
that<01:02:20.400><c> she</c><01:02:20.579><c> could</c><01:02:20.800><c> finally</c><01:02:21.219><c> believe</c><01:02:21.780><c> in</c><01:02:22.360><c> Almighty</c><01:02:22.760><c> God,</c>

01:02:23.880 --> 01:02:24.800
and<01:02:24.000><c> in</c><01:02:24.159><c> the</c><01:02:24.280><c> power</c><01:02:24.380><c> of</c><01:02:24.519><c> the</c><01:02:24.659><c> promise.</c>

01:02:24.840 --> 01:02:27.059
Now<01:02:25.000><c> just</c><01:02:25.159><c> look</c><01:02:25.360><c> at</c><01:02:25.500><c> this,</c><01:02:25.800><c> because</c><01:02:25.920><c> I</c><01:02:26.760><c> tell</c><01:02:26.880><c> you</c><01:02:26.980><c> what,</c>

01:02:27.079 --> 01:02:29.940
this<01:02:27.199><c> is</c><01:02:27.340><c> a</c><01:02:27.400><c> remarkable</c><01:02:28.039><c> illustration</c><01:02:28.739><c> in</c><01:02:29.239><c> the</c><01:02:29.400><c> Bible</c><01:02:29.619><c> record</c>

01:02:29.940 --> 01:02:32.420
of<01:02:30.099><c> what's</c><01:02:30.500><c> happened</c><01:02:30.659><c> here</c><01:02:31.000><c> between</c><01:02:31.519><c> this</c><01:02:31.719><c> particular</c><01:02:32.179><c> couple.</c>

01:02:32.480 --> 01:02:35.119
You<01:02:32.559><c> know,</c><01:02:32.679><c> I've</c><01:02:32.840><c> said</c><01:02:32.960><c> this</c><01:02:33.199><c> before,</c><01:02:33.579><c> but</c><01:02:34.039><c> I'll</c><01:02:34.460><c> say</c><01:02:34.579><c> it</c><01:02:34.739><c> again,</c>

01:02:35.119 --> 01:02:36.760
just<01:02:35.480><c> in</c><01:02:35.639><c> case</c><01:02:35.860><c> you</c><01:02:36.079><c> haven't</c><01:02:36.239><c> heard</c><01:02:36.420><c> it.</c>

01:02:36.920 --> 01:02:39.500
One<01:02:37.079><c> of</c><01:02:37.199><c> the</c><01:02:37.239><c> things</c><01:02:37.460><c> that</c><01:02:37.739><c> really</c><01:02:38.119><c> impresses</c><01:02:38.619><c> me</c><01:02:38.739><c> with</c><01:02:38.940><c> this</c><01:02:39.179><c> story</c>

01:02:39.500 --> 01:02:43.360
is<01:02:39.940><c> how</c><01:02:40.119><c> they</c><01:02:40.480><c> really</c><01:02:40.940><c> are</c><01:02:41.340><c> together</c><01:02:41.860><c> in</c><01:02:42.239><c> this</c><01:02:42.559><c> story.</c>

01:02:44.019 --> 01:02:45.940
Now<01:02:44.300><c> I</c><01:02:44.400><c> have</c><01:02:44.639><c> sort</c><01:02:44.800><c> of</c><01:02:44.960><c> stressed</c><01:02:45.119><c> that</c><01:02:45.340><c> in</c><01:02:45.420><c> a</c><01:02:45.539><c> way,</c><01:02:45.699><c> haven't</c><01:02:45.800><c> I,</c>

01:02:45.940 --> 01:02:48.420
because<01:02:46.159><c> I</c><01:02:46.599><c> have</c><01:02:46.760><c> mentioned</c><01:02:47.059><c> the</c><01:02:47.239><c> word</c><01:02:47.360><c> together</c><01:02:47.699><c> in</c><01:02:47.900><c> every</c><01:02:48.139><c> title,</c>

01:02:48.420 --> 01:02:50.980
because<01:02:48.820><c> I</c><01:02:49.260><c> really</c><01:02:49.460><c> wanted</c><01:02:49.619><c> you</c><01:02:49.800><c> to</c><01:02:49.960><c> see</c><01:02:50.099><c> that.</c>

01:02:51.059 --> 01:02:53.599
Because<01:02:51.280><c> I</c><01:02:51.480><c> really</c><01:02:51.800><c> feel</c><01:02:52.000><c> that</c><01:02:52.179><c> that's</c><01:02:52.360><c> so</c><01:02:52.840><c> strong</c><01:02:53.139><c> in</c><01:02:53.300><c> the</c><01:02:53.460><c> record.</c>

01:02:54.039 --> 01:02:56.860
They<01:02:54.440><c> walk</c><01:02:54.760><c> hand</c><01:02:55.199><c> in</c><01:02:55.480><c> hand</c><01:02:55.840><c> through</c><01:02:56.059><c> these</c><01:02:56.280><c> chapters,</c><01:02:56.739><c> don't</c>

01:02:56.860 --> 01:02:57.719
they,<01:02:57.039><c> brothers</c><01:02:57.260><c> and</c><01:02:57.460><c> sisters?</c>

01:02:58.019 --> 01:03:00.739
Now<01:02:58.219><c> you</c><01:02:58.360><c> see,</c><01:02:58.599><c> this</c><01:02:58.800><c> woman,</c><01:02:59.539><c> she</c><01:02:59.739><c> might</c><01:02:59.980><c> have</c><01:03:00.179><c> lagged</c><01:03:00.460><c> behind</c>

01:03:00.739 --> 01:03:01.199
her<01:03:00.920><c> husband</c>

01:03:01.199 --> 01:03:04.059
in<01:03:01.340><c> this</c><01:03:01.539><c> particular</c><01:03:01.980><c> matter,</c><01:03:02.440><c> but</c><01:03:02.699><c> she</c><01:03:02.980><c> leaps</c><01:03:03.280><c> up</c><01:03:03.559><c> to</c><01:03:03.780><c> equal</c>

01:03:04.059 --> 01:03:04.900
his<01:03:04.420><c> faith</c><01:03:04.639><c> now,</c>

01:03:04.900 --> 01:03:06.760
and<01:03:05.059><c> in</c><01:03:05.179><c> the</c><01:03:05.320><c> next</c><01:03:05.599><c> chapter</c><01:03:05.840><c> she's</c><01:03:06.119><c> going</c><01:03:06.219><c> to</c><01:03:06.280><c> go</c><01:03:06.460><c> ahead,</c>

01:03:07.000 --> 01:03:08.639
and<01:03:07.119><c> it's</c><01:03:07.420><c> Abraham</c><01:03:07.699><c> who's</c><01:03:07.900><c> going</c><01:03:08.039><c> to</c><01:03:08.179><c> lag</c><01:03:08.320><c> behind.</c>

01:03:08.719 --> 01:03:10.619
They've<01:03:09.000><c> been</c><01:03:09.099><c> like</c><01:03:09.360><c> that</c><01:03:09.440><c> all</c><01:03:09.679><c> the</c><01:03:09.880><c> time,</c><01:03:10.119><c> haven't</c><01:03:10.380><c> they?</c>

01:03:11.079 --> 01:03:14.059
Sarah<01:03:11.280><c> is</c><01:03:11.519><c> the</c><01:03:11.659><c> one</c><01:03:11.739><c> who's</c><01:03:11.940><c> going</c><01:03:12.039><c> to</c><01:03:12.159><c> go</c><01:03:12.440><c> forth</c><01:03:12.800><c> and</c><01:03:12.960><c> go</c><01:03:13.179><c> on</c><01:03:13.539><c> and</c><01:03:13.719><c> go</c>

01:03:14.059 --> 01:03:15.679
forward<01:03:14.400><c> in</c><01:03:14.860><c> Genesis</c><01:03:15.159><c> 21,</c>

01:03:15.880 --> 01:03:18.679
and<01:03:16.139><c> Abraham</c><01:03:16.639><c> is</c><01:03:17.000><c> now</c><01:03:17.219><c> going</c><01:03:17.380><c> to</c><01:03:17.619><c> struggle</c><01:03:17.860><c> in</c><01:03:18.139><c> another</c><01:03:18.380><c> matter.</c>

01:03:19.059 --> 01:03:21.980
And<01:03:19.159><c> when</c><01:03:19.539><c> Sarah</c><01:03:19.860><c> finally</c><01:03:20.380><c> reached</c><01:03:20.739><c> the</c><01:03:21.119><c> triumph</c><01:03:21.420><c> of</c><01:03:21.760><c> faith,</c>

01:03:22.260 --> 01:03:25.980
she<01:03:22.440><c> did</c><01:03:22.719><c> so</c><01:03:23.159><c> stride</c><01:03:23.820><c> for</c><01:03:24.099><c> stride</c><01:03:24.539><c> with</c><01:03:24.719><c> her</c><01:03:24.940><c> husband</c><01:03:25.260><c> in</c><01:03:25.480><c> every</c><01:03:25.699><c> way.</c>

01:03:26.199 --> 01:03:28.800
Now<01:03:26.380><c> just</c><01:03:26.519><c> see</c><01:03:26.699><c> how</c><01:03:26.880><c> the</c><01:03:27.079><c> divine</c><01:03:27.280><c> record</c><01:03:27.659><c> shows</c><01:03:28.019><c> this.</c>

01:03:29.239 --> 01:03:33.440
Here<01:03:29.460><c> we</c><01:03:29.659><c> have</c><01:03:29.840><c> Paul's</c><01:03:30.579><c> exposition</c><01:03:31.380><c> upon</c><01:03:31.760><c> the</c><01:03:32.059><c> faith</c><01:03:32.400><c> of</c><01:03:32.900><c> Abraham</c>

01:03:33.440 --> 01:03:36.260
in<01:03:34.019><c> Romans</c><01:03:35.340><c> chapter</c><01:03:35.820><c> 4.</c>

01:03:36.400 --> 01:03:42.539
But<01:03:36.539><c> Romans</c><01:03:36.980><c> chapter</c><01:03:37.380><c> 4</c><01:03:37.960><c> is</c><01:03:38.320><c> Paul's</c><01:03:39.000><c> exposition</c><01:03:39.860><c> of</c><01:03:41.039><c> Abraham's</c><01:03:41.940><c> state</c><01:03:42.159><c> in</c>

01:03:42.539 --> 01:03:43.800
Genesis<01:03:42.960><c> 17.</c>

01:03:44.139 --> 01:03:47.659
Now<01:03:44.340><c> this</c><01:03:44.480><c> is</c><01:03:44.599><c> what</c><01:03:44.860><c> Paul</c><01:03:45.199><c> says</c><01:03:45.639><c> about</c><01:03:46.260><c> the</c><01:03:46.599><c> triumph</c><01:03:47.039><c> of</c><01:03:47.420><c> faith</c>

01:03:47.659 --> 01:03:49.360
in<01:03:48.039><c> the</c><01:03:48.280><c> life</c><01:03:48.619><c> of</c><01:03:48.980><c> Abraham.</c>

01:03:49.599 --> 01:03:53.940
It<01:03:49.780><c> says,</c><01:03:50.380><c> first</c><01:03:50.380><c> of</c><01:03:50.639><c> all,</c><01:03:51.679><c> he</c><01:03:51.679><c> staggered</c><01:03:52.380><c> not</c><01:03:52.599><c> at</c><01:03:52.780><c> the</c><01:03:52.980><c> promise,</c>

01:03:54.139 --> 01:03:56.639
but<01:03:54.420><c> was</c><01:03:55.079><c> strong</c><01:03:55.820><c> in</c><01:03:56.380><c> faith.</c>

01:03:57.000 --> 01:04:00.860
So<01:03:57.239><c> he</c><01:03:57.460><c> reached</c><01:03:57.780><c> that</c><01:03:58.099><c> point</c><01:03:58.300><c> where</c><01:03:58.519><c> he</c><01:03:58.619><c> had</c><01:03:58.840><c> absolute</c><01:03:59.219><c> confidence</c><01:03:59.760><c> in</c><01:04:00.019><c> God.</c>

01:04:01.019 --> 01:04:04.739
And<01:04:01.500><c> confidence</c><01:04:01.860><c> it</c><01:04:02.119><c> was,</c><01:04:02.480><c> despite</c><01:04:03.019><c> the</c><01:04:03.880><c> appearance</c><01:04:04.300><c> of</c><01:04:04.599><c> things,</c>

01:04:04.820 --> 01:04:06.980
because<01:04:05.019><c> it</c><01:04:05.260><c> says</c><01:04:05.519><c> he</c><01:04:05.880><c> was</c><01:04:06.119><c> not</c><01:04:06.320><c> weak</c><01:04:06.500><c> in</c><01:04:06.780><c> faith,</c>

01:04:07.260 --> 01:04:09.619
and<01:04:07.340><c> he</c><01:04:07.500><c> considered</c><01:04:07.860><c> not</c><01:04:08.059><c> his</c><01:04:08.219><c> own</c><01:04:08.460><c> body</c><01:04:08.619><c> which</c><01:04:08.880><c> was</c><01:04:09.199><c> in</c><01:04:09.440><c> fact</c>

01:04:09.619 --> 01:04:10.719
now<01:04:10.260><c> dead,</c>

01:04:11.019 --> 01:04:12.000
says<01:04:11.179><c> Romans</c><01:04:11.559><c> 4.</c>

01:04:12.380 --> 01:04:14.079
So<01:04:12.500><c> you</c><01:04:12.559><c> see,</c><01:04:12.639><c> when</c><01:04:12.780><c> it</c><01:04:12.920><c> says</c><01:04:13.000><c> he</c><01:04:13.099><c> was</c><01:04:13.320><c> strong</c><01:04:13.539><c> in</c><01:04:13.840><c> faith,</c>

01:04:14.420 --> 01:04:20.119
the<01:04:14.480><c> apostle</c><01:04:15.579><c> is</c><01:04:15.800><c> saying</c><01:04:16.079><c> that</c><01:04:16.300><c> Abraham</c><01:04:16.639><c> had</c><01:04:16.980><c> had</c><01:04:17.940><c> to</c><01:04:18.219><c> overcome</c><01:04:19.260><c> the</c><01:04:19.920><c> fact,</c>

01:04:20.340 --> 01:04:23.820
the<01:04:20.559><c> knowledge</c><01:04:20.820><c> that</c><01:04:21.000><c> his</c><01:04:21.179><c> own</c><01:04:21.500><c> body</c><01:04:21.780><c> was</c><01:04:22.219><c> dead</c><01:04:22.559><c> at</c><01:04:22.860><c> this</c><01:04:23.119><c> very</c><01:04:23.420><c> time.</c>

01:04:23.900 --> 01:04:25.420
And<01:04:24.219><c> why</c><01:04:24.380><c> was</c><01:04:24.519><c> he</c><01:04:24.679><c> able</c><01:04:24.820><c> to</c><01:04:25.000><c> do</c><01:04:25.179><c> that?</c>

01:04:25.780 --> 01:04:29.219
Well,<01:04:26.179><c> says</c><01:04:26.340><c> Paul,</c><01:04:27.000><c> he</c><01:04:27.199><c> was</c><01:04:28.059><c> fully</c><01:04:28.400><c> persuaded</c>

01:04:29.219 --> 01:04:35.059
that<01:04:30.019><c> what</c><01:04:30.440><c> he</c><01:04:31.119><c> had</c><01:04:31.460><c> promised,</c><01:04:32.579><c> he</c><01:04:32.840><c> was</c><01:04:33.239><c> able</c><01:04:33.860><c> to</c><01:04:34.119><c> perform.</c>

01:04:35.199 --> 01:04:38.559
He<01:04:35.199><c> had</c><01:04:35.440><c> absolute</c><01:04:35.860><c> confidence</c><01:04:36.519><c> in</c><01:04:37.019><c> the</c><01:04:37.139><c> ability</c><01:04:37.460><c> of</c><01:04:37.699><c> El</c><01:04:37.960><c> Shaddai</c><01:04:38.340><c> to</c>

01:04:38.559 --> 01:04:39.480
bring<01:04:38.820><c> forth</c><01:04:39.019><c> that</c><01:04:39.300><c> child.</c>

01:04:39.639 --> 01:04:41.980
And<01:04:39.739><c> it</c><01:04:39.880><c> wasn't</c><01:04:40.139><c> just</c><01:04:40.559><c> the</c><01:04:40.760><c> deadness</c><01:04:41.079><c> of</c><01:04:41.179><c> his</c><01:04:41.340><c> own</c><01:04:41.559><c> body</c><01:04:41.800><c> that</c>

01:04:41.980 --> 01:04:42.840
was<01:04:42.179><c> at</c><01:04:42.320><c> stake,</c><01:04:42.699><c> was</c><01:04:42.699><c> it?</c>

01:04:42.980 --> 01:04:46.699
It<01:04:43.119><c> was</c><01:04:43.300><c> the</c><01:04:43.579><c> deadness</c><01:04:44.000><c> of</c><01:04:44.179><c> his</c><01:04:44.460><c> wife's</c><01:04:44.980><c> body</c><01:04:45.320><c> as</c><01:04:45.679><c> well,</c><01:04:46.260><c> says</c><01:04:46.380><c> Romans,</c>

01:04:46.760 --> 01:04:49.920
because<01:04:46.960><c> he</c><01:04:47.139><c> says</c><01:04:47.300><c> he</c><01:04:47.559><c> didn't</c><01:04:47.820><c> consider</c><01:04:48.199><c> either</c><01:04:48.659><c> the</c><01:04:49.059><c> deadness</c><01:04:49.480><c> of</c>

01:04:49.920 --> 01:04:50.980
Sarah's<01:04:50.719><c> womb.</c>

01:04:51.139 --> 01:04:54.099
They<01:04:51.260><c> were</c><01:04:51.440><c> both</c><01:04:51.760><c> in</c><01:04:52.059><c> this</c><01:04:52.340><c> together,</c><01:04:52.880><c> but</c><01:04:53.119><c> Abraham's</c><01:04:53.699><c> faith</c>

01:04:54.099 --> 01:04:55.320
was<01:04:54.420><c> sufficient</c><01:04:54.840><c> for</c><01:04:55.119><c> that.</c>

01:04:55.320 --> 01:04:59.219
And<01:04:55.679><c> Romans</c><01:04:56.019><c> 4</c><01:04:56.239><c> finally</c><01:04:56.619><c> goes</c><01:04:56.860><c> on</c><01:04:57.099><c> to</c><01:04:57.260><c> say</c><01:04:57.599><c> that</c><01:04:57.960><c> he</c><01:04:58.119><c> might</c><01:04:58.440><c> become</c><01:04:58.860><c> the</c>

01:04:59.219 --> 01:05:00.920
father<01:04:59.699><c> of</c><01:05:00.079><c> many</c><01:05:00.440><c> nations</c>

01:05:00.920 --> 01:05:05.559
according<01:05:01.380><c> to</c><01:05:01.599><c> the</c><01:05:01.739><c> word</c><01:05:01.980><c> spoken,</c><01:05:03.059><c> so</c><01:05:03.260><c> shall</c><01:05:03.880><c> thy</c><01:05:04.360><c> seed</c><01:05:04.699><c> be.</c>

01:05:05.659 --> 01:05:09.980
So<01:05:05.840><c> you</c><01:05:05.980><c> see,</c><01:05:06.340><c> there's</c><01:05:06.480><c> the</c><01:05:06.699><c> spirit</c><01:05:06.980><c> of</c><01:05:07.219><c> Abraham</c><01:05:07.659><c> in</c><01:05:08.219><c> his</c><01:05:08.559><c> absolute</c><01:05:09.139><c> faith</c><01:05:09.539><c> now,</c>

01:05:10.119 --> 01:05:12.159
ready<01:05:10.460><c> for</c><01:05:10.679><c> the</c><01:05:10.840><c> bringing</c><01:05:11.059><c> forth</c><01:05:11.340><c> of</c><01:05:11.559><c> that</c><01:05:11.760><c> child.</c>

01:05:12.539 --> 01:05:15.000
You<01:05:12.639><c> want</c><01:05:12.780><c> to</c><01:05:12.920><c> see</c><01:05:12.980><c> his</c><01:05:13.159><c> wife?</c><01:05:14.380><c> Here</c><01:05:14.539><c> she</c><01:05:14.719><c> is.</c>

01:05:15.420 --> 01:05:18.300
She's<01:05:15.760><c> now</c><01:05:16.059><c> there</c><01:05:16.380><c> at</c><01:05:16.800><c> the</c><01:05:16.940><c> end</c><01:05:17.159><c> of</c><01:05:17.460><c> Genesis</c><01:05:17.780><c> 20.</c>

01:05:18.519 --> 01:05:22.400
This<01:05:18.800><c> is</c><01:05:19.099><c> where</c><01:05:19.579><c> Sarah</c><01:05:20.139><c> has</c><01:05:20.579><c> now</c><01:05:20.960><c> come</c><01:05:21.260><c> to</c><01:05:21.420><c> in</c><01:05:21.519><c> the</c><01:05:21.719><c> divine</c><01:05:21.940><c> record.</c>

01:05:22.400 --> 01:05:26.219
And<01:05:23.059><c> Romans</c><01:05:23.260><c> 4</c><01:05:23.619><c> concerning</c><01:05:24.119><c> Abraham</c><01:05:24.619><c> is</c><01:05:24.880><c> going</c><01:05:25.000><c> to</c><01:05:25.199><c> be</c><01:05:25.380><c> matched</c><01:05:25.659><c> now</c>

01:05:26.219 --> 01:05:31.099
by<01:05:26.519><c> the</c><01:05:26.719><c> apostle's</c><01:05:27.320><c> statements</c><01:05:27.539><c> on</c><01:05:27.739><c> his</c><01:05:27.940><c> wife</c><01:05:28.400><c> in</c><01:05:29.179><c> Hebrews</c><01:05:29.880><c> 11.</c>

01:05:31.480 --> 01:05:35.019
So<01:05:31.599><c> let's</c><01:05:31.820><c> have</c><01:05:31.960><c> a</c><01:05:31.960><c> look</c><01:05:32.099><c> at</c><01:05:32.340><c> Sarah</c><01:05:32.480><c> then</c><01:05:33.019><c> from</c><01:05:33.480><c> the</c><01:05:33.780><c> Hebrews</c><01:05:34.039><c> record.</c>

01:05:36.159 --> 01:05:40.619
So<01:05:36.340><c> whereas</c><01:05:36.679><c> of</c><01:05:36.960><c> him</c><01:05:37.079><c> it</c><01:05:37.260><c> says</c><01:05:37.659><c> he</c><01:05:37.980><c> was</c><01:05:38.420><c> strong</c><01:05:38.920><c> in</c><01:05:39.420><c> faith,</c>

01:05:41.340 --> 01:05:44.119
Hebrews<01:05:41.659><c> now</c><01:05:42.059><c> says</c><01:05:42.239><c> concerning</c><01:05:42.780><c> Sarah,</c>

01:05:44.280 --> 01:05:50.960
through<01:05:44.639><c> faith</c><01:05:45.380><c> Sarah</c><01:05:46.639><c> herself</c><01:05:47.940><c> received</c><01:05:48.940><c> strength</c><01:05:49.900><c> to</c><01:05:50.380><c> conceive.</c>

01:05:50.960 --> 01:05:55.519
Strong<01:05:51.920><c> in</c><01:05:52.199><c> faith?</c><01:05:53.539><c> Faith</c><01:05:54.000><c> to</c><01:05:54.360><c> be</c><01:05:54.579><c> strengthened.</c>

01:05:55.760 --> 01:05:59.360
She<01:05:55.860><c> was</c><01:05:56.159><c> just</c><01:05:56.559><c> like</c><01:05:56.920><c> her</c><01:05:57.139><c> husband,</c><01:05:57.840><c> and</c><01:05:57.920><c> she</c><01:05:58.019><c> had</c><01:05:58.179><c> exactly</c><01:05:58.559><c> the</c><01:05:58.760><c> same</c><01:05:58.940><c> thing</c><01:05:59.099><c> to</c>

01:05:59.360 --> 01:06:00.119
conquer,<01:05:59.679><c> didn't</c><01:05:59.800><c> she?</c>

01:06:00.340 --> 01:06:03.219
Because<01:06:00.599><c> just</c><01:06:00.900><c> as</c><01:06:01.059><c> he</c><01:06:01.199><c> had</c><01:06:01.440><c> to</c><01:06:02.019><c> not</c><01:06:02.300><c> be</c><01:06:02.579><c> worried</c><01:06:02.800><c> about</c><01:06:03.039><c> his</c>

01:06:03.219 --> 01:06:04.719
own<01:06:03.440><c> body,</c><01:06:03.760><c> which</c><01:06:03.900><c> was</c><01:06:04.199><c> now</c><01:06:04.440><c> dead,</c>

01:06:05.139 --> 01:06:08.960
Hebrews<01:06:05.360><c> says</c><01:06:05.619><c> of</c><01:06:05.860><c> Sarah,</c><01:06:06.639><c> and</c><01:06:06.699><c> she</c><01:06:06.880><c> was</c><01:06:07.199><c> delivered</c><01:06:07.559><c> of</c><01:06:07.739><c> a</c><01:06:08.019><c> child</c><01:06:08.320><c> when</c><01:06:08.619><c> she</c>

01:06:08.960 --> 01:06:11.400
was<01:06:09.360><c> past</c><01:06:10.059><c> age,</c>

01:06:11.679 --> 01:06:13.500
says<01:06:11.679><c> Hebrews</c><01:06:12.360><c> 11.</c>

01:06:14.000 --> 01:06:18.199
Exactly<01:06:14.420><c> the</c><01:06:14.679><c> same</c><01:06:15.360><c> spirit</c><01:06:15.679><c> as</c><01:06:15.980><c> her</c><01:06:16.460><c> husband</c><01:06:16.860><c> on</c><01:06:17.079><c> this</c><01:06:17.280><c> occasion.</c>

01:06:18.400 --> 01:06:23.199
And<01:06:18.960><c> on</c><01:06:19.139><c> what</c><01:06:19.280><c> basis</c><01:06:19.559><c> did</c><01:06:19.739><c> she</c><01:06:19.880><c> do</c><01:06:20.139><c> that?</c><01:06:21.260><c> Because,</c><01:06:21.579><c> says</c><01:06:21.719><c> Hebrews</c><01:06:22.000><c> 11,</c>

01:06:24.019 --> 01:06:27.639
she<01:06:24.579><c> judged</c><01:06:25.139><c> him</c><01:06:26.320><c> faithful</c><01:06:26.880><c> who</c><01:06:27.219><c> had</c><01:06:27.460><c> promised.</c>

01:06:27.639 --> 01:06:30.739
Now<01:06:27.820><c> just</c><01:06:28.019><c> look</c><01:06:28.159><c> at</c><01:06:28.280><c> the</c><01:06:28.500><c> remarkable</c><01:06:29.420><c> parallel</c><01:06:29.900><c> of</c><01:06:30.139><c> ideas</c><01:06:30.460><c> there.</c>

01:06:30.980 --> 01:06:34.800
He<01:06:31.139><c> was</c><01:06:31.480><c> fully</c><01:06:31.739><c> persuaded</c><01:06:32.400><c> that</c><01:06:33.059><c> what</c><01:06:33.300><c> he</c><01:06:33.559><c> promised</c><01:06:33.880><c> he</c><01:06:34.119><c> would</c><01:06:34.400><c> perform.</c>

01:06:34.960 --> 01:06:38.320
She<01:06:35.519><c> judged</c><01:06:36.199><c> him</c><01:06:36.860><c> faithful</c><01:06:37.440><c> who</c><01:06:37.860><c> had</c><01:06:38.139><c> promised.</c>

01:06:38.380 --> 01:06:41.960
She's<01:06:38.820><c> exactly</c><01:06:39.239><c> the</c><01:06:39.500><c> same</c><01:06:39.760><c> spirit</c><01:06:40.079><c> now</c><01:06:40.460><c> as</c><01:06:40.920><c> her</c><01:06:41.079><c> husband</c><01:06:41.500><c> in</c>

01:06:41.960 --> 01:06:44.500
every<01:06:43.039><c> aspect</c><01:06:43.639><c> of</c><01:06:44.079><c> this</c><01:06:44.300><c> promise.</c>

01:06:44.500 --> 01:06:47.039
And<01:06:44.860><c> she</c><01:06:44.980><c> didn't</c><01:06:45.199><c> just</c><01:06:45.480><c> consider</c><01:06:45.840><c> herself,</c><01:06:46.480><c> she</c><01:06:46.639><c> considered</c>

01:06:47.039 --> 01:06:48.539
her<01:06:47.280><c> husband's</c><01:06:47.960><c> state</c><01:06:48.039><c> as</c><01:06:48.300><c> well.</c>

01:06:48.880 --> 01:06:53.920
Therefore<01:06:49.179><c> sprang</c><01:06:49.679><c> there</c><01:06:49.920><c> of</c><01:06:50.139><c> one,</c><01:06:50.400><c> and</c><01:06:50.639><c> him</c><01:06:50.900><c> as</c><01:06:51.179><c> good</c><01:06:51.400><c> as</c><01:06:51.699><c> dead,</c><01:06:52.840><c> says</c><01:06:53.019><c> Hebrews</c><01:06:53.380><c> 11.</c>

01:06:54.019 --> 01:06:55.500
They<01:06:54.119><c> were</c><01:06:54.300><c> both</c><01:06:54.599><c> in</c><01:06:54.860><c> this</c><01:06:55.119><c> together.</c>

01:06:55.780 --> 01:06:58.280
They<01:06:55.980><c> both</c><01:06:56.360><c> needed</c><01:06:56.659><c> the</c><01:06:56.940><c> outpouring</c><01:06:57.380><c> of</c><01:06:57.619><c> the</c><01:06:57.860><c> spirit,</c><01:06:58.099><c> didn't</c>

01:06:58.280 --> 01:07:00.440
they,<01:06:58.780><c> that</c><01:06:58.960><c> this</c><01:06:59.239><c> child</c><01:06:59.480><c> might</c><01:06:59.760><c> be</c><01:06:59.960><c> brought</c><01:07:00.260><c> forth.</c>

01:07:00.920 --> 01:07:04.239
And<01:07:01.119><c> so</c><01:07:01.300><c> Hebrews</c><01:07:01.579><c> 11</c><01:07:01.940><c> closes</c><01:07:02.300><c> by</c><01:07:02.679><c> saying,</c><01:07:03.340><c> and</c><01:07:03.480><c> so</c><01:07:03.599><c> as</c><01:07:03.780><c> a</c><01:07:03.880><c> result,</c>

01:07:04.500 --> 01:07:08.639
so<01:07:04.840><c> many</c><01:07:05.340><c> as</c><01:07:05.679><c> the</c><01:07:06.099><c> stars</c><01:07:06.400><c> of</c><01:07:06.599><c> the</c><01:07:06.860><c> sky</c><01:07:07.139><c> in</c><01:07:07.440><c> multitude,</c><01:07:08.420><c> and</c><01:07:08.500><c> as</c>

01:07:08.639 --> 01:07:10.460
the<01:07:08.980><c> sandwiches</c><01:07:09.400><c> by</c><01:07:09.760><c> the</c><01:07:10.000><c> seashore</c>

01:07:10.460 --> 01:07:14.079
sprang<01:07:11.159><c> from</c><01:07:11.519><c> this</c><01:07:11.820><c> woman</c><01:07:12.059><c> and</c><01:07:12.239><c> her</c><01:07:12.460><c> faith,</c>

01:07:14.360 --> 01:07:16.300
just<01:07:14.559><c> as</c><01:07:14.679><c> Paul</c><01:07:14.900><c> had</c><01:07:15.119><c> said</c><01:07:15.179><c> in</c><01:07:15.340><c> Romans,</c>

01:07:17.400 --> 01:07:21.760
that<01:07:17.539><c> they</c><01:07:17.719><c> would</c><01:07:17.960><c> be</c><01:07:18.139><c> multiplied</c><01:07:18.539><c> up</c><01:07:18.940><c> from</c><01:07:19.139><c> Abraham</c><01:07:19.699><c> for</c><01:07:21.199><c> his</c><01:07:21.559><c> faith.</c>

01:07:21.920 --> 01:07:25.079
Oh,<01:07:22.179><c> they</c><01:07:22.280><c> were</c><01:07:22.619><c> in</c><01:07:22.940><c> this</c><01:07:23.239><c> together,</c><01:07:23.840><c> weren't</c><01:07:23.940><c> they?</c>

01:07:25.420 --> 01:07:27.119
And<01:07:25.519><c> there</c><01:07:25.699><c> they</c><01:07:25.880><c> are.</c>

01:07:27.559 --> 01:07:29.940
Stride<01:07:27.920><c> for</c><01:07:28.119><c> stride,</c><01:07:28.420><c> they've</c><01:07:28.659><c> now</c><01:07:28.980><c> equaled</c><01:07:29.340><c> each</c><01:07:29.559><c> other.</c>

01:07:30.360 --> 01:07:32.139
They're<01:07:30.579><c> both</c><01:07:30.820><c> ready</c><01:07:31.079><c> now.</c>

01:07:32.280 --> 01:07:33.920
The<01:07:32.539><c> time</c><01:07:32.699><c> has</c><01:07:32.980><c> come.</c>

01:07:34.340 --> 01:07:36.539
And<01:07:34.460><c> God</c><01:07:34.659><c> willing</c><01:07:34.860><c> in</c><01:07:35.019><c> our</c><01:07:35.239><c> study</c><01:07:35.440><c> tomorrow</c><01:07:35.820><c> morning</c><01:07:36.119><c> by</c><01:07:36.340><c> way</c>

01:07:36.539 --> 01:07:37.219
of<01:07:36.760><c> exhortation,</c>

01:07:37.219 --> 01:07:41.320
we're<01:07:37.380><c> going</c><01:07:37.519><c> to</c><01:07:37.639><c> see</c><01:07:37.800><c> that</c><01:07:38.159><c> remarkable</c><01:07:38.760><c> story</c><01:07:39.300><c> come</c><01:07:39.659><c> at</c><01:07:39.780><c> least</c><01:07:40.059><c> in</c><01:07:40.219><c> measure</c><01:07:40.380><c> to</c><01:07:40.579><c> a</c><01:07:40.699><c> conclusion</c>

01:07:41.320 --> 01:07:44.739
as<01:07:42.000><c> they</c><01:07:42.579><c> experience</c><01:07:43.179><c> the</c><01:07:43.400><c> joy</c><01:07:43.659><c> of</c><01:07:43.860><c> the</c><01:07:44.059><c> bringing</c><01:07:44.280><c> forth</c><01:07:44.579><c> of</c>

01:07:44.739 --> 01:07:45.579
that<01:07:44.940><c> little</c><01:07:45.260><c> child,</c>

01:07:45.739 --> 01:07:50.739
the<01:07:45.800><c> son</c><01:07:46.000><c> of</c><01:07:46.159><c> their</c><01:07:46.400><c> love,</c><01:07:47.059><c> that</c><01:07:47.119><c> they</c><01:07:47.340><c> might</c><01:07:47.639><c> embrace</c><01:07:48.139><c> him</c><01:07:48.719><c> and</c><01:07:49.079><c> enjoy</c><01:07:49.559><c> him</c><01:07:49.800><c> together</c><01:07:50.420><c> in</c>

01:07:50.739 --> 01:07:51.760
the<01:07:50.900><c> rest.</c>

01:07:55.199 --> 01:07:59.159
The<01:07:55.500><c> lessons</c><01:07:55.880><c> then</c><01:07:56.119><c> of</c><01:07:56.679><c> Genesis</c><01:07:57.139><c> chapter</c><01:07:57.519><c> 20.</c>

01:08:01.019 --> 01:08:05.300
In<01:08:01.139><c> our</c><01:08:01.440><c> weakness,</c><01:08:02.300><c> we</c><01:08:02.460><c> sometimes</c><01:08:03.139><c> fall</c><01:08:03.539><c> into</c><01:08:03.880><c> circumstances</c>

01:08:05.800 --> 01:08:09.039
which<01:08:06.179><c> jeopardize</c><01:08:07.019><c> the</c><01:08:07.219><c> operations</c><01:08:07.780><c> of</c><01:08:08.039><c> God.</c>

01:08:10.739 --> 01:08:15.780
How<01:08:11.039><c> deplorable</c><01:08:11.780><c> when</c><01:08:13.300><c> we</c><01:08:13.519><c> have</c><01:08:13.719><c> agreed</c><01:08:13.960><c> together</c><01:08:14.440><c> to</c><01:08:14.719><c> deceive.</c>

01:08:18.039 --> 01:08:21.979
God's<01:08:18.800><c> strength,</c><01:08:19.340><c> however,</c><01:08:19.699><c> is</c><01:08:20.000><c> perfected</c><01:08:20.659><c> in</c><01:08:20.880><c> our</c><01:08:21.079><c> weakness.</c>

01:08:23.039 --> 01:08:26.779
His<01:08:23.319><c> providential</c><01:08:23.939><c> care</c><01:08:24.380><c> is</c><01:08:24.680><c> towards</c><01:08:25.159><c> his</c><01:08:25.500><c> saints,</c><01:08:26.039><c> even</c><01:08:26.479><c> in</c>

01:08:26.779 --> 01:08:28.300
their<01:08:27.000><c> folly.</c>

01:08:29.640 --> 01:08:33.039
Misjudgment<01:08:30.220><c> of</c><01:08:30.460><c> others</c><01:08:31.340><c> should</c><01:08:32.039><c> not</c><01:08:32.319><c> be</c><01:08:32.579><c> compounded</c>

01:08:33.039 --> 01:08:35.399
by<01:08:33.359><c> attempts</c><01:08:33.680><c> of</c><01:08:34.220><c> self</c><01:08:34.739><c> exoneration.</c>

01:08:35.560 --> 01:08:38.439
And<01:08:35.680><c> very</c><01:08:35.939><c> often</c><01:08:36.220><c> their</c><01:08:36.659><c> subsequent</c><01:08:37.140><c> actions</c><01:08:37.500><c> only</c><01:08:37.920><c> serve</c><01:08:38.159><c> to</c>

01:08:38.439 --> 01:08:40.279
rebuke<01:08:38.760><c> us</c><01:08:39.039><c> further.</c>

01:08:41.520 --> 01:08:44.859
Abraham<01:08:42.000><c> prayed</c><01:08:42.520><c> with</c><01:08:43.300><c> contrite</c><01:08:43.920><c> heart</c>

01:08:45.239 --> 01:08:49.119
and<01:08:46.079><c> Sarah's</c><01:08:46.579><c> faith</c><01:08:46.819><c> triumphed</c><01:08:47.439><c> to</c><01:08:47.539><c> now</c><01:08:47.800><c> equal</c><01:08:48.220><c> his.</c>

01:08:50.500 --> 01:08:55.739
God<01:08:50.739><c> is</c><01:08:50.979><c> able</c><01:08:51.159><c> to</c><01:08:51.359><c> lift</c><01:08:51.560><c> us</c><01:08:51.859><c> to</c><01:08:52.119><c> new</c><01:08:52.640><c> heights</c><01:08:53.300><c> out</c><01:08:54.260><c> of</c><01:08:54.539><c> failure</c>

01:08:56.159 --> 01:08:59.079
through<01:08:57.000><c> prayerful</c><01:08:57.500><c> supplication.</c>

01:09:00.319 --> 01:09:03.060
And<01:09:00.800><c> so</c><01:09:01.079><c> he</c><01:09:01.159><c> can,</c><01:09:01.520><c> brothers</c><01:09:01.899><c> and</c><01:09:02.100><c> sisters.</c>

01:09:04.640 --> 01:09:07.439
He<01:09:04.779><c> can</c><01:09:04.960><c> lift</c><01:09:05.159><c> us</c><01:09:05.340><c> out</c><01:09:05.520><c> of</c><01:09:05.659><c> the</c><01:09:05.720><c> very</c><01:09:05.960><c> moment</c><01:09:06.199><c> of</c><01:09:06.460><c> distress</c>

01:09:08.640 --> 01:09:11.079
and<01:09:09.119><c> bring</c><01:09:09.300><c> us</c><01:09:09.479><c> to</c><01:09:09.579><c> the</c><01:09:09.779><c> triumph</c><01:09:09.979><c> of</c><01:09:10.239><c> faith.</c>

01:09:12.500 --> 01:09:15.159
If<01:09:12.739><c> we</c><01:09:12.880><c> will</c><01:09:13.060><c> but</c><01:09:13.199><c> learn</c><01:09:13.359><c> the</c><01:09:13.520><c> lessons</c><01:09:13.800><c> of</c><01:09:14.000><c> this</c><01:09:14.279><c> couple,</c>

01:09:16.140 --> 01:09:19.039
to<01:09:16.619><c> be</c><01:09:16.779><c> sensitive</c><01:09:17.220><c> to</c><01:09:17.439><c> the</c><01:09:17.619><c> Father's</c><01:09:18.079><c> providential</c><01:09:18.619><c> hand</c><01:09:18.859><c> in</c>

01:09:19.039 --> 01:09:20.119
our<01:09:19.239><c> lives,</c>

01:09:21.100 --> 01:09:23.579
to<01:09:21.380><c> be</c><01:09:21.600><c> careful</c><01:09:21.859><c> in</c><01:09:22.060><c> our</c><01:09:22.260><c> judgment</c><01:09:22.520><c> of</c><01:09:22.739><c> others,</c>

01:09:24.500 --> 01:09:30.560
to<01:09:25.180><c> never</c><01:09:25.380><c> stop</c><01:09:25.720><c> the</c><01:09:25.899><c> power</c><01:09:26.180><c> of</c><01:09:26.500><c> prayer</c><01:09:26.760><c> at</c><01:09:27.100><c> work</c><01:09:27.600><c> in</c><01:09:28.340><c> our</c><01:09:28.479><c> lives</c><01:09:28.779><c> before</c><01:09:29.159><c> him.</c>

01:09:31.859 --> 01:09:34.979
These<01:09:31.960><c> things</c><01:09:32.239><c> certainly</c><01:09:32.659><c> worked</c><01:09:32.880><c> in</c><01:09:33.039><c> their</c><01:09:33.260><c> lives</c><01:09:33.760><c> on</c><01:09:34.760><c> this</c>

01:09:34.979 --> 01:09:36.119
momentous<01:09:35.500><c> occasion</c>

01:09:36.119 --> 01:09:40.479
as<01:09:37.119><c> now</c><01:09:37.460><c> finally,</c><01:09:39.000><c> out</c><01:09:39.060><c> of</c><01:09:39.260><c> the</c><01:09:39.260><c> very</c><01:09:39.640><c> distresses</c><01:09:40.100><c> of</c><01:09:40.260><c> life</c>

01:09:40.479 --> 01:09:43.899
and<01:09:40.699><c> out</c><01:09:40.840><c> of</c><01:09:41.039><c> the</c><01:09:41.079><c> very</c><01:09:41.659><c> weakness</c><01:09:41.960><c> of</c><01:09:42.199><c> their</c><01:09:42.420><c> own</c><01:09:42.619><c> mistakes,</c>

01:09:44.479 --> 01:09:50.579
Abraham<01:09:44.640><c> and</c><01:09:44.939><c> Sarah</c><01:09:45.539><c> now</c><01:09:46.300><c> experience</c><01:09:47.000><c> the</c><01:09:47.279><c> triumph</c><01:09:47.819><c> of</c><01:09:48.300><c> faith</c><01:09:49.140><c> together.</c>