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By<00:10:11.000><c> faith,</c><00:10:11.860><c> Abraham,</c><00:10:12.639><c> when</c><00:10:12.899><c> he</c><00:10:13.100><c> was</c><00:10:13.399><c> called</c><00:10:13.620><c> to</c><00:10:13.759><c> go</c><00:10:13.980><c> out</c><00:10:14.179><c> into</c>

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a<00:10:14.659><c> place,</c>

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which<00:10:15.539><c> he</c><00:10:15.720><c> should</c><00:10:15.879><c> after</c><00:10:16.220><c> receive</c><00:10:16.700><c> for</c><00:10:16.919><c> an</c><00:10:17.139><c> inheritance,</c><00:10:18.279><c> obeyed.</c>

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And<00:10:19.279><c> he</c><00:10:19.440><c> went</c><00:10:19.659><c> out,</c><00:10:20.019><c> not</c><00:10:20.340><c> knowing</c><00:10:20.879><c> whither</c><00:10:21.299><c> he</c><00:10:21.559><c> went.</c>

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That's<00:10:23.220><c> his</c><00:10:23.500><c> first</c><00:10:24.000><c> recorded</c><00:10:24.600><c> act</c><00:10:24.899><c> of</c><00:10:25.200><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:10:33.399><c> second</c><00:10:33.679><c> is</c><00:10:33.860><c> that</c><00:10:33.980><c> he</c><00:10:34.059><c> was</c><00:10:34.259><c> a</c><00:10:34.440><c> sojourner</c><00:10:35.600><c> in</c><00:10:35.860><c> a</c><00:10:36.059><c> land,</c><00:10:36.580><c> not</c>

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And<00:10:40.539><c> we'll</c><00:10:40.740><c> look</c><00:10:40.940><c> at</c><00:10:41.059><c> each</c><00:10:41.279><c> of</c><00:10:41.419><c> them</c><00:10:41.559><c> in</c><00:10:41.840><c> turn,</c><00:10:42.200><c> God</c><00:10:42.440><c> willing.</c>

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So<00:10:43.659><c> he</c><00:10:43.860><c> obeyed.</c>

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He<00:10:44.879><c> was</c><00:10:45.220><c> called,</c><00:10:45.600><c> he</c><00:10:45.779><c> put</c><00:10:45.919><c> his</c><00:10:46.240><c> trust</c><00:10:46.440><c> in</c><00:10:46.759><c> God,</c><00:10:47.200><c> and</c><00:10:47.460><c> he</c><00:10:47.679><c> allowed</c><00:10:47.860><c> him</c><00:10:48.139><c> to</c>

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be<00:10:48.480><c> his</c><00:10:48.759><c> guide.</c>

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As<00:10:49.820><c> we</c><00:10:50.059><c> have</c><00:10:50.259><c> to</c><00:10:50.399><c> do,</c><00:10:50.519><c> of</c><00:10:50.679><c> course,</c><00:10:50.879><c> in</c><00:10:51.100><c> our</c><00:10:51.340><c> lives.</c>

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He<00:10:52.299><c> recognized</c><00:10:52.799><c> that</c><00:10:52.980><c> his</c><00:10:53.159><c> duty</c><00:10:53.419><c> to</c><00:10:53.740><c> God</c><00:10:54.039><c> had</c><00:10:54.519><c> got</c><00:10:54.720><c> to</c><00:10:54.960><c> come</c><00:10:55.240><c> first.</c>

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Now,<00:10:58.019><c> Ur</c><00:10:58.019><c> of</c><00:10:58.139><c> the</c><00:10:58.320><c> Chaldees</c><00:10:59.019><c> was</c><00:10:59.639><c> a</c><00:10:59.960><c> very</c><00:11:00.279><c> prosperous</c><00:11:00.720><c> city,</c><00:11:01.620><c> a</c>

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trading<00:11:02.120><c> city.</c>

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But<00:11:03.360><c> it</c><00:11:03.440><c> was</c><00:11:03.620><c> also</c><00:11:03.980><c> a</c><00:11:04.240><c> center</c><00:11:04.500><c> of</c><00:11:04.840><c> idol</c><00:11:05.120><c> worship.</c>

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They<00:11:06.440><c> found</c><00:11:06.700><c> that</c><00:11:06.840><c> in</c><00:11:07.059><c> this</c><00:11:07.279><c> city</c><00:11:07.500><c> the</c><00:11:07.679><c> principal</c><00:11:08.179><c> deity</c><00:11:08.740><c> was</c>

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the<00:11:09.440><c> moon</c><00:11:09.779><c> god.</c>

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They<00:11:11.019><c> worshiped</c><00:11:11.440><c> in</c><00:11:11.559><c> this</c><00:11:11.799><c> great</c><00:11:12.120><c> temple</c><00:11:12.460><c> that</c><00:11:12.600><c> was</c><00:11:12.799><c> built</c><00:11:13.059><c> there.</c>

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And<00:11:14.559><c> they</c><00:11:15.940><c> left</c><00:11:16.200><c> Ur</c><00:11:16.360><c> of</c><00:11:16.460><c> the</c><00:11:16.679><c> Chaldees</c><00:11:17.299><c> and</c><00:11:17.559><c> they</c><00:11:17.799><c> came</c><00:11:18.000><c> to</c><00:11:18.399><c> Haran.</c>

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And<00:11:19.600><c> they've</c><00:11:19.779><c> also</c><00:11:20.059><c> discovered</c><00:11:20.519><c> that</c><00:11:20.700><c> the</c><00:11:20.940><c> moon</c><00:11:21.240><c> god</c><00:11:21.580><c> was</c><00:11:21.960><c> worshiped</c><00:11:22.360><c> at</c><00:11:22.639><c> Haran.</c>

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And<00:11:24.159><c> that</c><00:11:24.379><c> is</c><00:11:24.539><c> where</c><00:11:24.720><c> the</c><00:11:24.980><c> family</c><00:11:25.279><c> stopped</c><00:11:25.799><c> for</c><00:11:26.120><c> a</c><00:11:26.320><c> time.</c>

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When<00:11:26.879><c> they</c><00:11:27.080><c> got</c><00:11:27.320><c> 800</c><00:11:27.740><c> miles</c><00:11:28.179><c> northwest,</c><00:11:28.759><c> they</c><00:11:29.039><c> stopped</c><00:11:29.320><c> in</c>

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Haran<00:11:30.039><c> where</c><00:11:30.379><c> the</c><00:11:30.700><c> same</c><00:11:31.200><c> god</c><00:11:31.600><c> was</c><00:11:31.899><c> worshiped.</c>

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So<00:11:33.379><c> probably</c><00:11:33.820><c> Tira,</c><00:11:34.419><c> who</c><00:11:34.639><c> died</c><00:11:34.919><c> in</c><00:11:35.179><c> Haran</c><00:11:35.559><c> and</c><00:11:35.700><c> who</c><00:11:35.879><c> didn't</c><00:11:36.059><c> worship</c><00:11:36.480><c> Abraham's</c><00:11:37.019><c> god,</c><00:11:37.519><c> felt</c><00:11:37.700><c> comfortable</c><00:11:38.440><c> in</c><00:11:38.899><c> Haran.</c>

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He<00:11:39.860><c> wouldn't</c><00:11:40.059><c> go</c><00:11:40.279><c> any</c><00:11:40.519><c> further.</c>

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You'll<00:11:41.940><c> remember</c><00:11:42.200><c> that</c><00:11:42.399><c> the</c><00:11:42.460><c> last</c><00:11:42.720><c> chapter</c><00:11:43.019><c> of</c><00:11:43.240><c> Joshua</c><00:11:43.639><c> tells</c><00:11:44.019><c> us,</c>

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your<00:11:45.100><c> fathers</c><00:11:45.559><c> dwelt</c><00:11:45.919><c> on</c><00:11:46.120><c> the</c><00:11:46.259><c> other</c><00:11:46.519><c> side</c><00:11:46.639><c> of</c><00:11:46.779><c> the</c><00:11:47.000><c> flood</c><00:11:47.120><c> in</c>

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old<00:11:47.639><c> time,</c>

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Nacor,<00:11:52.379><c> and</c><00:11:52.559><c> they</c><00:11:52.960><c> served</c><00:11:53.279><c> other</c><00:11:53.720><c> gods.</c>

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So<00:11:55.379><c> Abraham's</c><00:11:55.879><c> father</c><00:11:56.480><c> would</c><00:11:56.820><c> go</c><00:11:57.059><c> no</c><00:11:57.360><c> further.</c>

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But<00:11:58.580><c> Abraham</c><00:11:58.879><c> himself</c><00:11:59.419><c> was</c><00:11:59.759><c> called</c><00:11:59.899><c> to</c><00:12:00.259><c> separate</c><00:12:00.580><c> himself</c><00:12:01.000><c> from</c><00:12:01.179><c> all</c><00:12:01.399><c> of</c><00:12:01.600><c> this.</c>

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And<00:12:02.340><c> as</c><00:12:02.480><c> verse</c><00:12:02.720><c> 13</c><00:12:03.159><c> of</c><00:12:03.340><c> this</c><00:12:03.580><c> chapter</c><00:12:03.860><c> tells</c><00:12:04.179><c> us,</c><00:12:04.860><c> he</c><00:12:05.039><c> became</c><00:12:05.399><c> a</c>

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stranger<00:12:06.179><c> and</c><00:12:06.759><c> a</c><00:12:07.000><c> pilgrim</c><00:12:07.440><c> on</c><00:12:07.700><c> the</c><00:12:07.919><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:12:09.379><c> even</c><00:12:09.620><c> as</c><00:12:09.879><c> late</c><00:12:10.080><c> as</c><00:12:10.279><c> Genesis</c><00:12:10.600><c> 23,</c><00:12:11.399><c> when</c><00:12:11.539><c> he</c><00:12:11.659><c> was</c><00:12:11.899><c> seeking</c><00:12:12.139><c> a</c>

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burial<00:12:12.659><c> place</c><00:12:13.200><c> for</c><00:12:13.600><c> his</c><00:12:13.759><c> wife</c><00:12:14.059><c> Sarah,</c>

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he<00:12:15.039><c> confessed</c><00:12:15.460><c> to</c><00:12:15.679><c> the</c><00:12:15.860><c> sons</c><00:12:16.039><c> of</c><00:12:16.360><c> Heth,</c><00:12:17.259><c> I</c><00:12:17.259><c> am</c><00:12:17.519><c> a</c><00:12:17.779><c> stranger</c><00:12:18.279><c> and</c>

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a<00:12:19.019><c> sojourner</c><00:12:19.419><c> with</c><00:12:19.700><c> you.</c>

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We<00:12:25.179><c> have</c><00:12:25.399><c> to</c><00:12:25.639><c> recognize</c><00:12:26.059><c> the</c><00:12:26.419><c> principle</c><00:12:26.840><c> that's</c><00:12:27.220><c> involved</c><00:12:27.580><c> here.</c>

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As<00:12:28.580><c> Peter</c><00:12:28.840><c> reminds</c><00:12:29.320><c> us</c><00:12:29.539><c> in</c><00:12:29.679><c> his</c><00:12:29.980><c> first</c><00:12:30.259><c> epistle</c><00:12:30.759><c> when</c><00:12:31.220><c> he</c><00:12:31.480><c> writes,</c>

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Dearly<00:12:32.700><c> beloved,</c><00:12:33.340><c> I</c><00:12:33.440><c> beseech</c><00:12:33.940><c> you</c><00:12:34.460><c> as</c><00:12:35.039><c> strangers</c><00:12:35.460><c> and</c><00:12:35.799><c> pilgrims,</c>

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abstain<00:12:37.580><c> from</c><00:12:37.899><c> fleshly</c><00:12:38.399><c> lusts</c><00:12:39.259><c> which</c><00:12:39.500><c> war</c><00:12:39.820><c> against</c><00:12:40.299><c> the</c><00:12:40.539><c> soul.</c>

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And<00:12:41.919><c> the</c><00:12:42.059><c> word</c><00:12:42.399><c> stranger</c><00:12:42.879><c> that</c><00:12:43.059><c> he</c><00:12:43.279><c> uses</c><00:12:43.539><c> there</c><00:12:43.879><c> is</c><00:12:44.019><c> a</c><00:12:44.159><c> word</c><00:12:44.340><c> which</c><00:12:44.620><c> refers</c><00:12:44.899><c> to</c>

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an<00:12:45.299><c> alien,</c>

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someone<00:12:46.720><c> who</c><00:12:46.919><c> lives</c><00:12:47.039><c> in</c><00:12:47.179><c> a</c><00:12:47.379><c> country</c><00:12:47.639><c> which</c><00:12:47.820><c> is</c><00:12:48.019><c> not</c><00:12:48.200><c> his</c><00:12:48.460><c> own</c>

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and<00:12:48.779><c> so</c><00:12:48.960><c> has</c><00:12:49.179><c> no</c><00:12:49.460><c> real</c><00:12:49.799><c> rights</c><00:12:50.360><c> or</c><00:12:50.940><c> legal</c><00:12:51.399><c> status.</c>

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We<00:12:53.399><c> have</c><00:12:53.559><c> to</c><00:12:53.679><c> be</c><00:12:53.940><c> strangers.</c>

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A<00:12:55.559><c> pilgrim</c><00:12:55.960><c> is</c><00:12:56.179><c> someone</c><00:12:56.399><c> who</c><00:12:56.620><c> lives</c><00:12:56.759><c> for</c><00:12:57.000><c> a</c><00:12:57.179><c> short</c><00:12:57.419><c> time</c><00:12:58.000><c> in</c><00:12:58.440><c> a</c>

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foreign<00:12:58.899><c> land.</c>

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So<00:13:00.539><c> as</c><00:13:00.840><c> brethren</c><00:13:01.059><c> and</c><00:13:01.320><c> sisters</c><00:13:01.500><c> in</c><00:13:01.759><c> Christ</c><00:13:02.139><c> then,</c><00:13:02.940><c> we</c><00:13:03.059><c> have</c><00:13:03.279><c> to</c>

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writes<00:13:09.019><c> in</c><00:13:09.500><c> Philippians</c><00:13:10.000><c> chapter</c><00:13:10.360><c> 3.</c>

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We<00:13:18.879><c> are</c><00:13:19.120><c> actually</c><00:13:19.480><c> looking</c><00:13:19.779><c> for</c><00:13:20.019><c> the</c><00:13:20.320><c> establishment</c><00:13:20.860><c> of</c><00:13:21.480><c> a</c>

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heavenly<00:13:21.980><c> constitution</c><00:13:22.899><c> upon</c><00:13:23.600><c> this</c><00:13:23.879><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:13:25.120><c> we're</c><00:13:25.299><c> also</c><00:13:25.679><c> pilgrims,</c><00:13:26.700><c> men</c><00:13:26.940><c> and</c><00:13:27.139><c> women</c><00:13:27.340><c> who</c><00:13:27.580><c> are</c><00:13:27.799><c> living</c>

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here<00:13:28.500><c> just</c><00:13:28.940><c> for</c><00:13:29.179><c> a</c><00:13:29.379><c> short</c><00:13:29.620><c> time.</c>

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In<00:13:30.120><c> fact,</c><00:13:30.259><c> we're</c><00:13:30.539><c> passing</c><00:13:31.000><c> through</c><00:13:31.399><c> this</c><00:13:31.740><c> life</c><00:13:32.120><c> to</c><00:13:32.639><c> reach</c><00:13:32.940><c> our</c>

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ultimate<00:13:33.559><c> destination</c><00:13:34.360><c> of</c><00:13:35.000><c> God's</c><00:13:35.480><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:13:37.080><c> in</c><00:13:37.279><c> doing</c><00:13:37.440><c> this,</c><00:13:38.179><c> we're</c><00:13:38.340><c> just</c><00:13:38.659><c> like</c><00:13:38.879><c> the</c><00:13:39.179><c> patriarchs</c><00:13:39.779><c> of</c><00:13:39.879><c> old.</c>

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Abraham,<00:13:41.700><c> the</c><00:13:41.779><c> writer</c><00:13:41.980><c> to</c><00:13:42.159><c> the</c><00:13:42.320><c> Hebrews,</c><00:13:42.779><c> tells</c><00:13:42.940><c> us</c><00:13:43.259><c> here,</c><00:13:43.840><c> came</c><00:13:44.000><c> out</c><00:13:44.220><c> of</c>

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a<00:13:44.519><c> city.</c>

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He<00:13:45.299><c> came</c><00:13:45.500><c> out</c><00:13:45.700><c> of</c><00:13:45.820><c> a</c><00:13:46.000><c> country</c><00:13:46.279><c> which</c><00:13:46.500><c> he</c><00:13:46.779><c> knew</c><00:13:46.940><c> hadn't</c><00:13:47.159><c> got</c><00:13:47.440><c> any</c>

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foundations<00:13:48.399><c> at</c><00:13:48.700><c> all.</c>

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And<00:13:49.659><c> as</c><00:13:49.820><c> it</c><00:13:50.059><c> says</c><00:13:50.179><c> here</c><00:13:50.480><c> in</c><00:13:50.679><c> verse</c><00:13:50.980><c> 10,</c><00:13:51.919><c> he</c><00:13:52.159><c> looked</c><00:13:52.480><c> for,</c><00:13:53.539><c> it's</c>

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not<00:13:53.840><c> a</c><00:13:54.240><c> city</c><00:13:54.519><c> but</c><00:13:55.080><c> the</c><00:13:55.659><c> city,</c>

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which<00:13:57.080><c> hath</c><00:13:57.539><c> the</c><00:13:58.039><c> foundations</c><00:13:59.019><c> whose</c><00:13:59.840><c> builder</c><00:14:00.440><c> or</c><00:14:01.259><c> whose</c><00:14:01.820><c> architect</c><00:14:02.779><c> and</c>

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maker<00:14:03.799><c> is</c><00:14:04.539><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:14:05.720><c> what</c><00:14:05.820><c> he</c><00:14:05.980><c> was</c><00:14:06.080><c> looking</c><00:14:06.340><c> for,</c><00:14:06.940><c> the</c><00:14:07.240><c> city</c><00:14:07.799><c> with</c><00:14:08.139><c> the</c><00:14:08.440><c> foundations</c><00:14:09.320><c> whose</c><00:14:09.879><c> architect</c><00:14:10.759><c> and</c>

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maker<00:14:11.919><c> is</c><00:14:12.740><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:14.120><c> so</c><00:14:14.279><c> again</c><00:14:14.519><c> we</c><00:14:14.700><c> read</c><00:14:14.899><c> in</c><00:14:15.100><c> verse</c><00:14:15.279><c> 16,</c>

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Now<00:14:16.700><c> they</c><00:14:17.039><c> desire</c><00:14:17.460><c> a</c><00:14:17.779><c> better</c><00:14:18.019><c> country</c><00:14:18.700><c> that</c><00:14:19.279><c> is</c><00:14:19.480><c> in</c><00:14:19.679><c> heavenly.</c>

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Wherefore<00:14:21.200><c> God</c><00:14:21.440><c> is</c><00:14:21.639><c> not</c><00:14:21.840><c> ashamed</c><00:14:22.240><c> to</c><00:14:22.440><c> be</c><00:14:22.659><c> called</c><00:14:22.840><c> their</c><00:14:23.179><c> God,</c>

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for<00:14:24.120><c> he</c><00:14:24.340><c> hath</c><00:14:24.519><c> prepared</c><00:14:24.860><c> for</c><00:14:25.039><c> them</c><00:14:25.399><c> a</c><00:14:26.019><c> city.</c>

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These<00:14:27.480><c> patriarchs</c><00:14:28.139><c> didn't</c><00:14:28.360><c> expect</c><00:14:28.779><c> to</c><00:14:28.940><c> go</c><00:14:29.039><c> to</c><00:14:29.299><c> heaven,</c><00:14:30.080><c> but</c>

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they<00:14:30.519><c> looked</c><00:14:30.700><c> to</c><00:14:30.899><c> the</c><00:14:31.080><c> end</c><00:14:31.259><c> that</c><00:14:31.460><c> God</c><00:14:31.720><c> had</c><00:14:32.039><c> promised</c>

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when<00:14:32.919><c> the</c><00:14:33.179><c> land</c><00:14:33.379><c> of</c><00:14:33.580><c> their</c><00:14:33.860><c> sojournings</c><00:14:34.559><c> would</c><00:14:34.919><c> be</c><00:14:35.080><c> under</c>

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heavenly<00:14:35.759><c> conditions</c>

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and<00:14:37.039><c> the</c><00:14:37.299><c> center</c><00:14:37.559><c> of</c><00:14:37.840><c> blessing</c><00:14:38.179><c> for</c><00:14:38.480><c> all</c><00:14:38.740><c> nations.</c>

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Together<00:14:40.220><c> with</c><00:14:40.419><c> Isaac</c><00:14:40.740><c> and</c><00:14:41.000><c> Jacob</c><00:14:41.299><c> therefore,</c><00:14:42.480><c> Abraham</c><00:14:42.700><c> looked</c><00:14:42.919><c> for</c>

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a<00:14:43.340><c> new</c><00:14:43.580><c> order</c><00:14:44.059><c> founded</c><00:14:44.679><c> by</c><00:14:45.120><c> God</c>

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which<00:14:45.980><c> he</c><00:14:46.259><c> knew</c><00:14:46.460><c> would</c><00:14:46.840><c> never</c><00:14:47.120><c> pass</c><00:14:47.480><c> away.</c>

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And<00:14:49.980><c> God</c><00:14:50.120><c> brought</c><00:14:50.419><c> Abraham</c><00:14:50.960><c> from</c><00:14:51.740><c> Haran</c><00:14:52.299><c> into</c><00:14:52.919><c> the</c><00:14:53.120><c> land</c><00:14:53.320><c> of</c><00:14:53.860><c> promise.</c>

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Let's<00:14:54.620><c> go</c><00:14:54.820><c> back</c><00:14:55.100><c> to</c><00:14:55.600><c> chapter</c><00:14:55.899><c> 12,</c><00:14:56.500><c> shall</c><00:14:56.620><c> we?</c>

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He<00:14:58.440><c> traveled</c><00:14:58.779><c> from</c><00:14:59.100><c> Haran</c><00:14:59.879><c> down</c><00:15:00.279><c> to</c><00:15:00.639><c> Shechem.</c>

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And<00:15:01.899><c> the</c><00:15:02.080><c> account</c><00:15:02.360><c> of</c><00:15:02.539><c> this</c><00:15:02.700><c> in</c><00:15:02.899><c> Genesis</c><00:15:03.259><c> 12</c><00:15:04.240><c> suggests</c><00:15:04.860><c> that</c>

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Abraham<00:15:05.600><c> didn't</c><00:15:05.899><c> come</c><00:15:06.340><c> timidly</c><00:15:06.899><c> into</c><00:15:07.100><c> the</c><00:15:07.340><c> land</c>

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that<00:15:07.700><c> God</c><00:15:07.860><c> had</c><00:15:08.159><c> promised.</c>

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When<00:15:09.559><c> you</c><00:15:09.679><c> look</c><00:15:09.820><c> at</c><00:15:09.940><c> the</c><00:15:10.159><c> direction</c><00:15:10.419><c> he</c><00:15:10.639><c> took,</c><00:15:11.240><c> he</c><00:15:11.600><c> strode</c><00:15:12.139><c> boldly</c><00:15:12.799><c> down</c><00:15:13.000><c> the</c>

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spine<00:15:13.700><c> of</c><00:15:13.960><c> that</c><00:15:14.200><c> land</c>

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and<00:15:15.179><c> he</c><00:15:15.320><c> didn't</c><00:15:15.740><c> stop</c><00:15:16.279><c> until</c><00:15:16.559><c> he</c><00:15:16.720><c> came</c><00:15:16.919><c> to</c><00:15:17.120><c> a</c><00:15:17.259><c> point</c><00:15:17.440><c> right</c><00:15:17.860><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:18.159><c> middle</c><00:15:18.340><c> of</c><00:15:18.500><c> it</c><00:15:18.919><c> at</c><00:15:19.360><c> Shechem.</c>

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Despite<00:15:21.080><c> the</c><00:15:21.299><c> fact</c><00:15:21.399><c> that</c><00:15:21.559><c> there</c><00:15:21.639><c> were</c><00:15:21.759><c> people</c><00:15:22.019><c> already</c><00:15:22.399><c> living</c><00:15:22.559><c> there,</c><00:15:23.500><c> the</c><00:15:23.679><c> Canaanites.</c>

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However,<00:15:26.600><c> despite</c><00:15:26.919><c> Abraham's</c><00:15:27.700><c> bold</c><00:15:28.000><c> entrance</c><00:15:28.519><c> into</c><00:15:28.759><c> the</c><00:15:29.000><c> land,</c>

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we<00:15:30.120><c> do</c><00:15:30.440><c> find</c><00:15:30.740><c> occasions</c><00:15:31.220><c> in</c><00:15:31.419><c> his</c><00:15:31.679><c> life</c><00:15:31.960><c> when</c><00:15:32.240><c> clearly</c><00:15:32.820><c> he</c><00:15:33.659><c> was</c><00:15:33.960><c> afraid.</c>

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Just<00:15:36.039><c> come</c><00:15:36.259><c> over,</c><00:15:36.519><c> there's</c><00:15:36.720><c> a</c><00:15:36.820><c> good</c><00:15:36.960><c> illustration</c><00:15:37.480><c> in</c><00:15:37.679><c> chapter</c><00:15:37.879><c> 12,</c><00:15:38.259><c> but</c><00:15:38.379><c> just</c><00:15:38.539><c> come</c><00:15:38.720><c> over</c><00:15:38.879><c> to</c>

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chapter<00:15:39.299><c> 15</c>

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if<00:15:39.940><c> you</c><00:15:40.139><c> will</c><00:15:40.279><c> for</c><00:15:40.460><c> a</c><00:15:40.639><c> moment.</c>

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This<00:15:42.639><c> element</c><00:15:43.039><c> of</c><00:15:43.460><c> fear</c><00:15:43.740><c> in</c><00:15:43.980><c> Abraham's</c><00:15:44.639><c> life</c><00:15:44.820><c> is</c><00:15:45.019><c> something</c>

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which<00:15:45.620><c> the</c><00:15:45.799><c> Genesis</c><00:15:46.059><c> record</c><00:15:46.940><c> pointedly</c><00:15:47.720><c> brings</c><00:15:47.940><c> to</c><00:15:48.139><c> our</c><00:15:48.379><c> attention.</c>

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And<00:15:49.600><c> it's</c><00:15:49.820><c> perhaps</c><00:15:50.159><c> not</c><00:15:50.480><c> an</c><00:15:50.700><c> aspect</c><00:15:51.139><c> of</c><00:15:51.320><c> the</c><00:15:51.460><c> life</c><00:15:51.620><c> of</c><00:15:51.899><c> Abraham</c>

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that<00:15:52.399><c> we</c><00:15:52.820><c> think</c><00:15:53.059><c> about</c><00:15:53.460><c> as</c><00:15:53.899><c> often</c><00:15:54.059><c> as</c><00:15:54.240><c> we</c><00:15:54.480><c> should.</c>

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Fear,<00:15:55.759><c> after</c><00:15:56.039><c> all,</c><00:15:56.139><c> is</c><00:15:56.299><c> a</c><00:15:56.519><c> common</c><00:15:56.820><c> characteristic.</c>

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Every<00:15:58.639><c> one</c><00:15:58.799><c> of</c><00:15:58.919><c> us</c><00:15:59.039><c> has</c><00:15:59.240><c> suffered</c><00:15:59.379><c> from</c><00:15:59.740><c> fear</c><00:16:00.019><c> at</c><00:16:00.259><c> some</c><00:16:00.480><c> time</c>

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or<00:16:00.779><c> other</c><00:16:00.899><c> in</c><00:16:01.120><c> our</c><00:16:01.340><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:16:02.360><c> even</c><00:16:02.539><c> a</c><00:16:02.700><c> man</c><00:16:02.820><c> like</c><00:16:03.159><c> Abraham</c><00:16:03.759><c> knew</c><00:16:04.220><c> all</c><00:16:04.460><c> about</c><00:16:04.759><c> fear.</c>

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And<00:16:05.960><c> he</c><00:16:06.100><c> needed</c><00:16:06.320><c> comfort</c><00:16:06.700><c> and</c><00:16:06.960><c> encouragement</c><00:16:07.340><c> from</c><00:16:07.659><c> God.</c>

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So,<00:16:09.039><c> beginning</c><00:16:09.059><c> of</c><00:16:09.259><c> chapter</c><00:16:09.480><c> 15,</c><00:16:10.799><c> after</c><00:16:11.200><c> these</c><00:16:11.620><c> things,</c>

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the<00:16:12.480><c> word</c><00:16:12.700><c> of</c><00:16:12.860><c> the</c><00:16:13.019><c> Lord</c><00:16:13.200><c> came</c><00:16:13.500><c> unto</c><00:16:13.740><c> Abraham</c><00:16:14.039><c> in</c><00:16:14.259><c> a</c><00:16:14.399><c> vision</c><00:16:14.659><c> saying,</c>

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Fear<00:16:16.340><c> not,</c><00:16:17.340><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:16:18.440><c> he</c><00:16:18.539><c> needed</c><00:16:18.720><c> to</c><00:16:18.919><c> be</c><00:16:19.100><c> told</c><00:16:19.279><c> that</c><00:16:19.519><c> at</c><00:16:19.700><c> this</c><00:16:19.940><c> stage.</c>

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Fear<00:16:21.159><c> not,</c><00:16:21.659><c> Abraham.</c>

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I<00:16:22.659><c> am</c><00:16:22.820><c> thy</c><00:16:23.100><c> shield</c><00:16:23.700><c> and</c><00:16:24.179><c> thy</c><00:16:24.480><c> exceeding</c><00:16:25.159><c> great</c><00:16:25.659><c> reward.</c>

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Now,<00:16:27.799><c> why</c><00:16:28.059><c> did</c><00:16:28.299><c> God</c><00:16:28.860><c> tell</c><00:16:29.440><c> Abraham</c><00:16:29.899><c> not</c><00:16:30.200><c> to</c><00:16:30.379><c> be</c><00:16:30.659><c> afraid</c><00:16:30.980><c> at</c>

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this<00:16:31.820><c> particular</c><00:16:32.419><c> point?</c>

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It<00:16:33.740><c> happened</c><00:16:34.039><c> after</c><00:16:34.559><c> these</c><00:16:35.299><c> things.</c>

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And<00:16:36.659><c> that</c><00:16:36.860><c> takes</c><00:16:37.159><c> us</c><00:16:37.399><c> back</c><00:16:37.600><c> into</c><00:16:37.820><c> chapter</c><00:16:38.179><c> 14.</c>

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In<00:16:39.919><c> other</c><00:16:40.179><c> words,</c><00:16:40.860><c> the</c><00:16:40.899><c> victory</c><00:16:41.259><c> of</c><00:16:41.480><c> Abraham</c><00:16:41.879><c> over</c><00:16:42.200><c> the</c><00:16:42.480><c> confederation</c><00:16:43.000><c> of</c><00:16:43.279><c> kings</c>

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led<00:16:43.779><c> by</c><00:16:44.080><c> Kedauleoma.</c>

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And<00:16:46.100><c> secondly,</c><00:16:47.340><c> Abraham's</c><00:16:47.899><c> refusal</c><00:16:48.460><c> to</c><00:16:48.700><c> accept</c><00:16:49.100><c> any</c><00:16:49.440><c> reward</c>

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from<00:16:50.019><c> the</c><00:16:50.179><c> king</c><00:16:50.320><c> of</c><00:16:50.580><c> Sodom</c>

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for<00:16:51.620><c> liberating</c><00:16:52.120><c> the</c><00:16:52.360><c> captives</c><00:16:52.659><c> of</c><00:16:52.840><c> that</c><00:16:53.039><c> place.</c>

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And<00:16:54.200><c> it</c><00:16:54.279><c> was</c><00:16:54.440><c> after</c><00:16:54.759><c> those</c><00:16:55.320><c> two</c><00:16:55.759><c> events</c><00:16:56.279><c> that</c><00:16:56.639><c> God</c><00:16:56.940><c> came</c><00:16:57.259><c> to</c><00:16:57.500><c> him</c>

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and<00:16:58.240><c> told</c><00:16:58.399><c> him</c><00:16:58.559><c> not</c><00:16:58.799><c> to</c><00:16:58.940><c> be</c><00:16:59.100><c> afraid.</c>

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See,<00:17:00.700><c> in</c><00:17:00.840><c> verse</c><00:17:01.039><c> 23</c><00:17:01.600><c> of</c><00:17:01.779><c> the</c><00:17:01.940><c> 14th</c><00:17:02.399><c> chapter,</c>

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Abraham<00:17:03.539><c> makes</c><00:17:03.840><c> it</c><00:17:04.240><c> plain</c><00:17:04.619><c> that</c><00:17:04.940><c> he</c><00:17:05.099><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:05.400><c> accept</c><00:17:05.779><c> any</c><00:17:06.140><c> reward</c><00:17:06.480><c> at</c><00:17:06.720><c> all</c>

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from<00:17:07.059><c> the</c><00:17:07.200><c> king</c><00:17:07.339><c> of</c><00:17:07.599><c> Sodom.</c>

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He<00:17:08.920><c> didn't</c><00:17:09.119><c> want</c><00:17:09.339><c> to</c><00:17:11.259><c> have</c><00:17:11.339><c> anything</c><00:17:11.720><c> to</c><00:17:11.940><c> do</c><00:17:12.000><c> with</c><00:17:12.319><c> Sodom</c>

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that<00:17:13.579><c> might</c><00:17:13.900><c> compromise</c><00:17:14.460><c> his</c><00:17:14.839><c> integrity</c><00:17:15.420><c> or</c><00:17:15.960><c> lead</c><00:17:16.240><c> to</c>

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contaminating<00:17:17.319><c> associations.</c>

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And<00:17:20.039><c> yet,</c><00:17:20.279><c> both</c><00:17:20.619><c> of</c><00:17:20.880><c> these</c><00:17:21.160><c> great</c><00:17:21.660><c> acts</c><00:17:22.160><c> performed</c><00:17:22.640><c> in</c><00:17:22.859><c> chapter</c><00:17:23.200><c> 14</c><00:17:24.000><c> in</c><00:17:24.960><c> faith</c>

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became<00:17:26.140><c> a</c><00:17:26.420><c> source</c><00:17:26.619><c> of</c><00:17:26.839><c> anxiety</c><00:17:27.539><c> to</c><00:17:27.920><c> Abraham,</c><00:17:29.099><c> it</c><00:17:29.259><c> seems.</c>

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Kedauleoma<00:17:32.420><c> may,</c><00:17:33.200><c> in</c><00:17:33.480><c> due</c><00:17:33.740><c> time,</c><00:17:34.460><c> have</c><00:17:34.660><c> wanted</c><00:17:34.839><c> to</c><00:17:35.099><c> seek</c><00:17:35.259><c> revenge</c>

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for<00:17:36.299><c> what</c><00:17:36.500><c> Abraham</c><00:17:36.799><c> had</c><00:17:37.059><c> done</c><00:17:37.180><c> to</c><00:17:37.400><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:38.579><c> doubtless,</c><00:17:39.059><c> the</c><00:17:39.119><c> king</c><00:17:39.299><c> of</c><00:17:39.559><c> Sodom</c><00:17:39.740><c> would</c><00:17:39.900><c> have</c><00:17:40.019><c> been</c><00:17:40.140><c> less</c>

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than<00:17:40.660><c> pleased</c>

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to<00:17:41.039><c> have</c><00:17:41.160><c> been</c><00:17:41.359><c> repulsed</c><00:17:41.859><c> in</c><00:17:42.019><c> this</c><00:17:42.259><c> way,</c><00:17:42.819><c> his</c><00:17:43.000><c> offer</c><00:17:43.220><c> of</c><00:17:43.400><c> reward</c><00:17:43.720><c> turned</c><00:17:44.140><c> down.</c>

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So<00:17:45.559><c> when</c><00:17:45.700><c> you</c><00:17:45.839><c> get</c><00:17:45.940><c> to</c><00:17:46.099><c> the</c><00:17:46.200><c> beginning</c><00:17:46.420><c> of</c><00:17:46.619><c> chapter</c><00:17:46.880><c> 15,</c>

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potentially<00:17:49.019><c> Abraham</c><00:17:49.539><c> faced</c><00:17:49.940><c> a</c><00:17:50.200><c> double</c><00:17:50.440><c> danger.</c>

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And<00:17:52.279><c> God's</c><00:17:52.740><c> response</c><00:17:53.220><c> beautifully</c><00:17:53.920><c> was</c><00:17:54.519><c> to</c><00:17:54.799><c> draw</c><00:17:55.079><c> near</c><00:17:55.359><c> to</c>

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his<00:17:55.920><c> servant</c>

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and<00:17:56.799><c> to</c><00:17:57.079><c> deliver</c><00:17:57.380><c> a</c><00:17:57.660><c> double</c><00:17:57.940><c> promise,</c><00:17:58.680><c> which</c><00:17:58.940><c> met</c><00:17:59.200><c> every</c><00:17:59.680><c> aspect</c><00:18:00.140><c> of</c>

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his<00:18:00.500><c> need.</c>

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Do<00:18:01.579><c> you</c><00:18:01.599><c> notice</c><00:18:01.900><c> in</c><00:18:02.119><c> verse</c><00:18:02.359><c> 1,</c><00:18:02.900><c> he</c><00:18:02.900><c> says,</c>

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God<00:18:08.700><c> said</c><00:18:09.180><c> he</c><00:18:09.500><c> was</c><00:18:09.740><c> Abraham's</c><00:18:10.319><c> protector,</c>

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so<00:18:11.180><c> he</c><00:18:11.299><c> got</c><00:18:11.519><c> absolutely</c><00:18:12.039><c> no</c><00:18:12.400><c> need</c><00:18:12.579><c> to</c><00:18:12.759><c> be</c><00:18:12.900><c> afraid</c><00:18:13.160><c> of</c><00:18:13.319><c> his</c><00:18:13.480><c> enemies.</c>

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And<00:18:15.380><c> secondly,</c><00:18:17.000><c> he</c><00:18:17.019><c> said,</c>

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God<00:18:21.799><c> would</c><00:18:22.059><c> be</c><00:18:22.220><c> to</c><00:18:22.440><c> Abraham</c><00:18:22.819><c> a</c><00:18:23.079><c> far</c><00:18:23.460><c> greater</c><00:18:23.839><c> reward</c>

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than<00:18:24.440><c> he'd</c><00:18:24.779><c> just</c><00:18:25.000><c> turned</c><00:18:25.339><c> down</c><00:18:25.880><c> from</c><00:18:26.279><c> this</c><00:18:26.660><c> earthly</c><00:18:27.039><c> king.</c>

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So<00:18:28.859><c> you</c><00:18:29.059><c> see</c><00:18:29.200><c> the</c><00:18:29.339><c> way</c><00:18:29.500><c> in</c><00:18:29.579><c> which</c><00:18:29.720><c> God</c><00:18:29.980><c> here</c><00:18:30.339><c> drew</c><00:18:30.559><c> near</c><00:18:30.799><c> to</c><00:18:31.059><c> Abraham,</c>

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he<00:18:31.680><c> recognized</c><00:18:32.140><c> his</c><00:18:32.500><c> need,</c><00:18:33.480><c> and</c><00:18:33.619><c> he</c><00:18:33.799><c> gave</c><00:18:33.960><c> him</c><00:18:34.240><c> comfort</c><00:18:34.599><c> and</c><00:18:34.859><c> reassurance.</c>

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But<00:18:37.180><c> this</c><00:18:37.319><c> wasn't</c><00:18:37.480><c> the</c><00:18:37.680><c> only</c><00:18:37.900><c> time</c><00:18:38.079><c> in</c><00:18:38.240><c> his</c><00:18:38.420><c> life</c><00:18:38.599><c> when</c><00:18:38.759><c> he</c><00:18:38.900><c> was</c><00:18:39.059><c> afraid.</c>

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Just<00:18:40.079><c> come</c><00:18:40.240><c> back</c><00:18:40.400><c> to</c><00:18:40.519><c> our</c><00:18:40.660><c> chapter</c><00:18:41.000><c> 12</c><00:18:41.359><c> for</c><00:18:41.559><c> a</c><00:18:41.779><c> moment,</c>

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because<00:18:42.940><c> as</c><00:18:46.039><c> we've</c><00:18:46.599><c> seen,</c><00:18:47.259><c> he</c><00:18:47.420><c> came</c><00:18:47.680><c> into</c><00:18:47.920><c> the</c><00:18:48.140><c> land</c>

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that<00:18:48.480><c> God</c><00:18:48.740><c> said</c><00:18:48.920><c> he</c><00:18:49.039><c> would</c><00:18:49.220><c> show</c><00:18:49.519><c> him,</c><00:18:50.240><c> and</c><00:18:50.480><c> he</c><00:18:50.660><c> built</c><00:18:50.859><c> an</c><00:18:51.079><c> altar.</c>

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In<00:18:52.559><c> verse</c><00:18:52.819><c> 7,</c><00:18:53.720><c> God</c><00:18:53.960><c> appeared</c><00:18:54.299><c> to</c><00:18:54.599><c> Abraham</c><00:18:54.880><c> and</c><00:18:55.220><c> said,</c>

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Unto<00:18:56.220><c> thy</c><00:18:56.519><c> seed</c><00:18:56.799><c> will</c><00:18:57.000><c> I</c><00:18:57.140><c> give</c><00:18:57.299><c> this</c><00:18:57.640><c> land.</c>

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And<00:18:59.140><c> in</c><00:18:59.299><c> verse</c><00:18:59.539><c> 8,</c><00:18:59.799><c> he</c><00:19:00.019><c> removed</c><00:19:00.359><c> from</c><00:19:00.680><c> thence</c><00:19:00.980><c> into</c><00:19:01.180><c> a</c><00:19:01.400><c> mountain</c><00:19:01.680><c> on</c><00:19:01.859><c> the</c>

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east<00:19:02.160><c> of</c><00:19:02.400><c> Bethel</c>

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and<00:19:02.940><c> pitched</c><00:19:03.200><c> his</c><00:19:03.519><c> tent,</c><00:19:04.299><c> having</c><00:19:04.559><c> Bethel</c><00:19:04.980><c> on</c><00:19:05.119><c> the</c><00:19:05.319><c> west</c><00:19:05.539><c> and</c>

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Ai<00:19:06.000><c> on</c><00:19:06.220><c> the</c><00:19:06.420><c> east.</c>

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And<00:19:07.420><c> there</c><00:19:07.619><c> he</c><00:19:07.920><c> built</c><00:19:08.140><c> an</c><00:19:08.359><c> altar</c><00:19:08.640><c> unto</c><00:19:08.900><c> the</c><00:19:09.140><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:19:10.119><c> called</c><00:19:10.359><c> upon</c><00:19:10.680><c> the</c><00:19:10.799><c> name</c><00:19:10.980><c> of</c><00:19:11.180><c> the</c><00:19:11.319><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:19:12.400><c> you</c><00:19:12.559><c> see</c><00:19:12.700><c> there</c><00:19:12.900><c> in</c><00:19:13.079><c> verse</c><00:19:13.319><c> 8,</c><00:19:13.579><c> Abraham</c><00:19:14.000><c> came</c><00:19:14.359><c> into</c><00:19:14.539><c> the</c><00:19:14.779><c> land</c>

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and<00:19:15.119><c> he</c><00:19:15.240><c> did</c><00:19:15.420><c> three</c><00:19:15.779><c> things.</c>

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He<00:19:16.920><c> pitched</c><00:19:17.220><c> his</c><00:19:17.559><c> tent,</c><00:19:18.200><c> he</c><00:19:18.440><c> built</c><00:19:18.619><c> an</c><00:19:18.839><c> altar,</c>

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and<00:19:19.779><c> he</c><00:19:19.960><c> called</c><00:19:20.240><c> on</c><00:19:20.440><c> the</c><00:19:20.519><c> name</c><00:19:20.680><c> of</c><00:19:20.880><c> the</c><00:19:21.000><c> Lord.</c>

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He'd<00:19:22.819><c> safely</c><00:19:23.559><c> completed</c><00:19:24.339><c> a</c><00:19:24.619><c> journey</c><00:19:24.900><c> of</c><00:19:25.160><c> hundreds</c><00:19:25.480><c> of</c><00:19:25.799><c> miles</c>

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under<00:19:26.980><c> divine</c><00:19:27.380><c> protection.</c>

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But<00:19:29.359><c> almost</c><00:19:29.619><c> immediately</c><00:19:30.079><c> after</c><00:19:30.440><c> this,</c><00:19:30.880><c> we</c><00:19:31.019><c> find</c><00:19:31.579><c> that</c><00:19:31.920><c> he</c>

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lost<00:19:32.359><c> his</c><00:19:32.700><c> way</c>

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for<00:19:33.240><c> a</c><00:19:33.500><c> time</c><00:19:33.940><c> in</c><00:19:34.660><c> verse</c><00:19:35.000><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:19:37.079><c> there</c><00:19:37.240><c> was</c><00:19:37.480><c> a</c><00:19:37.700><c> famine</c><00:19:37.900><c> in</c><00:19:38.059><c> the</c><00:19:38.299><c> land,</c>

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and<00:19:39.420><c> Abraham</c><00:19:39.759><c> went</c><00:19:40.079><c> down</c><00:19:40.359><c> into</c><00:19:40.640><c> Egypt</c><00:19:41.299><c> to</c><00:19:41.799><c> sojourn</c><00:19:42.240><c> there,</c>

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for<00:19:43.500><c> the</c><00:19:43.779><c> famine</c><00:19:44.000><c> was</c><00:19:44.359><c> grievous</c><00:19:44.880><c> in</c><00:19:45.599><c> the</c><00:19:45.799><c> land.</c>

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Now<00:19:47.539><c> it</c><00:19:47.700><c> seems,</c><00:19:48.500><c> reading</c><00:19:48.940><c> between</c><00:19:49.319><c> the</c><00:19:49.500><c> lines</c><00:19:49.799><c> here,</c>

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that<00:19:50.660><c> Abraham</c><00:19:51.099><c> this</c><00:19:51.380><c> time</c><00:19:51.799><c> acted</c><00:19:52.140><c> on</c><00:19:52.359><c> his</c><00:19:52.619><c> own</c><00:19:52.819><c> initiative.</c>

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There's<00:19:53.960><c> no</c><00:19:54.180><c> record</c><00:19:54.619><c> of</c><00:19:54.759><c> his</c><00:19:54.940><c> asking</c><00:19:55.279><c> God</c><00:19:55.559><c> for</c><00:19:55.839><c> guidance</c><00:19:56.480><c> in</c>

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doing<00:19:57.240><c> this.</c>

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And<00:19:58.420><c> the</c><00:19:58.640><c> inspired</c><00:19:59.039><c> writer</c><00:19:59.359><c> tells</c><00:19:59.660><c> us</c><00:19:59.839><c> in</c><00:19:59.980><c> verse</c><00:20:00.259><c> 10,</c>

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he<00:20:01.279><c> went</c><00:20:01.640><c> down</c><00:20:02.240><c> to</c><00:20:02.700><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:20:03.900><c> that</c><00:20:04.059><c> was</c><00:20:04.279><c> literally</c><00:20:04.680><c> true,</c>

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but<00:20:06.200><c> surely</c><00:20:06.500><c> we're</c><00:20:06.700><c> being</c><00:20:06.960><c> told</c><00:20:07.180><c> a</c><00:20:07.299><c> little</c><00:20:07.460><c> more</c><00:20:07.759><c> than</c><00:20:08.039><c> that,</c>

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because<00:20:09.259><c> here</c><00:20:09.599><c> he</c><00:20:09.859><c> went</c><00:20:10.220><c> down</c><00:20:10.819><c> in</c><00:20:11.259><c> a</c><00:20:11.619><c> spiritual</c><00:20:12.099><c> sense</c><00:20:12.740><c> also.</c>

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And<00:20:14.380><c> many</c><00:20:14.680><c> years</c><00:20:15.000><c> later,</c><00:20:15.940><c> in</c><00:20:16.140><c> rather</c><00:20:16.500><c> different</c><00:20:16.980><c> circumstances,</c>

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the<00:20:18.200><c> prophet</c><00:20:18.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:19.079><c> at</c><00:20:19.559><c> the</c><00:20:19.720><c> beginning</c><00:20:19.960><c> of</c><00:20:20.140><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:20.500><c> chapter</c><00:20:20.880><c> 30</c>

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had<00:20:22.119><c> this</c><00:20:22.500><c> to</c><00:20:22.779><c> say</c><00:20:23.079><c> to</c><00:20:23.339><c> people</c><00:20:23.660><c> of</c><00:20:23.920><c> Judah</c><00:20:24.119><c> in</c><00:20:24.339><c> his</c><00:20:24.660><c> day</c>

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who<00:20:25.400><c> wanted</c><00:20:25.779><c> to</c><00:20:26.079><c> get</c><00:20:26.279><c> help</c><00:20:26.539><c> from</c><00:20:26.799><c> Egypt.</c>

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He<00:20:28.660><c> said,</c>

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These<00:20:31.119><c> walk</c><00:20:31.700><c> to</c><00:20:31.880><c> go</c><00:20:32.099><c> down</c><00:20:32.339><c> to</c><00:20:32.519><c> Egypt.</c>

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They<00:20:33.380><c> have</c><00:20:33.599><c> not</c><00:20:33.839><c> asked</c><00:20:34.119><c> at</c><00:20:34.359><c> my</c><00:20:34.599><c> mouth</c>

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to<00:20:35.440><c> strengthen</c><00:20:35.839><c> themselves</c><00:20:36.319><c> in</c><00:20:36.519><c> the</c><00:20:36.759><c> strength</c><00:20:37.000><c> of</c><00:20:37.420><c> Pharaoh</c>

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and<00:20:37.880><c> to</c><00:20:38.140><c> trust</c><00:20:38.319><c> in</c><00:20:38.519><c> the</c><00:20:38.720><c> shadow</c><00:20:38.900><c> of</c><00:20:39.220><c> Egypt.</c>

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Therefore,<00:20:40.759><c> said</c><00:20:41.119><c> God,</c>

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Shall<00:20:42.299><c> the</c><00:20:42.539><c> strength</c><00:20:42.880><c> of</c><00:20:43.259><c> Pharaoh</c><00:20:43.460><c> be</c><00:20:43.759><c> your</c><00:20:44.099><c> shame</c>

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and<00:20:45.039><c> the</c><00:20:45.279><c> trust</c><00:20:45.460><c> in</c><00:20:45.660><c> the</c><00:20:45.859><c> shadow</c><00:20:46.039><c> of</c><00:20:46.319><c> Egypt</c><00:20:46.680><c> your</c><00:20:47.440><c> confusion?</c>

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Those<00:20:49.240><c> were</c><00:20:49.400><c> God's</c><00:20:49.779><c> words</c><00:20:50.039><c> to</c><00:20:50.220><c> his</c><00:20:50.400><c> people</c><00:20:50.660><c> many</c><00:20:50.940><c> years</c><00:20:51.200><c> later,</c>

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and<00:20:52.500><c> this</c><00:20:52.799><c> we</c><00:20:53.019><c> find</c><00:20:53.299><c> was</c><00:20:53.519><c> Abraham's</c><00:20:54.240><c> experience</c><00:20:54.900><c> also.</c>

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Incidentally,<00:20:57.240><c> another</c><00:20:57.519><c> man</c><00:20:57.799><c> who's</c><00:20:58.019><c> said</c><00:20:58.160><c> to</c><00:20:58.339><c> have</c><00:20:58.480><c> gone</c><00:20:58.640><c> down</c><00:20:58.920><c> in</c>

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Scripture<00:20:59.440><c> is</c><00:20:59.720><c> Jonah.</c>

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You<00:21:00.680><c> know,</c><00:21:00.859><c> in</c><00:21:01.000><c> Jonah</c><00:21:01.220><c> chapter</c><00:21:01.579><c> 1,</c>

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when<00:21:02.019><c> he'd</c><00:21:02.180><c> been</c><00:21:02.400><c> told</c><00:21:02.640><c> to</c><00:21:02.799><c> go</c><00:21:02.920><c> and</c><00:21:03.140><c> preach</c><00:21:03.299><c> to</c><00:21:03.460><c> the</c><00:21:03.660><c> inhabitants</c><00:21:04.000><c> of</c><00:21:04.220><c> Nineveh,</c>

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and<00:21:04.900><c> he</c><00:21:05.019><c> didn't</c><00:21:05.220><c> want</c><00:21:05.440><c> to</c><00:21:05.619><c> do</c><00:21:05.779><c> it.</c>

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:09.839
And<00:21:06.759><c> so</c><00:21:07.039><c> he</c><00:21:07.380><c> went</c><00:21:07.819><c> down</c><00:21:08.680><c> to</c><00:21:09.079><c> Joppa</c>

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in<00:21:10.240><c> order</c><00:21:10.440><c> to</c><00:21:10.660><c> flee</c><00:21:10.819><c> from</c><00:21:11.019><c> the</c><00:21:11.200><c> presence</c><00:21:11.400><c> of</c><00:21:11.599><c> the</c><00:21:11.720><c> Lord.</c>

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Well,<00:21:12.819><c> in</c><00:21:12.960><c> Jonah's</c><00:21:13.299><c> case</c><00:21:13.700><c> also,</c>

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it<00:21:14.380><c> was</c><00:21:14.619><c> a</c><00:21:14.900><c> spiritual</c><00:21:15.359><c> descent</c><00:21:15.799><c> at</c><00:21:16.000><c> that</c><00:21:16.259><c> point,</c>

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not<00:21:16.920><c> just</c><00:21:17.160><c> a</c><00:21:17.380><c> physical</c><00:21:17.700><c> going</c><00:21:18.019><c> down.</c>

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So<00:21:19.799><c> Abraham</c><00:21:20.160><c> went</c><00:21:20.660><c> down</c><00:21:21.200><c> to</c><00:21:21.440><c> Egypt,</c>

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and<00:21:21.940><c> as</c><00:21:22.119><c> he</c><00:21:22.400><c> approached,</c><00:21:23.420><c> his</c><00:21:23.539><c> anxiety</c><00:21:24.180><c> began</c><00:21:24.559><c> to</c><00:21:24.900><c> grow.</c>

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:28.759
Sarah<00:21:26.660><c> was</c><00:21:26.920><c> a</c><00:21:26.980><c> very</c><00:21:27.319><c> attractive</c><00:21:27.819><c> woman.</c>

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Her<00:21:29.240><c> fair</c><00:21:29.420><c> looks</c><00:21:29.720><c> would</c><00:21:29.940><c> make</c><00:21:30.099><c> her</c><00:21:30.440><c> stand</c><00:21:30.759><c> out</c>

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in<00:21:31.660><c> the</c><00:21:31.799><c> midst</c><00:21:31.980><c> of</c><00:21:32.160><c> the</c><00:21:32.400><c> dark</c><00:21:32.700><c>-skinned</c><00:21:33.160><c> Hamites</c><00:21:33.799><c> in</c><00:21:34.220><c> Egypt.</c>

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We<00:21:35.619><c> know</c><00:21:35.839><c> that</c><00:21:36.200><c> Sarah</c><00:21:36.400><c> was</c><00:21:36.599><c> some</c><00:21:36.880><c> 10</c><00:21:37.140><c> years</c><00:21:37.480><c> younger</c><00:21:37.980><c> than</c><00:21:38.359><c> Abraham.</c>

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We're<00:21:38.980><c> told</c><00:21:39.200><c> that</c><00:21:39.420><c> in</c><00:21:39.559><c> chapter</c><00:21:39.880><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:21:41.160><c> he</c><00:21:41.240><c> was</c><00:21:41.460><c> 75</c><00:21:42.000><c> when</c><00:21:42.240><c> he</c><00:21:42.339><c> left</c><00:21:42.579><c> Haran.</c>

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So<00:21:43.539><c> probably</c><00:21:43.920><c> here</c><00:21:44.200><c> in</c><00:21:44.359><c> chapter</c><00:21:44.619><c> 12,</c>

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Sarah<00:21:45.480><c> was</c><00:21:45.700><c> in</c><00:21:45.839><c> her</c><00:21:46.019><c> mid</c><00:21:46.220><c>-60s</c><00:21:46.660><c> at</c><00:21:46.819><c> this</c><00:21:47.079><c> time.</c>

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Clearly<00:21:48.279><c> a</c><00:21:48.420><c> woman</c><00:21:48.619><c> of</c><00:21:48.880><c> great</c><00:21:49.099><c> beauty</c>

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and<00:21:50.359><c> actually</c><00:21:50.859><c> only</c><00:21:51.339><c> halfway</c><00:21:51.759><c> through</c><00:21:52.200><c> her</c><00:21:52.440><c> long</c><00:21:52.720><c> life</c>

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because<00:21:53.720><c> she</c><00:21:53.900><c> didn't</c><00:21:54.099><c> die</c><00:21:54.440><c> until</c><00:21:54.680><c> she</c><00:21:54.839><c> was</c><00:21:55.059><c> 127.</c>

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And<00:21:57.359><c> Abraham</c><00:21:57.599><c> became</c><00:21:57.940><c> afraid</c><00:21:58.500><c> for</c><00:21:58.720><c> his</c><00:21:58.940><c> own</c><00:21:59.160><c> life.</c>

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Just<00:22:00.160><c> look</c><00:22:00.319><c> at</c><00:22:00.519><c> verse</c><00:22:00.740><c> 12</c><00:22:01.220><c> of</c><00:22:01.460><c> chapter</c><00:22:01.759><c> 12.</c>

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Abraham<00:22:03.839><c> said,</c>

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"'It<00:22:04.880><c> shall</c><00:22:05.039><c> come</c><00:22:05.279><c> to</c><00:22:05.519><c> pass,</c><00:22:05.880><c> when</c><00:22:06.079><c> the</c><00:22:06.319><c> Egyptians</c><00:22:06.700><c> shall</c><00:22:07.039><c> see</c><00:22:07.299><c> thee,</c>

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"'that<00:22:08.059><c> they</c><00:22:08.299><c> shall</c><00:22:08.500><c> say,</c><00:22:09.359><c> This</c><00:22:09.680><c> is</c><00:22:09.839><c> his</c><00:22:10.119><c> wife,</c>

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"'and<00:22:11.220><c> they</c><00:22:11.400><c> will</c><00:22:11.640><c> kill</c><00:22:11.960><c> me,</c><00:22:12.599><c> but</c><00:22:12.819><c> they</c><00:22:12.980><c> will</c><00:22:13.279><c> save</c><00:22:13.480><c> thee</c><00:22:13.759><c> alive.</c>

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"'Say,<00:22:14.920><c> I</c><00:22:15.039><c> pray</c><00:22:15.339><c> thee,</c><00:22:15.519><c> thou</c><00:22:15.740><c> art</c><00:22:16.000><c> my</c><00:22:16.359><c> sister,</c>

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"'that<00:22:17.319><c> it</c><00:22:17.500><c> may</c><00:22:17.759><c> be</c><00:22:18.299><c> well</c><00:22:18.539><c> with</c><00:22:18.779><c> me</c><00:22:19.299><c> for</c><00:22:19.779><c> thy</c><00:22:20.140><c> sake,</c>

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"'and<00:22:20.940><c> my</c><00:22:21.279><c> soul</c><00:22:21.480><c> shall</c><00:22:21.740><c> live</c><00:22:22.240><c> because</c><00:22:22.799><c> of</c><00:22:23.019><c> thee.'"</c>

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So<00:22:24.140><c> that</c><00:22:24.200><c> was</c><00:22:24.359><c> the</c><00:22:24.539><c> arrangement.</c>

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Just<00:22:25.460><c> say</c><00:22:25.759><c> you're</c><00:22:26.240><c> my</c><00:22:26.579><c> sister,</c>

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and<00:22:27.019><c> then</c><00:22:27.099><c> they'll</c><00:22:27.299><c> leave</c><00:22:27.519><c> me</c><00:22:27.759><c> alone.</c>

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Now<00:22:29.500><c> it</c><00:22:29.500><c> may</c><00:22:29.680><c> seem</c><00:22:29.799><c> rather</c><00:22:30.099><c> a</c><00:22:30.420><c> strange</c><00:22:30.640><c> thing</c><00:22:30.839><c> for</c><00:22:30.980><c> him</c><00:22:31.099><c> to</c>

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have<00:22:31.420><c> said,</c>

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but<00:22:32.359><c> humanly</c><00:22:32.920><c> speaking,</c>

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he<00:22:33.960><c> may</c><00:22:34.220><c> well</c><00:22:34.440><c> have</c><00:22:34.619><c> had</c><00:22:34.819><c> reason</c><00:22:35.180><c> to</c><00:22:35.519><c> fear</c><00:22:35.759><c> in</c><00:22:36.059><c> this</c><00:22:36.319><c> way.</c>

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It<00:22:37.720><c> seems</c><00:22:38.200><c> that</c><00:22:38.420><c> it</c><00:22:38.559><c> may</c><00:22:38.740><c> well</c><00:22:38.900><c> have</c><00:22:39.079><c> been</c><00:22:39.200><c> a</c><00:22:39.380><c> royal</c><00:22:39.599><c> custom</c>

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in<00:22:40.220><c> those</c><00:22:40.519><c> days</c><00:22:40.940><c> to</c><00:22:41.339><c> possess</c><00:22:41.700><c> the</c><00:22:42.039><c> wife</c><00:22:42.460><c> by</c><00:22:43.019><c> killing</c><00:22:43.339><c> her</c><00:22:43.579><c> husband.</c>

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In<00:22:45.259><c> the</c><00:22:45.420><c> British</c><00:22:45.700><c> Museum,</c>

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there<00:22:46.539><c> is</c><00:22:46.759><c> in</c><00:22:46.920><c> fact</c><00:22:47.079><c> a</c><00:22:47.299><c> papyrus</c><00:22:47.839><c> record</c><00:22:48.339><c> of</c><00:22:48.660><c> a</c><00:22:48.839><c> pharaoh</c>

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somewhat<00:22:50.180><c> later</c><00:22:50.539><c> than</c><00:22:50.740><c> the</c><00:22:50.900><c> time</c><00:22:51.039><c> of</c><00:22:51.279><c> Abraham</c>

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actually<00:22:52.960><c> acting</c><00:22:53.299><c> on</c><00:22:53.480><c> the</c><00:22:53.720><c> advice</c><00:22:53.920><c> of</c><00:22:54.119><c> one</c><00:22:54.259><c> of</c><00:22:54.359><c> his</c><00:22:54.579><c> princes</c>

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and<00:22:55.680><c> sending</c><00:22:55.960><c> an</c><00:22:56.259><c> armed</c><00:22:56.480><c> party</c><00:22:57.039><c> to</c><00:22:57.319><c> fetch</c><00:22:57.480><c> a</c><00:22:57.619><c> beautiful</c><00:22:58.019><c> woman</c>

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and<00:22:58.779><c> then</c><00:22:58.980><c> murdering</c><00:22:59.319><c> her</c><00:22:59.480><c> husband.</c>

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So<00:23:01.359><c> Abraham</c><00:23:01.920><c> may</c><00:23:02.279><c> well,</c><00:23:02.880><c> humanly</c><00:23:03.339><c> speaking,</c>

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:06.740
have<00:23:03.819><c> had</c><00:23:04.019><c> reason</c><00:23:04.380><c> to</c><00:23:04.640><c> feel</c><00:23:05.000><c> the</c><00:23:05.420><c> way</c><00:23:05.599><c> he</c><00:23:05.819><c> did.</c>

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And,<00:23:07.640><c> of</c><00:23:08.019><c> course,</c><00:23:08.519><c> Sarah</c><00:23:08.640><c> was</c><00:23:08.940><c> his</c><00:23:09.279><c> half</c><00:23:09.559><c>-sister,</c><00:23:10.039><c> wasn't</c><00:23:10.299><c> she?</c>

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So<00:23:11.420><c> it</c><00:23:11.480><c> was</c><00:23:11.720><c> a</c><00:23:11.940><c> half</c><00:23:12.220><c>-truth</c><00:23:12.779><c> that</c><00:23:13.079><c> he</c><00:23:13.259><c> was</c><00:23:13.519><c> telling,</c>

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:16.380
but<00:23:14.819><c> it</c><00:23:14.900><c> was</c><00:23:15.039><c> really</c><00:23:15.259><c> a</c><00:23:15.460><c> deception.</c>

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And<00:23:16.980><c> it</c><00:23:17.299><c> was</c><00:23:17.500><c> a</c><00:23:17.640><c> deception</c><00:23:18.000><c> he</c><00:23:18.220><c> used</c><00:23:18.319><c> more</c><00:23:18.579><c> than</c><00:23:18.799><c> once.</c>

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:21.980
Just<00:23:19.880><c> come</c><00:23:20.039><c> over</c><00:23:20.180><c> to</c><00:23:20.319><c> Chapter</c><00:23:20.619><c> 20.</c>

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The<00:23:23.559><c> same</c><00:23:23.839><c> deception</c><00:23:24.319><c> was</c><00:23:24.619><c> used</c><00:23:25.200><c> years</c><00:23:25.700><c> later</c>

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before<00:23:28.400><c> Abimelek,</c><00:23:29.019><c> the</c><00:23:29.200><c> king</c><00:23:29.380><c> of</c><00:23:29.660><c> Gera.</c>

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Chapter<00:23:31.380><c> 20</c><00:23:32.000><c> and</c><00:23:32.240><c> verse</c><00:23:32.539><c> 13.</c>

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Here<00:23:35.559><c> Abraham</c><00:23:36.119><c> records,</c>

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It<00:23:36.859><c> came</c><00:23:37.119><c> to</c><00:23:37.380><c> pass</c><00:23:37.559><c> when</c><00:23:37.819><c> God</c><00:23:38.119><c> caused</c><00:23:38.400><c> me</c><00:23:38.579><c> to</c><00:23:38.799><c> wander</c>

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:41.960
from<00:23:39.180><c> my</c><00:23:39.500><c> father's</c><00:23:39.980><c> house,</c><00:23:40.680><c> that</c><00:23:40.779><c> I</c><00:23:41.019><c> said</c><00:23:41.220><c> unto</c><00:23:41.440><c> her,</c>

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:44.900
This<00:23:42.460><c> is</c><00:23:42.680><c> the</c><00:23:42.940><c> kindness</c><00:23:43.279><c> which</c><00:23:43.559><c> thou</c><00:23:43.720><c> shalt</c><00:23:43.980><c> show</c><00:23:44.240><c> unto</c><00:23:44.460><c> me.</c>

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:47.319
At<00:23:45.319><c> every</c><00:23:45.759><c> place</c><00:23:46.240><c> whither</c><00:23:46.500><c> we</c><00:23:46.740><c> shall</c><00:23:46.900><c> come,</c>

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:50.579
say<00:23:47.700><c> of</c><00:23:47.880><c> me,</c><00:23:48.480><c> He</c><00:23:48.880><c> is</c><00:23:49.220><c> my</c><00:23:49.640><c> brother.</c>

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:54.240
Now<00:23:51.380><c> that</c><00:23:51.640><c> verse</c><00:23:51.859><c> is</c><00:23:52.119><c> remarkable</c><00:23:52.640><c> because</c><00:23:53.079><c> he</c><00:23:53.400><c> dates</c><00:23:53.640><c> it</c><00:23:54.000><c> back</c>

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from<00:23:54.420><c> the</c><00:23:54.660><c> time</c><00:23:55.079><c> when</c><00:23:55.460><c> God</c><00:23:55.839><c> called</c><00:23:56.380><c> him.</c>

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So<00:23:58.119><c> it</c><00:23:58.420><c> seems</c><00:23:58.779><c> then</c><00:23:59.259><c> that</c><00:23:59.839><c> this</c><00:24:00.259><c> was</c><00:24:00.660><c> requested</c><00:24:01.299><c> of</c><00:24:01.680><c> Sarah</c>

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:04.759
by<00:24:02.460><c> her</c><00:24:02.700><c> husband</c><00:24:03.339><c> from</c><00:24:03.799><c> the</c><00:24:04.039><c> very</c><00:24:04.460><c> time</c>

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:07.180
they<00:24:05.000><c> left</c><00:24:05.279><c> Ear</c><00:24:05.579><c> of</c><00:24:05.740><c> the</c><00:24:05.940><c> Coldies.</c>

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This<00:24:07.859><c> is</c><00:24:08.079><c> the</c><00:24:08.339><c> kindness,</c><00:24:08.900><c> said</c><00:24:08.960><c> Abraham,</c>

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:11.660
which<00:24:09.900><c> thou</c><00:24:10.119><c> shalt</c><00:24:10.420><c> show</c><00:24:10.740><c> unto</c><00:24:11.119><c> me.</c>

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And<00:24:12.400><c> back</c><00:24:12.599><c> in</c><00:24:13.259><c> Chapter</c><00:24:13.599><c> 12,</c><00:24:14.440><c> he</c><00:24:14.660><c> says</c><00:24:14.880><c> in</c><00:24:15.000><c> verse</c><00:24:15.279><c> 13,</c>

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:20.319
that<00:24:16.400><c> it</c><00:24:16.579><c> may</c><00:24:16.900><c> be</c><00:24:17.460><c> well</c><00:24:17.700><c> with</c><00:24:17.980><c> me</c><00:24:18.539><c> for</c><00:24:19.099><c> thy</c><00:24:19.440><c> sake.</c>

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And<00:24:20.799><c> you</c><00:24:20.920><c> see</c><00:24:21.059><c> the</c><00:24:21.220><c> way</c><00:24:21.380><c> in</c><00:24:21.480><c> which</c><00:24:21.619><c> in</c><00:24:21.819><c> both</c><00:24:22.039><c> of</c><00:24:22.240><c> these</c><00:24:22.440><c> cases</c>

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:25.180
Abraham's<00:24:23.619><c> fear</c><00:24:23.859><c> got</c><00:24:24.119><c> the</c><00:24:24.339><c> better</c><00:24:24.579><c> of</c><00:24:24.779><c> him.</c>

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:28.339
And<00:24:25.779><c> here</c><00:24:25.960><c> in</c><00:24:26.099><c> Chapter</c><00:24:26.380><c> 12,</c><00:24:26.779><c> it</c><00:24:26.859><c> led</c><00:24:27.039><c> to</c><00:24:27.200><c> a</c><00:24:27.400><c> selfish</c><00:24:27.720><c> action</c>

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:31.660
which<00:24:28.839><c> placed</c><00:24:29.160><c> his</c><00:24:29.440><c> wife</c><00:24:29.700><c> in</c><00:24:29.819><c> a</c><00:24:29.920><c> very</c><00:24:30.240><c> difficult</c><00:24:30.599><c> position.</c>

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She<00:24:31.839><c> was</c><00:24:32.099><c> taken</c><00:24:32.380><c> by</c><00:24:32.839><c> Pharaoh,</c>

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and<00:24:34.099><c> in</c><00:24:34.279><c> verse</c><00:24:34.579><c> 15</c><00:24:35.359><c> of</c><00:24:35.619><c> Chapter</c><00:24:35.900><c> 12,</c>

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:38.440
she<00:24:36.460><c> was</c><00:24:36.759><c> placed</c><00:24:37.039><c> in</c><00:24:37.200><c> the</c><00:24:37.400><c> harem.</c>

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:43.000
Verse<00:24:39.200><c> 16</c><00:24:39.680><c> of</c><00:24:39.880><c> Chapter</c><00:24:40.160><c> 12</c><00:24:40.619><c> tells</c><00:24:40.940><c> us</c><00:24:41.160><c> that</c><00:24:41.299><c> the</c><00:24:41.519><c> dowry</c><00:24:41.799><c> was</c><00:24:42.019><c> paid,</c>

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:46.279
and<00:24:43.200><c> Abraham</c><00:24:43.640><c> became</c><00:24:44.140><c> a</c><00:24:44.319><c> very</c><00:24:44.680><c> rich</c><00:24:44.960><c> man</c><00:24:45.380><c> materially,</c>

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:49.400
but<00:24:46.920><c> he</c><00:24:47.039><c> lost</c><00:24:47.240><c> his</c><00:24:47.500><c> wife</c><00:24:47.880><c> in</c><00:24:48.200><c> the</c><00:24:48.400><c> process.</c>

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:52.019
Now<00:24:50.000><c> it</c><00:24:50.059><c> was</c><00:24:50.299><c> God</c><00:24:50.660><c> who</c><00:24:50.960><c> rescued</c><00:24:51.380><c> his</c><00:24:51.740><c> servant</c>

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.920
from<00:24:52.200><c> this</c><00:24:52.480><c> disastrous</c><00:24:53.039><c> situation.</c>

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:58.160
He<00:24:54.619><c> plagued</c><00:24:55.059><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:24:55.599><c> house,</c><00:24:56.579><c> how</c><00:24:56.779><c> we're</c><00:24:56.980><c> not</c><00:24:57.240><c> told,</c>

00:24:58.359 --> 00:25:00.940
but<00:24:58.480><c> the</c><00:24:58.779><c> result</c><00:24:59.039><c> as</c><00:24:59.220><c> we</c><00:24:59.339><c> get</c><00:24:59.480><c> down</c><00:24:59.680><c> to</c><00:24:59.819><c> the</c><00:24:59.920><c> end</c><00:25:00.039><c> of</c><00:25:00.180><c> this</c><00:25:00.440><c> chapter</c>

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was<00:25:01.640><c> that</c><00:25:01.839><c> a</c><00:25:01.980><c> man</c><00:25:02.119><c> of</c><00:25:02.420><c> God</c><00:25:02.940><c> found</c><00:25:03.460><c> himself</c><00:25:03.980><c> being</c><00:25:04.319><c> rightly</c><00:25:04.819><c> rebuked</c>

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for<00:25:06.000><c> his</c><00:25:06.240><c> behavior</c><00:25:06.759><c> by</c><00:25:07.180><c> a</c><00:25:07.359><c> man</c><00:25:07.440><c> of</c><00:25:07.599><c> the</c><00:25:07.819><c> world.</c>

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And<00:25:09.579><c> to</c><00:25:09.759><c> add</c><00:25:09.960><c> to</c><00:25:10.119><c> the</c><00:25:10.380><c> insult,</c><00:25:11.440><c> at</c><00:25:11.640><c> the</c><00:25:11.759><c> end</c><00:25:11.900><c> of</c><00:25:12.079><c> the</c><00:25:12.240><c> chapter</c>

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he<00:25:12.640><c> was</c><00:25:12.880><c> effectively</c><00:25:13.400><c> deported</c><00:25:14.079><c> from</c><00:25:14.400><c> the</c><00:25:14.559><c> land</c><00:25:14.700><c> of</c><00:25:14.920><c> Egypt</c>

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because<00:25:15.799><c> it</c><00:25:16.000><c> says</c><00:25:16.119><c> in</c><00:25:16.259><c> verse</c><00:25:16.460><c> 20,</c>

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Pharaoh<00:25:17.720><c> commanded</c><00:25:18.279><c> his</c><00:25:18.519><c> men</c><00:25:18.759><c> concerning</c><00:25:19.279><c> him,</c>

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and<00:25:19.720><c> they</c><00:25:20.000><c> sent</c><00:25:20.259><c> him</c><00:25:20.539><c> away,</c><00:25:21.559><c> the</c><00:25:21.799><c> authorized</c><00:25:22.160><c> version</c><00:25:22.559><c> says,</c>

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but<00:25:23.440><c> the</c><00:25:23.660><c> revised</c><00:25:23.960><c> version</c><00:25:24.380><c> says,</c>

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and<00:25:25.579><c> they</c><00:25:26.000><c> brought</c><00:25:26.480><c> him</c><00:25:27.039><c> on</c><00:25:27.480><c> the</c><00:25:27.700><c> way</c><00:25:28.079><c> and</c><00:25:28.460><c> his</c><00:25:28.740><c> wife</c><00:25:29.200><c> and</c><00:25:29.480><c> all</c>

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that<00:25:29.740><c> he</c><00:25:29.859><c> had.</c>

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So<00:25:31.200><c> the</c><00:25:31.339><c> result</c><00:25:31.640><c> of</c><00:25:31.799><c> this</c><00:25:32.059><c> incident</c><00:25:32.519><c> of</c><00:25:32.759><c> Abraham</c><00:25:33.099><c> going</c><00:25:33.440><c> down</c>

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to<00:25:34.119><c> Egypt</c>

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was<00:25:34.759><c> that</c><00:25:34.859><c> he</c><00:25:34.940><c> was</c><00:25:35.119><c> deported</c><00:25:35.579><c> from</c><00:25:35.759><c> that</c><00:25:36.019><c> country.</c>

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:39.640
Pharaoh<00:25:37.279><c> brought</c><00:25:37.700><c> him</c><00:25:37.839><c> on</c><00:25:38.039><c> the</c><00:25:38.180><c> way,</c><00:25:38.420><c> brought</c><00:25:38.680><c> him</c><00:25:38.880><c> up</c><00:25:39.319><c> out</c><00:25:39.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:39.819><c> land.</c>

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Now<00:25:41.500><c> we</c><00:25:41.559><c> have</c><00:25:41.700><c> to</c><00:25:41.819><c> be</c><00:25:41.900><c> very</c><00:25:42.240><c> careful</c><00:25:42.460><c> in</c><00:25:42.700><c> our</c><00:25:42.920><c> lives,</c><00:25:43.279><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:25:43.660><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:25:44.299><c> we</c><00:25:44.579><c> don't</c><00:25:44.799><c> bring</c><00:25:44.960><c> the</c><00:25:45.220><c> truth</c><00:25:45.359><c> into</c><00:25:45.619><c> disrepute</c><00:25:46.759><c> by</c><00:25:47.140><c> our</c><00:25:47.380><c> behavior.</c>

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For<00:25:49.160><c> Abraham,</c><00:25:49.759><c> of</c><00:25:49.819><c> course,</c><00:25:50.619><c> this</c><00:25:50.859><c> was</c><00:25:51.180><c> a</c><00:25:51.359><c> lapse</c>

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:54.880
in<00:25:52.279><c> what</c><00:25:52.480><c> was</c><00:25:52.740><c> otherwise</c><00:25:53.160><c> a</c><00:25:53.440><c> remarkable</c><00:25:53.920><c> life</c><00:25:54.259><c> of</c><00:25:54.599><c> faith.</c>

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:58.400
And<00:25:55.380><c> you</c><00:25:55.460><c> notice</c><00:25:55.759><c> that</c><00:25:56.000><c> chapter</c><00:25:56.359><c> 13</c><00:25:57.079><c> begins</c><00:25:57.559><c> on</c><00:25:57.799><c> a</c><00:25:57.980><c> totally</c>

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different<00:25:58.859><c> note.</c>

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And<00:26:00.400><c> Abraham</c><00:26:00.980><c> went</c><00:26:01.700><c> up.</c>

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:07.839
He'd<00:26:03.279><c> gone</c><00:26:03.619><c> down</c><00:26:04.119><c> to</c><00:26:04.339><c> Egypt,</c><00:26:05.240><c> but</c><00:26:05.420><c> now</c><00:26:05.799><c> he</c><00:26:06.200><c> went</c><00:26:06.500><c> up</c><00:26:06.880><c> out</c><00:26:07.220><c> of</c><00:26:07.440><c> Egypt,</c>

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:10.660
he<00:26:08.339><c> and</c><00:26:08.480><c> his</c><00:26:08.759><c> wife</c><00:26:08.980><c> and</c><00:26:09.119><c> all</c><00:26:09.299><c> that</c><00:26:09.440><c> he</c><00:26:09.599><c> had</c><00:26:09.759><c> and</c><00:26:09.980><c> lot</c><00:26:10.099><c> with</c><00:26:10.359><c> him</c>

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into<00:26:10.940><c> the</c><00:26:11.259><c> south.</c>

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:15.779
So<00:26:12.859><c> now</c><00:26:13.119><c> he</c><00:26:13.339><c> went</c><00:26:13.559><c> up,</c><00:26:13.819><c> and</c><00:26:13.940><c> the</c><00:26:14.140><c> result</c><00:26:14.359><c> of</c><00:26:14.500><c> this</c><00:26:14.700><c> in</c><00:26:14.859><c> verse</c><00:26:15.180><c> 3</c>

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:18.740
is<00:26:16.119><c> that</c><00:26:16.259><c> he</c><00:26:16.400><c> came</c><00:26:16.720><c> to</c><00:26:16.900><c> the</c><00:26:17.200><c> place</c><00:26:17.500><c> where</c><00:26:17.740><c> his</c><00:26:18.160><c> tent</c><00:26:18.339><c> had</c><00:26:18.599><c> been</c>

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at<00:26:18.900><c> the</c><00:26:19.099><c> beginning</c>

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between<00:26:20.079><c> Bethel</c><00:26:20.539><c> and</c><00:26:20.819><c> Ai.</c>

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:23.579
Back<00:26:22.079><c> to</c><00:26:22.259><c> the</c><00:26:22.500><c> place,</c><00:26:22.740><c> in</c><00:26:22.900><c> other</c><00:26:23.099><c> words,</c>

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:27.220
where<00:26:24.000><c> in</c><00:26:24.200><c> chapter</c><00:26:24.619><c> 12</c><00:26:24.980><c> and</c><00:26:25.180><c> verse</c><00:26:25.460><c> 8</c><00:26:25.900><c> he</c><00:26:26.220><c> pitched</c><00:26:26.559><c> his</c><00:26:26.920><c> tent,</c>

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:30.759
built<00:26:27.859><c> his</c><00:26:28.140><c> altar,</c><00:26:28.859><c> and</c><00:26:29.059><c> called</c><00:26:29.259><c> on</c><00:26:29.440><c> the</c><00:26:29.539><c> name</c><00:26:29.680><c> of</c><00:26:29.819><c> the</c><00:26:29.960><c> Lord.</c>

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:34.579
In<00:26:31.299><c> other</c><00:26:31.519><c> words,</c><00:26:31.799><c> he</c><00:26:31.900><c> was</c><00:26:32.119><c> now</c><00:26:32.460><c> back</c><00:26:32.740><c> in</c><00:26:33.000><c> the</c><00:26:33.240><c> right</c><00:26:33.619><c> place.</c>

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:36.640
He'd<00:26:34.940><c> found</c><00:26:35.119><c> his</c><00:26:35.420><c> way</c><00:26:35.619><c> again.</c>

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:41.039
Now<00:26:37.779><c> failure,</c><00:26:38.039><c> of</c><00:26:38.259><c> course,</c><00:26:38.880><c> is</c><00:26:39.099><c> experienced</c><00:26:39.680><c> by</c><00:26:40.079><c> all</c><00:26:40.359><c> men</c><00:26:40.519><c> and</c><00:26:40.700><c> women,</c>

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:44.779
the<00:26:41.660><c> Lord</c><00:26:41.900><c> Jesus</c><00:26:42.319><c> Christ</c><00:26:42.759><c> being</c><00:26:43.039><c> the</c><00:26:43.359><c> sole</c><00:26:43.599><c> exception.</c>

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:48.019
And<00:26:45.359><c> for</c><00:26:45.460><c> us,</c><00:26:45.700><c> brethren</c><00:26:45.819><c> and</c><00:26:46.019><c> sisters,</c><00:26:46.200><c> it's</c><00:26:46.559><c> surely</c><00:26:46.799><c> comforting</c><00:26:47.220><c> to</c><00:26:47.579><c> realize</c>

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:52.140
that<00:26:48.480><c> a</c><00:26:48.839><c> giant</c><00:26:49.140><c> of</c><00:26:49.539><c> faith</c><00:26:49.779><c> like</c><00:26:50.059><c> Abraham</c><00:26:50.640><c> had</c><00:26:51.079><c> a</c><00:26:51.240><c> weakness.</c>

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:57.579
He<00:26:52.599><c> knew</c><00:26:52.900><c> fear,</c><00:26:53.940><c> and</c><00:26:54.180><c> it</c><00:26:54.460><c> caused</c><00:26:54.640><c> him</c><00:26:54.819><c> to</c><00:26:55.119><c> stray</c><00:26:55.259><c> from</c><00:26:55.519><c> God</c><00:26:55.819><c> from</c><00:26:56.099><c> time</c><00:26:56.359><c> to</c><00:26:56.599><c> time.</c>

00:26:57.599 --> 00:27:00.500
And<00:26:57.859><c> when</c><00:26:57.980><c> we</c><00:26:58.299><c> examine</c><00:26:58.559><c> the</c><00:26:58.839><c> weakness</c><00:26:59.160><c> of</c><00:26:59.400><c> a</c><00:26:59.500><c> man</c><00:26:59.599><c> like</c><00:26:59.900><c> Abraham,</c>

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:04.319
if<00:27:01.079><c> we're</c><00:27:01.420><c> wise,</c><00:27:01.859><c> it's</c><00:27:02.119><c> going</c><00:27:02.240><c> to</c><00:27:02.440><c> make</c><00:27:02.539><c> us</c><00:27:02.740><c> all</c><00:27:02.880><c> the</c><00:27:03.019><c> more</c><00:27:03.279><c> conscious</c><00:27:03.779><c> of</c>

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.339
our<00:27:04.539><c> own.</c>

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:08.720
Now<00:27:06.579><c> we</c><00:27:06.660><c> said</c><00:27:06.799><c> a</c><00:27:06.980><c> few</c><00:27:07.079><c> moments</c><00:27:07.440><c> ago</c><00:27:07.720><c> that</c><00:27:07.940><c> chapter</c><00:27:08.299><c> 12</c>

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:11.779
was<00:27:08.900><c> not</c><00:27:09.079><c> the</c><00:27:09.279><c> only</c><00:27:09.660><c> lapse</c><00:27:10.059><c> of</c><00:27:10.259><c> this</c><00:27:10.579><c> sort</c><00:27:10.740><c> in</c><00:27:10.900><c> the</c><00:27:11.039><c> life</c><00:27:11.180><c> of</c><00:27:11.480><c> Abraham.</c>

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:15.140
Just<00:27:12.299><c> come</c><00:27:12.500><c> back</c><00:27:12.680><c> to</c><00:27:12.839><c> chapter</c><00:27:13.099><c> 20,</c><00:27:13.539><c> if</c><00:27:13.700><c> you</c><00:27:13.940><c> will.</c>

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.859
It's<00:27:16.619><c> a</c><00:27:16.779><c> remarkable</c><00:27:17.160><c> thing,</c><00:27:17.460><c> you</c><00:27:17.640><c> know,</c>

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:22.599
that<00:27:18.019><c> the</c><00:27:18.160><c> book</c><00:27:18.319><c> of</c><00:27:18.539><c> Genesis</c><00:27:19.079><c> is</c><00:27:20.000><c> so</c><00:27:20.579><c> concisely</c><00:27:21.559><c> written.</c>

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:25.880
Oftentimes<00:27:23.759><c> we'd</c><00:27:24.259><c> love</c><00:27:24.400><c> to</c><00:27:24.619><c> have</c><00:27:24.779><c> more</c><00:27:25.160><c> detail,</c><00:27:25.599><c> and</c><00:27:25.720><c> we're</c>

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:27.500
not<00:27:26.059><c> given</c><00:27:26.259><c> it.</c>

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:31.079
And<00:27:27.900><c> yet,</c><00:27:28.240><c> in</c><00:27:28.400><c> the</c><00:27:28.619><c> life</c><00:27:28.819><c> of</c><00:27:29.119><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:29.920><c> we</c><00:27:30.119><c> have</c><00:27:30.460><c> in</c><00:27:30.720><c> chapters</c>

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:32.519
12<00:27:31.480><c> and</c><00:27:31.700><c> 20</c>

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:37.380
two<00:27:33.400><c> almost</c><00:27:34.039><c> identical</c><00:27:34.960><c> incidents</c><00:27:35.740><c> recorded</c><00:27:36.559><c> in</c><00:27:36.900><c> detail.</c>

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:41.779
Now<00:27:38.440><c> why</c><00:27:38.920><c> does</c><00:27:39.240><c> the</c><00:27:39.519><c> inspired</c><00:27:40.059><c> writer</c><00:27:40.460><c> go</c><00:27:40.680><c> to</c><00:27:40.880><c> all</c><00:27:41.119><c> the</c><00:27:41.359><c> trouble</c>

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:44.579
of<00:27:42.420><c> giving</c><00:27:42.619><c> us</c><00:27:43.259><c> two</c><00:27:43.660><c> almost,</c><00:27:44.180><c> as</c><00:27:44.279><c> we</c><00:27:44.420><c> say,</c>

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:47.380
identical<00:27:45.140><c> incidents</c><00:27:45.619><c> in</c><00:27:45.799><c> the</c><00:27:45.940><c> life</c><00:27:46.099><c> of</c><00:27:46.299><c> this</c><00:27:46.500><c> man?</c>

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:53.019
Well,<00:27:49.420><c> chapter</c><00:27:49.539><c> 20</c><00:27:50.039><c> of</c><00:27:50.259><c> Genesis</c><00:27:50.599><c> is</c><00:27:50.880><c> some</c><00:27:51.279><c> 20</c><00:27:51.740><c> years</c><00:27:52.480><c> after</c>

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.859
chapter<00:27:53.420><c> 12.</c>

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We're<00:27:54.220><c> 20</c><00:27:54.539><c> years</c><00:27:54.880><c> later,</c><00:27:55.319><c> and</c><00:27:55.920><c> we</c><00:27:56.099><c> have</c><00:27:56.240><c> a</c><00:27:56.500><c> repeat</c><00:27:56.759><c> almost</c><00:27:57.200><c> of</c>

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.299
the<00:27:57.640><c> incident</c><00:27:57.920><c> again,</c>

00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:01.759
the<00:27:58.579><c> same</c><00:27:58.960><c> problem</c><00:27:59.460><c> recorded</c><00:28:00.180><c> over</c><00:28:00.839><c> again.</c>

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:04.059
And<00:28:02.460><c> why</c><00:28:02.740><c> does</c><00:28:02.900><c> the</c><00:28:03.160><c> writer</c><00:28:03.380><c> do</c><00:28:03.599><c> it?</c>

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:09.859
Well,<00:28:05.220><c> surely</c><00:28:05.259><c> it's</c><00:28:05.700><c> saying</c><00:28:05.880><c> to</c><00:28:06.119><c> us</c><00:28:06.640><c> that</c><00:28:07.059><c> despite</c><00:28:07.680><c> the</c><00:28:08.000><c> passage</c><00:28:08.319><c> of</c><00:28:08.539><c> these</c><00:28:08.799><c> 20</c><00:28:09.160><c> years,</c>

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:14.960
angelic<00:28:10.799><c> appearances,</c><00:28:11.779><c> more</c><00:28:12.099><c> promises</c><00:28:12.480><c> made,</c><00:28:13.359><c> spiritual</c><00:28:13.900><c> growth,</c>

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:19.319
Abraham's<00:28:16.059><c> tendency</c><00:28:16.539><c> to</c><00:28:16.720><c> be</c><00:28:16.980><c> afraid</c><00:28:17.519><c> still</c><00:28:18.319><c> assailed</c><00:28:18.819><c> him.</c>

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:22.980
Despite,<00:28:20.259><c> as</c><00:28:20.440><c> we</c><00:28:20.640><c> might</c><00:28:20.839><c> say,</c><00:28:21.240><c> 20</c><00:28:21.680><c> years</c><00:28:21.980><c> in</c><00:28:22.160><c> the</c><00:28:22.480><c> truth,</c>

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:28.000
this<00:28:23.579><c> was</c><00:28:23.819><c> a</c><00:28:24.140><c> problem</c><00:28:24.460><c> that</c><00:28:24.660><c> he</c><00:28:24.779><c> was</c><00:28:25.059><c> unable</c><00:28:25.460><c> totally</c><00:28:26.140><c> to</c><00:28:26.839><c> eliminate.</c>

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:31.299
And<00:28:28.759><c> here</c><00:28:28.900><c> in</c><00:28:29.000><c> chapter</c><00:28:29.279><c> 20,</c><00:28:29.700><c> he</c><00:28:29.880><c> journeys</c><00:28:30.160><c> south</c><00:28:30.559><c> once</c><00:28:30.940><c> more,</c>

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.779
and<00:28:31.579><c> he</c><00:28:31.740><c> comes</c><00:28:31.980><c> to</c><00:28:32.319><c> Gerar.</c>

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:37.299
In<00:28:33.819><c> verse</c><00:28:34.079><c> 2,</c><00:28:34.880><c> Abraham</c><00:28:35.380><c> said</c><00:28:35.660><c> of</c><00:28:35.920><c> Sarah</c><00:28:36.160><c> his</c><00:28:36.380><c> wife,</c>

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:39.180
she<00:28:37.519><c> is</c><00:28:37.839><c> my</c><00:28:38.140><c> sister.</c>

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:43.319
And<00:28:39.460><c> Abimelek</c><00:28:39.900><c> king</c><00:28:40.160><c> of</c><00:28:40.400><c> Gerar</c><00:28:40.759><c> sent</c><00:28:41.099><c> and</c><00:28:41.779><c> took</c><00:28:42.200><c> Sarah.</c>

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:45.559
So<00:28:43.660><c> this</c><00:28:43.880><c> time</c><00:28:44.039><c> it</c><00:28:44.059><c> was</c><00:28:44.220><c> Abimelek</c><00:28:44.700><c> who</c><00:28:44.920><c> took</c><00:28:45.119><c> Sarah,</c>

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:50.059
even<00:28:46.079><c> though</c><00:28:46.279><c> by</c><00:28:46.519><c> this</c><00:28:46.900><c> stage</c><00:28:47.279><c> she</c><00:28:47.579><c> was</c><00:28:47.920><c> about</c><00:28:48.299><c> 90</c><00:28:48.720><c> years</c><00:28:49.059><c> old.</c>

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:53.240
Perhaps<00:28:50.819><c> she</c><00:28:51.059><c> hardly</c><00:28:51.400><c> aged</c><00:28:51.880><c> with</c><00:28:52.079><c> the</c><00:28:52.279><c> passing</c><00:28:52.519><c> of</c><00:28:52.859><c> time.</c>

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:57.180
Or<00:28:54.019><c> maybe</c><00:28:54.539><c> her</c><00:28:55.019><c> youth</c><00:28:55.339><c> was</c><00:28:55.700><c> miraculously</c><00:28:56.460><c> revived</c>

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:59.700
in<00:28:57.799><c> connection</c><00:28:58.240><c> with</c><00:28:58.460><c> the</c><00:28:58.700><c> promise</c><00:28:58.920><c> that</c><00:28:59.059><c> she</c><00:28:59.220><c> was</c><00:28:59.400><c> going</c><00:28:59.500><c> to</c>

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.400
bear<00:28:59.859><c> a</c><00:29:00.140><c> son</c>

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:03.000
that<00:29:00.759><c> had</c><00:29:00.900><c> been</c><00:29:01.119><c> given</c><00:29:01.339><c> in</c><00:29:01.539><c> chapter</c><00:29:01.859><c> 18.</c>

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:06.440
But<00:29:03.559><c> again,</c><00:29:04.000><c> in</c><00:29:04.200><c> this</c><00:29:04.440><c> situation,</c><00:29:05.039><c> it</c><00:29:05.079><c> was</c><00:29:05.319><c> God</c><00:29:05.599><c> who</c><00:29:05.799><c> came</c><00:29:06.119><c> to</c>

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.380
Abraham's<00:29:07.160><c> aid.</c>

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:10.940
He<00:29:07.920><c> wasn't</c><00:29:08.279><c> abandoned</c><00:29:08.859><c> to</c><00:29:09.019><c> the</c><00:29:09.200><c> results</c><00:29:09.559><c> of</c><00:29:09.740><c> his</c><00:29:09.880><c> actions.</c>

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:13.660
And<00:29:11.299><c> God</c><00:29:11.519><c> spoke</c><00:29:11.819><c> to</c><00:29:12.039><c> Abimelek</c><00:29:12.440><c> in</c><00:29:12.619><c> a</c><00:29:12.859><c> dream.</c>

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:15.200
And<00:29:14.240><c> surely,</c><00:29:14.559><c> brethren</c><00:29:14.759><c> and</c><00:29:15.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:18.220
the<00:29:15.519><c> Psalmist</c><00:29:15.980><c> must</c><00:29:16.200><c> have</c><00:29:16.339><c> had</c><00:29:16.480><c> these</c><00:29:16.799><c> two</c><00:29:17.079><c> incidents</c><00:29:17.460><c> in</c><00:29:17.779><c> mind</c>

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:21.500
when<00:29:18.720><c> in</c><00:29:18.900><c> the</c><00:29:19.039><c> 105th</c><00:29:19.839><c> Psalm</c><00:29:20.140><c> he</c><00:29:20.380><c> writes,</c>

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:24.339
when<00:29:22.000><c> they</c><00:29:22.319><c> went</c><00:29:22.559><c> from</c><00:29:22.859><c> one</c><00:29:23.200><c> nation</c><00:29:23.640><c> to</c><00:29:23.920><c> another,</c>

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.940
from<00:29:25.079><c> one</c><00:29:25.440><c> kingdom</c><00:29:25.819><c> to</c><00:29:26.059><c> another</c><00:29:26.359><c> people,</c>

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:29.779
he<00:29:27.720><c> suffered</c><00:29:28.079><c> no</c><00:29:28.500><c> man</c><00:29:28.819><c> to</c><00:29:29.039><c> do</c><00:29:29.180><c> them</c><00:29:29.380><c> wrong.</c>

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:33.180
Yea,<00:29:30.599><c> he</c><00:29:30.880><c> reproved</c><00:29:31.380><c> kings</c><00:29:31.940><c> for</c><00:29:32.160><c> their</c><00:29:32.539><c> sakes,</c>

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saying,<00:29:34.160><c> touch</c><00:29:34.559><c> not</c><00:29:34.920><c> mine</c><00:29:35.119><c> anointed,</c>

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:38.920
and<00:29:36.420><c> do</c><00:29:36.599><c> my</c><00:29:36.859><c> prophets</c><00:29:37.400><c> no</c><00:29:37.980><c> harm.</c>

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:43.099
For<00:29:39.900><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:40.880><c> God's</c><00:29:41.380><c> providential</c><00:29:41.980><c> guidance</c><00:29:42.380><c> and</c><00:29:42.660><c> protection</c>

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:44.279
was<00:29:43.400><c> always</c><00:29:43.900><c> there.</c>

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:46.599
He<00:29:44.799><c> understood</c><00:29:45.420><c> Abraham's</c><00:29:46.140><c> weakness,</c>

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:49.980
and<00:29:47.019><c> despite</c><00:29:47.579><c> it,</c><00:29:48.220><c> he</c><00:29:48.480><c> still</c><00:29:48.799><c> blessed</c><00:29:49.099><c> him.</c>

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:52.900
And<00:29:50.579><c> that</c><00:29:50.740><c> ought</c><00:29:50.920><c> to</c><00:29:51.099><c> give</c><00:29:51.200><c> us</c><00:29:51.460><c> great</c><00:29:51.720><c> comfort</c><00:29:52.140><c> and</c><00:29:52.440><c> encouragement</c>

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:54.339
in<00:29:53.119><c> our</c><00:29:53.420><c> lives</c><00:29:53.640><c> and</c><00:29:53.819><c> the</c><00:29:54.059><c> truth,</c>

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:57.960
as<00:29:54.660><c> we</c><00:29:54.920><c> seek</c><00:29:55.059><c> to</c><00:29:55.380><c> overcome</c><00:29:55.740><c> the</c><00:29:56.039><c> weaknesses</c><00:29:56.500><c> in</c><00:29:57.059><c> our</c><00:29:57.299><c> own</c><00:29:57.539><c> lives.</c>

00:29:57.960 --> 00:30:01.819
We're<00:29:58.720><c> restricted</c><00:29:59.279><c> now</c><00:29:59.640><c> by</c><00:29:59.859><c> the</c><00:30:00.119><c> impulses</c><00:30:00.440><c> of</c><00:30:00.599><c> the</c><00:30:00.880><c> flesh,</c>

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:05.480
but<00:30:01.880><c> we</c><00:30:02.099><c> have</c><00:30:02.259><c> the</c><00:30:02.559><c> assurance</c><00:30:02.980><c> that</c><00:30:03.180><c> our</c><00:30:03.319><c> Heavenly</c><00:30:03.680><c> Father</c><00:30:04.059><c> understands.</c>

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.799
He<00:30:05.680><c> knows</c><00:30:06.019><c> our</c><00:30:06.400><c> frame.</c>

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:09.000
He<00:30:07.400><c> knows</c><00:30:07.660><c> what</c><00:30:07.859><c> we're</c><00:30:08.180><c> like.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:30:10.279><c> through</c><00:30:10.380><c> his</c><00:30:10.839><c> experiences,</c>

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:13.839
Abraham<00:30:12.359><c> had</c><00:30:12.599><c> to</c><00:30:12.900><c> learn,</c><00:30:13.079><c> as</c><00:30:13.279><c> we</c><00:30:13.559><c> must,</c>

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:15.440
the<00:30:14.299><c> truth</c><00:30:14.500><c> of</c><00:30:14.660><c> that</c><00:30:14.980><c> proverb,</c>

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:19.019
that<00:30:16.000><c> the</c><00:30:16.180><c> fear</c><00:30:16.480><c> of</c><00:30:16.759><c> man</c><00:30:17.359><c> bringeth</c><00:30:17.819><c> a</c><00:30:18.160><c> snare.</c>

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.559
And<00:30:19.559><c> on</c><00:30:19.720><c> the</c><00:30:19.839><c> other</c><00:30:20.079><c> hand,</c>

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:24.539
the<00:30:21.220><c> fear</c><00:30:21.460><c> of</c><00:30:21.700><c> the</c><00:30:21.900><c> Lord</c><00:30:22.319><c> is</c><00:30:22.920><c> the</c><00:30:23.099><c> beginning</c><00:30:23.380><c> of</c><00:30:23.640><c> wisdom.</c>

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:26.279
And<00:30:24.940><c> Scripture</c><00:30:25.240><c> leaves</c><00:30:25.480><c> us</c><00:30:25.680><c> in</c><00:30:25.839><c> no</c><00:30:26.059><c> doubt</c>

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:28.960
that<00:30:26.359><c> despite</c><00:30:26.900><c> the</c><00:30:27.180><c> fact</c><00:30:27.299><c> his</c><00:30:27.500><c> natural</c><00:30:28.000><c> fears</c><00:30:28.299><c> assailed</c><00:30:28.759><c> him</c>

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.059
at<00:30:29.220><c> times,</c>

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:33.859
Abraham<00:30:30.299><c> was</c><00:30:30.539><c> a</c><00:30:30.720><c> man</c><00:30:30.859><c> who</c><00:30:31.220><c> truly</c><00:30:31.779><c> knew</c><00:30:32.200><c> how</c><00:30:32.460><c> to</c><00:30:32.700><c> fear</c><00:30:32.900><c> God.</c>

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:37.259
In<00:30:34.240><c> Genesis</c><00:30:34.599><c> 22,</c><00:30:35.380><c> when</c><00:30:35.480><c> he</c><00:30:35.700><c> set</c><00:30:35.920><c> out</c><00:30:36.119><c> to</c><00:30:36.440><c> slay</c><00:30:36.619><c> his</c><00:30:36.980><c> son</c>

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:40.279
in<00:30:37.799><c> loving</c><00:30:38.059><c> obedience</c><00:30:38.619><c> to</c><00:30:38.819><c> God's</c><00:30:39.259><c> command,</c>

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:43.579
he<00:30:40.680><c> was</c><00:30:40.900><c> later</c><00:30:41.180><c> commended</c><00:30:41.619><c> by</c><00:30:41.859><c> the</c><00:30:42.059><c> angel</c><00:30:42.380><c> who</c><00:30:42.680><c> said,</c>

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:46.299
Now<00:30:43.960><c> I</c><00:30:44.140><c> know</c><00:30:44.559><c> that</c><00:30:44.759><c> thou</c><00:30:45.059><c> fearest</c><00:30:45.660><c> God,</c>

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:49.039
seeing<00:30:46.819><c> thou</c><00:30:47.000><c> hast</c><00:30:47.200><c> not</c><00:30:47.359><c> withheld</c><00:30:47.680><c> thy</c><00:30:48.059><c> son,</c>

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:51.440
thine<00:30:49.319><c> only</c><00:30:49.680><c> son,</c><00:30:50.180><c> from</c><00:30:50.400><c> me.</c>

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:55.539
Fear<00:30:52.859><c> is</c><00:30:53.140><c> spoken</c><00:30:53.380><c> about</c><00:30:53.759><c> also</c><00:30:54.299><c> in</c><00:30:54.640><c> the</c><00:30:54.740><c> New</c><00:30:54.940><c> Testament.</c>

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:59.140
We<00:30:56.059><c> haven't</c><00:30:56.319><c> the</c><00:30:56.539><c> time</c><00:30:56.740><c> now,</c><00:30:57.059><c> but</c><00:30:57.180><c> we</c><00:30:57.420><c> could</c><00:30:57.680><c> look</c><00:30:57.940><c> at</c><00:30:58.119><c> Luke</c><00:30:58.380><c> 12,</c>

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:01.839
where<00:30:59.579><c> the</c><00:30:59.680><c> Lord</c><00:30:59.940><c> Jesus</c><00:31:00.339><c> Christ</c><00:31:00.619><c> speaks</c><00:31:00.940><c> about</c><00:31:01.420><c> fear</c>

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:03.420
in<00:31:02.259><c> its</c><00:31:02.559><c> different</c><00:31:02.839><c> aspects.</c>

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:06.960
Fear<00:31:04.000><c> of</c><00:31:04.200><c> God</c><00:31:04.440><c> on</c><00:31:04.619><c> the</c><00:31:04.779><c> one</c><00:31:05.019><c> hand,</c><00:31:05.180><c> which</c><00:31:05.339><c> we</c><00:31:05.559><c> must</c><00:31:05.900><c> have,</c>

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:09.500
and<00:31:07.160><c> our</c><00:31:07.380><c> natural</c><00:31:07.759><c> fears</c><00:31:08.039><c> and</c><00:31:08.299><c> anxieties</c><00:31:08.880><c> on</c><00:31:09.180><c> the</c><00:31:09.259><c> other</c>

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:11.079
that<00:31:09.619><c> we</c><00:31:09.759><c> have</c><00:31:09.960><c> to</c><00:31:10.259><c> shed.</c>

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:13.740
And<00:31:11.380><c> in</c><00:31:11.460><c> Luke</c><00:31:11.680><c> 12,</c><00:31:12.400><c> Jesus</c><00:31:12.720><c> teaches</c><00:31:13.200><c> us</c>

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:16.940
that<00:31:14.099><c> we</c><00:31:14.259><c> can</c><00:31:14.519><c> actually</c><00:31:14.859><c> remove</c><00:31:15.359><c> the</c><00:31:15.720><c> fear</c><00:31:16.000><c> of</c><00:31:16.180><c> what</c><00:31:16.440><c> men</c><00:31:16.700><c> can</c>

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.880
do<00:31:17.099><c> to</c><00:31:17.299><c> us</c>

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:22.740
by<00:31:18.180><c> having</c><00:31:18.440><c> a</c><00:31:18.700><c> greater</c><00:31:19.059><c> fear,</c><00:31:19.859><c> a</c><00:31:20.019><c> greater</c><00:31:20.519><c> reverence</c><00:31:21.519><c> of</c><00:31:21.819><c> God.</c>

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.759
But<00:31:23.279><c> we'll</c><00:31:23.440><c> pass</c><00:31:23.740><c> over</c><00:31:23.900><c> Luke</c><00:31:24.140><c> 12</c>

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:27.359
and<00:31:24.940><c> we'll</c><00:31:25.160><c> come</c><00:31:25.380><c> on</c><00:31:25.579><c> to</c><00:31:25.720><c> some</c><00:31:25.920><c> words</c><00:31:26.160><c> of</c><00:31:26.339><c> the</c><00:31:26.480><c> Apostle</c><00:31:26.880><c> Paul</c>

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:30.099
in<00:31:27.799><c> Philippians</c><00:31:28.339><c> chapter</c><00:31:28.779><c> 4.</c>

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:33.579
He<00:31:31.039><c> echoes</c><00:31:31.460><c> the</c><00:31:31.700><c> Lord's</c><00:31:32.119><c> teaching,</c><00:31:32.579><c> in</c><00:31:32.599><c> fact.</c>

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:39.279
Philippians<00:31:34.279><c> chapter</c><00:31:34.779><c> 4</c><00:31:35.859><c> and</c><00:31:37.039><c> verse</c><00:31:37.440><c> 4.</c>

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:47.259
And<00:31:45.019><c> here's</c><00:31:45.240><c> the</c><00:31:45.420><c> exhortation</c><00:31:45.900><c> for</c><00:31:46.140><c> us.</c>

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:50.579
Rejoice<00:31:48.059><c> in</c><00:31:48.180><c> the</c><00:31:48.319><c> Lord</c><00:31:48.519><c> always,</c><00:31:49.039><c> and</c><00:31:49.299><c> again</c><00:31:49.480><c> I</c><00:31:49.779><c> say</c><00:31:49.960><c> rejoice.</c>

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:53.400
Let<00:31:51.259><c> your</c><00:31:51.519><c> moderation</c><00:31:52.160><c> be</c><00:31:52.420><c> known</c><00:31:52.579><c> unto</c><00:31:52.799><c> all</c><00:31:53.180><c> men.</c>

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:55.220
The<00:31:53.660><c> Lord</c><00:31:53.900><c> is</c><00:31:54.079><c> at</c><00:31:54.299><c> hand.</c>

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:57.180
Be<00:31:55.720><c> careful</c><00:31:56.119><c> for</c><00:31:56.359><c> nothing.</c>

00:31:57.799 --> 00:32:02.619
The<00:31:57.960><c> revised</c><00:31:58.299><c> version</c><00:31:58.700><c> says,</c><00:31:59.880><c> in</c><00:32:00.000><c> nothing</c><00:32:00.700><c> be</c><00:32:01.519><c> anxious.</c>

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:06.519
It<00:32:03.759><c> sounds</c><00:32:03.900><c> almost</c><00:32:04.259><c> impossible</c><00:32:04.900><c> to</c><00:32:05.079><c> put</c><00:32:05.180><c> into</c><00:32:05.400><c> practice,</c><00:32:06.019><c> doesn't</c><00:32:06.140><c> it?</c>

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:09.440
But<00:32:06.799><c> that's</c><00:32:06.920><c> what</c><00:32:07.019><c> he</c><00:32:07.180><c> says,</c><00:32:07.740><c> in</c><00:32:08.119><c> nothing</c><00:32:08.579><c> be</c><00:32:08.839><c> anxious.</c>

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:12.539
But<00:32:09.960><c> in</c><00:32:10.279><c> everything,</c><00:32:11.039><c> by</c><00:32:11.160><c> prayer</c><00:32:11.519><c> and</c><00:32:11.819><c> supplication,</c>

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:15.599
with<00:32:12.920><c> thanksgiving,</c><00:32:14.119><c> let</c><00:32:14.279><c> your</c><00:32:14.539><c> requests</c><00:32:14.940><c> be</c><00:32:15.160><c> made</c><00:32:15.440><c> known</c>

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.779
unto<00:32:15.819><c> God,</c>

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:19.339
and<00:32:17.000><c> the</c><00:32:17.220><c> peace</c><00:32:17.420><c> of</c><00:32:17.640><c> God</c><00:32:17.819><c> which</c><00:32:18.140><c> passeth</c><00:32:18.420><c> all</c><00:32:18.700><c> understanding</c>

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:23.900
shall<00:32:19.640><c> keep</c><00:32:20.259><c> or</c><00:32:20.940><c> guard</c><00:32:21.519><c> your</c><00:32:22.220><c> hearts</c><00:32:22.559><c> and</c><00:32:22.779><c> minds</c><00:32:23.299><c> through</c>

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:25.420
Christ<00:32:24.240><c> Jesus.</c>

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:29.259
So<00:32:26.220><c> in</c><00:32:26.559><c> nothing,</c><00:32:27.059><c> says</c><00:32:27.119><c> Paul,</c><00:32:27.920><c> be</c><00:32:28.180><c> anxious.</c>

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:33.119
And<00:32:29.599><c> here</c><00:32:29.779><c> he</c><00:32:29.960><c> tells</c><00:32:30.279><c> us</c><00:32:30.440><c> how</c><00:32:30.640><c> to</c><00:32:30.859><c> live</c><00:32:31.140><c> this</c><00:32:31.500><c> life</c><00:32:31.839><c> free</c><00:32:32.200><c> from</c><00:32:32.420><c> anxiety.</c>

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:37.440
He<00:32:33.740><c> says,</c><00:32:34.140><c> by</c><00:32:34.160><c> prayer</c><00:32:34.619><c> and</c><00:32:34.940><c> supplication</c><00:32:35.759><c> we</c><00:32:36.240><c> bring</c><00:32:36.480><c> all</c><00:32:36.759><c> our</c><00:32:37.039><c> fears,</c>

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:40.079
all<00:32:38.059><c> our</c><00:32:38.359><c> anxieties</c><00:32:38.940><c> to</c><00:32:39.200><c> God.</c>

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:42.039
And<00:32:40.400><c> thanksgiving</c><00:32:40.819><c> also</c><00:32:41.160><c> is</c><00:32:41.480><c> important,</c>

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:45.920
for<00:32:42.660><c> in</c><00:32:42.960><c> continually</c><00:32:43.339><c> giving</c><00:32:43.619><c> God</c><00:32:44.000><c> thanks</c><00:32:44.359><c> day</c><00:32:44.700><c> by</c><00:32:45.000><c> day,</c>

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:49.039
we<00:32:46.200><c> focus</c><00:32:46.539><c> our</c><00:32:46.880><c> mind</c><00:32:47.119><c> on</c><00:32:47.279><c> the</c><00:32:47.460><c> many</c><00:32:47.680><c> blessings</c><00:32:48.119><c> that</c><00:32:48.319><c> we</c><00:32:48.480><c> receive</c>

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:50.519
at<00:32:49.220><c> his</c><00:32:49.539><c> hand.</c>

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:53.640
And<00:32:50.980><c> remember,</c><00:32:51.740><c> it's</c><00:32:51.839><c> not</c><00:32:52.140><c> just</c><00:32:52.400><c> material</c><00:32:53.099><c> blessings</c>

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:55.579
that<00:32:53.839><c> we</c><00:32:53.980><c> have</c><00:32:54.180><c> to</c><00:32:54.359><c> think</c><00:32:54.559><c> about.</c>

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:58.980
Back<00:32:56.220><c> in</c><00:32:56.400><c> the</c><00:32:56.559><c> Garden</c><00:32:56.819><c> of</c><00:32:57.059><c> Eden,</c><00:32:57.819><c> when</c><00:32:57.940><c> Adam</c><00:32:58.259><c> sinned,</c>

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:02.960
he<00:32:59.339><c> hid</c><00:32:59.519><c> from</c><00:32:59.839><c> God,</c><00:33:00.680><c> and</c><00:33:00.759><c> he</c><00:33:01.099><c> said</c><00:33:01.319><c> in</c><00:33:01.500><c> Genesis</c><00:33:01.859><c> 3,</c>

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.579
I<00:33:03.279><c> was</c><00:33:03.500><c> afraid.</c>

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:07.940
Fear<00:33:05.359><c> then</c><00:33:05.579><c> is</c><00:33:05.759><c> produced</c><00:33:06.240><c> by</c><00:33:06.579><c> a</c><00:33:06.720><c> defiled</c><00:33:07.220><c> conscience,</c>

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:10.720
but<00:33:08.559><c> when</c><00:33:08.900><c> sin</c><00:33:09.099><c> is</c><00:33:09.440><c> recognized</c><00:33:10.000><c> and</c><00:33:10.299><c> confessed,</c>

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:14.920
there<00:33:10.960><c> is</c><00:33:11.220><c> forgiveness,</c><00:33:12.339><c> and</c><00:33:12.619><c> consequently</c><00:33:13.160><c> that</c><00:33:13.480><c> debilitating</c><00:33:14.339><c> fear</c>

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:17.079
no<00:33:15.400><c> longer</c><00:33:15.700><c> has</c><00:33:15.960><c> to</c><00:33:16.160><c> grip</c><00:33:16.299><c> our</c><00:33:16.619><c> minds.</c>

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:20.079
And<00:33:17.980><c> when</c><00:33:18.099><c> all</c><00:33:18.339><c> of</c><00:33:18.480><c> this</c><00:33:18.640><c> is</c><00:33:19.000><c> recognized</c><00:33:19.460><c> and</c><00:33:19.819><c> done,</c>

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:23.119
and<00:33:20.579><c> we</c><00:33:20.859><c> remember</c><00:33:21.079><c> especially</c><00:33:21.599><c> the</c><00:33:21.859><c> wonderful</c><00:33:22.500><c> prospect</c><00:33:22.960><c> of</c>

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:24.140
a<00:33:23.319><c> future</c><00:33:23.640><c> life</c>

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:27.099
that<00:33:24.500><c> God</c><00:33:24.740><c> has</c><00:33:25.000><c> placed</c><00:33:25.180><c> before</c><00:33:25.539><c> us</c><00:33:25.759><c> through</c><00:33:25.940><c> his</c><00:33:26.319><c> Son,</c>

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:29.519
then<00:33:27.559><c> surely,</c><00:33:28.019><c> brethren</c><00:33:28.180><c> and</c><00:33:28.440><c> sisters,</c><00:33:28.799><c> the</c><00:33:29.019><c> troubles</c><00:33:29.299><c> of</c>

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.160
this<00:33:29.759><c> life</c>

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:33.480
can<00:33:30.740><c> be</c><00:33:31.039><c> seen</c><00:33:31.359><c> in</c><00:33:31.900><c> their</c><00:33:32.119><c> true</c><00:33:32.319><c> perspective.</c>

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:37.500
And<00:33:34.400><c> in</c><00:33:34.599><c> verse</c><00:33:34.940><c> 7,</c><00:33:36.000><c> just</c><00:33:36.380><c> as</c><00:33:36.720><c> the</c><00:33:36.960><c> Philippians,</c>

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:41.460
to<00:33:37.720><c> whom</c><00:33:37.859><c> Paul</c><00:33:38.119><c> was</c><00:33:38.380><c> writing,</c><00:33:39.359><c> lived</c><00:33:39.440><c> in</c><00:33:39.640><c> a</c><00:33:39.900><c> garrison</c><00:33:40.359><c> town,</c>

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:45.880
so<00:33:42.079><c> says</c><00:33:42.279><c> Paul,</c><00:33:42.839><c> we</c><00:33:43.099><c> shall</c><00:33:43.400><c> be</c><00:33:43.779><c> kept,</c><00:33:44.680><c> we</c><00:33:44.880><c> shall</c><00:33:45.079><c> be</c><00:33:45.400><c> guarded,</c>

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:52.799
we<00:33:46.599><c> shall</c><00:33:46.880><c> be</c><00:33:47.220><c> surrounded</c><00:33:48.039><c> by</c><00:33:48.759><c> the</c><00:33:49.019><c> peace</c><00:33:49.240><c> of</c><00:33:49.460><c> God</c><00:33:49.900><c> as</c><00:33:50.660><c> a</c><00:33:50.859><c> garrison.</c>

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:54.160
Therefore,<00:33:53.400><c> brethren</c><00:33:53.660><c> and</c><00:33:53.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:56.779
as<00:33:54.420><c> we</c><00:33:54.619><c> journey</c><00:33:54.880><c> together</c><00:33:55.420><c> to</c><00:33:55.799><c> the</c><00:33:55.900><c> kingdom</c><00:33:56.200><c> of</c><00:33:56.480><c> God,</c>

00:33:57.160 --> 00:34:00.119
it<00:33:57.319><c> behoves</c><00:33:57.700><c> each</c><00:33:58.000><c> one</c><00:33:58.220><c> of</c><00:33:58.299><c> us</c><00:33:58.420><c> not</c><00:33:58.599><c> to</c><00:33:58.839><c> trust</c><00:33:59.079><c> in</c><00:33:59.319><c> our</c><00:33:59.539><c> own</c><00:33:59.779><c> might</c>

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:03.779
or<00:34:00.720><c> to</c><00:34:00.940><c> languish</c><00:34:01.299><c> under</c><00:34:01.559><c> our</c><00:34:01.779><c> natural</c><00:34:02.140><c> fears</c><00:34:02.579><c> or</c><00:34:02.900><c> anxieties,</c>

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:07.759
but<00:34:04.400><c> rather</c><00:34:04.660><c> to</c><00:34:04.920><c> show</c><00:34:05.119><c> fear</c><00:34:05.500><c> or</c><00:34:05.839><c> reverence</c><00:34:06.299><c> towards</c><00:34:06.680><c> God,</c>

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:10.300
submitting<00:34:08.059><c> to</c><00:34:08.280><c> his</c><00:34:08.519><c> will,</c><00:34:09.219><c> obeying</c><00:34:09.599><c> his</c><00:34:09.900><c> word,</c>

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:13.260
praying<00:34:11.119><c> and</c><00:34:11.360><c> giving</c><00:34:11.599><c> thanks</c><00:34:11.980><c> continually</c><00:34:12.559><c> to</c><00:34:12.800><c> him</c>

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:14.480
for<00:34:13.619><c> all</c><00:34:13.880><c> his</c><00:34:14.099><c> goodness.</c>

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:18.179
And<00:34:15.380><c> let</c><00:34:15.559><c> us</c><00:34:15.699><c> look</c><00:34:16.000><c> forward</c><00:34:16.400><c> to</c><00:34:16.579><c> that</c><00:34:16.900><c> time</c><00:34:17.159><c> spoken</c><00:34:17.679><c> about</c>

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:20.199
in<00:34:18.579><c> the</c><00:34:18.719><c> Book</c><00:34:18.860><c> of</c><00:34:19.059><c> Revelation,</c>

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:23.119
when<00:34:20.380><c> all</c><00:34:20.639><c> those</c><00:34:20.860><c> who</c><00:34:21.139><c> fear</c><00:34:21.380><c> his</c><00:34:21.699><c> name</c><00:34:21.980><c> truly,</c><00:34:22.480><c> both</c><00:34:22.860><c> small</c>

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.760
and<00:34:23.480><c> great,</c>

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:25.760
will<00:34:24.119><c> receive</c><00:34:24.519><c> their</c><00:34:24.760><c> reward.</c>

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:28.599
And<00:34:26.079><c> with</c><00:34:26.280><c> Christ</c><00:34:26.719><c> enthroned</c><00:34:27.239><c> in</c><00:34:27.460><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:32.860
the<00:34:29.199><c> command</c><00:34:29.519><c> will</c><00:34:29.719><c> go</c><00:34:30.059><c> forth</c><00:34:30.320><c> with</c><00:34:30.559><c> a</c><00:34:30.699><c> loud</c><00:34:30.980><c> voice</c><00:34:31.260><c> to</c><00:34:31.500><c> all</c><00:34:31.739><c> nations,</c>

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:35.780
fear<00:34:33.500><c> God</c><00:34:34.019><c> and</c><00:34:34.579><c> give</c><00:34:34.840><c> glory</c><00:34:35.260><c> to</c><00:34:35.500><c> him,</c>

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:38.219
for<00:34:35.960><c> the</c><00:34:36.199><c> hour</c><00:34:36.400><c> of</c><00:34:36.539><c> his</c><00:34:36.760><c> judgment</c><00:34:37.099><c> is</c><00:34:37.440><c> come,</c>

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:41.559
and<00:34:38.500><c> worship</c><00:34:38.840><c> him</c><00:34:39.039><c> that</c><00:34:39.239><c> made</c><00:34:39.440><c> heaven</c><00:34:39.880><c> and</c><00:34:40.320><c> earth</c><00:34:40.719><c> and</c><00:34:40.880><c> the</c><00:34:41.139><c> sea</c>

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:43.639
and<00:34:41.980><c> the</c><00:34:42.179><c> fountains</c><00:34:42.539><c> of</c><00:34:42.760><c> waters.</c>

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:47.739
We<00:34:45.039><c> know</c><00:34:45.239><c> that</c><00:34:45.460><c> Abraham</c><00:34:45.860><c> is</c><00:34:46.119><c> going</c><00:34:46.239><c> to</c><00:34:46.380><c> be</c><00:34:46.519><c> amongst</c><00:34:46.780><c> those</c><00:34:47.199><c> welcomed</c>

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:49.860
into<00:34:48.199><c> the</c><00:34:48.420><c> kingdom</c><00:34:48.639><c> at</c><00:34:48.840><c> that</c><00:34:49.119><c> time.</c>

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:53.500
Our<00:34:50.539><c> hope</c><00:34:50.760><c> is</c><00:34:51.000><c> that</c><00:34:51.280><c> we</c><00:34:51.619><c> too</c><00:34:51.800><c> shall</c><00:34:52.019><c> receive</c><00:34:52.300><c> a</c><00:34:52.500><c> welcome</c><00:34:52.960><c> from</c>

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:55.139
our<00:34:53.739><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:03.960
Mr.<00:34:59.539><c> Roger,</c><00:35:02.820><c> just</c><00:35:03.059><c> a</c><00:35:03.300><c> couple</c><00:35:03.460><c> of</c><00:35:03.599><c> announcements</c>

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:07.920
before<00:35:04.280><c> we</c><00:35:04.480><c> give</c><00:35:04.659><c> thanks</c><00:35:05.920><c> with</c><00:35:07.519><c> a</c><00:35:07.780><c> prayer</c>

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:11.260
with<00:35:08.079><c> our</c><00:35:08.219><c> brother</c><00:35:08.380><c> Bill</c><00:35:08.679><c> Robinson</c><00:35:09.219><c> from</c><00:35:09.900><c> Brantford,</c><00:35:10.260><c> Canada.</c>

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:24.920
Our<00:35:22.559><c> gracious</c><00:35:23.019><c> Father</c><00:35:23.440><c> in</c><00:35:23.679><c> heaven,</c>

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:30.820
we<00:35:26.239><c> marvel</c><00:35:27.219><c> at</c><00:35:28.159><c> the</c><00:35:28.380><c> wonders</c><00:35:28.820><c> of</c><00:35:29.400><c> the</c><00:35:29.659><c> material</c><00:35:30.099><c> creation</c>

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:33.079
which<00:35:31.739><c> thou</c><00:35:31.900><c> hast</c><00:35:32.159><c> formed.</c>

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:38.500
We<00:35:35.400><c> thank</c><00:35:36.239><c> thee</c><00:35:36.440><c> that</c><00:35:36.619><c> thou</c><00:35:36.840><c> hast</c><00:35:37.119><c> given</c><00:35:37.340><c> us</c><00:35:37.599><c> this</c><00:35:37.860><c> mortal</c><00:35:38.159><c> life,</c>

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:41.179
that<00:35:38.659><c> we</c><00:35:38.820><c> may</c><00:35:39.059><c> experience</c><00:35:40.179><c> its</c><00:35:40.739><c> wonders.</c>

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:47.460
But<00:35:42.320><c> we</c><00:35:42.599><c> marvel</c><00:35:42.960><c> still</c><00:35:43.340><c> more</c><00:35:43.619><c> at</c><00:35:43.920><c> the</c><00:35:45.039><c> promise</c><00:35:45.460><c> of</c><00:35:46.159><c> a</c><00:35:46.500><c> new</c><00:35:46.719><c> creation</c>

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:50.519
which<00:35:48.460><c> is</c><00:35:48.699><c> outlined</c><00:35:49.059><c> in</c><00:35:49.340><c> thy</c><00:35:49.519><c> word.</c>

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:57.280
We<00:35:51.300><c> pray</c><00:35:51.559><c> that</c><00:35:52.639><c> as</c><00:35:53.139><c> we</c><00:35:53.380><c> receive</c><00:35:53.820><c> thy</c><00:35:54.099><c> word</c><00:35:55.360><c> today</c><00:35:56.019><c> and</c><00:35:56.300><c> this</c><00:35:56.579><c> week</c>

00:35:57.280 --> 00:36:03.909
and<00:35:58.360><c> the</c><00:35:58.599><c> time</c><00:35:59.380><c> following</c><00:35:59.940><c> that</c><00:36:01.280><c> our</c><00:36:01.860><c> faith</c><00:36:02.280><c> may</c><00:36:02.719><c> be</c><00:36:02.980><c> increased,</c>

00:36:05.190 --> 00:36:11.329
that<00:36:05.949><c> when</c><00:36:06.710><c> that</c><00:36:07.610><c> great</c><00:36:08.809><c> system</c><00:36:09.730><c> which</c><00:36:10.190><c> thou</c><00:36:10.409><c> hast</c><00:36:10.670><c> promised,</c>

00:36:11.730 --> 00:36:13.630
a<00:36:11.889><c> system</c><00:36:12.190><c> of</c><00:36:12.570><c> peace</c><00:36:12.869><c> and</c><00:36:13.130><c> righteousness,</c>

00:36:13.829 --> 00:36:15.349
is<00:36:14.010><c> inaugurated</c><00:36:14.550><c> in</c><00:36:14.750><c> the</c><00:36:14.869><c> earth,</c>

00:36:15.710 --> 00:36:17.510
that<00:36:15.809><c> when</c><00:36:15.969><c> that</c><00:36:16.269><c> time</c><00:36:16.510><c> comes,</c>

00:36:17.829 --> 00:36:21.030
we<00:36:18.010><c> may</c><00:36:18.489><c> be</c><00:36:18.869><c> found</c><00:36:19.190><c> pleasing</c><00:36:19.630><c> in</c><00:36:19.869><c> thy</c><00:36:20.090><c> sight.</c>

00:36:22.929 --> 00:36:28.289
We<00:36:23.650><c> thank</c><00:36:23.929><c> thee</c><00:36:24.650><c> too</c><00:36:24.909><c> for</c><00:36:25.170><c> the</c><00:36:27.469><c> physical</c><00:36:27.929><c> food</c>

00:36:28.289 --> 00:36:31.590
which<00:36:28.530><c> we</c><00:36:28.750><c> will</c><00:36:29.110><c> shortly</c><00:36:29.789><c> be</c><00:36:30.530><c> receiving.</c>

00:36:31.730 --> 00:36:36.090
We<00:36:32.329><c> pray</c><00:36:32.670><c> that</c><00:36:33.670><c> thou</c><00:36:34.170><c> wilt</c><00:36:34.369><c> bless</c><00:36:34.610><c> it</c><00:36:34.750><c> to</c><00:36:34.969><c> our</c><00:36:35.210><c> use.</c>

00:36:37.650 --> 00:36:40.269
We<00:36:37.849><c> thank</c><00:36:38.190><c> thee</c><00:36:38.449><c> and</c><00:36:38.590><c> seek</c><00:36:38.889><c> thy</c><00:36:39.070><c> help</c><00:36:39.389><c> and</c><00:36:39.590><c> thy</c><00:36:39.809><c> blessing</c>

00:36:40.269 --> 00:36:44.409
and<00:36:40.989><c> thy</c><00:36:41.130><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:41.650><c> in</c><00:36:41.949><c> the</c><00:36:42.010><c> name</c><00:36:42.190><c> of</c><00:36:42.409><c> our</c><00:36:42.570><c> Lord</c><00:36:42.809><c> Jesus</c><00:36:43.250><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:44.530 --> 00:36:45.469
Amen.

00:37:01.090 --> 00:37:01.630
Amen.