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to<00:13:20.169><c> those</c><00:13:20.529><c> who</c><00:13:20.750><c> have</c><00:13:20.990><c> no</c><00:13:21.629><c> natural</c><00:13:22.289><c> association,</c><00:13:23.070><c> who</c><00:13:23.250><c> have</c><00:13:23.330><c> been</c><00:13:23.590><c> bought</c><00:13:23.730><c> with</c><00:13:23.950><c> money,</c><00:13:24.889><c> all</c><00:13:25.350><c> must</c><00:13:26.169><c> be</c><00:13:26.529><c> circumcised.</c>

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And<00:13:28.049><c> the</c><00:13:28.250><c> Lord,</c><00:13:28.750><c> in</c><00:13:28.750><c> just</c><00:13:29.470><c> expressing</c><00:13:30.110><c> that,</c><00:13:30.629><c> the</c><00:13:30.889><c> need</c><00:13:31.289><c> for</c>

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all,<00:13:33.429><c> whatever</c><00:13:33.610><c> their</c><00:13:33.950><c> status,</c><00:13:34.529><c> whatever</c><00:13:34.649><c> their</c><00:13:34.909><c> background,</c><00:13:35.490><c> whatever</c>

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is<00:13:37.529><c> just</c><00:13:37.830><c> highlighting</c><00:13:38.190><c> for</c><00:13:38.470><c> us</c><00:13:38.629><c> again,</c><00:13:38.990><c> isn't</c><00:13:39.269><c> he,</c><00:13:39.570><c> what</c><00:13:39.690><c> he's</c><00:13:40.389><c> expressed</c><00:13:40.929><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:41.350><c> changing</c><00:13:41.669><c> of</c><00:13:41.929><c> Abraham's</c><00:13:42.409><c> name.</c>

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A<00:13:43.210><c> father</c><00:13:43.690><c> of</c><00:13:43.909><c> nations</c><00:13:44.429><c> have</c><00:13:44.629><c> I</c><00:13:44.830><c> named</c><00:13:45.090><c> thee.</c><00:13:46.450><c> Sarah,</c><00:13:47.309><c> nations</c>

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will<00:13:48.029><c> come</c><00:13:48.210><c> of</c><00:13:48.490><c> thee.</c>

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That<00:13:49.750><c> both</c><00:13:50.389><c> those</c><00:13:50.850><c> who</c><00:13:51.389><c> claim</c><00:13:51.649><c> natural</c><00:13:52.129><c> descent</c><00:13:52.769><c> and</c><00:13:53.789><c> those</c>

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who<00:13:54.250><c> are</c><00:13:54.450><c> bought</c><00:13:54.590><c> with</c><00:13:54.850><c> money,</c>

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those<00:13:55.889><c> who</c><00:13:56.090><c> have</c><00:13:56.330><c> no</c><00:13:56.610><c> natural</c><00:13:57.029><c> association</c><00:13:57.730><c> but</c><00:13:57.950><c> have</c><00:13:58.350><c> been</c>

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redeemed<00:13:59.029><c> into</c><00:13:59.389><c> the</c><00:13:59.570><c> house</c><00:13:59.769><c> of</c><00:14:00.029><c> Abraham,</c>

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then<00:14:01.590><c> all</c><00:14:02.549><c> must</c><00:14:02.830><c> participate</c><00:14:03.830><c> in</c><00:14:04.629><c> the</c><00:14:04.929><c> covenant.</c>

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And<00:14:06.889><c> that</c><00:14:07.070><c> covenant</c><00:14:07.809><c> of</c><00:14:09.129><c> circumcision</c><00:14:09.750><c> is</c><00:14:09.970><c> the</c><00:14:10.169><c> cutting</c><00:14:10.429><c> off</c>

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of<00:14:11.850><c> a</c><00:14:11.990><c> little</c><00:14:12.330><c> piece</c><00:14:12.629><c> of</c><00:14:12.990><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:14:14.710><c> we</c><00:14:14.970><c> know</c><00:14:15.529><c> that</c><00:14:16.350><c> the</c><00:14:16.509><c> scripture</c><00:14:16.769><c> interprets</c><00:14:17.950><c> that</c><00:14:18.289><c> for</c><00:14:18.730><c> us,</c><00:14:19.090><c> that</c><00:14:19.250><c> the</c><00:14:19.409><c> figure</c><00:14:19.629><c> of</c>

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circumcision<00:14:20.750><c> represents</c><00:14:21.750><c> the</c><00:14:22.210><c> cutting</c><00:14:22.490><c> off</c><00:14:23.049><c> of</c><00:14:23.549><c> the</c><00:14:23.830><c> flesh.</c>

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That<00:14:24.909><c> in</c><00:14:25.149><c> the</c><00:14:25.330><c> outworking</c><00:14:25.909><c> of</c><00:14:26.149><c> the</c><00:14:26.389><c> covenant</c><00:14:26.649><c> that</c><00:14:26.889><c> the</c><00:14:27.029><c> Almighty</c><00:14:27.370><c> made</c>

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with<00:14:27.909><c> Abraham,</c><00:14:29.009><c> then</c><00:14:29.149><c> it</c><00:14:29.230><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:29.549><c> be</c><00:14:29.970><c> by</c><00:14:30.370><c> flesh.</c>

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in<00:14:34.730><c> which</c><00:14:34.870><c> he</c><00:14:35.029><c> made</c><00:14:35.289><c> the</c><00:14:35.549><c> covenant</c><00:14:35.789><c> in</c><00:14:35.990><c> chapter</c><00:14:36.309><c> 15.</c>

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But<00:14:37.629><c> flesh</c><00:14:37.850><c> must</c><00:14:38.230><c> be</c><00:14:38.769><c> cut</c><00:14:39.070><c> off.</c>

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Flesh<00:14:40.590><c> must</c><00:14:40.850><c> be</c><00:14:41.429><c> removed</c><00:14:41.909><c> in</c><00:14:43.009><c> order</c><00:14:43.370><c> for</c><00:14:44.110><c> the</c><00:14:44.490><c> covenant</c><00:14:44.950><c> to</c><00:14:45.529><c> come</c><00:14:45.830><c> to</c>

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its<00:14:46.169><c> fruition.</c>

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In<00:14:46.789><c> fact,</c><00:14:47.049><c> the</c><00:14:47.210><c> covenant</c><00:14:47.389><c> is</c><00:14:47.769><c> bound</c><00:14:48.129><c> up</c><00:14:49.049><c> with</c><00:14:49.629><c> the</c><00:14:49.950><c> removal</c><00:14:50.490><c> of</c>

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and<00:14:53.809><c> the</c><00:14:54.049><c> principle</c><00:14:54.409><c> of</c><00:14:54.730><c> sin</c><00:14:55.210><c> at</c><00:14:55.870><c> work</c><00:14:56.490><c> in</c><00:14:56.889><c> our</c><00:14:57.129><c> members.</c>

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And<00:14:59.129><c> there</c><00:14:59.429><c> in</c><00:14:59.710><c> the</c><00:14:59.990><c> place</c><00:15:00.629><c> that</c><00:15:01.750><c> the</c><00:15:02.049><c> flesh</c><00:15:02.350><c> was</c><00:15:02.730><c> cut</c><00:15:03.070><c> off,</c>

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then<00:15:04.309><c> the</c><00:15:04.529><c> one</c><00:15:04.769><c> who</c><00:15:05.330><c> entered</c><00:15:05.669><c> into</c><00:15:06.009><c> the</c><00:15:06.210><c> covenant</c><00:15:06.730><c> expressed</c>

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their<00:15:08.429><c> faith</c><00:15:08.970><c> in</c><00:15:09.730><c> the</c><00:15:09.990><c> individual,</c><00:15:10.929><c> the</c><00:15:10.929><c> seed</c><00:15:11.129><c> of</c><00:15:11.409><c> Abraham,</c>

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as<00:15:12.409><c> yet</c><00:15:12.649><c> in</c><00:15:12.850><c> the</c><00:15:13.009><c> loins</c><00:15:13.289><c> of</c><00:15:13.450><c> his</c><00:15:13.690><c> ancestors,</c><00:15:15.090><c> in</c><00:15:15.250><c> whom</c><00:15:15.429><c> all</c><00:15:15.710><c> the</c>

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covenants<00:15:16.590><c> of</c><00:15:16.850><c> God</c><00:15:17.190><c> are</c><00:15:17.529><c> yea</c><00:15:17.750><c> and</c><00:15:18.049><c> amen,</c>

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in<00:15:19.370><c> whom</c><00:15:19.529><c> the</c><00:15:19.629><c> purpose</c><00:15:19.990><c> of</c><00:15:20.289><c> God</c><00:15:20.690><c> would</c><00:15:21.590><c> be</c><00:15:22.730><c> fulfilled.</c>

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And<00:15:26.929><c> God's</c><00:15:27.710><c> gone</c><00:15:27.730><c> beyond</c><00:15:28.129><c> that,</c><00:15:28.549><c> hasn't</c><00:15:28.789><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:15:29.730><c> said,</c><00:15:30.309><c> Abraham,</c><00:15:31.330><c> the</c><00:15:31.509><c> exalted</c><00:15:31.929><c> father,</c><00:15:32.990><c> I'm</c><00:15:33.350><c> going</c><00:15:33.490><c> to</c>

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make<00:15:33.789><c> you</c><00:15:34.049><c> Abraham,</c><00:15:35.429><c> father</c><00:15:35.950><c> of</c><00:15:36.409><c> many</c><00:15:36.710><c> nations.</c>

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Sarah,<00:15:39.149><c> you're</c><00:15:39.309><c> going</c><00:15:39.429><c> to</c><00:15:39.649><c> become</c><00:15:40.110><c> Sarah.</c><00:15:41.029><c> Nations</c><00:15:41.570><c> will</c><00:15:42.370><c> come</c><00:15:43.149><c> of</c><00:15:43.730><c> thee.</c>

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into<00:16:03.230><c> the</c><00:16:03.350><c> name</c><00:16:03.590><c> of</c><00:16:04.070><c> Abraham,</c><00:16:04.929><c> to</c><00:16:05.029><c> make</c><00:16:05.210><c> Abraham,</c>

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and<00:16:05.970><c> into</c><00:16:06.110><c> the</c><00:16:06.210><c> name</c><00:16:06.370><c> of</c><00:16:06.690><c> Sarah,</c><00:16:07.029><c> to</c><00:16:07.169><c> make</c><00:16:07.450><c> Sarah.</c>

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The<00:16:11.149><c> fifth</c><00:16:11.370><c> letter</c><00:16:11.730><c> of</c><00:16:12.269><c> the</c><00:16:12.669><c> Hebrew</c><00:16:13.009><c> alphabet</c><00:16:13.610><c> is</c><00:16:14.009><c> the</c><00:16:14.309><c> dominant</c><00:16:14.809><c> letter</c>

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in<00:16:16.809><c> the</c><00:16:16.909><c> name</c><00:16:17.090><c> Yahweh.</c>

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It's<00:16:19.909><c> the</c><00:16:20.210><c> dominant</c><00:16:20.649><c> letter</c><00:16:21.669><c> in</c><00:16:22.210><c> the</c><00:16:22.350><c> phrase</c><00:16:22.649><c> Eya</c><00:16:23.169><c> Asha</c><00:16:23.590><c> Eya,</c>

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that<00:16:27.970><c> the</c><00:16:28.169><c> Lord</c><00:16:28.450><c> is</c><00:16:28.970><c> impressing</c><00:16:29.649><c> his</c><00:16:29.909><c> own</c><00:16:30.309><c> name,</c><00:16:31.230><c> he's</c><00:16:31.549><c> impressing</c><00:16:32.049><c> the</c>

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Yahweh<00:16:32.809><c> name</c><00:16:33.370><c> upon</c><00:16:34.269><c> Abraham</c><00:16:34.909><c> and</c><00:16:35.529><c> Sarah</c>

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when<00:16:36.450><c> he</c><00:16:36.750><c> changes</c><00:16:37.210><c> their</c><00:16:37.570><c> names</c><00:16:37.850><c> in</c><00:16:38.070><c> the</c><00:16:38.309><c> context</c><00:16:38.750><c> of</c><00:16:39.009><c> this</c><00:16:39.210><c> covenant</c><00:16:39.610><c> and</c><00:16:40.070><c> all</c><00:16:40.309><c> that</c><00:16:40.450><c> it</c>

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our<00:16:48.610><c> Lord,</c>

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that's<00:16:49.509><c> what</c><00:16:49.649><c> the</c><00:16:49.850><c> cutting</c><00:16:50.049><c> off</c><00:16:50.269><c> of</c><00:16:50.490><c> the</c><00:16:50.610><c> flesh</c><00:16:50.850><c> is,</c><00:16:51.750><c> that</c><00:16:51.950><c> that</c><00:16:52.250><c> flesh</c><00:16:52.570><c> and</c>

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might<00:16:54.230><c> be</c><00:16:54.429><c> utterly</c><00:16:54.809><c> removed</c><00:16:55.750><c> from</c><00:16:56.730><c> those</c><00:16:57.009><c> who</c><00:16:57.129><c> have</c><00:16:57.210><c> been</c><00:16:57.389><c> redeemed</c><00:16:57.769><c> on</c>

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that<00:17:24.750><c> such</c><00:17:25.329><c> was</c><00:17:25.690><c> his</c><00:17:26.650><c> spiritual</c><00:17:27.190><c> capacity,</c><00:17:28.430><c> that</c><00:17:28.450><c> he</c><00:17:28.509><c> had</c><00:17:28.589><c> an</c>

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appreciation<00:17:29.609><c> of</c><00:17:29.789><c> what</c><00:17:30.029><c> God</c><00:17:30.269><c> was</c><00:17:30.609><c> doing</c><00:17:30.910><c> in</c><00:17:31.190><c> changing</c><00:17:31.529><c> his</c><00:17:31.970><c> name</c>

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and<00:17:32.910><c> giving</c><00:17:33.190><c> him</c><00:17:33.490><c> a</c><00:17:33.630><c> place,</c><00:17:34.390><c> a</c><00:17:34.450><c> key</c><00:17:34.670><c> place</c><00:17:35.190><c> within</c><00:17:35.789><c> that</c><00:17:36.390><c> covenant</c><00:17:36.869><c> that</c>

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rested<00:17:37.509><c> upon</c><00:17:37.910><c> his</c><00:17:38.470><c> seed</c>

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to<00:17:39.970><c> allow</c><00:17:40.390><c> him</c><00:17:40.750><c> to</c><00:17:40.990><c> become,</c><00:17:41.230><c> as</c><00:17:41.490><c> Peter</c><00:17:41.789><c> puts</c><00:17:42.170><c> it</c><00:17:42.690><c> in</c><00:17:42.869><c> the</c><00:17:43.049><c> passage</c><00:17:43.329><c> that</c>

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we've<00:17:43.710><c> looked</c><00:17:43.950><c> at</c><00:17:44.329><c> twice</c><00:17:44.630><c> already,</c>

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partakers<00:17:47.170><c> of</c><00:17:47.369><c> the</c><00:17:47.529><c> divine</c><00:17:47.829><c> nature</c><00:17:48.349><c> having</c><00:17:48.650><c> escaped</c><00:17:49.230><c> the</c><00:17:49.609><c> corruption</c><00:17:49.990><c> that</c><00:17:50.230><c> is</c>

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in<00:17:50.470><c> the</c><00:17:50.730><c> world</c><00:17:50.950><c> through</c><00:17:51.269><c> lusts.</c>

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That's<00:17:52.869><c> what</c><00:17:52.869><c> is</c><00:17:53.109><c> happening</c><00:17:53.369><c> here</c><00:17:53.730><c> in</c><00:17:54.009><c> figure</c><00:17:54.470><c> with</c><00:17:54.910><c> the</c><00:17:55.170><c> cutting</c><00:17:55.349><c> off</c>

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of<00:17:55.730><c> the</c><00:17:55.930><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:17:56.369><c> the</c><00:17:56.670><c> impression</c><00:17:57.170><c> of</c><00:17:57.730><c> the</c><00:17:57.970><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:58.269><c> name</c><00:17:59.069><c> upon</c><00:17:59.910><c> his</c><00:18:00.349><c> servants.</c>

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Isn't<00:18:04.170><c> it</c><00:18:04.490><c> curious</c><00:18:04.910><c> then</c><00:18:05.390><c> that</c><00:18:05.890><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:06.589><c> who</c><00:18:06.789><c> has</c><00:18:07.849><c> revealed</c><00:18:08.329><c> himself,</c><00:18:09.410><c> explained</c><00:18:09.869><c> his</c><00:18:10.210><c> name,</c><00:18:10.670><c> I</c>

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think,<00:18:11.630><c> to</c><00:18:11.930><c> Abraham</c>

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when<00:18:12.430><c> he's</c><00:18:12.750><c> come</c><00:18:12.910><c> into</c><00:18:13.109><c> the</c><00:18:13.410><c> land</c><00:18:13.750><c> and</c><00:18:14.309><c> shown</c><00:18:14.490><c> him</c><00:18:14.630><c> that</c><00:18:14.930><c> vision</c><00:18:15.170><c> in</c><00:18:15.549><c> Shechem,</c>

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so<00:18:16.289><c> that</c><00:18:16.450><c> Abraham</c><00:18:16.670><c> from</c><00:18:16.869><c> that</c><00:18:17.190><c> point</c><00:18:17.390><c> forward</c><00:18:17.710><c> calls</c><00:18:18.150><c> upon</c><00:18:18.650><c> the</c><00:18:19.009><c> name</c><00:18:19.210><c> of</c><00:18:19.529><c> Yahweh,</c>

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who<00:18:20.089><c> now</c><00:18:20.589><c> impresses</c><00:18:22.230><c> the</c><00:18:22.509><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:23.009><c> name</c><00:18:23.589><c> on</c><00:18:24.130><c> Abraham</c><00:18:24.509><c> and</c><00:18:24.690><c> upon</c><00:18:25.009><c> Sarah,</c>

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that<00:18:27.349><c> God</c><00:18:27.670><c> who</c><00:18:27.869><c> has</c><00:18:28.210><c> said</c><00:18:28.450><c> back</c><00:18:28.650><c> in</c><00:18:28.769><c> Genesis</c><00:18:29.029><c> chapter</c><00:18:29.390><c> 12,</c><00:18:30.289><c> I</c>

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will<00:18:30.789><c> make</c><00:18:31.089><c> thy</c><00:18:31.390><c> name</c><00:18:31.750><c> great,</c>

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now<00:18:33.450><c> make</c><00:18:33.789><c> Abraham's</c><00:18:34.470><c> name</c><00:18:34.750><c> great</c><00:18:35.869><c> by</c><00:18:36.750><c> making</c><00:18:37.150><c> it</c><00:18:37.470><c> his</c><00:18:37.650><c> own</c><00:18:38.009><c> name,</c><00:18:38.509><c> aligning</c><00:18:38.910><c> it</c>

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with<00:18:39.269><c> his</c><00:18:39.470><c> own</c><00:18:39.769><c> name,</c>

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putting<00:18:40.789><c> his</c><00:18:41.109><c> own</c><00:18:41.509><c> name</c><00:18:41.970><c> into</c><00:18:42.869><c> Abraham,</c><00:18:44.890><c> should</c><00:18:45.069><c> also</c><00:18:45.470><c> change</c>

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his<00:18:46.049><c> name</c><00:18:46.230><c> in</c><00:18:46.410><c> this</c><00:18:46.609><c> chapter.</c>

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That<00:18:48.289><c> it's</c><00:18:48.509><c> not</c><00:18:48.670><c> only</c><00:18:48.970><c> Abraham</c><00:18:49.250><c> and</c><00:18:49.549><c> Sarah</c><00:18:49.769><c> that</c><00:18:49.970><c> get</c><00:18:50.089><c> a</c><00:18:50.130><c> new</c>

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name<00:18:50.930><c> in</c><00:18:51.130><c> this</c><00:18:51.430><c> chapter,</c>

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but<00:18:51.970><c> the</c><00:18:52.109><c> Almighty</c><00:18:52.369><c> gets</c><00:18:52.630><c> a</c><00:18:52.769><c> new</c><00:18:52.930><c> name</c><00:18:53.109><c> in</c><00:18:53.289><c> this</c><00:18:53.529><c> chapter</c><00:18:53.910><c> that</c>

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he<00:18:54.809><c> calls</c><00:18:54.990><c> himself.</c>

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In<00:18:56.109><c> verse</c><00:18:56.390><c> 1</c><00:18:56.670><c> there,</c><00:18:56.910><c> when</c><00:18:56.970><c> Abraham</c><00:18:57.250><c> was</c><00:18:57.450><c> 90</c><00:18:57.710><c> years</c><00:18:57.910><c> old</c><00:18:58.130><c> and</c><00:18:58.309><c> nine,</c>

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the<00:18:58.710><c> Lord</c><00:18:58.910><c> appeared</c><00:18:59.250><c> to</c><00:18:59.470><c> Abraham</c><00:18:59.750><c> and</c><00:18:59.950><c> said</c><00:19:00.470><c> unto</c><00:19:00.789><c> him,</c><00:19:01.089><c> I</c><00:19:01.289><c> am</c>

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the<00:19:01.670><c> Almighty</c><00:19:02.009><c> God,</c><00:19:02.509><c> I</c><00:19:02.630><c> am</c><00:19:02.769><c> El</c><00:19:03.009><c> Shaddai.</c>

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And<00:19:04.670><c> for</c><00:19:04.809><c> the</c><00:19:04.970><c> first</c><00:19:05.170><c> time</c><00:19:05.390><c> in</c><00:19:05.670><c> scripture,</c><00:19:07.730><c> then</c><00:19:07.849><c> that</c><00:19:08.049><c> name</c>

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is<00:19:08.650><c> used.</c>

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That<00:19:10.450><c> there</c><00:19:10.609><c> are</c><00:19:10.789><c> three</c><00:19:11.089><c> new</c><00:19:11.390><c> names.</c>

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And<00:19:13.329><c> it</c><00:19:13.769><c> seems</c><00:19:13.990><c> a</c><00:19:14.089><c> little</c><00:19:14.309><c> curious</c><00:19:14.890><c> that</c><00:19:15.089><c> when</c><00:19:15.269><c> the</c><00:19:15.490><c> chapter</c>

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is<00:19:16.269><c> caught</c><00:19:16.549><c> up</c><00:19:16.750><c> with</c><00:19:16.930><c> the</c><00:19:17.049><c> meaning</c><00:19:17.230><c> of</c><00:19:17.430><c> the</c><00:19:17.630><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:18.089><c> name</c>

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and<00:19:19.529><c> its</c><00:19:19.769><c> introduction</c><00:19:20.390><c> into</c><00:19:21.529><c> the</c><00:19:21.690><c> names</c><00:19:21.890><c> of</c><00:19:22.230><c> Abraham</c><00:19:22.490><c> and</c><00:19:22.910><c> Sarah,</c>

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that<00:19:23.509><c> God</c><00:19:23.730><c> should</c><00:19:23.930><c> choose</c><00:19:24.069><c> to</c><00:19:24.190><c> use</c><00:19:24.289><c> a</c><00:19:24.390><c> different</c><00:19:24.869><c> name</c><00:19:25.450><c> for</c><00:19:26.829><c> himself,</c>

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a<00:19:30.250><c> name</c><00:19:30.430><c> that</c><00:19:30.710><c> represents</c><00:19:31.029><c> his</c><00:19:31.450><c> power</c><00:19:32.029><c> as</c><00:19:33.089><c> the</c><00:19:33.329><c> all</c><00:19:33.789><c>-powerful</c><00:19:34.470><c> one,</c>

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having<00:19:35.950><c> the</c><00:19:36.250><c> ideas</c><00:19:36.450><c> of</c><00:19:37.150><c> destructiveness</c><00:19:37.910><c> and</c><00:19:38.589><c> vehemence</c><00:19:39.410><c> behind</c><00:19:39.970><c> it.</c>

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The<00:19:42.089><c> sort</c><00:19:42.250><c> of</c><00:19:42.470><c> name</c><00:19:42.789><c> that</c><00:19:43.750><c> might</c><00:19:44.170><c> have</c><00:19:44.769><c> fitted</c><00:19:45.150><c> quite</c><00:19:45.509><c> nicely</c>

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with<00:19:46.289><c> the</c><00:19:46.390><c> pantheon</c><00:19:46.950><c> of</c><00:19:47.190><c> deities</c>

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imagined<00:19:48.170><c> by</c><00:19:48.490><c> the</c><00:19:48.630><c> men</c><00:19:48.750><c> of</c><00:19:48.930><c> the</c><00:19:49.150><c> world.</c>

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So<00:19:50.849><c> very</c><00:19:51.170><c> different</c><00:19:51.710><c> to</c><00:19:51.970><c> the</c><00:19:52.369><c> meaningful</c><00:19:52.990><c> name</c><00:19:53.470><c> of</c><00:19:54.269><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:54.789><c> that</c><00:19:55.430><c> God</c><00:19:55.809><c> makes</c><00:19:56.210><c> himself</c><00:19:56.829><c> known</c><00:19:57.349><c> by</c>

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to<00:19:58.349><c> his</c><00:19:58.730><c> servants.</c>

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But<00:20:01.569><c> he</c><00:20:02.009><c> emphasizes</c><00:20:02.710><c> that</c><00:20:03.190><c> here</c><00:20:03.490><c> he</c><00:20:03.690><c> is,</c><00:20:04.410><c> the</c><00:20:04.690><c> all</c><00:20:05.250><c>-powerful</c><00:20:05.970><c> one,</c>

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but<00:20:07.769><c> with</c><00:20:07.990><c> a</c><00:20:08.109><c> vehemence</c><00:20:08.670><c> and</c><00:20:08.849><c> a</c><00:20:09.170><c> destructiveness</c><00:20:09.630><c> at</c><00:20:09.829><c> his</c><00:20:10.049><c> disposal.</c>

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And<00:20:11.349><c> yet,</c><00:20:13.309><c> unlike</c><00:20:13.789><c> the</c><00:20:14.089><c> superstitious</c><00:20:14.690><c> imaginations</c><00:20:15.349><c> of</c><00:20:15.670><c> man,</c>

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that<00:20:16.549><c> the</c><00:20:16.690><c> true</c><00:20:16.890><c> and</c><00:20:17.109><c> living</c><00:20:17.329><c> God</c><00:20:17.630><c> is</c><00:20:17.970><c> directed</c><00:20:18.369><c> towards</c><00:20:18.890><c> fruitfulness</c><00:20:20.029><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:21.930><c> development</c><00:20:22.289><c> of</c><00:20:22.549><c> his</c><00:20:22.789><c> people.</c>

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But<00:20:25.710><c> he</c><00:20:25.869><c> is</c><00:20:26.250><c> the</c><00:20:26.490><c> all</c><00:20:26.890><c>-powerful</c><00:20:27.509><c> one,</c>

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who<00:20:30.750><c> will</c><00:20:31.130><c> bring</c><00:20:31.490><c> about</c><00:20:32.329><c> those</c><00:20:33.849><c> things</c><00:20:34.410><c> of</c><00:20:34.769><c> which</c><00:20:35.009><c> he</c><00:20:35.210><c> has</c><00:20:35.549><c> spoken</c><00:20:36.269><c> to</c><00:20:37.190><c> Abraham.</c>

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It's<00:20:38.869><c> remarkable</c><00:20:39.410><c> in</c><00:20:39.609><c> the</c><00:20:39.750><c> pages</c><00:20:39.970><c> of</c><00:20:40.210><c> the</c><00:20:40.309><c> Old</c><00:20:40.470><c> Testament</c><00:20:40.950><c> how</c>

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often<00:20:41.589><c> when</c><00:20:41.910><c> God</c><00:20:42.130><c> invokes</c><00:20:42.589><c> that</c><00:20:42.930><c> name,</c>

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that<00:20:43.450><c> he</c><00:20:43.589><c> is</c><00:20:44.029><c> a</c><00:20:44.230><c> shadow,</c><00:20:44.970><c> the</c><00:20:45.089><c> all</c><00:20:45.390><c>-powerful</c><00:20:45.950><c> one,</c><00:20:46.630><c> the</c><00:20:46.930><c> destructive</c><00:20:47.730><c> power</c>

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at<00:20:48.369><c> his</c><00:20:48.690><c> disposal.</c>

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It's<00:20:50.890><c> so</c><00:20:51.150><c> often</c><00:20:51.309><c> in</c><00:20:51.529><c> the</c><00:20:51.730><c> context</c><00:20:52.529><c> where</c><00:20:52.829><c> there</c><00:20:53.069><c> has</c><00:20:53.329><c> been</c><00:20:54.069><c> difficulty</c><00:20:54.750><c> and</c><00:20:55.150><c> failure</c>

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of<00:20:56.609><c> bringing</c><00:20:57.849><c> fruitfulness</c><00:20:58.890><c> and</c><00:20:59.329><c> growth</c><00:21:00.089><c> for</c><00:21:01.029><c> those</c><00:21:01.349><c> who</c>

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rest<00:21:01.789><c> upon</c><00:21:02.190><c> him.</c>

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And<00:21:03.309><c> here</c><00:21:03.509><c> is</c><00:21:03.769><c> God</c><00:21:04.369><c> expressing</c><00:21:05.069><c> himself</c><00:21:05.589><c> in</c><00:21:05.789><c> those</c><00:21:06.049><c> powerful</c>

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terms<00:21:07.069><c> to</c><00:21:07.390><c> Abraham</c>

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as<00:21:08.069><c> the</c><00:21:08.269><c> one</c><00:21:08.769><c> who</c><00:21:09.970><c> will</c><00:21:10.329><c> fulfill</c><00:21:11.130><c> all</c><00:21:12.049><c> those</c><00:21:12.410><c> things</c><00:21:13.049><c> that</c><00:21:13.809><c> he</c>

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has<00:21:14.990><c> spoken</c><00:21:15.509><c> of.</c>

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And<00:21:17.069><c> Abraham's</c><00:21:17.549><c> response</c><00:21:17.829><c> is</c><00:21:18.029><c> here</c><00:21:18.269><c> for</c><00:21:18.470><c> us,</c><00:21:18.670><c> isn't</c><00:21:18.829><c> it,</c><00:21:19.430><c> as</c>

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he<00:21:19.970><c> hears</c><00:21:20.269><c> these</c><00:21:20.650><c> things</c><00:21:20.930><c> in</c><00:21:21.369><c> verse</c><00:21:21.670><c> 17.</c>

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Then<00:21:22.950><c> Abraham</c><00:21:23.369><c> fell</c><00:21:23.650><c> upon</c><00:21:23.869><c> his</c><00:21:24.210><c> face</c><00:21:24.390><c> and</c><00:21:24.730><c> laughed,</c><00:21:25.269><c> and</c><00:21:25.410><c> said</c>

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in<00:21:25.630><c> his</c><00:21:25.869><c> heart,</c>

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Shall<00:21:26.730><c> a</c><00:21:26.930><c> child</c><00:21:27.289><c> be</c><00:21:27.589><c> born</c><00:21:27.789><c> unto</c><00:21:28.029><c> him</c><00:21:28.309><c> that</c><00:21:28.430><c> is</c><00:21:28.630><c> an</c><00:21:28.769><c> hundred</c>

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years<00:21:29.349><c> old,</c>

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and<00:21:30.109><c> shall</c><00:21:30.470><c> Sarah</c><00:21:30.789><c> that</c><00:21:30.930><c> is</c><00:21:31.190><c> ninety</c><00:21:31.569><c> years</c><00:21:31.950><c> old</c><00:21:32.309><c> bear?</c>

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And<00:21:36.970><c> that's</c><00:21:37.210><c> not</c><00:21:37.470><c> the</c><00:21:37.549><c> laugh</c><00:21:37.750><c> of</c><00:21:38.029><c> disbelief.</c>

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It's<00:21:40.390><c> not</c><00:21:40.549><c> the</c><00:21:40.730><c> same</c><00:21:40.970><c> kind</c><00:21:41.250><c> of</c><00:21:41.470><c> laugh,</c><00:21:41.690><c> like</c><00:21:41.869><c> in</c><00:21:42.009><c> the</c><00:21:42.130><c> same</c><00:21:42.369><c> words,</c>

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not<00:21:43.309><c> the</c><00:21:43.529><c> same</c><00:21:43.789><c> kind</c><00:21:44.109><c> of</c><00:21:44.490><c> laugh</c><00:21:44.809><c> that</c><00:21:45.029><c> the</c><00:21:45.210><c> angel</c><00:21:45.430><c> criticizes</c>

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in<00:21:46.390><c> chapter</c><00:21:46.690><c> 18</c>

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when<00:21:47.750><c> Sarah</c><00:21:48.190><c> hidden</c><00:21:48.430><c> within</c><00:21:48.750><c> the</c><00:21:49.089><c> tent</c><00:21:49.369><c> laughs.</c>

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In<00:21:52.869><c> disbelief</c><00:21:53.529><c> at</c><00:21:54.230><c> the</c><00:21:54.390><c> words</c><00:21:54.630><c> that</c><00:21:54.829><c> the</c><00:21:55.029><c> angel</c><00:21:55.250><c> has</c><00:21:55.569><c> spoken,</c>

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there's<00:21:56.009><c> no</c><00:21:56.269><c> criticism.</c>

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There's<00:21:57.670><c> no</c><00:21:57.930><c> criticism</c><00:21:58.430><c> of</c><00:21:58.710><c> Abraham</c><00:21:59.109><c> here</c><00:21:59.450><c> when</c><00:21:59.630><c> he</c><00:21:59.910><c> laughs.</c>

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No,<00:22:02.450><c> his</c><00:22:02.630><c> is</c><00:22:02.829><c> the</c><00:22:03.089><c> laugh</c><00:22:03.309><c> of</c><00:22:03.750><c> joy</c><00:22:04.450><c> in</c><00:22:05.329><c> appreciation</c><00:22:06.349><c> of</c><00:22:06.990><c> what</c>

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God<00:22:07.609><c> is</c><00:22:08.049><c> saying,</c>

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in<00:22:08.950><c> what</c><00:22:09.190><c> God</c><00:22:09.549><c> has</c><00:22:10.049><c> done</c><00:22:10.650><c> in</c><00:22:11.789><c> the</c><00:22:12.450><c> compass</c><00:22:12.869><c> of</c><00:22:13.150><c> this</c><00:22:13.450><c> covenant.</c>

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And<00:22:15.509><c> that</c><00:22:15.950><c> laughter</c><00:22:16.809><c> is</c><00:22:17.869><c> commemorated</c><00:22:18.569><c> in</c><00:22:18.750><c> the</c><00:22:18.849><c> naming</c><00:22:19.049><c> of</c><00:22:19.349><c> Isaac.</c>

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He<00:22:19.890><c> shall</c><00:22:20.109><c> be</c><00:22:20.470><c> called</c><00:22:20.730><c> laughter</c><00:22:21.490><c> as</c><00:22:24.430><c> a</c><00:22:24.650><c> token</c><00:22:24.970><c> of</c><00:22:25.210><c> the</c><00:22:25.490><c> joy</c>

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that<00:22:27.369><c> those</c><00:22:27.690><c> who</c><00:22:27.890><c> enter</c><00:22:28.089><c> into</c><00:22:28.329><c> this</c><00:22:28.490><c> covenant</c><00:22:28.730><c> with</c><00:22:29.049><c> understanding</c><00:22:29.809><c> and</c><00:22:30.029><c> with</c>

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faith<00:22:31.130><c> might</c><00:22:31.869><c> experience.</c>

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And<00:22:34.369><c> when</c><00:22:34.849><c> in</c><00:22:34.930><c> verse</c><00:22:35.130><c> 18</c><00:22:35.529><c> Abraham</c><00:22:35.890><c> said</c><00:22:36.130><c> unto</c><00:22:36.309><c> God,</c>

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Oh,<00:22:36.769><c> that</c><00:22:36.970><c> Ishmael,</c><00:22:37.569><c> like,</c><00:22:37.809><c> lived</c><00:22:38.109><c> before</c><00:22:38.650><c> thee,</c>

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he's<00:22:39.809><c> not</c><00:22:40.230><c> saying,</c><00:22:40.869><c> Oh,</c><00:22:41.250><c> I</c><00:22:41.369><c> don't</c><00:22:41.730><c> believe</c><00:22:42.130><c> you.</c>

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I<00:22:43.410><c> wish</c><00:22:43.630><c> that</c><00:22:43.809><c> you</c><00:22:43.910><c> could</c><00:22:44.089><c> use</c><00:22:44.390><c> Ishmael</c><00:22:44.890><c> instead</c><00:22:45.190><c> of</c><00:22:45.349><c> talking</c>

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about<00:22:45.970><c> somebody</c><00:22:46.410><c> else.</c>

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That's<00:22:47.349><c> not</c><00:22:47.529><c> what</c><00:22:47.630><c> he's</c><00:22:48.029><c> saying.</c>

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He's<00:22:49.089><c> recognized</c><00:22:49.930><c> that</c><00:22:50.250><c> the</c><00:22:50.490><c> presence</c><00:22:50.750><c> of</c><00:22:51.210><c> the</c><00:22:51.369><c> child</c><00:22:51.670><c> of</c><00:22:51.950><c> promise,</c>

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the<00:22:52.849><c> presence</c><00:22:53.170><c> of</c><00:22:53.450><c> Isaac</c><00:22:53.910><c> from</c><00:22:54.150><c> the</c><00:22:54.329><c> womb</c><00:22:54.450><c> of</c><00:22:54.809><c> Sarah,</c>

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the<00:22:56.470><c> presence</c><00:22:56.789><c> of</c><00:22:57.009><c> one</c><00:22:57.170><c> born</c><00:22:57.509><c> by</c><00:22:57.789><c> the</c><00:22:57.970><c> word</c><00:22:58.170><c> of</c><00:22:58.430><c> God,</c>

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with<00:22:59.529><c> whom</c><00:22:59.849><c> I</c><00:23:00.130><c> will</c><00:23:00.349><c> make</c><00:23:00.529><c> my</c><00:23:00.869><c> covenant,</c><00:23:01.829><c> says</c><00:23:02.009><c> the</c><00:23:02.289><c> Lord,</c>

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means<00:23:03.670><c> that</c><00:23:03.910><c> Ishmael's</c><00:23:04.589><c> place</c><00:23:04.829><c> is</c><00:23:05.089><c> of</c><00:23:05.349><c> necessity</c><00:23:05.829><c> diminished.</c>

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Oh,<00:23:09.470><c> that</c><00:23:09.630><c> Ishmael</c><00:23:10.829><c> might</c><00:23:11.150><c> live</c><00:23:11.470><c> before</c><00:23:11.970><c> thee.</c>

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He<00:23:13.089><c> knows</c><00:23:13.970><c> that</c><00:23:15.210><c> the</c><00:23:15.410><c> impending</c><00:23:15.829><c> birth</c><00:23:16.170><c> of</c><00:23:16.430><c> Isaac</c>

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means<00:23:19.069><c> the</c><00:23:19.710><c> putting</c><00:23:19.910><c> aside</c><00:23:20.390><c> of</c><00:23:20.650><c> Ishmael.</c>

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And<00:23:22.769><c> as</c><00:23:23.029><c> a</c><00:23:23.109><c> father</c><00:23:23.329><c> naturally</c><00:23:23.950><c> would,</c><00:23:24.269><c> his</c><00:23:24.490><c> heart</c><00:23:24.910><c> goes</c><00:23:25.289><c> out</c>

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to<00:23:25.750><c> his</c><00:23:26.069><c> son.</c>

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Oh,<00:23:26.829><c> that</c><00:23:26.950><c> Ishmael</c><00:23:27.329><c> might</c><00:23:27.789><c> live</c><00:23:28.329><c> before</c><00:23:28.890><c> thee.</c>

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Ishmael<00:23:30.529><c> didn't</c><00:23:30.789><c> have</c><00:23:30.970><c> the</c><00:23:31.329><c> character</c><00:23:31.609><c> of</c><00:23:31.769><c> his</c><00:23:32.089><c> father,</c><00:23:32.349><c> did</c><00:23:32.609><c> he?</c>

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As<00:23:33.710><c> he</c><00:23:33.990><c> displayed</c><00:23:34.250><c> in</c><00:23:34.450><c> the</c><00:23:34.670><c> mockery</c><00:23:35.410><c> that</c><00:23:36.069><c> he</c><00:23:36.410><c> directed</c><00:23:36.890><c> against</c><00:23:37.349><c> Isaac</c>

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when<00:23:38.730><c> he</c><00:23:39.529><c> was</c><00:23:39.849><c> born.</c>

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Here<00:23:42.450><c> is</c><00:23:43.109><c> Abraham's</c><00:23:44.609><c> joy</c><00:23:45.029><c> and</c><00:23:45.269><c> recognition</c><00:23:46.150><c> of</c><00:23:46.950><c> what</c><00:23:47.589><c> this</c><00:23:48.089><c> means,</c>

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that<00:23:49.869><c> Sarah</c><00:23:50.569><c> will</c><00:23:51.549><c> bear.</c>

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Now<00:23:54.089><c> then,</c><00:23:54.390><c> let's</c><00:23:54.569><c> just</c><00:23:55.230><c> come</c><00:23:55.490><c> to</c><00:23:55.809><c> the</c><00:23:55.970><c> epistles</c><00:23:56.349><c> of</c><00:23:56.549><c> the</c><00:23:56.730><c> Colossians</c>

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and<00:23:58.230><c> see</c><00:23:58.609><c> what</c><00:23:58.809><c> the</c><00:23:59.029><c> Apostle,</c>

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now<00:24:00.349><c> that</c><00:24:00.509><c> I've</c><00:24:00.509><c> put</c><00:24:00.690><c> my</c><00:24:00.910><c> hand</c><00:24:01.089><c> in</c><00:24:01.349><c> Genesis</c><00:24:01.670><c> chapter</c><00:24:02.109><c> 17,</c>

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that<00:24:03.569><c> attempted</c><00:24:03.890><c> that</c><00:24:04.190><c> Christendom</c><00:24:04.589><c> in</c><00:24:04.829><c> practice</c><00:24:05.170><c> of</c><00:24:05.410><c> reading</c><00:24:05.670><c> two</c><00:24:05.930><c> passages</c><00:24:06.289><c> at</c><00:24:06.569><c> once.</c>

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So<00:24:08.950><c> keep</c><00:24:09.210><c> a</c><00:24:09.410><c> marker</c><00:24:09.670><c> in</c><00:24:09.890><c> Genesis</c><00:24:10.130><c> chapter</c><00:24:10.549><c> 17,</c>

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and<00:24:11.210><c> come</c><00:24:11.269><c> over</c><00:24:11.470><c> to</c><00:24:11.609><c> the</c><00:24:13.009><c> Colossians</c><00:24:13.569><c> with</c><00:24:13.769><c> me,</c><00:24:14.009><c> if</c><00:24:14.069><c> you</c><00:24:14.250><c> will,</c>

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to<00:24:14.769><c> see</c><00:24:15.049><c> there</c><00:24:15.410><c> how</c><00:24:15.730><c> the</c><00:24:15.970><c> Apostle</c><00:24:16.450><c> Paul</c><00:24:17.250><c> picks</c><00:24:17.769><c> up</c><00:24:18.250><c> the</c><00:24:18.410><c> implications,</c>

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the<00:24:19.930><c> meaning</c><00:24:20.609><c> of</c><00:24:21.549><c> this</c><00:24:22.069><c> passage.</c>

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When<00:24:23.849><c> he</c><00:24:23.990><c> writes</c><00:24:24.210><c> to</c><00:24:24.390><c> the</c><00:24:24.529><c> Colossians,</c>

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Paul<00:24:25.250><c> is</c><00:24:25.730><c> troubled,</c><00:24:26.829><c> as</c><00:24:27.089><c> he</c><00:24:27.509><c> so</c><00:24:27.710><c> often</c><00:24:28.089><c> is,</c>

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by<00:24:28.990><c> the</c><00:24:29.390><c> activities</c><00:24:29.890><c> of</c><00:24:30.269><c> the</c><00:24:30.390><c> Judaizing</c><00:24:31.009><c> elements</c>

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that<00:24:31.809><c> would</c><00:24:32.049><c> corrupt</c><00:24:32.470><c> the</c><00:24:33.109><c> sincerity</c><00:24:33.730><c> and</c><00:24:33.930><c> the</c><00:24:34.109><c> pureness</c><00:24:34.450><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:34.789><c> Gospel,</c>

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as<00:24:36.269><c> it</c><00:24:36.450><c> had</c><00:24:36.609><c> been</c><00:24:36.869><c> taught</c><00:24:37.109><c> to</c><00:24:37.269><c> those</c><00:24:37.589><c> early</c><00:24:37.950><c> ecclesiastes</c>

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who<00:24:38.869><c> had</c><00:24:39.089><c> received</c><00:24:39.309><c> the</c><00:24:39.509><c> Gospel</c><00:24:39.950><c> at</c><00:24:40.430><c> the</c><00:24:40.569><c> hand</c><00:24:40.809><c> of</c><00:24:41.130><c> Paul</c>

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and<00:24:41.990><c> those</c><00:24:42.289><c> who</c><00:24:42.509><c> ministered</c><00:24:42.970><c> with</c><00:24:43.210><c> him.</c>

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Pick<00:24:49.009><c> up</c><00:24:49.170><c> the</c><00:24:49.250><c> end</c><00:24:49.529><c> of</c><00:24:49.890><c> Colossians</c><00:24:50.250><c> chapter</c><00:24:50.630><c> 2,</c><00:24:51.390><c> for</c><00:24:51.390><c> example.</c>

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Here's<00:24:52.069><c> the</c><00:24:52.349><c> problem</c><00:24:53.089><c> that</c><00:24:54.650><c> Paul</c><00:24:54.990><c> is</c><00:24:55.329><c> addressing</c>

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for<00:24:56.650><c> our</c><00:24:56.869><c> brethren</c><00:24:57.049><c> and</c><00:24:57.269><c> sisters</c><00:24:57.509><c> in</c><00:24:57.829><c> Colossi,</c><00:24:58.630><c> verse</c><00:24:58.930><c> 20.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:25:01.430><c> if</c><00:25:01.690><c> ye</c><00:25:01.849><c> be</c><00:25:02.049><c> dead</c><00:25:02.289><c> with</c><00:25:02.549><c> Christ</c><00:25:02.950><c> from</c><00:25:03.190><c> the</c><00:25:03.450><c> rudiments</c><00:25:03.829><c> of</c><00:25:04.089><c> the</c><00:25:04.269><c> world...</c>

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One<00:25:07.190><c> of</c><00:25:07.369><c> the</c><00:25:07.569><c> things</c><00:25:07.769><c> that</c><00:25:07.950><c> has</c><00:25:08.210><c> happened</c><00:25:08.650><c> in</c><00:25:09.109><c> dying</c><00:25:09.410><c> with</c><00:25:09.690><c> Christ</c><00:25:10.049><c> in</c><00:25:10.289><c> baptism</c>

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is<00:25:11.549><c> that</c><00:25:11.690><c> you've</c><00:25:11.869><c> also</c><00:25:12.410><c> died</c><00:25:12.750><c> to</c><00:25:12.990><c> the</c><00:25:13.210><c> rudimentary</c><00:25:13.849><c> things,</c>

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the<00:25:14.269><c> elemental</c><00:25:14.829><c> things</c><00:25:15.509><c> of</c><00:25:16.089><c> this</c><00:25:16.470><c> world,</c>

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the<00:25:16.869><c> things</c><00:25:17.009><c> that</c><00:25:17.230><c> pertain</c><00:25:17.690><c> to</c><00:25:18.170><c> the</c><00:25:18.450><c> law</c><00:25:18.609><c> of</c><00:25:18.869><c> Moses,</c><00:25:19.329><c> the</c><00:25:19.549><c> schoolmaster,</c>

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to<00:25:20.569><c> lead</c><00:25:20.789><c> us</c><00:25:21.089><c> to</c><00:25:21.670><c> Christ.</c>

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Why,<00:25:23.730><c> as</c><00:25:23.849><c> though</c><00:25:24.029><c> living</c><00:25:24.289><c> in</c><00:25:24.450><c> the</c><00:25:24.690><c> world,</c><00:25:24.910><c> are</c><00:25:25.109><c> ye</c><00:25:25.269><c> subject</c><00:25:25.730><c> to</c><00:25:26.109><c> ordinances,</c>

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touch<00:25:27.329><c> not,</c><00:25:27.630><c> taste</c><00:25:27.970><c> not,</c><00:25:28.390><c> handle</c><00:25:28.650><c> not,</c>

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which<00:25:29.710><c> all</c><00:25:30.130><c> are</c><00:25:30.470><c> to</c><00:25:30.730><c> perish</c><00:25:31.109><c> with</c><00:25:31.390><c> the</c><00:25:31.569><c> using</c>

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after<00:25:32.750><c> the</c><00:25:33.029><c> commandments</c><00:25:33.470><c> and</c><00:25:33.809><c> doctrines</c><00:25:34.230><c> of</c><00:25:34.529><c> men.</c>

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This<00:25:35.250><c> was</c><00:25:35.430><c> the</c><00:25:35.730><c> approach</c><00:25:35.970><c> of</c><00:25:36.170><c> the</c><00:25:36.309><c> Judaizers</c>

00:25:36.970 --> 00:25:39.250
who<00:25:37.170><c> wanted</c><00:25:37.329><c> to</c><00:25:37.589><c> impose</c><00:25:37.930><c> aspects</c><00:25:38.450><c> of</c><00:25:38.670><c> the</c><00:25:38.890><c> law</c>

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upon<00:25:39.930><c> our</c><00:25:40.150><c> brethren</c><00:25:40.390><c> and</c><00:25:40.609><c> sisters</c><00:25:40.829><c> in</c><00:25:41.029><c> the</c><00:25:41.170><c> first</c><00:25:41.390><c> century.</c>

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Touch<00:25:42.609><c> not,</c><00:25:42.849><c> taste</c><00:25:43.150><c> not,</c><00:25:43.569><c> handle</c><00:25:43.829><c> not,</c>

00:25:44.269 --> 00:25:48.029
rather<00:25:44.650><c> than</c><00:25:45.170><c> grasping</c><00:25:45.750><c> and</c><00:25:45.950><c> enjoying</c><00:25:46.450><c> the</c><00:25:46.869><c> spirit</c><00:25:47.170><c> of</c><00:25:47.410><c> Christ</c><00:25:47.769><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:48.250><c> law</c>

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and<00:25:49.289><c> the</c><00:25:49.549><c> exercise</c><00:25:50.329><c> of</c><00:25:50.890><c> a</c><00:25:51.089><c> conscience</c><00:25:51.890><c> devoid</c><00:25:52.549><c> of</c><00:25:52.769><c> offense</c>

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before<00:25:53.769><c> God.</c>

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These<00:25:55.170><c> things,</c><00:25:55.690><c> says</c><00:25:55.769><c> the</c><00:25:55.990><c> apostle,</c><00:25:56.410><c> verse</c><00:25:56.609><c> 23,</c>

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have<00:25:57.970><c> indeed</c><00:25:58.329><c> a</c><00:25:58.650><c> show</c><00:25:59.109><c> of</c><00:25:59.490><c> wisdom.</c>

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Well,<00:26:00.589><c> they</c><00:26:00.769><c> look</c><00:26:01.069><c> like</c><00:26:01.390><c> wisdom.</c>

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People<00:26:02.569><c> can</c><00:26:02.829><c> go</c><00:26:02.950><c> around</c><00:26:03.289><c> masquerading</c><00:26:04.269><c> as</c><00:26:04.450><c> if</c><00:26:04.589><c> they</c><00:26:04.769><c> are</c><00:26:05.009><c> wise</c>

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by<00:26:06.049><c> engaging</c><00:26:06.650><c> in</c><00:26:07.049><c> these</c><00:26:07.589><c> activities</c><00:26:08.269><c> which</c><00:26:08.609><c> can</c><00:26:08.890><c> be</c><00:26:09.170><c> measured</c>

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in<00:26:10.289><c> will</c><00:26:10.670><c>-worship</c><00:26:11.150><c> and</c><00:26:11.549><c> humility</c><00:26:12.069><c> and</c><00:26:12.490><c> neglecting</c><00:26:13.049><c> of</c><00:26:13.190><c> the</c><00:26:13.369><c> body,</c>

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not<00:26:14.490><c> in</c><00:26:14.710><c> any</c><00:26:14.950><c> honor</c><00:26:15.130><c> to</c><00:26:15.349><c> the</c><00:26:15.569><c> satisfying</c><00:26:16.049><c> of</c><00:26:16.289><c> the</c><00:26:16.529><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:26:17.630><c> his</c><00:26:17.890><c> point</c><00:26:18.150><c> is</c><00:26:18.490><c> that</c><00:26:18.650><c> this</c><00:26:18.950><c> is</c><00:26:19.190><c> kind</c><00:26:19.329><c> of</c><00:26:19.650><c> will</c><00:26:19.970><c>-worship.</c>

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This<00:26:20.750><c> is</c><00:26:20.990><c> actually</c><00:26:21.630><c> false</c><00:26:22.549><c> wisdom,</c><00:26:23.210><c> worship</c><00:26:23.650><c> of</c><00:26:23.869><c> the</c><00:26:23.990><c> will</c><00:26:24.150><c> of</c><00:26:24.410><c> man,</c>

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that<00:26:25.630><c> by</c><00:26:26.069><c> parading</c><00:26:26.569><c> as</c><00:26:27.869><c> something</c><00:26:28.309><c> to</c><00:26:28.549><c> be</c><00:26:28.769><c> commended</c><00:26:29.190><c> in</c><00:26:29.430><c> the</c>

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eyes<00:26:29.750><c> of</c><00:26:30.069><c> men</c>

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actually<00:26:32.049><c> satisfies</c><00:26:32.990><c> the</c><00:26:33.269><c> lusts</c><00:26:33.670><c> of</c><00:26:33.710><c> the</c><00:26:33.930><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:26:34.529><c> exalts</c><00:26:34.849><c> the</c><00:26:35.109><c> pride</c><00:26:35.349><c> of</c><00:26:35.589><c> man</c><00:26:36.049><c> rather</c><00:26:36.690><c> than</c><00:26:36.970><c> having</c><00:26:37.369><c> any</c>

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spiritual<00:26:38.670><c> benefits.</c>

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That's<00:26:41.190><c> the</c><00:26:41.410><c> import</c><00:26:41.890><c> of</c><00:26:42.369><c> the</c><00:26:42.650><c> Judaizing</c><00:26:43.269><c> elements</c>

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with<00:26:44.190><c> their</c><00:26:44.470><c> pharisaical</c><00:26:45.269><c> practices,</c><00:26:46.450><c> says</c><00:26:46.829><c> the</c><00:26:47.109><c> apostle.</c>

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Well,<00:26:48.210><c> in</c><00:26:48.349><c> chapter</c><00:26:48.670><c> one</c><00:26:48.950><c> he's</c><00:26:49.450><c> prayed</c><00:26:49.769><c> that</c><00:26:50.210><c> the</c><00:26:50.630><c> opposite</c>

00:26:51.230 --> 00:26:55.269
might<00:26:52.109><c> be</c><00:26:52.809><c> the</c><00:26:53.089><c> experience</c><00:26:53.930><c> of</c><00:26:54.569><c> the</c><00:26:54.710><c> Judaizing,</c>

00:26:55.269 --> 00:26:57.890
of<00:26:55.589><c> their</c><00:26:55.789><c> brethren</c><00:26:56.009><c> and</c><00:26:56.170><c> sisters</c><00:26:56.410><c> in</c><00:26:56.630><c> philosophy.</c>

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That<00:26:59.029><c> he</c><00:26:59.809><c> prays,</c><00:27:00.710><c> verse</c><00:27:01.029><c> nine,</c><00:27:01.789><c> chapter</c><00:27:02.190><c> one,</c>

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For<00:27:05.690><c> this</c><00:27:06.009><c> cause</c><00:27:06.250><c> we</c><00:27:06.529><c> also,</c><00:27:07.309><c> since</c><00:27:07.470><c> the</c><00:27:07.710><c> day</c><00:27:07.930><c> we</c><00:27:08.170><c> heard</c><00:27:08.349><c> it,</c>

00:27:08.609 --> 00:27:12.369
do<00:27:08.849><c> not</c><00:27:09.309><c> cease</c><00:27:09.630><c> to</c><00:27:10.009><c> pray</c><00:27:10.269><c> for</c><00:27:10.670><c> you</c><00:27:11.150><c> and</c><00:27:11.690><c> to</c><00:27:12.009><c> desire</c>

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that<00:27:12.569><c> ye</c><00:27:12.769><c> might</c><00:27:13.029><c> be</c><00:27:13.390><c> filled</c><00:27:13.710><c> with</c><00:27:13.950><c> the</c><00:27:14.230><c> knowledge</c><00:27:14.529><c> of</c><00:27:14.750><c> his</c><00:27:15.069><c> will.</c>

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Not<00:27:16.750><c> now</c><00:27:17.109><c> with</c><00:27:17.450><c> will</c><00:27:17.769><c>-worship,</c>

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with<00:27:19.670><c> a</c><00:27:19.849><c> worship</c><00:27:20.190><c> that</c><00:27:20.529><c> exalts</c><00:27:20.829><c> the</c><00:27:21.029><c> will</c><00:27:21.130><c> of</c><00:27:21.390><c> man,</c>

00:27:22.329 --> 00:27:24.529
but<00:27:22.490><c> rather</c><00:27:22.910><c> that</c><00:27:23.150><c> brethren</c><00:27:23.390><c> and</c><00:27:23.609><c> sisters</c><00:27:23.829><c> in</c><00:27:24.069><c> Christ</c><00:27:24.289><c> might</c>

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be<00:27:24.930><c> filled</c>

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with<00:27:26.029><c> the</c><00:27:26.289><c> knowledge</c><00:27:26.589><c> of</c><00:27:26.950><c> God's</c><00:27:27.509><c> will</c>

00:27:28.609 --> 00:27:33.730
in<00:27:29.309><c> all</c><00:27:29.990><c> wisdom</c><00:27:30.670><c> and</c><00:27:31.450><c> spiritual</c><00:27:32.289><c> understanding.</c>

00:27:34.490 --> 00:27:37.869
Not<00:27:34.849><c> in</c><00:27:35.089><c> a</c><00:27:35.289><c> show</c><00:27:35.450><c> of</c><00:27:35.730><c> wisdom,</c><00:27:36.130><c> but</c><00:27:36.369><c> in</c><00:27:36.809><c> true</c><00:27:37.049><c> wisdom</c>

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and<00:27:38.869><c> spiritual</c><00:27:39.990><c> understanding.</c>

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And<00:27:42.349><c> foremost,</c><00:27:42.890><c> amongst</c><00:27:43.069><c> those</c><00:27:43.390><c> commandments</c><00:27:43.970><c> that</c><00:27:44.289><c> the</c><00:27:44.450><c> Judaizers</c>

00:27:44.930 --> 00:27:47.690
wish<00:27:45.230><c> to</c><00:27:45.809><c> impose</c><00:27:46.250><c> upon</c><00:27:46.509><c> our</c><00:27:46.750><c> brethren</c><00:27:46.970><c> and</c><00:27:47.170><c> sisters</c><00:27:47.390><c> in</c><00:27:47.630><c> the</c>

00:27:47.690 --> 00:27:48.549
first<00:27:47.970><c> century,</c>

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was<00:27:49.109><c> that</c><00:27:49.450><c> a</c><00:27:49.589><c> circumcision?</c>

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Oh,<00:27:51.430><c> you</c><00:27:51.509><c> must</c><00:27:51.710><c> be</c><00:27:52.049><c> circumcised</c><00:27:52.970><c> in</c><00:27:53.410><c> order</c><00:27:53.930><c> to</c><00:27:54.309><c> be</c><00:27:54.630><c> part</c><00:27:54.930><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:55.289><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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truly,<00:27:57.470><c> it</c><00:27:57.849><c> said,</c><00:27:58.390><c> the</c><00:27:58.549><c> Judaizes.</c>

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And<00:28:00.609><c> the</c><00:28:00.769><c> apostle</c><00:28:01.150><c> Paul</c><00:28:01.849><c> goes</c><00:28:02.450><c> directly</c><00:28:03.049><c> to</c><00:28:03.289><c> Genesis</c><00:28:03.650><c> chapter</c><00:28:04.089><c> 17.</c>

00:28:05.630 --> 00:28:08.789
He<00:28:05.750><c> goes</c><00:28:05.750><c> right</c><00:28:06.049><c> onto</c><00:28:06.230><c> the</c><00:28:06.529><c> territory</c><00:28:07.269><c> of</c><00:28:07.849><c> the</c><00:28:08.089><c> Judaizes</c>

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as<00:28:09.210><c> he</c><00:28:09.509><c> kind</c><00:28:09.589><c> of</c><00:28:09.910><c> addresses</c><00:28:10.390><c> these</c><00:28:11.130><c> issues</c>

00:28:11.970 --> 00:28:16.170
for<00:28:12.769><c> our</c><00:28:13.269><c> brethren</c><00:28:13.529><c> and</c><00:28:13.769><c> sisters</c><00:28:14.069><c> in</c><00:28:14.369><c> Colossi</c><00:28:14.869><c> in</c><00:28:15.150><c> those</c><00:28:15.569><c> days.</c>

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When<00:28:16.789><c> he's</c><00:28:17.230><c> speaking</c><00:28:17.650><c> about</c><00:28:17.970><c> being</c><00:28:18.250><c> filled</c><00:28:18.670><c> with</c><00:28:18.890><c> the</c><00:28:19.069><c> knowledge</c><00:28:19.309><c> of</c><00:28:19.509><c> his</c><00:28:19.809><c> will</c>

00:28:20.069 --> 00:28:23.549
in<00:28:20.589><c> all</c><00:28:20.789><c> wisdom</c><00:28:21.089><c> and</c><00:28:21.410><c> spiritual</c><00:28:21.869><c> understanding,</c>

00:28:24.269 --> 00:28:27.029
then<00:28:24.369><c> his</c><00:28:24.630><c> mind</c><00:28:24.950><c> is</c><00:28:25.109><c> on</c><00:28:25.250><c> the</c><00:28:25.750><c> understanding</c>

00:28:27.549 --> 00:28:30.630
that<00:28:28.190><c> Abraham</c><00:28:28.670><c> had</c><00:28:29.089><c> gleaned</c><00:28:29.490><c> through</c><00:28:29.710><c> the</c><00:28:29.829><c> way</c><00:28:30.049><c> in</c><00:28:30.150><c> which</c><00:28:30.369><c> the</c>

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Almighty<00:28:30.970><c> dealt</c><00:28:31.410><c> with</c><00:28:31.809><c> him</c>

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and<00:28:32.769><c> in</c><00:28:33.049><c> the</c><00:28:33.210><c> details</c><00:28:33.670><c> of</c><00:28:33.930><c> the</c><00:28:34.109><c> covenant</c><00:28:34.549><c> that</c><00:28:35.250><c> had</c><00:28:36.009><c> been</c><00:28:36.549><c> communicated</c><00:28:37.289><c> to</c><00:28:37.809><c> him.</c>

00:28:38.230 --> 00:28:41.390
Just<00:28:38.970><c> note</c><00:28:39.089><c> the</c><00:28:39.450><c> correspondence</c><00:28:40.049><c> here</c><00:28:40.289><c> between</c><00:28:40.509><c> Genesis</c><00:28:40.849><c> 17</c>

00:28:41.390 --> 00:28:42.990
and<00:28:41.509><c> what</c><00:28:41.730><c> Paul</c><00:28:41.950><c> goes</c><00:28:42.190><c> on</c><00:28:42.430><c> to</c><00:28:42.710><c> say.</c>

00:28:43.190 --> 00:28:46.730
Here's<00:28:43.869><c> his</c><00:28:44.170><c> prayer,</c><00:28:45.470><c> verse</c><00:28:45.890><c> 10,</c>

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that<00:28:47.309><c> ye</c><00:28:47.549><c> might</c><00:28:47.930><c> walk</c><00:28:48.349><c> worthy</c><00:28:49.089><c> of</c><00:28:49.910><c> the</c><00:28:50.150><c> Lord's.</c>

00:28:51.430 --> 00:28:55.250
Genesis<00:28:52.009><c> chapter</c><00:28:52.950><c> 17</c><00:28:53.910><c> and</c><00:28:54.410><c> verse</c><00:28:54.730><c> 1.</c>

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When<00:28:55.750><c> Abraham</c><00:28:56.069><c> was</c><00:28:56.349><c> ninety</c><00:28:56.730><c> years</c><00:28:57.130><c> old</c><00:28:57.470><c> and</c><00:28:57.910><c> nine,</c>

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the<00:28:58.869><c> Lord</c><00:28:59.109><c> appeared</c><00:28:59.470><c> to</c><00:28:59.769><c> Abraham</c><00:29:00.049><c> and</c><00:29:00.250><c> said</c><00:29:00.450><c> unto</c><00:29:00.630><c> him,</c>

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I<00:29:01.309><c> am</c><00:29:01.869><c> the</c><00:29:02.089><c> Almighty</c><00:29:02.549><c> God,</c><00:29:03.410><c> walk</c><00:29:03.930><c> before</c><00:29:04.569><c> me</c><00:29:05.130><c> and</c><00:29:05.970><c> be</c><00:29:06.269><c> now</c><00:29:06.549><c> perfect.</c>

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Walk<00:29:07.730><c> before</c><00:29:08.369><c> me</c><00:29:08.710><c> and</c><00:29:08.750><c> be</c><00:29:09.009><c> thou</c><00:29:09.289><c> perfect.</c>

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Walk<00:29:10.009><c> worthy</c><00:29:10.609><c> of</c><00:29:12.089><c> the</c><00:29:12.450><c> Lord.</c>

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Back<00:29:14.190><c> in</c><00:29:14.650><c> Colossians</c><00:29:15.170><c> in</c><00:29:15.390><c> verse</c><00:29:15.630><c> 10,</c><00:29:15.950><c> in</c><00:29:16.089><c> chapter</c><00:29:16.369><c> 1,</c>

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unto<00:29:18.029><c> all</c><00:29:18.690><c> pleasing,</c><00:29:19.789><c> being</c><00:29:20.369><c> fruitful</c><00:29:21.069><c> in</c><00:29:21.569><c> every</c><00:29:22.029><c> good</c><00:29:22.410><c> work.</c>

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Well,<00:29:24.910><c> that's</c><00:29:25.089><c> what</c><00:29:26.130><c> the</c><00:29:26.470><c> covenant</c><00:29:26.650><c> is</c><00:29:26.809><c> about</c><00:29:27.049><c> in</c><00:29:27.450><c> Genesis</c>

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chapter<00:29:28.329><c> 17.</c>

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Verse<00:29:29.049><c> 6,</c><00:29:29.430><c> for</c><00:29:29.630><c> example,</c><00:29:30.230><c> I</c><00:29:30.569><c> will</c><00:29:30.809><c> make</c><00:29:31.049><c> thee</c><00:29:31.450><c> exceeding</c><00:29:32.329><c> fruitful,</c>

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and<00:29:33.549><c> I</c><00:29:33.690><c> will</c><00:29:33.970><c> make</c><00:29:34.230><c> nations</c><00:29:34.710><c> of</c><00:29:34.970><c> thee</c><00:29:35.089><c> and</c><00:29:35.309><c> kings</c><00:29:35.630><c> shall</c><00:29:36.130><c> come</c>

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out<00:29:37.250><c> of</c><00:29:37.549><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:29:39.309><c> increasing</c><00:29:39.869><c> in</c><00:29:41.150><c> the</c><00:29:41.809><c> knowledge</c><00:29:42.170><c> of</c><00:29:42.529><c> God</c>

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and<00:29:43.670><c> the</c><00:29:44.289><c> increasing</c><00:29:44.690><c> of</c><00:29:45.170><c> fruitfulness,</c><00:29:45.849><c> the</c><00:29:46.069><c> exceeding</c><00:29:46.630><c> fruitfulness</c>

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is<00:29:48.009><c> before</c><00:29:48.430><c> us</c><00:29:48.670><c> here</c><00:29:48.849><c> in</c><00:29:49.029><c> Genesis</c><00:29:49.309><c> chapter</c><00:29:49.710><c> 17</c>

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as<00:29:51.190><c> Abraham</c><00:29:51.730><c> increases</c><00:29:52.549><c> in</c><00:29:52.789><c> his</c><00:29:53.029><c> understanding</c><00:29:53.809><c> of</c><00:29:54.109><c> the</c><00:29:54.490><c> purpose</c><00:29:54.829><c> of</c><00:29:55.130><c> God</c>

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and<00:29:55.490><c> the</c><00:29:55.630><c> way</c><00:29:55.750><c> it</c><00:29:55.809><c> will</c><00:29:56.069><c> be</c><00:29:56.190><c> fulfilled</c><00:29:56.970><c> in</c><00:29:57.529><c> the</c><00:29:57.769><c> detail</c><00:29:58.250><c> that</c>

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is<00:29:58.910><c> given</c><00:29:59.309><c> to</c><00:29:59.789><c> him.</c>

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Verse<00:30:00.950><c> 11</c><00:30:01.369><c> of</c><00:30:01.569><c> Colossians</c><00:30:02.009><c> chapter</c><00:30:02.450><c> 1,</c>

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strengthened<00:30:04.329><c> with</c><00:30:04.930><c> all</c><00:30:05.569><c> might</c><00:30:06.130><c> according</c><00:30:07.029><c> to</c><00:30:07.289><c> his</c><00:30:07.589><c> glorious</c><00:30:08.210><c> power.</c>

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Literally,<00:30:11.049><c> mighty</c><00:30:11.509><c> with</c><00:30:12.289><c> all</c><00:30:12.809><c> might</c><00:30:13.349><c> according</c><00:30:14.289><c> to</c><00:30:14.829><c> his</c>

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glorious<00:30:16.150><c> power.</c>

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It's<00:30:17.230><c> interesting,</c><00:30:17.650><c> back</c><00:30:17.789><c> in</c><00:30:17.890><c> Genesis</c><00:30:18.130><c> chapter</c><00:30:18.529><c> 17</c><00:30:19.029><c> and</c><00:30:19.250><c> verse</c><00:30:19.529><c> 6,</c>

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where<00:30:20.170><c> God</c><00:30:20.430><c> says,</c><00:30:21.069><c> I</c><00:30:21.069><c> will</c><00:30:21.329><c> make</c><00:30:21.650><c> thee</c><00:30:21.950><c> exceeding</c><00:30:22.910><c> fruitful.</c>

00:30:24.009 --> 00:30:27.309
The<00:30:24.289><c> idea</c><00:30:24.630><c> of</c><00:30:24.910><c> exceeding</c><00:30:25.369><c> is</c><00:30:25.470><c> one</c><00:30:25.670><c> of</c><00:30:25.809><c> these</c><00:30:26.069><c> repetitions</c><00:30:26.930><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:27.529><c> Hebrew</c>

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by<00:30:28.769><c> way</c><00:30:29.029><c> of</c><00:30:29.289><c> emphasis,</c><00:30:29.849><c> that</c><00:30:30.049><c> what</c><00:30:30.269><c> the</c><00:30:30.529><c> text</c><00:30:30.690><c> literally</c><00:30:31.250><c> says</c>

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is<00:30:32.109><c> I</c><00:30:32.309><c> will</c><00:30:32.630><c> make</c><00:30:32.849><c> thee</c><00:30:33.230><c> mighty,</c><00:30:33.890><c> mighty</c><00:30:34.430><c> fruitful.</c>

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And<00:30:35.849><c> the</c><00:30:35.950><c> Apostle</c><00:30:36.309><c> Paul</c><00:30:36.509><c> has</c><00:30:36.710><c> picked</c><00:30:36.950><c> that</c><00:30:37.289><c> up.</c>

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Then,<00:30:39.329><c> mighty</c><00:30:39.329><c> with</c><00:30:39.730><c> all</c><00:30:40.109><c> might</c><00:30:40.690><c> according</c><00:30:41.670><c> to</c><00:30:41.990><c> God's</c><00:30:42.549><c> glorious</c><00:30:42.890><c> power,</c>

00:30:43.289 --> 00:30:52.009
for<00:30:43.430><c> it's</c><00:30:43.609><c> God</c><00:30:44.089><c> that</c><00:30:45.089><c> brings</c><00:30:45.769><c> forth</c><00:30:46.190><c> the</c><00:30:46.450><c> fruit</c><00:30:46.750><c> in</c><00:30:47.309><c> those</c><00:30:47.710><c> that</c><00:30:48.549><c> respond</c><00:30:49.349><c> to</c><00:30:50.730><c> him.</c>

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Mighty<00:30:52.910><c> with</c><00:30:53.309><c> all</c><00:30:53.569><c> might</c><00:30:53.730><c> according</c><00:30:54.109><c> to</c><00:30:54.309><c> his</c><00:30:54.450><c> glorious</c><00:30:55.049><c> power</c>

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unto<00:30:56.250><c> all</c><00:30:56.849><c> patience.</c>

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And<00:30:59.990><c> there</c><00:31:00.269><c> is</c><00:31:00.490><c> Abraham</c><00:31:00.710><c> again.</c>

00:31:02.190 --> 00:31:05.910
The<00:31:02.490><c> patience,</c><00:31:03.509><c> that</c><00:31:03.809><c> was</c><00:31:04.549><c> characteristic</c><00:31:05.289><c> of</c><00:31:05.529><c> the</c><00:31:05.690><c> Father</c>

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of<00:31:06.069><c> the</c><00:31:06.210><c> faithful</c>

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as<00:31:06.730><c> he</c><00:31:07.089><c> waited</c><00:31:07.609><c> for</c><00:31:08.849><c> the</c><00:31:09.049><c> promise</c><00:31:09.710><c> to</c><00:31:10.069><c> be</c><00:31:10.329><c> fulfilled.</c>

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The<00:31:12.130><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:12.549><c> is</c><00:31:12.869><c> twice</c><00:31:13.190><c> fixed</c><00:31:13.470><c> up</c><00:31:13.730><c> on</c><00:31:13.890><c> the</c><00:31:14.430><c> patience</c><00:31:14.990><c> of</c><00:31:15.230><c> Abraham</c>

00:31:15.609 --> 00:31:18.670
as<00:31:15.829><c> an</c><00:31:16.069><c> example</c><00:31:16.390><c> in</c><00:31:16.609><c> chapter</c><00:31:16.849><c> 6</c><00:31:17.289><c> and</c><00:31:17.490><c> chapter</c><00:31:17.910><c> 10.</c>

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That<00:31:19.089><c> here</c><00:31:19.430><c> was</c><00:31:19.730><c> a</c><00:31:20.009><c> key</c><00:31:20.369><c> quality</c><00:31:21.170><c> of</c><00:31:21.769><c> Abraham.</c>

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Patience<00:31:23.029><c> and</c><00:31:23.490><c> long</c><00:31:23.990><c>-suffering.</c>

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And<00:31:26.029><c> at</c><00:31:26.250><c> times</c><00:31:26.769><c> then</c><00:31:27.230><c> he</c><00:31:27.390><c> had</c><00:31:27.670><c> to</c><00:31:27.849><c> be</c><00:31:28.150><c> long</c><00:31:28.690><c>-suffering</c>

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under<00:31:29.569><c> the</c><00:31:30.230><c> provocation</c><00:31:31.069><c> that</c><00:31:31.390><c> came</c><00:31:31.650><c> from</c><00:31:32.230><c> characters</c><00:31:32.890><c> like</c>

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Hagar<00:31:34.049><c> and</c><00:31:34.670><c> Ishmael</c>

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who<00:31:35.630><c> have</c><00:31:35.849><c> too</c><00:31:36.109><c> much</c><00:31:36.349><c> of</c><00:31:36.549><c> his</c><00:31:36.910><c> mother's</c><00:31:37.490><c> character</c>

00:31:37.829 --> 00:31:42.309
and<00:31:38.069><c> too</c><00:31:38.250><c> little</c><00:31:38.549><c> of</c><00:31:38.730><c> his</c><00:31:39.049><c> father's</c><00:31:40.289><c> within</c><00:31:40.630><c> the</c><00:31:41.170><c> household.</c>

00:31:42.710 --> 00:31:46.349
Unto<00:31:42.990><c> all</c><00:31:43.369><c> patience</c><00:31:43.809><c> and</c><00:31:44.069><c> long</c><00:31:44.450><c>-suffering</c><00:31:44.910><c> with</c><00:31:45.410><c> joyfulness.</c>

00:31:46.349 --> 00:31:49.750
And<00:31:47.170><c> there</c><00:31:47.509><c> the</c><00:31:47.769><c> Apostle</c><00:31:48.170><c> is</c><00:31:48.329><c> thinking</c><00:31:48.470><c> of</c><00:31:48.750><c> the</c><00:31:49.009><c> joyfulness</c>

00:31:49.750 --> 00:31:54.410
that<00:31:50.049><c> is</c><00:31:50.970><c> contained</c><00:31:51.569><c> in</c><00:31:51.769><c> the</c><00:31:51.990><c> naming</c><00:31:52.250><c> of</c><00:31:52.650><c> the</c><00:31:52.730><c> seed</c><00:31:52.950><c> Isaac</c><00:31:53.529><c> of</c><00:31:53.849><c> laughter.</c>

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The<00:31:54.930><c> laughter</c><00:31:55.470><c> of</c><00:31:55.750><c> Abraham</c><00:31:56.150><c> that</c><00:31:56.410><c> with</c><00:31:56.730><c> joy</c><00:31:57.349><c> he</c><00:31:58.049><c> appreciated</c>

00:31:58.630 --> 00:32:02.809
what<00:31:58.930><c> the</c><00:31:59.150><c> Father</c><00:31:59.549><c> had</c><00:32:00.089><c> done</c><00:32:00.450><c> for</c><00:32:00.849><c> him,</c><00:32:01.470><c> giving</c><00:32:01.769><c> thanks,</c><00:32:02.150><c> verse</c><00:32:02.450><c> 12,</c>

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unto<00:32:03.190><c> the</c><00:32:03.509><c> Father</c><00:32:03.910><c> who</c><00:32:04.430><c> hath</c><00:32:04.650><c> made</c><00:32:04.970><c> us</c><00:32:05.369><c> meet</c><00:32:05.630><c> to</c><00:32:05.869><c> be</c><00:32:06.109><c> partakers.</c>

00:32:07.789 --> 00:32:10.650
And<00:32:08.009><c> that's</c><00:32:08.150><c> what,</c><00:32:08.769><c> in</c><00:32:08.970><c> Genesis</c><00:32:09.210><c> chapter</c><00:32:09.509><c> 17,</c><00:32:09.809><c> that's</c><00:32:10.049><c> what's</c><00:32:10.250><c> happening.</c>

00:32:11.109 --> 00:32:14.750
That<00:32:11.309><c> Abraham</c><00:32:11.630><c> is</c><00:32:11.849><c> becoming</c><00:32:12.089><c> a</c><00:32:12.289><c> partaker,</c><00:32:12.970><c> a</c><00:32:13.130><c> partner,</c><00:32:13.630><c> a</c><00:32:13.829><c> sharer</c><00:32:14.369><c> in</c>

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the<00:32:15.009><c> covenant</c>

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as<00:32:15.589><c> God</c><00:32:15.930><c> invites</c><00:32:16.529><c> him</c><00:32:16.789><c> to</c><00:32:16.950><c> commit</c><00:32:17.289><c> himself</c><00:32:17.950><c> to</c><00:32:19.150><c> become</c><00:32:19.529><c> part</c>

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of<00:32:20.450><c> my</c><00:32:20.809><c> covenant</c>

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that<00:32:22.309><c> the</c><00:32:22.569><c> Lord</c><00:32:22.849><c> had</c><00:32:23.150><c> made,</c><00:32:23.690><c> to</c><00:32:23.829><c> be</c><00:32:24.109><c> partakers</c><00:32:24.670><c> of</c><00:32:25.029><c> the</c><00:32:25.309><c> inheritance.</c>

00:32:26.369 --> 00:32:30.710
The<00:32:26.450><c> word</c><00:32:26.650><c> is</c><00:32:26.990><c> the</c><00:32:27.450><c> lot</c><00:32:27.769><c> or</c><00:32:28.190><c> portion,</c><00:32:28.849><c> the</c><00:32:29.369><c> possession.</c>

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Verse<00:32:32.410><c> 8</c><00:32:33.009><c> of</c><00:32:33.690><c> Genesis</c><00:32:34.049><c> chapter</c><00:32:34.430><c> 17,</c>

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I<00:32:35.069><c> will</c><00:32:35.309><c> give</c><00:32:35.470><c> unto</c><00:32:35.650><c> thee</c><00:32:35.849><c> and</c><00:32:35.930><c> to</c><00:32:36.049><c> thy</c><00:32:36.190><c> seed</c><00:32:36.430><c> after</c><00:32:36.789><c> thee</c><00:32:36.990><c> the</c>

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land<00:32:37.829><c> wherein</c><00:32:38.230><c> thou</c><00:32:38.549><c> art</c><00:32:38.750><c> a</c><00:32:39.089><c> stranger</c>

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all<00:32:39.930><c> the</c><00:32:40.130><c> land</c><00:32:40.349><c> of</c><00:32:40.630><c> Canaan</c><00:32:41.089><c> for</c><00:32:41.450><c> an</c><00:32:41.849><c> everlasting</c><00:32:42.630><c> possession.</c>

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That's<00:32:44.630><c> the</c><00:32:44.769><c> promises</c><00:32:45.009><c> to</c><00:32:45.269><c> Abraham.</c><00:32:45.710><c> That's</c><00:32:45.769><c> what</c><00:32:45.869><c> it's</c><00:32:46.069><c> all</c>

00:32:46.230 --> 00:32:46.789
about,<00:32:46.589><c> isn't</c><00:32:46.690><c> it?</c>

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A<00:32:46.910><c> place</c><00:32:47.289><c> in</c><00:32:47.809><c> the</c><00:32:48.009><c> kingdom</c><00:32:48.529><c> to</c><00:32:48.990><c> be</c><00:32:49.269><c> partakers</c><00:32:49.950><c> of</c><00:32:50.369><c> the</c><00:32:50.650><c> inheritance</c><00:32:51.289><c> of</c><00:32:52.170><c> the</c>

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saints<00:32:53.109><c> in</c><00:32:54.009><c> light</c>

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who<00:32:57.869><c> had</c><00:32:58.089><c> delivered</c><00:32:58.450><c> us</c><00:32:58.650><c> from</c><00:32:58.829><c> the</c><00:32:59.009><c> power</c><00:32:59.269><c> of</c><00:32:59.509><c> darkness</c>

00:32:59.890 --> 00:33:05.490
and<00:33:00.329><c> translated</c><00:33:00.930><c> us</c><00:33:01.849><c> into</c><00:33:02.309><c> the</c><00:33:02.609><c> kingdom</c><00:33:03.029><c> of</c><00:33:03.369><c> his</c><00:33:03.710><c> dear</c><00:33:04.190><c> Son.</c>

00:33:06.190 --> 00:33:07.490
And<00:33:06.190><c> there's</c><00:33:06.829><c> the</c><00:33:06.829><c> thing,</c><00:33:07.309><c> isn't</c><00:33:07.309><c> it?</c>

00:33:07.569 --> 00:33:09.650
Delivered<00:33:07.970><c> from</c><00:33:08.130><c> the</c><00:33:08.289><c> power</c><00:33:08.509><c> of</c><00:33:08.670><c> darkness,</c><00:33:09.049><c> the</c><00:33:09.190><c> cutting</c><00:33:09.369><c> off</c>

00:33:09.650 --> 00:33:10.529
of<00:33:09.829><c> the</c><00:33:09.970><c> flesh</c>

00:33:10.529 --> 00:33:15.960
where<00:33:11.450><c> sin</c><00:33:12.029><c> has</c><00:33:12.829><c> reigned</c><00:33:13.569><c> and</c><00:33:14.549><c> receiving</c><00:33:15.089><c> the</c><00:33:15.509><c> inheritance</c>

00:33:16.150 --> 00:33:20.569
through<00:33:17.210><c> the</c><00:33:17.349><c> reviser</c><00:33:17.730><c> of</c><00:33:17.930><c> the</c><00:33:18.069><c> Son</c><00:33:18.329><c> of</c><00:33:18.470><c> his</c><00:33:18.789><c> love,</c><00:33:19.950><c> Isaac,</c>

00:33:20.809 --> 00:33:25.230
the<00:33:21.009><c> only</c><00:33:22.210><c> begotten</c><00:33:22.970><c> and</c><00:33:23.089><c> beloved</c><00:33:23.650><c> Son.</c>

00:33:25.890 --> 00:33:29.769
Chapter<00:33:26.109><c> 22,</c><00:33:26.930><c> take</c><00:33:27.069><c> Isaac</c><00:33:27.569><c> thy</c><00:33:28.009><c> son</c><00:33:28.549><c> whom</c><00:33:28.809><c> thou</c><00:33:29.269><c> lovest</c>

00:33:29.769 --> 00:33:32.849
and<00:33:30.450><c> offer</c><00:33:30.710><c> him</c><00:33:30.930><c> upon</c><00:33:31.230><c> the</c><00:33:31.390><c> mountains</c><00:33:31.809><c> of</c><00:33:32.089><c> Moriah.</c>

00:33:32.849 --> 00:33:39.109
And<00:33:33.829><c> there</c><00:33:35.089><c> the</c><00:33:37.130><c> Apostle</c><00:33:37.509><c> has</c><00:33:37.690><c> gone</c><00:33:37.869><c> through</c><00:33:38.150><c> Genesis</c><00:33:38.390><c> 17</c><00:33:38.950><c> to</c>

00:33:39.109 --> 00:33:40.930
Genesis<00:33:39.430><c> 22</c>

00:33:41.089 --> 00:33:44.829
and<00:33:41.609><c> the</c><00:33:41.690><c> Son</c><00:33:41.890><c> of</c><00:33:41.990><c> his</c><00:33:42.250><c> love,</c><00:33:42.849><c> the</c><00:33:42.849><c> Patron</c><00:33:43.069><c> of</c><00:33:43.170><c> the</c><00:33:43.250><c> Son</c><00:33:43.529><c> of</c><00:33:43.750><c> God</c>

00:33:44.849 --> 00:33:50.930
through<00:33:45.269><c> whose</c><00:33:45.529><c> death</c><00:33:45.809><c> and</c><00:33:46.089><c> resurrection</c><00:33:46.769><c> we</c><00:33:48.150><c> have</c><00:33:49.730><c> life.</c>

00:33:51.190 --> 00:33:54.789
And<00:33:51.430><c> he's</c><00:33:51.569><c> gone</c><00:33:51.890><c> right</c><00:33:52.509><c> on</c><00:33:52.730><c> to</c><00:33:52.890><c> the</c><00:33:53.049><c> territory</c><00:33:53.410><c> of</c><00:33:53.589><c> the</c><00:33:53.710><c> Judaizers.</c>

00:33:54.890 --> 00:33:58.130
They<00:33:55.069><c> go</c><00:33:55.210><c> into</c><00:33:55.410><c> Genesis</c><00:33:55.710><c> chapter</c><00:33:56.130><c> 17</c><00:33:56.690><c> and</c><00:33:57.049><c> say,</c><00:33:57.670><c> you</c><00:33:57.930><c> know,</c>

00:33:58.230 --> 00:34:00.349
look,<00:33:59.150><c> the</c><00:33:59.329><c> brethren</c><00:33:59.490><c> and</c><00:33:59.690><c> sisters</c><00:33:59.809><c> in</c><00:34:00.049><c> Christ,</c>

00:34:00.410 --> 00:34:01.950
it<00:34:00.529><c> doesn't</c><00:34:00.589><c> matter</c><00:34:00.769><c> what</c><00:34:00.910><c> your</c><00:34:01.150><c> background</c><00:34:01.630><c> is,</c>

00:34:01.950 --> 00:34:03.210
it<00:34:02.029><c> doesn't</c><00:34:02.230><c> matter</c><00:34:02.349><c> what</c><00:34:02.509><c> your</c><00:34:02.789><c> status</c><00:34:03.029><c> is,</c>

00:34:03.309 --> 00:34:06.730
you've<00:34:03.410><c> all</c><00:34:03.529><c> got</c><00:34:03.609><c> to</c><00:34:03.890><c> be</c><00:34:04.150><c> circumcised</c><00:34:04.690><c> to</c><00:34:04.809><c> be</c><00:34:04.930><c> part</c><00:34:05.230><c> of</c><00:34:05.390><c> this</c><00:34:05.609><c> covenant.</c>

00:34:07.690 --> 00:34:10.730
The<00:34:07.990><c> meaning</c><00:34:08.389><c> of</c><00:34:08.630><c> that</c><00:34:08.889><c> covenant</c><00:34:09.170><c> is</c><00:34:09.530><c> achieved</c>

00:34:10.809 --> 00:34:13.929
in<00:34:11.050><c> the</c><00:34:11.250><c> work</c><00:34:11.489><c> of</c><00:34:11.690><c> the</c><00:34:11.789><c> Lord</c><00:34:11.989><c> Jesus</c><00:34:12.289><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:14.949 --> 00:34:18.789
And<00:34:15.210><c> it</c><00:34:15.289><c> was</c><00:34:15.489><c> Ishmael</c><00:34:17.250><c> that</c><00:34:17.590><c> was</c><00:34:17.849><c> circumcised</c><00:34:18.329><c> in</c><00:34:18.510><c> Genesis</c>

00:34:18.789 --> 00:34:20.869
chapter<00:34:19.170><c> 17,</c><00:34:19.590><c> not</c><00:34:19.809><c> Isaac.</c>

00:34:21.329 --> 00:34:22.690
Isaac<00:34:21.570><c> had</c><00:34:21.750><c> yet</c><00:34:21.949><c> to</c><00:34:22.110><c> be</c><00:34:22.329><c> born.</c>

00:34:23.110 --> 00:34:26.750
It<00:34:23.510><c> was</c><00:34:23.769><c> the</c><00:34:23.909><c> seed</c><00:34:23.989><c> of</c><00:34:24.130><c> the</c><00:34:24.349><c> flesh</c><00:34:24.550><c> in</c><00:34:24.750><c> chapter</c><00:34:24.929><c> 17</c><00:34:25.469><c> that</c><00:34:25.710><c> was</c><00:34:25.969><c> circumcised,</c>

00:34:27.070 --> 00:34:29.530
not<00:34:27.489><c> the</c><00:34:27.690><c> seed</c><00:34:27.829><c> of</c><00:34:28.150><c> promise.</c>

00:34:31.090 --> 00:34:33.989
And<00:34:31.690><c> there</c><00:34:32.289><c> God</c><00:34:32.469><c> was</c><00:34:32.750><c> communicating</c>

00:34:34.030 --> 00:34:42.530
that<00:34:34.670><c> a</c><00:34:34.809><c> father</c><00:34:35.150><c> of</c><00:34:35.369><c> many</c><00:34:35.670><c> nations</c><00:34:36.590><c> have</c><00:34:37.210><c> I</c><00:34:37.789><c> made</c><00:34:38.949><c> the</c><00:34:41.010><c> circumcision.</c>

00:34:42.789 --> 00:34:47.130
It<00:34:43.389><c> indicated</c><00:34:43.769><c> a</c><00:34:44.170><c> faith</c><00:34:44.829><c> in</c><00:34:45.969><c> the</c><00:34:46.130><c> one</c><00:34:46.269><c> who</c><00:34:46.409><c> was</c><00:34:46.690><c> coming,</c>

00:34:47.269 --> 00:34:50.309
in<00:34:47.429><c> the</c><00:34:47.690><c> seed</c><00:34:47.909><c> yet</c><00:34:48.170><c> in</c><00:34:48.349><c> the</c><00:34:48.510><c> loins</c><00:34:48.750><c> of</c><00:34:48.909><c> his</c><00:34:49.110><c> ancestors.</c>

00:34:50.389 --> 00:34:52.869
But<00:34:50.610><c> now</c><00:34:50.909><c> in</c><00:34:51.090><c> Christ</c><00:34:51.309><c> the</c><00:34:51.550><c> seed</c><00:34:51.730><c> has</c><00:34:52.030><c> come.</c>

00:34:53.250 --> 00:34:58.110
It<00:34:53.530><c> made</c><00:34:53.849><c> the</c><00:34:54.489><c> practice,</c><00:34:55.130><c> the</c><00:34:55.250><c> ritual</c><00:34:55.610><c> of</c><00:34:55.929><c> circumcision</c><00:34:56.929><c> redundant</c>

00:34:58.110 --> 00:35:01.349
and<00:34:58.670><c> so</c><00:34:58.849><c> the</c><00:34:59.010><c> apostle</c><00:34:59.289><c> draws</c><00:34:59.789><c> out</c><00:35:00.110><c> the</c><00:35:00.289><c> meaning</c><00:35:00.530><c> in</c><00:35:00.789><c> chapter</c><00:35:01.070><c> 2</c>

00:35:01.349 --> 00:35:02.150
for<00:35:01.670><c> us</c>

00:35:02.150 --> 00:35:05.570
when<00:35:02.670><c> he</c><00:35:02.909><c> speaks</c><00:35:03.369><c> about</c><00:35:03.869><c> the</c><00:35:04.190><c> circumcision</c><00:35:04.750><c> of</c><00:35:04.949><c> Christ,</c>

00:35:06.070 --> 00:35:10.349
verse<00:35:06.309><c> 11</c><00:35:06.750><c> of</c><00:35:07.190><c> Colossians</c><00:35:07.670><c> chapter</c><00:35:08.090><c> 2.</c>

00:35:10.550 --> 00:35:13.650
In<00:35:10.690><c> whom</c><00:35:11.190><c> also</c><00:35:11.909><c> ye</c><00:35:12.289><c> are</c><00:35:12.690><c> circumcised</c>

00:35:13.650 --> 00:35:17.010
with<00:35:14.050><c> the</c><00:35:14.349><c> circumcision</c><00:35:14.949><c> made</c><00:35:15.309><c> without</c><00:35:15.789><c> hands,</c>

00:35:17.469 --> 00:35:20.489
in<00:35:17.690><c> putting</c><00:35:17.969><c> off</c><00:35:18.309><c> of</c><00:35:18.489><c> the</c><00:35:18.670><c> body</c><00:35:18.989><c> of</c><00:35:19.190><c> the</c><00:35:19.429><c> sins</c><00:35:19.670><c> of</c><00:35:19.869><c> the</c><00:35:20.110><c> flesh.</c>

00:35:20.690 --> 00:35:23.110
That's<00:35:21.030><c> what</c><00:35:21.309><c> circumcision</c><00:35:21.849><c> means,</c>

00:35:24.429 --> 00:35:26.429
by<00:35:24.829><c> the</c><00:35:25.110><c> circumcision</c><00:35:25.750><c> of</c><00:35:25.989><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:26.429 --> 00:35:27.730
And<00:35:26.590><c> how</c><00:35:26.809><c> does</c><00:35:26.929><c> that</c><00:35:27.110><c> happen?</c>

00:35:28.090 --> 00:35:30.389
Verse<00:35:28.309><c> 12,</c><00:35:28.710><c> buried</c><00:35:29.110><c> with</c><00:35:29.329><c> him</c><00:35:29.550><c> in</c><00:35:29.730><c> baptism,</c>

00:35:30.889 --> 00:35:33.190
wherein<00:35:31.010><c> also</c><00:35:31.650><c> ye</c><00:35:31.909><c> are</c><00:35:32.110><c> risen</c><00:35:32.389><c> with</c><00:35:32.690><c> him</c>

00:35:33.190 --> 00:35:35.650
through<00:35:33.530><c> the</c><00:35:33.789><c> faith</c><00:35:34.030><c> of</c><00:35:34.250><c> the</c><00:35:34.429><c> operation</c><00:35:34.969><c> of</c><00:35:35.269><c> God</c>

00:35:35.650 --> 00:35:38.869
who<00:35:36.210><c> hath</c><00:35:36.530><c> raised</c><00:35:36.969><c> him</c><00:35:37.630><c> from</c><00:35:38.190><c> the</c><00:35:38.510><c> dead.</c>

00:35:39.230 --> 00:35:44.190
There's<00:35:39.610><c> the</c><00:35:40.070><c> fulfilments</c><00:35:40.929><c> of</c><00:35:41.349><c> the</c><00:35:41.630><c> principles</c><00:35:42.309><c> of</c><00:35:43.269><c> circumcision</c>

00:35:44.190 --> 00:35:48.070
that<00:35:44.809><c> in</c><00:35:45.050><c> the</c><00:35:45.329><c> experience</c><00:35:45.610><c> of</c><00:35:45.829><c> the</c><00:35:46.110><c> Son</c><00:35:46.329><c> flesh</c><00:35:46.730><c> was</c><00:35:47.010><c> conquered,</c>

00:35:48.110 --> 00:35:52.329
overcome<00:35:48.349><c> and</c><00:35:48.610><c> cut</c><00:35:48.909><c> off</c><00:35:49.489><c> in</c><00:35:49.869><c> his</c><00:35:50.130><c> resurrection</c><00:35:50.630><c> to</c><00:35:50.909><c> life</c><00:35:51.150><c> immortal</c>

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:55.289
that<00:35:52.530><c> the</c><00:35:52.969><c> doors</c><00:35:53.210><c> to</c><00:35:53.429><c> life</c><00:35:53.829><c> made</c><00:35:54.130><c> open.</c>

00:35:55.610 --> 00:36:02.150
The<00:35:56.389><c> complete</c><00:35:57.150><c> perfection</c><00:35:59.670><c> of</c><00:36:01.530><c> the</c><00:36:01.650><c> Son</c><00:36:01.829><c> of</c><00:36:01.949><c> God</c>

00:36:02.150 --> 00:36:06.250
in<00:36:02.349><c> whom</c><00:36:02.550><c> the</c><00:36:02.670><c> name</c><00:36:02.869><c> of</c><00:36:03.050><c> the</c><00:36:03.190><c> Father</c><00:36:03.489><c> is</c><00:36:03.809><c> manifest.</c>

00:36:09.989 --> 00:36:13.250
The<00:36:10.130><c> circumcision</c><00:36:11.010><c> contained</c><00:36:11.530><c> until</c><00:36:11.949><c> Christ,</c>

00:36:13.389 --> 00:36:15.570
but<00:36:13.469><c> now</c><00:36:13.769><c> the</c><00:36:14.090><c> fullness</c><00:36:14.409><c> of</c><00:36:14.789><c> power.</c>

00:36:16.030 --> 00:36:20.250
In<00:36:16.130><c> baptism</c><00:36:16.730><c> we</c><00:36:17.150><c> engage</c><00:36:17.670><c> with</c><00:36:18.349><c> all</c><00:36:18.650><c> those</c><00:36:19.050><c> events</c>

00:36:20.550 --> 00:36:23.070
that<00:36:21.329><c> were</c><00:36:21.670><c> indicated</c><00:36:22.190><c> to</c><00:36:22.570><c> Abraham</c>

00:36:23.070 --> 00:36:27.510
and<00:36:24.170><c> are</c><00:36:24.389><c> made</c><00:36:24.630><c> children</c><00:36:25.530><c> of</c><00:36:26.110><c> the</c><00:36:26.409><c> covenant.</c>

00:36:28.690 --> 00:36:30.769
We<00:36:29.070><c> want</c><00:36:29.289><c> to</c><00:36:29.429><c> go</c><00:36:29.550><c> to</c><00:36:29.769><c> John</c><00:36:29.989><c> chapter</c><00:36:30.329><c> 8.</c>

00:36:30.949 --> 00:36:33.510
We<00:36:30.949><c> were</c><00:36:31.409><c> in</c><00:36:31.829><c> John</c><00:36:32.030><c> chapter</c><00:36:32.369><c> 8</c><00:36:32.570><c> in</c><00:36:32.730><c> a</c><00:36:32.849><c> different</c><00:36:33.030><c> context</c>

00:36:33.510 --> 00:36:36.210
with<00:36:33.730><c> our</c><00:36:33.829><c> brother</c><00:36:34.190><c> Paul</c><00:36:34.469><c> yesterday,</c><00:36:35.090><c> weren't</c><00:36:35.309><c> we?</c>

00:36:53.409 --> 00:36:57.050
One<00:36:53.969><c> of</c><00:36:54.190><c> the</c><00:36:54.269><c> focuses</c><00:36:54.590><c> of</c><00:36:54.849><c> this</c><00:36:55.070><c> chapter</c><00:36:55.429><c> is</c><00:36:55.710><c> who</c><00:36:55.909><c> your</c><00:36:56.150><c> Father</c><00:36:56.489><c> is.</c>

00:36:57.269 --> 00:37:00.429
You<00:36:57.349><c> notice</c><00:36:57.590><c> how</c><00:36:57.789><c> many</c><00:36:58.030><c> times</c><00:36:58.409><c> the</c><00:36:58.829><c> word</c><00:36:59.130><c> Father</c><00:36:59.650><c> is</c><00:36:59.929><c> repeated</c>

00:37:00.429 --> 00:37:02.309
in<00:37:00.889><c> John</c><00:37:01.150><c> chapter</c><00:37:01.590><c> 8.</c>

00:37:02.750 --> 00:37:04.510
We<00:37:02.909><c> won't</c><00:37:03.050><c> go</c><00:37:03.309><c> through</c><00:37:03.510><c> it</c><00:37:03.630><c> now</c><00:37:03.849><c> for</c><00:37:04.110><c> time,</c>

00:37:04.650 --> 00:37:07.750
but<00:37:04.809><c> the</c><00:37:05.250><c> issue</c><00:37:05.630><c> is</c><00:37:06.030><c> that</c><00:37:06.510><c> Jesus</c><00:37:06.869><c> is</c><00:37:07.090><c> the</c><00:37:07.210><c> Son</c><00:37:07.369><c> of</c><00:37:07.530><c> God,</c>

00:37:07.849 --> 00:37:10.210
that<00:37:07.969><c> God</c><00:37:08.250><c> is</c><00:37:08.530><c> his</c><00:37:08.829><c> Father.</c>

00:37:11.010 --> 00:37:14.909
And<00:37:11.409><c> he</c><00:37:11.510><c> is</c><00:37:11.789><c> the</c><00:37:12.269><c> seed</c><00:37:12.449><c> of</c><00:37:12.670><c> Abraham,</c><00:37:13.170><c> the</c><00:37:13.329><c> Son</c><00:37:13.550><c> of</c><00:37:13.849><c> Abraham.</c>

00:37:15.369 --> 00:37:19.969
The<00:37:15.530><c> Jews</c><00:37:15.769><c> are</c><00:37:16.150><c> claiming</c><00:37:17.289><c> the</c><00:37:18.230><c> fatherhood</c><00:37:18.869><c> of</c><00:37:19.269><c> Abraham</c><00:37:19.650><c> for</c>

00:37:19.969 --> 00:37:20.650
their<00:37:20.269><c> own.</c>

00:37:20.650 --> 00:37:24.429
And<00:37:21.449><c> yet</c><00:37:21.690><c> their</c><00:37:21.969><c> character</c><00:37:22.429><c> is</c><00:37:22.610><c> so</c><00:37:22.889><c> different</c><00:37:23.409><c> to</c><00:37:23.650><c> that</c><00:37:23.889><c> of</c><00:37:24.030><c> Abraham.</c>

00:37:24.469 --> 00:37:27.030
In<00:37:24.630><c> fact,</c><00:37:24.949><c> their</c><00:37:25.010><c> character</c><00:37:25.429><c> is</c><00:37:25.590><c> more</c><00:37:25.769><c> like</c><00:37:26.010><c> Ishmael,</c>

00:37:27.289 --> 00:37:32.769
as<00:37:27.409><c> they</c><00:37:27.690><c> mock</c><00:37:28.190><c> the</c><00:37:30.610><c> seed</c><00:37:30.889><c> of</c><00:37:31.130><c> promise,</c><00:37:31.489><c> the</c><00:37:31.590><c> Lord</c><00:37:31.789><c> Jesus</c><00:37:32.170><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:33.090 --> 00:37:35.789
as<00:37:33.230><c> Ishmael</c><00:37:33.750><c> mocked</c><00:37:34.150><c> Isaac.</c>

00:37:41.949 --> 00:37:42.989
Verse<00:37:42.469><c> 39,</c>

00:37:43.230 --> 00:37:44.769
They<00:37:43.550><c> answered</c><00:37:43.949><c> and</c><00:37:44.090><c> said</c><00:37:44.349><c> unto</c><00:37:44.489><c> him,</c>

00:37:44.789 --> 00:37:46.809
Abraham<00:37:45.250><c> is</c><00:37:45.550><c> our</c><00:37:45.809><c> father.</c>

00:37:47.710 --> 00:37:48.730
Jesus<00:37:48.070><c> said</c><00:37:48.309><c> unto</c><00:37:48.510><c> them,</c>

00:37:48.730 --> 00:37:52.889
If<00:37:48.989><c> you</c><00:37:49.130><c> were</c><00:37:49.349><c> Abraham's</c><00:37:49.909><c> children,</c><00:37:50.489><c> you</c><00:37:50.510><c> would</c><00:37:50.789><c> do</c><00:37:51.150><c> the</c><00:37:51.289><c> works</c><00:37:51.590><c> of</c><00:37:51.829><c> Abraham.</c>

00:37:53.110 --> 00:37:55.849
Their<00:37:53.449><c> character</c><00:37:53.909><c> wasn't</c><00:37:54.210><c> Abraham's</c><00:37:54.849><c> character.</c>

00:37:56.010 --> 00:37:59.150
It<00:37:56.090><c> was</c><00:37:56.329><c> the</c><00:37:56.570><c> character</c><00:37:57.110><c> of</c><00:37:58.469><c> Ishmael.</c>

00:37:59.150 --> 00:38:02.869
It<00:37:59.150><c> was</c><00:37:59.409><c> the</c><00:37:59.630><c> character</c><00:38:00.170><c> of</c><00:38:00.889><c> the</c><00:38:01.170><c> flesh</c><00:38:01.590><c> that</c><00:38:01.809><c> was</c><00:38:02.110><c> expressed</c>

00:38:02.869 --> 00:38:06.150
in<00:38:03.510><c> the</c><00:38:03.769><c> life</c><00:38:04.230><c> of</c><00:38:04.829><c> the</c><00:38:05.010><c> serpent.</c>

00:38:07.590 --> 00:38:10.050
In<00:38:08.349><c> Galatians</c><00:38:08.909><c> chapter</c><00:38:09.289><c> 4,</c><00:38:09.710><c> of</c><00:38:09.809><c> course,</c>

00:38:10.190 --> 00:38:13.690
the<00:38:10.250><c> apostle</c><00:38:10.929><c> works</c><00:38:11.650><c> out</c><00:38:11.949><c> an</c><00:38:12.190><c> extended</c><00:38:12.670><c> allegory</c>

00:38:13.690 --> 00:38:17.449
about<00:38:14.409><c> the</c><00:38:14.590><c> difference</c><00:38:15.030><c> between</c><00:38:15.969><c> Hagar</c><00:38:16.349><c> and</c><00:38:16.670><c> Saric,</c>

00:38:17.449 --> 00:38:20.469
of<00:38:17.769><c> Mount</c><00:38:18.070><c> Sinai</c><00:38:18.610><c> that</c><00:38:18.869><c> pertains</c><00:38:19.030><c> to</c><00:38:19.289><c> bondage,</c>

00:38:20.789 --> 00:38:23.429
and<00:38:20.809><c> about</c><00:38:21.010><c> Zion</c><00:38:21.369><c> that</c><00:38:21.670><c> leads</c><00:38:21.929><c> to</c><00:38:22.269><c> life.</c>

00:38:24.889 --> 00:38:26.570
Of<00:38:25.090><c> course,</c><00:38:25.250><c> it's</c><00:38:25.449><c> an</c><00:38:25.570><c> inspired</c><00:38:26.050><c> record,</c>

00:38:26.989 --> 00:38:29.570
but<00:38:26.989><c> I</c><00:38:27.170><c> think</c><00:38:27.449><c> without</c><00:38:27.849><c> the</c><00:38:28.110><c> kind</c><00:38:28.250><c> of</c><00:38:28.650><c> lead</c><00:38:28.849><c> of</c><00:38:29.050><c> the</c><00:38:29.230><c> apostle,</c>

00:38:29.650 --> 00:38:32.730
we<00:38:29.769><c> would</c><00:38:29.989><c> have</c><00:38:30.150><c> never</c><00:38:30.409><c> made</c><00:38:31.030><c> that</c><00:38:31.349><c> kind</c><00:38:31.590><c> of</c><00:38:31.969><c> jump</c><00:38:32.250><c> of</c>

00:38:32.730 --> 00:38:34.909
interpretation<00:38:33.489><c> ourselves.</c>

00:38:35.849 --> 00:38:38.309
But<00:38:35.989><c> the</c><00:38:36.150><c> apostle's</c><00:38:36.929><c> got</c><00:38:37.110><c> it,</c><00:38:37.250><c> of</c><00:38:37.389><c> course,</c><00:38:37.570><c> by</c><00:38:37.710><c> inspiration,</c>

00:38:38.389 --> 00:38:39.630
but<00:38:38.489><c> he's</c><00:38:38.650><c> got</c><00:38:38.789><c> it</c><00:38:38.909><c> from</c><00:38:39.070><c> his</c><00:38:39.289><c> master,</c>

00:38:39.710 --> 00:38:41.610
because<00:38:39.929><c> the</c><00:38:40.050><c> Lord</c><00:38:40.210><c> Jesus</c><00:38:40.550><c> Christ</c><00:38:40.849><c> has</c><00:38:41.010><c> got</c><00:38:41.130><c> it</c><00:38:41.409><c> here.</c>

00:38:41.750 --> 00:38:44.309
He's<00:38:42.070><c> thinking</c><00:38:42.349><c> about</c><00:38:42.670><c> that</c><00:38:43.289><c> household</c><00:38:43.730><c> of</c><00:38:44.070><c> Abraham</c>

00:38:44.309 --> 00:38:45.710
that's<00:38:44.690><c> been</c><00:38:44.869><c> commented</c><00:38:45.190><c> upon,</c>

00:38:45.710 --> 00:38:48.469
about<00:38:46.429><c> the</c><00:38:46.710><c> character</c><00:38:47.070><c> of</c><00:38:47.369><c> the</c><00:38:47.510><c> father.</c>

00:38:48.550 --> 00:38:50.010
He<00:38:48.690><c> says</c><00:38:48.909><c> in</c><00:38:49.070><c> verse</c><00:38:49.309><c> 35,</c>

00:38:50.170 --> 00:38:53.469
The<00:38:50.349><c> servant</c><00:38:50.789><c> abided</c><00:38:51.530><c> not</c><00:38:51.909><c> in</c><00:38:52.110><c> the</c><00:38:52.250><c> house</c><00:38:52.489><c> forever,</c>

00:38:53.750 --> 00:38:56.590
but<00:38:53.949><c> the</c><00:38:54.250><c> son</c><00:38:54.670><c> abided</c><00:38:55.449><c> ever.</c>

00:38:56.849 --> 00:39:00.210
And<00:38:57.409><c> the</c><00:38:57.510><c> son</c><00:38:57.690><c> of</c><00:38:57.889><c> the</c><00:38:58.090><c> servant</c><00:38:58.429><c> was</c><00:38:58.710><c> Ishmael.</c>

00:39:00.969 --> 00:39:03.869
The<00:39:01.250><c> son</c><00:39:01.489><c> of</c><00:39:01.650><c> the</c><00:39:01.829><c> free</c><00:39:02.030><c> woman</c><00:39:02.570><c> was</c><00:39:03.369><c> Sarah.</c>

00:39:04.030 --> 00:39:08.489
The<00:39:04.170><c> son</c><00:39:04.429><c> Ishmael,</c><00:39:06.489><c> the</c><00:39:06.730><c> seed</c><00:39:06.889><c> according</c><00:39:07.269><c> to</c><00:39:07.429><c> the</c><00:39:07.730><c> flesh,</c>

00:39:08.989 --> 00:39:12.070
of<00:39:09.110><c> whom</c><00:39:09.329><c> those</c><00:39:09.610><c> opponents</c><00:39:09.949><c> of</c><00:39:10.130><c> the</c><00:39:10.190><c> Lord</c><00:39:10.369><c> Jesus</c><00:39:10.750><c> Christ</c><00:39:11.110><c> were,</c>

00:39:12.110 --> 00:39:13.489
abides<00:39:12.309><c> not</c><00:39:12.570><c> in</c><00:39:12.730><c> the</c><00:39:12.889><c> house</c><00:39:13.090><c> forever.</c>

00:39:13.489 --> 00:39:16.269
Cast<00:39:13.969><c> out</c><00:39:14.250><c> the</c><00:39:14.449><c> bondwoman</c><00:39:14.889><c> and</c><00:39:15.130><c> her</c><00:39:15.429><c> son,</c>

00:39:16.409 --> 00:39:20.050
said<00:39:16.730><c> Sarah,</c><00:39:17.090><c> chapter</c><00:39:17.369><c> 21,</c><00:39:18.010><c> our</c><00:39:18.190><c> study</c><00:39:18.389><c> on</c><00:39:18.710><c> Friday.</c>

00:39:22.690 --> 00:39:25.489
The<00:39:22.849><c> son</c><00:39:22.849><c> of</c><00:39:23.030><c> the</c><00:39:23.150><c> servant</c><00:39:23.389><c> abides</c><00:39:23.650><c> not</c><00:39:23.949><c> in</c><00:39:24.190><c> the</c><00:39:24.250><c> house</c><00:39:24.429><c> forever,</c>

00:39:27.690 --> 00:39:29.349
but<00:39:27.849><c> the</c><00:39:27.969><c> son</c><00:39:28.210><c> of</c><00:39:28.349><c> God.</c>

00:39:30.309 --> 00:39:35.769
The<00:39:30.429><c> son</c><00:39:30.610><c> of</c><00:39:30.789><c> the</c><00:39:30.949><c> free</c><00:39:31.150><c> woman</c><00:39:31.929><c> then</c><00:39:32.909><c> abides</c><00:39:34.130><c> ever.</c>

00:39:36.030 --> 00:39:39.130
And<00:39:36.469><c> as</c><00:39:36.690><c> these</c><00:39:36.989><c> things</c><00:39:37.250><c> are</c><00:39:37.550><c> being</c><00:39:37.909><c> developed</c><00:39:38.429><c> by</c><00:39:38.710><c> the</c><00:39:38.869><c> Lord,</c>

00:39:39.130 --> 00:39:45.630
here<00:39:39.550><c> we</c><00:39:42.530><c> are</c><00:39:42.869><c> in</c><00:39:43.230><c> discussion,</c><00:39:44.349><c> in</c><00:39:44.369><c> hostile</c><00:39:44.829><c> discussion</c>

00:39:45.630 --> 00:39:49.389
with<00:39:46.769><c> those</c><00:39:47.269><c> who</c><00:39:47.570><c> are</c><00:39:48.190><c> opposed</c><00:39:48.690><c> to</c><00:39:48.949><c> him.</c>

00:39:49.710 --> 00:39:53.289
He<00:39:49.929><c> comes</c><00:39:50.150><c> back</c><00:39:50.449><c> to</c><00:39:50.789><c> another</c><00:39:51.230><c> theme</c><00:39:51.789><c> of</c><00:39:52.110><c> the</c><00:39:52.309><c> chapter,</c>

00:39:53.630 --> 00:39:57.469
which<00:39:54.090><c> is</c><00:39:54.769><c> developed</c><00:39:55.130><c> and</c><00:39:55.389><c> illustrated</c><00:39:55.989><c> at</c><00:39:56.269><c> length</c><00:39:56.489><c> in</c><00:39:56.710><c> chapter</c><00:39:56.989><c> 9,</c>

00:39:57.530 --> 00:39:58.969
if<00:39:57.650><c> we</c><00:39:57.769><c> have</c><00:39:57.849><c> time</c><00:39:58.110><c> to</c><00:39:58.230><c> go</c><00:39:58.510><c> there,</c>

00:39:59.429 --> 00:40:01.250
in<00:39:59.710><c> the</c><00:39:59.969><c> healing</c><00:40:00.210><c> of</c><00:40:00.409><c> the</c><00:40:00.610><c> blind</c><00:40:00.889><c> man</c>

00:40:01.250 --> 00:40:04.230
and<00:40:01.570><c> the</c><00:40:02.010><c> legal</c><00:40:02.610><c> process</c><00:40:03.269><c> that</c><00:40:03.690><c> follows.</c>

00:40:04.230 --> 00:40:09.949
But<00:40:04.550><c> verse</c><00:40:05.869><c> 55,</c><00:40:07.130><c> or</c><00:40:07.429><c> verse</c><00:40:07.630><c> 54</c><00:40:08.130><c> for</c><00:40:08.369><c> the</c><00:40:08.630><c> connection,</c>

00:40:11.909 --> 00:40:14.869
Jesus<00:40:12.289><c> answered,</c><00:40:12.809><c> If</c><00:40:12.969><c> I</c><00:40:13.170><c> honor</c><00:40:13.250><c> myself,</c><00:40:13.929><c> my</c><00:40:14.130><c> honor</c><00:40:14.269><c> is</c><00:40:14.570><c> nothing.</c>

00:40:15.010 --> 00:40:17.889
It<00:40:15.090><c> is</c><00:40:15.309><c> my</c><00:40:15.670><c> Father,</c><00:40:16.769><c> and</c><00:40:17.090><c> there's</c><00:40:17.269><c> the</c><00:40:17.489><c> focus.</c>

00:40:18.329 --> 00:40:20.829
It<00:40:18.389><c> is</c><00:40:18.650><c> my</c><00:40:18.949><c> Father</c><00:40:19.389><c> that</c><00:40:19.730><c> honoreth</c><00:40:20.230><c> me,</c>

00:40:21.130 --> 00:40:26.250
of<00:40:21.309><c> whom</c><00:40:21.710><c> ye</c><00:40:22.150><c> say</c><00:40:22.789><c> that</c><00:40:23.530><c> he</c><00:40:24.030><c> is</c><00:40:24.690><c> your</c><00:40:25.150><c> God.</c>

00:40:26.349 --> 00:40:31.989
Yet<00:40:26.570><c> ye</c><00:40:26.949><c> have</c><00:40:27.250><c> not</c><00:40:27.630><c> known</c><00:40:27.949><c> him,</c><00:40:29.869><c> but</c><00:40:30.230><c> I</c><00:40:30.789><c> know</c><00:40:31.289><c> him.</c>

00:40:31.989 --> 00:40:34.050
This<00:40:32.610><c> is</c><00:40:32.929><c> repetition</c><00:40:33.309><c> of</c><00:40:33.730><c> no,</c>

00:40:34.230 --> 00:40:37.150
that's<00:40:34.389><c> a</c><00:40:34.469><c> little</c><00:40:34.769><c> earlier</c><00:40:35.510><c> in</c><00:40:35.690><c> John</c><00:40:35.949><c> chapter</c><00:40:36.610><c> 8,</c>

00:40:37.190 --> 00:40:38.429
and<00:40:37.369><c> then</c><00:40:37.530><c> comes</c><00:40:37.730><c> back</c><00:40:38.130><c> here,</c>

00:40:38.469 --> 00:40:41.130
and<00:40:38.550><c> is</c><00:40:38.750><c> developed</c><00:40:39.110><c> in</c><00:40:39.369><c> detail</c><00:40:39.769><c> through</c><00:40:40.010><c> chapter</c><00:40:40.369><c> 9.</c>

00:40:41.429 --> 00:40:44.710
I<00:40:41.429><c> have</c><00:40:41.809><c> not</c><00:40:42.190><c> known</c><00:40:42.409><c> him,</c><00:40:43.230><c> sorry,</c><00:40:43.610><c> ye</c><00:40:43.809><c> have</c><00:40:44.050><c> not</c><00:40:44.289><c> known</c><00:40:44.469><c> him,</c>

00:40:44.889 --> 00:40:46.269
but<00:40:45.010><c> I</c><00:40:45.429><c> know</c><00:40:45.769><c> him.</c>

00:40:46.469 --> 00:40:48.909
And<00:40:46.710><c> if</c><00:40:46.869><c> I</c><00:40:47.070><c> should</c><00:40:47.269><c> say,</c><00:40:47.769><c> I</c><00:40:47.849><c> know</c><00:40:48.150><c> him</c><00:40:48.510><c> not,</c>

00:40:49.190 --> 00:40:51.170
I<00:40:49.449><c> shall</c><00:40:49.630><c> be</c><00:40:49.889><c> a</c><00:40:50.030><c> liar</c><00:40:50.250><c> like</c><00:40:50.550><c> unto</c><00:40:50.789><c> you,</c>

00:40:51.170 --> 00:40:54.090
but<00:40:51.369><c> I</c><00:40:51.690><c> know</c><00:40:52.010><c> him,</c><00:40:52.670><c> and</c><00:40:53.030><c> keep</c><00:40:53.369><c> his</c><00:40:53.769><c> saying,</c>

00:40:54.530 --> 00:40:57.710
your<00:40:54.889><c> Father</c><00:40:55.449><c> Abraham,</c><00:40:56.329><c> rejoice</c><00:40:56.849><c> to</c><00:40:57.309><c> know.</c>

00:40:57.710 --> 00:41:02.909
Same<00:40:58.809><c> word</c><00:40:59.309><c> as</c><00:40:59.769><c> no</c><00:41:00.170><c> in</c><00:41:00.530><c> verse</c><00:41:00.889><c> 55</c><00:41:01.530><c> and</c><00:41:01.750><c> throughout</c><00:41:02.010><c> chapter</c><00:41:02.309><c> 9.</c>

00:41:02.989 --> 00:41:05.809
Your<00:41:03.150><c> Father</c><00:41:03.570><c> Abraham,</c><00:41:04.050><c> rejoice</c><00:41:04.449><c> to</c><00:41:04.809><c> know</c><00:41:05.190><c> my</c><00:41:05.570><c> day,</c>

00:41:05.909 --> 00:41:07.309
and<00:41:06.289><c> he</c><00:41:06.570><c> knew</c><00:41:06.730><c> it.</c>

00:41:07.710 --> 00:41:11.150
Same<00:41:07.989><c> word</c><00:41:08.250><c> again,</c><00:41:09.309><c> and</c><00:41:09.570><c> was</c><00:41:09.949><c> glad.</c>

00:41:11.210 --> 00:41:14.650
That<00:41:11.510><c> was</c><00:41:11.849><c> the</c><00:41:12.110><c> knowledge</c><00:41:12.929><c> with</c><00:41:13.409><c> which</c><00:41:13.650><c> Abraham</c><00:41:14.110><c> saw,</c>

00:41:14.909 --> 00:41:18.110
that<00:41:15.050><c> he</c><00:41:15.170><c> had</c><00:41:15.329><c> an</c><00:41:15.690><c> understanding</c><00:41:16.349><c> of</c><00:41:17.230><c> the</c><00:41:17.550><c> day,</c>

00:41:18.530 --> 00:41:20.389
of<00:41:18.849><c> the</c><00:41:19.070><c> Son</c><00:41:19.230><c> of</c><00:41:19.469><c> God</c><00:41:19.650><c> through</c><00:41:19.829><c> those</c><00:41:20.090><c> things</c>

00:41:20.389 --> 00:41:22.650
that<00:41:20.590><c> the</c><00:41:20.750><c> Lord</c><00:41:21.210><c> communicated</c><00:41:22.110><c> to</c><00:41:22.469><c> him</c>

00:41:22.650 --> 00:41:24.110
in<00:41:22.869><c> the</c><00:41:23.190><c> making</c><00:41:23.409><c> of</c><00:41:23.650><c> the</c><00:41:23.809><c> covenant</c>

00:41:24.110 --> 00:41:26.030
and<00:41:24.329><c> in</c><00:41:24.570><c> the</c><00:41:24.769><c> circumstances</c><00:41:25.269><c> of</c><00:41:25.510><c> his</c><00:41:25.750><c> life</c>

00:41:26.030 --> 00:41:28.469
as<00:41:26.230><c> the</c><00:41:26.650><c> Father</c><00:41:26.929><c> worked</c><00:41:27.269><c> providentially</c><00:41:27.909><c> with</c><00:41:28.190><c> him.</c>

00:41:28.849 --> 00:41:32.110
My<00:41:29.130><c> Father,</c><00:41:29.849><c> your</c><00:41:30.329><c> Father</c><00:41:30.710><c> rather</c><00:41:31.010><c> Abraham,</c>

00:41:33.989 --> 00:41:35.869
knew<00:41:34.550><c> an</c><00:41:35.110><c> understanding,</c>

00:41:35.969 --> 00:41:38.210
a<00:41:36.130><c> spiritual</c><00:41:36.550><c> understanding</c>

00:41:39.030 --> 00:41:42.170
of<00:41:39.590><c> the</c><00:41:39.670><c> day</c><00:41:39.849><c> of</c><00:41:39.969><c> the</c><00:41:40.050><c> Son</c><00:41:40.250><c> of</c><00:41:40.389><c> God</c><00:41:40.570><c> and</c><00:41:40.750><c> its</c><00:41:40.969><c> meaning,</c>

00:41:42.989 --> 00:41:45.110
and<00:41:43.389><c> was</c><00:41:43.849><c> glad.</c>

00:41:46.250 --> 00:41:47.889
And<00:41:46.630><c> then</c><00:41:46.869><c> when</c><00:41:46.989><c> was</c><00:41:47.269><c> Abraham</c><00:41:47.530><c> glad?</c>

00:41:47.929 --> 00:41:49.090
When<00:41:48.170><c> did</c><00:41:48.309><c> he</c><00:41:48.429><c> rejoice?</c>

00:41:49.469 --> 00:41:51.590
The<00:41:49.650><c> only</c><00:41:49.909><c> record</c><00:41:50.230><c> we</c><00:41:50.449><c> have</c><00:41:50.590><c> of</c><00:41:50.789><c> Abraham</c><00:41:51.030><c> rejoicing</c>

00:41:51.590 --> 00:41:53.969
and<00:41:51.730><c> being</c><00:41:51.929><c> glad</c><00:41:52.190><c> is</c><00:41:52.690><c> in</c><00:41:52.869><c> chapter</c><00:41:53.010><c> 17</c><00:41:53.429><c> of</c><00:41:53.710><c> Genesis</c>

00:41:53.969 --> 00:41:57.130
when<00:41:54.130><c> he</c><00:41:54.349><c> laughs</c><00:41:55.190><c> at</c><00:41:56.190><c> the</c><00:41:56.389><c> promise</c><00:41:56.590><c> of</c><00:41:56.909><c> the</c><00:41:56.989><c> seed</c>

00:41:57.130 --> 00:42:00.869
that<00:41:57.489><c> Sarah</c><00:41:57.849><c> herself</c><00:41:58.409><c> would</c><00:41:58.829><c> bear</c><00:41:59.110><c> unto</c><00:41:59.349><c> him.</c>

00:42:01.590 --> 00:42:03.230
He<00:42:01.750><c> recognized</c><00:42:02.289><c> the</c><00:42:02.429><c> meaning</c><00:42:02.769><c> of</c><00:42:03.010><c> it.</c>

00:42:03.469 --> 00:42:04.329
That's<00:42:03.710><c> why</c><00:42:03.909><c> he</c><00:42:04.070><c> said,</c>

00:42:04.349 --> 00:42:08.190
oh,<00:42:05.590><c> that</c><00:42:05.730><c> Ishmael</c><00:42:06.090><c> might</c><00:42:06.329><c> live</c><00:42:06.590><c> before</c><00:42:07.110><c> thee.</c>

00:42:09.750 --> 00:42:11.869
Because<00:42:10.110><c> he</c><00:42:10.389><c> knew</c><00:42:10.389><c> it</c><00:42:10.570><c> meant</c><00:42:10.789><c> that</c><00:42:11.010><c> the</c><00:42:11.090><c> Son</c><00:42:11.250><c> of</c><00:42:11.389><c> the</c><00:42:11.590><c> servant</c>

00:42:11.869 --> 00:42:13.969
abided<00:42:12.230><c> not</c><00:42:12.510><c> in</c><00:42:12.690><c> the</c><00:42:12.809><c> house</c><00:42:12.989><c> forever,</c>

00:42:13.989 --> 00:42:17.969
but<00:42:14.190><c> the</c><00:42:15.530><c> seed</c><00:42:15.670><c> of</c><00:42:15.989><c> promise</c><00:42:16.250><c> abides</c><00:42:16.849><c> forever.</c>

00:42:18.170 --> 00:42:20.989
And<00:42:18.349><c> the</c><00:42:18.429><c> Lord</c><00:42:18.610><c> Jesus</c><00:42:19.050><c> Christ,</c><00:42:19.829><c> I</c><00:42:20.269><c> think,</c>

00:42:21.150 --> 00:42:23.130
has<00:42:21.329><c> got</c><00:42:21.510><c> that</c><00:42:21.769><c> here</c><00:42:22.010><c> as</c><00:42:22.269><c> well</c><00:42:22.409><c> when</c><00:42:22.570><c> he</c><00:42:22.730><c> says</c>

00:42:23.130 --> 00:42:25.909
to<00:42:23.690><c> the</c><00:42:23.909><c> constellation</c><00:42:24.329><c> of</c><00:42:24.590><c> the</c><00:42:24.710><c> Jews</c><00:42:24.869><c> in</c><00:42:25.030><c> verse</c><00:42:25.329><c> 50,</c>

00:42:25.929 --> 00:42:27.949
I<00:42:26.409><c> seek</c><00:42:26.670><c> not</c><00:42:26.969><c> my</c><00:42:27.150><c> own</c><00:42:27.489><c> glory.</c>

00:42:28.449 --> 00:42:30.769
There<00:42:28.670><c> is</c><00:42:28.869><c> one</c><00:42:29.130><c> that</c><00:42:29.469><c> seeketh</c><00:42:29.809><c> and</c><00:42:30.010><c> judgeeth.</c>

00:42:31.070 --> 00:42:32.550
Verily,<00:42:31.469><c> verily,</c><00:42:31.969><c> I</c><00:42:32.010><c> say</c><00:42:32.150><c> unto</c><00:42:32.349><c> you,</c>

00:42:32.570 --> 00:42:36.949
if<00:42:32.730><c> a</c><00:42:33.010><c> man</c><00:42:33.510><c> keep</c><00:42:33.929><c> my</c><00:42:34.329><c> saying,</c><00:42:34.590><c> he</c><00:42:34.829><c> shall</c><00:42:35.110><c> never</c><00:42:35.550><c> see</c><00:42:35.949><c> death.</c>

00:42:37.510 --> 00:42:39.590
Oh,<00:42:37.809><c> that</c><00:42:37.929><c> Ishmael</c><00:42:38.329><c> might</c><00:42:38.570><c> live</c><00:42:38.829><c> before</c><00:42:39.289><c> thee.</c>

00:42:39.590 --> 00:42:41.309
That's<00:42:40.010><c> not</c><00:42:40.250><c> possible.</c>

00:42:41.630 --> 00:42:43.730
He's<00:42:42.010><c> the</c><00:42:42.110><c> seed</c><00:42:42.190><c> of</c><00:42:42.369><c> the</c><00:42:42.570><c> flesh,</c><00:42:42.829><c> the</c><00:42:43.090><c> representative</c>

00:42:43.730 --> 00:42:46.329
of<00:42:44.489><c> the</c><00:42:44.690><c> seed</c><00:42:44.829><c> of</c><00:42:45.030><c> the</c><00:42:45.269><c> flesh</c><00:42:45.590><c> for</c><00:42:45.809><c> Isaac.</c>

00:42:46.630 --> 00:42:49.369
I<00:42:46.849><c> will</c><00:42:47.050><c> keep</c><00:42:47.269><c> my</c><00:42:47.570><c> covenant</c><00:42:47.909><c> with</c><00:42:48.210><c> Isaac.</c>

00:42:51.550 --> 00:42:54.710
And<00:42:52.110><c> there</c><00:42:52.389><c> is</c><00:42:52.530><c> life</c><00:42:53.190><c> in</c><00:42:54.289><c> the</c><00:42:54.530><c> covenant</c>

00:42:54.710 --> 00:42:56.809
that<00:42:54.909><c> the</c><00:42:55.030><c> Almighty</c><00:42:55.349><c> has</c><00:42:55.710><c> made.</c>

00:42:57.050 --> 00:42:59.309
Not<00:42:57.210><c> that</c><00:42:57.409><c> those</c><00:42:57.670><c> who</c><00:42:57.949><c> are</c><00:42:58.050><c> party</c><00:42:58.329><c> to</c><00:42:58.590><c> the</c><00:42:59.030><c> covenant</c>

00:42:59.309 --> 00:43:01.750
will<00:42:59.590><c> not</c><00:42:59.889><c> die,</c><00:43:00.289><c> as</c><00:43:00.550><c> Abraham's</c><00:43:01.130><c> already</c><00:43:01.409><c> had</c><00:43:01.510><c> it</c>

00:43:01.750 --> 00:43:03.750
communicated<00:43:02.190><c> to</c><00:43:02.449><c> him</c><00:43:02.630><c> in</c><00:43:02.809><c> Fig.</c><00:43:03.190><c> 15,</c>

00:43:03.829 --> 00:43:07.989
that<00:43:03.969><c> he</c><00:43:04.110><c> must</c><00:43:04.449><c> die</c><00:43:05.389><c> before</c><00:43:06.550><c> the</c><00:43:07.289><c> realization</c>

00:43:07.989 --> 00:43:11.130
of<00:43:08.230><c> these</c><00:43:08.550><c> things</c><00:43:08.829><c> by</c><00:43:09.110><c> resurrection</c><00:43:09.710><c> from</c><00:43:10.050><c> the</c><00:43:10.269><c> dead.</c>

00:43:11.150 --> 00:43:15.210
But<00:43:11.369><c> those</c><00:43:12.409><c> that</c><00:43:13.130><c> hear</c><00:43:13.369><c> the</c><00:43:13.570><c> word</c><00:43:13.849><c> of</c><00:43:14.010><c> the</c><00:43:14.150><c> Son</c><00:43:14.389><c> of</c><00:43:14.650><c> God</c>

00:43:15.210 --> 00:43:20.150
and<00:43:16.190><c> keep</c><00:43:16.670><c> it</c><00:43:17.250><c> are</c><00:43:18.090><c> related</c><00:43:18.929><c> to</c><00:43:19.570><c> life</c>

00:43:20.150 --> 00:43:23.969
and<00:43:21.469><c> not</c><00:43:22.309><c> to</c><00:43:22.969><c> death.</c>

00:43:23.989 --> 00:43:28.750
They,<00:43:25.050><c> through</c><00:43:25.469><c> their</c><00:43:26.269><c> identification</c><00:43:27.230><c> with</c><00:43:27.550><c> the</c><00:43:27.889><c> Son,</c>

00:43:28.849 --> 00:43:32.449
might<00:43:29.110><c> abide</c><00:43:29.469><c> in</c><00:43:29.710><c> the</c><00:43:29.889><c> house</c><00:43:30.989><c> forever.</c>

00:43:35.590 --> 00:43:37.730
2<00:43:35.869><c> Peter</c><00:43:36.210><c> chapter</c><00:43:36.650><c> 1.</c>

00:43:43.389 --> 00:43:45.849
We<00:43:43.989><c> haven't</c><00:43:44.590><c> been</c><00:43:44.829><c> here</c><00:43:44.989><c> yet</c><00:43:45.250><c> this</c><00:43:45.469><c> morning.</c>

00:43:45.889 --> 00:43:47.809
Not<00:43:46.230><c> directly,</c><00:43:47.309><c> anyway.</c>

00:43:56.489 --> 00:43:56.869
There<00:43:56.650><c> it</c><00:43:56.769><c> is.</c>

00:43:56.929 --> 00:43:59.289
We've<00:43:57.090><c> been</c><00:43:57.190><c> thinking</c><00:43:57.570><c> about</c><00:43:58.070><c> verses</c><00:43:58.429><c> 3</c><00:43:58.909><c> and</c><00:43:58.929><c> 4</c>

00:43:59.289 --> 00:44:02.409
of<00:43:59.469><c> chapter</c><00:43:59.710><c> 1,</c><00:44:00.869><c> rooted</c><00:44:01.230><c> in</c><00:44:01.590><c> the</c><00:44:02.010><c> example</c>

00:44:02.409 --> 00:44:03.989
and<00:44:02.650><c> the</c><00:44:02.929><c> experience</c><00:44:03.230><c> of</c><00:44:03.530><c> Abraham</c>

00:44:03.989 --> 00:44:08.090
in<00:44:04.750><c> the</c><00:44:05.789><c> language</c><00:44:06.550><c> that</c><00:44:06.909><c> the</c><00:44:07.409><c> Apostle</c><00:44:07.829><c> Peter</c>

00:44:08.090 --> 00:44:10.289
uses<00:44:08.530><c> here</c><00:44:08.869><c> by</c><00:44:09.090><c> inspiration.</c>

00:44:10.510 --> 00:44:12.630
That's<00:44:10.849><c> what</c><00:44:11.010><c> the</c><00:44:11.190><c> covenant</c><00:44:11.329><c> was</c><00:44:11.530><c> all</c><00:44:11.789><c> about</c>

00:44:13.150 --> 00:44:15.150
in<00:44:13.829><c> its</c><00:44:14.170><c> fullness.</c>

00:44:15.489 --> 00:44:19.190
That<00:44:15.489><c> we,</c><00:44:16.510><c> through</c><00:44:16.690><c> the</c><00:44:17.409><c> rewards</c><00:44:18.010><c> of</c><00:44:18.610><c> those</c><00:44:18.889><c> great</c>

00:44:19.190 --> 00:44:21.969
and<00:44:19.469><c> precious</c><00:44:19.750><c> promises,</c><00:44:20.909><c> might</c><00:44:21.070><c> be</c><00:44:21.369><c> partakers</c>

00:44:21.969 --> 00:44:25.630
of<00:44:22.170><c> the</c><00:44:22.329><c> divine</c><00:44:22.610><c> nature,</c><00:44:23.510><c> having</c><00:44:23.829><c> cut</c><00:44:24.070><c> off</c><00:44:24.309><c> the</c><00:44:24.510><c> flesh,</c>

00:44:25.929 --> 00:44:28.090
having<00:44:26.409><c> escaped</c><00:44:27.429><c> the</c><00:44:27.730><c> corruption</c>

00:44:28.090 --> 00:44:31.090
that<00:44:28.309><c> is</c><00:44:28.449><c> in</c><00:44:28.590><c> the</c><00:44:28.769><c> world</c><00:44:29.010><c> through</c><00:44:29.829><c> lust.</c>

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:35.590
And<00:44:31.829><c> the</c><00:44:32.010><c> Apostle,</c><00:44:32.550><c> then,</c><00:44:33.210><c> is</c><00:44:33.530><c> thinking</c><00:44:34.010><c> about</c><00:44:34.389><c> Abraham.</c>

00:44:35.670 --> 00:44:37.690
And<00:44:35.809><c> although</c><00:44:36.070><c> the</c><00:44:36.329><c> kind</c><00:44:36.449><c> of</c><00:44:36.690><c> greatest</c><00:44:37.070><c> exemplar</c>

00:44:37.690 --> 00:44:39.710
of<00:44:37.869><c> the</c><00:44:37.969><c> qualities</c><00:44:38.349><c> that</c><00:44:38.710><c> he</c><00:44:38.889><c> then</c><00:44:39.170><c> speaks</c><00:44:39.449><c> about</c>

00:44:39.710 --> 00:44:41.989
is,<00:44:39.889><c> of</c><00:44:40.050><c> course,</c><00:44:40.650><c> our</c><00:44:40.750><c> Lord</c><00:44:40.969><c> Jesus</c><00:44:41.469><c> Christ,</c>

00:44:42.110 --> 00:44:45.239
then<00:44:42.289><c> after</c><00:44:43.050><c> the</c><00:44:43.349><c> Lord,</c><00:44:43.750><c> who</c><00:44:43.889><c> else</c><00:44:44.230><c> but</c><00:44:44.429><c> Abraham</c>

00:44:45.750 --> 00:44:48.710
better<00:44:46.369><c> illustrates</c><00:44:46.989><c> the</c><00:44:47.929><c> characteristics</c>

00:44:48.710 --> 00:44:50.510
that<00:44:49.130><c> the</c><00:44:49.329><c> Apostle</c><00:44:49.710><c> is</c><00:44:49.949><c> looking</c><00:44:50.250><c> for</c>

00:44:50.510 --> 00:44:53.630
brethren<00:44:50.789><c> and</c><00:44:51.050><c> sisters</c><00:44:51.289><c> in</c><00:44:51.630><c> Christ</c><00:44:51.949><c> to</c><00:44:52.409><c> inculcate.</c>

00:44:53.909 --> 00:44:57.070
And<00:44:54.110><c> Abraham</c><00:44:54.429><c> is</c><00:44:54.809><c> still</c><00:44:55.369><c> in</c><00:44:56.030><c> view.</c>

00:44:57.190 --> 00:44:59.889
Verse<00:44:57.429><c> 5,</c><00:44:57.929><c> besides</c><00:44:58.389><c> this,</c><00:44:58.710><c> giving</c><00:44:58.909><c> all</c><00:44:59.250><c> diligence</c>

00:44:59.889 --> 00:45:03.309
add<00:45:00.590><c> to</c><00:45:00.650><c> your</c><00:45:00.989><c> faith</c><00:45:01.289><c> virtue</c><00:45:01.969><c> and</c><00:45:02.170><c> to</c><00:45:02.289><c> virtue</c><00:45:02.690><c> knowledge.</c>

00:45:03.530 --> 00:45:05.730
When<00:45:03.670><c> he</c><00:45:03.769><c> says</c><00:45:03.989><c> add,</c><00:45:04.809><c> he</c><00:45:04.809><c> doesn't</c><00:45:05.150><c> mean</c>

00:45:05.730 --> 00:45:08.570
get<00:45:06.349><c> faith</c><00:45:06.769><c> first</c><00:45:07.269><c> and</c><00:45:07.530><c> then</c><00:45:07.809><c> add</c><00:45:08.150><c> virtue.</c>

00:45:08.690 --> 00:45:11.389
When<00:45:08.829><c> you've</c><00:45:09.110><c> got</c><00:45:09.309><c> virtue,</c><00:45:09.809><c> add</c><00:45:10.190><c> knowledge.</c>

00:45:11.530 --> 00:45:14.829
The<00:45:11.650><c> word</c><00:45:12.090><c> add</c><00:45:12.789><c> doesn't</c><00:45:13.329><c> have</c><00:45:13.610><c> that</c><00:45:13.949><c> sense</c><00:45:14.329><c> here.</c>

00:45:14.849 --> 00:45:17.289
It's<00:45:15.210><c> translated</c><00:45:15.510><c> ministered</c><00:45:16.710><c> elsewhere.</c>

00:45:17.590 --> 00:45:19.570
He<00:45:17.949><c> means</c><00:45:18.269><c> that</c><00:45:18.469><c> you've</c><00:45:18.730><c> got</c><00:45:18.949><c> to</c><00:45:19.050><c> have</c><00:45:19.230><c> a</c><00:45:19.369><c> mix</c>

00:45:19.570 --> 00:45:21.469
of<00:45:19.829><c> these</c><00:45:20.110><c> things,</c><00:45:20.489><c> that</c><00:45:20.590><c> these</c><00:45:20.889><c> qualities</c>

00:45:21.469 --> 00:45:23.869
have<00:45:21.929><c> to</c><00:45:22.070><c> be</c><00:45:22.409><c> integrated</c><00:45:22.909><c> together</c>

00:45:23.869 --> 00:45:29.210
in<00:45:24.809><c> order</c><00:45:25.210><c> to</c><00:45:26.929><c> manifest</c><00:45:27.809><c> the</c><00:45:28.469><c> characteristics</c>

00:45:29.210 --> 00:45:31.150
of<00:45:29.369><c> the</c><00:45:29.550><c> Father</c><00:45:29.829><c> and</c><00:45:30.010><c> the</c><00:45:30.409><c> Son</c><00:45:30.670><c> as</c><00:45:30.869><c> those</c>

00:45:31.150 --> 00:45:36.030
who<00:45:31.510><c> are</c><00:45:31.989><c> truly</c><00:45:32.869><c> the</c><00:45:34.010><c> seed</c><00:45:34.250><c> in</c><00:45:34.530><c> the</c><00:45:34.710><c> house.</c>

00:45:36.949 --> 00:45:38.750
Give<00:45:37.070><c> all</c><00:45:37.309><c> diligence</c><00:45:37.670><c> add</c><00:45:37.909><c> to</c><00:45:38.010><c> your</c><00:45:38.389><c> faith.</c>

00:45:38.889 --> 00:45:41.050
Well,<00:45:39.210><c> there's</c><00:45:39.349><c> no</c><00:45:39.590><c> greater</c><00:45:39.909><c> example</c><00:45:40.309><c> of</c><00:45:40.530><c> faith</c>

00:45:41.050 --> 00:45:42.730
than<00:45:41.550><c> Abraham,</c><00:45:42.230><c> isn't</c><00:45:42.269><c> there,</c>

00:45:43.030 --> 00:45:45.789
whose<00:45:43.190><c> faith</c><00:45:43.469><c> was</c><00:45:43.809><c> counted</c><00:45:44.110><c> to</c><00:45:44.309><c> him</c><00:45:44.630><c> for</c><00:45:45.010><c> righteousness</c>

00:45:45.789 --> 00:45:48.230
and<00:45:46.969><c> to</c><00:45:47.170><c> faith</c><00:45:47.389><c> virtue.</c>

00:45:48.710 --> 00:45:52.110
And<00:45:48.969><c> that's</c><00:45:49.269><c> a</c><00:45:49.409><c> quality</c><00:45:49.809><c> of</c><00:45:50.190><c> God</c><00:45:50.510><c> himself</c>

00:45:52.050 --> 00:45:54.130
earlier<00:45:52.369><c> on</c><00:45:52.590><c> in</c><00:45:52.710><c> the</c><00:45:52.849><c> chapter</c><00:45:53.130><c> who</c><00:45:53.449><c> called</c><00:45:53.769><c> us</c>

00:45:54.130 --> 00:45:58.369
by<00:45:55.250><c> his</c><00:45:55.730><c> own</c><00:45:56.110><c> glory</c><00:45:56.510><c> and</c><00:45:57.010><c> virtue.</c>

00:45:58.650 --> 00:46:01.110
And<00:45:58.949><c> there</c><00:45:59.210><c> was</c><00:45:59.590><c> Abraham,</c><00:46:00.429><c> of</c><00:46:00.449><c> whom</c><00:46:00.610><c> God</c><00:46:00.849><c> says</c>

00:46:01.110 --> 00:46:02.750
in<00:46:01.190><c> chapter</c><00:46:01.449><c> 18,</c><00:46:01.909><c> tomorrow's</c><00:46:02.650><c> study,</c>

00:46:02.769 --> 00:46:05.469
I<00:46:02.929><c> know</c><00:46:03.269><c> him,</c><00:46:03.530><c> that</c><00:46:03.650><c> he</c><00:46:03.730><c> will</c><00:46:03.929><c> teach</c><00:46:04.369><c> his</c><00:46:04.789><c> children</c>

00:46:05.469 --> 00:46:10.010
justice<00:46:06.389><c> and</c><00:46:06.750><c> judgment,</c><00:46:07.809><c> that</c><00:46:08.030><c> he</c><00:46:08.650><c> had</c><00:46:09.050><c> an</c><00:46:09.289><c> understanding,</c>

00:46:10.090 --> 00:46:14.210
an<00:46:10.409><c> affinity</c><00:46:11.110><c> with</c><00:46:12.230><c> the</c><00:46:12.570><c> qualities</c><00:46:13.150><c> that</c><00:46:13.530><c> are</c>

00:46:14.210 --> 00:46:17.530
pleasing<00:46:14.670><c> to</c><00:46:15.050><c> God,</c><00:46:15.670><c> that</c><00:46:15.829><c> that</c><00:46:16.070><c> was</c><00:46:16.329><c> his</c><00:46:16.730><c> character.</c>

00:46:17.969 --> 00:46:20.570
And<00:46:18.329><c> to</c><00:46:18.510><c> virtue</c><00:46:18.849><c> knowledge,</c><00:46:19.789><c> well,</c><00:46:20.090><c> we're</c><00:46:20.309><c> thinking</c>

00:46:20.570 --> 00:46:22.989
about<00:46:20.849><c> the</c><00:46:21.130><c> knowledge</c><00:46:21.710><c> that</c><00:46:22.389><c> Abraham</c><00:46:22.710><c> had</c>

00:46:22.989 --> 00:46:25.769
of<00:46:23.170><c> the</c><00:46:23.309><c> things</c><00:46:23.489><c> of</c><00:46:23.730><c> God</c><00:46:23.989><c> that</c><00:46:24.530><c> he</c><00:46:25.369><c> deserved</c>

00:46:25.769 --> 00:46:29.449
through<00:46:26.130><c> those</c><00:46:26.610><c> things</c><00:46:26.889><c> that</c><00:46:27.110><c> God</c><00:46:27.369><c> spoke</c><00:46:27.869><c> to</c><00:46:28.909><c> him.</c>

00:46:29.829 --> 00:46:32.650
To<00:46:29.949><c> knowledge</c><00:46:30.230><c> temperance,</c><00:46:31.170><c> self</c><00:46:31.269><c>-control,</c>

00:46:33.010 --> 00:46:34.769
perhaps<00:46:33.110><c> not</c><00:46:33.530><c> so</c><00:46:33.909><c> directly</c><00:46:34.349><c> obvious</c>

00:46:34.769 --> 00:46:37.050
in<00:46:34.969><c> the</c><00:46:35.110><c> life</c><00:46:35.289><c> of</c><00:46:35.530><c> Abraham,</c><00:46:36.369><c> but</c><00:46:36.510><c> no</c><00:46:36.690><c> doubt</c>

00:46:37.050 --> 00:46:39.550
present<00:46:37.510><c> in</c><00:46:37.929><c> the</c><00:46:38.090><c> way,</c><00:46:38.510><c> the</c><00:46:38.730><c> caring</c><00:46:39.010><c> way</c>

00:46:39.550 --> 00:46:43.050
that<00:46:40.070><c> he</c><00:46:40.289><c> dealt</c><00:46:40.590><c> with</c><00:46:40.929><c> Hagar</c><00:46:41.409><c> and</c><00:46:41.989><c> with</c><00:46:42.449><c> Ishmael</c>

00:46:43.050 --> 00:46:48.130
despite<00:46:44.150><c> their</c><00:46:45.530><c> difficult</c><00:46:46.769><c> character.</c>

00:46:49.869 --> 00:46:52.090
To<00:46:50.610><c> temperance</c><00:46:51.090><c> rather</c><00:46:51.369><c> patience,</c>

00:46:52.369 --> 00:46:54.230
patience<00:46:52.730><c> we've</c><00:46:53.429><c> already</c><00:46:53.550><c> commented</c><00:46:53.869><c> upon,</c>

00:46:54.230 --> 00:46:56.210
a<00:46:54.429><c> key</c><00:46:54.750><c> characteristic</c><00:46:55.530><c> of</c><00:46:55.809><c> Abraham</c>

00:46:56.210 --> 00:46:58.230
who<00:46:56.550><c> waited</c><00:46:56.949><c> for</c><00:46:57.730><c> the</c><00:46:57.989><c> promise,</c>

00:46:58.349 --> 00:46:59.969
Hebrews<00:46:58.550><c> 6,</c><00:46:58.909><c> Hebrews</c><00:46:59.250><c> 10,</c>

00:47:00.349 --> 00:47:04.630
and<00:47:00.730><c> to</c><00:47:00.989><c> patience</c><00:47:01.409><c> godliness,</c><00:47:03.070><c> to</c><00:47:03.150><c> be</c><00:47:03.449><c> devout,</c>

00:47:04.949 --> 00:47:06.989
even<00:47:05.130><c> more</c><00:47:05.369><c> devout</c><00:47:05.690><c> than</c><00:47:05.889><c> Abraham,</c>

00:47:07.090 --> 00:47:09.150
who<00:47:07.250><c> got</c><00:47:07.389><c> up</c><00:47:07.590><c> early</c><00:47:07.889><c> in</c><00:47:08.030><c> the</c><00:47:08.150><c> morning</c><00:47:08.429><c> repeatedly</c>

00:47:09.150 --> 00:47:12.590
in<00:47:09.429><c> order</c><00:47:09.650><c> to</c><00:47:09.889><c> be</c><00:47:10.110><c> about</c><00:47:10.349><c> his</c><00:47:10.650><c> master's</c><00:47:11.449><c> service,</c>

00:47:12.690 --> 00:47:14.690
a<00:47:13.110><c> godly</c><00:47:13.469><c> man</c><00:47:13.869><c> indeed.</c>

00:47:15.170 --> 00:47:17.309
To<00:47:15.449><c> godliness,</c><00:47:16.269><c> brotherly</c><00:47:16.690><c> kindness,</c>

00:47:17.510 --> 00:47:19.110
well,<00:47:17.670><c> that's</c><00:47:17.869><c> Genesis</c><00:47:18.170><c> chapter</c><00:47:18.530><c> 13,</c>

00:47:19.110 --> 00:47:24.409
we<00:47:19.769><c> be</c><00:47:20.190><c> brethren,</c><00:47:22.369><c> my</c><00:47:22.630><c> brother</c><00:47:23.130><c> Lot,</c>

00:47:26.309 --> 00:47:28.929
the<00:47:26.909><c> attitude</c><00:47:27.510><c> that</c><00:47:28.230><c> he</c><00:47:28.489><c> displayed</c>

00:47:28.929 --> 00:47:31.130
in<00:47:29.250><c> resolving</c><00:47:29.989><c> conflict,</c>

00:47:31.409 --> 00:47:33.409
and<00:47:31.570><c> to</c><00:47:31.789><c> brotherly</c><00:47:32.349><c> kindness,</c>

00:47:33.610 --> 00:47:36.170
love,<00:47:34.349><c> charity,</c><00:47:35.090><c> love.</c>

00:47:36.269 --> 00:47:37.989
First<00:47:36.510><c> time,</c><00:47:36.789><c> of</c><00:47:36.929><c> course,</c><00:47:37.110><c> we</c><00:47:37.230><c> read</c><00:47:37.429><c> about</c><00:47:37.710><c> love</c>

00:47:37.989 --> 00:47:41.670
in<00:47:38.150><c> the</c><00:47:38.289><c> pages</c><00:47:38.510><c> of</c><00:47:38.690><c> God's</c><00:47:39.110><c> Word</c><00:47:39.269><c> is</c><00:47:39.469><c> in</c><00:47:39.610><c> the</c><00:47:39.769><c> context</c><00:47:40.329><c> of</c><00:47:41.010><c> Abraham.</c>

00:47:41.969 --> 00:47:43.449
It's<00:47:42.010><c> in</c><00:47:42.110><c> Genesis</c><00:47:42.369><c> chapter</c><00:47:42.789><c> 22,</c>

00:47:43.829 --> 00:47:46.030
take<00:47:44.010><c> now</c><00:47:44.329><c> your</c><00:47:44.630><c> son,</c><00:47:45.050><c> your</c><00:47:45.090><c> only</c><00:47:45.409><c> son</c><00:47:45.610><c> Isaac,</c>

00:47:46.190 --> 00:47:47.289
whom<00:47:46.289><c> thou</c><00:47:46.690><c> lovest.</c>

00:47:47.289 --> 00:47:51.769
The<00:47:47.849><c> first</c><00:47:48.170><c> time</c><00:47:48.489><c> the</c><00:47:48.849><c> idea</c><00:47:49.190><c> of</c><00:47:49.369><c> love</c><00:47:49.650><c> arises</c><00:47:50.110><c> in</c><00:47:50.409><c> Scripture,</c>

00:47:52.409 --> 00:47:56.690
and<00:47:52.570><c> Abraham</c><00:47:52.909><c> demonstrates</c><00:47:53.670><c> for</c><00:47:53.909><c> us</c><00:47:54.050><c> what</c><00:47:54.349><c> true</c><00:47:54.670><c> love</c><00:47:54.969><c> is,</c>

00:47:58.170 --> 00:48:00.110
a<00:47:58.210><c> love</c><00:47:58.389><c> of</c><00:47:58.530><c> the</c><00:47:58.650><c> things</c><00:47:58.869><c> of</c><00:47:59.150><c> God,</c>

00:48:00.889 --> 00:48:02.269
and<00:48:01.050><c> the</c><00:48:01.190><c> love</c><00:48:01.530><c> of</c><00:48:01.769><c> his</c><00:48:02.010><c> son</c>

00:48:02.269 --> 00:48:05.909
as<00:48:02.530><c> they</c><00:48:03.269><c> cooperated</c><00:48:03.829><c> together</c><00:48:04.510><c> in</c><00:48:05.070><c> the</c><00:48:05.230><c> things</c><00:48:05.429><c> of</c><00:48:05.730><c> God.</c>

00:48:06.150 --> 00:48:08.190
That<00:48:06.369><c> Abraham</c><00:48:06.710><c> is</c><00:48:07.030><c> the</c><00:48:07.289><c> example</c><00:48:07.750><c> perhaps</c>

00:48:08.190 --> 00:48:10.050
that's<00:48:08.369><c> in</c><00:48:08.590><c> the</c><00:48:08.769><c> mind</c><00:48:09.050><c> of</c><00:48:09.650><c> the</c><00:48:09.809><c> apostle,</c>

00:48:10.110 --> 00:48:11.670
the<00:48:10.250><c> mind</c><00:48:10.449><c> of</c><00:48:10.650><c> the</c><00:48:10.949><c> spirit</c><00:48:11.289><c> here,</c>

00:48:11.710 --> 00:48:14.590
as<00:48:12.230><c> he</c><00:48:12.389><c> takes</c><00:48:12.730><c> us</c><00:48:12.949><c> out</c><00:48:13.090><c> of</c><00:48:13.429><c> the</c><00:48:13.710><c> thoughts</c><00:48:13.989><c> of</c><00:48:14.230><c> Abraham</c>

00:48:14.590 --> 00:48:16.710
in<00:48:14.769><c> verses</c><00:48:15.010><c> 3</c><00:48:15.510><c> and</c><00:48:15.809><c> 4,</c>

00:48:16.710 --> 00:48:19.409
and<00:48:17.150><c> then</c><00:48:17.449><c> confirms</c><00:48:17.909><c> it</c><00:48:18.170><c> by</c><00:48:18.329><c> coming</c><00:48:18.530><c> back</c><00:48:18.889><c> to</c><00:48:19.090><c> Abraham,</c>

00:48:19.570 --> 00:48:20.610
doesn't<00:48:19.730><c> he,</c><00:48:19.909><c> in</c><00:48:19.989><c> verse</c><00:48:20.230><c> 8,</c>

00:48:20.610 --> 00:48:22.829
for<00:48:20.769><c> if</c><00:48:20.989><c> these</c><00:48:21.309><c> things</c><00:48:21.590><c> be</c><00:48:21.829><c> in</c><00:48:21.929><c> you</c><00:48:22.150><c> and</c><00:48:22.309><c> abound,</c>

00:48:23.130 --> 00:48:25.750
they<00:48:23.130><c> make</c><00:48:23.429><c> you</c><00:48:23.769><c> that</c><00:48:23.929><c> ye</c><00:48:24.210><c> shall</c><00:48:24.449><c> neither</c><00:48:24.789><c> be</c><00:48:25.289><c> barren</c>

00:48:25.750 --> 00:48:27.769
nor<00:48:26.050><c> unfruitful.</c>

00:48:27.989 --> 00:48:29.829
The<00:48:28.150><c> barren</c><00:48:28.429><c> makes</c><00:48:28.789><c> us</c><00:48:29.090><c> think</c><00:48:29.289><c> of</c><00:48:29.530><c> Sarah,</c>

00:48:29.849 --> 00:48:32.690
but<00:48:30.250><c> it's</c><00:48:30.469><c> probably</c><00:48:30.809><c> not</c><00:48:31.130><c> the</c><00:48:31.250><c> meaning</c><00:48:31.570><c> of</c><00:48:31.909><c> the</c><00:48:32.150><c> Greek</c><00:48:32.329><c> here,</c>

00:48:32.789 --> 00:48:34.570
the<00:48:33.150><c> word</c><00:48:33.329><c> is</c><00:48:33.650><c> idle.</c>

00:48:34.610 --> 00:48:36.489
Abraham<00:48:34.829><c> certainly</c><00:48:35.170><c> wasn't</c><00:48:35.510><c> idle,</c>

00:48:36.530 --> 00:48:38.769
got<00:48:36.590><c> up</c><00:48:36.730><c> in</c><00:48:36.829><c> the</c><00:48:37.130><c> morning</c><00:48:37.510><c> early,</c>

00:48:39.110 --> 00:48:42.269
in<00:48:39.309><c> alacrity,</c><00:48:40.070><c> went</c><00:48:40.150><c> about</c><00:48:40.429><c> the</c><00:48:40.650><c> things</c><00:48:40.989><c> of</c><00:48:41.650><c> his</c><00:48:42.030><c> God,</c>

00:48:42.409 --> 00:48:44.909
nor<00:48:42.590><c> unfruitful,</c><00:48:43.349><c> that's</c><00:48:43.630><c> Genesis</c><00:48:43.909><c> chapter</c><00:48:44.269><c> 17.</c>

00:48:44.909 --> 00:48:49.210
I<00:48:45.469><c> will</c><00:48:45.710><c> multiply</c><00:48:46.230><c> thee</c><00:48:46.510><c> and</c><00:48:46.630><c> make</c><00:48:46.829><c> thee</c><00:48:47.190><c> exceeding</c><00:48:47.969><c> fruitful</c>

00:48:49.389 --> 00:48:53.110
in<00:48:49.989><c> the</c><00:48:50.250><c> knowledge</c><00:48:50.630><c> of</c><00:48:50.869><c> our</c><00:48:51.010><c> Lord</c><00:48:51.230><c> Jesus</c><00:48:51.710><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:54.369 --> 00:48:57.050
But<00:48:54.469><c> he</c><00:48:54.630><c> that</c><00:48:54.849><c> lacketh</c><00:48:55.210><c> these</c><00:48:55.489><c> things</c><00:48:55.670><c> is</c><00:48:55.909><c> blind,</c>

00:48:58.170 --> 00:49:00.849
and<00:48:58.369><c> cannot</c><00:48:58.789><c> see</c><00:48:59.230><c> afar</c><00:48:59.750><c> off,</c>

00:49:01.269 --> 00:49:05.190
and<00:49:01.409><c> hath</c><00:49:01.590><c> forgotten</c><00:49:02.010><c> that</c><00:49:02.170><c> he</c><00:49:02.289><c> was</c><00:49:02.570><c> purged</c><00:49:02.969><c> from</c><00:49:03.190><c> his</c><00:49:03.530><c> old</c><00:49:04.030><c> sins,</c>

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cannot<00:49:05.829><c> see</c><00:49:06.130><c> in</c><00:49:06.309><c> a</c><00:49:06.489><c> figure,</c>

00:49:07.150 --> 00:49:09.010
that's<00:49:07.389><c> the</c><00:49:07.530><c> idea</c><00:49:07.789><c> of</c><00:49:07.929><c> afar</c><00:49:08.289><c> off</c><00:49:08.489><c> here,</c>

00:49:09.289 --> 00:49:11.469
he<00:49:09.730><c> cannot</c><00:49:10.010><c> see.</c>

00:49:11.949 --> 00:49:15.389
We're<00:49:12.650><c> back</c><00:49:12.849><c> in</c><00:49:13.050><c> Genesis</c><00:49:13.289><c> chapter</c><00:49:13.670><c> 22</c><00:49:14.190><c> again.</c>

00:49:15.789 --> 00:49:19.110
We'll<00:49:16.090><c> turn</c><00:49:16.250><c> it</c><00:49:16.389><c> up</c><00:49:16.570><c> because</c><00:49:16.750><c> our</c><00:49:17.070><c> time</c><00:49:17.269><c> is</c><00:49:17.530><c> almost</c><00:49:17.969><c> gone.</c>

00:49:19.210 --> 00:49:21.829
But<00:49:19.250><c> as</c><00:49:20.670><c> Abraham</c><00:49:21.130><c> and</c><00:49:21.469><c> Isaac,</c>

00:49:21.869 --> 00:49:23.889
the<00:49:22.329><c> servants,</c><00:49:22.769><c> went</c><00:49:23.010><c> towards</c><00:49:23.449><c> Moriah,</c>

00:49:23.929 --> 00:49:25.690
Genesis<00:49:24.250><c> chapter</c><00:49:24.630><c> 22,</c>

00:49:26.150 --> 00:49:31.030
Abraham<00:49:26.510><c> lifted</c><00:49:26.909><c> up</c><00:49:27.150><c> his</c><00:49:27.389><c> eyes</c><00:49:27.650><c> and</c><00:49:27.909><c> saw</c><00:49:28.210><c> the</c><00:49:28.510><c> place</c><00:49:28.789><c> afar</c><00:49:29.469><c> off.</c>

00:49:32.889 --> 00:49:36.010
Our<00:49:33.210><c> friend</c><00:49:33.550><c> and</c><00:49:34.969><c> brother,</c>

00:49:36.010 --> 00:49:37.409
Brother<00:49:36.389><c> Layne</c><00:49:36.690><c> Britmayer,</c>

00:49:37.409 --> 00:49:41.309
that<00:49:37.849><c> is</c><00:49:38.110><c> intimate</c><00:49:38.610><c> knowledge</c><00:49:39.489><c> of</c><00:49:39.929><c> the</c><00:49:40.010><c> city</c><00:49:40.210><c> of</c><00:49:40.429><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:49:41.590 --> 00:49:43.269
and<00:49:42.190><c> the</c><00:49:42.369><c> land</c><00:49:42.590><c> of</c><00:49:42.889><c> promise,</c>

00:49:43.329 --> 00:49:45.710
explained<00:49:43.769><c> to</c><00:49:43.989><c> me</c><00:49:44.110><c> that</c><00:49:44.610><c> actually</c><00:49:44.969><c> the</c><00:49:45.150><c> way</c><00:49:45.329><c> in</c><00:49:45.449><c> which</c>

00:49:45.710 --> 00:49:49.369
the<00:49:45.889><c> kind</c><00:49:45.989><c> of</c><00:49:46.210><c> topography</c><00:49:46.809><c> of</c><00:49:47.050><c> Jerusalem</c><00:49:47.570><c> works</c><00:49:48.329><c> adds,</c>

00:49:49.829 --> 00:49:53.269
that<00:49:50.050><c> you</c><00:49:50.329><c> can't</c><00:49:51.130><c> see,</c><00:49:51.969><c> geographically</c><00:49:52.690><c> speaking,</c>

00:49:53.730 --> 00:49:56.710
you<00:49:53.849><c> can't</c><00:49:54.349><c> see</c><00:49:54.630><c> the</c><00:49:54.869><c> place</c><00:49:55.110><c> afar</c><00:49:55.570><c> off.</c>

00:49:56.750 --> 00:49:58.989
There's<00:49:57.050><c> a</c><00:49:57.210><c> barrier</c><00:49:57.590><c> of</c><00:49:58.090><c> hills</c><00:49:58.409><c> in</c><00:49:58.650><c> the</c><00:49:58.829><c> way,</c>

00:49:59.070 --> 00:50:01.989
the<00:49:59.210><c> perspective</c><00:49:59.889><c> prevents</c><00:50:00.550><c> you</c><00:50:00.809><c> from</c><00:50:01.170><c> seeing</c><00:50:01.449><c> the</c><00:50:01.750><c> place</c>

00:50:01.989 --> 00:50:03.670
afar<00:50:02.469><c> off,</c>

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geographically.

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So<00:50:05.750><c> in</c><00:50:06.050><c> Genesis</c><00:50:06.289><c> chapter</c><00:50:06.630><c> 22,</c>

00:50:07.250 --> 00:50:09.389
when<00:50:07.449><c> Abraham</c><00:50:07.650><c> lifted</c><00:50:07.989><c> up</c><00:50:08.190><c> his</c><00:50:08.329><c> eyes</c><00:50:08.530><c> and</c><00:50:08.710><c> saw</c><00:50:08.949><c> the</c><00:50:09.190><c> place</c>

00:50:09.389 --> 00:50:10.489
afar<00:50:09.889><c> off,</c>

00:50:10.829 --> 00:50:12.550
he<00:50:10.969><c> was</c><00:50:11.269><c> seeing</c><00:50:11.389><c> with</c><00:50:11.610><c> the</c><00:50:11.750><c> eye</c><00:50:11.909><c> of</c><00:50:12.130><c> faith.</c>

00:50:12.869 --> 00:50:15.909
He<00:50:13.090><c> wasn't</c><00:50:13.449><c> seeing</c><00:50:13.869><c> the</c><00:50:14.190><c> place</c><00:50:14.449><c> that</c><00:50:14.630><c> they</c><00:50:14.769><c> were</c><00:50:15.030><c> going</c><00:50:15.329><c> to.</c>

00:50:16.329 --> 00:50:19.130
He<00:50:16.530><c> couldn't</c><00:50:16.809><c> see</c><00:50:17.070><c> that,</c><00:50:17.349><c> there</c><00:50:17.449><c> were</c><00:50:17.570><c> hills</c><00:50:17.769><c> in</c><00:50:18.010><c> the</c><00:50:18.190><c> way.</c>

00:50:19.190 --> 00:50:23.030
What<00:50:19.469><c> he</c><00:50:19.690><c> was</c><00:50:20.090><c> seeing</c><00:50:20.849><c> was</c><00:50:21.309><c> where</c><00:50:21.550><c> the</c><00:50:21.670><c> purpose</c><00:50:22.010><c> of</c><00:50:22.210><c> God</c><00:50:22.369><c> was</c><00:50:22.650><c> leading</c>

00:50:23.030 --> 00:50:26.150
in<00:50:23.710><c> the</c><00:50:23.969><c> offering</c><00:50:24.369><c> of</c><00:50:24.570><c> the</c><00:50:24.710><c> Son</c><00:50:24.849><c> of</c><00:50:25.050><c> God,</c><00:50:25.309><c> the</c><00:50:25.389><c> seat</c><00:50:25.550><c> of</c><00:50:25.829><c> promise,</c>

00:50:26.389 --> 00:50:28.289
that<00:50:26.710><c> through</c><00:50:27.030><c> his</c><00:50:27.289><c> death</c><00:50:27.510><c> and</c><00:50:27.750><c> resurrection,</c>

00:50:28.389 --> 00:50:32.690
the<00:50:28.570><c> resurrection</c><00:50:29.010><c> that</c><00:50:29.210><c> he</c><00:50:29.510><c> anticipated</c><00:50:30.329><c> that</c><00:50:31.449><c> he</c><00:50:31.650><c> would</c><00:50:31.929><c> receive,</c>

00:50:32.690 --> 00:50:37.710
that<00:50:33.789><c> led</c><00:50:34.489><c> him</c><00:50:34.829><c> to</c><00:50:35.449><c> take</c><00:50:35.789><c> the</c><00:50:36.010><c> knife</c><00:50:36.210><c> to</c><00:50:36.489><c> Isaac.</c>

00:50:39.210 --> 00:50:41.969
Then<00:50:39.369><c> redemption</c><00:50:39.809><c> and</c><00:50:40.130><c> life</c><00:50:40.329><c> would</c><00:50:40.630><c> be</c><00:50:40.869><c> provided.</c>

00:50:42.050 --> 00:50:45.469
Then<00:50:42.289><c> Abraham</c><00:50:42.650><c> saw</c><00:50:43.070><c> afar</c><00:50:43.750><c> off</c><00:50:44.230><c> with</c><00:50:44.710><c> the</c><00:50:44.889><c> eye</c><00:50:45.070><c> of</c><00:50:45.269><c> faith.</c>

00:50:45.590 --> 00:50:48.730
He<00:50:45.710><c> rejoiced</c><00:50:46.130><c> again</c><00:50:46.550><c> to</c><00:50:47.010><c> see</c><00:50:47.349><c> the</c><00:50:47.469><c> day</c><00:50:47.670><c> of</c><00:50:47.809><c> the</c><00:50:47.929><c> Lord</c><00:50:48.090><c> Jesus</c><00:50:48.489><c> Christ</c>

00:50:48.730 --> 00:50:54.570
and<00:50:48.969><c> an</c><00:50:49.150><c> understanding</c><00:50:50.349><c> of</c><00:50:51.769><c> how</c><00:50:51.909><c> these</c><00:50:52.170><c> promises</c><00:50:52.710><c> would</c><00:50:53.070><c> be</c><00:50:53.349><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:50:56.329 --> 00:50:58.889
Let's<00:50:56.690><c> come</c><00:50:56.969><c> for</c><00:50:57.130><c> our</c><00:50:57.650><c> final</c><00:50:57.949><c> reference</c><00:50:58.329><c> back</c><00:50:58.670><c> to</c>

00:50:58.889 --> 00:51:03.409
Hebrews<00:50:59.210><c> chapter</c><00:50:59.650><c> 11,</c><00:51:00.309><c> led</c><00:51:00.809><c> by</c><00:51:01.090><c> the</c><00:51:01.289><c> Spirit</c><00:51:01.550><c> there.</c>

00:51:11.789 --> 00:51:13.889
We<00:51:11.849><c> thought</c><00:51:12.110><c> together</c><00:51:12.489><c> earlier</c><00:51:12.809><c> in</c><00:51:12.949><c> the</c><00:51:13.070><c> week</c><00:51:13.269><c> about</c><00:51:13.570><c> verses</c>

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8<00:51:14.809><c> and</c><00:51:15.869><c> 9</c><00:51:16.309><c> and</c><00:51:16.489><c> 10,</c>

00:51:17.570 --> 00:51:20.030
verse<00:51:17.929><c> 10</c><00:51:18.230><c> of</c><00:51:18.429><c> Hebrews</c><00:51:18.710><c> 11.</c>

00:51:20.110 --> 00:51:22.869
For<00:51:20.329><c> he</c><00:51:20.489><c> looked</c><00:51:20.730><c> for</c><00:51:20.969><c> a</c><00:51:21.110><c> city</c><00:51:21.349><c> which</c><00:51:21.710><c> had</c><00:51:21.949><c> foundations,</c>

00:51:23.289 --> 00:51:25.690
whose<00:51:23.329><c> builder</c><00:51:23.710><c> and</c><00:51:23.949><c> maker</c><00:51:24.309><c> is</c><00:51:24.690><c> God,</c>

00:51:26.690 --> 00:51:29.449
through<00:51:27.289><c> faith</c><00:51:27.889><c> also,</c>

00:51:29.690 --> 00:51:34.449
Sarah<00:51:30.349><c> received</c><00:51:31.230><c> strength</c><00:51:31.750><c> to</c><00:51:32.590><c> conceive</c><00:51:33.550><c> seed.</c>

00:51:34.750 --> 00:51:37.269
Verse<00:51:34.969><c> 13,</c><00:51:35.829><c> these</c><00:51:36.190><c> all</c><00:51:36.530><c> died</c><00:51:36.750><c> in</c><00:51:37.030><c> faith,</c>

00:51:37.409 --> 00:51:38.889
not<00:51:37.550><c> having</c><00:51:37.829><c> received</c><00:51:38.250><c> the</c><00:51:38.530><c> promises,</c>

00:51:39.230 --> 00:51:41.550
but<00:51:39.369><c> having</c><00:51:39.650><c> seen</c><00:51:39.949><c> them</c><00:51:40.150><c> afar</c><00:51:40.570><c> off.</c>

00:51:41.769 --> 00:51:44.010
There<00:51:41.969><c> was</c><00:51:42.190><c> Abraham</c><00:51:42.510><c> and</c><00:51:42.789><c> Sarah,</c>

00:51:44.050 --> 00:51:46.409
and<00:51:44.190><c> others</c><00:51:44.429><c> like</c><00:51:44.769><c> them</c><00:51:44.909><c> who</c><00:51:45.070><c> saw</c><00:51:45.210><c> these</c><00:51:45.550><c> things</c><00:51:45.670><c> afar</c><00:51:46.230><c> off.</c>

00:51:46.449 --> 00:51:50.070
Different<00:51:46.730><c> word</c><00:51:47.030><c> to</c><00:51:47.230><c> Peter,</c><00:51:47.809><c> it</c><00:51:48.030><c> means</c><00:51:48.409><c> in</c><00:51:48.750><c> the</c><00:51:48.829><c> distance.</c>

00:51:50.570 --> 00:51:53.510
Here<00:51:50.949><c> Abraham</c><00:51:51.730><c> saw</c><00:51:52.510><c> afar</c><00:51:53.230><c> off.</c>

00:51:53.510 --> 00:51:56.769
He<00:51:53.670><c> saw</c><00:51:53.949><c> in</c><00:51:54.250><c> the</c><00:51:54.409><c> distance,</c><00:51:55.070><c> in</c><00:51:55.070><c> the</c><00:51:55.289><c> outworking</c><00:51:55.869><c> of</c><00:51:56.389><c> the</c><00:51:56.590><c> plan</c>

00:51:56.769 --> 00:51:57.789
and<00:51:56.969><c> purpose</c><00:51:57.309><c> of</c><00:51:57.590><c> God,</c>

00:51:57.949 --> 00:52:02.070
the<00:51:58.050><c> coming</c><00:51:58.289><c> of</c><00:51:58.510><c> the</c><00:51:58.550><c> Son</c><00:51:58.809><c> of</c><00:51:59.010><c> God,</c><00:51:59.289><c> who</c><00:51:59.429><c> through</c><00:51:59.750><c> death</c><00:52:00.230><c> and</c><00:52:00.630><c> resurrection</c>

00:52:03.869 --> 00:52:06.250
might<00:52:04.429><c> bring</c><00:52:04.670><c> life.</c>

00:52:07.590 --> 00:52:10.409
Having<00:52:07.869><c> seen</c><00:52:08.130><c> them</c><00:52:08.309><c> afar</c><00:52:08.690><c> off,</c><00:52:09.010><c> were</c><00:52:09.090><c> persuaded</c><00:52:09.630><c> of</c><00:52:09.869><c> them</c><00:52:10.050><c> and</c>

00:52:10.409 --> 00:52:11.070
embraced<00:52:10.829><c> them</c>

00:52:11.070 --> 00:52:14.170
and<00:52:11.289><c> confessed</c><00:52:12.050><c> that</c><00:52:12.510><c> they</c><00:52:12.670><c> were</c><00:52:12.969><c> strangers</c><00:52:13.409><c> and</c><00:52:13.710><c> pilgrims</c>

00:52:14.170 --> 00:52:15.030
on<00:52:14.469><c> the</c><00:52:14.690><c> earth.</c>

00:52:15.289 --> 00:52:20.409
For<00:52:15.489><c> they</c><00:52:15.829><c> that</c><00:52:16.110><c> say</c><00:52:16.409><c> such</c><00:52:16.690><c> things</c><00:52:17.010><c> declare</c><00:52:17.409><c> plainly</c><00:52:18.050><c> that</c><00:52:18.190><c> they</c><00:52:18.590><c> seek</c><00:52:18.849><c> a</c><00:52:19.110><c> country.</c>

00:52:21.230 --> 00:52:23.730
And<00:52:21.769><c> truly,</c><00:52:22.269><c> if</c><00:52:22.309><c> they</c><00:52:22.429><c> had</c><00:52:22.570><c> been</c><00:52:22.789><c> mindful</c><00:52:23.050><c> of</c><00:52:23.289><c> that</c><00:52:23.469><c> country</c>

00:52:23.730 --> 00:52:24.929
from<00:52:24.010><c> whence</c><00:52:24.329><c> they</c><00:52:24.429><c> came</c><00:52:24.670><c> out,</c>

00:52:25.010 --> 00:52:28.090
they<00:52:25.050><c> might</c><00:52:25.329><c> have</c><00:52:25.510><c> had</c><00:52:25.630><c> opportunity</c><00:52:26.190><c> to</c><00:52:26.590><c> have</c><00:52:26.789><c> returns.</c>

00:52:28.210 --> 00:52:32.269
But<00:52:28.409><c> now</c><00:52:28.809><c> they</c><00:52:29.110><c> desire</c><00:52:29.389><c> a</c><00:52:29.690><c> better</c><00:52:29.949><c> country,</c><00:52:30.590><c> that</c><00:52:30.849><c> is,</c><00:52:31.230><c> unheavenly,</c>

00:52:32.570 --> 00:52:37.769
wherefore<00:52:32.869><c> God</c><00:52:33.289><c> is</c><00:52:33.690><c> not</c><00:52:33.969><c> ashamed</c><00:52:34.769><c> to</c><00:52:35.829><c> be</c><00:52:36.110><c> called</c><00:52:36.349><c> their</c><00:52:36.570><c> God.</c>

00:52:41.210 --> 00:52:43.869
For<00:52:41.429><c> he</c><00:52:41.650><c> hath</c><00:52:41.829><c> prepared</c><00:52:42.250><c> for</c><00:52:42.469><c> them</c><00:52:42.690><c> a</c><00:52:42.789><c> city.</c>

00:52:44.110 --> 00:52:46.769
And<00:52:44.309><c> there's</c><00:52:44.449><c> Genesis</c><00:52:44.769><c> chapter</c><00:52:45.150><c> 17</c><00:52:45.650><c> again.</c>

00:52:46.989 --> 00:52:51.710
Keep<00:52:47.710><c> my</c><00:52:48.050><c> covenant</c><00:52:48.449><c> and</c><00:52:48.750><c> I</c><00:52:49.030><c> will</c><00:52:49.349><c> be</c><00:52:50.070><c> your</c><00:52:50.690><c> God.</c>

00:52:51.969 --> 00:52:54.570
I<00:52:52.110><c> will</c><00:52:52.469><c> be</c><00:52:53.190><c> their</c><00:52:53.650><c> God.</c>

00:52:54.650 --> 00:52:58.170
Twice<00:52:55.150><c> in</c><00:52:55.409><c> the</c><00:52:55.489><c> early</c><00:52:55.769><c> part</c><00:52:55.969><c> of</c><00:52:56.110><c> Genesis</c><00:52:56.409><c> chapter</c><00:52:56.829><c> 17.</c>

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Those<00:52:58.929><c> who</c><00:52:59.150><c> have</c><00:52:59.389><c> turned</c><00:52:59.570><c> their</c><00:52:59.849><c> back</c><00:53:00.030><c> like</c><00:53:00.309><c> Abraham</c><00:53:00.809><c> on</c><00:53:01.110><c> the</c><00:53:01.329><c> ambitions</c>

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and<00:53:02.489><c> the</c><00:53:02.829><c> aspirations</c><00:53:03.389><c> of</c><00:53:03.650><c> this</c><00:53:03.949><c> world</c><00:53:04.309><c> to</c><00:53:04.690><c> live</c><00:53:05.070><c> as</c><00:53:05.449><c> strangers</c><00:53:05.829><c> and</c><00:53:06.150><c> sojourners,</c>

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to<00:53:06.949><c> embrace</c><00:53:07.769><c> the</c><00:53:09.610><c> promises,</c>

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seeing<00:53:11.429><c> with</c><00:53:11.650><c> the</c><00:53:11.789><c> eye</c><00:53:11.989><c> of</c><00:53:12.190><c> faith</c><00:53:12.389><c> as</c><00:53:12.650><c> their</c><00:53:12.829><c> father</c><00:53:13.190><c> Abraham</c><00:53:13.750><c> saw.</c>

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Friends,<00:53:19.710><c> is</c><00:53:19.889><c> there</c><00:53:19.949><c> going</c><00:53:20.110><c> to</c><00:53:20.230><c> be</c><00:53:20.349><c> anything</c><00:53:20.750><c> greater</c><00:53:21.289><c> than</c><00:53:21.530><c> this?</c>

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That<00:53:25.750><c> for</c><00:53:25.969><c> those</c><00:53:26.710><c> who</c><00:53:27.130><c> are</c><00:53:27.369><c> the</c><00:53:27.469><c> seed</c><00:53:27.710><c> of</c><00:53:28.030><c> Adam,</c>

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mortal<00:53:31.050><c> and</c><00:53:31.309><c> subject</c><00:53:31.710><c> to</c><00:53:31.909><c> the</c><00:53:32.110><c> politics</c><00:53:32.429><c> of</c><00:53:32.710><c> the</c><00:53:32.869><c> flesh,</c>

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that<00:53:35.010><c> he</c><00:53:35.409><c> is</c><00:53:35.769><c> not</c><00:53:36.030><c> ashamed</c><00:53:36.849><c> to</c><00:53:38.309><c> be</c><00:53:38.590><c> called</c><00:53:38.829><c> their</c><00:53:39.230><c> God.</c>

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As<00:53:45.010><c> those</c><00:53:45.730><c> who</c><00:53:46.090><c> participate</c><00:53:46.690><c> in</c><00:53:46.849><c> the</c><00:53:47.070><c> promises</c><00:53:47.369><c> with</c><00:53:47.650><c> our</c>

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Lord<00:53:47.989><c> Jesus</c><00:53:48.449><c> Christ,</c>

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then<00:53:50.550><c> that</c><00:53:50.809><c> privilege,</c><00:53:51.309><c> that</c><00:53:51.530><c> blessing,</c><00:53:53.210><c> is</c><00:53:53.329><c> ours.</c>