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echoes<00:18:57.630><c> and</c><00:18:57.829><c> the</c><00:18:57.970><c> pictures</c><00:18:58.230><c> for</c><00:18:58.450><c> ourselves,</c><00:18:59.089><c> brothers</c><00:18:59.089><c> and</c><00:18:59.269><c> sisters.</c><00:19:00.930><c> Abraham's</c><00:19:01.450><c> household</c><00:19:01.990><c> kept</c><00:19:02.390><c> in</c><00:19:02.710><c> a</c><00:19:02.869><c> narrow</c>

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servants<00:19:28.549><c> committed</c><00:19:29.849><c> and</c><00:19:30.369><c> loving</c><00:19:30.589><c> the</c>

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did<00:20:01.470><c> these</c><00:20:01.730><c> servants</c><00:20:02.069><c> witness?</c><00:20:02.730><c> Well,</c>

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size<00:20:49.390><c> of</c><00:20:49.650><c> their</c><00:20:50.049><c> encampment</c><00:20:50.450><c> was</c><00:20:50.650><c> so</c><00:20:50.910><c> big</c><00:20:51.029><c> that</c><00:20:51.170><c> they</c><00:20:51.309><c> couldn't</c><00:20:51.490><c> all</c><00:20:51.730><c> be</c>

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brothers<00:21:07.089><c> and</c><00:21:07.289><c> sisters.</c><00:21:08.990><c> Can</c><00:21:09.250><c> we</c><00:21:09.450><c> imagine</c><00:21:09.670><c> that</c><00:21:09.829><c> this</c><00:21:09.990><c> may</c>

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well<00:21:10.390><c> have</c><00:21:10.609><c> involved</c><00:21:10.930><c> his</c><00:21:11.230><c> servants?</c>

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What<00:21:25.150><c> did</c><00:21:25.309><c> they</c><00:21:25.670><c> learn</c>

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when<00:21:27.130><c> they</c><00:21:27.390><c> were</c><00:21:27.670><c> required</c><00:21:28.130><c> by</c><00:21:28.369><c> their</c><00:21:28.549><c> master</c><00:21:28.910><c> to</c><00:21:29.390><c> give</c><00:21:30.130><c> to</c><00:21:30.869><c> Melchizedek?</c>

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offerings.<00:21:51.309><c> Isn't</c><00:21:51.410><c> it</c><00:21:51.529><c> lovely,</c><00:21:51.890><c> brothers</c><00:21:51.990><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:21:52.349><c> the</c><00:21:52.630><c> picture</c><00:21:53.170><c> that</c><00:21:53.690><c> we</c><00:21:53.950><c> get?</c><00:21:54.410><c> But</c><00:21:54.569><c> I'm</c><00:21:54.730><c> just</c><00:21:54.890><c> keeping</c><00:21:55.130><c> our</c><00:21:55.430><c> eyes,</c><00:21:55.569><c> if</c>

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servants<00:21:57.650><c> and</c><00:21:58.490><c> seeing</c><00:21:58.990><c> this</c><00:21:59.329><c> happening</c><00:21:59.670><c> around</c><00:22:00.109><c> you,</c><00:22:00.809><c> how</c><00:22:01.130><c> would</c><00:22:01.329><c> it</c>

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What<00:22:05.609><c> would</c><00:22:05.809><c> it</c><00:22:05.950><c> be</c><00:22:06.130><c> like</c><00:22:06.349><c> being</c><00:22:06.789><c> part</c><00:22:07.210><c> of</c><00:22:07.430><c> a</c><00:22:07.609><c> community</c><00:22:08.410><c> where</c>

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there<00:22:10.970><c> was</c><00:22:11.549><c> the</c>

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king<00:22:13.650><c> of</c><00:22:13.910><c> Salem</c><00:22:14.210><c> and</c><00:22:15.430><c> bread</c><00:22:15.750><c> and</c><00:22:16.069><c> wine</c><00:22:16.529><c> and</c><00:22:17.329><c> freewill</c><00:22:17.750><c> offerings?</c><00:22:19.710><c> The</c>

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impact<00:22:20.789><c> that</c><00:22:21.369><c> there</c><00:22:21.490><c> must</c><00:22:21.710><c> have</c><00:22:21.910><c> been</c>

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upon<00:22:22.829><c> them.</c><00:22:26.490><c> And</c><00:22:26.809><c> when</c><00:22:26.869><c> we</c><00:22:27.049><c> turn</c><00:22:27.190><c> to</c><00:22:27.349><c> Genesis</c><00:22:27.670><c> 17,</c>

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having<00:22:35.390><c> seen</c><00:22:35.890><c> these</c><00:22:36.250><c> things,</c><00:22:38.609><c> we</c><00:22:38.950><c> find</c><00:22:39.210><c> them</c><00:22:39.529><c> entering</c><00:22:39.890><c> into</c>

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a<00:22:41.049><c> covenant</c><00:22:41.690><c> relationship.</c>

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Genesis<00:22:52.630><c> 17,</c><00:22:53.789><c> we</c><00:22:56.950><c> have</c><00:22:57.190><c> down</c><00:22:57.410><c> at</c><00:22:57.650><c> verse</c><00:22:58.670><c> 10.</c>

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This<00:23:04.490><c> is</c><00:23:04.829><c> my</c><00:23:05.009><c> covenant</c><00:23:05.349><c> which</c><00:23:06.170><c> you</c><00:23:06.829><c> shall</c><00:23:06.970><c> keep</c><00:23:07.549><c> between</c><00:23:09.029><c> me</c>

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and<00:23:09.529><c> you,</c><00:23:09.750><c> your</c><00:23:09.950><c> descendants</c><00:23:10.369><c> after</c><00:23:10.710><c> you.</c><00:23:10.849><c> Every</c>

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male<00:23:11.390><c> child</c><00:23:11.910><c> among</c><00:23:12.170><c> you</c><00:23:12.849><c> shall</c><00:23:13.089><c> be</c><00:23:13.410><c> circumcised.</c><00:23:15.089><c> He</c><00:23:15.109><c> shall</c>

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be<00:23:15.569><c> circumcised</c><00:23:16.029><c> in</c><00:23:16.170><c> the</c><00:23:16.329><c> flesh</c><00:23:16.470><c> of</c><00:23:16.630><c> your</c><00:23:16.849><c> foreskins</c>

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and<00:23:18.170><c> it</c><00:23:18.329><c> shall</c><00:23:18.430><c> be</c><00:23:18.710><c> a</c><00:23:18.869><c> sign</c><00:23:19.029><c> of</c><00:23:19.210><c> the</c><00:23:19.369><c> covenant</c><00:23:19.609><c> between</c><00:23:19.950><c> me</c><00:23:20.309><c> and</c>

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you.<00:23:21.170><c> He</c><00:23:21.589><c> who</c><00:23:21.849><c> is</c><00:23:22.250><c> eight</c><00:23:22.670><c> days</c><00:23:23.170><c> old</c><00:23:23.769><c> among</c><00:23:24.109><c> you</c>

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shall<00:23:25.109><c> be</c><00:23:25.609><c> circumcised.</c><00:23:27.250><c> Every</c><00:23:27.529><c> male</c><00:23:27.930><c> child</c><00:23:28.369><c> in</c><00:23:28.569><c> your</c><00:23:28.829><c> generations</c><00:23:29.369><c> who</c><00:23:29.529><c> is</c>

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born<00:23:30.109><c> in</c><00:23:30.390><c> your</c><00:23:30.650><c> house</c>

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or<00:23:32.750><c> bought</c><00:23:33.150><c> with</c><00:23:33.630><c> money</c><00:23:34.230><c> from</c><00:23:34.690><c> any</c><00:23:35.150><c> stranger</c><00:23:35.609><c> who</c><00:23:35.829><c> is</c><00:23:36.190><c> not</c><00:23:36.549><c> a</c><00:23:36.829><c> descendant,</c>

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he<00:23:39.869><c> who</c><00:23:40.029><c> is</c><00:23:40.329><c> born</c><00:23:40.490><c> in</c><00:23:40.670><c> your</c><00:23:40.890><c> house</c><00:23:41.529><c> and</c><00:23:42.150><c> he</c><00:23:42.349><c> who</c><00:23:42.450><c> is</c><00:23:42.690><c> bought</c><00:23:42.849><c> with</c><00:23:43.109><c> your</c><00:23:43.329><c> money</c><00:23:43.529><c> must</c><00:23:43.789><c> be</c><00:23:44.609><c> circumcised.</c>

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And<00:23:46.750><c> my</c><00:23:46.970><c> covenant</c><00:23:47.309><c> shall</c><00:23:47.569><c> be</c><00:23:47.789><c> in</c><00:23:47.990><c> your</c><00:23:48.269><c> flesh</c><00:23:48.789><c> for</c><00:23:49.369><c> an</c>

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everlasting<00:23:50.410><c> covenant.</c>

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And<00:23:53.730><c> the</c><00:23:54.130><c> uncircumcised</c><00:23:54.950><c> male</c><00:23:55.250><c> child</c><00:23:55.809><c> who</c><00:23:56.549><c> is</c><00:23:56.950><c> not</c><00:23:57.450><c> circumcised</c><00:23:58.230><c> in</c><00:23:58.410><c> the</c><00:23:58.549><c> flesh</c><00:23:58.710><c> of</c>

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his<00:23:59.069><c> foreskin,</c>

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that<00:24:00.049><c> person</c><00:24:00.509><c> shall</c><00:24:00.789><c> be</c><00:24:01.369><c> cut</c><00:24:01.690><c> off</c><00:24:02.069><c> from</c><00:24:02.309><c> his</c><00:24:02.630><c> people.</c><00:24:03.829><c> He</c><00:24:04.190><c> has</c>

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broken<00:24:05.630><c> my</c><00:24:06.710><c> covenant.</c>

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Now<00:24:09.569><c> brothers</c><00:24:09.789><c> and</c><00:24:10.029><c> sisters,</c><00:24:10.309><c> imagine</c><00:24:10.490><c> in</c><00:24:11.069><c> the</c><00:24:11.269><c> household,</c>

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imagine<00:24:12.690><c> when</c><00:24:12.849><c> this</c><00:24:13.069><c> is</c><00:24:13.269><c> now</c><00:24:14.069><c> spoken</c><00:24:14.450><c> of,</c>

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imagine<00:24:15.730><c> when</c><00:24:16.029><c> Abram</c><00:24:16.289><c> comes</c><00:24:16.710><c> and</c><00:24:17.170><c> explains</c><00:24:17.710><c> to</c><00:24:18.849><c> these</c><00:24:19.390><c> hundreds</c><00:24:19.849><c> of</c><00:24:20.190><c> men</c>

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that<00:24:21.690><c> there</c><00:24:21.890><c> is</c><00:24:22.109><c> now</c><00:24:22.349><c> a</c><00:24:22.670><c> requirement</c>

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that<00:24:23.950><c> we</c><00:24:24.170><c> enter</c><00:24:24.410><c> into</c><00:24:24.650><c> a</c><00:24:24.950><c> special</c><00:24:25.210><c> relationship</c><00:24:25.849><c> with</c><00:24:26.230><c> my</c><00:24:26.529><c> God,</c><00:24:27.450><c> who</c>

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I<00:24:27.710><c> have</c><00:24:27.890><c> told</c><00:24:28.089><c> you</c><00:24:28.289><c> about,</c>

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the<00:24:30.450><c> one</c><00:24:30.549><c> who</c><00:24:30.690><c> has</c><00:24:30.829><c> given</c><00:24:31.029><c> the</c><00:24:31.390><c> promises,</c><00:24:33.250><c> the</c><00:24:33.390><c> one</c><00:24:33.529><c> who's</c><00:24:33.670><c> giving</c><00:24:33.849><c> us</c>

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the<00:24:34.210><c> land</c><00:24:34.390><c> that</c><00:24:34.549><c> we've</c><00:24:34.910><c> walked</c>

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through<00:24:35.309><c> together.</c><00:24:35.829><c> Do</c><00:24:35.829><c> you</c><00:24:35.970><c> remember?</c><00:24:37.329><c> This</c><00:24:37.470><c> is</c><00:24:37.750><c> now</c><00:24:38.009><c> what</c>

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he<00:24:38.309><c> wants</c><00:24:38.549><c> you</c><00:24:38.690><c> to</c><00:24:38.869><c> do</c>

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as<00:24:40.250><c> an</c><00:24:40.410><c> act</c><00:24:40.589><c> of</c><00:24:40.869><c> commitment,</c><00:24:41.250><c> as</c><00:24:41.509><c> a</c><00:24:41.650><c> sign</c><00:24:41.809><c> of</c><00:24:42.069><c> covenant.</c><00:24:43.390><c> This</c>

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is<00:24:44.630><c> what</c><00:24:44.890><c> I</c><00:24:45.170><c> want</c><00:24:45.329><c> you</c><00:24:46.230><c> to</c><00:24:46.609><c> do.</c>

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Verse<00:24:50.230><c> 23,</c><00:24:50.849><c> so</c><00:24:50.990><c> Abram</c><00:24:51.369><c> took</c><00:24:51.630><c> Ishmael</c><00:24:52.069><c> his</c><00:24:52.309><c> son,</c><00:24:53.690><c> all</c><00:24:53.990><c> who</c><00:24:54.210><c> were</c>

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born<00:24:54.609><c> in</c><00:24:54.789><c> his</c><00:24:55.029><c> house</c><00:24:55.289><c> and</c><00:24:55.690><c> all</c><00:24:56.109><c> who</c><00:24:56.289><c> were</c>

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brought<00:24:56.710><c> with</c><00:24:56.930><c> the</c><00:24:57.049><c> money,</c><00:24:57.490><c> every</c><00:24:57.730><c> male</c><00:24:58.029><c> among</c><00:24:58.369><c> the</c><00:24:58.609><c> men</c><00:24:59.009><c> of</c>

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Abraham's<00:25:00.049><c> house</c><00:25:00.329><c> and</c><00:25:01.289><c> circumcised</c><00:25:01.970><c> the</c><00:25:02.190><c> flesh</c><00:25:02.329><c> of</c>

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their<00:25:02.789><c> foreskin</c><00:25:03.349><c> that</c><00:25:04.130><c> very</c><00:25:05.349><c> same</c><00:25:06.150><c> day.</c><00:25:11.210><c> Now</c><00:25:11.309><c> brothers</c><00:25:11.509><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:25:11.789><c> that</c><00:25:12.029><c> implies</c><00:25:12.450><c> there</c><00:25:12.670><c> was</c><00:25:12.809><c> no</c><00:25:12.970><c> resistance,</c>

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there<00:25:14.769><c> was</c><00:25:14.990><c> no</c><00:25:15.190><c> big</c><00:25:15.349><c> debate,</c><00:25:15.849><c> there</c><00:25:15.950><c> was</c><00:25:16.170><c> no</c><00:25:16.410><c> question,</c><00:25:16.789><c> there</c>

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was<00:25:17.089><c> no</c><00:25:17.289><c> need</c><00:25:17.430><c> for</c><00:25:17.630><c> a</c><00:25:17.730><c> long</c><00:25:17.930><c> engagement</c><00:25:18.410><c> program,</c>

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there<00:25:20.009><c> was</c><00:25:20.309><c> absolute</c><00:25:20.930><c> and</c><00:25:21.609><c> immediate</c><00:25:22.009><c> response</c><00:25:22.569><c> in</c><00:25:22.769><c> a</c><00:25:22.970><c> positive</c><00:25:23.369><c> way.</c>

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That<00:25:25.049><c> if</c><00:25:25.130><c> this</c><00:25:25.269><c> is</c><00:25:25.470><c> what</c><00:25:25.710><c> the</c><00:25:25.849><c> God</c><00:25:26.130><c> who</c>

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you<00:25:26.910><c> worship,</c><00:25:27.349><c> Abram,</c><00:25:27.849><c> requires</c><00:25:28.069><c> of</c><00:25:28.230><c> us,</c><00:25:28.369><c> and</c><00:25:28.509><c> that's</c><00:25:28.710><c> what</c>

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we<00:25:29.150><c> will</c><00:25:29.390><c> do</c><00:25:30.009><c> that</c><00:25:31.230><c> very</c><00:25:32.230><c> same</c><00:25:33.730><c> day.</c>

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And<00:25:36.190><c> yet</c><00:25:36.309><c> there</c><00:25:36.509><c> we</c><00:25:36.690><c> read</c><00:25:36.789><c> in</c><00:25:36.930><c> verse</c><00:25:37.130><c> 24,</c><00:25:37.789><c> Abram</c><00:25:39.430><c> was</c><00:25:39.869><c> 99</c><00:25:40.509><c> years</c>

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old<00:25:41.150><c> when</c><00:25:41.269><c> he</c><00:25:41.430><c> was</c><00:25:41.650><c> circumcised.</c>

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Verse<00:25:44.130><c> 26,</c><00:25:44.829><c> that</c><00:25:45.009><c> very</c><00:25:45.549><c> same</c><00:25:45.890><c> day</c><00:25:46.329><c> Abram</c><00:25:46.809><c> was</c><00:25:47.069><c> circumcised</c><00:25:47.589><c> and</c><00:25:47.769><c> his</c><00:25:47.950><c> son</c><00:25:48.069><c> Ishmael</c><00:25:48.609><c> and</c><00:25:49.069><c> all</c><00:25:49.549><c> the</c><00:25:49.730><c> men</c><00:25:49.990><c> of</c>

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his<00:25:50.589><c> house,</c>

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born<00:25:51.650><c> in</c><00:25:51.950><c> the</c><00:25:52.130><c> house</c><00:25:52.410><c> or</c><00:25:52.849><c> bought</c><00:25:53.089><c> with</c><00:25:53.289><c> money</c><00:25:53.529><c> from</c><00:25:53.710><c> a</c><00:25:53.869><c> foreigner,</c><00:25:54.509><c> were</c>

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circumcised<00:25:55.789><c> with</c><00:25:56.410><c> him.</c>

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He<00:25:58.710><c> didn't</c><00:25:58.930><c> expect</c><00:25:59.309><c> anything</c><00:25:59.630><c> of</c><00:25:59.750><c> them</c><00:25:59.930><c> that</c><00:26:00.069><c> he</c><00:26:00.170><c> wasn't</c><00:26:01.029><c> willing</c><00:26:01.549><c> and</c>

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ready<00:26:02.529><c> to</c><00:26:02.869><c> do</c><00:26:03.170><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:26:05.829><c> was</c><00:26:06.029><c> the</c><00:26:06.210><c> role</c><00:26:06.349><c> model.</c><00:26:07.789><c> He</c><00:26:08.369><c> demonstrated</c><00:26:08.930><c> what</c><00:26:09.150><c> was</c><00:26:09.430><c> required.</c><00:26:11.289><c> He</c><00:26:11.549><c> did</c><00:26:11.730><c> all</c><00:26:11.990><c> that</c><00:26:12.069><c> was</c><00:26:12.349><c> required</c><00:26:12.730><c> to</c>

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righteousness,<00:26:14.750><c> we</c><00:26:14.789><c> might</c><00:26:15.109><c> say.</c><00:26:16.730><c> And</c><00:26:16.910><c> they</c><00:26:17.109><c> followed.</c><00:26:18.769><c> Obedience.</c>

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So<00:26:22.069><c> brothers</c><00:26:22.230><c> and</c><00:26:22.349><c> sisters,</c><00:26:22.450><c> among</c><00:26:22.789><c> these</c><00:26:23.509><c> great</c><00:26:24.109><c> men</c><00:26:24.509><c> and</c>

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among<00:26:25.230><c> these</c><00:26:25.650><c> lessons,</c>

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I've<00:26:27.930><c> hopefully</c><00:26:28.230><c> helped</c><00:26:28.630><c> us</c><00:26:28.809><c> to</c><00:26:28.990><c> set</c><00:26:29.109><c> a</c><00:26:29.230><c> bit</c><00:26:29.309><c> of</c><00:26:29.529><c> a</c><00:26:29.650><c> scene</c><00:26:29.970><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:31.490><c> servants</c><00:26:31.869><c> within</c><00:26:32.130><c> the</c><00:26:32.390><c> household.</c><00:26:32.869><c> But</c><00:26:33.049><c> there</c>

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is<00:26:33.430><c> this</c><00:26:34.109><c> incident</c><00:26:34.609><c> that</c><00:26:34.809><c> we've</c><00:26:35.009><c> read</c><00:26:35.210><c> about</c><00:26:35.509><c> and</c><00:26:35.690><c> the</c><00:26:35.910><c> servant</c><00:26:36.190><c> that</c><00:26:36.970><c> is</c><00:26:37.309><c> singled</c><00:26:37.589><c> out</c><00:26:37.849><c> really</c><00:26:38.130><c> for</c><00:26:38.329><c> a</c><00:26:38.650><c> particular</c>

00:26:39.089 --> 00:26:45.269
job,<00:26:40.170><c> a</c><00:26:40.809><c> special</c><00:26:41.170><c> job,</c><00:26:42.869><c> a</c><00:26:43.150><c> matter</c><00:26:43.390><c> of</c><00:26:43.690><c> life</c><00:26:44.009><c> and</c><00:26:44.410><c> death</c><00:26:44.890><c> kind</c>

00:26:45.269 --> 00:26:48.170
of<00:26:45.490><c> job.</c><00:26:47.569><c> You</c><00:26:47.650><c> know,</c><00:26:47.809><c> brothers</c><00:26:47.930><c> and</c><00:26:48.069><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:48.170 --> 00:26:54.210
sometimes<00:26:48.670><c> we</c><00:26:48.970><c> are</c><00:26:49.210><c> in</c><00:26:49.349><c> our</c><00:26:49.569><c> workplaces,</c><00:26:50.109><c> those</c><00:26:50.329><c> of</c><00:26:50.450><c> us</c><00:26:51.009><c> who</c><00:26:51.569><c> are</c><00:26:51.750><c> still</c><00:26:51.950><c> in</c><00:26:52.130><c> workplaces.</c><00:26:54.109><c> I</c>

00:26:54.210 --> 00:26:54.609
know,<00:26:54.369><c> therefore,</c>

00:26:54.630 --> 00:26:57.609
it<00:26:54.690><c> won't</c><00:26:54.869><c> apply</c><00:26:55.150><c> to</c><00:26:55.329><c> all</c><00:26:55.450><c> of</c><00:26:55.549><c> us.</c><00:26:56.849><c> But</c><00:26:56.990><c> those</c><00:26:57.170><c> of</c><00:26:57.210><c> us</c><00:26:57.349><c> who</c><00:26:57.410><c> have</c>

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paid<00:26:57.910><c> employment</c><00:26:58.769><c> and</c><00:27:00.430><c> we</c><00:27:00.650><c> sometimes</c><00:27:01.109><c> come</c><00:27:01.329><c> home</c>

00:27:01.849 --> 00:27:07.210
from<00:27:02.329><c> our</c><00:27:02.549><c> paid</c><00:27:02.730><c> employment</c><00:27:03.329><c> and</c><00:27:05.150><c> we</c><00:27:05.390><c> sit</c><00:27:05.549><c> down</c><00:27:05.829><c> with</c><00:27:06.029><c> our</c><00:27:06.470><c> sister</c><00:27:06.769><c> wife</c><00:27:07.029><c> or</c>

00:27:07.210 --> 00:27:09.869
perhaps<00:27:07.670><c> with</c><00:27:08.450><c> our</c><00:27:08.630><c> brother</c><00:27:08.809><c> husband</c>

00:27:10.049 --> 00:27:16.109
and<00:27:10.529><c> we</c><00:27:10.769><c> pour</c><00:27:10.970><c> out</c><00:27:11.269><c> just</c><00:27:11.470><c> how</c><00:27:11.750><c> important</c><00:27:12.190><c> our</c><00:27:12.470><c> job</c><00:27:12.670><c> is.</c><00:27:14.410><c> We</c><00:27:14.809><c> tell</c><00:27:15.009><c> them</c><00:27:15.130><c> that</c><00:27:15.329><c> we're</c><00:27:15.529><c> dealing</c><00:27:15.730><c> with</c><00:27:15.910><c> a</c>

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project<00:27:16.450><c> that</c>

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is<00:27:16.970><c> just</c><00:27:17.430><c> so</c><00:27:18.089><c> crucial</c><00:27:18.730><c> that</c><00:27:19.829><c> business</c><00:27:20.210><c> is</c><00:27:20.430><c> going</c><00:27:20.529><c> to</c><00:27:20.750><c> stand</c><00:27:20.950><c> or</c>

00:27:21.269 --> 00:27:23.029
fall<00:27:21.450><c> by</c><00:27:21.650><c> what</c><00:27:21.849><c> it</c><00:27:22.009><c> is</c><00:27:22.089><c> that</c><00:27:22.210><c> I'm</c><00:27:22.309><c> working</c><00:27:22.630><c> on</c><00:27:22.769><c> at</c><00:27:22.930><c> the</c>

00:27:23.029 --> 00:27:26.609
moment.<00:27:24.130><c> This</c><00:27:24.390><c> could</c><00:27:24.589><c> save</c><00:27:24.829><c> the</c><00:27:25.029><c> company</c><00:27:25.390><c> thousands</c><00:27:25.869><c> of</c><00:27:26.170><c> dollars</c><00:27:26.369><c> or</c>

00:27:26.609 --> 00:27:28.009
lose<00:27:26.910><c> us</c><00:27:27.130><c> thousands</c><00:27:27.450><c> of</c><00:27:27.690><c> dollars.</c>

00:27:28.410 --> 00:27:30.410
There's<00:27:28.569><c> hundreds</c><00:27:28.869><c> of</c><00:27:29.130><c> people</c><00:27:29.349><c> going</c><00:27:29.509><c> to</c><00:27:29.630><c> be</c><00:27:29.789><c> affected</c><00:27:30.190><c> by</c>

00:27:30.410 --> 00:27:32.329
this<00:27:30.630><c> project</c><00:27:30.990><c> that</c><00:27:31.130><c> I'm</c><00:27:31.309><c> working</c><00:27:31.589><c> on.</c>

00:27:33.130 --> 00:27:37.089
But,<00:27:33.869><c> brothers</c><00:27:33.869><c> and</c><00:27:33.970><c> sisters,</c><00:27:34.809><c> it's</c><00:27:35.190><c> of</c><00:27:35.410><c> nothing</c><00:27:36.109><c> compared</c>

00:27:37.089 --> 00:27:40.009
to<00:27:37.269><c> the</c><00:27:37.430><c> job</c><00:27:37.849><c> that</c><00:27:38.609><c> this</c><00:27:38.930><c> man</c><00:27:39.190><c> is</c><00:27:39.509><c> given</c>

00:27:40.009 --> 00:27:46.329
in<00:27:40.750><c> Genesis</c><00:27:41.109><c> 24.</c><00:27:43.069><c> This</c><00:27:43.349><c> is</c><00:27:43.589><c> a</c><00:27:43.710><c> project.</c><00:27:44.549><c> This</c><00:27:44.789><c> is</c><00:27:45.029><c> a</c><00:27:45.190><c> job</c><00:27:45.609><c> like</c>

00:27:46.329 --> 00:27:49.750
no<00:27:46.710><c> other</c><00:27:46.990><c> job.</c><00:27:48.329><c> It</c><00:27:48.549><c> is</c><00:27:48.829><c> a</c><00:27:48.930><c> matter</c><00:27:49.150><c> of</c><00:27:49.369><c> life</c><00:27:49.529><c> and</c>

00:27:49.750 --> 00:27:54.430
death<00:27:49.890><c> and</c><00:27:50.009><c> it's</c><00:27:50.210><c> at</c><00:27:50.349><c> the</c><00:27:50.490><c> heart</c><00:27:50.670><c> of</c><00:27:50.869><c> God's</c><00:27:51.349><c> master</c><00:27:51.690><c> plan.</c><00:27:54.150><c> In</c>

00:27:54.430 --> 00:27:57.210
order<00:27:54.930><c> that</c><00:27:55.789><c> the</c><00:27:56.029><c> plan</c><00:27:56.230><c> might</c><00:27:56.490><c> be</c><00:27:56.789><c> fulfilled,</c>

00:27:57.210 --> 00:28:05.150
we've<00:27:57.549><c> got</c><00:27:57.789><c> to</c><00:27:58.089><c> find</c><00:27:58.650><c> the</c><00:28:00.190><c> right</c><00:28:00.690><c> individual,</c><00:28:02.309><c> the</c><00:28:02.670><c> right</c><00:28:03.130><c> wife</c><00:28:03.670><c> for</c>

00:28:05.150 --> 00:28:06.589
Abram's<00:28:05.809><c> son.</c>

00:28:07.690 --> 00:28:11.809
And<00:28:08.069><c> if</c><00:28:08.150><c> he's</c><00:28:08.369><c> not</c><00:28:08.630><c> found,</c><00:28:10.109><c> then</c><00:28:10.289><c> what's</c><00:28:10.609><c> going</c><00:28:10.710><c> to</c><00:28:10.890><c> happen?</c>

00:28:12.529 --> 00:28:14.109
And<00:28:12.710><c> it's</c><00:28:12.950><c> quite</c><00:28:13.250><c> clear,</c><00:28:13.569><c> brothers</c><00:28:13.630><c> and</c><00:28:13.809><c> sisters,</c><00:28:13.869><c> when</c><00:28:13.990><c> we</c>

00:28:14.109 --> 00:28:17.329
look<00:28:14.410><c> at</c><00:28:15.470><c> Genesis</c><00:28:15.869><c> 24,</c>

00:28:18.490 --> 00:28:22.569
when<00:28:19.210><c> Abraham,</c><00:28:19.890><c> old</c><00:28:20.329><c> and</c><00:28:20.589><c> well</c><00:28:20.769><c> advanced</c><00:28:21.150><c> in</c><00:28:21.470><c> years,</c>

00:28:24.049 --> 00:28:29.009
verse<00:28:24.130><c> two,</c><00:28:25.569><c> calls</c><00:28:25.589><c> the</c><00:28:26.369><c> oldest</c><00:28:27.009><c> servant</c><00:28:27.450><c> of</c><00:28:27.690><c> the</c><00:28:27.869><c> house,</c>

00:28:29.710 --> 00:28:32.769
the<00:28:29.789><c> one</c><00:28:29.950><c> that's</c><00:28:30.309><c> been</c><00:28:30.569><c> there,</c><00:28:31.269><c> seen</c><00:28:31.450><c> it,</c><00:28:31.849><c> done</c><00:28:31.990><c> it,</c><00:28:32.269><c> who</c><00:28:32.490><c> knew</c>

00:28:32.769 --> 00:28:35.609
everything<00:28:33.210><c> from</c><00:28:33.789><c> start</c><00:28:34.210><c> to</c><00:28:34.450><c> finish,</c>

00:28:37.650 --> 00:28:43.230
the<00:28:37.849><c> one</c><00:28:38.009><c> perhaps</c><00:28:38.329><c> he</c><00:28:38.589><c> feels</c><00:28:38.789><c> he</c><00:28:39.009><c> could</c><00:28:39.950><c> trust</c><00:28:40.589><c> above</c><00:28:41.609><c> all</c><00:28:42.309><c> others,</c>

00:28:43.490 --> 00:28:47.930
the<00:28:44.009><c> one</c><00:28:44.230><c> who</c><00:28:44.490><c> knew</c><00:28:44.849><c> best</c><00:28:45.390><c> just</c><00:28:46.369><c> what</c><00:28:46.549><c> these</c><00:28:46.910><c> promises</c><00:28:47.369><c> meant</c>

00:28:47.930 --> 00:28:51.609
and<00:28:48.589><c> how</c><00:28:48.930><c> God's</c><00:28:49.490><c> master</c><00:28:49.809><c> plan</c><00:28:50.329><c> was</c><00:28:51.109><c> dependent</c>

00:28:51.609 --> 00:28:54.269
upon<00:28:51.910><c> what</c><00:28:52.069><c> he</c><00:28:52.210><c> was</c><00:28:52.410><c> about</c><00:28:52.630><c> to</c><00:28:52.890><c> ask</c><00:28:53.109><c> him.</c><00:28:53.529><c> And</c><00:28:53.750><c> there</c><00:28:53.869><c> is</c><00:28:54.069><c> the</c>

00:28:54.269 --> 00:28:56.529
oath<00:28:54.450><c> which</c><00:28:54.710><c> is</c><00:28:54.890><c> taken.</c><00:28:55.250><c> It</c><00:28:55.589><c> seems</c><00:28:55.910><c> quite</c><00:28:56.210><c> bizarre,</c>

00:28:56.650 --> 00:28:58.930
doesn't<00:28:56.730><c> it,</c><00:28:56.809><c> in</c><00:28:57.009><c> our</c><00:28:57.470><c> culture</c><00:28:57.869><c> to</c><00:28:58.049><c> see</c><00:28:58.210><c> what</c><00:28:58.410><c> was</c><00:28:58.609><c> happening.</c>

00:28:59.029 --> 00:29:01.130
But<00:28:59.329><c> the</c><00:28:59.710><c> oath</c><00:28:59.910><c> which</c><00:29:00.170><c> was</c><00:29:00.450><c> taken</c><00:29:00.809><c> with</c>

00:29:01.130 --> 00:29:06.390
his<00:29:01.650><c> hands</c><00:29:01.849><c> under</c><00:29:02.089><c> his</c><00:29:02.390><c> thigh,</c><00:29:04.930><c> a</c><00:29:05.130><c> sign</c><00:29:05.329><c> of</c><00:29:05.589><c> commitment</c><00:29:05.990><c> and</c><00:29:06.190><c> a</c>

00:29:06.390 --> 00:29:09.170
sign<00:29:06.549><c> of</c><00:29:07.230><c> absolute</c><00:29:07.670><c> understanding</c><00:29:08.309><c> of</c><00:29:08.569><c> just</c><00:29:08.869><c> how</c>

00:29:09.170 --> 00:29:13.849
important<00:29:09.609><c> this</c><00:29:10.230><c> job</c><00:29:10.670><c> is</c><00:29:11.029><c> that</c><00:29:11.190><c> is</c><00:29:11.289><c> being</c><00:29:11.569><c> asked</c><00:29:12.029><c> of</c><00:29:12.609><c> this</c><00:29:12.910><c> man.</c>

00:29:16.029 --> 00:29:22.650
The<00:29:16.450><c> oldest</c><00:29:16.730><c> servant,</c><00:29:18.190><c> I</c><00:29:18.710><c> believe</c><00:29:18.930><c> we're</c><00:29:19.109><c> reading</c><00:29:19.329><c> here,</c><00:29:21.069><c> of</c><00:29:21.309><c> Eliezer,</c>

00:29:23.230 --> 00:29:29.390
whose<00:29:23.410><c> name</c><00:29:24.289><c> conveys</c><00:29:25.049><c> the</c><00:29:25.309><c> idea</c><00:29:25.730><c> of</c><00:29:26.170><c> God</c><00:29:26.650><c> is</c><00:29:27.369><c> my</c><00:29:28.410><c> help.</c>

00:29:30.730 --> 00:29:36.490
If<00:29:30.990><c> you</c><00:29:31.109><c> want</c><00:29:31.150><c> to</c><00:29:31.250><c> give</c><00:29:31.329><c> a</c><00:29:31.509><c> job</c><00:29:31.690><c> to</c><00:29:31.930><c> anybody,</c><00:29:32.490><c> give</c><00:29:32.670><c> it</c><00:29:32.829><c> to</c><00:29:32.970><c> a</c><00:29:33.150><c> man</c><00:29:33.910><c> who's</c><00:29:34.470><c> called</c><00:29:34.930><c> God</c><00:29:35.930><c> is</c>

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my<00:29:36.789><c> help.</c>

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Because<00:29:39.470><c> that's</c><00:29:39.690><c> what</c><00:29:39.829><c> he</c><00:29:39.930><c> was</c><00:29:40.069><c> going</c><00:29:40.230><c> to</c><00:29:40.430><c> need</c><00:29:40.869><c> to</c><00:29:41.789><c> fulfill</c>

00:29:42.450 --> 00:29:44.390
what<00:29:43.069><c> was</c><00:29:43.349><c> required.</c>

00:29:46.150 --> 00:29:50.190
Now<00:29:46.250><c> we</c><00:29:46.329><c> know</c><00:29:46.569><c> this</c><00:29:46.769><c> story</c><00:29:46.970><c> so</c><00:29:47.289><c> well,</c><00:29:48.730><c> and</c><00:29:49.130><c> I</c><00:29:49.289><c> don't</c><00:29:49.410><c> propose</c><00:29:49.769><c> to</c><00:29:49.950><c> have</c><00:29:50.089><c> a</c>

00:29:50.190 --> 00:29:51.109
Sunday<00:29:50.369><c> School</c><00:29:50.569><c> lesson</c>

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in<00:29:51.990><c> our</c><00:29:52.109><c> last</c><00:29:52.309><c> few</c><00:29:52.470><c> minutes.</c><00:29:54.089><c> But</c><00:29:54.250><c> I</c><00:29:54.369><c> want</c><00:29:54.430><c> us</c><00:29:54.529><c> just</c><00:29:54.630><c> to</c><00:29:54.890><c> pause</c>

00:29:55.309 --> 00:29:56.910
at<00:29:56.230><c> one</c><00:29:56.349><c> or</c><00:29:56.470><c> two</c><00:29:56.630><c> points,</c>

00:29:57.049 --> 00:29:59.069
brothers<00:29:57.170><c> and</c><00:29:57.349><c> sisters,</c><00:29:57.630><c> in</c><00:29:57.789><c> the</c><00:29:57.930><c> light</c><00:29:58.049><c> of</c><00:29:58.230><c> what</c><00:29:58.309><c> we've</c><00:29:58.609><c> said</c>

00:29:59.069 --> 00:30:01.589
of<00:29:59.809><c> being</c><00:30:00.089><c> entrusted</c><00:30:00.569><c> servants.</c>

00:30:02.450 --> 00:30:06.089
I<00:30:02.609><c> want</c><00:30:02.710><c> us</c><00:30:02.829><c> to</c><00:30:02.950><c> see</c><00:30:03.049><c> the</c><00:30:03.210><c> Lord</c><00:30:03.390><c> Jesus.</c><00:30:05.250><c> I</c><00:30:05.410><c> want</c><00:30:05.549><c> it</c><00:30:05.670><c> to</c><00:30:05.910><c> prompt</c>

00:30:06.089 --> 00:30:08.930
our<00:30:06.329><c> own</c><00:30:06.569><c> thoughts</c><00:30:06.849><c> about</c><00:30:07.210><c> our</c><00:30:07.589><c> discipleship</c>

00:30:09.329 --> 00:30:13.089
and<00:30:09.849><c> we've</c><00:30:10.109><c> alluded</c><00:30:10.369><c> to</c><00:30:10.569><c> this</c><00:30:10.769><c> idea</c><00:30:11.089><c> of</c><00:30:12.130><c> being</c><00:30:12.410><c> kept</c><00:30:12.750><c> in</c><00:30:12.890><c> the</c>

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narrow<00:30:13.329><c> way.</c>

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He's<00:30:20.190><c> entrusted</c><00:30:20.890><c> with</c><00:30:21.369><c> a</c><00:30:21.529><c> job</c><00:30:21.970><c> to</c><00:30:23.009><c> find</c><00:30:23.529><c> a</c><00:30:24.349><c> bride</c><00:30:24.789><c> for</c><00:30:26.150><c> his</c>

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master's<00:30:26.970><c> son.</c>

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Here<00:30:29.089><c> we</c><00:30:29.190><c> are,</c><00:30:29.410><c> brothers</c><00:30:29.589><c> and</c><00:30:29.750><c> sisters,</c><00:30:29.869><c> this</c><00:30:30.029><c> is</c><00:30:30.190><c> us.</c><00:30:31.549><c> Isn't</c>

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this<00:30:31.950><c> our</c><00:30:32.089><c> job?</c><00:30:33.269><c> This</c><00:30:33.450><c> is</c><00:30:33.609><c> what</c><00:30:33.690><c> we're</c><00:30:33.950><c> called</c><00:30:34.049><c> to</c>

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We're<00:30:35.230><c> called</c><00:30:35.369><c> to</c><00:30:35.490><c> go</c><00:30:35.650><c> and</c><00:30:36.009><c> find</c><00:30:36.369><c> a</c><00:30:36.670><c> bride</c><00:30:37.029><c> for</c><00:30:37.569><c> the</c><00:30:37.710><c> Lord</c><00:30:37.869><c> Jesus,</c><00:30:38.789><c> for</c>

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when<00:30:39.069><c> he</c><00:30:39.289><c> comes,</c>

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he<00:30:40.849><c> is</c><00:30:41.069><c> looking</c><00:30:41.369><c> for</c><00:30:41.589><c> those</c><00:30:41.769><c> who</c><00:30:41.930><c> are</c><00:30:42.150><c> prepared</c><00:30:42.509><c> and</c><00:30:42.730><c> ready.</c><00:30:42.910><c> And</c><00:30:43.029><c> that's</c><00:30:43.289><c> our</c><00:30:43.470><c> job,</c><00:30:45.170><c> to</c><00:30:45.569><c> go</c><00:30:45.869><c> and</c><00:30:46.250><c> find</c><00:30:46.430><c> a</c><00:30:46.630><c> bride.</c>

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And<00:30:48.869><c> the</c><00:30:49.109><c> first</c><00:30:49.369><c> step</c><00:30:49.690><c> was</c><00:30:50.049><c> our</c><00:30:50.410><c> solemn</c><00:30:50.730><c> oath,</c><00:30:51.150><c> brothers</c><00:30:51.289><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:30:51.670><c> was</c><00:30:51.789><c> it</c><00:30:51.950><c> not?</c><00:30:52.349><c> When</c><00:30:52.490><c> we</c><00:30:52.710><c> were</c><00:30:52.910><c> baptized</c>

00:30:53.329 --> 00:30:59.430
and<00:30:53.549><c> we</c><00:30:53.829><c> declared</c><00:30:54.069><c> our</c><00:30:54.410><c> belief</c><00:30:54.609><c> in</c><00:30:54.809><c> these</c><00:30:55.029><c> things</c><00:30:55.430><c> and</c><00:30:56.170><c> committed</c><00:30:56.589><c> ourselves</c><00:30:57.329><c> to</c><00:30:58.990><c> following</c><00:30:59.250><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:59.569><c> Lord's</c>

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way,<00:31:00.410><c> we</c><00:31:00.990><c> knew</c><00:31:01.470><c> the</c><00:31:01.890><c> responsibility.</c><00:31:03.589><c> We</c><00:31:03.670><c> are</c><00:31:03.950><c> now</c><00:31:04.250><c> undertaking</c><00:31:04.710><c> a</c><00:31:05.009><c> job</c><00:31:05.410><c> for</c>

00:31:05.950 --> 00:31:08.410
the<00:31:06.190><c> master</c><00:31:06.569><c> and</c><00:31:07.930><c> for</c><00:31:08.190><c> the</c>

00:31:08.410 --> 00:31:16.549
master's<00:31:09.529><c> son.</c><00:31:12.750><c> And</c><00:31:13.349><c> we've</c><00:31:13.509><c> not</c><00:31:13.609><c> been</c><00:31:13.890><c> sent</c><00:31:14.049><c> out</c><00:31:14.250><c> empty</c><00:31:14.470><c> handed.</c><00:31:16.349><c> What</c>

00:31:16.549 --> 00:31:29.910
was<00:31:16.769><c> it</c><00:31:16.990><c> that</c><00:31:17.470><c> Eliezer</c><00:31:17.869><c> was</c><00:31:18.150><c> given,</c><00:31:29.849><c> this</c>

00:31:29.910 --> 00:31:35.690
and<00:31:30.710><c> departed?</c><00:31:32.609><c> For</c><00:31:32.690><c> all</c><00:31:33.069><c> his</c><00:31:33.329><c> master's</c><00:31:33.970><c> goods</c><00:31:34.349><c> were</c><00:31:35.210><c> in</c><00:31:35.369><c> his</c>

00:31:35.690 --> 00:31:37.430
hand.<00:31:36.650><c> Hold</c><00:31:36.910><c> that</c><00:31:37.130><c> phrase,</c>

00:31:37.589 --> 00:31:39.190
brothers<00:31:37.589><c> and</c><00:31:37.750><c> sisters,</c><00:31:37.809><c> that's</c><00:31:38.049><c> going</c><00:31:38.210><c> to</c><00:31:38.250><c> come</c><00:31:38.490><c> up</c><00:31:38.829><c> again</c>

00:31:39.190 --> 00:31:41.309
later<00:31:39.589><c> for</c><00:31:39.829><c> us</c><00:31:39.970><c> in</c><00:31:40.109><c> our</c><00:31:40.329><c> studies.</c>

00:31:42.029 --> 00:31:47.589
But<00:31:42.150><c> he's</c><00:31:42.289><c> been</c><00:31:42.470><c> given</c><00:31:42.690><c> 10</c><00:31:43.549><c> camels</c><00:31:44.029><c> worth</c><00:31:44.390><c> of</c><00:31:45.049><c> riches.</c><00:31:47.170><c> I</c><00:31:47.450><c> don't</c><00:31:47.549><c> know</c>

00:31:47.589 --> 00:31:48.869
how<00:31:47.730><c> much</c><00:31:47.849><c> you</c><00:31:47.990><c> think</c><00:31:48.089><c> that</c><00:31:48.269><c> looks</c><00:31:48.569><c> like,</c>

00:31:48.970 --> 00:31:53.009
brothers<00:31:49.069><c> and</c><00:31:49.230><c> sisters,</c><00:31:49.430><c> but</c><00:31:49.690><c> 10</c><00:31:50.349><c> camels</c><00:31:50.990><c> worth</c><00:31:51.509><c> of</c><00:31:52.049><c> riches.</c>

00:31:53.289 --> 00:31:56.470
And<00:31:53.569><c> we</c><00:31:53.750><c> talk</c><00:31:53.910><c> about</c><00:31:54.150><c> the</c><00:31:54.490><c> riches</c><00:31:54.910><c> in</c><00:31:55.470><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:56.690 --> 00:32:00.190
We<00:31:57.170><c> talk</c><00:31:57.349><c> about</c><00:31:57.589><c> Moses</c><00:31:57.930><c> having</c><00:31:58.190><c> that</c><00:31:58.769><c> decision</c><00:31:59.329><c> to</c><00:31:59.589><c> make,</c><00:31:59.970><c> wasn't</c><00:32:00.029><c> it?</c>

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Whether<00:32:00.769><c> he</c><00:32:00.930><c> would</c><00:32:01.170><c> accept</c><00:32:01.549><c> the</c>

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wonders<00:32:02.670><c> and</c><00:32:03.690><c> the</c><00:32:03.910><c> beauties</c><00:32:04.390><c> and</c><00:32:04.509><c> the</c><00:32:04.730><c> gifts</c><00:32:05.009><c> that</c><00:32:05.269><c> could</c><00:32:05.450><c> be</c>

00:32:05.650 --> 00:32:09.150
offered<00:32:05.789><c> in</c><00:32:06.049><c> Egypt,</c><00:32:07.930><c> or</c><00:32:08.049><c> to</c><00:32:08.309><c> choose</c><00:32:08.549><c> the</c><00:32:08.750><c> riches</c><00:32:08.970><c> that</c>

00:32:09.150 --> 00:32:14.789
were<00:32:09.289><c> there</c><00:32:09.430><c> in</c><00:32:09.670><c> Christ.</c><00:32:11.589><c> And</c><00:32:11.769><c> we're</c><00:32:12.150><c> loaded</c><00:32:12.269><c> up</c><00:32:12.549><c> with</c><00:32:12.769><c> riches,</c><00:32:13.190><c> brothers</c><00:32:13.289><c> and</c><00:32:13.509><c> sisters.</c><00:32:14.529><c> I</c>

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brought<00:32:15.069><c> mine,</c>

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didn't<00:32:15.549><c> I,</c><00:32:15.690><c> through</c><00:32:16.109><c> immigration.</c><00:32:17.430><c> I've</c><00:32:17.829><c> got</c><00:32:17.950><c> the</c><00:32:18.190><c> word</c><00:32:18.390><c> here</c>

00:32:18.650 --> 00:32:21.450
and<00:32:18.849><c> all</c><00:32:19.069><c> its</c><00:32:19.269><c> riches.</c><00:32:20.529><c> And</c><00:32:20.769><c> you've</c><00:32:20.990><c> got</c><00:32:21.089><c> it</c><00:32:21.329><c> too.</c>

00:32:21.450 --> 00:32:28.250
We've<00:32:21.730><c> brought</c><00:32:22.109><c> the</c><00:32:22.369><c> riches.</c><00:32:23.170><c> We've</c><00:32:23.329><c> been</c><00:32:23.529><c> entrusted</c><00:32:23.910><c> with</c><00:32:24.329><c> 10</c><00:32:24.670><c> camels</c><00:32:25.109><c> worth</c><00:32:25.549><c> of</c><00:32:26.309><c> riches</c><00:32:26.789><c> to</c><00:32:27.369><c> go</c><00:32:27.569><c> and</c><00:32:27.849><c> find</c><00:32:27.970><c> a</c>

00:32:28.250 --> 00:32:38.609
bride<00:32:28.630><c> for</c><00:32:29.369><c> our</c><00:32:29.609><c> master's</c><00:32:30.069><c> son.</c><00:32:32.190><c> And</c><00:32:32.289><c> we</c><00:32:32.470><c> travel</c><00:32:32.750><c> like</c><00:32:33.049><c> Eliezer</c><00:32:33.630><c> in</c><00:32:35.049><c> faith.</c><00:32:38.049><c> We</c>

00:32:38.609 --> 00:32:40.029
travel<00:32:38.849><c> in</c><00:32:39.150><c> prayer.</c>

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We<00:32:41.349><c> try</c><00:32:41.569><c> and</c><00:32:41.650><c> live</c><00:32:41.750><c> up</c><00:32:41.910><c> to</c><00:32:42.029><c> Eliezer's</c><00:32:42.630><c> name,</c><00:32:44.369><c> knowing</c><00:32:44.630><c> that</c><00:32:44.930><c> God</c><00:32:45.269><c> is</c>

00:32:45.849 --> 00:32:47.950
my<00:32:46.269><c> help.</c><00:32:47.109><c> So</c><00:32:47.269><c> when</c><00:32:47.430><c> we</c><00:32:47.690><c> preach,</c>

00:32:47.950 --> 00:32:52.450
brothers<00:32:48.109><c> and</c><00:32:48.309><c> sisters,</c><00:32:48.630><c> as</c><00:32:48.710><c> faithful</c><00:32:49.049><c> servants,</c><00:32:50.750><c> we</c><00:32:51.069><c> can</c><00:32:51.289><c> preach</c><00:32:51.549><c> knowing</c><00:32:51.829><c> that</c><00:32:52.029><c> God</c><00:32:52.230><c> is</c>

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my<00:32:52.650><c> help,</c>

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can't<00:32:53.869><c> we?</c><00:32:54.869><c> He's</c><00:32:55.250><c> there</c><00:32:55.569><c> to</c><00:32:55.789><c> help</c><00:32:56.390><c> and</c><00:32:57.029><c> sustain</c><00:32:57.410><c> us</c><00:32:57.849><c> and</c><00:32:58.450><c> to</c><00:32:58.650><c> give</c><00:32:58.710><c> us</c>

00:32:58.869 --> 00:33:00.750
what<00:32:59.029><c> we</c><00:32:59.269><c> need</c><00:32:59.410><c> at</c><00:32:59.630><c> those</c><00:33:00.069><c> crunch</c>

00:33:00.750 --> 00:33:04.890
moments.<00:33:02.509><c> Indeed,</c><00:33:02.769><c> a</c><00:33:02.970><c> crunch</c><00:33:03.170><c> moment</c><00:33:03.569><c> is</c><00:33:03.849><c> heading</c><00:33:04.210><c> Eliezer's</c>

00:33:04.890 --> 00:33:07.809
way,<00:33:05.049><c> isn't</c><00:33:05.250><c> it,</c><00:33:06.029><c> as</c><00:33:06.210><c> the</c><00:33:06.450><c> story</c><00:33:06.769><c> unfolds.</c>

00:33:13.750 --> 00:33:15.289
Verse<00:33:14.269><c> 11.</c>

00:33:17.829 --> 00:33:20.609
There<00:33:18.349><c> in</c><00:33:18.529><c> Mesopotamia,</c><00:33:19.250><c> he</c><00:33:19.329><c> comes</c><00:33:19.630><c> to</c><00:33:19.769><c> the</c><00:33:19.869><c> city</c><00:33:20.069><c> of</c><00:33:20.289><c> Nahor.</c>

00:33:20.670 --> 00:33:21.990
And<00:33:20.789><c> verse</c><00:33:20.950><c> 11,</c>

00:33:22.769 --> 00:33:28.309
he<00:33:22.930><c> made</c><00:33:23.150><c> his</c><00:33:23.450><c> camels</c><00:33:24.150><c> kneel</c><00:33:24.769><c> down</c><00:33:25.589><c> outside</c><00:33:27.349><c> the</c><00:33:27.630><c> city</c><00:33:27.869><c> by</c><00:33:28.150><c> a</c>

00:33:28.309 --> 00:33:31.730
well<00:33:28.369><c> of</c><00:33:28.670><c> water</c><00:33:29.009><c> at</c><00:33:30.230><c> evening</c><00:33:30.589><c> time,</c>

00:33:33.069 --> 00:33:35.250
the<00:33:33.250><c> time</c><00:33:33.390><c> when</c><00:33:33.569><c> women</c><00:33:33.730><c> go</c><00:33:33.930><c> out</c><00:33:34.150><c> to</c><00:33:34.369><c> draw</c><00:33:34.490><c> water.</c>

00:33:37.309 --> 00:33:43.509
And<00:33:37.769><c> then</c><00:33:38.109><c> he</c><00:33:38.329><c> said,</c><00:33:40.670><c> Oh,</c><00:33:40.990><c> Lord</c><00:33:41.329><c> God</c><00:33:41.730><c> of</c><00:33:41.970><c> my</c><00:33:42.170><c> master</c><00:33:42.490><c> Abraham,</c>

00:33:44.549 --> 00:33:47.910
please<00:33:44.809><c> give</c><00:33:45.049><c> me</c><00:33:45.349><c> success</c><00:33:46.269><c> this</c><00:33:47.009><c> day</c>

00:33:48.349 --> 00:33:55.369
and<00:33:48.710><c> show</c><00:33:49.269><c> kindness.</c><00:33:51.150><c> Who</c><00:33:51.529><c> to?</c><00:33:52.789><c> To</c><00:33:52.990><c> me?</c><00:33:53.769><c> No,</c><00:33:54.609><c> show</c><00:33:54.809><c> kindness</c>

00:33:55.369 --> 00:34:01.210
to<00:33:55.910><c> my</c><00:33:56.190><c> master</c><00:33:56.990><c> Abraham.</c><00:33:59.569><c> He</c><00:34:00.109><c> hadn't</c><00:34:00.329><c> forgot</c><00:34:00.710><c> who</c><00:34:00.890><c> he</c><00:34:01.029><c> was</c>

00:34:01.210 --> 00:34:04.390
working<00:34:01.609><c> for,</c><00:34:02.309><c> brothers</c><00:34:02.410><c> and</c><00:34:02.589><c> sisters.</c><00:34:03.609><c> He</c><00:34:03.829><c> was</c><00:34:03.990><c> a</c><00:34:04.089><c> long</c><00:34:04.230><c> way</c>

00:34:04.390 --> 00:34:06.990
from<00:34:04.630><c> base,</c><00:34:05.089><c> but</c><00:34:05.769><c> he</c><00:34:05.950><c> hadn't</c><00:34:06.109><c> forgotten</c><00:34:06.509><c> who</c><00:34:06.710><c> he</c><00:34:06.789><c> was</c>

00:34:06.990 --> 00:34:11.949
working<00:34:07.230><c> for.</c><00:34:08.530><c> He</c><00:34:08.710><c> is</c><00:34:09.050><c> instant</c><00:34:09.349><c> in</c><00:34:09.670><c> prayer.</c><00:34:10.909><c> He's</c><00:34:11.090><c> been</c><00:34:11.429><c> trained</c><00:34:11.670><c> well,</c>

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hasn't<00:34:12.289><c> he,</c><00:34:12.789><c> the</c><00:34:12.969><c> servant</c><00:34:13.289><c> of</c><00:34:13.530><c> Abraham,</c>

00:34:14.630 --> 00:34:18.190
that<00:34:14.789><c> when</c><00:34:15.010><c> faced</c><00:34:15.329><c> with</c><00:34:15.590><c> choices</c><00:34:16.250><c> and</c><00:34:16.969><c> circumstances</c><00:34:17.730><c> where</c>

00:34:18.190 --> 00:34:19.869
you<00:34:18.329><c> know</c><00:34:18.469><c> you</c><00:34:18.650><c> can't</c><00:34:18.929><c> manage</c><00:34:19.230><c> on</c><00:34:19.409><c> your</c><00:34:19.630><c> own,</c>

00:34:20.070 --> 00:34:28.010
you<00:34:20.329><c> instantly</c><00:34:20.929><c> ask</c><00:34:21.610><c> the</c><00:34:22.269><c> Lord</c><00:34:22.650><c> God</c><00:34:23.070><c> of</c><00:34:23.349><c> Abraham</c><00:34:24.010><c> for</c><00:34:25.369><c> help.</c><00:34:27.650><c> There's</c><00:34:27.889><c> a</c>

00:34:28.010 --> 00:34:29.650
lesson<00:34:28.210><c> for</c><00:34:28.449><c> us</c><00:34:28.650><c> all.</c>

00:34:29.889 --> 00:34:33.530
That's<00:34:30.610><c> what</c><00:34:30.730><c> he</c><00:34:30.869><c> does,</c><00:34:31.730><c> that</c><00:34:31.929><c> we</c><00:34:32.170><c> might</c><00:34:32.429><c> be</c><00:34:32.630><c> of</c><00:34:32.809><c> support</c><00:34:33.250><c> and</c>

00:34:33.530 --> 00:34:37.510
value,<00:34:34.210><c> not</c><00:34:34.530><c> for</c><00:34:34.789><c> ourself,</c><00:34:36.210><c> but</c><00:34:36.449><c> for</c><00:34:36.690><c> our</c><00:34:36.949><c> master</c>

00:34:37.510 --> 00:34:45.849
who<00:34:38.409><c> we</c><00:34:38.710><c> are</c><00:34:38.989><c> serving.</c><00:34:42.190><c> He</c><00:34:42.670><c> opens</c><00:34:43.050><c> his</c><00:34:43.329><c> heart</c><00:34:44.050><c> for</c><00:34:44.969><c> help.</c>

00:34:48.349 --> 00:34:51.030
We<00:34:48.909><c> know</c><00:34:49.110><c> the</c><00:34:49.329><c> conversation</c><00:34:49.829><c> that</c><00:34:50.170><c> ensues.</c>

00:34:52.369 --> 00:34:58.929
We<00:34:52.849><c> know</c><00:34:53.329><c> that</c><00:34:54.449><c> he</c><00:34:54.650><c> is</c><00:34:54.889><c> blessed</c><00:34:55.610><c> with</c><00:34:56.289><c> the</c><00:34:56.550><c> encounter</c><00:34:57.110><c> that</c><00:34:57.989><c> he</c><00:34:58.190><c> has.</c>

00:35:02.849 --> 00:35:07.610
Verse<00:35:03.329><c> 18,</c><00:35:04.989><c> when</c><00:35:05.170><c> she</c><00:35:05.489><c> says,</c><00:35:06.190><c> drink</c><00:35:06.210><c> my</c><00:35:06.510><c> Lord,</c>

00:35:09.349 --> 00:35:12.989
then<00:35:09.550><c> she</c><00:35:09.769><c> drank,</c><00:35:10.530><c> sorry,</c><00:35:10.949><c> she</c><00:35:10.949><c> said,</c><00:35:11.969><c> then</c><00:35:12.170><c> she</c><00:35:12.449><c> quickly</c><00:35:12.730><c> let</c>

00:35:12.989 --> 00:35:15.570
her<00:35:13.250><c> pitcher</c><00:35:13.449><c> down</c><00:35:14.030><c> by</c><00:35:14.429><c> her</c><00:35:14.590><c> hand</c><00:35:14.789><c> and</c><00:35:14.949><c> gave</c><00:35:15.170><c> him</c><00:35:15.349><c> to</c>

00:35:15.570 --> 00:35:17.949
drink.<00:35:16.349><c> And</c><00:35:16.550><c> when</c><00:35:16.670><c> she'd</c><00:35:16.989><c> finished</c><00:35:17.190><c> giving</c><00:35:17.409><c> him</c><00:35:17.650><c> a</c><00:35:17.809><c> drink,</c>

00:35:17.969 --> 00:35:20.510
she<00:35:18.170><c> said,</c><00:35:18.530><c> I'll</c><00:35:18.690><c> draw</c><00:35:18.909><c> water</c><00:35:19.230><c> for</c><00:35:19.429><c> your</c><00:35:19.650><c> camels</c><00:35:19.989><c> also,</c>

00:35:20.510 --> 00:35:25.429
just<00:35:20.849><c> as</c><00:35:21.070><c> he</c><00:35:21.190><c> had</c><00:35:21.670><c> hoped</c><00:35:21.949><c> and</c><00:35:22.190><c> prayed</c><00:35:22.449><c> for</c><00:35:23.170><c> until</c><00:35:25.170><c> they'd</c>

00:35:25.429 --> 00:35:26.769
finished<00:35:25.690><c> drinking.</c>

00:35:30.250 --> 00:35:32.829
And<00:35:30.449><c> she</c><00:35:30.610><c> quickly</c><00:35:30.909><c> emptied</c><00:35:31.170><c> her</c><00:35:31.329><c> pitcher</c><00:35:31.530><c> into</c><00:35:31.789><c> the</c><00:35:32.010><c> trough,</c>

00:35:33.190 --> 00:35:35.530
ran<00:35:33.309><c> back</c><00:35:33.630><c> to</c><00:35:33.809><c> the</c><00:35:33.949><c> well</c><00:35:34.090><c> to</c><00:35:34.289><c> draw</c><00:35:34.510><c> water,</c>

00:35:35.590 --> 00:35:40.590
drew<00:35:35.690><c> for</c><00:35:35.889><c> all</c><00:35:36.070><c> his</c><00:35:36.230><c> camels,</c><00:35:36.650><c> and</c><00:35:36.849><c> the</c><00:35:37.030><c> man</c><00:35:38.090><c> wondering</c><00:35:38.829><c> at</c><00:35:39.230><c> her</c>

00:35:40.590 --> 00:35:44.530
remained<00:35:41.349><c> silent</c><00:35:42.429><c> so</c><00:35:43.489><c> as</c><00:35:43.650><c> to</c><00:35:43.789><c> know</c><00:35:44.030><c> whether</c><00:35:44.269><c> the</c>

00:35:44.530 --> 00:35:50.210
Lord<00:35:44.730><c> had</c><00:35:45.030><c> made</c><00:35:45.329><c> his</c><00:35:45.630><c> journey</c><00:35:46.489><c> prosperous</c><00:35:47.150><c> or</c><00:35:47.510><c> not.</c><00:35:49.570><c> He'd</c><00:35:49.849><c> said</c><00:35:49.949><c> the</c>

00:35:50.210 --> 00:35:53.630
prayer,<00:35:51.809><c> he'd</c><00:35:52.170><c> taken</c><00:35:52.369><c> the</c><00:35:52.650><c> steps,</c>

00:35:53.949 --> 00:35:58.630
but<00:35:54.170><c> he</c><00:35:54.329><c> remained</c><00:35:54.710><c> silent.</c><00:35:57.070><c> Now</c><00:35:57.210><c> he</c><00:35:57.269><c> may</c><00:35:57.449><c> have</c><00:35:57.530><c> been</c><00:35:57.630><c> in</c><00:35:57.849><c> silent</c><00:35:58.150><c> prayer,</c><00:35:58.489><c> but</c>

00:35:58.630 --> 00:36:00.090
he<00:35:58.730><c> was</c><00:35:58.989><c> silent.</c>

00:36:00.530 --> 00:36:03.050
And<00:36:00.690><c> sometimes,</c><00:36:01.130><c> brothers</c><00:36:01.210><c> and</c><00:36:01.349><c> sisters,</c><00:36:01.489><c> we</c><00:36:01.690><c> have</c><00:36:01.889><c> to</c><00:36:02.030><c> remain</c><00:36:02.289><c> silent.</c><00:36:02.630><c> We</c><00:36:02.710><c> have</c><00:36:02.869><c> to</c>

00:36:03.050 --> 00:36:04.489
just<00:36:03.449><c> sit</c><00:36:03.789><c> and</c><00:36:04.050><c> watch</c><00:36:04.250><c> and</c>

00:36:04.489 --> 00:36:08.030
wait<00:36:04.869><c> while</c><00:36:05.550><c> the</c><00:36:05.809><c> Lord</c><00:36:06.130><c> answers</c><00:36:06.750><c> our</c><00:36:07.170><c> prayers</c><00:36:07.449><c> and</c><00:36:07.650><c> things</c>

00:36:08.030 --> 00:36:11.730
unfold.<00:36:10.150><c> All</c><00:36:10.429><c> things</c><00:36:10.670><c> will</c><00:36:10.849><c> work</c><00:36:11.030><c> together</c><00:36:11.369><c> according</c>

00:36:11.730 --> 00:36:15.789
to<00:36:11.929><c> the</c><00:36:12.050><c> Lord's</c><00:36:12.469><c> plan.</c><00:36:12.969><c> And</c><00:36:13.150><c> sometimes</c><00:36:13.550><c> it's</c><00:36:13.869><c> hard</c><00:36:14.130><c> and</c><00:36:14.429><c> sometimes</c><00:36:14.889><c> we</c><00:36:15.230><c> give</c><00:36:15.429><c> up</c>

00:36:15.789 --> 00:36:18.050
far<00:36:16.130><c> too</c><00:36:16.449><c> fast</c><00:36:16.969><c> because</c><00:36:17.869><c> it's</c>

00:36:18.050 --> 00:36:22.130
not<00:36:18.210><c> been</c><00:36:18.369><c> as</c><00:36:18.630><c> instant</c><00:36:18.929><c> as</c><00:36:19.110><c> it</c><00:36:19.269><c> was</c><00:36:19.389><c> for</c><00:36:19.630><c> Eliezer.</c><00:36:21.190><c> But</c><00:36:21.510><c> we</c><00:36:21.730><c> have</c><00:36:21.909><c> to</c>

00:36:22.130 --> 00:36:24.590
ask<00:36:22.429><c> the</c><00:36:22.710><c> prayer</c><00:36:22.929><c> and</c><00:36:23.090><c> we</c><00:36:23.230><c> have</c><00:36:23.409><c> to</c><00:36:23.909><c> do</c><00:36:24.150><c> the</c><00:36:24.389><c> doing</c>

00:36:24.590 --> 00:36:33.230
and<00:36:24.789><c> we</c><00:36:24.909><c> have</c><00:36:25.110><c> to</c><00:36:25.630><c> sit</c><00:36:25.969><c> and</c><00:36:26.590><c> watch</c><00:36:26.989><c> and</c><00:36:27.690><c> wait</c><00:36:27.969><c> in</c><00:36:28.650><c> silence.</c><00:36:30.570><c> That's</c><00:36:30.710><c> what</c><00:36:30.809><c> Eliezer</c><00:36:31.170><c> did.</c><00:36:32.809><c> He</c>

00:36:33.230 --> 00:36:35.710
watched<00:36:33.710><c> and</c><00:36:35.389><c> the</c><00:36:35.590><c> prayers</c>

00:36:35.710 --> 00:36:40.889
were<00:36:35.889><c> answered</c><00:36:36.150><c> in</c><00:36:36.369><c> front</c><00:36:36.530><c> of</c><00:36:36.690><c> him.</c><00:36:38.150><c> For</c><00:36:38.230><c> when</c><00:36:38.409><c> she</c><00:36:38.570><c> had</c><00:36:38.769><c> finished,</c><00:36:40.530><c> he</c>

00:36:40.889 --> 00:36:44.489
knew<00:36:41.289><c> that</c><00:36:42.369><c> this</c><00:36:42.789><c> was</c><00:36:43.489><c> the</c><00:36:43.690><c> one.</c>

00:36:44.789 --> 00:36:51.789
And<00:36:45.090><c> with</c><00:36:45.289><c> this</c><00:36:46.690><c> wonderful</c><00:36:47.489><c> demonstration</c><00:36:48.329><c> that</c><00:36:48.610><c> God</c><00:36:48.889><c> had</c><00:36:49.190><c> heard</c><00:36:49.590><c> his</c><00:36:50.429><c> prayer,</c><00:36:51.610><c> in</c>

00:36:51.789 --> 00:36:53.349
verse<00:36:52.010><c> 24,</c><00:36:52.730><c> when</c><00:36:52.929><c> she</c><00:36:53.170><c> says,</c>

00:36:53.690 --> 00:36:57.449
I<00:36:53.690><c> am</c><00:36:53.849><c> the</c><00:36:54.050><c> daughter</c><00:36:54.289><c> of</c><00:36:54.510><c> Bethuel,</c><00:36:55.949><c> Milkah's</c><00:36:56.590><c> son,</c><00:36:57.070><c> whom</c><00:36:57.190><c> she</c>

00:36:57.449 --> 00:36:59.590
bought<00:36:57.670><c> a</c><00:36:57.889><c> Nahor.</c><00:36:58.469><c> Moreover,</c><00:36:58.809><c> she</c><00:36:59.050><c> said</c><00:36:59.210><c> to</c><00:36:59.329><c> him,</c>

00:36:59.590 --> 00:37:03.530
we<00:37:00.090><c> have</c><00:37:00.409><c> both</c><00:37:00.889><c> straw</c><00:37:01.170><c> and</c><00:37:01.630><c> food</c><00:37:01.849><c> enough</c><00:37:02.150><c> and</c><00:37:02.570><c> room</c><00:37:02.789><c> to</c><00:37:03.070><c> lodge</c>

00:37:03.530 --> 00:37:07.690
more<00:37:05.030><c> evidence</c><00:37:05.690><c> that</c><00:37:06.929><c> this</c><00:37:07.170><c> was</c><00:37:07.389><c> the</c><00:37:07.570><c> one,</c>

00:37:07.690 --> 00:37:10.489
that<00:37:07.889><c> God's</c><00:37:08.329><c> hand</c><00:37:08.449><c> had</c><00:37:08.610><c> been</c><00:37:08.769><c> at</c><00:37:08.969><c> work.</c><00:37:09.429><c> And</c><00:37:09.530><c> if</c><00:37:09.650><c> we</c><00:37:09.889><c> look,</c><00:37:10.349><c> brothers</c><00:37:10.349><c> and</c>

00:37:10.489 --> 00:37:11.809
sisters,<00:37:10.769><c> we</c><00:37:10.929><c> don't</c><00:37:11.070><c> have</c><00:37:11.210><c> to</c><00:37:11.269><c> look</c><00:37:11.449><c> too</c>

00:37:11.809 --> 00:37:15.769
hard<00:37:12.230><c> to</c><00:37:12.429><c> see</c><00:37:12.530><c> the</c><00:37:12.730><c> Lord's</c><00:37:13.050><c> hand</c><00:37:13.190><c> at</c><00:37:13.429><c> work.</c><00:37:14.630><c> But</c><00:37:14.769><c> are</c><00:37:15.230><c> we</c><00:37:15.449><c> like</c>

00:37:15.769 --> 00:37:19.389
Eliezer<00:37:16.269><c> as</c><00:37:16.630><c> faithful</c><00:37:17.050><c> servants?</c><00:37:18.550><c> Do</c><00:37:18.710><c> we</c><00:37:18.949><c> do</c><00:37:19.150><c> what</c>

00:37:19.389 --> 00:37:22.530
he<00:37:19.530><c> did?</c><00:37:20.869><c> Verse</c><00:37:20.989><c> 26,</c>

00:37:22.670 --> 00:37:28.809
Then<00:37:23.429><c> the</c><00:37:24.869><c> man</c><00:37:25.150><c> bowed</c><00:37:25.429><c> down</c><00:37:25.730><c> his</c><00:37:25.989><c> head</c><00:37:26.610><c> and</c><00:37:27.710><c> worshipped</c><00:37:28.329><c> the</c>

00:37:28.809 --> 00:37:30.409
Lord<00:37:29.250><c> and</c><00:37:29.789><c> said,</c>

00:37:30.489 --> 00:37:34.929
Blessed<00:37:31.070><c> be</c><00:37:31.369><c> the</c><00:37:31.570><c> Lord</c><00:37:31.809><c> God</c><00:37:32.150><c> of</c><00:37:32.489><c> my</c><00:37:32.769><c> master</c><00:37:33.150><c> Abraham,</c><00:37:34.530><c> who</c><00:37:34.610><c> was</c>

00:37:34.929 --> 00:37:38.329
not<00:37:35.449><c> forsaken,</c><00:37:36.969><c> his</c><00:37:37.210><c> mercy</c><00:37:37.590><c> and</c><00:37:37.889><c> his</c><00:37:38.130><c> truth</c>

00:37:38.329 --> 00:37:44.989
towards<00:37:38.769><c> my</c><00:37:39.050><c> master,</c><00:37:39.809><c> as</c><00:37:40.050><c> for</c><00:37:40.329><c> me</c><00:37:40.869><c> being</c><00:37:41.550><c> on</c><00:37:42.510><c> the</c><00:37:42.829><c> way.</c><00:37:44.690><c> Some</c>

00:37:44.989 --> 00:37:48.090
versions<00:37:45.269><c> may</c><00:37:45.570><c> say</c><00:37:45.829><c> in</c><00:37:46.469><c> the</c><00:37:47.130><c> way.</c>

00:37:48.590 --> 00:37:53.250
And<00:37:49.030><c> the</c><00:37:49.190><c> Lord</c><00:37:49.469><c> led</c><00:37:49.730><c> me</c><00:37:50.210><c> to</c><00:37:50.449><c> the</c><00:37:50.610><c> house</c><00:37:50.869><c> of</c><00:37:51.090><c> my</c><00:37:51.250><c> master's</c><00:37:51.730><c> brethren.</c><00:37:52.750><c> So</c><00:37:52.909><c> here's</c><00:37:53.130><c> a</c>

00:37:53.250 --> 00:37:53.889
lesson,<00:37:53.590><c> brothers</c><00:37:53.710><c> and</c>

00:37:53.889 --> 00:37:57.809
sisters.<00:37:55.070><c> I</c><00:37:55.250><c> believe</c><00:37:55.429><c> if</c><00:37:55.630><c> we</c><00:37:55.909><c> put</c><00:37:56.110><c> ourselves</c><00:37:56.610><c> on</c><00:37:57.010><c> the</c><00:37:57.190><c> way</c><00:37:57.489><c> or</c>

00:37:57.809 --> 00:38:01.150
in<00:37:58.130><c> the</c><00:37:58.309><c> way,</c><00:37:59.329><c> in</c><00:37:59.670><c> faith</c><00:38:00.050><c> and</c><00:38:00.449><c> in</c><00:38:00.809><c> prayer,</c>

00:38:01.630 --> 00:38:05.050
then<00:38:01.789><c> the</c><00:38:01.929><c> Lord</c><00:38:02.090><c> will</c><00:38:02.469><c> get</c><00:38:02.650><c> us</c><00:38:02.849><c> to</c><00:38:02.949><c> where</c><00:38:03.070><c> we</c><00:38:03.269><c> need</c><00:38:03.429><c> to</c><00:38:03.590><c> be</c><00:38:03.869><c> taken</c><00:38:04.150><c> to.</c>

00:38:05.150 --> 00:38:07.750
But<00:38:05.289><c> we've</c><00:38:05.570><c> got</c><00:38:05.710><c> to</c><00:38:05.929><c> be</c><00:38:06.110><c> in</c><00:38:06.309><c> the</c><00:38:06.469><c> way</c><00:38:06.690><c> first.</c>

00:38:08.289 --> 00:38:12.329
It's<00:38:08.550><c> no</c><00:38:08.650><c> good</c><00:38:08.730><c> being</c><00:38:08.969><c> back</c><00:38:09.369><c> as</c><00:38:09.489><c> it</c><00:38:09.650><c> were</c><00:38:10.250><c> waiting</c><00:38:10.590><c> with</c><00:38:10.809><c> Abraham.</c><00:38:11.969><c> We've</c>

00:38:12.329 --> 00:38:16.909
actually<00:38:12.489><c> got</c><00:38:12.610><c> to</c><00:38:12.750><c> get</c><00:38:12.889><c> out</c><00:38:13.030><c> on</c><00:38:15.489><c> the</c>

00:38:16.909 --> 00:38:22.309
way,<00:38:17.349><c> asking</c><00:38:17.909><c> our</c><00:38:18.289><c> prayer.</c><00:38:20.510><c> And</c><00:38:20.550><c> being</c><00:38:20.969><c> found</c><00:38:21.510><c> in</c><00:38:21.929><c> the</c><00:38:22.110><c> way,</c>

00:38:22.409 --> 00:38:25.489
the<00:38:22.510><c> Lord</c><00:38:22.730><c> hasn't</c><00:38:23.289><c> forsaken</c><00:38:24.170><c> him,</c><00:38:24.730><c> but</c><00:38:24.909><c> he's</c><00:38:25.250><c> led</c>

00:38:25.489 --> 00:38:31.489
him<00:38:25.949><c> to</c><00:38:26.190><c> the</c><00:38:26.369><c> right</c><00:38:26.989><c> house.</c><00:38:29.510><c> The</c><00:38:29.809><c> master</c><00:38:30.210><c> plan</c><00:38:30.409><c> is</c><00:38:30.550><c> being</c><00:38:30.909><c> worked</c><00:38:31.170><c> out.</c>

00:38:31.809 --> 00:38:34.750
The<00:38:32.050><c> bride</c><00:38:32.469><c> is</c><00:38:32.710><c> being</c><00:38:33.110><c> found</c><00:38:33.769><c> because</c><00:38:34.409><c> the</c>

00:38:34.750 --> 00:38:39.869
servants<00:38:35.250><c> were</c><00:38:35.789><c> in</c><00:38:36.329><c> the</c><00:38:36.590><c> way.</c><00:38:39.010><c> Isn't</c><00:38:39.230><c> that</c><00:38:39.369><c> what</c><00:38:39.449><c> we</c><00:38:39.570><c> have</c><00:38:39.730><c> to</c>

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do,<00:38:40.130><c> brothers</c><00:38:40.210><c> and</c><00:38:40.389><c> sisters?</c><00:38:41.409><c> We</c><00:38:41.690><c> talk</c><00:38:41.889><c> about</c>

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preaching<00:38:42.550><c> the</c><00:38:42.789><c> word,</c><00:38:42.929><c> but</c><00:38:43.050><c> we've</c><00:38:43.250><c> got</c><00:38:43.329><c> to</c><00:38:43.449><c> be</c><00:38:43.590><c> in</c><00:38:43.829><c> the</c><00:38:44.010><c> way</c><00:38:44.389><c> to</c>

00:38:44.650 --> 00:38:46.889
preach<00:38:44.849><c> the</c><00:38:45.070><c> word.</c><00:38:45.550><c> We</c><00:38:45.929><c> can't</c><00:38:46.190><c> do</c><00:38:46.329><c> it</c><00:38:46.429><c> just</c><00:38:46.590><c> from</c><00:38:46.769><c> our</c>

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armchairs.<00:38:47.550><c> We've</c><00:38:47.849><c> got</c><00:38:47.929><c> to</c><00:38:48.070><c> be</c><00:38:48.250><c> in</c><00:38:48.449><c> the</c><00:38:48.610><c> way.</c><00:38:49.650><c> And</c><00:38:49.849><c> if</c><00:38:49.969><c> we're</c>

00:38:50.150 --> 00:38:52.670
in<00:38:50.389><c> the</c><00:38:50.530><c> way,</c><00:38:50.710><c> the</c><00:38:50.869><c> Lord</c><00:38:50.969><c> will</c><00:38:51.250><c> direct</c><00:38:51.510><c> us</c><00:38:51.889><c> to</c><00:38:52.230><c> find</c>

00:38:52.670 --> 00:38:57.110
the<00:38:53.070><c> bride,</c><00:38:54.389><c> because</c><00:38:54.769><c> it's</c><00:38:54.929><c> God's</c><00:38:55.349><c> master</c><00:38:55.570><c> plan.</c><00:38:56.190><c> Not</c><00:38:56.329><c> because</c><00:38:56.630><c> of</c><00:38:56.869><c> our</c>

00:38:57.110 --> 00:38:59.570
brilliance,<00:38:58.690><c> but</c><00:38:58.909><c> blessed</c><00:38:59.170><c> be</c><00:38:59.369><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:38:59.849><c> God</c><00:39:00.210><c> of</c><00:39:00.409><c> my</c><00:39:00.650><c> father</c><00:39:01.010><c> Abraham,</c><00:39:01.869><c> because</c><00:39:02.190><c> he</c><00:39:02.550><c> is</c><00:39:02.710><c> doing</c><00:39:02.929><c> these</c><00:39:03.289><c> things.</c><00:39:04.389><c> God</c><00:39:04.590><c> is</c>

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being<00:39:05.050><c> merciful</c>

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to<00:39:06.650><c> my</c><00:39:06.869><c> master.</c><00:39:07.969><c> He</c><00:39:08.250><c> is</c><00:39:08.510><c> helping</c><00:39:08.829><c> me</c><00:39:09.510><c> to</c><00:39:09.849><c> find</c><00:39:10.250><c> the</c><00:39:10.650><c> bride</c><00:39:11.050><c> for</c>

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my<00:39:13.150><c> master.</c>

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But<00:39:15.610><c> we</c><00:39:15.849><c> have</c><00:39:16.130><c> to</c><00:39:16.409><c> be</c><00:39:17.010><c> in</c><00:39:17.650><c> the</c><00:39:17.849><c> way.</c><00:39:20.789><c> And</c><00:39:20.909><c> having</c><00:39:21.469><c> seen</c><00:39:22.730><c> these</c>

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things,<00:39:23.469><c> the</c><00:39:23.630><c> passage</c><00:39:24.130><c> continues</c><00:39:25.170><c> where</c><00:39:25.409><c> we</c><00:39:25.610><c> learn</c>

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more<00:39:26.150><c> of</c><00:39:26.329><c> this</c><00:39:26.650><c> great</c><00:39:27.010><c> servant.</c><00:39:27.909><c> And</c><00:39:28.050><c> here</c><00:39:28.250><c> I</c><00:39:28.409><c> think</c><00:39:28.610><c> we</c><00:39:28.769><c> can</c>

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see<00:39:29.190><c> the</c><00:39:29.349><c> Lord</c><00:39:29.570><c> Jesus,</c><00:39:30.210><c> can</c><00:39:30.369><c> we</c><00:39:30.550><c> not?</c><00:39:31.829><c> When</c><00:39:31.989><c> we</c><00:39:43.389><c> find</c><00:39:43.570><c> down</c>

00:39:43.570 --> 00:39:48.829
at<00:39:43.730><c> verse</c><00:39:44.250><c> 31.</c><00:39:46.510><c> He</c><00:39:46.630><c> said,</c><00:39:47.030><c> come</c><00:39:47.030><c> in,</c><00:39:48.130><c> blessed</c><00:39:48.309><c> are</c><00:39:48.469><c> the</c><00:39:48.590><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:49.130 --> 00:39:51.210
Why<00:39:49.309><c> do</c><00:39:49.489><c> you</c><00:39:49.630><c> stand</c><00:39:49.849><c> outside?</c><00:39:50.449><c> I</c><00:39:50.630><c> prepared</c><00:39:50.989><c> the</c>

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house<00:39:51.630><c> and</c><00:39:51.949><c> the</c><00:39:52.150><c> place</c><00:39:52.530><c> for</c><00:39:52.849><c> the</c><00:39:53.050><c> camels.</c><00:39:54.250><c> Look</c><00:39:54.409><c> at</c><00:39:54.590><c> this,</c><00:39:54.929><c> verse</c><00:39:55.110><c> 32.</c>

00:39:56.690 --> 00:39:58.989
Then<00:39:57.150><c> the</c><00:39:57.469><c> man</c><00:39:57.710><c> came</c><00:39:57.969><c> into</c><00:39:58.210><c> the</c><00:39:58.429><c> house.</c>

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He<00:39:59.869><c> unloaded</c><00:40:00.849><c> the</c><00:40:01.130><c> camels</c><00:40:02.210><c> and</c><00:40:03.030><c> provided</c><00:40:03.510><c> straw</c><00:40:04.150><c> and</c><00:40:04.849><c> feed</c><00:40:05.309><c> for</c><00:40:05.809><c> the</c><00:40:06.110><c> camels</c><00:40:06.889><c> and</c><00:40:07.869><c> water</c><00:40:08.389><c> to</c>

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wash<00:40:09.070><c> his</c><00:40:09.409><c> feet</c>

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and<00:40:11.010><c> the</c><00:40:11.409><c> feet</c><00:40:11.710><c> of</c><00:40:12.030><c> the</c><00:40:12.230><c> men</c><00:40:12.610><c> who</c><00:40:12.869><c> were</c><00:40:13.130><c> with</c><00:40:13.369><c> him.</c><00:40:14.590><c> Who</c><00:40:14.750><c> do</c><00:40:14.929><c> we</c>

00:40:15.030 --> 00:40:17.570
know<00:40:15.190><c> who</c><00:40:15.429><c> washes</c><00:40:15.710><c> feet,</c><00:40:16.349><c> brethren</c><00:40:16.510><c> and</c><00:40:16.750><c> sisters?</c>

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Who<00:40:20.110><c> do</c><00:40:20.329><c> we</c><00:40:20.510><c> know</c><00:40:20.889><c> who</c><00:40:21.289><c> won't</c><00:40:21.530><c> lay</c><00:40:21.809><c> down</c><00:40:22.030><c> his</c><00:40:22.309><c> head</c><00:40:22.769><c> until</c><00:40:23.289><c> the</c>

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work<00:40:23.789><c> is</c><00:40:24.010><c> all</c><00:40:24.230><c> done?</c>

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The<00:40:27.150><c> servant</c><00:40:27.369><c> of</c><00:40:27.570><c> the</c><00:40:27.730><c> Lord,</c><00:40:27.989><c> brethren</c><00:40:28.190><c> and</c><00:40:28.389><c> sisters,</c><00:40:28.530><c> his</c>

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job's<00:40:29.090><c> never</c><00:40:29.369><c> done.</c>

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How<00:40:30.989><c> easy</c><00:40:31.309><c> would</c><00:40:31.449><c> it</c><00:40:31.570><c> have</c><00:40:31.710><c> been</c><00:40:31.869><c> for</c><00:40:32.070><c> you</c><00:40:32.269><c> and</c><00:40:32.469><c> I</c><00:40:32.690><c> to</c><00:40:32.909><c> have</c><00:40:33.070><c> just</c><00:40:33.530><c> sat</c>

00:40:33.789 --> 00:40:35.909
back<00:40:34.110><c> at</c><00:40:34.329><c> this</c><00:40:34.630><c> point</c><00:40:34.869><c> and</c><00:40:35.309><c> thought,</c><00:40:35.590><c> boy,</c>

00:40:35.909 --> 00:40:39.389
we've<00:40:36.170><c> done</c><00:40:36.269><c> a</c><00:40:36.590><c> great</c><00:40:36.789><c> job.</c><00:40:37.949><c> We</c><00:40:38.090><c> went</c><00:40:38.309><c> out</c><00:40:38.489><c> for</c><00:40:38.710><c> Abraham.</c><00:40:39.190><c> We</c>

00:40:39.389 --> 00:40:42.590
found<00:40:39.630><c> exactly</c><00:40:40.309><c> what</c><00:40:40.849><c> he</c><00:40:41.030><c> was</c><00:40:41.369><c> asking</c><00:40:41.869><c> us</c><00:40:42.090><c> to</c><00:40:42.309><c> do</c>

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and<00:40:43.090><c> feel</c><00:40:43.349><c> really</c><00:40:43.949><c> proud.</c><00:40:44.269><c> And</c><00:40:44.369><c> when</c><00:40:44.489><c> someone</c><00:40:44.690><c> says,</c><00:40:45.090><c> oh,</c><00:40:45.090><c> come</c><00:40:45.230><c> in</c>

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and<00:40:45.550><c> put</c><00:40:45.710><c> your</c><00:40:45.949><c> feet</c><00:40:46.130><c> up,</c>

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that<00:40:47.050><c> would</c><00:40:47.190><c> have</c><00:40:47.269><c> been</c><00:40:47.369><c> the</c><00:40:47.530><c> moment.</c><00:40:48.710><c> Just</c><00:40:49.070><c> put</c><00:40:49.309><c> your</c><00:40:49.570><c> feet</c>

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up,<00:40:50.030><c> relax.</c><00:40:50.889><c> The</c><00:40:51.170><c> work</c><00:40:51.369><c> is</c><00:40:51.630><c> done.</c>

00:40:53.750 --> 00:40:56.769
Had<00:40:54.030><c> Eliezer</c><00:40:54.369><c> had</c><00:40:54.909><c> a</c><00:40:55.090><c> mobile,</c><00:40:55.670><c> he</c><00:40:55.829><c> would</c><00:40:56.010><c> have</c><00:40:56.150><c> been</c><00:40:56.409><c> texting</c>

00:40:56.769 --> 00:41:00.250
back<00:40:57.090><c> at</c><00:40:57.250><c> that</c><00:40:57.489><c> moment,</c><00:40:57.789><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:57.889><c> he?</c><00:40:58.789><c> Job</c><00:40:59.269><c> done.</c>

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It's<00:41:00.769><c> okay.</c><00:41:01.250><c> We're</c><00:41:01.690><c> sorted.</c><00:41:04.230><c> But</c><00:41:04.550><c> the</c><00:41:04.869><c> servant's</c><00:41:05.369><c> work</c><00:41:05.690><c> is</c>

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never<00:41:06.610><c> done.</c>

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And<00:41:07.969><c> he</c><00:41:08.110><c> is</c><00:41:08.329><c> still</c><00:41:08.570><c> an</c><00:41:08.829><c> example</c><00:41:09.369><c> to</c><00:41:09.769><c> the</c><00:41:10.050><c> others</c><00:41:10.309><c> who</c><00:41:10.469><c> were</c><00:41:10.630><c> with</c><00:41:10.829><c> him,</c><00:41:11.389><c> who</c>

00:41:11.510 --> 00:41:13.409
were<00:41:11.670><c> on</c><00:41:11.829><c> that</c><00:41:12.170><c> same</c><00:41:12.469><c> journey.</c>

00:41:14.070 --> 00:41:16.809
This<00:41:14.289><c> is</c><00:41:14.449><c> us,</c><00:41:14.730><c> brethren</c><00:41:14.829><c> and</c><00:41:15.030><c> sisters.</c><00:41:15.690><c> We're</c><00:41:15.849><c> on</c><00:41:16.030><c> the</c><00:41:16.210><c> journey.</c><00:41:16.670><c> We're</c>

00:41:16.809 --> 00:41:18.289
in<00:41:17.010><c> the</c><00:41:17.210><c> work.</c><00:41:17.489><c> We're</c><00:41:17.610><c> in</c><00:41:17.829><c> the</c><00:41:17.969><c> way.</c>

00:41:18.570 --> 00:41:21.670
We've<00:41:18.929><c> got</c><00:41:19.050><c> the</c><00:41:19.369><c> one</c><00:41:19.570><c> who</c><00:41:19.829><c> couldn't</c><00:41:20.070><c> lay</c><00:41:20.329><c> down</c><00:41:20.590><c> his</c><00:41:20.909><c> head</c><00:41:21.469><c> till</c>

00:41:21.670 --> 00:41:24.869
the<00:41:21.929><c> work</c><00:41:22.110><c> was</c><00:41:22.429><c> done,</c><00:41:22.829><c> who</c><00:41:23.050><c> washes</c><00:41:23.429><c> the</c><00:41:23.849><c> feet</c>

00:41:25.289 --> 00:41:29.489
of<00:41:25.650><c> those</c><00:41:26.110><c> who</c><00:41:26.670><c> are</c><00:41:26.949><c> workers</c><00:41:27.469><c> with</c><00:41:28.570><c> him.</c>

00:41:31.010 --> 00:41:36.789
What<00:41:31.489><c> a</c><00:41:31.710><c> great</c><00:41:32.269><c> example</c><00:41:33.130><c> he</c><00:41:34.070><c> is,</c><00:41:34.730><c> brethren</c><00:41:34.789><c> and</c><00:41:34.989><c> sisters.</c><00:41:36.590><c> And</c>

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when<00:41:36.909><c> he</c><00:41:37.170><c> meets</c><00:41:37.690><c> with</c><00:41:38.170><c> Laban</c>

00:41:38.889 --> 00:41:42.730
and<00:41:39.369><c> when</c><00:41:39.510><c> he</c><00:41:39.750><c> talks</c><00:41:40.050><c> of</c><00:41:40.269><c> these</c><00:41:40.510><c> wonderful</c><00:41:40.869><c> things</c><00:41:41.190><c> and</c><00:41:41.489><c> retells</c><00:41:42.289><c> the</c>

00:41:42.730 --> 00:41:46.550
whole<00:41:43.429><c> story,</c><00:41:45.409><c> what</c><00:41:45.630><c> does</c><00:41:45.789><c> he</c><00:41:45.949><c> say?</c><00:41:46.289><c> Verse</c>

00:41:46.550 --> 00:41:57.070
34,<00:41:47.829><c> he</c><00:41:48.110><c> says,</c><00:41:49.949><c> I</c><00:41:50.010><c> am</c><00:41:51.170><c> Abraham's</c><00:41:52.789><c> servant.</c><00:41:54.190><c> That's</c><00:41:54.829><c> how</c><00:41:55.030><c> he</c><00:41:55.150><c> introduces</c><00:41:55.530><c> himself.</c><00:41:56.829><c> I</c>

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am<00:41:57.449><c> Abraham's</c><00:41:59.070><c> servant.</c>

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Not<00:42:01.449><c> I'm</c><00:42:01.750><c> Eliezer,</c><00:42:02.789><c> not</c><00:42:02.949><c> I'm</c><00:42:03.170><c> actually</c><00:42:03.510><c> the</c><00:42:04.230><c> longest</c><00:42:04.630><c> serving</c>

00:42:04.969 --> 00:42:07.510
member<00:42:05.449><c> of</c><00:42:05.949><c> a</c><00:42:06.130><c> particular</c><00:42:06.409><c> household.</c><00:42:07.110><c> It's</c>

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extremely<00:42:08.070><c> well</c><00:42:08.329><c> off</c><00:42:08.469><c> in</c><00:42:08.610><c> another</c><00:42:08.809><c> part</c><00:42:09.070><c> of</c><00:42:09.210><c> the</c><00:42:09.590><c> country.</c>

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I'm<00:42:11.489><c> Abraham's</c><00:42:13.170><c> servant.</c>

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We<00:42:15.170><c> too,</c><00:42:15.690><c> brethren</c><00:42:15.690><c> and</c><00:42:16.030><c> sisters,</c><00:42:16.190><c> are</c><00:42:16.389><c> servants</c><00:42:16.849><c> of</c><00:42:17.150><c> our</c><00:42:17.309><c> Lord</c><00:42:17.610><c> and</c>

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Master.<00:42:19.429><c> Wouldn't</c><00:42:19.570><c> it</c><00:42:19.670><c> be</c><00:42:19.889><c> good</c><00:42:20.050><c> if</c><00:42:20.170><c> that</c><00:42:20.409><c> was</c>

00:42:20.610 --> 00:42:23.510
our<00:42:20.949><c> spirit</c><00:42:21.269><c> in</c><00:42:21.570><c> our</c><00:42:22.190><c> interactions</c><00:42:22.730><c> with</c><00:42:22.969><c> those</c><00:42:23.250><c> with</c><00:42:23.429><c> whom</c>

00:42:23.510 --> 00:42:26.210
we<00:42:23.670><c> come</c><00:42:23.789><c> into</c><00:42:24.030><c> contact?</c><00:42:24.849><c> That</c><00:42:25.329><c> humbleness</c><00:42:25.809><c> of</c><00:42:26.030><c> mind,</c>

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that<00:42:26.389><c> the</c><00:42:26.510><c> first</c><00:42:26.750><c> thing</c><00:42:26.889><c> we</c><00:42:27.289><c> think</c><00:42:27.750><c> and</c><00:42:27.989><c> the</c><00:42:28.170><c> first</c><00:42:28.429><c> thing</c><00:42:28.590><c> that</c><00:42:28.769><c> we</c>

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may<00:42:29.269><c> not</c><00:42:29.710><c> necessarily</c><00:42:30.110><c> put</c><00:42:30.349><c> into</c><00:42:30.590><c> words,</c>

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but<00:42:31.250><c> that</c><00:42:31.670><c> guides</c><00:42:31.869><c> us</c><00:42:32.070><c> in</c><00:42:32.190><c> our</c><00:42:32.329><c> language</c><00:42:32.690><c> and</c><00:42:32.929><c> guides</c><00:42:33.230><c> us</c><00:42:33.429><c> in</c><00:42:33.570><c> our</c><00:42:33.989><c> thought</c><00:42:34.210><c> process.</c><00:42:36.210><c> I'm</c><00:42:36.590><c> a</c><00:42:36.789><c> servant.</c>

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That's<00:42:38.690><c> all</c><00:42:38.929><c> I</c><00:42:39.070><c> am.</c><00:42:39.230><c> I'm</c><00:42:39.489><c> a</c><00:42:39.769><c> servant.</c><00:42:40.789><c> And</c><00:42:41.030><c> I've</c><00:42:41.190><c> been</c><00:42:41.289><c> given</c><00:42:41.449><c> a</c>

00:42:41.710 --> 00:42:43.369
job<00:42:41.889><c> and</c><00:42:42.110><c> part</c><00:42:42.269><c> of</c><00:42:42.449><c> God's</c><00:42:42.909><c> master</c><00:42:43.150><c> plan,</c>

00:42:43.369 --> 00:42:48.449
and<00:42:43.449><c> it's</c><00:42:43.829><c> brilliant.</c><00:42:45.610><c> And</c><00:42:45.869><c> I've</c><00:42:46.010><c> got</c><00:42:46.110><c> a</c><00:42:46.409><c> small</c><00:42:46.670><c> part</c><00:42:46.969><c> to</c><00:42:47.230><c> play.</c><00:42:48.449><c> And</c>

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if<00:42:48.889><c> I'm</c><00:42:49.110><c> in</c><00:42:49.170><c> the</c><00:42:49.449><c> right</c><00:42:49.710><c> way,</c>

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the<00:42:51.170><c> Lord</c><00:42:51.329><c> will</c><00:42:51.570><c> guide</c><00:42:51.809><c> me</c><00:42:52.570><c> in</c><00:42:53.010><c> that</c><00:42:53.309><c> work.</c><00:42:54.789><c> And</c><00:42:54.969><c> I've</c><00:42:55.329><c> traveled</c><00:42:55.650><c> in</c><00:42:56.030><c> knowledge</c><00:42:56.670><c> that</c>

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God<00:42:57.769><c> would</c><00:42:58.190><c> be</c><00:42:58.690><c> with</c><00:42:59.110><c> me.</c>

00:43:00.789 --> 00:43:10.789
The<00:43:01.150><c> Lord</c><00:43:01.789><c> is</c><00:43:02.789><c> my</c><00:43:03.230><c> help.</c><00:43:04.510><c> Eliezer,</c><00:43:05.869><c> the</c><00:43:06.110><c> Lord</c><00:43:06.550><c> is</c><00:43:07.530><c> my</c><00:43:08.110><c> help.</c><00:43:10.090><c> And</c><00:43:10.469><c> down</c><00:43:10.590><c> at</c>

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verse<00:43:10.989><c> 50,</c>

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Laban<00:43:13.670><c> and</c><00:43:13.809><c> Bethuel</c><00:43:14.170><c> answered</c><00:43:14.630><c> and</c><00:43:14.869><c> said,</c><00:43:16.710><c> The</c><00:43:16.750><c> thing</c><00:43:17.369><c> comes</c>

00:43:18.309 --> 00:43:22.210
from<00:43:18.829><c> the</c><00:43:19.070><c> Lord.</c><00:43:20.429><c> There's</c><00:43:20.590><c> no</c><00:43:20.829><c> doubt</c><00:43:21.389><c> when</c><00:43:22.030><c> you've</c>

00:43:22.210 --> 00:43:27.650
got<00:43:22.289><c> a</c><00:43:22.550><c> good,</c><00:43:23.030><c> honest,</c><00:43:23.710><c> truthful</c><00:43:24.070><c> servant</c><00:43:24.769><c> of</c><00:43:25.309><c> Abraham,</c><00:43:27.150><c> declaring</c><00:43:27.429><c> what</c>

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he<00:43:27.969><c> declares</c><00:43:28.170><c> with</c><00:43:28.489><c> such</c><00:43:28.909><c> conviction</c>

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and<00:43:31.610><c> truth.</c><00:43:33.630><c> For</c><00:43:33.829><c> Laban,</c><00:43:34.170><c> there</c><00:43:34.329><c> is</c><00:43:34.570><c> no</c><00:43:34.829><c> doubt.</c><00:43:36.369><c> The</c><00:43:36.630><c> thing</c><00:43:37.369><c> comes</c><00:43:37.949><c> from</c><00:43:38.469><c> the</c><00:43:38.730><c> Lord.</c><00:43:40.050><c> If</c>

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only<00:43:40.610><c> we</c><00:43:40.750><c> could</c><00:43:40.909><c> speak</c><00:43:41.170><c> with</c>

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conviction,<00:43:42.369><c> those</c><00:43:42.369><c> to</c><00:43:42.969><c> whom</c><00:43:43.110><c> we</c><00:43:43.429><c> speak</c><00:43:44.010><c> these</c><00:43:44.690><c> things</c><00:43:45.349><c> would</c>

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say,<00:43:46.670><c> God,</c><00:43:47.110><c> this</c><00:43:47.250><c> is</c><00:43:48.349><c> the</c><00:43:48.590><c> truth,</c><00:43:48.909><c> isn't</c><00:43:49.050><c> it?</c><00:43:49.250><c> What</c>

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you're<00:43:49.570><c> telling</c><00:43:49.809><c> me.</c><00:43:51.349><c> These</c><00:43:51.570><c> are</c><00:43:51.849><c> indeed</c><00:43:52.250><c> incredible</c><00:43:52.869><c> things</c>

00:43:53.469 --> 00:43:55.969
that<00:43:54.050><c> have</c><00:43:54.230><c> happened</c><00:43:54.550><c> to</c><00:43:54.809><c> you,</c><00:43:55.630><c> that</c><00:43:55.730><c> have</c>

00:43:55.969 --> 00:44:02.150
brought<00:43:56.110><c> you</c><00:43:56.309><c> to</c><00:43:56.530><c> me</c><00:43:57.190><c> with</c><00:43:57.510><c> this</c><00:43:57.769><c> message.</c><00:43:59.409><c> And</c><00:43:59.530><c> we</c><00:43:59.690><c> cannot</c><00:43:59.989><c> speak</c><00:44:00.409><c> against</c><00:44:00.849><c> it,</c><00:44:01.849><c> for</c><00:44:01.969><c> it</c>

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is<00:44:02.269><c> God's</c><00:44:02.710><c> will.</c>

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Verse<00:44:04.989><c> 52.</c><00:44:06.389><c> And</c><00:44:06.449><c> it</c><00:44:06.590><c> came</c><00:44:06.829><c> to</c><00:44:07.050><c> pass</c><00:44:07.210><c> when</c><00:44:07.469><c> Abraham's</c><00:44:08.110><c> servant</c>

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heard<00:44:08.750><c> their</c><00:44:09.150><c> words,</c>

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that<00:44:11.510><c> he</c><00:44:11.750><c> worshiped</c><00:44:12.329><c> the</c><00:44:12.469><c> Lord,</c><00:44:13.130><c> burying</c><00:44:13.230><c> himself</c><00:44:13.909><c> to</c><00:44:14.610><c> the</c><00:44:14.809><c> earth.</c><00:44:15.989><c> When</c><00:44:16.210><c> we</c>

00:44:16.510 --> 00:44:18.809
see<00:44:16.630><c> the</c><00:44:16.909><c> response</c><00:44:17.349><c> of</c><00:44:17.550><c> those</c><00:44:17.829><c> who</c><00:44:18.110><c> accept</c>

00:44:18.809 --> 00:44:23.670
the<00:44:19.650><c> truth</c><00:44:20.090><c> which</c><00:44:20.469><c> we</c><00:44:20.869><c> share,</c><00:44:22.050><c> we</c><00:44:22.269><c> have</c><00:44:22.449><c> that</c><00:44:22.789><c> same</c><00:44:23.130><c> spirit</c><00:44:23.409><c> of</c>

00:44:23.670 --> 00:44:25.289
gratitude,<00:44:24.190><c> brothers</c><00:44:24.309><c> and</c><00:44:24.469><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:25.309 --> 00:44:30.010
that<00:44:25.590><c> same</c><00:44:26.510><c> feeling</c><00:44:27.010><c> of</c><00:44:27.590><c> wonderment</c><00:44:28.269><c> that</c><00:44:29.309><c> we</c><00:44:29.510><c> must</c><00:44:29.630><c> be</c><00:44:29.809><c> on</c>

00:44:30.010 --> 00:44:32.869
our<00:44:30.190><c> knees</c><00:44:30.590><c> and</c><00:44:31.469><c> thank</c><00:44:31.789><c> our</c><00:44:31.969><c> heavenly</c><00:44:32.309><c> Father.</c>

00:44:33.170 --> 00:44:39.730
That<00:44:33.449><c> his</c><00:44:33.789><c> powerful</c><00:44:34.349><c> word</c><00:44:35.110><c> still</c><00:44:35.969><c> works.</c><00:44:38.590><c> So</c><00:44:38.929><c> here's</c><00:44:39.170><c> the</c><00:44:39.389><c> first</c><00:44:39.570><c> of</c>

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our<00:44:39.929><c> servants,</c>

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a<00:44:41.670><c> household</c><00:44:42.130><c> full</c><00:44:42.489><c> of</c><00:44:42.690><c> them,</c><00:44:43.869><c> a</c><00:44:44.050><c> group</c><00:44:44.210><c> of</c><00:44:44.550><c> people</c><00:44:45.110><c> from</c><00:44:45.510><c> whom</c>

00:44:45.730 --> 00:44:48.429
we,<00:44:46.070><c> I</c><00:44:46.110><c> believe,</c><00:44:46.429><c> can</c><00:44:46.690><c> find</c><00:44:46.889><c> some</c><00:44:47.190><c> really</c><00:44:47.769><c> useful</c>

00:44:48.429 --> 00:44:51.230
practical<00:44:49.110><c> thoughts</c><00:44:49.610><c> that</c><00:44:49.969><c> give</c><00:44:50.090><c> us</c><00:44:50.289><c> a</c><00:44:50.510><c> glimpse</c><00:44:50.730><c> of</c><00:44:50.929><c> the</c><00:44:51.070><c> Lord</c>

00:44:51.230 --> 00:44:55.210
Jesus,<00:44:53.150><c> that</c><00:44:53.449><c> maybe</c><00:44:53.809><c> will</c><00:44:54.030><c> just</c><00:44:54.309><c> encourage</c><00:44:54.690><c> us</c><00:44:54.969><c> to</c>

00:44:55.210 --> 00:45:02.989
think<00:44:55.769><c> how</c><00:44:56.750><c> we</c><00:44:57.449><c> need</c><00:44:57.750><c> to</c><00:44:58.070><c> be</c><00:44:58.869><c> really</c><00:44:59.590><c> in</c><00:45:00.829><c> the</c><00:45:01.010><c> way,</c><00:45:02.610><c> trusted</c>

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servants,<00:45:04.670><c> bearing</c><00:45:05.090><c> great</c><00:45:06.829><c> riches.</c>

00:45:09.650 --> 00:45:14.889
There<00:45:09.809><c> may</c><00:45:10.150><c> indeed</c><00:45:10.570><c> be</c><00:45:10.929><c> found</c><00:45:11.489><c> a</c><00:45:12.610><c> bride</c><00:45:12.989><c> for</c><00:45:13.909><c> the</c><00:45:14.050><c> Master.</c>