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you</c><00:10:26.539><c> see</c><00:10:26.740><c> that</c><00:10:27.059><c> concept.</c><00:10:27.500><c> It's</c><00:10:27.840><c> actually</c><00:10:28.100><c> more</c> 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:30.320 than<00:10:28.620><c> once</c><00:10:28.919><c> that</c><00:10:29.159><c> you'll</c><00:10:29.399><c> run</c><00:10:29.519><c> into</c><00:10:29.720><c> this.</c><00:10:30.200><c> It's</c> 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:33.919 in<00:10:30.480><c> chapter</c><00:10:30.740><c> 12</c><00:10:31.039><c> at</c><00:10:31.220><c> verse</c><00:10:31.419><c> 13,</c><00:10:31.940><c> and</c><00:10:32.179><c> chapter</c><00:10:32.440><c> 16</c><00:10:32.879><c> at</c><00:10:33.100><c> verse</c><00:10:33.299><c> 2,</c> 00:10:34.179 --> 00:10:38.220 Abraham<00:10:34.580><c> says</c><00:10:35.000><c> twice</c><00:10:35.559><c> to</c><00:10:35.919><c> Sarah,</c><00:10:36.200><c> please,</c><00:10:37.559><c> please,</c> 00:10:38.500 --> 00:10:42.220 you<00:10:38.639><c> don't</c><00:10:38.759><c> 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have</c><00:15:29.159><c> to</c> 00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:31.679 split<00:15:29.600><c> up.</c><00:15:30.480><c> And</c><00:15:30.620><c> there</c><00:15:30.759><c> was</c><00:15:31.000><c> a</c><00:15:31.000><c> strike</c><00:15:31.279><c> between</c> 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:34.059 the<00:15:31.879><c> herdsmen</c><00:15:32.159><c> of</c><00:15:32.360><c> Abraham's</c><00:15:32.960><c> livestock</c><00:15:33.340><c> and</c><00:15:33.580><c> the</c><00:15:33.759><c> herdsmen</c> 00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:36.840 of<00:15:34.279><c> Lot's</c><00:15:34.500><c> livestock</c><00:15:34.980><c> in</c><00:15:35.220><c> Genesis</c><00:15:35.600><c> 13.</c> 00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:38.980 The<00:15:37.100><c> Canaanites</c><00:15:37.519><c> and</c><00:15:37.659><c> the</c><00:15:37.799><c> Perizzites</c><00:15:38.259><c> then</c><00:15:38.519><c> dwelt</c><00:15:38.679><c> in</c><00:15:38.820><c> the</c> 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:43.179 land.<00:15:39.940><c> So</c><00:15:40.139><c> Abraham</c><00:15:40.539><c> said</c><00:15:40.779><c> to</c><00:15:41.000><c> Lot,</c><00:15:41.980><c> here</c><00:15:42.200><c> we</c><00:15:42.299><c> go</c><00:15:42.440><c> again,</c> 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:45.960 please,<00:15:43.980><c> let</c><00:15:44.059><c> there</c><00:15:44.240><c> be</c><00:15:44.399><c> no</c><00:15:44.700><c> strife</c><00:15:44.919><c> between</c><00:15:45.220><c> you</c><00:15:45.440><c> and</c><00:15:45.539><c> me</c><00:15:45.799><c> and</c> 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:47.980 between<00:15:46.240><c> my</c><00:15:46.580><c> herdsmen</c><00:15:47.039><c> and</c><00:15:47.279><c> your</c><00:15:47.559><c> herdsmen,</c> 00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:52.720 for<00:15:48.220><c> we</c><00:15:48.480><c> are</c><00:15:48.860><c> brethren.</c><00:15:49.860><c> See,</c><00:15:50.240><c> Abraham's</c><00:15:50.919><c> approach</c><00:15:51.419><c> to</c><00:15:51.700><c> a</c><00:15:52.000><c> conflict</c><00:15:52.460><c> in</c> 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:55.299 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factions</c><00:16:07.279><c> that</c><00:16:07.559><c> might</c> 00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:12.000 develop<00:16:08.259><c> within</c><00:16:08.480><c> Ecclesial</c><00:16:09.000><c> life.</c><00:16:09.620><c> Instead,</c><00:16:10.559><c> let's</c><00:16:11.259><c> solve</c><00:16:11.539><c> this</c><00:16:11.779><c> a</c> 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:14.179 different<00:16:12.159><c> way</c><00:16:12.460><c> because</c><00:16:12.820><c> we're</c><00:16:13.120><c> brethren.</c> 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:18.840 We<00:16:14.840><c> found</c><00:16:15.259><c> in</c><00:16:15.419><c> the</c><00:16:15.559><c> New</c><00:16:15.740><c> Testament,</c><00:16:16.519><c> in</c><00:16:16.759><c> the</c><00:16:17.019><c> Beatitudes,</c><00:16:17.779><c> that</c><00:16:17.960><c> blessed</c><00:16:18.279><c> are</c> 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.919 the<00:16:19.100><c> peacemakers,</c> 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:24.259 for<00:16:20.399><c> they</c><00:16:20.840><c> will</c><00:16:21.059><c> be</c><00:16:21.299><c> called</c><00:16:21.659><c> the</c><00:16:22.019><c> sons</c><00:16:22.419><c> of</c><00:16:22.840><c> God.</c><00:16:23.740><c> This</c><00:16:23.960><c> is</c><00:16:24.100><c> what</c> 00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:25.679 we<00:16:24.519><c> need,</c><00:16:25.019><c> brethren</c><00:16:25.179><c> and</c><00:16:25.379><c> sisters,</c> 00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:30.919 in<00:16:25.960><c> Ecclesial</c><00:16:26.299><c> life</c><00:16:26.720><c> and</c><00:16:26.940><c> in</c><00:16:27.200><c> families.</c><00:16:27.759><c> We</c><00:16:28.080><c> need</c><00:16:28.700><c> peacemakers.</c><00:16:29.840><c> This</c><00:16:30.059><c> is</c><00:16:30.220><c> what</c><00:16:30.419><c> God</c><00:16:30.659><c> is</c> 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.399 looking<00:16:31.139><c> for.</c> 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:33.659 These<00:16:31.620><c> are</c><00:16:31.759><c> the</c><00:16:31.899><c> ones</c><00:16:32.019><c> that</c><00:16:32.299><c> hold</c><00:16:32.500><c> our</c><00:16:32.740><c> 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word</c><00:25:45.410><c> believe</c><00:25:45.730><c> must</c><00:25:46.170><c> be</c><00:25:46.529><c> faithing.</c> 00:25:47.069 --> 00:25:50.829 That's<00:25:47.509><c> why</c><00:25:47.670><c> it's</c><00:25:47.829><c> really</c><00:25:48.049><c> just</c><00:25:48.569><c> the</c><00:25:49.089><c> verb</c><00:25:49.390><c> of</c><00:25:49.710><c> faith.</c><00:25:50.430><c> If</c><00:25:50.630><c> you</c> 00:25:50.829 --> 00:25:52.250 come<00:25:51.009><c> to</c><00:25:51.150><c> God</c><00:25:51.450><c> you</c><00:25:51.589><c> must</c><00:25:51.869><c> be</c> 00:25:52.250 --> 00:25:55.269 faithing<00:25:52.730><c> that</c><00:25:52.890><c> he</c><00:25:53.049><c> is</c><00:25:53.529><c> and</c><00:25:53.990><c> that</c><00:25:54.150><c> he's</c><00:25:54.349><c> a</c><00:25:54.549><c> rewarder</c><00:25:54.950><c> of</c><00:25:55.029><c> those</c> 00:25:55.269 --> 00:25:56.690 who<00:25:55.529><c> diligently</c><00:25:55.950><c> seek</c><00:25:56.349><c> him.</c> 00:25:57.049 --> 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involved</c><00:26:06.730><c> in,</c><00:26:06.950><c> how</c><00:26:07.170><c> involved</c><00:26:07.329><c> are</c><00:26:07.509><c> we</c><00:26:07.630><c> going</c><00:26:07.849><c> to</c><00:26:08.049><c> get.</c><00:26:08.690><c> Faith</c><00:26:08.990><c> allows</c><00:26:09.349><c> us</c> 00:26:09.690 --> 00:26:11.750 to<00:26:09.970><c> move</c><00:26:10.349><c> forward</c><00:26:10.829><c> with</c><00:26:11.109><c> people</c><00:26:11.430><c> who</c> 00:26:11.750 --> 00:26:15.549 mistreat<00:26:12.410><c> us.</c><00:26:13.490><c> Look</c><00:26:13.549><c> what</c><00:26:13.789><c> Jesus</c><00:26:14.289><c> went</c><00:26:14.630><c> through</c><00:26:14.869><c> because</c><00:26:15.210><c> he</c> 00:26:15.549 --> 00:26:19.309 lived<00:26:15.849><c> by</c><00:26:16.430><c> faith.</c><00:26:17.490><c> Peter</c><00:26:17.829><c> says</c><00:26:18.269><c> that</c><00:26:18.470><c> he</c><00:26:18.630><c> put</c><00:26:18.829><c> up</c><00:26:19.029><c> with</c> 00:26:19.309 --> 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Think</c><00:26:35.630><c> about</c><00:26:35.930><c> that</c><00:26:36.170><c> the</c><00:26:36.329><c> next</c><00:26:36.569><c> time</c><00:26:36.769><c> you</c><00:26:36.990><c> end</c> 00:26:37.190 --> 00:26:39.910 a<00:26:37.410><c> prayer</c><00:26:37.609><c> in</c><00:26:37.890><c> Jesus</c><00:26:38.329><c> name.</c><00:26:39.069><c> That's</c><00:26:39.509><c> really</c><00:26:39.750><c> what</c> 00:26:39.910 --> 00:26:45.289 he's<00:26:40.049><c> after.</c><00:26:40.609><c> In</c><00:26:40.950><c> Jesus</c><00:26:41.410><c> name</c><00:26:41.769><c> means</c><00:26:42.150><c> we</c><00:26:42.369><c> are</c><00:26:42.769><c> walking</c><00:26:43.230><c> in</c><00:26:43.910><c> him.</c><00:26:44.970><c> We're</c><00:26:45.130><c> in</c> 00:26:45.289 --> 00:26:48.750 him.<00:26:45.950><c> That's</c><00:26:46.390><c> the</c><00:26:46.670><c> key.</c><00:26:47.529><c> So</c><00:26:47.650><c> in</c><00:26:47.849><c> Genesis</c><00:26:48.109><c> 14,</c> 00:26:48.789 --> 00:26:51.190 just<00:26:49.009><c> to</c><00:26:49.170><c> give</c><00:26:49.250><c> us</c><00:26:49.470><c> another</c><00:26:49.750><c> example</c><00:26:50.230><c> of</c><00:26:50.450><c> Abraham's</c><00:26:51.029><c> faith,</c> 00:26:51.289 --> 00:26:53.430 it<00:26:51.390><c> comes</c><00:26:51.569><c> to</c><00:26:51.769><c> Pasden</c><00:26:52.190><c> where</c><00:26:52.369><c> the</c><00:26:52.589><c> kings</c><00:26:52.769><c> get</c><00:26:53.029><c> together</c> 00:26:53.430 --> 00:26:55.730 and<00:26:53.809><c> they</c><00:26:54.069><c> decide</c><00:26:54.369><c> they're</c><00:26:54.609><c> going</c><00:26:54.670><c> to</c><00:26:54.809><c> come</c><00:26:55.009><c> down</c><00:26:55.210><c> on</c><00:26:55.569><c> Sodom</c> 00:26:55.730 --> 00:26:58.349 and<00:26:55.829><c> Gomorrah.</c><00:26:56.710><c> So</c><00:26:57.089><c> they</c><00:26:57.309><c> join</c><00:26:57.529><c> together</c><00:26:57.970><c> in</c><00:26:58.150><c> verse</c> 00:26:58.349 --> 00:27:00.769 three.<00:26:58.769><c> They</c><00:26:58.789><c> all</c><00:26:59.089><c> join</c><00:26:59.329><c> in</c><00:26:59.470><c> the</c><00:26:59.609><c> valley</c><00:26:59.849><c> of</c><00:27:00.109><c> Sinem,</c><00:27:00.369><c> that</c><00:27:00.529><c> is</c> 00:27:00.769 --> 00:27:03.170 the<00:27:00.970><c> salt</c><00:27:01.170><c> sea,</c><00:27:01.609><c> and</c><00:27:01.809><c> they</c><00:27:02.009><c> come</c><00:27:02.230><c> down</c><00:27:02.529><c> and</c><00:27:02.650><c> they</c><00:27:02.910><c> attack</c> 00:27:03.170 --> 00:27:06.730 Sodom.<00:27:04.289><c> What</c><00:27:04.730><c> happens?</c><00:27:05.369><c> Lot</c><00:27:05.470><c> gets</c><00:27:05.789><c> carried</c><00:27:06.069><c> away</c><00:27:06.369><c> with</c><00:27:06.589><c> all</c> 00:27:06.730 --> 00:27:08.730 the<00:27:06.990><c> Sodom</c><00:27:07.210><c> because</c><00:27:07.349><c> he</c><00:27:07.529><c> got</c><00:27:07.670><c> too</c><00:27:07.970><c> close</c><00:27:08.130><c> to</c><00:27:08.410><c> Sodom</c> 00:27:08.730 --> 00:27:12.910 and<00:27:08.930><c> he</c><00:27:09.029><c> gets</c><00:27:09.309><c> carried</c><00:27:09.529><c> away</c><00:27:09.710><c> and</c><00:27:09.809><c> they</c><00:27:09.950><c> take</c><00:27:10.109><c> him</c><00:27:10.269><c> on</c><00:27:10.369><c> up</c><00:27:10.549><c> north.</c><00:27:12.910><c> Now</c> 00:27:12.910 --> 00:27:15.190 God<00:27:13.329><c> had</c><00:27:13.569><c> given</c><00:27:13.829><c> Lot</c><00:27:14.210><c> plenty</c><00:27:14.710><c> of</c><00:27:14.970><c> warnings</c> 00:27:15.190 --> 00:27:17.289 about<00:27:15.450><c> getting</c><00:27:15.670><c> out</c><00:27:15.950><c> of</c><00:27:16.109><c> Sodom,</c><00:27:16.430><c> but</c><00:27:16.569><c> he</c><00:27:16.670><c> hadn't</c><00:27:16.910><c> read</c><00:27:17.089><c> the</c> 00:27:17.289 --> 00:27:21.109 warnings.<00:27:18.869><c> Abraham</c><00:27:19.309><c> knew</c><00:27:19.589><c> that.</c><00:27:20.450><c> Abraham</c><00:27:20.789><c> knew</c> 00:27:21.109 --> 00:27:23.349 that<00:27:21.289><c> Lot</c><00:27:21.470><c> had</c><00:27:21.650><c> made</c><00:27:21.769><c> bad</c><00:27:21.990><c> choices.</c><00:27:22.470><c> He</c><00:27:22.509><c> moved</c><00:27:22.789><c> down</c><00:27:23.029><c> into</c><00:27:23.230><c> the</c> 00:27:23.349 --> 00:27:25.470 valley,<00:27:23.910><c> then</c><00:27:23.990><c> he</c><00:27:24.029><c> got</c><00:27:24.230><c> closer</c><00:27:24.529><c> to</c><00:27:24.789><c> Sodom,</c><00:27:25.170><c> then</c><00:27:25.289><c> he's</c> 00:27:25.470 --> 00:27:33.069 in<00:27:25.630><c> the</c><00:27:25.710><c> gate</c><00:27:25.849><c> of</c><00:27:26.109><c> Sodom.</c><00:27:27.390><c> But</c><00:27:27.710><c> what</c><00:27:28.009><c> happens</c><00:27:28.509><c> when</c><00:27:28.710><c> this</c><00:27:28.930><c> occurs?</c><00:27:30.549><c> Abraham</c><00:27:30.990><c> immediately</c><00:27:32.549><c> sets</c> 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generates</c><00:27:55.009><c> in</c><00:27:55.309><c> people,</c> 00:27:55.890 --> 00:28:00.089 obedience<00:27:56.470><c> that's</c><00:27:57.250><c> generated</c><00:27:57.589><c> by</c><00:27:57.930><c> faith.</c><00:27:58.829><c> He</c><00:27:59.029><c> doesn't</c><00:27:59.289><c> do</c><00:27:59.549><c> that</c><00:27:59.769><c> kind</c><00:27:59.930><c> of</c> 00:28:00.089 --> 00:28:02.289 stuff,<00:28:00.769><c> you</c><00:28:00.890><c> know?</c><00:28:01.029><c> And</c><00:28:01.130><c> it's</c><00:28:01.630><c> so</c><00:28:01.970><c> easy</c> 00:28:02.289 --> 00:28:04.569 to<00:28:02.569><c> do</c><00:28:02.769><c> that</c><00:28:02.950><c> with</c><00:28:03.109><c> each</c><00:28:03.309><c> other,</c><00:28:03.609><c> isn't</c><00:28:03.789><c> it?</c><00:28:04.009><c> With</c><00:28:04.230><c> husbands</c> 00:28:04.569 --> 00:28:06.450 and<00:28:04.890><c> wives,</c><00:28:05.230><c> it's</c><00:28:05.410><c> so</c><00:28:05.650><c> easy</c><00:28:05.869><c> 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