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I<00:14:13.419><c> will</c><00:14:14.480><c> bless</c><00:14:14.980><c> thee</c><00:14:15.779><c> and</c><00:14:16.600><c> make</c><00:14:16.799><c> your</c><00:14:17.059><c> name</c><00:14:17.340><c> great,</c><00:14:18.600><c> and</c><00:14:19.679><c> thou</c>

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shall<00:14:20.620><c> be</c><00:14:21.120><c> a</c><00:14:21.299><c> blessing.</c>

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I<00:14:23.279><c> will</c><00:14:24.000><c> bless</c><00:14:24.720><c> them</c><00:14:25.139><c> that</c><00:14:25.460><c> bless</c><00:14:25.740><c> thee</c><00:14:26.200><c> and</c><00:14:26.860><c> curse</c><00:14:27.379><c> them</c><00:14:27.980><c> that</c>

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curse<00:14:28.539><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:14:29.879><c> in</c><00:14:30.200><c> thee</c><00:14:30.960><c> shall</c><00:14:31.360><c> all</c><00:14:31.899><c> the</c><00:14:32.240><c> families</c><00:14:32.820><c> of</c><00:14:33.240><c> the</c><00:14:33.480><c> earth</c><00:14:33.960><c> be</c><00:14:34.700><c> blessed.</c>

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To<00:14:37.759><c> this</c><00:14:38.159><c> day,</c><00:14:39.860><c> the</c><00:14:39.960><c> name</c><00:14:40.200><c> of</c><00:14:40.539><c> Abraham</c><00:14:41.000><c> is</c><00:14:42.000><c> a</c><00:14:42.259><c> world</c><00:14:42.759><c>-renowned</c><00:14:43.580><c> name.</c>

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Although<00:14:45.659><c> he</c><00:14:46.019><c> himself</c><00:14:46.899><c> was</c><00:14:47.500><c> not</c><00:14:47.879><c> a</c><00:14:48.259><c> Jew,</c><00:14:49.820><c> and</c><00:14:50.019><c> there</c><00:14:50.299><c> were</c><00:14:50.779><c> not</c>

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as<00:14:51.620><c> of</c><00:14:51.799><c> yet</c><00:14:52.039><c> any</c><00:14:52.399><c> Jews</c><00:14:52.659><c> on</c><00:14:52.940><c> the</c><00:14:53.139><c> earth,</c>

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Abraham<00:14:55.440><c> is</c><00:14:55.840><c> nevertheless</c><00:14:56.700><c> the</c><00:14:57.519><c> father</c><00:14:58.120><c> of</c><00:14:58.779><c> the</c><00:14:59.059><c> Jews.</c>

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And<00:15:01.159><c> not</c><00:15:01.360><c> only</c><00:15:01.600><c> the</c><00:15:01.899><c> Jews,</c><00:15:03.059><c> but</c><00:15:03.220><c> of</c><00:15:03.419><c> Christianity</c><00:15:04.240><c> and</c><00:15:05.100><c> the</c><00:15:05.299><c> entire</c><00:15:05.779><c> Arab</c><00:15:06.220><c> world</c><00:15:06.600><c> as</c><00:15:06.899><c> well.</c>

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Three<00:15:08.720><c> prominent</c><00:15:09.320><c> religions</c><00:15:09.899><c> of</c><00:15:10.139><c> the</c><00:15:10.320><c> world,</c><00:15:11.399><c> Judaism,</c><00:15:12.779><c> Christianity,</c><00:15:14.039><c> and</c><00:15:14.220><c> Islam,</c>

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all<00:15:15.899><c> look</c><00:15:16.120><c> to</c><00:15:16.419><c> Abraham</c><00:15:17.059><c> as</c><00:15:17.620><c> their</c><00:15:17.940><c> father.</c>

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I<00:15:19.840><c> suggest</c><00:15:20.299><c> that</c><00:15:20.600><c> apart</c><00:15:20.919><c> from</c><00:15:21.179><c> Jesus</c><00:15:21.639><c> Christ,</c><00:15:23.000><c> no</c><00:15:23.220><c> name</c><00:15:23.500><c> on</c><00:15:23.840><c> earth</c><00:15:24.240><c> is</c>

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as<00:15:25.139><c> well</c><00:15:25.480><c> known</c><00:15:26.139><c> as</c><00:15:26.639><c> that</c><00:15:27.179><c> of</c><00:15:27.460><c> Abraham.</c>

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How<00:15:31.700><c> dare</c><00:15:32.139><c> any</c><00:15:32.519><c> man</c><00:15:33.320><c> dispute</c><00:15:34.100><c> that</c><00:15:35.080><c> the</c><00:15:35.360><c> word</c><00:15:35.539><c> of</c><00:15:35.860><c> God</c><00:15:36.320><c> is</c><00:15:36.980><c> alive</c><00:15:37.779><c> and</c>

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well<00:15:38.860><c> and</c><00:15:39.440><c> living</c><00:15:39.759><c> in</c><00:15:40.580><c> the</c><00:15:40.759><c> year</c><00:15:41.100><c> 2008.</c>

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In<00:15:44.320><c> a</c><00:15:44.500><c> few</c><00:15:44.639><c> days,</c><00:15:45.379><c> our</c><00:15:45.539><c> scheduled</c><00:15:45.919><c> daily</c><00:15:46.360><c> readings</c><00:15:46.899><c> will</c><00:15:47.600><c> take</c>

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us<00:15:47.960><c> to</c><00:15:48.159><c> the</c><00:15:48.279><c> 13th</c><00:15:48.899><c> chapter</c><00:15:49.299><c> of</c><00:15:49.559><c> Genesis,</c>

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where<00:15:51.480><c> God</c><00:15:51.960><c> finalizes</c><00:15:52.799><c> his</c><00:15:53.100><c> covenant</c><00:15:53.419><c> with</c><00:15:53.740><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:15:55.299><c> the</c><00:15:55.539><c> Lord</c><00:15:55.840><c> said</c><00:15:56.139><c> unto</c><00:15:56.460><c> Abraham,</c><00:15:58.139><c> after</c><00:15:58.360><c> Lot</c><00:15:58.740><c> was</c><00:15:59.720><c> separated</c><00:16:00.200><c> from</c><00:16:00.500><c> him,</c>

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Lift<00:16:02.000><c> up</c><00:16:02.220><c> now</c><00:16:02.740><c> your</c><00:16:03.139><c> eyes</c><00:16:03.759><c> and</c><00:16:04.259><c> look</c><00:16:04.519><c> from</c><00:16:04.720><c> the</c><00:16:04.960><c> place</c><00:16:05.240><c> where</c>

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thou<00:16:05.720><c> art,</c>

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northward<00:16:07.360><c> and</c><00:16:07.899><c> southward</c><00:16:08.620><c> and</c><00:16:09.120><c> eastward</c><00:16:09.720><c> and</c><00:16:09.860><c> westward,</c>

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For<00:16:11.240><c> all</c><00:16:11.759><c> the</c><00:16:12.000><c> land</c><00:16:12.159><c> which</c><00:16:12.480><c> thou</c><00:16:12.720><c> seest,</c><00:16:14.039><c> to</c><00:16:14.340><c> thee</c><00:16:14.840><c> will</c><00:16:15.240><c> I</c><00:16:15.620><c> give</c><00:16:15.799><c> it,</c>

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and<00:16:17.340><c> to</c><00:16:18.000><c> thy</c><00:16:18.559><c> seed</c><00:16:19.460><c> forever.</c>

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God<00:16:23.919><c> promises</c><00:16:25.139><c> Abraham</c><00:16:26.539><c> the</c><00:16:27.379><c> land.</c>

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Land<00:16:30.200><c> he</c><00:16:30.460><c> never</c><00:16:30.759><c> received</c><00:16:31.379><c> in</c><00:16:31.559><c> his</c><00:16:31.799><c> natural</c><00:16:32.340><c> lifetime.</c>

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But<00:16:34.200><c> through</c><00:16:34.679><c> faith</c><00:16:35.179><c> he,</c><00:16:36.200><c> as</c><00:16:36.500><c> well</c><00:16:36.720><c> as</c><00:16:36.940><c> all</c><00:16:37.179><c> of</c><00:16:37.320><c> us</c><00:16:37.580><c> believe,</c>

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that<00:16:38.980><c> he</c><00:16:39.139><c> will</c><00:16:39.379><c> receive</c><00:16:39.879><c> the</c><00:16:40.200><c> land</c><00:16:40.740><c> when</c><00:16:41.240><c> he</c><00:16:41.460><c> is</c><00:16:41.759><c> raised</c><00:16:42.120><c> from</c>

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the<00:16:42.659><c> dead</c><00:16:43.159><c> by</c><00:16:43.820><c> the</c><00:16:44.100><c> voice</c><00:16:44.779><c> of</c><00:16:45.039><c> God.</c>

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In<00:16:49.740><c> short,</c><00:16:51.860><c> we</c><00:16:51.940><c> are</c><00:16:52.220><c> faced</c><00:16:52.460><c> with</c><00:16:52.679><c> only</c><00:16:52.960><c> two</c><00:16:53.299><c> possible</c><00:16:53.899><c> conclusions.</c>

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One,<00:16:58.320><c> either</c><00:16:58.659><c> God</c><00:16:59.240><c> has</c><00:16:59.779><c> planned</c><00:17:00.320><c> all</c><00:17:00.879><c> along</c><00:17:01.299><c> to</c><00:17:02.440><c> raise</c><00:17:02.799><c> Abraham</c><00:17:03.320><c> from</c>

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the<00:17:03.860><c> dead,</c>

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bless<00:17:05.559><c> him</c><00:17:05.799><c> with</c><00:17:06.039><c> everlasting</c><00:17:06.619><c> life,</c><00:17:07.960><c> and</c><00:17:08.099><c> allow</c><00:17:08.420><c> him</c><00:17:08.740><c> to</c><00:17:08.980><c> live</c><00:17:09.140><c> forever</c><00:17:09.599><c> upon</c><00:17:10.019><c> the</c><00:17:10.259><c> earth,</c>

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or<00:17:12.500><c> two,</c><00:17:13.579><c> God</c><00:17:13.839><c> is</c><00:17:14.039><c> a</c><00:17:14.200><c> liar.</c>

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Finally,<00:17:21.160><c> God</c><00:17:21.500><c> promises</c><00:17:22.039><c> Abraham</c><00:17:22.619><c> a</c><00:17:22.900><c> seed.</c>

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And<00:17:25.339><c> as</c><00:17:25.599><c> Paul</c><00:17:25.839><c> exhorts</c><00:17:26.420><c> the</c><00:17:26.700><c> church</c><00:17:27.000><c> of</c><00:17:27.259><c> Galatia</c><00:17:28.039><c> in</c><00:17:28.900><c> Galatians</c><00:17:29.539><c> chapter</c><00:17:30.039><c> 3,</c>

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Now<00:17:32.859><c> to</c><00:17:33.099><c> Abraham</c><00:17:33.640><c> and</c><00:17:33.859><c> his</c><00:17:34.160><c> seed</c><00:17:34.559><c> were</c><00:17:34.799><c> the</c><00:17:35.119><c> promises</c><00:17:35.420><c> made.</c>

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He<00:17:37.779><c> said</c><00:17:37.960><c> not,</c><00:17:38.400><c> and</c><00:17:38.700><c> as</c><00:17:39.180><c> to</c><00:17:39.559><c> seeds</c><00:17:39.920><c> as</c><00:17:40.180><c> of</c><00:17:40.380><c> many,</c><00:17:41.440><c> but</c><00:17:41.559><c> as</c><00:17:41.920><c> one.</c>

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And<00:17:44.079><c> to</c><00:17:44.339><c> thy</c><00:17:44.680><c> seed</c><00:17:44.980><c> which</c><00:17:45.259><c> is</c><00:17:45.720><c> Christ.</c>

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For<00:17:48.079><c> as</c><00:17:48.339><c> many</c><00:17:48.619><c> of</c><00:17:48.920><c> you</c><00:17:49.559><c> who</c><00:17:50.059><c> have</c><00:17:50.279><c> been</c><00:17:50.680><c> baptized</c><00:17:51.579><c> into</c><00:17:52.319><c> Christ</c>

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have<00:17:53.619><c> put</c><00:17:53.980><c> on</c><00:17:54.720><c> Christ.</c>

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There<00:17:56.859><c> is</c><00:17:57.160><c> neither</c><00:17:57.440><c> Jew</c><00:17:57.839><c> nor</c><00:17:58.200><c> Greek.</c>

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There<00:17:59.680><c> is</c><00:17:59.819><c> neither</c><00:18:00.079><c> bond</c><00:18:00.480><c> nor</c><00:18:00.799><c> free.</c>

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There<00:18:01.859><c> is</c><00:18:01.980><c> neither</c><00:18:02.299><c> male</c><00:18:02.759><c> nor</c><00:18:03.079><c> female.</c>

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For<00:18:04.559><c> you</c><00:18:04.799><c> are</c><00:18:05.200><c> all</c><00:18:06.039><c> one</c><00:18:06.579><c> in</c><00:18:07.200><c> Christ</c><00:18:07.660><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:18:09.960><c> if</c><00:18:10.200><c> you</c><00:18:10.539><c> be</c><00:18:10.859><c> Christ's,</c><00:18:12.460><c> then</c><00:18:12.740><c> you</c><00:18:13.240><c> are</c><00:18:13.579><c> Abraham's</c><00:18:14.700><c> seed</c>

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and<00:18:16.859><c> heirs</c><00:18:17.500><c> according</c><00:18:18.240><c> to</c><00:18:18.859><c> the</c><00:18:19.119><c> promise.</c>

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Here<00:18:22.819><c> this</c><00:18:23.059><c> day,</c><00:18:23.480><c> brothers</c><00:18:23.559><c> and</c><00:18:23.900><c> sisters,</c><00:18:24.339><c> we</c><00:18:24.619><c> see</c><00:18:24.859><c> revealed</c>

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in<00:18:25.700><c> scripture</c><00:18:26.000><c> to</c><00:18:26.380><c> us</c><00:18:27.119><c> the</c><00:18:27.740><c> God</c><00:18:28.480><c> of</c><00:18:28.880><c> Abraham.</c>

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But<00:18:31.400><c> even</c><00:18:31.660><c> as</c><00:18:31.980><c> we</c><00:18:32.319><c> are</c><00:18:32.660><c> shown</c><00:18:33.160><c> his</c><00:18:33.960><c> blessings,</c>

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we<00:18:35.839><c> are</c><00:18:36.099><c> likewise</c><00:18:36.740><c> shown</c><00:18:37.059><c> his</c><00:18:37.460><c> shortcoming</c><00:18:38.279><c> and</c><00:18:39.440><c> his</c><00:18:40.099><c> sin.</c>

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True<00:18:44.039><c> to</c><00:18:44.200><c> God's</c><00:18:44.619><c> commandment,</c><00:18:46.240><c> Abram,</c><00:18:46.960><c> Sarai,</c><00:18:47.299><c> and</c><00:18:47.579><c> Lot</c><00:18:47.779><c> depart</c><00:18:48.480><c> from</c><00:18:49.059><c> Heron.</c>

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Because<00:18:51.799><c> there</c><00:18:51.980><c> was</c><00:18:52.180><c> a</c><00:18:52.400><c> famine</c><00:18:52.599><c> in</c><00:18:52.799><c> the</c><00:18:52.940><c> land</c><00:18:53.079><c> of</c><00:18:53.420><c> Palestine,</c>

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it<00:18:54.339><c> appears</c><00:18:54.799><c> that</c><00:18:55.119><c> God</c><00:18:55.380><c> told</c><00:18:55.779><c> Abraham</c><00:18:56.440><c> to</c><00:18:57.059><c> journey</c><00:18:57.460><c> further</c><00:18:57.819><c> south.</c>

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Apparently<00:19:00.259><c> the</c><00:19:00.579><c> famine</c><00:19:00.759><c> did</c><00:19:01.059><c> not</c><00:19:01.259><c> reach</c><00:19:01.559><c> into</c><00:19:01.819><c> Egypt,</c>

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and<00:19:02.960><c> so</c><00:19:03.140><c> Abraham</c><00:19:03.839><c> with</c><00:19:04.140><c> his</c><00:19:04.880><c> herds</c><00:19:05.460><c> and</c><00:19:05.839><c> with</c><00:19:06.000><c> his</c><00:19:06.279><c> people</c><00:19:06.660><c> and</c>

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his<00:19:07.079><c> family,</c><00:19:08.019><c> they</c><00:19:08.160><c> entered</c><00:19:08.299><c> into</c><00:19:08.599><c> Egypt.</c>

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Abraham,<00:19:12.700><c> at</c><00:19:13.019><c> God's</c><00:19:13.460><c> direction,</c><00:19:14.059><c> had</c><00:19:14.299><c> traveled</c><00:19:14.660><c> a</c><00:19:14.920><c> great</c><00:19:15.099><c> distance.</c>

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He<00:19:17.099><c> had</c><00:19:17.319><c> done</c><00:19:17.519><c> so</c><00:19:17.880><c> believing</c><00:19:18.259><c> in</c><00:19:18.519><c> God's</c><00:19:19.019><c> promises</c><00:19:19.359><c> to</c><00:19:19.740><c> him.</c>

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However,<00:19:21.359><c> upon</c><00:19:21.799><c> entering</c><00:19:22.200><c> Egypt,</c><00:19:23.480><c> Abraham's</c><00:19:24.140><c> faith</c><00:19:24.500><c> waned.</c>

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Realizing<00:19:28.420><c> that</c><00:19:28.799><c> Sarah</c><00:19:29.259><c> was</c><00:19:29.859><c> a</c><00:19:30.059><c> beautiful</c><00:19:30.500><c> woman,</c>

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he<00:19:31.920><c> had</c><00:19:32.160><c> become</c><00:19:32.400><c> afraid</c><00:19:33.059><c> that</c><00:19:33.460><c> when</c><00:19:33.680><c> the</c><00:19:33.900><c> Egyptians</c><00:19:34.339><c> saw</c><00:19:34.779><c> her,</c>

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they<00:19:36.299><c> would</c><00:19:36.519><c> kill</c><00:19:36.779><c> him</c><00:19:37.480><c> and</c><00:19:37.980><c> take</c><00:19:38.279><c> her.</c>

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She<00:19:40.880><c> must</c><00:19:41.079><c> have</c><00:19:41.200><c> been</c><00:19:41.279><c> a</c><00:19:41.559><c> very</c><00:19:41.839><c> beautiful</c><00:19:42.259><c> woman.</c>

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Abraham's<00:19:46.740><c> sin</c><00:19:47.180><c> was</c><00:19:49.079><c> in</c><00:19:49.279><c> that</c><00:19:49.480><c> he</c><00:19:50.200><c> did</c><00:19:50.519><c> not</c><00:19:50.880><c> trust</c><00:19:51.619><c> God.</c>

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He<00:19:54.339><c> had</c><00:19:54.640><c> believed</c><00:19:54.859><c> the</c><00:19:55.119><c> promises</c><00:19:55.539><c> of</c><00:19:55.819><c> God,</c>

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yet<00:19:56.579><c> in</c><00:19:56.819><c> that</c><00:19:57.160><c> moment</c><00:19:57.619><c> he</c><00:19:58.279><c> waned</c><00:19:58.759><c> in</c><00:19:59.019><c> trusting</c><00:19:59.319><c> God</c><00:19:59.920><c> in</c><00:20:00.500><c> the</c><00:20:00.900><c> everyday</c><00:20:01.559><c> affairs</c><00:20:02.339><c> of</c><00:20:03.019><c> life.</c>

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Certainly<00:20:06.240><c> this</c><00:20:06.500><c> is</c><00:20:06.819><c> not</c><00:20:07.099><c> a</c><00:20:07.319><c> lesson</c><00:20:07.640><c> to</c><00:20:07.960><c> be</c><00:20:08.220><c> lost</c><00:20:08.519><c> on</c><00:20:08.799><c> us</c><00:20:09.140><c> today.</c>

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We<00:20:11.000><c> come</c><00:20:11.259><c> here</c><00:20:11.700><c> in</c><00:20:12.039><c> trust.</c>

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We<00:20:13.799><c> come</c><00:20:14.140><c> to</c><00:20:14.359><c> this</c><00:20:14.599><c> table</c><00:20:14.920><c> of</c><00:20:15.259><c> communion</c><00:20:15.740><c> fully</c><00:20:16.720><c> aware</c><00:20:17.380><c> and</c>

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fully<00:20:18.619><c> believing</c><00:20:19.180><c> that</c><00:20:20.140><c> Jesus</c><00:20:20.740><c> died</c><00:20:21.500><c> for</c><00:20:21.900><c> us.</c>

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We<00:20:24.339><c> come</c><00:20:24.660><c> here</c><00:20:25.019><c> fully</c><00:20:25.339><c> believing</c><00:20:25.859><c> that</c><00:20:27.019><c> Jesus</c><00:20:27.460><c> sits</c><00:20:28.019><c> at</c><00:20:28.500><c> his</c>

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Father's<00:20:29.259><c> right</c><00:20:29.539><c> hand</c><00:20:29.859><c> and</c><00:20:30.039><c> is</c><00:20:30.259><c> watching</c><00:20:30.579><c> over</c><00:20:30.940><c> us.</c>

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Brothers<00:20:34.440><c> and</c><00:20:34.740><c> sisters,</c><00:20:36.420><c> Jesus</c><00:20:36.940><c> is</c><00:20:37.420><c> often</c><00:20:37.799><c> described</c><00:20:38.599><c> within</c>

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our<00:20:39.180><c> religious</c><00:20:39.579><c> circle</c><00:20:40.180><c> as</c><00:20:41.079><c> our</c><00:20:41.400><c> absent</c><00:20:41.740><c> Lord</c><00:20:42.019><c> and</c><00:20:42.240><c> Master.</c>

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I<00:20:44.579><c> hope</c><00:20:44.740><c> we</c><00:20:44.980><c> realize</c><00:20:45.500><c> that</c><00:20:45.859><c> nothing</c><00:20:46.200><c> could</c><00:20:46.440><c> be</c><00:20:46.759><c> further</c><00:20:47.079><c> from</c>

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the<00:20:47.660><c> truth.</c>

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Speaking<00:20:49.579><c> for</c><00:20:49.859><c> myself,</c><00:20:51.140><c> Jesus</c><00:20:51.680><c> is</c><00:20:52.160><c> not</c><00:20:52.519><c> my</c><00:20:53.059><c> absent</c><00:20:53.539><c> Lord</c><00:20:53.880><c> and</c><00:20:54.140><c> Master.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:56.000><c> is</c><00:20:56.299><c> my</c><00:20:56.640><c> ever</c><00:20:57.059><c>-present</c><00:20:57.559><c> Lord</c><00:20:58.240><c> and</c><00:20:58.559><c> Master.</c>

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And<00:20:59.819><c> despite</c><00:21:00.220><c> the</c><00:21:00.519><c> fact</c><00:21:00.720><c> that</c><00:21:00.900><c> he</c><00:21:01.000><c> is</c><00:21:01.220><c> in</c><00:21:01.400><c> heaven,</c><00:21:02.160><c> I</c><00:21:02.420><c> believe</c>

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that<00:21:02.960><c> he</c><00:21:03.079><c> is</c><00:21:03.380><c> present</c><00:21:03.740><c> right</c><00:21:04.200><c> here,</c><00:21:04.980><c> right</c><00:21:05.240><c> now,</c><00:21:06.160><c> fully</c><00:21:06.400><c> aware</c>

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Likewise,<00:21:09.559><c> I</c><00:21:09.880><c> trust</c><00:21:10.240><c> in</c><00:21:10.460><c> the</c><00:21:10.640><c> words</c><00:21:10.819><c> that</c><00:21:11.039><c> he</c><00:21:11.259><c> spoke</c><00:21:11.500><c> to</c><00:21:11.700><c> his</c><00:21:11.960><c> disciples,</c>

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Lo,<00:21:14.240><c> I</c><00:21:14.619><c> am</c><00:21:14.900><c> with</c><00:21:15.180><c> you</c><00:21:15.640><c> always,</c><00:21:16.920><c> even</c><00:21:17.519><c> unto</c><00:21:18.000><c> the</c><00:21:18.400><c> end</c><00:21:19.039><c> of</c><00:21:19.480><c> the</c><00:21:19.759><c> age.</c>

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Undoubtedly,<00:21:25.220><c> Abram</c><00:21:25.460><c> thought</c><00:21:25.940><c> he</c><00:21:26.160><c> was</c><00:21:26.380><c> acting</c><00:21:26.759><c> wisely.</c>

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Yet<00:21:29.920><c> it</c><00:21:30.140><c> appears</c><00:21:30.420><c> he</c><00:21:30.599><c> did</c><00:21:30.839><c> not</c><00:21:31.019><c> even</c><00:21:31.339><c> take</c><00:21:31.579><c> into</c><00:21:31.859><c> account</c><00:21:32.480><c> what</c>

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Part<00:21:36.380><c> of</c><00:21:36.640><c> God's</c><00:21:37.279><c> promise</c><00:21:37.900><c> was</c><00:21:38.759><c> to</c><00:21:39.180><c> bless</c><00:21:39.599><c> them</c><00:21:40.420><c> that</c><00:21:41.259><c> bless</c>

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Abraham<00:21:42.440><c> and</c><00:21:44.079><c> curse</c><00:21:44.559><c> them</c><00:21:45.200><c> that</c><00:21:45.880><c> cursed</c><00:21:46.160><c> him.</c>

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God<00:21:48.500><c> had</c><00:21:48.740><c> unconditionally</c><00:21:49.480><c> promised</c><00:21:50.240><c> to</c><00:21:50.619><c> protect</c><00:21:51.000><c> him.</c>

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Alas,<00:21:55.380><c> our</c><00:21:55.759><c> weak</c><00:21:56.539><c> and</c><00:21:57.339><c> our</c><00:21:57.720><c> sinful</c><00:21:58.240><c> flesh.</c>

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Abraham<00:22:02.079><c> thought</c><00:22:02.440><c> for</c><00:22:02.740><c> sure</c><00:22:03.000><c> that</c><00:22:03.140><c> once</c><00:22:03.380><c> the</c><00:22:03.640><c> Egyptians</c><00:22:04.059><c> saw</c>

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Sarah's<00:22:04.980><c> beauty</c><00:22:05.380><c> that</c><00:22:06.039><c> she</c><00:22:06.220><c> would</c><00:22:06.420><c> be</c><00:22:06.660><c> taken</c><00:22:06.920><c> to</c><00:22:07.240><c> Pharaoh's</c>

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house<00:22:08.359><c> and</c><00:22:08.859><c> he'd</c><00:22:09.200><c> be</c><00:22:09.319><c> done</c><00:22:09.539><c> away</c><00:22:09.799><c> with.</c>

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After<00:22:12.000><c> all,</c><00:22:12.420><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:12.599><c> was</c><00:22:12.880><c> not</c><00:22:13.160><c> bound</c><00:22:13.440><c> by</c><00:22:13.859><c> laws.</c><00:22:14.619><c> He</c><00:22:14.839><c> was</c><00:22:15.200><c> the</c>

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law<00:22:15.880><c> and</c><00:22:16.339><c> he</c><00:22:16.519><c> could</c><00:22:16.740><c> simply</c><00:22:17.160><c> take</c><00:22:17.579><c> Sarah.</c>

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Of<00:22:22.039><c> course,</c><00:22:23.359><c> Abram's</c><00:22:23.900><c> plan</c><00:22:24.579><c> backfired.</c>

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Pharaoh<00:22:25.690><c> was</c><00:22:27.950><c> apparently</c><00:22:28.410><c> a</c><00:22:28.609><c> more</c><00:22:28.890><c> decent</c><00:22:29.329><c> fellow</c><00:22:29.690><c> than</c>

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Abraham<00:22:30.750><c> expected.</c>

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He<00:22:33.470><c> wasn't</c><00:22:33.809><c> trying</c><00:22:34.150><c> to</c><00:22:34.369><c> make</c><00:22:34.490><c> a</c><00:22:34.769><c> move</c><00:22:34.970><c> on</c><00:22:35.150><c> another</c><00:22:35.410><c> man's</c><00:22:35.970><c> wife.</c>

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Once<00:22:37.869><c> he</c><00:22:38.009><c> was</c><00:22:38.210><c> led</c><00:22:38.309><c> to</c><00:22:38.609><c> believe</c><00:22:38.869><c> that</c><00:22:39.190><c> Sarah</c><00:22:39.349><c> was</c><00:22:39.549><c> simply</c><00:22:39.970><c> Abram's</c><00:22:40.470><c> sister</c><00:22:40.829><c> and</c>

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not<00:22:41.269><c> Abram's</c><00:22:41.829><c> wife,</c><00:22:43.069><c> off</c><00:22:43.190><c> she</c><00:22:43.349><c> went</c><00:22:43.490><c> to</c><00:22:43.670><c> the</c><00:22:43.809><c> palace.</c>

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We<00:22:47.349><c> are</c><00:22:47.549><c> told</c><00:22:47.809><c> that</c><00:22:48.269><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:48.470><c> did</c><00:22:48.730><c> not</c><00:22:48.990><c> fare</c><00:22:49.250><c> well</c><00:22:49.910><c> because</c><00:22:51.029><c> God</c><00:22:51.410><c> sent</c><00:22:51.670><c> serious</c><00:22:52.309><c> plagues</c><00:22:52.910><c> on</c>

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his<00:22:53.410><c> residence.</c>

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The<00:22:55.509><c> Bible</c><00:22:55.809><c> does</c><00:22:56.109><c> not</c><00:22:56.490><c> say</c><00:22:56.789><c> how</c><00:22:57.269><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:57.710><c> knew</c><00:22:58.309><c> the</c><00:22:58.609><c> source</c><00:22:58.829><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:59.230><c> plagues,</c><00:23:00.329><c> but</c><00:23:00.809><c> somehow</c><00:23:01.230><c> he</c><00:23:01.589><c> knew</c><00:23:01.849><c> and</c><00:23:02.109><c> confronted</c><00:23:02.549><c> Abraham</c><00:23:03.269><c> about</c>

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the<00:23:04.170><c> matter.</c>

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In<00:23:06.990><c> Genesis</c><00:23:07.349><c> chapter</c><00:23:07.789><c> 20</c><00:23:08.130><c> verse</c><00:23:08.470><c> 2,</c><00:23:09.549><c> when</c><00:23:09.630><c> Abraham</c><00:23:10.190><c> pulls</c><00:23:10.630><c> the</c>

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same<00:23:11.130><c> deception</c><00:23:11.670><c> on</c><00:23:11.990><c> King</c><00:23:12.250><c> Abimelech,</c><00:23:13.890><c> God</c><00:23:14.230><c> spoke</c><00:23:14.609><c> to</c><00:23:14.789><c> the</c><00:23:15.009><c> king</c><00:23:15.269><c> and</c><00:23:15.630><c> revealed</c><00:23:16.029><c> the</c><00:23:16.250><c> whole</c><00:23:16.509><c> matter</c><00:23:16.789><c> to</c><00:23:17.069><c> him.</c>

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Further,<00:23:18.430><c> the</c><00:23:18.750><c> Bible</c><00:23:19.109><c> says</c><00:23:19.789><c> that</c><00:23:20.029><c> God</c><00:23:20.210><c> prevented</c><00:23:20.589><c> Abimelech</c>

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from<00:23:21.809><c> having</c><00:23:22.109><c> relations</c><00:23:22.710><c> with</c><00:23:23.109><c> Sarah</c><00:23:23.490><c> and</c><00:23:24.170><c> it's</c><00:23:24.430><c> possible</c>

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that<00:23:25.170><c> God</c><00:23:25.430><c> did</c><00:23:25.609><c> the</c><00:23:25.789><c> same</c><00:23:26.029><c> thing</c><00:23:26.210><c> here.</c>

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Pharaoh<00:23:28.529><c> sent</c><00:23:28.809><c> Sarah</c><00:23:29.230><c> back</c><00:23:29.589><c> to</c><00:23:29.869><c> Abraham</c><00:23:30.390><c> and</c><00:23:31.150><c> commanded</c><00:23:31.609><c> them</c>

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to<00:23:32.150><c> leave</c><00:23:32.369><c> with</c><00:23:32.609><c> all</c><00:23:32.809><c> their</c><00:23:32.950><c> possessions.</c>

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Thanks<00:23:35.390><c> to</c><00:23:35.690><c> God's</c><00:23:36.230><c> unbroken</c><00:23:36.730><c> covenant</c><00:23:37.230><c> with</c><00:23:37.549><c> Abram,</c><00:23:38.789><c> Abraham</c>

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left<00:23:39.630><c> Egypt</c><00:23:40.109><c> with</c><00:23:40.329><c> his</c><00:23:40.630><c> wife,</c><00:23:41.589><c> his</c><00:23:41.910><c> possessions,</c><00:23:43.170><c> and</c><00:23:43.509><c> his</c><00:23:43.809><c> head.</c>

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Thanks<00:23:46.410><c> to</c><00:23:46.589><c> the</c><00:23:46.769><c> forgiveness</c><00:23:47.109><c> of</c><00:23:47.529><c> sins</c><00:23:47.930><c> that</c><00:23:48.230><c> we</c><00:23:48.490><c> have</c><00:23:48.670><c> through</c><00:23:49.009><c> Christ</c>

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Jesus<00:23:50.089><c> our</c><00:23:50.349><c> Lord,</c><00:23:51.289><c> we</c><00:23:51.970><c> have</c><00:23:52.230><c> the</c><00:23:52.490><c> hope</c><00:23:52.750><c> of</c><00:23:53.069><c> being</c><00:23:53.369><c> heirs</c><00:23:54.269><c> according</c><00:23:55.089><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:56.230><c> promise.</c>

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Brothers<00:23:59.150><c> and</c><00:23:59.470><c> sisters,</c><00:24:01.970><c> young</c><00:24:02.170><c> people,</c><00:24:03.730><c> I</c><00:24:03.869><c> think</c><00:24:04.029><c> we're</c><00:24:04.190><c> at</c>

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guarantee<00:26:01.009><c> of</c><00:26:01.890><c> salvation</c><00:26:02.630><c> unless</c><00:26:03.829><c> we</c><00:26:04.890><c> keep</c><00:26:05.250><c> Christ</c><00:26:05.869><c> in</c><00:26:06.269><c> our</c>

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lives<00:26:07.269><c> and</c><00:26:08.089><c> remain</c><00:26:08.950><c> heirs</c><00:26:09.869><c> according</c><00:26:10.750><c> to</c><00:26:11.210><c> the</c><00:26:11.509><c> promise.</c>

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and<00:26:31.390><c> have</c><00:26:31.650><c> available</c><00:26:32.250><c> to</c><00:26:32.650><c> us</c><00:26:33.430><c> through</c><00:26:34.230><c> Christ.</c>

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Even<00:26:36.549><c> so,</c><00:26:37.069><c> come,</c><00:26:37.789><c> Lord</c><00:26:38.009><c> Jesus.</c><00:26:39.329><c> Amen.</c>